1、专题检测卷(二十九) 读写任务(建议用时: 40分钟)Passage 1(2013佛山二模)阅读下面短文, 然后按要求写一篇150个词左右的英语短文。If you ask people what makes them happy, you will probably get many different answers but there are two fundamental things that will ensure happiness. The first part of what makes people happy is growth. When you feel like yo
2、u are improving your life, thats when you are happy. It doesnt necessarily mean that you have to constantly buy bigger and better things. You need to feel like you are growing on a personal level. You need to know that the essence of who you are is continually improving in some ways. Keep looking fo
3、r ways to make yourself better today than you were yesterday. This can mean different things to different people but the point is that you have to feel like you are improving and getting better as a human being as time goes by. The second part of what makes people happy is the sense of contribution.
4、 Everyone wants to believe that they were put here to do something great. As long as you know that by your being here, by doing what you are doing, you are helping someone somewhere, it will bring you happiness. These are two ways of how to find happiness. Are these the only answers to what makes pe
5、ople happy? That depends on how you define happiness. 【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。2. 以约120个词讲述你对快乐的看法, 内容包括: (1)什么事情能让人快乐; (2)描述一次你感到快乐的经历; (3)这次经历给你的感悟。【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。_Passage 2(2013惠州二模)阅读下面短文, 然后按要求写一篇150个词左右的英
6、语短文。Some post-80s graduates have given up the dream of working in a big city, and heading back home has become part of future job consideration. Two of the more common ones are trying to avoid the intense competition and the pressure, and seeing unprecedented opportunities in the growing economies b
7、ack home. Chang Ping, a 22-year-old student from Hainan University, said that if he would decide on starting his business, hed certainly return to his hometown, Xiangyang, Hubei Province. That was because he has his own network of people who could help him in every way. Also, he could get some good
8、business ideas like setting up advanced kindergartens in small cities. If no one was doing that, the chance of being successful seemed higher. But Chen Haihua, a college student from Guangzhou Medical College, said that she would plan to stick to a big city, Guangzhou, instead of going back to her h
9、ometown, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. She wanted to struggle in the big city for a more exciting, better life. She explained that she could also be an example, letting the kids in her hometown work hard to go to key universities. 【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。2. 以约120个词谈谈你对就业方向的看法, 内容包括: (1)试分析在大城市就业和回
10、家乡就业各自的有利因素; (2)如果你大学毕业了, 你会选择在哪里就业? (3)选择的理由。【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。_答案解析Passage 1【参考范文】While people have different opinions about what makes them happy, the writer thinks that happiness comes from two fundamental sou
11、rces: the improvement of ones life and the sense of contribution. Happiness may come from many sources. A good relationship with people around us, a harmonious family or a healthy body can all make people happy. Some people may regard being rich or being loved and valued as the source of happiness.
12、My biggest happiness, however, comes from being together with my family. My parents are working in another city and Im studying in a boarding school, so we dont see each other often. But last weekend, my parents asked a few days off and came to see me. The moment I saw them at the school gate, my he
13、art swelled with happiness and excitement. I forgot all my stress and tiredness. Parents are those who I trust most. Whenever Im in low spirits, they give me warmth and comfort. For me, nothing in the world compares to the happiness of staying with my parents. Passage 2【参考范文】Post-80s graduates hold
14、different views towards job choices. Some, like Chang Ping, will head back hometown to avoid the competition and pressure in big cities, while others, like Chen Haihua, would prefer to stay in big cities to seek a better job. Working in a big city is of course an exciting thing, which means better o
15、pportunities. Its easier to find a well-paid job or a better platform to improve oneself. While in a small town, where there are not so many elites to compete with, one can easily avoid the pressure from fierce competition in big cities to live a rather cosy life. As for me, a girl from a remote vil
16、lage, I would rather struggle in a big city like Shenzhen to make a living than go back to my hometown. Though hard, struggling itself may gain me enough experience of doing business. Therefore, after graduation, I will choose a big city as the start of my career. Thanks to the intense competition, I can grow into an experienced and competitive person, which does good to my later development.