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。

An elderly carpenter (木匠）was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely（休闲的) life with his wife and children. His employer(老板）was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but it was obvious that his heart was already not in his work . He built it impatiently and used poor materials. It was unfortunate for a wonderful career to end like that.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to insect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, ”This is your house. It’s my gift to you.”

The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had known he was building his own house, he would done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into   building . Then with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. Therefore build it wisely( 明智）！

写作内容

1 请你以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2请你以约120词以“Build your life wisely ”为题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：

读了短文之后，你觉得文中木匠的做法明智吗？

我们能以木匠建房的态度去对待我们的生活吗？为什么？

3）不觉得我们应该如何对待生活才算是明智的？

写作要求

你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料的句子。

 

假设你现在正参加一场英语演讲比赛，你抽到的题目是“Smile for life, and every day will be sunshine”.请你就该话题展开演讲。你的演讲必须包含以下三个方面的内容：

 你对此话的理解；  

    2. 用一个事例来支持你的观点；   

    3. 总结发言。

        注意：1. 词数：1 20左右；

                2．文章的开头已经给出，不计入总词数；

                3．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Ladies and gentlemen,

 It’s my honor to give a speech here. My topic of speech is “Smile for life, and every day will be sunshine.”              _________________________________        ___     

              _________________________________        ___                        

                                                                                             

                                             

                                                                                 

                                                                                       

Thanks for your attention.   

 

---I’m sorry．I’ve left my credit card home．And I don’t have enough cash for the meal．

--- Don’t worry．___________．

         A．I’ll invite you             B．It’s my pleasure to pay you

         C．It’s my treat              D．Let’s go Dutch．

 

As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby of her apartment building in May 1980, she shared the anxiety of many other college seniors. In her hand was an envelope containing her final grades. As she nervously opened it, Warren wondered whether her hundreds of hours of studying had paid off.

   They had.

   “I got five ‘A’s,” she still recalls with elation. “I almost fell on the floor!”

   Warren would graduate from Suffolk University with a bachelor of science degree in philosophy and history at age 80.Three years later, at age 83, she would receive her second degree from Suffolk, a master’s in education.

   Now, with both diplomas proudly displayed in her apartment, Warren is not finished with learning. Now 93,she continues for her 18th year at Suffolk under a program that allows persons 65 and over to attend classes tuition free. “It’s my life to go to school, to enjoy being in an academic atmosphere,” she says. “That’s what I love.”

   Warren was born Rosalie Levey on Aug.29, 1900. Two years after she entered high school, her father died. Warren had to leave school for factory work to help support her family’s 10 children. Warren describes herself as a “person who always liked school,” and she says the move “broke my heart completely because I couldn’t finish high school.”

   In the end, however, “I went to school nights,” she recalls. “Any place I could find an outlet of learning and teaching, I was there.”

   A short time later, her mother became ill, and Warren had to care for her, once again putting her education on hold.

   Finally, in 1921, her mother, now recovered, drew from her saving to send Warren to Boston University for two years to study typing, stenography, and office procedures.

   Those courses helped Warren gain several long-term office positions over the next 60 years, but her great desire “to be in the academic field” continued.

   In 1924, she married Eugene Warren, and seven years later, her daughter, Corinne, was born. In 1955, by then a widow and a grandmother, Warren took a bus tour across the United States that was to last nine months. She said she wanted to see “things you never see in the West End.”

   When she returned home, she took a bookkeeping position and also enrolled in courses in philosophy, sociology

And Chinese history. free program for senior citizens.” I was at the registrar’s  office the very next day.”she recalls. At first ,she took one or two courses at a time , but encouraged by her professors , she enrolled as a

   In 1975, when she was 75, Warren learned from a neighbor about Suffolk University’s tuition- degree candidate.

   “I had not studied for so many years,” she says, “but I was determined.” For the next four years, Warren, who calls herself a “student of philosophy,” worked toward her degree.

   Nancy Stoll, dean of students at Suffolk, says Warren is “an interesting role model for our younger students---that learning is a lifetime activity….She is genuinely enthusiastic about being here, and that permeates (散发) her activities and is contagious (传染的) to students and faculty.”

1.What does the word elation mean in the sentence “I got fives ‘A’s”, she still recalls with elation”?

A. Great happiness   B. Great surprise    C. Great pride    D. Great honor

2.How old was Warren when she got her first college degree?

A. She was 79             B. She was 23                      C. She was 80             D. She was 75

3.What kind of work did she do for 60 years?

A. Studying     B. Factory work      C. Typing                 D. Office work

4.Which statement can be inferred from the underlined sentences?

A. Because Warren needn’t pay her tuition, she went to study at Suffolk University

B. At first Warren had to pay for her courses at Suffolk University

C. Most of the students at Suffolk University are older than 65

D. Suffolk University encourages older people to take courses

5.It can be inferred from this passage that Rosalie Warren _______.

A. came from a wealthy family         B. didn’t like working in an office

C. put her family before her education      D. didn’t like her family very much

6.What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Rosalie Warren’s family

B. Rosalie Warren’s life

C. Rosalie Warren’s education

D. Rosalie Warren’s studying at Suffolk University

 

假设你现在正参加一场英语演讲比赛，你抽到的演讲题目是Smile for Life, and Every Day will be Sunshine. 请你就该话题展开演讲。你的演讲必须包含以下三个方面的内容：

1. 你对此话的理解；

2. 用一个事例来支持你的理解；

3. 总结发言。

注意：词数120左右。首尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It’s my honour to give a speech here. My topic of speech is “Smile for Life, and Every Day will be Sunshine”.

____________________________________________________________________________

Thanks for your attention!