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历年高考英语试题
第Ⅰ卷 (共103分)
I. Listening Comprehension
(略)
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word th at best fits each blank.
(A)
Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.Within one year,37 runners broke the belief barrier.And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through.What happens __25__ someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You drown.If an animal who has not learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown __26__ the animal does not.
These cases show the power of beliefs.There is no other __27__(powerful) force in directing human behavior than belief.Our beliefs have the power to create and to destroy.
In a way it is our beliefs __28__ determine how much we’ll be able to realize our potential.So pay attention to some of your beliefs.Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you? Do you believe life is full of problems?
Belief is not mysterious, however, it's nothing but the generalization of a past incident.As a kid, if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be dangerous.__29__(change) certain behavior, identify the beliefs __30__(associate) with it. Change those beliefs and a new pattern __31__(create).
(B)
While getting ready for school today, my 16-year-old daughter came into my room to give me a big hug and kiss. I asked her, “What do you want?” She said, “Nothing Mum, you always tell us to have a good day before we leave the house, but I was thinking about who tells you to have a good day and lets you know how much you are loved.”
I am so touched by the capacity of love and understanding __32__ comes from my children. My 15-year-old son asked me last night __33__ there was a way for him to get a summer job this year in order to help us to pay our bills. Unfortunately, in our area, he __34__ be 16.
__35__ of my children depend on me so much because I am a single parent, but just when I pay the bills that I will not be able to provide for them, they come up with ways __36__(help out). I completely understand that I will still have to find a way to pay the bills as I do not want my children to take up anything. But for now the fact __37__ they have stepped up and offered to help without anyone asking __38__(touch) me.
When my daughter was two, I remember rushing to get to work, getting to the front door and asking her to hurry up and come. Then she appeared at the door __39__ a bag that she was holding open. I said, “We don’t have time for this.” She stopped me and said, “Fill it with love, Mum.” I fell to my knees and hugged her and then kissed her. From then on she would bring the bag and I would bring the love to the door before __40__(leave) for school and work.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. purchases B. agricultural C. narrow D. pouring E. delivered F. coincide
G. dedicated H. calculating I. en thusiasts J. sales K. priorities
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday that it will create another online shopping event in the next two months to tap further into rural consumption.
The e-commerce giant, which generated a gross merchandise volume of 91.2 billion yuan ($14.3 billion) in the 24-hour sales event on Wednesday, said it will hold a similar festival to __41__ with the upcoming Spring Festival in February.
Zhang Yong, chief executive officer of Alibaba, said like urban residents, many rural consumers have also become online shopping __42__. "The soon-to-be-launched shopping event will better serve rural consumers and bring more __43__ products to the dining tables of urban consumers," he said.
The Hangzhou-based firm said the Spring Festival event will be launched by its customer-to-customer site Taobao and its Rural Taobao business unit, which is __44__ to online shoppers in rural areas.
Sun Lijun, vice-president of Alibaba who is in charge of Rural Taobao, said the Spring Festival shopping gala will help __45__ the gap between urban and rural consumers.
"We want villagers to celebrate Lunar Chinese New Year with seafood from New Zealand and wine from France. That said, we also want urban residents to enjoy high-quality fresh produce __46__ directly to their doorsteps," he said.
Alibaba has mad e globalization and going-rural its top __47__ for further development. Last year, it said it will invest 10 billion yuan over the next three to five year s to provide e-commerce services in about 100,000 villages.
Rural shoppers proved their buying power by __48__ more than 10 million yuan in the first eight minutes of the Nov 11 online shopping festival. People in 8,000 villages participated in the 24-hour __49__ on Wednesday. The most expensive order of the day was an order for a Porsche at about 500,000 yuan.
Alibaba didn't disclose the specific __50__ made by rural shoppers, but said that items such as TV sets, air conditioners, shampoos and oil were very popular in villages.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life.
These findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological science, suggest that meaning in life may be higher in poorer nations __51__ greater religiosity(笃信宗教). As countries become richer, religion becomes less __52__ to people’s lives and they lose a sense of meaning in life.
“Thus far, the wealth of nations has been almost always __53__ longevity, health, happiness or life satisfaction,” explains psychological scientist Shigehiro Oishi of the University of Virginia. “Given that meaning in life is an important aspect of overall well-being, we wanted to look more carefully at differential __54__, correlates(相关物), and predictors for meaning in life.”
