Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t    1  drive to a store and back home. He always looks    2  up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything
3  such as strange cars, loud noises,  4 windows, or people gathering on street comers.
Tim   5  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group   6 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   7  .Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ?  8 .?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   9  their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of ?  10  ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   11 them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the   12  to steal from other people or to make them feel   13 sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors  14  out for one another,“We 15  each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16    of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the  17  .?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for   18 ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ?  19  ?a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do   20  .”
1.A.yet                         B.still                           C.just                           D.rather
2.A.carefully　             B.clearly                      C.nervously                  D.coldly
3.A.familiar                  B.unusual                     C.expensive                  D.interesting
4.A.curtained                B.open                         C.old                           D.broken
5.A.attends                   B.belongs                     C.goes                          D.turns
6.A.meets                     B.quarrels                     C.sings                         D.searches
7.A.where                    B.why                          C.when                        D.how
8.A.politics                   B.wealth                       C.health                       D.safety
9.A.keep                      B.hold                          C.let                                   D.protect
10.A.its                        B.his                            C.their                         D.your
11.A.round                   B.on                                   C.about                        D.to
12.A.right                    B.chance                      C.courage                     D.mind
13.A.unlucky                B.unsafe                       C.disappointed              D.discouraged
14.A.set                       B.let                                   C.hold                          D.look
15.A.care                            B.enter                         C.watch                        D.manage
16.A.group                   B.set                            C.number                            D.crowd
17.A.judges                  B.police                       C.firemen                     D.doctors
18.A.work                    B.burden                      C.service                      D.trouble
19.A.produce                B.find                          C.get                            D.help
20.A.anything               B.evening                     C.harm                        D.wrong

