2013年高考预测题第七期（2013年6月上）

When you look for a job, it’s not your book knowledge but your experience _______matters more.

She covered the 2,000 meters in 6 minutes, _______ second on the list of all the players.

It's impossible for her to have more free time to accompany her parents because her work ______ much of their time.

Tu Youyou was ________ the 2011 Lasker clinical Medical Research Award on September 12 because she discovered a drug called artemisinin ________ against malaria.

The development of industry has been ________ gradual process throughout ________human existence，from stone tools to modern technology.

—Where did you find the wallet?
—It was at the stadium ________ I played football.

Unfortunately，at least 20 miners were killed,22 ________ and 13 ________ in the coal mine gas explosion.

Joining the firm as a clerk，he got rapid promotion，and ________ as a manager.

Having introduced the new equipment，the company turned out ________ in 2009 as the year before.

I am very ________ with my living room.It really has a ________ atmosphere here.

—I've got a cough and my chest hurts.
—________.Let me examine you.

—Look！He's running so fast!
—Hard to ________ his legs were once broken.

Having lived in the town for many years，Mr. Smith no longer felt ________ among the local people.

—Some Chinese students find it difficult to understand native speakers when in London.
—Exactly，________ they've learned a lot about grammar and known many words.

Today，________ rapid transportation and communication，the whole world seems to be smaller.

A lot of people here，________，Tom，are for the plan that we will go to the beach on foot.

What disappointed us is not what he did in class but ________.

Unemployment in the USA is likely to remain high in 2011，and ________ for the next few years.

Children under six are not admitted to school except those of ________ intelligence.

The secretary is very careful and she never ________ any little points.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item (商品). The item she had   1   was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a  2  one. The lady   3   to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID   4   the deal could not take place. 
I went to the   5   with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started  6   
her of asking the first   7  person she saw to help her. Although that was   8 , I didn’t understand why it
  9 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to   10   an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no   11   to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not   12   she purchased the item.
“  13  I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be   14   the privilege — as I have proof from the past,” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he  15   to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I   16   when the woman asked for my help, but   17  in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid  18   do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its   19  . The woman looked poor, but she   20   the same treatment as anyone else does.

A．purchased B．shown C．lost D．mended

A．same B．popular C．similar D．different

A．managed B．wanted C．refused D．promised

A．for B．or C．and D．so

A．counter B．department C．market D．window

A．warning B．informing C．reminding D．accusing

A．fair B．familiar C．impossible D．random

A．wrong B．true C．reasonable D．meaningful

A．mattered B．happened C．passed D．worked

A．leave B．pay C．find D．obtain

A．request B．place C．way D．need

A．answer B．prove C．support D．admit

A．Unless B．And C．Instead D．If

A．ordered B．asked C．denied D．given

A．agreed B．prepared C．failed D．remembered

A．struggled B．wondered C．hesitated D．nodded

A．totally B．gradually C．hardly D．quickly

A．feelings B．goals C．reasons D．ideas

A．design B．cover C．content D．price

A．deserved B．required C．received D．appreciated

We all know that global warming is caused by greenhouse gases, largely carbon dioxide, which is given out by everything ranging from home appliances(电器) and cars to the heating and lighting systems of office buildings. But since we don’t see the gas, most of us simply shake our heads and then continue with our bad habits. Now, researchers at Arizona State University are trying to change that.
Directed by associate professor Kevin Gurney, the Hestia Project’s main goal is to make something that is currently intangible (无形的) into something a little more tangible, by allowing all of us to visually see how much each and every one of us is “contributing” to global warming.
In order to obtain a complete picture of the city’s environment, the team begins by collecting data from all different sources. Then, using special software they divide the emissions (排放) into three categories — commercial entities (实体) (office buildings and industrial plants), households and vehicles. This is the stage where things start to get really interesting. That’s because instead of showing all this information using graphs that we all instantly lose interest in, they create a visual “film” that shows not only the carbon emitted by each entity, but also the exact location it is coming from and the amount, which varies depending on the time of day or season. For example, the car emissions during rush hour are the highest, as is the case for commercial buildings during the day, especially during winter months when the heating is on.
Kevin knows that some of the data shown may start a blame game among the residents (居民) of the city. However, he is hoping that the people will go beyond that and instead use it to make changes in their daily lives.
According to the text, most people ignore the problem of greenhouse gases mainly because _____.

With the efforts of Kevin’s team, people can _____.

By saying “some of the data shown may start a blame game among the residents of the city”, the author means that _____.

What’s the purpose of the text?

Hurricane Irene caused a frightening landscape in West Hartford, Vermont. The White River jumped its banks and shipping containers, gas bottles, and even entire trucks were spotted being washed down the river near Patriots’ Bridge. 
Patti and Scott Holmes had a special connection to the flood zone. Their son, Jeffery Holmes, was one of three soldiers honored on a monument in a memorial garden next to the bridge. Jeffery died on Thanksgiving Day 2004 during a war. Patti took some comfort knowing that her son had died instantly, serving the military (军队) he wanted to join since he was nine years old.
The August hurricane spared Patti and Scott’s home. Patti didn’t realize how bad the situation had been at the monument site until one of Jeff’s friends sent a photo the next day. “When I opened it, I just started crying,” she said. All the flowers that volunteers lovingly tended were gone. The monument had toppled (倒塌) off its concrete base and was likely ruined. Alone at her desk, Patti wept for the fun-loving blue-eyed son who didn’t live to see his 21st birthday, the boy she still wrote on Christmas and birthdays. Now another piece of him had slipped away.
Scott drove to the bridge that night to see exactly what had happened but was forced to turn back because the flooding had destroyed roads and the bridge. Who knows how the angry waters had damaged the monument?
But when Patti and Scott were finally able to get there later in the week, they were greeted with an extraordinary sight. Local residents had returned the monument to its proper place, unharmed. “I didn’t see a scratch, not even on top of it,” Patti said in joy and relief.
The monument was set up ______.

Why did Patti cry when she opened the photo?

What does the part “another piece” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

From the last paragraph, we can learn that the couple felt ______.

The Spanish poet Juan Ram said, “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” Turning the paper sideways is like looking at situations from different angles.
Henry L. Mencken said it first: “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong.” And how often I am determined to keep pounding on that simple and neat solution until I make it work, or else I finally give up altogether. But success will surprisingly come when I decide to look at the thing from a wholly different perspective (视角).
Several all night convenience stores in New York City had a problem with teenagers hanging out in their parking lots late into the night. Not that they didn’t like kids; but customers complained (抱怨) that they were afraid to approach them in the dark and push through them to enter the store. Neighbors complained that they couldn’t sleep with the noise.
Managers tried various methods to solve the problem. They asked the kids to move away from the doors so customers didn’t have to push through them. They asked them to throw their cigarette butts and trash (垃圾) in outdoor dustbins and not litter the parking lot. Each solution was simple, neat and completely ineffective. It seemed that any of them should have worked. But none of them did.
Finally, one man came up with an unusual idea. Finding that asking the teens to change their behavior didn’t work, he tried something different. He just piped easy-listening music into the parking lot especially suited for mature listeners.
No more loitering (闲逛).
What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

The managers failed to solve the problem because _____.

Why did the kids leave the parking lots?

By telling the story, the author intends to tell us _____.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项.
What is a big dream ? （1）      Or , is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.
The Self
Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to.（2）   
Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.
（3）      
Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.
The World
If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. （4）      In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.
The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. （5）  

E.It is the last and the most terrible barrier.
F.Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong
G.And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.