Oishi and colleague Ed Diener of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign __55__ life satisfaction, meaning, and well-being by examining data from the 2007 Gallup World Poll, a __56__ survey of over 140,000 participants from 132 countries. __57__ answering a basic life satisfaction question, participants were asked: “Do you feel your life has an important __58__ or meaning?” and “Is religion an important part of your daily life?”
The data revealed some unexpected __59__:
“Among Americans, those who are high in life satisfaction are also high in meaning in life,” says Oishi. “But when we looked at the societal level of analysis, we found a completely __60__ pattern of the association between meaning in life and life satisfaction.”
When looking across many countries, Oishi and Diener found that people in wealthier nations were more educated, had fewer children, and expressed more individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries – all factors that were associated with higher life satisfaction but a __61__ lower sense of meaning in life.”
The data suggest that religiosity may play an important role: Residents of wealthier nations, where religiosity is lower, reported __62__ meaning in life and had higher suicide rates than poorer countries.
According to the researchers, religion may provide meaning to life to the extent that it __63__ people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles of working t o survive in poor economic conditions:
Oishi and Diener hope to reproduce these findings using more comprehensive meas ures of meaning and religiosity, and are interested in __64__ countries over time to track whether economic __65__ gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life.
51. A. by means of B. as a result of C. for the sake of D. with regard to
52. A. central B. ideal C. formal D. superior
53. A. related with B. combined with C. associated with D. represented with
54. A. models B. styles C. designs D. patterns
55. A. investigated B. diagnosed C. explored D. exploited
56. A. nationwide B. thorough C. complete D. large-scale
57. A. Except for B. Instead of C. Rather than D. In addition to
58. A. opportunity B. temptation C. purpose D. definition
59. A. trends B. practices C. outlooks D. currents
60. A. precious B. similar C. relevant D. different
61. A. exactly B. significantly C. adequately D. partially
62. A. better B. less C. more D. fewer
63. A. allows B. requests C. reminds D. helps
64. A. following B. chasing C. pursuing D. predicting
65. A. priority B. profit C. prosperity D. potential
Section B
Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
Some people say the traditional calendar of 180 days no longer meets the needs of American society. They point out that students in most other industrial countries are in school more hours a day and more days a year. Critics also say a long summer vacation causes students to forget much of what they learned. Schools are under pressure to raise test scores. Some have changed their calendars to try to improve student performance. They have lengthened the school day or added days to the year or both. This can be costly if schools need air conditioning on hot days and school employees need to be paid for the extra time.
Some schools have a year-round schedule. The school year is extended over twelve months. Instead of a long vacation, there are many short ones. Local businesses may object to a longer school year because students are unable to work as long at summer jobs. Some parts of the country had year-round programs in the nineteenth century, mostly for economic reasons. They felt it wasted money to use school buildings for only part of the year. Year-round programs can also reduce crowding in schools. In one version, students attend school for nine weeks and then have three weeks off. The students are in groups that are not all in school at the same time.
Another year-round calendar has all students in school together for nine weeks and off for three. This is meant to provide the continuous learning that can be lost over a long break. But year-round schooling has opponents. They say it can cause problems for families when they want to make summer plans. And they say it interferes with activities outside school -- including summer employment.
Some experts say no really good studies have been done to measure the effect of school calendars on performance. But some educators think year-round schooling especially helps students from poor families that lack educational support at home.
66. The best title for the passage seems to be ______.
A. Debating upon Year-round Schooling
B. Advantages of Year-round Education
C. Disadvantages of a Long Summer Vacation
D. Different Types of School Calendars
67. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that schools should extend school days?
A. The traditional calendar is out of date.
B. Long holidays cause students to forget much of what they learned.
C. Schools face pressure to raise test marks.
D. Schools in other countries urge them to do so.
68. Those against year-round s chooling argue that ______.
A. it does little to help improve students’ performance at school.
B. it may cause learning tiredness.
C. it will not have much educational value.
D. it affects students’ activities outside school.
69. We learn from the passage that year-round schooling _____.
A. will enable students to raise their scores.
B. is expected to get under way soon.
C. remains a controversial issue.
D. is approved by the government.
B
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