自学考试综合英语二作文一.doc

有关综二的作文这是我以前收集的有关综二每课可能出的作文，愿与大家分享。1.Why does the author urge us to learn about our planet?what worries does he have about it?The author urges us to learn about our planet mainly because the earth is only one we have.we should learn how the earth works.an appreciation of its funtion can help us understand better whether what we are doing can benefit the earth or not.as a matter of fact,we are changing the atmosphere,the surface,the water of the earth.often for some short-term advantage when the long-term implications are unknown.as a result,we have damaged the earth without knowing it.and there has been a serious pollution in many big cities,the earth is gradually losing banlance.it is high time that we took steps to better the environment.therefore,the citizens of any country should have at least something to say about the direction in which we are going.the author worries that if we dont understand the importance of protecting the earth,we abandon the future.十月已经考过拉，个人认为不会再考。2.How do you distinguish the hero and the celebrity?The hero and celebrity are both famous people.however,they are not of the same kind.there are several ways to distinguish them.First, a hero becomes famous because of his uncommon courage,achievements.and self-sacrifice made most often for the benefit of others.his accomplishments are still evident in our own day.but in contrast,a celebrity becomes famous not so much because of any enduring achievement as because of much publicity.Second,to become a hero,one needs accomplishment,but to become a celebrity,one only needs luck.the hero was distingushed by his accomplishment;the celebrity by his image and trademark.Finally,there is another distinction:heroes inspire respect;celebrities inspire envy.the main reason is that the celebrities are exactly like common people except for the attention they get from the media,and many people believe that they could become another celebrity with good luck.3.Why do Americans generally value time?give examples to show this attitude towards time.In the united states,many people keenly feel the shortness of each lifttime.they are aware that once a day in their life is gone,it will never come back.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 American do what they can to save time.they produce a lot of labour-saving devices such as chothes and dish-washers;they rapidly communicate through phone call,telex and e-mail and cut down on personal contacts.4.What do you think of Snyder in the story”take over,bosn”?I think snyder had a strong will and could remain calm in time of emergency and hardship.After the shipwreck,snyder and other nine men had drifted in a lifeboat for twenty days and they were running out of water with only a pint left in the canteen.as snyder judged it,they were about two hundred miles to the coast.snyder knew it clearly that if they had drunk up the water,they would have had nothing to look forward to but death-only the craving for water could keep them alive.as a commander,he had to think of them all.therefore,although he was as thirst as others,he hadnt dared to shut his eyes in maybe seventy-two hours and kept the other nine men away from the little water with a gun pointing at them.he could see from the way they glared that they hated him very much. When he could no longer go on,he asked the bosn to take over the gun and fell asleep.at that time,the bosn who had been the biggest threaten.guessed his thoughts and took over his responsibility.继续中，5.Why do parents overrindulge their children?what harm does overindulgence do to children?也考过6.What is culture shock?what is it caused by and what are the major symptoms?Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety,loneliness and confusion that people sometimes experience when they move from one culture to another. It may be called an occupational disease.when people are suddenly transplanted into a new enviroment,they lose the things they are familiar with,and find the social system,beliefs,values and ways of living are all different.they do not know how to cope with the new situation. They are just like fish out of water and as a result they feel frustrated and anxious.they suffer from culture shock.An obvious symptom of culture shock is rejecting the new environment. Foreigners in a strange land get together to complain about the host country and its people. Another symptom is regression.the home country is irrationally glorified and all the difficulties and problems there are forgotten. other symptoms are a desire for dependence of residents of ones own nationality,a terrible longing to be back home.7.Suppose you are the millionaire.explain how you get to know.Hughie Erskine and what you do return for the pound he gave you when you first met.也考过8.How did the author manage to gethis diaries out ofNazi Germany?When the author was going to leave berlin during world war second,he decided to get his diaries out of berlin although he should have destroyed them.there was enough in his diaries to get him hanged,if the gestapo ever discovered them.He laid out the diaries in two big steel suitcases and placed a number of his broadcast scripts, each page of which had been stamped by the military and civilian censors.in addition,he put a few General Staff mapson top.he managed to get the Gestapo officials to check his suitcase in the headquarters.in the headquarters,the officials attention was attracted by the few Gengeral staff maps,which made these officials feel better to find something to seize.more over,they were impressed by the censorsstamps.when they got to know that the author reported on the German army,they put