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。
Father’s Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother’s Day, which has been a very popular and well-celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time．
The origins of the celebration are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart．He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife died giving birth to their sixth child．He raised six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly unusual back in those days．
His daughter, Sonora Dodd, realized when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children．It was in the early 1900s and she was actually at church one day, listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day．She thought there should also be a Father’ Day celebration．
And so the tradition was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonora’s father’s death．Britain took the idea of Father’s Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated officially since the 1970s．
Popular gifts for dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because these are things that dads can always use even if they don’t want them．．Some families might do things together to celebrate Father’s Day like going for a meal．
写作内容：
假设今天是父亲节，你给你的父亲买了一份礼物并附上一封信以表示对父亲的感谢。以下是信的内容(信的来头和结尾已为你写好)。
1．以约30个词向你的父亲说明“父亲节”的来源。
2．以约120个词表达你对父亲的感恩，并包括如下要点：
(a)以你自己成长的经历感谢父亲；
(b)说明礼物是什么及为什么买这件礼物；
(c)表达你对父亲的祝福。
写作要求：
可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
Dear Dad,
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Love,
Alice
解析：
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读写任务 (One possible version) Dear Dad Today is Father’s Day, and I haven’t really got the chance to thank you as much as I would like．It is said that Father’s Day was established in memorial of an American great father named William Smart, who raised six children alone and sacrificed a lot for his children． Dad, we used to be poor, but you always told me that what could beat us was not poverty but ourselves．During all these years, it was your optimism that always encouraged me to overcome the difficulties I met in my learning and in my life． To express my gratitude on this special day, Dad, I bought you a tie．It is just a little gift, and I think you will look great with this bright-colored tie．Dad, thank you for showing me how to face life even when life is hard．I wish you good health． Love, Alice |
津桥教育计算小状元系列答案阅读下面的短文，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 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.