（2011·江西卷）完形填空

What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed in to their nightclothes. Mary had ___36___ them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting（照看）the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ___37___,” she thought.

“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she ___38___ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a(an) ___39___ way to make money obviously hadn’t met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary’s ___40___ felt heavier and heavier. I mustn’t sleep, she thought — which was ___41___ what she did, of course.

Strangely enough, she soon ___42___ that she was a world-famous chef（主廚）. She made a ___43___ and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or ___44___ — her favorite hobby. She ___45___ took the leading role in her own TV show.

That is, until she became too ___46___. “I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But ___47___ seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she ___48___ to get the chicken into the dove. Soon, smoke blanketed the room. The chicken was on fire. ___49___ set in, but Mary could not run — she was ___50___ to the spot. She tried hard to move, but could not, ___51___ a sharp sound awoke her.

She got shocked and confused — ___52___ was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three ___53___ little faces and some very burnt bread. “Sorry, we were hungry and you were ___54___, so we tried to make some bread,” explained a boy. Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed. She___37__  them never to fall asleep on the job again!

36.   A.    given                     B.    written                  C.    told                D.    taught

37.   A.    successful             B.    helpful                   C.    tiring              D.    surprising

38.   A.    shook                    B.    put                        C.    bent               D.    kept

39.   A.    difficult                 B.    boring                   C.    important D.    easy

40.   A.    eyes                      B.    mind                     C.    heart              D.    legs

41.   A.    nicely                    B.    exactly                  C.    curiously        D.    carelessly

42.   A.    realized                  B.    reminded               C.    learnt             D.    dreamt

43.   A.    decision                 B.    fortune                  C.    business         D.    plan

44.   A.    cooking                 B.    reading                  C.    running          D.    babysitting

45.   A.    just                       B.    ever                      C.    even               D.    only

46.   A.    selfish                   B.    proud                    C.    stubborn         D.    sensitive

47.   A     everything             B.    something              C.    anything         D.    nothing

48.   A.    tried                      B.    arranged                C.    managed         D.    prepared

49.   A.    Panic                    B.    Pain                      C.    Noise             D.    Stress

50.   A.    frozen                   B.    dragged                 C.    pushed           D.    brought

51.   A.    because                 B.    until                      C.    as                  D.    unless

52.   A.    smoke                   B.    light                      C.    water             D.    fire

53.   A.    cheerful                 B.    strange                  C.    guilty             D.    confident

54.   A.    busy                            B.    hungry                  C.    worried          D.    asleep

55.   A.    promised               B.    allowed                 C.    expected         D.    persuaded

（2011·浙江卷）完形填空

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my   21   was more manageable , I   22   ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.   23    that was years ago and times have changed.   24    I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to   25   my disability pension (殘疾撫恤金).   26   I needed to sleep in the afternoons,  I was limited in my   27   . I decided that I would consider  28     to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was   29  when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of   30    to get started. And 31   you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can   32   use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my   33   ; he gave me a long thoughtful    34   . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me   35   the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand  36   on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your  37   and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I   38   . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose   39  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His   40  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

21. A. loneliness           B. sadness                   C. tiredness                 D. sickness

22. A. set                     B. enjoyed                    C. kept                        D. shared

23. A. Gladly                B. Eventually                C. Unfortunately           D. Surprisingly

24. A. Now                  B. Then                       C. Sometime                D. Meanwhile

25. A. add up to            B. make up for             C. get rid of                 D. take advantage of

26. A. If                             B. As                          C. Though                  D. Before

27. A. movement                B. condition                 C. choices                   D. positions

28. A. reaching out       B. living up                  C. getting on                D. going back

29. A. recognized          B. interviewed              C. found                      D. invited

30. A. money                      B. time                        C. energy                     D. knowledge

31. A. thus                   B. once                        C. seldom                    D. often

32. A. actually              B. hardly                      C. nearly                      D. formerly

33. A. job                     B. family                      C. idea                        D. offer

34. A. face                   B. view                        C. look                        D. sight

35. A. over                   B. along                       C. towards                   D. through

36. A. unhappily           B. lovingly                   C. pitifully                    D. gratefully

37. A. pick                   B. turn                         C. role                         D. step

38. A. had to cry          B. ought to cry                   C. should have cried     D. could have cried

39. A. more                 B. the ones                   C. few                         D. the rest

40. A. courage              B. devotion                  C. kindness                  D. trust

 I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!

