英語(yǔ)試題
第一部分：(共兩節(jié)，滿分20分)
做題時(shí)，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。
第一節(jié)(共5小題;每小題1分,滿分5分)
聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19. 15. B. ￡9. 18. C. ￡9.15.
答案是C。
1. What does the man want to do?
A. Take photos.B. Buy a camera.C. Help the woman.
2. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A noisy night.B. Their life in town.C. A place of living.
3. Where is the man now?
A. On his way.B. In a restaurant.C. At home.
4. What will Celia do?
A. Find a player.B. Watch a game.C. Play basketball.
5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?
A. Saturday.B. Sunday.C. Monday.
第二節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1分，滿分15分)
聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前,你將有時(shí)間各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。
聽(tīng)第6段材料，回答第6、7題。
6. What is Sara going to do?
A. Buy John a gift.B. Give John a surprise.C. Invite John to France.
7. What does the man think of Sara’s plan?
A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.
聽(tīng)第7段材料，回答第8、9題。
8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?
A. She has to give up her travel plan.
B. She wants to visit another city.
C. She needs to put off her test.
9. What does Diana want Peter to do?
A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend. C. Teach a geography lesson.
聽(tīng)第8段材料，回答第10至12題。
10. Why does the man call the woman?
A. To tell her about her new job.
B. To ask about her job program.
C. To plan a meeting with her.
11. Who needs a new flat?
A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.
12. Where is the woman now?
A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.
聽(tīng)第9段材料’回答第13至16題。
13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?
A. Where the restaurant is.
B. Whether the prices are low.
C. How well the food is prepared.
14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?
A. After he came back to Sweden.
B. Before he went to the United States.
C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.
15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?
A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.
16. What do we know about Jan?
A. He cooks for a restaurant.
B. He travels a lot for his work.
C. He prefers American food.
聽(tīng)第10段材料，回答第17至20題。
17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?
A. It’s a new building. B. It’s a small town. C. It’s a public place.
18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?
A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Fridays and Saturdays.
19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?
A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.
20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?
A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.
第二部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)
第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面各題，從題中所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ______ he or she wants.
A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whenever
答案是B。
21. Generally, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others ______ essential to their development.
A. isB. areC. wasD. were
22. ?The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online.
?______? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away.
A. Who saysB. How comeC. What forD. Why worry
23. ?The town is so beautiful! I just love it.
?Me too. The character of the town is well ______.
A. qualifiedB. preservedC. decoratedD. simplified
24. Lionel Messi, ______ the record for the most goals in a calendar year, is considered the most talented football player in Europe.
A. setB. settingC. to setD. having set
25. ?Could I use your car tomorrow morning?
?Sure. I ______ a report at home.
A. will be writingB. will have written
C. have writtenD. have been writing
26. I am always delighted when I receive an e-mail from you. ______ the party on July 1st, I shall be pleased to attend.
A. On account of B. In response to C. In view ofD. With regard to
27. “Never for a second,” the boy says, “______ that my father would come to my rescue.”
A. I doubtedB. do I doubtC. I have doubted D. did I doubt
28. In the global economy, a new drug for cancer, ______ it is discovered, will create many economic possibilities around the world.
A. whateverB. whoeverC. whereverD. whichever
29. Team leaders must ensure that all members ______ their natural desire to avoid the embarrassment associated with making mistakes.
A. get overB. look overC. take overD. come over
30. I should not have laughed if I ______ you were serious.
A. thoughtB. would thinkC. had thoughtD. have thought
31. Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and ______ to ruins, the city took on a new look.
A. reducingB. reducedC. being reduced D. having reduced
32. The president of the World Bank says he has a passion for China, ______ he remembers starting as early as his childhood.
A. whereB. whichC. whatD. when
33. With inspiration from other food cultures, American food culture can take a ______ for the better.
A. shareB. chanceC. turnD. lead
34. ?What about your self-drive trip yesterday?
?Tiring! The road is being widened, and we ______ a rough ride.
A. hadB. haveC. would haveD. have had
35. ?Thank you for the flowers.
?______. I thought they might cheer you up.
A. That’s rightB. All rightC. I’m all rightD. It’s all right
第二節(jié)：完形(共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分)
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 36 chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell 37 . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I 38 the countryside for some place I could rent for the 39 possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 40 the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was 41 , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and 42 a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me, 43 slowly, they started teaching me the 44 of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began 45 around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a 46 American Dream?not the one of individual achievement but of 47 .
