第二节：书面表达（满分20）

假设你叫李华，现是某中学的一名高二学生。你的美国笔友Jack来信谈及汉语学习的困难并请你提出一些汉语学习的建议。请你根据以下提示，给Jack写一封回信

提示：

1、学习汉语一定要有兴趣，不怕困难；

2、不要怕犯错误，多听，多读，多练；

3、创造和利用学习汉语的机会，如：结交中国朋友等；

4、其他建议……

注意：1)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

      2)信的开头已经写好，但不计人总词数；

      3)词数120左右

Dear Jack,

I’m glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Good luck to you!

                                                                 Li Hua

. When your parents haven’t ____your letter for a long time,they will worry about you.

   A. heard        B. heard from       C. received      D. accepted

Many people think the search for cleaner energy leads only to renewable resources like sun, wind and water. But it also leads to a fossil fuel. Natural gas is considered the cleanest of the fossil fuels, the fuel created by plant and animal remains over millions of years. Burning it releases fewer pollutants than oil or coal. The gas is mainly methane (甲烷). It produces half the carbon dioxide of other fossil fuels. So it may help cut the production of carbon gases linked to climate change.

Russia is first in what are called "proved reserves" of natural gas. The United States is sixth. Over the years, big oil and gas companies recovered much of the easily reached supplies of gas in America. They drilled straight down into formations where gas collects. As these supplies were used up, big drillers looked for similar formations in other countries.

But now the industry is taking a new look. Companies are developing gas supplies trapped in shale (页岩) rock two to three thousand meters underground. They drill down to the shale, then go sideways and inject high-pressure water, sand or other material into the rock. This causes the rock to fracture, releasing the gas. Huge fields of gas shale are believed to lie under the Appalachian Mountains, Michigan and the south-central states. Gas shale exploration is being done mainly by small to medium sized companies. Eric Potter, a program director, says more than half the gas in the United States is now coming from these new reserves.

But hydraulic (液压的) fracturing can also produce debate and anger over the risk of groundwater pollution. This method of drilling is not federally supervised under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Some in Congress want to end that exemption (豁免) from the law.

Natural gas provides Americans with about one fourth of their energy. And, unlike oil, most of it is produced in America. Gas producers invested heavily in reaching new supplies when prices were high. But prices are down sharply now because the depression cut demand for energy. So energy expert Eric Potter says it is too early to know how the changing market prices will affect the market for gas shale exploration. 

1. We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.

   A. natural gas releases methane and carbon dioxide

   B. natural gas is considered as the cleanest energy

   C. natural gas is more environmentally friendly than other fossil fuels

D. natural gas is a renewable source of energy

2. The word “fracture” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

   A. create                            B. break                     C. change                    D. decrease

3. Gas shale exploration may cause disagreement because ________.

   A. it may cause water pollution                                B. it brings too high profits

   C. it breaks the law                                          D. it is out of states’ control

4. According to Eric Potter, the new gas shale exploration ________.

   A. will provide America with about one fourth of their energy

   B. will increase demand for energy

   C. will make gas producers invest a big sum of money

   D. may be influenced by the changing market prices    

—Putting on a happy face not only helps us make friends but also makes us feel better.

   —______.

A. I’m with you on that B. I’d love to                C. It’s up to you         D. It’s my pleasure

 A dozen family members gathered at the table _____ were traditional local foods such as preserved ham sausage.

A. what            B. which         C. that            D. where 

 Why don’t you take off your clothes and have them washed? They will soon _______ in the sun.

       A. hang out         B. warm up      C. dry out          D. clean up

Frank , with his two sisters , _____ London by train which   _______  at 8:30 next morning .

 A．is leaving for ; will leave  B．are leaving for ; leaves

 C．is leaving for ; leaves  D．will leave for ; will leave

--- Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs? 　----________. A. With pleasure  B. My pleasure  C. That’s all right  D. Don’t hurry.

Class is to begin in a minute , but the teacher still hasn’t          .

       A. come on                  B. turned out                C. come along               D. turned up

The Internet is a wonderful discovery,________of great significance to people’s lives.

       A．which I think is              B．which I think it is

       C．as I think         D．as is I think