书面表达(满分25分)

你所在的班级将要举办一次主题为“What Can We Do for Our School?”的英语演讲比赛。请写一篇英语演讲稿，要求从以下四方面中任选一至二个进行阐述，并举例加以说明。

1.关心他人；

2.美化校园；

3.爱护学校设施；

4.营造良好的学习氛围。

注意：

1.不要在书面表达中出现所在学校的校名和本人姓名，否则本节判为零分；

2.词数：100左右；

3.参考词汇：爱心——love and care;校园——campus;设施——facilities;氛围——environment

4.开头和结尾已经写好，且不计入词数。

Hello,everyone.It’s nice to speak about what we can do for our school,and I think each of us can do something.

Thank you for listening!

Scientists are convinced ___ the positive effect of laughter ___ physical and mental health.

A.of;at                                                            B.by;in

C.of;on                                                           D.on;at

They only say such unkind things about you out of ____ envy, because you are ____ success as a writer.

A. the; a       B. the; /       C. /; a     D. /; /

—“Could we put off the meeting?”she asked.

—“_______,”he answered politely.“This is the only day everyone is available.”

A.Not likely                                                    B.Not exactly

C.Not nearly                                                    D.Not really

—Tony said he could fix my bicycle,but I really doubt it.

—_______.He’s very good at this sort of thing.

A.Don’t worry                                                        B.I couldn’t agree more

C.Of course                                                     D.A piece of cake

According to the message board,Orinon Books_______.

A.opposes the reading of original classics

B.is embarrassed for cutting down classics

C.thinks cut-down classics have a bright future

D.is cautious in its decision to cut down classics

In Mr.Edwards’ opinion,Orion Group is shortening classics to_______.

A.make them easier to read

B.meet a large demand in the market

C.increase the sales of literary books

D.compete with their original versions

By describing the shortened classics as “a breath of fresh air”,Ms.Weir_______.

A.speaks highly of the cut-down classics

B.shows gailty of the original classics

C.feels guilty of not reading the classics

D.disapproves of shortening the classics

Mr.Crockatt seems to imply that_______.

A.reading the classic works is a confusing attempt

B.shortening the classics does harm to the original

C.publishing the cub-down classics is a difficult job

D.editing the classic works satisfies children’s needs

Over the last 70 years,researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference.Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes.However,of all the factors,wealth and age are the top two.

Money can buy a degree of happiness.But once you can afford to feed,clothe and house yourself,each extra dollar makes less and less difference.

Researchers find that,on average,wealthier people are happier.But the link between money and happiness is complex.In the past half-century,average income has sharply increased in developed countries,yet happiness levels have remained almost the same.Once your basic needs are met,money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends,neighbors and colleagues.

“Dollars buy status,and status makes people feel better,”conclude some experts,which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways—scientists or actors,for example—may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.

In a research,Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires—not just for money,but for friends,family,job,health—rose furthest beyond what they already had,tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap(差距).Indeed,the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone.“The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income,”says Michalos.

Another factor that has to do with happiness is age.Old age may not be so bad.“Given all the problems of aging,how could the elderly be more satisfied?”asks Professor Laura Carstensen.

In one survey,Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94,and asked them to fill out an emotions questionaire.She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people,but negative emotions much less often.

Why are old people happier?Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it,or they’re more realistic about their goals,only setting ones that they know they can achieve.But Carstensen thinks that with time running out,older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.

“People realize not only what they have,but also that what they have cannot last forever,”she says.“A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85,for example,may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”

According to the passage,the feeling of happiness ______.

A.is determined partly by genes

B.increases gradually with age

C.has little to do with wealth

D.is measured by desires

Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs ______.

A.make them feel much better

B.provide chances to make friends

C.improve their social position

D.satisfy their professional interests

Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more ______.

A.optimistic

B.successful

C.practical

D.emotional

Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if ______.

A.the gap between reality and desire is bigger

B.they have a stronger desire for friendship

C.their income is below their expectation

D.the hope for good health is greater

Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars(火星),and say they could be protecting life from the planet’s terrible environment.

Images of the Mars caves from Northern

Arizona University

The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter.Each as large as a football field,they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.

“If there is life on Mars,there is a good chance you’d find it in caves,”said Jut Wynne,one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.

Jonathan Clarke,a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia,yesterday described the discovery as exciting.

One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm,suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.

“I said:‘Wow,that’s a cave’,”Dr.Clarke said excitedly.“People have been looking for these for a long time;now we have found them.”

He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold,radiation-soaked(充满辐射的),dry surface.

“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,”he said.“If there are gases coming out,they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria.A cave is also a protection from radiation;the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.”

The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lava flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long ago.The outside of the tubes cooled,forming solid walls,while something hotter inside allowed the remaining lava to flow out,forming caves.

What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.How the caves were formed on Mars.

B.How scientists found these caves on Mars.

C.Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.

D.Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.

We can learn from the passage that _______.

A.water has already been found on Mars

B.the scientists found all the caves at night

C.it is certain that there is life in these caves

D.the surface of Mars is bitterly cold,radiation-soaked and dry

According to the passage,Dr.Clarke was so excited because _______.

A.such caves could provide energy for life

B.they had finally found the caves on Mars

C.such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life

D.scientists had long been looking for these caves

Necessary conditions for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include _______.

A.lava and energy

B.water and radiation from space

C.gases and lava

D.water and protection from radiation

  短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I’m eighteen years old and I live in small village in                                       76._______

the Peak District,not far from Nottingham.I grow up                                     77._______

in this village,so I know everyone here.That’s the                                                 78._______

problem—the problem is that there’s nothing to do,                                       79._______

and nobody of my age to do it with!At the moments I                                    80._______

travel into Nottingham every day to the shop as I work.                                 81._______

There’s a bus at 7:30 in the morning or the last bus back                                82._______

in the evening is at 5:30.From September,therefore,                                       83._______

I’m going to stay in Nottingham by my aunt and uncle                                          84._______

when my cousin joins in the Navy.I can use his room.                                    85._______

I’m really looking forward to living in Nottingham.

Little_____that we were watching his every move,so he seemed to be going his own way in this business.

A.he realized                                                   B.he didn’t realize

C.didn’t he realize                                            D.did he realize