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第二节:读写任务(共1小题,满分25分)

阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

It is reported that two 66-year-old men graduated this summer from Sun Yat-sen University, a well-known university in Guangzhou.

Li Yiquan, a Chinese-Singaporean, earned a postgraduate(研究生) degree in software engineering, while Ang Toon Aun, a Chinese-Malaysian, earned a bachelor's degree with a major in Chinese as a foreign language.

Li, a retired engineer, now lives in Hong Kong. His daughter also received a postgraduate degree this year, but from a British university. So she participated in his graduation ceremony in Guangzhou. Li said he had a special feeling for Sun Yat-sen University because his parents and brother graduated from there.

It wasn't easy for Li to return to school while in his 60s, he said. He failed math exams several times after beginning classes, even though he had a good foundation in math; he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University majoring in physics 40 years ago and worked as an engineer before retiring.

Ang Toon Aun, 66, was tired of his business career, so he decided to study Chinese at the university and passed level 9, the highest level of the Chinese Test.

"There's nothing in the world that makes me happier than study," said Aun. Many old people in Malaysia were encouraged to keep studying after retirement, but few of them chose to study on campus for a degree as he did.

[写作内容]

你班英语老师给你推荐了这篇报道,读后你很受启发,想给学校板报的英语专栏写一篇英语文章,谈谈自己对上大学的看法。

1. 以约30个词概括两位老人上大学的理由;

2. 然后以约120个词就以“上大学”这个话题进行讨论,内容包括:

(1)你对这两位老人克服困难读完大学的感受;

(2)你对上大学深造的看法;

(3)你对中学毕业后的打算。

[写作要求]

1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事,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。

[评分标准]

概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。

答案

According to the report, we know the reason why the two old men attended Sun Yat-sen University is that Mr.Li Yiquan had a special feeling for the University due to his parents and brother while Ang had no interest in his business. (38)

I am amazed and inspired by what the aged men did. Li Yiquan received /earned/got/took another postgraduate degree in software engineering after overcoming his math failure and making up for his fading memory with hard work. I am also surprised that Ang Toon Aun passed level 9, the highest level of the Chinese Test.

For us students who will finish high school, one of the choices we will have to make is whether we receive further higher education or not. Different people have different choices about it, but as far as I’m concerned, I’ll attend university. Going to college is to get a higher level of education. To acquire a professional knowledge, I’ll take the elders as a model and make it whether I face great challenges or not. (128w)

阅读理解与欣赏

阅读下面论述类文本,完成小题。(9分,每小题3分)

城市草地对资源浪费的反思

中国人口多,耕地少,精耕细作成了中 * * 的传统习惯。“心里长草”、“满地是草”、“斩草除根”,在人们心目中,草成了贬义词家族中的重要一员。如今,在我们的城市小区、公园,草成了宠儿,从大都市到小城镇,“满地是草”,不是“斩草除根”,而是在大力的“栽草固根”。

我国人口密度大,特别是城市人均占有可活动空间小。但现在全国城市的新开垦区,新建公园占地面积都很大,有的几百亩,甚至上千亩、数千亩,平原做成人工丘陵,耕地做成人工草场。这些草场公园除人行道外,到处是“小草在成长,不要踩踏我”的标牌,不准游人进入。面对空旷的公园,游人只能望洋兴叹,“大饱眼福”。数以万计的城市居住小区,大片的空旷地,也是草场占据。以铺草为主的绿化导致了“有绿无荫”的后果,有的城市绿地草坪比例过大,在炎炎烈日之下,行人却找不到遮阳的树木。

城市绿化,其实种植树种、蔬菜等经济作物立体功能更强,同样面积可以比种草释放更多的氧气、水分,更有利于改善城市生态环境。以植树和种草为例,在吸收颗粒物方面树木是草坪的3倍以上;种树吸收二氧化碳、制造氧气的功能是草坪的5倍多。每公顷树木每年可滞尘量10.9吨,吸收二氧化碳16吨,吸收二氧化硫300公斤,产生氧气12吨。夏季树林中的气温比空旷地低3--5℃,冬季则高2--4℃。一棵大树昼夜的调温效果相当于10台空调机工作20小时。二者的投资比例为1∶10,而产生的生态效益比为30∶1。

据测算,每平方米草坪“喝”一次水需要1.2吨。草坪的修剪、除草、浇灌、病虫害防治等,每年每平方米要5元左右,这也大大超出以树木为主的绿地管理。这都有悖于“节约型绿化”的指导思想。

中国人均耕地很少,包括绿化在内都应该珍惜和合理利用每一寸土地,都应该把经济效益放在第一位。树木“占天不占地”,在提高市区绿化覆盖率方面起着重要作用,其经济价值和生态价值都比种草有优势。公园可以搞成干果、水果采摘园,冬天搞成蔬菜园大棚园。中国太阳谷绿化就栽植了大量的蛋白桑和甜高粱。蛋白桑可以吃叶、泡茶。甜高粱结籽、秸秆含糖量高,增加甜高粱内容使市民不出城也可以享受到田园生活。

城市绿化植树种菜,少种草坪,并不是说完全拒绝草坪。比如,我国草坪发源地大连,气候干热,土层薄,种树难度大,只能先铺草坪后逐步增加乔木。更主要的是大连市内多山林地段,辅以草坪,能形成较好的绿地景观和生态效果。问题在于不能盲目地追求大草坪,更不能追求欧式大草坪。许多城市为让绿化速成,不顾当地的自然、气候条件,盲目种植大面积的草坪以取代栽树。且多是从国外引进的冷季型草坪,不耐旱、浪费水,缺一点水就发黄,管理费用高。暖季型乡土草坪具有节水耐旱、耐践踏、不用修剪优势。韩国、日本、美国等国家已经认识到冷季型草坪的问题,每年从我国进口暖季型乡土草坪的比重逐渐增加。虽然这些乡土草坪一到10月份就变枯黄,但综合效益要优于冷季型草坪。(全国人大代表黄鸣   2012.03.07 新浪微博)

小题1:下列关于“城市草地”资源浪费的理解,不正确的一项是    (    )

A.全国城市的新开垦区滥用资源,平原做成人工丘陵,耕地做成人工草场。

B.有的城市草地比例过大,在炎炎烈日之下,行人却找不到遮阳的树木。

C.全国人口密度大,加上城市草地绿化,导致城市人均占有可活动空间小。

D.城市草地的管理成本大大超出以树木为主的绿地管理成本。小题2:下列关于推广城市绿化植树种菜的倡议,筛选理由不正确的一项是    (    )

A.城市绿化植树种菜立体功能更强,更有利于改善城市生态环境。

B.城市绿化铺植草皮有悖于“节约型绿化”的指导思想。

C.城市绿化植树种菜更符合珍惜和合理利用土地,把经济效益放在第一位原则。

D.城市绿化植树种菜,其经济价值和生态价值都比种草有优势。小题3:下列推断,符合原文意思的一项是    (    )

A.城市草地将在城市绿化过程中逐渐淡化。

B.城市绿化可以栽植大量的蛋白桑和甜高粱。

C.城市绿化植树种菜能节省物业管理费用,降低社区管理成本。

D.城市草地对资源的浪费引起了人们反思,城市绿化植树种菜开拓了全新的思路。

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