After hearing the poor little girl’s sad story, I tried to ______ my sympathy by holding her hand firmly.

A. improve　　　　　 B. convey　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. confirm　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. resist

 Jiayuan. com, _______ is China’s largest online dating service, plans to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering in the US.

A. that                          B. which                      C. where                      D. it

It is generally accepted that ______ boy must learn to stand up and fight like ______ man.

A. a; a　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a；the　　　　　　　　　　 C. the; the　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a；不填

  一年一度的高考不久就要举行了，同学们都在紧张地进行考前复习。请你根据以下要点，为校报写一篇稿子，从以下几个方面向同学们提出合理化建议，以帮助他们以最好的状态参加高考。

    1. 作息；

    2. 饮食；

    3. 锻炼；

    4. 心态调整。

注意：1. 词数100左右, 开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

      2. 写成一篇完整的短文，不要逐条列举。

      3. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

      4. 注意书写规范整洁。

 参考词汇：optimistic 乐观的

    As is known to all, a lot of people are not in good health today because they are under great pressure living in a society full of competition.____________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

    此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

    此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

    注意：原行没有错的不要改。

［2011兰州高三检测］

   If someone asks you how you can make you always

76._______

happy, you will perhaps find rather difficult to give him

77._______

a proper answer. Did you remember the old saying “No

78._______

human being can really happy who is not giving or trying

79._______

to give happiness to others”?If you will always think of

80._______

taking more from others and give them less, you won’t be

81._______

able to have happiness in your life even you are very rich,

82._______

Here’s an article for you. If each of you follow it, there

83._______

will be all end of many unhappy days of yours. So you should

84._______

learn to give up your own interests when necessarily to do so.

 85._______

    Australians have been warned they face a life-and-death decision over their water—drink recycled sewage(污水)or die.

    With the drought(干旱)continuing，the country is set to be forced to use purified(净化的)waste water for drinking, even though there is great opposition to the measure.

    Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier.

    “I think in the end，because of the drought，all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water, ”said Peter Beattie.

     “These are difficult decisions，but you either drink water or you die. There’s no choice. It’s liquid gold. It’s a matter of life and death.

     Beattie said Australia’s second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.

    Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel.

    But Australians have never liked the idea.

    To try to change the way Australians think, Prime Minister, John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have adhered to Queensland’s move.

    “I am very strongly for recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely, ”Howard said.

     “Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water, ”added Turnbull. “All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall. ”

72. According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?

A. Nobody disagrees to the idea of drinking recycled purified water.

B. Australia’s second largest state has become the first state to introduce the policy.

C. No other countries but Australia decides to drink recycled water.

D. The drought is the worst one in the droughts recorded in Australian history.

73. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Australians have never liked drinking purified waste water.

B. Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time.

C. Australians can’t depend upon rainwater，which is not suitable for drinking.

D. Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage.

74. The underlined phrase “adhered to” in Paragraph 9 probably means _______.

A. disliked                                                       B. gone against

C. supported                                             D. doubted

75. It can be inferred from what Peter Beattie said that _______.

A. he gives orders to drink purified waste water

B. it is painful for him to see his people drink recycled sewage

C. if the decision is made，people won’t survive the drought

D. it’s up to you to make a life-and-death decision

    What makes people happier: money or having happy friends and neighbors? Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego, have found an answer as part of a study.

    The new study found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves. And the smaller the physical distance between friends, the larger the effect they had on each other’s happiness. For example, a person was twenty percent more likely to feel happy if a friend living within one and a half kilometers was also happy. Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual’s chance of being happy by thirty-four percent. The effects of friends’ happiness lasted for up to a year.

    The researchers found that happiness is really contagious. Sadness also spread among friends, but not as much as happiness. People removed by as much as three degrees of separation still had an effect on a person’s happiness. Three degrees of separation means the friend of a friend of a friend. The study showed that having an extra five thousand dollars increased a person’s chances of becoming happier by about two percent. But the researchers found that the influence of a friend of a friend of a friend can be greater than that.

    Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do. Earlier studies by the two researchers described the effects of social networks on obesity and efforts to stop smoking. The new study shows that happiness spreads through social networks like an emotional virus—a virus people would be happy to catch.

68. A person would feel happy ______.

A. no matter how far away his or her good friend lives

B. if his or her friend living within a short distance is happy

C. only if his or her friend lives within one and a half kilometers

D. if he and his friends can get in touch easily

69. If you are the friend of a friend of a happy friend, you’d _______.

A. be quite likely to be happy too

B. have less chance of being happy

C. be influenced by your friends in many ways

D. have a feeling of being separated

70. We can conclude from the passage that _______.

A. happiness has nothing to do with how much money you have

B. your neighbors can also contribute to your happiness

C. the distance between two friends has nothing to do with happiness

D. the effects of friends’ happiness last a lifetime

71. The underlined word“contagious”in the third paragraph probably means _______.

A. that can be passed from person to person

B. that has been widely accepted

C. that is hard to explain

D. that can be gained through efforts

    May 26, 2011—Cities and provinces along the Yangtze River in central China are struggling with the country’s worst drought in more than 50 years. Resource analysts say, the drought highlights(突出，强调) not only the impact of climate change, but also China’s long-lasting problem of lack of water and how it must balance that with the country’s enormous demand for energy and economic growth.

     Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and is just one example of how serious the drought has become. The lake, which is located in Jiangxi Province along the Yangtze River, has become smaller to less than half its usual size, and the lack of water has had a major impact on nearby fishing and farming.

