重庆市2021届高三上学期第一次预测性考试英语试题含答案

重庆市2021届高三上学期第一次预测性考试英语试题含答案

江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 英 语（预测卷一）‎ 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. When will the woman meet John?‎ A. On the 13th. B. On the 14th. C. On the 15th.‎ ‎2. What are the speakers looking at?‎ A. An iPhone 6S. B. An iPhone 6. C. An iPhone 6 Plus.‎ ‎3. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In a shop. B. In a car. C. At a Christmas party.‎ ‎4. When will the man babysit?‎ A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.‎ ‎5. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A different job. B. The salary. C. A better position.‎ 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。每段对话后有2至4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。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What are the speakers doing?‎ A. They are walking. B. They are sitting. C. They are planting.‎ ‎7. According to the woman, what is to blame?‎ A. Little animals. B. The small green plants. C. A plant with red leaves.‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. Which class is the man passing?‎ A. History. B. Spanish. C. Math.‎ ‎9. Why is the man failing many classes?‎ A. He doesn’t work hard enough.‎ B. He doesn’t understand the homework.‎ C. His teachers don’t challenge him.‎ ‎10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Teacher and student.    B. Mother and son.    C.Brother and sister.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. Who is Cameron?‎ A. The speakers’ nephew. B. The speakers’ little brother. C. The speakers’ child.‎ ‎12. What will the theme of the party be?‎ A. Train. B. Dinosaur. C. Pirate.‎ ‎13. How do the speakers feel about gifts?‎ A. They mean a lot to Cameron.‎ B. Only books are encouraged.‎ C. They aren’t welcome.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。‎ ‎14. How long did it take to finish the paintings?‎ A. 3 years. B. 5 years. C. 10 years.‎ ‎15. Why did the paintings need to be cleaned?‎ A. Burning candles dirtied them.‎ B. Tourists touched them too much.‎ C. They were covered in dust from the stone carving.‎ ‎16. Who might the woman be?‎ A. A historian. B. A tourist. C. A guide.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. When did the interview originally take place?‎ A. In 2015. B. In 2012. C. In 2005.‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎18. Who is the woman?‎ A. A reporter. B. A scientist. C. A student.‎ ‎19. How did Sally Ride achieve her goal?‎ A. By working hard.‎ B. By wisely using the help she got.‎ C. By trying to inspire others.‎ ‎20. What is Sally Ride’s advice to others?‎ A. Get at least two PhDs.‎ B. Be strong and independent.‎ C. Apply to NASA as early as possible.‎ 第二部分 阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。‎ A The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's our pleasure to confirm this year's Category Winners.‎ First Novel Award Winner Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Author: Gail Honeyman Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智). It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman's debut is a funny and moving diamond.‎ Biography Award Winner Book: In the Days of Rain Author: Rebecca Stott The Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎ who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.‎ Poetry Award Winner Book: Inside the Wave Author: Helen Dunmore To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the acutely intense being of both.‎ Children's Award Winner Book: The Explorer Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it's only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children's fiction.‎ ‎21.What kind of life does Eleanor lead？ A.boring and lonely. B.funny and touching. C.exciting and complex.                                         D.ordinary and happy.‎ ‎22.Why did Rebecca Stott write In the Days of Rain? A.To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.                       B.To help her father fulfill his last wish. C.To share the life of fundamentalist Christians.                         D.To pass on her family traditions.‎ ‎23.For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing? A.Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine                    B.In the Days of Rain C.Inside the Wave                                                  D.The Explorer B We are in lack of enough sleep，according to Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post. And this has great consequences on our health, our job performance，our relationships and our happiness. What is needed, she boldly declares, is nothing short of a sleep revolution. Only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of ourlives.‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ In her bestseller Thrive, Arianna wrote about our need to redefine success through wellbeing, wisdom, wonder, and giving. Her discussion of the importance of sleep as a gateway to this more fulfilling way of living struck such a powerful chord（弦）that she realized the mystery and transformative power of sleep called for a fuller investigation（调查）.