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某英语报社拟成立“微笑俱乐部”，现向全球征募会员，要求申请提交一篇题为“I Want to Smile”的
英语短文。请你以申请者的身份，根据右边思路图的提示用英语写一篇短文。
注意：1.根据思路图适当展开，以使行文连贯； 2.词数：120左右；
3. get through difficulty 4. A smile can open doors and tear down walls.
I want to Smile
阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
What is the hottest topic at your school recently? In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, it’s money.
The school held an activity called“making money”last weekend. About 200 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students
were divided into 30 teams. They went out . What did they choose to sell? Some
sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo
baskets.
Hu Qing’s team decided to sell some us useful books in front of the Children Activity Center. They thought
parents would like to buy the books for their children. But unfortunately, they met urban management officers.
The officers asked them to leave.“We played hide-and-seek with the offices for the whole morning,”said Hu.
“Finally we had to give up.”
Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn’t meet any officers. But few people were
interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying“For Country Kids”. It worked. More
people came to their stall(小摊). A foreigner even gave them 100 Yuan.“He didn’t want any change. He said he
wanted to help the children,” said Wang. “We were touched.”Later that day they gave the 100 Yuan and more
to the “Project Hope”office.
Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 Yuan and
getting back 80 Yuan. They made 40.5 Yuan. “It was not easy to make the money,”said Meng. “Some people
just looked. Others just tasted but didn’t buy. Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make money we need
to lead happy lives.”
1.What is the main idea of the text?(No more than ten words)
2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(No more than ten words)
3.What does the underlined“it”in Paragraph 4 refer to?
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the activity?
5.What is the purpose of holding the activity?(No more than twelve words)
Whether you’re headed to another country for business or pleasure, it is likely that you need to keep in
touch with family or business partners in the United States. But if you plan to do that using your cell phone,
you could have an unwelcome surprise—U.S. cell phones don’t work abroad. U. S. companies use different
forms of technology, not like most of the international community, including Europe.
However, there is an easy, cost-effective solution to staying in touch while you’re traveling. You can rent a
phone that is guaranteed to work in the countries you’re traveling. Roadpost offers a 30-day cell phone rental
plan that includes free incoming calls, free voicemail and call waiting services.
The service is convenient and simple. You can place your order online and your phone will be shipped to
arrive on the date you want. If an unexpected business trip comes up, Roadpost can provide next - day delivery
for most cities. In addition to the phone, Roadpost provides a spare battery, travel charger and a leather carrying case.
When your phone is shipped from Roadpost, you receive an e-mail confirmation that contains your international cell phone number so you can leave it with family members and business partners; Roadpost even
provides business cards preprinted with your international phone number.
Those who don’t want to be without e-mail while traveling can rent an international BlackBerry. It can be hard
to stay in touch by e-mail when traveling. With an international BlackBerry, you can email as much as you like, without worrying about an expensive bill. If you’re traveling to very remote areas, you may want to consider
renting a satellite phone: Because they Receive their signals from satellites, these phones work anywhere on the
planet, including oceans and mountains. When you return, simply ship the phone or BlackBerry back to Roadpost using the return kit the company provides.
1.According to the text, Roadpost probably is .
A. an organization that offers some free services B. a person who offers some advice to foreign tourists
C. a company that rents cell phones to Americans going abroad
D. a person who makes travel plans for Americans
2.The first paragraph mainly tells us that .
A. Americans need to change their cell phones B. European form of technology is different from America’s
C. U. S cell phones don’t work abroad D. Americans who go abroad will meet an unwelcome surprise
3.Which of the following will help you a lot in mountainous areas?
A. BlackBerry B. The return kit C. E-mail D. Satellite phones
4.According to the text, it can be inferred that .
A. an international BlackBerry is mainly used to send e-mail
B. Roadpost can offer cell phones using in different areas
C. you should select a bag used to send your cell phone
D. Roadpost’s service is convenient and simple
5.Which of the free services can you get from Road post?
A. Voicemail B. Sending e-mail C. Shipping the phone back D. Call waiting services
Speech—the act of uttering sounds to convey meaning—is a kind of human action. Like any other
constantly repeated action, speaking has to be learned, but once it is learned, it becomes a generally
unconscious and apparently automatic process.
As far as we can determine, human beings do not need to be forced to speak; most babies seem to possess a
sort of instinctive drive to produce speech like noises. How to speak and what to say are another matter
altogetner. There actions are learned from the particular society into which the baby is born; so that, like all
conduct that is learned from a society—from the people around us—speech is a patterned activity.
