读写任务（共 1小题；满分 25分）

         阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇 150词左右的英语短文。

         A grand memorial service was held Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in central Hubei province to honor three college students who died rescuing two children from the Yangtze Rive on October 24．Thousands of people holding chrysanthemum（菊花）flowers went to the Jingzhou Memorial House to see off the teenagers, all 19‐year‐old students from the Yangtze university based in Jingzhou City．

         The three were Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao． More than 10 students from the Yangtze University formed a ladder with one student holding another’s arms to rescue the two boys in the river on the afternoon of October 24． One of the student lost his grip（控制） on his classmates and all of them were in danger．Several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help．Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao were swept away in the river, but others were saved．People touched by their selfless act had donated more than 500,000 yuan to their relatives on Wednesday．Millions of Internet users made online comments to show their grief（悲伤）．

         “I am also a college student． I feel sorrow for you,” said “Liu Zhuoya” from northwestern Xi’an

         City．However, some questioned the sacrifice． “rifice three and rescue two, is that worthwhile?” asked “Tiaozhantianya” on the forum of www． 163． com． “Rescue can not be blind as they could not swim．”

【写作内容 】

         1．以约 30个词概括短文的要点。

         2．以约 120个词就“救人是否要考虑自身安全”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下要点：

         1）当别人有难时，你是否会马上伸出援手？为什么？

         2）救人时你是否会考虑自身的安全？

         3）假如你当时在场，你会怎样做？

【写作要求】

         1．你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

         2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

         概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31-40的相应位置。

Doctors urge more playtime for children

The American Academy of Pediatrics (儿科) says   1.  children really need for health development is more good, old-fashioned playtime.

Many parents load their 2.  (child) schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help   3.   do better. The efforts often begin as early as babyhood. Free play is neglected in the shuffle, a new academy report says.

Numerous studies have shown that free play is very   4.   (benefit). It can help children become creative, develop problem-solving skills, relate to others and adjust to school settings,  5.   academy report says.

“Perhaps above all, play is something   6. is a cherished part of childhood,” says another report,   7. (prepare) by two academy committees for release Monday    8.  the group's annual meeting in Atlanta.

It adds that enrichment tools and organized activities can be helpful,  9.   should not   10.   (view) as a requirement for creating successful children. They must be balanced with plenty of free playtime.

When Charles Strattion was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T.Barnum, and thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled around the world together.

He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a new name, general Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.

During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.

Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.

Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.

The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding carriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon, just before going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.

Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.

1.“the talk of the town” means _________ .

2.What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding?

3.Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?

4. It was very funny when Tom danced on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ________ .

5.What does the author imply in the last paragraph?

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.       

If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. "Who is that?" the new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God." came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor."

If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.

If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff(即兴的)remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.

Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.

1.To make your humor work, you should ________.

2. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are ________.

3. It can be inferred from the text that public services ________.

4.To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ________.

5. The best title for the text may be ________.

假设你叫李明，你的美国笔友Tom得知第16届亚运会将于2010年在广州举行，来信询问亚运会的基本信息，请根据下列要点给他写封回信。

［写作要求］

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；

文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

信件首尾句已经给出，不计入总字数。

［评分标准］句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear Tom,

I’m glad to tell you something about the 16^th Asian Games in Guangzhou.

I hope they are what you need and looking forward to the day you come to Guangzhou. 

Yours truly,

Li Ming

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Beijing, Oct. 2, 2008 --- Tourist destinations around the country had at least 4.05 million visitors, up 33.4 percent year-on-year, during the first four days of the week-long national holiday.

The tourism revenue(财政收入) jumped 37.5 percent year-on-year.

This year’s “golden week” National Day holiday runs from Sept. 29 to Oct.5. In previous years, the seven-day holiday kicked off on Oct. 1.

Beijing had a visitor increase of more than 60 percent, with many tourists drawn to see the Olympic venues(场所).

About 920,000 people, up 62 percent year-on-year, visited 21 major tourist sites in Beijing, according to figures released by the office.

The must-see Forbidden City welcomed 120,000 visitors, up 140 percent.

Shanghai saw a 52.2-percent rise in the number of tourists at more than 70 sites.

In Sichuan province, about 107,400 people, an increase of 360 percent from last year, visited the ancient town of Huanglongxi near Chengdu.

Chinese trains carried more than 5.4 million passengers on Wednesday alone, an increase of almost 13 percent. About 557, 300 people traveled by air and 53.2 million people hit the roads on the same day.

