答案 31.B 32.D 33.C 34.A 35.B 36.B 37.A 38.C 39.A 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.B 44.C 45.A 46.D 47.C 48.A 49.B 50.D
Passage 2
(湖北省宜昌市一中2009届高三5月仿真模拟考试)
Where the heart is?
In three days I will leave China behind for a few weeks and head back to Australia to spend time with my family and friends. This will be a very 31 trip for me as, for the first time ever, I will not be 32 to my hometown. You see, my parents sold their house in my hometown and moved about 500 kilometers away.
As it 33 me I would be returning to a whole new place, I was 34 with two questions: Do I still have a hometown? Where is my home? I needed to do some research.
After reading A Story from the Chinese Diaspora, I learned I was not alone in feeling 35 about where I call home. In the story, a Chinese American girl 36 with finding her identity and 37 her past with her present. I realized the place we live now and the place we lived then, have a great 38 over who we are, where we long to be and where we feel 39 and safety.
Back to My Motherland 40 of a woman who left her motherland years ago and started a new life in America--the place she now calls home. But, 41 some people move on from their hometown and 42 a new life somewhere else, others have a strong 43 to the city that they grew up in. In Hometown Boy we learn of a man who clings(坚持) to his 44 and continues to make his hometown a 45 of his life for now and for the future. He makes it his 46 to give back to the community that has given so much to him and his family.
As I 47 the days until I head back to my motherland and 48 where exactly my home is, I am 49 to decide where my heart is. And quite 50 , my heart is wherever I am.
31. A. strange B. serious C. unique D. curious 32. A. removing B. returning C. referring D. relating 33. A. struck B. clarified C. occurred D. impressed 34. A. satisfied B. charged C. appointed D. presented 35. A. confused B. convinced C. depressed D. excited 36. A. sticks B. starts C. struggles D. supplies 37. A. consulting B. connecting C. confirming D. contenting 38. A. difference B. advantage C. impression D. influence 39. A. comfort B. tension C. unrest D. stress 40. A. talks B. shows C. tells D. learns 41. A. why B. how C. where D. while 42. A. build B. trend C. survive D. expand 43. A. attachment B. commitment C. devotion D. ambition 44. A. bases B. roots C. rules D. tasks 45. A. soul B. sign C. role D. part 46. A. duty B. urge C. conduct D. purpose
47. A. account for 48. A. consider 49. A. directed 50. A. simply B. appeal to B. remind B. annoyed B. gently C. centre upon C. foresee C. sacred C. merely D. count down D. expect D. forced D. awfully
答案 31.C 32.B 33.A 34.D 35.A 36.C 37.B 38.D 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.A 43.A 44.B 45.D 46.A 47.D 48.A 49.D 50.A
Passage 3
(湖北省钟祥六中2009年高三高考冲刺最后一卷)
My son was badly hurt in a fire. After he 31 from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months 32 it took long for the skin to stop shrinking (收缩). So, he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch 33 on his face.
I said to my son, ―Keaton, 34 will pay any more attention to your scar 35 you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother 36 .‖ He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head 37 high — glad he was alive.
38 , everyone has scars and shortcomings. Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, 39 you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer 40 . But you see, like Keaton‘s scar, people will only judge you by your looks, or your 41 , or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false 42 . One of my friends in college was very 43 . At first, when people met him, they noticed his 44 for about 10 seconds. This man felt 45 about himself and spent most of his time 46 about other people‘s comfort and welfare. 47 , people ignored his looks. What people 48 was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn‘t act in an ugly way so people didn‘t treat him as an ugly man.
