乡的情况。内容要点如下：

    1．镇位于大运河(the Grand Canal)畔，人口约l万。

    2．解放前，这里又穷又脏，多数人生活困苦。

    3．现在一切变了样：运河北岸建了商店、学校、医院和剧场；南岸办了几家工厂，镇上近四分之一的人在那里工作；新楼处处可见，人们的生活条件大为改善。

    4．随着工农业生产的迅速发展，小镇将越来越富饶、美丽。

    注意：

    1．文中包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。

2．词数：100～120个。

假定你的家乡是一个小镇。请用英文为某中学生英文报写篇征文稿，简要介绍你家

乡的情况。内容要点如下：

    1．镇位于大运河(the Grand Canal)畔，人口约l万。

    2．解放前，这里又穷又脏，多数人生活困苦。

    3．现在一切变了样：运河北岸建了商店、学校、医院和剧场；南岸办了几家工厂，镇上近四分之一的人在那里工作；新楼处处可见，人们的生活条件大为改善。

    4．随着工农业生产的迅速发展，小镇将越来越富饶、美丽。

    注意：

    1．文中包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。

2．词数：100～120个。

　　When people first began to drill for oil, their 1 were not scientific . They just 2 round the country and asked themselves, “ 3 shall we drill a well?” Sometimes they chose the 4 because they found oil on the 5 . ut they chose the place for no 6 reason . They took a 7 .

　　Drilling an oil well is 8 , and the work can be 9 . In the past there were often 10 . Sometimes the drilling suddenly 11 the rocks into an oil-trap. The great 12 inside the trap then caused an explosion (爆炸) . Oil and gas shot up the 13 and made great gushers (井喷) in the 14 . Sometimes there were great 15 , which people could see many 16 away.

　　Today drilling is very scientific. Scientists and engineers plan all the work. They plan the 17 of wells. They choose their positions in the 18 . They also advise and 19 the men who drill the wells how to work better. 20 , there are very few accidents today.

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One day a wealthy family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to 1 his son how 2 people live 3 they spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor 4 .

When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the 5 ?” “very 6 , Dad!” answered the boy. “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked．“Yeah!” answered the son. “And what did you learn?” asked the father. The son answered,” I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a 7 that reaches to(延伸到) the middle of the garden and they have a creek(小溪) that has no 8 . We have imported lamps(进口灯具) in the garden and they have the 9 . Our patio（天井） reaches to the front yard, 10 they have a whole horizon(旷野).” When the little boy was 11 , his father was speechless.

His son 12 ,”Thanks Dad 13 showing me how 14 we are!”

Isn’t it true that it all depends 15 the 16 you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude(乐观的态度) 17 life you’ve got everything! You can’t buy 18 of these things, 19 still you can have all the material possessions(财富) you can imagine, provisions(储备) for the future, etc．But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing!

Attitude is 20 ! Make a decision to have a good, positive and productive attitude （积极，乐观，上进）every day!

1．A．show　　 　　 B．give　 　　 C．send　　 　　 D．tell

2．A．happy　 　　 B．sorrow 　　 C．rich　　 　 D．poor

3．A．thus　　 　 B．so　　 　　 C．therefore D．when

4．A．house　 　　 B．home　 　　 C．family　 　 D．room

5．A．journey　 　 B．trip　　 　　 C．stay　　 　 D．travel

6．A．bad　　 　　 B．good　 　　 C．well　　 　 D．badly

7．A．river　　 　 B．lake　　 　　 C．canal　　 　 D．pool

8．A．endless　 　 B．ending　 　 C．end　　 　　 D．ended

9．A．sun　　 　　 B．stars　　 　 C．planet　 　 D．electricity light

10．A．yet　　 　 B．however 　 C．so　　　 　　 D．though

11．A．finished 　 B．finishing C．completed 　 D．completing

12．A．adding　 　 B．added　 　 C．saying　 　 D．said

13．A．for　　 　 B．of　　　 　　 C．with　　 　 D．about

14．A．poor　　 　 B．rich　 　　 C．glad　　 　　 D．happy

15．A．in　　　 　 B．on　　 　　 C．for　　 　　 D．about

16．A．method　 　 B．manners 　　 C．way　　 　　 D．means

17．A．of　　　 　 B．for　　 　　 C．towards 　 D．at

18．A．nothing　 　 B．any　 　　 C．some　 　　 D．everything

19．A．then　　 　 B．but　 　　 C．though　 　 D．so

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