假如你是中学生李华。在一位名叫WolfDad的学生家长的博客上，你看到如下内容。请你根据博客内容、写作要点和要求，给这位家长回复。

I’m the father of a fourteen-year-old boy. I have a rule for my son: be among the top 3 students or get punished in one way or another. He has been doing very well in school, but some friends of mine keep telling me that I put too much pressure on him. Am I wrong?

写作要点：1. 表明自己的看法；

2. 陈述自己的理由（可举例说明）；

3. 提出至少两条建议。

写作要求：1. 短文字数不少于120（不含已写好的部分）；

2. 内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；   3. 书写须清晰、工整。

—Why is she feeling down today?

—Because the suggestion he ____ has been turned down.

—Why is he feeling disappointed today?
—Because the suggestion he       has been turned down.

Scientific Progress

Most scientific progress is the result of careful consideration of work that has already been done. The wonderful world which lies before us today has been put up by hardworking men with clear heads and inventive mind, and these who follow them along life’s road will improve on their efforts. It is sometimes necessary to question and even to disbelieve some of the statements made by experts. Action or experiment can often end an argument or achieve a breakthrough.

When men were wondering whether it was possible to reach India by sailing westwards from Europe, and whether there was any land on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Christopher Columbus decides to act. He gathered some men, invited them to go on board his three ships, and set out across the dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean. He was successful in finding land, but it was not India. The result of his action was that the arguments came to the end.

Any young man who wishes to do research must be courageous enough to question old beliefs and do some original thinking about them. Although we seem to know so much, there are many things we don’t know. Even when we pull an atom to pieces, we do not really know what the pieces are, we often do not reach the reality behind what we discover, and the more we learn, the better we realize our ignorance.

1.Christopher Columbus decided to set out his trip because he wants to ________

A.travel round the world

B.bring words into action

C.discover the truth with action

D.bring the argument to an end

2.According to the passage, the more we learn _______

A．the more ignorance we will become

B. the more brilliant we are

C. the more confident we are of ourselves

D. the more we know about our ignorance

3.Our present wonderful world has been built up by _______

A. men who do not believe in others but themselves

B. those who work hard and dare to break way from old ideas

C. those who can make improvements on other people’s work

D. men who work extremely hard in following their teachers

4.Columbus succeeded in finding out that_______

A. the Atlantic was dangerous to get across  

B. India was to the west of the Atlantic

C. There was land on the other side of the Atlantic

D. it was possible sail to India by crossing the Atlantic

第二节 语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当

形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31~40的相应位置。

Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored  (31)          the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved  (32)            the Indians.

He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got married     (33)            the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, where he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.

In South Africa he  (34)             (surprise) found the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight  (35)          equal rights.

Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was  (36)            (control) by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and        (37)            (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians  (38)            (include) Gandhi were put in prison. However, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give  (39)           and India won its independence in 1947.  (40)           (fortunate)， Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.