为了推进素质教育，你校决定自本学期起：

1．实行五天上课制，作息时间为上午8:30至下午4:3O;

2．每天的家庭作业量严格控制在一个半小时以内。

这一决定在学生、教师和家长中引起了较大的反响。假设你是该校一名学生，请给《中国日报》写一篇有关这场争论的报道。短文应包括下表中的内容。

要求：1．对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥。

      2．词数1 20左右。短文中已写好的部分，不计入词数。

3．参考词汇：身心健康physically and mentally healthy  

    In order to push ahead with quality-oriented education，our．school has made the following decision：

    （1）School hours run Monday through Friday，from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm．

    （2）Homework is limited to one and a half hours．

This decision，which comes into force this term，has caused a heated argument.

_______________________________________________________________      _____

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请认真阅读下面对话，并根据备题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡右栏中标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

J=Jackie    R=Ron

R：How was the driving test，Jackie?

J：Terrible．

R：Terrible? How（1）c________?    1．________

J：Well，Ron，the regular examiner was off sick，and I had this new guy Pete，and he made me（2）n________    2．________

R：He did?

J：Yeah．He kept giving me instructions in this loud voice．

R：So what（3）h________?       3．________

J：Well，first of all，as I was backing out of the parking lot，I（4）h ________a tree．                           4．________

R：Really?

J: Yes，I just didn’t see it．Then I scraped（刮，擦）the side of the car oil a garbage can．That made me so nervous and upset that I turned the（5）w _______way down a one-way street．                 5．________

R: oh，no! Was anything coming．the（6）o _________way?     6．________

J：No，luckily there．Wasn’t．But I almost ran over an old Woman（7）c ________the street. And then，when I got to the end                       7．________

of the street，a（8）p ________officer was waiting for me and   8．________

I got a ticket．

R：That’s too bad! I’m sure you（9）m ________be the first person 9.________

    who got a ticket before they，even got their license

J：That’s（10）w ___________the instructor said．    10.________

Martha had been working for Miller Laboratories for two years，but she was not happy there．Nothing important had happened in the way of promotions（升职）or salary increases．Martha felt that her supervisor（上司），a younger and less experienced person than，she，did not like her．In fact，the supervisor often said unpleasant things to her．

      One day，while talking with her friend Maria，she mentioned how discouraged she was．Maria gave her the name of a cousin of hers who was director of Human Resources Department for a large chemical company．Martha called him the next day and set up an interview during her lunch break．

      During the interview，Mr. Petri said，“You’re just the kind of person we need here．You’ve being wasted in your other job．Give me a call in a day or two．I’m sure we can find a place for you in our organization．”Martha was so happy she almost danced out of the building．

That afternoon，Ruth Kenny，her supervisor，saw that Martha had come in ten minutes late from her lunch break and she said，“Oh，so you finally decided to come back to work today?”

  This was the last straw．She could not stand it any longer．Besides，Mr.Petri was right：she was being wasted this job．

     “Look，”she said angrily，“if you don’t like the way I work，I don’t need to stay here．I’ll go where I’m appreciated! Goodbye!” She took up her things and stormed out of the office．

     That night she called Maria and told her what had happened and then asked Maria，“What do you，think?”

    “Well，”said Maria carefully，“are you sure about the other job?”

    “Well，not exactly，but...”

     Maria continued，“Will you be able to get a recommendation（推荐信）from Ms．Kenny if you need one?”

    “A recommendation... from Ms.Kenny?” Martha paused for a moment，in a worried tone．

    “Martha，I hope you didn’t burn your bridges，”Maria said．“I think I would have dealt with it differently．”

1．Martha is unhappy in her job because__________．

A．She is not given a rise

B．the work is not important．

D．her supervisor is younger than she

D．there is too much work with little payment

2．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．At Ms，Kenny’s words，Martha lost her temper．

B．Mr．Petri felt Martha was not valued in her present job．

C．Martha’s interview with the director was during her lunch break．

D．Martha got the name of the director through her cousin．

3．In this passage，the underlined phrase。“the last straw，”probably means__________．

A．the last opportunity

B．the straw that saves Martha’s life

C．the last reminder

D．the final unpleasant thing 

4．What does Maria think of Martha’s decision?