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were 48 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 49 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 50 with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into 51 . I saw many people were having a really hard time, 52 their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to 53 a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in 54 if we hadn’t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about 55 we can all get by together.
36. A. separatelyB. equallyC. violentlyD. naturally
37. A. offB. apartC. overD. out
38. A. crossedB. leftC. touredD. searched
39. A. fullestB. largestC. fairestD. cheapest
40. A. atB. throughC. overD. round
41. A. occupiedB. abandonedC. emptiedD. robbed
42. A. turnedB. approachedC. clearedD. cut
43. A. butB. althoughC. otherwiseD. for
44. A. benefitB. lessonC. natureD. art
45. A. stickingB. lookingC. swingingD. turning
46. A. wildB. realC. differentD. remote
47. A. neighborliness B. happinessC. friendlinessD. kindness
48. A. uniqueB. expensiveC. rareD. necessary
49. A. UpB. DownC. DeepD. Along
50. A. cooperationB. relationshipsC. satisfactionD. appointments
51. A. realityB. societyC. townD. life
52. A. creatingB. losingC. quittingD. offering
53. A. put inB. turn inC. take inD. get in
54. A. yardsB. sheltersC. campsD. cottages
55. A. whenB. whatC. whetherD. how
第三部分：閱讀理解(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Guest Services
Front Gate Guest Services can help you with anything from finding out what time your favourite show starts to purchasing tickets. The Guest Services location inside Front Gate also serves as a message centre, lost children’s area and lost and found. Canada’s Wonderland does not offer personalized public paging (傳呼). Food & Drink Options
Shops are located throughout Canada’s Wonderland. Picnic baskets and coolers are welcome at the shelter located outside Wonderland on the north side of our Front Gate. Outside food and drinks are not allowed in the park. Bottled water may be brought into the Park.
ATMs
ATMs are located just inside the Park beside Stroller, Locker and Wheelchair Rentals at the Front Gate, as well as KidZville (beside Guest Services), Splash Works (two locations), and outside Thunder Run. Pet Care
A pet care facility is located outside our Front Gate on the south side for a daily fee. Water and air-conditioned shelters are provided. Guests are asked to provide food and exercise.
First Aid
If you need medical assistance, tell any park employee who will call First Aid and have them come to your location. Stroller, Locker and Wheelchair Rentals
Stroller, locker and wheelchair rentals are available inside the Park at the Front Gate, beside Thrills Are Wonderland.
HIQ Smoking Policy
Smoking is not permitted while riding or standing in line for rides or in any of the children’s areas or the Water Park. Smoking is permitted in designated (指定的) areas only.Failure to observe all Park rules could result in being driven out of the Park without refund.
56. The leaflet is to inform visitors of the Park’s ______.
A. advanced managementB. thrill performances
C. entertainment facilitiesD. thoughtful services
57. A visitor to the Park can ______.
A. rent a stroller outside Front GateB. ask for first aid by Thunder Run
C. smoke in the Water ParkD. leave his pet at KidZville
B
We’ve considered several ways of paying to cut in line: hiring line standers, buying tickets from scalpers (票販子), or purchasing line-cutting privileges directly from, say, an airline or an amusement park. Each of these deals replaces the morals of the queue (waiting your turn) with the morals of the market (paying a price for faster service).
Markets and queues?paying and waiting?are two different ways of allocating things, and each is appropriate to different activities. The morals of the queue, “First come, first served, have an egalitarian (平等主義的) appeal. They tell us to ignore privilege, power, and deep pockets.
The principle seems right on playgrounds and at bus stops. But the morals of the queue do not govern all occasions. If I put my house up for sale, I have no duty to accept the first offer that comes along, simply because it’s the first. Selling my house and waiting for a bus are different activities, properly governed by different standards.
Sometimes standards change, and it is unclear which principle should apply. Think of the recorded message you hear, played over and over, as you wait on hold when calling your bank: “Your call will be answered in the order in which it was received.” This is essential for the morals of the queue. It’s as if the company is trying to ease our impatience with fairness.
But don’t take the recorded message too seriously. Today, some people’s calls are answered faster than others. Call center technology enables companies to “score” incoming calls and to give faster service to those that come from rich places. You might call this telephonic queue jumping.
