一、审题

本篇作文考查体裁为应用文，假如你叫李华，是资阳市某中学初三学生。你计划于毕业考试后去英格兰旅行。信中要包括自己的行程安排；询问风俗习惯和苏格兰的旅游地点。词数60左右。

二、列举写作要点

1.旅游安排；plan

2. 风俗习惯；culture and customs

3. 名胜：places of interest

三、列出关键短语和句型

be away 离开 provide…with 提供… would like to do 想要做某事

Is learning a foreign language ever easy? Yes. If you are five and move to another country, you will quickly pick up the language. But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when traveling for business or for pleasure? I think that answer is also yes. Language learning can be easy if you don’t want or need to learn too much.
The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goal too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don’t necessarily want to be able to run a marathon (马拉松). You might just want to keep a level of fitness. I think the same can be true for language learning.
Let’s get back to the goal. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will be sure to do this. However, if you decide to talk to people with great fluency (流利), unless you are quite a talented person, you will probably fail and give up in half-way.
It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words, the better you are, the slower it can be to improve, because you will not be able to move further because of grammar, making sentences, learning less common words, etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and sentences, you will enjoy faster progress, have more fun, and won’t have to spend too much time.
The idea of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn’t the usual way to language learning, but it can be a very meaningful and enjoyable activity.
【小题1】In the writer’s opinion, it is easy for adults to learn English if _______.

Dear Kate,
You ask about places to go (要去的地方) and things to do（要做的事情）in our city. The Xinhua Mall is always fun. It’s a shopping centre. There are some good stores and restaurants there. For example, Andy’s Boutique is in Xinhua Mall. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has many Chinese clothes. My favourite restaurant is Dick’s Cafe. Dick’s Cafe is near my house. It’s cheap and the hot dogs are great. I like Beijing Restaurant, too. You can get wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings there, too. Come for a visit soon!
Love,     
Alice
【小题1】You can visit the Xinhua Mall       .
A. in Kate’s city          B. in Alice’s city         C. in Dick’s city
【小题2】In the shopping centre, you can find        .
A. some stores and restaurants
B. some supermarkets and restaurants
C. a hospital and some stores
【小题3】Andy’s Boutique is a good place to buy        .
A. tea                  B. books                    C. clothes
【小题4】You can eat          in Beijing Restaurant.
A. wonderful hot dogs       B. delicious noodles        C. great hamburgers
【小题5】From the letter, you know that           .
A. there are many English clothes in Andy’s Boutique
B. Beijing Restaurant is Alice’s favourite restaurant
C. Alice wants Kate to visit the city

Dear Kate,

You ask about places to go (要去的地方) and things to do（要做的事情）in our city. The Xinhua Mall is always fun. It’s a shopping centre. There are some good stores and restaurants there. For example, Andy’s Boutique is in Xinhua Mall. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has many Chinese clothes. My favourite restaurant is Dick’s Cafe. Dick’s Cafe is near my house. It’s cheap and the hot dogs are great. I like Beijing Restaurant, too. You can get wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings there, too. Come for a visit soon!

Love,     

Alice

1.You can visit the Xinhua Mall       .

A. in Kate’s city          B. in Alice’s city         C. in Dick’s city

2.In the shopping centre, you can find        .

A. some stores and restaurants

B. some supermarkets and restaurants

C. a hospital and some stores

3.Andy’s Boutique is a good place to buy        .

A. tea                  B. books                    C. clothes

4.You can eat          in Beijing Restaurant.

A. wonderful hot dogs       B. delicious noodles        C. great hamburgers

5.From the letter, you know that           .

A. there are many English clothes in Andy’s Boutique

B. Beijing Restaurant is Alice’s favourite restaurant

C. Alice wants Kate to visit the city

American Classroom Rules
1. If the teacher asks a question, you should give an answer. If you do not understand the question, you should put up your hand and ask the teacher to repeat the question. If you don’t know the answer , it’s all right to tell the teacher that you don’t know . Then he or she knows what you need to learn.
2. There is no excuse for not doing your homework. If you can not go to school, you should call your teacher or your classmate and ask for the homework. It is your responsibility to find out what homework you have missed. It is not the teacher’s job to remind you of missed homework.
3. You must not be absent(缺席) on a test day. If you are badly ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If your teacher allows you to take a makeup , you should take the test within one or two days after you return to class. Bad illness is the only reason for missing a test.
4. Be on time! It’s not polite to be late. Also, it bothers other students. If you must come in late, be sure to do it quietly. Have your books out of your bag before you come into the classroom. Then go to your seat and sit quietly. In the US, it is not necessary to knock at the door before you come into the classroom.
【小题1】 If you can not go to school,          .