（山東省濰坊市2010屆高三上學(xué)期階段性測試）

B

    “China is expected to complete its first exploration (探索) of the moon in 2010 and will found a moon base just as we did on the North and South Poles,” Ouyang Ziyuan, head of China's moon exploration program, promised during national science and technology week.

After its first man in space, China plans a space laboratory, a lunar orbiter to look for valuable elements and minerals, robot landings on the moon and then the human touchdown.

The price of space exploration is enormous. Russia and the US, the only two countries to have achieved manned flight, are struggling to keep their new investment, the international space station.

But China, which has a long tradition in physics, mathematics and engineering, finds its doctoral graduates welcomed in the US and Europe for decades. And it has been able to learn from 40 years of pioneering successes and mistakes by the USSR and the USA.

Space flight is a gamble and the stakes (賭注) are high. If successful, China could become a member of the world's most exclusive club, set up a second home on the moon and get a powerful hand at the strategic bargaining table.

Two designers from the Shenzhou III project said that 12 astronauts now are undergoing intensive training. One more unmanned space flight is planned before the first manned launch.

Experts say that the Shenzhou spacecraft already provides China with a space vehicle capable of mounting（發(fā)起）a lunar program. Chinese scientists have also predicted that Mars will be the next target after the moon.

61．According to Ouyang Ziyuan ________.

    A．China has founded a base on the moon

    B．China has founded one base on the North and South Poles

    C．China will set up a base on the moon in 2010

    D．China has already finished founding a moon base 

62．The underlined word “touchdown” in the second paragraph means “________”.

    A．landing              B．relation               C．connection         D．behaviour 

63．Which one of the following is NOT right according to this passage?

    A．A second home is going to be built on the moon in 2010.

    B．China's first man has landed the moon in space.

    C．People from only two countries have been to the moon till now.

    D．Twelve Chinese astronauts are being trained for the manned flight to the moon.     

64．We think that the Chinese astronaut will succeed in landing the moon in 2010 because ________.

    A．China will ask for help from the USSR and the USA

    B．two countries have set up a space station on the moon

    C．China has a large population in the world

    D．China has its tradition technology and advanced scientists

65．We can infer from this passage that                .

       A．China’s robot landing in the moon has been successful

       B．the USSR and the USA don’t allow Chinese people to land on the moon

       C．Chinese scientists show great interest in exploring Mars now

       D．it is impossible for the Chinese people to land on the moon

（湖北省黃岡市黃州區(qū)一中2010屆高三第二次月考）

A

The Growing Credit Crisis Forces Many Companies to Seek Government Help

On September fifteenth, Lehman Brothers, a one hundred fifty-eight year-old investment bank, sought legal protection from its creditors. It had failed to find a buyer after months of searching. With over six hundred billion dollars in debt, Lehman’s failure was the largest bankruptcv in United States history At the same time，the nation’s biggest insurance company，American International Group, had gotten into trouble selling credit default swaps These are contracts Similar to insurance that protect the holder against credit risk.

Credit rating agencies downgraded A.I.G because of concerns it could not honor its contracts. Unable to get new loans, A.I.G asked for government help The Federal Reserve agreed to loan A .I.G. eighty-five billion dollars in return for eighty percent of the company but it was not enough. By November, the government had extended a total of about one hundred fiftv billion doliars in aid to A .I.G—the most to any single company during the crisis.

As banks refused to lend, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a plan to loosen credit markets by buylng risky assets. Congress approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of Two. Thousand eight on October third The bill provided seven hundred billion dollars to buy hard to-value securltles from banks. But within weeks, the government changed plans. The Treasury moved to invest two handred fifty billion dollars directly in banks to help them lend money again.

Lack of credit not only hurt banks but manufacturers, too. Falling car sales threatened America’s carmakers The big three automakers—General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—told Congress that they needed loans or they faced bankmptcy. In December, President Bush offered G.M and Chrysler over seventeen billion dollars in loans.

