VII. 写作（Writing）（共2小题，计２5分）
　
A) Read the following passage, and then use your own words to give a brief summary of it in about 90 words.（10分）（答案写在答题纸上）
All thanks to the mobile phone

Dave Mill owes his life to his mobile phone. He was trying to make history by walking to the North Pole alone, without any help or support. But after 50 days of extremely bad weather, during which the temperature dropped as low as minus 30°C, Dave was forced to abandon his attempt. He had completed 185 miles of the 375-mile journey and had suffered several mishaps（不幸事故）. He had broken his sunglasses, been followed by polar bears and fallen into freezing water twice. Then, after making the decision to give up, he had some more bad luck and found himself stranded （处于困境的） on a floating piece of ice that was slowly melting.

 
The weather was too bad for any rescue attempt to be made. Dave waited for three days, hoping that conditions would improve. But the rescue planes could not land because dense fog prevented them from seeing the surface of the ice. It was a race against time.
Then he remembered his mobile phone. He marked out a runway on the ice and took a photograph with his digital camera. Then he used his phone to e-mail it to the waiting air rescue team. Using the photograph to guide him, the pilot was able to land in spite of the weather, and Dave was lifted off the ice to safety.

Three Boys and a Dad

 Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother.Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park.”he’d told his wife.“I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”

Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”---Mike,Randy, and Alex --- came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted“breakfast,daddy.” When food had not appeared on within thirty seconds,Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍) . Mike chanted“Where’s my toast,where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their eyes. Someone named “Not me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the fish bowl refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating（装饰）kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the sitting room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare center(日托所).“I suddenly  have to go into work and my wife is away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously“Yes” because Brad was smiling.

1.When his wife left home, Brad expected___________.

A. go out for a walk in the park

B. watch TV talk show with his children

C. enjoy his first day off the work. 　　

D. read the newspaper to his children

2.Which of the following did Randy do?

　A. drawing on the wall      B. eating apple jam

C. feeding the fish          D. reading in a room　

3.Why did Brad ask the daycare center for help?

A. Because he wanted to clean his house.　        

B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office

C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys　　         

D. Because he had to take his wife back home.

4.The text is developed ____________.

   A. by space    B. by comparison      C. by process     D. by time

 

Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become

a better student in several ways 1.Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.

　　You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while

reading a textbook or doing research for a report. 2.Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process . 3.

　　The following methods may work best for you.

　　●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.

　　●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points  and supporting facts.

　　● Write your notes in your own words.

　　 ●4.

　　 ● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.

　　As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them

all the time. 5.

A. Use words, not complete sentences.

B. There are three practical note-taking methods.

C. You must write your notes on separate paper.

D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.

E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.

F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include  in your notes. 

G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.

 

　　It was uncle who taught me how to box. When I was eight, I was 1 into the depths (内地) of England to the 2 where my mother had been born. I become 3 of attack for the village boys. When he returned home from work, my uncle would get to his knees and 4 me to hit him on the 5 . I have been 6 to him ever since.

　　One day, on my way to school I was surrounded and badly attacked by 7 . It was a terrible 8 , but I 9 my uncle's advice and decided to fight my attackers. I 10 a tall boy twice on the nose. He fell 11 the ground and blood ran 12 his nose. All the others ran away.

　　We were 13 at school to play some game or other every afternoon and those who 14 to do so were punished. I had 15 interest in football or tennis but I liked boxing.

　　I read the Boxing Views every week, and in the holidays 16 spending a pound or two on 17 , traveled by bus into the unknown areas of Frost and South London to the swimming pools 18 some well-known boxers 19 before crowds of 20 people.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

11．

[　　]

12．

[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

16．

[　　]

17．

[　　]

18．

[　　]

19．

[　　]

20．

[　　]