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话题链接：You will remember that the Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pounds each, to be used for a special purpose connected with some public transaction with a foreign country．For some reason or other only one of these had been used and canceled; The other still lay in the vaults of the Bank．Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it．Brother A said he would starve to death; Brother B said he wouldn't．Brother A said he couldn't offer it at a bank or anywhere else, because he would be arrested on the spot．So they went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days, anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too．Brother A took him up．Brother B went down to the Bank and bought that note．Just like an Englishman, you see; pluck to the backbone．Then he dictated a letter, which one of his clerks wrote out in a beautiful round hand, and then the two brothers sat at the window a whole day watching for the right man to give it to…．
他们物色了一个年轻人做试验。带着这张毫无使用价值的百万英镑钞票，年轻人经历如在梦中。年轻人得到了他想得到的，包括爱情和受人尊敬。他爱上的女孩正是兄弟B的女儿Portia，但是这个年轻人会过上幸福生活吗？
任务导入：Imagine what kind of life Henry will live with Portia and try to make up a short play between them．Then act it out before your classmates．
You can do it as the following steps：
1．Before write your play, read the novel of The Million Pound Bank-Note to get some background knowledge and refer to some play scripts to learn how to write a play; 2．Choose the right persons to be the roles of the play and learn some skills of performance from books or experts, etc．
3．Practice the play together and act it out before your classmates．
An example scene：
P＝Portia H＝Henry
P：Oh, Henry．It's nice to see you home so early!
H：Mm, ah．
P：(looking worried)What's happened?
H：I can't hide much from you, can I, dear?We have lost our money．The railway company in Brazil has collapsed and all our money has disappeared．But I have a plan to help us．We can go back to America and start again．I can become a gold miner and we can make our fortune that way．
P：Leave London?Leave my father?Oh no, Henry, please!
H：I think it might be better for us．We would stand on our own feet．
P：(crying)I shall have to go home．You can't love me if you want to do this dreadful thing．
H：(putting his arms round her)Of course I do．It is for our sake that I suggest this．It will be an adventure．We will be able to travel where we like and I will be able to show you so many lovely places．
P：As long as you love me I shall be happy．
H：And I shall always do that!
两个男孩想体验冒险的经历。他们来到了一个没人去的洞穴，好奇地钻了进去。一段时间过后，他们寻着原路返回，但却找不着回去的出口。接下来的日子里，他们不得不面对现实：饥饿、孤独、恐惧等。他们找到了惟一赖以生存的地下水。靠着它，他们坚持到了最后——直至被救了出来。
注意：短文的词数120左右。?
完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
1. When I opened the door, l found him sitting in the sofa, completely _____________________ reading a novel. (absorb)
当我打开门时，我发现他坐在沙发上，完全专心地看小说。
2.So _____________________________ that Maric was able to set up new branches elsewhere. (successful)
她的生意是如此成功，以至于玛里克可以在别的地方建立新的分公司。
3.It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try.
earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident. (inform)
看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话，就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。
4.It is the test system, rather than the teachers, for the students’ heavy study burden nowadays. (blame)
对于学生现在的学业重压，该受责备的是考试体系，而不是老师。
5. Have you ever had a case but nobody showed any concern? (fall)
你有没有过这种情况，你病倒了，却没有人关心?
6.With my money , I have to draw some from the bank in case I have none in hand. (run)
我的钱快用完了，所以我要从银行取点钱，以防手头太紧。
7.We are told from the director’s office that we know the result of the final examination. (long)
我们从主任办公室获悉，过不了多久，我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。
8.Some experts recommend signs and posters be put up in areas . (allow)
一些专家建议应在不允许抽烟的地方贴上标志和海报。
9. No one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in now. (call)
没有人知道确切在什么时候第一批移民者到达我们今天称之为美国的地方。
10.A reporter begins by contacting people ______________ and then prepares questions. (interview)
记者要先和被采访人联系，然后准备好要采访的问题。
翻译句子（10分，每题2分）
1.他杀了人却不受处罚。(get away with)
2.博物馆是纪念伟大作家鲁迅而建造的。(in memory of)
3.他重新赢回了顾客们的信任。(win back)
4.昨天孩子们捉弄了他们的爸爸。（play a trick on）
5.年轻人应该学会依靠自己。(ought to)
第三节 书面表达（15分）
2008年11月，乒乓球世界冠军邓亚萍求学11年终于获得剑桥大学博士学位。假如你是来自西安的刘梅，听到这个消息，兴奋不己，立刻给她写了一封祝贺信并表示了自己的崇敬之情。内容包括：
⒈ 表示祝贺；⒉ 介绍自己及爱好；⒊ 解释崇敬的原因；⒋ 学到什么及自己的决心。
参考内容：邓亚萍退出体坛后到清华大学，英国的Cambridge University 及 Nottingham University 学习，11年后获得经济学博士学位。
参考词汇：博士学位 doctor’s degree 自信 self-confidence 决心 determination 崇敬 admire
注意：⒈ 词数100左右；⒉ 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Yaping,
First, I’d like to offer my congratulations to you on receiving the degree from Cambridge University.
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Your fan,
Liu Mei
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