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Dear Sir/Madam，

I am Lucy，a 20﹣year﹣old student from City College.I'm writing to express my wish to work as a volunteer（志愿者）for the 19 ^thAsian Games.

I'm an active and friendly girl from China.I've learned English for 13 years and can speak English well.And I can also speak a little Japanese.I've been to many countries in Asia and know a lot about Asian cultures.So I'm able to communicate with people from all over the world.Besides，I have organized（组织） different kinds of activities both in the middle school and at the college.And I'm also a volunteer in my community.I believe these experiences make me the right person to be a volunteer for the Games.

My telephone number is 14237656789，and my email address is [e-mail] forward to your reply.

Volunteer's Personal Information Form
Name	Lucy	Age	20	Sex （性别）	Female
Job	（1）	Work place	City College	Nationality （国籍）	（2）
Mobile	14237656789		Email	[e-mail]
Abilities	Speak（3） 　         　English and a bit Japanese. Have been to many countries in Asia. Know a lot about Asian cultures. Good at （4） 　       　people.
Experiences	Have organized many （5） 　     at school and college. A volunteer in the community.

The top Chinese scientist Yuan Longping，famous for his "Super Rice"，died of illness at the age of 91（1） 　 　May 22th，2021.

Yuan Longping（2） 　 　（be）born in Beijing in 1930.For almost 60 years，he had given most of his time and energy to rice research.So far，the hybrid rice（杂交水稻）he developed（3） 　 　（pull）millions of people out of hunger all over the world.His achievements were so great（4） 　 　he was called "The Father of Hybrid Rice" and won World Food Prize.

During his lifetime，Yuan Longping spent（5） 　 　（much）time in the farm field than in his office.He was often seen watching plants（6） 　 　（close）and thinking of ways to improve them，just as many Chinese（7） 　 　（farmer）do.

Yuan once said he had（8）     　 dream-to "enjoy the cool under the rice plants taller than men".（9） 　 　 a pity it is that he can't continue his dream now!But surely，people believe，his dream（10） 　     　 （come）true in the near future.

In the past，my old grandmother didn't enjoy talking on the phone.Actually，she hated it so she was always refusing （1）　 　 （use）it.She told us that she preferred speaking to people in person.It always（2）　 　（make）her sad that she couldn't see the person she was talking to.The other day，we chatted with my grandmother， （3）　 　 mentioned video calling over the Internet.It （4）　 　 （invent）for people to see each other while talking online.Then we came up with（5）　 　 idea.We bought her a laptop（笔记本电脑）.One of my （6）　 　（cousin）went over to her house and taught her how to use it.（7）　 　（lucky），she was a quick learner.

    Now，she enjoys （8）　 　（her）when talking with us every day.She is happy and you can tell from the expression（9）　 　her face.She says it's also very convenient.She can put it anywhere in the house（10）　 　it is small and doesn't take up much room.Sometimes she even talks to us while she's in the kitchen cooking!

Your dog is barking，but you can't hear it!Your best friend is telling you（1）　 　 joke，but you can't catch it!（2） 　 terrible!The people who have hearing loss（3）　 　 （consider）deaf.

    It's not easy being deaf，and although some kids are born deaf，many others lose their hearing later on.So it's important to know how（4）   　 （be）a good friend with anyone in the Deaf community.Here are some ways.

    Be patient and do not give up on a friend（5）　 　 hearing loss.If you repeat what you are saying（6）　 　 （loud），and it isn't helping your Deaf friend，try to write it down or use signals instead.

    Also，remember that deafness isn't the same as being stupid.Deaf kids are just as smart as anyone else.Don't treat your Deaf friends like they are not very smart.（7）　 　 they can't hear you，there's nothing wrong with their brain.

   Don't forget about texts，（8）　 　 （email），and so on.These are much（9）　 　 （good）ways to keep in touch with your Deaf friend than phone calls.If the two of you can sign，a video call is great !

    It's fun to communicate with others.We should support all of（10）　 　（we）friends，and make new ones!

Things Spotter

    If you often lose things，you'll be happy with a new（1）　 　（发明）called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will（2）　 　（连接）to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing，don't（3）　 　（担心）!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.