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1.本題考查副詞詞義辨析及學(xué)生依據(jù)語境選用恰當(dāng)副詞的能力。從后面的句子可以知道Tim Becker去買東西時不只是從家到商店直來直去，而是還要在居民區(qū)里巡視，所以應(yīng)選用副詞just。
2. 本題考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文判斷并選擇恰當(dāng)副詞來修飾動詞的能力。學(xué)生此處要考慮Tim是怎樣在居民區(qū)巡視的，從整篇文章可以看出，Tim對居民區(qū)的保衛(wèi)工作很負(fù)責(zé)任，同時下面一句也講到他對發(fā)生的任何可疑情況都很注意，所以可以判定Tim總是“l(fā)ooks carefully”，而不是其他。
3. 本題考查考生根據(jù)上下文對所給形容詞做出判斷選擇的能力。Tim是為了社區(qū)安全進(jìn)行巡視，應(yīng)注意一些可疑情況，且后面舉的例子也是一些反常情況，屬于“unusual”。
4. 本題考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行判斷選擇的能力，前面提到的“anything unusual”為本題設(shè)立了前提，那么選A、B、C，即“拉著窗簾的窗戶、開著的窗戶、舊的窗戶”都不屬于“unusual”，而選擇D，“打破的窗戶”應(yīng)為最佳答案。
5. 本題考查動詞詞意的辨析。Tim與watch group的關(guān)系應(yīng)是其中的一個成員，因此應(yīng)選“belong to，屬于”。
6. 本題考查根據(jù)上下文做出判斷及動詞詞意的辨析。此題的提示在后面一句，即“…Tim gets together with…”，所以本句應(yīng)理解為“社區(qū)巡視組的成員每月的第三個星期三會面一次�！�
7. 本題考查學(xué)生對文章的準(zhǔn)確理解并做出判斷的能力。句中“that”一詞對此題的選擇至關(guān)重要，that指“每月第三個星期三會面”，接下來應(yīng)理解為“那是Tim和其他成員交流討論情況的時間”。
8. 本題考查學(xué)生詞意辨析和根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行判斷的能力。如果學(xué)生能知道四個名詞的意思，此題應(yīng)該比較容易。根據(jù)文章的整體意思，顯然他們討論的是社區(qū)安全問題。
9. 本題考查學(xué)生動詞詞意辨析及對句子的準(zhǔn)確理解的能力。根據(jù)文章意思，巡視組應(yīng)是幫助警察維護(hù)社區(qū)的安全，即“keep…safe”，此題的干擾項(xiàng)是D，如果用“protect，保護(hù)”，雖然意思也正確，但不需要句子后面的safe，兩個詞意思重復(fù)。
10. 本題考查學(xué)生對句子的準(zhǔn)確理解及判斷的能力。此題的干擾項(xiàng)是B，如果選B，意思便是Tim的居住區(qū)，而Tina（注意Tina是女的）是這個巡視組的組長，也應(yīng)住在此居民區(qū)，所以應(yīng)該用“their，他們的居民區(qū)”。
11. 本題考查學(xué)生對一些句型的掌握及句意的理解。本句的意思是“人們好像覺得犯罪（案件）只是發(fā)生在別人身上，而不是發(fā)生在他們自己身上”。此處承前面的動詞happen，因此應(yīng)該選“to”。
12. 本題考查學(xué)生對詞意的辨析及閱讀理解能力。此句的意思是“我認(rèn)為任何人都沒有權(quán)力去偷別人的東西或是使得別人坐在家都覺得不安全�！边@里選用“任何人都沒有機(jī)會／勇氣／想法 ……”都是不合適的。
13. 本題考查根據(jù)上下文判斷句意。如果有被偷竊的可能，人們或許也會感到不幸、失望或泄氣，但本篇文章講的是關(guān)于社區(qū)安全，所以選擇感到不安全，更符合上下文的意思。
14. 本題考查學(xué)生對一些常用動詞短語的掌握。set out意為“出發(fā)”，let out意為“發(fā)出”，hold out意為“舉出”，look out意為“小心”。根據(jù)上下文判斷，D為正確答案。
15. 本題考查動詞詞意辨析及在具體語境中的使用。根據(jù)上下文，最佳選擇應(yīng)是watch，意為“巡視、留意（彼此的家）”，而不是“介意”“進(jìn)入”或“經(jīng)營”（彼此的家）。
16. 本題考查的是一組名詞的詞意辨析。后面的“four or five of us”決定了應(yīng)是“a group of，一小組／一小隊(duì)”，而不是“a set of，一套”“a number of，若干個”或“a crowd of，一大群”。
17. 本題考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。此題的提示在后面一句“For example，if…，we report to the police.”這里的“For example”即把本題句子的內(nèi)容具體化了，所以應(yīng)選擇“call the police”，而不是其他。
18. 本題考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。因?yàn)椤皐e report to the police”，所以應(yīng)是出現(xiàn)一些不良現(xiàn)象或犯罪情況，如：“someone destroying poverty”，因此應(yīng)選擇“l(fā)ook for trouble”，選項(xiàng)B的意思是“負(fù)擔(dān)”，此處也不合適。
19. 本題考查學(xué)生對文章的理解能力和根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行判斷的能力。根據(jù)上下文，特別是后面一句中“agree”一詞，說明Alex和她丈夫的觀點(diǎn)是一致的，因此19、20兩題相互提示、相互補(bǔ)充，那么在19題中應(yīng)理解為“巡視小組對減少犯罪有很大幫助”，而不是“產(chǎn)生很多（A）”“發(fā)現(xiàn)很多（B）”，或“得到很多（C）”。
20. 本題考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。前面講到巡視小組對控制犯罪幫助很大，此處接著闡述這一觀點(diǎn)，即“警察（在維護(hù)治安中）很重要，但他們不可能做好一切。”
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I was nine years old , walking down the cold , wet streets of Springfield , with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my    39     that day , I came to that Company finally , whose owner , Mr Rader , had always taken me there to ask his workers    40     they wanted any magazines .
Shaking off the     41    like a wet dog , I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he     42    me over to the fire-place . Noticing the     43    in the top of my     44    , he said , “ Come with me !” pulling me into his pickup    45     . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside , a salesman    46     me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had    47     seen . I     48    about 10 feet tall when I got up    49     them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .
Back in his office , Mr Rader took out a     50    , wrote something on it , and handed it to me . With    51     eyes , I read , “ Do to others as you would have them do to you .” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy , I want you to    52     I love you”.
I said good-bye , and for the first time I    53     a flicker of hope that somehow things would be    54     . With people like Mr Rader in the world , there was hope , kindness and love , and that would always make a    55     .
36．A．read                             B．thought                  C．turned                    D．passed
37．A．a(chǎn)ddress                  B．list                        C．message                 D．information
38．A．forward                 B．so                          C．a(chǎn)head                     D．back
39．A．return                    B．rounds                   C．trip                        D．a(chǎn)rrival
40．A．if only                   B．how                       C．whether                 D．why
41．A．dust                       B．sweat                     C．tail                         D．rain
42．A．led                        B．followed                C．watched                 D．carried
43．A．hole                             B．mud                             C．water                     D．cover
44．A．magazine                  B．shoe                         C．sock                         D．bag
45．A．truck                     B．factory                   C．home                     D．store
46．A．dressed                  B．fitted                     C．showed                  D．comforted
47．A．ever                             B．a(chǎn)lready                  C．never                     D．hardly
48．A．a(chǎn)ppeared                B．seemed                  C．looked                   D．felt
49．A．for                        B．with                             C．on                         D．in
50．A．pen                       B．paper                     C．card                       D．notebook
51．A．tearful                   B．unbelievable           C．curious                  D．puzzled
52．A．a(chǎn)dmit                    B．know                     C．consider                 D．express
53．A．sensed                   B．received                 C．lost                        D．gained
54．A．mistaken                B．right                      C．a(chǎn)ll right                 D．possible
55．A．deal                       B．fortune                  C．choice                    D．difference

