In junior high school, one of my classmates, Ethan, was addicted to TV. This boy simply knew everything about such pop shows as Who’s the Boss?

    Then one day Ethan’s mother made an offer in order to draw him back to his school subjects. She promised that she would give him $200 if he could go a full month without watching any TV. None of us thought Ethan could do it, but he did quite well. His mom paid him $200. He went out and bought a TV, the biggest he could find.

    In recent years, hundreds of schools have carried out experiments with paying kids with each for showing up or getting good grades. All school kids admire this trend. But it upsets adults. Teachers say that we are rewarding kids for doing what they should be doing of their own will. Psychologists warn that money can actually make kids perform worse by making the act of learning cheap. The debate has become a typical battle over why our kids are not learning at the rate they should he despite decades of reforms and budget increases.

[写作内容] 1. 以约30词概括上文的主要内容。

2. 以约120词对用金钱鼓励孩子学习的现象进行议论，内容包括：

(1)你对用金钱鼓励孩子学习的看法;

(2)你的父母(或其他亲人)是如何鼓励你学习的；

(3)你认为怎样才能更好地鼓励孩子学习。

[写作要求]

1. 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，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 标题自定。

3. 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。

-----Who’s the writer of this short story?, Mark Twain or Charles Dickens?

-----_____. It was written by a French woman writer.

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。

In junior high school, one of my classmates, Ethan, was addicted to TV. This boy simply knew everything about such pop shows as Who’s the Boss?

Then one day Ethan’s mother made him an offer in order to draw him back to his school subjects. She promised that she would give him $200 if he could go a full month without watching any TV. None of us thought Ethan could do it, but he did quit TV. His mom paid him $200. He went out and bought a TV, the biggest he could find.

         In recent years, hundreds of schools have carried out experiments with paying kids with cash for showing up or getting good grades. All school kids admire this trend. But it upsets adults. Teachers say that we are rewarding kids for doing what they should be doing of their own will.Psychologists warn that money can actually make kids perform worse by making the act of learning cheap. The debate has become a typical battle over why our kids are not learning at the rate they should be despite decades of reforms and budget increases.

         [写作内容]

         1.以约30词概括上文的主要内容。

         2.以约120词对用金钱鼓励孩子学习的现象进行议论，内容包括：

         (1)你对用金钱鼓励孩子学习的看法：

         (2)你的父母（或其他亲人）是如何鼓励你学习的；

         (3)你认为怎样才能更好地鼓励孩子学习

          [写作要求]

         1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，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。

         [评分标准]

         概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

按要求完成以下单词或词组, 注意词形变化。

1.Most of the buildings were completely d____________ in the Wenchuan earthquake and the city was in ruins.

2.This kind of overcoat is worth buying. It is of good q_____________and in good design.

3.Mo Yan, who has d_____________ his whole life to writing novels, won the 2012 Nobel Prize in    Literature.

4.Because of f______________ practice, he became more and more experienced in playing basketball.

5.He was the only one of the soldiers who s______________ the war, while the rest were dead.

6.Several months ago, President Obama _____________ (上台、掌权) again, and he will serve four more years as the president of the USA.

7.Guided by the American Dream, lots of people went to American _____________ (寻找) freedom, work and wealth.

8.______________(作为回报) for the gift, Amber Room, the Czar sent Frederick William I a troop of his best soldiers.

9.Most of the classmates _______________ (高度评价) Michael though he himself didn’t think he had done anything special.

10.After _____________ (经历) so many difficulties, she learned to face life bravely. 

   CHICAGO ---Call it a reward, or just “bribery(贿赂)”.
Whichever it is, many parents today readily admit to buying off their children, who get goodies(好东西) for anything from behaving in a restaurant to sleeping all night in their own beds.
That’s what worries parenting experts.
“I think that reward systems have a time and a place and work really well in certain situations,” says Marcy Safyer, director of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting.
“But what often gets lost for people is being able to figure out how to communicate to their kids that doing the thing is rewarding enough,” Safyer says.
Parents and experts alike agree that the dynamic(动力) is partly a reflection of the world we live in. It’s unrealistic to think a parent wouldn’t reward their children with material things sometimes, says Robin Lanzi, a clinical psychologist and mother of four who’s the research director at the Center on Health and Education at Georgetown University.
“But you want to make sure that they match the behavior, so it’s not something huge for something small,” Lanzi says.
She recalls hearing about a father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system for scoring a couple goals in a soccer game.
Elizabeth Powell, a mother of two young daughters in Austin, Texas, knows what she means.
“You want to raise them in a way that they’re respectful and appreciate things,” Powell says of her children. “But sometimes, you wonder now if kids appreciate even a new pair of shoes. ”
【小题1】Parenting experts are worried that ____ .