Through patient, ________ dialogue on an area of disagreement, partners frequently discover common threads to build upon.
A. considerate B. conventional
C. confidential D. critical
书面表达
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。
Dear editor,
I have been getting along well with my father. However, as I’m in Senior Three now, the question whether I should live at school or come back home for the nights has come to our family discussion. My father and I have different opinions over the matter and we are arguing over it these days.
My father insists that I should live at school. In the previous two years, I have been spending about 80 minutes every day to and from school. Living at school can help save a lot of time. In this way, I can have more time for my studies.
On the other hand, what I believe is that I should spend my nights at home. First of all, if I come home for the nights, I will have more freedom to arrange my studies. Meanwhile, I will have more time to communicate with my parents, which will make us understand each other better.
I don’t want to make compromises and neither does my father, as it seems. Could you tell me what I should do? I would be grateful if you could give me some advice.
Your sincere reader,
Teddy
【写作内容】
假设你是某英文报社的编辑,读了Teddy的来信后,想告诉他你的看法。以下是你回信的内容:
1. 以约30个词概括以上短文的内容。
2. 以约120个词表达你对住校这件事情的看法,内容包括:
1)建议Teddy听从父亲的劝告,并在原文的基础上补充理由;
2)作为编辑,以你曾经住校的经历支持你的观点;
3)给Teddy提一些建议。
【写作要求】
1. 可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,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。
Dear Teddy,
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Yours,
Editor Li
读写任务
概要应包括:
1.My father and I hold different opinions on living at school or come back home for night.
2.My father insists that I live at school to save more time for study.
3.I would spend nights at home to arrange studies and communicate more with my parents.
注意人称的变化和书信的形式
短文改错
此题要求改正所给句中的错误。按下列情况改正:每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意:此题没有正确的题。
1.A number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400, 000.
2.Only then we decide to answer violence with violence.
3.Slow, the city began to breathe again.
4.He is so a great man that we all show our respect to him.
5.With time went by, I was made smaller.
6.Workers built shelters for survivors who homes had been destroyed.
7.After try hard, I got a job in a gold mine.
8.We were put into a position which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government.
9.That is in the summer Olympics that you have the running race, together with swimming, and sailing.
10.So even the olive wreath has replaced.
阅读填空
I used to be the messiest person alive. Over the years, through watching others and by trial and error, I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and follow through with them.
Make an outline of everything you need to have and do to make your plan happen. Make a list of all of the steps that need to be accomplished and think about what needs to be done.
Detail everything thoroughly and read over it so you can start coming up with some mental solutions of how to carry out your plans.
You should ensure that if for some reason way one doesn't work, you have way two and way three to lean back on. Therefore, different ways are needed at hand. It's just a matter of being organized. Chances are that there is always more than one way of doing things, and chances are that if one of those waysdoesn't work,one of the others will.
Committing yourself to finishing at least part ifnot all of your plan at once is also necessary. It willshow that you not only have initiative to get thingsrolling, but that you are interested in the resultsobtained with making the move to get everythingdone.
If you make a commitment to finish before aspecific time, make sure that you carry that out, andbe sure to do everything in the way you said youwould, within the time-frame you set for yourself.
Don't try to tackle (处理) more things all at atime. All that does is delay your progress, distract youand make you lose your interest, motivation andenergy.
Carrying out an effective plan requires being as organized as possible. You will only achieve this bysticking to the order of the plan and not deviating ortrying to do more at a time.
Last but not the least, you should never abandon things mid-project. It will only annoy everyonearound you including yourself. Unfinished plans are awaste of time, energy and, in some cases,evenmoney.
So,don't be afraid of organization. The older weget,the more necessary it becomes to have the skills to follow through with confidence and to be able tocarry through plans in an organized and manageable way. It pays to be organized, after all.
Title: Tips on how to be __1.__ in your life | ||
Tips | Details | __2._ |
__3.__ down your plan | List everything you need List __4.__ you will follow | To make your plan happen |
Prepare three __5.__ ways to carry out your plan |
| To __6.__ that you can have some other choices when one way doesn’t work |
__7.__ to finish at least part of your plan if not all | Do everything __8.__ your own time-frame | To show yourself you are determined to get things stared and caring about the results |
Do one thing at once | Stick to the order of you plan | To save your interest, motivation and energy |
Finish what you have started |
| To get your plan __9.__ out thoroughly |
__10.__ | ||
You shouldn’t be afraid of organization because it’s really worthwhile. | ||
完形填空
The famous composer(作曲家),Albert Roussel,didn’t have a good start in this career. However,he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a .
