（甘肃省天水一中2010届高三上学期第三阶段考试）

假设你是北京市某中学高三年级的学生李华，擅长舞蹈。你报名参加了2009年国庆60周年晚上的联欢。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写信给你的笔友David讲述参加活动的全过程以及你的感受。信的开头和结尾已经给出。                                  

注意：词数不少于120。                 提示词：联欢get-together

Dear David,

I am writing to share the great happiness of taking part in the performance in celebration of the 60^th national anniversary.____________________________________________ ______

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I will enclose some pictures taken that evening.

   Wish you all the best!

                                                         Yours,    

Li hua

（甘肃省天水一中2010届高三上学期第三阶段考试）

B

Dear Jane, Barbara and Roger,

As you know, we’ve been looking for a new house for some time. Now that all our children have left home, we find that the house is too big for us. Also, since your father retired, there has been no reason for us to stay in this district. Although we like our neighbors, we’ve decided to move south for two reasons. First, the weather will suit us better, and second, we’ll be a little nearer to you, Uncle George and Auntie Hilda. It will make visiting each other much simpler.

We stayed with your uncle and aunt last weekend and saw several houses. One of them sounded as if it were just what we wanted. The right number of rooms, a small garden, etc. When we saw it, we nearly died! It was in a terrible condition and would have cost a fortune to make it habitable (宜居的). The roof and all the walls needed repairing and the whole inside redecorating. After that, we were very cautious about believing details from the estate (房地产) agent. The next two we saw were not much better, but the fourth house was exactly what we wanted. It was empty, so we’re going to move in immediately. We’ll put all your things in boxes and take them with us.  You’ll have to sort them out, throwing away what you don’t want. 

Can you all come next weekend? You can have a nice rest in the country. Telephone on Wednesday at the new number to let us know.

Lots of Love,

Mum and Dad

45. The parents decided to move south because ______.

A. they didn’t like traveling

B. they wanted to go back to their hometown

C. they both retired and they wanted to live with their children

D. they wanted to be nearer to their relatives and they liked the weather in the south

46. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Para 2 “When we saw it, we nearly died!”?

A. We were at a loss for words when we saw the house.

B. We were so tired since we had been to several houses.

C. We were so excited because the house was exactly what we wanted.

D. We were greatly disappointed because the house was in a poor condition.

47. From the passage, we can understand that the estate agent ______.

A. overstated the exact condition of the house

B. did not have enough houses for people to choose from

C. tried to persuade people to buy houses in a poor condition

D. usually could not understand the need of their customers

48. The purpose of the parents writing this letter is to ______.

A. ask their children to help them move house

B. express their regret for not being with their children

C. inform the children that they will move to a new house

D. ask their children for suggestions about moving to a new house

  

（甘肃省天水一中2010届高三上学期第三阶段考试）

A

    Besides calling 911, here is what to do in some life-threatening emergencies when no one is

around to help.

Lost in the wilderness

First, you’ve got to acknowledge you’re in trouble. Stay where

you can be seen clearly and remember to rest. Keeping a sense

of humor helps too—it reduces stress and helps creative thinking.

In a wide open area, make a colorful cross out of rocks to show

your present position.

Choking

Aim to hit the top of the chair against your stomach, in the soft part

below the bony upside-down V of the ribs（肋骨）. Make a sudden

push against the chair. If you still can’t breathe after six tries, call 911,

even if you can’t talk. Write the word choking somewhere nearby, and

leave the line open until help arrives.

Severe bleeding

Use your hand or clean cotton, or paper towels, or a scarf,

or any cloth you can find, and push down on the wound

until the bleeding stops. But if you put a band around

your leg tightly, you’re going to close the vessels（血管）

to the entire leg. In this way, you could lose your foot.

Bear attack

If you surprise a bear, don’t run away. That invites an attack.

