pupils were unable to get to school.
School 40 weren‘t too unhappy about it, though, as they headed 41 to play in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights, sledging and some even snowboarding and skiing.
In London, bus 42 were stopped for a day and the underground and trains were cancelled. 43 motorways in the country had to close.
Many people were unable to get to work and 44 is thought that the cost of this lost labour is around &1 billion to businesses and the economy.
45 wanting to leave the country had problems too. Runways were 46 at all the UK‘s major airports 47 the amount of snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, 48 some passengers trapped at airports.
So 49 is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, 50 that there aren‘t enough snow –ploughs and gritters(撒沙机) and it doesn‘t make sense to buy 51 equipment when it snows so infrequently.
The southeast of England was the hardest __52__ at the beginning of the week but the snow is now 53 northwards where the chaos continues.
More ice and snow is forecast 54 the week and the advice from travel and weather organizations is to stay indoors 55 you really need to venture out!
36、A、Therefore B、But C、However D、Actually 37、A、spotted B、seen C、noticed D、watched 38、A、had B、caused C、did D、met 39、A、had B、used C、ought D、dared 40、A、teachers B、children C、workers D、boys 41、A、up B、down C、away D、out 42、A、services B、stations C、stops D、drivers 43、A、Important B、Wide C、Big D、Major 44、A、this B、that C、it D、what 45、A、Someone B、Anyone C、Everyone D、Nobody 46、A、stopped B、trapped C、closed D、cancelled 47、A、despite B、of C、in spite of D、because of 48、A、leaving B、making C、getting D、sending 49、A、how B、why C、when D、where 50、A、announced B、explained C、suggested D、predicted 51、A、such B、so C、this D、that 52、A、hit B、knocked C、beaten D、attacked 53、A、falling B、making C、moving D、forming 54、A、within B、before C、until D、throughout 55、A、as B、if C、unless D、when 答案 36-55 CBBAB DADCB CDABB AACDC
Passage 21
（安徽省池州市七校调研2010届高三第一学期12月考试）
People often fall ill because of me. 36 , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own 37 , A tired person may get 38 , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in 39 is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though 40 , he still went to the cinema. Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
I seized this golden chance to 41 him. He reacted, trying to 42 me, but I was already 43 deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running. 44 he put on some warm clothes, it didn't work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept 45 him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but 46 . The next day he couldn't go to 47 . He had lost his appetite and was not as 48 as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his 49 .
For two days he was 50 by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the 51 . I knew I had to 52 him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back. 53 , it was my turn to feel 54 now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became 55 and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
36. A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Then 37. A. business B. responsibility C. excuse D. fault 38. A. punished B. blamed C. caught D. killed 39. A. temperature B. season C. place D. condition 40. A. excited B. hurt C. late D. tired 41. A. injure B. bother C. attack D. destroy 42. A. get on with B. get rid of C. put up with D. take hold of 43. A. reproducing B. waiting C. hiding D. disappearing 44. A. Since B. Once C. Whether D. Although 45. A. reminding B. upsetting C. comforting D. influencing 46. A. escaped B. succeeded C. regretted D. failed 47. A. bed B. work C. school D. hospital 48. A. peaceful B. afraid C. active D. happy 49. A. recovery B. development C. study D. affected 50. A. protected B. nursed C. scolded D. affected 51. A. loss B. operation C. pressure D. movement 52. A. leave B. catch C. forget D. beat
53. A. Uncertainly B. Unsuccessfully C. Unusually D. Unfortunately 54. A. painful B. disappointed C. nervous D. ashamed 55. A. bigger B. weaker C. smaller D. stronger 答案 36-40 CDCAD 41-45 CBADB 46-50 DCCAB 51-55 CADAB
Passage 22
（江西省瑞昌一中2010届高三上学期期中考试）
Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory，right ? Dana Denis is just 40 years old, but 36 she's worried about what she calls ―my rolling mental blackouts‖ . ―I try to remember something and I just blank out.‖ she says. You may 37 about these lapses, calling them ―senior moments ‖or blaming ―early Alzheimer's (老年痴呆症)‖. Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get, the 38 you remember? Well, sort of. But as time goes by, we tend to blame age 39 problems that are not necessarily age-related. ―When a teenager can't find her keys, she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized‖, says Paul Gold. ―A 70-year-old blames her 40 ‖. In fact，the 70-year-old may have been 41 things for decades. In healthy people, memory doesn't worsen as 42 as many of us think. ―As we 43 , the memory mechanism isn't 44 ‖, says psychologist Fergus Craik. ―It's just inefficient‖.
The brain's processing speed 45 over the years，though no one knows exactly 46 . Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency 47 there's less activity in the brain. But, cautions Barry Gordon, ―It's not clear that less activity is 48 . A beginning athlete is winded（气喘吁吁）more__49__than a senior athlete. In the same way, 50 the brain gets more skilled at a task, it expends less energy on it.‖
There are 51 you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory, though it 52 effort. Margaret Sewell says ―We're a quick-fix culture, but you have to 53 to keep your brain 54 . It's like having a good body. You can't go to the gym once a year 55 expect to stay in top form‖.
