33.Families are becoming smaller in size around the world.In many countries,families are having(1)f
than two children. Smaller families mean many children now group up with fewer cousins.This is hard to(2)i
,as I come from a large extended family with 23 cousins on one side and 25 in the other. Sometimes when I can't sleep,I test my mental acuity (敏感度) by trying to name all my relatives.Then in the morning I get up and wonder if I should make an appointment with a doctor. Of course,almost all of those cousins have(3)m
and had children and now their children are having children. With extended families growing so large and spreading so far,get-togethers have nearly become a thing of the past. One of the last gathering on my father's side was at the home of a cousin (4)w
has a place in the country on the top of a hill.A tent was set up with long tables creaking (咯吱作響) under the (5)w
of fried chicken,potato salad and chocolate cake.A fishing hole waited nearby for the kids.Vehicles poured in from every (6)d
,parking on the drive,the grass,wherever they could find a spot.There are talking,laughing and joking and food. While such gathering had grown infrequent,we were all happy to be together. Although some of us had not seen one (7)a
since so-and-so's wedding or somebody's father's funeral,most people were still easy to recognize.Three sisters who sat together all had the same beautiful skin their mother had. The cousin with bright blue eyes who raced her horse as a teenager (8)s
had bright blue eyes.An older cousin who gave me piano lesson when I was young and naughty (9)s
to have forgiven me.We share a gene pool (基因庫) of people who work hard and laugh often. It was very dark when the last set of taillights (尾燈) disappeared into the night.As we gathered our things,said our goodbyes and (10)p
to leave,a cousin called to me saying, "Don't forget where you come from." I never could,and I'd never.
34.為提高中學生英語素養,我市將在下學期所有學校推進課外英語閱讀活動(Extra-cumcular Reading).你校校刊KIDS MAG中HAVE YOUR SAY欄目在廣大學生中展開征文活動,想了解學生們的真實想法.
Hi. At KIDS MAG we like to share your ideas about our school.In my column,HAVE YOUR SAY,you can let other kids know what you drink.This month we want you to have your say about English extra-curricular reading in our school next term: what advantages English extra-curricular reading has what problems you may have while doing English extra-curricular reading how you can deal with the problems what advice you can offer to make your English extra-curricular reading better. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sigmund Friend
注意:(1)對所有要點逐一陳述,適當發揮. (2)詞數90詞左右.文章的開頭已經給出.不計入總詞數; (3)文中不得提及有關考生個人身份的任何信息,如校名、人名等. I'm glad to share my ideas about English extra-curricular reading in our school next term