备战2022年中考英语专题复习——任务型阅读（回答问题）

Dear Li Hua,

I miss you so much. I'm sorry I didn't reply to your e-mail last Saturday because I went swimming with my roommate. She is a lovely girl from England. I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as I came back. In your last e-mail, you told me your family planned to visit Chaozhou this Saturday. I went there with my parents by train last October. My aunt and my cousin also went there. We met at Chaoshan Railway Station. I must recommend Teochew cuisine(推荐潮州菜)to you. I'm sure you will fall in love with it immediately. Besides visiting places of interest, we also enjoyed Chao Opera during our stay. But none of us could understand it. The traffic in Chaozhou isn't very heavy. You can take a bus or a taxi to go around. I know you like different kinds of bridges. Then you can't miss Guangji Bridge, one of the most famous bridges in Chaozhou.

By the way, I will come back on July 4th to celebrate my father's birthday. What about going to the new park in the city center after, come pack? Please reply to me if you are interested in it and tell me the exact time and place to meet and other information.

Yours,

Mary

Nowadays, more and more people would like to spend their holiday on the beach. However, the research estimates that floods of plastic come into the ocean. How can we    ①     the ocean? Here are some tips.

If we are going to take some delicious lunch to the beach, try to use    ②     bags. Delicious sandwiches can be covered in paper bags. Make sure beach toys don't get washed by the    ③    . Children like ice-creams. Order an ice-cream served in a cone not a cup. We'd better not use any plastic    ④    .

Clean up pet poo by using newspaper before we leave.

If we can't do everything-just getting started is the important part.

Children's Games in Ancient China

During ancient times, children didn't have much to enjoy. However, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood.

Kicking stone balls

During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular game in the northern part of China, and it was often played in winter to keep warm.

Playing hide-and-seek

Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: cover a child's eyes and then other kids run around to tease(戏弄)him, or more usually, others hide and one child must try to find them.

Flying kites

Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. The three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, the Tianjin kite and the Wei-fang kite. Each has its own feature. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a special kind of the Beijing kite.

Watching shadow plays(皮影戏)

The closest thing to watching a film in ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists control puppets (木偶) behind the screen and tell stories to the music.

A little pine tree(松树) had no leaves. It had needles(松针).The little tree said, "I don't like needles. I want pretty leaves just like others. But I will have better leaves. I want gold leaves."

Night came and the little tree went to sleep. A fairy(精灵) came by and gave it gold leaves. When the little tree woke up, it had leaves of gold. It said, "Oh, I am so pretty! No other tree has gold leaves." A man came by. He took all the gold leaves away. The poor little tree cried, "I don't want gold leaves again. I want to have glass leaves."

When the little tree went to sleep, the fairy came again and put the glass leaves on it." How pretty they look in the sunshine! No other tree is so bright, "the little tree said happily. Then a wind came up. The glass leaves all fell down and got broken. Again the little tree had no leaves. It was very sad, and said," I will not have gold leaves or glass leaves. I want green leaves like others."

And the little tree went to sleep. When it woke up, it had green leaves. A sheep came by. He was so hungry that he ate all the leaves. Then the little tree said, "I will not have green leaves, nor glass leaves, nor gold leaves. I like my needles best."

So you see, being yourself is very important.

"Clear your plate. Say no to waste." It means do not waste a grain of food. Food waste has become a big problem these days. According to the United Nations, 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year—that's about a third of the world's total food. In China alone the restaurants wasted I7 to 18 million tons of food a year from 2013 to 2015. That could feed 30 to 50 million people for a whole year.

To reduce the waste, People have taken measures to control food waste. In Shaanxi province， restaurants were asked to serve half portions(半份)to avoid waste. The Wuhan Catering Association(餐饮协会) suggested that restaurants use the "N-1 mode". For example, a group of 10 diners should only order enough for nine people at first. If people can't finish their meals, they are also encouraged to take the leftovers(剩菜)home. On WeChat, a mini-program called "Clear Plate" invites people to exchange pictures of their empty plates for credit points(信用分). People can use the credit to buy things or give food to children in poor areas.

"We hope our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation, encouraging them to carry out the virtue(美德) of cherishing food and developing the habit of thrift," said Liu Jichen, developer of the mini-program.

Teacher sets an example of how to help others

Zhang Guimei, the headteacher of Huaping High School for Girls in Liiang city, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, was born in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province in 1957. At the age of 17, Zhang traveled to Yunnan and has been a teacher there for over 40 years.

The school founded by Zhang in 2008 was the first high school in the country to provide free education to girls. With Zhang's help, the girls were able to continue their studies after completing their nine years of compulsory education. Zhang did so much to improve the education for girls from poor families that she was given the title "Role Model of the Times" in 2020.

If you know Zhang's own conditions, you will be more deeply moved by her. She has no personal property (资产), and she has lived in the student dormitory since its founding. She spends most of her salary and the bonuses (津贴) she receives on her students. Although she has serious health problems, she always takes morning classes together with the students. She has also walked up to 110,000 kilometers to visit her students' families over the years.

Thanks to her efforts, about 40 percent of the high school leavers have been accepted by key universities. More than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities through her education.

Zhang's story will be long remembered and encourage more people to follow her example.