荆门2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、It was not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do _______benefits our work best.

A.who B.which C.that D.what

2、There are a number of methods to provide relief from your toothache, which can’t cure the problem.

A. permanent B. temporary

C. contemporary   D. consequent

3、Only when you have been familiar with the plan ______.

A.then you’ll be able to carry it out

B.were you able to carry it out

C.and you will be able to carry out it

D.will you be able to carry it out

4、The players _____ found the right pace to play so they eventually won the game.

A.gradually B.disgustingly C.disturbingly D.greedily

5、I have no idea____________ the book is __________ to your English study.

A. whether ;  of great value B. if  ; of great value

C. that  ; so value D. how ; very valuable

6、To keep their innovation _______ the times, Internet-based companies are sparing no efforts in digging into more core technologies.

A．in tune with

B．in touch with

C．in exchange for

D．in reward for

7、--Does the young man _____ there have possession of the company?

--No, The company is _____ his father.

A. standing; in the possession of B. stood; in the possession of

C. standing; in possession of D. stand; in possession of

8、To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions ________ had used the products.

A.whatever B.whoever C.wherever D.whichever

9、Lily, though too young to go to school, _________ easily recite 2000 poems.

A.must B.can C.need D.should

10、There is a shortage of teachers in Western China, and it will fall on the 80s and 90s generations to this responsibility.

A. take on   B. step up

C. make up       D. apply for

11、As we all know, it was ______ that resulted in the terrible car accident.

A.because of her carelessness B.her being careless

C.why she was careless D.she was so careless

12、Nowadays, Chinese acupuncture has become popular round the world, ______ have other traditional Chinese medicines.

A.so B.as C.which D.like

13、One reason for her preference for city life is that she can have___________ to places like shops and restaurants.

A.method B.access C.way D.means

14、Local governments can foster this sustainable activity by giving_____ to responsible operators, and even high-paying consumers.

A.preference B.substitute C.alternative D.selection

15、The success of a government should be ________ in terms of the health and happiness of the people as well as the development of economy.

A.observed B.established C.benefited D.measured

16、Penicillin, _______ chemical in mould that was first discovered in 1928, wasn’t purified to be used as a medicine until _______World WarⅡ.

A. a; the B. /; /

C. the; the D. a; /

17、____ I'm mistaken, I've seen that tall man at a party before.

A． If B． As

C． Unless D． When

18、The forest fire __________on March 30 in Muli County in Sichuan claimed the lives of 27 Chinese firefighters and four volunteers.

A.was broken B.that was broken out C.broke out D.that broke out

19、Even if he has been a teacher for 20 years, Peter has a good and serious attitude towards his work, for which he gains a lot of ________.

A.competence B.motivation C.expectation D.recognition

20、Tanya, be _______! Our baby is sleeping, and you may wake him up.

A. silent B. still

C. quiet D. noisy

21、 We lost our way in that small village, otherwise we ________more places of interest yesterday.

A.visited B.had visited

C.would visit D.would have visited

22、The panels also capture heat from the sun and ________it into energy that powers the building.

A．pose

B．repay

C．polish

D．convert

23、The child was found ______down the streets alone.

A. wandering B. wondering

C. taking D. stepping

24、It’s the test system，________ the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students.

A．other than B．or rather

C．rather than D．more than

25、The thief broke in, trying to open the safe, but _____.

A. in no way B. in vain

C. without effect D. at a loss

26、You may feel pressured to plan out your whole life before you start applying to colleges. 【1】Though some people have well-focused career goals early in life, others don't — and they still find their way to the right job. Staying flexible when it comes to thinking about your future may be the right choice for you.

The world changes.

Webmasters didn't exist a generation ago. The world changes so fast that new careers appear all the time, while others become less common. 【2】

There’s no one perfect career.

When choosing a career, you'll try to match your skills and interests with work in certain areas. 【3】 Even jobs sounding ideal will probably involve some things you dislike. But many jobs will suit you and allow you to use your talents.

You can only plan so far ahead.

【4】 That's because as important as planning and research are, chance still plays a role. Keep an open mind, learn to tolerate some degree of uncertainty and watch for opportunity.

【5】

Many people feel pulled to a job that's familiar, popular or profitable. In the long run, however, people are generally happier and more successful if they choose a career that matches their interests and strengths. Take the time to develop your interests and then look for a career that will satisfy and fulfill you.

A．Satisfaction is key.

B．There won't be one perfect match.

C．But most people have ever experienced the stress.

D．Your feelings about what you want to do may be unclear.

