阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Dear Ari,

     As you sleep in my arms, I'm amazed at how light you feel. I stare at your tiny body, so fragile that a sudden wind could lift you up into the air. I love this feeling of protecting you and dreaming of all I have in store for you.

     I intend to bring you up to be brave and successful in an often difficult society. That's why your mommy and I have named you Ari, which means "lion". It's our hope that you will grow strong and eagerly grasp every opportunity to do well for yourself and others.

     Before you came into the world, we had spent months imagining what you'd be like. Would you be a boy or a girl? Would you look like Mommy, Daddy or your elder brothers? Anyway, we would find out soon.

     Finally your mother's labor came. And several hours later, we met the first time. I held you high up in the air. I then was able to cut your umbilical cord (脐带) and put you in your mother's arms. She still had enough energy to radiate the love while she pressed you to her face.

     And here we are tonight. As I hold you close, you sleep so peacefully. I press my ear to your chest and hear your strength. I am listening to the first beats of a lion's heart. Welcome to the world, Ari.

      Love,

      Daddy

[写作内容]

    假设你就是信中的Ari，父亲在你出生的时候写了这封信。今天是父亲50岁生日，你准备以写信的方式，祝贺他的生日。以下是信的内容(信的开头和结尾已经为你写好)：

1．以约30个词概括父亲在他信中对你的期望；

2．以约120个词表达你对父亲的感恩，并包括如下要点：

(1)读信后的感受；

(2)以你自己成长的经历说明你的感受；

(3)表达你对父亲的感激和祝福。

 [写作要求]

1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接    引用原文中的句子；

2．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

 [评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
A、The Travel Pavilion. Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different way of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…
B、The Future Tower. This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allow us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some times in our spaces station and climb into our simulator for the Journey to Mars.
C、The Nature Park. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers：see lions , giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys. And then there is still the Aviary to see.
D、The Pyramid. This is the centre of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps？For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping centre. Come here for information and ideas too.
E、 The Ancient Village. In the village you will find people live in a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses.
F、 The Underwater World. Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kind of sharks. You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true. If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it.
请阅读以下个人信息，然后匹配他/她的最佳选项：
Michael： I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come.
Harry： After visiting the Adventureland I want to buy my friends and parents some souvenirs.
Maria： I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days. I think people used to live more happily than us.
Dick： I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life.
Alice： I read a lot about the whales but I haven’t seen them for myself. I hope this dream can come true.
Adventureland
【小题1】 Michael            A. The Travel Pavilion
【小题2】Harry              B. The Future Tower
【小题3】 Maria              C. The Nature Park
【小题4】Dick                D. The Pyramid
【小题5】Alice                E. The Ancient Village
F. The Underwater World

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we __21__ realize that those challenges are the very things that __22__ us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with __23__.

    When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two __24__: we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the _25__ and call it quits. Although there are _26_ times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most cases all that is needed is commitment and _27_.

    When we are devoted to something, it means that no matter how __28__ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to __29__ it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a __30__ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to (对照) just saying what the other person did wrong. __31__ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” __32__ “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

    In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for __33__ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or _34__ on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only _35__ to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

1.

 A. seem to          B. come to           C. hope to            D. try to

2.

 A. design        B. promote                     C. direct    D. shape

3.

A. success                B. pressure        C. friendship      D. difficulty

4.

 A. opportunities      B. expectations      C. choices         D. aspects

5.

A. comment             B. loss              C. trouble          D. expense

6.

 A. hardly         B. certainly       C. consequently      D. exactly

7.

A. communication          B. confidence                           C. courage    D. consideration

8.

A. doubtful          B. shameful                        C. harmful        D. painful

9.

 A. keep                              B. control           C. face            D. catch

10.

A. space         B. plan              C. topic          D. room

11.

 A. If                            B. As                C. While          D. Unless

12.

 A. other than          B. rather than       C. or rather      D. or else

13.

A. what                                B. who               C. where         D. which

14.

A. pass by                               B. come across       C. get through     D. run over

15.

A. serves          B. means             C. aims            D. attempts

阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    21     by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     22  “Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to    23    for the night. Seeing that he had an   24  Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    25  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her   26    that anyone who climbed up her tree 27  not be able to come back down until she   28 it.

When the children came back to steal her   29  , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her

long   30  she gave the tree permission to let  31   go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32  at last.

One day another man    33   her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34  she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35   me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36   some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37          

it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38  to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40  and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.

21.  A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy

22.  A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing       D. whispering

23.  A. stay       B. live       C. hide             D. lie

24.  A. interesting B. honest    C. anxious          D. angry

25.  A. gift       B. kiss      C. treat             D. smile

26.  A. suggestion  B. demand     C. permission       D. wish

27.  A. could      B. should     C. might            D. must

28.  A. permitted   B. promised   C. answered         D. declared

29.  A. branch    B. food       C. tree             D. fruit

30.  A. after      B. while      C. since            D. before

31.  A. it        B. them       C. him              D. her

32.  A. trick     B. question    C. trouble          D. difficulty

33.  A. stepped into   B. left for C. stopped at      D. walked around

34.  A. so       B. but          C. although        D. because

35.  A. with     B. off          C. upon            D. for

36.  A. choose    B. pick         C. shake           D. hit

37.  A. honor     B. pleasure      C. hope            D. excitement

38.  A. light     B. short        C. old             D. thin

39.  A. proud     B. kind         C. fine            D. smart

40.  A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

I will be the first to say that I am not materialistic. My friends regard me as a goody-goody; my parents say I am conservative and modest when it comes to clothes. None of my skirts or shorts end above my knees.

So why, why did I feel so invited? My family and I were in Target, and there it was, waiting. A skirt, specifically designed not to cover anything. It looked like something that one of those modern schoolgirls would wear.

I checked my purse. The skirt cost $10. I had the money. I could buy it. I imagined walking into school and my friends’ jaws (下巴) dropping. Guys would ask me out, and I would be happy. I could buy it, no, — I should buy it.

I showed my mother. She was surprised but said it was my decision. My sister looked on enviously.

I went into the dressing room to try it on. So sure was I that this skirt would change me, somehow make me not what I am but what I wished to be. I slid my jeans off and put it on. I looked in the mirror. There I was — a terrible girl in a Superman T-shirt and sneakers. My glasses fogged up as I started to cry. www.zxxk.com

The skirt did not change me. Though it fit well and might make me look good in the eyes of today’s world, it was not me. I am not a girl who wears cool clothes to fit in.

I took the thing off and slid back into the ­comfort of modesty. My mom knocked on the door. “Emily, are you okay?”

I wiped away my tears. “I’m fine.” I looked in the ­mirror again and saw a slim girl with funny ­glasses. I saw myself.

1.In the author’s eyes the skirt that interested her was ______.

A. not modern                                                          B. very short              

C. too expensive                                                      D. poorly designed

2.The author thought if she went to school in this skirt her schoolmates would be ______.

A. shocked                           B. hurt                         C. confused                          D. happier

3.The underlined sentence in the 3^rd paragraph indicates the author ______.

A. hesitated about buying the skirt

B. made up her mind to buy the skirt

C. was able to afford to buy the skirt

D. worried about others’ opinion on the skirt

4.The author cried because ______.

A. she found that she looked ugly in the skirt

B. she was aware the skirt didn’t fit her well

C. she realized it’s a wrong decision to make a change

D. she was disappointed the skirt failed to change her