江西省九江市高三第二次高考模拟考试英语

—__________ Mr．White was appointed director of our department.
—Then we have two Whites now including ___________ Mr．White, the doorkeeper.

—What’s that? It smells great!
—It’s just milk tea．Would you like __________?

A lot of tents, drinking water and food __________ to the homeless earthquake survivors in the
past several weeks.

As you can see, we need the equipments, ___________ are necessary to make the project move on.

To our disappointment, the trip we had been looking forward to __________ in the pouring
rain.

The headmaster will __________ a speech to the visiting foreign guests this afternoon.

—__________ I hand in my report as soon as the class is over?
—No, you needn’t．Anytime this week is okay.

Is it, in your opinion, possible __________ new measures will be taken to improve the terrible
traffic?

The traffic slowed down because of the heavy snow in Yushu county, presenting a new __________ to the recovery from the earthquake.

A．suffering

B．disaster

C．challenge

D．damage

—It’s a long journey．My car couldn’t make it.
—You can drive my car．It’s quite old, but it’s still pretty ___________.

—I think I should wear a dress instead of this jeans.
—It’s just a small informal party, so you don’t have to ___________．

—Your flight was quite late last night.
—Yes, it was midnight __________ our plane finally got to Jinan.

We’re all ready to put it into operation, ____________, we’re going to take action as fast as possible.

Nowhere else, as his mother told us, __________ except the cabin in the backyard.

—We’d better go downstairs right now for lunch.
—__________ They serve food 24 hours a day.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since childhood, spent the weekend with me．Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few   36  a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up   37  into the night, talking about the people she was   38 ．She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was   39  other self-destructive behavior．I was blown away! She told me   40  she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even   41  out to see the guy．No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved   42 , she didn’t believe me．Her self-respect seemed to have   43 .
I tried to   44  her that she was ruining her future and heading for big   45 , but she thought it acceptable to have such a boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and   46 by the experience．It had been so frustrating, I had come   47  to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just   48  too far apart to continue our friendship—but I didn’t．I put the   49  of friendship to the final test．We’d been friends for far too long．I had to hope that she   50  me enough to know that I was trying to save her from   __51  herself．I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer   52 .
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our   __53 , and then she told she had broken up with her boyfriend．I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of   54  running down my face．It was one of the truly   55  moments in my life．
36．A．instants          B．times                  C．weeks                 D．scenes
37．A．straight               B．ahead                  C．late                     D．long
38．A．hanging with       B．dealing with        C．trading with        D．comparing with  
39．A．of                       B．above                  C．through               D．into
40．A．how                    B．why                    C．when                  D．where
41．A．coming               B．stealing               C．hurrying              D．driving
42．A．worse                 B．higher                 C．better                  D．poorer
43．A．improved            B．changed              C．strengthened        D．disappeared
44．A．recommend         B．advise                 C．convince             D．introduce
45．A．chance                B．trouble                C．destination          D.ambition
46．A．exhausted           B．satisfied              C．encouraged          D．accustomed
47．A．almost                B．forward              C．close                   D．nearby
48．A．kept                    B．moved                C．settled                 D．grown
49．A．power                 B．difference           C．quality                D．wisdom
50．A．praised               B．blamed                C．valued                 D．followed     
51．A．hurting               B．cheating             C．criticizing           D．concerning
52．A．everybody           B．nobody               C．something           D．anything
53．A．friendship           B．conversation        C．relationship         D．decision
54．A．surprise               B．sorrow                C．joy                     D．disappointment
55．A．regretful             B．rewarding            C．vital                    D．urgent

Knowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton always tried to seek help for one or two poor families．With a social worker mother, the Sutton children had inherited her commitment to service, and knew never to take their good fortune at Christmas for granted．This year, Kinzie, her seven-year-old daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a special visit to a 22-year-old mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12-month-old son by herself．
The phone rang on Sunday．A representative from a local organization was calling to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen through．No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing．
Ann saw the cheer vanish from her children’s faces at the news．Without a word, Kinzie ran into her bedroom．She returned, her face set with determination．Opening up her piggy bank, she put all the coins onto the table: $3.30．Everything she had.
“Mom,” she told Ann, “I know it’s not much．But maybe this will buy a present for the baby.”
At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughter’s story．To her surprise, staff members began to open their purses and empty their pockets to help Kinzie．By day’s end, the story of Kinzie’s gift had spread beyond Ann’s office．She received a call from an unknown donor．If a seven-year-old could give everything she had, he said, he should at least match her gift 100 to 1．He contributed $300．
On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where the Ashleys lived．Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing them to Ashley one by one．
Ashley was very moved．Reflecting on a little girl’s generosity, Ashley says she’ll one day be able to do something similar for someone else in need．“Kinzie could have used that money for herself, but she gave it away,” Ashley says．“She’s the type of kid I’d like my son to grow up to be.”
According to the text, Ann Sutton ______________.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

What can we learn about Kinzie?

Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

What would be the best title for the text?

Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the ‘wash up’．An application is calling on the next government to bring it back.
At school the children are taught to add up and subtract（减法） but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account —let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England．Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say．And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called “wash-up” earlier this month —the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed．Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum.
As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not last long．Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends．By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft（透支） as a way of extending their spending power．Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents' generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school.”
The UK has been in the worst financial recession（衰退）for generations．It does seem odd that —unless parents step in —young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university．In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents．
The passage is mainly about _____________.