Gestapo seals on his suitcases.at the airport,the author succeeded in preventing Gestapo officials from checking his suitcases with the help of the seals.In such a risky but clever way,the author managed to get his diaries out of Nazi Germany.9.What do you think is the most admirable quality of the old washwoman?I think the most admirable quality of the old washwoman is her strong sense of duty.The old washwoman was faithful to her duties.every piece of laundry she did was as clean as polished silver.every piece was neatly ironed.yet she charged no more than the others.she would return the laundry to her clients no matter what had happened.even after she had been seriously ill,as soon as she was able to stand on her feet,she began washing.just as she put it,she could not rest easy in her bed because of the wash,and the wash would not let her die.she died shortly after she finished her last task.As we can imagine,she had been driven by a strong will to return the property to its rightful owners,to fulfill the task she had undertaken.her body was only supported by the force of duty and honesty.although she died,her spirit would live in the minds of people who knew her.10.When was Andrew Carnegic so proud of the one dollar and twenty cents the first pay he brought home?Carnegie was very pround 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 help support the family,a contributing member.this was important because at that time life was hard for the family and it was difficlut 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 satisfaction of being rewarded for what he had done.Although the job was almost unbearable for a boy of his age,he experienced the greatest satisfaction he had ever felt in his life.11.What is the major contribution Rachel Carson has made to the protection ofthe environment?Rachel carson is a scientist who made great contribution to the protection of the environment among which there is a great book silent spring.When she was aware of the harsh facts concerning the present and future dangers to the environment,rachel carson wrote a book known as silent spring.in this book,she sounded a startling warning to mankind.the book showed quite clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminated use of chemical pesticides.as her title suggests,there might come a springtime that would indeed be silent.it have been destroyed by the man-made poison used to kill crop-threatening insects.The book exploded into the public conciousness.it received great praise from some,great criticism from others.however,no matter what controvery it stirred up,it was this book that created the enthusiasm for protecting the environment.12.In the story”who shall dwell”how did the fathers attitude towards the neighbors change?what brought about the change?也考过啦13.Describe Cliff Evanss life before his sudden death.Cliff evans lived with his mother,stepfather and five younger half brothers and sisters.His stepfather had never legally adopted him,nor did show any affection for him.at home cliff didnt talk much and had never told his family about his problems.When he first began school,he was timid but eager to learn.and his IQ was pretty good.then in the third grade a teather wrote in the school record that he was uncooperative and slow.since then he had no more confidence left.he never smiled nor talked much.he had no friends;he had never belonged to a club,never played on a team and never held an office.he came to school by himself and left by himself.in class,he would sit back in the last seat.finally he became silent and lonely.he became nothing.14.What are the major forms of bribery?Bribery can be classfied into three broad categories.the first category consists of large amounts of money paid for political purpose or to secure major contracts.for example,a certain american company offered big sums of money to support a US presidential candidate when it was under investegation.also in order to get big contracts,such payments are often made to ruling families or their close advisers.The second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official approval of some project.in such cases,the money is often paid to key government officials concerned.The third category involves payments made in certain countries to make a business deal easy to get approved.for instance,a foreign company may pay to get permission to import equipment.a common type of this category is the “facilitating payment”to clear cargoes.these are smaller sums of money paid to customs officials15.What do you know about Randy and Carole in “a social event”?why are they anxious to get invited to Scottys funeral?Randy and Carole are a young hollywood couple.they have been married only a short time.both have achieved a certain degree of success in pictures,but their careers in the show business are still in the promising stage.Scotty woodrow,a world-famous movie star has just died,and randy and carole are anxious to go to his funeral,which will be a gathering of celebrities and is regareded as a big social event.it is said that flowers have come from the u.s. president and the British Queen.Randy and carol think it is extremely important for their career to be seen there with a lot of big shots.but they havent got an invitation while some of their Hollywood friends,also young actors and actresses like themselves,and been invited.thats why they are worried and are trying hard to find ways of getting themselves invited in the last minute.不知有用否，下册待续。大家一起努力吧。