安徽省滁州市2023_2024学年高二英语上学期月考一试题

这是一份安徽省滁州市2023_2024学年高二英语上学期月考一试题，共18页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7等内容，欢迎下载使用。
时长：120分钟分值：150分
考试范围：选择性必修 1 Unit1
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
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What des the man rder?
A. A ham salad.B. A beef salad.C. Sme bread rlls.
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What is Andrew asked t d?
A. Put away his tys.B. Finish his hmewrk.C. G t sleep.
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What is the weather like nw?
A. ClB. CldC. Ht
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What will Peter use the range peel t d?
A. Eat as a snack.B. Sak his feet.C. Remve the smell in the fridge.
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Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a bkstre.B. In a library.C. In a cinema.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What time is it nw?
A. 6:40 p.m.B. 7:00 p.m.C. 7:20 p.m.
7. Hw des the wman sund in the end?
A. Surprised.B. Annyed.C. Disappinted.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. Hw lng did Zara’s rund-the-wrld flight take?
A. Tw mnths.B. Three mnths.C. Five mnths.
9. Where did Zara start her trip?
A. In Britain.B. In Belgium.C. In Canada.
10. Why was Zara stuck in the Russian Far East?
A. Her visa needed t be renewed.
B. Her plane had a breakdwn.
C. She ran int bad weather.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Clleagues.B. Husband and wife.C. Dctr and patient.
12. Why did the man stay up late last night?
A. T watch a match.B. T prepare a reprt.C. T clean up after a party.
13. What des the wman advise the man t d?
A. Take sme medicine.B. Drink sme water.C. Ask fr sick leave.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
14. Why des the man want t change his reservatin?
A. He needs t attend a meeting.B. His meeting ended early.C. His flight was delayed.
15. Hw many ther peple are n the waiting list besides the man?
A. One.B. Tw.C. Three.
16. When will flight SA285 start checking in?
A. In abut 40 minutes.B. In abut ne hur.C. In abut ne hur and a half.
17. What will the man d next?
A. Check his bags.B. Wait fr a while.C. Apply fr a member card.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
18. What’s the talk mainly abut?
A. The return f tw lst ntebks.
B. The value f tw priceless ntebks.
C. The display f Darwin’s tw ntebks.
19. What des Jessica Gardner d?
A. A pliceman.B. A prfessr.C. A librarian.
20. What d we knw abut the tw ntebks?
A. They were riginally in a pink bx.
B. They are in gd cnditin.
C. They belng t a natinal library.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Everyne meets trubles and difficulties, and everyne needs t get negative feelings ut f their wn systems. D yu have a persn, a place r even an bject that yu turn t whenever yu need a listener and cmfrt? Welcme t pst yur stries belw.
21. Wh prefers an bject t deal with negative feelings?
A. Sun Flwer.B. Amy.C. Enkaer.D. Mr Tree Hle.
22. Which is nt Amy’s pinin n the advantage f sharing trubles nline?
A. It is easier t tap n the screen f a mbile phne than t speak.
B. Scial media prvides a sense f security.
C. Peple can speak with reservatin n scial media.
D. Emtins can be expressed freely nline.
23. Where are yu mst likely t read this article?
A. In a daily newspaper.B. In a scial magazine.
C. In a student handbk.D. In a blg pst.
B
Oliver’s jurney with tai chi began in her early 20s, when she was suffering frm a back injury, which left her lying in bed fr six mnths.
“As an active yungster at that time, I culdn’t bear resting in bed,” she explained. “My muscles became wasted and stiff(僵直的) fr lack f use, and I was ften in a lt f pains. S, I felt that sme physical exercise wuld help.”
She then discvered tai chi when she sptted by chance a pster advertising classes and decided t try the mysterius and extic(异国的) sprt. Oliver was immediately struck by the gentle and beautiful mvements f tai chi, and t her delight, fund that her ccasinal pains disappeared after years f practice.
