Hi Brad,

It’s good to hear from you again. I find that I’m not good at writing compositions. It’s hard for me to prepare the form of a composition and organize sentences. ①Could you tell me how to deal with this problem? I would really appreciate if you offer me some good methods.

Best wishes,

                                                                      Cindy

Hi Cindy,

A composition is really a story and any story is told to an audience. There is a form for this and it is in three parts. First, tell them(the audience) what you are going to tell them. Then tell them, and finally tell them what you told them. Parts one and three are short and most of the information is in part two. It works like this.

Let’s say you are asked to write a 200-word composition about your visit to the Great Wall. You would begin with an opening sentence or two saying something like “The Great Wall of China is a national ②landmark that is famous around the world. I visited it last summer and I want to tell you about it.” That uses about 25 words to tell them what you are going to tell them.

The second part would be about 150 words and would contain information about the Great Wall such as how long it is, when it was built, who built it and why, the fact that it is one of the seven wonders of the world and you would talk about how you felt and what you thought when you visited this national treasure. This is telling them.

Finally, you would use about another 25 words to say something like “That was my first visit to the Great Wall and it was a very emotional experience to actually touch something so old and famous. ③每个中国人至少参观长城一次.I plan to go back whenever I can.” Here, you are telling them what you told them in the story and wrapping it all up into a neat package. This formula(惯例)works for both compositions and speeches and I think you will find it helps to organize your thoughts. I hope it’s helpful.

Best wishes,

                                                                 Brad Franklin

1.将文中①处的画线部分翻译成汉语：                                             .

2.(A) 试写出文中②处画线部分landmark的汉语意思：            .

(B)下面有四个在文中出现的单词，请找出画线部分发音哪个与众不同?                .

A. work            B. word            C. information            D. world

3.将文中③处的汉语翻译成英语：                                                 .

4.从文中找出适当的词组填空：How I wish to get a letter from you soon!

How I wish to _________  _________ you soon!

5.用英语回答问题：What’s the main idea of the passage?                                .

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案.

　The Australian government（政府）has built the longest fence（篱笆）in the world. It is 9, 500 kilometres long, and two hundred men look after it. They drive along it and repair it every day. Sand blows against it and covers it. Sand blows away from it and leaves holes under it. Rabbits make holes through it. These holes are dangerous. The men have to repair them immediately. If they do not, the dingoes will get in. Dingoes are wild dogs. They are the fiercest (最凶猛) killers in Australia. Wild animals usually kill for food--but dingoes kill for pleasure, too. One dingo can easily kill 100 sheep in a night. Dingoes killed 600,000 sheep in Queensland in eleven years. Those sheep were worth $2,000,000. The farmers were angry, but they could not stop the dingoes. The problem was too big for the farmers to solve. So the government agreed to build the fence. Why? Because Australia depends on her sheep. She exports (出口) 45 percent of all the wool (羊毛) in the world. She mustwin the fight against the dingoes.

1. Why did the Australian government build the world's longest fence? 

[　　　　 ]

A． To match the Great Wall in China.

B．To protect sheep from being killed by dingoes.

C．To hold wind and sand.

2．Why are the holes in the fence dangerous and should be repaired immediately?

[　　]

A． The fence will fall.

B．The fence might appear ugly with those holes.

C．Dingoes will get through these holes to kill sheep.

3． What are dingoes?　　　

[　　]

A． The passage doesn't explain.

B．They are wild dogs that are the fiercest killers in Australia.

C． They are Australian sheep.

4． Why are dingoes known as the fiercest killers in Australia?　　　

[　　]

A． Dingoes are big-eaters, they kill a lot of sheep for food.

B．Even the farmers can't defeat them and get them killed.

C．They kill not only for food but also for pleasure.

5．What is Australia famous for?　　　

[　　]

A．The world's longest fence.

B． The fiercest killer--dingoes.

C．Her sheep and wool.

6．The fence is 　　　 long.　　　

[　　]

A． 9,500 kilometres

B． 100 kilometres

C．600,000 kilometres

D．2,000,000 kilometres

7． 　　　 dingo can easily kill 　　　 sheep in a night.　　　

[　　]

A． 1; 100

B． 11; 600,000

C．200; 2,000,000

8． Of all the wool in the world, 　　　 comes from Australia.　　　

[　　]

A． 50%

B．55%

C．45%

9．The problem was too big for the farmers to solve. It means that 　　　

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A．When the farmers tried to solve the problem, they found it very difficult.

B．the problem was important but difficult. To solve such a problem is beyond（超出）the farmers' ability（能力）.

C． the problem was very important and the farmers solved it (with the help of the government).

10． In the last sentence, what does "she" refer to（指）?　　　

[　　]

A．The farmer

B．The sheep

C． Australia