1、2010届湖北省黄冈中学高三上学期模拟考试（一） 其他 第四部分书面表达（共两节，满分 40分） 第一节完成句子（共 10小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 15分） 阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号里的英语单词完成句子。 71 _（没必要） for you to get up early tomorrow.（ need） 72 _（是因为坏天气） that the football match had to be put off？（ because of） 73 So _（考试如此难） that only a few students passed it.（ difficult）
2、74 _（若她知道） that Mary would come to see her， she would never have gone to the party.（ know） 75 I cant go out to play， with_（如此多的作业要做） .（ do） 76 We have produced_（两倍多的棉花） this year as we did last year.（ twice） 77 The news reporters hurried to the airport， _（结果被告知） the film stars had left.（ tell） 78 _（
3、一直没有收到） any letter from him for so long， I gave him a call.（ receive） 79 _（他是否出过国） doesnt make much difference.（ abroad） 80 The river looks more beautiful， _（两岸长满了鲜花和绿草） .（ grow） 答案： 71 There is no need 72 Was it because of the bad weather 73 difficult was the exam 74 If she had known Had she known
4、75 so much homework to do 76 twice as much cotton 77 only to be told 78 Not having received 79 Whether he has been abroad（ or not） 80.（ with） flowers and grass growing on both sides 单项选择 * Being a capable woman， Nancy _ to be considered as merely a housewife. A agrees B admits C refuses D rejects 答案
5、： C Womens earnings are well below mens _ educational differences that are decreasing between the two sexes. A in favor of B in case of C in terms of D in spite of 答案： D How about your present salary ？ My basic salary is about $500 and _ Ill receive some extra income. A in general B in addition C in
6、 public D in common 答案： B What do you think of our design for the new car ？ Pretty good. But I find theirs is _ worth considering and studying. A more B very C better D well 答案： C “I dont think its my _ that the window has been broken. I just played football with my friends and John kicked the ball
7、forwards the window.”said the boy. A error B mistake C fault D duty 答案： C He tried to deal with the ever-increasing burden of his work， but finally _ and had to take a complete rest. A broke away B broke up C broke down D broke out 答案： C We should be able to do the job for you quickly， _ you give us
8、 all the necessary information. A in case B so long as C if only D as far as 答案： B Some doctors are criticized for _ patients to buy too many medicines. A advising B demanding C suggesting D driving 答案： A Please come and help me with this application form because I dont know how to _ it. A set about
9、 B set out C set up D set aside 答案： A Most children in Great Britain are educated at the public_. A expense B charge C pay D credit 答案： A 完型填空 第二节完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 30分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Pete Rose was a great baseball player. Though I have never met him, he taught me
10、something 31 that changed my life. Pete was being 32 in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobbs all-time hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, “Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest 33 . How many at-bats（击球） do you think itll take you to get the 78 hits？ ” Without
11、 hesitation, Pete just 34 at the reporter and said,“78.” The reporter yelled back, “Ah, come on, Pete, you dont think youll get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you？ ” Mr. Rose calmly 35 his philosophy with the reporters who were 36 waiting for his reply to the claim.“Every time I 37 up to the plate（击球区），
12、I 38 to get a hit! 39 I have it in mind， I have no right to step into the batters（击球手）box! It is 40 expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place.” When I thought about Pete Roses 41 and how it applied to everyday 42 ， I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person， I
13、was hoping to increase my 43 . As a father， l was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man， I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson， I was not so 44 a father， and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not 45 ! I wanted to be a
14、 great salesperson， a great father and a great husband. I 46 my attitude to a positive one， and the results were 47 .I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips， I won Coach of the Year in my 48 baseball league， and I share a loving relationship with my wife， Karen， with whom I am 49 to enjoy th
15、e rest of my life! 50 ， Mr. Rose! 31 A reliable B enjoyable C valuable D unbelievable 32 A admired B interviewed C watched D trained 33 A decision B record C level D goal 34 A stared B shouted C glared D pointed 35 A enjoyed B shared C discussed D reviewed 36 A anxiously B nervously C cheerfully D i
16、mpatiently 37 A climb B jump C drive D step 38 A seem B fail C expect D compete 39 A Though B Unless C Because D When 40 A abrupt B simple C positive D considerate 41 A plan B idea C ability D behaviour 42 A agenda B exercise C work D lire 43 A sales B skills C experiences D experiments 44 A wise B
17、kind C mean D bad 45 A explicit B helpful C enough D practical 46 A changed B added C devoted D contributed 47 A hopeful B amazing C funny D disappointing 48 A sons B wifes C friends D customers 49 A supposed B expected C encouraged D determined 50 A Good luck B Best regards C Thanks D Congratulatio
18、ns 答案： 3135 C B D A B 3640 A D C B C 4145 B D A D C 4650 A B A D C 阅读理解 Ive been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one difference and one practice that have greatly helped my writing processes. The difference is between the creative mind and the critical
19、 mind. While you need to use both of the creative mind and the critical mind to reach a finished result， they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so. Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possible the single greatest trouble with writing that most of us meet. If you
20、 are listening to a 5th grade English teacher correcting your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting（稍纵即逝的）thought, the thought will die. If you catch the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and t
21、hen criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking as it is. The practice that can help you overcome your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls“free writing”. In free writing, the goal is to get words down on paper non-stop， usually for 1520 minutes. No s
22、topping, no going back, no criticizing. The aim is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow， the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen. Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that youve p
23、ersuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely， you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadlines draws near. Instead of staring at a blank start and filling it with words no matter how bad they could b
