Mary began to play ________ guitar at the age of seven.
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书面表达（本题15分）根据要求完成短文写作，并将作文写在答题卡的指定位置上。假如你是一名叫林涛的中学生，看了上述报道后，你想表达自己的看法，请给栏目编辑写封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 你对其中的哪个故事感兴趣？为什么？
2.描述身边类似的现象或经历，并谈谈你的切身感受。
3.就该现象提出至少两条你的建议或做法。
要求：（1）不得照抄原文，不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名。
（2）语句通顺，书写规范，词数80个左右，作文的开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Editor，
I read the stories on Life in China today.
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Yours，
Lin Tao
信息归纳（本题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡，把答案写在答题卡指定的位置上。
Life in China Every day， News on TV， radio and online brings you stories from across China. Have you got a story about life in China? If you do， please put your story here. | |
| Since the winter last year， the haze（雾霾） has happened a lot of times. It has done great harm（伤害） to our daily life. More and more People have to go to see the doctor because the serious disease caused by the haze. Many traffic accidents happened and quite a lot of flights have to be put off just because of the haze weather. On Oct，30，2013， in 16-car chain collision（连环相撞） on the highway in Tangshan， many people were hurt and some even died. Beijing International Airport canceled or put off nearly 76 flights on Oct. 6， 2013 as the result of the weather. ( Wu Hai， Shantou) |
| It’s reported that 293 pedestrians （行人）die of traffic accidents every day in China. I myself ever experienced a very terrible accident. Early last Thursday morning， I was walking on my way to school as usual. A little boy ran past me. He ran so fast when crossing the street that he didn’t notice a speeding car came round the corner. I was scared and shouted to him to stop， but it was too late. The boy was knocked down by the car. I hurried to the boy， crying for help. The boy was taken to the hospital as soon as the policemen and doctors arrived. Later， I learned the boy died because he lost too much blood.(Li Lan， Guangzhou) |
Information card
Main idea of the second story | 1.__________________________ |
Harm that the haze does to flights | 2._______________________ |
Harm that the haze does to our daily life | 3.________________________ |
The number that pedestrians die of traffic accident every day | 4.________________________ |
The reason why the little boy died | 5._________________________ |
When you finish high school or university， is learning done?
The answer is “no”. In many countries， people continue learning all their lives. 1._______is lifelong(终身的) learning important?
How can it help you?
You go to school and learn. You study. You take tests. 2.______learning doesn’t only happen in school. Learning doesn’t 3._____
when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example， learning can 4.____when you go to a museum. It can 5.___ happen when you get a job. You learn when you 6. _____ sports or when you take a trip. 7._____ is life! We never stop learning. Every day you can improve yourself by learning something 8.________.
Let’s look at one example of lifelong learning in Japan. In Japan， lifelong learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning activities. Music， calligraphy(书法) and foreign languages are some of their 9._______ classes.
When we graduate from school， we should10.______ on learning. Make lifelong learning one of your goals!
阅读配对 请阅读左栏所给的相关信息，然后与右栏的的信息相匹配，并将答题卡上对应的题
目所选的选项涂黑。
1. I am a professional gardener. I work in a big company in Pagewood. I would like to do some gardening in our neighborhood for old people on weekends. 2. I haven’t found a job since my parents passed away months ago. I miss them so much. I would like to help old people in Ryde in their homes to make them happy. But I don’t have a driver license. 3. I am a book lover from New York. I am healthy and strong enough to do some volunteer work about books on weekends. I have a clean driver license and a car. 4. I have a red car and I am generally free on Sundays. I would like to help elderly or disabled people because I am a patient and humorous person and I can understand them well. 5. I’m a student， aged 22 in Rozelle College. I am quite outgoing and I like talking with all kinds of people. I have time to do some volunteer jobs on weekdays. | A .Book Collector in New York on Weekends We need someone who can collect donated books and give them away to our sorting area. You must have a car and driver license and be able to lift small boxes of books. B. Bus Driver in South Ryde on Thursdays or Fridays You will drive a bus for elderly people. You will pick them up， drive them to the parks， beaches， etc. and back to the center by lunch time. You must have a bus license. You need good communication skills and know the area well. C. Shopping Volunteer on Sundays， 10：00am~3：30 pm You will help senior or disabled customers with their shopping in Spring Shopping Center. You should have your own car. You should be a patient， humorous and caring person. D. Visitor in Ryde Areas on Weekdays You will visit housebound(不能离家的) people in their own homes and chat with them. You should have patience and know senior people well. You will meet new people and enjoy cheering them up. E. Bookkeeper in Sutherland at 10：00am~2：00pm， on Weekdays You will help keep records on Quickbooks and answer telephones. You should speak English well. F. Gardener in Pagewood on Weekends You will tidy and weed(除草) a back yard， mow(割草) a small lawn(草坪). You should be good at gardening. You will work in a beautiful environment， meet new people and help others. G. Neighborhood Aid in Rozelle on Weekdays You will provide help to senior or disabled people by visiting their homes， shopping， paying bills， making telephone calls， gardening. You must be more than 18 years old and can communicate with other people well. |
We are all busy taking about and using the Internet. But how many of us know the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time， computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down， then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working， information could be sent through another part. In this way， computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first the Internet was only used by the government (政府). But in the early 1970s， universities， hospitals and banks were allowed to use it， too. However， computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s， computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.
Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.
1.The Internet has a history of more than _________ years.
A. fifty B. ten C. forty D. twenty
2.A new network system was set up to_______.
A. make computers cheaper
B. make itself keep on working all the time
C. break down the whole networks
D. make computers large and expensive
3. At first the Internet was only used by __________.
A. the government B. universities
C. hospital and banks D. schools
4. ________ made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.
A. Computers B. Scientists
C. Software D. Information
5. Which of the following sentences is true?
A. In the 1960s， computer networks worked well
B. In the early 1970s， the Internet was easy to use.
C. Sending e-mails is more popular among students than before.
D. Today it is still not easy to get on-line.
