湖北省武汉市江岸区2023-2024学年高二下学期7月期末英语试题

2023~2024学年度第二学期期末质量检测 高二英语试题 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题日的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用 橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无 效。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时问将试卷上的答案转涂到 答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。 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。 例：How much is the shirt'? A.￡19.15 B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15. 答案是C。 1.What did the woman do yesterday? A.She played football. B.She watched a game. C.She worked in the lab. 2.Where is John's father? A.In the dining room. B.In the living room. C.In the garden. 3.What does the woman say about the course? A.It is tough. B.It is bad. C.It is casy. 4.When will the man leave for the airport? A.At 2:30 pm. B.At 4:30 pm C.At 6:30 pm. 5.How will the speakers go to the exhibition? A.By bicycle. B.By subway. C.By car. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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 C③扫描全能王 3亿人都在用的目播AP时 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 are the speakers mainly talking about? A.An activity holiday. B.Their hobbies. C.The teamwork spirit. 7.What did the woman get a prize for? A.Climbing. B.Walking. C.Sailing. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8.What does the woman think of the book? A.It is boring. B.It is stimulating. C.It is serious. 9.Who wrote the book? A.Lori Gottlicb. B.Aaron Esterson. C.Erik Erikson. 10.What will the man probably do next? A.Read the book. B.Recommend the book. C.Find someone to consult. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11.What is the woman doing in Sydney? A.Traveling. B.Studying. C.Teaching. 12.What is purpose of the course? A.To evaluate students'reading difficulty. B.To enhance teachers'reading techniques. C.To improve teachers'ability to teach reading. 13.Why does the woman choose the course? A.It is multi-task. B.It is cost-effective. C.It is time-consuming. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Trainer and trainee. B.Boss and advisor. C.Host and guest. 15.Why does the woman mention losing weight? A.To show how to achieve a goal. B.To stress the importance of healthy food. C.To express her wish to improve her health. 16.What can friends do to help in goal-setting? A.Find problems. B.Tell the truth. C.Give support. 17.What makes most people do badly at reaching goals? A.Failing to keep focused.B.Having many missions. C.I.osing their way. 一2一 C③扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APe 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18.What made Chai Lin get his first bike? A.His own efforts. B.His family's help. C.His successful business. 19.What is the museum intended for? A.Education. B.Famc. C.Recreation. 20.What does Chai Lin expect to do? A.Collect more antiques. B.Produce new brand bikes.C.Expand the exhibition area. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A "The days that make us happy make us wise."-John Masefield When I first read this line by England's Poct Laureate,it startled me.What did Masefield mean?Without thinking about it much,I had always assumed that the opposite was true.But his calm assurance was arresting.I could not forget it. Finally,I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception,not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom,and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness-not more satisfaction or contentment-often comes suddenly,like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud.Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it.The grass is greener;bird songs are sweeter;the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you.Unhappy,with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional sadness,your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy,the wall crumbles. The long vista (is there for the seeing.The ground at your feet,the world about you-people,thoughts,emotions,pressures-are now fitted into the larger scene.Everything assumes a fairer proportion.And here is the beginning of wisdom. 