VIII．写作（满分20分）

【写作内容】请根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文。      

1、我们经常在公共场合见到各种不道德的行为，叙述你的一次相关经历。 

2、这些不文明的行为会有哪些影响。 

3、我们应该怎样改善这种现象。 

【写作要求】

词数120左右。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事；

语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。使用以下要求的句型和结构的至少4种：1）名词性从句、2）定语从句、3）非谓语作状语或定语或主语或宾语、4）1个S+V+O+OC（宾补）的句型、5）并列句。

Immoral Behavior in Public

To witness immoral behavior in public, one need only to visit ________....

VIII．写作（满分20分）
【写作内容】请根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文。      
1、我们经常在公共场合见到各种不道德的行为，叙述你的一次相关经历。 
2、这些不文明的行为会有哪些影响。 
3、我们应该怎样改善这种现象。 
【写作要求】
词数120左右。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事；
语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。使用以下要求的句型和结构的至少4种：1）名词性从句、2）定语从句、3）非谓语作状语或定语或主语或宾语、4）1个S+V+O+OC（宾补）的句型、5）并列句。
Immoral Behavior in Public
To witness immoral behavior in public, one need only to visit ________....

VIII．写作（满分20分）

【写作内容】请根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文。      

1、我们经常在公共场合见到各种不道德的行为，叙述你的一次相关经历。 

2、这些不文明的行为会有哪些影响。 

3、我们应该怎样改善这种现象。 

【写作要求】

词数120左右。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事；

语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。使用以下要求的句型和结构的至少4种：1）名词性从句、2）定语从句、3）非谓语作状语或定语或主语或宾语、4）1个S+V+O+OC（宾补）的句型、5）并列句。

Immoral Behavior in Public

To witness immoral behavior in public, one need only to visit ________....

My school makes students take one religion (宗教) class every year. But religion is really hard, especially with Mr Frank Smith for a teacher.

Mr Smith is 55 years old, with grey hair and a moustache (胡子). He always wears a blue school T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with long white socks. My friends say he looks like a cat.

In his class, we did yoga (瑜珈) and meditation (冥想) (actually most of the children in my class lay on the ground sleeping), tasted some strange tea, had classes outside in the garden, and watched videos and movies about Tibetan Buddhism (藏传佛教), God, and so on.

It was fun sometimes. However, the course (课程) was quite hard when it came to tests. The girls often worked until one or two o'clock in the morning on nights before the tests, but they still got bad scores.

When our test scores were bad, he would give us some makeup assignments (补考作业). Once I got a B, which I thought was bad, so I asked Mr Smith for an assignment to bring up my grades.

As a matter of fact, his assignments were often worse than the tests. The tests were just a lot of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or short essays (文章). But his assignments usually included a speech in class.

I was not afraid of public speaking, yet it took me three days to collect the information, two days to write the speech, one day to make a PowerPoint and several hours to prepare. I knew my presentation (课堂展示) was good, because I saw Mr Smith's big smile when he listened to me. He gave me an A at last.

After finishing the course, I may not remember how hard it was or the meaning of some vocabulary. But through Mr Smith, I learned a lesson that will be with me my whole life. That is: no matter what we do, we need to put our hearts into it, and then our work will pay off.

The religion class is hard because Mr Smith _______.

A. uses strange ways to teach in his class.

B. never gives good scores, however hard you try.

C. gives difficult tests and make-up assignments.

D. likes students to make good presentations.

How could students get good scores in Mr. Smith’s class?

A. Work hard by studying late into the night.                  

B. Remember all of the vocabulary.

C. Pay attention and take notes in class.                              

D. Do well on the make-up assignment.

From the course, the writer learned that ____.

A. people should always be given a second chance

B. people should always put their hearts into their work

C. it is good to do yoga and meditation             

D. it is good to choose strict teacher

As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.

Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year.

One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.

Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm then,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It’s taken some time getting used to, but it’s been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are much happier.

Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, however, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much, or you might not do it at all.”

1.The passage tells us that       .

2.When Daniel was a reporter, he ______.  

3.Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm ______.

4.The underlined word “downshifting” in the 2^nd paragraph refers to    ______.