The child was invited by her parents to explore the edges (边缘) of the pond. It was a 1 pond, but rich in life. The adults 2 all kinds of tools along.

    They began the exploration 3 the mud at pond's edge. 4 they searched for tracks by various animals, the parents showed their approval of the child's natural curiosity and 5 her to touch, smell and play in whatever she wanted. They 6 much time happily. Creatures caught temporarily 7 viewing were kept in the plastic containers. The 8 jars held frogs for a few moments viewing. Smaller jars allowed them to 9 larvas (幼虫) which hid around rocks in the pond. Cares were 10 to honor the truth of the life forms. And the child was 11 told that, "Today we are learning from the creatures, and treating them as friends even the 12 and scary-looking ones." Eventually a standard picnic 13, but it was clear that she had made a friend with 14 on this day.

    More often than not, parents are drawn into outdoor 15 in a fashion that treat the natural offerings of a site 16 as a setting. Parks become a place to use playground 17 , have social gatherings and play team sports like volleyball or badminton. 18 there are priceless chances for studying nature's 19 in nearly all these settings. The parents 20 above were not naturalists but they somehow knew that nature held gifts that would benefit their child's life.

    “I couldn't survive without music,” says fifteen-year-old Steve. In the morning, Steve wakes up to his favorite 1 station. He listens to rock on the radio while he eats 2. He puts on his personal stereo (立体声唱机) before he leaves the house and listens to cassettes on the bus to 3.

    “Last week I put my headphones on in the maths 4.” admits Steve. “The teacher was really 5. She took my headphones away and I couldn't use them for a week. It was 6.” At home Steve does his homework to music—loud music.

    “My mother 7 shouts ‘Turn it down!'” says Steve. “She can't 8 how I can work 9 music on, but music 10 me to concentrate.” Steve would like to make music himself. “I'm learning to play the guitar.11, it doesn't sound too good at the 12. But I'm going to keep practicing!”

    For 13 like Steve, music is a very important part of 14. Music is social; it brings people together at discos, parties and concerts. Fast,15 music is full of energy; it helps people to 16 their problems and have 17. Music talks about love, freedom and imagination. There are always new songs and new styles.

    18 Steve's mother agrees that music brings some problems. “Steve is a sensible boy,” she says, “I don't think he would ever take drugs hearing rock. But I 19 worry about his hearing with all that loud music. And it 20 me crazy!”

    Zhang Heng(78~139), a native of Nanyang in central China's Henan Province, was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer of the Eastern Han Dynasty(25~220).

    Zhang's greatest contributions were in the field of astronomy. In 123 he corrected the calendar to bring it into line with the seasons. In 132 he invented the first seism scope. It was in the shape of a cylinder with eight dragon heads around the top, each with a ball in its mouth. Around the bottom were eight frogs, each directly under a dragon's head. When an earthquake occurred, ball fell out of a dragon's mouth into a frog's mouth, making a noise.

    Zhang Heng was a supporter of the Hun, the ancient theory, which stated that the earth is inside an egg. He wrote, “The sky is like a hen's egg and the Earth is like the yolk of the egg,  lying alone at the center. The sky is large and the Earth is small. ”

    He also drew a detailed map of the heaven. His chart showed 124 constellations (星群) consisting of a total of 2, 500 stars,  320 of which were bright stars with names. “This is not including those observed by sailors, ” he wrote, “Of the small stars,  there are eleven thousand five hundred and twenty. ”

    However, Zhang Heng was not satisfied with his paper map of the sky. When his charts were completed, he hired craftsmen to build what may have been the world's oldest three-dimensional models of the heaven. The first globes were made out of bamboo strips, but eventually he had a globe made out of bronze, which was almost five meters in circumference. This in itself would have been a remarkable accomplishment.

    But Zhang Heng took it one step further. He used the power of water to make his globe complete one rotation every year, showing how the positions of the stars changed from one season to the next.

    Two of the saddest words in the English language are if only. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.

    My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.

    I don't only avoid those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. It's equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn't be here. But then I thought about the fact that he's 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn't give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.

    I know there will still be occasions when I have to say if only about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I'm doing the right thing. I'm buying myself peace of mind and that's the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.

1）选择时间：2019年12月26；

2）地点：学校礼堂；

3）具体要求：热爱戏剧表演，具有较好的英语口语表达能力，熟悉马克・吐温的小说《百万英镑》。

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1）词数：80左右，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2）参考词汇：标准 crtera

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The care center told us Dad's case was hopeless. Mom took him home and his spirits lifted under her care. Several months later, we decided to fly out and give my mother a break from nursing him.

On the last day of our trip, after finishing his walking treatment, I suggested that he "exercise" his fingers by playing his piano, but the fingers that had once flown over the keys with ease could barely strike one note. Paralysis (瘫痪) had taken away the number-one joy in Dad's life.

Helping him from his wheelchair to the piano bench, I placed his hands on the keys and the list on the piano. Seeing his stiff fingers devastated me and Dad. I lay back in my chair, closed my eyes and expected the worst. I couldn't believe my ears when The War We Were rang out, flowing with feeling and no mistakes. He continued playing down his list.

Quickly wiping my eyes, I felt grateful for what had taken place. I never thought I'd hear my dad's beautiful music again. Dad couldn't grasp what had happened during that hour and seemed confused. Instead of getting back in his wheelchair, he asked me to turn him around on the bench so that we could talk.

Starting with his earliest childhood memories, Dad shared his life story, telling tales I'd never heard before. It was a magical time for us, and we took turns wiping our eyes. When he became silent, I knew this moment had ended.

For the next hour, I found myself reliving priceless memories. Happy tears flowed as my father played every song I'd ever heard growing up, including favorites that we had danced to as children. Apparently, the wonderful stories he'd just shared had sparked his memory.

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注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm Li Hua, a Senior Three student from China.

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Yours faithfully,

Li Hua