My doorbell rings at11 a.m. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady; she is small and slight, and she’s holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand, she holds a paper carrier bag. 

I know this lady. It is by no means her first visit. She is the little boy’s grandmother, and her daughter bought the house next door last October.

   My visitor’s daughter, Nicole (who speaks fluent English), is currently inShanghai, but her parents are in Vancouver for the summer with the little boy. Nicole has told her mother that I am having heart surgery shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided I need to be supplied with meals.

   I know what is inside the paper carrier bag—a thermos with hot soup and a stainless-steel container with a meal of rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp, sometimes with a kind of pancake. This has become an almost-daily occurrence.

She doesn’t speak English and all I can say in Mandarin is hello. 

   So here we are, two grandmothers a world away from where we were raised, neither of us able to speak the other’s language but communicating one way or another (with some help from technology). The doorbell keeps ringing and there is the familiar brown paper carrier bag, handed smilingly to me by her.

  I’m working on some more Mandarin words. “Thank you” is, of course, the first one. Somehow, it seems inadequate.

【写作内容】

（1）用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

（2）结合上述信息，用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

谈谈你对这个温暖的小故事的看法；

假设你出国学习，你会如何与邻居交流？（不少于两点）

【写作要求】

（1）写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； 

（2）作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

（3）不必写标题。

【评分标准】

      内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

  There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

  The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number o f nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

   Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

   The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said,“You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave scars just like these. And no matter how many times you say you’re sorry, the wounds will still be there.”

[写作内容]

1.以“Anger management”为题,以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2.谈谈你的想法(120个词左右),内容包括:

(1)分析愤怒情绪可能产生的后果(至少两点);

(2)就如何控制愤怒情绪提出建议(至少两点)。

[写作要求]

1.不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2.作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。

　　[评分标准]

概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,语篇连贯。

Anger management

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South Africa’s Street Store doesn’t just help to clothe the homeless, but also gives them the shopping experience of choosing what they want. With the idea to give the homeless the same dignity as customers who can pay, the Street Store sets up their pop-up cardboard shop in Cape Town, inviting customers in need to browse through the offerings and choose an outfit for themselves from the hundreds of donated items at their will.

The Street Store works closely with local council to get permission to pop-up their sidewalk shops in poor areas around Cape Town. Because of the social conditions in South Africa, over half of the children live in poverty, making the Street Store even more popular.

The Street Store displays a row of cardboard “hangers” (衣架), with boxes neatly arranged below each one. On the hangers hang shirts, T-shirts, trousers and dresses donated by the Cape Town public. In the boxes below, multiple pairs of shoes await a new owner. Street Store volunteers also act as store consultants, offering fashion advice to their customers as they try on chosen donated items.

The Street Store has already reached thousands in the Cape Town area, with over 1,000 satisfied homeless customers visiting on their first day in operation. The program gives the homeless not only a change to pick up some needed clothing, but also restores confidence by giving them a retail experience—even when pocket money doesn’t allow it.

【写作内容】

1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2. 结合上述信息，谈谈你对the Street Store的看法；

3. 假设你是the Street Store活动的参与者，你会怎么做？（不少于两点）

【写作要求】

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； 

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

【评分标准】

       内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

       Chinese adults read news and threads on smartphone app WeChat for more than 40 minutes a day on average, according to the latest annual survey of China’s reading habits released on April 20. The results show that on average, Chinese adults use WeChat to read twice a day for a total length of more than 40 minutes. The survey showed that 66.4 percent of adults in China used WeChat to read, of which 72.9 percent read news, 67.1 percent read their friends’ updates and 20.9 percent read threads on public accounts.

       Professor Wang Yuguang of the Department of Information Management in Peking University said the dream of having libraries all over the world is still not realized, and the presence of WeChat is filling this void (空白) to some extent. But personally, he thinks WeChat is taking too much of our time. Students are too reliant on WeChat.

       “Reading on WeChat is fragmented (片段的), not to mention the inaccuracy of some of the information,” said Dean of Chinese Academy of Press and Publication Wei Yushan. Experts believe that children’s stories, academic reports and classic literature should still be read on paper.

【写作内容】

 1.用约30个单词写出上文概要；

 2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

  (1) 支持或反对微信阅读；

  (2) 用 2-3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。

【写作要求】

 1.可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据；

 2.阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；

 3.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

 4.不必写标题。

【评分标准】

 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

We saw the figure of a large Canada goose, very still, its wings folded tight to its sides and its feet frozen to the ice.

Then in the sky, she saw a line of swans（天鹅）. They flew from the top of the sky downward and at last landed on the ice. My friend was on her feet, with one unbelieving hand against her mouth. As the swans surrounded the frozen goose, she feared that the poor goose might be pecked（啄）out by those great swan bills（天鹅的利喙）.

Unexpectedly, those bills began to work on the ice. The long necks were lifted and curved down (弯下) again and again. They went on for a long time. At last, the goose was free and standing on the ice. And the swans stood nearby watching. Then, as if the goose was crying, “I cannot fly”, four of the swans came down around it. Their powerful bills chipped off the ice stuck in its feathers. Slowly, the goose spread its wings as far as they would go. Seeing the goose could freely move its wings, the swans flew slowly into the sky.

