Question

第二節(jié) 讀寫任務(wù) (共1小題，滿分25分)

    閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

Most high schools begin their day around 7:00 a.m., which leaves many teenagers nodding off in the morning. In fact, at least 20 percent of high school students fall asleep in class on a typical day. The problem: Teenagers need a lot of sleep－about nine hours each night, experts say. And most of them aren’t getting enough.

To help sleepy teens, some school districts of USA have tried delaying the opening of the high school day. The Minneapolis school district, for example, changed its start time from 7:20 to 8:40 a.m., giving its 12,000 high schoolers an extra hour and twenty minutes each morning.

Researches show that students in schools of these districts benefit a lot from the change. Students reported less depression when there was a later starting time. And teachers reported that students were more alert and ready for learning. Parents reported that their children were easier to live with because their emotions were more regulated.

Teachers especially wanted a change because they were concerned about student attendance and student readiness to learn that first period of the day. The change resulted in better attendance and less student sleeping in class that first hour.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

某英文學(xué)習(xí)報刊登了上述文章，并邀請讀者就“高中生是否應(yīng)該推遲上課”進(jìn)行討論。假設(shè)你是某校高三的學(xué)生李華，看了報道后，你打算聯(lián)系自己的實際發(fā)表你的看法，內(nèi)容要點包括：

1. 以約30詞概括上述文章的內(nèi)容；

2. 以約120詞談?wù)勀愕挠^點，并包括以下內(nèi)容：

（1）你是否適應(yīng)你校目前早上的上課時間；

（2）你是否贊成推遲高中早上的上課時間，并說明理由。

[寫作要求]

1. 在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]

概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

Answer 1

It is reported that some schools in America have delayed starting hours to help sleepy students and that teachers and parents have seen the positive effects on students’ academy and emotion.

In my school, we get up at about six o’clock in the morning and lessons start at seven. As I have been accustomed to early rise since I was a little boy, I am quite used to the time schedule.

So, I think it is absolutely unnecessary to delay the opening of the school day. For one thing, we senior three students need to seize every minute to prepare for the upcoming college entrance examinations and early morning is the best time for our learning. For another, staying with the early start prepares us to enter the work force as very few jobs in the real world allow you to start work at 9 or later in the morning.

As the saying goes, early bird catches the worm. I believe the early start is better for students.