第一节 基础写作：
你的英语老师拟定下个星期的英语角活动内容为“当你面对困难和挫折（frustration）的时候”，要求每个同学在本星期五之前写一篇英文短文，扼要谈谈对待困难和挫折的态度。
[写作内容]
1．每个人都会遇到许许多多、各种各样的困难和挫折；
2．每个人对待困难和挫折的态度不同，乐观者会冷静地找出原因，然后想法解决问题；悲观者后悔、抱怨、甚至放弃；
3．遇到困难和挫折时，要说“太好了！” 因为你抓住了锻炼自己的机会。看到他人收到挫折时，应该说“你有困难吗？让我来帮助你吧！”
[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。
[评分标准]
第二节：读写任务（共1小题；满分25分）
阅读下列短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语文章。
Perhaps you don’t know your school principal very well．But you might be wise to take him or her seriously．Peking University will enroll students recommended by high principals this year．November 16, 2009 Peking University released a list of 39 high school principals in 10 provinces who have the chance to recommend students．If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university after the exam．Peking University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive and special abilities a chance to stand out．
However, a survey conducted by leading Chinese portal sina．com showed 10046 out of 14227 people surveyed were against the new idea．Most said the recommendations were unfair on other students．Xue Yong, a Peking University alumni who is now an assistant professor at Suffolk University told the Qianjiang Evening News the experiment could be dangerous if it is abused．But Qu Jun, former deputy director of Shanghai municipal education commission, said the experiment represents much needed changed to the existing university entrance system, which has been criticized for many years．
【写作内容】
1．以约30概括以上短文的内容要点；
2．以约120个词，就“北大校长推荐制”进行讨论，至少包括以下内容要点：
1） 你是否支持北大建立校长推荐制来选拨优秀学生？请阐述理由。
2）你认为怎样的学生最值得校长推荐？
【写作要求】
1．在作文中可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可参照阅读材料的内容，但不得抄袭阅读材料中的句子。
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。以下是几则求助的广告信息：
A．As we know, the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing and many people from other countries will come to visit China．The taxi drivers in Dongfeng Taxi Company think the way to show kindness is to be able to greet the foreigners in their languages．They need someone who can teach them languages and the best time is at night when they are not so busy．
B．Tim is so addicted to online games that he cannot concentrate on his study like before．Now he often misses school in order to play games, thus telling lies to his teachers and parents again and again．Though be realizes what he does is wrong, he just can't stop it．How badly he needs someone's help．
C．Marie, a 44-year-old single mother of three, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she doesn't know which bus to take． What's worse, since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list．Also, she can only recognize items by sight, so if the product has a different label, she will not recognize it as the product she wants．
D．"Helping hand" organization will hold an event to help the starving children in Africa．The event starts in August and those taking part in it will go without food for 30 hours．In this way, it is expected that money will be raised for the poor children．
E．"Green Earth" cares a lot for the animals in danger．Still many people in the world don't know much about the importance of animal protecting．This summer vacation a lot of events will be organized to call on people to live in harmony with our earth．
F．A group of young children in a remote village in Southwest China are in great need of teachers．Because of the low salary, many teachers came and then went．The villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can make a difference to the children's future．
以下是几名义工的信息，请匹配他们与求助广告信息：
1.Stephen: Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer．When I began to discover what other people's lives were tike because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading．
2.Ben: After graduation, I don't want to apply for a job at once．Instead, I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve-their lives．You know, education is essential to poverty relief and at the same time I'll get valuable experience for my future career．
3.Susan: I'm a girt from England and has studied French for years． I'm here in Beijing University studying Chinese．I like China as it is full of mysteries．So I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China．Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the weekends．
4.Tim: Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life, I understand young people's problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice．I'm working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others．
5.Lisa: I burst 'into tears when I saw those children in a TV program．What a sight．There are only bone and skin left．What's worse, every day children are dying because of lack of food．I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education．The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them．
With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives．Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps （ 处于沮丧中）, as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart．
How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your comer store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with．My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine．This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy （礼貌） to speak to others that are around you．
I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say．Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face．They don't get the joke that makes others laugh．I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space．How can people not get a really funny joke?
Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control．Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy．There is too much sadness in this present world．It drives people crazy．We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives．So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together．
1.According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________．
A．it makes people more confident
B．it can pick up people' s spirits
C．it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D．it can help people get on well with others
2.The author answers the question in the second paragraph with ___________．
A．facts and descriptions B．evidence and argument
C．examples and conclusion D．stories and persuasion
3.The phrase “busting a gut" in the third paragraph can be replaced by __________．
A．explaining carefully B．speaking loud
C．keeping silent D．laughing hard
4.In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________．
A．talk about his own understanding of humor
B．encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C．introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D．convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
5.What is the author' s attitude towards the present world?
A．Positive． B．Critical．
C．Satisfied． D．Indifferent．
Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask．But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history．Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history．
The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past．I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the thifigs that made these successes and failures．However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history．" Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this．
A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context．We can- not even understand why we are and where we are without history, much less （更不必说） try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be．
I teach my children history, for one more reason．I purchased a set of historical audio （录音机） tapes for our children．My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over．It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself．I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr．if, in doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished．I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for．
1.What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 ?
