2009高考英语模拟试题
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My parents fixed in me the ideas of family, faith and patriotism (爱国主义) when I was young. 36 we struggled to make ends meet, they 37 to me and my four brothers and sisters how 38 we were to live in a great country with 39 opportunities。
I got my first real 40 when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be 41 as a hairstylist. The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n) 42 on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which meant getting up at
I did this for two years, but the 46 I learned have lasted a lifetime. I _47__ discipline and a strong work ethic (道德准则), and learned at a(n) 48 age the importance of balancing life’s _ 49_ interests -– in my case, school, homework and a job. This really 50__during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking college-prep _51_ .
The hard work 52 . I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in 53 and business from Harvard. 54_ , I joined a big
36. A. Now that B. If only C. Even D. Even though
37. A. stressed B. announced C. suggested D. admitted
38. A. important B. surprising C. fortunate D. satisfying
39. A. several B. limitless C. fewer D. instant
40. A. chance B. dream C. success D. job
41. A. retrained B. regarded C. considered D. respected
42. A. increase B. order C. discount D. explanation
43. A. bag B. machine C. knife D. stick
44. A. brought up B. gave up C. made up D. picked up
45. A. sleep B. talk C. study D. sing
46. A. knowledge B. information C. lessons D. skills
47. A. cancelled B. acquired C. evaluated D. forgot
48. A. common B. legal C. old D. early
49. A. competing B. developing C. supporting D. increasing
50. A. turned B. changed C. helped D. improved
51. A. measures B. courses C. messages D. tours
52. A. came true B. took off C. went ahead D. paid off
53. A. law B. medicine C. science D. arts
54. A. However B. Indeed C. Later D. Before
55. A. people B. nights C. cars D. opportunities第三部分：阅读理解
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said that thethree kids---aged 10, 7 and 4---has led him to spend more time thinking about schools. Specifically, he said the
Gates, whose children are in private schools, said every state should require students to take three or four years of math and science to graduate from high school---25 states currently have such requirements. He wants states to have the power to improve low-performing schools.
"Real responsibility means more than having goals; it also means having clear consequences for not meeting the goals."
Gates said schools should also be able to pay the best teachers better and offer incentives to attract people with rare abilities
"It's astonishing to me to have a system that doesn't allow us to pay more for someone with outstanding abilities, that doesn't allow us to pay more to reward strong performance," he said. "That is like saying teacher talent and performance don't matter and that's basically saying students don't matter."
He also spoke of some creative school programs---particularly charter schools run by private companies---that should be a model for creation in the nation's schools.
Gates will start working full-time in mid-2008 at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which seeks cures for the world's diseases and to improve American education.
56. What's the best title of this passage?
A. Bill Gates---
B. Bill Gates---American education pioneer
C. Present situation of American education
D. Embarrassment of American higher education
57. According to Bill Gates, ______________ is the typical example for others to follow in education.
A. primary school B. high school C. private school D. charter school
58. Which of the following statements is true?
A. At present, every state requires students to take three or four years of math and science.
B. Generally speaking,
C. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a charity organization which is dedicated to cures for the world's diseases and American education.
D. It's common practice that good teachers are paid more for their good performances in the
59. The underlined word "incentives" probably refers to _________.
A. something amazing B. something encouraging
C. someone important D. someone influential
B
Get an update on the girls from Miss Seventeen. com, and read how the show changed their lives!
Where is she now?
Amber’s a freshman at the
How Miss Seventeen changed her life?
The show made me more independent. When I got back from New York, I broke up with my boyfriend of three years－I wanted to find myself as a person first.
Where is she now?
Brianne’s senior at the
How Miss Seventeen changed her life?
“Contrary to how I was described on the show, I really try to keep my mouth shut! Difficult experiences, like when my boyfriend broke up with me, really help me grow. I’ve been trying to focus on the positive of it all.”
Where is she now?
Brittney’s freshman at
How Miss Seventeen changed her life?
“I really grew up this summer. Meeting so many motivated(积极向上的) and focused girls made me wonder if I knew what I wanted to do. It encouraged me to go out, volunteer more, and get enthusiastic about causes.”
Where is she now?
Connie’s a freshman at the
How Miss Seventeen changed her life?
“It was amazing to be on a TV show about role models. I made the front page of the newspaper at UC Davis. Although people have said they saw me as a ditzy(没有头脑的) person, I think I created fun on the show.”
60．According to the passage, Miss Seventeen is probably _____.
A．a TV show B．a famous universityC．the name of a girl D．a famous model
61．By saying “I wanted to find myself as a person first”, Amber meant _____.
