题目内容
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。
China is facing power shortage, so your computer and television may be on holiday.
This year power shortages cover 20 provinces across the country. The shortage can usually be blamed on air conditioners. Wuhan, in Hubei province, as much as 100,000kw of electricity would be saved if people set their air conditioners one degree higher than normal.
You may have many household electrical appliances(家用电器)in your home. The following tips can help you save electricity.
l Use air conditioners less. Set the temperature a little bit higher than normal and turn it off one hour before you go out.
l Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
l Unplug electricity devices when not in use. Many televisions and computers use electricity even when they are turned off.
l In rooms where you don’t often stay for long, close curtains during the day to keep off the sun, especially on windows that face south or west. Open them in the evening to let cool air in so you may not need to use air conditioners.
l Take shorter showers. Water heaters use a lot of energy.
l Open your refrigerator door only when necessary. Each time you open the door, the compressor(压缩机) will run for 8-10 minutes to keep the inside cold.
l Ask your parents to replace your regular lights with fluorescent(荧光的)lights. They use about a fourth of the energy of regular lights.
[写作内容]
1. 概括原文第一,二段的内容,该部分词数大约30
2. 阅读上文后,谈谈你的看法,内容包括以下要点,该部分词数大约120：
(1) 电对每一个家庭的影响以及节约电能的重要性;
(2) 向大家介绍几种常见的节约照明灯用电的方法.
[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，但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子。
Power shortage, which may stop our computers and TV sets from being used, is becoming a big problem in China because too much electricity is consumed by using air conditioners in summer.
Nowadays our life is becoming better and almost every family owns household electrical appliances. So life relies heavily on electricity. Without electricity, we cannot watch TV or play computer games, or even cannot cook our dinner.
China is facing energy shortage because we consume a lot of it every day. So saving energy becomes very important for us. Here are some methods for you to save electricity when you use electric lights.
1. Use small bulbs that consume less electricity in your room.
2. Try to use fluorescent bulbs instead of regular bulbs.
3. Form a habit of turning off the lights when you leave the room.
4. Turn off the lights when you watch TV or when you are doing things that don’t need lights.
解析
阅读下面的短文，然后从A-F选项中，为每一小段选择合适的标题, 并把答案写在答案卷上。
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A. The most common problem is a “wandering” mind B. Selective listening is also a mental barrier C. Listening isn’t an easy skill to master D. Attitude can also influence good listening E. Noise and background music makes listening more difficult F. Listening is also related to the level of the listener’s knowledge |
1._____________
Listening is not as easy as someone thought. Even good listeners may recall only fifty percent of what they hear. Retention, the ability to remember and recall information, decreases about twenty to twenty-five percent after a few days. So no matter how well you listen in class, you’re always going to have to refresh your memory before a test! Unfortunately, many people have poor listening habits, and little listening training. To improve your listening skills, it’s important to understand what causes poor listening.
2.___________
If you find it difficult to concentrate solely on what a speaker is saying, there’s a good reason. The mind processes information much faster than a speaker can speak. The brain can process over 500 words per minute, while the average speaker talks at a rate of 124 to 250 words per minute. That means the mind can hear what’s being said and can think about something else at the same time.
3.____________
If you have a negative idea about the speaker or the topic, you’ll find it difficult to listen attentively. Hostile or captive audiences often have more difficultly listening than do favorable or voluntary ones.
4.____________
If a speaker speaks “above the heads” of an audience, people find it difficult to concentrate. Speakers who use unfamiliar words or who use incomplete explanations make it more difficult to listen. Speakers who “speak down” to audiences, failing to acknowledge what the audience already knows, also create mental blocks.
5.___________
When people listen selectively, they simply block out what they don’t want to hear. For instance, many people have habits that are dangerous to their health, like smoking. However, they often choose to block out what a speaker says about health risks. They may listen to a speech and think that the speaker’s message applies to other people, not them. In other words, they hear what they want to hear and ignore what they don’t want to hear.