新教材高中英语Unit5WorkingtheLand过关检测新人教版选择性必修第一册

第五单元过关检测

（时间:90分钟满分:120分）

第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

TheUniversityofTokyohasseveralmuseumscoveringvariousfieldssuchas

medicine,agricultureandart.Herearebriefintroductionstotheirhistories

andexhibits.

TheUniversityMuseum

Havingcollectedoverthreemillionacademicmaterialsforitscollection

sincetheUniversityofTokyowasfoundedin1877,theUniversityMuseumisthe

largestmuseumofitskindinJapan.Fromthetimeitsreorganisationintoan

independententityinMay1996,theUniversityMuseumhasheldexhibitionsover

60times.

TheMuseumofHealthandMedicine

TheMuseumofHealthandMedicineseekstoprovideinformationabouthealth

andmedicineforthegeneralpublicandadvancededucationforstudents

studyingmedicine.Themuseumfeaturesbothapermanentexhibitionspaceanda

temporaryexhibitionspace,withthelatterfocusingontopicsrelatedto

medicalcareandthestudyofmedicine.

TheAgriculturalMuseum

TheAgriculturalMuseumdisplaysmaterialsfromthecollectionofthe

UniversityysGraduateSchoolofAgriculturalandLifeSciences.Notableitems

ondisplayincludethedocumentsandportraitsofscientistsattachedtothe

university,innerorgansofJapan'sfamousdogHachiko,anddrawingsshowing

GermanagricultureandthevarietiesofJapanesecows.

TheFarmMuseum

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TheFarmMuseumopenedin2007withinarebuiltdairybarn.Thebarnwas

builtin1934aspartofthemovingoftheUniversityofTokyo'sfarmfrom

KomabatoTanashi,anareainwesternTokyo.Themuseumfeaturesbothpermanent

andtemporaryexhibitions.PermanentexhibitionsincludeEuropeanfarmingtools

usedontheKomabaFarm,toolsforagriculturalexperiments,agricultural

machinery,AmericantractorsanddrawingsshowingGermanagriculture.

1.WhatcanweknowabouttheUniversityMuseum?

A.Itwasfoundedin1877.

B.Ithasheldover60exhibitions.

C.Ithasthemostitemscollected.

D.ItisthelargestmuseuminJapan.

ggB

|解析|细节理解题。根据TheUniversityMuseum中“Fromthetimeitsreorganisation

intoanindependententityinMay1996,theUniversityMuseumhasheld

exhibitionsover60times.”可知，该博物馆举办过60多次展览。故选B项。

2.WhichshouldyouvisitifyouareinterestedinallkindsofJapanesecows?

A.TheFarmMuseum.

B.TheUniversityMuseum.

C.TheAgriculturalMuseum.

D.TheMuseumofHealthandMedicine.

|答案|c

解析细节理解题。根据TheAgriculturalMuseum中aNotableitemsondisplay...and

thevarietiesofJapanesecows.”可知，如果你对各种日本奶牛感兴趣可以来农业博物

馆。故选C项。

3.What'sthepurposeofthetext?

A.Tointroducemuseums.

B.Togivetheuniversitysomeadvice.

C.Tomaketheuniversityfamous.

D.Toattractvisitorstomuseums.

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画推理判断题。根据第一段中“Herearebriefintroductionstotheirhistories

andexhibits."可知，本文主要目的是介绍东京大学几个博物馆以及它们的历史和展品。

故选A项。

B

Thesituationoftheworld,splantsisnotgood.Onefifthofthekindsof

plantsareindangerofdisappearing,accordingtoareport.

“Plantsareveryvitaltohumanbeings,“saidKathyWillis,wholedthe

newreport."Plantsprovideuswitheverything-food,fuel,medicine,andtheyare

veryimportantforourclimatecontrolling.Withoutplantswewouldnotbe

here.”

Thegoodnewsisthatdeforestationrates（森林砍伐率）aroundtheworldhave

droppedlargelysincethe1950s.However,thisreportonthehealthofplants

aroundtheworldshowsthatthereismuchmoretobedone.

