下面两张照片被传到网上后，在全国引起轰动。两个普通环卫工人的事迹感动了中国。请简要描述这两张照片，并谈谈你的感想（至少两点）。文章的开头已经给出。

参考词汇：被水浸透的water-soaked

要求：字数150左右。

Looking around us, we may surprisingly find that some people are not ordinary as we thought.

Two Earthquakes in Two Months:

Comparing the Quakes in Haiti  （海地）and Chile  （智利）

Overview  （概要）How do the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti compare? Here, students perform a gallery walk to learn more about the earthquakes from a specific point, and then do a specific research and presentation project or response activity．Finally, they seek answers to their unanswered questions．

Materials Print copies of photographs, charts, documents and other visuals to display, as described below; computer  （s）with Internet access  （optional）, research materials, handouts．

Warm-up Choose and prepare a “gallery” of photographs, graphics, news reports and other materials to display around the room to enable students to consider the 2010 earthquake in Chile．

Depending on course program, choose materials for the gallery that provide a window on the two quakes, through one of the following specific points, or the focus of your choice:

Earthquakes through History Putting the 2010 Chilean and Haitian quakes into historical view related to other earthquakes, including the 1960 Chilean quake and the 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami．

Rescue and Aid Considering domestic and international response to the disasters by militaries, governments and aid organizations, including rescue and recovery as well as efforts to provide food, water, health care and shelter to those affected．

Related The article Underwater Plate Cuts 400 Mile Gash compares several earthquakes:

Mr. Lin figured that the quake on Saturday was 250 to 350 times more powerful than the Haitian quake．

       But Paul Caruso noted that at least on land, the effects of the Chilean tremor  （震动）might not be as bad．For one thing, he said, the quality of building construction is generally better in Chile than in Haiti．And the fact that the quake occurred offshore should also help limit the destruction．In Haiti, the rupture  （断裂）occurred only a few miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince．The rupture on Saturday was centered about 60 miles from the nearest town, Chillan, and 70 miles from the country’s second-largest city, Concepción．

Read the article using the following questions．

       Questions For discussion with others and reading comprehension:

How does the 2010 Chilean earthquake compare to the 1960 Chilean earthquake?

       Why do scientists believe that the 2010 Chilean earthquake will not cause the same level of damage as January’s Haitian earthquake did?

How does the 2010 Chilean earthquake compare to the 2004 Indonesian earthquake?

What reasons do scientists give to explain why the Indonesian quake caused so much more damage than the recent Chilean earthquake?

1．Which of the following shows one of the reasons for slighter losses in Chile than in Haiti?

A．Position:

B．Power:

C．Building:

     D．Rescue:

2．We can infer that the article Underwater Plate Cuts 400 Mile Gash includes ________．

   A．the causes of the 2010 Chilean earthquake and the 1960 Chilean earthquake

   B．the comparison between the 2010 Haitian and the 2004 Indonesian earthquakes

C．the reason for the 2010 Chilean quake being more powerful than January’s Haitian earthquake

D．the reason for less damage in the 2010 Chilean quake than in the 2004 Indonesian earthquake

3．What is the passage most likely to be?

       A．A program for research．                  B．A guide to earthquake study．

       C．An advertisement for students．           D．An introduction to quakes．

下图描绘的是现在人类面临的窘境。请你根据对下面这幅漫画的理解用英语写一篇短文，描述这种现象，说明其产生的原因及后果，并发表你的看法。

注意：

1．仔细品味图中的幽默，要适当发挥想象，不要做简单描述。

2．词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

3．作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

Nowadays, human beings are faced up with an embarrassing situation．__________________

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假设你是红星中学高二（1）班的学生李华，利用上周末的时间帮助祖父母安排了去北戴河的旅行。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，叙述你从准备到送行的全过程。

注意：1．周记的开头已为你写好。

2．词数不少于60。

Last weekend, I helped my grandparents prepare their trip to Beidaihe.

请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese    1  at my face, but I pushed them   2  . My mom believed I would learn   3    I was ready .But the    4   never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was    5   at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He    6  me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some    7    with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for     8    .

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu ,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I     9  the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish    10   surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman. But he     11    my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased     12    their impatience. With every   13  , the breath of the dragons （龙）on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—    14    me to cry out . “Xian Sheng Yu, please ” “Very Xian Sheng ,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned    15  and I ran back home    16   , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket .

Should I laugh or cry. They‘re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at     17   . Instead, I was the joke , a disgrace（丢脸）to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish      18   , but, in the end, the joke is on    19  . Every laugh is a culture     20  ; every laugh is my heritage （传统）fading away.

