2019-2020学年陕西省黄陵中学（普通班）高一上学期期末考试英语试题含

2019-2020学年陕西省黄陵中学（普通班）高一上学期期末考试英语试题含

黄陵中学2019-2020学年度第一学期 高一普通班英语试题 第Ⅰ卷 ‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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. What was the result of the earthquake according to the man?‎ ‎ A. Terrible damage. B. Small damage. C. No loss of lives.‎ ‎ 2. What are the speakers talking about?‎ ‎ A. Christmas Eve. B. Christmas gifts. C. Christmas party.‎ ‎ 3. What can the man get?‎ ‎ A. Two business class tickets.‎ ‎ B. Two economy class tickets.‎ ‎ C. One business and one economy class tickets.‎ ‎ 4. What is the man doing?‎ ‎ A. Offering help.‎ ‎ B. Asking for promotion.‎ ‎ C. Having an interview.‎ ‎ 5. How much does the man ordinarily pay for a haircut?‎ ‎ A. $20. B. $30. C. $60.‎ 第二节 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。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 ‎ ‎ 6. What is wrong with the man?‎ ‎ A. He had a car accident.‎ ‎ B. His shirt dirtied.‎ ‎ C. He was hurt.‎ ‎ 7. Where probably are the speakers?‎ ‎ A. At a hotel.‎ ‎ B. At a hospital.‎ ‎ C. At a police station.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 ‎ ‎ 8. What will the man have to do next year?‎ ‎ A. Repeat a lot of courses.‎ ‎ B. Choose more courses.‎ ‎ C. Finish his courses.‎ ‎ 9. What does the woman ask the man to do himself?‎ ‎ A. Buy a wallet.‎ ‎ B. Wash his clothes.‎ ‎ C. Clean his garden.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 ‎ ‎ 10. Why does the woman get angry at first?‎ ‎ A. The man tore her dress.‎ ‎ B. The man is rude to her.‎ ‎ C. The man dirtied her dress.‎ ‎ 11. What does the woman say about the man afterward?‎ ‎ A. He is generous. B. He is polite. C. He is kind.‎ ‎ 12. What is the man’s advice at last?‎ ‎ A. To have dinner together.‎ ‎ B. To exchange phone numbers.‎ ‎ C. To buy the woman a new dress.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 ‎ ‎ 13. Where does Lisa come from?‎ ‎ A. America. B. England. C. Greece.‎ ‎ 14. When did the woman know Lisa?‎ ‎ A. About 14 years ago.‎ ‎ B. About 15 years ago.‎ ‎ C. About 16 years ago.‎ ‎ 15. Where did the woman meet Lisa for the first time?‎ ‎ A. At a pub.‎ ‎ B. At a cinema.‎ ‎ C. At a bookshop.‎ ‎ 16. What do we know about Lisa?‎ ‎ A. She works full-time.‎ ‎ B. She has short hair.‎ ‎ C. She has a son.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 ‎ ‎ 17. Where will Sam work as a manager?‎ ‎ A. In San Francisco.‎ ‎ B. In New York.‎ ‎ C. In Chicago.‎ ‎ 18. Why is Susan eager to move to the new house?‎ ‎ A. It is bigger.‎ ‎ B. It is more convenient for shopping.‎ ‎ C. It is more modern and has a bigger garden.‎ ‎ 19. How many children does Sam have?‎ ‎ A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.‎ ‎ 20. What are Carol and Betty interested in?‎ ‎ A. Playing the piano. ‎ ‎ B. Playing football.‎ ‎ C. Surfing.‎ ‎ 第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ ‎ 第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Welcome to Teaching English － a site for teacher educators who are working in ‎ schools, colleges, universities or language academies. On Teaching English you’ll find lesson plans, tools and activities for your classroom. We have a range of resources to help with your professional development. Our site is free of charge. ‎ Here are two ways to find a page where you can get started:‎ ‎* Use the menu links at the top of every page to see what materials we have.‎ ‎* Use the search button at the top-right of every page to find topics of interest to you.‎ Where to start Explore the site. Our practical teaching resources are divided into three main areas, which you’ll see in the top menu: Teaching kids, Teaching teens and Teaching adults. ‎ Resources for teachers of primary ‎ There are more than 100 teachers lesson plans and activities for the primary classroom. All our lesson plans and activities are divided by level and you’ll find a range of topics － from seasons and festivals to ideas for using flashcards and a focus on grammar.‎ In our teaching tools section for primary, we have classroom rule posters in four different designs, badge builders and star charts to motivate your students and a range of board games.‎ Resources for teachers of teenagers ‎ There are more than 200 lesson plans and activities with different levels. You’ll find a range of topics － from a series of plans to develop higher level thinking skills to online safety.