As the year ended, the Federal Reserve tried to support economic growth by lowering its main interest rate to nearly zero for the first time. But there was one more bad surprise New York money manager Bernard Madoff admitted he had cheated investors out of fifty billion dollars. The news only added to the sense that two thousand eight was the worst economic year since the nineteen thirties.

56. Which of the following is NOT the problem in the passage Lehman Brothers was faced with?

   A. lt is an Investment bank with more than one and a half centuries history.

   B. It didn’t find a buyer after months of searching.

   C. It has over six hundred billion dollars in debt.

D. Its failure was the largest bankruptcy in United States history.

57. The reason why A.I.G turned to the U.S government for help was that           .

   A. A.I.G would give eighty percent of the company in return for the loan

   B. A.I.G couldn’t get new loans from credit rating agencies

   C. the government extended a total of about one hundred fifty billion dollars in aid to A.I.G

D. the Federal Reserve agreed to loan A.I G eighty-five billion dollars

58. According to the passage, which of the following is probably NOT suffering from the lack of_______ .

   A. Banks．       B. Manufacturers        C. Carmakers          D. Barbers

59. The last sentence of this passage indicates that the author’s attitude towards the U.S economy in 2008 is        

   A.pessimistic      B. optimistic           C. objective            D.subjective

（河北省正定中學(xué)2010屆高三上學(xué)期第五次月考）

E

School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys, US researchers said on Tuesday.

    They said adolescent girls who are dismissed or drop out of high school before they graduate are more likely to have a serious depression by age 21 than boys with similar experiences.

    “For girls it is more serious to be school failure,” said Carolyn McCarty. a university of Washington researcher whose study appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

    “We already know that it leads to more poverty, higher rates of being on public assistance and lower rates of job stability. And now this study shows it is having mental health implications for girls,” McCarty said in a statement.

    The study was drawn from data on more than 800 people in Seattle, Washington, and included people from 1 8 schools in high-crime neighborhoods.

The group was separated evenly(平等的)by gender and nearly half were white.  24 percent were black, 21 percent were Asian-American and the rest were from other groups.

Overall, 45 percent of the girls and 68 percent of the boys in the study experienced a major school failure, but 22 percent of the girls later became depressed compared with 17 percent of the boys.    

    “This gender shows that while school failure is more typical for girls, it appears to have more severe consequences when it does occur,” McCarty said.

57. What is the purpose of writing this article?

    A. Taking good care of the school boys.

    B. Asking the US researchers to search more evidences

      C. Giving help to the graduated students.

      D. Calling on us to pay more attention to the school failure girls.

58. Carolyn McCarty is          .    

    A. a scientist              B. a researcher           C. a professor              D. a student

59. The underlined word “it” in Para. 4 means               .

      A. school failure          B. an adolescent girl       C. a school boy           D. a university

60. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Girls are unlikely to be affected by school failure.

B. Gender has decided how much success you will win.

C. School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys.

    D. Adolescent girls are more easily depressed than boys.

（河北省正定中學(xué)2010屆高三上學(xué)期第五次月考）

B

One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected （可疑的） police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money.

Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.

 She said: “I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there.”

The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious （懷疑） of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: “He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact.” Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.

Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.

“It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’ My heart missed a beat.”

Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.

“I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man's room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed .”

45. The underlined phrase “be in line for” （ paragraph 1 ） means __

 A. get                 B. be paid             C. ask for             D. own

46. Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because __________.

A. the police called her

 B. he looked very strange

 C. he came to the hotel with little luggage

 D. he came to the hotel the day before New Year's Eve

47. David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ________.

 A. the passage    B. the man's room      C. Vicki's bedroom   D. the top floor room

48. The whole event probably lasted about _______ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.

 A. 6                   B. 8               C. 11                   D. 14

（河南省實驗中學(xué)2010屆高三上學(xué)期第二次月考）

C

If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view.

By training your thoughts to concentrate on the bright side of things, you are more likely to have the incentive（刺激，誘因） to follow through on your goals. You are less likely to be held back by negative ideas that might limit your performance.

