Ⅲ.语法填空[20巧.哈尔滨六中高三二模]

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容a个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century.The14._______________ (invent) of the railways made this possible. The first holiday-makers 15. (be) quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to cure people of illnesses. And doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. At that time ordinary working people had very little time off work. 16. _____________ ， in 1871， the government ntroduced four "Bank Holidays", that is, national holidays. This allowed people 17. _____________ (have) a day or two out now and then, 18. __________ gave them a taste for leisure at the seaside. At first, they went on day trips, taking advantage 19.___________ special trip tickets on the railways.

By the 1880s, 20.______________(rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have a week's holi?day at the seaside. Rail fares were reduced and cheap hotels  21. _____ (build)  for them. Holidaymakers enjoy 22_____________(sit) on the beach, bathing in the sun and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holiday-makers went to have fun. Today 23. ___________   English seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.

Ⅱ.阅读七选五[2015 .山东潍坊高三一模]

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do you have a spare room in your house? Do you like to share your driveway in front of your garage with others?

_9  Many people are benefiting from this new business of renting.

Perhaps the best-known example of a company in this field is Airbnb―an American Web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers. It says it oper?ates in 34 ，000 cities and it has 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. 10_

   A British company is doing something with parking spaces. JustPark's founder, Anthony Eskinazi, says, "When I had the original idea, I spotted a driveway close to a sports stadium. It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in a commercial car park. " 11 Around 20, 000 people have advertised their spaces on the website? and he says around half a million driv?ers use it.

    12   They are people who run things like traditional hotels and commercial car parks. They are afraid of ending up losing money.

    13    Regulations for the new business are unclear. How will renting out your driveway affect your neighbours? Because this is a new business world, those rules aren't there yet.

A.     They seem to have occupied the majority of the market.

B.     Both of these can help you make money.

C.     And there is another problem.

D.     And his great idea has proved a success.

E.     But the new business of renting has its competitors.

F.      There are many ways to earn money.

G.     A commercial car park is inconvenient.

B [2015 •陕西师大附中高考模拟]

On her first morning in America ， last summer ， my daughter went out to explore her new neighbourhood―alone, without even telling my wife or me. Of course we were wor?ried; we had just moved from Berlin, and she was just 8. But when she came home, we realized we had no reason to panic. Beaming with pride, she told us how she had discovered the little park around the corner, and had made friends with a few local dog owners.

When this story comes up in conversations with Ameri?can friends, we usually meet with polite disbelief. Most are horrified by the idea that their children might roam (闲逛) around without adult supervision(监管).

A study by the University of California has found that American kids spend 90 per cent of their leisure time at home, often in front of the TV or playing video games. Such narrowing of children's world has happened across the devel?oped world. But German parents are generally much more ac?cepting of letting children take some risks.

"We are depriving(剥夺)them of opportunities to learn how to take control of their own lives," writes Peter Gray, a research professor at Boston College. He argues that this in?creases the chance that they will suffer from anxiety, depres?sion, and various other mental disorders, which have gone up dramatically in recent decades.

I am no psychologist like Professor Gray, but I know I won't be around forever to protect my girls from the challen?ges life holds in store for them. And by giving kids more con?trol over their lives, they learn to have more confidence in their own capabilities.

5. Hearing the author's daughter exploring the new neighbour?hood alone, his American friends feel .

A. worried                                B. proud

C.  doubtful                            D. terrified

 6. We can conclude from Paragraph 3 that .

A.     American kids enjoy playing at home

B.     German parents are less protective than American par?ents

C.     German kids like taking risks more than American kids

D.     American parents don't limit their children's activities in their leisure time

 7. It's implied from Professor Gray's words that ,

A.     parents should always be around their children to pro?tect them from risks

B.     more and more parents suffer from mental problems

C.     children are having more opportunities to take control of their lives

D.     giving children more freedom is beneficial for their mental development

8.Which of the following words can best describe the author's parenting?

A. Liberal.                               B. Irresponsible.

C.  Careless.                           D. Protective.

I.阅读理解

A [2015'山东济南高三一模]

Building a company website is one of the most important parts of creating a successful business. But designing a web?site can be time-consuming and expensive. Web designers are difficult to work with, even though you're paying them. There are cheaper ways to establish your company online,and Wix. com stands out among them.

Wix. com offers free HTML5 and Flash website design that you can do on your own, without having to pay a pricey web designer. With unlimited space for as many pages as you want,customized looks,photo galleries,blog platform capabil?ities, and social networking buttons, Wix has everything a business of any size needs to make an impact online. You get full control over what information fills in the blanks,and you don't have to know a thing about HTML to make this work. 丁he way your website looks says a lot about your company. Wix does that, and it does it for free. Another thing that makes Wix the most affordable option in creating a website is that you don't have to pay for a separate Web host―every page created on Wix is hosted on Wix,free of charge.

