—____ is OK. I'm really thirsty.
—Yes, but now she isn't interested in it.
—Not at all.
—I quite agree. Sometimes it's even ________ than grades.
—They will, I think. If they don't come, I ____ calling them.
—Last year.
—____. I'd like to learn from you.
A: Hello, Nancy. I need some advice. Can you help me?
B: I'll try, Nick.
A: I will go to my great grandma's birthday party next week. She'll be 100 years old. Now I'm trying to find a proper card for her. What should I do?
B: I would advise you to buy that card with a flower picture because it leaves a blank（空白）inside for you to write a message.
A: That sounds good.
B: OK. That might help us pick something out.
A: I remember she always says her feet are cold.
B: I see. She will be happy with those.
A: Good idea. Thank you for your advice.
B: You're welcome.
A. What can I do for you? B. Are you available next week? C. What things do you think she needs most? D. But it's difficult to choose from all the cards. E. One more thing, please help me pick out a gift for her. F. Maybe you could buy her a pair of warm and comfortable socks. |
A new way of working
Cynthia Carter, a 59-year-old woman, lives in New Orleans. She started to 1 at a drive-in restaurant over 30 years ago. 2 she doesn't get lots of money from her work, she keeps on doing it. "This job does make me 3 . I love my life and my work now," said Cynthia.
However, Cynthia didn't always think like that. Many years ago, Cynthia was 4 with her quiet work at the drive-in restaurant. What's more, a hurricane（飓风）
did serious damage to New Orleans. People's lives got 5 then. To live a better life, Cynthia 6 about getting a new job.
One day, a man ordered his dishes in a special way at the drive-in restaurant. He 7 a song about what he wanted to eat. Cynthia laughed after hearing that. When waiting for his food, the man had a little 8 with Cynthia. That made Cynthia feel relaxed and comfortable.
After that, Cynthia 9 to do something different. She tried a new 10 of working. When taking people's orders, she didn't keep quiet any more. She said something interesting and 11 a few words like the man. Later, Cynthia started to enjoy her work and stopped looking for another job. She conveyed positive energy to others 12 language. Many people got to know Cynthia from the Internet. They came to buy food from this happy woman.
"Happiness is 13 than money. It is 14 to talk with different people," Cynthia said with a laugh. "And a little talk can 15 make a difference to someone."
Junot had 200 books. He wanted to choose some books and give them away to the school library. So, he grouped them according to the subject and publisher（出版机构）.
Drones（无人机）can be helpful in many fields. This year, a team of volunteers in the UK saved a dog in a special way. They used a drone and meat. How did that happen?
On January 13th, Emma Oakes lost her dog Millie when they were out for a walk. Emma was very worried. She asked the team DDSAR for help. After about two hours, volunteers found Millie in a wetland. It was dangerous for Millie to stay there. The water was around her, and she might fall into it at high tide.
The DDSAR used a drone to follow Millie. Also, some policemen came and tried to get close to Millie by boat and on foot. But Millie was very afraid of those men. They made Millie move farther away from the safe place, so they had to stop their work. Later, one of the volunteers thought of an idea. He said they could use meat dangling from the drone, and then help Millie get to a safe place. The other volunteers and the policemen agreed with him and decided to do it.
Millie was very hungry and wanted to eat the meat. She followed the meat and left the wetland. Finally, Millie ran towards Emma. Everyone there was happy for them. Emma was thankful to all the volunteers and policemen for their hard work. The drone also played an important part in saving Millie. Emma said it was fantastic to get her dog back.
① The volunteers found Millie in a wetland.
② Millie followed the meat and left the wetland.
③ Emma Oakes went out for a walk with Millie.
④ Some policemen came and tried to get close to Millie.
A team from an American company called Apptronik think robots should do all the "boring, dirty and dangerous" jobs that humans don't have to do.
The team showed their latest human-like robot, Apollo, to the world in August this year. Apollo has two round eyes and an expressive mouth. Apollo is about 1.7 meters tall and weighs about 70 kilograms. It can lift 25 kilograms and has been designed to work with humans safely. The robot can work for four hours after being charged.
Some people may feel uneasy about working with a human-like robot, so the team made the robot look more friendly. It has a digital panel that clearly shows the remaining battery life, the work it is doing, when it will finish the work and what it will do next. Apollo can also do some movements, such as turning his head to show where he is going.
At first, the team built Apollo to put it to work in logistics（物流）
. For example, it can do tiring work inside a warehouse（仓库）
. But they hope it can do more work in the future. "We are building robots to do all the things that we don't want to do, and one day even work on the moon, Mars and other planets," they said.
Colorful lessons in Hebei schools
Li Jingwen is a student from Shangde Primary School in Hebei. It is a kind of opera from Haixing county, Hebei.
"I couldn't understand most of the lines（台词）, but the looks of the performers were so interesting,"the 9-year-old girl said." "
The primary school started to teach xilu bangzi in 2017. They give different opera performances to students. Du Zhonghua is a famous performer of xilu bangzi. "It is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Students can enjoy the beauty of traditional culture through it,"he says.
For example, students can learn paper-cutting, practice martial arts（武术）and make clay sculptures（泥塑）in class. "They not only make students' life rich and exciting, but also help them get interested in traditional art," says a teacher from a primary school.
A. It is necessary for students to take these educational lessons. B. Besides opera, there are other lessons on traditional Chinese culture at schools in Haixing. C. One Friday afternoon, she sat in an activity room at school and watched xilu bangzi. D. Some performers come to the school every Wednesday. E. I want to learn to sing the opera when I grow up. |
Before the Shenzhou XV crew（全体工作人员）came back to the earth after spending 186 days on China's space station, they sent a letter to the earth. It was to 16-year-old Tsering Dargye.
Tsering is from Lhokha, Tibet, and is studying at Beijing No.80 High School. Over 10,000 people sent letters to the crew, but Tsering was the only one to have an answer back. "I was very excited and was lucky enough to get the letter. I want to thank China National Space Administration for giving me the opportunity to write the letter," he said.
In his letter, Tsering showed his strong interest in the sky. When he was a child, his grandfather told him stories about it. In 2021, he moved from Tibet, the place closest to the sky on the earth, to Beijing, the place closest to the heart of China's aerospace industry（航空航天工业）.
The astronaut Fei Junlong wrote the letter to Tsering and encouraged him a lot. "As you wrote in your letter, the road to success is never smooth. Only by working hard can you make your dreams come true," Fei wrote. He ended the letter by wishing Tsering and his classmates success in their studies.
Tsering is now studying hard. "My dream is to learn computer science at Tsinghua University," he said.
Do you know Chinese idioms（成语）? Some of them are（hundred）of years old, but people still use （they）today. One example is "hua she tian zu", or "to draw snake and add feet to it".
This idiom comes from a famous Chinese story from the State of the Chu（楚国）. An official gave a bottle of wine（酒）to his men to thank them for （prepare）a ceremony（典礼）. However, the wine wasn't enough all the men. To solve the problem, the men decided to have a competition. Everyone would draw a snake, and whoever finished （one）would get the wine.
The competition started and soon one of the men finished his drawing. He got the wine （happy）and then started to add feet to his snake. "It will look （good）," he thought. Just at that time, another man finished his drawing. He took the wine out of the man's hand and said, "You fool, snakes don't have feet, what you have drawn is not a snake."
Nowadays, people use the idiom to tell the （true）that going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
Dear Paul, Yours, Li Hui |
要求：1.行文连贯通顺；
2.书写工整美观；
3文中不得出现考生的真实班级姓名；
4.字数不少于80词。
An unforgettable moment during the winter holiday
