I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight (貨運(yùn))yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can slightly 5the brightness of sunshine and what colour red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but 6 can do strange things to people.

It 7to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been 8 . I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so 9，otherwise. I don't mean that I would pre?fer to go without my 10 . I simply mean that the loss of them made me  11 more what I had.

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of12 to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more    13  his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. The hardest 14         I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was 15       . If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have 16        and become a chair rocker on the front porch (門廊)for the rest of my life.

It took me years to discover and    17    this belief. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball.   I thought he was 18    at me and I was hurt. "I can't use this," I said. " 19  it with you，，， he urged me, "and roll it around. ，， The words stuck in my head.   " Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could hear   20 it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought   21  ； playing baseball.  At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of    22   . We called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my 23 It was no good to try for something I knew at the start that was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of24 . I would fail sometimes anyway but on average I made progress.

 5.A. forget                B. see

C. ignore               D. remember

6.   A. happiness            B. fortune
C. misfortune           D. wealth

7.   A. occurred             B. happened
C. agreed               D. applied

8.   A. clever               B. blind
C. foolish              D. lucky

9.   A. hardly               B. quickly
C. roughly              D. deeply

  10.   A. hands               B. arms

C. eyes                D. legs

11.   A. appreciate          B. arrive

C. believe             D. accept

12.   A. employments         B. investments
C. settlements         D. adjustments

13.   A. meaningful          B. painful
C. fearful             D. careful

14.    A. pleasure            B. lesson
C.  enjoyment           D. trouble

15.    A. unnecessary         B. horrible
C.  unpractical         D. essential

16.    A. broken out          B.  broken through
C.  broken down         D.  broken off

17.    A. strengthen          B. weaken
C.  shorten             D. darken

18.    A. smiling             B. laughing
C.  wondering           D. glaring

19.    A. Bring               B. Borrow
C.  Take                D. Lend

20.    A. where               B. when
C.  why                 D. how

21.    A. possible            B. potential
C.  probable            D. impossible

22.    A. basketball          B. baseball
C.  football            D. volleyballl

23.    A. conversations       B. limitations
C.  congratulations     D. educations

24.    A, achievement         B. process
C.  success             D. failure

Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the his?tory of American movies. He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had.

He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment. Wilder was one of the first direc?tors to do this. Between the middle 1930s and the 1980s, Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies. During that time he received more than twenty nominations (提名)from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He won six of the Oscar awards. His movies have been seen by people around the world.

In 1944, Billy Wilder made the film Double Indem?nity. Some critics said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors. Wilder directed The Lost Weekend in 1945. Ray Milland plays the part of an alcoholic writer in the movie. It shows that alcohol rules his life,yet he docs not admit it. He hides alcohol in his home and says he is not drinking.

In 1950， Wilder made Sunset Boulevard. This mov?ie told of an aging actress in silent movies. She plans to return to movies though facing many problems. In 1954, Billy Wilder became an independent producer. The next year,Wilder's first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success. It was The Seven Year Itch. In this movie,a married mail wants to cheat on his wife with some, of his friends. In 1959.Wilder made a funny movie that was very popular. It was Some Like It Hot. It tells about two jazz musicians being chased by criminals. They decide to wear women's clothes and join a band in which all the musicians were women.

Wilder died in March, 2002. He was ninety-five. A current Hollywood producer said, Billy Wilder made movies that people will never forget.

1.  The text is mainly about______ .

 A.the background of American movies

B.the development of American movies

C.Wilder's attitude to American movies

D.Wilder's achievements in American movies

2.What was Wilder famous for according to Paragraph 2?

A.His unique style of making movies.

B.Sharp remarks on society in his movies.

C. More than twenty awards he received.

D.Almost fifty movies he produced himself.

3. Which of the following made Wilder among the grea?test Hollywood directors?

 A.Double Indemnity.

 B.Sunset Boulevard.

 C.The Lost Weekend. 

 D.Some Like It Hot.

4.The text is developed mainly .

 A.by following time order

B.by making comparisons

C.by analyzing exact data

D.by giving instructions

V.書面表達(dá)[2015 •貴州七校聯(lián)盟高三一聯(lián)]

假如你是李華，你打箅明年作為交換生到美國University of Michigan去學(xué)習(xí)。你從網(wǎng)上得知美國一家機(jī)構(gòu)提供寄宿家庭的信息。因此你準(zhǔn)備給他們發(fā)一封電子郵件，郵件的主要內(nèi)容包括：

1.你對(duì)房屋類型及位置的要求；

2.要求免費(fèi)提供一些生活設(shè)施；

3.期望月租；

4.期盼盡快回復(fù)。

注意.1.詞數(shù)100左右；

   2.開頭已寫好，但不計(jì)人總詞數(shù)；

     3.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連賞。

Dear Sir or Madam,

I'm going to study in the University of Michigan as an exchange student next year.________________________________ 

                      Yours sincerely, Li Hua

IV.短文改錯(cuò)[2015 •云南彌勒高三模擬]

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（A )，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Dear American guests,

On behalf for our school? I would like to express our warmly welcome to you. We are lucky to have us here in the middle of our English Week activities.

