I’d appreciate ______ if you would help me finish the task.
A. that B. this
C. it D. you
He missed ______ gold in the high jump, but will get ______ second chance in the long jump.
A. the; a B. /; a
C. the; the D. a; /
阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150字左右的英语短文。
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper (脾气). His father gave him a bag of nails (钉子) and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually became smaller. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave wounds just like these. And no matter how many times you say you’re sorry, the wounds will still be there.”
写作内容：
1. 以Anger management为题约30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 谈谈你的想法（120词），内容包括：
（1）分析愤怒情绪可能产生的后果（至少两点）；
（2）就如何控制愤怒情绪提出建议（至少两点）。
写作要求：1. 不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。
评分标准：概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
Anger management
A conversation is not a business meeting at work or with your family. It is a personal or informal talk that takes place in the restaurant, in a car or walking on the street on your way to work.
It can make or break a relationship. It can make a career successful. It can make new friends. It can just brighten up another person’s life. It can change the world!
Here are some ways to make a conversation bring meaning to you and others.
Before starting a conversation, be clear about what you want to achieve. Knowing your purpose beforehand allows you to keep your conversation to the point and never get lost out of the way.
Start a topic that is very timely and appropriate. The starting point has to be depending on your relationship with the person you are talking to and the situation the person or both of you are going through. Starting the conversation with the right topic sets the tone that brings both sides at ease.
Come up with something that will make both of you interested. This allows the other person to be drawn more to speak up. Discovering common likes and dislikes opens up a bond (纽带) between two people.
Put yourself in the shoes of the other person. Think how the other person feels at that moment. Feeling how the other person feels helps you to be in his position.
One of the most difficult tasks to do in a conversation is really listening. Do not prepare for what to say while the other person is talking. Do not just keep quiet because you want to give the other person a time to talk. The proof that you really listen is to repeat your understanding of what was said in your own words.
After you have spoken, give the other person a time to talk. There are some people who like to talk about themselves. If you are one of them, try to be less selfish. A conversation is not a monologue (独角戏) or an interview.
Managing a conversation shows the kind of person you are. You do not have to wait for the other person to lead the discussion. You can do this. No matter who you are, if you lead a talk, you make a difference.
How to make meaningful conversations | |
Passage outline | Supporting details |
1._______ is a conversation? | A conversation is a personal or informal talk taking place in the 2. __________, in a car or walking on the street. |
What can a conversation do? | It can change the world by 3.__________ or breaking a relationship, making a career 4.___________, making new friends or brightening up another person’s life. |
How can you make a conversation 5. ________? | Talk with a purpose. Knowing your purpose in 6.____________ keeps your conversation to the point. |
Choose a good 7.___________. Starting the conversation with the right topic makes both of you feel easy. | |
Find common interests. Discovering common likes and dislikes opens up a bond between two people, allowing the other person to be drawn more to speak up. | |
Put yourself in the shoes of the other person. Feeling how the other person feels can 8. _________ you to be in his position. | |
9.__________ and repeat. Repeating your understanding of what was said in your own words proves that you are really listening. | |
Allow your listener to10._________. A conversation is not a monologue or an interview. | |
Mr. Laurence was not allowed to see Beth, and Meg felt unhappy writing letters to her mother saying nothing about Beth’s illness. Jo nursed Beth night and day, but the time came when Beth did not know her and called for her mother. Jo was frightened, and Meg begged to be allowed to write the truth, but Hannah said there was no danger yet. Then a letter came saying that Mr. March was worse and could not think of coming home for a long time.
How dark the days seemed. How sad and lonely. The sisters worked and waited as the shadow of death lay over the once happy home. It was then that Meg realized how rich she had been in the things which really mattered—love, peace, good health. And Jo, watching her little sister, thought about how unselfish Beth always was—living for others and trying to make home a happy place for all who came there. Amy, sad and lonely at Aunt March’s house, just wanted to come home so that she could do something to help Beth.
On the first day of December, the doctor came in the morning. He looked at Beth, then said quietly, ‘If Mrs. March can leave her husband, I think she should come home now.’
Jo threw on her coat and ran out into the snow to send a telegram. When she arrived back, Laurie came with a letter saying that Mr. March was getting better again. This was good news, but Jo’s face was so unhappy that Laurie asked, ‘What is it? Is Beth worse?’
‘I’ve sent for Mother,’ said Jo, beginning to cry. ‘Beth doesn’t know us any more.’
Laurie held her hand and whispered, ‘I’m here, Jo. Hold on to me. Your mother will be here soon, and then everything will be all right.’
1.Meg had to write to her mother because _________ at the moment.
A. her mother was away working in another town
B. her mother was looking after her father in hospital
C. she wanted to tell her about the illness of Beth
D. she knew that her mother was getting worse
2.Which of the following is NOT true about Beth?
A. She finally recovered from the illness.
B. She liked playing the piano very much.
C. She once almost drowned herself in the river.
D. She was shy but devoted to others.
3.Amy _______.
A. was at Aunt March’s house to help with the housework
B. was somewhat self-centered in the earlier part of the story
C. was much older than Beth and liked drawing very much
D. studied all by herself at home instead of going to school
4.From the story we know that _______.
A. Laurie helped Jo publish her story in a newspaper
B. Laurie had been taking care of Mr. March before Beth got ill
C. Laurie and Jo were very good friends to each other
D. Laurie and Jo got married in the end
Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed tragically. Some parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and not the lost child. Here lies the difficulty, for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests, would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would develop quite differently. Is it fair for the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?
Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interest. But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance (基因遗传), conflicts would be sure to come up if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success also depends upon fortune. What if the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of the parents simply because of bad luck?
Every baby should be wanted for itself, as an individual. In making a copy of oneself or some famous person, a parent is carefully specifying (详细说明) the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years, particularly in the United States, much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. So I suggest there is a greater need to consider the interest of the child and to refuse these suggested uses of cloning.
1.According to the author, in cloning a lost child parents ___________.
A. lose the talents of the lost child
B. expect too much from the copy
C. are sure to have an identical copy
D. are sure to have a baby of their dreams
2.What, in the author’s opinion, affects the success of parents’ dreams?
A. The efforts of the parents.
B. The cloned child’s personality.
C. The cloned child’s interest in Einstein.
D. The cloned child’s natural talent.
3.In the last paragraph, the author implies that ________.
A. the cloned child is viewed as independent
B. parents carefully protect the rights of the cloned child
C. parents are eager to wish the cloned child to be somebody.
D. the right of growing in his own way is taken away from the cloned child
