2014届高考英语一轮复习方案（新课标·广东省专用）：阶段评估检测 （5）（附详细解析） Word版含答案（ 2013高考）

2014届英语一轮复习（新课标·广东省专用）：阶段评估检测 （5）（附详细解析） Word版含答案（ 2013高考） 阶段评估检测(五) ?.语言知识应用(共两节,满分45分) 第一节 完形填空(共15小题,每小题2分～满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1,15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出 最佳选项。 An old man lay in a hospital bed, heavily sedated (给„„服镇静剂) to ease the pain from his heart attack. The nurse arrived and said, “Your son is here，” reporting the words several times before the __1__ conscious man opened his eyes. His son was a __2__ who had come back from service to __3__ to his beloved father. The elderly man __4__ out to touch his son's hand and squeezed it gently. All through the night, the young soldier sat in the dimly lit ward offering words of __5__ to his dying dad, who said nothing, but kept a feeble grip of his child. __6__ of the noise of the oxygen tank and the moans of the other patients, the marine remained __7__ by the old man's side. Several times in the course of that long night, the nurse returned and __8__ that the marine leave to rest for a while. But each time he would refuse. As dawn approached the elderly man __9__. His loving son rested the old man's __10__ hand on the bed and left to find the nurse. The young man waited while the nurse carried his father's body away and when she returned, offering words of __11__， the Marine interrupted her. “Who was that man,” he asked. __12__， the nurse replied, “He was your father.” “No, he wasn't，” the young man said, “I've never seen him before in my life.” “Then why didn't you say something,” “When I arrived the __13__， I knew right away there had been a mistake，” the young man explained. “But I also knew that man needed his son, and he wasn't here. I could tell he was too __14__ to know who sat beside him but he needed someone there, so I just decided to __15__(” 1(A.simply B(actually C(barely D(totally 2(A.director B(marine C(policeman D(businessman 3(A.talk B(stick C(tend D(adjust 4(A.reached B(moved C(helped D(picked 5(A.respect B(encouragement C(truth D(wisdom 6(A.Unaware B(Afraid C(Free D(Sick 7(A.calm B(still C(seriously D(loyally 8(A.explained B(suggested C(ordered D(stopped 9(A.awoke B(screamed C(died D(fainted 10(A.active B(lifeless C(alive D(useful 11(A.inspiration B(love C(admiration D(sympathy 12(A.Surprised B(Curious C(Upset D(Annoyed 13(A.home B(office C(ward D(airport 14(A.sick B(anxious C(careless D(disappointed 15(A.live B(leave C(remain D(stay 第二节 语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分～满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照结构的语法性和上下文连贯的，在空格处填入一个适当的 词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 Before the 1850's, the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them 16.________ (date) from colonial(殖民的) days. They were small church connected institutions 17.________ primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students. Between mid?century and the end of the 1800's, more than nine thousand young Americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went to Germany 18.________ advanced study.19.________ of them return to become presidents of venerable colleges—Harvard, Yale, Columbia — and transform them into modern universities. The 20.________ presidents broke all ties with the churches and 21.________ (bring) in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was 22.________ a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it 23.________( At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in 24.________ and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old，constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric，and music. Students were also trained as 25.________(economic)，architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers. ?.