2010年1月12日下午，海地发生强烈地震，大约20万人失去了生命，其首都及周边地区受灾严重，美丽的城市顷刻被毁……，国际社会纷纷提供援助。为此，高三（5）班在第二天召开班会，号召捐款。假如你是高三（5）班的一名学生，请根据下面提示写一篇约120词的日记：

1．地震发生的时间、地点及造成的危害；

       2．班级的捐款活动；

       3．自己的想法。

参考词汇：海地：Haiti

Jan．13, 2010    Wednesday                                        Fine

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阅读下面的短文，并根据要求回答问题。

[1] Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer．But there is one question that has millions of current answers．That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct．Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?

[2] People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents．Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used．Some parents ______________________．A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.

[3] Some people give their children names that mean good things．Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.

[4] The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names．A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near a brook（小溪）；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road．The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.

[5] Other early surnames came from people’s occupations．The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals．In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village．Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter —a person who made pots and pans.

[6] The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village．The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.

[7] Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities．When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray．Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman．John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.

[8] Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name．English-speaking people added –s or –son．The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert．Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O．Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell.

1．What is the best title of the passage?  （Within 10 words）

2．Please fill in the blank in the 2nd paragraph with proper words to complete the sentence．

    （Within 10 words.）

3．According to the passage, what job did the ancestors of the Potter family most probably do?

4．List three aspects that the surnames cover in the passage．

    1）                        2）                        3）                 

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the 7^th paragraph into Chinese.

1）The simplest thing is for him to____________ （辞职）at once．

2）He s__________ her hand and shook it heartily．

3）Supermarket is a big store in which you can p__________ all the meat, vegetables and other items usually used in the kitchen．

4）I want to swim but it seems that most swimming pools are a____________ only in summer.

5）The light above the elevator i__________ that the elevator was then at the fifteenth floor.

6）The war i_____________ the trade between the two countries

7）We have cut our ____________ （预算）this month

8）Reading _____________（占用）most of my free time

9）They have planned a tight ______________（时间表）of travel.

10）The new Congress d___________ a state of war with Germany.

Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours．This kind of loneliness is not serious．In fact, it is quite normal．For some people, though, loneliness can last for years．Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.

The first kind of loneliness is temporary．This is the most common type．It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention．The second kind, situation－for example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place．Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.

The third kind of loneliness is the most severe．Unlike the second type, chronic （the opposite of “temporary”）usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause．People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others．Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.

Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts, for example, friends, family members, co-workers, etc．we depend on various people for different reasons．For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities．However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more．They question their popularity.

Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons: they are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness such as heart disease, while temporary and situational loneliness can be a sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.

1．According to the passage, how should we treat temporary loneliness?

       A．Talk to friends.                                    B．Just ignore it.

       C．Go to see a doctor.                              D．Ask your teachers for guidance.

2．Why do psychologists want to help chronically lonely people?

       A．Chronic loneliness can cause family problems.

       B．Chronic loneliness can cause serious illness

       C．Chronic loneliness can not be overcome.

       D．Chronic loneliness is difficult to cure.

3．What is the best title for the passage?

       A．Three kinds of loneliness                      B．Loneliness and disease

       C．Loneliness and social contacts               D．Chronic loneliness

My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper．I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something．In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"

    "You bet," I cried quickly catching the joke．Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools．You had to be entered at birth, if not before．Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father．He disliked any form of showing off．He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100．

    This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped．Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

    It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them．I remember my eyes stinging（刺痛）and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings．There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

"Oh, he doesn't want to go away," said my mother, "You shouldn't go on like this.”

“It's up to him," said my father．" He can make up his own mind."

1．His father sold his Roils-Royce because ________.

       A．it made him feel uneasy                        B．it was too old to work well

       C．it was too expensive to possess             D．it was too cheap

2．The writer's father enjoyed being different as long as ________.

       A．it drew attention to him                        B．it didn't bring him in arguments

       C．it was understood as a joke                   D．there was no danger of his showing off

3．What was the writer's reaction to the idea of going to Eton?

       A．He was very unhappy．                  B．He didn't believe it.

       C．He was delighted．                     D．He had mixed feelings.

4．We can know from the passage that ________.

       A．children who can go to Eton are very famous

       B．children can go to Eton if they will

       C．it is very difficult for a child to get admitted by Eton

       D．children don't have the right to decide whether they will go to Eton