（福建省三明一中2010屆高三上學期第二次月考）

B

As more women in the United States move up the professional(職業(yè)) ladder, more are finding it necessary to make business trips alone.

If you are married, it is a good idea to encourage your husband and children to learn to cook a few simple meals while you are away. They will be much happier and probably they will enjoy the experience. If you will be eating alone a good deal, choose good restaurants. In the end, they will be much better for your digestion. You may also find it useful to call the restaurant in advance and tell them that you will be eating alone. Finally, and most importantly, prepare your travel needs as a businesswoman; this starts with lightweight luggage which you can easily manage even when fully packed. Take a folding case inside your suitcase; it will come in extremely handy for dirty clothes, as well as for business papers you no longer need on the trip. And make sure you have a briefcase so that you can keep required papers separate.

Obviously, experience helps, but you can make things easier on yourself from the first by careful planning, so that right from the start you really can have a good trip!

75.The writer writes the passage probably for 　　.

A. working women who have no time for cooking

B. husbands and children of working women

C. working women who must travel on their own

D. hotel managers who should give good service to working women

76.It can be inferred from the passage that 　　.

A. a greater percentage of women are advancing professionally in the U.S. than in the past

B. professional men refuse to go on business trips with women

C. businesswomen become successful by showing a willingness to travel alone

D. husbands are encouraged to learn to cook while their wives go on business trips

77.Better restaurants are especially preferable for frequent travelers because 　　.

A. the food there is usually better for their health

B. the table is better and the food is cheaper

C. people can book seats ahead of time

D. people can get better service there

78.This passage would most likely appear 　　.

A. in a magazine specially for women

B. in a restaurant or hotel guide

C. in a travel guide for women

D. in a business report

（安徽省屯溪一中2010屆高三上學期期中考試）

C

  If you can’t catch the bad guy, it’s game over-----this is the rule of life for computer game players. But similar thoughts might be worrying US president George W. Bush as he prepares for the election year with the world’s most wanted man still out of his reach.

  The hunt for Laden has been going on since the attack on New York’s World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Progress has been slow and, with John Kerry winning the race last Tuesday to compete against Bush in November’s presidential elections, the president needs results.

  “If Laden can be caught before the presidential election, Bush will get an upper hand,” a senior US official told the New York Times.

  The American public’s support for the war in Iraq has been falling, especially as the Bush government cannot find the banned weapons it said were in the country. But the way in which the president’s popularity rose following the arrest of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in December shows how useful the capture of Laden would be.

  The latest information suggests the election will be close, with 48 percent of Americans saying they will vote for Bush and 46 percent backing Kerry.

  In order to seize Laden, thousands of US soldiers were moved from Iraq to Afghanistan earlier this week, according to a US official Further efforts have been made to strengthen Afghanistan’s border area with Pakistan, with soldiers checking nearby villages more frequently than before.

64. The American presidential election will be held between _____and ____.

  A. George W Bush; Jimmy Carter          B. John Kerry; Thomas Jefferson

  C. George W Bush; John Kerry              D. George Bush; John Kerry

65. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

  A. The arrest of Saddam did Bush some good. 

B. The American soldiers have sent Laden to prison.

C. The arrest of Laden will make no difference to the election.

D. Laden may hide himself far away from the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

66. We can infer from the passage that _____.

  A. it’s difficult to catch Laden               

B. Bush will lose the presidential election

  C. Americans didn’t set out to catch Laden until 2003

  D. American presidential election will take place in October

67. What does the underlined word “banned” in paragraph 4 mean?

  A. Advanced.    B. Dangerous.      C. Forbidden        D. Expensive.

（安徽省利辛二中2010屆高三上學期第四次月考）

D

 H5N1 avian influenza, known commonly as bird flu, has killed at least 15 people across Asia and was confirmed in China on January 27. No human cases have been found in the main- land but ,13 of the country’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities(直轄市)have reported the disease in poultry(家禽).

The Chinese government has taken measures to prevent and control the disease. Poultry within 3km of infected farms is to be killed and those within 5km vaccinated(進行接種疫苗). Meanwhile, there will be constant monitoring and daily reports on the disease across the country, and increased production of bide flu vaccines.