    Fire Recharger

    It's really fun to（4）　 　（扎营）in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries（电池）on your mobile phone are empty？Some（5）　 　（工程师）are working on a Fire Recharger.It（6）　 　（生产）electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge（充电）your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be（7）　 　（广泛地）used in the future.

    DigGoggles

    Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful，but not easy to take.Besides，underwater cameras are not（8）　 （便宜的）enough.But soon you will have the（9）　 　（机会）to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a（10）     　（特殊的）diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!

All around the world，families celebrate special days together.Traditions for these days（1）　    　（be）very different.Some of them may surprise you.

    Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers.In Serbia,this day is on（2）　 　 second Sunday before Christmas.On that day，children sneak（溜）into their（3）　   　（mother）bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon（丝带）so that she can't get out of bed.Then they shout， "Mother's Day，Mother's Day!What will you pay（4）　 　 （get） away？" Then the mother gives（5）　 　（they）small treats and presents as payment so that the kids "free" her.

    In China，they say that（6）　 　 （baby）are one year old when they are born.After that，all children celebrate their birthday on New Year's Day because that's when they grow a year

（7）　 （old）.Actual birthdays are（8）　 　 （usual）celebrated with a big family meal.The tradition is that the "birthday boy" or "birthday girl" should fill their mouth with as many long noodles（9）   　 they can and then eat them.This is because in Chinese culture，long noodles are a symbol（10）　   　 long life.

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    Electric cars may seem like a recent invention，but they've been around for years.In the early 1900s，there were more electric cars on the road than there were petrol（汽油）cars.At that time，petrol was e（1）　    　compared with other fuels（燃料）。W（2）　 　petrol prices dropped and new technologies were developed，electric cars went out of fashion （过时）.Instead，petrol cars became more p（3）   　because they could travel longer distances （距离）without stopping.

    During the 20th century，petrol cars got bigger，heavier，and faster.They needed more fuel，and it c（4）　 　 more air pollution.For years，car makers didn't worry about pollution.They didn't worry about the amount of petrol cars used，e（5）　 　 .But when people began to realise that there was not enough oil on the earth，they asked car makers to produce more efficient（高效能的）and less polluting cars.

    One m（6）　 　of solving the problem was a "hybrid" car（混合动力车），one that ran partly on petrol and partly on electricity.Hybrid cars became popular in the 2000s when petrol prices went up and the prices of hybrid cars went d（7）　 　.

    An all﹣electric car uses no petrol.The problem，however，is that car batteries （电池） need to be recharged （再充电）.That makes electric cars not so useful for long j（8）　 　.

    Many people are not p（9）　   　with it.The government and car makers are w（10）　 　together to develop safe，cheap，and useful electric cars.When people have these cars in the future，a petrol station may be a thing of the past.

During the unusual winter holiday in 2020，we stayed at home for two （1）　 （month）because of COVID﹣19.But my father，a member of the Communist Party of China，didn't stay （2）      us at home for too long.

    When my dad heard about some （3）　     （use）work，he became a volunteer in a rural area to help check people's information and spread knowledge about COVID﹣19.As the situation became much （4）　    　 （bad），24﹣hour traffic checkpoints were set up on the main roads to the village.There was only （5）    　 simple tent，a few chairs and two heaters for volunteers （6）　    　 （spend）the night.The winter night was very cold and the volunteers could hardly sleep.But my father （7）　   　（final）chose to stay because he wanted to guard the gate for other people.

Dad （8）　   　（join）the Party a few years ago.At first，I didn't know much about it.After the pandemic，I learned that the Party members are people （9）　 　 will step forward when China is in trouble.When I grow up，I want to become one of

（10）　 　 （they）.Even if I am not a Party member，I will make contributions to our society，making it a much better place.

Coming home after working for the whole night I lost my wallet.It was

（1）　 　 （probable） very close to my house but I couldn't find it and had to cancel my credit cards.I had kept（2）　 　 wallet for ten years and it was a Christmas present.It was a bright，red leather wallet.Not every adult is sad about losing something， （3）　 　 I was very upset about losing my wallet.

