题目内容
SECTION C(25分)
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是李华,你的朋友王明最近做了一件对不起你的事情或说了一句伤害了你的话,但王明自己似乎并未意识到。请根据以下提示用英语给你的朋友王明写一封信。
1.提醒对方明白其做的事情或说的话对你的伤害;
2.希望对方采取的措施;
3.不采取措施对二人关系可造成的影响。
注意:语气应适度中肯;词数为100—150,已经给出的文字不计入总词数。
Dear Wang Ming,
You may remember
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I hope _______________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
One possible version:
Dear Wang Ming,
You may remember that the other day in the presence of my classmates you referred to my constant failures in my English exams before you helped me with my lesson. Recently, they have been making jokes about that and I can’t take it any more.
You may not be aware but I must tell you that it hurt me a lot. I admit that I owe many thanks to you for my improvement in English but it doesn’t mean you have the right to emphasize my previous failures before others. What’s more, I believe on should help their resends but not boast about being helpful.
I hope you will avoid that topic in future when talking with others and we will still be friends. Otherwise, I’m afraid our friendship will be deeply hurt.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】略
SECTION C
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
在旱灾和震灾中的孩子们虽然遇到了无法想象的困难,但他们仍然没有放弃学习。请简要描述这两张照片,并谈谈你的感想。文章的开头已经给出。
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注意:短文的开头已写,不计入总数。
Natural disasters left students in miserable life. However, they never gave up study.
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The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students' self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable."
Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
1.What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry?
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A.It is a highly profitable industry. |
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B.It is based on the concept of positive thinking. |
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C.It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. |
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D.It has yielded positive results. |
2.What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?
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A.Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good. |
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B.There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. |
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C.Unhappy people cannot think positively. |
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D.The power of positive thinking is limited. |
3.What does the author mean by "… you're just underlining his faults" (Line 4, Para. 3)?
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A.You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. |
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B.You are pointing out the errors he has committed. |
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C.You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. |
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D.You are trying to make him feel better about his faults. |
4. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?
A. It is important for people to continually boost their self-esteem.
B. Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one's mood.
C. Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem.
D. People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings.
Section C.
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading that you do not need. (请注意题号,将答案填涂在答题卡相应的位置)