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阅读下面一篇短文,按照要求回答短文后面的问题。

A Different Diana

  Book shows her life not unhappy as people think.

  LONDON-Nearly four years after Britain's Princess Diana died in a Paris car crash, most people remember her unhappy childhood, a loveless marriage, infidelity and a brief affair. But British journalists Tim Clayton and Phil Craig, who had a frequent view of Charles and Diana, insist her life wasn't quite like that. Their book, Diana: Story of a Princess, has been published in a British tabloid days before what would have been Diana's 40th birthday on July 1.

  So much for her loveless marriage to Prince Charles: “When they looked at each other, they looked as though they wanted to rip the clothes off each other. They looked so much in love. I am convinced of it to this day.” veteran newspaper photographer Arthur Edwards told the authors about the couple's early tour to Australia.

  Photographer Ken Lennox, whose telephoto snaps of the pregnant princess in a bikini outraged much of the country before Prince William's 1982 birth, agreed with Edwards.

  They were “a very happy couple together”, Lennox is quoted as saying. “They went into the water and kissed each other. He carried her out of the water. She threw a towel over his head and they raced up the sand.”

  An unidentified senior member of the royal household reportedly said the same. They were not unhappy at the beginning-just stormy; loving at times and confused at times, he reportedly said.

  The book also says that some who knew Diana felt she exaggerated the unhappiness of her childhood.

  The book includes an unusual number of quotes from identified sources.

  One of them, astrologer Felix Lyle, describes a visit from Diana when she was trying to decide whether to participate in Andrew Morton's.1992 book, “Diana, Her True Story.”

  This publication of her side of the marriage breakdown, with its deeply unattractive portrayal of the heir to the British throne, sealed her fate within the royal family and led to separation in 1992 and divorce in 1996.

  Lyle is quoted as saying Diana told him about her marriage and of her reservations about taking part in the book.

  “But she wanted revenge--there's no question about that… I think she was bitterly, bitterly hurt and would see the tearing down of the royal family as a perfectly justifiable end.”

1.Most people thought Diana________________.

2.Who insist Diana's life was not quite like what most people thought?________________.

3.选择合适的释义解释。

a) snap     A.shock and anger

b) outrage    B.photograph

c) confuse    C.make seem larger or greater than it really is

d) exaggerate  D.throw into disorder

答案:
解析:

  1.had an unhappy childhood, a loveless marriage, infidelity and a brief affair.

  2.British journalists Tim Clayton and Phil Craig

  3.1) B;2) A;3) D;4) C


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The headmaster of a middle school in southern England, David Hayes, has suspended(停课)students at his school 478 times over the past year—one in twenty of all the student suspensions in England.
Although some people believe that his actions go too far, he seems to be getting results. The number of students receiving “A” grades in the national senior school exam has increased from 48% in 2004 to 74% this year.
Mr Hayes says that many schools could achieves similar improvements if they improve their school students’ behavior. He also says the British government is wrong for pressuring schools not to suspend troublesome students and points out the harmful effects such students have on the quality of teaching and student learning. Suspensions often get many naughty students to improve their behavior, he says.
The school was below average in 2003. Mr Hayes joined the following year and now suspends two of the school’s 1880 students on average each school day. The total of 478 suspensions over the year means that almost one in four students have been punished this way. This year the school’s academic performance was judged as excellent.
【写作内容】
你在某英文报刊看到这则新闻后,准备就学生违纪的处理方式写一篇简评给该报编辑部,题目是“Should Schools Suspend Troublesome Students?”。内容要点包括:
1. 以约30词简要概括新闻内容:
2. 然后以约120词谈谈你的观点,内容包括:
(1)你是否支持该校长的做法,并陈述理由;
(2 ) 假设你是学校校长,谈谈你将如何处理违纪学生,并陈述理由。
【写作要求】
1. 可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点,也可参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文的句子;
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;
【评分标准】
概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。

阅读下面的短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A dramatic ballad(民歌) singer studied under a strict teacher who insisted that he rehearse (练习)day after day, month after month the same passage from the same song, without being permitted to go any further. Finally, overwhelmed (使受不了)by frustration and despair, the young man ran off to find another profession. One night, stopping at an inn, he came across a recitation contest. Having nothing to lose, he entered the competition and, of course, sang the one passage that he knew so well. When he had finished, the sponsor of the contest highly praised his performance. Despite the student’s embarrassed objections, the sponsor refused to believe that he had just heard a beginner perform. “Tell me,” the sponsor said, “Who is your instructor? He must be a great master. ” The student later became known as the great performer Koshiji.

Koshiji practiced so much that it became part of him. To really master something, it has to become part of you.

[写作内容]

1.以约30个词概括短文的要点;

2.以约120个词就“Practice makes perfect”这个主题写一篇短文,短文包括下面要点。

1)你对“熟能生巧”的理解及看法如何?

2)在英语学习方面,你有何关于“熟能生巧”的亲身体会?

3)你有什么建议?

[写作要求]

短文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篇章结构组织故事,但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子。

[评分标准]

   概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。

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