1．A Picture of My Own City
　　How will your dream city look in 100 years' time?
　　What kind of city do you hope our children, grandchildren or great grandchildren will be living in?
　　Now paint your very own idea about our city & you'll have a chance to win 5,000 dollars!
　　What:
①The ides of your painting must be your won.
②Write down the idea behind your painting in 100 words.
　　Where: Send your painting to A Picture of My Own City 9F, No. 168, Swan Road, Swan City.
　　When: Send your painting before June 30, 2022.
　　Prize: 1st Prize:＄5,000(3 winners)
2nd Prize:＄2,500 (5 winners)
3rd Prize:＄1,000 (10 winners)
4th Prize:＄500 (20 winners)
To learn more, please visit: http://picturemyowncity.swancity.gov/

2．　　When I got up this morning, I was so surprised to find a new watch on my desk. I couldn't help crying.
　　I lost my old watch last Monday. It was a present from my father for my thirteenth birthday. I still don't know where or how I lost it.
　　I felt really sad when I couldn't find the watch. I stayed at school to look for it until very late.
　　When I came home, no one was there. At nine o'clock, Mom called back and told me that Dad was hit by a car on his way to look for me. He was sent to the hospital.
　　I went to the hospital that night and told Dad I was sorry. I also told him I lost my watch, but he did not get angry.
　　Dad's left leg was badly hurt, and he stayed in the hospital for several days. He just came back home yesterday, and this morning I found the new watch.
　　Thank you, Dad, for loving me so much.

3．　　As we all know, too much trash is a big problem for our environment. A woman in Indonesia's Java island has come up with a great idea — lending books to children in exchange for trash.
　　Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is a librarian in Muntang village. She started a "trash library", hoping to make children read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmental protection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of her three-wheeler (三轮车) and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups, bags and other trash for books from Raden's mobile library. After finishing the exchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
　　In the library where Raden works, there are thousands of books. Every time she shows up, children run to her "trash library". They all carry trash bags, and Raden's three-wheeler quickly fills with trash as the books fly out. Raden collects about 100 kg of trash each week. It is then sorted out (分类) and sent for recycling or sale. She is happy that children spend less time on online games because of the books.
　　Raden plans to take the mobile library service to neighboring areas as well. She says, "We all should take care of our trash in order to fight climate (气候) change and save the earth."

4．　　When you first meet Meggie, you may think she's strange. She often tells people which word "tastes" good and who has a "delicious" name. But she's not crazy. She has synesthesia (伴生感觉), something only one in 2,000 people has.
　　People who have synesthesia experience the world differently. For some people, different words "taste" differently, for some, numbers or letters have colors, and for some, music "touches" parts of their bodies. Many of them experience more than one kind of synesthesia, while some have just one, like Meggie.
　　Each of them has their own experience — two people with synesthesia may both "feel" music, but they almost never feel the music in the same way. For example, one may feel the music of the violin lightly brushing his face; the other may feel it on her ankle (脚踝). And one's experience of synesthesia is always the same. If they see the number 5 in the color blue, then 5 is blue every time they see it.
　　There's one thing about synesthesia: it can't be "turned off". If you have synesthesia, you'll experience it all the time. Meggie once met a guy and his name made her think of the taste of bad eggs. He was a fun guy, but after thinking about his name all night, she felt too sick to be friends with him. Even so, she still likes this "gift" because that's what makes her different.

13．　　We can't imagine our life without inventions. TIME magazine has picked the 100 best inventions of 2021. Here is one of (1)      (they).
　　Paper Shoot
　　Paper Shoot is a camera made mostly out of paper! Paper Shoot (2)      (work) just like any other camera. But it is much (3)      (small) and lighter. You can take it around easily and get the fun moments of your life. It can hold 800 pictures. But be careful when you take (4)      (photo) on rainy days. Don't get it wet!

14．　　Mrs. Green is an old lady. She has a small car, and she always drives to the shops (1)      (buy) food.
　　Sometimes her grandchildren say to her. "Please (2)      (not go) out in your car all by yourself, Granny. We can take you to the shops."
　　But she always says, "No, I like driving. I (3)      (drive) for thirty years, and I'm not going to stop now."
　　Last Saturday she (4)      (stop) her car at some traffic lights because they were red, and then the car didn't start again. The lights were green, then yellow, then red, and then green again, (5)       her car did not start again.
　　"What (6)       I (6)      (do) now?"
　　Then a policeman came and said to her kindly, "Good morning, madam! Don't you like any of our colors today?"

15．
　　Matt Owens of New Zealand was on his way home one day when he saw an injured (受伤的) bird on the side of the road. The (1)       bird looked very lonely, so Matt decided to take him home and bring him back to (2)      . And he gave the bird a name: Swoop.
　　After spending plenty of time caring for his new friend, Matt helped him walk and even fly. Finally, it was time to set Swoop free back into the wild, but the bird chose to (3)       Matt and his cat Mowgli instead!
　　At the beginning, Matt didn't want to introduce Swoop to Mowgli (4)       he was afraid Mowgli might not like him. But since Swoop was part of their (5)      , Matt sat down with Mowgli and helped the cat accept his new brother.
　　It worked out (6)      ! Today, Swoop gets on well with Mowgli. "They have become very good (7)      , and they play with each other all the time," Matt said. Swoop has made Matt's life better in more ways than one!

16．　　On the evening of September 26, 2019, the streets of Geneva in Switzerland went dark. This usually happens when there is a problem with the electricity, but this time the lights were turned off to allow people to go outside and look at the stars. This is often impossible in a city because of light pollution.
　　Light pollution is when light from streetlights or buildings makes the night less dark. There are many reasons why this is a problem. Animals sleep less because they think it is still daytime. Birds that fly to warmer countries in the autumn need to see the moon and stars to find their way, but light pollution makes this difficult. Insects and birds in cities often fly towards lights at night, knock into buildings and die.
　　Light pollution is also bad for us. It can stop us sleeping and give us headaches. Also, we don't see the same sky that people in the past did. This means we almost never see one of the greatest scenes in the world: the millions of stars. Hundreds of thousands of people have never seen it in their lives.
　　However, it is not difficult to do a few things to reduce (减轻) light pollution: we can all turn lights off when we don't need them and we can cover our windows. If there is less light pollution, we will once again be able to enjoy the beauty of the night sky.

17．假设你是李华，正和英国笔友Jack寻找假期共读的书。你发现图中的书特别适合你们共读。请你根据下面的提示信息，给他写一封e-mail，介绍此书并征求他的意见。

◆tell how things change from start to finish
◆win many world awards (奖)
◆six topics of interest (nature, food, animals…)
◆written in both English and Chinese
◆hundreds of color photos
注意:
(1)须包括以上所有提示信息，可适当发挥；
(2)文中不得出现任何透露考生真实身份的信息；
(3)100词左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
Dear Jack,
　　I've just found a book and can't wait to tell you about it. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
　　Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua