Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 1—he goes by horse.
Burch has been riding his horse 4 miles to and 2 school since the beginning of this semester(学期)."Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I'm on my way at 6 am," Burch says. "The streets are mostly 3 at this time of morning. It's a nice way to start the day." The idea was his 4.His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer. "My dad just said, 'Burch, you 5 ride your horse to school every day,'" says Burch. Burch asked for yes from the headmaster(校长), Joe Cox, and he got the green light. Cox even 6 Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster's house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route(路线) to school. It is along back streets and has 7 cars than the others. Now as the days grow 8 and colder, he continues to ride his horse. "I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather," he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse, he was afraid.9 now, "It's what I do best. I love riding horses more than 10 else," he says. "It's really a great thing."
New York is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school? So, we should know something about its transport.
In New York you can travel around the city by subway, by bus, by taxi and by car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city. The second way to travel around the city is by bus. It's a slower way to travel. This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy. You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is the most expensive way, but the taxi will take you to the very place you want to go to. If the traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the rush hour. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way to get around New York is using your own car. However, it's not easy for you to drive, especially when you are driving in the rush hour. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time. The best time to travel around the city is from 9：00 am to 4：00 pm. This is the time after the morning rush hour and before the evening rush hour. Traffic will be less crowded because most people are already at school or at work.
People enjoy different indoor and outdoor activities in Britain. A recent European survey (调查) discovered that people in Britain spend about 45% of their free time watching television, 24% of their free time doing social (社会的) activities, 22-23% on sports and hobbies, and 10% on other activities. Other popular activities are listening to the radio, listening to music, reading, gardening, eating out and going to the cinema.
Television.
The most common activity in the UK is watching television. People often spend 25 hours every week on TV. Almost every household (家庭) has at least one television set at home. In 1999, 13% of households had satellite television and 9% cable television.
Radio
People in Britain listen to about 15 hours and 50 minutes of radio every week.
Entertaining (娱乐)
Another popular activity in Britain is visiting or entertaining friends.
Cinema
About 123 million British people went to the cinema in 1998. It is the most popular cultural (文化的) activity in the UK.
Eating Out
More and more British people like to eat out. In 1999 every British person spent ＄5.63 every week on food outside.
On October 17,2016 the Shenzhou-11 manned spaceship was sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu. Two days later the spaceship successfully connected with the space laboratory Tiangong-2. It meant China got closer to its plan of building a space station in 2020.
The spaceship took two Chinese astronauts to space this time. Jing Haipeng was an experienced astronaut who flew on Shenzhou-7 in 2008 and Shenzhou-9 in 2012. But it was Chen Dong's first space flight.
Jing and Chen were given a 30-day task on Tiangong-2. They tested new technology and did experiments to prepare for future space station tasks. The astronauts themselves were also the subject(对象) of those experiments. The life support devices(设备) they used and how they lived inside the space laboratory were studied. No Chinese astronaut had stayed in space for that long before.
A month-long space task was not easy, so Chinese scientists and engineers had come up with lots of new technologies to allow astronauts to stay more safely and more comfortably in space.
One of the new technologies tested during this task was a device called "space hospital". The space hospital was two little silver boxes tied around the two astronauts' legs. Through the "space hospital", scientists and doctors on the Earth could watch the astronauts' heart rate and temperature. When the astronauts felt tired, the "space hospital" could even massage(为……按摩) them.
After this task, China is expected to send an unmanned cargo spaceship(无人货运飞船) in mid-April next year. It will dock with Tiangong-2 and take new fuel to the space laboratory.
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It was a fine day last Sunday. John went to Tianlong supermarket to do some （shop）. Because it's a little far away from his home, he drove his car there. It was difficult for him to find a place （park） his car. At last he found one at the corner between two buildings. After parking his car he went into the supermarket to buy the things he needed. Twenty minutes later, he finished shopping and took the things （slow） back to the car park. Suddenly he found two young men trying hard to open the door of his car. They were both （wear） black clothes. John knew they were the car thieves. he was afraid and didn't know what to do. He thought a moment. Then he got idea. He went up to them and shouted loudly: "Can I help you? I think you lost your （key）. You can use （I）." "Can your keys open this door? Why?" "Yes, because it's my car." When the two men heard this, they ran away as as they could. In this way, he stopped the thieves from stealing his car. How clever John was!
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学 习 |
努力学习，所有学科都学得很好。 |
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能 力 |
篮球打得好，他想下学期进入校篮球队。 |
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爱 好 |
喜爱动物，他在家养兔子当宠物并把它照顾得很好。 |
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品 德 |
1）乐于助人，经常帮助同学复习功课。 2）热心、有礼貌，在公共汽车上 …… |
要求： 1）条理清楚，语意连贯。2）紧扣主题，适当发挥。3）书写规范，标点正确。正文80字左右。信的开头称呼和结尾落款已经写好，不计入字数。
Dear Sir,
I am writing to recommend Tom for this year's Best Student Award.
I think Tom has all the qualities to get the award.
Yours
David