‎ In our teaching tools section for teens, we have classroom rules posters in four different designs, badge builders to motivate your students and a range of skills posters with top tips.‎ Resources for teachers of adults ‎ There are more than 150 graded lesson plans and activities for adult learners of English. You’ll find a range of topics － from a series of activities around rants and raves to cooking!‎ Our English for business section has 15 lesson plans to help you with your business English classes. With lesson plans around the themes of meetings, negotiations and socializing, you are sure to find what you need. ‎ 21. When you get started on Teaching English, what should you pay much attention to?‎ A. All the lesson plans, tools and activities are designed specially for your classroom.‎ B. The menu links can help you know of every detail of the site efficiently.‎ C. The search button can help you locate what you are interested in.‎ D. There are only three areas in the top menu on every page.‎ ‎22. What is the similarity among the Resources for teachers of primary, teenagers and adults?‎ A. The number of their lesson plans and activities are similar. ‎ B. Their lesson plans and activities are all divided by level.‎ C. They share a range of similar topics with each other.‎ D. They all have classroom rule posters as their teaching tools.‎ B Dear daughters,‎ Most parents tell their children, “You can be anything you want when you grow up.” I feel the same and I say this often. But I also want you to understand that the dream itself comes from hard work, some good luck and good timing.‎ Girls, here are some words of wisdom as you make your way in the world, from an entrepreneur and from your mama.‎ ‎1. Be open-minded to changing your path (even several times) along the way In high school, I wanted to be a politician. I left my hometown and went off to college in Washington, DC. There, I discovered that I loved to support women. It taught me that I’m creative, a strong leader and great at marketing. As a result, I moved on to be the head of a national health care nonprofit. Becoming a mother while in that job opened my mind to launching a breast pump bag business. Now I run a highly successful company that I started up on my own.‎ Figure out what you are good at and what you are passionate (充满激情的) ‎ about. Keep an open mind; the initial path you choose may lead you into other areas. ‎ Don’ t waste your money or time, but constantly change what you are doing professionally based on what you are learning about yourself.‎ ‎2. Failure is critical to your success I won’t tell you to feel good about failure. Failure can be heartbreaking. But I will tell you that every failure I’ve had along the way has absolutely made me better.‎ Failing the big math exam in high school and going to summer school was embarrassing. I eventually passed, and I’ve never failed an exam again. I learned from that experience to ask for help. Now, I ask for help in business all the time.‎ Being passed over for a significant job opportunity that I was more than qualified for because of unfair assumptions (being too young for the role) hurt me. I had a three-month pity party. And then I went out and got a big job at a national organization at age 27. It’s okay to get angry! Take that and turn it into positive action.‎ I’m proud to be a role model to you as a mom and an entrepreneur. I hope I inspire you to believe that you can be anything you want and you can have everything on your list. It will be my pleasure to watch your lives unfold before my eyes.‎ Love,‎ Your Mom ‎23.The author wrote this letter to her daughters mainly to ______.‎ A. share her own past regrets with them B. make some suggestions for their future lives C. tell them how she has succeeded in business D. encourage them to be who they want to be ‎24. According to the article, the author ______.‎ A. is a successful politician and entrepreneur B. is worried about her daughters’ career choices C. is against frequently changing one’s profession D. thinks one should be willing to change his or her career path ‎25. From the letter we can learn the following lessons EXCEPT ______.‎ A. kindness is rewarding B. no sweat, no sweet C. It’s important to know yourself D. failure is the mother of success ‎26. Which of the following words best describe the author?‎ A. Passionate and flexible. B. Modest and cautious.‎ C. Caring and generous. D. Proud and humorous.