第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你叫华华，进入高三后一直想买一个MP3，但是母亲反对。请你根据下表中的信息，给妈妈写一封信，说服她满足你的愿望。

注意：1．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2．词数100左右。开头及结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mum,

As I’m in Senior 3, I strongly feel the urge to get an MP3 player, so I’m writing to you．For one thing,

____________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Hope you’ll satisfy this request of mine．

Yours,

Hua Hua

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. 

完成句子（满分5分，每小题0.5分）

1.Liz agreed to look after the baby ____ ________ ______ a free room.（作为回报）

2.The sofa had to _______ _______ a bed.（充当）

3.There must have been an angel who ______ ______ me that day.（看守/守护）

4.Stern put Travis ____ ______ _____ the research team.（负责）

5.When he was in France, he _________ _______ some French.（学会）

6.People ______ too much __________ _______ economic forecasts.（认为……重要）

7.I am sure that he will ______ __________ ______Beijing University.（录取）

8.The company holds ________ meetings with employees.（定期的）

9.They own a house in France ______ ______ ______ an apartment in Spain.（除……还有）

10.Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life ____ ________ ___________. （高质量的）

Section B  

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.   Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. environment        B. necessarily  C. allowed        D. cheated       E. hardly

F. admitted       G. communication   H. necessary    I. joy          J. difficulty

    A relative of mine once asked me: “Why should a Chinese take time to learn a language that is not his own?” Obviously he has ___37___ in learning a foreign language. He is not the only one who is mentally against English learning. One reason, as I suspect, is the way English is taught. The emphasis on memorization is such that no ___38___ is left in the process, only endless irritation. What students are presented in the classroom is not the language in real-world ___39___. A Chinese student with extremely high scores for American standardized tests was ___40___ into one of the most famous universities. But his professors soon found out that he could ___41___ understand them in the classroom. Suspecting that he ___42___ in the tests, the school demanded he repeat them. Again, he passed with high scores. Not till then did they realize that the student had mastered the techniques for dealing with the tests, not ___43___ the skills of using the language.

　　Many people take TOFEL, IELTS, GRE, annual Band 4 and Band 6 exams not because they work in areas where English is a ___44___ tool, but because they have to do it for job promotion or enrolment in certain programmes.

　　Must English learning be such a pain in the neck?

　　Create a(n)___45____ where learning English is natural and painless. Don't make it compulsory for people whose work or major does not require it. China will not become more international by adding millions of people who can only say a simple "Hello."