1、【广东省广州市2014综合测试】基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）为了弘扬中国茶文化，你就读的国际学校举办“中国茶，知多少”英语征文比赛。【写作内容】请你根据以下信息卡，写一篇关于白茶的英语短文参赛。白茶（中国六大茶类之一）名字由来：因呈银白色而得名主要产地：福建、台湾历史：最早出现于北宋特点：形如银针，外形优美；口感甘甜；年份越久，功效越好功效：常饮有益健康，可预防高血压等疾病，还可以辅助治疗牙痛和发烧等参考词汇：针（needle），高血压（high blood pressure）【写作要求】只能用5个句子表达全部内容。【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。【参考范文】基础写作
2、（满分15分） White Tea, which gets its name from its silver-colour, is regarded as one of the six major Chinese tea types. Dating back to the Beisong Dynasty, White Tea has a long history and it is mainly grown in Fujian and Taiwan. White Tea is famous for its beautiful silver-needle-like shape, its swea
3、t taste and its medicinal effects. The longer it is preserved, the better effect it has. White Tea is good for health if drunk frequently and can be used in preventing diseases like high blood pressure and helping relieve the pain of toothache and fever.【广东省广州市2014综合测试】读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写
4、一篇150词左右的英语短文。I came from a family that never liked to waste money, and my parents taught me that living within my budget was the most important thing.I had a very comfortable childhood, and never felt the need to throw away money on unnecessary things.But things changed in my twenties, when I found
5、 myself in a city with plenty of food and shopping attractions! I burned through my income in the department stores on Saturday mornings, then burned through my credit cards at the night clubs on Saturday nights. Before too long, I was deeply in debt and constantly borrowing more money from my frien
6、ds. It was during this time that I reflected on my behaviour, and decided that life was a lot more comfortable when you weren;t continually stressed about money.For me, being thrifty （节俭）is not about being short on money. Its about being smart with your money so you can enjoy your life to is fullest
7、. I love recycling and getting back to nature, and teaching the kids about eco-friendly and responsible living.Whether I like it or not, my natural feeling is to find ways to do everything for less. Less money, less time and less stress!【写作内容】1. 以30个词概括上文的主要内容。2. 以约120个词就“节俭”的话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：对你来说，节俭是什
8、么？你认为节俭是否重要？为什么？就生活中如何做到节俭提一些建议。【写作要求】1. 作文中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。【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。【参考范文】读写任务（满分25分） 概括要点：1. family never liked to waste money; 2. was deeply in debt; 3. being thrifty is being smart with your money find ways to do everything for less.
9、第二部分：1. 对节俭的理解；2. 对节俭的重要性的论述； 3. 就生活中如何做到节俭提出建议。Version 1In the passage, the writer describes how he forgot his familys thrifty tradition and eventually met with financial difficulty. This helped him realized the importance of thriftiness and start to practise thriftiness again.To me, being thrifty
10、means valuing money, making the most of what I have and trying never to spend beyond my budget or on unnecessary things.Thrift is an old and dated concept to many young people. As life has become a lot easier, people tend to indulge(沉溺) in a luxurious lifestyle. Thats why I regard this nearly forgot
11、ten practice more important now than ever before.Actually, to be thrifty can be really simple. Most of the time, its simply a matter of being more thoughtful in our everyday life: turning off lights when leaving the room, not using the air-conditioners unless necessary, bringing our water bottle fro
12、m home rather than spending on soft drinks, using public transports to avoid needles driving and parking, ordering just enough when eating out, and so forth. To do these might mean doing things others wont do and controlling our desires. But remember, a smart person is not one who always tries to im
13、press others by showing off their wealth, but one who spares no effort to save for the future and for others.Version 2The writer recalls the stress and economic problems he had after moving to a big city, forgetting the thrifty habits of his youth and wasting all his money. At last, however, he lear
14、ned his lesson and became thrifty once more.I think a thrifty person is someone who uses only what they need and avoids wastes. Being thrifty can save us money, but more importantly, it is necessary if we want to save our planet. In the face of growing environmental problems, I believe it is more ne
15、cessary than ever to reduce the amount of rubbish and pollution each individual produces. If we fail to control the amount of waste we produce, our society and our planet are doomed(毁灭) and this concern must outweigh any short-term satisfaction we get from buying and consuming more.It is for the rea
16、son that I buy as much fresh food as possible, rather than packaged food, which requires much more energy to produce and adds to our pollution problems. I also try to cycle or walk everywhere I go, or at least use public transport rather than getting a taxi or depending on a private car. Actions lik
17、e these keep me fit and healthy, helping environment and leave me with more money in my pocket! Why dont you try these too? You might really enjoy the results.阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Very often when I go to look at someones garden and they complain that for some reason it does not feel
18、right to them. What I notice is that the design quite complicated. Or, sometimes there is no real design and the layout (布局) just looks messy. Creating a garden without some form of design is like trying to bake a cake without a recipe. With a cake you can add together ingredients (原料) from the cupb
19、oard and fridge in the hope that the result will be a perfectly baked cake. Both creating a garden and baking a cake follow outlines for getting a result. Know just when to add something, when to take the mix off the heat or how much oil to use, etc. An experienced garden designer can help you creat
20、e a garden best suited to you and your lifestyle, rather than impose their own ideas on you. He will listen to and help draw out your ideas. By keeping the garden design simple you and your chosen designer will have created the structure of a garden, similar to the structure of a house together with
21、 some details. A golden rule to remember is that garden design is not about choosing the right plants. Dont get caught up in the idea that you have to choose the right plants for the job straight away. Plant choice comes almost at the last minute in many cases, after you and your designer have creat
22、ed style or feeling you are wanting to have in your garden. Design is about creating a constructable (可构造的) image for the garden, including form and shape, sounds, smells, even tastes and often, believe it or not, plants are never used. By keeping the design simple, especially if you are learning ab