‎ C The negative health effects of being economical on sleep during the week can’t be reversed by marathon weekend sleep sessions, according to a new study.‎ ‎ Researchers have long known that routine sleep deprivation can cause weight gain and increase other heath risks, including diabetes. But for those who force themselves out of bed bleary-eye each weekday after too few hours of shut-eye, hope springs eternal that shutting off the alarm on Saturday and Sunday will repay the weekly sleep debt and reverse any ill effects.‎ The research, published in Current Biology, crushes those hopes. Despite complete freedom to sleep in and nap during a weekend recovery period, participants in a sleep laboratory who were limited to five hours of sleep on weekdays gained nearly three pounds over two weeks and experienced metabolic disruption that would increase their risk for diabetes over the long term. While weekend recovery sleep had some benefits after a single week of insufficient sleep, those gains were wiped out when people plunged back into their same sleep-deprived schedule the next Monday.‎ ‎“If there are benefits of catch-up sleep, they’re gone when you go back to your routine. It’s very short-lived," said Kenneth Wright, director of the sleep and chronobiology laboratory at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who oversaw the work. “These health effects are long-term. It’s kind of like smoking once was － people would smoke and wouldn’t see an immediate effect on their health, but people will say now that smoking is not a healthy lifestyle choice. I think sleep is in the early phase of where smoking used to be.”‎ Michael Grandner, director of the sleep and health research program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, said the study reinforces the concept that ‎ people need to stop thinking of sleep as a balance sheet. Imagine a person who ate nothing but cheeseburgers and frenchfries Monday through Friday, but dined only on celery and kale on the weekend and tried to call that a healthy diet, he said. ‎ Drastically cutting calories all week and then bingeing on a giant pizza on Saturday wouldn’t restore balance either. That, he argued, is essentially what people are doing when they skip sleep on weekdays with the idea they can make up for it on the weekend.‎ Wright said that the study suggests people should prioritize sleep－cutting out the optional “sleep stealers” such as watching television shows or spending time on electronic devices. Even when people don’t have a choice about losing sleep because of child-care responsibilities or job schedules, they should think about prioritizing sleep in the same way they would a healthy diet or exercise.‎ 27. Smoking is mentioned in Paragraph 4 ______. ‎ A. as an example of short-term negative health effects B. to show how short-lived catch-up sleep benefits are ‎ C. to illustrate the effects of insufficient sleep on people’s health ‎ D. as a lifestyle choice causing immediate effects on people’s health ‎28. Those skipping sleep on weekdays and catching up sleep on weekends have the same mindset as those who believe that ______. ‎ A. cheeseburgers and frenchfries are healthy diets ‎ B. Saturday pizzas contain a huge amount of calories C. celery and kale are healthy if eaten on the weekend D. junk food can be balanced by occasional healthy diets ‎29. What can be inferred from the passage?‎ A. Weekend recovery sleep absolutely brings benefits to people’s health .‎ B. To some degree,routine sleep deprivation can cause long-term health risks.‎ C. Valuing sleep, healthy diets and exercise help people keep fit.‎ D. Sleep will soon be like smoking as an unhealthy lifestyle choice.‎ ‎30. The passage is intended to _______. ‎ A. call on people to improve their sleep schedules ‎ B. deny the health benefits of weekend recovery sleep ‎ C. reinforce the negative effects of routine sleep deprivation D. introduce a new study of the correlation between sleep and health ‎ D I was talking recently with my mom when our conversation reminded me of a funny story.‎ ‎“This is extremely funny,”I said.“One time I was driving with my friend Rudy...”‎ My mom cut me off impatiently.‎ ‎“I’ve heard this one before, honey,”she said.“You don't need to tell it again.”‎ Storytelling is supposed to be a bonding experience. When we share our personal narratives, we disclose something about our values, our history, our outlook on life. The self-disclosure builds closeness and is a signal of faith in the relationship.