Just imagine lying down on your bed in a hotel room with fishes quietly paying you a visit. Yes, we are talking about spending days and nights under water. As exciting as it sounds, we have found some of the world’s best underwater hotels for you.

ATLANTIS

   The hotel is located (位于) in Dubai. You can simply relax while seeing many kinds of marine(海洋的) animals in their natural habitat. Mother Nature here is just a curtain away. Atlantis also has a hotel on the Bahamas, which is as famous as this one in Dubai.

JULES UNDERSEA LODGE

   A very popular place among famous people, Jules is a place for visitors who are often looking for thrills in a vacation. Located on the Lodge off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, Jules requires its visitors to take a course in scuba diving(水肺潜泳) as the gate is 21 feet into the water. It is one of the oldest underwater hotels.

UTTER INN

   The hotel is artist Mikael Genberg’s baby. Utter Inn offers bedrooms that let the visitors sleep peacefully under the waters of Malaren. These rooms are quite comfortable and give the guests a one-to-one interaction(互动) with marine animals.

CONRAD MALDIVES RANGALI ISLAND RESORT

Now many people have a fear of water, which leads to their feeling of being anxious. If you are this kind of people, but still want to experience marine activities around you, then Maldives is the place for you. This is not exactly located underwater but yes, Conrad has a dining room underwater that offers some great food with marine activities happening around.

某国际动物关爱协会面向全球中学生招募“动物代言人”，希望申请者选择一种自己喜欢的动物，为之代言。假设你是天津光华中学的李华，有意参与该活动，现请你用英语在线填写申请表中“申请陈述”部分，内容如下：

1.表示有意参加

2.说明自己富有爱心、关爱动物

3.打算为“狗”代言，并说明理由

4.希望申请成功

注意：

1.词数100词左右；          2.可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯；

3.申请的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：

招募代言人：v. raise spokesmen

为......代言：v. speak for...

申请: n. application

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       .

With all my best regards.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

假设你是李华，你们全家人在除夕夜都会收看中央电视台春节联欢晚会，但都觉得该节目需要改革。请你代表家人给中央电视台提以下建议：

1.让更多有才华的新人在春节联欢晚会这个大舞台上展现其艺术天赋，这样春晚才能保持生命力；

2.建议春节联欢晚会应该像奥运会那样，各个城市轮流来举办，这样可以让全国人民每年都欣赏到不同地区的具有不同特色的文艺节目。

要求：1.词数：100个左右。

2.参考词汇：春节联欢晚会the Spring Festival Gala

Dear Sir or Madam,

________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

最近，你校英文报开辟了Famous People专栏。请根据所给提示，写一篇英语短文，介绍著名的美国教育家、作家 —海伦·凯勒（Helen Keller）。

注意:1.词数120左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

目前，你校英文校报正开展“Should the Internet be good or bad?”的讨论。假设你是李华，请按照下列提示写一篇短文，给校报投稿。

1.互联网的优点（两方面）；

2.互联网的缺点（两方面）；

3.你的观点和做法。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Should the Internet be good or bad?

With the development of science and technology, Internet has been becoming more and more popular and important in our life. ____________________________________________

期末考临近，学习时间变紧，任务加重，很多同学内心压力大，学习效率低下。请为即将举行的班会写一篇英语演讲稿，谈谈你对怎样保持良好的精神状态，高效而健康地进行复习备考的看法。要点如下：(1)坚持锻炼；(2)合理计划；(3)注重饮食。

注意：(1)词数100左右；(2)不可逐条翻译；(3)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；(4)开头语已为你写好。

Dear classmates，

   Good afternoon!

Today is December 18^th. The final exam is really around the corner now.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  That”s all. Thank you            

假如你叫李华，是校报的英语小记者。校报《英语园地》本期的话题是Festivals and Holidays。你打算以Spring Festival为题向校报投稿。请根据以下内容要点，介绍你最喜欢的传统节日——春节。

内容要点：

   1.春节是中国最重要的节日。

   2.春节前人们要大扫除。

   3.除夕夜全家人在一起吃年夜饭。

   4.孩子们会收到压岁钱。

   5.大年初一穿新衣服，走亲访友。

注意：

   1.词数100左右；   

   2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：春联couplet    压岁钱lucky money

面对繁重的学业负担，很多学生出现了不同程度的心理和身体方面的不适。鉴于此种情况，中学生应该学会放松。假如你是中学生李华，请以“How to Relax Ourselves”为题写一篇文章给《21世纪英语报》投稿。内容包括：

1．为什么要学会自我放松；

2．自我放松的途径（如看电视、上网、体育锻炼、旅游等）；

3．你更喜欢哪种自我放松方式及原因。

注意：1．词数100左右；

     2．文章开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：physical身体上的，mental心理上的

How to Relax Ourselves

Faced with heavy learning burdens, many of us students                           

众所周知，英特网在我们的日常生活中作用很大。请你说说英特网的主要用途：

信息： 看国内外新闻、获取其它信息

通讯： 发e-mail、打电话

学习：上网上学校、阅读各种书籍、自学外语

娱乐：欣赏音乐、观看体育比赛、玩棋牌游戏

生活：购物                

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     Almost all the people alive today can relate to the 90s music. When we hear music from the time, we just cannot help ourselves － we sing along. The 90s music is not easy to define(定义): it is a diverse combination of many artists and music styles; there is no definite artist or style that one can individually use to identify 90s music.

     There are thousands of reasons to love the 90s music, but here are 3 things that help people to be close to the 90s music.

     A Trip Down the Memory Lane

     Whether one will admit or not, listening to the 90s music gives a person an excuse to have a trip down the memory lane. The point is: whatever experiences we had during this period can be related to a song. So listening to old songs brings back the memories and all we have to do is travel down that memory lane at ease.

     Birth of Legendary Artists

     Many of the artists that we now know and love started during the 90s.So we must give credit to this period and all the producers that existed during that time for being able to discover our favorite artists. A lot of great songs during this period were created as well. Some of those songs are still in our iPads, cell phones or computers. We simply cannot get enough of them. Even the pictures of the artists that we admire are still hanging on our walls. If asked why, one can simply answer that we cannot get over them.

     Diversity

     As mentioned, there are many artists and styles that represent the 90s time period. So you get to listen to a numerous styles of music and get to know a lot of artists. There is a certain diversity that has not been present during any other period; this diversity is what makes the 90s more memorable than other decades of music. So get that MP3 player out and listen to your favorite 90s music and then enjoy your trip back to a simpler time.