自考 综合英语二(上册下册)作文 (全)

1 自考 综合英语二 上册 下册 作文 自考 综合英语二 上册 作文 L1 Twelve things I wish they teach at school Q Why does the author tell us not to be afraid to ask stupid questions A The author thinks that many apparently naive inquiries like why grass is green or why the sun is round or why we need 55 000 nuclear weapons in the world are really deep questions He says when you try to get the answers you will gain deep understanding of the things It s also important to know as well as you can what it is that you don t know and asking questions is the way He also tells us that to ask stupid questions requires courage on the part of the asker and knowledge and patience on the part of the answerer And don t confine your learning to schoolwork Discuss ideas in depth with friends It s much braver to ask questions even when there s a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you List two of the things Carl Sagan mentions in his article Twelve things I wish they teach at school and explain why you think them important Of the things Carl Sagan wished he had learned in high school I think that Don t be afraid to ask stupid questions and Everyone makes mistakes are more important than others If we are eager to learn we are sure to find a lot of things we don t understand Asking question is a way of learning Questions regarded as stupid may be intelligent and profound ones They may lead to important discoveries and while trying to get answers we may gain insights into matters of importance It is also important to know that our understanding is limited and that we can t avoid making mistakes What is important is to learn from our mistakes In others words we must think hard and try to find out why we make mistakes so that we will not make the same or similar mistakes again This thinking process is an important aspect of learning L2 ICON Q what are the factors shift from hero worship to the celebrity worship A The new forms of media photography moving pictures radio and television are the main factors The reproduction of photos in newspapers turned famous people into celebrities whose dress appearance and personal habits were widely commented upon Slowly the focus of public attention began to shift away from knowing what such people did to knowing what they looked like The shift was accelerated by the arrival of moving pictures Between1901 and 1914 74 percent of the magazine articles about famous people were about political leaders inventors professionals and businessmen After1922 however most articles were about movie stars With the arrival of television the faces of the stars became as familiar as those we saw across the breakfast table We came to know more about the lives of the celebrities than we did about most of the people we know personally Less than seventy years after the appearance of the first moving pictures the shift from hero worship to celebrity worship was complete What are the differences between heroes or heroines and celebrities There are three distinctions between heroes or heroines and celebrities The distinctions are classified on the bases of quality origin and social effect First heroes or heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage achievements and self sacrifice for the benefit of others They are famous for their enduring achievements Celebrities are people well known for their well knownness who become famous because of much publicity and not of any enduring achievements Second to become a hero or heroine one needs accomplishment to become celebrity one needs luck Heroes or heroines are 2 distinguished by their accomplishment celebrities by their image or trademark Heroes or heroines create themselves celebrities are created by the media Heroes or heroines are big men and women celebrities are big names Third heroes or heroines inspire respect They are people against whom we measure others Celebrities inspire envy Except for the attention celebrities get from the media they are exactly like common people L3 Go Go American Q what s the American s attitude towards time A In the United States many people keenly feel the shortness of each life time They are aware that once a day in their life is gone it will never comeback And Americans believe no one stands still If you are not moving ahead you are falling behind So they value time and want every minute to count This attitude towards time is shown in the fast pace of life in the country Whatever they do they always seem to be in a rush You find people hurrying to get where they are going They hurry to eating places for a meal and finish it as quickly as possible Also Americans do what they can to save time They produce a lot of labor saving devices such as clothes and dish washers they rapidly communicate through phone calls telex and e mail and cut down on personal contacts Summarize some striking characteristics of American life Give some examples to illustrate the characteristics Time is money say Americans since you are allowed only this much of time in your life you d better make the best use of it In the United Stated highly efficient and well organized people are admired These people will list all the things that they are going to do draw up plans and carry them out one by one In this country an ideal person turns up at meeting on time fulfils an appointment punctually 按时 and does not waste other people s time Fast food chains such as McDonald s Kentuckey Fried Chicken KFC and Pizza Hut PH can be found everywhere in America and are very popular among American people since many people try to spend less time in cooking and eating Americans like electronic communication too They do their business by using the telephone the E mail and the internet they hold teleconferences to settle problem and they obtain various kinds of information on the internet In short they want every minute to count L4 Take over Boson Q Can you image what did Barrett think of when he