This is a true story. Every time I think of it, I can’t help asking, “If so for birds, why not for man?”

【写作内容】

以约30个词概括短文的含义;

以约120个词写一篇关于帮助别人或接受别人帮助的一次经历并包含以下要点:

⑴叙述你在学习或生活上帮助别人或接受别人帮助的一次经历;

⑵阐述你对这件事的感受与体会;

"Got your cellphone? Glasses? Wallet? ID?" I asked.

   "Yes," my husband Avraham smiled. "Can we go now? You've got to meet your interview before I go to see my patient at one o'clock."

   "Right. Got your medical bag?"

   "Yes."

   Even years after moving from North America, we still loved the half-hour drive to Jerusalem (耶路撒冷). The blue sky above the mountains, the trees, and the journey up to the Holy City always filled us with gratitude for living in Israel.

   As we sped along, we came to our favorite part of the journey, where a wonderful view of Jerusalem suddenly appeared above the roadway. We had had a good time and arrived at my meeting with time to spare.

   After my interview, I met Avraham at our favorite cafe. Avraham ordered his daily iced coffee and a bag of fresh bread. Glancing at the clock, I suggested we go to see his patient.

   Avraham had to visit an elderly woman in Jerusalem because her daughter had called the day before to arrange the appointment. As there are very few foot specialists in Israel, Avraham would travel all over the country to see patients requiring specialized foot care. He searched his pockets for a note on which he had written the address.

   But the note was nowhere to be found.

   "I don't believe it! I must have left the address at home."

   "Do you remember any part of the address?" I asked.

   "I remember that there was a number 17 in it, because it was part of my birth date."

   "Do you know the street name?"

   "No. Just that it's in this neighborhood."

   I had heard the family name mentioned the day before and remembered it sounded like a European name. "Let's try looking at buildings and see if the mailboxes can give us some help," I offered.

注意:

1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

2．应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;

3．续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;

4．续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

   We scanned the mailboxes at number 17 and nearby buildings. _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

   We quickly went upstairs and knocked on a door. _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

书面表达

假设你是重庆新华中学高三1班的学生李华，以上是你在学校网站上看到的通知。你有意参与这项活动。现请你用英文在线填写申请表（仅需填写“申请陈述”部分），内容如下：

●  表示有意参加

●  你对该活动的认识

●  说明你的优势

●  作为接待家庭的打算

   I’m Li Hua from Class One, Senior Three.

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

The event that stands out in Tom’s memory happened one morning when Tom was only ten years old. He was at home with his elder sister Jane. Tom was doing his homework when he heard raised voices. At first he thought nothing of it since customers in the motorcycle shop directly below their flat often became loud, but he soon realized this time it was different.

“Quick! Quick! Remove the motorcycles from the shop.” someone yelled.

Then a thick burning smell filled the air. When Tom opened the front door of their flat to investigate, a thick cloud of smoke greeted him. The motorcycle shop had caught fire and people were running and crying.

Jane, who had been playing the violin in her room, hurried to the living room. They rushed out of the door and along the corridor（走廊）through the smoke.

They were heading towards the stairway at the far end of thecorridor when Jane stopped in her track. She turned around and headed back the way they came. Tom had no idea what she was doing, but he followed suit.

Jane had suddenly remembered the lady in her 70s who lived next door to them, who they called Makcik, Malay for auntie. Jane began banging on Makcik’s door, butgot no answer. As the smoke thickened around them, Tom could see many of their neighbors—some still in their pyjamas—running for safety. The thought of fear crossed his mind.

“She would have run for safety like everyone else!” Tom cried. However, Jane refused to give up. “I know Makcik’s still inside.” She said she was familiar with Makcik’s daily routine and was certain she would still be sleeping. She pounded the door. “Go downstairs. Go now! Go!”

注意：

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph1:

   Tom noticed the flame was reaching up. _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

Luckily, some neighbors passing by stopped and offered help._____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Compared with the Western dinner table, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. Besides, in some restaurants which are of a good enough standard or quality, you can always ask for a pair of knife and forks, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.

   The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetables dishes. Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong style restaurant) to be followed by main food ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the main food at last or have none of them at all.

   Perhaps one of the things that surprise a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinner, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.

   People in China tend to overorder food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed. When you have had enough, just say so. Or you will always overeat!

When Sam first got to his boarding（寄宿）school with his parents, he was very happy. He thought he would be able to go home every weekend. When he was told he would not, he started crying because the thought of not seeing his parents was driving him crazy.

He was given uniforms and all other things that he would need for the term. He started crying when it was time for his parents to leave. He was then taken to the dorm（宿舍）, where he saw other children happy. He tried as much as he could to fit in but could not because his mind was at home. He started feeling homesick（想家）and wanted to go home as soon as possible.

He got sick soon because he could not eat the school food. He could not concentrate in the classroom. All he could think was being at home with his family. He had no mobile phone or other means to get in touch with his parents. He was angry and felt lonely. He thought his parents hated him and that was why they left him in a boarding school.

[写作内容]

1.以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2.以约120个词讲述一次你（或你的朋友）想家的经历，内容包括：

⑴时间、地点和起因；

⑵想家给学习和生活带来的影响；

⑶你（或你朋友）是如何应对的。

[写作要求]

1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。