[写作内容]

从2008年起，国家调整了假日设置，五一黄金周被取消，增加了传统节日的休假，对此人们评价不一。在今年国庆前，网上流传一些专家和机构的说法，国家将会在近期取消“十一”黄金周，又引起了各种反响。请你对此现象发表意见。

内容要点包括:

以约30个词概括新闻报道；

用约120个词谈谈你的观点，内容包括：

支持者意见：虽然缩短了“五一”长假，但增加了三个传统节日，有利于提高传统文化意识，减轻了旅游地的接待压力，增加了亲人团聚的机会．．．．．．

反对者意见：会导致长假期间的交通更加拥挤，减少了远方的人员回家探亲的机会．．．．．．

你的观点。

[写作要求]

1．你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

[评分标准]  概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was   1  to see that it was an English English dictionary, also known as a monolingual（单语的） dictionary.   2  it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one and, to be honest, I found it extremely  3  to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and still not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the   4  bilingual（双语的）dictionaries, in which the words are    5  both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt   6  to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I   7 that monolingual dictionaries are  8 in learning a foreign language.

As I found out, there is in fact often no perfect equivalence(对应) between two  9  in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to  10 that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the   11 meaning of a word in English! Therefore, she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 12  , I have come to see what she meant. 

Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n)   13  number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am  14 exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.  15 this, I can express myself more easily in English.

Scientists have developed a non-stick chewing gum(口香糖). The new gum can   1. (remove) easily from pavements, shoes and clothes. It’s the result of polymer (聚合体) research at the University of Bristol and could be launched commercially in 2008.   2.  it catches on(流行), the product will solve  3.  major headache for present authorities around the world.

“A great 4.  (disadvantage) of our Clean Gum is that it is easy to remove and has the potential to be 5. (environment) degradable (可降解的),” said Terence Cosgrove, a professor of chemistry  6.  helped to found a company called Revolymer to commercialize the technology.

Today’s chewing gums are made  7.synthetic latex(人工制造的乳液), which is resistant to the weather and is strongly sticky. The new gum adds a special polymer to change its properties(特性),    8.  (make) it far less sticky.

In two street trials,   9.  commercial gums remained stuck to the pavement   10.    Clean Gum came away naturally in all cases.

请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

以下是请求帮助者的资料：

[A]. As we know, the 2010 Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou and many people from other countries will come to visit China. The taxi drivers in Dongfeng Taxi Company think the way to show kindness is to be able to greet the foreigners in their languages. They need someone who can teach them languages and the best time is at night when they are not so busy.

[B]. Tom is so addicted to on-line games that he cannot concentrate on his study like before. Now he often misses school in order to play games, thus telling lies to his teachers and parents again and again. Though he realizes what he does is wrong, he just can't stop it. How badly he needs someone's help.

[C]. Mane, a 44-year-old single mother of three, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she doesn't know which bus to take. What's worse, since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list. Also, she can only recognize items by sight, so if the product has a different label, she will not recognize it as the product she wants.

[D]. "Helping hand" organization will hold an event to help the starving children in Africa. The event starts in August and those taking part in will go without food for 30 hours. In this way, it is expected that money will be raised for the poor children.

[E]. "Green Earth" cares a lot for the animals in danger. Still many people in the world don't know much about the importance of animal protecting. This summer vacation a lot of events will be organized to call on people to live in harmony with our earth.

[F]. A group of young children in a remote village in southwest China are in great need of teachers. Because of the low salary, many teachers came and then went. The villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can make a difference to the children's future.

以下是乐于提供帮助的人员信息介绍，请匹配他们与所对应的帮助对象。

46. 1.Stephen: Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.

47. 2. Ben: After graduation, I don't want to apply for a job at once Instead, I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve their lives. You know, education is essential to poverty relief and at the same time I'll get valuable experience for my future career.

48. 3.Susan: I'm a girl from England and has studied French for years. I'm here in Beijing University studying Chinese. I like China as it is full of mysteries. So I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China. Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the weekends.

49. 4. Tim: Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life, I understand young people's problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice. I'm working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others.

50. 5.Lisa: I burst into tears when I saw those children in a TV programme. What a sight. They are only bone and skin left. What's worse, every day the children are dying because of lack of food. I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education. The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them.

基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

【写作内容】

假设你校将举行为期一个月的“迎亚运长跑(Running for the Asian Games)”活动，你作为通讯员将为学校英语通讯写一篇稿件，内容包括：

活动目的：提高学生体质，迎接2010年广州亚运会；

活动时间：10月1日至10月3 1日； 

活动内容：10月1日开幕式，全校学生将进行环校跑 (已举行) ；

活动要求：同学们每天跑步，男生跑2公里，女生跑1.5公里；每班的学生总距离要达到2000公里以上，相当于从广州到北京的距离。

【写作要求】

1．必须使用5个句子表达全部的内容；

2．写作中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。