Among the 11Asia countries and regions affected by bird flu in animals, only Viet Nam and Thailand have reported human cases .The people infected were reported to have caught the disease from poultry，while the World Heath Organization said there is “no proof of human-to-human transmission (傳播)”of bird flu.

The big fear is that the disease could combine with a human in influenza virus(病毒)to create a deadly new disease that will kill millions of people across the globe .Many Asian farmers live closely with their animals and sell live chickens in the market. This greatly increases the possibility of human beings infected with bird flu.

A spokesman of the WHO said that Asian countries affected by bird flu should introduce a more healthy way of raising and selling chickens. And the people there have to completely change their life-style and attitude towards animals. Here are some safety measures for people to stay healthy.

68 What does the underlined word “poultry” mean?

A Wild birds    B Wild animals   C Home-raised bird   D Home-raised  animals

69．From the passage, we can learn that  .

A infected poultry within 3km was killed in China

B the first bird flu case was proved in China on Jan27

C human infected cases were found in 11Asian countries

D over two thirds of China have been affected by the bird flu

70 What fears people most?

A Poultry will infect many people 

B The disease can spread quickly among people

C There will be human-to-human transmission

D A new disease combining bird and human flu will break out

71 One of the right ways for us to avoid bird flu is            

A to kill all the poultry     B to eat no more chicken

C to form a healthy habit     D to keep separated from others

（山東省淄博市2010屆高三上學期期末考試）

D

COPENHAGEN—The world is gathered in Copenhagen for the U.N. climate summit, but Denmark’s bicycle-friendly capital has also given its name to a movement of cities trying to find a kinder way to commute.

Nearly 40 percent of Copenhagen’s population cycle to work or school on ubiquitous（無處不在的） paved cycle paths. Many residents take to their bikes year-round, braving rain and snow through the winter in a city where the bicycles outnumber the people.

Amsterdam and Beijing too are known for their bicycles, but the Danish capital is where urban planners from around the world have been looking for ways to get their people out of cars and up onto bikes, an effort known as Copenhagenisation.

Klaus Bondam, Copenhagen’s technical and environmental chief, calls himself a “mega cyclist” and says the bike’s popularity stems partly from high taxes on cars which meant working-class Danes could not afford to drive in the 1930s and ‘40s. “Today you’ll meet everybody on the bicycle lanes --- women and men, rich and poor, old and young,” Bondam said.

The local government has during the last three years invested more than 250 million crowns ($49.42 million) in bicycle lanes and to make the traffic safer for bicyclists. Today around a third of the population drive cars to work or study, another third take public transport, while 37 percent cycle -- a figure the city aims to boost to 50 percent by 2015.

There are many benefits when citizens choose bicycles over cars: pollution and noise decline, public health improves, and more people on bikes or walking creates a sense of safety in the city. Fewer parked cars leaves more space for playgrounds, parks, shopping areas and other useful public places.

71. According to the first paragraph, Copenhagen is better known as __________.

  A. a city without cars           B. a bicycle-friendly city

C. Denmark’s capital           D. the U.N. climate summit

72. We can learn from the second and the third paragraph, _________.

A. there is no path for cars during rainy and snowy days

B. citizens are limited to have only one bike for each person

C. two-thirds of people in Copenhagen cycle to work or school

D. city planners try their best to encourage more citizens to ride bikes

73. Bikes are popular in Copenhagen partly because __________.

  A. the citizens are unable to afford to buy a car

B. the rich tend to keep fit by cycling to work

  C. young people regard cycling a fashion to follow

  D. high taxes were paid for cars in the 1930s and ‘40s

74. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of cycling?

A. Saving time on the road.

B. Declining pollution and noise.

C. Improving public health.

D. Creating safety in the city.

75. We can learn from the passage that ___________.

A. cars are forbidden to park in Copenhagen

B. more citizens tend to choose cars in Copenhagen

  C. Copenhagen becomes a model for cities’ traffic

  D. living standards in Copenhagen are greatly declining

（山東省淄博市2010屆高三上學期期末考試）

B

HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S., Cuban and Mexican scientists have drawn up plans for joint research in the Gulf of Mexico, in another sign of improvement in long-unfriendly U.S.-Cuba relations.

In a meeting in Havana this week, they agreed on collecting information about the Gulf, a body of water shared by the three countries but about which little cooperative research has been done in recent years.

