读写任务（满分20分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
One day, Zeng’s wife decided to go out for shopping, but her little son insisted on going with her to the market. Thinking that she would come back very soon, and that the naughty boy would bring her a lot oftrouble, she was unwilling to do so.
In order to persuade the boy to stay home, she told him, “Oh, come on, good boy, if you listen to Mom and then Mom will give you a present when I am back.”
“What present are you going to give me, Mom?” asked the son.
“We haven’t eaten meat for a long time, so I will kill our pig and let you enjoy a big nice dinner.” The mother comforted the boy when it happened that their pig was wandering in front of the house. Just at that time, her husband came back and heard what she said. Thinking of the nice meal, the boy gave in.
Not very soon, the mother came back, but what she saw shocked her. It was her husband who had killed the only pig of the poor family.
“Why did you kill it? You know that it is very important for my family.” she scolded him.
“I did that just for your promise!” Mr. Zeng answered.
[写作内容]
1. 以约30个词概括这则中国寓言故事；
2. 以约120个词，从“曾子”或者“曾子之妻”的行为任选一个角度发表你的看法，并包括如下要点:
(1) 你赞同“曾子”还是“曾子之妻”的做法？并说出理由；
(2) 叙述你一次诚实守信的经历，并谈谈你的感受。
[写作要求] 1．可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
完成句子(共6小题，66~68每小题2分，69~71每小题3分，满分15分)
1.After running fast, he ______ _______ _________ _______(上气不接下气).
2.She______ ______ ______ _______ (扮演角色) the game last year.
3. It is impossible for Kate______ _____ ______ _____ (爱上)with Jim.
4.Mary did the experiment in the lab yesterday evening.(用it 强调划线部分)
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5. I didn’t expect that I would be invited by her.(用不定式改写句子)
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6.Claire觉得每天花一小时学英语有必要。（翻译）
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信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
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Section F: Education - Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
1.The Delighted Eye - by Prof. John Nash - The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America's most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
2. Mother Tongue: The English Language - by Bill Bryson - Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language , one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
3.Into Thin Air - by John Krakauer - is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, `Outside' magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
4.ReadyMade: How to Make (Almost) Everything - by Shoshana Berger - beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame(相框) from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags.
5.The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron - by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind - As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonour and bankruptcy(破产). A perfect guide on what not to do in business.
A peer is a person who is about the same age as you. Peers affect your life, whether you know it or not, just by spending time with you.
Peers can have a good effect on one another. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book and now everyone’s reading it.
However, sometimes peers affect one another in another way. For example, one kid in school might try to get another to cut class with him, your soccer friend might try to persuade you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him.
Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don’t go along with the group. Others may go along because they are curious to try something new that others are doing. The idea that “ everyone’s doing it” may influence some kids to leave their better judgments or their common senses behind.
Peer pressure can be extremely strong and hard to get rid of. Experiments have shown how peer pressure can influence someone to change her/ his mind from what she/ he knows for sure is a correct answer to the incorrect answer——just because everyone else gives the incorrect answer! That holds true for people of any age in peer pressure situations.
It can be hard to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do. Inner strength and self- confidence can help you stand firm, walk away and resist doing something when you know better.
1. What is the passage mainly about ?
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A．Peers have a good effect |
B．Children give in to peer pressure |
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C．Peer pressure is hard to resist |
D．Peer pressure |
2. The underlined word shoplift in Paragraph Three probably means __________.
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A．do some shopping |
B．carry goods for shops |
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C．steal in shops |
D．take the lift upstairs in shops |
3.The writer will not agree that ____.
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A．only children change their correct answers to incorrect ones because of peer pressure. |
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B．peers have an effect on one another |
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C．Peer pressure can be got rid of |
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D．Peers will believe in themselves if there are other peers who agree with them |
4.The writer intends to _________ by writing the passage.
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A．tell people to follow other’s opinions |
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B．warn people to stay away from their peers. |
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C．tell it is hard to walk away form per pressure. |
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D．persuade people to do the right thing regardless of peer pressure. |
5.It can be learned from the passage that_________.
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A．A peer is someone older than you. |
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B．Peers always affect you in good ways. |
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C．It is easy to get rid of peer pressure. |
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D．The effects of peer pressure have two sides. |
People hold the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people don’t like the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, commitment(承担的义务)，self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most obvious features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word “fun” to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting true happiness is one of the most liberating realizations because true happiness has nothing to do with fun. It liberates(解放) time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actully may not be happy at all.
1.According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because____
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A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilities |
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B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single |
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C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage |
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D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun, adventure and excitement |
2. The underlined word bachelor means_________
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A．a married man |
B．a college student |
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C．a single man |
D．an academic degree |
3.From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes results from______
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A．hatred |
B．misunderstanding |
C．prejudice |
D．ignorance |
4.To understand what true happiness, one must________
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A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime. |
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B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain |
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C．put up with pain under all circumstances |
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D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun |
5.What is the author trying to tell us?
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A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. |
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B．One must know how to attain happiness. |
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C．It is important to make commitments. |
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D．It is pain that leads to happiness. |
Success is everybody’s dream. But what is the key to success? How can you be successful? I think we should measure success based on how much we give rather than how much we receive. Fortunately, it also works nicely the other way around since those who give more almost always will also receive more. So how do you pave your way to success? How do you become more successful? The answer is amazingly simple: the key to success is making yourself as useful as possible to others. Here are some ideas on how to do it.
1. Be observant of needs
To be useful to others, you should always be aware of even the slightest clues of needs. The more sensitive you are to the needs of others, the more appreciative people will eventually become. The best plan is being able to anticipate a need before the other people are even aware of it.
2. Find solutions to the needs
Now that you are aware of needs, the next step is finding solutions to them. The solutions you offer should be as useful as possible. To be able to do so, there is no other way but to continuously build your own value. It is from the value you have that you could give value to others.
3. Be proactive to help
Do not wait for the other person to ask for your help. Be proactive. Give your help even before they ask.
4. _________________
What matters is not only the solution you offer, but also the way you deliver it. Being sincere means being glad to help others without expecting anything in return. Make it your joy to give something to others. People can somehow distinguish whether or not you are sincere.
5. Go the extra mile
Doing the above four steps is good, but add this one if you can: give more than expected. First, give what is expected, and then add a little more. If you do the above four steps people will be appreciative, but if you add this one step they will be impressed.
1. What is the measure of success according to the author?
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A．Success means giving more as well as asking for more. |
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B．Success is based on how much money you make. |
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C．The more you receive from others, the more successful you will be. |
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D．The more you give, the more successful you will be. |
2.The underlined word anticipate in para 2 probably means_______
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A．offer |
B．expect |
C．prevent |
D．change |
3.What’s the best title for the fifth paragraph?
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A．Solutions Are Important. |
B．Give More Help to Others |
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C．Expecting More |
D．Be Sincere |
4.The author would NOT agree that______
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A．people should continuously build up their own value. |
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B．the best time to help others is when they ask for help. |
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C．people should help others without expecting anything in return. |
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D．it is good to give others more help than what is expected. |
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
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A．How to measure success accurately. |
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B．How to make your dreams come true. |
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C．Giving is more important than receiving. |
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D．How a person can be most useful to others. |