‎ The result is a scientifically sweeping and personal exploration of sleep from all angles, from the history of sleep, to the role of dreams in our lives, to the consequences of sleep deprivation（剥夺），and the new golden age of sleep science that is showing the vital role sleep plays in our every waking moment and every aspect of our health —from weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer's.‎ In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna shows how our cultural removal of sleep as time wasted damages our health and our decision-making and our work lives and shortens our personal lives. She explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream. She decides the dangerous sleeping pill industry, and all the ways of our addiction to technology disturb our sleep. She also offers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep.‎ In today's fast-paced，always-connected and sleep-deprived world，our need for a good night's sleep is more important than ever. The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on our worldwide sleep crisis and provides a detailed road map to the great sleep awakening that can help transform our lives，our communities，and our world.‎ ‎24.What is the first paragraph mainly about? A.The importance of sleep. B.The necessity of improving sleep. C.The way to improve our sleep. D.The effect of sleep on health.‎ ‎25.What can be inferred about Arianna’s attitude to success? A.She thinks good sleep is more important. B.She doesn’t think much of becoming successful. C.She thinks it wrong to sacrifice health to success. D.She is concerned about the nature of success.‎ ‎26.What can be said about Arianna’s investigation? A.It is really of great value. B.It is scientific and historical. C.It costs Arianna’s sleep in practice. D.It covers all necessary aspects - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎ scientifically,‎ ‎27.What influence does The Sleep Revolution have on society? A.It helps to slow down the pace of modern life. B.It warns people against taking sleeping pills. C.It warns the harm of inadequate sleep of people. D.It helps to stress the value of sleep to success.‎ C At the World Economic Forum last month, President Trump drew claps when he announced the United States would respond to the forum's proposal to plant one trillion(万亿) trees to fight climate change. The trillion-tree idea won wide attention last summer after a study published in the journal Science concluded that planting so many trees was "the most effective climate change solution to date".‎ If only it were true. But it isn't. Planting trees would slow down the planet's warming, but the only thing that will save us and future generations from paying a huge price in dollars, lives and damage to nature is rapid and considerable reductions in carbon release from fossil fuels, to net zero by 2050.‎ Focusing on trees as the big solution to climate change is a dangerous diversion(偏离). Worse still, it takes attention away from those responsible for the carbon release that are pushing us toward disaster. For example, in the Netherlands, you can pay Shell an additional 1 euro cent for each liter of regular gasoline you put in your tank, to plant trees to balance the carbon release from your driving. That's clearly no more than disaster slightly delayed. The only way to stop this planet from overheating is through political, economic, technological and social solutions that end the use of fossil fuels.‎ There is no way that planting trees, even across a global area the size of the United States, can absorb the huge amounts of fossil carbon released from industrial societies. Trees do take up carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. But this uptake merely replaces carbon lost when forests were cleared in the first place, usually long ago. Regrowing forests where they once grew can undo some damage done in the past, but even a trillion trees can't store enough carbon to head off dramatic climate changes this century.‎ In a sharp counter argument to last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrote in the - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎ same journal in October that the study's findings were inconsistent with the dynamics of the global carbon cycle. He warned that "the claim that global tree restoration(复原) is our most effective climate solution is simply scientifically incorrect and dangerously misleading".‎ ‎28.What do we know about the trillion-tree idea? A.It was published in a journal. B.It was proposed last summer. C.It was put forward by Trump. D.It drew lots of public attention.‎ ‎29.What is paragraph 3 mainly about? A.A drawback of the tree planting strategy. B.An example of balancing carbon release. C.An anecdote of making a purchase at Shell. D.A responsibility for politicians and economists.‎ ‎30.What was Justin Gillis's attitude towards global tree restoration? A.Indifferent. B.Opposed. C.Hesitant. D.Supportive.‎ ‎31.What is the best title for the text? A.Contradictory Ideas on Tree Planting B.A Trillion Trees Come to the Rescue C.Planting Trees Won't Save the World D.The Best Solution to Climate Change D The Jewish (犹太人) family had just finished supper and the woman had placed the dishes in the sink. The kitchen was quite damp and even gloomier than in the main room. It was their third apartment since the start of the war, they had abandoned the other two in a hurry. The woman came back into the room and sat down again at the table. The 3-year-old boy sat with his back straight, his eyes fixed on his father, but it was obvious that he was so sleepy that he could barely sit up.