Thereportpredictsthattherearenow390,900kindsofplants.Andabout21

percentofthoseplantsareindangerofdisappearing."Thegoodsideisthat

we'restilldiscoveringlotsofnewplants,about2,000eachyear,“saidDr

Willis."Thebadsideisthatwe'veseenahugechangeinlandcover,mainly

causedbyculturalactivity,withalittlebitofclimatechangeaswell.”

Humanactivityhasagreateffectonthedangerofplantsdisappearing.As

humanscutdownforeststomakeroomforagriculture,townsand

cities,biodiversity（生物多样性）islost.Thiscouldnotonlyaffectourownfood

supplydirectly,butalsoitcouldaffectthefoodchain.

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“vital“inparagraph2probablymean?

A.Useless.B.Friendly.

C.Equal.D.Important.

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答案|D

|解析|词义猜测题。根据后文“Plantsprovideuswitheverything—

food,fuel,medicine,andtheyareveryimportantforourclimate

controlling.Withoutplantswewouldnotbehere.w可知植物为我们提供了一切----

食物、燃料、药物,它们对我们的气候控制非常重要。没有植物,我们就不会在这里。故

KathyWillis说的是植物对人类非常重要。可知画线单词意思为“重要的”。故选D项。

5.WhichofthefollowingdoesDrWillisagreewith?

A.Newplantsaremorethaneverbefore.

B.Abouthalftheplantswilldisappearsoon.

C.Manynewplantsarefoundeveryyear.

D.Plantsniustn,tbeusedtoproducemedicine.

画推理判断题。根据第四段中的“'Thegoodsideisthatwe'restill

discoveringlotsofnewplants,about2,000eachyearJ,saidDrWillis.”并结合

选项可知Willis博士会同意每年都发现许多新植物的说法。故选C项。

6.Whatdowelearnfromthethirdparagraph?

A.Wehavemadelittleprogress.

B.Thereisalongwayforustogo.

C.Wehaveachievedourgoal.

D.Therewillbenothingwecando.

I答案|B

解析细节理解题。根据第三段中“However,thisreportonthehealthofplants

aroundtheworldshowsthatthereismuchmoretobedone."可知，我们还有很长的

路要走。故选B项。

7.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.BiodiversityBeingLost

B.HumanSocialActivity

C.EnvironmentalProtection

D.NatureClimateChange

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画标题归纳题。结合文章可知,文章主要讲述植物物种面临消失,植物对人类非常重要，

植物所面临的险境会导致生物多样性丧失,这种变化最终将会危害到人类自身。可知A选项

“生物多样性正在丧失”符合文章标题。故选A项。

C

Nooneknowswhoinventedthebutton.Ithasexistedasearlyas2000

BC.Whenitfirststarted,itwasjustsomethingprettyyetreplaceablesewnonto

yourclothes.About3,000yearslater,someonefinallyinventedthe

buttonhole,andbuttonsweresuddenlyusefulandappliedtoclothesuniversally.

Beforebuttons,clotheswerebigger-theyhadnofixedshapes.Peoplefeltas

iftheywrappedthemselvesinthings.Becauseofthebuttonhole,thefashion

movedclosertothebodyaswediscoveredusesforthebutton.Atonetigit's

theverywaytomakeclothesfitwellforthebody.Peoplearecompletely

secure.

Thepatternofabuttonhasn,tchangedmuchsincetheMiddleAges.It's

oneofthemostlastingdesignsinhistory,becauseitactuallyworkstokeep

ourclothesshut.Zipperseasilybreakandarehardtofix.Velcroisrackety,and

itwearsoutafterawhile.However,ifabuttonbreaks,youjustexactlysew

anotheron.Andyoucandoupyourbuttonswithoutdisturbingothers.

Abuttonisthereforthelongrun.It'snotjustthemostimportantdesign

ever,butit'sthoughttobeadecisivefactorinthedevelopmentand

innovationofclothes.Presentdesignofclothesshowsitsinfluence

obviously.Ifyou'rewearingashirt,takealookatthepositionofbuttonson

it.Ifyou'reamale,thebuttonswouldlikelybeontherightside,butfora

female,thebuttonsareusuallyfoundontheleft.

Oncethebuttonswereallontheright,andthetrendofbuttons-on-theTeft

wassetbywealthywomenoftheVictorianera.Theirclotheswere

complex,consistingofcorsets,petticoats,buttonsandawiderangeofbeautiful

accessoriesOBtfp).Therefore,theyneededassistancewhilegettingdressed.Keep

thisinmind,clothingmakersmadeinnovationanddesignedarticlesofclothing

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thatweresimpleforservantstobuttonup.Suchdesignsofclothingbecamemore

andmorepopularovertime,andeventuallybecamethestandardstillbeing

followedtothisday.

8.Whatcanbelearntaboutearlybuttonsinthefirstparagraph?

A.Theyappearedabitlaterthanbuttonholes.

B.Theyservedasanessentialpartoftheclothes.

C.Theirpopularitywasdrivenbybuttonholesgreatly.

D.Theywereinventedbysomeoneunknownaccidently.

|答案|c

解析细节理解题。由第一段的“someonefinallyinventedthebuttonhole,and

buttonsweresuddenlyusefulandappliedtoclothesuniversally可知，由于扣眼

的出现,纽扣变得有实际作用并开始被普遍地用在服装上。

9.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“rackety“inparagraph3mean?

A.Decorative.B.Practical.

C.Expensive.D.Noisy.

ggD

|解析|词义猜测题。根据画线词前后的“Zipperseasilybreakandarehardtofix”和

uHowever,ifabuttonbreaks,youjustexactlysewanotheron”可知，此处是在对比

纽扣与其他同作用的东西来说明它成为历史上最久远的设计之一的原因；由下文的“And

youcandoupyourbuttonswithoutdisturbingothers”可知，纽扣与Velcro（尼龙搭

扣）相比,扣纽扣不会打扰到他人，由此说明扣尼龙搭扣会发出噪声，故D项"Noisy”可解释

画线词。

10.Whydidthedesignofbuttonsonwomen'sclotheschangeintheVictorian

era?

A.Toinnovateolddesignsofclothes.

B.Tomakeiteasiertobuttonup.

C.Tobeautifytheclothesofwomen.

D.Tokeepthestandardwidelyfollowed.

I答案|B

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解析|细节理解题。由最后一段的“Theirclotheswerecomplex,consistingof

corsets,petticoats,buttonsandawiderangeofbeautiful

accessories.Therefore,theyneededassistancewhilegettingdressed.Keepthisin

mind,clothingmakersmadeinnovationanddesignedarticlesofclothingthat

weresimpleforservantstobuttonup.”可知，在维多利亚时代,女士服装上的扣子被

设计在左侧是为了方便别人帮她们扣扣子。

11.Whichcanbethetitleofthetext?

A.Howbuttonschangedfashion

B.Whattherealroleofbuttonsis

C.Whybuttonswereinvented

D.Whenbuttonscameintosight

画标题归纳题。结合全文内容可知I,文章主要讲了纽扣的普遍使用影响了服装的发展和

变化。故A项适合用作本文标题。

D

Howdoesanecosystem（生态系统）work?Whatmakesthepopulationsof

differentspeciesthewaytheyare?Whyaretheresomanyfliesandsofew

wolves?Tofindananswer,scientistshavebuiltmathematicalmodelsoffood

webs,notingwhoeatswhomandhowmucheachoneeats.

Withsuchmodels,scientistshavefoundoutsomekeyprinciplesoperatingin

foodwebs.Mostfoodwebs,forinstance,consistofmanyweaklinksratherthana

fewstrongones.Whenapredator（掠食动物）alwayseatshugenumbersofsingle

prey（猎物），thetwospeciesarestronglylinked;whenapredatorlivesonvarious

species,theyareweaklylinked.Foodwebsmaybedominatedbymanyweaklinks

becausethatarrangementismorestableoverthelongterm.Ifapredatorcan

eatseveralspecies,itcansurvivetheextinction（灭绝）ofoneofthem.Andifa

predatorcanmoveontoanotherspeciesthatiseasiertofindwhenaprey

speciesbecomesrare,theswitchallowstheoriginalpreytorecover.Theweak

linksmaythuskeepspeciesfromdrivingoneanothertoextinction.