“This is a logical, low-risk area in which to begin discussions with Cuba. It is without question in our common interest to share science and ideas on our shared resources like the Gulf of Mexico,” Environmental Defense Fund senior official Dan Whittle said on Tuesday.

Whittle was among 30 Americans, 30 Cubans and six Mexicans at the meeting, held on Sunday and Monday ahead of an international meeting on ocean science this week in the Cuban capital.

“We’re starting now to enter a new era of cooperation,” said meeting organizer David Guggenheim, American marine scientist.

The plan assumes that U.S.-Cuba relations will continue to get better under President Barack Obama, who has said he wants to end five decades of bitterness between the two countries separated by just 90 miles of ocean.

He has initiated talks on migration and regain of postal service with Cuba and allowed Cuban Americans to travel and send money freely to their homeland.

But a general travel ban to Cuba for most Americans remains in effect, as does the United States’ 47-year-long trade prohibition against the communist-led island.

There are also restrictions on travel of U.S. and Cuban academics between the two countries, although it has gotten easier under Obama to obtain permission, Guggenheim said.

Whittle said Obama needs to remove all obstacles for scientists to assure a “free flow of information” between the countries.

The plan of action calls for shared projects to track marine animals and to study such things as the effects of pollutants and climate change on coral reefs.

Cuba has rented out much of its offshore area for oil exploration, which when it begins will bring danger of oil spills（漏油）that computer models show would flow north to Florida.

“We need a dialogue to talk about coordinated emergency response. Everything points to the need for cooperation and communication, not continuation of a Cold War policy,” Guggenheim said. 

61. How is the relation between US and Cuba?

A. They are getting on quite well with each other.

B. The citizens in both countries are free to visit each other.

C. The two countries’ scientists cooperated well with each other.

D. There are some improvements in relations between the two countries.

62. The Gulf of Mexico _________.

A. belongs to the Mexico alone

B. is a body of water badly polluted

C. has something to do with the three countries

D. has been explored by the three countries together

63. President Barack Obama _________.

A. is for the present relation between US and Cuba

B. wants to set up a good relation between the two countries

C. banned the American travelers from going to Cuba for a visit

D. has got rid of 50 years of bitterness between the two countries

64. What has little effect on coral reefs?

A. Marine animals.                     B. Climate change. 

C. Oil spills.                        D. Pollutants.

65. It is anything but _________ that can remove all obstacles for people or countries.

A. dialogue                       B. cooperation

C. communication                       D. Cold War policy

（湖南省長沙市一中2010屆高三第五次月考）

C

The security for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be carried out in a subtle and friendly way, and cost less than one billion Canadian dollars (800 million US dollars), the top officer for the job said Sunday.

    The security budget for the games will not surpass 1 billion, but the exact figure will only be released after the federal and British Columbia provincial governments settled their agreement, Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) told Canadian Press.

    The billion dollar ceiling was floated by former Public Safety minister Stockwell Day, who said late 2008 that the budget was at least double the original figure of 175 million, but less than 1 billion.

    The Integrated Security Unit in charge of the Games is led by the RCMP, but also includes Vancouver municipal police departments, the military, border services officials and private security. At an exercise in November 2008, more than 500 people from 70 different agencies were involved in running scenarios for the Games. Two further exercises are planned this year, said Mercer.

    Military camps are planned for the Sea-to-Sky highway linking Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. in order to patrol the backcountry and keep watch on the vital Games artery.

Secure zones will be established around all venues and handheld screening equipment will be used at entrances.

A network of surveillance cameras will also be in place, and the equipment that can scan for biological or nuclear threats will also reportedly be used.

As to reports that terrorists are a threat and may go as for as infiltration contractors to gain access to security planning, Mercer said,” Our threat at present is low.”

“ I know where the security plans are, the security plans are secure, they’re safe, they’re locked up and they’re not in any danger of being leaked or be in the hands of anybody we wouldn’t want them to be in.” Mercer said his goal is not only to ensure safety, but also best service. “ I’ll be personally disappointed if anybody left here and all they remembered was security,” he said,” So our goal is to do it the Canadian way. Security will be there, security will be subtle, security will be friendly based on the threat level we’re at today.”