The Internet is the marketplace of ideas: your company needs to share what you think. If you think you don't need a website just because you don't sell a product online, you're dead wrong. No matter what kind of business you have ， if you want to.reach your customers,you need to have a website that speaks to people. Wix lets you do that as quickly and easily as possible for free.

If you have a bigger budget, Wix has more options than just the free website design. You can choose to upgrade (升级)to the ad-less version which won't fill up your customers' screens with ads when they visit your site. But if the most im?portant thing to you is getting your company's name online right now, try Wix. com today. 

1.  Wix. com is meant to  .

A.     sell products on the Internet

B.     attract more customers online

C.     build a company's website cheap

D.     collect any possible information

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.     Ways of finding free service.

B.     Advantages of Wix. com.

C.     Skills of creating websites.

D.     Tricks of running a company.

3. If you create a company website on Wix, you ,

A.     have to be a good web designer

B.     won't do it easily and quickly

C.     can share ideas with customers

D.     must upgrade to the ad-less version

4. What's the purpose of the text?

A.     To teach a budget lesson.

B.     To make an advertisement.

C.     To present a website design.

D.     To introduce a new business.

II.完形填空[2015 •东北三校高三二联]

My heart beat with that feeling, pumping it like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I 9 up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was 10 Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to 11 whether I had done perfectly. Then, 12 ， the applause(掌声)came.

"Thank you... so much," I said, 13 to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years? smiled back at me. "You've been an 14 student all these years," she said. "I hope that whatever you do, you never stop 15 "

I leaned forward, 16 I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.

As it 17 ， the promise wasn't as meaningful as I'd hoped. Right after the 18 ，1 kept up my strict practising schedule every day. 19 , it began 

slipping away from me. I stopped taking 20 because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practising altogether. It was 21 not to have to stress about piano any more. But something was  22 inside of me. I was empty inside.

One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano les?sons from Olga.

"Are you  23 taking lessons from Olga?" she asked.'

"Actually I just quit a while ago," I replied.

"That's a   24  ，" she responded.  "I remember your performance a year ago; it was  25 "

   Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a 26 what to  do. I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew   27   what I was doing.

   As the music  28  ， a familiar feeling rose inside me.

  9.   A. showed                             B.  sat

     C.  stood                             D. looked

 10.    A.  light                           B.   quiet

     C.  colourful                        D.   nervous

11.   A.  expect                             B.   remind
     C.  know                              D.   doubt

12.  A.  immediately                     B.   successfully
    C.  hopefully                           D.   suddenly

13.  A.  turning                            B.   waving
    C.  running                          D.   pointing

14.   A.  easy-going                       B.   imaginative
     C.  amazing                           D.   honest

15.     A.  practising                        B.   learning
     C.  competing                         D.   gaining

16.  A.  telling                            B.   promising
    C.  admitting                        D.   speaking

17. A.  carried on                       B.   brought up
   C.  turned out                       D.   taken in

18.  A.  performance                    B.   final
    C.  presentation                     D.   play

19. A.  Soon                               B.   Besides
   C.  Thus                               D.   Instead

20.  A.  lectures                           B.   parts
   C.  lessons                             D.   pieces

21.  A.  disappointing                   B.   pleasing
    C.  inspiring                            D.   puzzling

22.     A.  beating                           B.   rising
    C.  changing                         D.   shining

23.   A.  still                                 B.   even
    C.  much                               D.   yet

24. A.  shame                                 B.   relief
   C.  pleasure                                D.   deal

25.  A.  challenging                       B.   breathtaking
   C.  demanding                       D.   embarrassing

26. A.  time                                B.   heart
   C.  dream                               D.   loss

 27.  A.  normally                           B.   exactly

   C.  unclearly                           D.   badly

 28. A.  ended                             B.   hit

  C.  covered                          D.   spread

B [2015 •山东济南高三一模]

Christmas in the United States is traditionally a time of gift-giving and family gatherings. But small towns across the country have their own traditions.

Middleburg, a small town in the state of Virginia, is known for its horses. For more than 50 years, Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade(游行).Men and women ride horses through the woods and fields. They follow hunting dogs as they search for a wild fox. But first, these hunters ride in the yearly parade, wearing their bright red hunting clothes and hats.

John Hale,a citizen of Middleburg says many city people visit his town. "We have a lot of people from an urban area that come to visit, but it incorporates a lot of the old tradi?tions. "The night-time hay ride is one such tradition. Small groups gather under the moonlight on an open wagon filled with hay. The passengers sing as farm horses pull the wagon slowly across the fields.

There are some newer traditions ， too. Trey Matheu works at the nearby Salamander Resort. He says a visit to Middleburg is a chance to slow down for a day. He says Mid?dleburg can be a calming, peaceful place without tension.

"Middleburg is an opportunity to take a step back, take a deep breath, and understand that even though life is moving on at a very fast pace, there's really an opportunity where you're allowed to step off for a little bit."

