阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Brenda was about to close up the post office when she saw an old man entering the door with a package in his hands. She __16__ the clock and it was only five minutes until closing time. She decided not to __17__ the old man. "We are already closed. Come back on Monday" she told him.

The old man __18__ to leave, "Please, ma'am. I need to send this package. I walked 4 miles in the rain to get here," he begged. Brenda sighed and then asked him to fill in the form. She noticed his hands shaking and his writing was becoming __19__.

"Sir, write more clearly!" She yelled. Brenda stared at the clock. She was __20__ she would be late to pick her child from school, so she __21__ and gave her husband a call.

Brenda was shivering from the __22__. The old man came up to her and took his worn coat off and offered it to her. "It's chilly here. Use my coat to warm you," he said __23__. Brenda was deeply touched and she realized she had been __24__ him, even though he did not __25__ it.

"Sir, what is your name? Come, let's process your __26__," she said. "Thank you, dear My name is William," he replied as they walked in together. "My daughter turns 50 tomorrow. I wanted to get her something special," he added. 

Brenda knew it was already too __27__ for the package to arrive the next day. __28__ she checked the recipient's __29__ William had written down. It was two hours away. When Brenda told William the package couldn't arrive on time, she could see the __30__ in his eyes.

Brenda handed the box back to William "I'm going to drive to your daughter's house," Brenda said with a smile.

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The megadiverse northeast comer of the Peruvian Amazon is scattered with peatlands. Peatlands are wetlands that are critical for safe drinking water, flood control and biodiversity, and also keep a lot of carbon locked away, mitigating climate change. However, for decades, illegal mining and logging have threatened the health of the forest and the people who live around the newly created Yaguas National Park, where some 29 Indigenous communities live just outside its borders. 

Liz Chicaje Churay, now 38, is a leader in one of these communities, the Indigenous Bora Community of Loreto, Peru. She is also president of an agricultural cooperative and former president of the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Ampiyacu River. Chicaje became an activist at the age of 16. Her community decided that establishing a formal national park in the region would offer some protection against increased invasion from illegal loggers and would protect the forests, peatlands and waterways, so they launched a campaign. 

Working with researchers, conservationists and government officials, Chicaje and her community began mapping the region with satellite imagery and educating Peruvians across society. Chicaje and her team traveled into remote regions of the forest to strategize with other Indigenous groups, ultimately convincing 23 of the 29 local Indigenous communities to endorse the park. 

In January, 2018, Peru's government declared the creation of Yagus National Park to protect the Amazon rainforests and peatlands within the forest. The park covers 868, 900 hectares（2.15 million acres）, an area roughly the size of Yellow Stone National Park in the United States. 

Chieaje was nominated for the Goldman Prize with Benjamin Rodriguez, who also worked for the protection of the Yugas region. 

B

People who love history sometimes make a distinction between fiction and non-fiction when they think about the books that have influenced them. But novelists, poets and creative writers are products of their time, their perspectives can not only be illuminating but also important. Indeed, in some respects, it can even be more useful to read what someone wrote at the time than the work of historians writing many centuries later. History is all about the primary sources, after all. 

I fell in love with history of pre-revolutionary Russian when I was a teenager, and tried to learn about the art and music of the late 19[ann][/ann]

 and early 20[ann][/ann]centuries, as well as reading everything I could find in the school library. 

So perhaps it is no surprise that my classic book nomination is First Love by Ivan Turgenev. It's a little slip of a novel, but one that captures a different time and different places so well that it made me want to become a historian. The story focuses on the complex emotions of a young man who is growing up and trying to make sense of his feelings for Zinaida, a beautiful and charismatic woman. 

The themes of yearning and confusion, of frustration and hurt are beautifully captured by Turgenev, who was drawing on his own experiences. It left a real impression on me— and it's a book I go back to often to remind me of how I too fell in love with history. Dear readers, why not have a try?

C

Several years ago, researchers discovered that wild Campbell's monkey called after the the meaning of their"Krak", "hork" and "boom" called by adding suffixes. Just as adding the suffix "-dom" to the word "king" creates "kingdom", the monkey's suffixes help indicate specific threats. "Krak" means a leopard is present, for example, while "Krak-oo" indicates an specified danger such as a falling branch or another troop of monkeys encroaching on the caller's territory. This is the first time that we can demonstrate that these sequences convey something about an event the monkey has witnessed, "Klaus Zuberbuehler, a professor at the university of ST Andrews commented when the findings were announced.

