1. I'm so tired that I can h keep my eyes open.

1. (2022九上·雄县开学考) The hotel is very old. It's one of _________buildings in the city.

1. —Can you catch what the speaker is saying, Tina?

—Sorry. He speaks so fast that I can _________understand him.

1. 用方框中所给词或短语的适当形式填空。每个词或短语限用一次。

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If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? More and more young people in the US volunteer (志愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17 I'm going to help Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be nice. I will spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the fresh mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I will be able to do something good at the same time!

. Jason Moore, 18 This summer, I'll volunteer with Special House Programme. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to the poor. They'll teach me what to do, so I am going to help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16 I'm going to teach children who have difficulty in reading. Every day, I'm going to help children choose and read books that they like. I want to be a Chinese teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

1. 小米打算暑假去英格兰旅游，于是她给英格兰的笔友Emma发去电子邮件，向她咨询英格兰的旅游景点。假如你是Emma，请你根据以下提示回复小米的电子邮件。80词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。

Lake District National Park (the biggest park in England)
Location (位置)	In the north of England
Size	2, 300 square kilometres
Famous for	Scafell Pike (the highest mountain in England), Windermere Lake (England's biggest lake)

Dear Xiaomi,

……

Yours,

Emma

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When I was little, one of my favourite holiday traditions was making a wish list for Santa Claus(圣诞老人). Every year, my father helped me1all that I wanted. Often, I put food on the list: chocolates, candies... One year, I even asked for my favourite2!

As I grew older, I no longer wrote to Santa Claus, but I never 3making a list of the things that I most liked or wanted.

One year, l went to China to work in a 4. In China, most people don't celebrate Christmas. 5, they celebrate Chinese New Year. In my classes, I asked my students to make lists for Santa Claus. But they6me. "We get lucky money at Chinese New Year, "one girl told me. "That's better than gift from Santa Claus!" I nodded. Maybe she was 7!

On Christmas Eve, my friends and I went walking in the city. 8 Christmas isn't a holiday in China, many people were out in the streets and having fun. They 9Santa hats, ate candies and said "Merry Christmas" to us in English. They knew we were10.

After a few hours, my friends and I were 11 and a bit cold. "One Christmas when I was small, I wished for soup from Santa Claus, "I told my friends. They laughed.

We went into a restaurant and sat at a table. 12, my friends cried out. "Look, Beth, your 13 is coming true!"

I turned around. "Santa Claus" stood 14 me. Well, it was the waiter, but he was dressed in a red and white Santa Claus suit!

"Merry Christmas. What can I get for you?"15asked.

"Soup!" we said in chorus (齐声).

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Last month, we took a trip to the south of France. My parents (choose) the city of Arles because Vincent van Gogh painted some of his most famous works here.

We went to France train. It ran well on time, and we (easy) found a taxi to the hotel outside the Arles train station. Our hotel was on a busy street in centre of the city. It was comfortable with beautiful floors clean rooms.

We spent our first day (walk) around the city. Near the train station, there's a famous square. Van Gogh used to live around there. Across from the square, there are city (wall) and an ancient gate. In the city, many places of interest were waiting for (we) to discover.

As for food, we had fish, vegetables and rice. Those dishes all tasted delicious. Patisserie du Forum, the restaurant next to the main square in Arles, has the (good) ice cream, I think.

On the last day of our trip, we took a tour of the Camargue, outside of Arles. the waiting time was a little long, the place was beautiful in every way. We were able to see flamingos (火烈鸟) and a beautiful beach there.

In short, we really had a wonderful time there!

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Percy is a park keeper. He looks after the park and his animal friends. The animals often need Percy's help, and he is always there to give them a hand. After the Storm is a heart-warming story about Percy and his animal friends.

There was a great storm at night. Percy thought about his animal friends in the park and he couldn't sleep all night.

When he got up the next morning, he found that the old oak tree (橡树) had fallen down because of the strong wind. He was very sad. The tree was one of Percy's favourites and some of Percy's animal friends lived there. Now they lost their home. Percy decided to find a new home for the animals. Percy took them to the pine wood and the shrubbery (灌木丛), but no one wanted to live there. After going across the lake, Percy found a nice place for the animals' new home. Percy said clearly what he wanted each one to do. They got to work. The fox made holes and the rabbits knocked the nails(钉子). The mice were busy carrying things for everyone else. At last, they built a new tree house better than before.

After the Storm is easy for children to read. It helps children learn more about natural disasters (灾害) and the importance of kindness and teamwork.

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Here is some advice on how to plan a travel trip to China for you.

★Plan your time well first

The best time to travel to China is from May to November because the winter months from December to March can be very cold.

Avoid planning any kind of travel on the three Golden Weeks in China:

●The two weeks during Chinese New Year (late January or early February)

●The first week of May (May Day holidays)

●The first week of October (National Day holidays)

★Plan your destination

If you are interested in modern China, plan to visit places like Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hong Kong and Macau. These are some of the most modern cities in China today. There are also famous restaurants, buildings and shopping centres. If you are interested in the history of China, plan to visit Beijing, Xi'an and Nanjing.

★Plan your way of travel

If you have time, plan a slow trip in China, living, eating and having a party with the Chinese.