16．　　Emily has fought with her weight for a long time. Each time she tried to (1)       the extra (额外的) pounds, it got harder. (2)       this time she made it.
　　Her youngest child had (3)       for college, so she had more time. Then she could pay special (4)       to her own goals. And she had just arrived at a very important event in her development: turning 50. "I think at this point in (5)      , getting in shape is only going to get harder," she said.
　　It was very (6)       to have a clear goal. She didn't miss any chance on a long (7)       ride or hike (远足). To start to lose weight right away, she (8)       all the junk food and ate more fruit and vegetables. She lost 5 pounds (9)      . She was very happy.
　　To support her weight loss (减肥) and get (10)      , Emily made a big decision. She increased her activities (11)       going to the gym, riding with a biking group, hiking and taking the stairs instead of the lift at work.
　　Visiting her parents' house was one of Emily's biggest (12)      . "Food is everywhere all the time, on tables, in the fridge — even the second fridge is (13)      . As long as I didn't touch any of it, I was OK." For (14)       together, she often brought her own prepared food.
　　Two years later, Emily has (15)       her 30-pound weight loss goal and knows she can keep up her healthy habits for life. People who haven't seen her for a while say, "You look great!"

17．　　In my early childhood, I was often surprised when I saw my father making a small number of money with difficulty. Being a child, I was unable to understand him. When I was older, my father started doing a part-time job at home. He used to bring some work back and work till late night.
　　I can't forget he played with me when I was 3-4 years old. He taught me how to read when I was at the age of 5. He took care of me all night when I was sick. Whenever I felt down, he would cheer me up. He also cared about my lessons and often helped me get ready for examinations. Later he sent me to New Delhi for the best education. Whenever I needed money, he never refused. He always managed money for my studies.
　　Two years ago, I got a job at a hospital in New Delhi. When I helped my first patient, I got a strong feeling of satisfaction. When I got my first salary (薪水) which was about ten times more than my pocket money, I spent it all on myself.
　　When I returned home one fine morning, I heard my father communicating with one neighbor. He was telling him my success in the job very proudly. He also told him that I had a higher salary than him at the end of his work. A dream, his son should become better than himself came true.
　　I was unable to move on my feet past 23 years flashed into my mind in a moment. I knew my father loved me very much. I could understand the meaning of my father's aspirations (愿望). I could understand the decisions my father made in the past. The financial (经济) difficulty he was facing was decided by his goal-making his child more successful than himself.
　　If today I am successful, this is because of my father.

18．　　It's hard to find a person who doesn't like traveling. The human's hopes to explore (探索) new areas drive us to visit new countries and discover new places. It's a pity that it is impossible to explore every corner of the world even if you travel the whole life. So people search travel articles to learn more.
　　If you want to become a travel writer who helps people to choose a trip, you should know how to create an article about traveling experience. Maybe the following can help you.
　　Read different resources (资源). Do you want to improve your skills and do great writings? Start by exploring how experts do. Start following famous travel writers and discover how they engage readers. Also, it will help you to know about the latest news in the traveling.
　　For sure, anyone can create a blog (博客) about traveling. But the top travel writers don't create articles according to stories of other people. They make every trip by themselves and share their experience in their articles. If you want to become a successful writer, you should have a large background in traveling. So you can create original articles and share your traveling secrets with your readers.
　　Don't forget about your opinions when you discover how to write a travel article. If you want to copy someone's story, you can rewrite it and collect a few points. But if you're going to become a famous travel writer, you need to create original articles. Feel free to share your opinions and feelings.
　　Being a travel writer is exciting. You have to travel, explore new areas and share your experience with readers.

19．　　Last week my husband and I took a trip to visit friends and go skiing (滑雪). During my time as a p(1)__________, I had flown over these huge mountains many times, admiring the shiny, snow-covered mountain tops from above. However, until last week, I never visited (2)__________ at ground level.
　　The first day we went skiing, we d(3)__________ into the mountains. Soon we followed the roads along the sides of mountains to the ski places. There we parked our car. I p(4)__________ on my skis (滑雪板) and went ahead to the lift.
　　As I rode the lift even higher up the mountain, I watched the people b(5)__________ move along the snow. At the top of the lift everything was so amazing and beautiful. I was (6)__________ (站) on the mountain top, which was circled by more snow-covered mountains — it seemed that I had moved into a (7)__________ (明信片). I took a moment to reflect on the (8)__________ (自然的) beauty around me. It was valuable, not strong, and easily broken!
　　Now, I'm back home thinking about the things which I experienced on that mountain top. It reminds me (9)__________ important the environment protecting is! Protecting our environment will make people (10)__________ able to experience the same beauty in the future. So let's take action together to lead to a better future.

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Are you looking for good books to read? You're in the right place. Here (1)      . I believe that the books are changing our lives. But first, I want you to think about reading in a different context (语境). You can not just read for fun. Instead, think of reading as a tool for solving problems, a tool you can use to get valuable knowledge from experts all over the world.
How many times have you found you have no idea to solve a problem? Whether (2)       or how to become a better acting of yourself, you just can't seem to come up with a good solution. If you're anything like me, you start asking yourself, "How do the experts deal with this?" Well, (3)       and the answer is very easy to get. You can find the answers to most things by reading a book.
In my Better Habits Guide, one of the ten daily habits I suggest is reading. In Fear of Failure? I note that (4)       in the effort to learn from the tests and mistakes of others. All in all, reading is good.
Although I said a lot, I still believe (5)       than others. These good books are the ones that have had a wonderful influence on my journey to be a better person.

26．一场疫情悄然改变着我们的生活习惯。 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike想了解你们目前的用餐情况及你的看法，请你写一封电子邮件回复他。
提示词：
公筷 serving/public chopsticks;病毒 viruses;减少传染 reduce infections; safe
要求：
(1)内容应包含所给提示词；
(2)内容应包括餐前、餐中、餐后的情况介绍及你的看法；
(3)文中不得出现真实的人名和校名;词数80～100， 开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
Dear Mike,
　　How's everything going? I'd like to tell you our lives have changed a lot because of the COVID-19. For dining habits, _________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
　　Look forward to hearing from you!
Yours,
Li Hua