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1. CCTV English News What Where When Who Hostage siege A café, Sydney, Australia Monday, a week before Christmas Hostages, gunman, the police

2. VOA News • Australian police have ended a 16-hour hostage ______ that left two hostages and the __________ dead. __________ forces surrounded and then entered the Lindt Chocolate Café in the city’s central business area Tuesday morning. • Six people _________ the restaurant just before the police raided it. The dead include two men and one woman. Four other people were __________. • Australian officials _________ the gunman as Man Haron Monis, an Iranian __________. He is believed to have taken control of the restaurant Monday morning, local time. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the incident may be politically ______. • During the incident hostages in the cafe were seen standing with their hands pushed up against the windows.  A black flag with Arabic letters could be seen through the glass. • Man Haron Monis was facing __________ related to a murder and a separate sex crime. Media reports say he was found guilty in 2012 of sending _________ and threatening letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas.

3. VOA News • Australian police have ended a 16-hour hostage crisis that left two hostages and the gunman dead. Security forces surrounded and then entered the Lindt Chocolate Café in the city’s central business area Tuesday morning. • Six people escaped the restaurant just before the police raided it. The dead include two men and one woman. Four other people were injured. • Australian officials identified the gunman as Man Haron Monis, an Iranian immigrant. He is believed to have taken control of the restaurant Monday morning, local time. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the incident may be politically motivated. • During the incident hostages in the cafe were seen standing with their hands pushed up against the windows.  A black flag with Arabic letters could be seen through the glass. • Man Haron Monis was facing charges related to a murder and a seprate sex crime. Media reports say he was found guilty in 2012 of sending offensive and threatening letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas.

4. T or F • 1. Hardly had the gunman taken control of the restaurant when the police surrounded and enter it. • 2. Seven hostages, among whom 4 were injured, were involved in this hostage crisis. • 3. It was assumed that the gunman came from Iran. • 4. The gunman, who had been accused of robbery was facing charges related to a murder. • 5. It was said that Man Haron Monis held the hostages for some political reasons. • 6. The hostages were forced to stand against the windows with their hands tied up. • 7. No one had fled the Lindt Chocolate Café until the security forces raided it.

5. Another News

6. Tourists have always taken selfies of themselves at Sydney's most iconic landmarks, but on a day that has horrified the city many people are taking macabre snapshots for old times' sake as well。 • All day people were uploading selfies of themselves on Twitter from as close as possible to where the hostage siege was taking place。 • Just to make the photos more authentic some even took them with television cameras in the background. Two onlookers even looked like they were taking a 'celebration selfie' than one at a hostage siege. Others smiled happily as if they were standing in front of Sydney Opera House instead of a chilling hostage crisis that could yet end in tragedy。 • The hostage siege has been going since 10am on Monday with as many as 30 people believed to be held against their will by a gunman in a central Sydney cafe。 • Not that it stopped people taking selfies in the area. However, the thoughtless actions have created a huge backlash on Twitter, with many users berating the people for putting up the tasteless selfies。 • One person wrote: 'Awful, do they not have any feelings. People are being held hostage and all they can do is take a selfie.' • 'I love a selfie, but how is this ok?,' said another。 • 'Don't go home and hug your loved ones and be grateful that you're not caught up in a hostage nightmare… go to the scene and take a selfie,' one Twitter user wrote。 • It's unlikely the inappropriate pictures will be taken down from these accounts no matter how the hostage crisis ends.

7. What is the key word? • selfies a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.

8. 1. What does the word “berate” in the fifth paragraph mean? • A. punish B. ignore C. approve D. condemn • 2. As for those taking selfies at the hostage siege, which of the • following hasn’t been mentioned? • A. They uploaded the photos they took on Twitter. • B. Some even took selfies with television cameras in the • background. • C. They tried to take some photos at the hostage siege in • memory of the dead. • D. It seemed that several onlookers were taking a “celebration • selfies”. • 3. The selfies taken at the hostage siege ______ • A. were so authentic that they attracted many sharings on Twitter • B. will be deleted from those accounts soon • C. may reflect some people’s being indifferent to the tragedy • D. were mostly taken by the tourists visiting Sydney for the first • time • 4. What’s the author’s attitude to people taking selfies at the • hostage siege? • A. supportive B. critical C. neutral D. confused

