—Hi, Tommy. Are you busy now?
—________. I have done my work, and I’m going out for shopping.
A. Don’t mention it. B. Nothing serious.
C. Never mind D. Not really.
从南京“彭宇案”开始，社会就陷入“助人恐惧”中，最近，你们班就“是否应该帮助陌生人”展开了讨论，同学们就这一话题意见不一，你的看法如何？你认为怎样才能让爱心回归社会，建立人与人之间的信任？请根据讨论结果，以“Should We Help Strangers?” 为题写一篇短文。
| 原因 |
赞成 | 帮助他人是美德……； 帮助他人就是帮助自己……； …… |
反对 | 怕陷入麻烦，甚至危险； 怕被误解； …… |
你的观点？(至少两点) | |
注意： 1.词数150左右； 2.开头已写好，不计入总词数；
3.覆盖所有要点，适当发挥； 4.文稿中不得提及考生所在学校(班级)及本人姓名。
参考词汇： 美德 virtue 名词 (可数)
Should We Help Strangers?
We used to appreciate those who like to help strangers. But nowadays people tend to be very cautious of helping strangers. Recently our class had a discussion about whether we should help strangers.
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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个恰当的单词。
How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.
Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats, and more American men followed his example.
There is also a cyclical(周期性的) pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War II, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous(失礼的) to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either!
Fashion Change
People’s attitude towards fashion | In our life, teenagers or people in their early twenties care more about their1. ___. Ordinary people just follow the trends of fashion passively. |
2. that fashion has on people | People are able to feel more3. or less embarrassed if they dress themselves fashionably. People are constantly under 4.__to keep up with the fashion. |
Causes of fashion changing | Sometimes a fashion can be5. _ due to convenience or practical necessity, or just because of the fancy of an influential person. |
Cyclical 6. in fashion | Some old7. may become popular again after a certain period of time. |
Fashion today | People are free to dress or do their hair according to their8. instead of going after popularity. |
Writer’s attitude | People must9. properly on some occasions and always 10. delighted even if you don’t look fashionable. |
单词拼写 根据中文提示或首字母完成下列单词 （共10小题；每小题0..5分, 满分5分）
1.Sarah told me that she felt ______ (背叛) by her friend Hannah.
2.The guests made a number of ______ (评论) about the service of the hotel.
3.His speech dealt with _______(环境的) protection.
4.Many people _______ (责备、指责)this change on gases such as carbon dioxide.
5.I insist that you take the opinions of the people of the UK into _______(考虑), and end this practice immediately.
6. He lacks sound j , which means he doesn’t exactly know what is right or wrong.
7.The m of the officials are in favor of the plan while there are still a small number of them who are against it.
8.While this kind of humour may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have a_______ for or admire the person being made fun of.
9.Due to the bad weather, we had to d______ the sports meeting.
10.The law requires equal treatment for all, r______ of race, sex or origin.
Don't you just love ice skating every winter? I am sure, that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice -skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there' s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.
Stand Straight
The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don't worry; this happens to all.
Confidence is What You Need
The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice. Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slop every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort. But before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris （碎片） because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to some accident. While going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards. One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor （做剪式运动） your skates. Keep practicing this till you are confident about it.
Maintain Speed
Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed. While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling （滑浆）, that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke （滑动）. Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.
Increase Your Speed Now
Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.
Scull and Be Aware
While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that simultaneously （同时，一起） with both feet. Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.
1.According to the text confidence comes from ______ .
A. constant exercise B. strict coaches
C. high speed D. good techniques
2.Which is the right order of ice - skating backwards?
a. Increasing your speed. b .Being able to scull with one foot.
c. Being about to stand straight. d. Trying some different tricks.
A. c→a→d→b B. c→b→d→a C. c→b→a→d D. a→c→b→d
3.In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express ______ .
A. one must be brave to learn to ice - skate backwards
B. skating and keeping cautious are both important
C. it’s difficult to concentrate when ice - skating backwards
D. it' s a common thing to hit someone when ice - skating backwards
4.The purpose of the text is _____ .
A. to offer some advice on ice - skating backwards
B. to introduce the culture of ice-skating backwards
C. to explain advantages of ice - skating backwards
D. to compare different ways of ice - skating backwards
WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for foreign teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.
It is not easy, even desperate.
“We have many children left to place—40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a foreign exchange programme called LEC.
When foreign exchange programmes started 50 years ago, more families were accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30, 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to spend an academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programmes.
School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(有异国情调的).
In search for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to the retired.
“We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25-year-old programme that sends about 30,000 teenagers on academic-year exchange programmes worldwide.
For elderly people, exchange students “keep us young—they really do”, said Jen Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Post from Denmark.
1.According to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find American families for foreign students?
A. American school systems were better than now.
B. The government was happy because it could gain tax.
C. Foreign students paid hosting families a lot of money.
D. More mothers didn’t work outside and could look after children.
2.To deal with the problem in recent years, exchange programmes have to ______.
A. extend the range of host families
B. limit the number of the exchange students
C. borrow much money to pay for the costs
D. make hosting foreign students more exotic
3.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A Exchange Students Keep Old People Young.
B. Idea of Hosting Students is Different.
C. Foreign-exchange Program Is Going on.
D U.S. Struggle to Find host Families.
