第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3000 U.S. adolescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime, it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweighs all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.

Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 percent, smoking rates among youth have declined. While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be raised.

First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent. The statistic is reversing. Third, several recent studies have indicated high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent.

Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade, no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effective measures to reduce smoking levels among youth.

36. According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by __________.

A. traffic accidents                                   B. smoking-related disease

C. murder                                                 D. all of these

37. Every day there are over ______ high school students who will become regular smokers.

A. 750                         B. 23                    C. 30                    D. 3000

38. By “dropout” the author means __________.

A. students who failed the examination        B. students who left school

C. students who lost their way                    D. students who were driven out of school

39. The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that __________.

A. NCI has taken effective measures           

B. smoking is prevented among high school seniors

C. there are many smokers who have died of cancer          

D. none of these

40. What is implied but not stated by the author is that __________.

A. smoking rates among youth have declined very little     

B. there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

C. high smoking rates are due to the increase in wealth

D. smoking at high school is from low socio-economic backgrounds

At one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for copies of documents because they could be stored electronically. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.

It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. “I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down,” says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organization.

Perhaps the best sign of how computer and Internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets. Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer. Earlier this week Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document, a medical record or just a one-line e-mail, even if they are nowhere near a computer. As the company sees it, the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers.

Does all this mean environmental concerns (环境问题) have been forgotten? Some activists suggest people have been led to believe that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away. “I guess people believe that the problem is taken care of, because of recycling (回收利用),”said Kelly Quirke, director of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful. He says printers that print on both sides are growing in popularity. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood, such as agricultural waste.

1．The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to        .

       A．the rapid development of small businesses         

       B．the opening up of new markets   

       C．the printing of high quality copies             

       D．the increased use of the Internet

2．Environmentalists believe more one possible way of dealing with the paper situation is     .

       A．to encourage printing more quality documents     

       B．to develop new printers using recycled paper   

       C．to find new materials for making paper     

       D．to plant more fast-growing paper

3．Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided to develop new technologies because        .

       A．people are concerned about the environment  

       B．printers in many offices are working overtime  

       C．small companies need more hard copies  

       D．they see a growing market for printers

4．What would be the best title for the text?

       A．Computers and Printers               B．E-mail and the Business World

       C．Internet Revolution and Environment  D．Modern Technology and New Markets

第二节：书面表达（满分30分）

       高中毕业在即，你将作为学生代表在金华一中2010届毕业生典礼上发言。请按以下要点写一篇发言稿。

    1．感谢老师教会我们如何学习和做人；

    2．感谢母校提供良好的生活、学习环境；

    3．同学将来都能回报母校、回报社会。

    注意：1．词数：100词左右，发言稿的开头和结尾为写好，不计入词数。

          2．可适当增加细。以使行文连贯。    

          3．参考词汇：乐观optimistic；回报reward

       Good morning, dear teacher and students．I am greatly honoured to stand here on behalf of all the graduates to make a speech at the graduation ceremony．

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       Thank you for your listening．

My toothache is killing me．I _____ it _____ away．But now it’s getting worse and worse．

     A．think; is going               B．thought; was going       

       C．have thought; is going         D．had thought; had gone

. Tom hasn’t arrived yet. What can have ___________ to him?

  A. come about     B. taken place     C. broken out      D. happened

四、阅读理解

Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “That is not so hard. Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.”

       A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I’m up there, in that big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”

1. The poor man lived in_____ before he met the rich man.

         A. the hotel        B. his home      C. the park        D. the car

2. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and _____

         A. waited for the rich man        B. looked at the rich man’s hotel

         C. looked at the rich man’s car     D. enjoyed the clean air

3. The poor man moved out of the hotel because_______

         A. he didn’t want to live in such a fine room

B. he didn’t like the rich man

C. he couldn’t pay for the room

D. he couldn’t get any sleep at all there

4. In the end, the poor man found it _____to sleep in the hotel.

         A. sorry         B. nice         C. sad       D.terrible

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

      阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large   36  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  37  his taxi on the road. I  38  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then, one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  39   work, leave his taxi and go out for his   40  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was   41  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  42  to be outside one evening two weeks  43  , when the garage door was   44  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  45  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  46  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  47  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  48  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）  49  .