A．she wanted to be independent B．she was a good person in fact
C．she wanted to become a real girl D．she was not well treated before
62．Whose major are we not sure about from the form above?
A．Amber’s. B．Brianne’s. C．Brittney’s. D．Connie’s.
63．From the passage, it can be inferred that _____.
A．girls can communicate with each other on Miss Seventeen
B．Connie is always not very active and not creating fun
C．girls can get on easily and well without a boyfriend
D．Brianne used to speak out what she thought
C
It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and Maggie and I were returning from our walk through the woods. We were only a couple of blocks from home when I spotted a cellphone and a credit card sitting on the road. We took them home. We always find amazing things on the street and she looks upon them as a movable feast－a chicken wing here or a barbecue rib there.
I found another cellphone a few years back, too, and called a number in its phone book. I explained the situation to the guy who answered. He said it was his sister’s and that he’d come to pick it up, which he did.
And that was that. No verbal thank-you, no written thank-you, no “here’s a box of chocolates” thank-you.
I didn’t have time to call anyone on my latest found cellphone. I was pouring myself coffee when it started to vibrate(颤动) and dance across the kitchen counter.
“Who’s this?” someone asked when I picked up.
“Who’s this?” I countered(反问). “Sarah?”
She was surprised at my knowing her name until she realized her name was on the credit card, “Could you send them to me?” she asked.
She lives in
“Hmm, no,” I replied, adding that I thought she could come to get them, and that if I wasn’t at home, they would be in my mailbox.
A day later, when I was out for a run, someone retrieved them. There wasn’t even a piece of paper put in the mailbox with “Thanks” on it. In this age of e-mail and cellphone, there’s really no excuse. Years ago, I found something more precious than a $100 bill on the street: a driver’s license. I saw that its owner lived a couple of blocks from me, so I called him up. He asked whether I could slip the license through his front door.
“I guess I could,” I replied.
And that was that.
64．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Several Experience of My Own
B．“Thanks” Is No Longer Necessary
C．It’s Polite to Thank the Finders
D．Losers Lack the Manners to Thank the Finders
65．According to the passage, it can be inferred that Maggie should be _____.
A．the author’s wife B．the author’s pet dog
C．the author’s best friend D．the author’s daughter
66．The underlined word “retrieved” (in Paragraph 10) means “_____”.
A．got back B．returned C．lost D．threw away
67．How did the author feel when he told about his previous similar experiences?
A．Disappointed. B．Helpless. C．Encouraged. D．Hopeful.
D
Those who plan to film a hostage（人质）scene might want to make it obvious to everyone
around them that it’s a simulation and not the real deal.
That may be the lesson that an independent film crew learned in
Members of the crew were at a campground near
“It happened very suddenly after that. We heard, ‘Freeze! Police!’” said Director Eileen Agosta. They were in the middle of the scene when some policemen ran over, shouting orders to get on the ground, pointing rifles（步枪）at the crew, actor Chris Borden said. Members of the crew were cuffed（上手铐）and held on the ground until the situation was sorted out.
Borden said he believes the only reason the police didn’t shoot him was because they saw a cameraman.
Maj. Justin Smith, a police officer, said they received a call from someone at the lake and then raced to the park, blocking roads and came quietly up to the scene.
“The police didn’t rush into the situation and make a potentially bad situation worse,” said Cpl. Scott Shellhaas, spokesman of the county.
“It was complete ignorance on my part,” said Agosta. “I honestly thought you could tell what we were doing… I wouldn’t have chosen a state park at 3:30(p.m.) on Saturday if I was going to hurt somebody.”
Authorities said the scene they saw was realistic enough--- a woman handcuffed to a car, a man beating another man with a pistol（手枪）, people injured and bloodied and someone with a small video camera filming the event.
“It is certainly not beyond belief there days that individuals do videotape crimes as they commit them,” said Smith. “Having a video camera there did not necessarily mean there was not a crime. They should have informed us about the filming and the fact that they would be using a false handgun during the shoot.”
68. The underlined word “simulation” most probably means ________.
A. a misunderstanding created during the course of communication.
B. the activity of producing conditions which are similar to real ones
C. an example of dealing with cruel criminals in a wise way
D. the scene of taking a hostage by one or several cruel criminals
69. The incident in the passage took place __________.
A. on a cold morning B. early in the evening C. on a weekday D. at the weekend
70. What do you think of the police’s action in the incident?
A. They made the whole situation worse.
B. They were to blame for the misunderstanding.
C. They acted senselessly in the whole affair.
D. They were quick but acted calmly.
71. Which of the following tells the right order of what happened?
a. Some policemen arrived at the scene. b. Members of the film crew were handcuffed.
c. A crew of actors were shooting a film. d. The police received a telephone call.
e. The police sorted out the situation.
