3．人与自然：能源、环境、动植物　　

2．人与人：家人、师长、同学

1．人与社会：祖国、家乡、学校　　　

3. 参考词汇：过渡消费overspend

One possible version:

The use of credit cards

With the development of economy, people’s living style and spending habits have changed gradually. At present, more and more people prefer to use credit or VIP cards in shopping malls and super markets for almost everything. Some people think it more convenient and safer. Some think it is a way to show off, feeling more graceful to use cards than to use cash.

However, their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy, which results in overspending. And if they are not careful, there are credit card cheatings now and then.

In my opinion, we shouldn’t follow the fashion and use cards for everything. We should use them properly.

No. 4

假设你是李平，是一名高中学生。请你围绕“建设和谐社会”的主题，根据下面所提供的信息，用英语给你的同学写一封信。

2. 词数：120词左右，可以适当增加细节。

4．We can learn from the passage that ____________.

　　　 A．the upper class is powerful and influential

　　　 B．the upper class collects rare books to make money

　　　 C．the upper class holds all top government positions

　　　 D．the “old rich” make much more money than the “new rich”

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书面表达

No. 1

　The other day while reading The Meaning of Life , I came across this advice of Monty Python’s - “Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds(信仰) and nations.”　 　

Please tell your classmates your understanding of the advice. You only need to deal with one aspect of Python’s advice.

_______________________________________________________

One possible version:

This advice impressed me deeply. I want to say that “Try and be nice to people” is what we teenagers should do right now. As everybody knows, with the social competition growing fiercer, people are becoming more and more indifferent towards each other. What’s worse, some people even believe that “Eat lunch or be lunch”. Needless to say that many tragedies have occurred because of such belief.　 Fierce social competition is taking human nature out of us human beings. It is high time that we realized it and started to do something to change the situation. “Try and be nice to people” is exactly what we can and what we should do right now.

No. 2

请根据以下信息写一篇介绍霍英东的文章。

One possible version:

In May, 1923, Dr Huo Yingdong was born from a poor family in Hong Kong. At the age of ten, his father died. After 1955, he was engaged in architecture, shipping, petroleum and became a famous person at home and abroad.

Since the beginning of the reform and open policy, he had donated over 10 billion dollars to sponsor education, culture, sports, public welfare in Mainland.　

He has made great contributions to constructing and benefiting our country, which makes him a Moving China hero.

No. 3

随着经济的发展，人们的生活方式、消费习惯也在悄然变化。目前，在商场、超市购物时使用信用卡和VIP卡的人越来越多了，请根据下列表格中的内容提示和你对这种现象的认识，用英语写一篇题为“The use of credit cards”的短文。

要求：1. 对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥。

3．The upper class is also called the out-of-sight class because ____________.

　　　 A．they keep away from the general public

　　　 B．they spend most of their time abroad.

　　　 C．they don’t communicate with any people

　　　 D．they move frequently from place to place

2．The reason why the “old rich” look down upon the ‘new rich” is that ___________.

　　　 A．the former are wealthier than the latter

　　　 B．the latter sweat themselves to make money

　　　 C．the “new rich” have no interest in arts

　　　 D．the “old rich” are conscious of being members of the upper class

1．According to the author, the “old rich” get richer ___________.

　　　 A．through the Social Register　　　　　　　　　 B．through their reputation

　　　 C．by investing their inherited wealth　　　　 D．by collecting paintings and sculptures

4. The score of the match between Agassi and Becket is ______.

　　 A. 0-2　　 B.0-3　　　 C.1-3　　　 D.2-3

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No.13

Though it is mere 1 to 3 percent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two segments: upper-upper and lower-upper. Basically, the upper-upper class is the “old rich”－families that have been wealthy for several generations－an aristocracy of birth and wealth. Their names are in the Social Register, a listing of acceptable members of high society. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, Roosevelts, and Vanderbilts. Most are not visible to the general public. They live in grand seclusion(深居简出), drawing their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. In contrast, the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. Although they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich are anxious to make their money like everybody else beneath their class. Thus their prestige(威望) is generally lower than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who tend to look down upon the new rich.

However its wealth is acquired, the upper class is very, very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to cultivate an interest in the arts and to collect rare books, paintings, and sculptures. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind－all of which keeps them so distant from the masses that they have been called the out-of-fight class. More than any other class, they tend to be conscious of being members of a class. They also command an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they hold many top government positions, run the Council on Foreign Relations, and control multinational corporations. Their actions affect the lives of millions.