閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

    There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper; hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then he drove the nails fewer and fewer. 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 when 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. “You did well, my son. But you look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say ‘I’m sorry’. The wound is still there.”

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1 概括短文的內(nèi)容要點，該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約30詞左右；

2 你因發(fā)脾氣傷過別人嗎？有人因發(fā)脾氣傷過你嗎？以你身邊的事例說明“發(fā)脾氣會傷人”，并提出你的建議。至少包含以下的內(nèi)容要點，該部分字?jǐn)?shù)大約120詞左右；

1) 簡述一件發(fā)生在你身邊的發(fā)脾氣傷人的事例；

2) 你對“如何避免發(fā)脾氣”的建議。

[寫作要求]

你可以使用實例或其它論述方法支持你的論點，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不要抄襲閱讀材料中的句子。

Secondhand smoke clearly kills people and the only way to control it is to ban smoking in all workplaces, US Surgeon-General Dr Richard Carmona said.

In 1964, Surgeon General’s report first laid out the  1  of smoking. Years later, in another report, Dr Richard Carmona   2   the effects of secondhand smoke and said no one should be forced to inhale it.

“Secondhand smoke causes early death and disease in children and in   3   who do not smoke,” the report reads. “Children   4   to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, and ear problems,” it adds.

    Smoking by   5   causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in their children. A 2005 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 430   6   died every year in the United States from sudden infant death syndrome----- all   7  by secondhand smoke.

States,   8  and other local authorities have battled over instituting（制定）smoking bans. Some   9  , especially bars and restaurants, have said they will lose business if smoking is completely banned. But the report said it is impossible to protect non-smokers even with designated smoking areas, and at least one report from California, which has strict bans, has shown no   10  on businesses.

1．A．a(chǎn)dvantages            B．dangers               C．poisons               D．elements

3．A．gentlemen             B．mothers               C．youngsters          D．a(chǎn)dults

4．A．exposed                B．resisted               C．reported              D．invited

5．A．a(chǎn)udiences              B．a(chǎn)uthorities            C．patients               D．parents

6．A．teenagers              B．elders                  C．mothers              D．newborns

7．A．obtained                B．created                C．caused                D．a(chǎn)bandoned

8．A．countries               B．cities                   C．schools               D．businesses

9．A．stores                   B．headquarters        C．industries            D．factories

10．A．comment                 B．impact             C．a(chǎn)ttack                     D．a(chǎn)ffect

Choosing a career is a complicated process that is based on a number of things, including your interests, skills, work-related values, and personality. You might want to meet with a career development professional, i.e. career counselor ___1____ career development adviser. A career development professional will use various tools to help you evaluate your interests, personality, skills and values, __32_____ is called a self-assessment. He or she will then show you ___3___ all these things, combined, play a role in choosing a career.

If you lack money, don’t let that keep you from getting ___4____ help you need. Check with your public library since some offer career planning help. Also check with local colleges and universities. Most have career development offices which may offer services to members of the community. Programs that train career counselors often have students work with members of the community in order to gain experience. There are self-assessment tools you can use ___5__ your own. Many are available online.

      6   you should end up with is a list of suitable careers based on your self-assessment. Obviously you can’t do everything on your list,   7   will you want to. Here’s where you need to do some research. You should begin to gather information about these careers which will include a job ____8_____( describe), outlook for the field, and required training and education. When you have narrowed down your choice to just a few, you should investigate even further, perhaps ___9______(conduct) some informational interviews with those working in the field. You can now make _10____ educated decision about what career to pursue.

The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop. The room was filled with boxes and photographs of people dressed in old-fashioned clothes, holding packages in their hands.

“Who are these people?” I asked.

“Satisfied customers,” answered young Mr. Hopkins. “We have a very wide choice of items for sale. Whenever I serve a new customer，I always take their picture.” Mr. Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera standing next to one wall. “Now, how can I serve you?” he added.

