He ______________ time _________________________ last year． 14．士兵们已经持续工作了很长时间，我们必须让他们停下来休息。
The soldiers ________________ for so long __________________________ a rest．
四、阅读短文回答问题(共5分，每小题1分)
阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
It began with one red paper clip(回形针)and ended with a house．Kyle MacDonald，a 26-year-old Canadian．got a house with three bedrooms through 14 trades(交易)that started with a single red paper clip．
Now more and more young people around the world like this kind of trading activities．They set up websites and trade on the Internet．People call trade things they do not usually use with other people．A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their old DVDs．These traders usually prefer face—to—face trading，in this way they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery(递送)。
Last year，a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle．She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end．After several trades she now has a piano which is worth(价值)more than 10，000yuan．But she may still have a long way to go．
Maybe you can’t understand why people are doing this．As Kyle said，“What’s more important to a man in the desert——one million dollars or a glass of water?’’ Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are popular among young people．
15．Do young people like the trading activities?
16．Where can people trade things they do not usually use?
17．Why do these traders usually prefer face—to—face trading?
18．What did the Chinese girl hope to get at the end of the trade?
19．Why are the trade activities popular among young people?
五、书面表达(共10分)
根据中文提示和英文书信内容，写一篇意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的回信。信的开头和结尾已给出，其字数不计人所完成的回信内。
假如你叫Mary，是王丽的笔友。你收到了她的电子邮件。要求根据她来信的内容写一封回信。针对她的困惑，谈谈你的想法，并提出建议。
提示词语：dishonest，care about，worried，choose，follow，explain，successful
Dear Wang Li， Glad
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______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Yours， Wang Wei