七、短文填空（10分）
Traditional Chinese painting is recognized 1. a treasure of Chinese culture. Last year, I joined my school's Chinese Painting Club to learn the ancient art, as I always felt 2. (amaze) at the beauty of bamboo and mountain paintings.
At first, I thought 3. (hold) a brush to paint would be easy. But soon I found it quite challenging. My lines were not good. The ink was either too thick 4. too thin, and the bamboo leaves looked messy. After weeks, I felt 5. (high) disappointed and wanted to give up. My teacher noticed it. She said every artist made countless mistakes and needed to spend years practising basic skills. She also mentioned Emily, who 6. (stick) to learning Chinese calligraphy in the face of challenges and grew a lot from the experience. She told me 7. key to success is never giving up.
Her words encouraged me a lot. My paintings have 8. (improve) greatly since then. At the last school art show, my bamboo painting was 9. (choose) for display (展示). Through this experience, I have realized that learning traditional painting requires 10. (patient), persistence (毅力) and the courage to face challenges.

八、完成句子（10分）
1. 根据研究，糖画的历史可以追溯到明朝。
According to studies, the history of sugar painting the Ming Dynasty.
2. 自从升入高中后，他就一直承受着压力。
He since he entered senior high school.
3. 年轻时，父亲总能从拉小提琴中寻得乐趣。
In his youth, Father always playing the violin.
4. 开车经过学校时，你能慢一点吗？
Would you please when driving past the school?
5. 这就是你前几天提到的那位艺术家吗？
Is this the artist the other day?

九、书面表达（20分）
学校现面向全体学生征集下学期社团开设建议。身为一名书法爱好者，请你结合提示要点，写一篇约100词的英文演讲稿，提议校方增设书法社团，并号召同学们为该提议投票。文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Hello everyone!
I'm here to suggest opening a calligraphy club.





I hope you will support my idea and vote for me. Thank you!