11．　　A long time ago, there was a place known as the House of 1, 000 Mirrors in a village. A happy little (1)      decided to visit it. When it arrived, it climbed happily up the stairs (楼梯) to the door of the house. It looked through the door (2)       its tail shaking as fast as it could. To its surprise, it found itself looking at 1, 000 other happy little dogs with (3)       tails shaking just as fast as its. It smiled a big smile, and was (4)       with 1, 000 big smiles just as warm and friendly. As it left, it thought to itself, "This is a wonderful place. I will (5)       come back and visit it. "
　　In the same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. It (6)       its head very low and slowly climbed the stairs. When the little dog (7)       the door, it saw 1, 000 unfriendly looking dogs looking back at it. It shouted at them and was (8)       to see 1, 000 little dogs shouting back at it. As it left, it thought to itself, "That is a (9)       place, and I will no longer visit it. "
　　All the faces in the world are (10)      . What kind of reflections (映像) do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

12．　　As we know, Xuan paper is a kind of handmade paper, and many Chinese paintings are painted on it. It (1)       but does not spread the ink (墨水) from the brush, so it feels neither too (2)       nor too rough (粗糙的) when the brush goes over the paper.
　　Xuan paper is (3)       in Jingxian, Xuancheng, Anhui Province. It has a long history of over 1, 000 years. There are more than 140 steps in producing Xuan paper. And it (4)       nearly 300 days to finish it.
　　Until now, there are (5)       kinds of Xuan paper:uncooked Xuan paper (Sheng Xuan), cooked Xuan paper (Shu Xuan) and half﹣cooked Xuan paper (Ban Shu Xuan). A (6)       of water will help you know these. Uncooked Xuan paper will take in the water quickly, so it is often used (7)       Chinese water ink paintings. If the water drop almost doesn't go into the paper, it is cooked Xuan paper. If the water drop is taken in (8)      , then it's half﹣cooked Xuan Paper, which is free for different styles of paintings.
　　(9)       Xuan paper appeared, Chinese people have loved it. Nowadays, it is very popular in Japan and other countries (10)       love fine paper.

13．A:Hi, Matt. What are you doing now?
B:Hi, Carl. I'm visiting a museum online.
A:Visiting the museum online?(1)      
B:It's amazing. I can take a 360﹣degree look at the museum and click(点击) around to get information about it.
A:That sounds cool. I've never heard of it before. (2)      
B:Of course. You can also visit online libraries and watch concerts online for free!
A:Wow, great! (3)      
B:You can visit websites of the National Museum of China, the National Library of China and the National Center for the Performing Arts.
A:Thanks. (4)      
B:For three hours.
A:What a long time! (5)      
B:You're right. Let's go for a walk.

A. How can I find them?
B. What do you think of it?
C. How much did you pay for the visit?
D. I want to visit the National Museum of China.
E. Can you share other online information with me?
F. ou have to stop to have a rest, or your eyes may be hurt.
G. By the way, how long have you spent visiting the museum?

15．　　On February 17, 2021, the ceremony of "Touching China 2020" was held. 99﹣year﹣old Ye Jiaying was one of the top ten people.
　　Ye was born in Beijing in 1924. At the age of 11, she began to learn Chinese poems from her uncle. In 1941, Ye went to Furen University. In 1945, Ye finished university and taught in a middle school in Beijing. In 1948, she got married and soon moved to Taiwan with her husband. In the 1950s, she taught Chinese poems and music as a part﹣time teacher at Taiwan University, Tamkang University, and Fu Jen University. In 1966, she was sent to the US by Taiwan University to give lectures. After going through some difficulties and changes, she returned to China in 1979. She became the most popular teacher of classical literature(文学) at Nankai University.
　　In the past 70 years, Ye Jiaying has trained a large number of talents in traditional Chinese culture and classical literature. And she also made every effort to spread Chinese culture. Over the years she has given more than 35 million yuan to Nankai University Education Foundation (基金会). The money was used to set up the "Jiaying Foundation" to support the research of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Her name should be remembered by people all over the country.

16．　　Some people think just letter grades or scores of the report card can't be a good way to encourage students to work hard. Nowadays, students' grades are shown in many different ways in schools. Some schools just give students some comments (评语) in a card where teachers describe the skills a student needs to work on without giving letter grades such as A or exact numbers.
　　These schools give their reasons. The grades don't say much about which skills a student has learned. What's more, it stops the parents from comparing their children with others. In fact, they think that worse grades just mean you are having trouble with it. A teacher's comment usually gives more information. Besides, it can avoid hurting children's pride.
　　Many students feel happy because they don't need to be compared with others. More importantly, they don't need to feel upset if their grades are not that good. Many parents also feel that the letter grades or number grades are out of date. It time to change.
　　In fact, the grades or ranking (排名) of an exam can't show that a student is a "good" one or a "bad" one. Students should pay close attention to the teachers' comments instead of grades. They will guide students in the steps to improve.

17．　　David Brown lived in the countryside with his parents. His mother Ms. Brown taught him to read and write.
　　There was a river near his house. On the bank stood the hut (小屋)of a poor couple. They both worked very hard, but they could not teach their son. Also, they were too poor to send him to school.
　　One day, David went to the hut of the poor couple to ask about his missing dog. He found the little boy, whose name was Tony, was making marks with a piece of chalk (粉笔). David asked him whether he was drawing pictures.
　　"No, I am trying to write, " said Tony, "but I know only two words. " "I can teach you to read and write. " said David. So, the next day David went to teach Tony.
　　A few weeks later, David's mother found what her son was doing. She felt proud of David. And David felt that he got pleasure from it.

23．北京冬奥会将于下个月开幕, 世界各地的运动健儿将参加这一盛会．大家会不会为运动员们的获奖而激动, 为他们的坚持而感动?
想想你最崇拜的一位运动员是谁, 以My favorite athlete为题, 写一篇英语作文．
要点:
1. 介绍你最崇拜的运动员．
2. 为什么最崇拜他/她?
3. 你从他/她身上学到了什么?
写作要求:
1. 包括以上所有要点, 并作适当发挥;
2. 条理清楚, 语句通顺, 意思连贯, 书写规范;
3. 80﹣100词左右．