高考英语十选九[1].doc

( 1 )A. experts B. deaf C. Besides D. practise E. InsteadF. secret G. straight H. games I. bother J. studyDo you want a special language so no one will understand you and your friends? Forget Pig Latin. And dont _1_ making up words - youll never remember what “frimfram” or “spillunkle” are supposed to mean._2_, try learning a bit of sign language. “It can be a _3_ language between you and your friends,” says Rachel Coleman. She is the host of the American TV show “ Signing Time!” The show teaches families how to sign. Coleman learned sign language when her daughter Leah was born _4_. Now 9, Leah signs on the show with her cousin Alex, 7, and her younger sister Lucy, only 6._5_ being a cool second language to learn, Coleman says sign language can help kids with their spelling test at school. “Use finger spelling to _6_ your spelling words,” Coleman says.Finger-spelling words has helped Leah ace her tests. “She is an incredible speller. She always gets _7_ As on her spelling tests,” Coleman says. Leah is fluent in sign language, but kids dont have to be _8_ to have fun signing. Coleman says some schools have sign language clubs where kids play_9_ like silent bingo.IEFBC DGAH( 2 )A. customers B. shoots up C. industry D. afford E. recordingF. choices G. major H. started I. found J. playerCar rentals are becoming more and more popular in Shanghai as a new way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing _1_. The first car rental firm _2_ in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11,500 cars in their books. The largest _3_ - Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of _4_ - de luxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite. Firms can attract enough _5_ for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure _6_ during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Years Day, with some _7_ 100 percent rental. “The _8_ market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees, who can _9_ the new service,” said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Car Rental Company.CHJFA BEGD( 3 )A. neighbors B. as C. dress D. placed E. enjoyF. better G. healthier H. traditionally I. from J. removed October 31 is Halloween, one of the most popular festivals in the US, Canada and Britain. The festival began _1_ a day to remember the dead. But nowadays its all about the carnival atmosphere when people can _2_ dressing up and scaring each other.Halloween is one of childrens favorite nights of the year. They dress up as monsters and go to their _3_ houses. Knocking on the door they shout: “Trick or treat!” Of course, usually people give them “treats” like sweets and chocolates.Halloween is also a time for masquerade parties（化装舞会）. You can _4_ like a witch flying on broomsticks, or a ghost chatting with a skeleton on the dance floor. The motto is: “The scarier, the _5_ .”A well-known Halloween tradition is to make lanterns _6_ pumpkins, called “Jack-o-lantern”. First, the inside of the pumpkin is _7_. Then, a face is cut into the pumpkin, _8_ a smiling, devil face. Finally a candle is _9_ inside, and the lantern is put at the front of the house to keep evil spirits away. BEACF IJHD( 4 )A. necessarily B. shortage C. consisting D. public E. privateF. chosen G. guided H. burden I. to J. satisfyThroughout the country, more and more private schools are being established. These schools, _1_ a certain degree, have made up for the _2_ of schools in our country. As soon as private schools came into existence, some people showed great interest. As a result, many people have _3_ private schools.In fact, private schools have many advantages. In my opinion, there are mainly two. First of all, it relieves the financial _4_ of the government. Although the government keeps providing money for setting up more _5_ schools, it cannot _6_ the need of education. Furthermore, private schools usually provide students with a better study environment _7_ of better living conditions and better teaching equipment.However, much money doesnt _8_ lead to a better education. Students in these school often become too proud. If not well _9_, there may be some side effects. IBFHD JCAG( 5 )A. fill B. short C. interest D. social E. aloneF. friends G. share H. community I. expression J. lonelyThe blog is one form of communication that has increased in popularity. Blog is a _1_ way of saying Web log. Through these personal Web sites, people can _2_ their lives, ideas and opinions with anyone on the Internet. Millions of people throughout the world are creating and reading blogs. There are reportedly thirteen million blogs in the United States _3_. People of all ages have their own blogs. For young people, they are a way to show their writings and other forms of self-_4_. Blogs also connect people with other people who have the same _5_. For example, teachers use blogs to share ideas, experience and concerns about their work with other teachers.Many Web sites offer free services to create personal Web pages and _6_ them with writings and pictures. These sites include “MySpace”, used mainly by teenagers and young adults. MySpace is an