随着中国在世界上地位的提高，2008年奥运会在北京举办，世界上许多国家掀起了一股学习中文的热潮。假设你昨天收到了笔友David的e-mail，得知他不久要到北京来学习中文，他想了解如何学好中文。请你用英语给他写一封回信，介绍学习中文的体会和方法，提出你的建议，以及表达你帮助他学好中文的愿望。字数为80一100个词。(信的开头与结尾已给出，字数不记入所完成的短文中。)

    提示词语：Chinese，be useful，many foreigners，learn，now，difficult，different from, it is important to…listen，talk，read，write．

    Dear David，

I’m glad you’ll come to Beijing to learn Chinese___________________________________

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    Hope to see you soon in Beijing．

    Yours，

    Wang Ming

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    Body language is the quiet，secret and most powerful language of all! It is said that our body movement communicate(表达)about 50％of what we really mean while words themselves only do 7％．So while your mouth is closed，just what is your body saying?

    Arms．How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive(接受的)you are to people you meet．If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back，this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way．Outgoing people usually use their arms with big movements，while quieter people keep them close to their bodies．If someone makes you angry，just cross your arms to show you’re unhappy!

    Head．When you want to show your confidence．keep your head level．If you are monitor in class, you can also take on this position(姿势)when you want your worth to be taken seriously．However．to be friendly in listening speaking，you must move your head a little to one side．

    Legs．Your legs will move around a lot more than normal when you tire nervous or telling lies．If you are interviews，try to keep them still．

    Mouth．When you are thinking．you often purse your lips(噘嘴)．You might also use this position to hold back angry words you don’t wish to say．However，it will probably still be noticed，and people will know you’re not pleased．

1．According to the passage，__________________ in communication.

2．We usually use our ____________ whether we like a person or not.

3．If you want to listen or speak in a friendly way，you should__________________．

4．When a nervous person speaks in public，__________________.

5．Usually crossing your arms shows the same feeling as __________________.

    A man came home from work late，tired，to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door．

    ‘‘Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

    “If you must know．I make $20 an hour，”

    “Oh，” the little boy replied，with his head down．He thought for a moment，looked up and said，“Daddy，could you lend me $10?”

    The father was furious．“If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish，then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”

    The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．After about an hour or so，the lather calmed(平静)down，and started to think，“Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often．” So he went to the little boy’s room．

    “Sorry! Maybe l was too hard on you just now．”said the man，“Here’s $10.”

    “Oh，thank you，Daddy!” he said happily．Then，the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money，he got angry again．

    “Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily．

    “Because I didn’t have enough，but now I do．”the little boy replied，“Daddy，I have $20 now．Can I buy all hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow．I would like to have dinner with you．”

1．How much does the boy’s father make an hour? ______．

   A．$10         B．$20       C．$30 D．$40

2．In this passage，the underlined word “furious” means ______．

   A．very angry                    B．quite happy

   C．too excited                      D．a little nervous

3．At first，the father refused to lend the boy any money because______．

   A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

   B．he did not have enough money at that moment

   C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use

   D．the boy always borrowed money from him

4．The boy wanted to buy______ with twenty dollars．

   A．a new book for himself

   B．a nice present for his father

   C．a toy for his own birthday

   D．an hour of his father’s time

5．From the passage，we can infer(推断)that the boy’s father______．

   A．often played with his son              B．spent little time with his son

   C．didn’t love his son at all                  D．often came back home early

    I am Steve．I was born and grew up in South Wales．My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展)．

    My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen．I went to a new school．One of my subjects was French．Because I had never learned any French，my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in．That’s the time I started writing，just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since．

    I have always loved BIG IDEAS．and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories．And I also write horror(恐怖的)stories．I think they are like the old fairytales(童话故事)，and can teach you important things．

    I am in my forties on the outside，twelve on the inside．I like rock music，Indian and Chinese food．and I enjoy drinking．I live in a small village with my wife Mary，ducks，cats，goats，hens and lots of rabbits．If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books，go to www. sbowkett. freeserve. co. uk．

1．When he was l3，the writer ______．

    A．wrote lots of poems                   B．moved out of Wales

    C．sold many story books                 D．became a famous singer

2．He liked playing out on the hills because he could______．

    A．expand his imagination               B．learn French

    C．1isten to stories                           D．buy some books

3．Maybe the writer is ______ years old now．

    A．12                B．22                 C．32                 D．42

4．According to the passage，the writer keeps ______．

    A．cats，hens and pigs                   B．ducks，goats and rabbits

    C．hens，rabbits and dogs                D．rabbits，pigs and cats

5．From the passage，we can learn that the writer______．

    A．1ives in a big city with his son

    B．1ikes eating Japanese food

    C．1ives in the countryside with his wife

    D．introduces a nice book to us

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    My parents divorced(离婚)when I was 8 years old．Their marriage was a mistake of World WarⅡ．  1 Divorce was very uncommon then．

So when my friends were in town shopping for presents for their fathers，I decided since my mother was both Mother and Father，no one else was like her．  2  ．

I bought her a little set of(一套)tools，3  I got some ideas from my grandfather and named it Mother’s Tool Box． 4 more at the thought of being cared for on Father’s Day that of the present．She always said she liked her Father’s Day memories better than the Mother’s Day ones．It made her feel special and she was．I have noticed in the past few years．greeting cards are even made for “Mother on Father’s Day”．Ever since then，my mother has got cards on Father’s Day．By the way，5 ．