    I spoke to my （4）　 　 （friend） about my lost wallet.Most of them said I might get the wallet back finally but the money in it would （5）　 　 （appear）.I had listed all the things in my wallet （6）　 　 （get） some new ones.

    I came home late the next night and my red wallet was in front of my house.I checked it carefully.

    （7）　 　 everything in my wallet，there was a note.I was surprised when I read the note which said， "I （8）　 　 （find） this last night.It was too dark to go through it then，so I came back tonight.I got your address from your license.Sorry.Mike."

Not only had this man returned my wallet but he was sorry for not bringing it back

（9）　 　 （early）.There was no information about Mike so I couldn't get in touch with him to say "Thank you".But I did hope he could know how （10）　      （thank） I was!

A Chinese dance drama（1）　 　（make）the first appearance on social media platforms abroad already，causing a wave of discussion on the beauty of Chinese culture among art lovers worldwide.

    The dance drama Li Bai is（2）　 　classic play made by the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater.It has touched people all over the world（3）　 　telling the story of Tang Dynasty （618 AD—907 AD）poet Li Bai.

Li Bai was born in 701 AD（4）　 　died in 762 AD.Maybe because he traveled around so much when he was little，he decided（5）　 　（keep） traveling around the land when he was 25 years old.He wanted to learn more about nature and people.He expressed his feelings through the beautiful words in his poems.People（6）　 　（real） liked his poems.Even today people still admire his poems，not only adults，but（7）　 　（child） too.Kids start to learn his poems when they are in primary schools.Li Bai is one of the

（8）　 　（important） poets in China.He is just as important as William Shakespeare to the world.

    Last month，the dance drama Li Bai （9）　 　（watch） over 5.57 million times.And China has once again carried Chinese culture forward in（10）    　（it） own way.

On May 22，2021，the whole nation were saddened by the news that Dr.Yuan Longping passed away.That afternoon，it was（1） 　 　in Changsha，Hunan Province.As the hearse （灵车）went slowly through the streets，people said together"Grandpa Yuan，rest in peace" over and over again.Some ran along，（2） 　 　to see him off for a longer time.Tears ran down their faces with the rain.

   Dr.Yuan Longping worked most of his life growing better rice.As a result of his research，the Chinese people are no longer（3） 　 　about getting hungry.For his contributions，Dr.Yuan is always called the"Father of Hybrid （杂交的）Rice" by the Chinese.

   Born in 1930，Dr.Yuan graduated from college in 1953.Years later，he decided to do （4） 　 　on hybrid rice.From 1964 to 1969，he did more than 3，000 experiments，but all （5） 　 　.He never gave up.In 1974，he became the first agricultural （农业的）pioneer （6） 　 　grow rice that had a high output in the world.

   Dr.Yuan Longping was good at English.Actually，he spoke English（7） 　 　he talked with foreign reporters.He liked swimming and playing the violin.He also wrote lyrics for a song to show his dream and（8） 　 　his love for his mother.

   Like our neighbour and friend，Dr.Yuan Longing was a（9） 　 　and caring man.He encouraged the young people and loved children.Dr.Yuan Longping is a great （10） 　 t 　with a humble mind and a warm heart.

   Dr.Yuan Longping will live in our hearts forever.

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A young couple chose to go camping in the mountains to celebrate their Grit year of marriage （结婚）.They took with them all the things they would need to，camping一warm clothes，food and（1）　 　tent.

    They went up to the mountains（2）　 　found the perfect place to set up their tent.After that，they decided（3）　 　（go） fur a walk to more of the mountains.

    After a long walk，they went back to（4）　 　（they）camp，built a fire and cooked dinner.（5）　 　（ final），it was lime to go to sleep.