online _7_ that lets people share messages and pictures with an increasing number of _8_. About one hundred twenty million people use MySpace. It is the most popular _9_ networking site on the Web.BGEIC AHFD( 6 )A. probably B. attached C. resemble with D. finalists E. beatingF. similar to G. amazing H. thanks I. included J. contestDo you have a problem with the messy homework? Good news! You may soon be able to solve that, _1_ to Keagan Bolibol and her Problem Pad.Keagan is the winner of the Staples Invention Quest for kids, a _2_ that encourages people to invent helpful office products. This is the first year that the Invention Quest has _3_ a category for kids. “Im very excited,” Keagan told Scholastic News Online. “I really cant believe I actually did it. From the moment I entered it, its really _4_ that I should make it this far.”Keagan was one of the five _5_ in the kids category. She is a fourth-grader in Woodinville, Washington. Keagans Problem Pad is _6_ a dry-erase board except that it can fit into a notebook. It also has a pen _7_ to the bottom, along with helpful tools like a multiplication table (乘法表). Kids can use the Problem Pad to do their homework and other projects. They can make mistakes and then erase them. When they finally get them right, they can copy their work on a clean sheet of paper.Keagan received a $25,000 prize for her invention, _8_ thousands of other kids. If her product is produced and sold in Staples stores, she can also receive royalties (版税), part of the money made from sales of a product. “ Im _9_ going to donate some to charities. Then the rest is for college,” said Keagan.HJIGD FBEA( 7 )A. example B. locating C. alone D. discouraged E. character F. like G. necessary H. rescuing I. searched J. likely What does an adventurous life look like? Why is it exciting and attractive to the average person? For many people around the world, the _1_of Indiana Jones, played by the well-known actor Harrison Ford is the definition of a person who lives an exciting and adventurous life. Indiana travels throughout the world _2_ priceless artifacts and solving ancient mysterious and he is an excellent _3_ of a fictional superhero, explorer, and fortune hunter. Indiana is not _4_, however, in his enthusiasm to uncover mysteries and treasure. Throughout the world, there are many examples of present-day explorers and adventurers. _5_ for example, Robert Ballard, the man who searched for over 10 years to locate the underwater wreck of the Titanic. The tale of finding the Titanic is one of determination, perseverance, and luck. _6_any exciting Indiana Joness adventure, Ballard was faced with many different obstacles from financial worries to poor weather and severe conditions. Ballard began to actively search for the Titanic in 1973 but was _7_by the lack of special technological equipment that was _8_ to locate the wreck over 2.5 miles below the surface. As technology advanced, Ballards chances of _9_ the site became better and better.E H A C I F D G B( 8 )A. dancingB. showsC. howD. works outE. risingF. effectiveG. readerH. clearI. calls upJ. quicklySometimes a writer takes a short cut when painting a word picture. Instead of giving a detailed description of a thing, the writer may compare it to something else- to something which you, the _1_, have certainly seen many times before. A writer knows that this is a short cut to writing which is an effective way of painting a (n) _2_ picture in your minds eye- and painting it _3_, too. The following example _4_ how this short cut _5_ to the benefit of both writer and reader.A writer sets out to tell you _6_ the dust rose under the feet of a team of horses as they ran fast over a dirt road. Instead of writing a long and detailed description of the _7_ dust, the writer makes the following comparison. The yellow dust of the road rose like a cloud under the horses feet.The phrase like a cloud _8_ a mental picture which immediately enables you to see in your minds eye the yellow cloud of dust boiling up from the road and _9_ about the horses feet.GHJBD CEIA( 9 )Aquestion B. swing C. considerable Ddifficulty E. culturalF. develop Gbalance H. definitely I. identity JcomfortableGrowing up as an Asian in Britain is much more than a question of facing discrimination and trying to find a decent job especially for a girl. She has to keep a delicate 1 between two cultures: her own and the British.Seetha Crishna has written a booklet called Girls of Asian Origin in Britain. In it the girls she is most concerned with are those who are 2 different because they have gone through the British educational system and have therefore emerged with an 3 which is distinct from that of their parents. They speak English with regional English accents, they look 4 in Western clothes, and they so not necessarily choose to work in a factory. But they are unmistakably Asian and they are still held by their Asian 5 roots. At home, Asian girl may find herself conforming to the traditions and values of her parents , while at school she tends to 6 the attitudes and appetites of her British contemporaries. As a result , Seetha Crishna found