江苏省江阴市山观高级中学2016届高三英语一轮复习习题：U2 The universal language（牛津译林版选修八） Word版无答案.docVIP

高三复习M8U2 【诵读·积累】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。 Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. With rich experience and a Master’s degree, to my shame, I could only drive a school bus to make ends meet. Later that afternoon, I dropped off a little girl in a quiet suburban neighborhood. As she passed she handed me an earring, saying I should keep it in case somebody claimed it. The earring was painted black and said BE HAPPY. It hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was grateful for. At first it was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. My life was completely changed. I know that it was because I changed my attitude to gratitude, which is the key to happiness. I spent the next year conducting training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived previously. I closed my one man business, bought a plane ticket and got a six month visa. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful cottage, two miles from a paved road in the highlands of Scotland. 【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括以上短文的主要内容； 2. 然后以约120个词就“幸福”话题写一篇短文，内容包括： 1 请讲述一件你经历过的幸福的事情； 2 简述你对幸福的理解。 Being a school bus driver, the author has been feeling unsatisfiedwith his life until the girl gave him the “BE HAPPY” earring, which was waiting for its owner. He learned that being grateful will lead to happiness. Actually, I experienced great happiness last weekend when my parents came from home to meet me for a dinner. With heavy schoolwork in Senior Three, I have been staying in school for nearly one month, just talking to my parents on the phone occasionally. Last weekend, I almost cried, saying I missed them so much and they promised to see me at the weekend. When the bell rang, I rushed to the school gate where I knew