The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities (課外活動) where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a better start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend a large amount of money on education. Even poor parents manage to buy a computer for their son or daughter.

In fact, most parents fail to see that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills are different; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. However, they fail to realize that today's children are lack (缺乏) of self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take exams and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need. They do not teach them to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.

Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job step by step. The result, a well--cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence. All these will help the children step to success in the future.

An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse(喚醒) his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teaching a child to read a book. They teach them to think and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.

1. Is the writer satisfied with the Chinese parents’ ideas of educating their children?

2. Put the underlined sentence “the more expensive an education is, the better it is” into Chinese.

3.What are the children lack of today?

4. How is the experience of cooking according to the fifth paragraph?

5.What does the underlined word “They” refer to(所指的是) in the last paragraph?

A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公關(guān)部).

A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(碩士學(xué)位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67  1. the list. In the final stage she had an i  68   2.together with another girl. B  69   3.of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.

The girl was s  70  4.in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .5.At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72   6.Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73   7.

at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74  8. you are ready.”

The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75  9. to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遺憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候選人) has got the job. You had b  76  10. try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”

That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.

第2屆青奧會的主辦城市南京正在招募一批志愿者做大會的接待員(receptionist)。你叫Jack，是南京中學(xué)的一名學(xué)生，你很想?yún)⒓�，為青奧會出一份力。請用英語寫一封信推薦自己，從個性、特長、參加活動的原因三個方面介紹自己。

要求：1. 短文內(nèi)容必須包括以上要點，語意連貫，句式規(guī)范，字跡工整；

      2．文中不可以用真實姓名，只能用所給姓名；

      3．詞數(shù)80—100；

      4．開頭，結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear sir，

I would like to recommend myself to be a receptionist for the 2^nd Youth Olympic Games.

  ______________________________________________________________

  ______________________________________________________________

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I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Jack

 ---There’s too much salt in the Chinese diet.

---So there is. The WHO says only 1.5 grams of salt __________ for each man every day.

---Hurry, Mike! The bus is coming.

---Wait a moment, please! Let me see if there’s __________ left.

---So you were in the supermarket __________ you heard a strange sound, right?

---That’s true. I ran out as quickly as possible. 

 ---How can I get well along with others, father?

---Try to smile to others, boy. That will make __________ much __________.

---Why would some workers in Foxcon die __________ continue working in the factory?

---Psychologists say they are under too much pressure.

---The girl __________ all her savings to the people in the Southwest for the serious drought(旱災(zāi)).

---What a donation and what a nice girl!

---Andy, you were the only person that was late for the meeting, why?

---Sorry, sir. But I really had a __________ time finding the meeting hall.