‎ But the bonding benefits of storytelling only work if you’re good at it. Many of us, even those who tell stories for a living, are not. We repeat stories we’ve told before. We tell tales that don’t have a point. We fail to pay attention to our audience, choosing stories that are inappropriate or ignoring clues that our listener is bored, annoyed or confused. And we don’t know how to edit ourselves, throwing in every detail we find fascinating, no matter how irrelevant.‎ ‎“People can’t become engaged with a story that is incoherent,”says Melanie Green, a professor of communication at the University at Buffalo, who has been studying storytelling for 20 years. “They’re too busy trying to figure out what is going on.”‎ Dr. Green’s new research, which is yet to be published, shows that people who tell stories － as opposed to just delivering facts or opinion are judged by others to be more warm and likable. And her previous research has shown that women find men who are good storytellers to be more attractive and desirable as long-term partners, most likely because storytelling shows a man knows how to connect, to share emotions and, maybe, to be vulnerable.‎ But 10 new studies by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Georgia found that people who repeat the same stories over and over are viewed as less sincere and less authentic. In other words, they’re seen as not presenting their true self to the listener. The research also found that listeners are less interested in engaging with someone retelling a story they’ve heard him or her tell before.‎ ‎(Para 10) Scientists now know that a well-told story boosts the release of two key neurochemicals in the brain: dopamine, which focuses our attention, and oxytocin, which helps us bond. This produces a state called immersion, in which a listener is both absorbed by a story and willing to be persuaded, says Paul Zak, a neturoeconomist and professor of economic sciences, psychology and management at Claremont Gradtutate University, in Claremont, Calif., who studies the neurobiology of storytelling. To get listeners to enter a state of immersion, the storyteller needs them to pay attention and to become emotionally engaged in the outcome of the story. This emotional engagement is what increases the listener’s attachment to the storyteller.‎ Dr. Zak, who is also the CEO of Immersion Neuroscience, a technology company that measures the neurological changes of people going through immersive experiences such as listening to stories or watching movies, says his research has found that all compelling plots share certain elements. They have an exciting start － “It has to be a James Bond opening, some reason for me to want to listen to the story and become absorbed by it,” Dr. Zak says － and then build both emotion and tension quickly. They have characters that are interesting and likable enough that people care about them. And they have action and a satisfying resolution to the tension.‎ Good storytellers use their voice to convey emotion, passion, drama － all cues that show they really care about the story. Emotional stories － ones that make people laugh or feel moved, touched, angry or outraged － have the most impact, says the University at Buffalo’s Dr. Green. “If it sparks an emotion in you, there’s a good chance it will spark an emotion in your audience,” she says.‎ 31. The conversation between the author and her mother is quoted to ______.‎ A. prove that people like to repeat an interesting story B. show what they usually talk about in their daily life C. disclose that there is a generation gap between them D. illustrate that people don’t like to be told a story they’ve heard before 31. According to the passage, a good storyteller ______.‎ A. will never repeat a story B. will make friends with the audience C. will try to tell a story with as many details as possible D. will make necessary adjustments while telling a story 32. Paragraph 10 mainly talks about ______.‎ A. new findings on storytelling ‎ B. the science behind a good story C. how to create immersion in your story D. how to help listeners engage with a story 33. The underlined word “compelling” probably means ______. ‎ A. very intensive B. very touching C. very absorbing D. very complicated 34. We can conclude from the passage that______.