上海市25中高考英语：写作综合练(一)

上海市25中高考英语：写作综合练（一）【1】假如你叫李华，你的美国网友Jim发来一封e­mail，向你了解我国传统节日端午节的情况，请你根据中文提示和图片利用本单元学过的词汇写一封图文并茂的电子文档发给他。

节日日期：中国农历五月初五节日由来：爱国诗人屈原——投江自尽——划船找他的尸体——往江中投粽子(以免鱼损伤他的躯体)。

节日活动：家人团聚，观看龙船比赛，吃粽子，纪念先人。

参考词汇：端午节The Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival；农历Lunar calendar；自杀commit suicide；汨罗江M iluo River[来][来【2】It’s easy to see how the sawfish got its name．These frightful creatures can grow to be more than 6 meters long．Their bodies are flat and winged，like underwater airplanes．And their noses are shaped like chainsaws．Sawfish are food hunters of the sea．When a sawfish is hungry，it waves its sharp­t oothed snout (口鼻部) through a group of fish．Then，it lifts its nose and uses its mouth to draw the injured victims．Hardy (适应力强的)population of sawfish thrived in warm waters along coastlin es around the world for thousands of years．Over the past 200 years，however，human actions have severely endangered sawfish．Threats include fishing nets that trap the huge animals，often by mistake．Some people collect sawfish’s snouts as prizes：One snout recently sold for nearly $ 1,600 online．In some Asian cultures，the toothy snouts are used in ceremonies todrive evil and disease away．And sawfish are also delicious．A growing demand in Asia for the fish’s fins for a pricey soup has contributed to the fish’s loves．Compared with other fish，sawfish give birth late in life and at slow rates，which makes it hard for them to recover from overfishing．New efforts now aim to restore sawfish population．Beginning next month，an international agreement will provide protection for all seven of the world’s sawfish species．Scientists are hoping that it’s not too late to save the sawfish．Until 1998，“this fish had never been formally studied in the United States，”says Tonya Wiley of the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota，Fla．“We didn’t know such basic things as where they live，what habitat they use，how often they breed，how many young they have—even what age sawfish are when they begin breeding．”Through historical studies and field research，scientists have become aware of how much the fish’s numb ers have decreased．Today，there may be 90 percent fewer sawfish than there used to be．Wiley estimates that only 3,000 to 6,000 sawfish remain in US waters．Sawfish【3】Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often．The word also has another meaning in English．It is used to describe something—usually something someone says—that is false or wrong or foolish．Baloney sausage comes from the name of the Italian city，Bologna．The city is famous for its sausage，a mixture of smoked，spiced meat from cows and pigs．But，boloney sausage does not taste the same as beef or pork alone．Some language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birth of the expression baloney．Baloney is an idea or statement that is nothing like the truth．．．inthe same way that baloney sausage tastes nothing like the meat that is used to make it．Baloney is a word often used by politicians to describe the ideas of their opponents．The expression has been used for years．Fifty years ago，a former governor of New York State，Alfred Smith，criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration．Smith said，“No matter how thin you slice is，it is still baloney．”A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloney．It even sounds almost the same．The word is blarney．It began in Ireland about 1600．The lord of Blarney castle，near Cork，agreed to surrender the castle to British troops．But he kept making excuses for postponing the surrender．And，he made them sound like very good excuses，“This is just more of the same blarney．”The Irish castle now is famous for its Blarney stone．Kissing the stone is thought to give a person special powers of speech．One who has kissed the Blarney stone，so the story goes，can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them，even when you know they are false．1．What’s the main idea of the text？(No more than 5 words)2．According to Americans，what does baloney refer to？(No more than 8 words) 3．What do you know about the lord of Blarney castle，near Cork？(No more than 6 words) 4．Why do people kiss the Blarney stone？(No more than 6 words)答案【1】【参考范文】Dear Jim，Thanks for your int erest in my country’s traditional festivals．And I’m delighted to introduce The Dragon Boat Festival to you．The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, is one of the most significant traditional Chinese festivals．It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month according to Chinese Lunar calendar．The festival is said to be in honour of Qu Yuan, a great poet as well as one who tried all his best to help his own country but failed and committed suicide by drowninghimself in Miluo River． The folks respected and loved him so much that they threw zongzi into the river to prevent fish from eating his body． Later it became a custom for people to eat zongzi and watch dragon boat races on that day．Now we ca n have a one­day holiday on this festival when all fa mily members can stay together and enjoy a big meal． As far as I am concerned, it is a chance for people not only to have a day to have fun, but also a day to recall the memories of our ancestors and to give thanks to the ones who have helped us． Although Qu Yuan was gone, his spirit will always live with us．Yours，Li Hua【2】1．Descriptions/Features/Characteristics 2．Shape/Appearance 3．Over 6­meter long 4．its sharp­toothed snout5．Factors/Reasons for/Causes of6．People’s fish­catching activities7．giving birth/breeding late 8．Present/Today’s situation 9．Aim/Goal/Purpose 10．Offering protection【3】1．The other meaning of baloney．2．It is something false or wrong or foolish．3．He was a clever man．4．To get special powers of speech．。