E．Change your mind if you can’t find a suitable job at present.

F．Did you ever hear someone say something like, “I fell into my career”?

G．Pay attention both to the changes in your interests and to developments in the career world.

27、   If you’ve spent any amount of time boating, fishing, or bird-watching at lakes and rivers, you have most likely seen fishes jumping out of the water. I have seen it many times. Certainly, fishes will exit water in desperate attempts to escape enemies. Dolphins take advantage of the behavior, forming a circle and catching the frightened fishes in midair. But just as we may run fast from fun or from fear, different emotions might motivate fishes to jump.

Mobula rays (蝠鲼) aren’t motivated by fear when they throw their impressive bodies — up to a seventeen-foot wingspan (the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other) and a ton in weight — skyward in leap of up to ten feet. They do it in schools of hundreds. They usually land on their bellies, but sometimes they land on their backs. Some scientists think it might be a way of removing parasites (寄生虫). But I think that the rays are enjoying themselves.

In the clear waters of Florida’s Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, I watched several schools of fifty or more mullets(鲻鱼) moving in beautiful formation. Their well-built bodies were most evident when they leaped from the water. Most of the time I saw one or two leaps by a fish, but one made a series of seven. They usually land on their sides. Each jump was about a foot clear of the water and two to three feet in length.

Nobody knows for sure why the fish leaps. One idea is that they do it to take in oxygen. The idea is supported by the fact that mullets leap more when the water is lower in oxygen, but is challenged by the likelihood that jumping costs more energy than is gained by breathing air. It is hard to imagine they will feel any fresher when back in water.

Might these fishes also be leaping for fun? There is some new evidence. Gordon M. Burghardt recently published accounts of a dozen types of fishes leaping repeatedly, sometimes over floating objects — sticks, plants, sunning turtle — for no clear reason other than entertainment.

【1】What can we say about the dolphins in Paragraph 1?

A.They have great escaping skills. B.They are easily frightened.

C.They are very clever. D.They love jumping.

【2】What do the ray and the mullet have in common when jumping?

A.Both do it in groups. B.Both land on their bellies.

C.Both jump many feet out of water. D.Both make leaps one after the other.

【3】What’s the author’s attitude towards the idea mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.Anxious. B.Indifferent.

C.Approving. D.Questionable.

【4】Why do fishes leap according to Gordon?

A.To remove parasites. B.To amuse themselves.

C.To take in more oxygen. D.To escape enemies.

28、   Many of us know about Russia's Lake Baikal from our textbooks,or by listening to Chinese singer Li Jian's hit song,Lake Baikal.But over the past decade,the world's deepest freshwater lake has been in the spotlight for an extreme sport.

Each March since 2005,about 150 people from around the world sign up for the Baikal Ice Marathon.They come to explore the lake's breathtaking beauty and challenge themselves in unpredictable conditions.The 26-mile journey starts on the lake's eastern shore.In March,the ice is a meter thick and iron-hard.Runners cross this frozen surface,finishing on the western side of the lake.

Known as the"blue eye of Siberia",Lake Baikal has exceptionally clear waters.This means its ice is almost perfectly transparent（透明的）."Seen from above,a runner on the ice looks as if he or she is jogging through space,"The New York Times noted.

The landscape might be beautiful,but the weather is harsh.Strong winds blow across the lake and frostbite（冻伤）can occur within half an hour.Runners say the cold climate is what draws them.They want to test their limits."When you are in such an environment,you don't have cars around you,you don't have the noise around.I think these extreme races allow you to be alone with nature,"Alicja Barahona,a 64-year-old runner from the US,told ABC News.

The location offers some strange and unique characteristics for this marathon.The finish line is visible from the start,but the endless white offers no progress markers.The race also ends with little fanfare（喧闹）.Tourists crowding the ice are mostly addicted to taking photos and just ignore the runners.

For some runners,the absence of audience makes the race more challenging,because it's lonely.They must fight with themselves."You are alone on Baikal.It is your race.You are alone with yourself All you need to do is to defeat yourself,"Veronique Messina,a French runner,told the Telegraph.

【1】What do we know about the Baikal Ice Marathon?

A.It requires runners to jog through space.

B.It attracts more and more participants each year.

C.It combines extreme weather and beautiful scenery.

D.It highlights our textbooks and Li Jian's hit song.

【2】What does the underlined word"harsh”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Pleasant. B.Severe. C.Annoying. D.Damp.

【3】How does the Baikal Ice Marathon differ from other marathons?

A.Only men are allowed to run in this race.

B.There are many progress markers on the ice.

