2013梅州高考5月份英语模拟试题及答案(8)

　　47．Mother Tongue： The English Language -- by Bill Bryson-- Bryson‘s book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language， one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson’s books， fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.

　　48．Into Thin Air--by John Krakauer--is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996， ”Outside“ magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders， by the end of the race eight people were dead.

　　49. Ready Made： How to Make （Almost） Everything--by Shoshena Berger and Grace Hawthorne--beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use， re-claim， re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags. 50．The Smartest Guys in the Room： The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron--by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind--As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonor and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business.

　　第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

　　第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

　　以下是微博*的基本信息及主要影响：

　　基本信息：

　　（1）微博：一种网上日记

　　（2）话题：从日常小事到全球重大事件

　　（3）内容：定期更新、公开，简短、140字以内

　　主要影响：

　　（1）正面：便于人们表达心声、交流想法

　　使信息的传播比以往更快更广

　　（2）负面：可能泄露隐私或其他重要的个人信息

　　误导性信息使公众无法辨清是非

　　参考词汇：微博microblog n. 误导性misleading adj. 隐私 privacy n.

　　【写作内容】

　　根据以上提示，写一篇英语短文介绍微博，包括以下内容：

　　1．微博的基本信息；

　　2. 微博的主要影响。

　　【写作要求】

　　只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

　　【评分标准】

　　句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

　　第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

　　阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

　　Gemma Spofforth has chosen to swim on to the 2012 Olympics after a troubled ten months.

　　The 23-year-old former Portsmouth Northsea swimmer first questioned her future around the time of last October’s Commonwealth Games.

　　More doubts followed when she failed to defeat her world 100 meters backstroke title in Shanghai last weekend when she had been suffering from the sickness.

　　Away from the pool， her father’s partner died in March， just three and a half years after Spofforth’s mother passed away.