书面表达（15分）
假如你叫王林，你的美国朋友Mary想通过你了解中国的传统节日——春节。请你根据下面的提示给Mary写一封邮件向她介绍有关春节的情况。
提示：1. When is the Spring Festival?
2. Why do you like the Spring Festival?
3. What do you eat on Spring Festival?
4. What can you do during the Spring Festival?
要求：1. 须包含以上四点内容，可适当发挥；
2. 80词左右。（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
Dear Mary,
How are you? You asked me something about the traditional Chinese festival — the Spring Festival. Actually,
Yours,
Wang Lin
请阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。（每小题2分）
Building blocks(积木) are still one of the most popular traditional toys today. Their interesting design and easy use attract children of all ages. 1.Today, wooden building blocks are still used, but now there are several other types of building blocks to choose from, like plastic building blocks.
2.This gives them the chance to learn new things and life skills.
Building blocks can help children to practice their language skills. 3. This type of toy also helps develop the skills that children need in life. As they begin to join groups playing with building blocks, they learn to take turns, to turns, to share, and to solve problems with others.
4.The building blocks also help develop children’s skills in math and science. They allow children to work according to the steps of scientific discovery, which are first to watch and think, and then to test. Traditional toy building blocks also come in different shapes, colors and sizes. These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in dividing things.
5. Maybe that is the reason why building blocks are still popular today.
A. Most children talk to each other as they build things with these traditional toys. B. Some young men created the game. C. Playing with building blocks is not only fun but also very helpful. D. However, these are not the only advantages of playing with building blocks. E. Building blocks were first made of wood. F. Building blocks are good for our bodies. G. Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks. |
We say that a person has good manners if he or she is polite, kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners. But no one likes a person with bad or careless manners. Yes, but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?
Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. When people are waiting for a bus, he stands in line and takes his turn. He never pushes to the front of the line. On the bus, he offers his seat to an older person or a woman with a child in the arms. If he gets in someone’s way, he says “excuse me”. He says “please” when he makes a request (请求), and he says “thank you” when he receives something. He doesn’t stop other people when they are talking. He does not speak with his mouth full of food when he is eating.
1.People agree that a well-mannered person is really a person.
A. polite B. kind
C. helpful D. polite, kind and helpful
2.Saying “please” and “thank you” is for a well-mannered person.
A. useless
B. a little useful
C. hypocritical (虚伪的)
D. important and necessary
3.A person with good manners thinks of .
A. others before himself B. himself before others
C. no one but himself D. others as well as himself
4.If you want to be well-mannered, .
A. you laugh at people when they are in trouble
B. it’s all right to speak with your mouth full of food
C. you should stop someone when he is talking
D. you can only speak after someone else has finished talking
Malls(购物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12, 750cars. About 750,000 people shop there very week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town centers where people can come to do many things. They shop, and of course, they also eat in food courts(美食街) that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.
1.Those Americans are called mall rats.
A. who eat in food courts at malls
B. who spend so much time at malls
C. who enjoy themselves at malls
D. who do all their shopping at malls
2.According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping .
A. in one place B. in a quiet place
C. in a busy place D. in different places
3.What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A. People like to go to the mall.
B. The Mall of America is noisy.
C. When America had the first mall.
D. The Mall of America is very large.
4.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People can see a doctor in some malls.
B. Parking is free in all the malls.
C. The malls are only in big cities.
D. The largest mall is in Hong Kong.
Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.
Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dreams were over. Tony did what the doctors told him. But it didn’t work when he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a rehab center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident. Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called The Sun. It was a wheelchair basketball team, because everybody on the team played on a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of The Sun, Tony improved quickly. Playing basketball was like medicine for him. Tony was much better that before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to help him. The day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy, even with his broken legs.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadow falls behind.”
1.What happened to Tony one afternoon?
A. He was ill.
B. His arms were broken.
C. His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident.
D. His legs got hurt badly in a car accident.
2.What does the underlined work “rehab” mean in Chinese?
A. 戒毒 B. 篮球 C.康复 D. 娱乐
3.What is The Sun?
A. It is a wheelchair basketball team.
B. It is a normal basketball team.
C. It is a football team.
D. It is a volleyball team.
4.After Tony joined The Sun, he .
A. became sad and angry
B. play badly all the time
C. was much better than before
D. felt sorry for himself
Events from Newspapers
Children’s Ocean of Art The second children’s art exhibition in our city will be held in the Children’s Palace. It aims to improve children’s creativity. Dates: Aug. 30th－Sept. 10th Houses: 9:00a. m.－5:30p. m. |
Food Festival The Coffee Garden will host a food festival. It will offer all kinds of delicious food. You can also enjoy traditional music and dancing at the same time. Price: 98yuan per person (buy five and get one free) Dates: Aug. 9th－Aug. 25th Places: The Coffee Garden at No. 152 Zhongshan Road |
Disney Magic Shows Children’s favorite, Mouse, together with other Disney cartoon figures will come to our city for 12 magic shows from July 28th to August 1st. The magic shows will tour eight cities in the next two months, including Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou. Tickets: 80－580 yuan Address: 5018 Huaying Road |
1.The advertisement for the second children’s art exhibition is most probably seen in the newspaper .
A. on August 31 B. on August 29
C. on September 9 D. on September 10
2.If you invite four people to go to the food festival with you, you will spend yuan.
A. 196 B. 294 C. 392 D. 490
3.Maybe you can enjoy on August l st.
A. art exhibitions B. dancing performance
C. singing contests D. the magic shows