66. The expense for the security for the 2010 Winter Olympics__________.

A.      will be about 800 million US dollars.

B.      will be over one billion Canadian dollars

C.     will be just double the original figure of 175 million

D.     can not be known exactly from the passage

67. Mercer mentioned the following EXCEPT_____________.

A.      the security budget

B.      the original budget

C.     security exercises

D.     security service

68. It can be concluded from the passage that ____________.

A.      Mercer is the top officer for security

B.      Stockwell Day is the top officer for security

C.     Mercer knows about the security details

D.     Canada has never been threatened by terrorists

69. From what he said we can know Mercer is _________.

A. optimistic          B. cautious            C. worried                    D. unsure

70. The passage mainly tells us __________________.

A.      that 2010 Games security will cost less than 1 billion

B.      how 2010 Games security will be carried out

C.     the plans that Mercer has made for the 2010 Games security

D.     2010 Games security with ensure safety and best service.

（湖南省長沙市一中2010屆高三第五次月考）

A

Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No. 10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing.

Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef, will cook using “honest high-street products” and avoid expensive or “fancy” ingredients.

The prime minister is trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment last year when he sat down to an 18-course banquet at a Japanese summit to discuss world food shortages.

Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and other leaders will be served by apprentices (學徒) from Fifteen, the London restaurant Oliver founded to help train young people in poverty in order to make a living by mastering a skill.

Brown wants the dinner to reflect the emphasis of the London summit, which he hopes will lead to an agreement to lift the world out of recession. “To be invited to cook for such an important group of people, who are trying to solve some of the world’s major problems, is really a privilege,” said Oliver.

“I’m hoping the menu I’m working on will show British food and produce is some of the best in the world, but also show we have pioneered a high-quality apprentice scheme at Fifteen London that is giving young people a skill to be proud of.”

The chef has not yet finalized the menu, but is expected to draw inspiration from his latest book, Jamie’s Ministry of Food, which has budget recipes for beef and ale stew (啤酒燉菜) and “impressive” chocolate fudge cake.

56. The underlined word “recession” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “_______”.

     A. business          B. opposition       C. discussion        D. depression

57. What can we learn about Oliver from the text?

     A. He is a well-known American cook.        

     B. He is invited to attend the G20 summit.

     C. He has founded the Fifteen London.      

     D. He is one of the apprentices serving leaders of the G20.

58. The menu of the banquet for the leaders of the G20 is supposed to _______.

     A. include all delicious British food               

     B. use inexpensive produce with special characteristics

     C. be rich, varied and of high quality                    

     D. imitate the menu of last Japanese summit

59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

     A. Oliver is honored to be invited to cook for the G20 leaders.

     B. Altogether three presidents are mentioned in the text.

     C. President Barack Obama offers the cut-price menu.

     D. The menu for the G20 dinner banquet has been decided.

 60. What is the Fifteen London?

A.      an apartment in London.

A.      a luxurious restaurant in London.

B.      a restaurant as well as a training center.

C.     a famous avenue.

（貴州省貴陽二中2010屆高三第一學期11月月考）

E

During the 20th century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman

marrying at the end of the 19th century probably has been in her middle 20’s and would be likely

to have seven or eight children. By the time the youngest was 15, the mother would have been in

her early 50’s and would expect to live a further 20 years, during which chance and health made

it hard for her to get paid work.  Today women marry younger and have fewer children.

Usually a woman’s youngest child will be 15 when she is 45 and she can be expected to live

another 35years and is likely to get paid work until 60.

This important change in women’s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on

women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a fulltime job. However, when they married they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is 16, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more return to work later. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties of family life.

57. We learn from this passage that in the 19th century_____ .

       A. there were more children in the world than there are today

       B. women spent a greater part of their lives raising children than they do today

       C. there were more women in poor health than there are today

       D. women married younger than they do today

 58. One reason why a married woman of today may take a job is that ____.

       A. she is usually younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves

       B. she is obliged to help her husband support the family

       C. she feels lonely at home when her children grow up

       D. she hopes to change the world a bit by doing so

59. Many girls are now likely to ____.

       A. give up their jobs after they get married      B. leave school as soon as they can

       C. marry early so that they can get better jobs  D. continue working until they are going to have a baby

60. Now a husband probably ____ .

       A. plays a greater part in looking after the children   B. does almost all of the housework

       C. feels unhappy about his wife’s going out to work D. takes a part-time job so as to help at home

（甘肅省天水一中2010屆高三第一學期第二次段考

       The murder took place around ten o' clock p. m. on June 10th. Thirty-two people watched Kitty being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet, none of the 32 helped her. Not even one called the police. Was this inhumane cruelty? Was it lack of feeling for one's fellow man?

