一、審題

本篇作文考查體裁為應(yīng)用文，假如你叫李華，是資陽市某中學(xué)初三學(xué)生。你計劃于畢業(yè)考試后去英格蘭旅行。信中要包括自己的行程安排；詢問風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣和蘇格蘭的旅游地點。詞數(shù)60左右。

二、列舉寫作要點

1.旅游安排；plan

2. 風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣；culture and customs

3. 名勝：places of interest

三、列出關(guān)鍵短語和句型

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

I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast. When others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. But at least I wasn’t alone when I was sad. My sister and two brothers had the same mean(刻薄的) mother as I did.?
My mother preferred to know where we were all the time. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a bath every day. The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days. We could not lie in bed “sick” in order to miss school.?
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and get up at eight the next morning. We couldn’t sleep till noon like our friends. So while they slept, my mother was brave to break the Child Labour Law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook and all sorts of things at home. I believe she lay awake thinking up all things for us to do. ?
My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Two of her children received higher education. None of us have ever been arrested(taken away by the police) or divorced. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. I am trying to raise my three children this way. I am filled with pride when my children call me “mean”. Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.?
【小題1】 How many children does the writer’s mother have??

A．Four.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Six. ?

【小題2】 What can you infer(推測) from the passage??

A．My family was rich, so I ate a sandwich for lunch.?

B．My mother was a great success. We love her.?

C．If we didn’t want to go to school, the best way was to pretend to be sick.?

D．We needn’t share the housework at home. ?

【小題3】The best title for this passage may be     . ?

A．My childhood	B．The meanest mother?
C．I do as my mother did	D．Unforgettable memories

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

   At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, ”Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.” In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full- time and then come home to a second job – taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

   In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

   Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the camp-fire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

1. From this passage we can see ________ in the United States.

A. women want to work outside the home

B. working wives do most of the housework

C. husbands do as much housework as their wives

D. women like being bothered by their families

2.At Mother’s Camp, women can’t _______.

A. watch TV                       B. read newspapers  

C. swim in the lake                  D. bring their husbands and children

3.Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because _________.

A. they don’t like their husbands and children

B. they have to work full – time

C. they are too busy to relax themselves

D. they want a new life

4.________ is one of the biggest trouble for working wives in the United States.

A. Housework                      B. Working outside the home   

C. When to take a vacation            D. Looking after their children 

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Busy Working Mothers            B. Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C. Mothers Relax Away from Home    D. Mothers in the U.S.

 

“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.

Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.

Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.

Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.

A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!

At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.

The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有責(zé)任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”

1.By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________

A．Angel wanted to cook the animals for food

B．Angel was cooking a meal for the animals

C．Angel wanted to help the animals to run away

D．Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals

2.Which is the correct order of the following events?

a. Angel appeared on television.            b. People began sending in money.

c. Angel’s letter was published.            d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.

e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper.

A．c-a-b-e-d          B．e-a-b-d-c          C．e-c-b-d-a          D．b-d-e-c-a

3.Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________.

A．was most responsible for the animals        B．was good at making animals happy

C．helped the people in Fresno               D．could cure blind people

 

根據(jù)句意，用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當形式填空。（必要時加助動詞或情態(tài)動詞。）

1. Every year foreigners          (come) to China to learn English.

2.— why didn’t you come and open the door for me, dear?

   — Oh, sorry, I         (cook ) in the chicken. I didn’t hear you.

3. Some food         (taste) good, but it is usually bad for our health.

4. Look! It’s raining heavily. Why mot      (take) a raincoat with you?

5.Dear Erie, your room is too dirty, It should       (clean) right away.

6. The film       (begin) by the time I got to the cinema.

7.—Keep quiet, kids, Dad      (sleep) in the next room.

   — OK, Mum.

8.As teenagers, we’re old enough      (help) with housework We can help set

  the table, wash the dishes and clean our own rooms.

9.We know each other well because we      (be) friends since tea years ago,

10.David preferred      (sell) newspapers to doing housework when he was young.