下列两题，任选一题作文
（1）题目：《今天，我真的很美》
（2）阅读下面的材料，自选角度，自拟题目，写一篇作文。
       《老人与海》描写一个经验丰富的渔人，在海上架着钓竿抛下钓饵，漂流了几十个昼夜，终于捕得一条大鱼，打破了一切渔夫的记录。这个伟大的渔翁抛出钓丝以后，水面以下，属于命运，“因为不知道什么时候有鱼上钩，也不知道上钩的鱼究竟有多大。”水面以上，属于意志，“他要端坐船尾，昼夜守候，虽然极其疲劳辛苦，但他绝不终止。”
要求：①以上两题，任选一题，根据提示，扣题作文；
            ②文体自选，字数不少于600字。（诗歌不少于30行）
            ③正文中如需出现本市人名、地名、校名，请用××代替。
            ④字迹工整，卷面整洁。

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。

    Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own 1. Many students work after school to 2 a car. In most places 3 people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a 4 test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver's 5 may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.

    Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are 6. But they will take 7 cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people 8most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have 9 car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or 10 activities.