下册，16.Illustrate with examples the basic ingredients of good manners Dr peale mentions in his article “courtesy”.Dr peale lists three things as the basic ingredients of good manners:a strong sense of justice,the ability to share another persons inner feelings and the capacity to treat all people alike.Once a man was driving along a long,narrow and dusty road ahead of another car.suddenly he stopped off the road and told the driver of the car behind to get ahead of him.he did not want the other person to put up with his dust all the way.this is a man with a strong sense of justice.A courteous person can also understand the pain or unhappiness of others.he/she offers help without hurting the feelings of the other person because he/she shares their emotions as if they were his/her own.Finally, a person with good manners treats all people alike,whether they are plain citizens or big shots. he/she never asks whether the other person deserves their good manners.17.How did Mr Fotheringay discover his unusual powers and how did he take advantage of them?18.How was Kazs life damaged by the bomb?Kazlife had been a comfortable one before the war,her father had been born to a family of some wealth and social position in Hiroshima,and he had migrated to American,he mved back to hiroshima,bringing his american baby kazwith him.the house he built was a spacious one with a courtyard in front of the place and two guardens in back.However,On the explosion of the atomic bomb,kazlife was totally changed.the house was blown to pieces,her father who was at that time woking on the side facing zero,had the front of his body burnt,her brother who was at school,got hurt when his school fell dowm around him.but they were luckier than others,they at least survived.and they began to rebuild their lives.the house they raised out of the wreckage of the old nearly resembles a hovel.although in time the visible wounds healed,kaz suffered seriously from radiation sickness.after a year or so,she began to mend.The mental and physical after-effects of the bomb would trouble kaz all the rest of her life.19.Do you think Laura had a memorable Christmas?Laura had a particular christmas with her family on the farm.her father had just lost his job and a letter from her uncle showed that her uncles family was in great trouble and in need of money.without much left after they had sent money to her uncles.the family decided to return to first priniples.thus they spent the chrismas on the little farm that her parents had bought and had hung on to.they had a wonderful time there.they cut a tree in their own woods.they ate and slept,and read by the light of oil lamp.laura was very satisfied with the gifts:a picture from a second-hand art shop and a small brooch that had belonged to her grandmother.no matter what she did.laura seemed to radiate happiness.it was her obvious pleasure that had brightened everything.Laura had never had such a christmas before,and she considered the holiday both beautiful and memorable.20.What are the three geographical characteristics of Britain?The beauty of Britain is as hard to define as it is easy to enjoy.The first characteristic is that it is varied within a small range,It seems that nature has carefully adjusted things-mountains,plants,rivers,lakes,-to the scale of the island itself. there is astonishing variety almost everywhere,and everything is in miniature.some mountains,for example,although not very high,have all the air of great mountainsSecondly,surprise goes with variety.the country is full of happy surprises.one can always be pleasantly astonished while traveling.The third characteristic of the landscape is its exquisite moderation.it has been born of a compromise between wildness and tameness,between nature and man.there is compromise in the surburb,where the inhabitantsfeel that they have one foot in the city and one in the country.there is also harmony in the country where the cottages fit snugly into the landscape.21.Which do you think are the three most important elements of love?what do they entail? （已考过）22.What kind of student do you think Phillips is in the text.how I designed an A-bomb in my junior year at princeton?give facts from the text to support your conclusion.Phillips describes himself as a “below-everage” student,in fact,he did very poorly in the first semester of his junior year at Princeton university,Ds and Fs dominated his grades.so got a note from the dean,which said that he had been put on academic probation. if he failured one more course,hewould have to leave the university.But this does not mean that he is a slow learner.on the contrary,he can be very smart if a course interests him.he succeeded in designing an atomic bomb,which not only shows that he is intelligent and diligent,but also that he is persistent and quick-witted.In the process of designing the bomb,he came across a lot of difficulties.but he never gave up.he worked day and night trying to solve one problem after another.seven days before the design was due,he cleverly obtained the last bit of information he needed from a chemical company without betraying his purpos23.Why did the narrator say that his cousin John Bullyer did more to shape his life than any other person?The narrator and his cousin john bullyer met for the first time when they were in their early sixties.however,the narrator thought his cousin did more to shape his life than any other person.John came into his life through his aunt carrie.there were hundreds of comparisons between them.most of which were to his disadvantage. by comparisonss,the narrator got to know that john was good at both math and sport,and he was kept up to date with johns cleverness and progress.feeling inferior to john ,he was goaded into looking for something that he could do well,when he found som