（贵州省兴义九中09-10学年高三上学期期中考试）

B

It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas; and as the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that brightened my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a gift sent to me by a fellow I was dating- a dozen long-stemmed red roses.

As I was cleaning my office, our receptionist came and said there was a lady in the front office that urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young, tired-looking woman with a baby in her arms. Nervously, she explained that her husband-a prisoner in a nearby prison-was my next patient. The guards were scheduled to bring him to the office that afternoon. She told me she wasn’t allowed to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his son. Her request was for me to let the boy’s father sit in the waiting room with her as long as possible before I called him for his appointment. Since my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. After all, it was Christmas Eve.

A short time later, her husband arrived-with chains on his feet and hands, and two armed guards as bodyguards. The woman’s tired face lit up like our little Christmas tree when her husband took a seat beside her. I kept glancing out to watch them laugh, cry and share their child. After almost an hour, I called the prisoner back to my office. While I worked, the guards stood just outside my door. The patient seemed like a gentle and modest man. I wondered what he possibly could have done to be held under such conditions. I tried to make him as comfortable as possible.

At the end of the appointment, I wished him a Merry Christmas-a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to prison. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt saddened by the fact he hadn’t been able to get his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful idea.

I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most joy-the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment.

60．What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

       A．The writer was a newcomer to her office.

       B．A fellow sent her a dozen red roses as Christmas present.

       C．She was in low spirits because she had to work before Christmas.

       D．She was at work with a light heart.

61．The young woman came to the writer’s office for the purpose of         .

       A．having her baby examined                    

B．giving her husband a chance to make his escape

       C．having her husband examined               

D．getting a chance for her family to get together

62．The underlined part in paragraph 3 most probably means “         ”.

      A．to be sent to hospital                            B．to be separated from his family

       C．to be comfortable D．to become a prisoner

63．What does the writer learn from the story?

       A．The wife experienced the most joy in receiving.

       B．An act of kindness can mean a lot.

       C．The prisoner was treated with mercy.   

D．Whoever breaks the law should be punished.

  

（贵州省兴义九中09-10学年高三上学期期中考试）

A

Thousands of jobs comes into our Job Centre and Employment Office every week, but they get snapped up(抢夺)quickly, So although we will shall do all we can to help you, it’ s important for you to do all you can to help yourself. This passage tells you how.

Thousands of jobs comes into our Job Centre and Employment Office every week, but they get snapped up(抢夺)quickly, So although we will shall do all we can to help you, it’ s important for you to do all you can to help yourself. This passage tells you how.Registered for work

Once you have registered for work we will match you against available vacancies(空缺).You must also register for work at the Job Center in order to claim unemployment benefit. But you actually apply for benefit at the local Unemployment Office.Getting a job through self-service

Jobs that come in are put on self-service. Show as soon as possible. Half the people who find jobs through Job Centres and Employment Office find them through self-service. You can call in at any time to look at the jobs shown.If you want further help with finding a job

If you want more help or advice, don’ t forget that’ s what we are here for. Our Employment Advisers can help you with things like:

*thinking about the different sorts of jobs you could do and which are best for you.

*jobs available locally or elsewhere

*your suitability for a TOPS training course with a tax-free allowance

*grants(补助金)to help you look for, and move to work in other parts

Even though you have a clear idea of the sort of job and pay you want, you may find that something different will suit you quite well. Keep this in mind when you are talking with the Employment Adviser.

If you don’t find a job on your first visit

Go into self-service as often as you can to look at the jobs on show there. Good vacancies are coming in all the time just because you’ve been registered for employment.

If you can’ t get to the office easily, come in whenever you can’ t. It’ll help you to find s job faster if you keep in touch.