Instead, stand up and back away slowly, without looking the

bear in the eyes. If it does charge at you, stick out your chest,

raise your arms, and spread your legs. Shout at the bear, to

frighten it. If it’s going to attack, lie facedown, with your hands

held firmly behind your neck. Play dead until you’re sure the bear

is gone.

41．When you see a colorful cross made of rocks in the wilderness, you know     .

       A．someone is bleeding                           B．someone is choking  

C．someone is lost                    D．someone is attacked by a bear

42．If you are still choking after six tries, you should          .

       A．keep a sense of humor                         B．call 911 and leave the line open

       C．use your hand our clean cotton             D．lie down with your hands behind your neck

43．Don’t tie around your bleeding leg tightly, or you could         .

      A．stop bleeding                                       B．reduce stress   

C．lose our foot                                       D．cause breathlessness

44．The passage is mainly teaching us how to       .

       A．survive the emergencies              B．avoid a bear attack 

C．deal with a choke                             D．find our way 

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D

For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school, getting a grade of zero. Sparky also flunked Latin, algebra and English. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he did manage to make the school's golf team, he promptly lost the only important match of the season. There was a consolation（安慰） match; he lost that, too.

Throughout his youth Sparky was awkward socially. He was not actually disliked by the other students; no one cared that much. He was astonished if a classmate ever said hello to him outside of school hours. There's no way to tell how he might have done at dating. Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.

Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. So he rolled with it. Sparky had made up his mind early in life that if things were meant to work out, they would. Otherwise he would content himself with what appeared to be his inevitable mediocrity（平凡）.

However, one thing was important to Sparky --- drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course, no one else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he submitted some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down., Sparky was so convinced of his ability that he decided to become an artist.

After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky spent a great deal of time on it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected once again. Another loss for the loser.

So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography（自传） in cartoons. He described his childhood - a little boy loser and chronic underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had such a lack of success in school and whose work was rejected again and again, was Charles Schultz. He created the Peanuts comic strip（连环漫画） and the little cartoon character whose kite would never fly and who never succeeded in kicking a football--Charlie Brown.

53．From the first paragraph we can see that Sparky was       in high school.

      A．a failure                   B．an artist                 C．a good player       D. a top student

54．Sparky never asked a classmate to go out with him because he was afraid of     .

       A．making mistakes    B．making friends    C．being refused           D. being invited

55．In his senior year, Sparky felt confident that he had ability to         .

       A．play golf                   B．draw cartoon     C．learn English        D. write novels

56．His only success mentioned in this passage is       .

      A．his golf match in high school                B．his artwork sent to the Yearbook

       C．his subjects in the senior year                D．his autobiography in cartoons

57．From the passage we can infer that Sparky is a         person.

       A．weak                        B．proud                    C．disabled                  D. determined

（甘肃省天水一中2010届高三上学期第三阶段考试）

E

    Every year in the first week of English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless homework requires it. They find the writing process painful and difficult.

How awful it is to be able to speak in a language. But not to write in it, especially with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an enormous mansion and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know, as a teacher my duty is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency and accuracy while providing the opportunity in any writing activity to enhance（增强）the moral and emotional development of my students.

One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.

Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice daily. I often see a rise in student confidence and performance after only a few weeks of journal writing.

Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole students. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and emotional lives. They build skills so that some say they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation（法规）, or the perfect love letter. That they write in their journals every day puts them a step closer to fluency, eloquence（雄辩）and command of the language.

58．What is the purpose of the passage?

       A．To encourage students to keep a journal every day.

       B．To analyze students’ problems in learning languages.

       C．To stress the importance of writing in language learning.

       D．To introduce an effective way of improving students’ writing.

59．The underlined phrase “an enormous mansion” in Paragraph 2 refers to students’       .

       A．writing opportunity    B．large house   C．large vocabulary    D．emotional life

60．In the author’s view, what can students benefit from the journal writing?

       A．It is beneficial to students’ future career.                                B．It can make students more emotional.

       C．It is helpful to students’ homework.     D．It can enlarge students’ vocabulary.