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Mathematicalmodelshavealsorevealedthatfoodwebsmaybeunstable,where

smallchangesoftoppredatorscanleadtobigeffectsthroughoutentire

ecosystems.Inthe1960s,scientistsproposedthatpredatorsatthetopofafood

webhadasurprisingamountofcontroloverthesizeofpopulationsofother

species-includingspeciestheydidnotdirectlyattack.

Andunplannedhumanactivitieshaveprovedtheideaoftop-downcontrolby

toppredatorstobetrue.Intheocean,wefishedfortoppredatorssuchascod

onanindustrialscale,whileonland,wekilledofflargepredatorssuchas

wolves.Theseactionshavegreatlyaffectedtheecologicalbalance.

Scientistshavebuiltanearly-warningsystembasedonmathematical

models.Ideally,thesystemwouldtelluswhentoadapthumanactivitiesthatare

pushinganecosystemtowardabreakdownorwouldevenallowustopullan

ecosystembackfromtheborderline.Preventioniskey,scientistssay,because

onceecosystemspasstheirtippingpoint（临界点），itisremarkablydifficultfor

themtoreturn.

12.Whathavescientistsdiscoveredwiththehelpofmathematicalmodelsoffood

webs?

A.Thelivinghabitsofspeciesinfoodwebs.

B.Therulesgoverningfoodwebsoftheecosystems.

C.Theapproachestostudyingthespeciesintheecosystems.

D.Thedifferencesbetweenweakandstronglinksinfoodwebs.

|解析|细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句中的“od

webs."得知科学家们发现了食物网运行的关键法则。故选B项。

13.Astronglinkisfoundbetweentwospecieswhenapredator.

A.hasawidefoodchoice

B.caneasilyfindnewprey

C.stickstoonepreyspecies

D.canquicklymovetoanotherplace

ggc

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解析|细节理解题。根据第二段第三句中的“Whenapredator...arestronglylinked”

得出结论只吃一种猎物是“stronglink”。

14.Whatwillhappenifthepopulationsoftoppredatorsinafoodwebgreatly

decline?

A.Thepreyspeciestheydirectlyattackwilldieout.

B.Thespeciestheyindirectlyattackwillturnintotoppredators.

C.Thelivingenvironmentofotherspecieswillremainunchanged.

D.Thepopulationsofotherspecieswillexperienceunexpectedchanges.

ggD

解析推理判断题。根据第三段第一句"Mathematicalmodels...entireecosystems.w可

知“食物链顶端掠食动物的变化可能会给整个生态系统带来大的影响”。故选D项。

15.WhatconclusioncanbedrawnfromtheexamplesinParagraph4?

A.Uncontrolledhumanactivitiesgreatlyupsetecosystems.

B.Rapideconomicdevelopmentthreatensanimalhabitats.

C.Speciesofcommercialvaluedominateotherspecies.

D.Industrialactivitieshelpkeepfoodwebsstable.

售案|A

而推理判断题。根据文章第四段的例子以及本段的最后一句话可知“人类的这些行为极

大地影响了生态的平衡”。故选A项。

第二节（共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多

余选项。

Cleaneatingdoesnothaveanofficialdefinition（定义），butitbasically

meansthatyouavoidprocessed（力口工过的）andpackagedfoodsinfavouroffoods

thatareintheirnaturalstate.16Thenhowtostartcleaneating?

Focusonfruitsandvegetables.Thebasisofacleaneatingplanshouldbe

whole,unprocessedfruitsandvegetables.17Include1or2servingsof

vegetablesorfruitswitheverymeal.Ifyoudon'tliketowashandcutproduce

yourself,youcanbuypre-washedandcutfreshproduce.

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Add2to3servingsofwholegrainseachday.Wholegrainsshouldmakeup

themajorityofyourfoodsincetheycontainmorefiberandnutrients（养分）

thanwhitegrains.Lessenwhitebread,pasta,flourandrice.18

19Proteinhelpstokeepyoufeelingfullforlongerthancarbs（碳水化

合物）orfats,somakesuretoget2to3servingsofproteinperday.Allor

mostofthemealsyoueatshouldhave1servingofleanprotein.

