Part IV Writing (45 marks)

Section A (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer．

With more than 12,500 plastic bottles being discarded (丢弃) every eight seconds, environmentalists are trying to come up with new innovative uses for this artificial (man-made) waste that is rapidly filling our landfills (垃圾填埋地) and harming our marine life.

Now, some developing nations are finding a new use for discarded bottles --- building much-needed schools. A Central American organization called Pura Vida was the first to come up with this innovative idea. Instead of using building bricks, they filled plastic bottles with rubbish and built walls by piling them up between steel wires. The resulting structure was not only eco-friendly and cheap, but also as strong as a structure built using normal materials.

The project, which cost only US$ 5,181, was so successful that it had led to the establishment of a non-profit organization, Bottle Schools, which, with the support of San Diego-based Hug It Forward, has built five additional schools in Guatemala and has two more in the works.

Taking the hint from Bottle Schools is the My Shelter Foundation, which, under the leadership of Lilac Diaz, has started similar projects in Asia. Built on land donated by the government, the San Pablo, a Philippine school, was also built by volunteers and with “donations” of plastic bottles by the locals. However, unlike the other bottle schools, these bottles are filled with liquefied adobe(液化土坯)，which is three times stronger than concrete, and they are reinforced with steel bars. The school is also a lot more stylish than the previous ones, thanks to the different colors of the bottles and the open-air design. The best part is that this is just one of many such schools that will be built throughout the country. This kind of structure would be a great idea for developing countries around the world. And because it is good for the environment, perhaps it would also be a good way to celebrate Earth Day.

Title Plastic Bottle Schools

71. _____________ The discarded bottles are filling landfills and are also harmful to 72. _________ .

Solution: use 73.__________ to build schools  74. ________by Pura Vida, the idea is to build schools with bottles 75._________, making them into walls using steel wires.

 They are cheap, strong and good for the 76. ___________.

 Inspired by the idea, a 77. ___________, Bottle Schools, was set up.

 Many bottle schools have already been completed.

Bottle schools in 78._________  The San Pablo, a Philippines school, was built by 79. _________ out of bottles filled with liquefied adobe on land donated by the local government.

 More bottle schools will be built all over the world.

Inspirational conclusion Other countries in need of schools may follow this environmentally 80. ___________idea.

Keys:

71. Present situation / Introduction 72. our marine life 73. discarded bottles

74. Started 75. filled with rubbish 76. environment 77. non-profit organization 78. Asia 79. volunteers 80. friendly

Section B (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage.Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit.

What is Christmas all about? Has it ever crossed your mind? Are we teaching our children the true meaning of Christmas? Do they know that a single gift of kindness can touch an endless number of hearts forever?

We met a little girl seven years ago during one of my daughter’s occasional hospital stays. Her name was Beth and she was my daughter’s roommate for a week. My daughter had an incurable kidney disease. Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up, however sick her treatment made her. She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children with cancer.

My daughter’s hospital treatment was completed in a week and we were waiting for her final discharge orders when Beth appeared. She said “I want you to have this. I know you need a new kidney, so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile. My friend, John, gave it to me to watch over me. When you get your new kidney and smile, you can give this angel to someone that needs her, too”. My daughter thanked her and the girls exchanged hugs and big smiles. Later that year, Beth passed away.

We kept that angel for six more years. My daughter had gone beyond what medical journals had studied and expected from her disease. Finally, a kidney became available and she received a transplant.

Now she felt it was time to give it to someone who needed to be watched over until he or she could smile again. She gave it to an elderly man trying to recover from a heart problem.

How many families and hearts this angel has touched, no one knows for sure. But all that it took was a single gift of kindness. So in this Christmas season, create a tradition with your children or maybe someone you love. Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart. After all, isn’t that Christmas is all about?

81.Why did Beth give an angel pin to the author’s daughter? (No more than 8 words )(2 marks)

82. How does a single gift of kindness affect people? (No more than 6 words ) (2 marks)

83. What did the girl impress the author with? (No more than 8 words )(3 marks)

84. How do you understand “the true meaning of Christmas” in the passage? (No more than 8 words )(3 marks)

Keys

81. She wanted to cheer her up. / She wanted to make her happy.

82. It moves / touches many people.

83.Great courage, / bravery, optimism and kindness /goodness.

84. We should pass our kindness / love /goodness on.

Being kind to others is the best Christmas gift.

Helping others is the best Christmas gift.

Section C (5 marks)

Direction: Translate the follwing sentences into Chinese or English.

85. Desertification, the name of what happens when land that can be used to grow crops turns into desert, is a growing world problem. The United Nations and its member countries are working hard to fight desertification.

86. 无可争辩人类的活动加速了沙漠化的进程。China has taken many measures to stop it, including encouraging farmers to build fences and providing money for people in dry areas to plant more trees and bushes. At the moment, China is planting a Green Wall of plants and bushes in the north-east part and also spending money trying to find and drill for underground water.

A special center was set up in 1996 to do research into the problem of desertification. There exist over 300 scientists 87.致力于寻找阻止沙漠化的措施。However, scientific research is not the only way to help. There are also things that can be done at a national or international level, 88. such as sharing information between countries and using satellites to pick out areas likely to be affected by desertification.

89. Having made her great efforts to protect the environment , China deserves much credit for it.

Key:

85. 沙漠化是指能用来种植庄稼的土地变成了沙漠这一过程，这是一个日益严重的全球性问题。

86. There is no debating that human activities speed up the process of desertification.

87. devoted to finding measures that will stop desertification.

88. 例如国与国之间的信息共享，以及使用卫星来分辨出有可能受沙漠化影响的地区。

89. 因为中国已经在保护环境方面做出了很大的努力，所以值得大力赞扬。

Section D (20 marks)

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

我国正提倡建设“节约型社会”，下图为我校上两个学期用水、用电、用纸的情况。请对其进行简要分析，以“How to build an economized society”为题，写一篇作文，谈谈自己的看法。

用电费用 用水费用 用纸费用

第一学期 115万元 55万元 18万元

第二学期 119万元 59万元 21万元

文章须包括以下要点：

1. 节电：及时关灯、电脑等用电设备。

2. 节水：随手关水龙头，废水利用。

3. 节纸：纸张再利用。

4. 补充：自己日常生活所为所感。

注意：文章不少于120字，短文标题已给出，不计入总字数。

How to build an economized society

_________________________________________________________________________ _____________

One possible version

Our government is aiming to build an economized society. It is everybody’s duty to work hard to achieve the goal including us students.

Recently the statistics in the report of our school in two school terms suggested that the expense of electricity, water and paper are surprisingly large and growing rapidly, which draws our attention.

As a common member of society, we must keep the following points in our minds. Firstly, make sure that the lights and all the other electric facilities are turned off when we finish our work and leave the room. Secondly, try to form the habit of turning off the tap after it is used and the waste water can be reused for more purposes before being poured into the sewers. Thirdly, save paper as much as possible in our daily life. Try to use both sides of paper. Fourthly, we can ride bikes to school every day and there is no need for parents to drive us to school. Fifthly, don’t use things like paper cups and disposable (not reusable) chopsticks because they are made of wood.

In a word, if we pay much attention to our everyday behaviour and take actions to reduce waste, we can make contributions to an economized society.

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