（广西桂林市2010届第一次模拟考试）

It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet  36  . The loaded plates I carried  37  to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’t able to do anything  38  . As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream  39  a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father  40  at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,”  he said, “you’ve   41  us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness  42  . I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd like my first day, I said, “  43   !” Those few words of praise had  44  everything. Praise is like  45  to the human spirit; we cannot grow without it. And  46  ,while most of us are only too  47  to apply(应用)to others the cold wind of criticism (批评), we are  48  to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why---when one word of praise can bring such  49  ?

It is strange haw chary (吝啬) we are about praising. Perhaps it’s  50  few of us know how to accept it. It’s  51   rewarding (奖赏)to give praise in areas in which  52  generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets complimented (admired)for a glorious picture, a cook for a  53  meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are  54  just right? In fact, to give praise  55  the giver nothing but a moment's thought and a moment's effort..

36.     A. rested                 B. hurt                         C. broke                   D. slipped

37.     A. remained             B. looked                      C. seemed                 D. turned

38.     A. new                    B. special                      C. nervous                D. right

39.     A. order                  B. price                        C. material                D. chair

40.     A. stared                 B. smiled                      C. glared                   D. nodded

41.     A. called on             B. looked after              C. passed by             D. thought of

42.     A. arrived                B. continued                 C. disappointed          D. developed

43.     A. Oh                     B. Well                         C. Fire                      D. Terrible

44.     A. made                  B. changed                   C. found                   D. improved

45.     A. heat                    B. warmed                    C. snowstorm           D. sunlight

46.     A. then                    B. thus                         C. therefore               D. yet

47.     A. ready                  B. doubtful                   C. satisfied                D. disappointed

48.     A. unable                 B. unwilling                  C. likely                    D. anxious

49.     A. attention              B. choice                      C. pleasure                D. difficulty

50.     A. because              B. when                       C. what                    D. where

51.     A. finally                 B. especially                  C. silly                      D. fortunately

52.     A. effort                  B. effect                       C. deed                     D. feeling

53.     A. daily                   B. light                         C. perfect                 D. poor

54.     A. done                   B. sold                         C. chosen                 D. given

55.     A. adds                   B. leaves                       C. offers                   D. costs

（北京市八一中学2010届高三月考）

It was raining．I went in to a cafe and asked for a coffee．  36  I was waiting for my drink，I realized that there were other people in the place，but I sensed   37 ．I saw their bodies，but I couldn't feel their souls   38   their souls belonged to the   39 ．

      I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin．small man   40  in front of it．”I'm Steve”，he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was．”I can。t talk with you I’m  41 ”，he said．He was chatting online with somebody-probably someone he didn't know-and， 42 he was playing a computer game—a

War game. I was   43 ．

      Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried   44  to speak to that computer geek(怪人)，

 45 not a word carne out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder but no reaction．I was  46．I put

my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout．”  47  !”

      I took a few steps back，wondering if all those people in the caf6 were looking at me．I  48 ，and saw nobody showed any interest．

     49 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines

not with people. They were more  50  having a relationship with the   51 ，particularly Steve．I

wouldn't want to  52  the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines  53 with people．

      I was worried and I sank in my thoughts．I didn’t even  54  that the coffee was bad，  55

Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him．

36．A．Before                   B．Since                   C．Although                D．While

37．A．pain                     B．fear                     C．sadness                  D．loneliness

38．A．because                 B．when                   C．until                D．unless

39．A．home                   B．Net                      C．Care                      D．world

40．A．sitting                   B．sleeping               C．laughing                 D．learning

41．A．busy                    B．thirsty                  C．tired                             D．sick

42．A．first of all               B．just then               C．at the same time      D．by that time

43．A．moved                  B．delighted              C．surprised                D．frightened

44．A．once                    B．again                   C．first                       D．even

45．A．but                      B．so                        C．if                           D．or

46．A．excited                  B．respected             C．afraid                     D．unhappy

47．A．Shut up                 B．Enjoy yourself        C．Leave me alone       D．Help me out

48．A．walked about          B．walked out             C．raised my hand       D．raised my head

49．A．In all                   B．Above all               C．From the non         D．At that moment

50．A．interested in           B．tired of                C．careful about         D．troubled by

51．A．soul                     B．shop                    C．geek                      D computer

52．A．tell                      B．plan                     C．imagine                  D．design

53．A．other than            B．instead of             C．except for              D．as well as

54．A．pretend                B．understand             C．insist                      D．realize

55．A．as if                    B．just as                  C．just after               D．even though

（陕西省宝鸡中学2010届高三适应性训练）

There is a wonderful fable about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her．One day, feeling sad and  26  , she was walking through a meadow （草地） when she noticed a small   27  caught in a thorn （荆棘）bush．The more the butterfly   28   to free itself, the deeper the thorns cut into its body．The young girl carefully released the butterfly   29   the thorns．   30   flying away , the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy ．The young girl rubbed （搓） her eyes in  31 ．

       “For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will grant（准予，实现） you any word you  32  like．”

       The little girl thought   33   and then replied, “I want to be happy!”

