—At 4:00. The train will leave at 5:20.

    In the Pacific Ocean lies Easter Island(复活节岛), a strange and magic place. The island 1 its English name from the Dutch explorer(荷兰探险者 ) Jacob Roggeveen. He arrived there on Easter in 1722. There, Roggeveen found a strange culture and even stranger huge 2called moat and they looked like men. Since that time, 3 all over the world have tried to find out how people came to the island and how they built such huge stones. But scientists still can't agree on 4the island's people came from. Did they 5 from Chile or Hawaii Island, very far from there? No one knows. So far, it is 6a mystery(谜). These huge stone men are also a mystery. Scientists think that the people 7 and moved the huge stone men there thousands of years ago. But how did they do it? And why did they do it? 8can really guess.

    As time went by, the people on the island died out slowly 9 fighting and illnesses. Thousands of people used to live on the island.10now, there only live several hundred. Luckily, they still have their traditional culture.

    More than fifty years ago, Barbie Millicent Roberts first appeared in the world of toys. Since then, Barbie doll, as everyone called her, has become the most successful toy doll in history. Her parent, the Mattel Company, said that 90G of all American girls between 3 and 10 have at least one Barbie at home.

    However, Barbie is facing some trouble at present. There are many similar dolls on the market in competition with her. Another doll named Bratz, for example, came to life about sixteen years ago. She looks more like today's pop stars with heavy makeup(浓妆) and miniskirts. And her company offers more kinds of clothes.

    It seems that Barbie has lost her magic among older girls. "For younger girls, playing with a Barbie is much funnier. But when you get older, you want something smarter and more modern," says Vera Shepherd, a shop assistant of a toy store in New York.

    It is good news that on the international market, Barbie is still No. 1. Although Mattel is selling fewer Barbies in the United States these years, sales in other countries are still going up. Mattel opened its first Barbie store in Shanghai, where girls can shop, eat, drink or even become fashion designers for their own Barbies.

    Mattel is planning big celebrations for Barbie's 58th birthday. Fashion designers from all over the world have been called to make new dresses for Barbie. How long will Barbie stay popular in the world of toy dolls? It is hard to say, but 58 is surely not the age to retire(退休).

    Lots of us have dreams of doing big business when we grow up. However, Moziah Bridges,  14-year-old boy in the US, is now the CEO of his own company. He  (sell) $ 200,000 bow ties(领结) since 2011.

    One day about four years ago, when Moziah (shop) for bow ties, he found they were only in "ugly" black and red. He wanted a change. So he asked his grandma  (teach) him how to sew (缝), and finally developed the talent of creating bow ties. However, his first bow tie (look) nice. The boy never gave up and kept on (practice). He used colourful cloth with different pictures. His parents friends started to like his bow ties. Then he tried to sell them online to several stores the south. Moziah's bow ties soon (become) popular. Now his business has increased quickly. Moziah's mother said, "You don't have to wait until you're older. If you have a dream, just go  it."

内容提示：⑴剪纸有长达两千年的历史；

⑵主要流行于中国北方，并且为老年人所喜爱；

⑶剪纸有各种形状，比如：动植物、象征健康或好运的中国人物角色等；

⑷人们常常在春节或结婚时将剪纸贴于门窗上。

要求：⑴条理清晰，意思连贯，语句通顺，标点正确，逻辑严谨

⑵80词左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数，可适当扩展。

Dear Ann,

    How are you doing? …

Yours,

Lingling

—Yes, he answered the questions correctly although they were very difficult.