Of course, markets and queues are not the only ways of allocating things. Some goods we distribute by merit, others by need, still others by chance. However, the tendency of markets to replace queues, and other non-market ways of allocating goods is so common in modern life that we scarcely notice it anymore. It is striking that most of the paid queue-jumping schemes we’ve considered?at airports and amusement parks, in call centers, doctors’ offices, and national parks?are recent developments, scarcely imaginable three decades ago. The disappearance of the queues in these places may seem an unusual concern, but these are not the only places that markets have entered.
58. According to the author, which of the following seems governed by the principle “First come, first served”?
A. Taking buses. B. Buying houses.
C. Flying with an airline. D. Visiting amusement parks.
59. The example of the recorded message in Paragraphs 4 and 5 illustrates ______.
A. the necessity of patience in queuing
B. the advantage of modern technology
C. the uncertainty of allocation principle
D. the fairness of telephonic services
60. The passage is meant to ______.
A. justify paying for faster servicesB. discuss the morals of allocating things
C. analyze the reason for standing in line D. criticize the behavior of queue jumping
C
If a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen (氮) dissolved (溶解) in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence, if the bubbles (氣泡) accumulate in a joint, is sharp pain and a bent body?thus the name. If the bubbles form in his lungs or his brain, the consequence can be death.
Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression (減壓) sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs. That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil (化石) bones that have caved in on themselves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends.
Bruce Rothschild of the University of Kansas knew all this when he began a study of ichthyosaur bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to the problem of decompression over the 150 million years. To this end, he and his colleagues traveled the world’s natural-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Triassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
When he started, he assumed that signs of the bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal with decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before they died, but not a single Triassic specimen (標(biāo)本) showed evidence of that sort of injury.
If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, they clearly did so quickly?and, most strangely, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothschild thinks happened. He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change.
Whales that suffer the bends often do so because they have surfaced to escape a predator (捕食動(dòng)物) such as a large shark. One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks and crocodiles, both of which were fond of ichthyosaur lunches. Triassic oceans, by contrast, were mercifully shark- and crocodile-free. In the Triassic, then, ichthyosaurs were top of the food chain. In the Jurassic and Cretaceous, they were prey (獵物) as well as predator?and often had to make a speedy exit as a result.
61. Which of the following is a typical symptom of the bends?
A. A twisted body.
B. A gradual decrease in blood supply.
C. A sudden release of nitrogen in blood.
D. A drop in blood pressure.
62. The purpose of Rothschild’s study is to see ______.
A. how often ichthyosaurs caught the bends
B. how ichthyosaurs adapted to decompression
C. why ichthyosaurs bent their bodies
D. when ichthyosaurs broke their bones
63. Rothschild’s finding stated in Paragraph 4 ______.
A. confirmed his assumptionB. speeded up his research process
C. disagreed with his assumptionD. changed his research objectives
64. Rothschild might have concluded that ichthyosaurs ______.
A. failed to evolve an anti-decompression means
B. gradually developed measures against the bends
C. died out because of large sharks and crocodiles
D. evolved an anti-decompression means but soon lost it
D
Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel. And he surely deserves additional praise: the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.
I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War. H. B. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is only the most famous example. These early stories dealt directly with slavery. With minor exceptions, Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely. He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.
Again and again, in the postwar years, Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race. Consider the most controversial, at least today, of Twain’s novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn, Twain’s most widely read tale. Once upon a time, people hated the book because it struck them as rude. Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums (貧民窟).” More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim, the escaped slave, and many occurences of the word nigger. (The term Nigger Jim, for which the novel is often severely criticized, never appears in it.)
But the attacks were and are silly?and miss the point. The novel is strongly anti-slavery. Jim’s search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic. As J. Chadwick has pointed out, the character of Jim was a first in American fiction?a recognition that the slave had two personalities, “the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual: Jim, the father and the man.”
There is much more. Twain’s mystery novel Pudd’nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day. Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior (低等的) to whites, especially in intelligence, Twain’s tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth. A slave gave birth to her master’s baby and, for fear that the child should be sold South, switched him for the master’s baby by his wife. The slave’s lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slave-holding class. The master’s wife’s baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.
The point was difficult to miss: nurture (養(yǎng)育), not nature, was the key to social status. The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice?manner of speech, for example? were, to Twain, indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.
Twain’s racial tone was not perfect. One is left uneasy, for example, by the lengthy passage in his autobiography (自傳) about how much he loved what were called “nigger shows” in his youth?mostly with white men performing in black-face?and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them. Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality. His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.