36. A. almost B. seldom C. already D. never 37. A. joke B. laugh C. blame D. criticize 38. A. much B. little C. more D. less 39. A. since B. for C. by D. because 40. A. memory B. mind C. trouble D.
health
41. A. organizing B. misplacing C. putting D. finding 42. A. rapidly B. frequently C. timely D. quickly 43. A. mature B. progress C. age D. grow 44. A. broken B. poor C. perfect D. working 45. A. falls down B. slows down C. sets down D. turns down 46. A. why B. how C. what D. when 47. A. although B. so C. since D. that 48. A. irregular B. better C. normal D. worse 49. A. difficultly B. easily C. common D. fast 50. A. as B. till C. though D. yet 51. A. stages B. steps C. advantages D. purposes 52. A. tries B. takes C. does D. spends 53. A. rest B. come C. work D. study 54. A. in peace B. in detail C. in fashion D. in shape 55. A. so B. or C. and D. if
答案 36-40 CADBA 41-45 BDCAB 46-50 ABDBA 51-55 BBCDC
Passage 23
（上海师大附中2010届高三第一学期期中考试）
In the United Kingdom the institution responsible for making laws, discussing major issues ___50____ the country and raising taxes is called Parliament．The three parts of Parliament, the sovereign （= the king or queen）, the House of Lords and the House of commons, meet together only on special ___51____．Although the agreement of all three is required for laws ___52____, that of the king or queen is now given without question．
Parliament comes from ―parley‖, a discussion．The word was first used in the 13th century to __53__ meetings between Henry III and his noblemen in the Great Council． At that time, the king used his and his noblemen‘s money to ___54___ government and war．Several kings found that they did not have enough money, and so they called together ___55___ from the counties and towns of England to ask them to ___56___ increased taxes．Over time, the Great Council became the House of Lords, and the people from the counties and towns became the House of Commons．___57___, the king needed only the support of his councilors to pass a law, but by the end of the 15th century members of the House of Commons were taking part in the ___58___ process．．
Control of the money supply by the House of Lords and the House of Commons make it difficult for the sovereign to ___59____ Parliament‘s wishes．Ministers were appointed by the sovereign but they needed support in the House of Commons to be able to pass laws and raise taxes．The ___60___ of political parties during the 18th century gave them the ___61___ to obtain that support．The involvement of the sovereign in policy-making and administration was gradually ___62___, leaving government in the hands of a cabinet, presided over （= be in the charge of） by a prime minister．___63___ the 19th century, the Government has been the party with the most members in the House of Commons, and the ___64___ of that party has been the Prime Minister． 50．A．affecting B．effecting C．destroying D．realizing 51．A．situations B．consequences C．occasions D．cases 52．A．passed B．being passed C．to pass D．to be passed 53．A．detect B．describe C．compose D．interpret 54．A．share with B．offer to C．pay for D．take up 55．A．representatives B．symbols C．protesters D．reminders 56．A．confess B．approve C．achieve D．consider 57．A．Inevitably B．Eventually C．Presently D．Originally 58．A．peace-loving B．law-making C．law-defending D．war-deciding 59．A．ignore B．confirm C．account for D．transform into 60．A．decline B．failure C．decrease D．rise 61．A．directions B．hope C．means D．power 62．A．conducted B．reduced C．declined D．rejected 63．A．Before B．After C．Since D．Until 64．A．leader B．candidate C．applicant D．advisor 答案 50．A 51．C 52．D 53．B 54．C 55．A 56．B 57．D
58．B 59．A 60．D 61．C 62．B 63．C 64．A
Passage 24
（福建省福州三中2010届高三上学期期中考试英语）
It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person with a cell phone to his ear. Even in places （36） cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theaters there is the （37） offender, or at least a few people using the text messaging feature （38） their phones.
Cell phone usage has （39） over the past decade and continues to rise. Nearly two hundred
（40） people in the United States have cell phones and there are （41） over one billion users worldwide. That means there are a lot of phones （42） their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time.
Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage （43） harm a person‘s health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since cell phones were （44）, leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the （45）. Some people say the biggest danger （46） cell phones isn‘t from the either real or perceived potential to develop cancer, but from （47） while using the cell phone. How many of us have seen vehicles driving （48） erratically （不稳定地） down the road. And we often see when we get near the vehicle the driver is （49） on a cell phone. It is a proven fact that a driver on a cell phone is （50） attentive and more likely to get in an accident. And, hands-free sets aren‘t the （51） that some people may believe. Yes, they （52） both hands for driving and prevent a person from getting a sore （酸疼的） arm, （53） the driver‘s mind is still （54） the conversation and therefore less attentive to what is （55） around him or her on the road. 36．A．which B．where C．there D．here 37．A．busy B．always C．occasional D．occasionally 38．A．under B．on C．from D．to 39．A．been exploded B．exploded C．been exploding D．exploding 40．A．millions B．milions of C．million D．million of 41．A．well B．good C．better D．best 42．A．delivering B．carrying C．taking D．sending 43．A．may B．must C．can D．should 44．A．allowed B．invented C．introduced D．bought 45．A．increase B．decline C．improvement D．rose 46．A．with B．before C．in D．on 47．A．attention B．attractive C．careless D．inattentiveness 48．A．quite B．almost C．hardly D．nearly 49．A．using B．talking C．moving D．handing 50．A．more B．less C．least D．fewer 51．A．problem B．question C．mean D．answer 52．A．hold up B．pick up C．put up D．free up 53．A．therefore B．as C．but D．though 54．A．taken up B．filled by C．occupied with D．picked up 55．A．happening to B．going on C．talking about D．moving about 答案 36-40 BCBBC 41-45 ADCCA 46-50 ADABB 51-55 DDCCB
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Passage 25
（福建省三明一中2010届高三上学期第二次月考）
What causes your computer a slow one? The problem lies with changes that occur to the PC's software. The 2 most 51 causes of slowdown (along with easy solutions) are: Registry errors - the most common problem