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。
During summer holidays, two classmates, Tom and Peter, were traveling in the desert. As they were walking, they had an argument, and Tom was so angry that he slapped Peter hard across the face. Peter felt hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote down in the sand these words: “Today my best friend Tom slapped me in the face.”
It was very hot, but they kept on walking and walking until they found an oasis(绿洲), where they decided to take a bath. Suddenly Peter got stuck in the mire(泥潭) and started drowning. Seeing that, Tom rushed over and saved him without any hesitation. After Peter got recovered from the drowning, he wrote with a knife on a stone: “Today my best friend Tom saved my life.”
Feeling curious, Tom, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked Peter, “After I beat you, you wrote something in the sand but just now you put down what I had done on a stone. Why?”
Peter replied: “When someone hurts us, we should take it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must carve it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
Hearing that, Tom was deeply moved and understood what Peter had said and what he had done.
[写作内容]
下面请你以“What I have learnt from Tom’s understanding”为题，谈谈你读了这个故事以后的感受。内容要点包括：
1．以约30个词概括上述故事的要点；
2．以约120个词就Peter“被打”和“被救”后的举动发表你的看法，内容包括：
（1）Tom 为什么感动了？他到底明白了什么？
（2）你从这个故事中学到了什么？简要说明其理由。
[写作要求]
可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
What I have learnt from Tom’s understanding
While traveling in the desert, Tom slapped Peter’s face for arguments, and Peter wrote it down in the sand. But when Tom saved Peter’s life, Peter carved that down on a stone, which moved Tom deeply.
In this story, Tom was moved by Peter because he could forget the unhappy things and forgive him. However, for the life saved, he could remember and value it forever in his memory. I think how to get along well with friends and how to deal with others’ kindness and rudeness was what he understood. As for me, not everyone can have such kind of good attitude and behavior towards the things happening among us. But Peter was different.
“Attitude is everything!” Try to be kind to the people who have done something unpleasant to you, and grateful to the people who have done good for you. A friend in need is a friend indeed and true friends never come easily.
2． What I have learnt from Tom’s understanding
While traveling in the desert, Tom slapped Peter’s face, and Peter wrote it down in the sand. But when he was saved, Peter carved that down on a stone, which moved Tom deeply. ( 33w )
In this story, Tom was touched by Peter’s actions because he was ready to forgive others by forgetting unhappy things and he would remember and value it forever in his memory when his life was saved. I think what Tom understood was how to get along well with friends and how to deal with others’ kindness and rudeness.
As for me, not everyone has the same good virtues and behavior as Peter if such things happen to us. In my eyes, Peter is really our role model. “Attitude is everything!” So let’s try to be kind to people who have done something unpleasant to us, and grateful to those who have done us favors. Anyway, true friendship never comes easily.
解析:
一、读写任务评分原则
1、本试题总分为25分，分两部分给分 ① 短文概括5分 ② 主题写作 20分。
2、强调内容健康，观点鲜明，说服力强，表述清晰。可参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
3、评分时，选根据文章语言的规范、内容的合适及篇章的连贯性初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
4、语言规范：拼写与标点符号是语言规范的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
5、如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
二、内容要点
1、短文概括：
① 两人争吵，Peter被打，写在沙滩上；
② Peter被救，刻在石头上，Tom感动。
2、主题写作：
① 归纳完整，表述清晰。
② 观点鲜明，说服力强。
（围绕：Tom 为什么感动了？他到底明白了什么? 你从这个故事中学到了什么？简要说明其理由等四个方面写作。）
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.