A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners’ curiosity _____ he reaches the end of the story.

A. when  B. unless C. after   D. until

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（2010·寧夏銀川一中高三第三次月考）

假如你班要就“如何為高考做準備”開一個班會，請根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容寫一篇發(fā)言稿，談談你對高考備考過程中要注意的事項及建議理由：

       1. 保持良好的心態(tài)有助于減輕焦慮，還能增強克服困難的勇氣；

       2. 目標明確、正確評價自己。太低的目標使人松懈，太高的目標使人喪失信心；

       3. 與父母、老師或同學溝通幫忙走出困境；

       4. 作息合理，飲食均衡，以保持旺盛的精力。

 注意：1．詞數(shù)100左右，開頭已為你寫好(不計入總詞數(shù))；

2．可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3. 參考詞匯：明確的(definite)   評價（estimation）

No doubt every Senior 3 student wishes to be successful in the National College Entrance Examination.____________________________________________________________________

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（2010·浙江臺州中學高三第二次統(tǒng)練）

高三同學面臨沉重的升學壓力，因此，很多同學課間休息時間也坐在教室里學習，但效果并不理想。就此，班主任準備開一次班會課，以勸誡這些同學：適當?shù)男菹⒑苡斜匾��，F(xiàn)請你以“The Ten-minute Break Between Classes”為題，按以下要求寫一篇英語短文，讓這些同學從中受到啟發(fā)。要點如下：

十分鐘的課間休息很有必要；

這段時間學習效果并不理想；

你是如何利用這十分鐘休息時間的。

注意：詞數(shù)100字左右，開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

The Ten-minute Break Between Classes

__Time seems to be so limited for us Senior Three Students.

___________________________________________________________________________________

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(浙江省杭州學軍中學2010屆高三第二次月考)

最近你校對高三學生進行了一次問卷調(diào)查，調(diào)查內(nèi)容和學生的反饋情況見下表。請你以“What I want to speak out most”為題寫一篇英語短文，向《21世紀報》報刊投稿。

注意：詞數(shù)100-120，文章的題目和開頭已給出（不計詞數(shù)）。

What I want to speak out most

As a senior three student, I have many things in mind to speak out.

Firstly, to the headmaster,

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（2010·湖南省醴陵市第二中學高三上學期第二次月考）

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（2010·山東省育才中學高三9月月考）

假如你叫李華，你校同學正在就“高三學生要不要參加體育鍛煉” 這一主題展開討論，請根據(jù)下面所給的信息，給某英文報社寫一封信，介紹討論情況，并談談你的看法。

注：1. 短文詞數(shù)120---150詞。      2. 內(nèi)容充實，結(jié)構(gòu)完整，語意連貫。

3. 書寫須清晰、工整。         4. 體育鍛煉 physical exercise

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（2010·寧夏鹽池高三質(zhì)量檢測考試）

人們完成工作的方式通常有兩種：獨立完成和合作完成。兩種方式各有特點。請你以“Working Individually or Working in a Team”為題,按照以下要點寫一篇英語短文:

1. 獨立完成:自行安排,獨立思考，自己解決問題。

2. 合作完成:一起討論,相互學習，取長補短。

3. 我喜歡的方式和理由。

注意：詞數(shù)100左右，文章的題目和開頭已經(jīng)給出（不計入總詞數(shù)）

Working Individually or Working in a Team

 There are basically two ways to get work done.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. She is excited to read a note ___ the present from her grandfather .

  A. attaching with   B. attached to  C. attached with   D. attaching to

第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題，小題1．5分，滿分30分）

       閱讀下面短文，從短文所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選能填入相應空白處的最佳選項。

       I will never forget the summer back in 1969．Funds were  36   because my parents were building a new house．The last few days before payday were the  37   There just wasn't enough food to go around．I can remember  38   we waited for payday as if it were a holiday．My father would stop at the  39   on the way home from work so that my mother could go shopping when he got home．We enjoyed going to the grocery store with her．We would dream about  40   the whole store home．When we returned home, my sisters and I were like a pack of wolves _41_ through the bags．On payday we would  42  until we were ready to burst, knowing that as the week progressed,  43  would become less available．We never had any lunch money． 44   did we have the proper school supplies or nice clothes to wear．The other children often made  45   of us．

       One day my father told us he  46   where there were some wild blueberries growing．We had permission to go and   47   them and we were so excited．

       I can remember being out there in the hot sun all day picking blueberries．When we got  48_, my mother decided to make a blueberry pie．She spent half the day working on it．We couldn't wait．The   49   of it baking in the oven was driving us crazy．We all waited in the  50  and my mother got angry．She put the pie on the top shelf to  51   while we ate our dinner．

       After dinner we raced to the kitchen．I was the  52   one to get to the shelf．I  53  for the pie and started climbing down．Then it happened! I lost my   54   and let go of the pie．All the hard work we had done that day had been  55

36．A．enough            B．helpful             C．tight                D．a(chǎn)vailable                                        

37．A．shortest            B．worst               C．busiest         D．best                                                          

38．A．how                    B．why              C．where          D．what                                                               

39．A．bank                B．store                C．school          D．park                                                               

40．A．fetching           B．borrowing         C．bringing       D．keeping                     

41．A．biting              B．tearing             C．looking      D．breaking                  

42．A．eat                 B．wait               C．fight         D．play                       

43．A．storage              B．time               C．supply       D．food            

44．A．Nor                B．So                 C．Either        D．Also                    

45．A．use                B．light               C．sense          D．fun                          

46．A．recognized          B．realized            C．knew           D．wondered                   

47．A．plant               B．water              C．sell           D．pick                       

48．A．up                 B．back               C．down           D．off                 

49．A．smell              B．skill               C．a(chǎn)ct          D．taste           

50．A．bedroom           B．kitchen             C．house               D．queue                       

51．A．prepare             B．bake               C．warm          D．cool                   

52．A．first                B．last                C．former        D．latter                    

53．A．shouted             B．hunted             C．cared         D．reached                    

54．A．temper             B．weight             C．balance         D．way                      

55．A．enjoyed            B．destroyed           C．stopped         D．Lost

C

Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge(劇增)of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse(反面)of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriage. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. Data show that economic downturns tend to putting off marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. As the economy comes to life, the number of marriages also rises.

The increase in divorce rates follows to the increase in women working outside the home. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusions. The impact of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good provider may increase the chances that a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible(似是而非的). Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family’s financial and emotional stability.

Psychological factors also should be considered. For example, a wife blocked from a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seeking a divorce. On the other hand, if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go together to create a stronger and more stable union.

Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, in most cases, men have remained the main breadwinners. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.

64．The word “portend” (Line 2, Para.1) is closest in meaning to“_____”.

A．defy       B．signal     C．suffer from   D．result from

65．It is said in the passage that when the economy slides_____.

    A．men would choose working women as their marriage partners

    B．more women would get married to seek financial security

    C．even working women would worry about their marriages

    D．more people would prefer to remain single for the time being

66．One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that_____.

A．they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom

B．they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands

C．they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations

D．they tend to suspect their husbands? loyalty to their marriage

67．Which of the following statements can best summarize the authors view in the passage?

A．The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country．

B．Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage.

C．In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain

independent

D．The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case.