The weather is closely related(联系) to our life. It is all around us all the time. It is an important part of our lives. We cannot control it, but it often controls how and 1 we live, what we do, what we wear and what we eat. Read this passage and learn 2 about the weather.

      What is the weather?

The weather is just the state of the atmosphere 3any time, such as temperature, wind, 4 ,sun,etc.

      What makes the weather change?

As we know, not every place on the earth gets the same amount of sunlight. Some places get 5 sunlight, so it's warmer in those places. However, some places get little 6 no sunlight in winter. Then those places have colder temperatures. These differences in temperature make the air and water7 around the earth. The movement helps to take the heat energy from the sun across the earth. So the 8 changes.

     What's the difference between weather and climate?

    Climate is a place's weather over a long time. The weather changes from day to day and  9 from hour to hour. It can be sunny in the morning and cold and wet in the afternoon. But the climate changes very   10over lots of years. 

    Facebook is a famous website. It is 1 among young students, especially (尤其是) college students. They can 2 find friends or send photos on the website. They can have lots of fun when they visit Facebook. In all, Facebook is 3 more famous and it has more users.

    According to a US newspaper, Facebook may soon 4children under 13 to visit the site. They can visit the website 5 they are staying with their parents.

    At the moment, children under 13 are not allowed to visit Facebook. There are some 6. One of them is about strangers.  Sometimes strangers may be bad people. If bad people know the children's names, addresses and much personal 7, the children may be 8danger.

    But more and more children want to visit Facebook. The company wants to find some ways to keep children 9 when they visit Facebook.  For example, their accounts can be linked with (与……相联系) their parents. Parents can 10 their children's friends easily. They may even check their children's chat messages.

    Jack King

    I work in a TV station from Monday to Friday. My house is near a beautiful park and is about thirty kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by train. I usually get up at 6:30 a. m. and take the train at 7:00 a. m. It usually takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. The train is quick and cheap. I am never late for work.

    Peter Green

    I am a student, My house is near a beautiful lake. My school is across from the lake. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by boat, because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.

    Molly Smith

    I'm a waitress I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus, It is about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me twenty five minutes to go to work. Sometimes I am late for work because the traffic is very busy.

High school does not encourage students to know about the new things in life, but college sets the stage for it. I myself went through this 1process (过程) and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL﹣American Sign Language.

I never felt it necessary to learn any sign language before. All of my family members can hear, and so are all my friends. The  2 language was enough. Little by little, I discovered my  3 for ASL.

The 4began during my first week at college. I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attracted me. What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past. This new form of communication just made me want more.

After that, feeling the need to 5 further, I decided to join one of ASL clubs. I only learned how to express my feelings 6 my hands about the letters that day. Although my process was 7, I wasn't disappointed about it. I then tried my best to take part in those club's meetings and learned all I could.

The following term, I decided to be a member of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn't 8. I soon realized that silence was not unpleasant. 9, if there had been any talking, it would have caused to learn less. Now, I enjoy the silence and the 10 way of communication.

阅读下列短文, 从下面每个小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One day, Ben was playing basketball in the living room, breaking a vase. To cover his terrible action, the frightened boy glued the pieces together and put the vase back to its place.

That evening her mother noticed the cracks (裂纹). But to her surprise, the repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he broke the vase. Fearing punishment, the boy said that a neighbor's cat jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off. His mother was quite clear that her son was lying. However, she said nothing.

Before going to bed, the boy was asked to go to the study. In the study, his mother didn't look angry. On seeing her son carefully come in, she gave him one chocolate, saying "This chocolate is a reward (奖励) for your imagination: a window-opening cat!" At that moment, the boy felt the chocolate was a hot potato. “Did mom find holes in my excuse?” he thought. “You know, all the windows were closed.” Mother continued calmly and took out two chocolates into his hand, “An award for the perfect repair.”

Now with the chocolates in hand, the boy wished the ground to open up and bury him! He told the truth. “So I have to punish you for your lie.” The mother said with a serious voice and took back his chocolates. The boy bent down his head in shame. “But your honesty should have the award—a box of chocolates.” The mother suddenly bent to kiss his cheek, speaking gently to the crying boy, “My son, honesty values more than anything.”

要求：1. 必须包含以下所给要点， 条理清晰， 行文连贯， 可适当发挥；2. 文中不能出现真实人名和校名；3. 词数：60词左右(短文开头已给出，不计入总词数)。

Dear Headmaster,

Hearing that you are going to choose the star of the year, I'd like to recommend( 推荐)Helen.

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Yours,

Li Hua