C.The runners are often disturbed by tourists.

D.The runners can see the finish line from the start.

【4】What is the most challenging in the race for Messina?

A.Loneliness. B.The long distance.

C.The cold climate. D.Noisy surroundings.

29、   That two bicycle salesmen were the first people to fly is as surprising today as it was over a century ago. In 1903 , the Wright brothers flew above the crowd at a public exhibition in the United States. For a long period, the whole world was still in shock.

The Wrights’ success is worth reviewing today because it challenges the 21st century's belief that, for young engineers, courses in arts and humanities are not as important as math and science. In fact, however, neither of the Wright brothers went to college or had any formal technical training.

To see what we can learn from the Wright brothers today, we must consider what made them different then. The Wright brothers grew up in a family where there was always encouragement on curiosity. The bookshelves in their home were filled with novels, poetry, and ancient history. The Wrights’parents had great curiosity for learning. They encouraged their children to read widely and find out the truth on their own. In their late 20s , the Wrights began reading books on the movement of bird wings , which led to their original air-control system.

The Wright brothers often compared themselves to artists because their invention had a lot to do with arts. For example, the art of flying was actually a complicated dance between man, machine and air, which required thousands of hours of practice to perfect. Technical skills and math were certainly necessary to build the machine, but much of the challenge lay in the art of flying in order to have beautiful lines during flight and landing.

If today’s schools hope to have more extraordinary engineers, they should broaden the limited academic requirements and encourage students to be curious about different subjects as the Wright brothers did.

【1】What was peopled attitude to the Wright brothers, flight in Paragraph 1?

A.They were eager to fly. B.They wondered its safety.

C.They were shocked at it. D.They doubted if it was true.

【2】Which of the following led to the brothers, success according to the passage?

A.Formal technical training. B.Research on birds' movement.

C.Math and science in college. D.Curiosity about finding the truth.

【3】What does the passage encourage today's schools to do?

A.To abandon academic requirements on learning.

B.To encourage students to be artists and engineers.

C.To broaden students’ knowledge about the Wright brothers.

D.To be supportive to students' curiosity on different courses.

30、Mattew Shifrin has been building with Legos (乐高积木) since he was 5 with the help of his friends. When he turned 13, he got a _______ birthday present from his friend, Lilya Finkel. It was an 843-piece Middle Eastern Lego palace. And with it were_______that Finkel made specially for it. Finkel_______a unique name for every one of the more than 800 pieces in the   palace set. Then she spent countless hours_______ building instructions in Braille (盲文) that spelled out how to_______ them all together.

His mind was blown. As a_______person, Shifrin had never before been able to complete a Lego set_______. Shifrin knew immediately that he had to help other blind children find the same_______ . Shifrin says, 'For blind people, Lego sets act as small 3D_______for real-life buildings instead of two-dimensional photographs. Lego bricks ________ me to see things that are ________ to explore by touch.' For years after that incredible Lego________ , he together with Finkel created similar instructions for about 45 other Lego sets, all ________ on a website they created, 'Lego for the Blind.'

Shifrin began________the Lego company several years ago to discuss his work, but it was in 2017, when Finkel died of cancer, that he finally connected with the________person. His years-long efforts________ when the Lego company released its first audio and Braille building instructions. The project is a high-tech version of what Shifrin and Finkel did for their________. It couldn’t have been completed without Shifrin's________ – or without his determination.

He just ________ Finkel had been here to see it. 'I think she'd be very glad that we came this ________,' Shifrin said.

【1】

A．time-saving

B．life-changing

C．world-shaking

D．heart-breaking

【2】

A．instructions

B．rules

C．skills

D．requirements

【3】

A．invented

B．remembered

C．mentioned

D．knew

【4】

A．getting

B．practicing

C．ignoring

D．typing

【5】

A．mix

B．fix

C．mend

D．gather

【6】

A．blind

B．deaf

C．poor

D．rich

【7】

A．in his favour

B．in his turn

C．on his own

D．at his convenience

【8】

A．truth

B．connection

C．balance

D．independence

【9】

A．patterns

B．designs

C．replacements

D．arrangements

【10】

A．warn

B．allow

C．force

D．trouble

【11】

A．impossible

B．dangerous

C．easy

D．safe

【12】

A．experiment

B．performance

C．practice

D．experience

【13】

A．published

B．selected

C．identified

D．canceled

【14】

A．putting up with

B．catching up with

C．reaching out to

D．keeping away from

【15】

A．previous

B．missing

C．smart

D．right

【16】

A．spread out

B．blew up

C．faded away

D．paid off

【17】

A．company

B．website

C．buildings

D．children

【18】

A．encouragement

B．preparation

C．involvement

D．recommendation

【19】

A．predicted

B．wished

C．assumed

D．expected

【20】

A．long

B．far

C．deep

D．fast

31、   My mother believed in magic. She believed things happened for a/an _______ . She was vocal about “happy accidents”.