heard Snyder s whisper take over boson A Because of thirst Barnet was almost out of mind He rose several times and was a constant threat But when he heard Snyder said Take over boson he had a strange feeling suddenly He came to realize he would and must take over the task and be responsible for the rest As long as he stopped others from the little water they would always have hopes and wouldn t die soon So he picked Snyder s gun up and decided to hold off the other from the water until night when a ship saved them Have you ever found yourself suddenly in a position of leadership Describe your experience L5 Are you giving your kid too much Q Why parents overindulge their children There are several reasons to explain why parents overindulge their children One fairly common reason is that parents overindulge their children out of a sense of guilt Parents who both hold down full time jobs may feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their children and may attempt to compensate by 3 showering them with material possessions Other parents overindulge because they want their children to have everything they had while growing up along with those things the parents yearned for but didn t get Still others are afraid to say no to their children s endless requests for toys for fear that their children will feel unloved or will be ridiculed if they don t have the same playthings their friends have L6 Culture shock Q What are four stages that people go through when they experience situations that are very different from those to which they are accustomed A Stage one is a honeymoon phase during which the new experience is perceived to be interesting picturesque entertaining and charming You may notice several superficial differences such as music food and clothing and the fresh appeal of the new experience keeps you feeling interested and positive When you stay in a new environment for a while you move to stage two the crisis stage in which the shine wears off and day to day realities sink in In relationship you notice annoying habits in a new country you find barriers to establishing connections or to learning the language beyond a few polite phrases If you stick with the experience and try to deal with it realistically you will probably move to the third phase recovery In recovery you learn the systems procedures language or nonverbal behaviors of the new environment so that you can cope with it on the basis of some mastery competence and comfort Finally when you feel that you function well and almost automatically in the new culture you will move to the fourth phase adjustment Have you ever experienced culture shock Did you finally adjust to the new environment Studying abroad greatly appeals to young people It is really a brand new experience which provides us with the opportunities to discover new things But we have to be mentally prepared for the problems with which we may be confronted Owing to the differences in social system belief values and way of life we may suffer culture shock and it is hard for us to be adapted to the new environment Usually we need to go through four stages to get accustomed to a new place The four stages are honeymoon crisis recovery and adjustment On arriving in a foreign country we may feel excited and everything appears wonderful But when we enter the second stage we feel that things are not so good as we have expected We begin to miss our homes and tend to give it up However as long as we stick with it we can overcome this culture shock be adapted to and finally get benefit from this new culture How do people adjust themselves to a new environment In a new environment people will go through four stages when they experience situations that are very different from those to which they are accustomed Stage one is a honeymoon phase during which the new experience is perceived to be interesting picturesque entertaining and charming You may notice several superficial differences and the fresh appeal of the new experience keeps you feeling interested and positive Stage two is the crisis stage in which the shine wears off and day to day realities sink in the difficulties and unpleasantness of reality replace the charming and picturesque honeymoon Stage three is a recovery stage In which they learn the systems procedures language or nonverbal behaviors of the new environment so that you can cope with it on the basis of some mastery competence and comfort Stage 4 four the adjustment stage occurs when they feel that they function well and almost automatically in the new culture A greater enjoyment of the new experience is now possible and they may regain some of the initial positive regard they had in the honeymoon stage L7 Model Millionaire I Q Suppose you are the millionaire Explain how you get to know Hughie Erskine and what you do in return for the pound be gave you when you first met A I m Baron Husberg I have enough money to buy the whole of London One day on a whim I asked my artist friend Alan Trevor to paint me as a beggar Alan had almost finished the picture when a very charming young man walked into his studio I suppose he must have been very sympathetic with me for when Alan was away a minute the young man quickly put a pound into my hat I was startled for a moment but I was pleased when I realized that he took me for a real beggar Later I learned from Alan all about this young man he was poor and could not marry the girl he loved because her father wouldn t let them unless he had 10 000 pounds Touched by the young man s spirit of kindness I decided to help him The next day I had a cheque for 10 000 pounds delivered to him as a wedding gift L8 Model Millionaire II Q Retell the story the model millionaire A Hughie Erskine was a charming young man who was in love with a nice girl called Laura Merton Laura s father made it clear to Hughie that he would not marry his daughter to him until Hughie had the thousand