2015启东中学高三调研英语试题及答案

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启东中学2015届高三第二学期期初调研测试
英语试题
本试卷分第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。
第I卷（选择题 三部分 共85分）
第一部分  听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸 (卡) 上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What impressed the man about the new theater?
A. The ticket price.           B. The seats.               C. The sound.
2. What are the speakers going to do tonight?
  A. Listen to a lecture.         B. Go out for pizza.          C. Work in the garden.
3. Why has the man been staying at home?
  A. He works at home.         B. He is out of work.         C. He’s been sick.
4. How many students had planned to take the exam?
  A. 50                      B. 25                      C. 15
5. What does the man think of the cheese?
  A. It is delicious.            B. It smells better than it tastes.  C. It has gone bad.

第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the woman think is out there?
  A. A bear.                  B. A wolf.                  C. A duck.
7. What does the man suggest the woman do?
  A. Keep awake.             B. Look at Greg’s tent.        C. Continue to sleep.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What will Nancy do?
  A. Move to Africa.           B. Teach Russian.           C. Move to Russia.
9. How will Nancy learn Russian?
  A. Study at a university.       B. Take an online class.      C. Talk to people.
10. Why is the woman saving money?
  A. To help the poor.           B. To visit Russia.          C. To study abroad.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Who is Eric?
  A. Jim’s friend.   B. The woman’s classmate.   C. The man’s little brother.
12. Why was the man absent from school yesterday?
  A. He was sick.   
B. He wanted to escape from a test.   
C. He needed to pick up a friend.
13. What will the woman do after school?
  A. Lend the man her notes.   B. Go to the new movie theater.   C. Prepare for a test.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. How long ahead of time did the woman leave home?
  A. 20 minutes.            B. Half an hour.                C. An hour.
15. Where are the speakers?
  A. On the plane.           B. On the bus.                 C. In the car.
16. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
  A. Traffic.               B. Business travel.              C. Flight delay.
17. How does the woman feel about the situation?
  A. Understanding.         B. Sorry.                      C. Angry.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why is the coast guard being contacted?
  A. The ship is sinking.    
B. The ship is out of fuel.  
C. The ship is 200 miles off the coast.
19. What will happen in ten minutes?
  A. The coast guard will arrive.  
B. The ship will stop moving.
  C. There will be another announcement.
20. What are the passengers asked to do?
  A. Stop using the gym.   
B. Gather in the dining hall.   
C. Go on with their enjoyment.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节  单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸 (卡) 上将该项涂黑。
21. Everyone doesn't agree to the plan. Some support it while I'm one of ________opposed to it.
   A. those who       B. who           C. those              D. that
22. We have been trying to train the young people who were hired last month, but they ______ their best to learn.
  A. were not doing     B. didn’t do          C. are not doing       D. hadn’t done
23. Not once ________ their hope of returning home on that adventurous journey across the unknown seas.
   A. the sailors have lost  B. the sailors lost   C. had the sailors lost  D. did the sailors lose
24. Expanding populations and steadily improving communications brought more trade and contact, but also more _______ between social groups.
   A. cooperation        B. friction           C. liberation         D. distribution
25. — Have you told your parents about your decision?
  — Not yet. I can hardly imagine _____ they will react.
A. what             B. that               C. how             D. when
26. Each spring the apple tree in my garden blossoms so ______ that the air becomes filled with the sweet of apple.
A. automatically      B. approximately      C. apparently        D. abundantly
27. To prevent further pollution, many people are ______ the use of alternative energy sources.
   A. applying to        B. compensating for    C. catering to        D. pushing for
28. The plans got _____ in the approval process, so everyone had to stop and wait until the application forms came back from the ministry.
  A. struck            B. occupied           C. stuck            D. delivered
29. If you put a stone in the way of an ant, it will go around, over, under or on top, without stopping, until it finds a way to get ______ it needs to be.
   A. what             B. how              C. which            D. where
30. Much disappointed as he is ________ in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.
A. to have failed    B. failed        C. having failed   D. failing
31. Having seen several deadly traffic accidents recently, China’s traffic police launched _____ breath tests among all drivers.
   A. authentic         B. random            C. vague            D. tentative
32. I think George left because he had lost his job or ________.
A. nothing         B. anything        C. something         D. everything
33. — What if he fails in the next monthly examination again?
  — I don’t know. ______ heart and be reduced ______ the class?