By this time, I had started to trust Mr. Hopkins and had begun to appreciate the lovely items on sale. I needed to buy Christmas presents for my family and friends, and this seemed to be the perfect place to purchase them. I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the articles in Mr. Hopkins’s shop. No matter what I asked for, Mr. Hopkins found it for me. Finally, I bought an antique jewellery box, a pair of riding boots, a leather-bound edition of the Complete Works of Mark Twain, and a sewing machine.

I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop. I promised Mr. Hopkins that I would come back soon. “I will tell all my friends about your lovely place,” I told the shopkeeper.

“Please do not do that, sir”, said Mr. Hopkins. “This is a special place for special people. You must keep this shop a secret.” Then he took my photograph, and handed me the picture straight away.

“That was quick!” I exclaimed. I looked at the photograph. In the picture I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought in Mr. Hopkins’ dusty shop.

On Christmas Day, my friend and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them. For weeks, my brother begged me to show him where to find this wonderful little shop. I finally agreed to take him to London to show him.

When we arrived in London, we walked along Oxford Street, past the department store and found…nothing. The little shop was no longer there. In its place was an empty space being used as a car park. I checked the area, again. There was the music shop, and there was the department store. In between should have been Hopkins and Son, but it wasn’t there.

As I was staring at the place where the shop should have been, an old policeman came along. “Are you looking for something sir?” he asked.

I turned and said “I am looking for a little shop called Hopkins and Son. I thought it was here.”

“Oh yes,” said the policeman. “There was a shop here once called Hopkins and Son. It sold all sorts of things, but it was knocked down over 30 years ago.”

I looked again at the place where the shop had been. Then I reached into my pocket and took out the photograph that Mr. Hopkins had taken of me holding my presents in the little shop.

“How strange” I exclaimed.

1．The photos in the back of the shop showed          .

A．the items that Mr. Hopkins had sold       B．Mr. Hopkins’ family members

C．Mr. Hopkins’ former customers            D．the antique paintings.

2．How did the writer like the shop?

A．He found it a modern big shop.            

B．He thought it a wonderful shop for old books.

C．He liked the ancient camera in the shop most.

       D．He found it a dusty, old but friendly and lovely little shop.

3．Which of the following is true about shop?

A．It was a very famous little shop in London.     

B．It was a popular bookshop in Oxford.

C．It was between a music shop and a department store.  

D．It sold Christmas presents only.

4．The word “the articles” in the 4^th paragraph means          .

       A．the goods in the shop                           B．the writer’s works

       C．Mr. Hopkins’ writings                          D．some writings by old customers

5．Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

       A. Christmas Shopping                            B. Hopkins and His Son 

       C. The Strange Experience                       D. A Little shop

Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The topics on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.

Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.

Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.

Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18- to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation.

1. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are

_________________.

A. more interesting                  B. unusually popular     

C. more detailed               D. more formal
2. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ______.
    A. show disbelief in them                    B. are ready to face up to them
    C. remain cold to them                        D. are willing to get away from them
3. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
   A. A new type of robot.                      B. National hatred.
   C. Family income planning.                 D. Street accident.
4. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ____.
    A. have become the only ones of its kind                  

B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature

C. appear at different times of the day               

D. attract different people

5. What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?

   A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.

   B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.

   C. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show.

   D. Jerry talks about the improvement of society.

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

A revelation (啟示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”

I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自發(fā)地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience.

While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

1. What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.

B. Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

C. Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

D .A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.

2. What did the author say about her own writing experience?

A. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

B. Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

C. She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

D. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

3. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?

A. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.

B. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.

C. She wanted to share her stories with readers.

D. She had won a prize in the previous contest.

4. The author took great pains to refine her daughter’s stories because ________.

A. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance

B. she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much

C. she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dreams of becoming a writer

D. she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing

5. What’s the author’s advice for parents?

A .A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.

B .Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.

C. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.

    D. Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.

請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，按照要求匹配信息。并將答案填寫在答題卷標(biāo)號為56-60的相應(yīng)位置上。

　　首先，請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文：

A．Music Box:

Dan Moore and Alex Bowen mix funk, house, disco, jazz, electro and hip hop.

7 pm to midnight, ￡8 entry, 0870 1220334

B．Breathing Space:

Caroline Broadhead’s installation that change the space of the building’s interior（內(nèi)部）using a suspended（懸掛）textile ceiling.

Until Jan9, daily 11am to 5pm, free.

C．Hypnotic:

Pete Kelly presents his surround-sound installation, set in a dark room with black walls and five speakers playing a fantastic melody.

Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm, Sun 1 pm to 5pm, free.

D．Susie Perring:

   Colourful etching（蝕刻）, aquatints and silk-screen prints on porcelain（瓷器）, Metro-life four-star rating. Tue to Fri 10am to 5pm. Until Feb 15.0113 247 8245

E．Skool Disco at Corporation

    Cheesy tunes and school-themed high jinks, place for gathering occasions. 9pm to 2am; ￡2.1-3 Milton Street.

F．The Factory Of Dreams: Inside Mexico’s Soap Operas

Stefan Ruiz’s look at Mexico’s soap operas, including Los Ricos Tambien Lloran, watched regularly by 200 million people, yet actually unheard of in the West.

Tue to Sat 10am to 5:30pm, free.

請閱讀以下個人信息，然后匹配到合適的地方。

1．Lance is interested in interior decoration. He has recently helped his uncle with the decoration of his new house. He now majors in architecture: the designing of buildings.

2．William is an amateur director. He likes to invite some friends together and perform plays. With new high-tech equipment, he even starts to produce DIY(Do-It-Yourself) mini films. He wishes he will be a big name in the film industry one day.

3．Jim is working in a big company and has just got his first-month pan and would like to invite some young fellow workers to have fun this Saturday.

4．Patric is a super fan of classical music. He always finds it a high joy to be lost in some excellent symphonies, like those of Beethoven’s. Recently, he is planning to purchase some musical equipment.

5．Victor is now a college freshman majoring in engineering in another city. At this time of Christmas, he is back at home for the holiday. He plans to invite some of former fellow students in high school for a get-together.

1．Lance                         A  Music Box

2．William                       B  Breathing Space

3．Jim                            C  Hypnotic

4．Patric                         D  Susie Perring

5．Victor                         E  Skool Disco at Corporation

                                     F  The Factory Of Dreams

[情景說明]

最近，你班同學(xué)以“父母有沒有必要陪讀？”為主題舉行了一次討論。 請你根據(jù)以下的情況寫一段短文，客觀地介紹討論的情況。

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1. 討論的話題

2. 反對方及其理由

3. 支持方及其理由

4. 你的看法

[寫作要求]

1．必須使用5個句子介紹全部所給的內(nèi)容；

2．將5個句子組織成連貫的短文；

3．參考詞匯：accompany陪伴

閱讀下面的短文，然后按要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

A dramatic ballad singer studied under a strict teacher who insisted that he rehearse day after day, month after month the same passage from the same song, without being permitted to go any further. Finally, overwhelmed by frustration and despair, the young man ran off to find another profession. One night, stopping at an inn, he came across a recitation contest. Having nothing to lose, he entered the competition and, of course, sang the one passage that he knew so well. When he had finished, the sponsor of the contest highly praised his performance. Despite the student’s embarrassed objections, the sponsor refused to believe that he had just heard a beginner perform. “Tell me,” the sponsor said, “who is your instructor? He must be a great master. ” The student later became known as the great performer Koshiji.

Koshiji practiced so much that it became part of him. To really master something, it has to become part of you.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1．概括短文的內(nèi)容要點，該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約30詞左右；

2．就“Practice makes perfect”這個主題發(fā)表你的看法，至少包含以下的內(nèi)容要點，該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約120詞左右。

1）你對“熟能生巧”的理解及看法如何？

2）在英語學(xué)習(xí)方面，你有何親身體會？

3）你有什么建議？

[寫作要求]

你可以使用實例可其他論述方法支持你的論點，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不要抄襲閱讀材料中的句子。

You are very ______ to be late again unless you get there by bus.

A. likely                 B. possible             C. probable            D. proper