题目内容
随着全球环境的恶化，越来越多的人选择过“低碳生活（low-carbon life）”，即减少二氧化碳的排放，低能量、低消耗、低开支的生活。请写一篇英语短文，倡议你的同学们加入“低碳一族”。要点如下：
1、用手洗衣服；
2、多走楼梯，少用电梯；
3、去超市自备购物袋；
4、步行或者骑自行车上学。
注意：1. 词数：120左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 参考词汇：减少reduce
One possible version：
With the global warming getting worse, more people choose to live a low-carbon life for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases. As students, we have the responsibility to change our lifestyle to fit the world better. The following are some small things that may lead to big improvement of the environment.
Firstly, wash your clothes by hand instead of using washing machines. Secondly, don’t take elevators unless it is necessary. Using stairs does good to both your health and the environment. Thirdly, remember to bring your own shopping bags when you go to the supermarket. Lastly, go to school on foot or by bicycle. Buses produce carbon too.
Let’s take action and be low-carbon people!
解析
Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English ruler tried to conquer Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English, Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two "Irelands". Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.
In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.
For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people will work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.
The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were "the greatest talkers since the Creeks". Since independence, Ireland has revived (复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.
【小题1】What does the author tell us in paragraph 1?
| A．How the Irish fought against the English. |
| B．How Ireland gained independence. |
| C．How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland. |
| D．How two “Irelands” came into being. |
| A．food shortages in the 1840s led to a decline in population |
| B．people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside |
| C．it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker |
| D．different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments |
| A．the Irish character | B．Irish culture |
| C．Irish musical instruments | D．a famous Irish writer |
| A．Life in Ireland | B．A very difficult history |
| C．Ireland, past and present | D．the independence of Ireland |
假设你是李华。最近你班举行了一次班会，班会的主题是：是否有必要进行太空探险。请结合下表内容，给校报用英语写一篇文章，客观地介绍讨论的情况并表达你自己的观点。
| 一些同学赞同 | 一些同学反对 | 你自己的观点 |
| ●更好地了解太空 | ●耗资巨大 | ●？ |
| ●从太空获得新资源 | ●宇航员的安全问题 | |
| ●扩大人类的生存空间 | |
2. 标题与开头已写好，不计入总词数。
提示词：宇航员：astronauts 生存空间: living space
Outer Space Exploration, YES or NO?
The other day at a class meeting we had an argument over
