成都七中 2015-2016 学年度上期半期考试
高二年级英语试卷
第一卷
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填 写清楚。请认真核准准考证号、姓名和科目。
2. 每小题选出答案后, 用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑, 如需改动, 用橡皮 擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号, 在．试．题．卷．上．作．答．无．效．。
第一部分 听力（共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分）
第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 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. What does the woman want to do?
A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.
2. What will the man do for the woman?
A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.
3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?
A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company director.
4. What does the man think of the book?
A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.
第二节 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题, 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。听每段对话前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题 5 秒钟； 听完后, 各小题给出 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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?
A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.
7. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.
听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。
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1. When will the man be home from work?
A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.
2. Where will the speakers go?
A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema. C. The UME Cinema.
听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。
3. How will the speakers go to New York?
A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
4. Why are the speakers making the trip?
A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.
听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。
6. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.
7. What does John do now?
A. He’s a trainer. B. He’s a tour guide. C. He’s a college student.
8. How much can a new person earn for the first year?
A. $10,500. B. $12,000. C. $15,000.
9. How many people will the woman hire?
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.
听第 10 段材料, 回答第 17 至 20 题。
10. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?
A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.
11. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?
A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.
12. What is good about living in a small town?
A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.
13. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?
A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.
第二部分 英语知识运用
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)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
My grandmother died when my mother Alice, was five years old. The year was 1925,
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and life was hard. My mother told me that her family was too 21 to even afford to give her a doll.
In December 1982, I had a job at a bank. One afternoon, we were 22 the tree in the hall, getting ready for the Christmas. One of my customers came in with beautiful handmade dolls. He was 23 Christmas dolls. I decided to get one for my daughter. I asked my customer if he could make me a 24 doll for my mother — one with gray hair and glasses. The doll maker felt that this idea was certainly 25 and took it on as a creative 26 . He said “Yes”. So I placed my Christmas 27 : two dolls for Christmas morning! I asked if he could 28 Santa Clause to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home. He 29 happily.
Christmas Day arrived and at the 30 time, so did Santa Claus. I had prepared the gifts for Santa to 31 . My daughter was surprised and 32 that Santa had come to see her.
My mother was enjoying watching her granddaughter’s 33 to the visit from this special guest. As Santa asked who Alice was, my mother was taken back by her name being 34 , and said that she was. Santa handed her a doll with a 35 that read:
For Alice:
I was cleaning out my sleigh(雪橇) before my trip this year and 36 this package that was supposed to be sent on December 25, 1925. The present inside has 37 , but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Many 38 for the lateness of the gift.
Love, Santa Claus
21. A. ashamed
B. helpless
C. skeptical
D. poor
22. A. planting
B. cutting
C. decorating
D. climbing
23. A. selling
B. checking
C. repairing
D. collecting
24. A. special
B. common
C. beautiful
D. strange
25. A. amusing
B. unique
C. doubtful
D. satisfying
26. A. decision
B. record
C. question
D. challenge
27. A. service
B. idea
C. order
D. wish
28. A. tell
B. play
C. advise
D. invite
29. A. performed
B. jumped
C. agreed
D. sang
30. A. planned
B. limited
C. given
D. written
31. A. receive
B. deliver
C. buy
D. select
32. A. aware
B. convinced
C. confident
D. excited
33. A. contribution
B. reaction
C. reply
D. introduction
34. A. answered
B. used
C. called
D. left
35. A. sign
B. report
C. notice
D. message
36. A. picked up
B. brought back
C. came across
D. learnt about
37. A. changed
B. arrived
C. disappeared
D. aged
38. A. apologies
B. solutions
C. reasons
D. thanks
39. A. confused
B. upset
C. moved
D. shocked
40. A. desire
B. joy
C. regret
D. pity
My mother was deeply 39 by the words in the card. She couldn’t speak but hold the doll as tears of 40 ran down her cheeks. That gift made my mother the happiest “child” in the world.
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第三部分 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, 从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C 和 D 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。用答题卷的考生, 请把最佳选项标在答题卷的相应位置。
A
Welcome to join us to enjoy the Golden Triangle Tour provided by Journey2India.
Golden Triangle Tour
Day 1: Arrive in Delhi
Arrive in Delhi, the national capital of India. Upon arrival at airport, our company representative will meet and greet you and transfer(换乘) to the hotel for check-in. Rest of the day free for your activities.