Was Twain a racist? Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln. If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the “wisdom” of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error. Lincoln, who believed the black man the inferior of the white, fought and won a war to free him. And Twain, raised in a slave state, briefly a soldier, and inventor of Jim, may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.
65. How do Twain’s novels on slavery differ from Stowe’s?
A. Twain was more willing to deal with racism.
B. Twain’s attack on racism was much less open.
C. Twain’s themes seemed to agree with plots.
D. Twain was openly concerned with racism.
66. Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its ______.
A. target readers at the bottom
B. anti-slavery attitude
C. rather impolite language
D. frequent use of “nigger”
67. What best proves Twain’s anti-slavery stand according to the author?
A. Jim’s search for his family was described in detail.
B. The slave’s voice was first heard in American novels.
C. Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture.
D. Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent.
68. The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that ______.
A. slaves were forced to give up their babies to their masters
B. slaves’ babies could pick up slave-holders’ way of speaking
C. blacks’ social position was shaped by how they were brought up
D. blacks were born with certain features of prejudice
69. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
A. The attacks.B. Slavery and prejudice.
C. White men.D. The shows.
70. What does the author mainly argue for?
A. Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism.
B. Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.
C. Twain’s works had been banned on unreasonable grounds.
D. Twain’s works should be read from a historical point of view.
第四部分：任務(wù)型閱讀(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。
注意：請(qǐng)將答案寫(xiě)在答題卡上相應(yīng)題號(hào)的橫線上。每個(gè)空格只填一個(gè)單詞。
Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious
The everyday signs of conscientiousness (認(rèn)真盡責(zé))?being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一絲不茍的) in attending to responsibilities?are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.
Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness. It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time.
Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (緩沖) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.
There is an air around highly conscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are. Their reputation for dependability influences managers’ evaluations of their work, giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of their performance would predict.
But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental when others don’t show the same high levels of model behavior. Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships.
When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity. In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity (自發(fā)性) are scarce and in demand. Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however; without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.
第五部分：書(shū)面表達(dá)(滿分25分)
81.請(qǐng)根據(jù)你對(duì)以下兩幅圖的理解，以“Actions Speak Louder than Words”為題，用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇。
參考詞：
banner (橫幅)
stump (樹(shù)?)
你的應(yīng)包括以下內(nèi)容:
1. 簡(jiǎn)要描述兩幅圖的內(nèi)容；
2. 概述你對(duì)兩幅圖中不同做法的理解；
3. 舉例說(shuō)明兩幅圖對(duì)你的啟示。
注意：
1. 可參照?qǐng)D片適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；
2. 作文詞數(shù)150左右；
3. 作文中不得提及有關(guān)考生個(gè)人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
Actions Speak Louder than Words
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英語(yǔ)試題參考答案
第一部分(共20小題;每小題1分，共20分)
1-5 ACACB 6-10 BBABA 11-15 BACAA 16-20 BCBCC
第二部 分(共35小題:每小題1分，共35分)
21-25 ABBDA 26-30 DDCAC 31-35 CBCAD
36-40 ABDDC 41-45 BCADA 46-50 CADAB 51-55 CBCBD
第三部分 (共15小題;每小題2分，共30分)
56-57 DB 58-60 ACB 61-64 ABCA 65-70 BDCCDA
第四部分(共10小題;每小題1分，共10分)
71. strict
72. helpful/good
73. Functions/Roles/Importance/Significance
74. running/working/going/operating/functioning
75. performance(s)
76. fired/dismissed/jobless
77. problems/troubles
78. higher/subjective/unfair/unjust/prejudiced
79. tense/damaged/poor/bad
80. discourage/affect/damage
第五部分(滿分25分)
81. One possible version
Actions Speak Louder than Words
People celebrate Earth Day differently. In Picture 1, a man is trying to put up a banner on a lonely tree surrounded by stumps, but in vain, while Picture 2 shows a couple happily planting trees.
The message conveyed here is clear: “Actions speak louder than words.” Our earth is suffering severe damage. Should we just pay lip service or take practical measures to protect it? The answer is definitely the latter. Immediate actions should be taken, like stopping cutting down trees, to better the environment.
Actions are important in other fields, too. Instead of shouting empty slogans, it is more meaningful to donate books and sports goods to children in need. We should strictly and voluntarily follow traffic rules, stopping at the red light rather than complaining about traffic jams. Only when we match our words with actions can we make a difference in whatever we hope to accomplish.
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