A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners’ curiosity _____ he reaches the end of the story.

A. when  B. unless C. after   D. until

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（2010·宁夏银川一中高三第三次月考）

假如你班要就“如何为高考做准备”开一个班会，请根据以下内容写一篇发言稿，谈谈你对高考备考过程中要注意的事项及建议理由：

       1. 保持良好的心态有助于减轻焦虑，还能增强克服困难的勇气；

       2. 目标明确、正确评价自己。太低的目标使人松懈，太高的目标使人丧失信心；

       3. 与父母、老师或同学沟通帮忙走出困境；

       4. 作息合理，饮食均衡，以保持旺盛的精力。

 注意：1．词数100左右，开头已为你写好(不计入总词数)；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 参考词汇：明确的(definite)   评价（estimation）

No doubt every Senior 3 student wishes to be successful in the National College Entrance Examination.____________________________________________________________________

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（2010·浙江台州中学高三第二次统练）

高三同学面临沉重的升学压力，因此，很多同学课间休息时间也坐在教室里学习，但效果并不理想。就此，班主任准备开一次班会课，以劝诫这些同学：适当的休息很有必要。现请你以“The Ten-minute Break Between Classes”为题，按以下要求写一篇英语短文，让这些同学从中受到启发。要点如下：

十分钟的课间休息很有必要；

这段时间学习效果并不理想；

你是如何利用这十分钟休息时间的。

注意：词数100字左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

The Ten-minute Break Between Classes

__Time seems to be so limited for us Senior Three Students.

___________________________________________________________________________________

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(浙江省杭州学军中学2010届高三第二次月考)

最近你校对高三学生进行了一次问卷调查，调查内容和学生的反馈情况见下表。请你以“What I want to speak out most”为题写一篇英语短文，向《21世纪报》报刊投稿。

注意：词数100-120，文章的题目和开头已给出（不计词数）。

What I want to speak out most

As a senior three student, I have many things in mind to speak out.

Firstly, to the headmaster,

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（2010·湖南省醴陵市第二中学高三上学期第二次月考）

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（2010·山东省育才中学高三9月月考）

假如你叫李华，你校同学正在就“高三学生要不要参加体育锻炼” 这一主题展开讨论，请根据下面所给的信息，给某英文报社写一封信，介绍讨论情况，并谈谈你的看法。

注：1. 短文词数120---150词。      2. 内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。

3. 书写须清晰、工整。         4. 体育锻炼 physical exercise

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（2010·宁夏盐池高三质量检测考试）

人们完成工作的方式通常有两种：独立完成和合作完成。两种方式各有特点。请你以“Working Individually or Working in a Team”为题,按照以下要点写一篇英语短文:

1. 独立完成:自行安排,独立思考，自己解决问题。

2. 合作完成:一起讨论,相互学习，取长补短。

3. 我喜欢的方式和理由。

注意：词数100左右，文章的题目和开头已经给出（不计入总词数）

Working Individually or Working in a Team

 There are basically two ways to get work done.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. She is excited to read a note ___ the present from her grandfather .

  A. attaching with   B. attached to  C. attached with   D. attaching to

第二节 完型填空（共20小题，小题1．5分，满分30分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

       I will never forget the summer back in 1969．Funds were  36   because my parents were building a new house．The last few days before payday were the  37   There just wasn't enough food to go around．I can remember  38   we waited for payday as if it were a holiday．My father would stop at the  39   on the way home from work so that my mother could go shopping when he got home．We enjoyed going to the grocery store with her．We would dream about  40   the whole store home．When we returned home, my sisters and I were like a pack of wolves _41_ through the bags．On payday we would  42  until we were ready to burst, knowing that as the week progressed,  43  would become less available．We never had any lunch money． 44   did we have the proper school supplies or nice clothes to wear．The other children often made  45   of us．

       One day my father told us he  46   where there were some wild blueberries growing．We had permission to go and   47   them and we were so excited．

       I can remember being out there in the hot sun all day picking blueberries．When we got  48_, my mother decided to make a blueberry pie．She spent half the day working on it．We couldn't wait．The   49   of it baking in the oven was driving us crazy．We all waited in the  50  and my mother got angry．She put the pie on the top shelf to  51   while we ate our dinner．

       After dinner we raced to the kitchen．I was the  52   one to get to the shelf．I  53  for the pie and started climbing down．Then it happened! I lost my   54   and let go of the pie．All the hard work we had done that day had been  55

36．A．enough            B．helpful             C．tight                D．available                                        

37．A．shortest            B．worst               C．busiest         D．best                                                          

38．A．how                    B．why              C．where          D．what                                                               

39．A．bank                B．store                C．school          D．park                                                               

40．A．fetching           B．borrowing         C．bringing       D．keeping                     

41．A．biting              B．tearing             C．looking      D．breaking                  

42．A．eat                 B．wait               C．fight         D．play                       

43．A．storage              B．time               C．supply       D．food            

44．A．Nor                B．So                 C．Either        D．Also                    

45．A．use                B．light               C．sense          D．fun                          

46．A．recognized          B．realized            C．knew           D．wondered                   

47．A．plant               B．water              C．sell           D．pick                       

48．A．up                 B．back               C．down           D．off                 

49．A．smell              B．skill               C．act          D．taste           

50．A．bedroom           B．kitchen             C．house               D．queue                       

51．A．prepare             B．bake               C．warm          D．cool                   

52．A．first                B．last                C．former        D．latter                    

53．A．shouted             B．hunted             C．cared         D．reached                    

54．A．temper             B．weight             C．balance         D．way                      

55．A．enjoyed            B．destroyed           C．stopped         D．Lost

C

Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge(剧增)of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse(反面)of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriage. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. Data show that economic downturns tend to putting off marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. As the economy comes to life, the number of marriages also rises.

The increase in divorce rates follows to the increase in women working outside the home. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusions. The impact of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good provider may increase the chances that a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible(似是而非的). Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family’s financial and emotional stability.

Psychological factors also should be considered. For example, a wife blocked from a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seeking a divorce. On the other hand, if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go together to create a stronger and more stable union.

Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, in most cases, men have remained the main breadwinners. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.

64．The word “portend” (Line 2, Para.1) is closest in meaning to“_____”.

A．defy       B．signal     C．suffer from   D．result from

65．It is said in the passage that when the economy slides_____.

    A．men would choose working women as their marriage partners

    B．more women would get married to seek financial security

    C．even working women would worry about their marriages

    D．more people would prefer to remain single for the time being

66．One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that_____.

A．they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom

B．they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands

C．they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations

D．they tend to suspect their husbands? loyalty to their marriage

67．Which of the following statements can best summarize the authors view in the passage?

A．The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country．

B．Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage.

C．In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain

independent

D．The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case.