阅读(共两节～满分50分) 第一节 阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分～满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Study after study shows that regular moderate walking can help you lose weight and reduce your risk of heart disease. In a study, Japanese researchers tested obese men before and after they joined a one-year modest walking plan. All they did was up the number of steps they took during their daily activities, such as walking from the car to the grocery store. The result: Their blood pressure and cholesterol levels improved and the amount of body fat around their abdomen(腹部)—the dangerous kind of fat that leads to higher rates of heart disease—greatly decreased. That's good news, because walking has now become the most popular fitness activity in the United States. Convenient, simple, and gentle on the joints, walking is perhaps the easiest form of exercise to maintain. According to surveys, four out of five women who start a walking program continue to walk, while half of women who attempt other types of aerobic exercise, such as swimming, drop_out during the first few months. Here are some ways to put more walking into your life. 1(Learn the basics. Before you take your next step outdoors, you need to know how much walking to do, and how often. 2(Pick a charity—it could be breast cancer, the American Red Cross, the United Way—and pledge to contribute $1 for every mile you walk. You'll take pride in the fact that you are walking for something beyond yourself. 3(Walk with a friend. If she's expecting you, you're more likely to get out of bed on cold winter mornings or skip the cafeteria for a lunchtime walk. 4(Walk for entertainment one day a week. Instead of walking around your neighborhood, walk through the zoo, an art museum, or a shopping mall. 26(Which of the following is NOT the character of walking? A(Convenient. B(Difficult. C(Gentle. D(Simple. 27(The underlined phrase “drop out” probably means ________( A(quit B(take part in C(go in for D(fall behind 28(Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A(Many women choose walking for exercise because it is cheap. B(You should walk as much as possible for health. C(Walking with a friend can make you forget hunger. D(Walking for a charity can make you continue to walk. 29(How many women stop walking after they start the walking program? A(1/5. B(2/5. C(1/2. D(4/5. 30(What's the main idea of the passage? A(Walking can make you healthy. B(Walking can make you wealthy. C(The ways to continue walking in daily life. D(You can make friends through walking. B New York visit would be the most favorite experience of your life. If the greatest day in your life is just_around_the_corner and you still can not decide where to go for your honeymoon，then you needn't think anymore. New York is just the place for you and your partner to spend some of the greatest days of your life. Whether it is the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty，you can do a lot to keep yourself suitably yet interestingly engaged during your honeymoon in New York. When on your honeymoon the best way to while away your time is by shopping. The city of New York is a famous shopping destination and any time of the day you can walk into mega stores like Macys, Dillard's and Bloomingdales. Going to the famous museums or even to the Broadway can be a good idea if both of you take a keen interest in new things. If a romantic getaway is what you prefer then take your partner to the Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden that can be the perfect romantic place to get away from the crowd. A quiet dinner can also be the best idea for you and your partner to take time off only for yourselves. New York City has some of the best restaurants in the world serving great food and in some cases great music，too，comes along with it. There are some restaurants like Chumley's，Manhattan Diner and Doyers Vietnamese Restaurant that are not well known but offer great platters. Most importantly when you go to New York make sure to put at one of the best hotels there. You can choose from a number of great hotels that include The Ritz Carlton and The Waldorf Astoria. Most of these hotels have a splendid private restroom and a customized(订制的) tea bar. Night-life in New York is the best in the world with several discotheques opening their doors to the public. Honeymooning couples will especially find it romantic to be able to enjoy their togetherness in the trendy confines of a bar and restroom or even at a happening night club. 31(The