It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.

The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.

A．instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money

B．promote the connection of schools and families

C．ask the government to dismiss the parliament

D．appeal for the curriculum of financial education

According to Pfeg, ___________.

A poll is mentioned to ___________.

Imagine a world 400 years ago where children were used as chimney sweeps．The pay was low, it was a dirty trade and there was little reward for the men who did the job and even less for children.
Medway’s annual Sweeps Festival recreates the joy and laughter enjoyed by the chimney sweeps at their traditional holiday: the one time of the year the sweeps could leave the soot（烟灰） behind and have some fun．The sweeps’ holiday was traditionally held on 1 May each year．Locally, they used to mark the occasion by staging a procession through the streets of Rochester.
Their fun continued with the Jack-in-the-Green ceremony, a seven-foot character that they used to waken at dawn on Blue Bell Hill, Chatham．The Jack-in-the-Green would walk with the chimney sweeps in their parade．When the Climbing Boys’ Act 1868 made it illegal to employ young boys to carry out the trade, the traditional procession gradually began to fade．The final May celebration was held in the early 1900s.
The modern day Rochester Sweeps Festival is a colorful mix of music, dancing and entertainment with more than 60 Morris sides and entertainers celebrating throughout the three-day festival．The festival was revived in 1981 by local businessman Gordon Newton, a keen historian．He decided it was time to bring it back and over the years he has helped develop the festival into what it is today—an excellent performance of traditional Britain.
Gordon researched the Sweeps’ tradition and organized a small parade, involving local Morris teams．In time, Medway Council took over organization of the festival but Gordon remained actively involved．Today he is festival producer and plays melodeon（簧风琴） for several Morris teams．Doug Hudson is the festival’s music director, a role he has held for many years．Through Gordon’s vision and hard work, Doug’s musical ability and the council’s help, the Rochester Sweeps Festival has become the largest May Day celebration of its kind in the country.
According to the writer, chimney sweeps ____________.

Medway’s Sweeps Festival ____________.

The underlined word “revive” in the 4th paragraph most probably means ___________.

It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.

What is the passage mainly concerned about?

Annual holidays have become a luxury and are no longer a staple of family life, according to government research．
A getaway of a week or more is no longer considered essential by many families and is often beyond their reach, said the analysis of what parents and children say they really need．Fashionable clothes for the children, expensive birthday parties and lots of toys are also on the list of luxuries families don’t have to have．Instead, recession-hit parents are thinking of the future, and the things they want for their children centre around learning to behave properly, good education and good health．
Their picture of what a family ought to have includes a space to eat together away from the television, plenty of fruit and vegetables, and bicycles so children can get exercise．
The breakdown of necessities and luxuries was prepared by researchers from the Department for Work and Pensions(DWP) who were trying to establish an up-to-date picture of what parents say they really need．
Their findings show how families have scaled down their expectations in the face of economic difficulties — how parents are now concentrating their attention and money firmly on the long-term interests of their children．Many believe that while it is vital for a family to do things together, day trips or weekend breaks are enough．
Spending on furniture or decorating the house was also considered luxurious, unless the state of the home was so bad it became difficult to invite visitors in.
Instead, researchers said: A family home should have an area where the family can eat together, not on their laps in front of a television．Families should be able to go on outings, overnight trips and possibly short holiday: the fact of being able to share these experiences is more important than the precise activity and its cost．
It can be inferred that ______________.

In the opinion of most parents, _____________.

Which of the following is TRUE of the researchers from the DWP?

We can conclude from the last paragraph____________.

What does the author mainly discuss in the text?

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
[1] Many people spend a lot of time making money because they believe the money itself will make them happy, or will guard them against things that will make them unhappy．They make great efforts to achieve that perfect relationship, the perfect house, the beautiful body, the approval of others, all in an attempt to be happy.
[2] Sometimes these things make people happy; other times, people stress over not having reached the goals, or reach them and find they’re still unhappy．Other times, people focus on just one goal and don’t have time for other things that will make them truly happy.
[3] Some experts studying human happiness and the factors that contribute to it have identified several key areas of life that seem to be more related to personal happiness．Some of them are the things like money, friends, health and living conditions; others are things you may not think of in your daily life, such as your neighborhood and sense of meaning in life.
[4] So while setting your goals, remember all of the areas of life that are important to you and find a balanced lifestyle including social support, personal development, physical health and meaningful pursuits(追求) besides career success and financial security．_____________, your attitude about life and the things that happen to you each day can also have a great effect on your level of happiness and life satisfaction．In addition to being optimistic, happy people tend to believe they are the masters of their fate, rather than the victims of circumstance．
[5] Explore the state of your life, assess how truly happy you are, and find a direction to work toward that will likely bring more happiness．Reach your goals, set new ones and live a life that truly makes you happy.
What does the first paragraph mainly talk about? (Please answer within 15 words.)
Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
It’s impossible for those that stick to one thing only to experience happiness from other things.
Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．(Please answer within 5 words.)
Do you think money could bring true happiness? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)
Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.

假如你是李明，西湖中学高二在读。五月份美国一中学，组织部分学生到你校参观交流。Peter将在你家居住15天，作为东道主，你给Peter发一封Email，内容如下：
1．你的基本情况；
2．你的计划打算；
3．征求对方意见。
注意：1．词数120-150；
2．可适当增加细节。
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