21.What was the author's initial reaction to the line in the Ist paragraph? A.Deep agreement B.Casualness C.Shock D.Complete confusion 一3 CS扫描全能王 亿人都在用的目播AP时 22.What does the author believe happiness brings in terms of wisdom? A.A reduction in fear and anxiety B.Pessimistic expectations for the future C.Discontent and complaints about life D.An unclear understanding of the surrounding world 23.When the author mentions "The wall crumbles,"what does he refer to? A.A physical obstacle disappears B.Emotional distress and troubles fade away C.Fears and worries about the future decrease D.The pursuit of happiness becomes casier 对”旺程 B肝3， I write this on a spring morning,in the van I have called home for two years now. From onc small window,I have a view of joggers pounding the sunny path by the Oxford Canal,and the other looks onto the busy railway line along which trains travel from Southampton Docks to Birmingham. The woods where I've parked my van have grown up between them.This ancient van,a vehicle designed for freedom and the open road,has proved a stable solution for surviving the current housing crisis. I became a travel writer after my studies ended,committing to brief "residencies"with museums and artcentres-where temporary accommodation is often provided in exchange for producing new work about a community.Over the years that followed,living and working on location in the polar regions or Scandinavia or the Alps,not settling down for very long,meant wherever I landed was always "home". During the pandemic it was necessary to adopt a more permanent engagement with locality. Oxford had often drawn me back.It's a crossroads of reality and the imagination,the perfect city for a writer. It takes a surprising amount of work to keep a tiny home in order:buying a used van online; ensuring the smooth running of a gas cooker and ear batteries;fetching water and emptying the mobile toilet.I began to enjoy taking care of my immediate surroundings.Over the summer,I worked to turn waste-ground into a wild garden,replacing weeds with wild plants. I made friends with the self-sufficient boaters living nearby,always ready to share knowledge on the low-carbon simplicity of life without electricity.I've learnt that comfort can be found away from the bright infrastructure of urban life:in watching the birds that nest in the tree 一4 C③扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APe and the foxes playing in the woods at dawn,in making a cup of coffee on a spring morning. My step away from conventional housing has been a necessary act of personal economy,but the benefits include taking nothing for granted,and unexpected delight. 24.What do the joggers and the railway line represent in the author's view? A.Two sources of inspiration for writing. B.Two obstacles to the author's daily life. C.Two places the author visits regularly. D.Two ways the author travels around. 25.What does "immediate surroundings"in Paragraph 6 refer to? A.a used van B.a gas cooker C.a wild garden D.a mobile toilet 26.What does the author enjoy most about his living style? A.Driving his van around different places. B.Transforming the waste-ground into a garden. C.The opportunity to meet new friends. D.The sense of accomplishment and self-reliance. 27.Which of the following is the main benefit of unconventional housing? A.Providing temporary shelter. B.Keeping a tiny home in order easily. C.Embracing delightful surprises. D.Allowing for mobility and flexibility. C Not all birds sing,but several thousand species do.They sing to defend their territory and croon(柔声唱)to impress potential mates..“Why birds sing is relatively well--answered,”says Iris Adam,a behavioral neuroscientist.However,the big question for her was why birds sing so much. "As soon as you sing,you reveal yourself,"Adam says."Like,where you arc and where your territory is."In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications,Adam and her co-workers offer a new explanation for why birds take that risk.They may have to sing a lot every day to give their vocal (muscles the regular exercise they need to produce top- quality songs.To figure out whether the muscles that produce birdsongs require daily exercise, Adam designed an experiment on zebra finches-the little Australian songbirds. She prevented them from singing for a week by keeping them in the dark cage almost around the clock.Light is what galvanizes the birds to sing,so she had to work to keep them from warbling(鸣叫).“The first two or three days,it's quite easy,”she says.“But the longer the experiment goes,the more they are like,'I need to sing.""At that point,she'd tap the cage and -5一 C③扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APP tell them to stop singing. After a week,the birds'singing muscles lost half their strength.But Adam wondered whether that impacted the quality of songs.When she played a male's song before and after the seven days of darkness,she couldn't hear a difference.But when Adam played it to a group of female birds,six out of nine preferred the song that came from a male who'd been using his singing muscles daily. Adam's conclusion shows that "songbirds need to exercise their vocal muscles to produce top-performance songs.If they don't sing.they lose performance,and their songs get less attractive to females."This may help explain songbirds'continuous singing. It's a good rule to live by.whether you're a bird or a human-practice makes perfect.at least when it comes to singing one's heart out. 28.According to Iris Adam,birds sing so much to_ A.warn other birds of risks B.produce more songs C.perform perfectly in singing D.defend their territory 29.What does the underlined word "galvanizes"in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Preparcs. B.Stimulates. C.Forbids. D.Frightens. 30.Why did Adam conduct an experiment on zebra finches? A.To understand their mating behavior. B.To study their singing patterns. C.To test the effects of darkness on their singing muscles. D.To analyze the quality of their songs. 31.What is the overall message of the passage? A.Singing is beneficial for those that do. B.Zebra finches are for studying singing patterns. C.Singing is a risk for birds,but they have to. D.Songbirds need to sing regularly for attraction. D We may weep for the dodo,but could and should we bring this lovely bird back from the dead?De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news for decades. The story in modern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichton published his science fiction novel Jurassic Park,in which he imagined a world where scientists were able to bring dinosaurs back to life.Crichton imagined that polymerase chain reaction (PCR)technology could be a way to amplify (tiny quantities of dinosaur DNA and thus build a living embryo. 一6 C③扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APe Sadly,biologists soon realized that DNA in fact breaks down super-fast;even after 100 years,DNA from muscum skins of dodos was decayed (beyond repair.They could be sequenced(测定序列)using massive computational power,but then only with considerable uncertainty.And even if you capture a DNA sequence,there's still the problem of how you get living cells to read that sequence and express proteins that make the dinosaur or the dodo. But why would anyone want to see mammoths,or something like them,roaming ( present-day Siberia?Well,they were undoubtedly amazing beasts.As well as hunting them,our distant ancestors painted their likenesses in caves across Europe.Fascinating as they may be, there's some ecological justification for the project too. It was this diversity of land surface,broken up by heavy limbs and randomly fertilized by faeces(排泄物)，that supported so much flora(植物群).Without the mammoths,that diversity disappeared.Return them and landscapes would once again be with a varicty of species,including flowers and bushes. True,it's not de-extinction in the sense of bringing a long-dead species back to life.Instead it's more like making a"dodo"by engineering a modern pigeon,its closest relative,to become huge and flightless.The result would be a big,fatty pigeon that,whether it looked like a dodo or not,would probably fulfill some of its ecological roles. As apaleontologist,I would of course love to see living dinosaurs,mammoths and dodos.In some ways,though,I am relieved that the optimistic claims for cloning and genetic technologies have not been borne out.The slowdown gives us time to consider the outcomes-and hopefully avoid some of Michael Crichton's more fevered imaginings. 32.What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about? A.A science fiction review. B.The development of DNA. C.An inspired guess of de-extinction. D.The application of PCR technology. 33.Why are people interested in cloning extinct species? A.They expect to seek hunt fun. B.They lack sources of modern art. C.They want to see biodiversity. D.They need them for research. 34.What does the slowdown in cloning and genetic technologies allow the author to do? A.Witness the birth of cloned dinosaurs. B.Avoid Michael Crichton's imaginings. C.Stop the progress of genetic engineering. D.Consider the potential outcomes of these technologies. 一7 CS扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APP 35.What's the author's attitude toward cloning extinct species? A.Cautious. B.Unclear, C.Dismissive. D.Approving. 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短义后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选 项。 There are several ups and downs in everyone's life.No matter how strong an individual is, there is usually a time when he finds the need of someone encouraging him to meet the challenges. 36 That may make him feel the power and the energy to deal with all sorts of negativity in life. The power of motivation is beyond explanation.However,the person,who benefits from it, understands its importance instantly he hears it.37The fact is that there exists the gap between the speech of an expert and that of the average.And probably the reason is the experience of a life coach in dealing with the life of countless people on the Earth in his entire career. 38 Or rather,whatever he says or advises is not only the output of the words on the page,but also what he has learned from the lives of people around.It is his real life experience that he uses to.improve the lives of other people on the globe.Having met countless people throughout the career,the life coach becomes used to.the problems.39 So,his every suggestion goes straight,touches the heart and increases the energy of a listener,and eventually helps them address different problems in life. If you think such speeches are mere words and sentences,you are absolutely wrong.But actually they are the magical words that bring a great change in the life of disappointed and annoyed people on the globe.With such speeches,life coaches dig out the problems that the listener is facing in life.40 A.Sometimes,it is not difficult to define an expert. B.In particular,a speech from an expert is motivational. C.The knowledge of an expert is not limited to the books. D.Especially when stuck in dilemma,you really feel helpless. E.Besides,he knows what kind of solutions will prove the best. F.And they also find the root cause to come up with a final solution. G.If you think anyone can deliver such a speech,you might be wrong. 一8 CS扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APP 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节完形填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。 When Eugenie George first heard that her friend passed a financial exam,her heart sank. She'd 41 the same test weeks carlicr. "Envy was eating me up,"recalls George.But anyway she 42 her friend."And I told her I failed and admitted I was 43,"she says.George knew that being 44 would ease her envy,but she was surprised that it also enabled her to 45 her friend's happiness and experience her own in turn. Finding 46 in another person's good fortune is what social scientists call freudenfreude, the great joy we feel when somconc clse succceds,47 it doesn't directly involve us. Freudenfreude is like a kind of social 48,says Catherine Chambliss,a professor of psychology.It makes relationships "closer." Too often,we think our friends 49 us most during their hard times:a job 50, getting divorced.In fact,how friends 51 our joy is even more important for us than how they respond to our 52.Too often,we think of joy passively.We see it as something that comes to us,instead of something we can 53.While it can be difficult in practice,freudenfreude can lift us up and 54 our day.So celebrating our friends'55 is a win-win to us all. 41.A.taken B.passed C.failed D.prepared 42.A.congratulated B.forgave C.blamed D.ignored 43.A.badly-behaved B.over-burdened C.short-sighted D.green-eyed 44.A.tough B.honest C.tolerant D.optimistic 45.A.imagine B.understand C.share D.increase 46.A.hope B.passion C.confidence D.pleasure 47.A.even if B.as if C.now that D.so that 48.A.platform B.glue C.booster D.routine 49.A.support B.annoy C.upset D.need 50.A.loss B.change C.interview D.application 51.A.look forward to B.contribute to C.get used to D.react to 52.A.envy B.complaints C.suffering D.mistakes 53.A.predict B.produce C.judge D.measurc 54.A.fill B.start C.brighten D.balance 55.A.survival B.success C.recovery D.generosity 一9一 CS扫描全能王 3亿人那在用的目墙Ap时 第二节短文填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Desertification is a serious problem 56 (face)numerous countries in the world.Shi Guangyin,an eco-warrior from Shanxi Province,57 (battle)desertification for about 40 years.Born in a town on the southern edge of the Mu Us Desert,Shi remembers how sandstorms easily destroyed the crops the villagers had grown and made their life 58 misery. In 1984,the government issued new policies to encourage individuals to plant trees in contracted sand lands.Despite the 59 (opposc)of his family,Shi resigned from his leadership position at a state-owned farm and began his fight against desertification. 60 (initial),Shi met with the challenge of lacking funds.He managed to raise RMB 12,000 by selling all his sheep and borrowing money from door to door.61 followed was tireless work by Shi and his team,planting several specics of drought-enduring trees over sand. Langwosha is an area of about 400 hectares 62 strong winds blow hard all year round.After failing 63 the first two attempts,Shi rcalized scientific research was also important.In 1988, Shi challenged Langwosha the third time.This'time he 64 (equip)with a newly acquired technique,which enabled most of the planted trees,well over 80%,65 (survive). "My fight continues as long as my life continues.I shall not stop planting trees until my last breath,"said ShiGuangyin. 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 假定你是李华。你校图书馆计划布置一个英语读书角，需要一张图片作为背景。校方搜集了 以下两张图片，向同学们征求意见。请你给图书馆馆长写封邮件，内容包括： (1)你的选择； (2)你的理由。 Picture A Picture B —10 CS扫描全能王 门亿人都在用的归播APe２０２３~２０２４学年度第二学期期末质量检测 高二英语试题参考答案 第一部分　听力(共两节,满分３０分) 听力原文 Text１． M:Ourschoolfootbalteamplayedverywel．Didyouwatchityesterday? W:No,Icouldn’tmakeit．Iwasstuckinthelaboratory． Text２． W:John,askyourfathertocometohavedinnernow． M:Alright．Butwhereishe?Isheinthelivingroom? W:No,hemustbewateringthevegetablesinthegarden． Text３． M:Isthatphysicscourserealyashardaseverybodysays? W:Worse,believeitornot． Text４． W:Steven,whattimeisyourflight? M:Itleavesat６:３０thisevening．I’mstartingoffat４:３０toavoidrushＧhourtraffic． W:OK,butdon’tforgetyourvideoconferencewithMr．Brownat２:３０pm． Text５． W:Youknowwhat? AnexhibitionofPicasso’spaintingsisbeingheldintheArtGalery．Doyou wanttogowithme? M:HowcanImissit?Butitisburninghot．Wewil meltifwecyclethere． W:Sowehavenochoicebuttotakethesubway．Ifonlywehadacar! Text６． M:Howwastheactivityholiday? W:Itrealyworemeout．Thereweremanyactivities:climbing,walking,sailingandsoon． Everydaywassomewhatdifferent,andthenonthelastdaytheygaveoutprizestothebest peopleateachactivity． M:Didyougetone? W:Yeah．Iwassurprisedtogetone．Climbingwasawful–Icouldn’treachthetopofthewal． Myteamwasthebestatthewalking,though．Wewereleftinaplaceandhadtofindourway back．WewerefirstbecauseluckilyIcouldreadthemap． Text７． M:Whatareyouuptolately? W:IhavebeenreadingabooknamedMaybeYouShouldTalktoSomeone． —１— M:Howdoyoufeelaboutit? W:Itiswonderful．Igottothisbookbychance．ThenIwasattractedfromtheveryfirstpage． M:Tel memore! W:LoriGottlieb,thewriter,helpsthereadersbecomeawareofhisorherownbarriersand strengths．Icouldevenrelatetosomeofthesituationsinthebook．Itisveryrealandnot boringatal． M:SoitisnothingliketheseriousbookswrittenbyAaronEstersonorErikErikson． W:Youbet! LoriGottliebisanexcelentstoryteler．Plus,thechaptersarebiteＧsized,both laughoutＧloudfunnyandinspiring． M:Soundsgood．Iwilgiveitashot． W:Iamsureyouwilfindsomeonetotalktoafterreadingthebook． Text８． M:AreyoutravelinginSydney,too? W:No．I’mheretoattendathreeＧweekcourse． M:Whatareyoustudying,then? W:It’smorelikeatrainingcourse．I’maschoolteacher,andthecourseisaboutaspecial teachingmethod．It’sforhelpingchildrenwhohavedifficultyinreading． M:Whatdoesthatmean? W:Wel,it’snotthattheydon’tknowhowtoread,butrather,theycan’tunderstandwhat theyread． M:Okay．Ithoughtitwasforkidswhocan’tseeclearly．Anyway,itsoundsverymeaningful． W:Thanks． M:IsSydneytheonlyplacewhereyoucantakethiscourse? W:No,butit’s muchcheaperhere．Italsolastslonger,which meansitprovides more information． Text９． M:Goodmorning．Todaywe’ltalkaboutgoalＧsettingandwehaveaspecialguesthere,Kate Warwick．Welcometoourprogram,Mrs．Warwick． W:Thankyou! M:SoMrs．Warwick,canyoutelusaboutyourworkingoalＧsetting? W:Wel．WhenitcomestogoalＧsetting,I’mrealyfocused．Forexample,ifIwanttolose weight,IwilgetagroupofclosefriendsaroundmeandtelthemIwanttoloseweightand increasemyhealth．ThenI’ltakeactiontoachievethisgoalbystoppingeatingunhealthy foods,etc． M:Whydoyougathersomeclosefriendstogether? W:ItisimportantformebecauseIneedsupport．IknowIcan’tdoitonmyown．Alsoithelps, becauseIamabletosharemyproblemswiththem．