As scheduled, we had English Talent Show today. The purpose of this programme is develop our interest in English learning and practical abilities in listening and spoken. The programme consists in the following activities: recitation, singing, word spelling, storytelling and so on. The show will begin at two o'clock this afternoon at the Student Centre. Dear guests, you are welcome to take a part in our activities. I hope we students will benefit great from your presence.

I sincerely hope you a pleasant time with us. Thank you.

Ⅲ.語法填空[2015 •山西太原高三模擬]

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填人適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

What should you do if you are not able to sleep? The best thing is to try to avoid bad habits. 10.______ you always go to bed and get up at about the same time, this sets a 11._____(health) rhythm in your life. Don't drink caffeinated drinks in the evening. Smoking and alcohol can also keep you awake.You may have trouble 12._____ (sleep) if you have a heavy meal 〗ust before you go to bed.

You may also find it difficult 13.______ (get) to sleep if you have a problem or something else on your mind. This is 14. ____ you need to relax. As you lie in bed, tense the muscles of your feet and then relax 15. _______________ .Continue with the body, tensing and relaxing the muscles un?til you reach the head. Start with the feet again if you are stilltense. If you 16. __________   (think) about a problem or about something exciting that is going to happen the next day, get up and write about it. That will help to take it off your mind. You can also get up and read,  but be sure to choose

17. ______ book that is not too difficult. 18. ______________ ，you may get so interested that you won't want to go to sleep even when you feel sleepy.

Sleep well! Sweet 19._____ (dream) ！

Ⅱ.閱讀七選五[2015 •遼寧重點(diǎn)中學(xué)協(xié)作體高考模擬]

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Smart phone stress： Are you a victim of "always on" cul?ture?

You're on holiday but secretly check your work e-mails the moment you wake up. You get anxious if there's no Wi-Fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. 5 And you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if you're not there. These are the typical signs of "always on" stress caused by smartphone addiction.

Work-life balance

Pittsburgh-based developer Kevin Holesh developed an app named Moment to monitor his usage of his phone. The app enables users to see how much time they're spending on the device and set up warnings if self-controlled usage limits are offended. 6 "Some time on your phone, some time off it, enjoying your loving family and friends around you."

"Always stressed"

7 You're not giving your body time to recover, so you're always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. 8 The fact that we can stay connected to the workplace wherever we are in the world is feeding deep-rooted insecurities.

Slowdown in decision

We now consume media for more hours than we sleep. 9  It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many are becoming less productive because they're flooded by it all and feel they can never escape the office.

A.Moment's goal is to promote balance in your life.

B.You get excited if you receive a text message or an e-mail

from a friend.

C.This is leading to a sort of slowdown in decision and it is creating more stress in the workplace.

D.The negative impact of "always on" culture is that your mind is never resting.

E.Physical and mental health therefore can suffer.

F. Mobile phone companies argue that mobile connectivity is beneficial.

G. You are nervous if your phone is getting low on power.

I.閱讀理解[2015 •黑龍江綏化三校高三聯(lián)考]

   Culture helps human societies survive in changing natural environment. For example, the end of the last Ice Age, be?ginning about 15，000 years ago, brought a big challenge to which humans had to adapt. Before this time, large parts of the northern hemisphere were covered in great sheets of ice that contained much of the earth's water. In North America, large animals that wandered the vast tundra (笞原)provided people with food and materials for clothing and simple shel?ters. When the earth became warm, large Ice Age animals disappeared, and many land areas were covered by the rising sea level from melting ice. But people survived. They devel?oped new technologies and learned how to survive on new plant and animal species. Finally some people settled into permanent villages, durable houses and farms.

Cultural adaptation has made humans one of the most successful species on the planet. Through history, major de?velopments in technology, medicine, and nutrition have al?lowed people to reproduce and survive in ever-increasing num?bers. The global population has risen from 8 million during the Ice Age to about 6 billion today.

However, the success of cultural adaptation can also cre?ate problems in the long run. Over the last 200 years, people have begun to use large quantities of natural resources and en?ergy and to produce a great amount of material and chemical wastes. The global population now consumes some important natural resources—such as petroleum, wood, and minerals― faster than nature can produce them. Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes, people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways. Thus, the adaptive success of the present-day global culture of production and trade may be temporary.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly talking about?

