Unit 1 Festivals around the world一、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．—Is it necessary to look up every new word when I come across it in reading?
—No. You ________， because you are likely to guess the meaning from the context.
A．can't
B．mustn't
C．don't have to
D．ought not to
答案 C [考查情态动词。句意：——我在阅读中遇到生词时需要每个都查吗？——不，不需要每个都查，因为你可能从上下文中猜到意思。此处don't have to＝needn't，根据句意“不需要”可知答案。]
2．She offered a ________ of $ 2,000 for information about her missing son.
A．pay
B．reward
C．fee
D．fare
答案 B [考查名词。句意：她悬赏2 000美元来得到失踪儿子的消息。根据语境“失踪，消息”可知“悬赏”。reward为“奖赏”符合题意。]
3．Christmas is drawing near. The shops have started to ________ Christmas decorations.
A．take up
B．bring up
C．put up
D．turn up
答案 C [考查动词短语。句意：圣诞节来临了。商店开始进行圣诞装饰。put up“张贴，搭建”符合句意。]
4．The lady jumped off the floor, screaming, as if ________ by a snake.
A．to have been bitten
B．bitten
C．being bitten
D．to be bitten
答案 B [考查as if后的省略结构。句意：那位女士尖叫着从地板上跳起来，好像被蛇咬了一样。as if bitten by a snake是as if she was bitten by a snake的省略形式。 ]
5．—What was Mary doing when you visited her?
—She was ________ herself in the mirror.
A．enjoying
B．admiring
C．devoting
D．seeing
答案 B [考查动词。句意：——你去看玛丽时她正做什么？——她正在照镜子自我欣赏呢。admire oneself“自我欣赏”，符合题意。enjoy oneself“玩得高兴”；devote oneself to(doing) sth“致力于(做)某事”。see意为“看；观看”时，通常不能用于进行时态。]
6．People of all ages ________ beautiful costumes skipped back and forth ________ the loud music.
A．dressing in; at
B．dressed in; to
C．dressing up; to
D．dressed up; at
答案 B [考查动词。句意：穿着漂亮衣服的各种年龄段的人们随着音乐在跳舞。第一空“穿着……衣服”表示状态用dressed in；第二空“伴随着……”用介词to。]
7．________ down the radio—the baby is asleep in the next room.
A．Turning
B．Turned
C．To turn
D．Turn
答案 D [考查祈使句。句意：关小收音机。小孩在隔壁睡觉了。根据语境“小孩在睡觉”可知收音机音量要“关小”。句子没有出现主语故用祈使句。]
8．Only after he left ________ this interesting book.
A．I read
B．have I read
C．I had read
D．did I read
答案 D [考查倒装句。句意：仅当他离开后我才读到这本令人感兴趣的书。only引导的状语置于句首句子构成倒装，此处left与read几乎同时发生，用一般过去时，故答案D合适。]
9．—Perhaps we could invite some of our junior school friends to our party.
—________.
A．Yes, why not?
B．Sure, no problem.
C．Oh, never mind.
D．Well, go ahead.
答案 A [考查交际用语。句意：——或许我们可以邀请低年级的校友参加晚会。——对啊。为什么不呢？根据语境此处对上句的建议持肯定态度，故答案A合适。]
10．________， the 21yearold girl won three Olympic medals in track events.
A．To believe or not
B．Believing it or not
C．Believe it or not
D．Whether believe or not
答案 C [考查固定短语。句意：信不信由你，21岁的女孩在田径赛中获得了三枚奥林匹克奖牌。根据语境“21岁，三枚奥林匹克奖牌”可知“持有怀疑态度”故有“信不信由你”。]
11．The letter he looked forward to ________ yesterday.
A．coming
B．come
C．came
D．have come
答案 C [考查动词时态。句意：他盼着的来信昨天来到了。分析句式，句子he looked forward to作定语修饰先行词the letter，时间状语yesterday，故谓语动词用一般过去时。]
12．What you said just now ________ me of that American professor.A．mentioned
B．informed
C．reminded
D．memorized
答案 C [考查动词短语。句意：你刚才所说的让我想起了那位美国教授。 remind sb of sth/sb “使某人想起某事/人”。]
13．The director apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan.
