Section Ⅶ WRITING WORKSHOP & READING CLUB 维度一：品句填词 1.Write a （段落） on each of the topics given below. 2.Energy is an essential part of these simple （现象）. 3.He took a （针） and thread and sewed it up. 4.The country possesses rich （矿产） resources. 5.The state maintains a （数据库） of names of people allowed to vote. 6.As the nearest celestial body （天体） to our Earth， the moon has， of course， always been a favoured object for the amateur （天文学家）. 7.Police have arrested a s in a series of killings in the city. 8.Statistically our chances of being the v of violent crime are remote. 维度二：词形转换 1.But it’s also apparently seen by Paul as very （symbol） important. 2.A valid （identify） card is required when you purchase foreign money from the Bank of China. 3.Profits have risen by 15 percent compared with the （correspond） period last year. 4.People often give very （differ） accounts of the same event. 维度三：固定搭配和句式 根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子。 1.We all （猜想她是） a teacher， but we were all wrong. 2.It will （对他没有影响） whatever you may decide. 3.The new species of butterfly （被鉴定为） a previously unknown variety. 4.He spent seven days in the wind and snow， （又冷又饿）. Ⅰ.阅读理解 When Andres Valencia starts drawing at school， his friends gather round to watch.And they are not the only ones who have noticed his talent.The 10-year-old has surprised the art world as Andres makes his first global auction （拍卖） this month. The Californian art prodigy （神童） first picked up a paintbrush when he was five and now sells his pieces for tens of thousands of dollars.Young Californian artist Andres Valencia， 10， has been called “Little Picasso”. He uses a stepladder to create his larger works and his talent was spotted early by his parents.They encouraged his work， which is influenced by Pablo Picasso， but just want him to enjoy painting. “To be quite honest， we try not to talk too much about it in front of him，” his father， Mr Valencia， said.“We certainly don’t refer to him as a prodigy or anything like that.We just keep it simple with him.” Mr Valencia said that he and his wife had resisted calls to homeschool their son so that he could focus more on painting.“We want him to go to school like a normal kid，” he said.“And because he’s 10， he’s not like a lot of artists， they go to work for six， eight， 10 hours a day painting.So he paints after school and on the weekends， but he also plays with his friends.” Andres earned global recognition at Miami Art Week last December.The director Nick Korniloff said that experts were impressed before they knew Andres’ age.Mr Korniloff said，“We’ve had everybody attend our shows， all great celebritie ... ...