A．Many people aren't clever enough to learn well from the past．
B．Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes．
C．Many people feel it hard to understand history．
D．Many people have no interest in studying history．
2.In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because _______________．
A．it makes the current political situation go smoothly
B．it helps us realize the importance of historical events
C．it helps us understand why things are the way they are
D．it helps people accept the present situation where they live
3.Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show ______________．
A．people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil
B．people may also learn from bad historical figures
C．more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements
D．today’s people can also achieve what they achieved
4.What would be talked about in the following paragraph?
A．How to teach history effectively．
B．Some negative reasons for studying history．
C．How to get more people to study history．
D．Some bad historical figures．
5.The main purpose of this passage is to ____________．
A．ins[me the parents to teach their children history
B．show the importance of history in politics
C．explain the reasons why children study history
D．introduce the writer' s own way of teaching history
Sometimes you’ll hear people say that you can’t love others until you love yourself．Sometimes you’ll hear people say that you can’t expect someone else to love you until you love yourself．Either way, you’ve got to love yourself first and this can be tricky．Sure we all know that we’re the apple of our parents’ eyes, and that our Grandmas think we’re great talents and our Uncle Roberts think that we will go to the Olympics．but sometimes it’s a lot harder to think such nice thoughts about ourselves．If you find that believing in yourself is a challenge．it is time you build a positive self-image and learn to love yourself．
Self-image is your own mind’s picture of yourself．This image includes the way you look, the way you act, the way you talk and the way you think．Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about US．Unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be．Thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world．
The best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes．That is, make a list if you need to, but write down all of the great things you do every day．Don’t allow doubts to occur in it．
It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you can’t move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself．Well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task．If you think you’re silly because you aren’t good at math, find a tutor．If you think you’re weak because you can’t run a mile, get to the track and practice．If you think you’re dull because you don’t wear the latest trends, buy a few new clothes．But remember, just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true．
The best way to get rid of a negative serf-image is to realize that your image is far from objective, and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities．Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image．When you can pat（拍） yourself on the back, you’ll know you’re well on your way．Good luck!
1.You need to build a positive self-image when you _________．
A．dare to challenge yourself B．feel it hard to change yourself
C．are unconfident about yourself D．have a high opinion of yourself
2.According to the passage, our serf-images _________．
A．have positive effects B．are probably untrue
C．are often changeable D．have different functions
3.How should you change your serf-image according to the passage?
A．To keep a different image of others． B．To make your life successful．
C．To understand your own world． D．To change the way you think．
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A．How to prepare for your success． B．How to face challenges in your life．
C．How to build a positive self-image． D．How to develop your good qualities．
5.Who are the intended readers of the passage?
A．Parents． B．Adolescents． C．Educators． D．People in general．
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Being probably the most complex female character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ophelia deserves special attention because she is treated as a substitute for Stowe’s intended audience．Ophelia __1_ what Mrs．Stowe, the author, considered a widespread Northern problem: the white person who opposes slavery but feels __2_ prejudice and hatred in the presence of a black slave．Ophelia hates slavery, but she considers it almost _3__ for blacks, against whom she harbors a deep-seated prejudice．And she doesn’t want them to touch her．Stowe stresses that much of Ophelia’s prejudice _4__ from unfamiliarity and ignorance rather than from actual _5__ Because Ophelia has seldom spent time along with __6_, she finds them uncomfortably alien （不相容） to her．
But Ophelia seems to be one of the only characters in the novel whose character _7__ as the story progresses．Once St．Clare puts Topsy in her care, Ophelia is forced to be in _8__ with a slave．At first she begins to teach Topsy __9_ out of duty．But Stowe suggests that duty alone will not root out slavery and that those against slavery must act out of love．Eva’s death leads to Ophelia’s change, and she comes to love Topsy as an actual human being and not just a slave．She _10__ her racial prejudice and offers herself as a model to Stowe’s Northern readers．
11A．reflects B．supposes C．suspects D．provides
12A．various B．arbitrary C．racial D．awful
13A．impossible B．necessary C．unfair D．important
14A．suffers B．differs C．releases D．results
15A．practice B．performance C．experience D．application
1.A．slaves B．readers C．Stowe D．characters
2.A．increases B．disappears C．refreshes D．develops
3.A．trouble B．danger C．contact D．comparison
4.A．hardly B．merely C．specially D．properly
5.A．hides B．overcomes C．reserves D．prohibits
语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Poor student behavior seems to be an ____6.___ （increase） widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this．
In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with ____7.children．These children are often spoilt, not in terms of love and attention because ____ 8.__ （work） parents do not have the time for this, ____ 9._ in more material ways．They are allowed to have ____ 10._ they want, regardless of price, and to behave as they please．This means that the children grow up ____ 11.consideration for others and without any understanding of __12._their standard of living comes from．
When they get to school age they have not learnt any self control or discipline．Teachers continually complain ____ 13.___ this problem and measures ____ 14.___ （take） to combat the situation．But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families, ____15.___ need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children．