Your life can be enhanced（增強的）, and your happiness enriched, when you choose to change your perspective（遠景、希望）. Don't leave your future to chance, or wait for things to get better mysteriously on their own. You must go in the direction of your hopes and aspirations. Begin to build your confidence, and work through problems rather than avoid them. Remember that power is not necessarily control over situations, but the ability to deal with whatever comes your way.

Always believe that good things are possible, and remember that mistakes can be lessons that lead to discoveries. Take your fear and transform it into trust; learn to rise above anxiety and doubt. Turn your "worry hours" into "productive hours". Take the energy that you have wasted and direct it toward every worthwhile effort that you can be involved in. You will see beautiful things happen when you allow yourself to experience the joys of life. You will find happiness when you adopt positive thinking into your daily routine and make it an important part of your world.

64. What is the best title for the passage？                                 

A. Live every day                                                           B.Treat every day actively                        

C. Turn your "worry hours" into "productive hours"  D. How to live      

65. ______ is the most likely to prevent your being successful?

A. Positive thinking                      B. Negative ideas      

C. Worry hours                                  D. Productive hours

66. What does the word “aspirations” mean in the passage?                      

A. ambition        B. expectation        C.wish              D. desire

67. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?                  

A.Change your opinion, and change your dream.  

B. Negative ideas will limit your life.

C.Turn your "worry hours" into "productive hours".

D. Positive thinking will make you successful. 

（河南省實驗中學(xué)2010屆高三上學(xué)期第二次月考）

B

The Internet has helped to connect and bring the entire world together. As a result, people now use the Internet to choose services, products and websites that come on the 1st or 2nd page of Google. The Internet has unbelievably revolutionized the whole world and the way in which businesses sell products online.

A recent survey found that Australians are going crazy for online shopping and beating world records for online purchasing. In Australia, over 10 million people now use Google, Yahoo and MSN to find products and services online. 92% of people do not go further, if they find their desired products and services on the 1st or 2nd page of their search. This proves that now consumers have changed their shopping preferences and prefer to shop online rather than visit shopping centers.

There are a number of websites in Australia selling products online. And each website is trying its best to pull traffic towards the website. It is easy to get traffic, but the whole effort is successful only when there is a sale out of those users viewing your site.

In Australia, people are fond of 100% Australian owned and operated goods. People in Australia prefer to buy things online securely and safely. So there are a few tips that online shoppers should follow before buying online:

☆        Identify your dealer and try to know the contact address of the company.

☆        Carefully read the description of products before buying and take special note of refunds(退款) of products.

☆        Check the cost of products and the way of payment. Also note the extra charges that may be included such as credit cards (信用卡) charges.

☆        Get detailed information on confirmation of the order.

☆        Check the time between the order and delivery of product.

The main benefit of online shopping is the availability of a huge variety of products in one single website. That makes the selection process easier. If you also want to make your shopping experience unforgettable, then find the best online department store for your desired products and choose the items that offer discounts and bargains online.

60. The passage is mainly about__________.

      A. how we can buy things online securely and safely

      B. how the Internet has changed the world and the way business is done

      C. how the Internet has helped to connect and bring the entire world together

      D. how the Internet has changed Australians’ shopping habit and tips for online shopping

61. The underlined word “traffic” in the third paragraph probably means“________”.

      A. the number of visitors and the number of pages they visit

      B. the vehicles moving along a road or street

      C. the communication between different people

      D. the trade between different countries

62. We can infer from the passage that __________.

     A. you will be charged more if you use a credit card

     B. there are many tricks about shopping online

     C. the success of an online store isn’t about getting many users

     D. people don’t visit shopping centers due to the bad traffic

63. Which of the following opinions probably does the writer hold?

     A. Shopping online is a good thing, so the government should encourage it.

     B. Shopping online is a dangerous thing, so we should forbid it.

     C. Shopping online is a new thing and we need to be careful about it.

     D. Shopping online is a fashionable thing and everyone should follow it.

（貴州省興義九中09-10學(xué)年高三上學(xué)期期中考試）

D

Most nations today, regardless of their degree of economic development or their political philosophies, recognize the importance of marketing. Indeed, economic growth in developing nations depends greatly on the ability to design effective marketing systems for their raw materials and industrial output.

