（2010·北京市通州区高三一模）       28．—How amazing it is that astronauts are exploring outer space!

    —It’s a challenge，I guess，       man against nature．

 A．of       B．on    C．by D．about

（2010·北京市通州区高三一模）       21. —When did                accident happen ?

   —Let me see  It was on                   very hot afternoon in July so there was not much traffic in the street.

A. the : the       B. an :不填       C. an : the   D. the : a

    Millions of words have been said about young people in the United States. There are reasons   31        this great interest in their ideas,   32       (feel) and actions. Today there are about eight million Americans in the colleges and universities. The young under twenty-five make   33     nearly half of the American population, many of   34      will be in power in the U.S.   35           (nature) their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and    36         is necessary for the older people to understand  37           they think and feel. College students today have strong   38          (opinion) about right and wrong. They are deeply interested in making a   39          (good) life for all the people, especially for those   40     _____ have never been given a fair chance before.

     We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it         31        whatever we’ve become used to suddenly  32        (disappear). Take, for example, the neatly-dressed woman I used to see.

For three years, no matter 33         the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a.m. On 34  ________   (snow) days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of 35    ____________   (wool) gloves. Of course I remember all 36  _______   only after she was seen no more .It was 37       that I realized how much 1 expected to see her each morning.

   “Did she have an accident? Something  38     ______   ?” I thought to myself about her disappearance. Now that she was gone, I felt that I 39   __________   (know) her. I began to realize that part of our daily life probably includes such chance meetings       40  _________   familiar strangers: the milkman you see at dawn, and the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are important markers in our lives. They add weight to our sense of place and belonging.

Experiments have proved that children can   1         (instruct) in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at   2     (hold) their breath under water even before they can walk.          3          (baby) of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long   4        they are so accustomed to swimming   5         they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young   6       (swim) is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles,  7      most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children   8       cover the whole length of the pool   9        coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage     10         among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

基础训练篇（17）

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear    1.           spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation.    2.                , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success   3.            language learning.          4.                    good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only    5.                   (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and   6.             meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 7.               we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of   8.            (advise) for those   9.           are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and   10.            (write) the language whenever we can.

If women are mercilessly exploited(剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; necklines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability(耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women’s clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of instability(不稳定)? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.

1. Designers and big stores always make money ___________.

   A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry.

B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions.

C. by constantly changing the fashions in women’s clothing.

D. because they always improve quality of women’s clothing.

2. To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as ___________.

   A. a waste of money                                    B. a waste of time.

C. an expression of waste                                  D. an expression of creativity.

3. The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more energy on the __________ of clothing.

   A. cost                    B. appearance               C. comfort                    D. suitability

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

   A. New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation

of women.

B. The constant changes in women’s clothing reflect their strength of character.

C. The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.

D. Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.

5. By saying “the conclusions to be drawn are obvious”, the writer means that ______.

   A. women’s changeableness in their choice of clothing is often laughed at.

B. women are better able to put up with discomfort.

C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers.

D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion.

第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches(沟渠) along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always __21_____ my eyes. I’ve noticed that it blooms (produces flowers) only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it.

This spring, I’ve __22_____ thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers __23_____, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them. Gee, I don’t want to get my good ___24_____ dirty”. Whatever the reason was, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that __25_____ purpose.

One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway_26_____ had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You __27_____ have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”

A week ago we were shocked and saddened to __28____ that my oldest sister-in-low has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as __29___ as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the __30_____ between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

21.  A. reached            B. caught               C. moved                     D. touched

22.  A. often               B. seldom                     C. hardly               D. never

23.  A. thinking           B. speaking                   C. worrying                  D. wondering

24.  A. hands               B. clothes                     C. car                           D. highway

25.  A. particular         B. especial                    C. important                 D. stranger

26.  A. office                     B. department        C. branch                     D. institute

27.  A. should                    B. could                       C. might                D. would

28.  A. realize                    B. understand         C. learn                        D. receive

29.  A. near                 B. close                        C. tight                        D. deep

30.  A. friendship        B. feeling                     C. relationship              D. concern

       In a society such as the United States or Canada，which has many national， religious，and cultural differences, people highly value individualism(个人主义）— the differences among people, Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special．The educational systems in these countries show these values．Students do not memorize information．Instead, they work individually and find answers themselves．There is often discussion in the classroom．At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions．

       In most Asian societies, on the contrary, people have the same language, history, and culture． Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the Orient (东方) reflects society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism．Children in China, Japan, and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments． In the classroom, the teaching methods are often very formal．The teacher lectures, and the students listen．There is not much discussion． Instead, the students repeat rules or information that they have memorized．

       There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these systems of education． For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science than American students learn by the end of high school． They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do． The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control．There is, however, a disadvantage． Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information they have memorized．

       The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves． The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas．There is, however, a disadvantage．When students graduate from high school，they haven’ t memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have．

1、The reason why American teachers attach much importance to individualism is that ______________.

A．they are required to do so

B．their students do not memorize information

C．the United States is a country of many cultures

D．their students work individually

2、Which of the following statements applies to Asian methods of education? 

A．Each child in a classroom draws a different picture

B．Students have to find information themselves．

C．Students are prepared for a society that values discipline

D．Teachers serve as a guide in discussion

3、A good educational system would be the one that  ______________.

A．has more advantages

B．is the combination of Western and Oriental methods

C．is based on the Western system

D．rests on the Asian system

4、The author believes that ______________.

A．different educational systems reflect different culture of the societies

B．students from Western countries are creative but selfish

C．Asian students are merely interested in math and science

D．there are more advantages to Western system of education than to Oriental one

5．The author focuses on ______________.

A．the differences in methods of education orient and west

B．the advantages and disadvantages to both of the Western and Asian educational system

C．how Asian school systems reflect group goals

D．how Western school systems reflect the value of individualism

第二部分：英语知识及运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20分） 

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Rubber ducks are being used to help scientists understand global warming and melting glaciers. NASA researchers have  21   90 ducks into holes in Greenland's fastest moving glacier, the Jakobshavn Glacier between Greenland and Canada. The   22   have each been marked with the words "science experiment" along with an e-mail address. If they are found scientists will be able to  23   how the water moves through the ice and provide information about the   24   of glaciers. Scientists are still   25   about why glaciers speed up in summer and head towards the sea. One theory is that as the summer sun melts ice on top of the glacier's surface, the water moves to the bottom of the glacier, where it helps to   26   the movement of ice toward the coast. The Jakobshavn Glacier is believed to be the   27   of the iceberg that sank the Titanic in 1912. Robert Jones, the experiment organizer, said none of the ducks had been   28   yet. "We haven't heard back but it may take some time until somebody actually finds it and decides to send us a/an   29   that they have found it," he said. "These are places that are   30   so there aren't people walking around."

21. A. flown                 B. buried               C. hidden                     D. dropped

22. A. results               B. toys                 C. glaciers           D. scientists

23. A. remember        B. invent              C. learn                 D. control

24. A. development     B. movement            C. growth         D. travels

25. A. unsure            B. excited            C. concerned        D. ignorant

26. A. reduce           B. control         C. speed          D. stop

27. A. position                 B. source              C. reason             D. result

28. A. hurt                   B. eaten                C. missing          D. reported

29. A. email              B. card                  C.    fax           D. sign

30. A. hidden            B. lost                  C.    remote        D. quiet