‎ The man was smoking a cigarette. His eyes were blood-shot and he kept blinking in a funny way. This blinking had begun soon after they fled the second apartment.‎ It was late, past ten o'clock and they could have gone to sleep, but first they had to play the game that they had been playing every day for two weeks. Even though the man tried his best and he moved very quickly, the fault was his and not the child's. The boy was marvelous. Seeing his father put out his cigarette, he opened his blue eyes even wider. The woman, who didn't actually take part in the game, stroked the boy's hair.‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎"We'll play the key game just one more time only today. Isn't that right?" she asked her husband.‎ He didn't answer because he was not sure. They were still two or three minutes off. He arose and walked towards the bathroom door. Then the woman called out softly, "Ding-dong." At the sound of the bell ringing so musically from his mother's lips, the boy jumped up from his chair and ran to the front door, which was separated from the main room by a narrow corridor.‎ ‎"Who's there?" he asked.‎ The woman, remaining in her chair, shut her eyes tight as if feeling a sudden, sharp pain.‎ ‎"I'll open up in a minute, I'm just looking for the keys," the child called out. Then he ran back to the main room, making a lot of noise with his feet. He ran in circles around the table, pulled out one of the sideboard drawers, and slammed it shut.‎ ‎"Just a minute, I can't find them, I don't know where Mama put them," he yelled, then dragged the chair across the room, climbed onto it, and reached up to the top of the shelf.‎ ‎"I found them!" he shouted triumphantly. Then he got down from the chair, pushed it back to the table, and calmly walked to the door and opened it.‎ ‎"Shut the door, darling," the woman said softly. "You were perfect." The child didn't hear what she said. He stood in the middle of the room, staring at the closed bathroom door.‎ ‎"Shut the door," the woman repeated in a tired flat voice. Every evening she repeated the same words, and every evening he stared at the closed bathroom door.‎ At last it opened. The man was pale and his clothes were streaked with lime and dust. He stood there, eyes blinking in that funny way.‎ ‎"Well? How did it go?" asked the woman.‎ ‎"I still need more time. He has to look for them longer. I slip in sideways all right, but then... It's so tight in there that when I turn... And he's got to make more noise—he should stamp his feet louder."‎ The child didn't take his eyes off him.‎ ‎"Say something to him," the woman whispered.‎ ‎"You did a good job, little one," he said mechanically.‎ ‎"That's right," the woman said, "you're really doing a wonderful job, darling. You act just like a grown-up. And you do know that if someone should really ring the doorbell when Mama is - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎ at work, everything will depend on you? And what will you say when they ask you about your parents?"‎ ‎"Mama's at work."‎ ‎"And Papa?" He was silent.‎ ‎"And Papa?" the man screamed in terror. The child turned pale.‎ ‎"And Papa?" the man repeated more calmly.‎ ‎"He's dead,"＂the child answered and threw himself at his father, who was standing right beside him, but already long dead to the people who would really ring the bell.‎ ‎32.What does the underlined sentence in Para.5 mean? A.The family needed to practise the game for another 2 or 3 minutes. B.There was still 2 or 3 minutes left before someone knocked at the door. C.They would become too sleepy to play the game 2 or 3 minutes later. D.The father needed 2 or 3 more minutes before the kid opened the door.‎ ‎33.Why did the boy make a lot of noise when he was looking for the key? A.Because he needed to drown out the noise caused by his father. B.Because he was too little and just couldn't control his footsteps. C.Because he was too anxious to find the key to open the door with. D.Because he met many barriers on his way to where the key was.‎ ‎34.In Para.12 why did the mother repeat "shut the door" in a tired, flat voice, instead of the previous soft one? A.She was angry because her son didn't close the door as he had been told to. B.She felt anxious because she knew her husband would be annoyed at the boy again. C.She was disappointed because the boy's movement betrayed again where her husband was. D.She was impatient because she was asked to repeat these words again and again every evening.‎ ‎35.What is the best title of the passage? A.A Scary Night B.The Key Game ‎ C.My Father Is Dead                                  D.An Innocent Boy 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）‎ 阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ The factors that cause youth unemployment often differ among regions and labor systems.   36   Since firing full-time workers is so complicated and expensive, employers are unwilling to take on new staff, while people who are already employed, mainly older workers, often keep their jobs for life. In developing countries with high birthrates and very young populations, like the Philippines, growth isn't strong enough to absorb the wave of youngsters entering the workforce each year.   37   Young people entering the workforce are often the most vulnerable (易受伤害的) in economic downturns—new employees are often the first to get sacked, while college graduates find few employers willing to hire.