读写任务 (共25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。
As we all know, life is full of dreams and having a good dream is of great importance in our daily life. Without a good dream, people can’t make progress; without a good dream, countries can’t develop; without a good dream, the world can’t become so beautiful! And I hold the strong belief that everyone, whether he is old or young, poor or rich, junior or senior, does have a good dream! After all, dreaming is certainly a positive part of our life, and wishing for good things, however, costs nothing!
What’s more, it is important to fly our dreams, especially for those who are Senior 3 students. It is high time for them to fly their dreams. If they can’t let out dreams fly, the dream would just be a dream, not reality!
Therefore, it is no wonder that so many people have a dream since their childhood. With a nice dream, China succeeded to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008; with a nice dream, Hongkong returned to the motherland peacefully in 1997; with a nice dream, Yuan Longping rids the world of hunger; with a nice dream, Michael Jordon becomes the most popular basketball star; with a nice dream I can stand on this stage to compete in the final English speech contest. And with an aim of achieving success, I must do the best!
So my good friends, if you want to realize your dream, please do not be afraid in face of difficulties or give up in face of failure nor lose your dream in face of pains. You must keep going forward bravely! Just fly your dream highly above the sky!
写作内容:
1. 阅读短文后用30词左右概括短文的要点。
2. 就“放飞梦想”为主题,以120词左右发表自己的看法,并包括以下内容要点:
(1)列举自己或身边现实生活中中学生梦想成真的一件事例;
(2)结合自己的实际,谈谈你现在的梦想,并说明打算如何实现。
写作要求:
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照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。
最近的一项调查表明如今的中国青年的人生目标比过去要显得多元化。这种选择的变化表明人们的生活目标较以前更为实际。
比例 |
目标 |
手段 |
53.5% |
挣钱给自己买一房一车 |
71.9%的人说将通过自身努力以实现人生的目标
|
44% |
提高生活质量 |
|
43.7% |
成为富人 |
|
23.9% |
找一份好工作 |
参考词汇: 调查对象:respondent
写作要求:1. 以上述信息为材料写一段五句话的短文;
2. 句子结构准确,语言表达流畅、连贯。
用括号中所给词的适当形式或根据首字母、中文提示补全单词或短语。(共9个空格;每空格1分,满分9分)
1. Speech is the fastest method of c____________ between people.
2.All things c____________, I’m sure we’ve made the right choice.
3. I’m in total d___________ with you as to the value of your plan.
4. She was e____________ when they asked her age.
5.Can you give an e____________ of your project?
6. Here is the __________ (最根本的) weakness of their work.
7.It is very ____________ (慷慨) of them to share their meal with out-of-work neighbours.
8. Segregation ___________(最终地) disappeared and a new dawn seemed to arrive.
9. She did not look happy but ____________ (盯着) at him as she move around the customers.
根据课文内容填空(每空不限词数;共12个空格,每空格0.5分,满分6分)
NCE 1
Imagine a star _____1_____ twenty times larger, brighter and hotter than our own sun. A planet would have to be a very long way from it to _____2_____ supporting life.
NCE 2
...All the cattle had been moved into stalls and we _____3_____ little. ...As the floods had put the telephone _____4_____, we could not find out how they were managing.
NCE 3
I hired a car the day after landing and bought a ____5_____ book of maps, which I found most helpful on the _____6_____ journey, but which I did not...
NCE 58
It was _____7_____ then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence. ... but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to _____8_____ porter from his basement.
NCE 4
It provides relaxation for leisure hours, as just _____9_____ is always a joy. ... This hobby educates one not only in the chosen subject, but also in general matters which have _____10_____ it.
NCE 5
Only in a sparsely-populated _____11_____ community is it possible to
disregard it....The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized _____12______.
