浙江省宁波市海曙外国语学校、东恩中学联考2022-2023学...

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Delia was a young pianist. Her husband, Joe, was a young artist. Each of them took lessons with very great teachers. So the lessons were expensive, more than they could afford (供得起), but…when you love your art,1is too much.

Soon they couldn't afford the lessons any more. Then one day Delia told Joe that someone wanted to learn the piano from her and would 2 her $50 an hour.

"Delia," Joe said, "I'll be much happier if you keep up your lessons." Delia said, "When I have money, I'll go on with it." But Joe, at the same time, also 3 his lessons to draw pictures and sell them.

A few days later, Joe came home and 4 took $200 with him. "I met a man from Vermont and he 5 my picture. And he wants to buy more!", So they were very happy. They didn't have to worry about money.

One day, Joe came home and saw Delia's hand was wrapped in a bandage (绷带). Delia told him she hurt her 6.

"Delia,7 are you doing these days?" Joe asked. She tried not to tell him, but the tears went down.

"Oh. Joe, I couldn't get any student, so I worked as a waitress in a restaurant.

Today, I hurt my hand with hot water. 8we can still have money from the man in Vermont.

Joe looked at her. "There's no man in Vermont, he said, I'm working in a 9, and today someone came to buy bandages10 a woman who hurt her hand. So when I saw you, well, I knew. "

We are willing to do anything for the ones, though it may be hard. Nothing is too much but the love. That's true.

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Nancy's mother often wrote books on the computer. It worked very well. There was only one problem —  it was boring for Nancy.

The computer was gray. It was not beautiful at all. Nancy didn't like ugly things. So she wanted to make her mother's computer beautiful. "Mom is going to love it," she said to herself.

The first problem was the color. Nancy wanted a pink computer. But Mom's favourite color was purple. So Nancy got out her pens and started coloring the computer purple

"Much better!" she said as she finished. Then she drew some stars —  blue, pink and red all over the computer.

"Nice!" said Nancy. "What's next?" It only took her a moment to get the answer. "Hats!"

Nancy's mom liked to wear hats and Nancy was good at drawing hats. She drew different kinds of hats all over Mom's computer. She believed the purple computer with a lot of stars and hats was the most beautiful.

"Nancy? What are you doing with my computer?"

"Look. Mom! I made it beautiful. Do you love it?" Nancy asked happily.

Nancy's mom couldn't believe her eyes. She took a deep breath for a moment and

asked patiently (耐心地). "Can you tell me why you do so?"

"I want you to be happier to work with this beautiful computer. "

"Thank you. I love it very much." Mom said and smiled.

Mandy is an English girl. She has a dream one day. In her dream, people's life in the future won't be the same as it is today.

In the dream, Mandy sees many airports on the roof (楼顶). It is easy for people to go to other countries by plane. Mandy also sees many underground stations in the dream. Lots of people take the underground to work or to school. Because the underground runs fast and there's no traffic jam. It helps people save much time.

In Mandy's dream, many people are busy with their work. They don't have lots of time to do exercise. It's difficult to stay healthy But there is a new way to help people be healthy. People can take the small exercise equipment with them and they can exercise everywhere when they want

Mandy also sees some robots at schools, in shops and at people's homes in her dream. These robots help people do many things. But some people may lose their job because of those robots. Their life will be more difficult.

All in all, the new changes in Mandy's dream help people a lot, but not all the changes are good.

①Many people complain (抱怨) in their life. Do you ever complain? When you try a new dress on, but only find you are too "big" to put yourself in. Do you complain about your shape of body? Do you tell yourself "If I have time tomorrow, will go to the gym. " But do you actually take action?

②Karen always complained about her house. One day I asked why she didn't look for another house. Karen answered, "I will look for another one when I come back from vacation." Sam hated his job. However, he loved taking photos, and was taking a two— year course (课程) to get a certificate (证书). Every day he complained about his work. I asked him why he didn't give up his job and start a business of taking photos. His reply (回复) was , "When I finish my course, I will start a business. '

③Here is another example. Harry worked for a company that allowed him to retire (退休) early, but at a reduced pension (削减的养老金). Now Harry became very weak and found it difficult to deal with his work. I was worried about his heavy work and its influence (影响) on his health. "Why don't you retire, Harry? Do something that you want to do," I asked. "When the next summer comes, maybe I will," Harry replied.

④There is an old saying that says, "If and When were planted, and Nothing grew." A year later. Karen is still living in the house, and she hates it Sam is still complaining about his job and hasn't finished his course. Harry is still working and his health is even worse. These people had a lot of stress in their lives that they could have reduced (本该可以减少). But all of them beat (打败) themselves by thinking "if or when".

⑤Life is too short for "ifs and whens". The next time you find yourself thinking "if or when", remember the saying, "If and When were planted, and Nothing grew".

Hi! My name is Marco. Do you like movies? I do. I like movies very much. Everyone in my family likes movies, too.

Sometimes we go to the cinema to watch movies. Sometimes we watch movies at home. When we watch movies at home, we see them on DVDs. We also watch movies from the Internet.

My favorite movies are action movies. I like exciting things and action movies are exciting. She does not like the same kind of movies that I like. She likes funny movies. My father likes to watch movies about real things and real people. She likes all kinds of movies.

Last week we watched an old movie. It was called "The Sound of Music". They were very good singers. In the movie, the mother died, The father and the children needed a new mother. At the end of the movie, the family were safe and they got a new mother. I liked the movie because it had a happy ending.

The umbrella is very common. It the rain and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up so it is to carry them. However, the umbrella has not always been as common as it is now. In the past, it was a of importance. Some African still use umbrellas in this place. Some carries an umbrella and walks behind the kind or the boss.

Lions will die out in West Africa. They can't live in 99% of their places. The number of the lions will drop (quick). In 20 years. Africa will lose half of the lions. Lions will die out on the earth, too.

Lions can't live in Africa, we don't have enough food or places for lions. There are too people on the earth, so we need more food and more clothes. And we need to make money and keep (health). We go into forests and grassland. Lions have to (find) another place, but people's footprints are here and there. Lions can't find any (place) or enough food. Lions will die out because of no food. There (be) only about 403 lions in West Africa now. People are (kill) lions. It's time people to help lions. But now can we help them? It's a big problem for (we).