A．his being not able
B．him not to able
C．his not being able
D．him to be not able
答案 C [考查动名词复合结构。句意：导演因为未能通知我在计划中的变化向我道歉。apologize to sb for (doing) sth的意思是“因为某事而向某人道歉”。for为介词，后面接动名词，首先排除B和D项；根据非谓语动词(动名词、动词不定式、现在分词、过去分词)的否定形式是直接在其前加 not，所以排除A项。]
14．—Do you think the rain will affect the football match?
—The players are used to such rainy weather, so it ________ make any difference to them.
A．shan't
B．shouldn't
C．needn't
D．mustn't
答案 B [考查情态动词。句意：——你认为雨会影响到足球赛吗？——运动员习惯于这种天气，所以对他们来说没有什么区别。shouldn't 表示“按理说不会/不该”符合句意。]
15．Daddy didn't mind what we were doing, as long as we were together，________ fun.
A．had
B．have
C．to have
D．having
答案 D [考查非谓语动词。句意：只要我们快乐地在一起，爸爸不介意我们在做什么。having fun为现在分词作状语，“玩得很开心/高兴”。]
二、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
(A)
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college.For many months he had__16__a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom，and knowing his father could well__17__it，he told him that was all he wanted.
On the morning of his__18__day his father called him into his own study and told him how__19__he was to have such a fine son.He handed his son a beautiful gift box.__20__but slightly disappointed，the young man__21__the box and found a lovely book.__22__，he raised his voice at his father and said，“With all your money you give me a book？” and rushed out of the house leaving the book in the study.
He did not contact(联系)his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father.He__23__he had to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father's house，he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week.The moment he was about to leave for the hospital，he saw on the desk the still new book，just as he had left it one year ago.He opened it and began to__24__the pages.Suddenly，a car key__25__from an envelope taped behind the book.It had a tag(标签)with the dealer's name，the same dealer who had the sports car he had__26__.On the tag was the__27__of his graduation，and the words PAID IN FULL.
16．A.expected
B．enjoyed
C．admired
D．owned
答案 C [根据下文he told him that was all he wanted可知，这个年轻人对在销售展厅的车非常“羡慕”，故选C。]
17．A.afford
B．offer
C．keep
D．like
答案 A [他知道爸爸买得起(afford)这辆车。]
18．A.graduation
B．election
C．admission
D．wedding
答案 A [根据27空后of his graduation可知，爸爸是作为一件毕业礼物为儿子买下的，故用graduation。]
19．A.encouraged
B．comfortable
C．proud
D．moved
答案 C [由下文a fine son，可知父亲为他而自豪(proud)。]
20．A.Nervous
B．Serious
C．Careful
D．Curious
答案 D [因为在盒子里，从外面看不到所以充满好奇，选Curious符合句意。]
21．A.packed
B．opened
C．closed
D．folded
答案 B [因为东西在盒子里，他想看里边的东西，此处动作只能是打开(opened)。]
22．A.Angrily
B．Eagerly
C．Calmly
D．Anxiously
答案 A [根据前面的disappointed，本来想要车，但打开盒子看到的是书和后面的he raised his voice at his father可知此处为“生气地(Angrily)”。]
23．A.learned
B．realized
C．recognized
D．admitted
答案 B [根据上文，老人看上去像他父亲，让他“意识到”该回家看望父亲。realize意为“意识到”，符合句意。]
24．A.clean
B．read
C．turn
D．count
答案 C [由后面的pages和里边掉下的车钥匙可以推断此处为“翻书页”的意思，故用turn。]
25．A.lost
B．came
C．appeared
D．dropped
答案 D [根据语境，他翻书，钥匙肯定会掉出(dropped)。]
26．A.remembered
B．desired
C．found
D．met
答案 B [由上文可知，他父亲给他买的就是他“想要的”，故用desired。]
27．A.picture
B．place
C．date
D．sign
答案 C [由上文他毕业时他爸爸送给他的盒子，下文的of his graduation可知，标签上写有“毕业的日期”，故用date。]
(B)
One sunny afternoon，I went to a blood donation station in Jining.That afternoon was also my 18th birthday.I thought of what I was doing as a wonderful__28__to myself and to others.There was a long queue of__29__.I joined it excitedly but became more and more__30__as the queue moved forward.Finally，it was my turn.I sat down__31__a large box and extended my left hand.“Are you ready？” said the doctor with a warm smile.“Yes！” I replied with a confident smile in__32__.The needle was inserted into my vein(静脉)．Seeing the red blood flowing，I felt a bit sick and dizzy.