pounds One day Hughie went to see his artist friend Alan Trevor in his studio There he found his friend painting a beggar who was an old man in rags Hughie felt so sorry for the poor model that he gave him the only pound he had The old model was actually a millionaire When he heard all about Hughie and Laura and their problem he had a cheque for ten thousand pounds delivered to him the very next day The couple were happily married and the beggar attended their wedding The story shows that a genuine millionaire is not one who has but who gives Which is more important to you a more comfortable life or a meaningful one L9 Only three more days Q The author got a solution finally What was the solution Was it risky A He laid out the diaries in two big steel suitcases Over them he placed a number of his broadcast scripts each page of which had been stamped by the military and civilian censors as passed for broadcast On top he put a few General Staff maps he had picked up from friends Then he phoned the Gestapo Headquarters to say he had a couple of suitcases full of his dispatches broadcasts and notes that he wanted to take out of the country As he was flying off early the next day there would be no time for Gestapo officials at the airfield to go over the contents Could they take a look now if he brought them over and if they approved put a Gestapo seal on the suit cases so he wouldn t be held up at the airport Yes it was risky He thought life in the Third Reich raik had always been risky It was worth a try 5 How did the author spend his last two days in Berlin L10 The washwoman Q Describe the situation that I saw the old woman for last time A One evening while Mother was sitting near the oil lamp mending a shirt the door opened and a small puff of steam followed by a gigantic bag entered the room I ran toward the old woman and helped her unload her bag She was even thinner now more bent Her head shook from side to side as though she were saying no She could not utter a clear word but mumbled something with her sunken mouth and pale lips After the old woman had recovered somewhat she told us that she had been ill badly But as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more she began her washing She said I could not rest easy in my bed because of the wash The wash would not let me die I don t want to be a burden on anyone What do you think is the most admirable quality of the old woman in the text The washwoman The old washwoman had a very strong sense of duty Every piece of laundry she did was clean and neatly ironed One harsh winter she felt ill after she collected a great deal of laundry She was so sick that a doctor and some neighbors thought she was dying and a priest was sent for However she recovered and as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more she began her washing She couldn t allow herself to stay in bed because of the wash Supported by a strong sense of duty and driven by an indomitable will she finally finished the wash and returned it to its owners Her story tells us that to be respected person what work you do is not so important What counts is your attitude A washwoman and an economist should both be respected because they both do work society needs L11 How I served my apprenticeship Q why was Andre Carnegie so proud of the one dollar and twenty cents the first pay he brought home A Carnegie was very proud of the one dollar and twenty cents he earned for the first time in his life when he was only twelve The money though small in amount meant a great deal First when he got his first pay he felt that he had grown up He was no longer a boy who had to depend on his parents he had become a man who was able to help support the family a contributing member This was important because at that time life was hard for the family and it was difficult for his parents to manage alone Also he thought the money was the direct reward of honest manual labor It represented a week of very hard work This money gave him the greatest satisfaction of being rewarded for what lie had done What is your view of poverty L12 A friend for environment Q Why did Rachel Carson write the silent spring What s the content of it A Because she felt that the wonders of Nature are precious and permanent and much of Nature was forever beyond the destruction of man But then she discovered she was wrong She learned with sadness that little in Nature is trap beyond the 6 tampering reach of man Then she wrote the book Silent Spring to sound a startling warning to mankind and the book showed quite clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides As her title suggests Miss Carson was saying that there might come a springtime that would indeed be silent because the birds as well as other creatures and plants would have been destroyed by the man made poisons used to kill crop threatening insects Carson and her Silent Spring Rachel Carson was a scientist devoted to environment protection She learned with sadness that little in Nature is truly beyond the tampering reach of man She struggled for the harmony between Nature and man In 1962 she published Silent Spring a masterpiece in environment protection In this book she pointed out clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides As the title suggests there might come a springtime that would indeed be silent It would be silent because the birds as well as other creatures and plants would have been destroyed by the man made poisons used to kill crop threatening insects She discovered that everything on this planet is connected to everything else Because the chemical do not break down in the soil they tend to be endlessly recycled in the food chains on which birds and animals and man himself are completely dependent By polluting the environment and destroying the animals and plants man is destroying himself Silent Spring exploded into the public consciousness and created the enthusias