周末加油站（Ⅲ）

Task 1

（2019·全國乙卷）For Canaan Elementary's second grade in Patchogue， N.Y.， today is speech day， and right now it's Chris Palaez's turn. The 8-year-old is the joker of the class. With shining dark eyes， he seems like the kind of kid who would enjoy public speaking.

But he's nervous. “I'm here to tell you today why you should...should...” Chris trips on the“-ld”， a pronunciation difficulty for many non-native English speakers. His teacher， Thomas Whaley， is next to him， whispering support.“...Vote for...me...” Except for some stumbles， Chris is doing amazingly well. When he brings his speech to a nice conclusion， Whaley invites the rest of the class to praise him.

A son of immigrants， Chris started learning English a little over three years ago. Whaley recalls（回想起） how at the beginning of the year， when called upon to read， Chris would excuse himself to go to the bathroom.

Learning English as a second language can be a painful experience. What you need is a great teacher who lets you make mistakes. “It takes a lot for any student，” Whaley explains，“especially for a student who is learning English as their new language， to feel confident enough to say，‘I don't know， but I want to know.’”

Whaley got the idea of this second-grade presidential campaign project when he asked the children one day to raise their hands if they thought they could never be a president. The answer broke his heart. Whaley says the project is about more than just learning to read and speak in public. He wants these kids to learn to boast（夸耀） about themselves.

“Boasting about yourself， and your best qualities，” Whaley says，“is very difficult for a child who came into the classroom not feeling confident.”

1. What made Chris nervous？

A. Telling a story.         B. Making a speech.

C. Taking a test.   D. Answering a question.

2. What does the underlined word “stumbles” in paragraph 2 refer to？

A. Improper pauses.   B. Bad manners.

C. Spelling mistakes.   D. Silly jokes.

3. We can infer that the purpose of Whaley's project is to _________.

A. help students see their own strengths

B. assess students' public speaking skills

C. prepare students for their future jobs

D. inspire students' love for politics

4. Which of the following best describes Whaley as a teacher？

A. Humorous.       B. Ambitious.       C. Caring.       D. Demanding.

Task 2

It was Mother's Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son， Tenyson. As we were 1 ， we realized that only minutes earlier an 2 woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. 3 was with her， but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. 4 ， a lot of people stopped to help out.

5 we were walking towards the scene， Tenyson became very 6 about what had ha-ppened to the elderly couple. He 7 to me， “Mom， it's not much fun falling over in front of

8 .” Seeing that there was a flower stall（攤位） at the front of the supermarket， he added， “Why shouldn't we 9 the lady a flower？ It will make her feel better.” I was 10 that he'd come up with this 11 idea. So we went over and told the flower seller 12 we wanted. “Just take it，” the seller replied. “I 13 take your money for such a wonderful 14 .”

By now medical staff had arrived， and were 15 the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman's husband and I told him it was 16 my son. At that moment， the old man started crying and said， “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me， “You have a

17 son. Happy Mother's Day to you.”

The man bent down and gave his wife the flower， telling her who it was from. 18 being badly hurt， the old lady looked up at Tenyson with  19 in her eyes and gave him a little 20 .

Task 3

We all know that bullying is when someone is trying to embarrass， frighten or harm someone else on purpose. In cyber bullying （网络欺凌） you often don't know who the bully is. 1

Cyber bullying uses technology.

Mobile phones： Text messages， pictures， video clips can be sent to you and all your friends very quickly but you don't know who is sending them.

Internet： Emails can be sent from an address which doesn't give the name of the sender. They can be messages， threats， rumors and lies about you. 2

Websites： Exist where you can talk about anything， post pictures and ask for comments. Some cyber bullies use these to embarrass or hurt their victims. 3 This is a question.

●Choose carefully who you give your mobile number， phone number and email address to.

●Always remove any addresses which are on an email you receive before sending it to someone else.

●Don't use your real name when going online.

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What to do if you are being bullied in this way？

If you are the victim of cyber bullying， then tell. 5 Your parents may report the matter to your Internet provider who will have some ideas about what you can do. Don't involve yourself in cyber bullying if you feel that you know who is doing it. Two wrongs don't make a right！Your parents

can contact any regular site which displays embarrassing pictures of you and require it to be taken off.If things are being said or shown about you on a personal website， then you may need to turn to police for help.

A. How to punish the bully？

B. How can you protect yourself   then？

C. Ask your friends to do the same.

D. Never give out your Internet password to anyone.

E. Tell adults， parents or teachers and keep on telling until something is done.

F. The bully can hide his or her information and make your life terrible─from a distance.

G. They may be embarrassing pictures that someone took on their phone or camera without your knowing.

Task 4

第一节 语法填空

China is a big old country and it has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of 1.  __________ （it） culture and part of the culture even influences the world 2. __________（great）， for example， the thought of Confucius. As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays 3. __________ important role in the world， more and more 4.  __________ （foreign） learn Mandarin （普通話） in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter 5.  __________   kind of disaster comes， we will fight together for the country's future. Today， many young people lose 6.    __________  （faithful） in traditional culture and they are crazy 7.   __________             the Western culture. They follow the Western fashion， 8.    __________ （think） we are the old style. But someday， they 9.           __________（realize） they are wrong 10.   __________    （abandon） traditional culture.

第二节 书面表达

假定你是李华，你校英语角拟举行一次英文演讲比赛（English speech contest），需要两名主持人（host）。你对此很感兴趣。请你用英语给外籍负责人Mr Brown写一封自荐信，内容包括：

1. 个人基本情况;

2. 口语水平;

3. 相关经验。

注意：

1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr Brown，

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Yours，

Li Hua