“See this little box? It’s magic: inside _______ a bird that can sing.”

I carefully wound the tiny music box, and my sons were _______ attracted by the beautiful music, coming up and wondering what it was. Besides singing, the bird _______ flapped (拍打) its wings, and opened and closed its small beak (鸟喙).

“Please don’t touch it,” I _______. However, weeks later I noticed the bird no longer moved back fully. I was so angry that I _______ my sons.

“I pushed the lid down,” volunteered the 7-year-old cautiously. Obviously, he realized what a big mistake he had made. I was going to _______ him. However, another voice told me that I might find a skilled person to _______ the bird back to life first.

Unfortunately, I soon discovered that few people could _______ broken music boxes. It took me lots of ________ to find one. After lots of time and cost, I was delighted to witness the fragile bird sing once more. What I did not ________ was that the tiny bird would also spin (旋转).

“It spins!” I said, totally ________.

“It’s supposed to do that,” the man said with a heavy German accent. “I guess it is ________ that your son broke it, because now the bird does what it was ________ to do.”

A happy accident, ________.

【1】A.excuse B.result C.reason D.goal

【2】A.flies B.lives C.lays D.sees

【3】A.instantly B.eventually C.gradually D.accidentally

【4】A.merely B.still C.suddenly D.also

【5】A.requested B.declared C.warned D.repeated

【6】A.gathered B.seized C.dragged D.led

【7】A.comfort B.believe C.ignore D.punish

【8】A.carry B.take C.bring D.get

【9】A.discover B.make C.own D.repair

【10】A.fortune B.efforts C.chances D.risks

【11】A.observe B.expect C.realize D.feel

【12】A.sad B.moved C.satisfied D.amazed

【13】A.wrong B.reasonable C.good D.obvious

【14】A.trained B.asked C.allowed D.designed

【15】A.indeed B.though C.either D.instead

32、   It's common for homeless people to pick up recyclable（可回收利用的）things to sell and make a living. However, it's not so common to see them sit in a restaurant where the average meal costs $ 150. But that’s _______what happened when a man walked into Benvindo, a _______restaurant in Belo Horizonte.

According to the staff, a homeless man_______the waiters at the front door and wanted a meal. He also insisted on paying for it with the money he made by_______ the cans: a single $ 50 bill.

“I thought this was something_______，” said Fontes, a 21-year-old waiter. But he continued providing_______for the man as he served other guests. The man_______an executive（行政）lunch, including a main dish and dessert, which _______$ 121. 80. However, when the man asked for the bill, the restaurant’s owner told Fontes to waive （放弃）the charge. Instead of accepting the free meal, the man politely turned it _______ and insisted on paying.

When it became ________ that the man wasn’t ready to change his ________, the waiter decided to charge him $ 10. Fontes said, “I then had to lie, saying customers could get a(n) ________ on the lunch for there was an ongoing________, because the man had $ 50 and refused to get the $ 40. ”

A customer there took a picture of them and shared it online? saying? “I just ________ a great example of consideration.... ” The photo gained hundreds of ________, praising Fontes and the man. Fontes said he simply wanted to perform an act of kindness for an honest hardworking man.

【1】A.precisely B.probably C.illegally D.frequently

【2】A.newly-built B.high-end C.self-service D.non-profit

【3】A.blamed B.praised C.approached D.urged

【4】A.collecting B.breaking C.producing D.preserving

【5】A.complex B.plain C.painful D.strange

【6】A.service B.information C.comfort D.support

【7】A.declined B.prepared C.chose D.recommended

【8】A.came to B.went through C.passed down D.jumped at

【9】A.up B.down C.off D.on

【10】A.significant B.confusing C.disappointing D.apparent

【11】A.position B.confusion C.situation D.expectation

【12】A.subject B.outline C.discount D.suggestion

【13】A.promotion B.custom C.trend D.donation

【14】A.heard B.witnessed C.followed D.relayed

【15】A.instructions B.references C.warnings D.comments

33、    Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th， my father would give each of his children ＄20. This was the 1970s， and ＄20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it___. My father trusted me to have the___to spend money wisely. Even better， he gave me the means to get it. On a very basic level， my father was giving me a shopping spree（狂欢） every year. But he was also giving me___over my own fun， trusting my ability to___money and making me feel like a（n）___. He didn't buy me Sherlock Holmes， but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and___it for myself， so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had （a）n___for giving me what I needed， usually___at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25， I___at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my___job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit， I___a good show， telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn't until she___that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with___. She knew how___I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries， or___to pay my rent， she would have made me feel much___. The cold， hard cash meant she was helping me. And， funnily enough， the___with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to___my life and preserve my dignity （尊严）. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to make my own___，and the other was giving me a second___when those decisions had cost me dearly.