A．Martha has dealt with the matter properly．

B．Martha shouldn’t have set the bridge on fire．

C．Martha shouldn’t have left without making sure of a new job．

D．Martha shouldn’t have taken Mr．Petri so seriously

You are about to say something to your younger brother when he gestures that he’s got a phone message．

    “But I didn’t hear the ring，”you say．

    “Because you are too old，”your brother answers．

     Don’t get mad．He’s just telling you the truth．

     Teenagers in Britain and the US have a weapon against the older generation，especially parents and teachers．It’s a ring tone that many adults cannot hear．

     According to a recent report from the New York Times，in some Manhattan schools，students have begun using the technology．Cellphone use is usually forbidden in class．But using the high-pitched （频率） ring tone，students can successfully exchange phone messages without being found by their teachers．

      The technology relies on the fact that most adults gradually lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds, It was developed in Britain but has recently spread to America by the Internet.

      However，the technology was originally aimed at annoying teenagers，not the other way around.

     Called the Mosquito，it was marketed last year by a Welsh security company．It is an ear-splitting 17-kilohertz buzzer （蜂鸣器） designed to help shopkeepers get rid of young people hanging around in front of their stores．Humans can hear sounds taking place in a frequency range between 200 and 20,000 hertz，as the research shows．But our hearing gradually becomes worse when we grow up．

1．Students in some Manhattan schools have begun using the technology，so they can_________．

A．talk in class without being heard by their teachers

B．use cellphones to send messages in class

C．hear better in class than their teachers

D．improve their hearing ability

2．The underlined phrase “the other way around” implies the ________.

A．adults are annoyed now

B．teenagers are annoyed now

C．adults are not annoyed now

D．both adults and teenagers are annoyed now

3．According to this passage，what will happen to a person when he is over twenty?

A．He can hear sounds with frequencies between 200 and 20,000 hertz．

B．He can hear sounds with a frequency of 17-kilohertz．

C．He cannot hear sounds with frequencies between 200 and 20,000 hertz．

D．He cannot hear sounds with a frequency of 17-kilohertz．

4．It can be concluded from the passage that _________.

A．older people hear no better than teenagers

B．older people had better not use cellphones

C．teenagers hear better than old people 

D．teenagers had better not use cellphones

When you are little，it’s not hard to believe you can change the world．I remember my enthusiasm when，at the age of 12，I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit．“I am only a child，” I told them．“Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers，what a wonderful place this world would be．At school you teach us not to fight with others，to work things out，to respect others，to clean up our mess，not to hurt other creatures，to share，not to be greedy．Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do．You grown-ups say you love us，but I challenge you，please，to make our actions reflect your words．”

    I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation．Some of the people even cried．I thought that maybe I had reached some of them，that my speech might actually spur（刺激） action．Now，ten years from Rio，after I’ve sat through many more conferences，I’m not sure what has been achieved．My confidence in the people in power and in he power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken．

When I was little，the world was simple．But as a young adult，I’m learning that as we have to make choices-education，career，lifestyle-life gets more and more complicated（复杂）．We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful．We are taught that economic growth is progress，but we aren’t taught how to seek a happy，healthy way of living．And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was idealistic and naive（天真）．

    Today I’m no longer a child，but I’m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in．I know change is possible，because I am changing，still figuring out what I think．I am still deciding how to live my life．The challenges are great，but if we accept individual responsibility and make choices，we will rise to the challenges，and we will become part of the positive tide of the change．I hope this goal will be met through our common efforts．

    Thank you all．

1．The purpose of what the writer said at the age of 12 was to ________．

A．end poverty and make school beautiful

B．find environmental answers and show off

C．call on people to solve the problems about poverty and environment

D．find a wonderful place and clean it up

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

A．A long period of laughing．

B．A warm welcome．

C．An expression used for greeting．

D．People clapped their hands for a long time．

3．The writer is now probably _________.

A．in his teens        B．in his twenties     

C．in his thirties      D．in his forties

4．Judging from the style of the passage，we can conclude that it may be taken from________.

A．a novel      B．a report     C．a speech     D．a composition