2013届高三六校第二次联考英语试题(8)

2. 调查的结果； 3. 你对请家教的看法。 【写作要求】

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容 【评分标准】

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。

Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. With rich experience and a Master s degree, to my shame, I could only drive a school bus to make ends meet.

Later that afternoon, I dropped off a little girl in a quiet suburban neighborhood. As she passed she handed me an earring, saying I should keep it in case somebody claimed it. The earring was painted black and said 'BE HAPPY'. It hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was grateful for. At first it was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75.

My life was completely changed. I know that it was because I changed my attitude to gratitude, which is the key to happiness.

I spent the next year conducting training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived previously. I closed my one man business, bought a plane ticket and got a six month visa. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful cottage, two miles from a paved road in the highlands of Scotland. 【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括以上短文的主要内容；

2. 然后以约120个词就“幸福”话题写一篇短文，内容包括：

(1) 请讲述一件你经历过的幸福的事情； (2) 简述你对幸福的理解。 【写作要求】

1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，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，篇章连贯。