Overnight at Delhi hotel
Day 2: Delhi-Full day tour (Old & New Delhi tour)
Have breakfast in the hotel. At 9:30 am, the tour guide will meet you at your hotel and later proceed(前行) for a full-day guided tour in Delhi starting with old Delhi, visiting Raj Gaht, Jama Maszjid. Later visit Humayun’s Tomb, India Gate and Qutub Minar.
Overnight at Delhi hotel
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Day 3: Delhi-Agra(220 kms/4.5 hours)
Have breakfast in the hotel. Later drive to Agra, the city of “Taj Mahal”. En-route(在途中) stop at Sikandra for a short photoshot. Later check in at the hotel. Afternoon, proceed for a half-day guided tour in Agra, visiting Taj Mahal & Agra Fort. Rest of the day free for shopping and your own activities.
Overnight at Agra hotel
Day 4: Agra-Jaipur via Fathehpur Sikri(240 kms/5 hours)
After breakfast, drive to Jaipur, the capital city of Rajsthan state. Jaipur is also known as “Pink City”. En-route visit Fatephur Sikri, known as Ghost Capital. Later continue the drive to Jaipur. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel. Evening free at leisure for own activities.
Optional: Visit to Chokhi Dhani Village (US $ 25 per person).
Overnight at Jaipur hotel
Day 5: Jaipur-Full day tour
After breakfast, we’ll proceed for a full-day guided tour in Jaipur starting with a short photoshot at Hawa Mahal. Later enjoy the Royal Elephant Ride to climb the Amber Fort. After visiting the Amber Fort, return to the city and visit the City Palace and Jantar Mantar Observatory.
Overnight at Jaipur hotel
Day 6: Jaipur-Delhi (256 kms/5 hours)
After breakfast, drive back to Delhi airport. The total distance is 256 kms and you can cover it in 5 hours. Upon arrival in Delhi, board flight to onward journey.
Note: * Price Starts with $ 215 with:
l Daily breakfast and soft beverages and packaged drinking water.
l Government approved and experienced English-speaking local guide services.
l Elephant ride at the Amber Fort.
l Sunset or sunrise visit to Taj the Mahal.
l All entrance fee to the monuments and train tickets.
41. A full-day guided tour is provided on .
A. Day 2 and Day 5. B. Day 3 and Day 4.
C. Day 2 and Day 4. D. Day 3 and Day 5.
42. Which of the following is not included in the price during the trip?
A. Visit to Chokhi Dhani Village. B. Elephant ride in Jaipur.
C. Breakfasts and packaged drinking water. D. Local guide services.
43. We can learn from the text that .
A. the whole tour covers 512 kms
B. Agra is the capital city of Rajasthan
C. India Gate and Qutub Minar lie in New Delhi
D. tourists are to visit Taj Mahal and Agra Fort on Day 5
44. The main purpose of the text is to .
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A. introduce development of tourism in India
B. invite people to take the Golden Triangle Tour
C. show good services of Journey2India
D. introduce beautiful scenery in India
B
A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States. The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago.
“I studied English before I left home, ”she said. “But I still was not sure that people were speaking English.”
Her problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry.
One such saying is “get your act together”．When things go wrong in a business, an employer
may get angry. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act together.” Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.
It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps the other day when one actor was nervous and made a lot of mistakes, the director may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.” Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mr. Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together. Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act Together.”
The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “cut to the chase”. She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long and boring report, and finally, the president of the company interrupted and said, “Cut to the chase.” Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant materials. Hurry and get to the point. And naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies. Next time, if your employer tells
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you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly.
41. After the woman visited the United States she might feel that . A．her English was poorer than she had expected
B．it was great fun to learn English and its culture C．American employers were sometimes rude D．it was difficult to do business with Americans
42. In which situation could the words “get your act together” be used? A．You’ve won a job opportunity in a law firm.
B．Players perform badly in a match and seem to lose. C．Visitors make a tiresome and unpleasant trip to someplace. D．Audience is satisfied with the actor’s performance in a movie.
43. What do the sayings “get your act together” and “cut to the chase” have in common? A．Their use. B．Their meaning.
C．Their origin. D．Their popularity.
44. The text is most likely to be found in a book about .
A. life attitude B. travel and culture
C. language and culture D. business management
C
Here’s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly.
Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And it doesn’t matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number of hours it occurs. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.
In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting. While
health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum (最少的) amounts of physical
activity, they haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position. “After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals,” Ekblom-Bak
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said. She explained that genes regulating (调节) the amount of glucose (葡萄糖) and fat in the
body start to shut down. Even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day — but still spend a lot of time sitting — might get more benefit if that exercise was spread across the day, rather than just doing once.
Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, whether or not they exercised. “We don’t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad,” said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, who led the
Canadian study. ”But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary (坐着
的) behavior, the better.” Figures from a U.S. survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars．
Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects. “People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits,” Ekblom-Bak said. “But when they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible too,” she said.
41. What is the best title for the text?
A. Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly
B. How to Avoid Sitting Too Much
C. Not Sitting Too Much While Working
D. More and More People Sit Too Much
42. According to the research, .
A. the more time you spend in exercising at a time, the healthier you will be
B. those who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack
C. you had better not sit for more than four hours at a time in case you get fat
D. regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effect of sitting too much
43. The underlined word “offset” in paragraph 9 probably means .
A. improve B. achieve C. ignore D. avoid
44.
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In the opinion of Ekblom- Bak, you’d better have a rest in the office by .
A. having a walk around your office
B. reading a magazine or newspaper
C. chatting online or playing computer games
D. listening to music with your head on the desk
D
Philo Farnsworth was a man who made it possible for one of the most important communication devices — television to be created. Philo was born on August 19th, 1906, near
Indian Creek in the western state of Utah. He attended a very small school near his family’s farm. He did very well in school. He asked his teacher for special help in science. The teacher began helping Philo learn a great deal more than most young students could understand.
One night, Philo read a magazine story about the idea of sending pictures and sound through the air. Anyone with a device that could receive this electronic information could watch the pictures and hear the sound. The magazine story said some of the world’s best scientists were using special machines to try to make a kind of device to send pictures.
14-year-old Philo decided these famous scientists were wrong and that mechanical devices would never work. He decided that such a device would have to be electronic. Philo knew electrons(电子) could be made to move extremely fast. All he would have to do was to find a way
to make electrons do the work. Very quickly Philo had an idea for such a receiver. It would trap light in a container and send the light on a line of electrons. Philo called it “light in a bottle”. Several days later, Philo told his teacher about a device that could capture(捕获) pictures. He drew
a plan for it, which he gave his teacher. Philo’s drawing seemed very simple, but it clearly showed the information needed to build a television. In fact, all television equipment today still uses Philo’s early idea. Philo Farnsworth was only 14 years old then. He knew no one would listen to a child. Experts say that probably only ten scientists in the world at that time could have understood his idea.
On September 7th, 1927, Philo turned on a device that was the first working television receiver. In another room was the first television camera. Philo had invented the special camera tube earlier that year. The image produced on the
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receiver was not very clear, but the device
worked. In 1930, the United States government gave Philo patent documents(专利). These would
protect his invention from being copied by others.
41. Before he was 14 years old, .
A. Philo had had a very strong interest in science
B. Philo had learned a great deal in science from his father
C. Philo had helped his parents on their family’s farm
D. Philo had formed the idea of sending pictures and sound through the air
42. The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to .
A. a container sending pictures and sound through the air
B. a receiver that held light and sent it on a line of electrons
C. a light box with a line of electrons in a bottle
D. a way to make electrons send pictures
43. We can infer from the text that Philo’s idea .
A. was not recognized at first
B. was only understood by his teacher
C. was turned into a television receiver immediately
D. was widely used in all television equipment in 1927
第二节 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。请将答案写在答题卷上。 (每小题 2 分, 满分 10 分)
We often close ourselves off when painful events happen in our life. Instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. 56
The item listed below are four tips you can open your heart more fully and completely.
1. Breathe into pain
Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to face it instead of running away. 57 When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and accept it. By using our breath, we soften our experiences and allow more newness.
2. 58
We’re often confused at the next step to take. Actually, we can try a new decision making process. To start the process, we may ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?” See what comes up, then put it into practice and evaluate the outcome.
3. Spend time alone
For most of our life we’re surrounded by people: our friends, family members
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and strangers. 59 When you spend time in solitude(孤独), you’re free from the influence of other people. It
might be painful at first, but eventually you’ll add a whole new layer of depth and understanding into life.
3. Get out of yourself
60 But in reality, they actually work hand-in-hand. After you’ve explored the depth of yourself, you come away with a new understanding.
Now, it’s time to share that, not through telling others, but through being with others.
A. Have a light heart
B. Ask your heart what it wants
C. Is there anything I’m hiding from myself?
D. How often do we really spend time alone?
E. This may seem to go against the last tip to some degree.
F. We should open our hearts and take action to heal the wounds.
G. When we run away from sadness, it gets stronger and more real.
第二卷
注意事项：用 0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第一节 短文填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 15 分）
阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition 1 George and Richard. “I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast.
