（2010·安徽模擬）

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes “the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don’t seem to learn from history ”.Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand who we are and where we are without history, much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

1.What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past.

B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

2.In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because_____.

A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly

B. it helps us realize the importance of historical events

C. it helps us understand why things are the way they are

D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live

3. Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show_____.

A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

4.What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to teach history effectively.         

B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

C. How to get more people to study history.  

D. Some bad historical figures.

（2010??貴州模擬）完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it.  36  , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  37  faced by the typical low-income woman：“If she goes for a job interview  38  dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says，“But without a job, she can’t  39   good clothing.”

      A few weeks later, Lubin  40  Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate（捐獻(xiàn)）used business clothes that were  41   in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer  42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  43  in a Greenwich Village church basement（地下室）,which now  44   as the organization’s main office.

     Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they  45  a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  46   after being on welfare（福利）for years.

     _47  Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given  48  . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired  49    a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good  50  ,”she says.

     Donations are now  51  in, including jewellery，6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of  handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her  52  on hold is opening Dress for Success  53  in other cities.

“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never  54  again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”

36. A. Anyway      B. Instead       C. Fortunately      D. Meanwhile

A. situation         B. shops         C. pollution        D. position

A. particularly   B. easily        C. beautifully        D. poorly

A. make        B. find          C. wear            D. afford

A. reached      B. called        C. founded          D. built

A. only         B. already       C. almost           D. still

A. demand      B. remain        C. fit              D. need

A. space        B. support        C. tailors           D. methods

A. regards      B. serves         C. looks            D. lies

A. buy         B. sell           C. receive           D. watch

A. office        B. industry       C. wealth           D. force

A. When        B. Once          C. Although         D. Since

A. trousers      B. jewels         C. jobs              D. success

A. as           B. for            C. to                D. into

A. impression    B. work          C. place             D. progress

A. giving        B. pouring        C. showing           D. leading

A. own business   B. new project    C. law career         D. personal time

A. competitions   B. trades         C. races             D. branches

A. wear         B. have           C. donate            D. mind

A. problem      B. belief          C. idea               D. office

（2010·長春模擬)        she is not so cheerful        she used to be?

A. How is it that；as                  B. Why is it that；what

C. Is it why；that                    D. How it is that；as

（2010·云南模擬）Most of the professors _____ to our school were from South Africa．

 A．invited                B．to be invited           C．being invited   D．had been invited 

（2010?貴州模擬）完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it.  36 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  37  faced by the typical low-income woman：“If she goes for a job interview  38  dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says，“But without a job, she can’t  39  good clothing.”
A few weeks later, Lubin  40 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate（捐獻(xiàn)）used business clothes that were  41  in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer  42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  43 in a Greenwich Village church basement（地下室）,which now  44  as the organization’s main office.
Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they  45  a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  46  after being on welfare（福利）for years.
_47 Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given  48 . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired  49    a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good 50  ,”she says.
Donations are now  51  in, including jewellery，6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of  handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her  52  on hold is opening Dress for Success  53  in other cities.
“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never  54  again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”
36. A. Anyway      B. Instead       C. Fortunately      D. Meanwhile