Passage 1

(2008-2009学年河南平顶山普通高中毕业班第一次质量检测英语)

某中学生英语报社正开展一场题为“Young teachers or elderly teachers，which do you prefer?”请你依据下面表格所提供的要点写一篇短文，向该报社投稿。

注意：

1、词数100左右，开头语已为你写好，不计入总数；

3．参考词汇： 网络朋友on-line friend(s)，上当受骗to be cheated

[参考范文]

Should students make friends on line ?Some people say yes .The internet helps make many friends .Chatting on line ,students can more freely express their feelings and opinions ,and even get help with their foreign language studies .

　　　 Others ,however, think students should not .They say making friends on line is a waste of time ,which should be spent more meaningfully on study .Besides ,some students get cheated on line.

　　　 It is my opinion that students should place their study ,health and safety before other things .As for friendship ,we can readily find it in our classmates and other people around us.

Passage 8

(05·湖南)

假设你是李平，最近参加了由某电视台举办的中学生英语演讲比赛并获奖，该台准备组织获奖者去北京参加一次英语夏令营活动，现就有关事项征求你的意见。请根据下表所提供的信息用英语以书信形式给予答复。请在答题卡上作答。

[参考范文]

Dear Sir or Madame,

　I'm very glad to be invited to the English summer camp.

　I prefer to go in July because I'll have to prepare myself for the new school term in August. It seems all the activities you offer are attractive and meaningful. But I'd like to attend the English lectures, from which I can get more information on British and American culture. With the coming of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, more and more foreigners are eager to know about China. So I hope to teach foreigners Chinese and spread Chinese culture.

　It's been a dream for me to visit Beijing. Could you organize a tour around the city during the camp?

　Thank you very much.

Yours truly,

Li Ping

2．词数为100左右。

4．参考词汇：作弊 cheat(v.)

My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations

It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.

[参考范文]

My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations

It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.

As students, we often take examinations at school, but sometimes we have too many examinations which are too difficult for us. On the other hand, some of us are lazy and don’t work hard at their lessons. So when taking examinations, they sometimes cheat in order to get better results to please their parents and teachers.

In my opinion, it is wrong to cheat in examinations because it breaks the rules of schools. We students should be honest and try to get good results by studying hard instead of cheating in examinations. What’s more, we should improve our study methods and get well prepared for examinations.

Passage 7

(05·江西)

人们对于学生网上交友持不同意见。请你用英语写一篇关于学生网上交友的短文，介绍人们的不同观点，并表达自己的看法。

　　　 注意：1．文章必须包括表中的全部内容。

3．词数：100左右。　　　　　　　　　　　

2．短文标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2．词数120左右。短文中已写好的部分，不计入词数。

1.对该人物的简单介绍；2.喜欢该人物的理由；3.从该人物身上得到的启示。

Thomas Edison	Helen Keller	William Shakespeare
inventor;creative;diligent; full of wisdom	ordinary but great woman;disabled; optimistic;eager to learn	writer;talented;imaginative; man of all ages
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”	“...if I had the power of sight for three days.”	“Life is a stage...”

[参考范文]

Sample 1:Thomas Edison

Born in America, Thomas Edison was a great scientist and inventor. He was once thought to be a boy who was not worth educating. In fact, he was a man full of imagination.

I admire Edison a lot because of his great contribution to the world. He had more than 1,000 inventions. In his lifetime, he was always eager to know how things worked, which helped him to earn the nickname“the Wizard of Melo Park”.He was also so diligent that he worked day and night. And this explained why he had so many great inventions.

What impresses me most is his famous saying,“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”Probably I cannot be an Edison myself, but I can be a hard-working learner. From him, I realize the secret to success is not when or where you were born, but what you are doing and how you do it in your life.

Sample 2:Helen Keller

Every time I read“...if I had the power of sight for three days”,I cannot help being moved by its author Helen Keller, an ordinary but great American woman.

I admire Helen because she is optimistic about life. She became deaf and blind when she was 19 months old. Since then she lived in a world of darkness and silence, and communication seemed only a dream for her. But she never gave up and struggled to lead an active life. Under the guidance of her teacher, Ms. Sullivan, Helen learned to read and write and became a famous writer. For a disabled person like her, this was really a wonder!

Helen has set an excellent example to all of us. Her story tells us that we should value what we have, and try our best to overcome any difficulty in life.

Sample 3:William Shakespeare

Do you know Hamlet? Have you read The Merchant of Venice? These two great works are both written by William Shakespeare, my favorite English writer and the man of all ages!

Shakespeare, a son from a poor family, a man of little education, wrote plays and poems that are read all over the world. I like him because his comedies and tragedies bring me into a fantastic world; I love him because his poems let me enjoy the beauty of the English language; I admire him because his keen sights set me thinking and teach me how to lead a meaningful life!

Since“Life is a stage”,we are actually all actors and actresses. On this stage, everyone has his own role to play, and I will try my best to play my role well.

Passage 2

(06·江苏)

根报道，2008年北京奥运会将选拔约十万名志愿者为之服务。请你以“Dos and Don’ts for the 2008 Olympic Volunteers”为题，用英语写一篇短文，讨论志愿者应该做什么，不应该做什么。短文应包括下表中的内容：

注意：1．对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥。

3．作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

The mouse is a most effective device used by people to communicate with a computer．

[参考范文]

The mouse is a most effective device used by people to communicate with a computer．

For most people, it’s almost impossible to operate a computer without a mouse, let alone surf the Internet. A well-chosen mouse is really handy, flexible and convenient in controlling the screen. With the functions of inserting, deleting, moving and copying, it enables us to edit test, browse web page and download what we want. It can even bring us a flood of music, movies and PC games. Just imagine, all this can be done with a cute mouse.

A convenient tool can certainly make our work easier, but it doesn’t always help in a positive way. Too much ready information on our fingertips leaves little room for knowledge pursuing. Too many ready answers make us less excited in finding truth. Relying too much on mouse clicking makes us lazier and less creative both mentally and physically.(153 words)

Passage 1

(08·湖南)

请从下列人物中选择你最喜欢的一位，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。要求根据所给信息作适当发挥，且需包括以下三部分内容：