       "Not so," say scientists Dr. Darley and Dr. Fatane. They've found the reasons why people don't act. According to them, a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice there is an emergency.

       Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall onto the ground. Is he having a heart attack, or some other physical trouble? Or is he simply about to sleep off a drunk? So it's not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency.

       Second and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel himself responsible. He must feel that he must help.

       The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They asked college students to come in to be "tested". Some came alone, some with one or two others, and some in large groups. When they came in either alone, in pairs, or in groups, a lady went into the next room. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of something falling and a cry for help. All of these had been pre-recorder.

       Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.

       In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn't. They do not feel any direct responsibility.

45．Why didn't the thirty two people act to help Kitty according to the passage?

    A．Because they were afraid to be killed.

    B．Because they were cruel in their hearts.

    C．Because they thought others would help．                        ,

    D．Because they didn't notice the emergency.

46．Which of the following is an emergency.'?

    A．Someone is falling onto the ground.

    B．Someone is needing help.

    C．Someone is sleeping off a drunk.

    D．Someone is having a heart attack.

47．The result of the tests shows that_______.

    A．none of the tested students acted to help

    B．the more people there are together, the more people will act to help

    C．the more people there are together, the fewer people will act to help

    D．college students would be more likely to help than ordinary Americans

48．It can be concluded from the passage that Americans don't ______ in a group.

    A．notice an emergency

    B．feel direct responsibility

    C．depend on each other

       D．go through two steps before they act               

（浙江省紹興一中2010屆高三上學期期中考試）

C

Determined to make school more related to the workplace, Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon, developed a school-to-work program. In their first year, students are offered some job pathways in natural resources, human services, health care, business, arts and communication. The following year, each student chooses one of the pathways and examines it in depth, spending three hours a week watching someone on the job. Such a program is also in practice in some other states.

The school-to-work program is built around a partnership. For example, Eastman Kodak, a major employer in Colorado, introduces students to business by helping them construct a model city using small pieces of wood. “The children use the models to decide on the best place to set up schools,” says Lucille Mantelli, director for Eastman Kodak in Colorado. Kodak introduces math by teaching fifth graders to use their pocket money properly. They also provide one-on-one job watching experiences and offer chances of practice for high school juniors and seniors. “Students come to the workplace two or three hours a week,” explains Mantelli. “They do the job for us. We pay them and they get school credits (學分). We also give them our views on their performance and developmental opportunities.”

In these partnerships, everybody wins. The students tend to take more difficult courses than students in schools that don’t offer such programs. Business benefits by having a better prepared workforce needed in future years. “It’s a way for us to work with the school systems to develop the type of workforce we’ll need in future years,” Mantelli continued. “We need employees who understand the basics of reading and writing. We need them to be good at math and to be comfortable working on a team.”

“Our theory is that they can learn as much outside the classroom as in. All students have the ability to change the world, not just to live in it. To do that, they have to know how to solve problems and use critical thinking skills. We need to encourage them to dream about jobs that go beyond what they see today,” concludes a school-to-work program organizer.

49. Using the example of Eastman Kodak in Colorado, the writer shows us ____.

   A. what the school decides to do              

   B. why the students get paid for their jobs

   C. where the students have their math class  

   D. what role the business plays in the program

50. The main purpose of the school-to-work program is to _____.

   A. offer students more difficult courses        

B. introduce new job opportunities to schools

   C. improve relations between students and teachers 

D. make what students learn in school related to the workplace

51. According to the text, Lucille Mantelli is ____.

   A. a math teacher                                       

   B. a school designer

   C. a company manager                               

   D. a program organizer

52. What does the writer mean by saying “…everybody wins.” (Paragraph 3)?

   A. Students get school credits by taking examinations.

   B. Both students and business benefit from the program.

   C. The working conditions of the company have improved greatly.

   D. Every teacher and student gets paid for working outside the school.