“It nt nly helps me imprve physical strength, but als prvides me with many mental benefits, such as imprved md and fcus, and less anxiety and depressin,” she added.
T further understand tai chi and the Chinese philsphy behind it, Oliver decided t begin a jurney t China. In 2005, Oliver established the Duble Dragn Alliance Cultural Center, which acts as a bridge fr freign peple seeking t gain a better understanding f Chinese culture. The center supprts kung fu masters in teaching martial arts(武术) and rganizes events fr peple t experience varius aspects f Chinese culture.
Apart frm her tai chi classes, Oliver nw serves as the directr f the British Cultural Center at Shanghai University. Reflecting n her wrk, Oliver said, “Fr quite many years, my wrk is actually like a cultural bridge. If yu dn’t have smene in the middle wh is appreciative f all the cultures and have the desire t cnnect peple, then it’s hard fr them t get t knw each ther. I hpe I can be the bridge t bring peple clse tgether. We need t fster mutual understanding amng cultures t prmte peaceful relatins and friendship acrss the glbe.”
24. Why did Oliver try tai chi?
A. T slve a mystery.B. T recver physical state.
C. T treat her mental illness.D. T advance her knwledge f China.
25Hw was Oliver after practicing tai chi?
A. Her well-being imprved.B. She became talkative.
C. Her pain came less ften.D. She became pen-minded.
26. What des Oliver mainly d in Shanghai?
A. Give kung fu perfrmances.B. Learn Chinese philsphy.
C. Bring kung fu masters tgether.D. Prmte cultural exchange.
27. What is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Try Tai Chi t Relieve Pain
B. Tai Chi: a Glbal Cultural Bridge
C. A British Tai Chi Lver Builds Cultural Bridge in China
D. Tai Chi Enjys Great Ppularity Arund the Wrld
C
N ne is sure hw the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cair. But a new study suggests they used a little rck ‘n’ rll. Lng- ag builders culd have attached wden ples t the stnes and rlled them acrss the sand, the scientists say.
"Technically, I think what they’re prpsing is pssible," physicist Daniel Bnn said.
Peple have lng puzzled ver hw the Egyptians mved such huge rcks. And there’s n bvius answer. On average, each f the tw millin big stnes weighed abut as much as a large pickup truck. The Egyptians smehw mved the stne blcks t the pyramid site frm abut ne kilmeter away.
The mst ppular view is that Egyptian wrkers slid the blcks alng smth paths. Many scientists suspect wrkers first wuld have put the blcks n sleds (滑板). Then they wuld have dragged them alng paths. T make the wrk easier, wrkers may have lubricated the paths either with wet day r with the fat frm cattle. Bnn has nw tested this idea by building small sleds and dragging heavy bjects ver sand.
Evidence frm the sand supprts this idea. Researchers fund small amunts f fat, as well as a large amunt f stne and the remains f paths.
Hwever, physicist Jseph West thinks there might have been a simpler way, wh led the new study. West said, "I was inspired while watching a televisin prgram shwing hw sleds might have helped with pyramid cnstructin. I thught, ‘Why dn’t they just try rlling the things?’" A square culd be turned int a rugh srt f wheel by attaching wden ples t its sides, he realized. That, he ntes, shuld make a blck f stne "a lt easier t rll than a square".
S he tried it.
He and his students tied sme ples t each f fur sides f a 30-kilgram stne blck. That actin turned the blck int smewhat a wheel. Then they placed the blck n the grund.
They wrapped ne end f a rpe arund the blck and pulled. The researchers fund they culd easily rll the blck alng different kinds f paths. They calculated that rlling the blck required abut as much frce as mving it alng a slippery (滑的) path.
West hasn’t tested his idea n larger blcks, but he thinks rlling has clear advantages ver sliding. At least, wrkers wuldn’t have needed t carry cattle fat r water t smth the paths.
