make their health worse.Moreover, it's unfair to students born with health problems and to those not gifted in sports.
It is often said that “A healthy mind needs a healthy body.” With good health, you have enough energy to perform at your best.I think the core issue, however, is how to get students healthier.Besides a test, I think schools should do things such as stopping selling the soft drinks and junk food, as well as giving students less homework and more time for outdoor activities.
C
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My hobby
Good hobbies, which are activities a person likes to do in his spare time, can benefit his growth and amuse him.Meanwhile, good hobbies will be accompanied with the growth of kids.
As for me, what I like most is singing.I began to sing songs when I was very young.I showed great interest in music then, because my uncle often taught me songs, which were good to listen to and easy to sing.
As I grew up, my music teacher found that I had a good voice, so she advised me to study vocal music in the Children's Palace.From then on, I began my vocal music training.I practised how to produce sounds and how to make our expressions more natural and more pleasing.I won one award after another in several competitions.
As time goes by, I still take singing as my hobby since I find music is the interest that is missing in the exams.When I am stressful and bored, it is music that helps me live through those tough hours.Enjoying music, I live a happy life.
D
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The above passage informs us what blog is, what contents a blog might include and the different types of it.The reasons of its popularity are also analysed.
Blog is becoming an increasingly popular communication tool.Not only does it provide people with a way to communicate and to share what we experience, but a way to reflect on daily life or works of art.As high school students, occupied in study all day long, we can't have much time to hang out with our friends.Reading their blogs is a convenient way to keep in touch with them.We can exchange views and make comments with each other.Besides, compared with written diaries, blogs are safer when it comes to the function of keeping privacy with the code known by ourselves.So I think it is of great benefit to us to develop our ability of expressing both in oral and written forms.
专题限时训练(三十七)
A
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When some people started the “Clean Your Plate” campaign in an effort to reduce food waste, millions of netizens joined it and more and more people are taking real action to prevent food waste.
I'm quite delighted by this campaign.As far as I know, while people in developed countries don't have to worry about their meals, millions of people in some poor areas are suffering from hunger every day.Though most Chinese have enough food to eat, there are still some others who are struggling hard for a little food to fill their stomach.Unfortunately, I can always see people leave a large part of their food on their plate and throw it as waste.It is reported that every year the Chinese altogether waste 50 million tons of food, which is enough to feed 200 million people for a whole year.What an alarming waste it is! We should feel guilty to waste so much food.
It is high time for us to stop such waste.There is every reason for us to clean our plates at our meals.If all people take action to cut down food waste, a large quantity of food can be saved and more people will be fed.
The “Clean Your Plate” campaign is really good and useful.Let's join in it and eat up our meals instead of wasting any food.
B
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A little boy had some difficulty in removing a big rock from the sandbox.Though he tried hard, he still couldn't move it.Finally his father helped him and he managed.
After reading this passage, I think highly of the father's words.He helped his son realize the importance of help.Similar things also occurred to me.I still remember last summer holiday when I travelled in Beijing on my own.Unfortunately, I lost my baggage, I was penniless and I couldn't go home.It was with the help of the local police that I was able to return home safely.What I experienced has taught me a lot.Help is very important for us, and we will benefit from others' help.
There is no doubt that I will offer help as much as possible if I find someone who is in trouble.Helping others is a good virtue, which will make problems solved more easily, make people feel the warmth of others, and make our lives better and better.
C
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Build your life wisely
A carpenter felt regretful when he knew the last house he had built impatiently was a gift for his retirement, which reminds us that we should build our life wisely.
It is absolutely unwise of the carpenter to end up his career in this way.Treating his last job carelessly made him lose not only a good house but also his fame as an outstanding house builder.
There is no doubt that we shouldn't treat our life as the carpenter did.As a saying goes, “How you treat life, and how life treats you！” If we are unwilling to face or deal with our life correctly, it will reward us nothing.
Then how can we build our life wisely? It's fairly simple.The only answer is to be serious.Only when you treat all the matters happening in your life seriously can you learn and gain a lot, which is beneficial as well as wise.
D
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Chinese style road crossing
“Chinese style of crossing the road” has become a funny term to criticize the traffic problem, which has aroused the public concern and debate whether the jaywalkers should be fined.
In my view, I don't quite agree to fine the pedestrians as a serious punishment when crossing the red lights.
As we all know, “Chinese style of crossing the road” reflects the deep contradiction between pedestrians and motor vehicles on distribution of right-of-way.Therefore, in order to solve the
problem, we should strengthen education and guidance to enhance citizens' quality and awareness of obeying traffic rules, improve urban management, fully protect pedestrians' right-of-way,
encourage drivers to learn the driving awareness in developed countries, install traffic lights in a scientific way and take necessary management measures.In this case, Chinese people may not be “uncivilized” in crossing roads and the traffic order in China will be greatly improved.
In short, new rules and regulations should be fully discussed before they are put into practice.
专题限时训练(三十八)
A
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Does luck play an important role in success?
If a person wants to succeed, he can just hope that luck will help him.Luck, however, will never help those to succeed if they are lazy and lack responsibility.
We students can really learn a lot from reading this passage.Because nowadays, it is generally believed among some people that success comes from luck.They believe it in love, in examinations, and even in promotion.For instance, when some of them don't get good marks in the College Entrance Examinations or fail to be enrolled by a key university, they will attribute it to bad luck.However, others believe in themselves.They are working hard and trying their best to achieve what they want.Although they may fail sometimes, they don't give up, for they believe that luck can only help those who are hard-working, passionate about goals, constantly seeking to improve
and self-disciplined and one's life lies in his own hand.