underlined part “just around the corner” in the first paragraph might be explained by ________( A(happening B(coming C(bursting D(ending 32(According to the passage，New York is a best place for those who are getting married to________( A(get ready for their holidays B(hold wedding anniversary C(spend honeymoon D(enjoy their life 33(If you want to look for a quiet and romantic place to rest，________ is the best choice for you. A(Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden B(Doyers Vietnamese Restaurant C(Broadway or some museums D(mega stores like Macys 34(The passage is mainly written for those who ________( A(like to take travel to New York B(will be married near the future C(enjoy spending honeymoon D(have no idea where to go for honeymoon 35(What cannot be offered by the New York City? A(Enormous buildings and monuments. B(Huge stores. C(Historical relics. D(Doyers Vietnamese Restaurant. C The supposed “consensus” on man?made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years. The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age as serious as the 70?year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th century. Based on readings from more than 30，000 measuring stations, the date was issued last week by the Met Office (气象部). It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997. Meanwhile, leading climate scientists yesterday told The Mail on Sunday that, after giving off unusually high levels of energy throughout the 20th century, the sun is now heading towards a “grand minimum” in its output, threatening cold summers, bitter winters and a shortening of the season available for growing food. Solar output goes through 11?year cycles, with high numbers of sunspots (黑子) seen at their peak. We are now at what should be the peak of what scientists call “Cycle 24”—which is why last week's solar storm resulted in sightings of the Aurora Borealis (北极光) further south than usual. But sunspot numbers are running at less than half those seen during cycle peaks in the 20th century. Analysis by experts at NASA and the University of Arizona—obtained from magnetic?field measurements 120，000 miles beneath the sun's surface—suggests that “Cycle 25”， whose peak is due in 2022, will be a great deal weaker still. According to a paper issued last week by the Met Office, there is a 92 percent chance that both “Cycle 25” and those taking place in the following decades will be as weak as, or weaker than, the “Dalton minimum” of 1790 to 1830. In this period, named after the meteorologist (气象学者) Joh Dalton, average temperatures in parts of Europe fell by 2?. However, it is also possible that the new solar energy decline could be as deep as the “Maunder minimum” (named after astronomer Edward Maunder), between 1645 and 1715 in the coldest part of the “Little Ice Age” when, as well as the Thames frost fairs, the canals of Holland froze solid. 36(The new temperature data was produced from ________( A(the Met Office B(readings from measuring stations C(the analysis by experts at NASA and the University of Arizona D(the records about “Dalton minimum” and “Maunder minimum” 37(In the future, the energy the sun gives off will ________( A(go back to normal B(drop seriously C(continue to rise D(keep steady 38(What may result from the change of solar output? a(Summer becomes even hotter. b(Winter becomes even colder. c(People lack food to eat. d(Average temperature decreases. A(a, b, c B(a, b, d C(b, c, d D(a, c, d 39(Which year might have the highest average temperature according to the passage? A(The year 1698. B(The year 1813. C(The year 1997. D(The year 2022. 