It is reported that around three hundred million plastic bags are used by Chinese residents each day. As is known in the picture, the earth is crying for help because of this serious white pollution. To our joy, all the shopping places will be banned from providing free plastic bags from June 1 this year. I can’t agree more to this. For a long time, though we have known the bad effects of plastic bags on our environment, still we find it difficult to refuse them --- they are so convenient to us. Thanks to the government, firm measures are to be taken to limit them. I am sure people will become accustomed to giving up the plastic bags. Only by changing the way we treat the earth can we form a harmonious relationship with it. Saving the earth is saving ourselves. Stop using plastic bags.
2 阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 Some people prefer to spend most of their time alone. Others like to be with friends most of the time. Do you prefer to spend your time alone or with friends? I prefer to spend most of my time with friends, because friends offer excitement and new ideas, they can comfort me when something bad happens, and spending too much time by myself can be boring. Friends can offer excitement and fresh ideas to a situation. For example, if I am shopping, a friend makes the experience more fun. We can look at things together, and explore our likes and dislikes. Friends can also comfort me if something bad happens. If I get bad news, and a friend is around, I do not have to feel bad by myself. A friend will try and cheer me up, and attempt to take my mind off whatever negative things happened. For example, last year I broke my leg and was in a cast all summer. I had friends around me to cheer me up and distract me from the misfortune.
Overall, I think having friends around me is the best way for me to spend my time. [写作内容] 1. 以约30个词概括作者喜欢与朋友共处的原因； 2. 然后以约120个词写一篇短文，包括以下要点： （1）你愿意独处还是与朋友共处？ （2）请简要说明原因，并以你的经历来支持你的观点。 [写作要求] 1. 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，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. 标题自定； 3. 文中不能出现考生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。
Possible version 1 Enjoy staying with friends The author enjoys being accompanied by friends more than being alone because friends comfort him and usually offer him excitements. Similarly, I would like to stay with my friends rather than stay alone. As the old saying goes, you may rely on your friends when you're out. Friends sometimes are just like the hand of god that will drag you out of trouble. In my case, math was once my nightmare in my study. However, it was my friend, Wang, who gave me a hand as well as a chance to break this curse. Although I was rather slow, he guided me through tremendous math problems with great patience. And finally, I step by step learned to work them out myself and I think this attributed to the endless effort made together by him and me. And no words can express my gratitude towards him. In a word, a friend in need is a friend indeed. May all of us treasure our friends.
Possible version 2 Enjoy Being Alone The author prefers to spend his/her spare time with friends because he/she thinks friends can offer excitement and fresh ideas to a situation and they can comfort him/her if something bad happens. Personally, I prefer to spend most of my time alone. Friends are important in our growth, but we should not forget the shortcomings of spending too much time with friends. First, peer pressure may direct us into some wrong doings. In order to please their so-called “friend”, teenagers may let their friends talk them into doing bad things. Moreover, even real friends may have different preferences. For example, I like classical music, but most of my friends love the noisy rock and roll. If we insist on spending our time together, both my friends and I would become unhappy. For this reason, I often feel like staying alone, especially when I want to do some reading. To sum up, it’s good to have real friends, but we also have something that is for us to do alone.
注意： 1. 短文应包括图中所提供的主要信息，并做适当发挥，使短文内容连贯、完整。 2. 词数：120―150。 生词：hospital discharge--出院。 Health Care From the picture, we can see tat the old man was suffering from heart trouble. He had to go to hospital for medical care. When he saw the medical bill from the hospital, which was far beyond what he could afford, he was so shocked that he couldn`t stand on his feet. It`s really another heart attack form him. At present, any people can`t afford heavy medical fees. Because of this, they may get into deep debt in order to get proper medical care or have to bear the pain of diseases. Worse still, some have to wait helplessly for the last day of their life. If this situation continues, it will surely cause the instability of our society and eventually interfere with the development of our country. Therefore, we strongly call for the medical expenses to be reduced. The government should build up a favorable, medical system so that every person can afford their medical care and can enjoy their life as long as possible.
4 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。 You may think birthdays mean only cake, presents, and a sweet song -- Happy Birthday. However, there are many varieties of birthday celebrations. In the West, many birthday traditions come from an ancient belief that bad spirits showed up on a person's birthday. To drive troublemaking spirits away, friends would visit each other on their birthdays. Today, people still get together for birthday parties. But around the world, birthdays are c
