假如你是校学生会成员，校学生会将为来访的美国朋友举办一个晚会，要在全校通知此事，请你依据如下要点写一则通知：
目的：欢迎来访的美国朋友；
组织者：学生会；
时间：10月18日（星期六）晚上7：30，活动大概持续一个半小时；
地点：学校体育馆
活动内容：音乐、舞蹈、唱歌、游戏、交换小礼品；
参加人员：所有学生，特别是英语俱乐部的成员。
要求：请包装好礼品、签名并在包装外面写上祝愿词；准时参加。
注意： 1．词数120字左右；开头和结尾已经给出。
2．内容应包括以上要点，但不要逐字翻译，要组织成一篇通顺连贯的短文。
参考词汇：交换礼品 exchange of gifts 包装 wrap up
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The Students’ Union
Boys are not so good at English when there are girls in their class, a research student said. This finding disagrees with the widely held belief that girls always have a good influence on boys in school.
Boys do best with as few girls as possible in English lessons at primary and secondary schools, Steven Proud, a research student at Bristol University, told the Royal Economic Society’s conference.
But when it comes to math and science, both boys and girls at primary schools achieve up to a tenth of a grade higher when there is a greater percentage of girls in the class, Proud found.
Proud kept a record of boys’ and girls’ test results at the ages of 7, 11, and 16 in 16,000 schools in England. He studied the test scores to see whether the percentage of girls made a difference to the results of both boys and girls in math, science and English.
Boys always perform worse when the number of girls they study English with increases, which is especially the case at primary schools. Proud also found that girls are unaffected by the number of boys in their English class.
Proud said boys may do worse in English when there is high proportion(比例) of girls in their class because they think that the girls are better than them. It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more appropriate(适合) to girls when there are more girls than boys in the class.
Proud argues that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes.
However, Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said, “Boys may be discouraged by how well girls are doing in English, but you can’t say that it means boys and girls should be separated. It has very little practical importance to schools.”
Theme | Boys may do _1.__ in English in a class with a higher percentage of girls. | |
Widely held ____2._____ | Girls always have a good influence on boys in school. | |
Proud’s ___3.___ | When there are more girls | both boys and girls at primary schools perform better in math and ___4.____. |
When the number of girls _5.____. | boys perform worse in English | |
When the number of boys changes | girls aren’t __6.___ in an English class. | |
Possible ____7.___. | Boys think that the girls are better than them. Teachers use ___8.___ styles more appropriate to girls. | |
Proud’s suggestion | Boys and girls should be taught English in _9.___ classes. | |
Alan’s opinion | Don’t ___10.____ the boys and girls. | |
句型转换 ( 5分)
1.The moment he got to the station, he found his wife already waiting for him.
__________ _________ at the station, he found his wife already waiting for him.
2.Jack found it really difficult to get ready for the interview in such a short time.
It was a ________ _________ for Jack to get ready for the interview in such a short time.
3. Before the terrible storm came, the monitor told the teacher that the windows of the classroom should be repaired at once.
Before the terrible storm came, the monitor told the teacher that the windows of the classroom required ________ ________.
4.The boy went out to play but his homework was left undone.
The boy went out to play, ___________ his homework __________.
5.This morning, I lost my glasses. Not wearing them, I felt like a blind man
This morning I lost my glasses, _______ ______ I felt like a blind man.
选用动词短语的适当的形式填空（4分）
be supposed to; feel like; mix…up; make good use of ; devote…to; come up with |
1.Xiao Feng works very hard because he believes that any student who _________the spare time can achieve high grades.
2.Why are you still at home, Mike? You ____________ go to school early this morning.
3.______________ teaching, he has no time to look after his own child.
4.She was very tired and ______________ having a good sleep.
A． 单词拼写（5分）
1.Our school rules won’ t have this kind of bad behavior go u_______.
2.Nobody is willing to make friends with him because he is always finding f_____ with others.
3.Though they live in the mountainous area, they are well kept i_______ about the outside world by watching TV every day.
4.Could you give us an _________ (解释) of how water travels in water?
5.I’m sorry to tell you that my father _____（禁止）me from watching the football game yesterday.
With the development of society, the choice of food and drinks for children is more diversified(多样化) than ever before. However, every coin has two sides. Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the statistics(数据统计). I feel there are a number of reasons for this.
Some people blame（责怪）the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants then probably children would buy less take-away food.
There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree to this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.
There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime（消遣）, it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.
The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as guiding them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.
1.What is suggested by the author to deal with “overweight”?
A. Blaming the shops selling unhealthy and fatty foods.
B. Asking young children to walk to school every day.
C. Living an active life and giving up bad eating habits.
D. Not watching TV or playing computer games after school.
2.Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?
3.The author writes the passage to __________
A. show people a social problem
B. provide facts for government
C. advise solutions to a problem
D. compare opinions with people