28. It’s widely believed that the stne blcks were mved t the pyramid site by .
A. rlling them n radsB. pushing them ver the sand
C. sliding them n smth pathsD. dragging them n sme ples
29. The underlined part "lubricated the paths" in Paragraph 4 means .
A. made the paths wetB. made the paths hard
C. made the paths wideD. made the paths slippery
30. What des the underlined wrd "it" in Paragraph 7 refer t?
A. Rlling the blcks with ples attached.
B. Rlling the blcks n wden wheels.
C. Rlling ples t mve the blcks.
D. Rlling the blcks with fat.
31. Why is rlling better than sliding accrding t West?
A. Because mre frce is needed fr sliding.
B. Because rlling wrk can be dne by fewer cattle.
C. Because sliding n smth rads is mre dangerus.
D. Because less preparatin n paths is needed fr rlling.
D
When yu’re ging thrugh a perid f anxiety r depressin it can be difficult t make decisins, whether thse are significant life changes r everyday chices. Thse with generalized anxiety disrder r md disrders ften reprt feeling uncmfrtable with r being trubled by feelings f uncertainty-which desn’t help when yu need t make a decisin, big r small.
Nw in a new study, researchers find that peple with higher levels f anxiety and depressin are less able t adapt t fast-changing situatins. But with the right interventin(干预)there may be ways t help thse with anxiety r depressin make better decisins in the mment.
Participants were aged between 18 and 55; sme had symptms f generalized anxiety disrder r majr depressive disrder, while thers had n histry f mental illness at all.
In the study, after filling in measures related t anxiety, depressin, and wrry, participants tk part in a vide game. In each rund, they were asked t chse between tw shapes: picking nne shape resulted in a reward, while the ther delivered an electric shck.
The task tk place in tw blcks-ne stable, in which ne shape was assciated with a reward 75% f the time and the ther 25% f the time, and the ther unstable, in which the shape with a higher prbability f resulting in reward switched every twenty trials. In the unstable blck, therefre, the participants had t keep adjusting their respnses as the prbabilities change.
Thse participants with symptms f anxiety r depressin were slwer t adjust their respnses t the changes in prbabilities. This suggests that md disrders are assciated with difficulty making decisins in changing circumstances.
Senir authr Snia Bishp argues that thse participants wh adapted quickly did s because f their emtinal resilience(适应力). ＂Emtinally resilient peple tend t fcus n what gave them a gd utcme, and in many real-wrld situatins that might be key t learning t make gd decisins, ”she says.
Snia Bishp suggests that encuraging peple t fcus n past successes rather than failures culd be a useful behaviral interventin, making thse difficult decisins a bit less tricky.
32. Accrding t the text, which f the fllwing affects decisin-making?
A. Feeling uncmfrtable with smene.
B. Feeling unsure f what will happen.
C. Wndering wh will make a decisin.
D. Wndering hw t help make a decisin.
33. What was the purpse f the unstable blck?
A. T create a fast-changing situatin.
B. T train participants t respnd t changes.
C. T make the vide game mre challenging.
DT help thse with anxiety make decisins.
34. Why des Snia Bishp suggest fcusing n past successes?
A. T imprve decisin-making.
B. T remember the achievements.
C. T adapt quickly t a new situatin.
D. T avid making difficult decisins.
35. What advice can be given accrding t the study?
A. Try t think quickly when making decisins.
B. Dn’t expect t much when making decisins.
C. Dn’t fcus n ne single thing when making decisins.
D. Reduce yur anxiety r depressin when making decisins.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Field trips have nw becme a ppular and well-established methd f educatin. A field trip is a jurney rganized by schls r educatinal institutins t a place utside f the classrm. ____36____ Therefre, the activities during a field trip are ften designed t prvide them with hands-n experiences.
Field trips can be taken t a variety f destinatins. The mst ppular nes include museums, factries, zs and btanical gardens. Field trips can als invlve visits t histrical sites and ther places f interest. Smetimes even an uting t a park nearby can make a gd field trip. ____37____
Field trips help imprve academic perfrmance. Participants in a field trip are engaged in varius activities abut a subject matter. ____38____ They culd als pick up new knwledge thrugh bservatin and interactin. Studies prvide evidence that field trips can increase students’ test scres.
