Passage 1
(09·上海)
Most people believe they don‘t have much imagination. They are 50 .Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to 51 it. Creativity isn‘t always 52 with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time 53 think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections This technique involves taking 54 ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the idea/words 55 with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the 56 to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to but a friend an original 57 ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.
NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don‘t 58 . You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new 59 .If your goal is to learn to ski, 60 , you can now practise skiing every day of your life （because you have the time and the money）. Now 61 this to reality. Maybe you can practise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a 62 point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writes. Fiction writers often imagine they are the 63 in their books. They ask question: What does this character want? Why can‘t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their 64 . The best fishermen think like fish!
50. A. wrong B. unbelievable C. reasonable D. realistic 51. A. put up with B. catch up with C. make use of D. keep track of 52. A. equipped B. compared C. covered D. connected 53. A. skillfully B. routinely C. vividly D. deeply 54. A. familiar B. unrelated C. creative D. imaginary 55. A. presented B. marked C. lit D. associated 56. A. ideas B. ambitions C. achievement D. technique 57. A. experience B. service C. present D. object 58. A. work B. last C. exist D. change 59. A. possibilities B. limitations C. tendency D. practice 60. A. in fact B. in particular C. as a whole D. for example 61. A. devote B. adapt C. lead D. keep 62. A. private B. global C. different D. practical 63. A. positions B. dreams C. images D. directions 64. A. positions B. dreams C. images D. directions
答案 50.A 51.C 52.D 53.B 54.B 55.D 56.A 57.C 58.C 59.A 60.D 61.B 62.C 63.D 64.A
Passage 2
(09·江苏)
The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result,
all students must 36 sixty hours of service learning, 37 they will not receive a diploma. Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community. 38 of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. 39 a service experience, students must keep a journal（日志）and then write a 40 about what they have learned.
Supporters claim that there are many 41 of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think 42 their own interests and become 43 of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real-life skills that 44 responsibility, problem-solving, and working as part of a team. 45 , students can explore possible careers 46 service learning.
For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month. 47 there are many benefits, opponents （反对者） 48 problems with the new requirement. First, they 49 that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills. Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend 50 time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without 51 goes against the law. By requiring service, the school takes away an individual's freedom to choose.
In my view, service learning is a great way to 52 to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. 53 , I don' t believe you should force people to help others – the 54 to help must come from the heart. I think the best 55 is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service. Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility, and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely.
36. A. spend B. gain C .complete D. save 37. A. and B. or C. but D. for 38. A. Subjects B. ideas C. Procedures D. Examples 39. A. With B. Before C . During D. After 40. A. diary B, report C . note D. notice 41. A. courses B. benefits C . challenges D. features 42. A. beyond B. about C. over D. in 43. A. careful B. proud C. tired D. aware 44. A. possess B. apply C. include D. develop 45. A. Gradually B. Finally C . Luckily D. Hopefully 46. A. through B. across C. of D. on 47. A. So B. Thus C . Since D. While 48. A. deal with B. look into C . point out D. take down 49. A. argue B. doubt C . overlook D. admit 50. A. much B. full C . less D. more 51. A. cost B. pay C. care D. praise 52. A. contribute B. appeal C. attend D. belong 53. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However 54. A. courage B. desire C. emotion D. spirit 55. A. decision B. purpose C. solution D. result
答案 36.C 37.B 38.D 39.C 40.B 41.B 42.A 43.D 44.C 45.B 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.A 50.C 51.B 52.A 53.D 54.B 55.C
Passage 3
(08·安徽)
There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time．One of them is to walk around it，guide-book 36 hand. Of course，we may 37 with our guide-books the history and 38 developments of a town and get to know them.
39 then，if we take our time and 40 in a town for a while，we may get to know it better. When we 41 it as a whole，we begin to have some 42 ，which even the best guide-books do not answer．Why is the town just 43 this，this shape，this plan，this size? Why do its streets 44 in this particular way, and not in any 45 way? Here even the best guide-book 46 us．One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the 47 appearance. It may not describe the
original（最初的） 48 of a town．However，one may get some idea of what it
49 look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 50 the town was first planned and built．Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 51 to develop．
What is the 52 of studying towns in this way？For me，it is 53 that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes．A 54 visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 55 just reading about it in a guide-book． 36．A．in B．at C．by D．on 37．A．write B．study C．tell D．remember 38．A. strange B．similar C．separate D．special 39．A．But B．Before C．Since D．Until 40．A．march B．work C．stay D．wait 41．A．look at B．1ook after C．1ook for D．1ook up 42. A．ideas B．opinions C．feelings D．questions 43．A．of B．for C．1ike D．as 44．A．open B．run C．begin D．move 45．A．one B．more C．other D．such 46．A．helps B．tricks C．fails D．satisfies 47．A．old B．normal C．first D．present 48．A．capital B．meaning C．design D．change 49．A．used to B．seemed to C．had to D．happened to 50．A．what B．how C．when D．where 51．A．stops B．appears C. starts D．continues 52．A. point B．view C．problem D．difficulty 53．A．nearly B. simply C．generally D. hardly 54．A. costly B．formal C．group D．personal 55. A. from B．than C．through D．with
答案 36.A 37.B 38.D 39.A 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.C 44.B 45.C 46.C 47.D 48.C 49.A 50.B 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.B
Passage 4
(07·安徽)
It was the night of the full moon, a time which always
drives Java' s young people mad with excitement.
