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（2010·安徽省合肥八中高三第一次月考）
假设你正在参加全省中学生英语演讲比赛，请你针对有些父母经常翻看孩子的日记或书包这一现象，写一篇演讲稿，陈述你的观点。
演讲稿的内容应包括：认为同学们不必为此苦恼；希望能够体谅父母的苦衷；建议与父母进行交流和沟通。
注意：
1. 词数在100左右；
2. 可是适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen ，
Some of us are having problems with our parents, as they often look into our school bags or read our diaries.
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Thank you!

读写任务

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。

     Nowadays, the pressures on schools and teachers are often passed on to students and parents. Students are tested more and assigned more homework. In the past 25 years, homework assignments have risen by 51% according to a 2008 study at the University of Michigan. That is an average of 12 extra hours of homework per week!

     Excessive homework often leaves no time for students to have fun or do something for themselves. Many parents spend at least three hours every night going through their children's work.

      However, the governments' efforts to cut the homework burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions.  Ironically, though teachers have been widely criticized for piling on homework, it is parents who sometimes ask for more work for their children! When teachers don't give homework, some parents will go to the school and complain. They want teachers to assign homework every day as a means of making sure teachers do their job and the children have work to do.

    【写作内容】

    你们班级打算就“Homework”这一主题召开一次班会。并发给每人一份上面的英语短文，你和同学都积极响应，并打算就这一主题发表各自的看法。请你准备写一份发言稿，内容要点包括：

    1．以约30词概括短文的要点；

    2．然后以约120词谈谈你的看法和认识，内容包括：

    (1)你认为过多的家庭作业对中学生来说有必要吗？为什么？

    (2)你如何看待作业负担的问题。

    【写作要求】

    1．在作文中可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，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．作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。

第二节 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。
Some people think studying under pressure keeps us motivated. Maybe a little pressure does good to us, but too much pressure is not favorable to students. Scientific studies show people studying under too much pressure generally don’t perform as well as they do when they are not under extreme pressure. Psychologically, too much pressure can lead to mental problems or disorders. In recent years, there has been an increase in stress related diseases among college and high-school students. A newspaper article says many students admit that they have cheated in exams because of excessive pressure coming from their parents and teachers who demand high marks in their examination.
著名英国心理学专家最近应邀赴你校做中学生心理健康辅导，你准备参加一个讨论会，你的英语老师提供以上英文材料给你们作为参考话题，你参加其中的“压力对学生有害”讨论，你准备写一份发言稿，内容要点包括：
1．以约30个词概括短文要点：
2．以约120个词，就“压力对学生有害”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下要点：
（1）陈述你自己学习、生活的压力事例并说明其影响；
（2）对你的学习成绩好坏，你父母持什么态度；
（3）你对“压力对学生有害”的观点和看法。
1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，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．作文中不能出现自己的真实姓名和学校名称。
3. 题目自拟。

I do desire to help my Chinese students to find a better way of learning. I once divided my Chinese MBA students into six groups and set them an assignment: brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”, for example: a restaurant chain. Originality would be valued most. As a result, five groups proposed projects for restaurant chains. The sixth showed a catering service. I couldn’t help expressing my disappointment, though the time limit had been rather challenging.

Those middle managers and financial analysts from state-owned enterprises and global companies were not untalented or without opinions, but they had been accustomed to an educational system that rarely rewarded critical thinking or Originality. Papers were often copied from the Internet and the Harvard Business Review. Students insisted that copying was a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.

In China, you can see almost all kinds of products you can imagine have been made and sold, but so few well developed marketing and management minds have been produced that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand!

Partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established so as to solve the problem mentioned above. And there’s also the “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is designed to improve technological modernization by inviting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with large sums of money. But there are concerns about China’s research environment, which is known for lacking in encouraging independent thinking and inventiveness, and even high salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.

If China wants to become a major world creator, it is no good just seeking partnerships with top Western universities or gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s time to establish a rich learning environment for young minds. Yes, new way of learning is the key!

1.The author feels disappointed when the students hand in their plans because_____

A．there’s one group presenting a catering service.

B．all groups followed his idea of restaurant chains.

C．the students’ ideas were lacking in creativeness.

D．the time limit had been rather challenging.

2.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A．China can make and sell all kinds of product all over the world

B．High pay can solve the problem of China’s research environment

C．Foreign trained scientists are expected to invent a Chinese brand

D．The new government program is aimed at encouraging imagination

3.Which can serve as the best title of the passage?

A．Look for a New Way of Learning

B．Develop MBA Students’ Creative Thinking

C．Help China to Become a Creator

D．Improve China’s Research Environment