‎ ‎38 In Spain, Italy and Japan, for instance, companies looking to gain flexibility in regulated labor markets often offer new, young staffers only short-term contracts. These contracts, which sometimes last for only a few days, usually come with low salaries and few benefits. Since such staff is temporary, employers have little intention to invest in training.‎ Facing such obstacles, young people everywhere are finding that traditional route to success—education—isn't paying off as much as in the past.   39   They will often be offered low-skilled jobs from waiters to supermarket clerks. A March report form the UK's Office for National Statistics showed that the share of recent college graduates in Britain working in lower-skilled jobs rose to nearly 35% in 2011 form less than 27% a decade earlier.   40   Typical is Cairo's Ahmed Said. He graduated from college with a business degree, and after performing the obligatory (义务的) year of military service, he applied for jobs in accounting and data entry. But Said, 24, had no luck, and today he works as a waiter at a cafe near Tahrir Square. "This was my last choice," he says, "and this is the job that I got." A. Young graduates often find themselves competing with more-experienced workers. B. More and more college graduates are forced to take jobs below their skill level. C. They started applying for any positions they could find in other countries. D. In some parts of the world, such jobs are all that is available to college graduates. E. Yet youth unemployment also has common roots throughout the world. F. Those young workers who do find employment are often trapped in awful contracts. G. In much of Western Europe overemphasized labor protection makes it more difficult for youths to land good jobs.‎ 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ Most people get rid of their leftover foods, but in Nigerian-born visual artist Haneefah Adam's kitchen, they're put to good use.‎ Adam, 28, is famous for 41 food in creative ways, using it to make portraits and other works of art. She has 42 been artistic. Her mother said she had a 43 for art.‎ Now, she's building a career out of changing food into art. “I do 44 portraits and also often sew and paint, but what 45 me the most is food,” she says.‎ Adam is inspired by 46 things, including life experiences and culture. She 47 everything around her as something that can be made into art.‎ In 2016, she 48 the TechMeetsArtNG exhibition, which was 49 and funded by Samsung Nigeria and Rele Gallery. The 50 was a culinary（烹饪的）exhibition aimed at 51 the artistic presentation of some of Nigeria's local 52 .‎ Her winning entry was 53 by one of her favorite childhood meals—Ogbono soup which was 54 the dried seeds of mangoes. “Before the competition, my art was mostly random, and I was just 55 food art on social media. But after winning, I started to think about actively making a living from food art,” she says.‎ Winning the competition kick-started Adam's career and her full-time job is now creating art for food brands such as Maggi and Dangote Salt. “I want to participate in more exhibitions. I currently live in Kwara, northern Nigeria; it is difficult to make a difference in the country's art scene from here,” she says.‎ ‎41.A.distributing B.mixing C.presenting D.selling ‎42.A.always B.hardly C.never D.usually ‎43.A.dilemma B.reputation C.standard D.talent ‎44.A.alternative B.regular C.compulsory D.specific ‎45.A.excites B.puzzles C.rejects D.presses ‎46.A.artificial B.modest C.random D.visual ‎47.A.collects B.devotes C.inspects D.sees ‎48.A.competed B.held  C.won D.performed ‎49.A.sponsored B.donated C.expanded D.possessed - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎50.A.background B.competition C.discovery D.victory ‎51.A.avoiding B.exploring C.protecting D.sorting ‎52.A.meals B.goods C.styles D.works ‎53.A.finished B.inspired C.submitted  D.selected ‎54.A.attached to B.occupied with C.made from D.linked to ‎55.A.selling B.preserving C.exporting D.recording 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Kobe Bryant passed away in a helicopter crash five months ago. His fans were so heartbroken that they held various 56 (activity) to honor him. Someone “updated” the superstar's social media 57 April 1 to promote his sports fantasy novel, The Wizenard Series: Season One, to his fans around 58 globe. The novel revolves（围绕）around basketball team, the West Bottom Badgers, and an incredible coach Rolabi, who 59 (base) on Phil Jackson, the former coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.‎ ‎“The book stems from（源于）my goal of bringing joy back to youth sports, while 60 (teach) important life lessons.” Bryant said in an interview before his death. Apart from referring to his 61 (person) basketball experiences, he also “draws from the more basic and psychological truths in sports: teamwork, training, perseverance and mental toughness.”‎ While the announcement may not have come 62 (direct) from Bryant, many fans are hoping that the fantastic novel 63 (continue) his legacy. For many others, 64 , it was Bryan's mentality that made him legendary（传奇的）. 