girls existing at two levels-and inclined to 7 both. “But unless they can successfully accept both, they will 8 constantly from one level to the other, feeling trapped. between the two-at considerable cost to their own confidence and happiness,”For teenage girls, the main 9 is to match the social life which their parents expect them to live with that enjoyed by their schoolmates.G H I J E F A B D( 10 )A. however B. noisy C. appear D. kept an eye for E. main F. made G. magic H. defense I. even J. castlesThanks to the huge success of Harry Potter, many teenagers dream about living in an ancient castles. These _1_ may include beautiful silk dresses, delicious food, servants and of course, magic. However, real life in an English castle was not easy.With thick stonewalls and high towers, castles were built for _2_. So they were not good places to live in. In medieval times, castles must have been _3_ and smelly places. Horses, cattle, chickens and sheep walked free, blacksmith worked out ironwork, soldiers practiced sword fights, and children of all ages played around them.Castles did not have central heating. The only heat came from the fireplace. Therefore, _4_ in summer, the castle was cool. People living in the castle had to use blankets to keep warm while at work.Life during the Middle Ages began at sunrise. Servants _5_ the fire, swept the floor and cooked the morning meal. The mid-morning meal was the _6_ meal of the day and often included three or four courses. After dinner, everyone continued his or her work. The owner of the castle, the landlord, sometimes took his guests hunting or shooting. His wife, the lady, spent much of the day watching the maids work. She also _7_ the weavers who made clothes for the family. Supper was simple and eaten late, just before bedtime.You may find some old _8_books in a castle as Harry Potter once did. Read them before you go to bed, because when you fall asleep the magic of castle life may _9_ before your eyes.JHBIF EDGC( 11 )A. approaching B. material C. criticize D. vital E. discussingF. financial G. period H. rate I. desirable J. mentionThere is much discussion today about whether economic growth is _1_. At an earlier period, our desire for _2_ wealth may have been justified. Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems. Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.Those who _3_ economic growth argue that we must slow down. They believe that society is _4_ certain limits on growth. As society reaches the limits on natural resources, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease.People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth _5_ there are still many poor people in the world. Therefore, only continued economic growth can provide the _6_ resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization.This debate about the desirability of continued economic growth is of _7_ importance to business and industry. To find a solution to the problems they _8_, economists and the business community must pay attention to these problems and continue _9_ them with one another.I B C A H F D J E( 12 )A. stop B. Unlikely C. fewer D. in E. where F. Therefore G. flows H. careless I. numbers J. fromTrees are useful to man _1_ three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give him cool places, and they help to _2_ drought and flood._3_, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most important. Man wants to make money _4_ trees, so he has cut them down in large _5_, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And also, he is usually too _6_ to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.This does not only mean that man will have _7_ trees. The results are even worse: for _8_ there are trees, their roots break up soil-make the rain in-and also bind the soil, thus stopping it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and _9_ away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing is left but useless desert.DABJI HCEG( 13 )A. over B. type C. concentration D. Good E. highlyF. tends G. Poor H. skim I. taking in J. withoutThere is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps re-reading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points.EGBHJ IAFC( 14 )A. confirm B. relaxed C. quantity D. out E. underprepared F. without G. well-chosen H. exception I. exhibit J. varietyWhile the college campus may be the perfect forum in which to 1 your flair（鉴别力）for the latest in fashion style, the interview is not the place to do so. With very few unusual 2 , sandals and sweatshirts are 3 . Oxfords（牛津布衬衫）and business suits are still in. Even though many companies have 4 the internal company dress code, interviews still follow the conservative standard. Dont buck the trend.Unfortunately, most college graduates are woefully 5 with proper interview dress. They feel they can “get by” with what is already in their wardrobe. Usually not. Dress for the world outside college is quite different from the campus scene. Remember that stylish is not conservative. You should be doing the talking not your clothes.This is not to say that you need to go out and buy a