____39____ During a field trip, students are expsed t interactive activities and nvel experiences that are nt ften available in a classrm, which awakens their interest and helps them rediscver the jy in study. This may be particularly imprtant fr students wh are struggling academically.
A field trip can be challenging t rganize due t factrs such as high csts and safety cncerns. ____40____ Teachers regard this uting as a gd way f helping students and develping a gd relatinship with them. Students, mrever, may remember the experience f the schl field trip as a highlight f the schl year.
A. Field trips als prmte a lve f learning.
B. That is why field trips are in decline in recent years.
C. In this way, they culd gain a better understanding f it.
D. It is intended t help students learn in a real-wrld cntext.
E. The quality f a field trip always depends n its destinatin.
F. Still, it is believed that a well-chsen field trip is wrth the difficulties.
G. Whatever the destinatin is, the key is t make sure the trip is practical.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Fr a teen running in his final crss-cuntry uting befre graduating frm high schl, his persnal best wasn’t abut marking the fastest time but smething mre____41____.
When he came ut f the blcks that day, Brandn Schutt knew if his ____42____ was gd enugh, he still had the ptential t ____43____ the upcming state meet. A mile int the 3.1-mile race, thugh, Schutt felt bad. Instead f risking injury, he ____44____ t a cmfrtable pace.
____45____, Omaha Burke High Schl student Blake Cerveny was als running. Aiming t beat his wn persnal recrd, after a fast start, he cntinued t ____46____ himself hard. Suddenly, Cerveny’s legs cramped (抽筋) up and ____47____ him. But determined t finish, Cerveny rse frm the track again and again. Hwever, abut 100 meters frm the finish line, he lay curled (蜷缩) n the grund. His legs had simply ____48____.
At this time Brandn Schutt was at his side t ffer a ____49____. His first attempt t get Cerveny up failed, but like Cerveny, he als refused t____50____. With a secnd ____51____, Cerveny was n his feet. At a measured jg, with Cerveny hlding Schutt fr supprt and Schutt helping Cerveny maintain ____52____, the tw cmpleted the race tgether. Schutt even ensured the injured runner crssed the finish line first, ____53____ his ppnent a faster time.
In tday’s cmpetitive wrld, it was ____54____ t see that fr an athlete like Brandn Schutt, the ____55____ f true sprtsmanship still had legs (会长期受到关注).
41. A. demandingB. intenseC. meaningfulD. ptential
42. A. chanceB. timeC. luckD. track
43. A. rganizeB. discussC. evaluateD. attend
44. A. rushedB. extendedC. slwedD. turned
45. A. HweverB. MeanwhileC. InsteadD. Furthermre
46A. findB. prveC. encurageD. push
47. A. injuredB. ccupiedC. failedD. embarrassed
48. A. shwn upB. given utC. tk ffD. hung n
49. A. handB. liftC. chiceD. shulder
50. A. hesitateB. engageC. cmplainD. quit
51. A. targetB. tryC. scheduleD. missin
52. A. cntactB. rderC. balanceD. peace
53. A. securingB. assumingC. facilitatingD. cnvincing
54. A. cmmnB. essentialC. wrthwhileD. inspiring
55. A. faithB. valueC. sympathyD. tne
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The tea___56___has delighted and fascinated the wrld fr millennia has finally received tp-level___57___ (glbe) recgnitin as a shared cultural treasure f mankind.
Traditinal tea prcessing techniques and their assciated scial practices in China___58___(be) added t UNESC’s Representative List f the Intangible Cultural Heritage f Humanity n Tuesday, Nv. 29th.
The status was cnferred by the Intergvernmental Cmmittee fr the Safeguarding f Intangible Cultural Heritage, hsted in Rabat, Mrcc. It cnsists___59___knwledge, skills and practices cncerning management f tea plantatins, picking f tea leaves, and the prcessing, drinking and sharing f tea.
