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。
Helen Keller suffered from a strange sickness when she was only 19 months old. It made her completely blind and deaf. For the next five years she had no way of successfully communicating with other people. Then a teacher Anne Sullivan arrived from Boston to help her. Miss Sullivan herself had once been blind. She tried to teach Helen to live like other people. She taught her how to use her hands as a way of speaking. Miss Sullivan stayed with Helen for many years. She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to speak. She helped her to get ready for school and college. More than anything, Helen wanted to do what others did, and do it just as well. In time Helen did go to college and completed her studies with high honors. But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages. Miss Sullivan and others had to teach her what was in these books by forming words in her hands. The study of geometry and physics was especially
difficult. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles and other geometrical forms by making them with wires. She kept feeling the different shapes of these wires until she could see them in her mind.
Helen Keller died on June 1st, 1968. She was 87 years old. Her message of courage and hope remains. She is respected world-widely as a pride of human beings.
［写作内容］
1．以约30个词概括短文的要点
2.以"Efforts And Success"为主题，写一篇120字左右的短文，描写你自己的经历。要点包括：
（1)原来的状况
（2）对付困难的做法
(3）努力后的具体表现或效果
(4)你自己对Efforts And Success的感想
［写作要求］
1.可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子
2.描写的经历可以是真实的或者是虚构的
3.作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称
Efforts Lead to Success
This passage tells us that Helen Keller managed to complete her studies at college in her struggling way. It speaks for the truth that one has to make great efforts if he wants to be successful in a certain field.
Another story in point is myself. I speak very fluent English now. But six years ago, however, I was not able to speak a single word.I was so interested in it that I decided to start to learn it from ABC. Having entered an English evening school, I spent 15 hours a day listening, reading, speaking and writing on weekends. When I had difficulties, I never gave in. After three years' hard
work, I could communicate with the native speakers. Now I am the No.1 candidate for the English Speaking Contest in our school, owing to my excellent perform-ance in English.
My story and Hellen Keller's make me believe one's efforts will be rewarded in success if he is greatly determined and persistent in achieving his goal.
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.