某英文报刊开辟中学生栏目，请你以“An educational exchange is ________”为题写一篇小短文，为报社投稿（词数80-100）。步骤与要点如下：
1. 确定主题，并在文中说明原因；
2. 围绕主题，进行叙述；
3. 可以写出具体计划，也可以讲述一段与主题有关的故事或经历。
要求：
1. 补全标题（参考词汇：interesting；helpful；useful；boring；difficult等）；
2. 字迹工整，内容完整连贯，语言准确规范；
3. 鼓励写出真情实感，对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分；短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数；
4. 作文中可以写出具体计划内容，也可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，但要注意时态的运用；如果参照短文中的内容。不可以直接引用短文中的句子；
5. 作文中不要出现考生和相关人物的真实校名和姓名。
An educational exchange is ________
An educational exchange is a school programme. Students from two countries go to each other’s schools and stay with host families for a short time. In my opinion an educational exchange is…
One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog walking around the local elementary school. (A) She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers (传单), and put (B) them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar (C) store and bought something for the pet dog, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog. By that time they had started to call it Riley. When she (D) arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley rushed into the boys’ room. There Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon as Ann bent (弯腰) over to help (E) him the dog went silent.
“If (F) ________ hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died, “Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to ask for the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.
The next morning Tracy got a (G) ________. A man named Peter recognized (认出) his lost dog and phoned the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him. “That dog saved my friend’s son.”
(H) 彼得开车前往安的家去取回他的小狗, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, “Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it.”
1.将画线部分(A)改写为：She asked Ann if she could ________ ________ the dog.
2.画线部分(B)和(E)分别指代的是：________;________
3.写出画线部分(C)和(D)的同义词或近义词：________;________
4.在(F)和(G)的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：________;________
5.将画线部分(H)译成英语：________________________
Many students suffer from stress in their daily lives. They are under stress because their lives are not balanced. They focus too much on studying, dealing with peer pressure and worrying about what others think, and not enough on other things. You may wonder (A) ________ stress is a serious matter. The answer is “Yes”. You should be aware that stress is a risk to your health. (B) If you want to live a long and healthy life, you need to begin to guard against stress from a young age.
Here are some ways to deal with stress and bring balance to your life:
Be positive
One way to cancel out stress is through positive thinking. You should always look on the (C) ________ side of life, and imagine that you will have a happy and successful future.
Learn to relax
Force yourself to take a break from your studies and worries about exams. You can do this by taking a walk, reading a book, going to a concert or seeing a film, or just sitting in a private place and being (D) silent for a moment.
(E) ________
Learn to paint, take up skating, or start playing a musical instrument. When you are busy with a hobby, (F) 你就会把所有的烦恼抛在脑后.
Take care of your body
Stress is your body’s enemy. Taking regular exercise, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are all the things that can help you.
Laugh
Sometimes laughter is the best medicine for stress. Seeing a funny film or telling jokes with friends will often cheer you up when you are (G) low.
1.在文中(A)和(C)的空白处各填一个适当的单词：________;________
2.将画线部分(B)改写为: If you want to live ________ and ________, you need to begin to guard against stress from a young age.
3.写出画线部分(D)和(G)的同义词或近义词：________;________
4.在文中(E)处写出段落标题：________
5.将画线部分(F)译成英语：________
“Kids can make a difference,” Craig Kielburger said. When Craig was 12, he started a group that has helped kids all over the world.
How did Craig get started? In the seventh grade he learned something that made him angry. A 6-year-old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory. The boy could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom (自由) at all.
Craig compared that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. Education was free to all kids. But in some countries school was not free. Children from poor families went to work instead of to school.
Craig wanted to help those who didn’t have the same advantages as he and his friends. As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children.
Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should raise money to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poverty (贫困) live better.
Today, Craig’s charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is still going strong. The money they have raised has done many good things. It has help more than 500 schools around the world. It also pays for health care in poor communities.
Craig has had a lot of success. However, he still remembers his unpleasant start seventh grade.
“We were laughed at by other kids, who said you couldn’t change things,” he says. Still Craig didn’t give up. Now he wants more kids to help. “Go to freethechildren.com. Bring it to your teachers,” he says. “As you gain more confidence, friends will join you. It just gets easier.”
1.How old was Craig when he started a group that has helped kids all over the world?
2.In which country did the writer mention that a six-year-old boy had to work in a factory?
3.What is the name of the group created by Craig and his friends?
4.How many schools has Craig’s charity helped build?
5.Why did other kids laugh at Craig and his friends when they tried to start the group?
This week, our topic is pollution. What’s the answer to all of our pollution problems? We asked two experts to give their views.
Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group:
Our future on Earth looks terrible. We’re filling our country with waste. We can’t breathe the air and the sea is polluted too.
I visited some relatives recently in a small village. They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not rich, but they are happy and healthy. We have too many possessions. Most of us have more things that we would ever need. It’s such a waste!
We must close down most of our factories that would reduce rubbish and the air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars and improve public transport. Another big problem is that we live in big cities that are crowded with people. It’s time for us to give up our big cities and factories and go back to a simple way of life.
John Green is a scientist at a university:
“Things are not as bad as Forest says. We all have a bright future. We don’t need to give up cars, but we do need to invent better, cleaner cars that do not pollute the environment. Traffic will still be bad, so we need better public transport. We should also recycle more. But some things are getting better. My sister returned last month after living abroad for five years. She said, “Our city looks different from before—it is cleaner and greener now.
Science has made life better in so many ways. A hundred years ago, most people died before the age of fifty because life was so hard. We can’t go back to a world like that.”
1.What’s Green First?
2.Why do Forest Smith’s relatives grow their own food?
3.who thinks we should invent cleaner cars?
4.Why does Forest Smith suggest closing down most of our factories?
5.What do both experts think we should do to deal with pollution problems?
The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three- quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred people became homeless but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the direction of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them the mew St Paul’s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
1.The fire began in ________.
A.a hotel B.Pudding Lane C.the palace D.Thames River
2.It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.
A.some people lost their lives B.the birds were killed by the fire
C.many famous buildings were destroyed D.the King’s bakery was burned down
3.Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys?
A.Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
B.To show that poor people suffered most.
C.To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
D.Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
4.How was the fire put out according to the text?
A.The King and his soldiers came to help.
B.all the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C.People managed to get enough water from the river.
D.Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.
5.Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?
a. there was a strong wind.
b. the streets were very narrow.
c. Many houses were made of wood.
d. there was not enough water in the city.
e. People did not discover the fire earlier.
A.a, b and c B.a and b C.a, b, c and d D.a, b, c, d and e