As for me, I am in favour of the latter opinion.Luck doesn't come alone.It goes hand in hand with hard work and knowledge.
B
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The People's Daily criticized celebrity diving shows due to “excessive” performance only for the sake of the ratings.Thus it has aroused the public concern and argument about the future of Chinese talent shows.
Personally, I am strongly for the view above for several reasons.As is generally acknowledged, diving is one of the sport events that require professional skills and scientific long-term training.It
is unreasonable to involve the poorly trained celebrities in such dangerous shows.Besides, these eye-catching shows may make celebrities join so as to maintain their popularities, which results in abnormal competitions between them.
As for all these varied reasons, I wouldn't participate in these challenging shows if I were a celebrity.After weighing my ability, I am clearly aware that my body isn't capable enough to meet
the physical requirements.
From my perspective, true challenges come from what you are able to do better, instead of what you can't do at all.Through my own experience of learning the violin, it can be concluded that my facing challenge rationally contributes to my success by means of perseverance rather than adventure.
In a word, only when we meet the challenges that deserve our striving can we truly make progress in life.
C
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The author relates to us how he realized the importance of being likable through his experience. Besides, Carnegie's book confirms him of the essence of being likable: modesty, sincerity, honesty and helpfulness.
I remember clearly how I changed my attitude towards the most popular girl, Cathy. At first, I was jealous of her because of her popularity. But one incident made me admire her. As a guy pursuing uniqueness, I always wore a strange hat to school, which aroused the others' dislike. But she wrote a diary posted on our wallpaper to support my unusual behaviour. In it, she expressed her understanding and asked our classmates to focus more on my genuineness than my strange appearance. Since then, I regard her as my close friend.
It is evident that to be a likable person, one needs to show interest and understanding towards others. First, be concerned with what others are passionate about. Then another significant quality for a popular person is to remember what's important to people. In addition, to gain likability, one should not say complimentary words to friends unwillingly.
D
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The author is often asked to give advice about education due to his successful experience.He thinks it is unwise to drop out and that learning is sure to be beneficial.
Some students want to drop out of school, believing schooling has nothing to do with a successful career, because there are many cases where people who don't finish their schooling are successful, such as Bill Gates.Besides, the high tuition of college education is too much for ordinary families.Dropping out to find a job helps them to lighten the heavy financial burden on their parents.Furthermore, experience counts most for a career and no wonder why some would like to accumulate experience by taking a job at an early age.
Knowledge is power.Schools are where people become knowledgeable.
As for me, I will make full use of time to complete my schooling and achieve my dream.
专项限时训练(三十九)
一、家庭、朋友与周围的人 One possible version：
My childhood friend
The writer tells us about her happy childhood in a vivid language, which was mainly about the time she spent with her sister.The writer's childhood was full of great memories of her sister.
Once I had this childhood friend Dong Hua, my neighbour, who shared my troubles as well as my joys.It was so much fun getting up in the mornings and playing games together.One story still remains in my mind.One day, with a handful of coins from our parents, we bought a little brown bag of candy from the neighbourhood grocery store.We hurried to a small wood where we sat on the grass and shared the candy.We agreed that we had them in turn until the last piece of candy was shared equally.
Then came the sad day when Dong Hua moved away with her parents.I missed her so much.I thought of her often as the years went by.I kept on wishing I could see or hear from her again.Quite by accident, I came across her one day online and now we are in touch recalling those good old days.
I firmly believe that good friendship has no boundaries and all sadness has a happy ending. 精彩点击：
1．本文概括部分简洁明了，以一个定语从句概括了阅读材料中的主要内容，突出表达了作者和妹妹在童年时度过的美好时光，使下文童年玩伴这一主题能与之紧密衔接。
2．本文的第二部分写作以三段式结构的形式出现，该部分包含了内容要点中的三个方面。作者第一句就点明了他/她与Dong Hua的友情：亲密无间，两小无猜。接下来用具体的事实进行了说明，他们曾经用几枚硬币买糖然后分糖吃，寥寥数语，使读者感受到童年的情趣。下一段作者连用三个排比句“I missed her so much.I thought of her often as the years went by.I kept on wishing I could see or hear from her again.”来表达对朋友的思念之情，也为接下来的网上偶遇进行了铺垫。
3．本文词数虽然不多，但词语和句型的运用非常娴熟。简单句和复合句的交错使用使文章显得错落有致。高级句型使文章特别符合英语表达习惯，如“Then came the sad day when Dong Hua moved away with her parents.”等。值得一提的还有一些高考重点短语的运用，如as well as, a handful of, keep on, in turn, come across, by accident, in touch等。最后一句点睛之笔更使文章达到高潮：友谊无界，否极泰来。
二、日常活动
One possible version：
The passage mainly tells us a stay-at-home mum's opinion on doing household chores. She
thinks most of the chores should be done by parents if they stay at home while children are expected to give their possible help.
Opinions differ on whether students should do some household chores if they are at home.Some parents think that it is necessary for students to do some housework, as it is a good way to develop children's characters.By doing housework, children can understand the hardship of their parents.On the other hand, some parents think children should pay more attention to their school subjects, as doing housework will waste some precious study time.
As far as I am concerned, I think students should share some housework with their parents.I try my best to help my mother out by setting the table or washing dishes.My mother is very busy with her work every day, but she still spares her time to prepare three meals for us.Thanks to the time we spend together doing housework, I understand the deep love of my mother and develop the good habit of taking good care of others.It also teaches me the sense of responsibility.Although no