A. c, d, a, b, e B. d, c, a, e, b C. a, b, d, c, e D. a, e, b, d, c
72. The underlined word “them” refers to ________.
A. these days B. members of the film crew C. individuals D. the crimes
第一节 简答题 （共3小题； 每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据文后各题的具体要求回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
While drunken driving may be on the decline, traffic safety experts remain puzzled over how to deal with another alcohol related danger: drunken pedestrians（行人）.
Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact, they are intoxicated（喝醉的，极其兴奋的） more frequently-and with higher blood alcohol levels-than drunken drivers who are killed in accidents, various studies have shown. Forty percent of adult pedestrians involved in fatal crashes have a blood alcohol level of at least 0.10-which by law in most states signifies intoxication-compared to only 25 percent of drivers in deadly accidents, according to recent federal data.
Some types of pedestrian accidents have been declining nationally, especially those involving children, but the number of adult pedestrians who are drunk when killed in traffic has remained relatively steady at
accidents is at least 7000, or one of every seven highway accidents resulting in death.
“We’re dealing here, we think, with a very severe drinking problem that leads to a severe highway safety problem,” said Richard Blomberg, president of Dunlap and Associates Inc, in Norwalk, Coon.
Blomberg, whose consulting company found a very high rate of alcohol involvement in a controlled study of pedestrian accidents in
Pedestrian accidents have not received enough attention in the past, according to Kay Colpitts, who chairs the board’s committee on pedestrians. Few methods exist to monitor walking habits, she said, and researchers have been mystified（迷惑） about how to prevent disasters.
73．Find a word in the passage closest in meaning to the underlined word crash.
______________________________________________________________
74.What would be the best title for the passage?（回答字数不超过5个）
______________________________________________________________
75.According to the passage, what is Blomberg?（回答字数不超过3个）
_____________________________________________________
第二卷 非选择题 （共35分)
第四部分 书面表达 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节 填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
阅读短文，根据所读内容在文后的76~85的空格里填上适当的单词或短语,并将答案转写到答题卡上。 注意：每空不超过3个单词。
With your workload growing, you may be telling yourself a vacation is one luxury you can’t afford. But the truth is that you can’t afford not to take one. A vacation allows you the opportunity to recharge your physical and motional batteries, disconnect from everyday concerns, and return to work rested and refreshed. Some facts have proved employees are more productive after a vacation than before one. Here are some tips for you to plan your vacation to make sure that your time away from the office is worry free.
Time is right. A Robert Half survey shows that July and August are the most favorable months for employees to take a break because these months offer ideal beach weather and many businesses slow down during this time. When planning your vacation, remember to take into account any activity that your department will be focused on during that time. For instance, if a big task is planned for the summer, you may consider postponing your trip until the fall.
Ask others for assistance. Ask trusted colleagues to handle your projects while you’re away. Your supervisor can help you determine who is the most qualified for a particular task.
Let your contacts know. Give colleagues and customers you frequently work with a few weeks’ notice before you start off. This will give them enough time to plan for your absence.
Conduct a technical review. Before you leave, make sure there is plenty of room in your e-mail inbox so you don’t exceed (超越) your storage limit while you’re out of the office, which might prevent you from sending messages when you return. Also make sure passwords won’t expire() while you are away.
In short, taking vacation is necessary and beneficial for your job. But you must plan your vacation properly in order to be work free and worry free on holiday.
Title: How to Be Work-Free on Vacation
______76_________
●Recharging your ___77_____ batteries.
●Disconnecting from everyday concerns.
●Returning to work rested and refreshed.
●Making you _____78_________.
______79________
Time is right
●Had better take your vacation in ______80__________.
●______81______ your department will be focused on.
_____82________
●Ask trusted colleagues to handle your projects.
Let your contacts know
●Inform colleagues and customers ____83_______ before your vacation.
Conduct a technical review
●Make your e-mail inbox _______84______.
●Make sure _____85______ won’t expire.
Summary
●Plan your vacation properly to be work free and worry free.
第二节：写作（25分）
为了缓解交通压力，减少废气排放，保护环境，9月22日我国108个城市参加了“无车日”活动。你们学校要举行以“Is ‘No Cars Day’ worthwhile?”为题的讨论会。请你就此用英语写一篇120词左右的短文，发表自己的看法。