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--- ________ . Go ahead.
A. Never mind B. No way
C. Not at all D. No, you’d better not .
阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything：animals, spiders, insects...
One day while walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then came out with ease.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled（萎缩的）wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the kind-hearted man did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid（液体）from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any hardships, it would fail us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2.以约120个词就“个人成长需要艰难生活的磨砺”的主题发表看法，至少包含以下内容要点：
（1）你读了这个故事的感受；
（2）叙述当前父母溺爱子女的现象和由此造成的后果；
（3）假如你是父母的一方，你会如何磨砺自己的孩子？
【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，语篇连贯。
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第一节 基础写作 （共1小题；满分15分）
【写作内容】
目前，越来越多的青少年参加各类电视节目的才艺表演（talent shows）。对此，中学生的看法各有不同。
赞同 | 不赞同 |
展示才艺，增加社会经验； 增强自信； 有利于学生全面（overall adj.）发展。 | 模仿多，没有自己的风格； 沉迷于“明星梦”，无心学习； 有上当受骗的危险。 |
【写作要求】
必须用5个句子表达全部的内容；
将5个句子组成连贯的短文。
【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
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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。
首先阅读下列应用文：
A: Lowton College
Situated in a pleasant area of the city close to river. Convenient for North Wales and the English Lake District.
Courses in English run all year.
Part-time courses available in the evenings / days.
We will arrange accommodation with an English family.
B: Bristow College
The college is in the centre of Bristow.
Full-time courses at all levels, beginners to advanced, from September to June.
Visits arranged to places of interest.
Excellent range of sports offered.
Students arrange their own accommodation in flats and houses.
C: Shepton College
Situated in the centre of London close to underground and buses.
Classes are offered all through the year.
Daytime English courses up to ten hours per week.
Evening classes of four hours per week.
Extra classes offered in English for Business.
Accommodation in the college.
D: Howe College
The college is in the city centre, but near the North Yorkshire countryside and the sea.
Classes run from September to June.
Part-time and full-time courses from beginners to advanced (daytime only)
Full-time courses in English with Business Studies.
Trips arranged to places of interest.
Help in finding a flat or room by the sea.
E: Daunston College
Daunston is a small town in the Midlands near pleasant countryside.
Part-time and full-time classes available from September to June.
Full-time summer school in August.
Complete beginners (part-time only)
Trips and other social events arranged regularly.
Accommodation in the college or with families.
F: Exford College
Exford is beside the sea and surrounded by beautiful countryside.
Courses at all levels, September to June (full-time).
Summer schools (mornings only) during August.
Full social programme including sports and hobby clubs provided by the college.
Students live in college rooms or with families.
请阅读以下求学者的信息，然后匹配求学者和他/ 她理想的大学：
1.Marta wants a course in Business Studies and English starting in September. She would prefer to be in a city, but wants a college which will organize visits, so she can see something of Britain.
2.John is a complete beginners. He wants to have plenty of free time to visit the countryside. He wants to live with a family.
3.Laura is looking for a full-time beginners’ course. She is fond of sports and wants to stay with a family.
4.Marek likes big cities. He hopes to find work during the day, so he is looking for an evening class. He also wants to have some classes for business. He wants to live in the college.
5.Birgit knows some English already and wants a full-time course. She doesn't want to live in the school and she wants to rent a flat.
I remember my mother as a strong woman. She came to America when she was 12—old enough to remember her language, she achieved scores and grades high enough to be admitted to Duke University. With a degree in computer science, she finally became the manager of a company in New York. My mother could give fluent speeches, say “wolves” correctly.
It was my mother who always stressed the importance of language. From the time I was born, I was read to. I would fall asleep to the sounds of my parents’ voices, whether it was my dad’s softly accented, or my mother’s clear English. The flow of language was unbroken, and whether in Chinese or English, the stream of communication flowed through our house.
One October morning in sixth grade, after my mother had left to catch the train to the city, I left the house for the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw our car, the door hanging open. As I drew closer, I saw my mother lying on the ground.
In the hospital, it was hard to believe that the lady who lay before me was my mom. My mother could not remember my name. As the leaves changed colors, it became clear that the stroke had created a wall between my mother’s mind and mouth: her mind was not any less clear, but the words she spoke were not what she meant.
The battle my mother faced taught me the importance of language. Without it, identity does not exist; relationships cannot be formed; stories cannot be told; directions cannot be given, and knowing anything about anyone is impossible. Without language, communication cannot take place. Without language, one cannot express the beauty of a sunset or the kindness of a stranger. The world would pass us by in silence.
1. From where might the author’s mom come to America?
A. ChinaB. EnglandC. RussiaD. Canada
2.From the second paragraph, we can know ________.
A. the author was taught to read since she was born
B. the author’s father spoke English poorly
C. the author couldn’t fall asleep without being read to
D. the author’s parents taught her language by talking a lot
3.According to the last two paragraphs, the author’s mom was unable to _______.
A. think clearlyB. express herself well
C. speakD. open her mouth
4.The underlined word “stroke” in the 4th paragraph most probably refers to ______.
A. an accidentB. a hitC. an illness D. a robbery
5.This passage is mainly about _________.
A. a strong mother
B. the importance of language
C. a family disaster
D. the significance of teaching language
When a magazine for high school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate（旋转）so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would “give light” and “change color with the push of a button.” Food would be replaced by pills. School would be taught by electrical impulse（电脉冲）while we sleep. Cars would have radar（雷达）. Does this sound like the year 2000? Actually, this article was written in 1958 and the question was, “what will life be like in 1978?
The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict accuately. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on Cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in “airbuses”, large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers. When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents “almost unheard of”. Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would, because he was writing in 1957. His subject was “The city of 1982”.
If the professionals sometimes sound like high school students, it’s probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accuate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.
One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000, “Only one thing is certain,” he answered. “Children born today will have reached the age of 43.”
1.How many examples does the author offer to describe the future life?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
2.The high school students’ answers to “What would life be like in 1978?” sound __________.
A. accurate B. imaginative C. correct D. foolish
3.In the second paragraph, the writer gives examples to show _________.
A. predicting about the future can be done in a humorous way
B. no predictions are based on careful research
C. experts are always better than others in figuring out what the future will be like
D. forecasting the future is not an easy job even for experts in this field
4.From the third paragraph we can learn that _________.
A. economy forecasting is rather a new field
B. experts began economy forecasting in 1929
C. the predictions about economic situation caused the investors to lose lots of money
D. good, accurate forecasting helped the stock market overcome the difficulties
5.H.J.Rand’s prediction about the year 2000 shows that ________.
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen
