高考书面表达考前冲刺.doc

高考书面表达考前热身训练
（一）
阅读下面短文，按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的短文，向《21世纪报》中学生版投稿。
Florence Chadwick was born in California in 1918. She grew up on the beach and began competing as a swimmer at the age of six, when her uncle entered her in a race. For the next 19 years, she continued as a competitive swimmer.
On July 4, 1952, at the age of 34, Chadwick attempted to become the first woman to swim 21 miles across the Catalina Channel, from a port on the California coast. That day the ocean was ice cold, the fog was so thick that she could hardly see the support boats that followed her, and sharks swam around her. Several times, her support crew used guns to drive away the sharks. While Americans watched on televisions, her mother and her trainer, who were in one of the support boats, encouraged her to keep going. However, after 15 hours and 55 minutes, with only a half mile to go, she felt that she couldn’t go on, and begged to be taken out of the water.
Later, Chadwick told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I had seen land I know, I could have made it.” The fog had made her unable to see her swimming goal, and it made her feel she was getting nowhere. Two months later, she tried again. Although the fog was still heavy, yet this time she made it with the goal rooted in her mind. She knew behind the fog was the land she pursued.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文大意；
2．以约120个词就“Goal and Success”的主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：
1）分析Chadwick第一次失败和第二次成功的原因；
2）Chadwick的故事对你有什么启发；
3）结合实际谈谈如何实现自己的目标。
【写作要求】
1．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。
Possible version 1
Goal and Success
An American woman swimmer Chadwick succeeded in crossing the Catalina Channel after failing in her first attempt. It was a goal in her mind that enabled her to make it. (30词)
Chadwick failed in her first attempt because she couldn’t see the “land” (goal) due to the “fog” (difficulty). But later, she succeeded because she had “the goal rooted in her mind” despite the heavy “fog”.
From the story, we know we should understand the relation between the goal and the difficulty. The goal can encourage us to work hard to achieve success while the difficulty may prevent us from reaching our goal. However, we can achieve our goal by overcoming any possible difficulties.
As students, we may meet with many difficulties in our study, but we can surely overcome them if we have a clear goal. I wish all of us could break through the “fog” to reach the beautiful “land”. (121词)
Possible version 2
Goal and Success
An American woman swimmer Chadwick succeeded in crossing the Catalina Channel after failing in her first attempt. It was a goal in her mind that enabled her to make it. (30词)
Chadwick failed in her first attempt because she couldn’t see the “land” (goal). But later, with the goal rooted in her mind, she had firm belief and finally succeeded.
This story sets us thinking a lot. A clear goal is a must on the way to success. If we work very hard but with no goal in mind, we will have slight chances of succeeding in the end.
How can we achieve our goal? Firstly, we should make a practical plan, which is the first step towards success. Secondly, we should take firm measures to ensure that the plan is carried out. Thirdly, under no circumstances should we give up. Only in this way can we reach the beautiful “land”. (120词)
（二）
请你根据对下图的理解，用英语写一篇短文。你的短文应包括以下内容：
1. 简单描述图片内容；
2. 谈谈你的理解和想法；
3. 举例说明理由。

注意: 1.词数：150词左右;
2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数;
3. 参考词汇：fertilizer n. 肥料
Haste Makes Waste
As we all know, there goes an old saying, “Haste Makes Waste”.

Possible version:
Haste Makes Waste
As we all know, there is an old saying, “Haste Makes Waste”. As is vividly shown in the picture, the couple get astonished when seeing their crops withering/ dead. The husband can’t help losing his temper, scolding his wife for her improper way of farming, while the wife argues that she simply wants the crops to grow faster by fertilizing more. She never thought too many fertilizers would cause the crops to die.
The picture clearly conveys a message that if people are eager to finish a task in a hurry, the outcome may be less satisfactory and even goes to the opposite. As is often the case, we can’t take every detail into consideration before a quick decision is made. Under such circumstances we attach too much importance to quick speed at the expense of high quality, which eventually contributes to greater losses. Additionally, more unexpected accidents may take place when we are in a hurry.
Remembering English words is a good case in point. If you set a goal of reciting 50 words within a short time, the result may let you down, for you forget them easily. However, if you slow down a little bit, for example, divide the words into several parts, one part at a time and go over them frequently, they can be kept longer and more easily in mind. Comparing the two methods, we find the latter is more efficient.
In conclusion, haste makes waste. If we can apply it to our daily life, we are bound to make progress.
（三）
每年的3月21日是“世界睡眠日”。记者当天走访市区各大医院了解到，睡眠障碍如今正逐渐呈现年轻化趋势，“爱犯困、觉少、易醒、多梦”的睡眠现状，给年轻人平添不少烦恼。据悉，78%的年轻人睡前喜欢使用电子设备如手机、音乐播放器、平板电脑等。玩电子设备已日益成为年轻人的“睡眠杀手”。 英国有句俗话，“Early to bed, and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”这是千真万确的。
请根据以上报道，结合生活实际，以“早睡早起有利健康”为主题写一篇短文。
注意：
1. 词数150词左右；
2. 语言流畅，语法正确；观点明确，有自己见解。
Possible version:
Currently an increasing number of young people have problems with sleep. They are so addicted to various kinds of electric devices that they stay up far late into the night and are unable to get up early in the morning. The phenomenon has aroused public concern.
Sleeping early and getting up early are good habits which can help you remain energetic and keep fit. Having adequate amount of sleep ensures your full energy. By getting up early, you can breathe fresh air and take morning exercises, which does do you a lot of good, enabling you to build up your body and stay refreshed. Quietness in the morning makes you think more quickly than any other time of the day. You memorize things easily because you have taken a long rest during the night.
Sleeping early and getting up early is beneficial to your character training, as it requires perseverance. There is a saying in English ― Early to bed, and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. This is very true. I hope everyone will form the good habit of getting up early.

（四）
近几年，我国每年都会出现多种极端天气。很多极端天气都与人类有关，对人居、经济以及社会安定都带来很大的影响。
极端天气的概念
1. 不寻常的、严重灾害天气。
2. 地球变暖；威胁人类越来越大。

极端天气带来的影响
造成人员伤亡，财产受损，庄稼欠收……
与极端天气抗争的建议
保护意识；预警机制；政府与人民赈灾…
个人看法…
根据所提供的表格与图片，写一篇报道。
要求：
1. 字数：150词左右；
2. 不要直译，可适当发挥；
3. 参考词汇：冰雹hailstorm；赈灾援助disaster relief
Possible version：
Extreme weather includes unusual, severe or unseasonal weather. Some extreme weather events have been attributed to human-induced global warming. Studies indicate an increasing threat from extreme weather, such as tornado, typhoons, drought, flooding, sandstorm, hailstorm, and so on.
Extreme weather has great impact on people’s life and social development. They cause great damage to people’s property, bring about injury and even claim people’s lives. People in the disaster-stricken areas suffer a lot. Their houses are destroyed, jobs are lost and crops fail. Worse still, if not dealt with properly, these areas can be out of control, where robbery and fighting easily take place.
Raising the awareness of fighting extreme weather is the key to solving the problem. The government should improve the warning system to predict bad weather and natural disasters. On the other hand, the victims never await, or just rely on the government’s disaster relief but save themselves in such kinds of emergency. As for us common people we should try to offer as much help as we can.
（五）
阅读下面的短文，按照要求写一篇英语短文。
James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well tells the story of a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.
The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” The reporter asked. “Why,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and carries it from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-pollination(异花受粉) will slowly reduce the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn. ”
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbors’ corn also improves. The lesson for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.
要求：
1. 写作内容：人与人之间本应和睦相处、互帮互助、共同进步；
2. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
3. 发表你的看法，谈谈你的认识。
4. 字数：150词左右。
Possible version：
A farmer always won a blue ribbon in the state fair every year. His secret is that he helped his neighbor grow good corn to grow his own corn better.
So is our life. People in the world cannot live by his or her self, not depending on others. Those who choose to live well should also help the poor to live well, for the value of a life is not measured by the wealth one gains but by what the life brings to others. In fact, we're all members of a big family. As a Chinese saying goes, “One for all and all for one.” Donating blood to others benefits the donator. Picking up rubbish in your neighborhood creates a tidy environment for all the residents.
Therefore, we should help each other and get along with each other to improve our lives. Only in this way can we get our dreams of living a harmonious life realized.
（六）
阅读下面的短文，按照要求写一篇英语短文。
BEIJING, August 19 — Shanghai will launch a pilot textbook recycling scheme in secondary schools from this fall semester to reduce textbook paper consumption, the Shanghai Education Commission revealed yesterday.
The first batch of textbooks to be recycled or reused will be middle school music material. Books on other subjects such as art, physical education and even major subjects like Chinese, math and English, will be included gradually.
The schools taking part in the program will have to purchase new textbooks about every five years and distribute them for students’ use during class sessions. But the books will have to be collected and kept on campus after class, rather than allowing students to take them back home, so that they could be passed on to the next batch of students.
Possessing one’s own brand-new textbooks has been a routine for local elementary school students for decades. The practice, however, leads to huge paper consumption, officials said.
For instance, there are nearly 2 million elementary school students in the city, with an estimated 4,000 tons of paper needed each year. Had these books been reused for five years, more than 80,000 trees could have been saved. 
In western countries, such as Australia and America began this practice years ago, which set a good example to other countries, esp. developing ones.  (Edited from Shanghai Daily)
要求：
1. 写作内容：Is recycling textbooks a good suggestion?
2. 字数：150词左右；
3. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
4. 发表你的看法，谈谈你的认识。
Possible version ：
Shanghai has decided to recycle textbooks to reduce the abuse of paper, which leads to a heated discussion. Shanghai is not the first or the last city that wants to recycle textbooks in schools.
 I quite agree to the suggestion that we should recycle these textbooks. For one thing, recycling textbooks can save a lot of natural resources, which is beneficial to our environmental protection and sustainable development. For another, senior students may have made plenty of useful notes on the pages. They are of great help to those textbook users, who may benefit and improve a lot by consulting the recycled textbooks. A lot of precious time and energy are saved.
From my perspective, much emphasis should be laid on the environmental protection. It’s essential we have the awareness of recycling textbooks in good condition instead of throwing them away. Saving resources and protecting what can be recycled and reused is the responsibility all of us should shoulder.

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