A. Will he lose; to not attending               B. Did he lose; to not attending
C. Had he lost; not to attending               D. Would he lose; to not attending
34. Most of the students in the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong ______ have participated for more rights, but what they did caused serious effects on people’s living.
   A. should           B. might             C. would           D. can
35. Sherry has taught me that no matter how bad things seem they can ________ in the end.
  A. figure out          B. make out          C. work out         D. pick out

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。
   It’s been so long that I can’t remember the crime, but I’ll never forget the punishment: Dig up the fig tree (无花果) in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when   36   to hard labor in the garden, I suspected this was my parents’ way of   37    me to do their dirty work.
   It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, dismantling (拆卸) it branch by branch and limb by limb,   38   all that remained of the once-proud specimen was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.
 “What did that   39   ever do to you?”, my father said, “You left some taproot (主根), at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the  40   to mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly   41   school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.
 Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he   42   me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger  43    , making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side   44   a common goal.
 “ Well,” my father said when we   45   , “ we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any   46   that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can   47   toenails in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did   48    as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and    49   when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.
   In a    50   fair world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had    51    the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this   52   to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood  53   . My father took a fig from the   54   and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “   55    some of that.”
36. A. sentenced  B. punished  C. allowed  D. encouraged
37. A. inviting  B. having  C. getting  D. helping 
38. A. until  B. when  C. that  D. after
39. A. truck  B. tool C. tree D. taproot
40. A. rest B. flight C. walk D. ride
41. A. thought over B. talked about  C. broke into D. gave up
42. A. forgave B. tricked C. entertained D. joined
43. A. disappeared B. concentrated C. approached D. exposed
44. A. through B. against C. toward D. off
45. A. argued B. continued C. started D. finished
46. A. relationship B. value C. advantage D. chance
47. A. dig B. plant C. remove D. observe
48. A. understand B. determine C. watch D. feel
49. A. confused B. relieved C. regretful D. disappointed
50. A. perfectly B. partly C. mostly D. probably
51. A. forgotten B. hurt C. helped D. guarded
52. A. task B. answer C. question D. strategy
53. A. misery B. misfortune  C. sorrow D. rudeness
54. A. fridge B. bowl C. kitchen D. desk
55. A. deserve B. receive C. protect D. suspect

第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。 
A
   The Internet of Things (IoT) (物联网) aims to get everything and everyone talking. Attaching sensors to “things”, such as cows, cars and refrigerator, and then assigning them unique IP addresses allow them to “talk” to the Internet. Of course, the IoT will involve much more than a handful of sensors. Networking company Cisco estimates that 50 billion Internet-connected devices and objects will be sending over data by 2020.
Specific Benefits
The IoT will allow people to track things and processes like never before. Airplane manufacturers will be able to continuously track the condition of airplane parts, allowing them to do preventive maintenance and avoid costly downtime. Consumers could install smart meters in their homes to monitor energy usage and observe energy price changes in real time. That would allow people to adjust their habits and use electrical appliances during lower-priced hours.
Some fears
Some critics fear that the IoT could end up being a fashion that people lose interest in over time. Having Twitter feeds on refrigerator doors may sound cool at first, but the attraction could fade as quickly as the excitement over last year’s smartphone! Other critics are doubtful that companies making Internet-connected appliances will provide long-term software updates. If that happens, a refrigerator or washing machine that should last 10 years or more could last two or three due to software that’s outdated.
A Positive Example
Early this year, owner of the Tesla Model S electric car received a recall notice alerting them to a charger plug needing to be fixed. Amazingly, owners of the Model S sat back while the company performed an “ over the air” wireless update. Customers confirmed the update by tapping on the car’s touchscreen console to see that the Model S was running the latest software version. No trip to the dealer was required!
Perhaps Tesla’s remote fix is a sign of things to come. Someday soon, people’s lives might become a lot more efficient and convenient thanks to the IoT.