Accrding t UNESCO, in China traditinal tea prcessing techniques are___60___(clse) assciated with gegraphical lcatin and natural envirnment. The techniques are mainly fund in the prvinces and autnmus regins,___61___(include) Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhu, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdng and Guangxi. Assciated scial practices, hwever, are spread thrughut the cuntry and___62___(share) by multiple ethnic grups.
Over 2,000 tea___63___(variety), mainly in six categries-green, black, yellw, lng, white and dark, are grwn in China.
Tea-related custms are nt nly fund acrss the cuntry,___64___influenced the rest f the wrld thrugh the ancient Silk Rad and trade rutes.
As a dcument frm the Ministry f Culture and Turism t UNESCO explained, tea is ubiquitus in Chinese peple’s daily life. Steeped r biled tea is served in hmes, wrkplaces, tea huses, restaurants, temples and used as ___65___imprtant medium fr cmmunicatin in scializing and ceremnies.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 学校英报组织同学们分享自己在假期中学到的新技能，请你以此为主题写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：
1. 简要描述；
2. 体验和感受。
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 题目己为你写好。
Learning New Skills
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第二节读后续写（满分25分）
67. 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。
I like staying vernight at my Gramma’s huse — that is, until Gramma starts telling me hw wnderful my cusin Maya is. Then it’s Maya this and Maya that until I dn’t ever want t hear anther wrd abut her.
That’s why I wasn’t t excited when Gramma called me n the phne t “cme n ver and bring yur pajamas.” When I gt there, it was wrse than I’d expected. There, in Grandpa’s big leather rcker, sat Maya, all dressed up and frmal-lking and wearing fancy shes as if she’d just been t a party.
“Surprise, Kristen!” Gramma said. “Yur cusin Maya and her parents have traveled in frm the East Cast n business. Maya gets t stay with us this afternn.” Gramma chattered away abut hw excited she’d been fr this surprise get-tgether, and hw cusins ught t get t knw each ther better.
I hung my baseball cap in the clset and set my backpack by the stairway, all the time smiling and ndding as if I’d been waiting frever fr this chance t spend an afternn with Maya. Grandpa’s chair squawked (咯咯叫) as Maya rcked back and frth. It’s the chair I like best in the huse, the ne I usually sit in. I sat dwn n the sfa acrss frm her.
Shrtly, Gramma went ff t the kitchen t “see abut sme lunch,” she’d said. That left me stuck in the living rm with rcking Maya.
She was still small but taller than I’d remembered her frm her last visit fur years ag. She was gd at small talk, thugh, and was chatting away abut hw nice it was t see me again. But I culd tell that she didn’t really think s. The last time she was here, we’d had hurs f fun tgether building caves ut f Gramma’s sfa pillws.
After that, I’d heard abut her nly thrugh Gramma’s tales. Maya taking pian lessns. Maya learning math. Maya, Maya, Maya. Nw Maya was here, lking great with the latest haircut and a fancy dress.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Glancing dwn at my jeans and my ld sneakers, I wished I hadn’t cme.
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“Hw d yu knw all these things abut me?” I asked.
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滁州中学2022级高二上学期9月月考试卷
英语
时长：120分钟分值：150分
考试范围：选择性必修 1 Unit1
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
【1题答案】
【答案】B
【2题答案】
【答案】A
【3题答案】
【答案】C
【4题答案】
【答案】C
【5题答案】
【答案】A
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
【6~7题答案】
【答案】6. A7. B
【8~10题答案】
【答案】8. C9. B10. C
【11~13题答案】
【答案】11. A12. C13. C
【14~17题答案】
【答案】14. B15. B16. A17. B
【18~20题答案】
【答案】18. A19. C20. B
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
【21~23题答案】
【答案】21. A22. C23. D
B
【24~27题答案】
【答案】24. B25. A26. D27. C
C
【28~31题答案】
【答案】28. C29. D30. A31. D
D
【32~35题答案】
【答案】32. B33. A34. A35. D
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
【36~40题答案】
【答案】36. D37. G38. C39. A40. F
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
【41~55题答案】
【答案】41. C42. B43. D44. C45. B46. D47. C48. B49. A50. D51. B52. C53. A54. D55. B
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
【56~65题答案】
【答案】56. that##which
57. glbal58. were
59. f60. clsely
61. including
62. shared63. varieties
64. but65. an
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
【66题答案】
【答案】The new skill I acquired was skating. The prcess is challenging but prductive.
