1、1The United Kingdom李仕才Unit 2 The United Kingdom【高考试一试】阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。An owner of a dress shop had problems with a young lady, a psychology major, whom she had hired as a salesgirl.The first day a lady came into the store, and the salesgirl, Miss Brampton, asked if she could be of help
2、.Id like a suit for the fall, the lady said.Well, do you want the suit because you need it? Or have you just had a fight with your husband and are trying to get even by making an expensive purchase?I beg your pardon? the lady said.Perhaps you suspect he has a girlfriend, and you think this is the on
3、ly way you can get back at him.I have no idea what youre talking about, the customer said.Spending money in anger is an expensive form of hostility(敌意). My advice is to think it over for a few days. Buying a new suit wont save your marriage.Thank you! the customer said coldly and left the shop.Shes
4、angry with me now, Miss Brampton whispered, but in a week shell be grateful to me.The shop owner decided to let the incident pass, but that afternoon another customer came in, and Miss Brampton asked if she could be of help. The lady told her she was going to the Kennedy Center, and wanted a dress t
5、hat would knock everyone dead.Miss Brampton said, We have some lovely evening dresses over here for insecure people.Insecure people?Yes. Didnt you know clothes are one of the main ways women compensate for 2insecurity?Im not insecure, the lady said angrily.Then why do you want to knock them dead at
6、the Kennedy Center? Why cant you be accepted for yourself instead of what you wear? I can sell you a new dress that will attract attention, but then you would never know if it is you or the dress that makes people stop and stare.注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；2.应使用 5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
7、4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：By this time the dress shop owner decided to step in._Paragraph 2：The last straw for the dress shop owner took place an hour later when a college student came in to buy a miniskirt._ 3前文概要：一家服装店的店主雇用了一名心理学专业的女学生当售货员，这名售货员用分析顾客心理、剖析顾客购物动机的方式进行推销，但是失败了，第一位顾客离开了。这时第
8、二位顾客来了，售货员仍然试图用这种方式推销。思路导航：Paragraph 1 的开头是到了这时候，服装店的店主决定进行干预，暗示接下来店主会打断她们的谈话，想办法留住这位顾客。而 Paragraph 2 的开头暗示店主的努力以失败告终。写作时可用关键词：salesgirl， the customer， evening dresses 等。Paragraph 2 的开头是一个小时后，当一个大学生进来买迷你裙时，店主终于无法忍受了，暗示 Miss Brampton 又一次分析这位顾客的购买动机，最终使得这位顾客也没买东西就离开了，当然可以自由发挥，如：经此一事，店主再也不想雇用心理学专业的学生当售
9、货员了。写作时可用关键词：left the shop， psychology major 等。话题单词1kingdom n 王国2nation n. 民族，国家3geography n. 地理44landmark n. 地标性建筑5symbol n. 象征6defend v. 保护，保卫7gain v. 得到，获得8ancient adj. 古老的9traditional adj. 传统的10coastal adj. 沿海的11historic adj. 历史上著名的12boundary n. 分界线，边界13canal n. 运河；管道14ceremony n. 典礼，仪式，礼节，礼仪15c
10、oast n. 海岸，海滨【高考试一试】近年来，由于全球环境日渐恶化，自然灾害频繁发生，给人们的生命与财产带来了极大的危害。假如你是高中学生李华，就此事向报社写一篇英语文章，呼吁人们从自我做起，保护环境，爱惜生命，使我们居住的环境得到彻底的改善。要求：1.可适当增加细节以使行文流畅。2词数：100 左右。_One possible version：Dear Editor，More and more disasters have taken place on end recently，which have brought in many deaths and loss. Its high tim
11、e we realized the importance of protecting our environment. I am strongly appealing to people acting for our surroundings.People always take a lot from the earth, for example, cutting more trees for houses，digging more mines for a better life, giving more green house gases into the air and so on. Hi
12、gh carbon life makes people comfortable and high technology makes people warring. All this makes our life more difficult and our earth not easy to live on.It is everyones duty to protect our environment. I hope everyone should play a role in making our earth easier to live on. Do from now on. More g
13、iving，less taking and greed so as to make our environment more beautiful.5Yours sincerely，Li Hua话题短语1at one time 一度，曾经2be located/situated in/lie in 位于3be surrounded by 被所环绕4be made up of 由组成5be famous/wellknown for 以闻名6have a population of 有人口7be separated from 把分离8give way to 让位于；给让路9go to pieces
14、崩溃，瓦解；身体垮台10in advance of 在的前面；超过11in the course of 在期间，在过程中12places of interest 名胜13in the long run 从长远来看，最后14under the leadership of 在领导/关心下15behind the times 落在时代后面【高考试一试】某机构针对人们吃快餐的情况进行了一项调查。结果如下图所示：请根据饼分图的信息，为校报的英语专栏写一篇短文，介绍这项调查的结果，并针对该不该经常吃快餐谈谈你的看法。注意：词数 100 左右。_6_One possible version：The abov
15、e pie chart shows the results of a survey on“How many times do you eat in a fastfood outlet in a week？” As we can see,44% of those questioned eat fast food once a week while 28% never.14% eat fast food twice a week and 8% three times a week.6% eat fast food every day.These figures are shocking becau
16、se so many people eat fast food regularly.As we all know，fast food is considered to be junk food.If we eat junk food too much，we cannot get enough nutrients that our bodies need，which is harmful to our health.So lets resist fast food and have a balanced diet.Eating well will make us healthy.话题佳句1The
17、 UK lies in the northwest of Europe and is seperated from the Europe Continent by English Channel.英国位于欧洲西北部，英吉利海峡把它与欧洲大陆分开。2There are a lot of attractions in the UK，whose beauty is really beyond description.英国有许多旅游胜地，其美景难以用语言描述。3Its capital city London is the largest and most international city of E
18、urope，and its transportation is very convenient.首都伦敦是欧洲最大和最具国际特色的城市，交通很便利。佳作背诵假定你是李华，计划暑假期间去英国学习英语，为期六周。下面的广告引起了你的注意，请给该校写封信，询问有关情况(箭头所指内容)。ENJOY A RELAXING STUDY BREAK INBEAUTIFUL LANCASTERLANGUAGE CENTRE AND COLLEGE OF ARTSUNIVERSITY OF LANCASTERlanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishArtsPoliticsSociologyHi
19、story7注意：1.词数 100 左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：住宿 accommodation佳作欣赏Dear Sir or Madam，Im Li Hua，a student from China.I _expect to go to Britain_ for an English course this summer.I have read your ad and would like to know more about the sixweek course._First，please tell me when the course will start so t
20、hat I can make preparations in advance_.Second，how many students are there in a class？I believe class size will matter most.Third，how many class hours do we have during a week？_I hope we can have free time to go sightseeing after class.Fourth，I wonder how much you charge us for the course.Finally，which type of accommodation do you offer，a host family or a school dormitory_?_Id appreciate your response as soon as possible_.Yours，Li Hua