9. Can you use some words or phrases to describe why the tourists took selfies where the hostage siege was taking place?

10. writing task • 读写任务的写作内容分为两部分： • 1.考生先阅读一段200词左右的英文材料，然后用大约30词左右概括短文要点。（summarize the passage) • 2 .就短文内容引出的话题和内容要点发表你的看法或叙述一件事情，该部分约120字数。（state your opinions)

11. 2014江苏高考英语作文 • 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 • When we read newspapers, we often come across such English words as “AIDS” and “PK”. When we watch TV, we frequently hear words like “NBA” or “PM 2.5”. When we speak, we automatically use words like “OUT” or “Bye－bye”. English words and expressions like these are getting popular. They have already become part of our daily language. And 239 English words have been included in the latest Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese. • The inclusion has started a heated discussion. A group of scholars signed a letter of complaint over the inclusion of these English words, which, they think, goes against Chinese language policies. They not only worry that Chinese is borrowing an increasing number of English words but are also concerned that the inclusion may hurt the dignity of the Chinese language. However, others are in favor of the inclusion because it is hard to say whether it will threaten the Chinese language. They believe the selection is mostly a result of their function and use in daily life.

12. [写作内容] • 1. 用约30个单词写出上文概要。 • 2. 用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括： • (1) 支持或反对汉语词典收录英语词汇。 • (2) 用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。 • [写作要求] • 1. 可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据。 • 2. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句。 • 3. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 • 4. 不必写标题。 • [评分标准] • 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

13. 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 • Tourists have always taken selfies of themselves at Sydney's most iconic landmarks, but on a day that has horrified the city many people are taking macabre snapshots for old times' sake as well。 • All day people were uploading selfies of themselves on Twitter from as close as possible to where the hostage siege was taking place。 • Just to make the photos more authentic some even took them with television cameras in the background. Two onlookers even looked like they were taking a 'celebration selfie' than one at a hostage siege. Others smiled happily as if they were standing in front of Sydney Opera House instead of a chilling hostage crisis that could yet end in tragedy。 • The hostage siege has been going since 10am on Monday with as many as 30 people believed to be held against their will by a gunman in a central Sydney cafe。

14. 在灾难现场自拍 • [写作内容] • 1. 用约30个单词写出上文概要。 • 2. 用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括： • (1) 支持或反对__________________________。 • (2) 用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。 • [写作要求] • 1. 可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据。 • 2. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句。 • 3. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 • 4. 不必写标题。 • [评分标准] • 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

15. What is a summary? A summary is a shortened version of the original passage in your own words.

16. How to summarize? What should be paid attention to when writing a summary?

17. Dos 1: Omit (省略) the details, repetitions and examples. 2:Use general(概括性) words instead of specific(具体的) words. 3. Put the main points of a dialogue in indirect speech. 4. Use synonyms (同义词) or similar phrases. 5. Write it in thethird person. （第三人称） 6. Control the number of words about 30.

18. Don’ts Don’t make improper selections of key ideas. Don’t copy the original sentences. Don’t add your own judgments. 4 Don’t forget the shortest possible transitions.

19. 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 • Tourists have always taken selfies of themselves at Sydney's most iconic landmarks, but on a day that has horrified the city many people are taking macabre snapshots for old times' sake as well。 • All day people were uploading selfies of themselves on Twitter from as close as possible to where the hostage siege was taking place。 • Just to make the photos more authentic some even took them with television cameras in the background. Two onlookers even looked like they were taking a 'celebration selfie' than one at a hostage siege. Others smiled happily as if they were standing in front of Sydney Opera House instead of a chilling hostage crisis that could yet end in tragedy。 • The hostage siege has been going since 10am on Monday with as many as 30 people believed to be held against their will by a gunman in a central Sydney cafe。

20. combine the four elements Tourists When the hostage siege was taking place At the spot of hostage siege in Sydney Taking selfies, uploading

21. A possible version • The passage tells us that some tourists took selfies at the place where a hostage crisis was taking place in Sydney. Moreover, They even uploaded the photos on the internet to share them with the netizens.