    With water levels so low, stretches of the Yangtze River have become impassable for cargo vessels(货轮), destroying supply chains that fuel factories along the river, and transport manufactured products and agricultural goods. Analysts say the river is used to transport about 100 billion tons of goods each year.

    There is a lot of hydropower(水力发电)in the Yangtze River basin. For example, the Three Gorges Dam and power production from those sources have gone down by 20 percent according to some estimates(估算值) as a result of this drought. Any company that relies on that power is feeling the impact. Some are even being forced to ration their power use, he said.

    According to Chinese state media, the drought has affected more than one million hectares of farmland in seven provinces in central China. Local government officials reportedly have fired more than 4, 000 cloud-seeding rockets into the sky to try to bring rain to dry regions along the river. The forecast, however, continues to be for little rain until at least next month.

64. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The Yangtze River.

B. The serious drought of the Yangtze River.

C. The negative effect of the drought along the Yangtze River.

D. The cause of the drought.

65. The areas along the Yangtze River haven’t had so serious a drought for _______.

A. 50 years                                        B. more than 50 years

C. 10 years                                      D. more than 20 years

66. Which of the following isn’t the cause of the drought?

A. The impact of climate change.

B. Long-time lack of water.

C. The increasing demand of energy and economy.

D. People’s attitude towards water.

67. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ration” in Paragraph 4?

A. Increase.                 B. Limit.                C. Affect.                  D. Stop.

    When you’re returning to Australia, be careful that you don’t bring in pests and diseases. Some items you might bring back from overseas can be pests and diseases that Australia doesn’t have. When you return, declare(申报)all food, meat, fruits, plants, seeds, wooden souvenirs, animal or plant materials.

    Australia has strict quarantine(检疫)laws and tough on-the-spot fines. Every piece of luggage is now screened or X-rayed. If you fail to declare any quarantine items, or if you make a false declaration, you will get caught. In addition to on-the-spot fines, you could be accused and fined more than $60, 000 and you may risk 10 years in prison. All international mail is also screened.

    Some products may require treatment to make them safe. Items that are restricted because of the risk of pests and diseases will be seized and destroyed by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service(AQIS).

    In many cases, the goods you declare will be returned to you after inspection. However, any item that presents a quarantine risk will be withheld(扣留). You will be given a range of options for each item depending on the quarantine risk: ·

    ·Treating the item to make it safe^*;

    ·Holding the item until an import permit is presented^*; ·

    ·Re-exporting the item^*；·

    ·Destroying the item.

    Those treatments with the sign “*” are subject to fees.

    Further information:

    For more detailed information about bringing in food, animals, plants, animal or plant materials, call the AQIS at 1800-020-504.

60. Which of the following don’t you need to declare when returning to Australia?

A. Tea.                                                   

B. Wooden combs.

C. Some bread.                                       

D. A pair of glasses.

61. If you make a false declaration, you would _______ .

A. be fined a lot of money

B. be forbidden to return to Australia

C. have to declare your items again

D. make yourself screened

62. Where can we most probably find this passage?

A. In an advertisement.

B. In a traveling guidebook.

C. At the police station.

D. In a hospital.

63. We can learn from the passage that _______ .

A. you can keep the item before an import permit is presented

B. all products must be treated according to the AQIS

C. not all treatments for your declared items are free

D. travelers can sell their declared items

 Easy isn’t a word the disabled use very much. Nothing is easy when you’re in a wheelchair or when you’re blind. But Karen Mitchell knows legs aren’t needed to walk the waves. “I forget about my disability, ”Mitchell says about sailing. And Janice Bartleson doesn’t need eyes to see the wind.

     US Olympic gold medalist Magnus Liljedahl says sailing is one of the few sports where the disabled can leave their disability on the dock and be as good as anyone else. “The first half of my life, I was mainly concerned about myself, ” Liljedahl says. “But when we leave we can’t take anything with us, so it’s important to give back to the community. ”

    Working in partnership with Miami’s non-profit Shake-a-Leg Foundation, more than 3, 000 disabled people every year are getting a chance to forget their disabilities and feel spray (浪花)in their faces.

     Liljedahl believes the reward is in the journey. And for him, this journey has been a rich one. “I’ve really learned to appreciate life by seeing what they’ve got to deal with, ”he says. And he’s also become a better sailor. It’s a story you often hear from volunteers. Helping others often helps them more. It reawakens senses dulled over time because the able-bodied take those senses for granted.

    At the dock, all seem to enjoy the chance to get their feet wet. “It gives me a feeling of independence and freedom, ”Manuela Hoyos says, “I feel free from my wheelchair. ”

56. Which of the following is TRUE about Shake-a-Leg Foundation?

A. It helps the disabled make money.

B. It was established by Magnus Liljedahl.

C. It offers the disabled sailing chances.

D. It helps the disabled meet with Olympic champions.

57. By doing volunteer work, Liljedahl _______ .

A. forgets his disability completely

B. wins an Olympic gold medal

C. has a better understanding of life

D. finds many people with a talent for sailing

58. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to _______.

A. the disabled

B. the volunteers

C. US Olympic champions

D. Magnus Liljedahl and Manuela Hoyos

59. It can be inferred from the text that _______.

A. Mitchell has a disability with her legs

B. Janice Bartleson moves around in a wheelchair

C. Liljedahl won his first Olympic gold medal in Miami

D. Manuela Hoyos is a volunteer at the dock