Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”
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．There is no doubt ________ he will succeed.
A．whether
B．which
C．that
D．if
答案 C [考查连词。句意：毫无疑问他会成功。no doubt后面跟that从句，表示否定含义。]
2．All of ________ sudden, I caught ________ sight of my English teacher in the crowd.
A．the; a
B．/; a
C．a; /
D．a; the
答案 C [考查冠词。句意：突然，我在人群中看到了我的英语老师。此处为冠词在固定短语中的使用。第一空用不定冠词a；第二空不用冠词。]
3．Your house is always so neat—how do you ________ it with three children?
A．manage
B．serve
C．adapt
D．construct
答案 A [考查动词辨析。句意：你的房子总是这么干净整洁，有三个孩子的情况下，你是怎么做到保持如此整洁的？manage it“能解决(问题)；应付(困难局面)；设法做得到”。construct“建筑；建设”；serve“为……服务”；adapt“使……适应”。]
4．I prefer ________ the movies rather than ________ home.
A．go to; stay
B．to go to; stay
C．going to; staying
D．to go to; staying
答案 B [考查固定句式。句意：我喜欢去看电影而不喜欢待在家里。此处用句式prefer to do rather than do，故答案B合适。]
5．Mary took ________ advantage of the opportunity and tried to make ________ good impression on her new boss.
A．an; a
B．/；a
C．an；/
D．/；/
答案 B [考查冠词。句意：玛丽利用机会并且试图给新老板留下好印象。take advantage of意思为“利用”；make a．..impression on...意思为“给……留下印象”。]
6．If you ________ blue and yellow, you will get green.You can try doing this, if you don't believe me.
A．mix
B．tour
C．paint
D．put
答案 A [考查动词。句意：如果你把蓝色和黄色混合就会出现绿色。如果不相信，可以试着做一下。mix“混合”，符合题意。 ]
7．Many people were all ________ by the ________ scene caused by the car accident.
A．terrified; terrified
B．terrifying; terrifying
C．terrifying; terrified
D．terrified; terrifying
答案 D [考查形容词。句意：很多人被车祸造成的可怕场景吓住了。terrifying修饰物，指物的特点；terrified指人的心理状态。]
8．The new teacher made a good ________ on the students by her rich knowledge and humorous talk.
A．feeling
B．effect
C．impression
D．sense
答案 C [考查名词。句意：那位新老师以其渊博的知识和幽默的谈吐给学生留下了很好的印象。make a(n) ...impression on ...“给……留下……印象。”符合题意。]
9．Not until three years ago ________ having a holiday abroad.
A．he had considered
B．had he considered
C．he considered
D．did he consider
答案 D [考查not until的倒装句。句意：三年前他考虑到国外度假。此处时间状语为过去时ago，not until置于句首构成句子倒装。]
10．________ there is adequate rainfall, the people will soon recover from the effects of these difficulties.
A．As far as
B．So that
C．As if
D．So long as
答案 D [考查连词。句意：只要雨水充足，这里的人们会很快从这些困难的影响中恢复过来。so long as意思为“只要……”符合题意。]
11．I don't like people who try to ________ you with how much money they've got.
A．impress
B．show
C．press
D．strengthen
答案 A [考查动词辨析。从此处语境分析不喜欢人们炫耀钱，故有“给……留下印象”，答案A符合题意。]
12．He sold the vegetables at half price ________ let them go bad.
A．as well as
B．rather than
C．instead of
D．as good as
答案 B [考查固定短语。句意：他把蔬菜以半价销售而不愿意让它们变坏。此处意思“而不愿”，答案B合适。]
13．—How about your journey to Guangzhou?
—Everything was quite okay except that our car ________ twice on the way.
A．broke down
B．turned down
C．let down
D．settled down
答案 A [考查动词短语。句意：除了我们的车在路上抛锚了两次，一切事情都进展顺利。break down “抛锚，崩溃”；turn down “调小，拒绝”；let down “使……失望”；settle down “定居，平静下来”。]
14．—Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?
—No, it's out of ________.
A．range
B．control
C．reach
D．distance
答案 A [考查名词辨析。上句问到射击树顶上的鸟，答语为“不”，由此推出“超出射击范围”，故答案A合适。]15．Three of the town's factories have closed down ________ the space of a year.
A．among
B．after
C．beyond
D．within
答案 D [考查介词。句意：在一年之内这个镇上的三家工厂都关闭了。根据句意“在……之内”可以判断答案。 ]
二、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
(A)
The car，running along the welllit road，now sank in darkness.I broke the__16__on purpose，for fear that the driver was too tired to drive.“When do you go back home in the evening？”“9 o'clock after this trip.”“Then when do you come out in the morning？”I threw out another question.“9 o'clock，too－just as if I worked at an office.”His__17__surprised me，because every time I ride a taxi，what I hear from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night，it's hard to earn money，they're often__18__by the police，or that their leaders are seated lazily，__19__the fruits.But this driver told me，“I find it tiring to be a section chief as I was before.I like driving just for__20__.It's fortunate that I hardly drive without a passenger.So I earn two or three thousand yuan a month with ease.Yes，I never__21__an empty taxi.If it goes southward，I go northward.If it goes along a highway，I__22__into a narrow street.”
His words showed his__23__with his life and the pride he took in his job.Such feelings are so__24__among people nowadays as oxygen in high mountains.As an ancient saying goes，“Neither joy in material__25__nor grieve(悲痛)over personal setbacks.”How many people nowadays can show high ideals by__26__living and go far with a calm mind？I couldn't help feeling curious when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold__27__.
16．A.window
B．stillness
C．quietness
D．silence
答案 D [根据for fear that the driver was too tired to drive可知，作者有意打破沉默，以免司机因为疲劳而出问题。]
17．A.easiness
B．confidence
C．attitude
D．character
答案 A [从这个司机的回答看，他不像别的出租车司机那样辛苦，他如此自在，这让“我”感到十分诧异。这里用easiness表示“自在，自如”。]
18．A.fined
B．ordered
C．detected
D．seized
答案 A [赚钱很难，而且经常被警察罚款。从语境和选项看，出租车司机应是被警察“罚款(fined)”。]
19．A.keeping
B．tasting
C．enjoying
D．choosing
答案 C [或者埋怨说，领导懒洋洋地坐在办公室里享受(enjoying)他们的劳动果实。]
20．A.freedom
B．pleasure
C．hobby
D．company
答案 B [从前面的叙述可推知，这个人觉得当出租车司机很惬意：他每天不用早起，不用晚归，而且自己每个月能赚到足够的钱。]
21．A.meet
B．admire
C．envy
D．follow
答案 D [我从来不跟在(follow)跑空车的出租车后面。]
22．A.look
B．knock
C．turn
D．crash
答案 C [这样的车向南开，我就开车往北去。它走大路，我就拐入狭窄的街道。turn into意为“拐入，驶入”。]
23．A.intelligence
B．satisfaction
C．competition
D．honesty
答案 B [从上文这个司机的叙述看，他很满意(satisfaction)自己开出租车的生活。]
24．A.common
B．regular
C．serious
D．rare
答案 D [如此自足感在现代人中比高山上的氧气还要稀少(rare)。]
25．A.gains
B．concerns
C．supports
D．loss
答案 A [就像一句老话所说的，“不以物喜，不以己悲”，即不以物质的收获(gains)为喜，不以个人的挫折为痛苦。]
26．A.special
B．happy
C．original
D．simple
答案 D [simple与前面的high相对，符合语境。]
27．A.morning
B．night
C．moment
D．season
答案 B [文章开头就暗示了故事发生的时间是晚上(night)。]
(B)
Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die.But people now live longer than they used to.Yet，all living things still show the__28__of aging，which will eventually result in death.
Aging is not a disease，but as a person passes maturity(成熟期)，the cells of the body and the__29__they form do not function as well as they did in childhood and teenage years.The body provides less__30__against diseases and is more__31__to have accidents.
A number of related causes may__32__to aging.Some cells of the body have a fairly long life，but they are not__33__when they die.As a person ages，the number of brain cells and muscle cells decreases.Other body cells die and are replaced by new cells.In an aging person the new cells may not be as__34__or as capable of growth as those of a young person.
Aging may affect the__35__and change the informationcarrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.
28．A.function
B．effect
C．affect
D．sign
答案 B [根据下文中的定语从句所表示的意义进行判断，这里所填入的单词应该表示“衰老的结果”这一意义。effect意为“结果，影响”，正是此义。function功能，机能，作用；affect影响，感动，是动词；sign标记。]
29．A.hands
B．feet
C．heart
D．organs
答案 D [根据上下文及信息词cells可确定句中是指所有的器官。而其他三项所指的都是身体的具体部位。]
30．A.energy
B．protection
C．vigor
D．power
答案 B [protection保护，保护物，和介词against或from连用，译为“保护……免遭……”。身体此时的免疫力下降，易于患病；energy精力，活力；vigor力量，活力；power权力，力气。]
31．A.likely
B．probable
C．possible
D．alike
答案 A [likely，possible和probable三者都表示可能，均可以构成：It is possible/probable/likely＋that从句。但probable和possible不能用于sb.is possible/probable to do sth.句型中。alike相似的，不符合题意。]
32．A.attend
B．contribute
C．add
D．devote
答案 B [有一些相关的原因可能促使人衰老。contribute to有助于，起作用，促成，符合题意。attend to专心于；add to增加，把……添加到……；devote to致力于，献身于。]
33．A.replaced
B．reborn
C．recovered
D．surrendered
答案 A [此句与下文相对应，根据下文出现的replaced(代替)可确定该空选replaced；reborn新生，复活；recovered恢复；surrendered屈服。]
34．A.new
B．strong
C．workable
D．old
答案 C [老年人的新细胞的工作能力和生长能力不如年轻人强。其他选项明显意义不当。]
35．A.improvement
B．procession
C．approach
D．process
答案 D [从通篇文章所叙述的人的衰老的过程分析，我们应该在此处选填process。表示“自然的过程，进程”，符合上下文意义；improvement改良；procession队伍，行列；approach方式，方法。]
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
Joke 1：
A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the head with a frying pan.“What was that for？” the man asked.
The wife replied, “That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it I found in your pocket”. The man then said “When I was at the races last week Jenny was the name of the horse I bet on.” The wife apologized and went on with the housework. Three days later the man was watching TV when his wife hit him on the head with an even bigger frying pan, knocking him unconscious. Upon regaining consciousness the man asked why she had hit again. Wife replied，“Your horse phoned.”
Joke 2：
“Do you believe in life after death？” the boss asked one of his employees.
“Yes, sir，” the new employee replied.
“Well, then, that makes everything just fine，” the boss went on. “After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you！”
Joke 3：
“Oh, I am happy to see you，” the little boy said to his grandmother on his mother's side. “Now maybe daddy will do the trick he has been promising us.” The grandmother was curious. “What trick is that？” she asked.
“I heard him tell mommy that he would climb the walls if you came to visit，” the little boy answered.
Joke 4：
A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma(昏迷)for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day. One day, he signaled for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, “You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times.
When I got fired, you were there to support me.
When my business failed, you were there.
When I got shot, you were by my side.
When we lost the house, you stayed right here.
When my health started failing, you were still by my side...You know what, Martha?
“What dear？” she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.
“I'm beginning to think you're bad luck...”
【语篇大意】 文章是由几则笑话构成，这些叫人会心一笑的笑话或许能叫我们意识到“笑是最好的良药”，而挖掘生活中无处不在的笑料和幽默会让我们也乐享其中。
36．Why did the wife become angry suddenly in Joke 1?
A．Her frying pan was damaged when she was out.
B．She found her husband wrote a woman's name down.
C．Her husband made a bet on a horse named Jenny but lost.
D．Her husband's pocket money was lost without any reason.
答案 B [事实细节题。在第1则笑话中的第三句话the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it说明当时妻子意识到丈夫和一个叫詹妮的女子有关系，所以顿生醋意，和B项表述一致。]
37．Who called the husband in Joke 1?
A．The organization of the horse races of a club.
B．The horse the man chose to bet on in the races.
C．The horse named Jenny which won the race successfully.
D．The woman named Jenny whom the man made friends with.
答案 D [推理判断题。结合生活实际，马怎么可能打电话呢？说明丈夫在第一次回复妻子关于詹妮这个名字的时候撒谎了，所以这里的horse其实就是指那个和丈夫有联系的女士。]
38．What does the boss mean in Joke 2?
A．He himself was lucky to meet the employee's dead grandmother.
B．The employee's grandmother has come into heaven after death.
C．He has made it out that the employee lied to him on purpose.
D．The employee's grandmother is an honest woman.
答案 C [推理判断题。这则笑话中的life after death是指“死而复生”，这当然不可能，但是这个员工以参加祖母的葬礼而早退后其祖母恰巧来访说明他撒谎了，他编造了一个参加祖母葬礼的借口而早退却被老板识破了。]
39．What can we learn about the little boy from Joke 3?
A．His father doesn't like his motherinlaw to come.
B．His father likes to make fun of his motherinlaw.
C．He likes to play tricks on others.
D．His mother was strict with him.
答案 A [推理判断题。在英语中的grandmother意为“祖母；外祖母”，而这个小孩在给grandmother解释爸爸的trick的时候，说如果grandmother到来，爸爸会爬上墙，说明这里的grandmother指的是外祖母，而爸爸并不欢迎自己的岳母。]
B
Canadian English is the variety of English spoken in Canada. English, instead of French, is the first language, or “mother tongue”， of approximately 24 million Canadians (77%), and more than 28 million (86%) are fluent in the language.
Canadian English contains elements of British English and American English in its vocabulary, as well as Canadian native language. In many areas, speech is influenced by French, and there are notable local variations. Canada has very little dialect diversity compared to the United States. Canadian English and American English are sometimes classified together as North American English. Canadian English spelling is largely a combination of British and American conventions(惯例)．
The term “Canadian English” is first proved in a speech by the Reverend A. Constable Geikie in a speech to the Canadian Institute in 1857. Geikie, a Scottishborn Canadian, reflected the Anglocentric attitude that would be common in Canada for the next hundred years when he referred to the language as “a ruined dialect，” in comparison to what he considered the proper English spoken by immigrants from Britain.
Canadian English is the product of four waves of immigration and settlement over a period of almost two centuries. The first large wave of long Englishspeaking settlement in Canada, and linguistically the most important, was the arrival of Loyalists escaping from the American Revolution, chiefly from the MidAtlantic states—as such, Canadian English is believed by some scholars to have come from northern American English. Recent studies suggest that Canadian English has been developing features of its own since the early 19th century. The second wave from Britain and Ireland was encouraged to settle in Canada after the War of 1812 by the governors of Canada. Waves of immigration from around the globe peaking in 1910 and 1960 had a lesser influence.
【语篇大意】 本文主要讲了加拿大人使用母语英语的基本情况，以及四次移民对加拿大英语的影响。
40．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Canada has as much dialect diversity as the United States.
B．About 80% of the Canadians are fluent in Canadian English.
C．Canadian English vocabulary contains only British English & American English.
D．The term “Canadian English” is first proved in the middle of nineteenth century.
答案 D [细节理解题。由第三段第一句话的 “Canadian English” is first proved in a speech by the Reverend A. Constable Geikie in an address to the Canadian Institute in 1857可知D项表述正确。A项的as much dialect diversity as错误。B项的About 80%错误。C项的only错误。]
41．We can infer that Geikie was born in ________.
A．Canada.
B．Britain.
C．France.
D．America.
答案 B [推理判断题。由第三段第二句话的Geikie, a Scottishborn Canadian...可知，Geikie出生在英国。]
42．According to the passage, the mother tongue in Canada is ________.
A．French.
B．Spanish.
C．English.
D．German.
答案 C [细节理解题。根据第一段的English, instead of French, is the first language, or “mother tongue”可知，加拿大人的母语是英语。]
43．Which of the four waves of immigration affected Canadian English most?
A．The first wave.
B．The second wave.
C．The third wave.
D．The fourth wave.
答案 A [推理判断题。根据第四段第二句话的The first large wave of long Englishspeaking settlement in Canada, and linguistically the most important...可知，第一次说英语的移民对加拿大的语言影响最大。]
C
I want to tell you a story about a wonderful, strong lady. She is my Mother. When I was a little girl—I am the middle child by the way—I was kind of distant from my Mom. I had a couple of grandparents that no doubt loved me very much, but controlled my feelings for my Mother. I always felt like she didn't love me, although she tried with all her power to make me see she did. Anyway, later on in life my parents divorced and we all went our separate ways so to speak. I was only 15, but got in with the wrong crowd, got pregnant, married, divorced, all in about two years. Mom was going through a pain all her own, but still managed to try and pick me up and brush me off. I wouldn't have it;_I sank even deeper. I know this has to be hard for a Mom to see, and even harder for her to let it happen, so that one day I might hit the bottom and have to swim back up.
But luckily in the end this is what happened: after many years of struggle, now I am happily married with my 14yearold daughter with me, and a new baby. I owe this all to my Mother. She and my father remarried each other some years ago, and she is 51 years old and still a police officer in our hometown. And I do mean a police officer. She works the streets in her squad car (抢险队)with the best of them. So not only is she strong enough to protect the community, but to protect her children as well.
My Mom also supports many victims' (受害者) rights groups online, and helps make the public awake of missing children through the use of her site. She is a wonderful lady, and is loved by all who meet her. She is truly My Guardian Angel on Earth. My Mom never expects anything for herself, so this would be a wonderful surprise if she could for once sit back and enjoy being “The One.”
【语篇大意】 作者在文中讲述了自己和母亲的关系，由最初以为母亲不爱自己认识到了母亲的伟大。
44．Who did the author think loved her most when she was young?
A．Her mother.
B．Her father.
C．Her boyfriend.
D．Her grandparents.
答案 D [细节理解题。第一段第四句的no doubt loved me very much说明在作者心中，最爱她的人是自己的祖父和祖母。第二句说到了kind of distant from my mom，说明自己和母亲并不亲。]
45．What may be the most probable reason for the author to become a bad girl?
A．Her grandparents' not loving her as before.
B．Her mother's living far away from her.
C．Her parent's divorce and her shortage of love.
D．Her loss of the chance to go to a good school.
答案 C [推理判断题。第一段第五句说到了作者认为母亲不爱她，后来父母的离婚使她变成了堕落天使。]
46．The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A．mother's pain
B．parent's divorce
C．my own marriage
D．the bottom of life
答案 A [推理判断题。本段第七句说到了作者沉沦的过程，第八句说到了作者的母亲看着她的变化很痛苦，而作者对母亲的痛苦视而不见，反而陷得更深了。说明这里的it是指代作者自己感觉不到母亲的痛苦。]
47．What is the relation condition between the author and her mother now?
A．She still doesn't listen to her mother.
B．She refuses to accept her mother.
C．She loves and respects her mother.
D．She doesn't care for her at all.
答案 C [细节理解题。第二段第一句说到了随着时间的流逝，作者慢慢长大成人，也逐渐了解了母亲的苦心，在第二段第二句的owe this all to my Mother说明她和母亲已经冰释前嫌。]
D
If you like curry then you must be delighted to learn that scientists in Ireland have found a certain type of curry spice(香料、调味品) can kill off cancer cells.
The chemical—curcumin—can be found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric. It's long thought to have healing powers. Tests by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show it can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab.
The cancer cells began to digest themselves after the curcumin triggered lethal (引发致命的)cell death signals. And this process started within 24 hours.
Curry dishes have cancer beating ingredients. Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: “This is an interesting research which opens up the possibility that natural chemicals found in turmeric could be developed into new treatments for oesophageal cancer.”
Cancers of the oesophagus kill more than 500,000 people across the world each year. It's the sixth most common cause of cancer death in the UK. The tumours are especially deadly, with fiveyear survival rates of just 12 to 31 percent.
However, Dr Sharon McKenna, lead researcher on the study says turmeric is broken down in the blood once ingested.
A way is needed to be found to ensure it stayed in the circulatory system for longer to give it time to kill cancer cells.
Asked if people with oesophageal cancer should now start eating lots of curries, she said turmeric was just one spice that was found in curry.
“A curry contains a lot of other heavy spices that would not necessarily be good for you at all，” she said. “When you eat it, you are not applying it directly to the cancer cells as we were in the laboratory.”
So there's no excuse to binge on(猛吃猛喝) curry meals after you've read this. Maintaining a balanced diet remains our best choice to a healthy lifestyle.
【语篇大意】 本文主要介绍一种姜黄素如何杀死癌细胞的科学发现。
48．What's the best title for the passage?
A．A curry can cure cancer
B．A new medicine for cancer
C．A balanced diet
D．A scientific discovery
答案 A [主旨大意题。通读全文可以知道科学家在实验室的实验结果，还没有推广使用，排除B；C项意思差距大；D项不如A项具体明确，故答案为A。]
49．What does the underlined word “curry” in the first passage most probably mean?
A．A plant that can cure oesophageal cancer.
B．A liquid that can be used as medicine for curing cancer.
C．A kind of food from India that consists of meat and vegetables covered in a thick liquid with a hot taste.
D．A new kind of medicine.
答案 C [词义猜测题。由文中的图片和下文的关键词binge on(猛吃猛喝)curry meals推出答案C。]
50．What plays the key role in curing cancer according to the passage?
A．The chemical—curcumin that can be found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric
B．The doctors that have enough experience.
C．The family that has enough money.
