David Adler is a dreamer. He always has been. As a boy, he often created stories to make his brothers and sisters happy. His parents owned a house with three floors. They used it to keep unwanted things on the third floor. David loved to crawl (爬) around up there, looking through all the things. It gave him ideas for even more stories to tell!

David, the dreamer, grew up and became a teacher. He didn’t stop dreaming, though. One day his three-year-old nephew visited him. He asked David a question. That question was followed by another question. And another. And another. The boy’s questions just kept coming! After he left, David’s head was filled with all the questions his nephew had asked. David Adler wrote a story using all those thoughts. He sent it off to a publisher to see if they liked it. They did! His first story was going to become a book! It was called A Little At A Time.

Not a lot changed after David Adler wrote his first book. The only thing that changed was he started doing more writing. David decided to take a break from teaching when his first son was born. His wife had a good job and wanted to go back to work. David had to stay at home to care for his son. One day, David took notes of all the things that he needed each time he took the baby outside.

That thought inspired (激发) him to write a mystery book. It would be the first of many books　centred on a character named Cam Jansen, a girl with an amazing memory. The books were a big success. Then he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.

David Adler has dreamed up a lot of different stories. He still spends a lot of time dreaming. It is how he comes up with ideas for his books. He says, “Don’t Think. Just Write!” He does his best work when he just writes the things that come into his head.

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注意:

1.词数90左右。短文的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数;

2.短文须包括所有要点,不要逐词解释,可适当发挥,使短文连贯、通顺;

3.短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

参考词汇:theme n.主题;firework n.烟火

Good morning,children!

As a volunteer from Shanghai Disneyland,I’d like to say something about the park and tell you how to behave well in it.

The park is worth your visit.I hope you will have fun.

A. at least B. at last C. at most

---She is friendly and helpful.

A. How is; like B. What is; like

C. How does; like D. What does; like

A. to listen B. to listen to C. hear D. to hear

A. noisy B. important C. shy D. quiet

A. worries; for B. worries; to

C. worried; for D. worried; to

—I won’t, Mum.

A. call up B. wake up C. stay up D. get up

A. lazy B. lazier

C. the lazier D. the laziest

初中生活即将结束，你将步入人生下一阶段．在今后的生活中，为了成为一个更好的自己，你对自己有哪些承诺？请从以下几个方面进行说明，并可适当发挥．

要求：

1．语意连贯，层次清晰，书写规范．

2．文中不得出现真实姓名与校名．

3．短文开头已给出，不计入总词数．

My junior high school days will be over．Before setting out on my new journey，I want to make promises to myself．

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