   Parade organizers say more than 13,000 people attend even in below-freezing weather. But if you ask,you will hear many different reasons why people come to watch the parade:

"I come here because I'm from a small town. I like how everybody comes together. "" I live right down that street; right there. And that's my dog."

 Middleburg looks its best at Christmas time. That may be why so many people return each year.

5. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.     Middleburg Christmas parade

B.      A small town known for horses

C.      Christmas traditions in Middleburg

D.     Newer traditions at Christmas time

6. At Christmas, people in Middleburg usually__________ .

A.     visit friends and family

B.     feed farm horses with hay

C.     hunt for dogs in the woods

D.     ride in the yearly parade

7.According to Trey Matheu, why do people visit Middle?burg?

A.     To relax themselves.

B.     To enjoy the fresh air.

C.     To escape competition.

D.     To challenge themselves.

8. What do we know about the small town Middleburg?

A.     It makes a large profit from tourism.

B.     It attracts many people each year.

C.     It is a good place for family gatherings.

D.     It doesn't respect Christmas traditions.

I.阅读理解

A [2015 .洛阳高三二模] One winter, my cousin and I were playing toy blocks in the yard. My mum was out for shopping to get groceries and my dad was asleep upstairs in his room. Suddenly, it started to snow. First it was just a little. But then it started to pour heavily.

 Then, we put the finishing touches to our blocks and headed back inside. Right when I opened the sliding glass door, my cousin fell down on the slippery wooden stairs. I let go of the door, my worst mistake, you see. The door locks automatically ? but I had put a rock right next to the door so it wouldn't close. But while I was running to my cousin's aid, I'd accidentally kicked the rock.

Now, my cousin and I were locked outside. And unfor?tunately it started to get really windy. It was really freezing with the snow. First we started to call my dad, but he was sleeping soundly. I mean he was sleeping through a tornado soundly. It was of no use.

 Then I tried to climb over the fence but it didn't work be?cause the fence was iced up by snow and wind, and the fence was six feet high. So, I climbed up to my tree house and brainstormed some ideas on ways to get in. At one point, I was seriously considering jumping out of the tree house and use the trampoline(蹦床)to jump over the fence.

   So, we got to work. First, I took out the trampoline. Then I started to jump. First try―I almost cracked my head. Second try―this time I convinced my cousin to do it but at the last second， he chickened out. Third try―I jumped and missed but at the last second, my hand caught the fence, and with a lot of pushing I finally climbed over the fence and luck?ily, I fell on a big snowdrift.

  Finally, my mum came back. Then I got inside and un?locked the door for my cousin to get in. Then we shared this story with my mum and dad.

1.When the author wanted to jump in, the main problem was that .

A.    the fence was icy

B.     the fence was slippery and high

C.     the trampoline couldn't bear the weight

D.    the trampoline was too small

2. The attitude of the author's cousin towards jumping on the trampoline seems .

A. passive                        B. positive

C. indifferent                      D. objective

3. The underlined words " chickened out" in Paragraph 5 most probably mean " ".

A. fell down                     B.cried out

C. jumped up                     D. backed out

 4. Which would be the best title of the text?

A.     Climbing fence in the snow

B.     An adventure in the yard

C.     Friendship produces pleasure

D.     We are independent

V.书面表达[2015 '哈尔滨六中二模]

假如你叫李华，最近在浏览新西兰的中学网站时，看到一位名叫Tom的中学生的留言，他计划在暑假期间到中国的哈尔滨旅游，希望能有一名中国的中学生做他的导游。你对此很感兴趣。请你根据以下要点提示给他写一封e-mail,介绍相关情况。

主要内容：

1. 希望做他的导游；

2. 打算如何做他的导游；

3. 期盼他的回复。注意：1.词数100左右；

2.信的开头和结尾已经写好，不计人总词数。

Dear Tom,

Recently, while browsing a senior high school website of New Zealand, I saw the message you posted on it.

IV.短文改错[2015 •辽宁锦州二检]

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A )，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

On Friday, our teacher told us that there would an Eng?lish corner in front of our teaching building. I set about soon after the last class in the afternoon.

To my joy, the English corner had just been on for a few minute. I joined them on their talk. At first, I was afraid that my English was so poor and limit that I couldn't follow them or make myself understand. I was also afraid that anyone might laugh at me. But a smiling face here or an encouraging nod there soon put me at ease. Though I speak to them only in simple English that day, I believe in future I will make a great progress.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Old age may not sound 10._____________ (excite). But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people 11. _________ (worry) about getting older.

The findings came from 12._____ survey of morethan 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned 13. _____________  by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, 14.___________ (sad) and worry.Theyalso asked about mental or emotional stress. The research team found that levels of stress were 15._________ (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels

dropped 16. _________   (sharp) after people reached their fifties.

  Happiness 17.__________ highest among the youngest adults and those 18. _____________   their early seventies. The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.  19.____________， women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.