“You should clench(紧握)and__33__your fist，” the doctor said.“Keep doing that until I tell you to stop.” I clenched and released throughout the whole process and__34__calmed down.By the end they had 400ml of my blood.
It means a lot to me that I__35__the start of my adult life with a blood donation.I think I was doing something special or meaningful on my 18th birthday.
28．A.surprise
B．deed
C．gift
D．deal
答案 C [句意：我考虑着做点什么作为对自己还有他人的精美礼物。根据前文“my 18th birthday”可知C项符合语境。]
29．A.volunteers
B．customers
C．patients D．characters
答案 A [volunteers，捐血是自愿的。因此选A，志愿者。]
30．A.embarrassed
B．upset
C．nervous
D．homesick
答案 C [随着自己捐血时刻的临近，感到紧张。embarrassed尴尬的；upset烦闷的，苦恼的；homesick想家的；均不符合语境。]
31．A.against
B．around
C．beyond
D．over
答案 A [against靠着，倚着。]
32．A.turn
B．return
C．vain
D．advance
答案 A [in turn反过来，作为回应；in return回报，报答；in vain徒劳；in advance提前；根据语境可知A项正确。]
33．A.grasp
B．fold
C．force
D．release
答案 D [握紧拳头然后放开，这样不断重复。这是献血时必做的动作，下句中的“released”为提示。]
34．A.regularly
B．swiftly
C．gradually
D．hopefully
答案 C [按医生的话去做，心情逐渐地平静下来。regularly有规律地；swiftly迅速地；gradually逐渐地；hopefully有希望地；C项符合句意。]
35．A.marked
B．initiated
C．cultivated
D．recalled
答案 A [通过捐血标志着18岁成人的开始。mark表明，标志着；initiate开始，和后面的start重复；cultivate培养，养成；recall回想起。故选A。]
三、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
There is a story about how Albert Einstein was travelling to universities, giving lectures on his famous theory of relativity(相对论). One day while on their way to a university, the driver said, “Dr. Einstein, I've heard that lecture more than 30 times. I have learned it by heart and bet(打赌)I could give it myself.”
“Well, I'll give you the chances，”said Einstein, “they don't know me at the next school. So when we get there, I'll put on your cap and you introduce yourself as me and give the lecture.”
The driver gave Einstein's lecture so wonderfully that he didn't make any mistakes.
When he finished, he started to leave, but one of the professors stopped him and asked him a question which was very difficult. The driver thought fast. “The answer to that question is so simple，”he said, “I'm surprised you have to ask me, in fact, to show you just how simple it is, I'm going to ask my driver to come up here and answer your question.”
【语篇大意】 本文主要叙述爱因斯坦的人生插曲。
36．The driver asked Albert Einstein to give him a chance to give lectures because ________.
A．he thought the theory of relativity simple
B．he didn't understand the theory of relativity at all
C．he had heard the lecture so many times that he could recite it
D．he wanted to show how well he understood the theory of relativity
答案 C [细节理解题。由第一段中“I've heard that lecture more than 30 times. I have learned it by heart and bet(打赌)I could give it myself.”可知司机和他开玩笑说他听过很多次，他也可以演讲了。]
37．________ and he let driver have a try.
A．Albert Einstein was a very kind man
B．Albert Einstein knew it was impossible for the driver to give the lecture
C．Albert Einstein knew the driver was able to give the lecture
D．Albert Einstein wanted to make fun of the driver
答案 D [推理判断题。根据上下文可知爱因斯坦想和他开玩笑。]
38．The professor ________，so he asked him the question.
