At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, a destructive earthquake
1. 作业大致要求;
2. 你制作的内容、过程和收获;
3. 征求意见并询问苏格兰高中学生的寒假情况。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Dion was having a running race. This race would stretch in six stages over seven days and cover almost 155 miles. Gobi, a little she-dog happened to join him. It was their third day.
The sky was clear, the weather was warm: the ground was firm beneath Gobi’s feet. From time to time, Dion would look over at her and smile. The warmth of that smile was even brighter than the sun beating down on them, but in a good way. It filled Gobi up.
As they progressed, a broad river popped into their sight, lying right in front. Dion had no idea how deep it was, but the race markers led right across, so he had to assume he’d be able to make it across as well.
Taking a deep breath, he took a careful step into the water. It was surprisingly cold considering how warm the day was, and he sank down up to his waist, but that was it. At least the riverbed seemed solid. He could make his way across; he just had to go slowly. One wrong step and he’d get completely wet. Plus, he could hurt himself since he couldn’t see where he was putting his feet. This was going to take a while.
Gobi watched as the man jumped into the water. She wagged her tail, but he didn’t look her way. He was clearly busy concentrating. She sat down just before the water and watched. Surely, he would turn around and notice that she wasn’t with him. But several minutes passed, and he got farther and farther away. Finally, Gobi couldn’t take it any longer. She began anxiously running up and down the riverbank. Was the man going to leave her?
At the sound of her bark, Dion stopped. He always made a point of facing forward, always forward, during a race. But this time he did glance back. Gobi was sitting at the river’s edge, barking fiercely. There was no way the little dog could cross that on her own. These days, he’d fed her, given her water, and named her. He had to admit that he liked having her with him. She lifted his spirits.
注意:1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1: Right now, listening to her barking as he left her behind nearly broke his heart.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5 . The art of learning how to think
Learning how to think is really the whole point of going to university because it is one of the few periods in your life when you get time to do it.
Like any skill, successful thinking takes practice. The more time you spend thinking and the more ideas you come up with, the more likely it is that some of them will be good ones.
If you are having trouble thinking, it may be because you lack another skill that would make it easier. It could be that you don’t have a wide enough vocabulary to put your thoughts into words.
One way to sharpen this skill is to think critically about what other people are thinking. Thinking is not always something that needs to be done alone.
If you get really good at thinking while at university, you may be able to think of a way to carry that on.
A.Proper thinking is about creating an argument. |
B.It enables us to become more independent thinkers. |
C.If they’re all rubbish, try not to keep thinking about it. |
D.And thus it saves you actually doing anything once you leave. |
E.You may also be in the wrong environment for productive thought. |
F.Having a one-track mind won’t improve your power of thinking anyway. |
G.In fact, communicating your thoughts can help to develop and clarify them. |
1. Who is the main audience for the announcement?
A.Soccer players. | B.Parents of soccer players. | C.The youngest soccer players. |
A.They are too young to play. |
B.The transportation will be arranged by the speaker. |
C.There aren’t enough players to make teams. |
A.Some insurance. | B.Some reservations. | C.Some paperwork. |
A.His name is Steve. | B.His child plays soccer. | C.He is a soccer coach. |
1. What does the woman say about the houses?
A.They were all built in the 1960s. |
B.Most of them have two bathrooms. |
C.They all look different. |
A.Safety. | B.Size. | C.Price. |
A.One of the smaller houses. |
B.A four-bedroom apartment. |
C.A two-bedroom apartment. |
A.Tomorrow morning. | B.Tomorrow afternoon. | C.Later this afternoon. |
8 . It was meant to connect us, make us smarter and our lives easier. And it has. But there’s at least one comer of life where the Internet has made things so much more difficult: gift giving.
Once upon a time, if you were struggling to find a present for a loved one, there were easy options to fall back on-DVDs, CDs, video games and other physical media. This wasn’t even that long ago, but now it’s been snatched from our grasp by the Internet offering us the chance, at a relatively low cost, to watch, listen to or read whatever we want, whenever we want. With everything already watched, listened to, or read, buying a present has become near impossible.
Therefore, we all have to work at becoming perfect gift givers, taking all factors into consideration and searching high and low to seek out the ideal present. If we go the extra mile, there’s less chance that the person we have in mind has already bought what we’re considering online.
But as I now consider this exact plan of action, I’m thinking perhaps it’s not all that bad. Maybe the Internet is delivering us a lesson, firm but fair: the era of half-baked present purchasing is over and it’s time to go hard or go home.
In this era of immediate satisfaction, if you want to give someone a useful present, you do have to actually go to the effort of sourcing something nice for them. Perhaps that’s making for a more rewarding gift experience for all involved. And perhaps it also means fewer gifts that are given as an excuse and end up being unused.
1. How is the topic of gift giving introduced in Paragraph 1?A.By demonstrating the prospect of the Internet. |
B.By showing the difficulty in using the Internet. |
C.By pointing out the shortcoming of the Internet. |
D.By arguing about the possible benefits of the Internet. |
A.Numerous gift options. | B.Relative high cost for presents. |
C.Limited offer from digital giants. | D.Easy access to the Internet versions. |
A.Purchase satisfactory gifts. | B.Try to select a present. |
C.Buy fewer gifts as an excuse. | D.Make more valuable presents. |
A.Confused. | B.Critical. | C.Neutral. | D.Acceptable. |
A.His brother is too confident. |
B.His brother struggles to make friends. |
C.His brother’s friends will be a bad influence on him. |
1. What is the name of the speaker’s first play?
A.Bird on the Wing. | B.Iris Falls. | C.Clara’s Girl. |
A.She was a talented actress. |
B.She didn’t trust another actress. |
C.She couldn’t afford to pay proper actors. |
A.Yvette Rogers. | B.Dame Vera Parker. | C.Shing Wu. |