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—Yes,          news came as         shock to me.

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：056

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1．婉言謝絕邀請；2．簡單告知原因（自己設想）；3．字數(shù)80---100。

Dear Professor. Smith,

It has been said that you gave an excellent lecture at Xiangta University last month on Modern English-American Literature and I ask you to give the same lecture to the students in our college. We should like to hear your views on it. If you would rather choose another topic in the field of Linguistics (語音學), we should be equally interested.

Possible dates would be Monday, 31 th March, or Monday 7th April but if neither of these is suitable, perhaps you youself would suggest a date convenient to you in May. If you find this invitation acceptable, please let me know the date and time when you would like to come, and of course we'll send a car to pick you up from your hotel.

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科目：高中英語 來源：福建省福州三中2012屆高三校模擬英語試題 題型：050

閱讀理解

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。

　　The decision of the New York philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment．For the most part, the response has been favorable, to say the least “Hooray! At last!” wrote Anthony Tommasini, a classical-music critic．

　　One of the reason why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known．Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert's appointment in the Times, calls him “an musician with no air of the formidable(令人敬畏的)conductor about him．” As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has so far been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise．

　　For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one．To be sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions, but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or anywhere else, to hear interesting orchestral music．All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or open my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes．

　　Devoted concertgoers who reply that recording are no substitute for live performance are missing the point．For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists(演奏家) must compete not only with opera houses, dance groups , theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20 th century．Their recordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than today's choosing．The widespread availability of such recording has thus brought about a crisis in the institution of the traditional classical concert．

　　One possible response is for classical performers to program attractive new music that is not yet available on records．Gilbert's own interest in new music has been widely noted：Alex Ross , a classical-music critic, has described him as a man who is capable of turning the Philharmonic into “a markedly different, more energetic organization”．But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely, expanding the orchestra's repertoire(曲目)will not be enough．If Gilbert and the Philharmonic are to succeed, they must first change the relationship between America's oldest orchestra and the new audience it hopes to attract．

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A．

met with criticism

B．

received applause

C．

raised suspicion

D．

aroused curiosity

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The author believes that the devoted concertgoers ________．

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A．

reject most kinds of recorded performance

B．

fail to recognize the variety of live performance

C．

overestimate(高估)the variety of live performance

D．

ignore the expense of live performance

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They are often inferior to live concerts in quality

B．

They are easily accessible to the general public

C．

They help improve the quality of music

D．

They have only covered masterpieces

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Regarding Gilbert's role in revitalizing( 振興) the Philharmonic, the author feels ________

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enthusiastic

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confident

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puzzled

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terror into my heart.
     I   1   it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home. It was the first night of my whole life that
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with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that  18   like a woman waving her hand. I had indeed made a fool of
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(     )3. A. never          
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(     )13. A. another        
(     )14. A. addicted to    
(     )15. A. clearly        
(     )16. A. traveled      
(     )17. A. over          
(     )18. A. felt          
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B. noisier         
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B. mainly           
B. caught sight of  
B. leg             
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B. filled with     
B. easily           
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B. looked          
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      閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

       I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure th at really struck terror into my heart.

I   36   it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home. It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside   37   at such a late time. There were   38  few people on the road at night. Even during the day, the road was used by only some. On that night, it seemed even   39  . While I was walking, I could hear some   40   made by creatures that love the night world. I moved really fast towards home. It was   41   because I was hungry. More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth. All of a sudden, I   42   an old lady in a short distance away. Her   43   was covered with a white cloth. She was   44   to me, I think.

I was a bit   45  . I wanted to know   46   she was there at that time of the late night. I stopped walking for a while. As I   47   there, stories about ghosts (鬼) began to come to my mind one after   48  . I was soon   49   fear and started to run as fast as I could. When I reached home I could   50   speak.

The next day, however, I   51   that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person. But I could find no footprints there   52   a banana plant. I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that   53   like a woman waving her hand. I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the   54   night’s experience, this   55   was small relief to me.

36．A．realized        B．recognized       C．remembered     D．reminded

37．A．a(chǎn)lone         B．a(chǎn)sleep           C．a(chǎn)wake           D．lonely

38．A．never               B．often         C．seldom         D．rarely

39．A．busier           B．noisier          C．quieter          D．wider

40．A．noises           B．quarrels        C．songs         D．voices

41．A．completely       B．mainly          C．obviously      D．partly

42．A．made sense of  B．caught sight of C．got ahead of     D．took hold of

43．A．waist         B．leg            C．head          D．hand

44．A．smiling         B．waiting         C．whispering       D．waving

45．A．mysterious       B．cautious        C．conscious      D．curious

46．A．why          B．when         C．what          D．how

47．A．lay            B．sat             C．stood         D．walked

48．A．a(chǎn)nother         B．other         C．others           D．the other

49．A．a(chǎn)ddicted to       B．filled with     C．far from       D．short of

50．A．clearly          B．easily               C．hardly          D．loudly

51．A．traveled        B．visited          C．a(chǎn)ppreciated      D．went

52．A．over          B．without         C．than          D．except

53．A．felt           B．looked          C．smelt         D ．sounded

54．A．previous       B．next          C．last            D．following

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    閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白

處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

As I sat beside the window that afternoon, my heart began to sink further with each passing car. This was a day I’d looked forward to for weeks: Miss Pace’s end-of-the-year party. I had   21   volunteered my mother when Miss Pace

requested  22   volunteers. By two o’clock other mother had come with their offerings, but there was no   23  of her. As the noisy party went on, I wouldn’t  24    the window, watching outside and holding out hope that Mum would come soon. The three o’clock bell soon woke me from my thoughts and I took my book bag and  25    out of the door for home.

On the walk home, I planned my revenge(報復). I would shut the front door angrily upon entering,  26   to return her hug when she rushed over to me, and vow(發(fā)誓)   27   to speak to her again. The house was    28  when I arrived. I was lying face-down on my bed, shaking with a mixture of heartbreak and 29  .

When she returned, entered my room and sat beside me, I didn’t   30   but instead

stared into my pilliow refusing to accept her presence. “I’m so sorry, honey,” she said. “I just   31  . I got busy and forgot.” I still didn't move. “Don't    32  her,”I told myself. “She forgot you. Make her   33  .” Then my mother did something completely   34  . She began to laugh. I rolled over and faced her,   35  to let her see the anger and disappointment in my   36  . But soon I found my mother wasn’t laughing at all, actually. “I’m so sorry,” she said, in tears, “I let my little boy   37  .” she sank down on the bed and began to cry like a little girl. I was shocked   38   I had never seen my mother cry . To my understanding, mothers weren’t supposed to. “It’s okay, Mom,” I said, “we didn’t even   39  those cookies. Don’t cry. It’s all right. Really.” My words made my mother sit up. She    40  her  eyes,and a slight smile appeared. I smiled back awkwardly(局促不安)， and she pulled me th her.

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22．A．bread       B．cake  C．cookie      D．sandwich

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27．A．never       B．ever  C．seldom     D．a(chǎn)lways

28．A．tidy   B．dark  C．empty       D．warm

29．A．delight     B．loneliness  C．pride D．a(chǎn)nger

30．A．hear  B．move C．notice       D．rise

31．A．waited      B．cared C．forgot       D．regretted

32．A．forgive     B．comfort    C．pity   D．a(chǎn)ccept

33．A．worry       B．pay   C．remember D．fear

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