I grew up with a lot of restrictions(限制)that were meant to protect me. I couldn’t walk home from school by myself even though everyone I knew already did. I couldn’t attend parties, or go to summer camp, because what if something happened to me. My life was divided into “things you should avoid” and “things you needed to do in order to have a good , long life”.
I became a natural worrier. I worried about things like getting cancert, losing my wallet, car accidents, and earthquakes-disasters big and small, real and imagined.
When I was 14, my mother died suddenly in a car accident. That loss, on top of my brother’s unnatural death, could have paralyzed(瘫痪) me. But at my mom’s funeral, I made a choice. I could either live out the rest of my life trying to be “safe” or I could be brave enough to live out a fulfilling, exciting and, yes, sometimes dangerous life.
I began constantly forcing myself to do the things that frighten or worry me. In fact, I’ve developed a rule for myself: If it scares(使….害怕) me, I have to do it at least once. I’ve done lots of things that my mom would have worried about: I’ve ridden a motorcycle, I’ve dived, I’ve tried rock-climbing, I’ve traveled a lot.
Courage(勇气，勇敢) isn’t a natural attribute (性格) of human beings. I believe that we have to practice being courageous; using courage is like developing a muscle. The more often I do things that scare me, the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could. I’ve also come to believe that fear can be good thing if we face it.
写作内容
1. 以约30词概括以上短文的主要内容;
2. 然后以约120词写一篇短文谈谈你对培养勇气的看法，并包括如下要点：
1).勇气是否需要后天的培养;
2).以你自己成长的经历(真实的或虚拟的)举例说明。
写作要求:
可参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文句子。
参考答案
完形填空(每题2分，共30分)
1-5.D.BCA D 6-10. A B BC D 11-15.BB C D A
阅读理解(每题2分，共40分)
26-30 ACDBD 31-35 CABAC 36-40 CCBAC 41-45 ADCAD
信息匹配(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)
46-50 BDCEF
第一节基础写作(满分15分)：
The Mid-autumn Festival, which is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, falls on August 15th of the Lunar calendar every year. Not only is it popular in China but it is also celebrated in many other Asian countries. People believe that the moon is a symbol of reunion, luck and fortune, and it is a custom to express best wishes to the beloved ones at this particular time. On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion, enjoying a large meal with their family. They will also eat moon cakes, which are round cakes with meat, eggs, nuts and other things inside.
第二节读写任务(满分25分)：
The passage tells us that after her brother’s unnatural death, the author feared lots of things. But at her mother’s funeral, she decided to cultivate her courage by doing things that frightened her and she gradually became brave.
I can’t agree more with the author’s opinion that people are not born brave. Courage , like many other virtues, is cultivated rather than endowed with. If you are not born a courageous person, you still can become one if you try to be.
Once I was a shy girl in my class. I dared not put up my hand to answer any question. My mother became really worried about my extreme shyness. She asked all my teachers to tell me to stand up and answer questions no matter whether I put up my hand or not. She forced me to take part in the singing competition. She even set a rule for me that I must say hello first loudly when I came across any acquaintance. I was very painful at first. I blushed, I trembled, and I sweated. But I gradually got used to it. I spoke with a very low voice at first, but as time went by, I could speak louder and louder. Now I do not fear to speak in public at all.
So what the author believed is true, as far as my experience is concerned. Courage can be cultivated, if you try your best.
写作评分标准：概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
1 基础写作要按点打分。超五句的要扣分。
2 读写任务要按概括主要内容(5分)和正文(20分)分别打分。
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