Today, a global marketplace is forming. In many (perhaps most) national markets, companies from numerous countries compete fiercely.

Consider the U.S. market, for instance. Until the late 1970s, the United States provided a large domestic(國內(nèi)的) market for American firms, and there was no significant foreign competition in most industries in that market. But the picture changed dramatically through the 1980s as foreign firms improved their products and their marketing knowledge, and then successfully entered the American market. Many imported products have achieved large sales: office equipment, autos, watches, semiconductors, and consumer electronics, for example. As a result the United States has been running large annual trade deficits (赤字), meaning that imports greatly exceed exports.

In the early 1980s, the competition facing U.S. firms came primarily from Japanese companies. Later, companies in the four "Asian tigers" (Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong added to competitive pressures. In the 1990s, continuing competition from these Pacific Rim countries and regions will be augmented (增強) by a new challenge from Western Europe. Starting in 1992, the 12-nation European community will remove internal(內(nèi)部的) trade barriers and adopt uniform technical, financial, and marketing standards. A more integrated European Community will open major marketing opportunities for internationally minded U.S. firms, but at the same time, it is expected to intensify(激化) competition.

More and more American firms, many large ones and even some rather small ones, are moving into foreign markets. Many companies are concluding that achieving profit is most likely through a combination of domestic and international marketing rather than only reliance on domestic marketing.

68. According to the first paragraph, we know that            .

A. the developing nations are more concerned with economic development than the developed ones

B. marketing is important to the developing nations only

C. both the developing nations and the developed ones are aware of the marketing

D. politics plays a major role in economy

69. The author provides an example of the United States in Paragraph 3 in order to         .

    A. show that the United States was a highly potential market

    B. show the fierce competition brought on by the global market

    C. show that the United States was quite successful in marketing

    D. explain how to face market competition effectively

70. The last paragraph tells us that              .

    A. most American firms are unwilling to enter foreign markets

    B. a nation will achieve better economic profit by relying on its home market

    C. international marketing is more important than domestic marketing

    D. international marketing and domestic marketing should be given equal attention

71. It can be concluded from the passage that            .

    A. market competition becomes fierce as a global market comes into being

    B. the United States suffered little from foreign market competition

    C. Japanese companies were the most powerful competitors of the U. S in the 1990s

D. European Community has virtually removed all differences among themselves as a result of their new policy in 1992

（貴州省烏沙中學(xué)09-10學(xué)年高三上學(xué)期期中考試）

E

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children．But how you say it can be quite tricky．

If you say to your children “I am sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology．

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done．

Then there is the general, all-covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again．Saying “I’m useless as a parent” does not commit a person to any specific improvement．

These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness．Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies．

But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition (悔悟)，children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry．A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology．A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an apology．A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not．

77．According to the author, “tricky” means __________．

A．simple             B．complicated             C．cautious           D．various

78．It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______．

       A．it is only an empty promise                          B．it is not necessary

       C．it is neither clear nor effective        D．it is hurtful and insulting

79．In teaching children to say sorry ______．        

       A．parents should set them a good example       

B．parents should be patient and tolerant

       C．the significance of it should be involved       

D．their ages should be taken into account

80．According to the passage, apologizing properly is ________．  

       A．a(chǎn) social issue calling for immediate attention   

B．a(chǎn) big problem faced by every family

       C．a(chǎn) sign of social progress                               

D．not as simple as it seems

（甘肅省蘭州一中2010屆高三12月月考）

E

Animal experimentation is the backbone（支柱） of American research and treatment of disease． Each year, 17 to 22 million animals are sacrificed in the name of science．While 90 percent of them are rats and mice, 180,000 dogs, 50,000 cats．61,000 monkeys and 554,000 rabbits are done away with in Laboratories operated by industry and government．

But the public has raised an outcry over these deaths．Spurred vivid reports of cruelty, the animal rights movement is made up of 7,000 organizations with 10 million members．They've documented cases in which monkeys were isolated in steel tanks for 45 days and dogs were bombarded with radiation or chemicals until they bled from the mouth．

Scientists say such incidents are rare．I aws have been passed to govern testing．Many research centers now have committees to review all proposed animal experiments, and computers can be used in place of animals in many experiments．But scientists say they can't do without animals to test new drugs and treatments on animals to make sure they're safe for humans．Animal experiments produced vaccines or treatments for diseases such as diabetes（糖尿�。�, and techniques used in open heart surgery．They're important to efforts to find a treatment for AIDS．

Animals rights activists have shown they will go to almost any length．One New York researcher received more than 10,000 protest letters following publicity other experiments in which she gave drugs to monkeys．The researcher was studying drug addiction．A protester was arrested in Connecticut for placing a pipe bomb outside a company that used animals in tests．After fires and break-ins, many labs have bought electronic locks and alarms for protection．Other targets of the animal rights movement are the fur industry, farms, and school biology classes in which children dissect（解剖） frogs．

The movement has scored some successes．A dozen states no longer allow pounds- places that accept dogs and cats that have no homes to sell animals to scientists．Scientists claim the cost of their work will rise as a result．

The battle between scientists and activists raises a basic question: Can modern society be both humane in its treatment of living things and advanced in its treatment of disease? It seems certain there will be new restrictions placed on the use of animals in scientific experiments．

62．Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

       A．Mice and rats make the best subjects for experiments．

       B．Scientific experiments can be carried out without animals．

       C．Fewer animals should be taken to laboratories．

       D．Americans are questioning the use of animals in experiments．

63．Animal experiments will probably continue because         .

       A．there are enough regulations to protest animals from abuse

       B．they are critical for understanding and curing human disease

       C．the groups that oppose them aren't very big or powerful

       D．scientists insist they are harmless

64．What do proponents （supporters） of animal rights do to convince people of their opinion?

       A．They treat their own pets kindly．

       B．They explode bombs at laboratories that conduct scientific tests．

       C．They give examples of animals that were mistreated in labs．

       D．They point out the diseases that have been cured by scientists．

65．The underlined word "outcry" （in Paragraph 2） probably means         .

       A．protest            B．protect            C．scream          D．a(chǎn)larm

（甘肅省蘭州一中2010屆高三12月月考）

B

If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have the last laugh．There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech "Information Age" demands people who are flexible（靈活的）and who have good knowledge of social science．

There are many social science majors in large companies who take up important positions．For example, a number of research studies found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses．Studies show that social science majors are most suited to change, which is the leading feature（特點） of the kind of high speed, high-pressure, high-tech world we now live in．

Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily．A study showed that many companies had filled a large percentage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates．The study also showed that the most sought-after quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as "very important" by 92 percent of the companies．Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are．It is probably due to these skills that have been offered a wide variety of positions．

Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job．recent graduates report that they don't regret their choice of study．

50．What's the main idea of the passage?

       A．Social science graduates are more likely to be employed．

       B．Computer major graduates are more likely to be employed．

       C．A lot of people take up the social science majors．

       D．Why is the unemployment problem so serious nowadays．

51．What is our present society's clearest feature?

       A．It is full of pressure．                  B．It is full of chances．

       C．It is full of changes．                    D．It is full of failures

52．Why are the social science graduates offered many jobs?

       A．Because they are more experienced than the other kinds of graduates．

       B．Because they are more flexible than the other kinds of graduates．

       C．Because they can deal with problems better than the other kinds of graduates．

       D．Because they have better communication skills than the other kinds of graduates．

53．What's the attitude of social science graduates towards their major?

       A．Disappointed．    B．Satisfied．           C．Interested．        D．Bored．