29. A. understanding 30. A. grammar 31. A. have 32. A. a story 33. A. hope 34. A. so 35. A. terrible 36. A. think 37. A. guessing 38. A. society 39. A. ourselves 40. A. why
B. working
C. thinking C. skill C. get C. something C. learn C. not C. serious
D. living D. words D. use
D. everything D. know
B. knowledge B. make B. a newspaper B. find B. too B. dangerous B. talk B. telling B. mind B. heart B. what
D. all D. strange
D. read
D. promising D. world D. money D. when
C. learn C. pretending C. life
C. time C. how
答案 21.A 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.C 26.D 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.B 31.D 32.C 33.D 34.C 35.D 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.D
Passage 3
(浙江省宁波效实中学2009届高三5月模拟考试)
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further．The 21 you go about purchasing all item or a service can actually 22 you money or can add 23 the cost．
Take the 24 example of a hairdryer．If you are buying a hairdryer, you might 25 you are making the 26 buy if you choose one 27 look you like and which is also the cheapest 28 price．But when you get it home you may find that it 29 twice as long as a more expensive 30 to dry your hair．The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well 31 your hairdryer the most expensive one of all．
So what principles should you 32 when you go out shopping?
If you 33 your home，your car or any valuable 34 in excellent condition，you’ll be saving money in the long 35 ．Before you buy a new 36 ，talk to someone who owns one．If you can，use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular 37 ．
Before you buy an expensive 38 ，or a service，do check the price and 39 is on offer．If possible，choose 40 three items or three estimates． 21．A．form B．way C．method 22．A．raise 23．A．to 24．A．single 25．A．convince 26．A．best 27．A．which 28．A．on 29．A．spends 30．A．example 31．A．make 32．A．lay 33．A．keep
B．remain B．on B．simple B．examine B．most B．whose B．for B．lasts B．copy B．cause B．stick B．store
C．save C．up C．easy C．accept C．proper C．its C．in C．consumes C．model C．leave C．adopt C．reserve
D．fashion D．preserve D．in D．similar D．think D．reasonable D．what D．with D．takes D．sample D．prove D．adapt D．decorate
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34．A．products B．material C．ownership C．run
C．furniture C．function C．subject C．what C．of
D．possession D．time D．aid
D．purpose D．goods D．that D．by
35．A．moment B．period 36．A．equipment B．appliance 37．A．goal B．task 38．A。item B．element 39．A．this 40．A．in
B．which B．from
答案 21.B 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.D 26.A 27.B 28.C 29.D 30.C 31.A 32.C 33.A 34.D 35.C 36.B 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.B
Passage 4
(浙江省宁海县知恩中学2009届高三最后适应性考试)
Of all man’s natural enemies, the one that has caused him more trouble than any other must be the common rat. For centuries, man has been 21 to solve the problem of rats. The ancient Egyptians were probably the first people to try to 22 them with poison, and this method is still being used today. This says a great deal about how 23 this method has been. We have set innumerable 24 , from simple wires to 25 machines that drowned the rats in beer! We have tried to inflect them with 26 developed germs. We’ve 27 tried to raise super cats to kill them. However, we are still losing the 28 . So why can’t man manage to 29 a mere animal like the rat? The answer is simply that the rat isn’t a mere animal; It is a very special kind of animal. An average rat 30 : wriggle through a hole no 31 than a $1 coin; climb a brick wall as if it were climbing steps; happily leave a building by being flushed down the toilet, and then return the same 32 ; jump from a fifth storey window and run away 33 ; and last but certainly not least , 34 so rapidly that a single pair could have 15,000 babies in one year!
35 all these phyical qualities, we also have the 36 that rats are rather good at not getting caught. They seem to have an almost supernatural ability to 37 when food has been
poisoned and a suspicious rat will starve 38 it eats poisoned food. They also seem to be able to 39 a trap with no real difficulty.
One thing looks certain, we had better find a way to 40 these small brown creatures soon, or it may be too late.
21. A. Trying B. managing C. coming D. failing
22. A. solve B. drive C. kill D. murder 23. A. effective B. efficent C. explict D. extreme
24. A. troops B. tricks C. tyres D. traps
25. A.commercial B. complictated C. conventional D. contemporary
26. A. secretly B. especially C. specially D. separately
27. A. ever B. never C. just D. even
28. A. competition B. companion C. battle D. challenge
29. A. Overcome B. hunt C. grasp D. interrupt 30. A. should B. can C. must D. may
31. A. larger B. smaller C. less D. more 32. A. method B. way C. means D. road
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33. A. harmed B. unharmed C. brave D. clumsy
34. A. adopt B. grow C. multiply D. accelerate
35. A. In spite of B. Owing to C. In addition to D. At the mercy of 36. A. phenomenon B. problem C. principle D. privilege 37. A. touch B. taste C. feel D. sense
38. A. after B. when C. since D. before 39. A. realize B. recognize C. ruin D. rewind
40. A. win B. hit C. strike D. defeat 答案 21. A 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. C 27.D 28. C 29. A 30. B
31. A 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. C 36. B 37. D 38.D 39. B 40. D
Passage 5
(安徽省马鞍山市2009届高三第三次教学质量检测)
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect 36 of Chinglish. Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a 37 English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38 . I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not 39__ me at all. So I did a 40 on Google. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 41 \time no see\This sentence has been 42 used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is 43 informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. 44, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 45 will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected. Nobody knows the 46 of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47 a world wide famous Chinese detective named \Chan\on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48 quoting Confucius. \time no see\was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, \the popularity of these movies.
