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Unit one★★★★ 说明文类 信 + 节日介绍中秋节  假如你是李华。你的美国笔友  即将随其父母来中国，并中国度过中秋节。他来信向你询问有关中秋节的习俗，请你告诉他有关中秋节的习俗。 要点： 1历史悠久。2 中国人独有的传统节日。 3 家庭团圆。4 共进晚餐。5 吃月饼。 6 赏月。 Dear Mike, I’m glad to know that you are coming to China with your parents and spend the Mid-Autumn Day here. The Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival with a long history which is celebrated only by Chinese people. It falls on August 15th of the Chinese lunar year, when people of a family get together and enjoy the dinner together. After that they eat moon cakes, which stands for the spirits of the festival-unity. Often if the weather permits, they will go out of the house to enjoy the bright moonlight, talking about something pleasant. It is one of the most important festivals for Chinese people. I wish you a pleasant journey and I’m sure you will like our traditional Mid-Autumn Day. Unit two★★★★ 建议类： 保持健康 提示： 1. 人人都想保持健康。2．饮食要健康：多吃水果、蔬菜，因为它们富含纤维素和维生素；少吃黄油、奶酪、咖啡和巧克力，因为它们含糖和脂肪太多，糖和脂肪使你迅速变胖。3．有良好的生活习惯：定期锻炼，充足的睡眠，不要过度劳累，不抽烟等等。 The Ways to Keep Healthy Everyone hopes to be in good health. But how? Here are some ways to keep healthy. First of all, you need a healthy diet. It is better to eat fresh fruit and vegetables because they have a lot of fibre and vitamins. Don’t eat the food which contains too much sugar and fat, like butter, cheese, coffee and chocolate. Fat and sugar make people put on weight easily. Second, good living habits are very important. You should do regular exercise to build up your body. Besides, enough rest is necessary for your health. You need 8 hours’ sleep a night and don’t work too hard. Smoking is a bad habit, so never smoke. In a word, healthy food and good living habits are good ways to keep healthy. Unit three▲ 假设你是李华，你的笔友Jack来邮件告诉你，他在学校感到很孤独。请你回邮件给他告诉他沟通很重要，并给他一些建议。 Dear Jack, Thank you for trusting me and sharing your problem with me. First of all, I think good communication skills are a must in modern society, so we have to learn to communicate with others and cooperate with others. Besides, we spend most of our time studying at school, so it is very important to develop a pleasant relationship with our teachers and classmates, which makes us feel good about ourselves. What’s more, I advise you to try to take an active part in classroom activities and talk to your classmates and teachers after class. And it is good for you to join your classmates in sports so that they can accept you as a friend. I hope my advice will be of use to you.      Yours, Li Hua Unit four★★★★观点对比类 ▲    最近，你班同学就“太空探索是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下提供的信息，用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况。 30%的同学认为： 70%的同学认为： 1. 不值得探索 2. 离我们及我们的日常生活太遥远 3. 浪费金钱。这些金钱本可用来解决地球上的饥饿、污染等问题 1. 值得探索 2. 已使用卫星进行通讯传播、天气预报 3. 有望解决地球人口问题、地球能源短缺问题     Unit four Recently, students in our class have had a discussion on whether space is worth exploring. The results are as following: 30% of us think space exploration is not worthwhile. They think space is too far away from us and our daily life. And the money spent on space exploration can be used to solve the earth’s problems such as starvation and pollution. On the other hand, 70% think space is worth exploring because we have benefited a lot from it, such as using satellites for communication and weather forecast. What’s more, with further space research, we may solve the population problem by moving to other planets one day. Also, space research will enable us to find new sources to solve the problem of energy shortages on the earth. Unit five ▲  请根据下表所给数据，以“How People Spent Their Holidays”为题，为某英文报社写一篇100词左右的短文，说说近年来人们休假方式的变化。 Changes in the ways people spent their holidays   2001 2008 Travelling abroad 13% 26% Going to seaside 33% 34% Camping 34% 36% Staying at home 20% 4%       The way people spent their holidays has changed a great deal in the past few years. In 2001, 20% of the people spent their holiday at home, but in 2008 the number came down to 4%. It seemed that people has more choice than before. Besides, the number of the people who went to the seaside and went camping remained nearly the same. It is the true nature that attracts people and they want to enjoy the real world around them. A great number of people spent their holidays travelling abroad. Comparing with the 13% in 2001, we can see the rate in 2008 was doubled. It shows that people are richer than before and can afford the journey to foreign countries. 继续阅读