题目内容
【题目】 课外阅读能丰富学生的课余生活，开拓他们的视野。但是，目前许多学生并不 重视课外阅读。请你根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文,对这一状况进行分析并提出建议。
要求：
1.80词左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2.文中不能岀现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。
参考要点:
1.学生不重视课外阅读的原因（作业太多、没有时间读书、时间花在手机或电脑……）
2.阅读的好处（更好地了解世界、学会如何思考、生活更加丰富多彩 ……）
3. ……
【答案】One possible version:
At present, only a few students do some reading after class. Here are several reasons. First of all, quite a few students are busy with too much homework. Secondly, they don't have time for reading. What's more, some students haven't formed the habits of reading. They would rather spend their spare time on the phone or the Internet.
However, reading is very important. By reading, students can learn more about the world. Besides, it can help them develop the way of thinking. Last but not least, reading can make students, life more colorful.
There is still something we can do to help the “students read more books. For one thing, teachers are supposed to cut down the homework so that students can have time to read. For another; it's a good idea to build reading clubs so that students can read more book.
【解析】
1. 题干解读：文章属于材料型作文，主要是通过学生不重视课外阅读的这一现象展开讨论，首先可以谈谈这个现象，然后说明造成这个问题的原因是什么，如何解决这个问题给出一些建议即可。
【题目】
The Holi Festival The Holi Festival takes place in India in March every year. Part of the celebration is the lighting of bonfires （篝火） during the day before the start of the festival itself and people will then throw colored power （粉末） and water at one another. |
Saint Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick’s Day is an important holiday in Ireland on March 17. It is to remember Saint Patrick who did good things for the people of Ireland. During the holiday, there are parades （游行） and lots of green. You can see people in green, and you can even see green buildings. |
The Munich Oktoberfest This well-known beer festival is celebrated every year in September and October in Germany and can last about two weeks. Groups of people move towards the large beer tents through the streets of Munich. They can be treated with all kinds of German beer. |
The Quebec Winter Carnival Quebec is an old city in Canada. Many people agree that winter is the best time to visit it. The Quebec Winter Carnival is all about outdoor fun. It starts from the first Sunday in February and lasts ten days. One of the most exciting events is the dogsled （狗拉雪橇） race. With more than 20 teams, the race runs through six kilometers of the city’s streets. |
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
【1】People wear green clothes at the Holi Festival.
【2】Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated in March.
【3】The Munich Oktoberfest lasts about two days.
【4】The dogsled race runs through six kilometers of the city’s streets.
【5】Winter is the best time to visit Quebec.
【题目】 Living in a new era of high technology, more people choose to ask for help by using crowd funding (众筹) online. Some people think it’s convenient and people can get help in time when they are in trouble. There are some other people refusing to donate money in this way. They don’t think the money can be used properly. The following are what some people think about the new way of donating money.
Jackson | Thanks to the crowd funding, I have a chance to succeed in starting a company. About three years ago, I got help from almost eighty thousand strangers. With the money raised from them, my dream to have my own company came true. Next year, my workmates and I plan to donate some of my money to other people in need if the company goes well. |
Maria | I often do volunteer work in my free time. I’ve been volunteering for nearly six years. But I am unfamiliar with how crowd funding works. I don’t think I have time and energy to check whether the online information about the people is true. So I never use crowd funding. I prefer to help people in my neighborhood. |
Jean | Everyone in my family was upset and lost hope when they knew I had a serious illness. I was really thankful to the nurse who told us to try to raise money with help of crowd funding. At first, my parents thought it was unbelievable and impossible to get the money. When they realized they had no choice but to carry out the nurse’s advice, they tried and got the money for my operation. I will try my best to work harder and repay the helpers’ love to me. |
【1】Who are more likely to get help from crowd funding?
A.People who are in danger.B.Patients who need money badly.
C.People who want to make more money.D.People who want to be rich.
【2】Who helped Jackson when he wanted to start a company?
A.His workmates.
B.The volunteers.
C.Many strangers.
D.We don’t know.
【3】What does the underlined word “unfamiliar” mean in Chinese?
A.陌生的
B.赞成的
C.羞愧的
D.反感的
【4】Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Jackson wants to donate all his money to other people in need.
B.Maria has been a volunteer in her neighborhood for nearly six years.
C.A nurse helped Jean work out her crowd funding plan.
D.Nearly all the people think they can get help at once when they are in trouble.