第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

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。

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer(啤酒制造者). He didn’t even want me anywhere near a vat(酿酒用的桶). So I did as he asked. I got good grades and went to Harvard.

In the second year, I began to realize that I’d never done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out (辍学)for some time. Obviously, my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that one can’t wait till he is 65 to do what he wants to in life. Having worked for 2 years, I went back to Harvard to continue my study.

After graduation, I got a highly-paid job in Boston. After working there five years, I wondered, “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in low quality. Why not make good beer for Americans? I thought.

I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. When I told Dad, he was astonished, but in the end he supported me. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, my Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My advice to the young is simple: decide by yourselves not your seniors what you should do for a life when you are young. 

【写作内容】

1．用大约30个词概括原文内容。

2．然后用大约120个词表达自己对如何解决“孩子的个人志向与家长愿望之间的矛盾”的看法，内容包括：

（1）说明家长尊重孩子志向的重要性。

（2）用自己或他人的事例说明应该如何解决孩子的个人志向与家长愿望之间的矛盾。

【写作要求】

1．作文中可使用自己亲身经历或虚构的故事支持你的观点，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。

【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

My 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.
In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece.
【小题1】The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ___________.

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）

         阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、 D和E）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games．

         It’s a message that many a mom and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster （and some not-so-youngsters） who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand．

         But the 40-year-old Langteau isn’t a parent．He’s experienced at video games — one who played producer on three “Medal of Honor” games and co-founded his own game development company．

         Langteau has just published a children’s book called “Sofa Boy,” which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the couch with controller held in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow．

         It’s a fairy tale plucked straight from Langteau's own experiences as a lad with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction．But first, Langteau would like to make one thing clear: “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games．I think video games are great, I think they do great things for kids．Instead, Langteau says his book is all about a little something called “moderation．（克制）”

         _“It’s_about_being_well_rounded,” he says．“Just like with anything else, we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do．”

         Video gamers can be rather bad-tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment．And understandably so．After all, most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders — people who don’t play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment．

         But Langteau and “Sofa Boy” seem to be in a unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game-savvy masses might actually listen to．After all, this is a

         man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games．His early experience has taught him a lesson．

1．Scott Langteau published “Sofa Boy” to_____________．

       A．share his great skills on games                          

         B．warn kids against game addiction

       C．tell about his fairy tale as a kid         

         D．deliver a message for games

2．We can learn from the passage that____________．

       A．Langteau advises the young to play games within limits

       B．Langteau advises the young not to play games

       C．playing video games ruins the future of kids

       D．playing video games is of no benefit to kids

3．By saying “It’s about being well rounded” Langteau thinks____________．20090506

       A．games do great things for kids             

         B．gamers are usually fat and round

       C．games should be viewed from all sides            

         D．gamers are to blame for their behaviors

4．What topic will be discussed in the following paragraph?

       A．His idea to create “Sofa Boy”．

       B．His great achievement in games as a kid．

       C．His hard times to set up his game company．

       D．His enthusiasm for games when he was a small boy．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从第每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  1, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  2and ill.

My father was  3a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  4all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  5. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  6about life, and I told them about one of my  7. I said that we must very often give things up  8we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  9that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  10up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  11! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  12, he answered his own question: “I  13the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  14by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I  15remember his words and become  16. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  17to give up my small irritations. In this  18, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  19what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  20.

本文中作者通过和父亲的一次谈话感悟到了什么是生活中的得与失，以及该如何看待得和失，充满人生哲理。

1.A. Afterwards       B. Therefore       C. However       D. Meanwhile

2.A. tired            B. weak            C. poor          D. slow

3.A. already          B. still           C. only          D. once

4.A. took             B. threw           C. sent          D. put

5.A. impossible       B. difficult       C. stressful     D. hopeless

6.A. worrying         B. caring          C. talking       D. asking

7.A. decisions        B. experiences     C. ambitions     D. beliefs

8.A. as               B. since           C. before        D. till

9.A. suggests         B. promises        C. seems         D. requires

10.A. spoke           B. turned          C. summed        D. opened

如：There was a brief silence, then Gerald spoke up.；sum up 总结

11.A. something       B. anything        C. nothing       D. everything

12.A. Surprisingly    B. Immediately     C. Naturally     D. Certainly

13.A. had             B. accepted        C. gained        D. enjoyed

14.A. touched         B. astonished      C. attracted     D. warned

15.A. should          B. could           C. would         D. might

16.A. quiet           B. calm            C. relaxed       D. happy

17.A. ready           B. likely          C. free          D. able

18.A. case            B. form            C. method        D. way

19.A. doubt           B. wonder          C. know          D. guess

20.A. award           B. gift            C. lesson        D. word