閱讀下面文章,根據(jù)要求回答下列問題。
                                                 British English and American English
     Many students want to know the differences between American English and British English. Written English
is more or less the same in both Britain and America, though there are some spelling differences. For example,
the words colour, centre and travelled are spelt color, center, and traveled in American English.
     The differences in the spoken language are greater. For example, Americans say dance /dns/, and in southern
England they say /da:ns/. In America, they pronounce not./nt/, in southern England they say /not/. However,
most of the time, people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.
     How did these differences come from? There is no quick answer to this question. When people from England
travelled to other countries they took the English language with them. At first, the language stayed the same as
the language used in Britain, but slowly the language began to change from one part of the world.
     Sometimes, the English spoken in America or Canada or Australia changed, but sometimes the language
spoken in these places stayed the same while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago, the
English talked about "autumn". But Americans still talk about "fall" just as people do in some parts of western
England. In the same way Americans use the expression "I guess" (meaning "I think") just as the British did 300
years ago.
     A great many words and expressions have come into the language from American English, for example
movie, gas, store, mail, right away (at once), way of life and so on.
     American English has changed over the centuries, too. There are several reasons for this. One of the reasons
is that people travelled to America from all the European countries and from other parts of the world, too. They
started to use English, but they also brought in some words from old French. One of the States in the USA is
called "Florida". In Spanish this is "the land of flowers". There are a great many American Indian words, for
example, "to howl" means "to cry". And "cookbook" is a German word.
根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容判斷下列句子的對(T)與錯(F)。
(     )1. There are some differences between British and American English. So people from the two countries
            can hardly understand each other when talking to each other.
(     )2. As time goes by, the English language stays the same.
(     )3. Americans usually use "fall" instead of "autumn" when they talk about the seasons.
(     )4. "Florida" means"the land of flowers" in American English.
(     )5. People who travel to the USA add more words to American English.
根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,回答下列問題。
6. Which of the following words belongs to British English: movie, gas, mail or petrol?
    _______________________________________________________________________________
7. Please give the American way of spelling of the following words: colourful, metre and traveller. 
     _______________________________________________________________________________
1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5.T
6. Petrol. 7. Colorful, meter and traveler.
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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。
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves?
Here are some tips:
1. Forgive yourself
You may have made those mistakes in the past, but is there anything you can do about them? I don’t think so, except learning from them. It’s true that you are not perfect, but neither is everybody else. It’s normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.
2. Focus on your strengths
Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths. You always have some strengths which give you a unique combination nobody else have. Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.
3. Stop comparing yourself with others
You are unique. You can never be like other people, and neither can other people be like you. The way you measure your success is not determined by other people and what they achieve. Instead, it is determined by your own life purpose. You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it’s useless to compare yourself with others.
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假設(shè)你的同學(xué)總覺得自己學(xué)習(xí)不如別人,因而產(chǎn)生自卑心理,請你寫根據(jù)上面所提供的材料寫一篇短文,用E-mail 發(fā)給他(她):
1.以約30個詞概括文章大意,說明首先要對善待自己的觀點;
2.以約120個詞表達(dá)你對他(她)的建議和希望,并包括如下要點:
(1) 分析他(她) 產(chǎn)生自卑心理的原因;
(2) 找出他(她)的優(yōu)勢;
(3) 提出合理建議。
[寫作要求]            1.作文中可使用自己的親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事,也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子;       2.文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱;  3.文章開頭和結(jié)尾已寫好。
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概括準(zhǔn)確,語言規(guī)范,內(nèi)容合適,篇章連貫。
Dear Li Ping,
I’m glad that you trust me so much and tell me your true feeling, now I’ve read an article which says that                                                 
_____________________________________________________________________With the best wishes!
Yours truly,
Wang Yan

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1)   概況短文內(nèi)容要點,該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約30:
2)   就“是不是快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福?”這個主題發(fā)表你的看法,至少包括以下內(nèi)容要點,該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約120:
l 以你自己為例,簡述你對金錢、快樂的看法;
l 你如何看待快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福的觀點;
l 你的身邊的同學(xué)如何對待快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福的觀點;
l 你對身邊的同學(xué)的觀點持什么看法?為什么?
[寫作要求]  你可以使用實例和其他論述方法支持你的觀點,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。
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The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free lifestyle equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness,then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact,the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness contain some pain.
As a result,many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage,raising children,professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment,for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples,with infant children, are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep of a three-day vacation. We don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever know the joys of watching a child grow up or playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

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第二節(jié) 讀寫任務(wù)(共l小題,滿分25分)

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。

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves?

Here are some tips:

1. Forgive yourself

You may have made those mistakes in the past, but is there anything you can do about them? I don’t think so, except learning from them. It’s true that you are not perfect, but neither is everybody else. It’s normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.

2. Focus on your strengths

Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths. You always have some strengths which give you a unique combination nobody else have. Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.

3. Stop comparing yourself with others

You are unique. You can never be like other people, and neither can other people be like you. The way you measure your success is not determined by other people and what they achieve. Instead, it is determined by your own life purpose. You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it’s useless to compare yourself with others.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

假設(shè)你的同學(xué)總覺得自己學(xué)習(xí)不如別人,因而產(chǎn)生自卑心理,請你寫根據(jù)上面所提供的材料寫一篇短文,用E-mail 發(fā)給他(她):

1.以約30個詞概括文章大意,說明首先要對善待自己的觀點;

2.以約120個詞表達(dá)你對他(她)的建議和希望,并包括如下要點:

(1) 分析他(她) 產(chǎn)生自卑心理的原因;

(2) 找出他(她)的優(yōu)勢;

(3) 提出合理建議。

[寫作要求]            1.作文中可使用自己的親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事,也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子;       2.文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱;  3.文章開頭和結(jié)尾已寫好。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]

概括準(zhǔn)確,語言規(guī)范,內(nèi)容合適,篇章連貫。

Dear Li Ping,

I’m glad that you trust me so much and tell me your true feeling, now I’ve read an article which says that                                                 

_____________________________________________________________________With the best wishes!

Yours truly,

Wang Yan

 

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第二節(jié):讀寫任務(wù)(滿分25分)

請根據(jù)下面的任務(wù)和寫作要求,寫一篇150 詞左右的英語短文,并把文章寫在答題卡指定位置。

[寫作內(nèi)容]

你要參加一場英語辯論賽,主題為“是不是快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福?”。在參賽之前,你查看相關(guān)的資料,并準(zhǔn)備你的辯論發(fā)言。請認(rèn)真閱讀下面的短文,然后完成以下的任務(wù)。

1)   概況短文內(nèi)容要點,該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約30:

2)   就“是不是快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福?”這個主題發(fā)表你的看法,至少包括以下內(nèi)容要點,該部分的字?jǐn)?shù)大約120:

l 以你自己為例,簡述你對金錢、快樂的看法;

l 你如何看待快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福的觀點;

l 你的身邊的同學(xué)如何對待快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福的觀點;

l 你對身邊的同學(xué)的觀點持什么看法?為什么?

[寫作要求]  你可以使用實例和其他論述方法支持你的觀點,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。

[閱讀材料]

The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free lifestyle equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness,then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact,the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness contain some pain.

As a result,many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage,raising children,professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment,for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Couples,with infant children, are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep of a three-day vacation. We don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever know the joys of watching a child grow up or playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

 

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第二節(jié)  讀寫任務(wù)(共l小題,滿分25分)

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。

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves?

Here are some tips:

1. Forgive yourself

You may have made those mistakes in the past, but is there anything you can do about them? I don’t think so, except learning from them. It’s true that you are not perfect, but neither is everybody else. It’s normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.

2. Focus on your strengths

Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths. You always have some strengths which give you a unique combination nobody else have. Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.

3. Stop comparing yourself with others

You are unique. You can never be like other people, and neither can other people be like you. The way you measure your success is not determined by other people and what they achieve. Instead, it is determined by your own life purpose. You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it’s useless to compare yourself with others.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

假設(shè)你的同學(xué)總覺得自己學(xué)習(xí)不如別人,因而產(chǎn)生自卑心理,請你寫根據(jù)上面所提供的材料寫一篇短文,用E-mail 發(fā)給他(她):

1.以約30個詞概括文章大意,說明首先要對善待自己的觀點;

2.以約120個詞表達(dá)你對他(她)的建議和希望,并包括如下要點:

(1) 分析他(她) 產(chǎn)生自卑心理的原因;

(2) 找出他(她)的優(yōu)勢;

(3) 提出合理建議。

[寫作要求]            1.作文中可使用自己的親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事,也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子;       2.文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱;  3.文章開頭和結(jié)尾已寫好。

       [評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]

概括準(zhǔn)確,語言規(guī)范,內(nèi)容合適,篇章連貫。

Dear Li Ping,

I’m glad that you trust me so much and tell me your true feeling, now I’ve read an article which says that                                                 

_____________________________________________________________________With the best wishes!

                                                     Yours truly,

                                                      Wang Yan

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