上海市25中高考英语：写作综合练（一）

1、上海市25中高考英语：写作综合练（一） 【1】假如你叫李华，你的美国网友Jim发来一封e­mail，向你了解我国传统节日端午节的情况，请你根据中文提示和图片利用本单元学过的词汇写一封图文并茂的电子文档发给他。节日日期：中国农历五月初五节日由来：爱国诗人屈原投江自尽划船找他的尸体往江中投粽子(以免鱼损伤他的躯体)。节日活动：家人团聚，观看龙船比赛，吃粽子，纪念先人。参考词汇：端午节The Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival；农历Lunar calendar；自杀commit suicide；汨罗江Miluo River 来 来 【2】Its eas

2、y to see how the sawfish got its nameThese frightful creatures can grow to be more than 6 meters longTheir bodies are flat and winged，like underwater airplanesAnd their noses are shaped like chainsaws Sawfish are food hunters of the seaWhen a sawfish is hungry，it waves its sharp­toothed snout (

3、口鼻部) through a group of fishThen，it lifts its nose and uses its mouth to draw the injured victimsHardy (适应力强的)population of sawfish thrived in warm waters along coastlines around the world for thousands of yearsOver the past 200 years，however，human actions have severely endangered sawfishThreats inc

4、lude fishing nets that trap the huge animals，often by mistakeSome people collect sawfishs snouts as prizes：One snout recently sold for nearly $ 1,600 onlineIn some Asian cultures，the toothy snouts are used in ceremonies to drive evil and disease awayAnd sawfish are also deliciousA growing demand in

5、Asia for the fishs fins for a pricey soup has contributed to the fishs lovesCompared with other fish，sawfish give birth late in life and at slow rates，which makes it hard for them to recover from overfishingNew efforts now aim to restore sawfish populationBeginning next month，an international agreem

6、ent will provide protection for all seven of the worlds sawfish speciesScientists are hoping that its not too late to save the sawfishUntil 1998，“this fish had never been formally studied in the United States，”says Tonya Wiley of the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota，Fla“We didnt know such basic th

7、ings as where they live，what habitat they use，how often they breed，how many young they haveeven what age sawfish are when they begin breeding”Through historical studies and field research，scientists have become aware of how much the fishs numbers have decreasedToday，there may be 90 percent fewer saw

8、fish than there used to beWiley estimates that only 3,000 to 6,000 sawfish remain in US watersSawfish1 Size2 3 Body：Flat and wingedNose：Like a chainsawWays to hunt for foodAttacking fish with 4 Drawing the injured victims with its mouth5. sawfishs disappearance6 Sawfishs snouts relates businessAsian

9、s interest in eating fishIts 7 and slowly which makes it hard to recover from overfishing8 Only 10% sawfish left3,000 to 6,000 remain in US watersEfforts9 MeasureTo restore sawfish population10 to all seven of the worlds sawfish species【3】Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat oftenThe

10、 word also has another meaning in EnglishIt is used to describe somethingusually something someone saysthat is false or wrong or foolishBaloney sausage comes from the name of the Italian city，BolognaThe city is famous for its sausage，a mixture of smoked，spiced meat from cows and pigsBut，boloney saus

11、age does not taste the same as beef or pork aloneSome language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birth of the expression baloneyBaloney is an idea or statement that is nothing like the truthin the same way that baloney sausage tastes nothing like the meat that is used to make

12、 itBaloney is a word often used by politicians to describe the ideas of their opponentsThe expression has been used for yearsFifty years ago，a former governor of New York State，Alfred Smith，criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administrationSmit

13、h said，“No matter how thin you slice is，it is still baloney”A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloneyIt even sounds almost the sameThe word is blarneyIt began in Ireland about 1600The lord of Blarney castle，near Cork，agreed to surrender the castle to British troopsBut he kept making excu

14、ses for postponing the surrenderAnd，he made them sound like very good excuses，“This is just more of the same blarney”The Irish castle now is famous for its Blarney stoneKissing the stone is thought to give a person special powers of speechOne who has kissed the Blarney stone，so the story goes，can sp

15、eak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them，even when you know they are false1Whats the main idea of the text？(No more than 5 words) 2According to Americans，what does baloney refer to？(No more than 8 words) 3What do you know about the lord of Blarney castle，near Cork？(No more t

16、han 6 words) 4Why do people kiss the Blarney stone？(No more than 6 words) 答案【1】【参考范文】Dear Jim，Thanks for your interest in my countrys traditional festivalsAnd Im delighted to introduce The Dragon Boat Festival to youThe Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, is one of the most sign

17、ificant traditional Chinese festivalsIt falls on the fifth day of the fifth month according to Chinese Lunar calendarThe festival is said to be in honour of Qu Yuan, a great poet as well as one who tried all his best to help his own country but failed and committed suicide by drowning himself in Mil

18、uo River The folks respected and loved him so much that they threw zongzi into the river to prevent fish from eating his body Later it became a custom for people to eat zongzi and watch dragon boat races on that dayNow we can have a one­day holiday on this festival when all family members can stay together and enjoy a big meal As far as I am concerned, it is a chance for people not only to h