1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家.完形填空With excitement we started our small business. No longer were we _1_ to have a weekly paycheck. We now were on our own to _2_ an income to provide us with the money to live. I was a little _3_ about our ability to do this. But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believe
2、d in our ability to _4_.We invested (投资) heavily in producing a number of products, _5_ none of them were popular with customers. The market gave us so heavy a _6_ that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.We now had our money _7_ in the booth (货摊) that we hadrented for the summer and fal
3、l months. We had a lot of money _8_ up in materials. So we did not have enough money to _9_ our monthly bills. We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.As we discussed our _10_， I happened to read the words: “If you have made mistakes. there is always another chance for
4、 you. you may have a _11_ start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “Failure” is not falling down, but _12_ down.”The words reinforced (增强) my determination and Byrons _13_ that we could succeed. We did fall down, but we were _14_ not to stay down! So, we stepped back and refocused. We cam
5、e up with new products using remaining _15_.We redesigned our booth. We reconsidered our pricing system. And, we started making enough money to pay our _16_.If we had done nothing, if we had allowed ourselves to “stay down”， then we would have _17_.But we made the choice to learn from our _18_， and
6、we moved forward with more determination. Those words _19_ a much better idea on failurea chance for a fresh start! The most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you _20_ your failure, you decide if you stay down.1A.happyBDangerous Cready Dsafe【答案与解析】D作者夫妻二人开办了自己的公司，所以他们不再有每周“稳定的”
7、收入。2A.produce Breceive Creduce Dafford【答案与解析】A结合上文可知他们没有了固定的每周收入，再根据下文“an income to provide us with the money to live”可知他们要自己“创收(produce an income)”维持生计了。3A.excited Bworried Cconfused Dconfident【答案与解析】B从下文的“But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability”可知，作者的妻子很有信心，而作者本人却有
8、点“担心”。4A.manage Bsurvive Csucceed Dcompete【答案与解析】C作者的妻子对他们的产品很有信心，对他们取得“成功(succeed)”的能力也有信心。5A.unless Bso Cbut Dthough【答案与解析】C前后两句之间为转折关系。6A.blow Bdrop Cpush Dsurprise【答案与解析】A市场给了作者他们如此沉重“一击(blow)”。7A.cost Bspent Cwasted Dpaid【答案与解析】B他们把钱“花在了”夏季和秋季租用的摊位上。8A.put Bused Ctaken Dtied【答案与解析】D结合下文的“So we
9、did not have enough money to.”可知，此处意思是他们的钱都投资在生产各种产品的材料上。tie up “捆绑”，这里形象地说明钱被“占用”。9A.cover Bsupport Cdiscard Dconsider【答案与解析】A因此他们没有足够的钱来付账单。cover 在此意为“足以支付；够付”。10A.plans BDreams Cexpectations Dchoices【答案与解析】D结合上文“the thoughts of failure ran through our heads”可知，他们认为自己要失败了，所以这里表示他们讨论自己的“选择(choices)
10、”，是放弃还是继续。11A.good Bfresh Cnatural Dsudden【答案与解析】B由最后一段的“a chance for a fresh start”可知此处选B项。12A.staying Bcoming Ckeeping Dgoing【答案与解析】A从下文的“if we had allowed ourselves to stay down”可知选A项。13A.belief Bimagination Csuggestion Drequirement【答案与解析】A指上面的话增强了他的决心和妻子的“信心”。14A.able Bsupposed Cprepared Ddeterm
11、ined【答案与解析】D这里表示他们的确摔倒了，但是他们“决心(determined)”不放弃，坚持下去。15A.tools Bmachines Cmaterials Dgoods【答案与解析】C结合第3段的“We had a lot of money _8_up in materials”可知，他们利用剩余的“材料(materials)”。.单项填空1The company _ 100 workers last week because of the economic crisis.Aput offBturned offClaid offDgot off【答案与解析】C考查动词短语辨析。pu
12、t off“推迟”；turn off“关闭”；lay off“解雇”；get off“出发”；逃脱惩罚；结合语境可知C项符合要求。题意：因为经济危机，上周公司解雇了100个工人。2All the employees think that the managers plan will weaken the company _.Ain the way Bfrankly speakingCto a certain extent Din my opinion【答案与解析】C考查短语辨析。题意：所有的员工都认为经理的计划将从某种程度上削弱公司的实力。in the way“挡道”；frankly spea
13、king“老实说”；to a certain extent“在某种程度上”；in my opinion“依我看”。根据题意判断，选C项。3Her happy look _ that she has done well in the exam.Apresents Breflects Cappears Dseems【答案与解析】B考查词汇辨析。present“赠送；引见；展现；上演”；reflect“反映；显示”；appear“出现”；seem“好像”。题意：她高兴的神情显示出她考试考得不错。通过分析四个选项的含义可得出B项为正确答案。4_ bicycles, our factory also p