A．regarded the driver as Einstein
B．knew the driver wasn't Einstein himself
C．wanted to test Einstein's knowledge
D．wanted to know if the driver was Einstein himself
答案 A [推理判断题。根据最后一段“When he finished, he started to leave, but one of the professors stopped him and asked him a question which was very difficult.”可知教授不认识爱因斯坦，把司机错认为爱因斯坦，故选A。]
39．The driver thought that the professor's question was ________.
A．too easy for him to answer
B．too difficult for him to answer
C．simple enough for Einstein to answer
D．so difficult that Einstein couldn't answer it either
答案 B [推理判断题。根据“最后一段．..but one of the professors stopped him and asked him a question which was very difficult.”可知。]
B
Rush hour traffic is a problem in many big cities around the world. Commuters(道勤者)rush to and from their jobs in cars, bues, subways, trains, and even on bicycles. Large cities in the United States have two rush hours—one in the morning and one in the evening. But in cities in other parts of the world, there are four rush hours. In Athens and Rome, for example, many workers go home for lunch and a nap. After this midday break, they rush back to their jobs and work for a few more hours.
In Tokyo, there's a big rush hour underground. Most of the people in Tokyo take the subways. The trains are very crowded. Subway employees called packers wear white gloves and help pack the commuters into the trains when the doors close. They make sure that all purses, briefcases, clothes, and hands are inside the trains.
In Seoul, many commputers prefer to take taxis to get to work. To hail_a_cab,_many people stand at crossroads and riase two fingers. This means they'll pay the cab driver double the usual fare. Some people even raise three fingers! They'll pay THREE times the normal rate.
Streets in Rome are very crowded with automobiles and mopeds(摩托自行车)during rush hours. The city can't make its streets wider, and it can't build new highways, because it doesn't want to disturb many historic sites in the city, such as the Forum and the Colosseum. It took the city fifteen years to construct a new subway system. Construction had to stop every time workers found old artifacts and discovered places of interest to archaeologists(考古学家)．
In many big cities, there are special lanes on highways for carpools. These are groups of three or more people who drive to and from work together. They share the costs of gas and parking and take turns driving into the city.
Getting to work and getting home can be difficult in many places around the world. Rush hour traffic seems to be a universal problem.
【语篇大意】 本文主要叙述世界各地的上下班时间。
40．Big cities have traffic problems during rush hours because there are ________.
A．speical lanes on highways
B．many commuters
C．four rush hours
D．many cars on the street
答案 B [细节理解题。从文中第一句话“Rush hour traffic is a problem in many big cities around the world. Communters...in cars, buses, subways...”可找出答案。]
41．Most of commuters in Tokyo ________.
A．take subway trains to work
B．are packers
C．take taxis to work
D．carry briefcases to work
答案 A [细节理解题。从文章中的第二段的第一句“In Tokyo, there's a big rush hour underground. Most of the people in Tokyo take the subways”可以找出答案。]
42．To“hail a cab”means to ________.
A．pay double the normal rate
B．try to get a cab
C．prefer to take taxis
D．to stand at crossroads
答案 B [词义猜测题。从第三段可以找出答案。“In Seoul, many commuters prefer to take taxis to get to work. To hail a cab, many people stand at crossroads and raise two fingers.”“to hail a cab”意思等于“try to get a cab”。]
43．Why did it take a long time to build a subway system in Rome?
A．Because the streets were very crowded.
B．Because there are many historic sites.
C．Because the workers discovered many artifacts and places of interest.
D．Because the traffic always stopped the construction.
答案 C [细节理解题。由第四段最后两句可知。]
C
Several months ago, CCTV broadcast a documentary(记录片)film about criminals(罪犯). I remembered one criminal clearly: he had killed his girlfriend just because she wanted to leave him. The journalist asked him, “Do you regret killing your girlfriend？”
“No.”
“Why？”
“It's useless to regret，”the man answered calmly.
The journalist was silent. At that moment, I felt very angry. This man had made such an unforgivable mistake but he still wouldn't say he was sorry.
Is regret really useless?