“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply, “because I’ll be the 2 (good) lawyer in town!”
George never did become 3 lawyer and Richard never made any money. 4 , both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, 5 made the competition worse.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, 6 (think) about his former competitor. Perhaps he missed him?
George was very 7 (interest) in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first 8 (edit). When the parcel
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arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he 9 (have) lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered 10 unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.”
第二节 单词填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分）
根据下列汉语提示或首字母提示, 用单词的正确形式填空, 一空一词。
11. It is generally believed that play is an e part of a child’s development.
12. When you apply for a job, you need to prove that you are q for the job.
13. Sorry, the book you want is not a right now. You can come and get it on Friday.
14. Jack was thinking deeply when the telephone rang suddenly, which made him jump with f .
15. In some countries, women are f to go out without a veil(面纱)—they will be
against the law if they do so.
16. At the start, they had great difficulty (建立) the organization.
17. After that experience, she started to have a p (积极的) attitude towards life.
18. Healthy people with (紧张的) jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction do have the risk of dying from heart disease.
19. A set of textbooks designed to help high school students learn about (传统的)
Chinese culture is to be published soon, Beijing Times reported on Monday.
20. His writing is so (难懂的) that nobody knows for sure what he is trying to express.
第三节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分）
文中共有 10 处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。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( Ù ), 并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线, 并在该词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.允许修改 10 处, 多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
A young man called Low-Carbon Brother become a hit on the Internet in 2011. He suggests living a low carbon life, which means using less energy in our daily
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life so that we can help reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, she always picks up some waste paper on the street or uses the blank side to write something. While he is watching TV, he always turns up the screen brightness to the minimum and turns off the light. Therefore, he goes to work by bike instead of driving. Some people think what he is doing is just a show. No one can live such a simply life with so many modern invention around us. As far as I am concerned, I am strongly in favor his idea and his behavior. Although what he is doing has no huge effect on global warming, but he at least can enjoy a healthy life.
第四节 书面表达（满分 25 分） 假设你是李华，刚从美国回来，可你发现自己的英语词典遗忘在了寄宿家庭 Mr. Brown
的家里。因此你给他写信, 请他帮助寄回词典。信的要点如下：
1. 感谢曾经的帮助；
2. 请求寄回字典；
3. 这本字典的特殊意义；
4. 字典遗落的位置；
5. 邮资自付。 注意：
1. 词数 100 左右;信的开头和结尾不计入词数；
2. 参考词汇：邮资 postage Dear Mr. Brown,
Yours, Li
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Hua
七中高2015-2016学年度上期半期考试英语参考答案
听力
1-5 ABCBA 6-10 BCACA 11-15 ACBCA l6-20 CBCAB
完形填空
21-25 DCAAB 26-30 DCBCA 31-35 BDBCD 36-40 CDACB
阅读理解
41-44 AACB 45-48 ABCC 49-52 ACDA 53-55 ABA 56-60 FGBDE
语法填空
1. between 2. best 3. a 4. Instead 5. which
6. thinking 7. interested 8. edition 9. was having 10. but
单词填空
11. essential 12. qualified 13. available 14. fright 15. forbidden
16. establishing 17. positive 18. stressful 19. traditional 20. confusing
短文改错
A young man called Low-Carbon Brother become a hit on the Internet in 2011. He suggests became
living a low carbon life, which means using less energy in our daily life so that we can help
reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, she always picks up some waste paper on the reduce he
street or uses the blank side to write something. While he is watching TV, he always turns up the and down
screen brightness to the minimum and turns off the light. Therefore, he goes to work by bike
Besides
instead of driving. Some people think what he is doing is just a show. No one can live such a
simply life with so many modern invention around us. As far as I am concerned, I am strongly in simple inventions
favor his idea and his behavior. Although what he is doing has no huge effect on global warming, of
but he at least can enjoy a healthy life.
写作（One possible version）
Dear Mr. Brown,
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I’m now safely back home. Thank you very much for all the kindness I got from you during my stay. Hope everything is fine with you there.
Now I wonder whether I could ask you a favour. When I came back, I suddenly realized that I had left my English dictionary behind at your place. It is a precious gift from my American teacher. Would you please be so kind as to send it back to me? I’ll pay for the postage. The dictionary must be on the bookshelf in my bedroom. It is the one with a red cover.
Thanks and all the best. Yours,
Li Hua
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