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。
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 author has a spare washing machine in her new house to someone who happened to need it, with the help of two girls that would give the things they didn’t need to the charity store.
To give the things you don’t need has both advantages and disadvantages.On the one hand, by giving the things you don’t need, you can save more space, help those who really need the things and save their money. On the other hand, some people would worry that once they give the things out, they can’t get them back if they need them sometime in the future.
From my own perspective,its advantages far overweigh its disadvantages. Thus, I can’t agree more with this way of giving for the reason thatnot only can I learn to give but also help those in need. What’s more, resources can be recycled in a more effective way.
If I have a chance to participate in this kind of activity, I would like to give all the things I don’t need. For example, if I am admitted into a university next year, I will give all my useful reference books to the students who really need them.
【解析】
试题分析：这篇书面表达给了一段材料：先要求以约30个词概括本文的要点，再以约120个词写一篇短文，内容包括：（1）赠予方式的利与弊。（2）你的观点并说明理由。（3）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？这道题目要求比较严格，所以在写作之前一定要看清题目。题目还要求你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，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。写作时注意准确运用时态，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系。写作时尽量使用自己会的单词、词组和句型，同时也要注意使用一些高级语法和句型，使自己的文章更有文采。
考点：考查读写任务作文
点评：本文属于根据原文内容写作，动笔前，一定要认真阅读原文，并理解内容。认真看清题目要求，不能遗漏要点，跑题偏题。平时除了加强词汇积累，写作联系以外，还可以适当记忆一些类似的范文，这样在考试中可以起到事半功倍的效果。
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.