23、out design or taking on the project by yourself, you are increasing your chances of a successful design, one that matches your standard for your life. 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Designing a garden as simple as possible. B. Comparing garden-designing with cake-making. C. An experienced g
24、arden designers importance. D. Choosing plants for the garden. 2. Why does the author use baking a cake in the passage? A. To show the basic steps of baking a cake. B. To imply how simple to design a garden. C. To state baking a cake is very complex. D. To introduce how to design a garden. 3. The un
25、derlined word “impose” in the third paragraph means. A. force B. turnC. improve D. imagine4. By keeping the garden design simple, . A. you can get details from the garden designer B. you will be successful one dayC. you can meet your standards in life D. you can match the structure of a house with t
26、hat of a garden 5. What is the most important for garden design? A. Creating a constructable image for the garden. B. Choosing the right plants for your garden first. C. Inviting an experienced garden designer. D. Not rushing to choose plants for your garden. 【参考答案】15、ABADD 阅读理解。Online shopping star
27、ted not so long ago. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990. The first online bank opened in 1994. In 1995, Amazon started operating and is not one of the largest online shopping malls. Then in 1996, eBay started its online shopping site.By sitting at home you can now buy anything from
28、knives to cars. The worry you may have about traveling and parking can be avoided(避免) while you shop online. With online shopping, you need not worry about the weather. Online shops have no holidays, closing times or any other problems. You can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
29、 Some online shops also keep customersopinions about each product, so you can easily find out what other customers think about the product before buying it.When you go for real-world shopping, you can actually touch and feel it, but in online shopping you can only see the pictures. Also if you are s
30、hopping online, you have to be careful with your credit cards.The first step in online shopping is to search for what you want to buy. Once you find the required product, put it in a “shopping cart” and continue shopping. After you have got enough in your “shopping cart”, check out the product. You
31、can add or take out the products in your shopping cart. The next step is to login(登录) using a username and a password. Enter the address where you want the product to be sent. Some sites even ask for your email, phone numbers, ect.Then wait for the confirmation(确认) of your order. You can also cancel
32、(取消) the order if needed. Online shopping is a different experience and you can make shopping online easy when you get used to it.56. When shopping online, you can . A. park your car where you want to B. buy anything wherever you go C. touch anything you want to buy D. know what others think of the
33、product 57. The second paragraph mainly tells us . A. people can do online shopping at their own homes B. the things people can buy in online shops C. the advantages people can have through online shopping D. people can know different opinions of customers58. From the text, we can know that . A. onc
34、e customers put the products in their “shopping carts”, they cant change them B. customers should be careful with their credit cards when shopping online C. customers must give their emails as well as their phone numbers D. people can know different opinions of all customers59. If you want to buy a
35、cup online, what is the right order of the following things you can do?a. Put the cup into your “shopping cart”. b. Wait for the confirmation of the order.c. Search for a right cup.d. Enter the address.A. b-c-d-a B. c-a-d-b C. a-b-c-d D. c-d-a-b 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。My aunt will come
36、 down soon, Mr. Nuttel, said a young lady of fifteen.Framton Nuttel attempted to say something to please the niece. Privately he doubted whether this visit would do much towards helping with his nerve problem.I know how it will be, his sister had said, People there are nice. I shall just give you le
37、tters of introduction to all the people I know there. Framton wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton, the lady to whom he was presenting one of the letters of introduction came into the nice division.Do you know many of the people round here? asked the niece.Hardly a soul, said Framton.Then you know practi
38、cally nothing about my aunt. Her great tragedy（悲剧） happened just three years ago, said the child, “Out through that window, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their days shooting. They never came back. Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back someday. She has often told me a
39、bout Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing Bertie, why do you bound?At this time, Mrs. Sappleton came in, greeting, “I hope you dont mind the open window. She talked on cheerfully about the shooting. To Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to t
40、urn the talk on to a less scary topic. The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, and an absence of mental excitement. he announced, On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement, he continued.No? said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Here they
41、 are at last! she suddenly cried. In the deepening dusk out came three figures with a tired brown spaniel(猎犬). And then a young voice rang out of the dusk, I said, Bertie, why do you bound?Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat, without a word of goodbye, and rushed out of sight.“What is up? Mr
42、s. Sappleton was confused.I expect it was the spaniel, said the niece calmly, He told me that he was once hunted into a tomb by a pack of dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug tomb with the creatures barking just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.Romance at short notice was
43、 her specialty.1. According to the passage, we learn that Mrs. Sappleton.A. felt sorrow about the shootingB. got along well with RonnieC. listened carefully to FramtonD. trusted and spoiled her niece2. As for Framtons nerve problem, his doctors .A. recommended him to go off for a shootingB. suggeste
44、d to him a rest cure in the countrysideC. advised him to keep his mind off excitementD. agreed on the treatment of his diet3. Which word can best describe Framton?A. Cheerful.B. Brave.C. Fragile.D. Wise.4. What can be inferred about the niece from the last sentence?A. She was good at making up a story in a short time.B. She showed a strong love for scary stories.C. She fell in love with Framton in no time.D. She took no notice of strange visitors.【参考答案】14、BCCA