D．The cancer cells that can digest themselves after the curcumin triggered lethal cell death signals
答案 A [细节理解题。B、C在文章没有涉及，故排除；D项为姜黄素如何杀死癌细胞与问题不符，由第二段的关键词The chemical—curcumin—can可知答案。]
51．Dr Lesley Walker thought ________.
A．that natural chemicals found in turmeric could be used to treat any cancer.
B．this could be a new treatment for oesophageal cancer.
C．this could be widely used in treating oesophageal cancer.
D．there was the possibility forming the new way for treating oesophageal cancer.
答案 D [细节推断题。由文章的第四段可知答案。]
E
A teacher of the old school
My grandfather was a teacher.He was the headmaster of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen.I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart，because when I was young (and he was old)，he gave me presents and seated me on his knees，and told me stories.But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.
At school，when he walked into a classroom full of noisy boys，those boys went red in the faces，and looked down at their shoes.If a boy brought him poor careless work，which was not the best that boys could do，my grandfather picked up the boy's work and threw it across the classroom，shouting，“Do it all again，and bring it back early in the morning！”If the boy was late，or if he forgot to bring the work，he had to do it again.My grandfather never forgot.
He was a very different man at school，from the man I saw day by day in his own home.
52．When he looked at a boy in a certain way，that boy ________.
A．went red in the face and looked down at his shoes
B．looked back at my grandfather's red face
C．changed another once
D．went red in the face because his shoes were dirty
答案 A [细节理解题。根据第二段可知答案。]
53．My grandfather didn't like to receive________.
A．worse work than he could do himself
B．work that the boys could not do
C．work that was not as good as the boys could do
D．the most careful work that the boys could do
答案 C [推理判断题。从第二段“If a boy brought him poor，careless work...threw it across the classroom”可以推断出答案选C。]
54．When he received poor work，my grandfather________.
A．shouted at the boy and threw his work across the classroom
B．went red in the face
C．threw the work on the floor，and shouted across the classroom
D．threw the work at the boy
答案 A [细节理解题。从第二段的第二句话可知。]
55．He was a different man at home because________.
A．he didn't get angry at school like he did at home
B．he was not as gentle as at home
C．he didn't throw work at school like he did at home
D．he didn't get angry at home
答案 D [推理判断题。仔细阅读文章的第一段和第二段对比可知，“我”爷爷在家里是一位和蔼、慈善的老人。]
四、写作(共两个写作任务，满分35分)
写作一(满分15分)
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于60。
In your spoken English class，your teacher shows you the following picture.You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.
提示词：萝卜turnip
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写作二
你们班同学就近来连续发生的校车事故进行了讨论，请你根据下列表格的内容，以School Bus Safety为题，给某英文报纸写一篇短文。
主要原因 1.超载，超速……
2．缺乏监管……
解决办法 1.政府重视……
2．提高安全意识……
3．……
注意：1.可结合现实情况适当发挥，使行文连贯。
2．词数不少于80。(开头已写好，不计入总词数)
参考词汇：超载：overload监管：supervision
School Bus Safety
Recently a series of severe school bus accidents came as a shock to everyone._________________________________________________________
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写作一
In the picture，we can see two turnips，one with small leaves and the other with large ones.Naturally，we may expect the turnip with larger leaves to have a bigger root.However，according to the picture，the bigger the leaves above the ground are，the smaller the root underground is.Quite ironic，isn't it?
I think the picture reveals this truth：we should never judge things simply by their physical appearance.As a matter of fact，in our daily life，there exist many“small turnips with big leaves”．For example，a present wrapped in a delicate box turns out to be of poor quality，or a girl with a beautiful face acts rudely in public places.Therefore，let's learn not to be misled by“large leaves”．Remember：it is“roots”，something inside，but not“leaves”，outside appearance，that really matter.
写作二
School Bus Safety
Recently_a_series_of_severe_school_bus_accidents_came_as_a_shock_to_everyone.The safety of the school bus has aroused great concern among people.A discussion has been held in our class about the causes and solutions.The results are as follows.
The accidents are mainly caused by overloading，speeding and weak safety awareness.Moreover，lack of supervision and poor quality school buses also lead to these tragedies.
As for the solutions，we think that the government should take overall responsibility to ensure the safety of the school bus.In the first place，quality，standard school buses should be provided throughout the country.Second，schools are required to examine the safety of school buses and stop risky vehicles from being operated.Third，public's awareness about safety should be raised.Only if we attach enough importance to safety education can traffic accidents decrease.Last but not least，we should call on everyone to obey the traffic rules strictly.