第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

The Guangzhou Children’s Palace and Urbanities Growing magazine last week published the results of survey about how children and parents view thankfulness. 84% of parents think that today most children do not feel a sense of thankfulness toward their parents. 90% of the parents said that the key to teaching children to be thankful toward their parents is for parents to set a good example themselves. If parents expect their kids to be more thankful to them, they themselves should be thankful toward their kids as well as toward others.

How do children understand the idea of being thankful? Most children think that being thankful means repaying those who have supported them. 44% of the children think that they should be grateful to those who once helped them or brought them happiness; 36% of the children think that if someone helped them before, then they should do something for him or her in return; and 20% said that they should be grateful to their parents for bringing them up. No kids think that being thankful was something out of date.

[写作内容]

1.   以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2.   以约120个词就 “对父母的感谢” 这个主题发表自己的看法，包括以下要点：

你认为子女是否应该对父母表示感谢并指出原因；

你通常以怎样的方式对自己的父母表示感谢。

[写作要求]

1.   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.   标题自拟。

[评分标准]           概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1．Learning strategies, to                                       (老师们重视的), have not yet drawn enough attention of students. (attach)

2．Not only_______________________________ (我们表示出同情) after the alarming earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but we also offered to assist the country. (sympathy)

3．He _____________________________（假装已睡着了）when his mother called him. (pretend)

4．It was strongly suggested that the injured passenger ______________ (动手术) as soon as possible. (operate)

5．Oh, the Geli times is coming! _________________ (据报道), Geli, a new Chinglish word, has been shown in the New York Times as well as People’s Daily. (report)

6．                         (一个人留在家里), Mary felt lonely and frightened, so she turned on the TV. (leave)

7．I _________________ (偶然发现) this book in an old bookstore near the Palace Museum. (come)

8．__________________________ (你注意到) it is getting windy outside? (aware)

9．— What do you think of Mrs. Smith?

— She is_______________________ (一位善良的女士) as you could ever meet. (kind)

10．Hearing the terrible news, his parents hurried home ___________________ (结果发现他坐着) in the garden. (only)

第二节 读写任务 （共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

The Guangzhou Children’s Palace and Urbanities Growing magazine last week published the results of survey about how children and parents view thankfulness. 84% of parents think that today most children do not feel a sense of thankfulness toward their parents. 90% of the parents said that the key to teaching children to be thankful toward their parents is for parents to set a good example themselves. If parents expect their kids to be more thankful to them, they themselves should be thankful toward their kids as well as toward others.

How do children understand the idea of being thankful? Most children think that being thankful means repaying those who have supported them. 44% of the children think that they should be grateful to those who once helped them or brought them happiness; 36% of the children think that if someone helped them before, then they should do something for him or her in return; and 20% said that they should be grateful to their parents for bringing them up. No kids think that being thankful was something out of date.

[写作内容]

1.    以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2.    以约120个词就 “对父母的感谢” 这个主题发表自己的看法，包括以下要点：

你认为子女是否应该对父母表示感谢并指出原因；

你通常以怎样的方式对自己的父母表示感谢。

[写作要求]

1.    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.    标题自拟。

[评分标准]            概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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    You believe that all liquids flow downwards, don't you? Try the　　 following experiment and you will think again.

    Get a bottle filled with the gas helium (氦) and plug it up. Cool　　 it to a very low temperature. The gas will form a liquid. Now pull out　　 the plug at the top. You will be astonished to see the liquid　　 immediately escape by moving up the inner side of the bottle and then　　 down the outer side. If you want to fill a bottle with liquid helium,　　 simply stand it in the liquid. The liquid will start climbing into the　　 bottle by itself until the levels outside and inside are the same.

    So, the first requisite for a scientist is: DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING　　 FOR GRANTED.

   (1) What is the major difference between liquid helium and other liquids?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　   A. It becomes active at a very low temperature. 　　   B. It can escape from a closed bottle. 　　   C. It moves upwards as well as downwards. 　　   D. It moves upwards instead of downwards.  　　(2) What will happen if you pull out the plug of the small bottle 　　   which is inside the big jar in Figure 1? Which picture in 　　   Figure 2 represents (表示) the result?　　　　　　  ［　　］ 　　　　  　　(3) What is the main purpose of the passage?　　　　　　［　　］ 　　   A. To teach people a lesson in chemistry. 　　   B. To tell people how to do an experiment. 　　   C. To interest people in an unusual scientific fact. 　　   D. To encourage people to ask for facts to support correct 　　　　  statement (陈述).

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　　Exceptional children are different in some way from others of the same age. 1 these children to develop to their full adult potential (潜能) , their 2 must suit those differences .

　　 3 we focus on (关注) the needs of exceptional children , we find ourselves describing their environment as well. 4 the leading actor on the stage draws our attention, we are also aware of the importance of the 5 players and the scenery of the 6 itself. Both the family and the society 7 exceptional children live are often the 8 to their growth and development. And it is in the public schools 9 we find the full expression of society's understanding—the knowledge, hopes, and fears that are passed on to the next generation.

　　Education in any society is a 10 of the society. We can see it in the strengths, the weaknesses, the hopes, the prejudices(偏见) , and the central values of the culture itself. The great 11 in exceptional children shown in public education over the past thirty years shows the strong feeling in our society that all 12 , 13 their special conditions, have a right to get the opportunity to fully develop their capabilities(能力) .

　　“All men are created 14 . ”We've heard it many times, but it still has important meaning for 15 in a democratic (民主的) society . Although the phrase was used by this country's founders to denote (表示) equality before the 16 , it has also been interpreted to mean equality of 17 .That concept implies educational opportunity for all children—the right of each child to receive help in learning to the limits of his or her capacity, 18 that capacity be small or great. Recent court decisions have made certain the right of children—disabled or not — to a suitable education, and have 19 that public schools take the necessary steps to provide that 20 .

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