The meandering(漫目无地的)babble(咿呀学语)and chatter of a young child are eventually channeled by
imitation into a few orderly grooves that represent the pattern accepted as meaningful by the people around
him. Similarly, a child’s indiscriminate(不加分辨的)practice of putting things into his mouth becomes limited to putting food into his mouth in a certain way.
The sounds that a child can make are more varied and numerous than the sounds that any particular language uses. However, a child born into a society with a pattem of language is encouraged to make a small selection of sounds and to make these few sounds over and over until it is natural for him to make these
sounds and not others.
1.For an adult, the process of speaking usually involves .
A. conscious selection of sounds B. imitation of those around him
C. a drive to make noises D. unconscious actions
2.The selection says that most babies have an instinctive drive to .
A. express ideas in words B. make speech like noise
C. convey meaning D. imitate sounds around them
3.Conduct that is learned from a society may be called .
A. instinctive drive B. selection C. automatic activity D. patterned activity
4.The sounds that a child is able to make are .
A. not as varied as those used in language B. more varied and numerous than those in any language
C. far fewer than those needed to form a language D. completely different from the sounds of language
5.We may say that a child has learned to speak if he .
A. makes varied sounds B. carefully considers each sound he makes
C. makes only certain sounds naturally D. imitates people around him
Free Fun Guides
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Free Admission to Hundreds of Museums Sept.25 What a weekend! This Saturday, Sept.25, hundreds of U.S. museums admission free for the Smithsonian’s annual Museum Day. Unlike previous Museum Day celebrations, you must sign up for a free ticket that admits two people to any of the participating museums. That means filling out a form and having the ticket emailed to you. Not bad for a freebie that will give you admission to museums such as the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and the Air & Space Museum in San Diego. Some participating museums are closed on Saturday, so they offer free admission on Sunday, Sept.26, instead. |
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Free Admission to National Parks & Public Lands Would you rather visit a National Park for free instead of a museum for free? The choice is yours on Saturday, Sept.25, as all 392National Parks and all other national public lands are admission free for National Public Lands Day. The fee-free day for national parks, forests, monuments and other public lands falls on the same day as the Smithsonian Museum Day, when hundreds of U. S. museums are also admission free. If you love the outdoors, consider signing up or just show up for one of the volunteer projects at the public lands sites on Saturday. Spend the morning helping clean up and restore our national natural treasures, then spend the afternoon just enjoying and exploring them. |
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Free Books for Kid @ Barnes & Noble! If your kids love to read—and we hope they do!—be sure to sign them up for Barnes & Noble’s summer reading programs so they can earn a free book! It’s easy for kids ages 12 and under to participate. For Barnes & Noble’s Passport to Summer Reading program, just download and print out your passport. Read any eight books, log them into the passport and bring it to any Barnes & Noble by September 7. Choose your free book from the list on the back of the passport. |
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FREE Night of Theater Across the U. S in October Hark! ‘Tis a chance to see this thing called the play, and not just Mr. Shakespeare’s! It’s the annual run of the Free Night of Theater, when hundreds of theaters in 120 U. S. cities give away thousands of tickets to local productions. While the kickoff date is October 15, many of the theaters start releasing their free tickets by Oct. 1 or in waves during the month of October for performance dates throughout the month. Ticket seekers are limited to two tickets for one performance. Find your city on the Free Night of Theater Website and check the listings for performances, their dates and their ticket giveaway times and locations. |
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1.What is new about this year’s Museum Day?
A. People can visit a museum for free B. Two museums offer free admission
C. People will get free tickets online D. Some museums open for free on Sunday
2.How is National Public Lands Day different from the other three events?
A. It comes on Sept. 25 B. Visitors may offer help
C. All can visit the parks for free D. Visitors may choose what to do
3. How can kids get a free book?
A. By choosing one of the books they have read B. By downloading and printing out a passport
C. By reading eight books at any Barnes & Noble D. By listening to B & N’s free online stories
4.Which of the following shows the similarity between Museum Day and Free Night of Theater?
A. They take place once a year B. They last for the same length of time
C. The tickets can be used in any U.S cities D. The same number of free tickets is given away
5. The main purpose of the passage is to .
A. help people who are very poor B. introduce ways to save money
C. give guidance on how to have some fun D. provide information about free things to do