40(The author writes the passage to ________( A(appeal to people to study meteorology B(introduce a study on global temperature C(call for further confirmation of the study D(tell people to produce more carbon dioxide D Bringing up children is hard work, and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of your children. If so，Judith Rich Harris has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important long-term effect on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and neighborhood. Ms Harris takes to hitting the assumption, which has dominated (支配) developmental psychology for almost half a century. Ms Harris's attack on the developmentalists' “nature” argument looks likely to reinforce(加强) doubts that the profession was already having. If parents matter，why is it that two adopted children， brought up in the same home，are no more similar in personality than two adopted children brought up in separate homes,Or that a pair of identical twins，brought up in the same home，are no more alike than a pair of identical twins brought up in different homes? Difficult as it is to track the precise effects of parental upbringing，it may be harder to measure the exact influence of the peer (同龄人) group in childhood and adolescence. Ms Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak. But acquiring a language is surely a skill，rather than a characteristic of the sort developmental psychologists hunt for. Certainly it is different from growing up tense or relaxed，or from learning to be honest or hardworking or generous. Easy though it may be to prove that parents have little influence on those qualities，it will be hard to prove that peers have vastly more. Moreover，mum and dad surely cannot be ditched completely. Young adults may，as Ms Harris argues，be keen to appear like their peers. But even in those early years，parents have the power to open doors:they may initially choose the peers with whom their young associate，and pick that influential neighborhood. Moreover，most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age，and that people's child bearing habits may be formed partly by what their parents did. So the balance of influences is probably complicated，as most parents already suspected without being able to demonstrate it scientifically. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection，discipline and good example，parents are not completely off the hook. 41(According to Ms Harris, ________( A(parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children B(children's personality is shaped mostly by their friends and neighbors C(nature rather than upbringing has a significant effect on children's personality development D(parents will greatly affect the children's life in the long run 42(The word “ditched”(Line 1，Paragraph 4)could best be replaced by________( A(proved B(emphasized C(compared D(ignored 43(The developmental psychologists think________( A(children are more influenced by their peers B(identical twins raised in the same home are different in personality C(twins raised in two separate families are different in personality D(upbringing has a less significant effect on children's personality development 44(According to Paragraph 3，we know that________( A(it is easier for children to gain a language at home B(it is harder to follow the effects of parental upbringing C(immigrant children avoid speaking the same way as their parents at school D(it is proved that peers have a greater effect on children's qualities 45(What does the author mean by saying “parents are not completely off the hook” at the end of the passage? A(Parents should control the situation. B(Parents should give their way to children. C(Parents should spend more time on children. D(Parents should take on their responsibility. 第二节 信息匹配(共5小题,每小题2分～满分10分) 阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。 A(Section One: Do-It-Yourself Section—On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how do everything from building a computer to constructing your own home. B(Section Two: Sports & Leisure Section—Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favorite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here. C(Section Three: Humor Section—A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days. D(Section Four: Business & Finance—Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce. E(Section Five: Biography—Find out about the lives of your favorite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives. F(Section Six: Education—Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section. 阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架: 46(The Delighted Eye—by Prof. John Nash—The 1994 