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。
请将下列各小题中的人物与A-F中的工作匹配起来。
A. Employer: an International School in Beijing
Position: Administrative Assistant
Requirements:
1. Bachelor Degree or above majoring in English; A high-level of Chinese-English and English-Chinese oral and written proficiency
2. Computer proficiency (i.e.: Word, Excel)
3. Minimum 2 years relevant experience as a professional translator or
administrative assistant
B. Employer: An International Foreign Trade Company in Shenzhen
Position: foreign trade clerk (males only)
Requirements:
o Be familiar with foreign trade business processes, work experience
preferred
o Good at speaking, reading and writing in English
o Travelling often both at home and abroad
4. Strong business sense and negotiation skills
C. Employer: Good Day travel Agency in Guangzhou
Position: Tour Guides
Requirements:
1. Aged less than 30
2. Easygoing, open-minded, willing to meet and good at getting along with people of different kinds, especially foreigners
3. Good at spoken English, acquisition of one more foreign language preferred
4. Fit, adaptable enough for frequent travelling abroad
D. Employer: Bright Foreign Languages School
Position: English Teachers
Requirements:
1. College graduates with at least Bachelor degree in English; and those from
teaching universities are preferred
2. Enthusiastic about teaching and have a will for life-long devotion to
education
3. Working in the suburban Senior campus. Males preferred
E. Shanghai Daily
Position: English editors
Requirements:
1. A recognized degree in English or a related discipline
2. Excellent writing skills, preferably with editing/journalism experience
3. Teaching or training experience in English or related subjects
F. Duran Education Group
Position: Teachers
Requirements:
1. Native English speakers
2. At least 1 year’s teaching experience in college; major in various subjects like
math, accounting, physics, economy, English etc
3. Teaching in the branches of this group in Asia
4. Comfortable with living in foreign cultures for a long time.
1.Mary, an English major, will graduate from college this July. As the chairman of the Students Union, she is thought highly of as good leadership, outgoing, extraverted. She herself looks forward to a job that allows her to travel as much as possible around the world, instead of a sedentary job in the office.
2. Sarah majored in English and American Literature in a college in Texas and continued to teach there after graduation. She is quite curious about Chinese culture and desires to have a profound understanding of it by staying there for a long time. At the same time, however, loss of income is one concern that holds her back from making her dream come true.
3. Tim didn’t go to college. He started as an office clerk in a trade company and later rose to get involved in the business due to his hard work and intelligence. He also has taken part-time course of English to improve his competence. Now, he is seeking to make a change in a large-scale company.
4.Helen, a quiet girl, has been an English-Chinese translator for 3 years. Now tired of spending the whole day translating documents in the office, she wants a new job that involves more responsibilities in addition to written translation.
5. Jeff is about to graduate with a double degree in Journalism and English. He has taken a 3-month internship in a local newspaper, which arouses his strong interest in working with press. Of course, the ideal job is one that can also use his English proficiency to the full advantage.
In the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. They wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. equal. Some of them decided to "drop out" of American society and form their own societies. They formed utopian communities, which they called “communes”, where they could follow their philosophy of “do your own thing”. A group of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called "Drop City." Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller, they built dome-shaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, the followers of San Francisco poet Steve Gakin, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old school houses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm became famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskin’s followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the group were arrested for growing marijuana.
Not all communes believed in the philosophy of “do your own thing”. However, Twin Oaks, a commune founded in Virgiania in the late 1960s, was based on the ideas of psychologist B.F.Skinner. The people who lived at Twin Oaks were carefully controlled by Skinner’s “conditioning” techniques to do things that were good for the community. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri began to build Arcosanti, a utopian city Arizsona where 2500 people will live closely together in one large building called an “archeology”. Soleri believes that people must live closely together so that they will all become one.
1.Why did some young Americans decide to “drop out” of society during the 1960s?
A. They were not satisfied with American society.
B. They wanted to grow marijuana.
C. They wanted to go to the Vietnam War.
D. They did not want all people to be equal.
2. Where did the members of the Hog Farm commune live?
A. In dome-shaped house. B. In old school houses.
C. On a farm in Tennessee. D. In an archeology in Arizona.
3. Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to build dome-shaped house?
A. Paolo Soleri. B. B.G.Skinner.
C. Steve Gaskin. D. Buckminster Fuller.
4. What was the Twin Oaks commune based on?
A. The philosophy of “do your own thing”.
B. Virginia in the late 1960s.
C. The ideas of psychologist.
D. The belief that people must live closely together.
5. What is an “archeology”?
A. A person who studies archaeology.
B. A large building where people live closely together.
C. A city in Arizona.
D. A technique to control people.