Of course, regret is an emotion linked to the past and this feeling cannot turn back the clock. But I think people who say regret is useless ignore(忽视)two points. One is that regret is useful for the future and to one's soul. Look up the word“regret”in a dictionary: there are many expressions, such as“repent(悔悟)”，
“chagrin(悔恨)”and so on. All these are used to tell people not to make similar mistakes after they have realized their fault. If you don't regret, how can you repent? On the other hand, for those such as murderes, who have already lost their future, regret is still a baptism(洗礼)for the soul. A murderer won't leave the world at peace with himself unless he understands what regret is.
I have no doubt that regret is a virtue. Just like a light in the darkness, it can offer people the ray of hope they need. No matter what you have done wrong, people will always respect you for showing regret and a willingness to correct your mistakes. In this way, regret is a special feeling. Correcting mistakes is better than complaining; it makes you feel good about yourself. So why not show some regret after doing something wrong?
【语篇大意】 本文主要介绍的罪犯心理。
44．The writer felt very angry because of ________.
A．the criminal's crime
B．the criminal's short answer
C．the criminal's not feeling sorry
D．the criminal's not knowing law
答案 C [推理判断题。作者生气的原因判断题。原文“It's useless to regret，”the man answered calmly可以体现答案。]
45．Regret is useful for ________ of the people who do wrong.
A．the future
B．the past
C．neither the past nor the future
D．both the past and the future
答案 A [推理判断题。后悔对犯错误者有好处角度进行推断。由倒数第二段“Of course, regret is an emotion linked to the past and this feeling cannot turn back the clock.和One is that regret is useful for the future and to one's soul.”可以推出答案。]
46．To repent one should first to ________.
A．regret
B．remember
C．realize
D．tell
答案 A [推理判断题。根据悔悟与后悔关系进行判断。由倒数第二段“If you don't regret, how can you repent？”可以推出答案。]
47．If a person who has done great wrong shows regret people will ________ him at this point.
A．hate
B．dislike
C．look down upon D．respect
答案 D [推理判断题。人们对犯大错误者表现后悔之情的态度进行判断。原文最后一节“No matter what you have done wrong, people will always respect you for showing regret and a willingness to correct your mistake.”体现答案。]
D
Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉)can cut highway crashes.
Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75% using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.
Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D．C.is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the Foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.
Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the Foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the Foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speedrelated hazards(危险)are the greatest—curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.
Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can at first cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used
to seeing the painted bar.
Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.
【语篇大意】 本文主要介绍司机视觉与路况。
48．The passage mainly discusses ________.
A．a new way of highway speed control
B．a new pattern for painting highways
C．a new approach to training drivers
D．a new type of optical illusion
答案 A [主旨大意题。文章的主题句往往位于文章的开头或是结尾，本文就在第一自然段。]
49．On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel ________.
A．they should avoid speedrelated hazards
B．they are driving in the wrong lane
C．they should slow down their speed
D．they are approaching the speed limit
答案 C [细节理解题。文章最后一段，表明chevrons给驾车人的印象比他们实际的开的要快，而且路也变窄了，所以他们会放慢速度。]
50．The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ________.
A．try out the Japanese method in certain areas
B．change the road signs across the country
C．replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons
D．repeat the Japanese road patterns
答案 A [细节理解题。由文章第三段最后一句话，他们将在选择的道路上试验这种方法。]
51．What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?
A．They are falling out of use in the US.
B．They are applicable only on broad roads.
C．They cannot be applied successfully to traffic rules.
D．They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time.
答案 D [细节理解题。文章倒数第二段最后一句话“...within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bar.”可知。]
E
As the train went close to the seaside town where I was going to spend my holiday，I went into the corridor to breathe in the fresh sea air.I exchanged a few words with one of the passengers，whom I had met earlier on the station platform.
When I turned to go back to my seat，I happened to look into the compartment next to mine.Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor，who was a great talker；it used to take hours to get away from him once he began a conversation.I was not at all sorry when he went to live in another part of London.We had not met since then，nor did I wish to meet him now，when my holiday was about to begin.
