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。
To give the things you don’t need
When I moved into my new house, there was already a washing machine in it. However, I had just bought a new one, so I wondered what to do with the machine that was already in my house. I remembered two girls who regularly knocked at my door for religious reasons.
They never had or kept anything they didn’t need. If one of them needed something, they would work for the amount of time it took to make the money and then return to their religious work. They had just moved into their own house so I decided to give them all the things I didn’t need in my house. Whatever they didn’t need, they could give to the charity store they helped support.
I asked them if they needed a washing machine and they looked at each other and smiled. It turned out that they had called on a complete stranger the week before, a shingle mother with a new –born baby to take care of. She had been washing clothes by hand. When hey got home they discussed the fact that the woman probably needed their washing machine more than they did so they gave it to her. And their good deed had come back to them as they would be able to have my washing machine.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括上文的内容要点;
2.然后以约120个词就“To give the things you don’t need”的主题发表你的看法,内容包括:
说说文中提到的赠予方式的利与弊。
你赞同作者的这种赠予方式吗?请说明理由。
如果将来你也有机会参与这样的赠予活动,你愿意捐赠些什么、赠予给谁呢?
【写作要求】
1.在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事,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;
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

         The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists (人类学家). Descriptions like "Palaeolithic(旧石器时代的)Man" ."Neolithic(新石器时代的)Man" ,etc. .neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label" Legless Man". Histories of the time will go something like this: "in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. And the surprising thing is that they didn't use their legs even when they went on holiday. "

         The future history books might also record that we were deprived (剥夺) of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird's-eye view of the world. When you travel by car or train, an unclear picture of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, especially, are mixed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says" I've been there. "You mention the remotest, and someone is bound to say "I've been there"—meaning, "I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. "

         When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present.

         For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness. He knows that sound, satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.

1.What's the best title of the passage?

         A. The advantages of travel                  B. The best way to travel

         C. The reward of true travel             D. Possible ways to travel

2.Anthropologists label man nowadays "Legless" because______.

         A. people forget how to use their legs

         B. lifts prevent people from walking

         C. modern vehicles have replaced walking

         D. people prefer cars, buses and trains

3.While traveling at high speed,______.

         A. people can get more pleasure from it

         B. people always focus on next destination

         C. people can enjoy the view of the destination

         D. people care much about the arrangement of the journey

4.The author says "we are deprived of the use of our eyes "because ______.

         A. people can't get a clear picture of the view along

         B. eyes become useless in traveling at high speed

         C. people want to sleep during traveling

         D. people won't use their eyes

5.What does the author intend to tell us?

         A. Legs become weaker.

         B. There is no need to use legs or eyes.

         C. Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.

         D. We should experience the present heart and soul while traveling.

 

My husband is a born shopper. He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.

Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.

One day I said to him, ” I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “ No,“ said Jimmy. “I won’t forget. You want three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”

He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again, “three oranges , six eggs and a pound of meat.”

In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.

As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “I’m sorry, Mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat. I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”

1.The husband likes shopping because _______.

A.he has much money.

B.he likes the shops.

C.he likes to compare the prices between the same items.

D.he has nothing to do but shopping.

2.They never go shopping together because_______.

A.their ways of shopping are quite different

B.they hate each other.

C.they needn’t buy anything for the family

D.they don’t have time for it.

3.Jimmy can’t do the shopping well because _______.

A.he is young

B.he is absent-minded

C.he often loses his money

D.he doesn’t like shopping

4.Jimmy didn’t buy what his mother wanted because_______.

A.the shop was closed that day

B.the policeman stopped him

C.he forgot some of them

D.he gave all the money to the beggar

 

How clean are the nation’s homes?

According to a survey by CIF, there’s room for improvement all over Britain.

Love or hate it — cleaning your home is one job you simply can’t ignore(忽视). But that’s not to say everyone spends the same amount of time or effort on making their places spotless. A new survey by CIF— experts on making tough cleaning jobs easier—— shows that when it comes to washing windows or cleaning the oven(烤箱),where you live in the UK it may show how much effort you put into the task.

BATHROOM

25% of men have never cleaned the toilet — but those in Wales are the worst. Nearly four in 10 Welsh men said they never cleaned anywhere in the house. Hate cleaning the shower head? You’re not alone — a  quarter of a million Brits say the same. 20% of Scots regard window-cleaning as their most hated job.

KITCHEN

36% of people in the south-east say cleaning the cooker is their hated task. 68% of those in the north-east spend more than six hours a week cleaning their homes — especially the kitchen — in sharp contrast to the 49% of Welsh and West Country folk, who put their hands up to cleaning for under an hour.

BEDROOM

18% believe cleaning starts here: that’s the percentage of women who clean wearing their dressing gowns. 51% of women in the north-west may be staying in bed and giving their husband a cuddle(拥抱)—as a thank-you for helping them clean. In other places, there are far fewer helpful men.

LIVING ROOM

32% of women in the north-east turn up the stereo to help make the dusting more fun. Almost six in 10 women agree, however, that cleaning is seriously energetic exercise.

SHIFT THE DIRT WITH CIF

It’s no secret that the right cleaning products will cut cleaning time and effort in half— and no one knows that better than How Clean Is Your house? Presenters Aggie Mackenzie and Kim Woodburn. For solutions(解决办法)to all your cleaning needs, here are some of CIF’s top tips:

·Stop a lot of build-up on your shower head—give it a quick squirt(喷洒)with CIF bathroom spray once a week.

·Stainless steel(不锈钢)tools seem to need endless cleaning. The CIF Wild Qrchid Qxy-Gel-it lifts dirt easily and leaves the kitchen smelling fresh and clean.

·Cooking outside? CIF cream will get your barbecue (烤架)spotlessly clean, ready for those long, lazy summer evenings. Perfect!

1.The main purpose of this passage is to ______.

A.tell us the results of a certain survey

B.advertise a certain product

C.advise men to do more cleaning housework

D.tell us which is the hardest job at home

2.It can be concluded from the survey that people in different parts of Britain______.

A.have different views on house cleaning

B.spend different amounts of time and effort on house cleaning

C.like to do different kinds of housework

D.have different ways to do housework

3.According to the survey,______ spend the most time cleaning their homes.

A.the Welsh

B.people in the north-west

C.people in the south-east

D.people in the north-east

4.CIF in the passage probably refers to ______.

A.an organization doing research on housework

B.a group of experts who give advice on doing housework

C.a company providing advice and products on cleaning

D.a company providing cleaning services

 

Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes.

The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as translations of English. But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English.

The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context. Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, or divide it into syllables, they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form, they check these in a dictionary.

1.The writer thinks that        .

A.choose a good dictionary, and you’ll be successful in learning English

B.dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English.

C.it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly

D.using dictionaries very often can’t help to improve writing

2.According to the passage, which of the following is wrong?

A.Dictionaries have little effect on learning to speak English.

B.Whatever new words you meet while reading, never use dictionaries.

C.Small two-language dictionaries have serious disadvantages.

D.Reading something for the first time, you’d better not use dictionaries.

3.This passage mainly tells us       .       .

A.that students shouldn’t use small two-language dictionaries

B.what were the defects of small two-language dictionaries

C.why students should use large college edition dictionaries

D.what dictionary students should choose and how to use it

4.Which is not mentioned in this passage?

A.How to make good use of a dictionary.

B.When to use a dictionary.

C.How to improve spoken English.

D.How to practise reading fast.

 

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