Initially, n watching the Winter Olympics Games in Beijing, I became enthusiastic abut skating. Frm then n, I was determined t master this fascinating sprt. Hwever, at the very beginning, when I stepped n the ice, I stumbled ver myself. Hard as I strive, I still fell ver again and again. The mment I thught f the athletes n the field, I was inspired by their pwerful spirits. Eventually, my persistence and painstaking effrts paid ff. I can skate freely all by myself.
Frm the learning experience, I fully understand that nly by diligent practicing can we vercme many kinds f difficulties. And eventually, we can have a gd cmmand f what we desire t learn. (129wrds)
第二节读后续写（满分25分）
【67题答案】
【答案】One pssible versin:
Glancing dwn at my jeans and my ld sneakers, I wished I hadn’t cme. A rush f shame flded ver me as I cmpared myself t Maya-Gramma’s favrite. She was smarter, prettier, and mre talented than I culd ever hpe t be. The thught f being lved less by Gramma because f Maya was unbearable. “I hear yu like t skate,” Maya’s wrds crashed thrugh my thughts. What she annunced was ttally beynd my expectatin. Astnished and speechless, I wndered hw she knew abut my skating. “I hear yu are the captain f yur basketball team. Even better, yu are always cmpetitive and aggressive in any sprts activities,” she exclaimed, her eyes full f envy and admiratin.
“Hw d yu knw all these things abut me?” I asked Shrugging and lking dwn, Maya tld me that my Gramma wrte abut me in her letters and that I was her favrite persn t write abut. Numb with shck, I stared at Maya’s face, and the nly thing that came t my mind was, “Yu wn the first prize in the math cmpetitin, didn’t yu?” Maya lked up, cnfused. I explained that my Gramma talked abut her all the time. We laughed, chatted abut everything, and had fun building caves ut f Gramma’s sfa pillws. Time flew by, and as Maya and her parents drve ff, Gramma and I waved gdbye until they were ut f sight. “Isn’t Maya a lvely child!” Gramma grinned. “She’s really nice,” I agreed, nw understanding that Gramma had tw favrites.
Sun Flwer
When I am thinking abut relieving stress, thughts f my schl’s cherry trees instantly fill my mind. It is this place where I take a walk every day after lunch that helps me t reflect n myself and prepare fr my afternn classes. When the tree blms in the summer, it will symblize the time that we need t say gdbye t ur schl and graduate. Enjying the fresh air and warm sunshine and whispering t the lvely trees abut bth my prgress and challenges are my special ways t find cmfrt.
Amy
When I have trubles in my life and find it difficult t talk t my friends, then I have a tendency t share them with strangers nline. One f the reasns is that it seems easier t tap n the screen f the mbile phne than t speak because, in this case, my anxiety is minimized. In additin, I can freely cntrl the chat cntent and express my emtins withut wrrying abut being interrupted. Mst imprtantly, scial media gives me a feeling f security. Often we dn’t knw wh the ther persn is n scial media, s we can speak freely withut reservatin.
Enkaer
I have a friend with whm I can talk abut any f my wrries — I ften call him “Mr Tree Hle”. He has been my gd friend since high schl. Whenever I cmplain t him and seek help, he always patiently listens t me and magically calms me dwn. He is always there t “hear ut” my daily small things, s I am mre than willing t share many small things with him. He is truly a reliable shulder fr me t cry n.