Composition 作文

假设你应邀参加学校组织的“英语学习师生座谈会”，请你根据下表所提示的信息，用英语写一篇发言稿，简单介绍自己英语学习的情况，并对学校今后的英语教学提出建议。

    注意：

1.对所给要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2.词数150左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计人总词数。

3.文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

Dear teacher and schoolmates, 1t’s a great pleasure for me to be today and share my

experience of learning English with you.  

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thank you for listening.

The monitor suggested that we ______ for a picnic on Sunday.

A. went       B. must go       C. could go          D. go

Stop making so much noise __________ the neighbor will start complaining.

A .or else        B .but still                       C. and then      D. so that        

He is afraid of ___________ strangers.

           A. see          B. seeing       C. saw           D. seen

三、完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文稿，掌握其大意，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D、）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

       In 1929, the awful Depression（美国经济大萧条）began. It was a year of change for me, too. I’d taken my first  36  that spring, at age 10. From 6:00 to 11:00 on Saturday nights, I  37  the Sunday edition of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph at a street corner.

       I went to the news store,   38  my papers and took them up to the street corner. I had to make three   39   because the Sunday edition was big and I was small.

       After waiting for  40   from the last streetcar, I gathered up my extras and   41   them to the news store. It was 10:20. Next I hurried across the street to the flower shop and bought the most beautiful flower for my mother   42   tomorrow was Mother’s Day.

       It was almost  43   when I arrived . Mom was sick with tuberculosis（肺结核）.I peeked in to see if she was 44  , then quickly tiptoed in and set the flower on the table beside her bed. I wanted her to be   45   when she woke on Mother’s Day.

       The next morning, I dressed and hurried downstairs. The sun was shining  46   the kitchen windows as I looked into Mom’s room, She motioned （示意） for me to come in, then 47  over at the table where the flower was.

       When I looked at Mom, she was  48  , with tears streaming down her cheeks. She  49  her hand for me to come near, then pulled me close and hugged  50   it hurt. Then,  51  her contagious（接触传染的） condition and that she wasn’t  52  to touch me, she quickly let go.

       My dear mom died the next night. That moment she hugged me  53   to be the most wonderful of my life. Not only had that beautiful flower helped  54  just how much I loved her, but I’d  55 remember how much she loved me.

36. A. chance                       B. exam                       C. job                          D. course

37. A. bought                       B. sold                         C. printed                          D. carried

38. A. took up                      B. held up                    C. put up                      D. picked up

39. A. attempts                     B. trips                       C. ways                        D. efforts

40. A. customers                      B. workers             C. drivers         D. reporters

41. A. gave                              B. brought             C. returned                     D. took

42. A. for                               B. when                C. though                         D. because

43. A. midnight                        B. noon                 C. evening                        D. daybreak

44. A. anxious                   B. alive                        C. asleep                      D. afraid

45. A. well                              B. surprised           C. excited                         D. interested

46. A. on                             B. across                      C. at                                   D. through

47. A. watched                         B. glared               C. fixed                        D. glanced

48. A. smiling                      B. crying                      C. screaming                 D. thinking

49. A. took out                         B. held out         C. picked out                D. put out

50. A. before                       B. after                        C. till                           D. when

51. A. thinking                         B. forgetting                 C. remembering                 D. wondering

52. A. meant                        B. supposed                  C. planned                    D. demanded

53. A. turned to               B. turned up                   C. turned in                  D. turned out

54. A. explain                      B. show                        C. mean                       D. tell

55. A. never                         B. seldom                 C. always                     D. often

South Korean Films

       An audience can view five new South Korean films, all with Chinese subtitles(字幕) until April 19 at the Tuixin Cinema in the Beijing National Library grounds.

       Two other South Korean films completed their full runs at the Tuuixin Cinema earlier this month.

       Location: Tuixin Cinema, Beijing National Library, 39 Baishiqiao Road, Haidian District.

       Tel: 86415566

       “My Love My Bride”

       April 15: 9:00, 13:00, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30

       “Kim’s War”

       April 16: 9:00, 13:30, 18:15

       “Because You Are a Woman”

       April 17: 13:30, 18:15

       “Marriage Story”

       April 18: 9:00, 13:30, 15:30, 18:15

       “Sopyoneje”

       April 19: 9:00, 13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30

Leon’s show

       Hong Kong pop stat—Leon Lai will give a personal performance at 7:30pm from tomorrow through to September 21 at the Shanghai Gymnasium. The show is to celebrate the opening of the 93rd Huangpu Tourism Festival.

       Tickets: 60, 90, 120, 180 yuan RMB, available(有票) at 66 Jiangning Road.

       Address: Shanghai Gymnasium, 1111 Gaoxi Road N.

       Tel: 29189188, 29171145, 49384952, 29197113

Russian concert

       The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra(管弦乐队) will put on some excellent Russian Orchestra works at 7:15pm on September 26 and 27 at the Shanghai Concert Hall. They will sing Russian folk songs and mass under a Russian Conductor who is very famous for conducting choirs(歌唱队) and has given a successful choral concert in Beijing.

       Tickets: 6, 8, 10, 12 yuan RMB, available at the hall’s ticket office.

       Address: 523 Yan’an Road W. Shanghai.

       Tel: 32275694.

Korean songs

       The Song and Dance Troupe of North Korea will give a song and dance show at 7:30pm tonight at the Shanghai Center Theater.