56. How do researchers get everything and everyone talking?
  A. By establishing the IoT and launching a handful of sensors.
  B. By connecting sensors with them and appointing them unique IP addresses.
  C. By communicating with them all the time through the IoT.
  D. By sending people to track them day and night and collect useful data.
57. What else do critics worry about the IoT besides its probably ending up being a fashion?
  A. People will lose interest in it as quickly as the thrill over last year’s smartphone.
  B. Refrigerators and washing machines will be replaced by other devices in a few years.
  C. Whether related companies will provide long-term software updates or not.
  D. The software provided by companies will be outdated easily and quickly.
58. According to the passage, when owners of the Telsa Model S electric received a recall notice, they __________.
  A. just waited in the car while the maintenance is being done through wireless update.
  B. were required to go to the nearest 4s store to make some adjustments or repairs.
  C. could definitely depend on the IoT to send them the charger plug to be fixed.
  D. had to confirm the update with the help of the equipment provided by the company.
B
The new Swedish gender-neutral (性别中立的) word “hen” was introduced at two Stockholm nurseries in 2012. It is used for describing either male or female, or someone not wanting to be described with those terms. Today “hen” is frequently used by Swedish children and adults alike. Now other European countries are joining the gender-¬neutrality trend.
“Fourteen major retailers(零售商) have made changes since we started our campaign almost two years ago,” reports Tricia Lowther, a mother-of-one in northern England and a member of the Let Toys Be Toys initiative, which lobbies for gender-neutral toy aisles. “They’ve taken down boys’ and girls’ signs. The blue and pink aisles remain, but things are happening.” The retailers doing away with boys’ and girls’ toy signs are major ones indeed: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Boots. Marks & Spencer has gone even further, making its toy labelling gender-neutral.
In the efforts to achieve gender equality in the children world, no country has gone as far as Sweden. The nurseries that first introduced “hen” still use it, and others have joined them. “All children should be able to wear what they want. Dresses are not just for girls. And pink is a beautiful colour that should be available to everybody,” says Maria Hulth of a gender equality consulting firm.
“Sweden is really the pioneer,” says Lann Hornscheidt, a professor of gender studies. “No other country has made such an effort to break down gender barriers among children.”
Though there are no official statistics regarding the number of Swedish nurseries using “hen”, Maria Hulth notes that individual teachers now often opt to use “hen” even when it’s not the nursery’s policy. But, she notes, “Swedish nurseries’ and primary schools’ gender-neutral efforts don’t end at the neutral word. They’re putting a lot of effort into avoiding words like boys and girls, instead just saying ‘children’.
To its supporters, Sweden’s nursery world of “hen” and pink-for-all is a civil rights heaven. But, Dr David Eberhard argues that a new word won’t change the fact that the vast majority of people identify either as men or women. “Whatever you choose to call people, the biological differences between men and women remain,” he notes. “We should treat each other with respect, but ignoring biological gender differences is crazy. Making us the same won’t create more equality.” He thinks boys should be allowed to play with dolls – and girls with cars – if they like to. “But”, he adds, “calling them hen instead of him or her? That’s child cruelty.”
Given that Sweden is the world’s fourth most gender-equal country, as measured in the World Economic Forum’s latest gender gap report (only Iceland, Finland and Denmark score higher), practices like the use of “hen” suggest an already progressive country trying to fix a minor problem.
“Far from it, the gender gap creates poverty among women,” argues Hornscheidt. “Movements like the use of “hen” are all part of an effort to create a more just world.”
59.The author mentions some major retailers in Paragraph 2 to show___________.
A. the influence of the gender-neutral campaign
  B. these retailers’ efforts to promote toy sales
  C. the importance of making boys and girls equal
  D. the varieties of toys for children to choose from
60.The underlined word “opt” in Paragraph 5 is closes in meaning to ___________.
  A. hesitate    B. prefer     C. pretend     D. refuse
61. Which of the following would Lann Hornscheidt most probably agree with?
  A. Both men and women should wear pink clothes to show equality.
  B. Kids and adults will stay equal if they both use the word “hen”.
  C. Sweden has taken the lead in advocating the real gender equality.
  D. There are no biological gender differences between men and women.
62. What is the purpose of the passage?
  A. To seek a new solution to gender inequality.
  B. To introduce a new development in gender equality.
  C. To stress the significance of Sweden’s gender neutral movement.
  D. To compare Sweden’s education with that of other European countries.
                                     C
By 2050, a completely new type of human evolve as a result of extremely new technology, behavior, and natural selection. This is according to Cadell Last, a researcher at the Global Brain Institute, who claims mankind is undergoing a major “evolutionary transition”.
In less than four decades, Mr. Last claims we will live longer, have children in old age and rely on artificial intelligence to do ordinary and boring tasks. This shift is so significant, he claims, it is comparable to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans. “Your 80 or 100 is going to be so radically different than your grandparents,” Mr. Last says, who believes we will spend much of our time living in virtual reality. Some evolutionary scientists believe this age could be as high as 120 by 2050.
Mr. Last claims humans will also demonstrate delayed sexual maturation, according to a report by Christina Sterbenz in Business Insider. This refers to something known as life history theory which attempts to explain how natural selection shapes key events in a creature’s life, such as reproduction. It suggests that as brain sizes increase, organisms need more energy and time to reach their full potential, and so reproduce less.
Instead of living fast and dying younger, Mr. Last believes humans will live slow and die old. “Global society at the moment is a complete mess,” he told MailOnline. “But in crisis there is opportunity, and in apocalypse (启示) there can be transformation. So I think the next system humanity creates will be far more sophisticated, fair, and abundant than our current civilization.”
“I think our next system will be as different from the modern world, as our contemporary world is from the medieval (中世纪的) world. The biological clock isn't going to be around forever,” he added, and said that people could pause it for some time using future technology.
The change is already happening. Today, the average age at which a woman in Britain has her first baby has been rising steadily stands at 29. 8. In the US, just one percent of first children were born to women over the age of 35 in 1970. By 2012, that figure rose to 15 percent.
“As countries become socio-economically advanced, more and more people, especially women have the option to engage in cultural reproduction,” Mr. Last added. And as well as having more child-free years to enjoy leisure time, he believes artificial intelligence will make up the need for low-skill jobs. We may also spend a large amount of time living in virtual reality. “I’m not quite sure most people have really absorbed the implications of this possibility,” Mr. Last said.
His views are detailed in a paper, titled “Human Evolution, Life History Theory, and the End of Biological Reproduction" published Current Aging Science.
63. According to Cadell Last, a completely new type of human will appear because of _____.
① artificial intelligence ② new technology ③ natural selection ④ mundane tasks
⑤ behavior
A. ②③⑤     B. ①②③      C. ③④⑤     D. ①②⑤
64. Which statement is compared by Mr. Last to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans?
A. We have diseases and die young.
B. We give birth to a child when we are young.
C. We spend less time in virtual reality.
D. We use intelligent robots to do everyday housework.
65. The underlined words in the third paragraph most probably mean “_____”.
A. Organisms need more energy and time to ripen.   B. Natural selection shapes key events.
C. Reproduction.                              D. Reproduce less.
66. In the next system Mr. Last explained we can infer that _____.
A. women are engaged in careers or hobbies instead of giving birth to babies
B. women are engaged in playing computer games rather than working
C. women are engaged in cultural reproduction in place of men
D. women are engaged in living in virtual reality without options
                                   D
Six people have kept themselves inside a white dome in Hawaii to have an eight-month test of how their mental health might experience during a mission to Mars.
The NASA-funded project involves three men and three women who have no access to fresh food and limited access to Internet that requires 20-minute intervals between click and response, as it might be in deep space.
They are allowed to step outside their igloo-like enclosure — which measures 11 meters in diameter and six meters tall — only if wearing a space suit.
“We are surrounded by basaltic lava(玄武岩火山石) and living on the slopes of Mauna Loa where there is little evidence of plant or animal life,” wrote crew member Jocelyn Dunn, a doctor at Purdue University’s School of Industrial Engineering, after her first day in the dome on October 17. “The training wheels are coming off as our new reality is setting in,” Dunn wrote on her blog, http://fivestarview.blogspot.com, which she plans to update throughout the mission.
NASA is spending $1.2 million on a series of three such projects known as Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) to determine the potential risks of sending people together to spend long periods on a distant planet.
NASA is aiming for a human mission to Mars by the 2030s, but experts are still not sure if humans can with-stand the radiation that the journey would involve.
It could take eight months to reach the Red Planet, not to mention time spent on it with a thin atmosphere and no known food source, followed by an attempt at returning to Earth.
One recent study found that with the current limits of technology, adventurers to Mars would start dying in 68 days. Another study this week said the risk of radiation-induced cancer would limit any trip to one year.
NASA considers it just as important to study whether people’s mental states could hold up under the pressure of a Mars journey, said principal investigator Kim Binsted.
Both crew psychology and radiation are considered “red risks” for Mars, “which means essentially, until we solve these problems, we are not going,” Binsted told AFP. Binsted is coordinating the experiment from the outside the dome. Those inside are healthy, educated people in their 20s and 30s, each with a keen interest in science and space. “It is kind of the opposite of a reality show. We select against drama.” explained Binsted. “We try to pick a crew that will get along with each other. We pick generally level-headed and easy-going people.”
They include Allen Mirkadyrov, an aerospace engineer for and Neil Scheibelhut, a microbiologist and former soldier in Iraq. Sophie Milam is an expert in robotics who is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering, and Zak Wilson is a mechanical engineer. The commander is Canadian-born Martha Lenio, who earned a doctor degree in engineering and has worked in the sustainable building industry, according to her biography.
As time wears on, experts want to see how they get along with each other, and how they relate to mission control.
One potential problem may come late in the game, when a depression known as “third-quarter syndrome” kicks in. There is also the issue of communication breakdown between the crew and ground control, which happens often in these kinds of missions, Binsted said.
67. “A white dome” in Paragraph 1 is the same place as _______.
A. “deep space” in paragraph 2
B. “their igloo-like enclosure” in Paragraph 3
C. “the slopes of Mauna Loa” in Paragraph 4
D. “Purdue University’s School of Industrial Engineering” in Paragraph 4
68. What is the aim of Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS)?
A. To reduce the time to reach Mars to less than 8 months.
B. To make sure if humans can with-stand the radiation involved in the journey.
C. To find out the possible risks of having people travel to Mars and stay there.
D. To aim for a human mission to Mars by the 2030s.
69. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. it is likely to take a year for adventurers to have a to-and-back trip of Mars
B. most adventurers-to-be are healthy, educated people in their 20s and 30s, each with a keen interest in science and space
C. If possible, the crew will have a Canadian-born man-commander, Martha Lenio
D. Should the “red risks” not be solved, NASA would never try the exploration of Mars
70. The passage is intended _______.
A. for informing us of a new research project
B. as an introduction of some great adventurers
C. for informing us of the exploration of Mars
D. as a report of the latest space voyage

  第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 两部分 共35分）
第四部分  任务型阅读（共10个小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。
When you feel disappointed, you should know it is natural and normal, and everyone will experience it to some extent in their life. Sometimes life deals us a difficult hand, and events and trials arise that we have no control over. Other times it is our own actions themselves that cause our trials. Regardless of the nature of our trials, disappointment is part of life’s journey and how we deal with it will largely determine the quality of our life. Here are some steps to help us to make our journey more enjoyable.
   Firstly, redefine our rules. It is assumed that everyone has an internal “rule” in their mind. If our internal rules are too perfect, then they will discourage us greatly. For example, if we have a rule that says we need to be perfect, it is likely that we will spend a large amount of time feeling sad and disappointed. So when we feel disappointed, it is wise to review and redefine our rules. Want an example of an encouraging rule? Try this one: I am happy and I am successful since I have made my greatest efforts.
   Secondly, remind ourselves now and then of the reasons why we are seeking the very goal. As a matter of fact, there are many cases where we have forgotten our original purposes along the way. So it is of great help to remember the reasons why we are committed to a path in the first place when we feel down. By revisiting those reasons, we will likely renew our commitment and not get hung up on the disappointment of the moment.
   Thirdly, think about our larger vision and recommit to it. Disappointment is merely a setback on what will eventually be a great and inspiring journey. So when we have those momentary setbacks, it is helpful to think about our larger vision and recommit to it. In our larger vision, therefore, a disappointment is a very valuable experience, which serves as a good educator and makes us more able to meet the challenges of the future.
   Finally, reset and have a new start. Resetting and starting anew prevents us from abandoning ourselves to self-pity and forces us to get up and move forward. Don’t live in the past. Take what the past has taught us and keep moving. Wake up the very next day as if our whole life is ahead of us and we have the chance to start fresh. Nothing that happened in the past can stop us from creating the life that we have always desired or from accomplishing the goals that we are seeking.
Title Learning to deal with disappointment
Introduction Disappointment exists (71) ____________and normally in our life and learning to deal with it is part of a fulfilling life.
Causes of
disappointment Events and trials in life are sometimes beyond our (72) ___________.
Our trials are sometimes (73) __________ by our own actions.
(74) ________ to dealing with disappointment Redefine our rules When redefining our rules, we are supposed to (75) ________ discouraging ones with encouraging ones.
 (76) ____ our whys Being (77) ______ often of our whys helps us renew our commitment and get over the disappointment.
 Recommit to our vision Experiencing disappointments prepares us to be (78) ________ of meeting the challenges of the future.
 Reset and start anew Instead of living in the past, we take what we have (79) _________ from the past and move forward.
Conclusion Dealing with disappointment effectively can improve the (80) ________ of our life and make our life journey enjoyable.
第五部分  书面表达 (共1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。
     With the development of economy, people tend to pursue high quality living conditions. Most of the parents try their best to offer their children comfortable circumstances, but they seldom have time to stay with their children. In my opinion, no matter how busy they are, they should make the best um of their time to stay with their children.
     Every time when parents take them to the amusement park, help them to prepare their birthday parties, applaud for them when they are competing in the sports meeting, the time they spend with children will become treasure in their memories.
     Children need the direction from their parents. There is some wrong behavior in our society, such as dishonesty, violence and so on. Children have weak resistance in defending this negative influence. In this case, parents' instructions seem to be very important to children's growth. Parents should sit down and talk with them about what they should do and should not do.
     I do not deny that there are some disadvantages in spending too much time with children. Some parents restrict their children, and give them little freedom to develop their interests. Therefore, I emphasize that parents should educate and instruct their children appropriately in their spare time apart from their busy work.
【写作内容】
    你将参加一场主题辩论会，主题为“父母该为孩子的行为习惯负责吗?”参赛前，你要查阅相关资料，并准备你的主题发言，请仔细阅读下文，然后完成以下的任务：
    1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；
    2、然后以约120个词就“父母该为孩子的行为负责吗?”这个主题发表你的看法，并包含以下的内容要点：
    (1) 你认为父母是否该对此负责，并阐明你的理由；
    (2) 你对父母们的建议。
【写作要求】
    你可使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能抄袭阅读材料中的句子。
【评分标准】
  概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。 参考答案
 
书面表达
One possible version:
Parents Should Be Responsible For Children's Behaviors
The passage mainly tells us that parents play an important part in children's growth, suggesting that no matter how busy parents are, they should spend more time staying with their children and give proper instructions.    
We know it is important for children to develop good habits. So it is disappointing and sad to see some children around us showing bad habits. As far as I am concerned, parents should be responsible for helping children develop good habits. The reasons are as follows. To start with, it is commonly held that parents are the first teacher of their children. The children adopt many ways and thoughts of their parents as they are growing. What’s more, parents' duties include not only providing food and clothing, but also knowledge and common sense required to go on well in society.
    Therefore, I hope parents can spend more time staying with their children, giving proper guidance to their children. Meanwhile, parents should mind their words and acts, setting a good example to their children.

 M: There is no wolf out there, Rachel. We’re camping near a lake, not in some deadly woods. You might run into an angry duck…at worst.
W: Ducks aren’t that big. Whatever made that noise was huge. I know it.
M: Come on, Rachel. Just go back to sleep. I promise you there’s no wolf here. It’s probably just all in your imagination. You’ve been driving all day to get here, so just get some rest.
W: I guess you’re right. I’m being silly. I’m feel better after a good night’s sleep.
Text 7
W: I just got an e-mail from Nancy. She’s moving to Russia.
M: Russia? I thought she was in Africa.
W: She was. She was in West Africa, Burkina Faso.
M: And now she is going to Russia? She doesn’t speak Russian, does she?
W: A little. She’s been studying it for about three months. I think she’s going to enroll in a language class at the university when she gets there.
M: Wow, that’s quite a move she’s making, from Africa to Russia. Where’s she going to live, Moscow?
W: I’m not sure. I don’t think she knows yet. She’s talked about St. Petersburg.
M: Well, I hope she adjusts quickly. Say, I’ve always wanted to see Russia. Maybe we can visit her!
W: You’d better start saving your pennies then. I started saving mine when she began studying Russian!
Text 8
M: Hey, Ella. Did you go to our history class yesterday?
W: Of course I did, Luke. Why did you ask?
M: I was wondering if I could borrow the notes for this Friday’s quiz. I was sick and stayed home from school.
W: That’s strange. Lacey said she saw you and Jim at the new movie theater last night.
M: Oh, yeah. My little brother needed to be picked up, and I was feeling better by then, so I offered to go get him.
W: That was nice of you. That’s funny, though. I don’t remember Lacey saying your brother Eric was there, too.
M: She must have not seen him. He is pretty short, after all.
W: I guess so. Not any shorter than Lacey, though.
M: Okay, fine. You caught me! I just really didn’t want to take my chemistry test yesterday.
W: I knew it! Honestly, Luke, I would have done the same thing. I’ll meet you after school with my notes.
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