目前，越来越多的中学生利用暑假上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象，存在两种不同观点。请你根据下表提示，以Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?为题，写一篇短文，反映表中内容，并简要阐述自己的观点。

注意：（1）层次清晰，连贯流畅；表达灵活，但不要逐字逐句翻译；

（2）词数：150 词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

（3）参考词汇：巩固—strengthen (vt.) 独立—dependence (n.)

Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?

More and more middle school students are going to all kinds of training classes or having family teachers during the summer vacation. There are two different opinions about it.

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—What’s the market ______ of their car in China?

—About 18 percent at present.

   A. share                  B. number             C. sales                 D. figure

You'll find it hard to get rid of the drug habit       you have it.

A. before       B. once   C. until   D. though

Seeing the happy ______ of children playing in the park, I’m full of joy and confidence in the future of our travel agency.

A. sight             B. view          C. sign          D. scene 

The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated(估计) to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.

In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate(足够的) working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.

The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.

What would be the best title for this passage?

A. The Difficulties of Learning English

B. International Communications

C. The Standard Varieties of English

D. English as a World Language

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Some 260 million people in the world have an adequate working knowledge of English.

B. There are some 260 million native speakers of English in the world.

C. It is almost impossible to estimate the number of people with an adequate working knowledge of English.

D. People learn English for a variety of reasons.

According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?

A. It was popular during Shakespeare’s time.

B. It is used in former British colonies.

C. It serves the needs of its native speakers.

D. It is a world language that is used for international communication.

What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

A. The ability to read a newspaper.

B. It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation.

C. Being a multilingual.

D. Being a native speaker.

What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?

A. Those geographically close to the United States.

B. Those interested in the culture of the United States.

C. Former colonies of Great Britain.

D. Countries where international conferences are held.

Expect everything to go wrong in advance, ___ you may feel quite so bad when it does.

as if  B. and  C. or  D. so that

??I think the company may not offer you a good pay.

  - ______ , I won’t take the job.

   A.That is to say    B.What is more    C.In other words     D.In that case

 You can use a larger plastic bottle, ____ is cut off, ___ as a pot to grow flowers in.

A. of which the top; with it’s top                    B. whose top; with its top

C. whose top; the top of it                          D. the top of which; with it’s top

 —I can’t imagine Phelps smoking marijuana (大麻).

—______.

A. Neither am I   　B. So do I    C. Me, too              D. Nor can I

七、书面表达

根据以下提示写一篇日记：

今天是9月1日星期五，晴天，你第一次和父母一起去参观长城。

你们坐火车在大约9点钟到达长城。

参观长城的人很多，其中有不少外国参观者。

你父亲给你讲了长城的历史，你们拍了许多照片。

到家后你虽然很累，但仍很兴奋，你为我们的国家和长城而自豪。