26．After years of hard work, he has at last achieved his lifelong __________ of launching a newspaper, which is very popular with teenagers.

　　 A. motivation　　　　　 B. appetite　　　　 C. ambition　　　　 D. privilege

25．I can’t advise you what to do and what not to do - it’s a matter of __________.

　　 A. conscience　　　　　 B. comprehension　　　　 C. identification　　　 D. awareness

24．After hours of searching, their patience was __________ and they found what they were looking for.

　　 A. confirmed　　　　　　 B. evaluated　　　　　　 C. promoted　　　　 D. rewarded

23．Despite the fact that all three teams __________ different approaches to the problem, they were

all immediate successes.

　　 A. adapted　　　　　 B. adopted　　　　　 C. acquired　　　　 D. approved

22．Elizabeth took up writing while she was at college and regularly __________ the college magazine, which benefited her later career a lot.

　　 A. went for　　　　 B. appealed to　　　　　 C. contributed　 to　　　 D. looked out for

第一节：单项选择(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21．I don’t think all this bad language on TV should be allowed; there are certain standards that

should be __________.

　　 A. kept up　　　　　 B. kept down　　　　　　 C. kept out　　　　 D. kept off

第三节　 写作(满分25分)

假如你叫李华，是新高三学生，最近你收到来自美国的笔友Peter的来信，询问你新学期的打算，请你根据以下提示写一封短信给他。

1．新上高三既感到兴奋也紧张(略举一二说明兴奋和紧张的缘由)。

2．因英语成绩不够好，准备努力学习，并希望得到老师和Peter的支持。

3．邀请他方便的时候来中国。

注意：1．词数120词左右；　

2．开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

　 Thank you for the last letter．In the letter you asked me how I plan for the new term．…………………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………….

Yours truly，

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Li Hua

浏阳一中、田家炳实验中学2010届高三第三次月考(联考)