We go to bed every night and   50  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  51  as close friends or go for a vacation as a  52  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  53  the social ladder(阶梯)—how much bigger and better a  54  we have. And we ignore(忽视)our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  55  we are than what we do!

36. A. window    B. garage         C. door           D. yard

37. A. park      B. stop            C. check         D. repair

38. A. knew         B. understood      C. asked          D. wondered

39. A. for        B. out of         C. without      D. from

40. A. business    B. national       C. personal         D. public

41. A. wasteful    B. meaningful      C. wonderful       D. plentiful

42. A. appeared   B. intended       C. expected          D. happened

43. A. later      B. more          C. ago             D. before

44. A. broken      B. fine             C. shut            D. open

45. A. once      B. before        C. when          D. until

46. A. far         B. deep           C. long           D. little

47. A. driver        B. engineer      C. father         D. son

48. A. called        B. made           C. elected        D. turned

49. A. experience B. earning       C. life             D. position

50. A. stay up      B. wake up      C. stay home       D. go home

51. A. competitionB. performance   C. debate         D. party

52. A. family       B. company         C. team            D. whole

53. A. build         B. climb          C. stand          D. lay

54. A. house        B. garage         C. car              D. taxi

55. A. who      B. what           C. which         D. where

On Saturday, millions of people around the world will celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, which honors Patron Saint (or main religious figure) of Ireland. Communities across the United States will host parades, parties, and other festivities to mark the occasion.

This year, cities like Boston, New York, and Chicago have organized massive events celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day. In New York City, hundreds of thousands of people will gather to watch the Saint Patrick’s Day parade—the nation’s largest. It is one of the most watched parades in the world. Last year, almost 2 million spectators（观众） and more than 150,000 participants （参与者）filled the streets. The parade, first held in 1776, is also one of the oldest.

Chicago also throws a big celebration. Every year, the Chicago River, which crosses the city, glows green as event organizers dump about 40 pounds of fluorescence, a powerful dye(染料), into the water.

Boston keeps its parade rolling for three hours or more. It is the nation’s second-largest parade. The city will also salute one of its most famous former residents, President John F. Kennedy, by opening the exhibit “A Journey Home: John F. Kennedy and Ireland,” at his official library.

Patron Saint lived in Britain in the early fifth century, when it was still part of the Roman Empire. He was captured （抓捕）and sold into slavery（卖为奴隶） in Ireland when he was only 16．He eventually escaped slavery and turned to a life of religious devotion. He trained to become a minister（牧师） and set out to spread Christianity throughout Ireland. After 30 years as a religious leader, Patrick died on March 17, 1461．Saint Patrick’s Day is always celebrated on March 17．In Ireland, it is an official holiday.

1．What’s the best title of the passage?

      A．History of Saint Patrick’s Day                   B．An Official Holiday in US

      C．The Largest Parade in the World                 D．Celebrations across the Country

2．What do you think is the official color of St. Patrick’s Day?

      A．Green                   B．Red.                     C．Black.                   D．Yellow.

3．The last paragraph is mainly about _____.

      A．the cruel slave trade.                          B．Saint Patrick’s contribution.

      C．activities during Saint Patrick’s Day       D．Ireland’s Patron Saint

4．Which of the following is not correct according to the passage?

      A．Parade is a most important event to observe Saint Patrick’s Day.

      B．Saint Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday.

      C．Saluting the former president has become a main event on the occasion.

      D．The Saint Patrick’s Day parade has a history of over two centuries.

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

第四部分：(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分)

此题要求改正以下短文中的错误：

该行多一词：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。

该行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

     Angela works at a university as adviser. Students can     76. __________      

come and see her for many problems if they need help               77. __________      

or advices. Most of them are worried about their studies         78. __________      

and exams. Some of them have problems connecting with      79. __________     

renting flats, though the biggest problem was loneliness.        80. __________      

Universities are exciting places but some students find difficult  81. __________      

to make friends. They miss their families but feel lost in the          82. __________     

new environment. They're upset. Angela's job is to listen to and  83.      

try to understand whether they are feeling. And of course she also     84. __________      

gives practical advice when she is needed.                       85. __________      

It's hard to track__________blue whale in that ocean, which has been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as__________endangered species.

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