（2009.湖北卷）:短文写作（共1题;满分25分，

假设你是华华，与英国网友汤姆约定用对方的母语通信，以提高各自的外语水平。最近你收到汤姆的电子邮件（附后），发现有一个成语使用不当。请根据下列要点，用英文回一封电子邮件。

要点:

1．不应使用 “无所不为”，应使用 “无所事事”;

2．说明这两个成语的用法;

3．给予鼓励。

注意:  1.词数为1叨左右;

2.参考释义:无所不为一do all kinds of bad things

无所事事一have nothing to do

3.除以上两个成语外，邮件中不得使用其它汉字或拼音;

4. 电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计人你所写词数），但不得抄人答题卡。

附（汤姆的邮件）:

华华，你好!

近几天在忙什么事?有什么有意思的事吗?我们的学校放假了，所以这几天在家无所不为，饱食终日，只好上网发伊妹儿。没意思。我决定找份工作，做个自食其力的人。祝好!

汤姆

（以下所给内容不得抄入答题卡）

Hi! Tom

Nice to read your e-mail today. I noticed you’ve begun to use Chinese idioms and used most of them correctly.

…

Hop you’ll find a good job soon.

Huahua

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(请将答案写在答题卡上相应番号后的横线上) （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

When you take a taxi in the United States, if you sit in the front seat, the driver will be pleased and talk with you all the way. If you sit in the back seat, however, the driver may be unhappy and unwilling to speak.

At first, I thought that this had something to do with different characters (性格) of the drivers. Later, after I’d had more experiences with taxis, I found that it happened very often. Only when I arrived in San Francisco did I ____________.

I went to see Sonia in San Francisco. One day, Sonia drove the car while her husband, Ji An, sat beside her, and I sat behind Ji An. Later, Ji An got out of the car and suggested that I sit where he had been sitting. It’s not a long way, so I told him that it didn’t matter, but Ji An insisted. I had to move, feeling a little strange.

“Do you know why Ji An asked you to sit here?” Sonia asked me. I shook my head. “If you sit in the front, it means that you and I are friends. If you sit in the back, it seems that I’m just your driver and our relationship is of employer and employee.”

With those words, I understood at once why taxi drivers were so pleased when people sat in the front. On the face of it, the only issue was where one sat. As a matter of fact, where to sit also reflected (反映) the degree of one’s respect for the driver.

Although it is true that the relationship between driver and passenger is a business relationship, people still place an emphasis (强调) on respect and friendship beyond any monetary (金钱的) relationship.

1.What’s the best title for the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

____________________________________________

2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

It seemed that the problem was no more than the seat.

____________________________________________

3.Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)

____________________________________________

4.What’s the culture of taking a taxi in the United States? (Please answer within 30 words.)

____________________________________________

5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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第五部分：短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

根据下面两篇文章的上下文意思从括号中选择适当的单词或短语填空。

请将答案写在答题纸的相应位置。

A.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children    1   (lucky,luck) money in red paper.There are dragon dances and camivals,and families    2   (celebrate,celebration) the Lunar New Year together.People love to    3   (get together,go together)to eat,drink and    4   (have fun with,play with)each other.Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our    5   (customs,habits)and forget our work for a little while.

B.The writer’s wife    6   (tries,was trying) on a hat but he did not like it.He sat down and waited for her.Then they began    7    (arguing,argued) again.He had bought a tie the day before but his wife did not like it. ‘A man    8   (can never,can) have too many ties.’he said.His wife used exactly the same argument ‘A woman can’t have    9   (so,too)many hats,’ and bought the hat.It    10    (looked like,looked) a lighthouse.

目前，一些学校校园内部浪费现象严重。为此，你班要组织一次“杜绝浪费，提倡节约”的主题班会，请你写一份英语演讲稿，准备在班会上发言。提示内容如下：

Zoology（动物学）is the part of science that deals with the study of the animals’ growth, home and behavior. It has nothing to do with people, so many students are left wondering why they have to learn it.

   Our nature includes not just humans but plants and animals as well. Everything in our environment is connected in a complex cycle. If you have a better understanding of how animals would behave and work with us, then you would value nature better.

   Some animals are actually misunderstood by people like sharks and snakes. These creatures are thought of as human killers, and this is mainly because we don’t understand why they behave that way. In zoology you would be able to learn natural behavior as well as their homes so you would completely understand why they would behave in a defensive(防御的) manner when they seem to be threatened. Studying zoology would help people achieve clearness over the common myths we have on different wild animals.

   Studying zoology would help people know the real facts about animals. One of the negative facts is the decreasing numbers of some species of animals. It makes people realize that there is a need for nature to be always balanced. We need animals to keep the balance in our environment and for humans to survive as well. It would help us learn the needs that animals lack and we can respond by thinking of solutions we can give to the endangered species of animals.

  Modern progress is needed for a country to grow in terms of its economy; however, it should not force us to destroy our rainforests and oceans. People should realize that our modern lives should include the lives of the animals that live with us. They should not be contained in zoos but in their natural homes as well. We will learn that every living creature on the earth has the right to own a home and we need to fight for them to have permanent(永久的) homes.

1.According to the text, nature should be       .

A. left alone                                                         B. treated seriously

C. taken for granted                                  D. taken lightly

2.It is implied in Paragraph 4 that animals play a role of        .

A. making our world beautiful                      B. protecting species of plants

C. providing food for humans                       D. keeping nature in balance

3.To animals, humans should act as        .

A. caretakers              B. killers             C. competitors                     D. trainers

4.The best title for the passage may be “      ”.

A. The Ways of Protecting Animals

B. The Importance of Studying Zoology

C. The Introduction to Zoology

D. The Advantages of Learning Zoology