Therefore, concentrate on what you value 49 yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same 50 . 31. A. cured B. recovered C. improved D. returned 32. A. because B. though C. until D. before 33. A. cut B. wound C. injure D. scar 34. A. no one B. anyone C. everyone D. someone 35. A. as B. like C. than D. when 36. A. another B. others C. all D. us 37. A. put B. held C. taken D. hung 38. A. After all B. In conclusion C. In fact D. Above all 39. A. as long as B. if C. even if D. as if 40. A. house B. telephone C. job D. car 41. A. clothes B. hairstyle C. figure D. salary 42. A. means B. standards C. comments D. rules 43. A. smart B. optimistic C. rude D. ugly 44. A. manners B. expressions C. looks D. actions
45. A. lucky B. worried 46. A. inquiring B. asking 47. A. Completely B. Gradually 48. A. wanted B. understood 49. A. within B. beyond 50. A. kindness
B. concern
C. good
C. knowing C. Obviously C. brought C. except
C. beauty
D. sad D. caring D. Suddenly D. saw D. above D. perfection
答案 31.B 32.A 33.D 34.A 35.C 36.B 37.B 38.C 39.B 40.D 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.C 46.D 47.B 48.D 49.A 50.C
Passage 4
(福建省泉州七中2009届高三最后一次模拟考试)
Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 36 --- to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were 37 . When the students 38 their assignment, she found that most of them drew some pictures of their parents, teachers, brothers, sisters, friends or neighbors. ―What 39 students! How wonderful the pictures are!‖ She thought.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 40 boy. He didn‘t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and __41__. He seldom __42__ with other children during the break __43__ they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and encouraged him to be confident and have a good time with his classmates. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a __44__. Nothing else. His abstract image _45__ the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother‘s hand，for mother‘s hand gives children warmth and __46__. Another child guessed it was a farmer‘s hand, because farmers raise turkeys. Still others thought it was a police officer‘s hand, because the police __47__ people and care for people. And so the discussion __48__. When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas‘ desk, __49__, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, ― It‘s __50__, teacher.‖ Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was __51__ and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She __52__ how often she had said to him, ―Take my __53__, Douglas. We‘ll go outside.‖ or ―Let me show you how to hold your pencil.‖ or ―Let‘s do this together.‖
The story speaks of __54__ thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the children like Douglas. They might not always say ―__55__‖ out, but they‘ll remember the hand that you reach out to give them love and be grateful to you always. 36. A. assignment B. question C. suggestion D. solution 37. A. sorry B. regretful C. thankful D. responsible 38. A. gave in B. handed in C. put off D. called off 39. A. lovely B. honest C. brave D. friendly 40. A. strong B. kind C. different D. humorous 41. A. slow B. strict C. angry D. sad 42. A. played B. exercised C. joked D. lived
43. A. because 44. A. hand 45. A. reduced 46. A. comfort 47. A. search 48. A. ended 49. A. stood up 50. A. his 51. A. disappointed 52. A. forgot 53. A. hand 54. A. rather than 55. A. I‘m sorry B. though C. as D. since B. face C. ear D. leg B. ruined C. inspired D. used B. praise C. sorrow D. coldness B. question C. meet D. protect B. succeeded C. continued D. failed B. pulled down C. looked up D. bent down B. yours C. my mother‘s D. my father‘s B. annoyed C. tired D. touched B. regretted C. recalled D. understood B. book C. lesson D. gift
B. more than C. anything but D. nothing but B. Take care C. I‘m all right D.Thank you
答案 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.A 43.B 44.A 45.C 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.D 50.B 51.D 52.C 53.A 54.B 55.D
Passage 5
(福建省厦门外国语学校2009届高三最后一次模拟)
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 36 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 37 his taxi on the road. I 38 why he did not park it in the garage. Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 39 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 40 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 41 . I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 42 to be outside one evening two weeks 43 , when the garage door was 44 and he drove out in his ―own‖ car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 45 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 46 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 47 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 48 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n） 49 . We go to bed every night and 50 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 51 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 52 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 53 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 54 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 55 we are than what we do! 36. A. window 37. A. park 38. A. knew 39. A. for 40. A. business 41. A. wasteful 42. A. appeared 43. A. later 44. A. broken 45. A. once 46. A. far 47. A. driver 48. A. called 49. A. experience 50. A. stay up 51. A. competition 52. A. family 53. A. build 54. A. house 55. A. who
B. garage B. stop B. understood B. out of B. national B. meaningful B. intended B. more B. fine B. before B. deep B. engineer B. made B. earning B. wake up B. performance B. company B. climb B. garage B. what
C. door C. check C. asked C. without C. personal C. wonderful C. expected C. ago C. shut C. when C. long C. father C. elected C. life C. stay home C. debate C. team C. stand C. car C. which
D. yard D. repair D. wondered D. from D. public D. plentiful D. happened D. before D. open D. until D. little D. son D. turned D. position D. go home D. party D. whole D. lay D. taxi D. where
答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.A
Passage 6
(江西省抚州一中2009届高三第四次模拟考试)
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 36 a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的) time in Daniel's life. I wanted to 37 him some words of significance. But nothing came from my