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當(dāng)今社會“感恩”話題盛行，總有一些有關(guān)感恩的人和事會讓我們思考良久。這篇閱讀表達(dá)題會給我們一些很好的啟示，讓我們有深深的感悟。
Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper，and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron，she read it，and this is what it said：For cutting the grass $5. 00For cleaning up my room this week $1. 00For going to the store for you $0. 50
Baby－sitting my kid brother while you went shopping $0. 25
Taking out the garbage $1. 00
For getting a good report card $5. 00
For cleaning up and raking the yard $2. 00
Total owed: $14. 75
Well，I’ll tell you，his mother looked at him standing there expectantly，and boy，could I see the memories flashing through her mind. So she picked up the pen，turned over the paper he’d written on，and this is what she wrote：
For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me，No Charge.
For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you，doctored and prayed for you，No Charge.
For all the trying times，and all the tears that you’ve caused through the years，there’s No Charge.
For all the nights that were filled with dread，and for the worries I knew were ahead，No Charge
For the toys，food，clothes，and even wiping your nose，there’s No Charge，Son.
When you___________________，the cost of my love is No Charge.
Well，friends，when our son finished reading what his mother had written，there were great big old tears in his eyes，and he looked straight up at his mother and said：“Mom，I sure do love you. ”And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote：“PAID IN FULL”.
1. What’s the best title of the passage?
                                                                          
2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Although you have brought me hard times and many tears in these years, you needn’t pay for them.
                                                                          
3. Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（within ten words）
                                                                          
4. What do you learn after reading the passage? （within 30 words）
                                                                          
5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

All too often , a choice that seems sustainable（可持續(xù)的）turns out on closer examination to be problematic. Probably the best example is the rush to produce ethanol（乙醇）for fuel from corn . Corn is a renewable resource —you can harvest it and grow more, almost limitlessly. So replacing gas with corn ethanol seems like a great idea.
One might get a bit more energy out of the ethanol than that used to make it, which could still make ethanol more sustainable than gas generally, but that’s not the end of the problem. Using corn to make ethanol means less corn is left to feed animals and people, which drives up the cost of food. That result leads to turning the fallow land — including, in some cases, rain forest in places such as Brazil — into farmland, which in turn gives off lots of carbon dioxide（CO2）into the air. Finally, over many years, the energy benefit from burning ethanol would make up for the forest loss. But by then, climate change would have progressed so far that it might not help.
You cannot really declare any practice “sustainable” until you have done a complete lift-cycle analysis of its environmental（環(huán)境的）costs. Even then, technology and public policy keep developing, and that development can lead to unforeseen and undesired results. The admirable goal of living sustainable requires plenty of thought on an ongoing basis.
小題1:What might directly cause the loss of the forest according to the text?
A．The growing demand for energy to make ethanol.
B．The increasing carbon dioxide in the air.
C．The greater need for farmland.
D．The big change in weather.
小題2:The underline word “it” in the second paragraph refers to
A．the energy benefitB．the forest loss
C．climate changeD．burning ethanol
小題3:The author thinks that replacing gas with corn ethanol is    
A．impracticalB．a(chǎn)cceptableC．a(chǎn)dmirableD．useless
小題4:What does the author mainly discuss in the text?
A．Technology.B．Sustainability.
C．Ethanol energy.D．Environmental protection.

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