‎ A. Listeners will by no means enjoy repeated stories.‎ B. Men who are good at telling stories are more popular with women.‎ C. People who tell stories are as attractive as news anchors who report news.‎ D. People who repeat the same stories may receive criticism from the audience.‎ 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。‎ It is one of the oldest magic tricks in the book — a magician locks a woman in a box, with her head and feet sticking out from either end, and saws（锯）it in half. But when she finally jumps out of the box the woman is unharmed.‎ This trick was introduced nearly a century ago. It has been around for some time, but __36__. Why is it so successful? The answer is simple: the human mind is easily fooled.‎ Our brain processes the world around us based on information that sensory organs ‎（感官）, including the eyes, pick up. For instance, when we see a cow or a horse standing behind a tree, we automatically “fill in” the part of the animal’s body that is hidden from our sight. “So __37__ and it’s generating this rich world by filling in information,” Stephen Macknik told Science magazine.‎ But since our brains are filling in the gaps, __38__. They tend to be driven by your previous experiences and you expect things to go as they did in the past even if sometimes they do not. This tendency explains magicians’ success in fooling people with well-known coin tricks. For example, when you see a magician throw a coin up and down in one hand and then fake a coin throw to the other hand, you would naturally believe that the coin is in the other hand.‎ Apart from the information gaps, magicians also use the “blind spots” theory when doing their shows. The most well-known experiment demonstrating this theory is called the “invisible” gorilla, in which volunteers watch a video of two basketball teams. They are asked to count how many times the team wearing white shirts pass the ball. In the meantime, a person dressed as a gorilla walks onto the court. But shockingly, __39__, even when they appear to be looking directly at it.‎ Magicians employ this tactic (招数)，what they call “misdirection”, in almost every one of their acts. __40__ using comedy and music, which can make us miss stuff during the performance.‎ A. They direct our attention somewhere else ‎ B. Half of the viewers catch sight of the gorilla C. Sometimes they get it wrong D. It never goes wrong E. Half of the viewers don’t notice the gorilla F. The brain is taking this kind of little information about the world G. They hold our attention 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ One day I went to a store to get some needed items for my family. I gathered up my goodies and headed for the 41 counter, only to be 42 in the narrow aisle (通道) by a young man who 43 to be about sixteen years old. I wasn’t in a hurry, so I 44 waited for the boy to realize that I was there. It was obvious now, he was mentally 45 and a little shocked as he turned and saw me standing so 46 to him, waiting to 47 . I said, “Hey Buddy, what’s your name?”‎ ‎ “My name is Denny and I’m 48 with my Mommy,” he responded proudly.‎ ‎“Wow,” I said, “that’s a(n) 49 name; I wish my name were Denny, but my name is Steve. How old are you Denny?”‎ ‎ “How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother as she slowly 50 from the next aisle. “You’re fifteen years old, Denny”. Then he headed toward the toy section. Denny’s mom 51 me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn’t 52 look at him, much less talk to him.‎ ‎ I told her that it was my 53 and that there are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in God’s Garden; 54 , “Blue Roses” are very 55 and should be appreciated 56 their beauty and distinctiveness. ‎ ‎ You see, Denny is a Blue Rose and 57 someone doesn’t stop and 58 that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they’ve 59 a blessing from God. So, the next time you see a BLUE ROSE, don’t turn your head and walk off. 60 to smile and say Hello.