Roussel's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his .As a little boy,he fell in 1ove with music and himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept. which there were a lot of related books.
Three years later.Roussel’s grandfather died,and his mother’s sister decided to him.Her husband was a kind man and for young Roussel’s music lessons.One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second to his life—the sea.Then he studied to be a naval cadet(海军学员),but still took time to study .
In the French Navy,he and two friends found the time to a band,playing the works of Beethoven and other .Roussel also began composing.On Christmas day 1892,he had his first chance to as a composer,which turned out to be a success.
That success Roussel to write a wedding march(婚礼进行曲),and one of his navy friends ________ to show it to a famous conductor,Edouard Colonne.When Roussel’s friend with the manuscript(手稿),he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long ,at the age of 25,Roussel decided to Edouard Colonne’s advice.He gave his heart and soul to his composing and a major force in the twentieth century’s French music.Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring ,Roussel devoted his life to music,but Rousssel’s friend later admitted that he had made it up.He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor.
1.A.joke B.1ie C.guess D.hope
2.A.neighbor B.aunt C.teacher D.grandfather
3.A.taught B.chose C.improved D.asked
4.A.among B.between C.within D.before
5.A.miss B.catch C.raise D.1eave
6.A.paid B.applied C.1ooked D.waited
7.A.page B.1ove C.wish D.job
8.A.an B.English C.dance D.music
9.A.deal with B.make for C.set up D.take away
10.A.teachers B.professors C.composers D.singers
11.A.perform B.produce C.study D.publish
12.A.found B.encouraged C.forbade D.wanted
13.A.came B.brought C.refused D.offered
14.A.went B.returned C.1eft D.ran
15.A.give up B.keep to C.begin with D.focus on
16.A.however B.therefore C.afterwards D.then
17.A.repeat B.change C.correct D.follow
18.A.became B.replaced C.improved D.grasped
19.A.will B.request C.order D.advice
20.A.school B.navy C.music D.work
阅读理解
Although I started learning English during my college years, when I entered the States, I only understood two English words “Yes” and “No”. We learned many grammar rules but we could not make the language connections to the real English world. Language frustration worries almost all first generation immigrants. For example, I got a letter from a Chinese-American who has lived in the States for a long time and has a good IT job saying “My 11-year-old girl writes quite well, but as her parents, we could not even read her article.”In addition, my Chinese-American professor friend has difficulty reading a novel. Improving our English skills has become a long journey for all of us. Honestly, if I have a chance, I really want to reach out to everyone in the world who has had a similar experience: learning a second language in adulthood. I wish I could encourage them to speak out about the culture shock, frustration they felt about the differences between West and East.
I have mainly focused on my English writing since 2008 after I found “Literacy Volunteers”, an organization that specially focuses on helping immigrants improve their English. I decided to challenge myself, writing a story like an American. I saw many wonderful Americans there. As soon as I met my teacher Alice, I asked her to be my private language tutor and have taken Tims English class. Every week Alice and I have worked on my English essays sentence by sentence.
To observe the culture differences between West and East, occasionally, I posted a few of my English essays online. I mentioned previously about American culture; when people read the same article or even face the same situation, American and Chinese act very differently. In my viewpoint, these differences make America the strongest country in the world. I know you have the right to express your own opinions, but accusing others without proof is not acceptable.
1.The underlined word “frustration” in the first paragraph means .
A. failure and setbacks B. words and problems
C. understanding and progress D. slang and idioms
2.In the passage, “Literacy Volunteers” is .
A. only intended to help the Chinese-Americans
B. an organization which is set up to make a profit
C. of great use to people like the author
D. a school showing how to enjoy literature
3.From the last paragraph we can learn that .
A. Americans and Chinese are of the same idea about something
B. culture shock only exists between Chinese and Americans
C. accusing others freely can be acceptable in America
D. culture differences have great influence on the people
4.The purpose of the passage is .
A. to show how hard a Chinese-American lives in America
B. to share her experience of improving her English
C. to imply grammar rules are not important
D. to warn Chinese-Americans of English