Drinkwaterasyourmainsourceofliquid.20Makesurethatyouare

drinkingatleasteight8glassesofwaterdaily.Drinkwaterwithyourmeals

andbetweenthemtokeepyourselfhydrated（含水的）.Trycarryingawaterbottle

whereveryougoandrefillitasneededthroughouttheday!

A.Waterisessentialtoacleaneatingplan.

B.Addaservingofleanproteintoeachmeal.

C.Replacethesefoodswithwholegrainschoices.

D.Trytobuyfreshfruitsandvegetableswheneverpossible.

E.Itisimportanttoreadlabels（标签）whenyoueatout.

F.Itisapopularwaytomakesurethatyouarehavinghealthierfoods.

G.Fathelpswithsatisfaction,buttoomuchfatwillincreaseyouroverall

calorieintake.

答案|16~20FDCBA

第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（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入空白处的最佳选

项。

Myadviserinterviewedmeoverthephone.He21myundergraduaterecord

andthoughtIhadagraduatedegree.Therefore,Iwas22tothePh.D

programme.Hewelcomedmeintohislabevenafterknowingthe23.

Ibegantogetintoarunningstart.I24myselfintoreadingevery

paperfoundandtestingscientificquestions.Butfouryearslater,Ifeltlost

becauseI25passedmyqualifyingexam.Thenafriendaskedmetovolunteer

asabarmanatagala（盛会）.Iwas26atfirst,havingneverworkedbehinda

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bar,27Isaidyesintheend.Ispentanevening28cuttingfruitand

doingotherunskilledtasks.1wastiredbutalsofeltunbelievable-surprising

howmuch29Ihad.

Later,IrealisedthereasonwhyIenjoyedthisexperiencesomuchwasthat

the30ofthisjobwereexactlywhatIwas31frommyPh.Dprogramme.It

wasonlyphysicallytiring,forthetasksIdidwere32.Atthatpoint,Ihad

nothadapausein33ashardasIcouldforfouryears,andIwas

completely34ofthetoll（损害）itwastakingonmyspirit.Sincethen,Ifve

triedtogivemymindmore35.

21.A.disbelievedB.rejected

C.misreadD.mixed

|解析|根据空后的“myundergraduaterecordandthoughtIhadagraduatedegree

可知,他误读(misread)了作者的本科记录，以为作者有硕士学位。

22.A.introducedB.admitted

C.accompaniedD.compensated

售案|B

解析|根据下文中的“Hewelcomedmeintohislab”可知，作者被准许加入(admitted)博

士课程了。

23.A.criterionB.gap

C.weaknessD.error

gg]D

丽根据上文可知,他误读了作者的本科记录,且把作者加进了博士课程,故此处表示即使

发现了错误(error),他还是欢迎作者到他的实验室。

24.A.arguedB.tricked

C.threwD.frightened

懵案k

画作者投身于阅读自己能找到的每一篇论文。

25.A.merelyB.surprisingly

C.easilyD.barely

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答案|D

解析根据空前的"Butfouryearslater,Ifeltlostbecause”可知，此处表示虽然作

者那么努力，但是他的资格考试勉强(barely)才及格。

26.A.optimisticB.thrilled

C.confusedD.hesitant

画根据下文中的“havingneverworkedbehindabar"可知，作者从来没有在吧台工

作过。由此可知,此处表示作者一开始是犹豫的(hesitant)o

27.A.butB.so

C.andD.or

|答案|A

函作者一开始是犹豫的,而下文提到作者最后答应了，由此可知,空处前后构成转折关系，

故用buto

28.A.goingaboutB.lookingthrough

C.burstinginD.carryingon

画根据空后提到的工作内容和下文的“tired”可知,此处表示作者一整个晚上都在忙着

切水果和做其他不需要特殊技能的活儿。

29.A.joyB.experience

C.skillD.comfort

I答案|A

解析根据下文的“whyIenjoyed...somuch”可知，作者感到难以置信----惊叹于自己从

中感到的乐趣。

30.A.designsB.chances

C.varietiesD.demands

画作者意识到这是因为这份工作的要求(demands)正是他在博士课程中所错过(missing)