56. The purpose of the passage is to        .

       A. suggest how to get most benefit possible from a certain employment service

       B. provide general advice about what to do when you have’ t a job

       C. give information about services available for unemployed people

       D. help to reduce the number of unemployed people

57. The people most likely to get jobs are those who        .

       A. make use of job information services at the Job Centre

       B. regularly ask for help and advice at the Job Centre

       C. use their own ideas and common sense in looking for a job

       D. register for work immediately when the need arise

58. Unemployment people can actually claim benefit from        .

       A. the Job Centre

       B. both the Job Centre and the Unemployment Office

       C. all the Unemployment Offices

       D. the local Unemployment Offices

59. When you are talking with the Employment Adviser, you’ d better        .

       A. change your ideas of jobs when necessary

       B. stick to your first idea of jobs

       C. not talk about payment for work

       D. talk about your own interest

（贵州省兴义九中09-10学年高三上学期期中考试）

C

From the coldest arctic ice to the hottest deserts you will find mammals living and thriving（兴旺）. There seems to be no climate that they can’t adapt to , however changeable it may be. Why can mammals adapt to so many different habitats? There is a good reason for this – mammals have the ability to keep their body at a constant temperature whatever the weather. They are “warm-blooded”

Mammals achieve this by chemically “burning” their food as fuel inside their bodies. This is kept under tight control by a region of the brain that acts like a thermostat（恒温器）, and this makes sure that the mammal’s body temperature stays about the same.

A constant body temperature is a great advantage for mammals because all the chemical processes that go on inside a living body are likely to happen more slowly at low temperatures and faster at higher temperatures. Mammals can regulate their temperature at the best condition for all these processes, allowing them to be active at very cold or very hot periods and to keep up tiring activity for a long time. Animals such as lizards（蜥蜴）rely on moving in and out of the warm sunlight to regulate their body temperature. They slow down when they can’t warm up and may die if they can’t get away from heat. They also tend to overheat quickly when they are active as their muscles produce warmth.

Using food energy to keep body temperature constant is expensive, and since mammals need to be efficient at keeping to warmth they create inside themselves, they often have fur and a cover of fat under their skin to prevent heat from escaping. To help lose heat when they are too hot, they have sweat glands（汗腺）that take the heat away from the skin through evaporating（蒸发）water. This means, though, that they need to drink more than other animals.

64．Mammals can adapt to so many habitats because          .

       A．the climate is unchangeable                  

B．they can regulate their body temperature

       C．they are “warm-blooded”                     

D．their muscles produce warmth

65．When mammals keep their body at a constant temperature,          .

       A．the chemical processes happen more slowly in their bodies

       B．the chemical processes happen faster in their bodies

       C．they will use less fuel inside their bodies

       D．they can live an active life

66．We can infer from the last paragraph that mammals         .

       A．need to drink more than other animals

       B．have different ways of keeping their body temperature

       C．often have fur and fat to prevent heat from escaping

       D．have sweat glands that take the heat away from the skin

67．The writer answers the question raised in the first paragraph with          .

       A．stories and explanation                         B．examples and conclusion

       C．evidence and argument                         D．explanation and comparison

（贵州省兴义九中09-10学年高三上学期期中考试）

D

Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050, you might actually get your wish--if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits. But long before then, perhaps as early as 2010, some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality(虚拟的永生).

Researchers are confident that technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life. Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles (履历). By the year 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous systems electrical activities, which would also keep you thoughts and emotions. Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher.

Small electronic equipment will make preparations for Soul Catcher. it would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micro sensors under your scalp(头皮) and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.

At first, the Soul Catcher' s companion system—the Soul Reader—might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details.  Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (实体). Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine.

For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortality would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.

72. The main idea of this passage is that                    .

A. human beings long for living forever

B. there are many difficulties in making the Soul Catcher

C. people can live forever as technology develops

D. the invention of Soul Catcher has great significance

73. According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be                .

A. a new machine on which research measures have already made

B. a new invention in order to catch and keep human's thoughts

C. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever

D. made of silicon circuits which can catch people's nervous activity

74. We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is          .

A. to be a reality sooner or later                         B. far from certain

C. just an idea that couldn’t t be realized at all             D. a fading hope

75. The meaning of the underlined word "rejuvenate" in the fourth paragraph is close to      

A. make dead         B. make famous            C. make known             D. make active

（贵州省兴义九中09-10学年高三上学期期中考试）

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(国内的) 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 (增强) by a new challenge from Western Europe. Starting in 1992, the 12-nation European community will remove internal(内部的) 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