The United States _______ fifty states , one of which is separated from the others by the Pacific Ocean.

A. consists of      B. is consisted of      C. are made up of       D. makes up

 

（云南省玉溪一中2010届高三上学期期中考试）

New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast of Australia. It __36___ two large islands: North Island and South Island. New Zealand is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean ___37___ the north and east, and the Tasman Sea to the south and west. It is about the same size as the Philippines. Wellington___38___, the capital city, lies on the North Island. Other important ___39___ are Auckland in the north, Christchurch on the South Island and Queenstown, further to the south.

___40___has a mild sea climate, while the north is subtropical. It rains quite a lot. The warmest months are December to February. The coldest months are June to August.

The ocean and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue and many of New Zealand’s cities lie on a bay and have a natural deep ___41___. The sand beaches in New Zealand are also very ___42___. New Zealand has a very beautiful natural landscape with green hills and mountains. Some of the ___43___ are dead volcanoes. The North Island is famous for an area of ___44___, some of which throw hot water into the air. Some of this ___45___ near the earth’s surface is used to make electricity. There are many plants and ___46___ that only live in New Zealand. The most famous animal is a little bird that cannot fly. It is called a kiwi and it is New Zealand’s national bird.

The ___47___were the earliest people to come to New Zealand. When they discovered it about 1,000 years ago, they called it Aotearoa, which means “ Land of the long white cloud”. The Maori came from the islands of Polynesia in the ___48___. It is some 3,500 kilometers from Polynesia to New Zealand , which they crossed in narrow ___49___. They ___50___ dogs, rats and plants with them and settled mainly on the ___51___ where the weather was warmer. Around 1421, Chinese sailors possibly discovered the islands on one of their ___52___ around the word. The Dutchman Abel Tasman named the islands New Zealand in 1642. More than 120 years later, Captain James Cook took possession of the islands in 1769 and from that time British people started to settle in New Zealand. By 1840 about 2,000 ___53___, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers. That day is still celebrated as a national holiday. It is every year on the sixth of February. Today there are many people in New Zealand who call ___54___ “the home country”, although it is a place ___55___ most of them have never been.

36. A. consists of        B.is  made of              C. is  made from       D. is separated by

37. A. on                     B. in                          C. to                    D. off

38. A. London              B. Wellington         C. Auckland                 D. Queenstown

39. A. states                  B. seas                         C. cities                        D. states

40. A. Christchurch      B. South Island             C. North Island            D. New Zealand

41. A. harbour            B. city                     C. river                      D. beach

42. A. polluted              B. blue                         C. narrow                    D. clean

43. A. mountains           B. rivers                 C. beaches                   D. places

44. A. miners              B. hot springs               C. animals                    D. landscapes

45. A. spring               B. heat                        C. water                            D. land

46. A. beaches              B. birds                       C. animals                    D. people

47. A. Chinese              B. British                     C. Maori                      D. Europeans

48. A. Atlantic              B. Indian                  C. Arctic                      D. Pacific

49. A. buses                  B. boats                      C. ships                      D. planes

50. A. raised                B. bought                   C. brought                  D. took

51. A. North Island       B. South Island             C. Queenstown            D. New Zealand

52. A. travels               B. trips                        C. fights                            D. voyages

53. A. Europeans        B. Asians                  C. Chinese                  D. Englishmen

54. A. New Zealand       B. England                   C. China                      D. Island

55. A. which               B. that                      C. where                     D. what

  

　　Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold．

　　Marriage is like vitamins: we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements．

　　Love me little, love me long．

　　After you read the three proverbs above, you can imagine what the following passage is about．

　　To a watching world, Mike and Mary Murray were a perfect couple．They had been high school sweethearts, and 　1　 to have a happy marriage．Mike had a good job, and Mary was able to 　2　 at home with their children．They owned their home and 　3　 kids, two cars, and a family dog．　4　 to Mike, after seven years of marriage, something was terribly wrong．The Murrays had 　5　 their material goals and Mike 　6　 , now what? He began to look to his job for fulfillment and often 　7　 60 hours a week．Mary poured herself into the children．It was so 　8　 for her to turn her focus from Mike to 6-month-old Eric and 2-year-old Brittany．

　　And now the marriage seemed 　9　 ．Their lives were traveling in two different directions．They no longer really communicated yes, they answered 　10　 questions, but they didn't talk 　11　 as they had in the early years of their marriage．Mike felt trapped．I 　12　 had time to do things that I wanted to, he says．Mike did not share his feelings with Mary．Instead, he followed the slippery path of many others he became involved with (与……纠缠不清) a woman at work, who was 　13　 her husband．It began as a simple friendship．I was able to listen and she was able to listen, Mike recalls．

　　Mary 　14　 the battle in Mike's soul．He wasn't home as much, and we weren't talking as much, she says．I was wrapped up in the kids and I just couldn't imagine anything ever 　15　．The situation became worse when the Murrays attended a wedding and began to argue．Mary asked Mike if he was seeing 　16　 and he said, Yes．It's just an emotional (情感的) thing．Mike can still remember the 　17　 of hurt and total surprise on Mary's face．She was troubled, and he knew that he had turned against (背叛) his best friend 　18　 high school．The expression on her face jarred (刺激) him into 　19　 , and he began to understand the 　20　 he was doing to his family．

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