 A.     How the human beings survived in the Ice Age.

B.     What the situation was like during the Ice Age.

C.     What caused the Ice Age to come to an end.

D.     Why the Ice Age was very important.

2.To  deal  with  the  problems,   human  beings should ________ according to the passage.

 A.     stop developing any longer

B.     reduce the overuse of natural resources

C.     stop the global warming and using natural resources

D.     save more animals in case they all die out

 3.Which of the following is the problem caused by cultural adaptation according to the passage?

 A.     A very developed culture came into being.

B.     New technologies have been developed.

C.     Natural resources have been used up.

D.     Human activities have done damage to the balance of nature.

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the pas?sage?

 A.     Natural environment should be protected

B.     The success of cultural adaptation is not permanent

C.     The global population is increasing since Ice Age

D.     Human beings are capable of surviving on the earth

Ⅲ.短文改錯(cuò)[2015'浙江重點(diǎn)中學(xué)協(xié)作體第二次適應(yīng)性測試]

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最

多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（A )，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

  刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。

  修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

The winter holiday is coming, which made me excited. I

have been looking forward at relaxing myself. I'd like to go skating, climb mountains and see several movie. I think I can play the basketball with my classmates. How a wonderful time I'll have during the winter holiday! However, my par?ents think different. They don't want me go out. They are a-fraid I'll be knocked down by a truck, fallen off a tree, or fight with others. Beside, they are afraid I will lose my way. I hate being treated like a bird keeping in a cage. To get more freedom, I will try to persuade them.

Ⅱ.語法填空[2015 •河南商丘高三一模]

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填人適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Steve is interviewing the famous biographer (傳記作家) Garen Thomas.

Steve： Thomas, 9._____ a famous writer, would you please tell us something about yourself and your new books?

Garen ： Of course.

Steve ： Where were you born?

Garen: I was born in Chicago, but I spent most of my childhood in New York.

Steve_: 10. ___________ was your childhood like?

Garen ： I had pretty strict parents. They wished me to be
successful  in   studies.    So   I   think   my   childhood was 11.____(bore)and I was always complaining about it.

Steve ： Do you get along well 12. ______ your parents now?

Garen： Oh sure, I have reached middle age now. So far I 13.____(understand) their love for me.

Steve; Where did you go to university?

Garen ： I graduated 14. ________ Yale University with a degree in English Literature.

Steve: How did you start writing?

Garen: I like writing from young, 15. _____________ it is not easy for me to enter this occupation. You know, I once worked in companies.  I started writing for magazines and eventually was 16. ___________ (ask) to write books, so I was pretty lucky.

Steve ： 17.____ did you begin to write the book about the President Obama?

Garen_: From the beginning of 2008.  It 18. _______________ (take) me 6 months to prepare for it, interviewing and find?ing information about him. Obama told me many stories about his life and family.

Steve ： Sounds interesting.

I.閱讀理解

A [2015 .山東濟(jì)南高三模擬]

   If you had a strange sound in your ear, what would you do? One man in Wales who thought he had a fly in his ear called 999, the emergency services number in Britain. And so did a woman who was worried about her green potatoes. Could she make chips with them? Were they poisonous? She didn't hesitate about calling the local ambulance service to ask. According to a recent report, more than 31,000 non-ur?gent calls were made to the Welsh Ambulance Service in the last year.

   Inappropriate calls are a headache for health profession?als everywhere. In the US,prank calls to 911 happen on a dai?ly basis. Many callers use apps which hide their identities. But those who try to be funny shouldn't be surprised if the police have the last laugh. One man from Colorado was arrested for making more than 1,200 prank calls,according to a report on the US television station KOAA-TV.

People who take these calls are trained to stay calm and keep a straight face, no matter how strange the calls sound. "There's no way for us to know whether the call is real,acci?dental or a prank call," said a public safety worker inter?viewed by the American TV channel.

The Head of Clinical Services at the Welsh Ambulance Service, Richard Lee, has a warning for prank callers. He says,"When people misuse the service it means our precious time is being taken away from someone who really does need our help. ” Indeed,these hotlines are supposed to help the se?riously ill or those with a life-threatening injury. You never know,one day,the person who needs assistance could be you or someone in your family.

1.How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

 A.     By giving examples.

B.     By telling a story.

C.     By listing figures.

D.     By making a comparison.

2.  According to the text, prank calls are usually .

 A.     meant to be helpful

B.     dealt with in time

C.     thought highly of

D.     made to play tricks

 3.What does the underlined phrase "have the last laugh" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

 A.     Win at last.

B.     Never find them.

C.     Laugh at them.

D.     Know nothing.

4. What does the author intend to suggest in the text?

 A.     Prank calls are usually easy to identify.

B.     Operators feel annoyed by strange callers.

C.     Prank calls may cause serious results.

D.     Prank callers should be punished by law.