65 (know) as the “Black Mamba” for his passion, persistence, and fearlessness, Bryant will live on through the achievements he impressed upon the world.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（满分15分）‎ 假定你是中华中学学生会主席李华，你校将于6月28日在和谐湖举行龙舟赛，请给友好学校复兴中学 (Fuxing High School) 写一封邀请信。‎ 信的内容包括：（1）写信目的；（2）活动时间、地点和意义；（3）回复时间：2021年6月25日前。 注意：（1）词数120字左右；（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ Dear Sir/Madam,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分）‎ 请认真阅读下面这幅图片及相关文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。‎ According to a recent survey of 2,020 people done by China Youth Daily, 81.8 percent of the interviewees supported hardship education including experiencing life in poor areas, outdoor training, taking part-time jobs, and doing housework.‎ Qiao Yu, from Tianjin Foreign Languages School, also supports the idea "Hardship helps us grow and be prepared for the difficulties of society," said the 18-year-old, who worked in a cake store this summer.‎ But while it contributes to studentsˈ development, "hardship education shouldnˈt be seen as simply making students suffer," Sun Yunxiao, director of the China Youth and Children Research Center told China Youth Daily. "It should follow teenagersˈ growth." Sun said that students could also do sports to learn to face difficulties, for doing sports can greatly strengthen their bodies and - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎ minds.‎ ‎【写作内容】（1）以约30个词概括图文的主要内容；（2）以约120个词谈谈你对“吃苦教育”的理解和个人看法，并给出2~3点理由。‎ ‎【写作要求】（1）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）作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称：（3）不必写标题。‎ ‎【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 英语答案（预测卷一）‎ ‎1-5：ACAAB 6-10：BCCAB 11-15：CCBAA ‎16-20：BCBAB 21-25：DBDBD 26-30：DCDAB ‎31-35：CDACB 36-40：GEFBD 41-45：CADBA ‎46-50： CDCAB 51-55：BABCD ‎56.activities 57.on 58.the 59.is based ‎60.teaching 61.personal 62.directly 63.will continue ‎64.however 65.Known ‎【Ⅰ范文】‎ Dear Sir/Madam,‎ I am Li Hua, chairman of the Student Union. On behalf of our school, I'm sincerely inviting your school to take part in the upcoming Dragon Boat Race to be held on the Huangshan Lake on June 30th.‎ The event is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. and last for about three hours. To begin with, we will watch a short documentary of the ancient poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself after being falsely accused of corruption. Knowing that Cambridge High School has an outstanding boating team, I'm sure we won't miss the wonderful Dragon Boat Race. It is a fantastic opportunity for our schools to develop close ties and to promote cultural exchange.‎ We'd appreciate hearing from your reply before June 27th.‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua ‎【Ⅱ范文】‎ Possible version 1 (支持)：‎ Despite the improvement of our lives, “hardship education” in China still gains widespread recognition, yet it arouses different voices among the public as well according to a recent survey.‎ As is known, hardship education refers to all kinds of activities including community service, social practice, voluntary work and various sports, which allow teenagers to experience the - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优 江苏2021届高考VIP群 962658234 江苏2021届新高考外语群 771647063‎ ‎ difficulties of life and society, thus contributing to their growth.‎ From my perspective, with the fast-paced development of our living standards, hardship education has become more of a must for the contemporary youth. For one thing, challenging activities in various forms guarantee teenagers access to building up their strength and developing necessary surviving skills. For another, but for hardship education, teenagers could not enhance their overall qualities such as courage and perseverance, sweeping away all the obstacles on the way to success and better preparing themselves for the future.‎ To sum up, society, schools and families should attach great importance to hardship education for all students.‎ Possible version 2 (反对)：‎ ‎ Despite the improvement of our lives, “hardship education” in China still gains widespread recognition, yet it arouses different voices among the public as well according to a recent survey.‎ While I admit that hardship education is intended to cultivate desirable qualities such as self-sufficiency and perseverance in students, the education process doesn’t necessarily involve short-term physical ‘hardship’ for students to undergo. Firstly, hardship education such as experiencing life in poor areas usually lasts no longer than 2 weeks, which is too short to bear any fruit. Secondly, teenagers are well aware of the fact that the hardship they are exposed to is divorced from the life they lead in reality. Hence, the training becomes no more than a ceremony and teenagers return to their routine unchanged. Thirdly, the word ‘hardship’ doesn;t look fancy enough to appeal to teenagers. At this age, they are more willing to explore the world, to exhibit their uniqueness and to unleash their creativity, thus activities like sports or self-organized trips competition will be their cup of tea.‎ By and large, hardship education is a means to an end, and the means should be more diverse to suit the teenagers’ needs.‎ - 16 -‎ 微信公众号：老杨培优