42．A．skills 43．A．peaceful 44．A．of 45．A．deserts 46．A．from 47．A．energetic 48．A．there‘s 49．A．appearance 50．A．have 51．A．water 52．A．what 53．A．pass 54．A．Not
55．A．probably B．news B．quiet B．with
B．mountains B．between B．great B．there‘re B．way B．having B．ice B．if B．past B．No B．perhaps C．intelligence C．lifeless C．for C．rivers C．for C．heavy C．here‘s C．form C．carry
C．equipment C．how C．ago C．Nor
C．supposed D．information D．dead D．through D．seas D．with D．powerful D．here‘re D．shape D．carrying D．oxygen D．that D．before D．Never D．although
答案 36.C 37.A 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.D 43.C 44.B 45.A 46.D 47.D 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.A 52.D 53.B 54.B 55.D
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Passage 5
（贵州省遵义四中2010届第一次月考）
Like many sisters, Abby and Eliza Davis couldn‘t be more different. Twelve-year-old Eliza is full of _21__, and always has something to say. Nine-year-old Abby is __22_. She‘s happiest when she has a good book to read. Eliza __23__ to be a lawyer or a clothes designer one day. She just can‘t __24__ to grow up and go to collage. Abby wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She works hard at math and science, her _25__ subjects. Eliza is in the seventh grade. She gets up every day at 5:30, to __26__ and blow dry her hair. She‘s ready to leave the house at 6:50, to __27__ her friends by the store for breakfast. The children have a mile and a half to __28__ to school, and the bell rings at 7:30. At 11:20, the children have their __29__. Some eat the hot dog, chicken pot pie, __30__ other food that the school prepares for them, but Eliza would like to bring her own lunch in a lunchbox. At 2:15, classes are __31_ and it‘s time for sports. Eliza usually has tennis practice 32__ 4:30. She‘s tired by the time her mother comes to get her in the car, but she still has two or three hours of __33__ to do before she goes to bed. Abby is in the fourth grade at Broken Ground School. She‘s lucky. Her school has big modern __34__, first-class teacher, and an excellent library. The playground is surrounded by beautiful __35__, where Indians once camped. Like many American school children, Abby starts the day by saluting the American __36__ hanging in her classroom. Then work begins. Today, She‘s writing a composition about her summer holidays. Her pencil __37__ busily across the paper. Abby will finish her story at home this evening, 38 Eliza does her homework. Will they work together 39 , or will they fight?
―Well,‖ says Abby,‖ We have arguments, but we get along pretty well. About fifty-fifty, I‘d
say.‖ That's not 40 for two such different sisters, is it?
21. A. power B. energy C. strength D. courage 22. A. quieter B. younger C. noisier D. harder 23. A. needs B. has C. agrees D. wants 24. A. refuse B. accept C. wait D. wish 25. A. best B. lovely C. fortunate D. favorite 26. A. wash B. clean C. brush D. comb 27. A. welcome B. meet C. see D. receive 28. A. drive B. move C. walk D. travel 29. A. lunch B. cooking C. game D. supper 30. A. besides B. except C. without D. or
31. A. given B. prepared C. finished D. started 32. A. at B. by C. after D. until 33. A. housework B. homework C. cleaning D. washing 34. A. offices B. blackboard C. classrooms D. windows 35. A. buildings B. pools C. forest D. woods 36. A. flag B. map C. history D. people 37. A. jumps B. leans C. lies D. moves 38. A. while B. and C. if D. then 39. A. happily B. constantly C. peacefully D. carefully 40. A. bad B. fair C. equal D. usual 答案 21-25 BADCD 26-30 ABCAD 31-35 CDBCD 36-40 ADACA
Passage 6
（河北省秦皇岛市山海关一中2010届高三第一次月考）
Some business people have to do a lot of traveling．However, they can usually 31 to stay in some of the best hotels unlike 32 people．These very expensive hotels often lie in 33 parts of the city where there is 34 to do in the evenings．There are 35 at the front of them if you want to go 36 or you can walk along the road in front of the hotel, or just 37 the corner to find pubs and 38 that serve good beer and excellent food, or fast food, if you 39 . Some of these places 40 have entertainment（娱乐）with singers or rock bands on the stage．If you don't want to go out of your hotel or go up to your 41 in the evening, you 42 always go to a bar．Some 43 hotels have revolving（旋转）bars on the roof and you get a full view over the 44 ．There may even be a karaoke bar, either in the hotel, 45 across the street, 46 you like the sort of entertainment．Many hotels also 47 sports equipment, with a fitness center, swimming pool, squash and tennis courts．
Many Asian cities have first-class 48 now with no difference in quality between East and West．The differences are in the environment and local culture and each city has its own 49 character which 50 the interest of doing business in different parts of the East．
31．A．support B．afford C．refuse D．manage 32．A．ordinary B．young C．disabled D．lucky 33．A．lonely B．convenient C．quiet D．noisy 34．A．nothing B．plenty C．little D．anything 35．A．bikes B．buses C．cars D．taxis
36．A．nowhere B．somewhere 37．A．from B．among 38．A．hotels B．shops 39．A．decide B．prefer 40．A．ever B．never 41．A．hotel B．room 42．A．will B．should 43．A．large B．tall 44．A．city B．street 45．A．or else B．or 46．A．so B．as 47．A．offer B．consider
48．A．universities B．supermarkets 49．A．usual B．ordinary 50．A．adds to B．adds up
答案 31-35 BABBD 36-40 BCDBC C．everywhere C．round C．hours C．need C．even C．home C．must C．expensive C．district C．otherwise C．if C．prepare C．hospitals C．special C．adds up to 41-45 BDBAB D．whenever D．below D．restaurants D．hope D．hardly D．restaurant D．can
D．beautiful D．courtyard D．and D．where D．add D．hotels D．common D．add
46-50 CADCA
Passage 7
（湖南省浏阳一中2010届高三上学期第二次月考）
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___36___ than housewives, Evidence（证据） shows that ___37___ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___38_ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly（相应地）by 2%. All this ___39_ one point: Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, __40__ loneliness and solitude（孤独）. Researches show that people feel _41___ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are __42__. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as __43__ between man and reality. By work, people ___44__ each other. By collective（集体的） activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __45__ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to（易于）__46__.