1.       A．custom               B．games                  C．characters .        D．language

2. A．ahead                    B．around                 C．along             D．aside

3. A．when                   B．before                  C．unless             D．until

4. A．success                B．study                  C．time             D．attempt

5. A．aim                     B．joke                   C．nod              D．stare

6. A．cared about              B．laughed at          C．argued with        D．asked after

7. A．right now                B．from now        C．at times            D．in time

8. A．decision                B．permission        C．information         D．preparation

9. A．repeated                B．reviewed           C．spelled             D．kept

10. A．farm                  B．stand               C．pond            D．market

11. A．guessed              B．forget             C．doubted           D．ignored

12. A．by                   B．as                C．with                    D．from

13. A．second                      B．effort            C．desire            D．movement

14. A．forcing                      B．allowing           C．persuading        D．leading

15. A．bright                  B．blank               C．pale             D．red

16. A．open-mouthed         B．tongue-tied           C．empty-handed     D．broken-hearted

17. A．service             B．home                 C．risk             D．root

18. A．trade              B．deed               C．challenge           D．incident

19. A．it                B．us                   C．me              D．them

20. A．thrown             B．lost                C．divided           D．reflected

In the United States, there were some well-constructed houses for native Indians, ranging from the simple brush shelter to the five-storied pueblo.

    In the eastern United States, one of the existing types was that commonly know under the Algonkian name of wigwam in which the Iroquois Indians lived．The wigwams were of wagon-top shape with straight sides and ends, made by bending young trees to form the round shape. Over this shape pieces of tree bark were laid to protect the Indians from bad weather. Over the bark dried grass was added．A small hole allowed smoke to escape from the top. Doorways at each end served also as windows, The Iroquois Indians built trunk walls all around their villages. The wall had only one opening. They could quickly close this opening if their enemies came near.

    Interestingly, the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi also lived in a wigwam of a most primitive（原始的）construction, but different from those of the Iroquois Indians. The Choctaw Indians’ wigwams, made from mud, cane and straw, were in the form of a bee-hive. The covering was made of a long, tough grass. A post in the centre supported the roof. A hole in the top admitted the light, and allowed the smoke to pass out.

    The tipi tent-housing of the upper lake and plains area was put up with poles set lightly in the ground, tied together near the top, and covered with bark and grass in the lake country. It was easily portable, and two women could set it up or take it down within an hour.

    The Pawnee, Mandan and other Indian tribes （部落）along the Missouri built solid ring-shaped structures of trunk, covered with earth and dried grass, housing a dozen families.

    The Wichita and other tribes of the Texas border built large ring-shaped houses covered with dried grass.

  Apart from the regular housing, almost every tribe had some style of housing.

1. Which of the following pictures shows the house for the Iroquois Indians？

A． 　　　　　 B．

C． D．

2. According to the passage, the Pawnee Indians built their houses _____.

A．with openings in the trunk walls            B．large enough for several families 

C．in a ring shape with bark and mud                D．by bending young trees to form the shape

3.　All the native Indian houses described in the passage were_____.

A．of the same shape                         　    B．covered with grass 

C．built with a post in the centre  　　　　D．built with doorways at each end

4. The passage suggests that ________

A．all the native Indians built trunk walls all around their houses 

B．all the native Indian houses were built with poles tied together

C．the Iroquois Indians took safety into account while building their wigwams

D．the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi built their wigwams with straight sides and ends

假设你是李华，福建省某中学高中学生，今年暑假将前往澳大利亚参加主题为WATER FOR LIFE“的交流活动。请你以参访代表的身份，根据以下图片提示，用英语写一篇发言稿。

注意：

1. 根据图片的内容适当展开，以使行文连贯；

2. 开头与结尾已写好，不计入总词数；

3. 文中不能出现考生的具体信息；

词数：120左右

参考词汇：短缺 shortage ; 资源 resource

Ladies and gentlemen,

  Good morning, I’m Li Hua from Fujian, China. It’s my great honor to be here to say something

about the global water shortage and ways of dealing with it._____________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

That’s all. Thank you.

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

首先请阅读下列国外媒体上的插图及提示性文字：

Harry Potter stars add magic to young rich.               A tour of discovering Normandy

Do Hollywood stars guarantee a film’s success?         Save Emergency Rooms for emergencies.

Her theories on children’s psychological             Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey, with

problems created a sensation.                              Ms. McCarthy’s son, in an anti-vaccine rally.

以下是关于这些插图的简要评论。请把评论与相关插图及提示性文字匹配起来。

1．The debate has been raging for years over the safety of, and necessity for, childhood vaccinations, which has been so much so that it is termed "The Vaccine War"．The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who have been following this now familiar issue．

2．There are certainly benefits of using a star in a film．It makes the film easier to market．Stars also help sell more tickets and drive DVD sales, which are a big part of studio revenue．However, a star does not guarantee success．The simple fact is that if you pay a star a great deal of money for a film that people don't want to see, then it won't work．

3．They are barely in their twenties and are already multimillionaires．At the age when many people are looking for their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country estates or jetting off to their overseas homes．Daniel Radeliffe, for example, who plays Harry Potter, has a fortune of ￡42 million, at 20．

4．Millions of jobless Americans, who might be suffering in anxiety and lacking a sense of security, are showing up at emergency rooms of state-owned hospitals, contributing to a longer waiting time and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses．

5．Alice Miller, a psychology expert, who died at 87 at home in Provence, France, on April 14, repositioned the family as a central place of abnormal psychological function with her theory that parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly all human problems．

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.

      Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

    An apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman--someone who has done the job for many years. The rest of the apprentice's time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full-time undertaking.

    One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What's more, it offers apprentices an "earn while you learn" opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from.

    Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off（下岗）if business for the employers is slow.

    Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go onto different companies or become self-employed contractors.