    Sometime in the middle of the night，the wife（6）　 　（wake） her husband up and said： " I look up at the sky.What do you see？"

    Her husband answered， "I see（7）　 　（million） of stars. "

    Hits wife said. "That's right.What does that mean to you？"

The husband said： "Well，if there are so many stars out there，that means there might also be a planer just（8）　 ours，and if that's true，then there could be life on one of those

（9）　 　（planet）.That's kind of（10）　 　（excite）! "

    His wife said： "You are wrong.It means that someone has stolen our tent! "

Winter Olympics is also（1）　 　（call） the White Olympics.International Olympic Committee （IOC国际奥委会） handed the 2022 Olympic events to Beijing（2）　 　July 31，2015.The IOC saw it as a wise（3）　 　（choose）.Beijing will be the first city to host both summer （4）　 　winter Games in the world after it hosted the 2008 summer Olympics.

Thousands of Chinese people，（5）　 　（especial） teenagers，are interested in winter sports because they can get a lot of fun from it.People all think that （6）　 　（host） the 2022 Olympic Winter Games will encourage more young people（7）　 　（join） in ice and snow sports.The Bird's Nest Stadium and the Water Cube will again welcome the sports

（8）　 　（love） from home and abroad.We believe that Chinese people will show（9）　 　excellent Olympics to the world.We are sure that people all over the world will enjoy

（10）　　（they） during the Games.Let's look forward to it!

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Rick Hoyt is American and he has a good job at the University of Boston. （1）　 　，he is in a wheelchair because of a serious illness.He can't （2）　 　 either and he uses a computer for daily communication.However，he loves sport and wants to challenge

（3）　 　 in triathlon﹣a sports competition in which people swim 4 kilometers，bike 180 kilometers and run 42 kilometers.How can Rick make it as he can't swim，bike or run and sits in a wheelchair？It （4）　 　 to be an impossible dream for him to realize.

    Rick can take part because he does it with his father，Dick Hoyt.Together，they try their best to do the（5）　 　 task in their life﹣in the running，his father pushes him in his wheelchair；in the （6）　 　，Rick lies in a small boat and his father swims and pulls him；in the cycling Rick sits in a special seat on the front of his （7）　 　 bike.

    Of course，the Hoyts never win the race.The winner of a triathlon usually completes it in about nine（8）    　，but the Hoyts take much longer time. "That's right， "says the father. "We never win.But Rick and I think that we always win. "

    Now the father and son have （9）　   　 the respect（尊敬） of many people.And their （10）　   　 courage also sets a good example for us all.It sends out the message how important it is that we believe in ourselves and never give up.

In 2009.Todd Bol put up a Little Free Library with the used boards.That was to show his respect and love for his mother，who loved reading very much.The idea quickly spread，and Todd made a wise decision to set up Little Free library as a non﹣profit （非营利的） organization with signs that read"Little Free Library：Take a Book，Return a Book." Today there are about100，000 little free libraries in over 100 countries and they have a great influence on people's life.

    Studies have shown that books in the hands of children have a meaningful influence on improving literacy （识字）.Little Free Library spreads the idea that literacy is of great importance and pushes people to learn and grow in their own literacy.

    Little Free Library can greatly improve the relationship among neighbors and strangers，too. "Within just a few miles of me，there are many little libraries in folks' front yards，sharing the joy of reading with anyone who passes by.I just live in such a world where books，and the knowledge that comes with them，are highly valued." Catherine，an American woman，said， "I've even received a note of thanks from a gentleman named Esteban.He was especially thankful to have a "friend" on a cold night： ‘Thank you for this wonderful gift of a book.It's an excellent friend on this cold and lonely night.I'll return one in its place as soon as I can!'"

    If each building has such a library，we will soon have a society that spends less time on the phones and more on the pages of a book.

The idea of Little Free Library was first created by Told Bol.He made it for his mother who was a（1）　 　.Then the idea soon spread to many countries.And Todd （2）　 　decided to build Free Library as a non﹣profit organization.Nowadays，there are about 100，000 little free libraries around the world.Little Free Library tells us that literacy is so（3）　 　and pushes us to improve our ability to read and write through books.It also helps to improve the relationship （4）　 　people.At the same time，with little free libraries，people can（5）　 　the joy of reading books.What's more，little free libraries give people a feeling of warmth.If there is such a library in each building in the future，people will spend more time reading instead of playing on the phones.