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America's most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness. 47(Mother Tongue: The English Language—by Bill Bryson—Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language, one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces. 48(Into Thin Air—by John Krakauer—is a riveting first?hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead. 49(Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything—by Shoshena Berger and Grace Hawthorne—beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is reuse, reclaim, recycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags. 50(The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron—by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind—as the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonor and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business. ?.写作(共两节～满分40分) 第一节 基础写作(共1小题～满分15分) 最近，你班举行了一次以“What will the future be like,”为主题的专题讨论会，请你写 一篇短文来反映讨论结果。 [写作内容] 有人说 未来科学更发达，交通更方便，人的寿命更长，生活水平更高。 有人说 未来自然资源更少，耕地锐减，环境污染更严重，交通事故更多。 你的看法 应着重保护自然资源，减少环境污染。 [写作要求] 1(只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容; 2(将5个句子组织成连贯的短文; 3(可适当增加情节，使表达连贯。 [评分] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 读写任务(共1小题～满分25分) 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 Most people dream of what they will achieve. A dream encourages one to advance towards one's goal. I, a senior high school student full of thought and vigor, have my own dreams as well. It is my dream that there will be no more war under the sun. When this becomes reality, the children in Iraq, Ethiopia and Afghanistan will be like the ones in America, the United Kingdom or Japan. They will have enough food, complete medical care and a highly developed system of education. They will grow up in peace rather than in poverty and horror brought by war. It is my dream that human beings will come to realize that they are only one of the many species of creatures on the earth, but not the so-called “owners of nature”. They will stop destroying nature and realize that they themselves are part of its cycles and have responsibility for it. It is my dream that people will be nourished by faith rather than by their material and individual interests. Vicious competition will be replaced by cooperation. [写作内容] 1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。 2. 以“My Dream(s)”为题发表你的观点，该部分大约120个词，并包含以下内容要点: (1)每个人都有自己的梦想，谈谈你的梦想，并说明理由; (2)为了实现梦想，你应该怎样做。 [写作要求] 1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得 直接引用原文中的句子; 2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 [评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。 ________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 阶段评估检测(五) ?.第一节 [文章大意] 文章讲述了一位病危老人和一位海军的故事。由于误会，在病危老人临终时，海军充当了他的儿子，一直陪到老人生命的结束。 1(C 考查副词辨析。护士不断地重复，告诉那个病危老人，他的儿子来了。由此可以看出老人的病情很严重，几乎没有意识。simply仅仅，简单地; actually事实上; barely几乎不; totally完全地。 2(B 语境题。语境为:他的儿子是当兵的，从部队回来照顾他挚爱的父亲。从文中的come back from service和第二段的the young soldier sat in the dimly lit ward offering words of„to his dying dad可看出答案。marine“海军，水兵”。 3(C talk to与„„交谈; stick to坚持; tend to照顾; adjust to适应。前面提到了他的父亲病重，应该是回来照顾父亲的。 4(A 语境题。语境为:父亲伸出手去握儿子的手。reach out伸出。 5(B 考查名词辨析。respect尊敬; encouragement鼓励; truth真理; wisdom智慧。从语境上看，是儿子在鼓励奄奄一息的父亲。 6(A 语境题。这个海军非常忠心地守候在老人的旁边，没有意识到氧气瓶的噪音和其他病人的呻吟。unaware“未觉察到的” 符合语境。 7(D calm“镇静的”; still“静止的”; seriously“认真地，严重地”; loyally“忠诚地”。表现儿子对父亲的忠心的爱。 8(B 语境题。护士建议他离开休息一会儿。explain解释; suggest建议; order命令; stop停止。 9(C 语境题。从下文His loving son rested the old man's„hand on the bed and left to find the nurse. The young man waited while the nurse carried his father's body away„看出，老人是去世(die)了。 10(B 语境题。由上文可知，老人去世了，这里指“老人的没有生命的(lifeless)手”。 11(D 语境题。因为这个海军的父亲去世了，所以护士表示对他的同情(sympathy)。inspiration鼓舞，灵感; love爱; admiration羡慕。 12(A 语境题。从上文的“Who was that man,” he asked.看出，护士对这个海军的疑问感到吃惊(surprised)，那个人明明是他的父亲。 13(C 语境题。语境:那个年轻人解释道:“当我到达病房(ward)的时候，我很快知道这是个误解，我知道他需要他的儿子，可他儿子不在，我看得出来他病(sick)得很厉害，不知道谁坐在他的旁边。所以我决定留下来。” 14(A 15(D 语境为:我决定留下来。remain保持，依然; stay留下，暂住。 第二节 16. dating 17. whose 18. for 19. Some 20. new 21. brought 22. that 23. on 24. size 25. economists ?.第一节 A 26(B 细节理解题。