(山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（一）)

目前医疗费不断攀升，有人因付不起昂贵的医疗费而只好忍受疾病的折磨。人们强烈呼吁政府应当建立有效的医疗保障机制。请根据下面图画，以“Health Care”为题写一篇短文，简要说明图画中所表达的内容，重点阐述这种现象所带来的后果和你的观点。

注意：

1．短文应包括图中所提供的主要信息，并做适当发挥，使短文内容连贯、完整。

2．词数：120—150。

3．生词：hospital discharge—出院

Health Care

 (山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（四）)

The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages   36   young couples, are the result of attraction and affection   37  than practical considerations. In the United States, parents do not   38   marriages for their children. Teenagers begin   39  in high school and usually find mates(配偶) through their own academic and social   40  .

Though young people feel 41 to choose their friends from 42 groups, most choose a mate of similar background. This is due in part to parental 43 . Parents can not spouses(配偶)for their children, but they can usually 44 choices by 10 disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.

  45  , marriages between members of different groups are increasing, probably because of the greater   46  of today’s youth and the fact that they are restricted by   47  prejudices than their parents. Many young people   48   their home towns to attend college, serve in the armed forces,   49  pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, it’s more   50  for them to date and marry outside their own social group.

In mobile American society, interclass 51 are neither nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are on the 52 particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand,   53 marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for couples to from different races to find a place to live,   54  friendships, and raise a family. Marriages between people of different national   55   (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial(殖民的) times.

36. A. involving 　          B. linking 　            C. connecting 　     D. including

37. A. more　                B. less 　                C. other　               D. rather

38. A. provide                 B. consider              C. arrange               D. admit

39. A. dating　               B. appointing　       C. engaging 　       D. matching

40. A. positions 　         B. customs　           C. contracts　         D. contacts

41. A. certain 　             B. abnormal　        C. awkward　          D. free

42. A. limited                   B. identical              C. diverse                D. distant

43. A. order                    B. ignorance            C. guidance             D. rudeness

44. A. force                     B. influence             C. make                   D. offer

45. A. However               B. Moreover            C. Therefore           D. Furthermore

46. A. mobility                 B. motive                 C. moral                  D. mission

47. A. greater                 B. stronger              C. narrower             D. fewer

48. A. desert                   B. leave                   C. escape                D. remove

50. A. difficult                  B. likely                    C. important            D. risky

51. A. communications   B. marriages            C. exchanges          D. associations

52. A. edge                     B. decline                C. rise                     D. air

53. A. international         B. interstate             C. internet               D. interracial

54. A. keep up                B. bring up              C. put up                 D. turn up

55. A. source                  B. origin                   C. resource             D. standard

 (山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（三）)

Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional  36  such as mathematics and languages.

The class sits in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the   37  voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.

The aim of the game is to   38  for an opportunity to shout out the   39  without clashing（相撞）with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try,  40  of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in. But by the fifth  41  , they develop a rhythm. The   42  . give other people space but also  43  claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.

Unlike schools in other nations,  German schools do not usually have school sports teams or seek to build school spirit. Many teens admit they are   44  and confused, but school is not usually the place to find relief.

The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness  45  . It is   46  for 17-19-year-olds preparing for university entrance exams.

“The course isn’t there to make you happy as   47  ,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, “  48  rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.”

Cooking a meal together will be one of the class  49  , along with improving body language under the   50  of two professional actresses.

The course is taught for three periods a week.  51  the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.

“In the first period, we had to each say something   52  about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people or teasing,” said Fanny, 17.

The message: self-esteem（自尊）improves  53  too.

Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also   54  at some US universities, but are mainly based on positive thinking, using   55  from studies of depression.

“That would be too one-sided for us. We want to show how decent（好的）food or exercise can help too,” the principal said.

36．A．subjects              B．objects                C．customs              D．habits

37．A．sweet                  B．next                    C．last                     D．loud

39．A．name                  B．person                 C．number               D．slogan

40．A．All                      B．few                     C．most                   D．none

41．A．round                  B．limit                    C．sheet                   D．zone

42．A．topic                   B．rhythm                C．subject                D．message

43．A．patiently              B．confidently          C．immediately         D．quietly

44．A．happy                 B．lonely                  C．curious               D．distinctive

45．A． movement          B．class                   C．course                D．approach

46．A．intended              B．made                   C．managed             D．applied

47．A．much                  B．well                    C．usual                   D．such

48．A．and                     B．but                      C．so                       D．yet

49．A．tests                   B．exams                 C．exercises             D．homework

50．A．guidance             B．lookout                C．counsel               D．supervision

51．A．Except                B．Beyond                C．Unlike                 D．Despite

52．A．backward            B．positive               C．negative              D．subjective

53．A．atmosphere          B．achievement         C．happiness            D．score

54．A．exist                   B．happen                C．devise                 D．initiate

55．A．inspections          B．instructions          C．motives               D．findings