24、e， stop halfway through your available time and rework your raw writing into something closer to the finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices. 67 When the author says the creative mind and the crit
25、ical mind“cannot work in parallel”in the writing process， he means_. A no one can be both creative and critical B they cant be regarded as equally important C they are in constant conflict with each other D one cannot use them at the same time 68 What usually prevents people from writing on is_. A p
26、utting their ideas in raw form B attempting to edit as theyre writing C ignoring grammatical problems D trying to capture their fleeting thoughts 69 What is the chief purpose of the first stage of writing？ A To organize ones thoughts logically. B To choose an appropriate topic. C To get ones ideas d
27、own quickly. D To collect many more raw materials. 70 In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process？ A It refines his writing into a better shape. B It helps him to come up with new ideas. C It saves the writing time available to him. D It allows him to sit on the side an
28、d observe. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A Friendship can deeply affect the physical and mental health of both men and women. Studies show that people who have no friends or who are lonely， are more likely to die earlier， get sick more often and suffer greater physical wear and tear（折磨） than
29、 those who have a support system of friends. Sometimes， family members may be more likely to give you advice or tell you what you dont want to hear. It may not be as good as a friend who will listen to you and guide you， but support your decisions anyway. The most important elements about friendship
30、 are those who suffer support and do not judge your decisions based on society. One reason for the link between social support and good health practice seems to be that people who feel cared for by others are less stress-out and are protected against the symptoms（症状） of depression and loneliness. Ge
31、nerally， women benefit most because of how they deal with stress. Women are more social in how they deal with stress than men, while men are more likely to have a“fight or flight”reaction. Women also tend to have larger， denser social network， in which more people know each other and help each other
32、, while men typically have smaller groups of friends and will rely on their wives or other important people for more support. While all these affect people psychologically（心理上）， friendship brings comfort that reduces the ill effects of stress, and the sex difference also contributes to the differenc
33、e in the length of ones life time. 63 In the authors opinion， a real friend should _. A tell you what to do even if you refuse to hear it B try to persuade you to change your mind quickly C judge your decision according to his her experience D give you advice but respect your own decision 64 Women b
34、enefit more from friendship than men because_. A women are always cared for by more people than men B women are usually less stressout when staying with others C women are more likely to solve problems with friends help D women can always keep more long-life friendship than men 65 According to the p
35、assage we can infer that _. A its good for women to tell men what they should do or not B friends are always more important than family members C men dont want to share their problems with many people D the trend that women can live longer makes them more relaxed 66 This passage mainly talks about _
36、. A why people should develop friendship B when friendship affects peoples health C peoples different attitudes towards friendship D the friendship which can make people live longer 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it uncons
37、ciously. I dont mean while youre unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in. That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world， mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now， to misunder
38、stand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly. The 5 mislearnt of all the words we“know”will be the least frequently used words， as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives， wi
39、thout knowing that we got them wrong. Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in ones own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game.“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new wor
40、ds you come across， ”they will say.“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.” This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases， but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words. And whats more， there
41、 are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible. Dont guess! Look it up! 59 It is certain that the best way to learn new words is_. A to learn them by oneself B to learn by livin
42、g in an English-speaking world and using them frequently C to guess them from the context D to get more separate meanings of each word 60 The underlined word“them”in Paragraph 2 refers to_. A the 30， 000 words B English teachers C misunderstood words D frequently used words 61 Which of the following
43、 is most likely NOT true？ A Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood. B Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones. C How many words the writer got wrong are not known. D All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them. 62 It can be inferr
44、ed that_. A when somebody is conscious， he or she usually cant learn new words by heart B we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them C its the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context D only dictionaries can help us learn language
45、 well 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B Russian President Putin named Time magazines“Person of the Year” Russian President Vladimir Putin was named Time magazines“Person of the Year”on December 19th.2007 for strengthening stability（稳定） that made Russia a world power again. The magazine recogni
46、zed Putins“extraordinary feat（技艺） of leadership in taking a country that was in a mess and bringing it stability， ”said Richard Stengel，Times managing editor. The magazine noted that“Person of the Year”is not an honor or an endorsement（认可） but a recognition of leadership that shapes the world. Putin
47、， who is 56 years old， is very popular in Russia， making a great effort to cause economy to come to life on revenue（收入） from oil and natural gas. Putin recently supported vice-PM Dmitry Medvedevs presidential bid， and said he would accept Medvedevs offer to serve as prime minister if Medvedev is elected on March 2. The Kremlin said Wednesday the