14、roduces motorbikes and motorcars.AExcept BExcept for CAside from DBeside【答案与解析】C考查介词(短语)辨析。题意：除了自行车，我们厂还生产摩托车和汽车。aside from“除此之外，还有(本身包含在内)”，和besides用法相同；except“除了之外(本身被除去)”。根据题意，选C项。5My mind suddenly _ when I heard the news that he was laid off.Agot changed Bgot confusedCwent blank Dwent white【答案与解
15、析】C考查动词短语辨析。题意：当我听到他被解雇的消息时，头脑突然一片空白。go blank此处意为“脑子突然一片空白；怎么也想不起来(某事)”，符合题意，故选C项。6. A(n) _ idea is different from the one you have and can be used instead.Asecure BconservativeCalternative Dmild【答案与解析】C考查形容词词义辨析。题意：可供选择的想法不同于你已有的想法且可用来备用。secure“稳定的；安全的”；conservative“保守的”；alternative“可供选择的；另类的”；mild
16、“温和的”。5My mind suddenly _ when I heard the news that he was laid off.Agot changed Bgot confusedCwent blank Dwent white【答案与解析】C考查动词短语辨析。题意：当我听到他被解雇的消息时，头脑突然一片空白。go blank此处意为“脑子突然一片空白；怎么也想不起来(某事)”，符合题意，故选C项。6. A(n) _ idea is different from the one you have and can be used instead.Asecure Bconservative
17、Calternative Dmild【答案与解析】C考查形容词词义辨析。题意：可供选择的想法不同于你已有的想法且可用来备用。secure“稳定的；安全的”；conservative“保守的”；alternative“可供选择的；另类的”；mild“温和的”。7Why is the meeting put off?Because of the _ of the boss.Alack BemptinessCshortage Dabsence【答案与解析】D考查名词词义辨析。题意：“会议为什么被推迟？”“由于老板的缺席。”lack“缺乏”；emptiness“空处”；shortage“短缺”；abs
18、ence“缺席；未到场”。根据题意选D项。8Her heart swelled _ pride when her daughter won the prize.Awith Bto Cinto Daround【答案与解析】A考查swell作为动词的固定结构。题意：当她的女儿赢得了大奖，她的心里充满了自豪。swell with.“充满”，后多接人的情绪，如愤怒、惊讶等，故选A项。9His parents dont_ of his going to work in Tibet because they dont want him to be far away from home.Aagree Bap
19、prove Cadmit Dallow【答案与解析】B考查动词用法辨析。题意：他父母不同意他去西藏工作，因为他们不想让他离家太远。approve of “赞同；同意”，为固定搭配，故选B项。10As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of _ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.Aprimary BalternativeCinstant Dunique【答案与解析】B考查形容词
20、辨析。primary“首要的；最初的”；alternative“可替换的；非主流的”；instant“即可的，紧迫的”；unique“唯一的”。题意：因为煤炭和石油越来越少，所以科学家正在探索新的可替换能源，如太阳能、风能、水能。.阅读理解Adventure VacationsPeople like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting cit
21、y. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahan or the Louver.Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They dont want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventurea surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn
22、 something. How can they do this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of hardships, but therere a lot of fun. One organization, Earth watch, sends small groups of volunteers to different parts of the world. Some
23、 volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Mormons, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. Hes worried about chemicals f
24、rom factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need to ski 16 kilometers every day.Do you enjoy ocean animals? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language t
25、o dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball”. They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “killer whale”， but
26、theyre really dolphinsthe largest kind of dolphin. This beautiful animal travels together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and greatgrandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earth watch is studying how this happens.Are you interested in histo
27、ry? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirtyfive hundred years ago a volcano exploded there on Santorum. This explosion was more terrible than Karate or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and painting
28、s as interesting as those in Pompeii. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.Do you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earth watch vacation is for you.1From the passage, on an adventure trip, people _.Amay not
29、 spend much time on sightseeingBwont meet some difficulties or hardshipsCcant enjoy themDcant learn something【答案与解析】A从“Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They dont want to be tourists. They want to have an adventure”可知，喜欢冒险的游客不喜欢观光。2If you want to learn something about people of the past,
30、 you can _.Ajoin the team to HawaiiBjoin the team to the Far NorthCjoin the team to WashingtonDjoin the team to Greece【答案与解析】D从“Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure”可知答案。3Which of the following is WRONG?ASome people find sightseeing trips boring.BEarth watch is
31、planning all these special adventures.CThe number of orcas is decreasing.D3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.【答案与解析】D从“Thirtyfive hundred years ago a volcano exploded there on Santorum. This explosion was more terrible than Karate or Mount Saint Helens”可知文章并没说Karate和Mou
32、nt Saint Helens火山的爆发时间，所以D项不对。.短文改错(2010陕西西安五校高三二模)Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon before she picked it up and worked hard at it.She painted careful and her works were nice.She first painted only to please oneself, and then began to sell her works with a little money.In 1993, a collector
33、, Louis Caldor happen to see several of Grandma Moses work hanging in a shop.He liked them, buying them at once, and set out to look for less.Caldor held a show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses other artists.Grandma Moses, who was worldfamous, was died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.
34、【答案】1.第1句beforeafter2.第2句carefulcarefully3.第3句oneselfherself4.第3句withfor5.第4句happenhappened6.第4句workworks7.第5句buyingbought8.第5句lessmore9.第6句other前加to10.第7句去掉was.书面表达(2010江苏省苏、锡、常、镇四市高三一联)2010年央视春晚的广告收入创新高，但节目中的植入广告引发了争议。最近，某网站举行了一次题为“对今年春晚植入广告的态度”的调查，请根据以下饼图(pie chart)所示信息用英语写一篇短文，并提出你自己的看法。注意：1.对所给
35、提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。2词数150左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇：植入广告product placementThe 2010 Spring Festival Gala has set records for TV commercial rates, which accordingly has caused heated discussions due to product placement in the programmes._【答案】One possible version：The 2010 Spring Festival Gala has set re
36、cords for TV commercial rates, which accordingly has caused heated discussions due to product placement in the programmes.As is shown in the pie chart, 20% of the people surveyed think it acceptable, for the product placement appears in the programmes naturally. And 15% of them consider it necessary
37、 for CCTV to make money from product placement, which is of great benefit to the development of CCTV itself.However, among the people surveyed, more than one third of them complain that the product placement has nothing to do with the programmes. 25% of them even feel hurt seeing so much of it. Furt
38、hermore, the rest 10% hold the view that great harm has been done to the image of CCTV.From the chart we can draw a conclusion that most of the people surveyed are against product placement in the programmes. In my opinion, product placement nowadays is almost unavoidable, but it should not damage t
39、he art of the show and should take the audiences feelings into account. 书面表达指导：谋篇构思三步曲观点：Parents can be examples for their children. (父母是孩子的榜样)语言结构点睛表明观点例证观点得出结论 Many people hold the opinion that parents can be examples for their children. As_far_as_I_am_concerned,_I_quite_agree_with_this. Here_is_a
40、_story. One day a little boy watched his parents planting flowers in the garden，and he then learnt to water and look after the little plants. When he saw that the flowers were growing well, he shared the happiness with his parents. Their hard work resulted in beautiful flowers in full bloom, and the
41、 boys father proudly picked a flower and gave it to his wife to show his love. But to their great surprise, the boy picked all the flowers and presented them to his parents. Only_at_this_moment_did_the_parents_realize_how_great_effect_their_behavior_had_on_their_child.Thus, I think parents should try to be good teachers in front of their children. 开门见山，直接表明观点。以故事来证明父母的言行举止对子女的影响。倒装句加强表达效果。Only.did.精品资料。欢迎使用。高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u 版权所有高考资源网
