中考英语首字母填空议论文专题训练.docx

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中考英语首字母填空议论文专题训练

中考英语首字母填空议论文专题训练

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在通往“无现金社会”的道路上,纸币会消失吗？

Haveyouheardthenews?

Chinawillupdate（升级）the5theditionofitscurrency（货币

）

laterthisyear,accordingtothePeople’sBankofChina.ThenewversionsofChina’sbanknoteswillfeaturebrightercolorsandimprovedfeaturestoppeoplefrommakingfakemoney.

Chinawasthefirstcountryintheworldtousepapermoney.DuringtheNorthernSongDynasty（960-1279）,traderscupwithapaperreplacementfortheheavycopper（铜的）coins.Theseearlybanknoteswerecalledjiaozi.Afterbeingusedmoreoftenintrading,itwas

graduallyacceptedasafofpayment.

We’vecomealongwaysthefirstpaperbanknotewasprinted.Infact,it’squitepossiblethatyoumightnotevenhaveanypapermoneyinyourpocketrightnow.Why?

Because

youhaveWeChatWalletandAlipay.Isitpmoneyoneday?

thatwemightcompletelygetridofpaper

Somecountriesaremovingclosertothatpossibility.InSweden,forexample,cashtakesupjust1.3percentofthecountry’sGDP,asmostpeopleusebankcards,accordingtotheBankforInternationalSettlements.However,thecountry’sowngovernmenthaswarnedpeopletohangon

tosomeoftheircashincaseofacyber-attack（网络攻击）orwar.

Itisobviousthattherearebothadvantagesanddisadvantagestogoingcashless.Ononehand,

it’squitec,andthere’snoriskoflosingyourmoneyifyourwalletisstolenorlost.Ontheotherhand,thereisthepossibilitythathackers（黑客）couldbreakintoyourbankaccount.It’s

alsohardertocontrolyourspendingwhenyou’repayingwith“invisible（隐形的）”money.In

theend,it’spbesttokeepsomecashathome－justincase.

2.

Allovertheworld,andformanydifferentr,therearemillionsofpeoplewhonevereatmeat.Thesepeoplearecalledvegetarians.Topeoplewhoeatmeat,beingavegetarianmayseemlikeaverysthing.Buttheywon’teatmeatforseveraldifferentreasons.

First,vegetarianshaveabighealth

advantage.Oneofthemajorhealthproblemsinmworldistoomuchfood,especiallyintheformofanimalfats.Medicalstudysthatanimalfats,

includingbutter,quickenthedevelopmentofcholesterol（胆固醇）inthehumanbody.

Toomuchcholesterolseemstobepofthecauseofheartdisease.Mostvegetarianshavelowlevelofcholesterol.Toomuchanimalfatsalsoseemtoleadtocertainkindsofcancer,andvegetarianshavelessthesecancersthanpeoplewhoeatalotofmeat.Overall,studiescomparingthehealthofvegetariansandmeat-eatersshowthatthemeat-eatersaretaslikelytodieofheartdiseaseasvegetariansare.

Betterhealthisonereasonwhypeoplectobecomevegetarians.Anotherreasonisreligion（宗教）.Eatingofmeatisneverallowedinsomereligions.ThelargestoftheseistheHindureligion,whichhasabout600millionbelieversinthe

world.AnotallHindusarevegetarian,manyare,andtherearemanybelieversofotherreligions,suchasBuddhismandevensomeChristianreligionsthatalsodonoteatmeat.

Manyvegetariansdonoteatmeatsbecausetheydonotlikethetasteofit.Theyhavenoreligiousorotherreasons;theyjustdonotlikemeat.Anotherimportantreasonthatvegetariansgivefornoteatingmeatisthehealthadvantagesthatweregivenabove.Lastly,therearemanypeoplewhodonoteatmeatbecausetheyjustdonotliketheideaofkillinganimalsforfood.Theybelievethatlife,alllife,isvaluableandthatwedonothavetodlifetofeedourselveswhenthereareothergood

sourcesoffood.（348）

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HiMary,

ThankyouforwritingtomeandIwilltrytogiveyousomeideasaboutimprovingyourwrittenEnglish.Thebadnews,ofcourse,isthatthereisnoe92waytodothis.Ittakeswork.

ImprovingyourEnglish,likegettingbetteratanythingelse,meanslotsofpractice.IthinkyoualreadyknowenoughwordsandgrammarinEnglishtomakesentencesandtounderstandEnglish,andtheproblemyouhaveisastheproblemallChinesestudentshavewhentheylearnEnglish.YougotoEnglishclassacoupleoftimesaweekandther93ofthetimeyouspeakChinese.IfyoucometoCanada,yourEnglishwouldimproveveryq94becauseyouwoulduseitallday,everyday.It’sjustpractice.

ToimproveyourwritinginEnglish,youshoulddot95things.First,youshouldtrytoreadEnglishasmuchaspossible.Itdoesn’tmatterwhatyouread,sopicksomethingthatinterestsyou.ReadingEnglishwillshowyouhowEnglishwordsareusedtogether,howEnglishspeakersexpressthemselvesandsoon,soyoucanlearnalotfromthat.Thenyoushouldpracticewriting.Askyourteacherifyoucangetextraassignmentsandwritethingslikeshortstories.Yourteachercanshowyouwhereyoumakemistakesandhowtoc96them.YoucanalsowritemoreletterstoEnglishspeakersontheInternet（Iwillbehappytoexchangeletterswithyouifthatwillhelp）.Don’tworryifyoumakemistakesb97thatishowyoulearn.

