Dear Sally,
I really need your help. I"m feeling u 1 these days, because I get so many p 2 .I"mnot a
good-looking girl and I"m not good at studying, e 3 . Some of my classmatesalways make jokes
of the way I d 4 . They think my clothes are all out of s 5 ,e 6 my best friend, Lily. I tried
everything I can, but nothing s 7 to work. What"s more, infamily, there" s a more s 8 problem.
My parents a 9 with each other and they don"t talk to each other now. Can you give me some a
10 ?
A sad girl,
Susan
Letter 1 | Letter 2 | ||
Personal information | age 15 from Dublin | 4 | |
Problem | 1 | 5 | |
Feelings | 2 | tired, depressed andbored | |
Questions | 3 | What"s the use ofhomework anyway? | |
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Have you heard of Bali, a place to the south of Indonesia? It"s a small island but is becoming more and more famous by its interesting places l by hundreds of thousands of people from the world. Bali is so beautiful that you can"t help 2 it is apainted picture: rice fields trip down hillsides3 big steps, volcanoes (火山) stand up tothe clouds, the forests are 4 and warm,and the beaches are lapped (环绕) by the warmwater of the Indian Ocean. But the beautiful 5 has been enjoyed by the international tourist industry rather than by the Balinese 6 who don"t even have a word for beauty intheir language. The cooler dry 7 from April toOctober is the best time to visit Bali. The rest ofthe year is wetter, cloudier and has more rainstorms, 8 you can still enjoy a holiday. The European summer holidays bring themost 9 July, August and early Septemberare busy. In these months prices are higher. Balinese festivals, 10 and special celebrations take place all the time. It can be an ice time to know about the local culture and enjoy the traditional food. | |||
( )1. A. enjoy ( )2. A. see ( )3. A. as ( )4. A. yellow ( )5. A. woman ( )6. A. we ( )7. A. day ( )8. A. and ( )9. A. students ( )10.A. weekends | B. enjoyed B. seeing B. like B. red B. field B. us B. week B. then B. tourists B. weekdays | C. like C. think C. look C. white C. scenery C. them C. year C. but C. workers C. holidays | D. liked D. thinking D. if D. green D. forest D. themselves D. season D. or D. teachers D. days |
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Hello Sandy, We have just returned from our holiday.We went with our friends Edward Smith and hiswife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. This is abeautiful place. It is a natural park. There arelots of places to walk on the tops of the hills,miles of grassland with no people, just sheepand birds. Edward, who had just come out ofhospital, could not walk as far as he used to.However this meant that we walked in themornings, and then stopped at a cafe for luncheach day, before returning to the place welived. Edward and I slept in front of the fire allafternoon, while the ladies went for anotherwalk. Very pleasant ! I have taken lots of photos from the placewe lived, across the valley (峡谷) below us. ofthe morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley.Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains(蒸汽火车)are very popular. I have taken manyphotos of the train and from it. Yesterday we had the first snow of this,winter. It was very early (we usually expectsnow in January). It rained all day, thensnowed in the evening. Today we have brightsunshine ! Both Jenny and I are well. I don"t know if Itold you, in the last e-mail, that Jenny is nowworking in a hotel. Although she has to workhard, people there are nice and she is enjoyingthe work. Please write to tell us your news. Yours, Victor | |||
1. What kind of place is the Yorkshire Moors? | |||
A. A hotel. B. A natural park. C. A hospital. D. A cafe | |||
2. When did the ladies take a walk? | |||
A. Only in the morning. B. Only in the afternoon. C. Both in the morning and in the afternoon. D. In the evening. | |||
3. They had snow this winter. | |||
A. an early B. a late C. a usual D. a big | |||
4. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 mean? | |||
A. The valley. B. Travel. C. The mist. D. The train. | |||
5. What do we know from this passage? | |||
A. This is the first time Victor has written an e-mail to Sandy. B. Edward didn"t go traveling because he had just come out of hospital. C. Jenny"s new job in a hotel is an easy one. D. People in England like the old steam-powered trains very much. | |||
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Hello, everybody. I am Amy. I went to AstrolandAmusement Park last week. Letme introduce it to you. There are many interesting places there. You can spend a day at the beachand visit the real Coney Island. You can also enjoy ocean air and waves from the exciting rides. The Cyclone is one of its famous places. It started on June 26, 1927. It is one of the most famous amusement places. The Cyclone has been at or near the top of every roller coaster top ten lists. The Cyclone, now faster than ever, is the heart and soul (灵魂) of ConeyIsland and going strong for over 150 years ! The park is open at weekends only in spring from March 16th to June 1Oth. It is open every day from June 15th to September 3rd. I took many beautiful pictures there. You can get a good view of the Cyclone, the Astrotower and the beach. There are fireworks (烟火) every Friday night in summer. How beautiful they are ! | |||
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( )1. Amy went to Astroland Amusement Park last week. | |||
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We have been in Australia for three days.We"re having a g 1 time here. Australia isthe sixth largest country in the world. There isso m 2 to see that it is impossible for me totell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city.There are many big t 3 and colorful flowersaround the houses and they l 4 reallybeautiful. There are also some special a 5 inAustralia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely. During the past three days we"ve visitedmany p 6 of interest around Sydney. I"d liketo spend more time here. But we will f 7 toanother city, Cairns, to see coral beds(珊瑚礁)tomorrow. It is said that words cannot d 8the beauty of the colorful corals. Many famouscartoon films were made there. Now we areb 9 packing our bags so that we will notmiss the plane when we leave. We can enjoyo 10 in Cairns this time tomorrow. I m expecting to go there ! 1._______2.________3.________4._______5.________ 6._______7.________8.________9. 10. |