    I remember the buzz (嘈雜聲) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.

I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the  50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just  51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.

After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.

40. A. relaxed      B. embarrassed   C. excited         D. encouraged

41. A. seats        B. entrance      C. spots          D. space

42. A. comfortable   B. quite         C. serious         D. nervous

43. A. silence       B. noise         C. darkness        D. smoke

44. A. fell upon    B. got through     C. broke into     D. stepped onto

45. A. forget       B. hear            C. repeat         D. bear

46. A. loud         B. heard           C. sweet          D. fast

47. A. feel         B. touch           C. enjoy          D. digest

48. A. realize      B. understand      C. believe         D. remember

49. A. continue     B. delay           C. finish          D. change

50. A. party        B. theatre         C. opera          D. stage

51. A. escaped      B. traveled        C. benefited      D. woken

52. A. aching       B. burning         C. ringing        D. rolling

53. A. competition   B. performance     C. interview      D. celebration

54. A. though      B. otherwise       C. instead        D. besides

55. A. decide       B. regret          C. conclude       D. imagine

 (湖南省長(zhǎng)沙周南中學(xué)2007屆高三第一次模擬考試)

請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面提示，寫一篇短文。詞數(shù)不少于100字。

You are living in the Rose Residential Area (居住小區(qū)), which is newly-built and not very large. Yet, as the picture shows below, at the back of the residential area is a large empty space. People living here are always giving their ideas about how to use it.

Now you describe WHAT should be done with it and tell WHY as well.

 (四川成都七中2007屆高三二診模擬考試)

某英文報(bào)“健康生活”欄目正在討論有關(guān)健康食品、體育鍛煉與少年兒童肥胖的問題。下面六幅圖是李明一年中的變化，請(qǐng)根據(jù)李明的情況寫一篇短文。

注意：

1、字?jǐn)?shù)100字左右。

2、短文的開頭已給出。

3、提示語： snacks 各種零食

A healthy diet and regular exercise may help to prevent obesity(肥胖) among children, take Li Ming for example.

Li Ming used to be a healthy boy, but

 (山東省菏澤一佳中學(xué)2007屆高三第二次模擬考試)

根據(jù)下列圖片，寫一篇100字左右的作文。開頭已經(jīng)寫出。

你和李明參加了一次野外生存訓(xùn)練。以下5幅圖畫表現(xiàn)了野外訓(xùn)練活動(dòng)的過程，請(qǐng)根據(jù)圖示寫一篇英文日記。

注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右 (給出的部分不計(jì)入字?jǐn)?shù))；

2.日記的開頭與結(jié)尾已為你寫好。

生詞：指南針：compass n 手電筒：flashlight n 急救包：first-aid kit

宿營(yíng)地：campsite n

Saturday, May 4, 2007                                        cloudy

   Li Ming and I took part in wilderness survival program yesterday, and it has been one of the most unforgettable experiences since high school.

The two of us spent the night in the forest.

   We learned to use knowledge gained in classroom training to solve problems .It was quite an experience for us both, which I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.

 (江西省重點(diǎn)中學(xué)聯(lián)考盟校2007屆高三第二次模擬考試)

下圖中三個(gè)人都自稱是“愛鳥人”，但其方式卻不相同。請(qǐng)描述他們的不同做法并就愛護(hù)動(dòng)物保護(hù)環(huán)境發(fā)表自己的觀點(diǎn)。注意；詞數(shù)：100字左右。

 (2007北京市朝陽區(qū)高三第二次統(tǒng)一考試——開放作文)

In your English class, the teacher shows this picture of a boy dreaming of the future, and asks the class to discuss it. Your classmates have different understandings.

 (黑龍江省西北地區(qū)重點(diǎn)高中聯(lián)誼校2007屆高三第三次模擬考試)

望子成龍，人之常情。但這位父親是否太著急了點(diǎn)？請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面的圖畫，以“時(shí)間表”為題，寫一篇100詞左右的短文，可適當(dāng)發(fā)表自己的看法。

 (2008年河南省普通高中畢業(yè)班教學(xué)質(zhì)量評(píng)估調(diào)研考試)

     圖片中一位老人在小河邊為滿臉淚痕的孫子洗臉。請(qǐng)你對(duì)圖片內(nèi)容用英語進(jìn)行描述并談自己對(duì)留守兒童這一現(xiàn)象的感受。字?jǐn)?shù)為100個(gè)詞左右。