(哈尔滨市第九中学2008届高三年级第四次月考)

上周末，你同父母参加了京郊“农家乐”旅游活动。请根据图画内容，写一篇不少于100词的英语短文，描述京郊农村的变化。

       注意：短文应包括图中所提供的主要信息，并作适当发挥，使短文内容连贯完整。

       参考词汇：沼气marsh gas

 (重庆市第八中学2008届高三第一次模拟考试)

请用英语写一篇短文，简要描述漫画内容，并结合生活实际，就漫画主题发表感想。题目自拟。

注意：

1．词数100—120

2．参考词汇：现象—phenomena

 (四川省南充高中2010届高三第三次月考)

Sometimes, you feel as if you’re on top of the world and all the questions on your math test might seem  21 . But at times you feel horrible, and you  22  things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork..

For more than 20 years, scientists have  23  that high self-respect is the key to success. Kids who feel good about themselves, said scientists, do  24  school and have fewer emotional and behavioural problems than kids who have a low  25  of themselves.

Now, new research shows that focusing just on building self-respect may not be  26 . In some cases, having high self-respect can  27  bad results if it makes you  28  likeable or more upset when you fail at something.

“ 29  about self-respect,” says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, US. “It’s not the  30  thing.” Crocker’s advice may sound a bit strange  31  it is good to feel good about yourself.

32  show that people with high self-respect are less likely to be depressed, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low self-respect. But, after  33  about 18,000 studies on self-respect, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, has found that building up your self-respect will not  34  make you a better person.

He  35  that violent and wicked people often have the highest self-respect of all. He also said, “ 36  no evidence that kids with high self-respect do better in school.”

Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people.  37 to create or build something. Find positive ways to contribute to society.  38  you fail at something, try to learn from the  39 . “The best therapy(药方)is to recognize your  40 ,” Vohs says.

“It’s OK to say, ‘I’m not so good at that,’ and then move on.”

21．A．interesting         B．tiring                  C．hard                  D．easy

22．A．lose                 B．gain                 C．test                  D．touch

23．A．described          B．explained          C．suggested          D．discovered

24．A．well with           B．better in            C．best at               D．badly for

25．A．opinion              B．plan                 C．thought             D．advice

26．A．valuable           B．useless             C．meaningful        D．helpful

27．A．form                B．take                 C．give                   D．bring

28．A．most                B．more                C．less                   D．far

29．A．Forget             B．Talk                 C．Bring                 D．Care

30．A．important           B．possible            C．difficult             D．fortunate

31．A．even if             B．but                  C．while                D．although

32．A．Experiences        B．Studies             C．Results              D．Actions

33．A．worrying          B．teaching            C．reviewing          D．talking

34．A．conveniently       B．strangely           C．practically         D．necessarily

35．A．intends             B．insists              C．prefers              D．believes

36．A．There’s            B．It’s                  C．What’s              D．He’s

37．A．Try out            B．Set out              C．Start out            D．Give out

38．A．Unless             B．While               C．If                     D．Now that

39．A．research           B．result               C．behaviour           D．experience

40．A．faults               B．advantages        C．ways                D．evidences

 (江苏省姜堰市第二中学2008届高三第三次模拟考试)

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner.   36   woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made   37   impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to   38  her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you   39  ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be   40   to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it   41   moment, and agreed.

That Friday after work,   42   I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I   43   that, she, too, seemed to be   44   about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to   45   her last wedding anniversary.

We went to a restaurant that,   46   not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there   47   at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was   48   her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an)   49   conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.

A few days   50  , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do   51   for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note   52  “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the   53   dinner. I love you, Son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your   54  . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be   55   till“some other time”.

36. A. Another            B. This other              C. Other             D. Others

37. A. this                     B. that                          C. one                   D. it

38. A. force               B. order                     C. advise            D. invite

39. A. happy              B. good                        C. well                  D. bad

40. A. glad                    B. pleasant                    C. interesting      D. pleased

41. A. at the               B. for a                     C. in a                   D. for the

42. A. until                 B. after                      C. as                     D. since

43. A. noticed            B. observed                  C. watched            D. heard

44. A. confused             B. calm                        C. nervous             D. easy

45. A. congratulate     B. celebrate                C. memorize          D. honor

46. A. though             B. even                         C. but                   D. yet

47. A. glancing              B. staring                   C. glaring                  D. smiling

48. A. in                    B. beyond                     C. above             D. on

49. A. deep                   B. curious                     C. agreeable        D. short

50. A. later                 B. after                      C. before            D. ago

51. A. anything              B. everything             C. nothing             D. something

52. A. writing             B. saying                   C. speaking            D. telling

53. A. first                 B. second                         C. last                   D. next

54. A. mother             B. wife                      C. family            D. work

55. A. put off             B. taken over             C. cut off                  D. picked up

 (黑龙江省哈九中2008届高三第二次模拟考试)

根据下图所示写一篇作文，字数:100字至120字左右    注意：开头语已为你写好

Do you know anything about my family?

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