某英文網站正在開展以“如何養(yǎng)成良好的學習習慣”為主題的征文活動。假如你是李華，請用英語寫一篇短文投稿，談談你是怎么做的，以及為什么這樣做。

提示詞語： get ready for, take notes, on time

提示問題： ●What do you do to develop your good learning habits in your daily life?

●Why do you do so?

As a middle school student,__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

提示詞語： school gate, nature, culture, food and drink

提示問題： ●When and where are you going to meet?

●What are you going to do there?

●What do you advise Peter to prepare for the visit?

Dear Pete,

How is it going?

I am writing to invite you to visit Beijing International Horticulture Exposition in Yanqing.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

Need for meat around the world is expected to increase by 70% by the year 2050. So could people be eating lab-grown meat in the future? Usually animals like cows are killed to produce the meat that people eat, but scientists have found a way to make meat in a laboratory without killing any animals.

Animals are made up of cells (細胞). Scientists worked out how to take cells from an animal, like a cow, and multiply (繁殖) them in a dish. In the end from one tiny cell, tens of billions of cells can be grown. These join together to form meat.

In 2013, the first hamburger grown this way was eaten in London. It took a year to produce and cost over 200,000 to make. Dr Mark Post, who created the world’s first hamburger from meat grown in a lab, told the BBC it “tastes exactly the same as the meat we know”. When two food critics (評論家) tried the burger in 2013, one said it was “close to meat” and another said it tasted like a real hamburger. It’s not just beef that is being created; companies are also working on other meat like turkey and chicken.

The Adam Smith Institute says moving away from the present way meat is produced would help reduce greenhouse emissions (排放) by up to 96% and free up 99% of the land used in farming worldwide. They also think it will reduce chances of food poisoning (中毒) because the meat is grown under such controlled conditions. Jamie Hollywood from the Adam Smith Institute also told the BBC lab-grown meat could be a lot cheaper. He says the price has gone down in five years from 200,000 to 8, so in the future it could be even less.

【1】The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ______.

A.what lab-grown meat isB.how lab-grown meat is made

C.what lab-grown meat tastes likeD.when people can eat lab-grown meat

【2】The writer mentions two food critics in Paragraph 4 to show that ______.

A.lab-grown meat is cheaper

B.chicken meat can be made in the lab

C.lab-grown meat tastes similar to animal meat

D.English people first tasted lab-grown meat

【3】The writer probably agrees that ______.

A.lab-grown meat will cause a lot of problems

B.lab-grown meat tastes better than animal meat

C.making lab-grown meat will cost too much money

D.lab-grown meat can help solve the world’s food crisis

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Could lab-grown meat be the future of food?

B.What does lab-grown meat taste like?

C.When could people eat lab-grown meat?

D.What is lab-grown meat and how is it made?

Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have come to California to train and perform this month. They will take part in an international _____called iPalpiti. The name comes from the Italian word for heartbeats. Schmieder is the program’s conductor and musical director. He and his wife _____the program in 1997.

This year, the musicians come from nineteen _____, including Azerbaijan, Israel and Italy. Schmieder notes some of the musicians are from the countries at war with each other. “And they are sitting next to each other, and they become _____.” Through their music and friendship, they are making the world more ____.

Peter Rainer, a German violin player, says, “It’s so great that you have so many excellent musicians. They are all very alert and awake and listen to each other and it’s a lot of fun.” Turkish player Sakul says the international group works _____together.Russian violinist Promoe says, “The experience is a cultural as well as a musical exchange (交流). Everyone has their own opinion of music, how to play every composition. It’s very interestingto ____ with everybody, to play together and to create one opinion for everybody.”

Francisco Vila of Ecuador says the music has no geographic boundaries (邊界). Vila adds that the musicians get to _____more about each other as they perform great music. “It’s interesting to see how many things we have in common.”

Can Sakul says the musicians who have taken part in the training and festival make up “a big family”. He adds that he is “proud to be a part of it”.

【1】A.festivalB.concertC.competitionD.program

【2】A.startedB.endedC.checkedD.recorded

【3】A.teamsB.countriesC.groupsD.families

【4】A.enemiesB.musiciansC.friendsD.players

【5】A.perfectB.interestingC.excellentD.peaceful

【6】A.honestlyB.wellC.badlyD.unhappily

【7】A.communicateB.agreeC.helpD.compare

【8】A.worryB.discussC.knowD.argue

—Yes, very much. The leading actor’s love for his sick father________ me most.

