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14．假如你是在南京学习的英国交流学生Max，你的英国同学Simon 给你写了一封电子邮件．请你根据邮件内容，用英语给Simon 回一封电子邮件．
Hey Max，
I haven't heard from you since you in Nanjing．How are you getting on？Is everything OK with the school you study in？What are your English classes like？
Write soon!
Yours．
Simon
注意：
1．文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2．语言通顺，意思连贯，条例清楚，书写规范；
3．词数80左右，邮件的开头与结尾已经给出，不计入总词数．
Hi Simon，
Sorry I haven't written till now．      ．
Yours，
Max．

13．What will you eat for lunch today？In some countries  lunchtime often means soup time!There are many kinds of soups served around the world．Some are as thin and clear as water．Some are as thick as stews．Others are full of noodles!
Soup is just one thing that can be eaten for lunch，What you eat for lunch may be different from the lunch of someone who lives in another country．Let's take a look around the world to see what kids are eating for lunch．
Mexico 
Many children in Mexico eat tortillas for lunch．Most tortillas are made from ground corn，but sometimes wheat in used．Tortillas are usually flat and round，but they can also be made into other shapes．Taco shells are made from corn tortillas and filled with beans or meat．Tasty sauces，called salsas，are often added to tacos，These sauces are made from tomatoes，onions，hot peppers and spices．
Russia
Winters in Russia are very cold．Maybe that's why many Russian children eat soup for lunch．Two of their favourites are cabbage soup and beet soup．
Many Russian soups also include  potatos．Potatoes are an important crop in Russia．They make soups thick，Eating thick soups can help keep people warm and can fill them up，so hunger is no problem!
South Korea 
Meals in Korea are made up of many dishes．No matter what else is served，there in always rice．
Kimchi is also always on the table，Kimchi is pickled（腌制的 ）meat or vegetables．Korean children mix together many dishes and flavors at meals．It's common for their food to be hot and spicy．
Thailand
Lunch in Thailand often includes noodles．There are many ways to serve noodles．One popular dish is made with thin rice noodles，tofu and shrimp．Another favourite way to eat rice noodles is with meat，vegetables and thick gravy．

What's for （56）lunch？
Introduction	•Different soups are served around the world，In some countries soup time  （57）standsfor lunchtime． •Kids in different countries may not eat the （58）samefood for lunch．
Food  for lunch in different  countries	Mexico	•Tortillas are popular food made from ground corn or wheat in different（59）shapes． •Taco shells are made from corn  tortillas and （60）fullof beans or meat．
	Russia	•Cabbage soup and beet soup are Russian  children's favourites．They eat soup for lunch probably because of the （61）coldseason． •Russians （62）addpotatoes to soups  in order to made them thick．
	South  Korea	•There are many dishes in Korea．However，you cannot  （63）avoidseeing rice and Kimchi on the table •Many dishes and flavors（64）mixedtogether at meals in hot and spicy tastes．
	Thailand	•People cook or eat rice noodles with different （65）foodlike tofu．meat，vegetables，and so on．

12．One day Eric was traveling on horseback．At noon，he tied his horse to a （41）A．A few minutes later，Paul came along and tied his horse to the same tree．
"My horse is wild，"said Eric．"Please tie your horse to another tree，（42）Cmy horse will kill yours．"
"No way!"Paul said，"I shall tie my horse as I like!"He tied up his horse and had his （43）Bnearby．After a moment they heard a terrible noise．The two horses were（44）A．They ran up to them，but it was too （45）B．Paul's horse was killed．"See what your horse has done!You'll have to（46）Cit，"shouted Paul．And he brought Eric before Mr．Know．
Mr．Know asked Eric some questions．But Eric said （47）B．At last Mr．Know said，"This man cannot speak．"
"He can!"Paul said（48）C．"He talked to me when I met him．"
"Are you （49）A？"asked Mr．Know．"What did he say？"
"He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse．"
"Oh，"said Mr．Know．"So he （50）Byou．Then can you expect to get money from him？"
Paul had to leave silently．

41．A．tree	B．stone	C．window
42．A．so	B．and	C．or
43．A．breakfast	B．lunch	C．supper
44．A．fighting	B．eating	C．sleeping
45．A．strange	B．late	C．heavy
46．A．wait for	B．look for	C．pay for
47．A．something	B．nothing	C．everything
48．A．happily	B．shyly	C．angrily
49．A．sure	B．afraid	C．sorry
50．A．thanked	B．warned	C．followed．

11．Bruce practices ________ basketball every day so that he can be a better player．（　　）

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play

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to play

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playing

10．-Good news!Metro Line 11will be open on June 30in our city．
-Great!It will make our lives more convenient．（　　）

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richer

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easier

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faster

9．A 108-year-old Message in a BottleOn November 30，1906，George Bidder dropped a bottle from a boat into the North Sea．The weighted glass bottle sank almost to the sea floor，and then it move slowly for 108years and 138days．
Its journey ended when Marianne Winkler found the bottle in 2015．Winkler was then on vacation on Amrum Island．She picked up the bottle when it was washed up onto the beach．She saw a piece of paper inside，but didn't break it open．She could tell that the bottle was old．So she didn't want to damage it．
Finally she got the piece of paper out of the bottle．She found that the paper was actually a postcard．On the back of the card there was this message：The Marine Biological Association（海洋生物学协会） would pay a shilling（先令） for the bottle．A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Great Britain before the early 1970s．
Winkler filled out the card and posted it．The association was surprised to get a postcard addressed to George Bidder，the president of the association from 1939to 1945．The workers of the association searched on the Internet to find a shilling．They found one and sent it to Winkler as a reward．
The message in the bottle was the oldest ever re-discovered．For this reason Marianne Winkler got a place in"Guinness World Records"（吉尼斯世界纪录）．She broke the record for the oldest message in a bottle．
Winkler's bottle was not the only one Bidder sent to sea．Between 1904and 1906，he spent away more than one thousand bottles．He placed postcards inside them．The bottles were part of a research  project to map currents（洋流） in the North Sea．This was the best method at that time．But whether the association could get the bottles back depended on the people who found them．The association reported that about 55percent of the bottles were returned．They added that the experiment was a success as it showed the east-to-west flow of the North Sea's currents．

61．How long did the weighted glass bottle move in the sea？For 108 years and 138 days．
62．Did Marianne Winkler find the bottle in 2015？Yes．
63．What was in the bottle？A piece of paper．
64．Who was George Bidder？The president of the association from 1939 to 1945．
65．Why did Bidder drop bottles into the sea？Because the bottles were parts of a research project to map currents in the North Sea．．