__47___, work gives one a sense of fulfillment （充实感）and a sense of ___48__. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___49__ finishes his writing or a doctor
successfully __50___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___51__, they are happy __52__. From the above we can come to the conclusion __53_ the more you work, __54___ you will be. Let us work hard, _55_ and live a happy and healthy life.
36 .A.more healthier B．healthier C．weaker D．worse
37. A．career women B．the busy C．the jobless D．the hard-working 38. A．that whenever B．whether C．that though D．since 39.A．comes down to B．equals to C．adds up to D．amounts to 40.A．不填 B．off C．in touch with D．away from 41.A.happy, interested B.glad, joyful C．cheerful, concerned D．unhappy, worried
42.A.busy B. free C．lazy D．empty
43.A. a river B．a gap C．a channel D．a bridge 44. A．come across B．come into contact with C.look down upon D．watch over
45.A．means B．stands C．equals D．matches 46.A．success B．death C．victory D．disease 47.A．Besides B．Nevertheless C．However D．Yet 48.A．disappointment B．achievement C．regret D．apology 49.A．a worker B．a farmer C．a writer D．a manager 50.A．manages B．controls C．operates on D．deals with 51A.．raise B．grow C．rise D．increase
52.A．in a word B．without a word C．at a word D．beyond words 53A．that B．which C．what D．不填． 54A. the lonelier and weaker B．lonelier and weaker C．happier and healthier D．the happier and healthier
55A. study well B．studying well C．study good D．studying good 答案 36-40 BCAAD 41-45 DADBA 46-50 DABCC 51-55 BDADA
Passage 8
(广东省茂名市第十中学2010届高三第一次模拟)
Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do them, results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such 21 took place in South America about fifty 22 ago. Whether its 23 consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.
The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of 24 the productivity of that country‘s bees. He imported a very 25 type of African bee from Tanzania and mated（交配） it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist‘s name , was entirely 26 .
Then things began to go wrong. For some 27 as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to 28 extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be 29, attacked the native bees and 30 them from their living places.
21. A. disaster B. accident C. incident D. experiment 22. A. days B. weeks C. months D. years 23. A. last B. final C. total D. first
24. A. increasing B. reducing C. making D. controlling 25. A. passive B. active C. native D. primitive 26. A. careful B. grateful C. successful D. successless 27. A. reason B. excuse C. cause D. explanation 28. A. stop B . develop C. accept D. receive 29. A. hungry B. angry C. heavy D. terrible 30. A. took B. drove C. chased D. killed 答案 21-25ＤＤＢＡＢ 26-30 C AＢB B
Passage 9
(广东省惠州市2010届高三第一次调研考试)
It is estimated that about 10 million people go into coastal waters every year to get a closer look at whales.
When the eco-tourists try to have a look at the __21___mammals rising above the water line, killer whales lives are greatly__22___, though they are the top of the food chain in the sea.
―We now have more whale-watch boats than there are whales,‖ said Kelley BalcombBartok of an __23____ in Washington State which works with scientists to protect whales.
All this activity is causing people to show more ___24____ about the whales health and survival .Some scientists say noise from all the boat traffic may __25____ a whales sonar（声纳，声波）ability as much as 95 percent .The whales need sonar to find food.
There new studies __26____ this month suggest the interference caused by the tourists is damaging the whales, whose population in the Puget Sound region has ___27___ from 98 to 80 in less than a decade. Scientist say all the traffic also forces the whales to move around morn, wasting energy needed for ___28____food.
―I would say that at times when there are a lot of boats and there is a lot of noise, they are easily __29____,‖ said Tom McMillen, captain of the whale-watching boat Stellar Sea, which takes out there groups a day.
Scientists say there is less food in the sea for the whales to eat : besides, the population in the sea is more serious. Obviously the __30_____from the boats make the life of the whales even worse.
21. A. huge B. poisonous C. delicate D. cautions 22. A. refreshed B. discovered C. threatened D. witnessed 23. A. activity B. organization C. area D. avenue 24. A. sympathy B enthusiasm C. excitement D. concern 25. A. stop B. decrease C. increase D. improve 26. A. released B abandoned C. predicted D. relieved 27. A. changed B. sunk C. reduced D. fallen 28. A. tasting B. hunting C. searching D. eating 29. A. astonished B .annoyed C. disappointed D. excited 30. A sound B. voice C. noise D. echo 答案 21-25 ACBDB 26-30 ADBBC
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Passage 10
（贵州省高武中学2010届高三10月月考）
Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That _16___ two out of every three people simply don‘t know the _17___ they already have to be successful when it‘s _18___ there in their hands!_19 __if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: ―No one can make you feel inferior（差的）unless you __20___ them.‖ A successful businessman says, ―You can‘t push anyone up a ladder __21__ he knows he can climb himself.‖
Many of us have an image _22___, the image we have of ourselves. __23____one guy put it: ―You can‘t win a horse race if you think you look _24___on a horse.‖ To succeed, the first person you have to _25___ is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just __26___ your