Yousayyoucannotobeyyourplans.InEnglishwesay,“Planthework,worktheplan.”Youneedaplanandthenyouneedtofollowyourplantoimprove.

Ihopetheseideasareu98.Iwishyouluck,andifyouwanttowritetomeIwillbehappytotrytohelpyou.WecantalkaboutChina,aboutCanadaoranythingelseyoulike.

Bestwishes,BradFlankin

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Testscoresmakeyoueitherhappyorsadandyourparentspayhighattentiontoyourtestresults.Youspenddaysfillinginblanks,tryingtomakethebesta（92）toquestionafterquestion.Maybeyoutriedyourhardestormaybeyoun（93）tried!

Whatyouneedtorememberisthatatestisa

pictureofyourabilityfromjustoneday.Itconsistsofsomepiecesincludingyourhealth,yourpersonality,yourinterests,andyourmotivation.Youneedtolookatallthepiecestogetacleari

（94）ofyourprogress.Sowhetheryourscoresarehigherthanyouthought,orl（95）thanyouhadhoped,trynottothinkofthemaswhatyouwillbeatlast.Itprobablyc（96）youwhyyourscoreshavebecomethefocusofyourlife.Thepurposeofatestistocheckhowmuchyouhavelearnedaboutasubject.Itnotonlyhelpsmakeyournewlyacquiredknowledgeforever,butalsoenablesyoutofindoutwhatneedstospendmoretimeimproving.Ifyou’rep（97）withthe

results,encourageyourselftoworkforafurtheraim.Ifdisappointmenthasovercomeyou,askyourteacherandyourparentstohelpyousetareasonablegoalforimprovement.Mostexamsareabouttotestyourskillincertainsubjectareassuchasmath,languageandarts.Somecompareyourskillstootherstudents’skillsfromacrossthecountry,o（98）justtestwhetherornotyouhavemasteredaspecificskill.Thesescorescanbeverypuzzling…eventoadults.Youshouldspeaktobothyourteacherandyourparentstofindoutwhattheymeaninyoureducationaljourney.Itisimportanttotakeacorrectattitudetowardstestscores.

5.

“Keepcalmandcarryon”--Youcanseethismessagew

onmanyT-shirtsand

othertouristsouvenirs（纪念品）inLondonandtheUK.Ithasbecomesofamousthattherearemanyversionsofit:

“keepcalmandlearnEnglish”.Asyoucansee,youcansubstitute（替换）the‘Carryon’partforanythingyouwant,really!

Butwheredoestheoriginalphrasecomefrom?

Well,itcomesfromWorldWarII.ItwasamessageusedforapcreatedbytheBritishgovernmenttocpeopledownandencouragethemduringthewarwhenLondonwasbeingattacked.Theideawastocarryonwithlifeasnormal,asiftherewasnowar.

Stayingcalmwhenyou’reintroubleisknownasaveryBritishthingtodo.Britishpeoplearefamousforkeepinga“stiffupperlip”（泰然自若）.Thismyourlipsdon’tshakewhenyouareexcitedorfrightened;youstaycalmanddon’tshowpeoplehowyouarereallyfeeling.

AreBritishpeoplestilllikethistoday?

Dotheystillkeepa“stiffupperlip”?

ModernBritainisverydifferentfromhowitwas60yearsaandBritishpeoplepshowtheiremotions（情绪）morethantheyusedto.Butif“keepcalmandcarryon”isstillsofamoustoday,thenitmustbesomethingthatBritishpeoplestillthinkandcareabout,andsomethingtheyarestillfamousfor.Sonexttimeyouarefrightenedorind,justkeepclamandcarryon.

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Soifyou’retoobusy,maybeit’stimeyousloweddownandeamealwithafriend.Therehasbeenanewtrend（趋势）infoodrecently—gettingawayfromfastfoodandmovingtoward“slowfood”.

Foryears,thepaceoflifewasiformostpeople.Theyweretoobusytocook.Thetroubleincludingbuying,preparingandcleaningupafteramealwasbecomingmorebotherthanitwasworthclearly.Luckily,thereweresmartbpeoplewhotookthechancetoprovidea“fast”waytodealwiththeproblem.Almostovernight,youcoulddropbythesupermarketandbuycompletemealsinpackages.Allyouhadtodowastoheatitandyoucouldbeeatingadeliciousmealin5minutes.Justaddsalt.

Stilltooslow?

OK,justdriveyourcaruptothefast-foodrestaurant,orderyourmealandwithin2minutesitwillbehandedovertoyouwithsalt.

Theproblemish.Fastfoodhasmuchmoreoil,saltandemptycaloriesandfarlessvitaminsthanfoodfreshlypathome.Andso,sincepeoplehavealwayswantedtolivelongerandhealthier,asmallbutgrowingpopulationischoosingnotonlyfreshfood,butalso

organically（有机）grownfood—foodthathasn’tbeengrownwithchemicalfertilizers（化肥）.

Areasonforchangesineatinghabitsisundoubtedlysocial.Overthecenturies,mealtimeshavebeenusedtovisit,laughandlearn.Thatdoesn’tfwithtoday’slifestyleandmanypeoplearelookingforwaystoreturntothat.GoodbyeMcDonald’s.

Finally,there’ssomethinguniqueaboutplanningyourmeal,buyingjusttherightingredientsandseeingsomethingony