       The fairy said, “Very well,” and leaned toward her and   34   in her ear．Then the good fairy suddenly disappeared．

       As the little girl  35  , there was no one in the land as  36 as she．Everyone asked her the  37  of her happiness．She would only smile and answer, “The reason for my happiness is   38    I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl．”

       When she was very old and on her deathbed, the  39  all came together around her, being  40  that the fabulous （传说的） secret of happiness would  41 her．“Tell us, please,” they begged．“Tell us what the good fairy said．”

       The lovely old woman   42   smiled and said, “She told me that everyone,  43  old or young, rich or poor they seemed, had  44  of me．”

       Happiness is the most precious thing in the world, which can be obtained in different ways．And happiness is also the simplest thing if you just do what you should do．It’s   45   that if you love and help others you’ll get it．

26．A．alone             B．lonely            C．hopeless         D．helpful

27．A．bird           B．ant            C．worm           D．butterfly

28．A．struggled       B．stuck          C．struck             D．stretched

29．A．of              B．from              C．away              D．off

30．A．In spite of      B．In place of                                      C．Instead of      D．In short of

31．A．disbelieve        B．disbelief            C．belief          D．believe

32．A．had             B．will             C．would               D．should

33．A．for a moment      B．in a moment       C．at the moment     D．over the moment

34．A．said           B．told             C．whispered      D．talked

35．A．turned up        B．brought up         C．came up           D．grew up

36．A．rich             B．beautiful         C．happy            D．elegant

37．A．key             B．secret                                          C．resource     D．way

38．A．that              B．because        C．why               D．for

39．A．families        B．friends         C．neighbors         D．guests

40．A．afraid               B．frightened      C．concerning     D．glad

41．A．die off         B．die out         C．die away       D．die with

42．A．simply           B．justly          C．rightly         D．quitely

43．A．how            B．however            C．whenever        D．when

44．A．need            B．request              C．require           D．demand

45．A．sure           B．certain         C．possible        D．impossible

（陕西省2010届高三西安五校联考）

There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school．Before being sent away this boy was the ___26___ student in his class．He was at the top in every ___27___．He was a champion．

       But the boy ___28___ after leaving home and attending the boarding school．His ___29___ started dropping．He hated being in a group．He was ___30___ all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like ___31___ himself．All of this because he felt ___32___ and that no one loved him．

His ___33___ started worrying about the boy．But ___34___ they did not know what was wrong with him．___35___ his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him．

       They sat ___36___ the bank of the lake near the school．The father started asking him ___37___ questions about his classes, teachers and ___38___．After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son,___39___ I am here today?”ks5u

       The boy ___40___, “to check my grades?”

       “No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me．I want to see you happy．I don’t care about grades．I care about ___41___．I care about your happiness．YOU ARE MY ___42___．”

These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears．He ___43___ his dad．They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time．

       www.ks5u.comNow the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on this ___44___ who cared for him deeply．He ___45___ the world to someone．And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

26．A．richest                B．prettiest               C．laziest                 D．brightest

27．A．game                  B．school                 C．competition         D．group

28．A．changed              B．died                    C．arrived                D．regretted

29．A．hair                     B．tears                   C．love                    D．grades

30．A．worried               B．careless               C．lonely                  D．busy

31．A．teaching              B．killing                  C．helping                D．enjoying

32．A．cold                    B．worthless            C．well                    D．sick

33．A．parents                B．classmates           C．teachers              D．companions

34．A．even             B．now            C．yet              D．then

35．A．And                   B．But                     C．Or                      D．So

36．A．toward                B．along                   C．opposite              D．on

37．A．serious                B．casual                 C．personal              D．difficult

38．A．work                  B．study                  C．sports                 D．education

39．A．when                  B．where                 C．how                    D．why

40．A．turned away        B．answered back     C．whispered softly D．cried out     

41．A．it                B．you             C．myself           D．us

42．A．LIFE                   B．ANXIETY           C．CARE                 D．NEED

43．A．forgave               B．hit                       C．hugged                D．begged

44．A．side                    B．earth                   C．trip                     D．day

45．A．meant                 B．owed                  C．moved                D．left

（重庆市西南师大附中2010届高三第七次月考）

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

     When my three children were young, my husband，Roy ，and I were very  36  .

     “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky  37  . “Please.”

      I had said no so many times in the  38   months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her  39  , I agreed.

    I prepared a few sandwiches and  40  a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy  41  . My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some  42  time together as a family.

   About the time I got the lunch  43  out on the table, Roy arrived on the  44  .

   That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with  45  . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school  46  for so many months. Roy and the boys  47  rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table,  48  God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

   That night as our  49   went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

   As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest  50   could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you  51  .

   Even though the kids have now grown up and  52  from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

   Maybe today would be a good time to  53  potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry  54  and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a  55  .

36.A. old              B. poor           C. busy            D. miserable

37.A. begged           B. asked          C. doubted         D. wondered

38.A. coming           B. recent         C. following       D. later

39.A. doubt            B. disappointment C. sadness         D. surprise

40.A. supplied         B. provided       C. combined        D. filled

41.A. off work         B. at home        C. at work         D. on business

42.A. unhappy          B. quality        C. quantity        D. sad

43.A. spread           B. taken          C. made            D. cooked

44.A. scene            B. view           C. event           D. landscape

45.A. sadness          B. expectation    C. hope            D. laughter

46.A. orders           B. charges        C. activity        D. responsibilities

47.A. missed           B. took           C. skipped         D. left

48.A. praying          B. praising       C. thanking        D. trusting

49.A. family           B. children       C. friends         D. parents

50.A. lifestyle        B. time           C. world           D. family

51.A. enjoy            B. own            C. have            D. love

52.A. left alone       B. passed away    C. ran away        D. moved away

53.A. supply           B. cook           C. watch           D. plant

54.A. ducks            B. children       C. family          D. people

55.A. salad            B. life           C. picnic          D. hope

（江西省重点中学盟校2010届高三第二次联考）

Dear son,

The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.

If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I   36   teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I   37   the same things thousand and one times, do not   38   me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story   39   you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a   40  , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I   41  , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my   42   little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you   43   to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the   44   of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you   45   to me.

If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well   46   I need to and when not. When my   47   legs do not allow me to walk, give me your   48  , the same way I did when you gave your first   49  . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to   50   any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that,  51   my mistakes, I always wanted the   52   thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me   53   you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you   54   living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and   55  . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

I love you, Son

Your father

（拉萨中学2010届高三第七次月考试题）

In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.

Some people find it difficult to   36   Bjork’s music.  Her sound is an acquired taste, but  37   you get into it, you’re hooked. After the   38   press conference, I was   39   to a room where we did a one-on-one   40   for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.

The   41   at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork   42   the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.

However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.

The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of   43   who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the   44   for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the   45  .

Then suddenly, she ran off to the   46  , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so   47   with the press a few days before.

After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that   48   around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who   49   said, “Welcome to Thailand!”

You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she   50   in that usual swan costume,   51   perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.

She’s   52   a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no   53   .

Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic   54   . It is   55   to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.

36. A. receive                    B. get                          C. hear                        D. accept

37. A. while                        B. after                        C. before                     D. once

38. A. heated               B. attended                  C. appointed               D. packed

39. A. led                           B. brought                   C. fetched                   D. carried

40. A. lecture               B. comment                 C. interview                 D. dialogue

41. A. game                   B. party               C. performance     D. play

42. A. held                         B. acquired                  C. seized                     D. focused

43. A. viewers                    B. tourists                    C. reporters                 D. officials

44. A. state                         B. mood                      C. situation                  D. position

45. A. cameras                   B. audience                 C. films                        D. directors

46. A. exit                          B. entrance                  C. edge                       D. side

47. A. communicative  B. conservative            C. cooperative             D. aggressive

48. A. turned                      B. went                       C. came                      D. ran

49. A. already                     B. hardly                     C. simply                     D. seldom

50. A. appeared                 B. accompanied           C. presented         D. joined

51. A. or                            B. and                         C. so                           D. but

52. A. showed                 B. collected                 C. produced                D. took

53. A. exception                 B. excuse                    C. way                        D. comment

54. A. spirit                        B. ability               C. talent               D. understanding

55. A. easy                     B. simple          C. difficult         D. funny

（广东省湛江二中2010届高三考前适应训练）

Being probably the most complex female character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ophelia deserves special attention because she is treated as a substitute for Stowe’s intended audience．Ophelia    __21_ what Mrs．Stowe, the author, considered a widespread Northern problem: the white person who opposes slavery but feels __22_ prejudice and hatred in the presence of a black slave．Ophelia hates slavery, but she considers it almost _23__ for blacks, against whom she harbors a deep-seated prejudice．And she doesn’t want them to touch her．Stowe stresses that much of Ophelia’s prejudice _24__ from unfamiliarity and ignorance rather than from actual _25__ Because Ophelia has seldom spent time along with __26_, she finds them uncomfortably alien （不相容） to her．

       But Ophelia seems to be one of the only characters in the novel whose character _27__ as the story progresses．Once St．Clare puts Topsy in her care, Ophelia is forced to be in _28__ with a slave．At first she begins to teach Topsy __29_ out of duty．But Stowe suggests that duty alone will not root out slavery and that those against slavery must act out of love．Eva’s death leads to  Ophelia’s change, and she comes to love Topsy as an actual human being and not just a slave．She   _30__ her racial prejudice and offers herself as a model to Stowe’s Northern readers．

21．A．reflects               B．supposes             C．suspects              D．provides

22．A．various                B．arbitrary              C．racial                  D．awful

23．A．impossible           B．necessary            C．unfair                  D．important

24．A．suffers           B．differs                 C．releases               D．results

25．A．practice             B．performance        C．experience           D．application

26．A．slaves                 B．readers                C．Stowe                 D．characters

27．A．increases             B．disappears           C．refreshes             D．develops

28．A．trouble                B．danger                 C．contact               D．comparison

29．A．hardly                 B．merely                 C．specially              D．properly

30．A．hides                   B．overcomes           C．reserves              D．prohibits

（广东省汕头市苏北中学2010届高三第四次月考）

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a    21    over our head, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always    22   . Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was strict. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   23   for the kids was the fun of Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for    24    to share by all five of us.

The big    25   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty – dollar bill and    26    them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered. We had two hours to shop; then we would meet back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, except my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually    27   . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies － fifty – cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed as the door, ready to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“ I was looking around    28   of what to buy, and I stopped to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and    29   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so   30   as I did that day.

21.    A. roof                  B. hat                    C. sky                   D. star

22.    A. little                   B. less                   C. enough              D. more

23.    A. improvement      B. problem             C. surprise             D. excitement

24.    A. toys                  B. clothes              C. presents            D. bills

25.   A. day                   B. chance              C. cheque              D. tree

26.    A. forced               B. reminded           C. invited               D. begged

27.    A. quiet                  B. excited              C. happy                D. ashamed

28.   A. learning             B. thinking             C. knowing            D. telling

29.    A. made                 B. searched            C. bought              D. fetched

30.    A. angry                B. rich                   C. patient               D. bitter

（山西省太原五中2010届高三下学期五月月考）

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 　36 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 　37 that I decided to write an article about her.

I 　38 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 　39 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 　40 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 　41 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 　42 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 　43 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 　44 draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript 　45 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 　46 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 　47 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While 　48 my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 　49 :

Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 　50 materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 　51 your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to 　52 . Fear of rejection cost me 高考资源网ly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 　53 writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 　54 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 　55 to doubt yourself.

36．A．joy　　　　　　　　　　 B．voice　　　　　　　　　 C．speech　　　　　　　 D．smile

37．A．proud　　　　　　　　 B．active　　　　　　　　 C．satisfied　　　　　　 D．moved

38．A．visited　　　　　　　　 B．emailed　　　　　　　 C．phoned　　　　　　　 D．interviewed

39．A．agreed　　　　　　　　 B．refused　　　　　　　 C．hesitated　　　　　　 D．paused

40．A．replied　　　　　　　　 B．discovered　　　　　 C．explained　　　　　　 D．knew

41．A．seriously　　　　　　 B．patiently　　　　　　 C．nervously　　　　　 D．quietly

42．A．blaming　　　　　　　 B．fooling　　　　　　　 C．inviting　　　　　　　 D．urging

43．A．hardship　　　　　　 B．failure　　　　　　　　 C．comment　　　　　　 D．pressure

44．A．with　　　　　　　　　 B．by　　　　　　　　　　　 C．on　　　　　　　　　　 D．in

45．A．disappeared　　　　 B．returned　　　　　　 C．spread　　　　　　　　 D．improved

46．A．compare　　　　　　 B．struggle　　　　　　　 C．survive　　　　　　　 D．compete

47．A．ignore　　　　　　　　 B．deliver　　　　　　　　 C．face　　　　　　　　　 D．receive

48．A．decorating　　　　　 B．repairing　　　　　　 C．cleaning　　　　　　 D．leaving

49．A．disbelief　　　　　　 B．anxiety　　　　　　　 C．horror　　　　　　　　 D．trouble

50．A．subjective　　　　　 B．relevant　　　　　　　 C．private　　　　　　　 D．reliable

51．A．broadcast　　　　　 B．create　　　　　　　　 C．publish　　　　　　　 D．assess

52．A．recover　　　　　　　 B．prepare　　　　　　　 C．escape　　　　　　　 D．concentrate

53．A．energetic　　　　　　 B．endless　　　　　　　 C．typical　　　　　　　　 D．enjoyable

54．A．experience　　　　　 B．success　　　　　　　 C．benefit　　　　　　　 D．accident

55．A．attempt　　　　　　　 B．afford　　　　　　　　 C．expect　　　　　　　　 D．pretend