Now, Zuberbuehler and several international colleagues have delved deeper into that discovery. They found that another species, the Diana monkey, has tapped into suffixed system of communication, Diana monkey did not recognize the Campbell's monkey danger calls, but they knew which call corresponds to which type of danger. To reveal these secret monkey ways, the researchers raveled to Ivory Coast and conducted field experiment in Tai National Park. They sought out 42 wild group of Diana monkeys and then played one-minute clips of Campbell's monkey making"Krak" or "Krak-oo" alarm calls.

From their previous work, the team knew that Campbell’s monkey respond more strongly to "Krak" calls than to "Krak-oo" calls. This makes sense. Given that leopard was nearby, they gave significantly more of their own alarm calls than when they heard a general "Krak-oo" call. They also remained on high alert for longer and made few social calls following the "Krak" alarm.

……

To the best of researchers knowledge, this is the first time that scientists have demonstrated experimentally that wild, untrained animals use suffixation to communicate with one another in the natural world. 

Learning a foreign language well is difficult. 44. Many students find it difficult to understand concept which do not occur in their own language, and the memory load is high. 45. There is no point in pretending that these difficulties do not exist. 46. As all teachers know, students particularly in school, do need to be reminded from time to time that there is no short cut to success. Being realistic about difficulties is an important part of the teacher's job. 47. For example, if students are doing a listening exercise with a lot of language they may not understand, they need to be told of this difficulty in advance. 48. The principle, however, is for the teacher to be realistic about difficulties and to avoid undermining the students' confidence by casual ill-considered remarks. 

教学片段：

Warm-up and lead-in

Activity 1 Sing a song

What are your hobbies？

Activity 2 Play a guess game

T:What are my hobbies?Guess?

S1:Do you like swimming?

S2: .....

T:  Actually, I like guessing riddles. Here is a riddle for you: I have a friend. He lives little far. We can't be always together. We often write to each other. He is my......

Ss: Pen pal!

T:Yes. （出示插图）Look！Wu Binbin and John are taking about a pen pal，too.

Presentation and practice

Activity 3 Listen, answer and say

T: Whose pen pal？Where is he/she from？Let’s listen. （学生听录音）

S1: Wu Binbin's. 

S2: He is from Australia. 

T: Is he in Sydney?Does he live in Sydney?

S3: No. He is in Canberra. 

T: Yes, he lives in Canberra. Say together:live, lives, he lives in Canberra. 

Ss:…

T:Who knows more about him?

S4: （举手回答）His name is John，too. 

Activity 4 Listen, circle and say

T: What are John’s hobbies? What does he like? Let’s listen and circle on your work sheet. （学生听录音）

T: Finished?Who wants to have a try?

S1:起立

T: Does he like going hike？（同时出示相关图片）

S1: Yes, he does. 

T: Who wants to ask more questions?

S2: Does he like sing？

S3: Does he like. . ？

T: Why does this John want to be that John's pen pal?

S4: Because he like doing word puzzles and going hiking, too

T: He like. . . or he...

S4:likes

T: Please say it again.

S4: Because he likes doing word puzzles and going hiking, too.

T: Yes，they have the same hobbies. Amazing!（做出夸张表情和手势）

Activity 5 Listen，imitate and role play

（学生听录音并模仿语音语调）

T: Now，let’s do pair work. Choose the role you like. 

（学生自由练习10分钟后上台表演）

T: Great!/Good play!/Super!

Ss: Yeah!

Consolidation and extension

Activity 6 Ask and answer questions about your QQ friend. 

S1: Does he/she like...?

S2: Yes, ...does./No, ...doesn't.

S3: …

Activity 7 Discuss and express

T: Do you want to have a pen pal in other countries?Why or why not?

Ss:…

T: Should pen pals always have the same hobbies?Why or why not?

Ss: …

Homework

1.听录音跟练对话：

2.抄写对话5遍，要求能背诵，会默写；

3.画一画你的笔友或QQ好友。