The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous(灾难性的) fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination（结合） of designs.
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-----Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide rang of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
【小题1】How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?

In 1883, an imaginative engineer named John Roebling decided to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was a pipe dream. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

       But Roebling refused to listen to them. He thought about the bridge day and night and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. After much discussion and persuasion he convinced his son Washington, who was a promising engineer himself, that the bridge in fact could be built.

      Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished. With great excitement, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

       The project started well, but several months after it began, a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was so seriously injured that he was never able to walk, talk or even move again.

       "We told them so", "Crazy men and their crazy dreams", "It's foolish to chase wild visions", the critics said and most thought the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

       Washington's wife tried to inspire and pass on her husband's enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay in his hospital room, an idea suddenly hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this finger and tapping it on his wife's arm, he slowly developed a code to communicate with her. Then he used this method to tell his wife what the engineers should do. It seemed crazy but the project was under way again. For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm, until the bridge was finally completed.

Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances.

1．What did most people think about Roebling's idea to build the bridge?

     A．It would never become a reality.

      B．Washington was not experienced enough.

     C．It would take a lot of time.

     D．Finding the money would be impossible.

2．The underlined word `daunted' (para. 6) is closest in meaning to ‘ ______’.

     A．unpleasant        B．scared            C．amazed              D．determined

3．Which of the following shows the correct order of the events that happened in the story?

     a．Roebling convinced his son.

     b．Washington found a new way to communicate.

     c．They hired the crew.

     d．The bridge was completed.

     e. Roebling wanted to build a bridge.

     f. There was a tragic accident.

      A．e, a, c, f, d, b                                 B．e, a, f, b, c, d    C．e, f, a, b, c, d    D．e, a, c, f, b, d

4．What can we learn about Washington's wife?

     A．She knew sign language very well.

     B．She was devoted to her husband.

     C．She developed a code to communicate with her husband.

     D．She helped her husband design the plan.

5．What does the story tell us?

     A．Success will come with the passing of time.

     B．Struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.

     C．Even the most distant dream can be realized with a never-say-die attitude.

     D．The people who make a difference in our life should be remembered forever.

 (江苏省盐城中学2007届高三第三次模拟考试)

When Nancy Lublin got $ 5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans.    36 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing    37 faced by most of today's low-income women: "If she goes for a job interview   38 dressed, she won't get the job," Lublin says. "But without a job, she can't   39 proper clothing."

 A few weeks later, Lublin  40 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to give away    41   business clothes that were   42 in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin  43 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment, but finally she found   44 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now   45 as the organization's main office.
     Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they   46 a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  47 after being on welfare for years.

 48  Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago, more than 1,000 women have received dresses and many have won   49 . Yarit Polanco was recently   50 as a law-firm office manager. "Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression and was accepted," she says.
    Donations are now    51 in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $ 40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success   52 in other cities. "Many women have clothes    53 around that they'll never wear again," says a volunteer. "Nancy's   54 is simple and practical and the  55 has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it."
36．A．Anyway     B．Instead       C．Fortunately      D．Meanwhile
37．A．condition   B．direction      C．design           D．plan
38．A．poorly     B．well          C．better           D．worse
39．A．make       B．find          C．wear           D．afford
40．A．reached    B．called        C．founded          D．visited
41．A．used       B．needed        C．new            D．torn
42．A．yet        B．already       C．almost           D．still
43．A．hid        B．stored        C．discovered       D．hanged
44．A．space      B．employers     C．work             D．office
45．A．regards    B．serves        C．looks            D．lies
46．A．buy        B．sell          C．receive          D．watch
47．A．office      B．victory       C．wealth           D．force
48．A．When       B．Once        C．Although         D．Since
49．A．jobs       B．shoes         C．business         D．prizes
50．A．fired      B．hired         C．interviewed       D．considered
51．A．giving     B．pouring       C．showing          D．sending
52．A．schools    B．trades        C．races            D．branches
53．A．lying      B．appearing     C．collecting       D．coming
54．A．promise    B．belief        C．idea             D．opinion
55．A．help       B．work          C．shop             D．money

    Did you turn off your lights from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 28? Perhaps you invited your parents and neighbors to join the worldwide event―Earth Hour?

    Liao Mingyu，17，from Shenzhen Experimental School，is glad that she and a group of other students from eight high schools in the city jointly(共同)made the event even bigger by inviting more citizens to take part．

    It all started with an idea to design ways of saving energy after Tree-Planting Day．The students，who are all members of the Environmental Protection Union in their own schools，decided to help raise people’s awareness of global warming as the Earth Hour campaign(行动)approached．

    They worked out a detailed plan to make their idea come true．They wrote to local newspapers，residents，companies and even sent an open letter of proposal to the mayor in order to get support from the government．

   “From 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 28，please turn off your lights to save energy and protect our Mother Earth，”the letters said．

    To their great encouragement，a local newspaper published their plan and asked people to get involved(参与)．The mayor even replied to them via the city’s environmental bureau(局)to show his support．“It was a surprise recognition，”said the receiver Lu WaIllin，17，from Shenzhen No 2 High Schoo1．“The government’s support may help our idea be heard by the public．”

    During the Earth Hour，the green activists saw the rewards of their work when they held a night party in a big local communtiy，Meilinyicun in Futian District．A round 1,000 residents turned off their lights and joined the party．At the party，the green activists shared advice about living eco-friendly lives．

    These students have now come up with an even more ambitious(雄心勃勃的)plan．

   “We’ve learned from the Internet that so far only four Chinese cities―Beijing，Shanghai，Hong Kong and Baoding in Hebei―have officially joined in Earth Hour，”Liao said．“We hope that Shenzhen will become the fifth Chinese city to participate next year．”

56．According to the passage，the students from Shenzhen high schools participated in the event to____________．

    A．get support from the government

    B．get more people involved

    C．get people to start thinking about global warming

    D．hold a night party for fun

57．“the green activists”in the 7th paragraph refer to____________．

    A．citizens attending the night parth

    B．students of the Environmental Protection Union in high schools

    C．residents turning off their lights

    D．people participating in Earth Hour

58．Which of the following statements about Earth Hour is Not true?

    A．Earth Hour is held to raise people’s awareness of climate change．

    B．Earth Hour is not only held in China but also in many other countries．

    C．Earth Hour may admit Shenzhen as a new member in the future．

    D．Earth Hour is held on March 28 every year．

59．The attitude of the author towards these students is one of____________．

    A．interest              B．wonder                   C．support                  D．objection