Some people 51 America to a huge melting pot（大熔炉）. All kinds of culture are 52 in the pot together, and they 53 the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic（少数种族） group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to the stew（混杂物）! Language is usually the first thing to be 55 in the mixed pot. 36. A. example 37. A. damaged 38. A. custom 39. A. persuade 40. A. job
41. A. containing 42. A. widely 43. A. lots of 44. A. Therefore 45. A. hardware 46. A. use 47. A. created
B. sign B. perfected B. greeting B. encourage B. research
C. word C. learned C. habit C. convince C. survey
D. change D. ruined D. proverb D. believe D. search
B. printing B. hardly
B. plenty of B. Though
C. publishing D. expressing C. seldom D. deeply
C. lot of C. However C. operator C. expression C. did
D. sort of
D. Anyhow D. speaker D. meaning D. discovered
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B. software B. origin B. published
48. A. by B. in C. with C. modern C. thanks to C. join C. piled
D. of
49. A. ordinary
50. A. in spite of 51. A. compare 52. A. joined 53. A. improve 54. A. owing 55. A. influenced
B. rare B. as to B. add B. mixed
B. change B. putting
D. popular D. but for D. owe D. done
C. lower D. promote
C. taking D. contributing
D. considered
B. mentioned C. used
答案 36.A 37.D 38.B 39.C 40.D 41.A 42.A 43.D 44.C 45.D 46.B 47.A 48.A
49.D 50.C 51.A 52.B 53.B 54.D 55.A
Passage 6
(广西柳州铁一中2009届高三第二次模拟考试)
A lecturer was giving a lecture on stress management．He raised a glass of water and asked the audience，“ 36 heavy do you think this glass of water is?” The audience’s answers 3 7 from 20g to 500g．
It does not depend on its 38 .It depends on 39 you hold it．If I hold it for a minute，It is OK, If I hold it for an hour，I will have a(n) 40 in my right arm．If I hold it fot 41, you will have to call an ambulance．It is the exact same weight， 42 the longer I hold it，the 43 it becomes．
If we carry our burdens all the time， 44 ，we will not be able to catty on，the burden becoming 45 heavier． 46 you have to do is to put the glass down，rest for a while 47 holding it up again．
We have to 48 the burden from time to time．so that we can be refreshed and are 49 to carry on．So before you return home from 50 tonight，put the burden of work down．Don’t 51 it back home．You can 52 tomorrow. 53 burdens you are having now on your 54 ，let it down for a moment if you can． Life is short， 55 it !
36．A．What B．Where 37．A．ranged B．changed 38．A．height B．length 39．A．how far 40．A．wound 41．A．a year 42．A．or 43．A．bigger
B．how long B．injury B．a month B．therefore B．1arger
C．When C．came C．weight
D．How D．turned D．width
C．how soon D．how much
C．cut D．ache
C．a day C．but C．heavier
D．a second D．so D．1ignter D．first of all D．decreasingly D．It
D．because
44．A．in no time 45．A．briefly 46．A．That 47．A．since
B．sooner or later B．interestingly B．What B．after
C，on time C．increasingly C．How C．before
48．A．put down 49．A ．kind B．write down
B．able C．note down D．push down
C．strong D．eager
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50．A．school 51．A．hold 52．A．pick it up 53．A．However 54．A．heart 55．A．have
B．hospital B．sell B．get rid of it B，Whichever B．shoulders B．eat
C．work D．walk
C．carry D．return C．carry it up D．put it out C．Whoever D．Whatever C．bodies D．heads
C．enjoy
D．hate
答案 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.D 41.C 42.C 43.C 44.B 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.A
49.B 50.C 51.C 52.A 53.D 54.B 55.C
Passage 7
(山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（四）)
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages 36 young couples, are the result of attraction and affection 37 than practical considerations. In the United States, parents do not 38 marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 39 in high school and usually find mates(配偶) through their own academic and social 40 .
Though young people feel 41 to choose their friends from 42 groups, most choose a mate of similar background. This is due in part to parental 43 . Parents can not spouses(配偶)for their children, but they can usually 44 choices by 10 disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable. 45 , marriages between members of different groups are increasing, probably because of the greater 46 of today’s youth and the fact that they are restricted by 47 prejudices than their parents. Many young people 48 their home towns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, 49 pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, it’s more 50 for them to date and marry outside their own social group.
In mobile American society, interclass 51 are neither nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are on the 52 particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, 53 marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for couples to from different races to find a place to live, 54 friendships, and raise a family. Marriages between people of different national 55 (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial(殖民的) times. 36. A. involving B. linking C. connecting D. including 37. A. more B. less C. other D. rather 38. A. provide B. consider C. arrange D. admit 39. A. dating 40. A. positions 41. A. certain 42. A. limited 43. A. order 44. A. force 45. A. However 46. A. mobility 47. A. greater 48. A. desert 49. A. but
B. appointing B. customs B. abnormal B. identical B. ignorance B. influence B. Moreover B. motive B. stronger B. leave B. so
C. engaging C. contracts C. awkward C. diverse C. guidance C. make C. Therefore C. moral C. narrower C. escape C. or
D. matching D. contacts D. free D. distant D. rudeness D. offer
D. Furthermore D. mission D. fewer D. remove D. and
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