Luckily at that moment he was much too busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight of me.I slipped back into my compartment and moved to the far end of the corridor so as to be ready to get off the train as soon as it stopped.The moment the train came to a stop，I called a porter，who immediately carried my luggage out of the station and found me a taxi.As I was driven towards my small hotel，I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my narrow escape.There was little chance that I should run into my boring exneighbor again.
When I reached the hotel，I went straight to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner.Then I went down to the dining room and ordered a drink.I had hardly raised the glass to my lips when an all too familiar voice greeted me.I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbor after all！He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we share a table.“This is a pleasant surprise，”he said，“I never expected to see you again after all these years.”
52．The writer didn't want to meet his exneighbor because________.
A．the writer was on holiday
B．the exneighbor was on holiday
C．the writer was quiet and peaceful
D．the exneighbor was boringly talkative
答案 D [从短文第二段第二、三句及第三段最后一句中“...my boring exneighbor”可推出。]
53．What destroyed the writer's holiday?
A．Meeting his exneighbor on the train.
B．Staying in the same hotel with his exneighbor.
C．Greeting his exneighbor in the lounge.
D．Shaking hands with his exneighbor in the hotel.
答案 B [作者在火车上摆脱了喋喋不休的前邻居，可最后在酒店还是与其相遇。言下之意，作者将不得不在酒店忍受这位不速之客的骚扰了。]
54．This is a story of a man who________.
A．went off the train to avoid meeting an exneighbor
B．went with an exneighbor on a holiday at the seaside
C．tried to get away from an exneighbor on a holiday at the seaside
D．was surprised to meet his exneighbor on his holiday
答案 C [短文描述了作者在度假途中仓皇逃避前邻居，末段点明他并未成功摆脱。因此C项概括最为准确。]
55．The underlined word“relief”most probably means“________”．
A．a feeling of comfort after pain
B．not trust
C．be in high pressure
D．excitement
答案 A [因为侥幸逃脱(narrow escape)，作者不由松了一口气(a deep sigh of relief)，由此判断A项与其意义接近。]
四、写作(共两个写作任务，满分35分)
写作一(满分15分)
李平因在学校使用手机被学校处分，他感到很困惑，写信向你(姓名：李华)求助。请根据以下提示给李平回信。开头与结尾已给出。
注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2．词数不少于60词。
Dear Li Ping，
Your letter reached me yesterday.It is said in your letter that you were punished for using a cellphone.I'm sorry to hear that.
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Yours，
Li Hua
写作二(满分20分)
假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的内容，为校刊《英语园地》写一篇题为“My Special Gift for Grandma”的英文稿件，介绍你在寒假里用压岁钱为奶奶购买手机，并教会奶奶使用手机的完整过程。词数不少于80。稿件的开头已给出。
My Special Gift for Grandma
During the winter vacation，I spent my lucky money on a special gift for Grandma.
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【参考范文】
写作一
Dear_Li_Ping，
Your_letter_reached_me_yesterday.It_is_said_in_your_letter_that_you_were_punished_for_using_a_cellphone.I'm_sorry_to_hear_that.
There is no doubt that it's convenient for you to get in touch with your parents and you can find your friends easily.Besides，chatting through QQ is a popular way to communicate with others nowadays.
However，there are more problems with cellphones.Some students send messages or play games in class，so they can't concentrate on their study.Some students use cellphones at night，which makes them tired and sleepy.What's worse，some even want to use cellphones to cheat in the exam.They spend so much time and effort on cellphones that they get bad results in study.
In my opinion，you should know the bad effects of using a cellphone in the school.It is right for school to prevent you from using cellphones at school.
Yours，
Li_Hua
写作二
My
Special Gift for Grandma
During_the_winter_vacationI_spent_my_lucky_money_on_a_special_gift_for_Grandma.One Friday afternoon，I went to a cell phone store and chose a large button phone specially designed for seniors.I gave it to Grandma when I came to visit her at the weekend.Upon receiving the phone，Grandma was very happy and eager to learn how to use it.I patiently explained all the important functions she needed.Grandma learned carefully and wanted to have a try.With my help，she successfully called her friends.That afternoon Grandma proudly told the neighbors that she could make calls with the new phone I
bought her.They
all praised how thoughtful I was.