A.shapedB.respectedC.impressedD.allowed

A.cleansB.is cleanedC.is cleaningD.was cleaned

—It________ be his. He doesn’t like the colour at all.

A.can’tB.mustn’tC.shouldn’tD.needn’t

某網站正在開展以“向時代楷模學習”為主題的英語征文活動。假如你是李華，請用英語寫一篇短文投稿，談談生活中你該怎么做，以及這樣做的意義。

提示詞語：pick up, rubbish, study, honest, important

提示問題：● What should you do in your daily life? ● Why do you do so?

As a middle student, I can do a lot to learn from our role models.

I grew up in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, in a culture in which saying thank you is not done lightly. I learned to say thank you in English when I was in elementary school. And when I thanked anyone, I said it in English, which was less embarrassing and more casual than doing so in Hindi. I saved my thanks for those who had done huge favors for me. And I didn’t thank my friends or classmates very often. When I did, they regarded the act as a playful way to practise English.

Saying dhanyavaad, or thank you in Hindi, to someone without looking at him or her is just as good as not saying it at all. As a kid, I heard my father say dhanyavaad to people of his age, and he did it as seriously as possible, with his hands joined in front of his chest. He wasn’t just thanking someone for something, but asking for an opportunity to return the favor.

Now, when I travel to India, I often upset people by saying thank you to them. On a recent trip home, I was invited to my uncle’s house for dinner. He’s been a father figure to me, teaching me many things at every step of my life. That day, I made the mistake of telling him, in English, “Thank you for inviting me” before leaving his house. He didn’t respond, but I saw he was unhappy. I couldn’t even apologize for thanking him. The damage was done.

Differentcountriesanddifferentpeople havedifferentmanners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us ill-mannered.

【1】How often does David say thank you now ?

【2】Where did David grow up?

【3】Who did David save his thanks for?

【4】What is the third paragraph mainly about?

【5】Why was David’s uncle unhappy?

“There is an inclination(傾向) to decide that no action is needed,” says Ervin Staub, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who studies the role of bystanders. “ The first thoughts that come into your mind often keep you from offering help.”

Time and again, good and caring people fail to come to the aid of others. They know they should act and yet, for reasons they themselves don’t understand, people sometimes don’t respond. Longtime researchers of bystander behavior continue to struggle with the question, “Why?”

One thing we do know is that the more ambiguous a situation is, the less likely people are to help. Let’s say you see vapors(水汽) coming out of a building. You ask yourself, “Is it steam(蒸汽) or smoke?” If you are not sure, you look to other people for a clue about how to react. If you see other people doing nothing, you think, “Of course, that’s just steam.” You don’t want it to be smoke, because then you would have to do something about it.

Another one is known as “ the bystander effect”. This says that the more people there are observing an emergency, the less responsible each one of them personally feels. For example, if you are the only person in the world who can act to save someone in a dangerous situation, you are more likely to act. However, if you are one of 100,000 people who could save the situation, you would be happier if one of the other 99,999 people did it!

“If you notice trouble, force yourself to stop and judge the situation instead of walking on,” says Ervin Staub. Then try to involve other people; you don’t have to take on all the responsibility of being helpful. According to Staub, it is sometimes just a matter of turning to the person next to you and saying, “It looks like we should do something.” Once you take action, most people will follow you and also offer help.

【1】Ervin Staub probably agrees that _____.

A. the bystanders force them to solve the troubles

B. people’s first thoughts usually prevent them from helping

C. the researchers often lead to the embarrassment

D. the person next to you often asks you to deal with emergency

【2】The word “ambiguous” in Paragraph 4 probably means “_____”.

A. difficultB. dangerousC. unclearD. unpleasant

【3】The writer uses “ the bystander effect” to show that _____.

A. people usually think others a lot before the difficulties

B. people like to carry out the responsibility in emergency

C. people often share their ideas when they’re in dangerous situations

D. people are likely to behave in the same way as most other people do

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Is it important to offer help?

B. Is it difficult to get involved?

C. To stand there or take actions?

D. To change the decision or stick it?