2015年长沙中考英语试题解析（五）

　　65. How long did Father spend in harvesting the neighbor’s rice?

　　【答案】Thewholenight

　　【解析】由spend 可以定位到文中倒数第二段最后一句“He spent the whole night keeping his word.”而句中“keeping hisword”便是说的“father spendin harvesting the neighbor’s rice”

　　IV.写作技能(三部分，共11小题，计30分)

　　第一节 语篇翻译阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。(共5小题，计10分)

　　难度：★★

　　What are magic words? Words like ‘thank you’, ‘please’ and ‘sorry’ can work wonders in our daily life. These polite expressions are used every day in American – among strangers, between friends or with family. 66. People with good manners always communicate with others well by using these magic words.

　　What should you do when you receive a gift for your birthday? 67. 你最好坐下来写一封感谢信。68. The words ‘thank you’ are very important and used very often. We say them when someone hands us a letter, passes us a book, offers us a drinks, or lends us an umbrella.

　　‘Please’ is another important word, but many people forget to use it. It is not polite to ask someone for help without saying ‘please’. 69. We are supposed to use it when we ask for something, too. It may be a book, a pen, or more milk. It may be in the classroom, at home, or at the bus stop. We can use ‘please’ to make a request(请求)pleasant.

　　70. 我们也应该学会说‘对不起’。If we have hurt someone’s feeling, we will have to say ‘sorry’. When we have told a lie and reGREt it, the same word should be used. Sometimes we have forgotten something or broken a promise, so we need to explain with the word as a beginning. ‘sorry’ is such a word that can make people forget wrongs.