的。

31.A.missingB.suffering

C.learningD.avoiding

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答案|A

画参见上题解析。

32.A.boringB.meaningful

C.simpleD.vague

解析|根据上文中的“cuttingfruitanddoingotherunskilledtasks”可知，此处表示

作者做的工作很简单(simple)。

33.A.hittingB.thinking

C.winningD.complaining

画四年来作者一直在努力思考(thinking)。

34.A.nervousB.ashamed

C.proudD.unaware

gg]D

函作者完全没有意识到它带给自己精神上的损害。

35.A.practicesB.motivations

C.breaksD.reasons

ggc

画根据作者的这次经历和“Ihadnothadapause”可知，此处表示，从那以后,作者试

着让他的大脑有更多的休息(breaks)o

第二节(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。

Newresearchsaysnutscouldbea36.(value),tastyand

nutritiousslimmingaid.ResearchersfromHarvardUniversityrecommendedthat

peoplereplaceadailyunhealthysnackwithasmallhandfulofnuts37.

(slow)downweightgain.Thisis38.(especial)helpfulforpeople

astheygetolder.Theresearchersfoundthatpeoplewhoatejust14gofnuts

everydaygainedlessweight39.thosewhoateanothersnack.The

peoplewhoatethenutswerelesslikelytobecomeobese(肥胖的).However,the

benefitstoourweightcouldbequitesmall.40.(eat)nutsinstead

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ofchocolateandcakescouldhelppreventaweightgainofjust0.4kgto0.7kg

overfouryears.

Theresearchersconductedalong-termstudyinwhichtheylookedat41.

lifestyleofnearly190,000peopleforovertwo42.(decade).The

participantsintheresearch43.(divide)intothree

groups.Theyincludedmorethan51,000malehealthprofessionalsaged40to

75,121,700nursesaged35to55and16,686nursesaged24to44.Researchers

askedtheparticipantsquestionseveryfouryearsabout44.(they)

weight,howoftentheyatenuts,andhowoftentheyexercised.Aresearchersaid

replacinglesshealthyfoodswithnutsmighthelpreducetheweightgain45.___

iscommonasweage,andmightlowerthechancesofbecomingobese.

答案36.valuable37.toslow38.especially39.than40.Eating41.the

42.decades43.weredivided44.their45.that/which

第三部分写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

假定你是李华，你市青少年活动中心拟开展乒乓球夏令营活动。请你按照以下要点给即

将来华的美国笔友Chris写一封电子邮件,介绍夏令营活动,并邀请她参加：

1.提出邀请；

2.夏令营时间；

3.活动内容和要求。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考范文

DearChris,

TheTableTennisSummerCampiskickingoffintheCity,sTeenager

ActivityCentrewhichisintendedfortheteenagers.ITmwritingtoinviteyou

totakepart.

Asscheduled,thecampisduetostartfromJuly20andlastsone

month.Anyonewhoisstrongandhealthycanbeadmitted.Tabletennisloverswho

possessteamworkspiritarepreferred.Here'ssomethingyoushouldpay

attentionto.It'sgoodmannerstofollowyourcoach.Also,remembertobe

punctualfordailytrainingandmostimportantly,keepsafetyinmind.

I'dappreciateitifyoucouldcomeandjoinme.

Yours,

LiHua

第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续

写词数应为150左右。

ItwasNewYearJsEve.Iwas15andfeelingsadbecausetherewasnot

enoughmoneytobuythedressIwanted.Wedidthechores（家庭杂务）earlythat

night,soIfiguredDadwantedextratimeforustospendtogether.Instead,he

dressedhimselfagainandwentoutside."Comeon,Elizabeth,“hesaid.uDress

yourselfwarmly.It'scold.”

Outside,Ibecameevenmoreupset.Notonlywasn,tIgettingthedress;now

Dadwasdraggingmeoutinthecold.Whateverweweregoingtodowasn'tgoing

tobeaquickjob.IunwillinglyclimbedupbesideDad,thecoldalreadybiting

me.Wepulledinfrontofthewoodshed（柴棚），andstartedloadingwood.Finally,I

asked,“Dad,whatareyoudoing?”“HaveyoubeenbyMrsClark,slately?”he

asked.