Once there was a merchant who had fine silks and rug（s a city on the other side of the desert (毛毯) to sell. He wished to send his goods to Abdul the merchant owned a large caravan（商队）of camels, and he employed many men. For many days, Abdul and his men had been preparing for the journey, because of the boundless desert with hot sand and the grass out of sight for miles. It required many camels to carry the merchant's goods, tents, bottles of water, firewood, bags of rice and some tools.

    At last the caravan was ready for the journey. The sun shone steadily, making the sand so hot that no one could walk upon it in the daytime. So Abdul and his men traveled all that night. One man was the pilot. He rode ahead because he knew the stars, and he could guide the caravan by them.

    They traveled night after night, resting during the heat of the day. Unfortunately, when the caravan started another evening, the pilot led the way as usual, but after a while, weary with many nights of watching, he fell asleep.

    All night long the caravan traveled. At daybreak the pilot awoke and looked at the last star fading in the morning light. "Halt（停下）!" he called." The camels must have turned while I slept. We are at the place from which we started yesterday." Even worse, another man shouted, "The man with the camel carrying the rest water and firewood, who is walking at the end of our group, is gone!"

    There was no water to drink. There was no firewood to cook the food. The men lay down with despair, "We are lost!"

注意：

1) 所续写短文的词数应为 150 词左右；

2) 应使用 5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3) 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4) 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

    It seemed that only one person remained positive.

    A shout of joy burst from the lips of the men.

    Have you ever paid for knowledge online? According to Bloomberg, a platform, the De Dao app offers written articles and podcasts from famous personalities that the users must pay for, with topics ranging from music to economics. By May 2017, De Dao had 7 million users. As is reported in People's Daily, Ximalaya FM, another popular online learning platform, had about 450 million users as of January 2018. The platform allows people to pay for and listen to online learning courses.

    Many Chinese people used to be unwilling to pay for content online. However, many internet users' attitudes have changed since they began to see quality content as valuable. In fact, 75% of internet users are happy to pay for quality content, according to a 2017 report by Chinese science news website Guokr and Internet Netease.

【写作内容】

1）请以约30个词概括上文和图表内容；

2）请以约120个词谈谈你对“Pay for Online Knowledge”的看法，包括如下要点:

1）分析哪些原因促进了网上知识付费市场的迅速发展(不少于两点)；

2）你愿意为网上知识买单吗？请阐述你的理由(不少于两点)。

【写作要求】不能直接引用原文句子。

学校正在组织科技创新大赛，你想为日常生活中某一件物品（如钢笔、书包、鞋子……)设计一项新的功能来参赛。 请以“ My Magic__” 为题写一篇英语演讲稿，介绍你的创意并说明你的设计理由。（ 注意：不得使用真实姓名和学校名称。 ）

注意：①词数100左右；②可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

On Wednesday night, it was the closing time of the mall. But there was an hour's work, at least, to get everything cleaned up. It would be 11:00 pm before I finally got home. I hadn't even had time to have dinner. I was starving. My feet ached. My whole body was filled with tiredness. I couldn't wait to go to bed. But it would be only 6 hours before the alarm went off at 5:00 am for my day job.

Things had been tight for over a year now. My husband Paul's business had taken a huge hit. I have a full­time job at a day care center and somehow do my homework for my college class too. Then I had to work nights at the mall. Without me taking my second job, there wouldn't be enough money to pay the bills. Let alone buy any Christmas presents for our 15­year­old daughter, Marie. No one wanted to wake up on Christmas morning to an empty tree.

I barely even saw Paul and Marie anymore. Marie was growing up, but a teenage girl still needs her mom. I worried about her, about us. Was she eating enough? Keeping up with her schoolwork? I wasn't afraid of sacrifices. Everyone had to work hard for the family. I knew I was blessed to have two jobs, when millions of people couldn't find one.

How I hoped to quit my job at the day care center and obtain a full­time degree. I'd dropped down to one class a term. If I quit that, there was no way I'd find the willpower to try again. Besides, wasn't I always telling Marie to keep hoping and never give up?

My mind went back to the conversation I'd had with Marie earlier. Paul had dropped her off at the mall, where she was getting picked up for a babysitting job. "Remember we're going Christmas shopping this night," she said. "Now I'll even have my own money. See you later. "

The floor was nearly done. The boss asked me to leave.

注意：

1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2）至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1：

I opened the back door of the mall and saw Marie outside with a bag of food, smiling.

Paragraph 2：

I pulled her tight against me.

The boys at the back of the school bus were restless. Stevie did his best to ignore the others. ""Settled own!"Mr Taylor said. "We'll be there soon. Wait till you see the climbing walls. You'll be very happy." Stevie hadn't liked this "Boys Rulz" club from the start. They were troublemakers. Mom had made him join because she was worried that he didn't seem to be fitting in. It was n this fault, thought Stevie, school was boring. None of the teachers trusted him, and no special boy's group was to change that.

All the boys stared up in wonder at the huge climbing walls. Stevie looked down at his thin arms and wondered how he could climb up that. Mr Taylor and a man called Rick helped the boys get into their harnesses (保护带) and showed them how to climb up. "Now find a partner and get them to check all your straps (带子) and everything," said Mr Taylor. The boys quickly paired off, leaving Stevie standing there alone. "Cool, you're with me," said Rick, holding up his hand for a high-five. Stevie high-five d him back weakly. Stevie was on a tiny wall which the others had called the "baby wall". He gritted his teeth (咬紧牙关), his face pressed against the rough surface and reached for the next, hold. "Done!" he called down from the top. "Now let go of the rock and walk down as I showed you," said Rick. "It's perfectly safe." Stevie did as instructed, and Rick started to let him down slowly. "Well done," said Rick when Stevie got to the bottom.

Then someone pointed out that Mr Taylor hadn't done any climbing himself." I plan to, "said Mr Taylor." But I'll need a partner, someone I can really trust. "The boys volunteered actively, but Mr Taylor pretended he hadn't heard. He looked around the group. "How about you, Stevie?" he said at last. "Fancy being my belayer?" A be layer is somebody who controls how you come down, the one that stops you from falling.

要求：

1.续写词数应为150个左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Stevie looked up, greatly surprised.

 "Ready to let me down?" Mr Taylor called down to Stevie.