VIII. 写作：本大题共16小题，计35分。

A．根据所给音标、汉语或首字母提示写出下列句中所缺单词。共10小题，计10分。

71. The Yangtze River is the        /θə:d/ longest river in the world.

72. The folk customs make the festival more        /`laivli/ and interesting.

73. We are encouraged to work        /`ha:də/ and dream bigger for a brighter future.

74. I’d like to i        all my relatives to a big family dinner this weekend.

75. You will be healthier if you overcome the bad h        of staying up late. 

76. He quickly looked through the paper and chose an answer w        thinking twice.

77. Online shopping saves a lot of time because people don’t have to         （等待）in line.

78. The Silk Road is a         （桥梁） for trade and culture exchange between China and other countries.

79. The decision to set up a No Homework Day every week is         （欢迎）by all students.

80. In his         （演讲）, he mentioned the Chinese Character Spelling Contest （汉字听写大赛） several times.

B．根据所给汉语和提示词完成下列句子。共5小题，计10分。

81. 明天的社会实践活动每个人都要准时参加。(on)

Everyone is supposed to be                 for the social practice tomorrow.

82. 放松并不是浪费时间，毕竟生活不应该只有学习和工作。(waste)

Relaxing isn’t                . Anyway, life shouldn’t just be about study and work.

83. 他的眼神告诉我们他渴望得到失踪同伴的确切消息。(thirsty)

His eyes tell us he                 the exact information of his lost teammates.

84. 我的美国朋友爱上了宜昌，希望在此长住。(fall)

My American friend                 Yichang and she wishes to live here forever.

85. 两个月以来，已经有400名大学生参加了“手机忍者”的测试。(take)

400 college students                 the test called Mobile Phone Ninja since two months ago.

C. 书面表达。共1题，计15分。

86. 为丰富学生的校园生活，鼓励学生参加体育运动，学校每年都会开展形式多样的运动会。既为有体育特长的同学提供了展示的舞台，也给了其他同学自由表现的机会。运动会中有人奋力拼搏，有人乐于帮助，有人善于宣传报道……请你写出某次运动会中自己的表现和感受，并为学校的运动会提出1~2条具体的建议。

要求：1．80词左右。

2．文中不得出现真实的人名、校名及地名。