---- Happy New Year to you!
---- ______! By the way, how do people ______ New Year in your country?
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A．Thanks; honour |
B．Happy New Year to you; respect |
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C．It’s kind of you; congratulate |
D．The same to you; celebrate |
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。
Reading is an important activity for many Americans. Today, thousands of men,
women and children belong to groups to discuss the books they read.
No one is sure how many Americans belong to reading groups called book clubs. Yet publishers and bookstores report that more and more people throughout the United States are joining them. Most of the clubs work the same way. Members read the same book at the same time. Then they meet to talk about the book.Members may be friends or people who live near each other. Or, they may be people who work together. Some book clubs develop from other organizations. Religious and community groups often establish book clubs.
Some Americans belong to reading groups on the Internet service. These groups include people around the world who communicate about books they read.These people send emails instead of meeting to discuss books. Book clubs may be for only women or only men. Or, they can be for husbands and wives together. Some are family groups where parents attend with their children. Children also may belong to book clubs of their own.
[写作内容]
1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2、然后以约120个词就“阅读”的主题发表看法，包括如下要点：
1)你对读书俱乐部的看法；
2)介绍一本你最喜欢的书及对其的体会；
3)你认为阅读的意义是什么。
[写作要求]
1、可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参阅阅读材料的内容，但不
得直接引用原文中的句子；
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。
假设你是你校京剧爱好者协会的成员，在一次同英国中学生代表团的联欢活动中，你协会将出一个京剧节目。演出前，由你向外国朋友介绍京剧的由来，按写作内容中的提示介绍。
[写作内容]
1、京剧在中国很受欢迎，历史悠久，有200多年的历史。
2、在清朝，当时的皇帝对地方剧有兴趣。18世纪末，为庆祝皇帝80岁生日，各地方剧团
来京演出，4个来自安徽的剧团在庆典后留在北京。慢慢形成了一种新剧种，被称为京剧。
3、宣布演出开始。
[写作要求]
1、只能使用5个句子表达全部内容，并将这5个句子组成连贯的短文。
2、开头已给出，不计入句数。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
参考词汇：地方剧：local opera 清朝：Qing Dynasty 剧团：troupe
Dear Friends,
Before the show, let me introduce Beijing Opera to you._________________
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首先请阅读下列餐馆的信息：
A. Pasta House - new Italian restaurant located in the heart of the city. Simple but delicious inexpensive meals. Also has a good range of vegetable-only meals. It's always crowded so be ready to order take-away or share a table. Open 11 a.m. to midnight.
B. A Taste of India - famous for its spicy curries and many southern Indian
dishes using chilli. You will usually be able to find a table during the week but if you're planning to go on the weekend make sure you book a table in advance.Open noon to midnight.
C. Paris Match - this is the finest French restaurant in the city. Wonderful food you can enjoy in luxurious surroundings. The perfect place to have a romantic meal or impress a business partner, but be prepared for a large bill. Open noon to 2 a.m.Booking essential.
D. Mountain Diner - not fancy but tasty. Excellent Asian and European dishes.
Countryside location surrounded by forest. It's at least an hour's drive from the city so you might want to stay at the nearby Mountain Hotel overnight. Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
E. Owl Cafe - open 24 hours a day the cafe has a large selection of set
breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for you to choose from, or you can enjoy one of their many delicious snacks and desserts over a cup of freshly made coffee.
E Greek Bistro - a lively restaurant that serves great-value Greek food and has live Greek music played by a local band. Customers are encouraged to take part in the entertainment so be ready for a night of loud fun and laughter. Open 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
以下是五个人的选择要求，请匹配每个人拟选择的地方：
1. Bill-was late getting up today so hasn't had time to make breakfast. He wants to pick up something to eat before he goes to work so he has enough energy to last through to lunch time.
2.Julie - works in the city and wants to get some lunch. She doesn't want
anything too special so long as it is tasty and not too expensive. Julie likes all kinds of food but because she is on a diet she wants to avoid anything comtaining meat.