Andbytelingotherpeople“Irealywant todothisandIseekyourhelp”,theycankeepyouhonest,Isuppose． M:Andwhyisitthatmostpeopledosobadlyatreachinggoals? —２— W:Theylosefocus．Everybody’slifeisbusy．Thereissomuchhappeningineverybody’slife thatwhathappensisthattheymighthaveagoal,andthensomethingwilgetintheroadof that． Text１０． Howmanybicyclesdoyouneedinyourlife?For６７ＧyearＧoldChaiLin,theansweris１,３００． Chai’spassionforbicyclesdatesbacktothe１９６０s．However,abicyclewasveryexpensivethen． Thankstoaltheeffortsandsupportinhisfamily,Chaigothisfirstbikein１９８０．Afterbecoming asuccessfulbusinessmanyearslater,Chaibegantocolectbikesofvariousbrandsandages, especialyantiques,fromaroundtheworld．HardＧwonitemshavebroughtChaigreatsatisfaction． Withhiscolectiongrowing,therewasnospacebigenoughtokeepit．In２００９,heinvested２００ milionyuanforamuseumjustforhisbikes．After１０years’efforts,theGansuSanmuBicycle MuseumfinalyopenedtothepublicinJanuary２０１９freeofcharge．Themuseumstoresnotonly bikes,some２００yearsold,butalsosome１３,５００bikeＧrelatedparts,booksandphotos．The museumhasbeenusedasanoffＧcampusresearchcenterforlocalprimaryand middleschool studentsandisalsopopular withtourists．Chaihasequippedthe museum withthelatest technology．Duetolimitedspace,alargepartofChai’scolectionisnotyetexhibited．Chaihopes toenlargethedisplayingarea． 参考答案 １—５CCABB　 ６—１０ABBAA　 １１—１５BCBCA　 １６—２０CABAC 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节,满分５０分) 第一节 (共１５小题;每小题２．５分,满分３７．５分) ２１—２３　CAB　 ２４—２７．ACDC　 ２８—３１．CBBA　 ３２—３５．CCDA 第二节(共５小题:每小题２．５分,满分１２．５分) ３６—４０．BGCEF 第三部分　语言运用(共两节,满分３０分) 第一节　完形填空(共１５小题:每小题１分,满分１５分) ４１—４５．CADBC　　４６—５０．DABDA　　５１—５５．DCBCB 第二节　短文填空(共１０小题:每小题１．５分,满分１５分) ５６．facing　　５７．hasbeenbattling/hasbattled　　５８．a　　５９．opposition　　６０．Initialy ６１．What　　６２．where　　６３．at/on　　６４．wasequipped　　６５．tosurvive 第四部分　写作(共两节,满分４０分) 第一节(满分１５分) Deartheheadlibrarian, I’mdelightedtohavethechancetoexpressmyopinionaboutthechoiceofthebackground imagefortheEnglishcorner．AsfarasIamconcerned,Ichoosethesecondone．Thereasonsare asfolows． First,thesecondimageiseasytounderstand,highlysymbolic,withanoriginalitythat anyonecanswimintheoceanofbooksattheEnglishcorner．Itsvisualappealcanmakepeople —３— spontaneouslycometotakepartinthereadingthere,makingstudentsfeeltheatmosphereofthe readingandlearningEnglish． Second,thepatternisclearandsmooth,thecolorsaresimpleandgenerous,withan appropriateandprofoundimpressiontostimulatestudents’interestinEnglishlearning． Ihopemysuggestionwilbeacceptedbyyou．Lookingforwardtoyourreply． Yours, LiHua 第二节(满分２５分) Possibleversion１: Wheneverthegrandchildrencametovisit,theywoulddashintothegarden．Notsurprisingly, theyweregoingtoseehowthegardenwasgrowing．Afterwateringthevegetables,theywould removetheweedsthatpoppeduparoundtheplantsandapplyorganicfertilizerunderNana’s instructionifnecessary．Astimewentby,theplantsweregrowingtalerandstronger．Whenthey noticedthevegetablesfloweringandproducingfruits,theireyesweresparklinglikediamonds． Neverhadtheylookedforwardtosummerlikethisbefore．Buttheyclearlyknewthatit’s worthwhiletowaitfortheinvitingresults． Finally,Nanasaiditwastimeforthefirstharvest．Hearingthat,thechildrenaljumpedinto theairandcheersfiledthewholegarden．Nanagavethem eachbasketsand,togetherthey gatheredsomeofthecucumbers,carrotsandtomatoes,whichwereturnedintodelicacies．“Who wantstohelpeatthisfreshsalad?”Nanaasked．“Me!”everyonerespondedloudly．Tastingthe salad,theythoughtnothingcouldbe moredelicious,becauseitwasthey whogrewthese vegetables．Theyallearnedthatmanyhandsmakelightworkandpatiencerealypaysoff． Possibleversion２: Wheneverthegrandchildrencametovisit,theywoulddashintothegarden．Eagertohelpgrow thevegetableswel,theyfirsttookturnstowatertheplants．ThenNanashowedthem which plantsneededtrimmingorwhichneededtyinguptogrowtalandstraight．Dayafterday,spring turnedintosummerandfinaly,theplantsstartedrevealingtheircolorfulsecrets．Thechildren werethriledtoseethetomatoesturningred,thecucumbershidingunderthegreenleavesand thepeppersgrowingbigger．NotuntilthendidtheyrealizethatNanawasright—altheyneeded waspatience． Finally,Nanasaiditwastimeforthefirstharvest．Withbasketsready,Nanaandthechildren startedoutontheirbusiness．Nanatookthemaroundthegardenandpickedsometomatoes, cucumbers,peppersandcabbages．Thenforthefolowinghour,they werebusying making vegetablesalad．Thechildrenhelped washthedirtoffthefood whileNanachoppedupthe vegetables．When Nanaasked who wantedtotrythefreshsalad,everyoneexpressedtheir wilingnessexcitedly．“OK．Amy,gettheplates．Justin,getthewaterandcups,andMichael, gettheforks．Let’scelebratetheharvest!” —４—