由第三段第二句Convenient, simple, and gentle on the joints, walking is perhaps the easiest form of exercise to maintain.可知答案。 27(A 词义猜测题。由第三段的„four out of five women who start a walking program continue to walk, while half of women who attempt other types of aerobic exercise, such as swimming, drop_out during the first few months. 可知这是两种情况的对比，while在此的意思是“然而”，与continue相反的应是“放弃，退出”。quit退出，放弃; take part in参加; go in for参加，爱好; fall behind落后。 28(D 细节理解题。由第二个方法可知选D。 29(A 计算题。由文中„four out of five women who start a walking program continue to walk„可知，4/5的女士继续步行，1/5的女士放弃了步行。 30(A 主旨大意题。文章第一段就点明了文章的主题:步行能使你健康。 B [文章大意] 到纽约一游，让人流连忘返。对于那些打算结婚而为外出度蜜月去何处而犯愁的年轻人来说，纽约就是他们的最佳选择之地。这里景色令人神往，真可谓“浪漫之都”。 31(B 词义猜测题。由文章第一段„and you still can not decide where to go for your honeymoon可知，这里表示“一生中最重要的一天(结婚日)要来临的时候”，just around the corner表示“来临，指日可待”的意思。故选B项。 32(C 细节理解题。由第一段信息New York is just the place for you and your partner to spend some of the greatest days of your life.可知，纽约是打算结婚或即将要结婚的青年男女度蜜月的好地方。故选C项。 33(A 细节理解题。由文章第三段„the Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden that can be the perfect romantic place to get away from the crowd.可知，如果想找一个安静而浪漫的地方去休息，“阿瑟罗斯露台和花园”就是首选。 34(D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，这篇文章是为那些想外出度蜜月不知去什么地方的人写的。故选D项。 35(C 细节理解题。纵观全文，唯独没有涉及纽约有历史遗迹可以游览。 C [文章大意] 这是一篇说明文。介绍了一组关于全球气温的新数据以及该数据所预示的全球气候变冷。 36(B 细节理解题。从第三段首句的Based on readings from more than 30，000 measuring stations, „last week by the Met Office.可知答案。 37(B 细节理解题。从第四段中的the sun is now heading towards a “grand minimum” in its output可知，太阳将释放更少的能量。 38(C 细节理解题。从第四段末的threatening cold summers, bitter winters and a shortening of the season available for growing food可知，b，c，d都是可能产生的结果。 39(C 推理判断题。1790年到1830年期间以及1645年到1715年期间，地球遭遇了强降温。因此这段期间的平均温度会比其他时候低。而20世纪中期，直到1997年，地球在升温，因此1997年的温度很高。而根据新发布的数据，地球可能会降温，即2022年的平均温度比1997年低。所以1997年地球的平均温度是这四个年份中最高的。 40(B 写作意图题。作者全文只是陈述事实，并未对读者有所倡导。 D [文章大意] Ms Harris研究发现，子女性格的养成，更多受到他们周围的朋友和邻居的影响。 41(B 细节理解题。第一段介绍了 Ms Harris的研究，她认为在孩子性格的培养中，父母的影响远不如他们的朋友和邻居的影响大。B项陈述与文章内容吻合。 42(D 词义猜测题。ditched所在句子是最后一段的主题句，后面接着说很多人到中年的时候就很像他们的父母了，人们在孩童时的习惯在一定程度上受父母行为的影响。从这些叙 述看，ditched所在句子表示“父母也不是完全没有关系的”，因此ditched的含义和D项“忽 视，忽略”接近。 43(C 推理判断题。在第二段，Ms Harris 对发展心理学家的观点提出质疑:如果父母 起作用，那么为什么同样是双胞胎的孩子，在同一个家庭长大的与在不同家庭长大的都性格 迥异呢,由此推断，在不同家庭成长的双胞胎性格不一样，这是因为父母的影响在起作用， 这是传统的发展心理学家的观点。 44(C 细节理解题。第三段在阐述周围环境对孩子的性格影响更大的时候说，来自移民 家庭背景的孩子很快就学会在学校的谈吐与在家里的不一样。 45(D 推理判断题。最后一段主要讲父母对子女性格养成的影响与作用，第一句说父母 的作用不可忽略，最后一句说父母也不是完全没有责任。句中的hook表示“钩，鱼钩”。 第二节 46—50 ECBAD ?.第一节 One possible version: What will the future be like? Recently our class has held a discussion on “What will the future be like,”. Some students think that in the future science will be more advanced, and transportation will be more convenient. And what's more, people will live much longer and the level of their living conditions will be higher. However, some students think that in the future natural resources will further decrease, farmland will sharply reduced, environment pollution will become more serious, and there will be more traffic accidents. In my opinion, we should try to protect natural resources and decrease environment pollution. 第二节 One possible version: My Dream In this passage, the writer states his three dreams. Not only is it his dream that there will be not a war any longer in the world, but also he dreams people will not destroy the environment. Besides, he hopes people can cooperate with each other. There is no doubt that all people have their own dreams, including me. My dream is that human beings can peacefully exist on the same planet where we live, work and study—the earth. As we all know，our government urges us to create a “harmonious society”， which certainly contains the element that we should prevent the earth from being destroyed. However, to our sadness, we find our environment has been damaged seriously, such as cutting trees without any control, pouring rubbish into rivers and seas, releasing too much carbon dioxide into air„ In order to live a happy life, each of us should take action to do something for our earth now. It is our duty to protect it heart and soul. All in all, my dream is that we humans regard the earth as our best friend and never destroy it any more.