Fireworks were lit long before the moon 36 . The big noise brought people out 37 the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene. Everywhere, there were the paper remains of 38__ fireworks lying on the ground. Little boys 39 more and covered their ears as they waited _ 40__ for the explosions.
The moon appeared above the horizon(地平线) : huge, 41 ball high above the city, and the __42 filled with people, as Java began to enjoy one of the year' s greatest _ 43 _ : ' the Night of the Full Moon' , a festival(节日) that is especially popular 44_ young people.
More and more young Javanese 45 together and walked slowly through the 46 Joking and chatting, they moved towards the mountain _ 47 the city. They continued to climb 48 they reached the old temple( 寺庙 ) at the 49 of the mountain.
After they were _ 50 the temple, they drank their water and ate their moon-cakes -- delicious home-made ones, 51 of dried fruit and nuts. Outside, on the mountain, young people 52__ cross-legged in circles, chatting and telling each other jokes. And 53 , in their hundreds, more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to 54 the brightly shining moon.
By midnight, the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the 55 city in the valley below them. But during the night, the sound continued to be heard from the distance. 36. A. let out B. gave out C. came out D. set out 37. A. into B. at C. of D. from 38. A. burning B. used C. exploding D. broken 39. A. lit B. bought C. piled D. removed 40. A. patiently B. calmly C. worriedly D. excitedly 41. A. silver B. new C. colorful D. gold 42. A. mountains B. valleys C. streets D. shops 43. A. games B. meetings C. sports D. events 44. A. for B. to C. with D. in 45. A. danced B. gathered C. drank D. shouted 46. A. village B. scene C. night D. ground 47. A. on the edge of B. on the way to C. in the center of D. in the direction of 48. A. while B. until C. unless D. though 49. A. tip B. back C. top D. bottom 50. A. inside B. near C. off D. across 51. A. fond B. little C. full D. free 52. A. jumped B. sat C. stood D. bent 53. A. so B. even C. yet D. still 54. A. follow B. show C. notice D. admire 55. A. clean B. gray C. peaceful D. empty 答案 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. D 41.A 42. C 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. C 50. A 51. C 52. B 53. D 54. D 55. B
Passage 5
(06·广东B卷)
The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for
survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can 36 from a different kind of poverty—of the spirit. 37 , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides (自杀)every year by children under 15, and one child 38 five needs psychiatric(心理)advice.
There are many good things about 39 in the Third World. Take the close
and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example.In the West,the very nature of work puts distance between 40 and children.But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 41 ,the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working 42 and often shares in that work.
A child 43 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the
community's 44 ：helping to dig or build,look after animals or babies--rather than 45 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 46 playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time
than the 47 children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, 48 , are provided with a watch as one of the 49 signs of growing up, so that they can 50 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows…
Third World children do not usually 51 to stay indoors, still less in
highrise apartments(公寓).Instead of dangerous roads,\off the grass\signs and \Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 53 from ten floors up.
54 , twelve million children under five still die every year through
hunger and disease.But childhood in the Third World is not all 55 . 36. A. come B. learn C. suffer D. survive
37. A. As usual B. For instance C. In fact D. In other words 38. A. by B. in C. to D. under 39. A. childhood B. poverty C. spirit D. survival 40. A. adults B. fathers C. neighbours D. relatives 41. A. Anyhow B. However C. Instead D. Still 42. A. away B. alone C. along D. nearby 43. A. growing up B. living through C. playing D. working 44. A. activity B. life C. study D. work 45. A. by B. from C. through D. with 46. A. and B. but C. or D. so
47. A. Eastern B. good C. poor D. Western 48. A. at any moment B. at the same time C. on the other hand D. on the whole 49. A. easiest B. earliest C. happiest D. quickest