【1】A.naturally B.negatively C.differently D.originally

【2】A.privilege B.intelligence C.authority D.desire

【3】A.advantage B.doubt C.charge D.concern

【4】A.earn B.allocate C.manage D.raise

【5】A.expert B.grown﹣up C.adventurer D.pioneer

【6】A.read B.edit C.choose D.publish

【7】A.passion B.talent C.plan D.demand

【8】A.even B.merely C.roughly D.right

【9】A.failed B.hesitated C.froze D.fell

【10】A.routine B.creative C.challenging D.previous

【11】A.put away B.put on C.put forward D.put off

【12】A.arrived B.left C.fled D.returned

【13】A.credit B.loans C.receipts D.cash

【14】A.badly B.reluctantly C.briefly D.temporarily

【15】A.attempted B.offered C.promised D.managed

【16】A.better B.more C.less D.worse

【17】A.depth B.length C.distance D.range

【18】A.defend B.equip C.fix D.develop

【19】A.preparations B.adaptations C.contributions D.decisions

【20】A.chance B.visit C.solution D.trial

34、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?

B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.

A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?

B: Twice a week.

A: Can you go there without a t【3】?

B: No. That’s not allowed.

A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?

B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.

A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?

B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.

A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.

B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.

35、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems?  Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.

When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.

While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.

“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”

But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.

Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.

Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.

It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.

“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

36、课文填空

Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.

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The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system

38、假定你是李华，你校最近正在网上选拔学生参加 2020 年中美青年大使线上交流项目，帮助美国青年使者更好地了解中国的历史文化。请写一封电子邮件申请参加该项目。内容包括：

1. 介绍自己的优势；

2. 参加意图；

3. 希望获准。

注意：词数 100 左右，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

中美青年大使线上交流项目 Sino-American Youth Ambassadors online Program

Dear Sir or Madam,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

39、假如你是李华，你的朋友 Linda刚通过了英语风采大赛（talent show）的初赛，即将参加决赛。她来信请你提供建议，请你写一封回信，内容如下：

1. 表示祝贺

2. 提供建议（至少两条）

3. 鼓励

注意：1. 大约100个单词

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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40、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。

You never know the difference you might make if you take the time to encourage someone. I gave up the idea of being a writer the summer before I started college. I’d been writing since I was five years old. My little friends wanted toys at that time, but I just wanted paper. Childhood passed and a box of short stories gave way to my middle school days. I wrote for a magazine and by the time I was in my eighth grade, half of the annual publications were written by me. Sometimes I'd dream about being a novelist, writing books that everyone might read. My dad was always sure that it would happen. When he read my poems or stories, his eyes welled up. "That's beautiful, honey,” he always told me. "One day, the entire world will know what a gift you have.” Those words encouraged me through high school to keep believing that writing was my calling.

But somewhere along the months of my senior year, I became disappointed. The crazy injustice in this world — bad guys getting buck out on the street and doing harm again and again, changed my mind.”I m going to be a lawyer in the future,” I told my parents. My dad’s face fell, but he kept his smile. "Whatever you do, you'll be brialliant at it," he said to me.

One of my first classes at college was Journalism 100. One day, the professor, Bob Scheibel, assigned us a story about an apartment fire. He gave us the facts and we had a few days to write a news story.

I was sure that I had gotten the facts right when I wrote the story. I didn’t expect much feedback. But a few days later, Bob Scheibel asked me to talk to him after class. Questions raced through my mind. What had I done wrong? Had I gotten the facts mixed up? Did I miss anything critical in the details? Five minutes after the class, I found myself in front of the professor. His eyes met mine with great seriousness.

41、假定你是某国际高中的学生李华，得知学校正在为 2 位加拿大交换生征询寄宿家庭，你有意申请，请用英文给学校该项目负责人 Mr. Chen 写一封申请信。

内容包括：1.自我介绍；2. 家庭条件及个人优势。

注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Chen,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua