专限时训练(四十二) [说明文型读写任务]
(限时：每篇30分钟)
(一)
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。
I believe parents have the power to build their child’s selfesteem.They also have the power to shred it to pieces.Sure, lots of it is nature, but nurture plays a big enough role that we should take it very seriously and do our best to help our children love themselves.
A person who loves himself is more capable of loving others than a person who doesn’t.A person who loves and respects himself will not allow others to abuse him.There’s nothing I want more than for my daughters to love themselves and accept themselves just the way they are.
These are some of the things I try to do in order to make sure my children grow up with a positive selfimage.
● Tell them you love them every day.
● Hug them every day.
● Don’t dismiss their dreams for the future.My oldest daughter wants to be a writer when she’s grownup.She writes beautifully, but I partly wants to tell her how hard it is to make a living as a writer—that she should write as a hobby and find a “real” job.Instead, when she talks about how she will write books for a living, I listen, smile, and tell her how happy I am that she loves to write so much and how talented I think she is.
● Tell them they are perfect just the way they are.Reinforce the idea that people have a unique combination of talents and strengths and that there’s more than one way to be smart, beautiful, or successful.
● Focus on their strengths and encourage them to develop those instead of focusing on their weaknesses.
● Teach them they can do anything if they really want to.Teach them not to be afraid of failure and to avoid perfectionism.I frequently point out my own mistakes and failures as a way to show my kids that I am not perfect. Nobody is perfect, and that failing at something is not the end of the world.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文的内容要点；
2．以约120个词表达如下要点：
(1)比较西方父母和中国父母在育儿的观点和做法上有什么不同之处或是相似之处；
(2)你自己或是同学或朋友的父母的养育方式在你们成长的过程中起的积极的或消极的影响；
(3)对父母提出建议。
【写作要求】
1．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。
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(二)
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。
The Importance of a Good Education
Getting a good education may be the most important price you can pay, because, perhaps more than anything else, what you do with that huge gray material between your ears will determine your future.These words actually describe millions of people worldwide who choose to limit their potential ability by not widening their education.
A person with a better education is much more likely to have better job offers, a more successful career, and a higher yearly salary. This, in turn，would allow for a much better lifestyle.For example, compare two people.The first person is a high school dropout(退学学生)．The second has a law degree.The high school dropout will be fortunate to get a job in food services, making less than twenty thousand dollars a year, barely surviving each week.To contrast this，the person with the law degree will certainly have a successful career as a lawyer, making over $ 70,000 annually.The lawyer will, of course,
have a very wealthy lifestyle.Statistics show that high school dropouts make 42% less money than college graduates.
Our generation will become the doctors, lawyers, teachers and leaders of tomorrow.To do this successfully, a higher level of education is very important! A higher education will mean a better life style, a better ability to adjust to new technologies, and a various life.Our world cannot afford any unused potential.
We must crave learning.This, in turn, will pay for not only our future but also will help to insure success for those who follow.
【写作内容】
1．概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数30左右；
2．就“受良好教育的重要性”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下的内容要点，该部分的词数120左右：
(1)读好书， 顺利升学， 比什么都重要；
(2)人人都能接受与其自身条件和未来发展相适应的教育；
(3)高质量的就业就是良好教育的成果体现。
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As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs.
There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.
Researchers have analyzed the dynamics of how blogs become popular.There are essentially two measures of this: popularity through citations, as well as popularity through affiliation (i.e.blogroll)．
【写作内容】
1．约30个词概括短文的内容要点。
2．用大约120词就“写博客(Writing Blog)”这一主题发表你的看法，并包括以下内容要点：
(1)说出写博客受欢迎的原因；
(2)简要说明博客在人们生活中的作用；
(3)用你自己或他人的事例来支持你的观点。
【写作要求】
可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。
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(四)
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。
Dear Patti，
I’m writing to you for some advice on my studies.As you know, football is a very popular sport in the world and I am attracted to it and I have fallen in deep love with it, which makes me feel so crazy.I have been spending lots of time doing many things related to it, like watching football matches, reading newspapers and magazines, and searching the Web for more information about football.As a result, it has certainly disturbed my normal study.Though I know to be a football fan is my hobby and my major objective is to learn more knowledge in school, I can’t concentrate on my lessons and gradually I am tired of them.I am still a senior two middle school students, and I’ll have my own business even when I grow up, so I am not likely to do a job in the field of football.But now I can’t stop myself from getting involved further with football.So I feel very depressed and want to know how to deal with the contradiction (矛盾) between my studies and hobbies.
Sincerely yours，
Li Ming
【写作内容】
假如你是李明的笔友Patti，请根据他信中所诉说的苦恼回封信。以下是回信的内容(信的开头和结尾已经为你写好)：
1．以约30个词概括李明的苦恼；
2．以约120个词发表你的看法，并包括如下要点：
(1)你认为李明应该如何处理好他的学习和业余爱好的关系；
(2)表达你对他的希望。
【写作要求】
1．可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，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．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
Dear Li Ming，
Thank you for your letter.From your letter, I’ve known something about your situation.…
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Sincerely yours，
Patti
专限时训练(四十二)
(一)One possible version：
The passage stresses how important parents' role is in building their children's selfesteem, and provides us with useful tips to achieve this aim.
Western and Chinese parents differ quite a lot in how to raise children.Generally, as I understand, western parents tend to offer more encouragement on their kids' positive aspects, while Chinese parents focus their attention more on negative aspects and thus give more criticism.
My memory about my childhood is always related to the fear of my dad's dissatisfaction about me.I once doubted myself a lot, which, luckily, was later discovered by my dad himself.He blamed himself hard, and started to turn his criticism into praise, satisfaction and encouragement.It was he who once scared me a lot, but it was he, too, who built my confidence.
Taking the example of me, I think it's not bad for Chinese parents to learn to be a little “westernized”！
(二)One possible version：
A good education may have an essential part of one's life.A person is much more likely to have better job offers, a more successful career, and a higher yearly salary with a better education.
So it is important for a new generation who wants to obtain an ideal career and salary, to get a higher level education.Education has become an important part of our life.Schooling begins in early childhood and ends at the end of teenage.In fact, the college and postgraduate levels are expanding most rapidly.If everyone can do well in all subjects at school, and enter higher school smoothly, it is more important than anything.They can accept the education that adapts with their own condition and their future development.After graduation everyone gets the employment of a high quality, and it means a good educational achievement.
(三)One possible version：
The above passage informs us what blog is, what content a blog might include and the different types of it.As for the reasons of its popularity are also analyzed.
Blog is becoming an increasingly popular communication tool.Not only does it provide the people a way to communicate to share what we experience, but a way to reflect on daily life or works of art.As high school students, occupied in study all day long, we can't have much time to hang out with our friends.Reading their blogs is a convenient way to keep in touch with them.We can exchange views, make comments with each other.Besides, compared with written diaries, blogs are safer when it comes to the function of keeping privacy with the code known by ourselves.So I think it is of great benefit to us to develop our ability of expression both in oral and written forms.
(四)One possible version：
Dear Li Ming，
Thank you for your letter.From your letter, I've known something about your situation. You are very depressed because of the contradiction that you can't tear yourself away from football, which has been disturbing you so much that you can't concentrate on your lessons.
Hobbies are very important to a person, without which life won't be as colorful as it should be.They can cheer you up and improve your comprehensive abilities, but they also require time and devotion.You are still a student, whose main task should be gaining knowledge, so you must know which is more important thing to do in different life periods.Otherwise, you would regret having been too much addicted to that in the future.
A hobby is like gold under the ground, and it will not come to you unless you dig it out yourself.If you can treat study as one of your hobbies, it will be more enjoyable.I hope you can find yourself in the right place and have fun from your study.
Sincerely yours，
Patti