‎ ‎41. A. customer B. checkout C. salesman D. office ‎42. A. blocked ‎ B. troubled C. met D. found ‎43. A. pretended B. appeared C. declared D. tended ‎44. A. slowly B. slightly C. kindly ‎ D. patiently ‎45. A. torn B. broken ‎ C. challenged D. wounded ‎46. A. close ‎ B. friendly C. next D. happily ‎47. A. steal away B. hurry out C. squeeze by(挤过去)‎ D. break in ‎48. A. playing B. shopping C. singing D. travelling ‎49. A. cool ‎ B. bad C. ordinary D. old ‎50. A. went away B. walked by C. came over ‎ D. turned up ‎51. A. thanked ‎ B. stared at C. praised D. chatted with ‎52. A. ever B. still C. yet D. even ‎53. A. courage B. pleasure C. habit D. faith ‎54. A. therefore B. besides C. meanwhile D. however ‎55. A. rare B. big C. bright D. colorful ‎56. A. with B. by C. for D. in ‎57. A. unless ‎ B. if ‎ C. before D. after ‎58. A. smell B. pick C. buy D. see ‎59. A. wanted B. forgotten C. missed ‎ D. invited ‎60. A. Be brave B. Be proud C. Take it easy ‎ D. Take the time 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ Over the past years Starbucks coffee61.(become) a coffee chain store. The cafés don’t sell coffee; they sell 62.very atmosphere. They offer customers the perfect atmosphere63. which to take time out and relax. Every single store throughout the world is furnished in a romantic style and 64.(special) meant to be cozy, private and quiet: earth-toned (褐色调) space, fancy wall paper, lovely paintings,65.(amaze) background and irresistible coffee smell ... The most fantastic decoration style about Starbucks66. (design) with oversized chairs and tables outside the store. When67.comes to a sunny afternoon, I love to take a seat outside, 68. (bathe) in the afternoon sunshine, and listening to the lovely music69. tasting the most terrific Cappuccino. This is exactly what I love in here—the Starbucks! This is the café I love not merely because of the café itself, but also because of the70.(feel) it brings me.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划—横线，并在该下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ ‎    Life is a mystery and we will never know that is waiting for us. But one thing is for sure: problems are unavoidable. For us , it’s the process of solving problems that help us grow.‎ ‎    Making a speech in public used to make me frightening . With a strong accent and terrible pronunciation , I failed in speech competition many times, but I didn’t lose my heart. I was admitted by the school speech club. I considered it a good chance for me to improve myself. With a help of others, I recorded my speech, listening to it and corrected my pronunciation. Now I am confident enough to give my best speech to you all.‎ ‎    Don’t afraid of problems, but make use of it to be the best of ourselves!‎ 第二节 书面表达 假设你是李华，今年将有一个较长的寒假。请根据下列要点，给你的美国笔友John 写一封信，谈谈你的寒假计划。要点如下：‎ ‎1.聚会；‎ ‎2.旅游；‎ ‎3.学习某种技能；‎ ‎4.询问John的假期计划。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；‎ ‎3. 不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear John,‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________‎ 第一部分 ‎ 听力（共两节，30分）‎ ‎1-5 CBACB 6-10 BAABC 11-15 BACBA 16-20 CACBA 第二部分: 阅读理解：（20题 满分40分 每题2分）‎ ‎ 21-22 CB BDAA CDCD DDBCB DFCEA ‎ 第三部分 第一节 完形填空 ‎41-45 BABDC 46-50 ACBAC 51-55 ADBDA 56-60 CBACD 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61.has become 62.the 63.in 64.specially 65.amazing ‎66.is designed 67.it 68.bathed 69.while/when 70.feeling 第四部分 短文改错 ‎     Life is a mystery and we will never know is waiting for us. But one thing is for sure: problems are unavoidable. For us , it’s the process of solving problems that us grow.‎ ‎    Making a speech in public used to make me . With a strong accent and terrible pronunciation , I failed in speech many times, but I didn’t lose my heart. I was admitted the school speech club. I considered it a good chance for me to improve myself. With help of others, I recorded my speech, ‎ to it and corrected my pronunciation. Now I am confident enough to give my best speech to you all.‎ ‎    Don’t  afraid of problems, but make use of to be the best of ourselves!‎ 书面表达 Dear John,‎ The winter vacation is on its arrival.I think it would be best that you could arrange your time during the holidays so that you could effectively fulfill the following tasks.You must use this time to finish your homework and revise all that you have learnt during the previous semester,so to upkeep your academics.In addition to securing your grades,you should also maintain good health.One of the important things to do is doing sports regularly so as to burn your calories efficiently and put your body in consistent physical training.Lastly,you should join some social activities,earn some experience in socializing,and build more self-esteem.‎ I wish you all the best during your winter vacation.‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Lee Wah