       Tickets: 10, 20, 30 yuan RMB, available at the theater’s ticket office.

       Address: 1376 Nanjing Road W. Shanghai.

       Tel: 29798663

64. ____ will be on April 18. The cinema’s telephone number is ____.

   A. Kim’s War; 9798663                               B. My Love, My Bride; 32275694

   C. Because You Are a Woman; 29189188       D. Marriage Story; 86415566

65. An audience can watch the performance given by Leon Lai from tomorrow through to September 21 in ____.

    A. Beijing             B. South Korea             C. Shanghai           D. Hong Kong

66. The address of the Shanghai Center Theater is ____.

   A. 1111 Caoxi Road N            B. 1376 Nanjing Road W

   C. 523 Yan’an Road W          D. 66 Jiangning Road

67. According to the advertisement, a six-yuan ticket is for ____.

   A. Russian concert   B. Korean songs     C. South Korean films   D. Leon’s show

If you know exactly what you want, the best way to get a job is to get specialized training. A recent report shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.

That’s especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor's degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high to low and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies especially like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. But in the long run, too much specialization does not pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.

As further evidence of the erosion of corporate faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices. Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. This sounds like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts(文科) graduate. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. David Birch, manager of the Boston Red Sox, says that he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree. “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says Birch.

For a liberal – arts degree, students focus on some basic courses that include literature history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior and a computer course or two. With these useful and important courses, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.

The job market is in great need of people with          .

A. special training in special fields       B. a bachelor’s degree in education

C. formal schooling and work experience     D. an MBA degree from top universities

The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means         .

A. an MBA degree does not help in future promotion

B. MBA programs will not be as popular as they are now

C. people will not forget the degree the MBA graduates have got

D. most MBA programs fail to provide students with a foundation

David Birch says that he only hires liberal – arts people because          .

A. they will follow others’ ways of solving problems

B. they can do better in bundling changing situations

C. they are well trained in a variety of specialized fields

D. they have attended special programs in management

The author supports the idea that          .

A. on – the – job training is less costly in the long run

B. formal schooling is less important than job training

C. specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists

D. generalists will do better than specialists in management

My grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States. The rest of his family remained in Europe. When World War I broke out, he seemed to have become another man, downhearted. Such obvious change was not born out of concern for his welfare(福利), but out of fear: if his only son, my uncle, had to go to war, it would be cousin fighting against cousin.

One day in 1918, my Uncle Milton received his draft notice. My grandparents were very upset. But my mother, at the age of 10, felt on top of the world about her soldier brother going off to war. Realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and all of her friends, my uncle bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All the little girls were delighted.

    The moment came when my uncle and the other soldiers, without any training but all in uniforms, boarded the train. The band played and the crowd cheered. Although no one noticed. I’m sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son. The train slowly pulled out, but not about a thousand yards when it suddenly paused. Everyone stared in wonder as the train slowly returned to the station. There was a dead silence before the doors opened and the men started to step out. Someone shouted, “The war is over!” For a moment, nobody moved, but then the people heard someone bark（喊） orders at the soldiers. The men lined up in two lines, walked down the steps, and with the band playing, marched down the street, as returning heroes, to be welcomed home. My mother said it was a great day, but she was just a little disappointed that it didn’t last a tiny bit longer.

60. What the grandfather was most worried about was ______.

     A. the spread of the world war                 B. the safety of his two cousins

     C. a drop in his living standards   D. his relatives killing each other

61. The underlined phrase “draft notice” means “______”.

     A. order for army service                                B. train ticket for Europe

   C. letter of rejection                                  D. note of warning

62. What did the “service pins” （in Para. 2） stand for in the eyes of the little girls?

   A. Strength.                          B. Courage.               C. Victory.                  D. Honor.

63. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A. The grandfather felt downhearted because he was afraid of receiving a draft notice.

B. The train was traveling fast to the front when the news came that the war was over.

C. Few soldiers on the train had training in advance（预先）.

D. Most people including the mother were disappointed that the war didn’t last a bit longer.

    For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They’re called latchkey children. They’re children who look after themselves while their parents work and their bad condition has become a subject of concern（关心）。

    Lynette Long was once the principal（校长）of an elementary school. Said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids had chains around their necks with keys attached（附带）。 I was often telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.

    She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents had on their children Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being scared（害怕）.Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

    The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll often play it high volume.

     It’s hard to get statistics（统计数字）on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

71. The main idea about “latchkey” children is that they ______.

are growing in numbers

are also found in middle-class neighborhoods

watch too much TV during the day

suffer problems from being left alone

72. Which sentence in the second paragraph is the topic sentence?

We had a school rule against wearing jewelry.

A lot of kids had chains around their necks.

I was often telling them to put them inside their shirts.

She learned they were house keys.

73. The main feeling these children have when they are at home by themselves is ______.

   A. tiredness     B. freedom     C. loneliness     D. fear

74. The word “nightmare” in the third paragraph probably means______.

   A. night suit                                            B. night habit

   C. terrible dream at night            D. staying up at night

75. We may draw a conclusion that_______.

latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone

latchkey children try to hide their feeling

latchkey children often watch TV with their parents

it’s difficult to find out how many latchkey children there are

To succeed in a difficult task ,______________.

   A) Persistence is needed         B) Persistence is what you need

   C ) One needs to be persistent    D ) A persistent nature is needed