3. Sally - has friends visiting her from out-of-town and wants to take them to dinner. She wants to take them somewhere they can enjoy the atmosphere and have fun.She is a university student so doesn't have a lot of money and doesn't like her food too hot.
4.Albert - is a businessman who will meet an important European client for a business dinner next week. Want to book a table at a quiet restaurant that will impress his guest with both its food and its surroundings.
5. Robert - is meeting his friend Ben for lunch today (Tuesday) and wants to take him to a nice restaurant. Both Robert and Ben enjoy good quality spicy food.Robert doesn't like arranging things in advance so he hasn't booked a table.
The research carried out by the University of Bad in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain.
A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology
Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered
most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as
Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped(����) a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were
viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings
or the blank panel. Electrodes measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced resoonse to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.
While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients,Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.
The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that
beaufiful surroundings could aid the healing process.
"Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist."Beauty boyiously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering."
Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero." These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.
1.The underlined word "alleviate" in the fifth paragraph probably means"______".
A.cure B.ease C.improve D.kill
2.How many artists have been mentioned in the passage?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D. 7.
3. Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof de Tommaso's?
A. Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely.
B. Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first.
C. Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse.
D. Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients.
4.From the last paragraph, we know that_______.
A. some artists' paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpieces
B. only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though ugly
C. the artists mentioned above were not really art masters.
D. some of them were art masters, while others were not.
5.Which of the following is the suitable title for the passage?
A. Beautiful surroundings can ease pain.
B. Ugly paintings could be masterpieces.
C. More research should be done in he field.
D. Latest environmental research.
In Western countries people have been using the installment (分期付款) plan since the first half of the twentieth century. Today, a large number of families in Great Britain buy furniture, household goods and cars by installments. In the U.S.A.,the figure is much higher than in Great Britain, and people there spend over 10 percent of their income on the installment plan.
The price of an article bought on installments is always higher than the price that would be paid by cash. There is a charge for interest. The buyer pays one quarter or one third of the price as a down payment (预付定金) when the goods are delivered to him. He then makes regular payments, weekly or monthly, until the full price is paid up. The legal ownership of the goods remains with the seller until the final payment has been made.
Installment buying has advantages and disadvantages. It can help couples with small incomes to furnish their homes and start housekeeping. It increases the demand for goods, and in this way helps business and employment,There is,
however, the danger that when business is bad, installment buying may end suddenly, making business much worse. This may result in a great increase in unemployment.
If the people on the installment plan lose their jobs, they will probably not be able to make their payments. If great numbers of people are not able to pay their installment debts, there is a possibility that businessmen cannot collect their debts and will therefore lose money. If businessmen lose money or fail to make a satisfactory profit,it becomes more likely to have a depression (萧条). This is why, in some countries,the government controls the installment plan by fixing the amount of the down payment and installments to discourage people from buying more than they can pay for on the installment plan.
1. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the installment plan?
A. A lot of British families use the installment plan. "
B. More than 10 percent of American families buy things on installments.
C. Americans depend more on installment than British people do.
D. Americans spend one tenth of their income on installment buying.
2. Goods bought on installments are more expensive than goods bought by cash because_______.
A. the buyer has to pay extra money as interest
B. the delivery of the goods charges extra money
C. the buyer has to pay adown payment
D. the service offered by installment plan charged extra money
3. What will happen to a buyer if he fails to make the full payment for an item bought on installments?
A. He might lose his job.
B. He will stop owning the item he has bought.
C. He will have to setl what he has bought.
D. He will go into debt.
4. The advantage of installment buying might include all the following EXCEPT that________.
A. purchasing power is strengthened
B. employment might be increased
C. people develop a good habit of saving money
D. young couples are able to furnish their homes
5.In some countries, the governments control the installment plan to_______.
A. increase employment
B. avoid depressions
C.ensure that businesses make good profits
D.ensure that people can pay for what they buy
