假设你叫李明，你的美国笔友Tom得知第16届亚运会将于2010年在广州举行，来信询问亚运会的基本信息，请根据下列要点给他写封回信。
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时间 |
运动会时间：2010年11月12日至27日 取得主办权：2004年7月1日 |
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主题 |
激情盛会，和谐亚洲 |
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规模 |
历届最大 |
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（1）42个比赛项目 |
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（2）12,000参赛运动员； |
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（3）50个比赛场馆 |
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意义 |
传递和平、友谊与问侯 |
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准备工作 |
（1）美化环境， |
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（2）改善交通， |
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（3）修复历史古迹 |
［写作要求］
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
信件首尾句已经给出，不计入总字数。
［评分标准］句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Tom,
I’m glad to tell you something about the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou.
I hope they are what you need and looking forward to the day you come to Guangzhou.
Yours truly,
Li Ming
If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.
If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. "Who is that?" the new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God." came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor."
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff(即兴的)remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
1.To make your humor work, you should ________.
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A．take advantage of different kinds of audience |
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B．make fun of the disorganized people. |
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C．address different problems to different people. |
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D．show sympathy for your listeners. |
2. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are ________.
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A．impolite to new arrivals. |
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B．very conscious of their godlike role. |
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C．entitled to some privileges. |
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D．very busy even during lunch hours. |
3. It can be inferred from the text that public services ________.
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A．have benefited many people. |
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B．are the focus of public attention. |
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C．are an inappropriate subject for humor. |
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D．have often been the laughing stock. |
4.To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ________.
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A．in well-worded language. |
B．as awkwardly as possible. |
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C．in exaggerated statement. |
D．as casually as possible. |
5. The best title for the text may be ________.
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A．Use Humor Effectively. |
B．Various Kinds of Humor. |
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C．Add Humor to Speech. |
D．Different Humor Strategies. |
When Charles Strattion was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T.Barnum, and thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled around the world together.
He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a new name, general Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.
Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.
Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.
The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding carriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon, just before going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.
1.“the talk of the town” means _________ .
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A．they were in the newspaper |
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B．people spread mean rumors about them |
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C．they were the most popular things happening |
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D．they were discussed in a city meeting |
2.What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding?
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A．People gave it too much of their attention. |
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B．It helped people cheer up in a dark time. |
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C．It was funny and ridiculous. |
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D．Tom and Lavinia were stupid. |
3.Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?
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A．He became a billionaire at twenty-five. |
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B．He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age. |
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C．He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon. |
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D．He married a school teacher. |
4. It was very funny when Tom danced on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ________ .
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A．the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing |
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B．it made Tom feel taller |
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C．the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted |
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D．the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller |
5.What does the author imply in the last paragraph?
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A．Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine. |
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B．People are always disappointed during wartime. |
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C．Entertainment can serve an important purpose. |
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D．People should be married even if they are small. |
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上标号为31-40的相应位置。
Doctors urge more playtime for children
The American Academy of Pediatrics (儿科) says 1. children really need for health development is more good, old-fashioned playtime.
Many parents load their 2. (child) schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help 3. do better. The efforts often begin as early as babyhood. Free play is neglected in the shuffle, a new academy report says.
Numerous studies have shown that free play is very 4. (benefit). It can help children become creative, develop problem-solving skills, relate to others and adjust to school settings, 5. academy report says.
“Perhaps above all, play is something 6. is a cherished part of childhood,” says another report, 7. (prepare) by two academy committees for release Monday 8. the group's annual meeting in Atlanta.
It adds that enrichment tools and organized activities can be helpful, 9. should not 10. (view) as a requirement for creating successful children. They must be balanced with plenty of free playtime.
读写任务（共 1小题；满分 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。
A grand memorial service was held Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in central Hubei province to honor three college students who died rescuing two children from the Yangtze Rive on October 24．Thousands of people holding chrysanthemum（菊花）flowers went to the Jingzhou Memorial House to see off the teenagers, all 19‐year‐old students from the Yangtze university based in Jingzhou City．
The three were Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao． More than 10 students from the Yangtze University formed a ladder with one student holding another’s arms to rescue the two boys in the river on the afternoon of October 24． One of the student lost his grip（控制） on his classmates and all of them were in danger．Several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help．Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao were swept away in the river, but others were saved．People touched by their selfless act had donated more than 500,000 yuan to their relatives on Wednesday．Millions of Internet users made online comments to show their grief（悲伤）．
“I am also a college student． I feel sorrow for you,” said “Liu Zhuoya” from northwestern Xi’an
City．However, some questioned the sacrifice． “rifice three and rescue two, is that worthwhile?” asked “Tiaozhantianya” on the forum of www． 163． com． “Rescue can not be blind as they could not swim．”
【写作内容 】
1．以约 30个词概括短文的要点。
2．以约 120个词就“救人是否要考虑自身安全”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下要点：
1）当别人有难时，你是否会马上伸出援手？为什么？
2）救人时你是否会考虑自身的安全？
3）假如你当时在场，你会怎样做？
【写作要求】
1．你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，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。
基础写作（共 1题；满分 15分）
请用英语写一篇短文介绍广东的气候，内容包括：
1．相对北方而言，广东的气候冬不寒夏不热，春秋连在一起，适宜居住。
2．全年温暖湿润，冬天最低温度为 7摄氏度，最冷的 1—2月份平均气温也有 14摄氏度。
3．夏天最高温度只有 36摄氏度，最热的 6—8月份月平均温度才 28摄氏度。
4．每年的5月到10月是雨季。
5．但是，随着大气层二氧化碳的增多以及环境污染的日趋严重，跟全球一样，广东也时不时受极端天气的影响。
【写作要求】只能使用 5个句子表达全部的内容。
【评分标准】 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
