(·浙江高考)Below is a housing guide for students going to London.

University accommodation(住所)offices

Many university accommodation offices have their own list of registered landlords(房东)．Others also provide information on accommodation agencies and other housing organizations.The advantage of using your university accommodation office is that you can get some support if you have a problem.The disadvantage is that they are unlikely to have enough registered landlords to house all their students.

Property papers：Loot and Renting

Loot is an important source( )of information about private housing for co­renters.The offers are from private landlords，agencies and individuals looking for other co­renters.They also have a website：www.loot.com.The advantage of using Loot is that there are some excellent bargains.The disadvantage is that there is no quality control over the offers.

Renting is another useful paper.The offers in this paper are mainly from accommodation agencies.Their website is at www.renting.co.uk.

Accommodation agencies

The majority of rented accommodation in London is probably advertised through accommodation agencies.The advantage of using accommodation agencies is that you will have access to a large number of accommodations.A good agent will listen to your requirement and can save you time in looking for the right accommodation.The disadvantage is that they will make a range of charges to potential renters.

Noticeboards

Around the universities you will find a number of noticeboards where offers of accommodation will be posted.These will either be from landlords or from students.Some universities will also have online noticeboards where students can advertise to other students.Advertisements from students can be an excellent way to find accommodation.However，advertisements from landlords can be problematic.

Word of mouth 

Some of the best housing in London is never advertised but is passed on from one group of students to another by word of mouth.It might be that you can find out about good offers from final year students.However，don't suppose that just because you have found out about housing from a friend it is necessarily going to be better than that found through any other source.

Family

Faced with the very high rents charged in London，some students and their parents will consider buying as an alternative.In some cases this might be a good choice.

56．What is the advantage of using Loot?

A．It has more offers from accommodation agencies than Renting.

B．It gives you personal information about other co­renters.

C．Their website is designed mainly for students.

D．There are some good bargains.

57．A good agent can help you________.

A．know more people

B．find cheap accommodation

C．get the right accommodation quickly

D．get free information about most accommodations

58．The information passed on by word of mouth is important because________.

A．it is better than that found through any other source

B．it helps you find some of the best housing never advertised

C．the final year students always offer better information

D．the landlords have little valuable information

59．For students going to London for the first time，which of the following provides the most reliable information?

A．University accommodation offices.

B．Loot and Renting.

C．Noticeboards.

D．Family.

 (浙江省宁海县知恩中学2009届高三最后适应性考试)

请根据下面四幅图画及提示内容，写一篇短文，词数不少于120。

要求：

1．描述图中内容：

2．从合作、团结的角度谈谈你的感想。

参考词汇：合作cooperation团队精神teamwork

 

 (浙江省衢州一中2009届高中毕业班第三次模拟考试)

Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and saved, making _21_ for their nine children and themselves to travel to the US. It had taken__22_ but they had saved enough money __23 _and had got passports and booked tickets for the whole family on a new liner to the US.

The whole family was filled with expectation and __24__ about their new life. However, seven days __25__ they left for the US, the youngest son was _ 26__ by a dog. The doctor treated the wound of the boy, but __27 _a yellow sheet on the Clarks’ front door.  __28__ the possibility of rabies（狂犬病）, they would be kept away from others for fourteen days.

The family’s dreams were __29__. They would not be able to make the __30__ to America as they had planned. The father, filled with disappointment and _ 31__ , kicked the dock（码头）constantly and  __32__  the ship leave — without the Clark family. The father shed tears of _ 33 and cursed（咒骂）both his son and God for their _ 34__.

Five days later, a piece of sad news __35__ throughout Scotland — the strong and _ 36_ ship, Titanic, had gone down, taking hundreds of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, _37__ because the son had been bitten by a dog, they were left behind in Scotland.

When Mr. Clark heard the news, he __38__ his son and thanked him for _39_ the family. He thanked God for __40__ what he had felt was a sad thing into a good thing.

Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.

21. A. designs             B. journeys                C. suggestions              D. plans

22. A. years                B. months                 C. weeks                      D. days

23. A. on end              B. as usual                C. in the end                 D. at ease

24. A. sadness             B. excitement            C. confusion                 D. emotion

25 A. before                B. after                     C. when                       D. as

26. A. attacked            B. frightened             C. bitten                       D. chased

27. A. laid                   B. wrote                   C. raised                       D. hung

28. A. In spite of         B. Because of            C. Apart from               D. Other than

29. A. controlled          B. completed             C. shared                      D. destroyed

30. A. flight                 B. adventure              C. trip                          D. movement

31 A. anger                 B. joy                       C. interest                     D. pride

32. A. found                B. noticed                 C. watched                   D. heard

33. A. disappointment   B. worry                   C. loneliness                 D. illness

34. A. hope                 B. misfortune            C. suffering                  D. sorrow

35. A. moved              B. affected                C. reached                    D. spread

36. A. little                  B. powerful               C. terrible                     D. ordinary

37. A. but                   B. when                    C. though                     D. so

38. A. disturbed           B. comforted             C. hugged                     D. deserted

39. A. feeding              B. supporting             C. loving                      D. saving

40. A. translating         B. putting                  C. turning                     D. replacing

 (浙江省台州中学2008学年第二学期第三次统练试题)

I was 17 when I walked into Carley’s bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  21  on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like   22  . I needed to start   23  for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped  24  my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and   25  making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most   26  .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything  27  and found other books we could order. She left the store less   28  . I’ve always remembered the   29  I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a   30  in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born   31  his fingers connected. His family couldn’t afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in   32  , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I   33  my  boss to let me do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the   34  for free.

I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his   35  hand and said, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of   36  .

In the past, while I was   37  , I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the   38  . Fox pays my salary,  39  I feel as if I work for the   40  , helping them make sense of the world.

21．A．maps                   B．articles                  C．reports                  D．titles

22．A．a book                 B．some tea               C．a job                     D．any help

23．A．planning        B．saving                   C．preparing              D．studying

24．A．pay for                 B．fit for                     C．run for                  D．enter for

25．A．so                        B．yet                        C．even                     D．still

26．A．boring                                                     B．satisfying       

C．surprising                                                        D．disappointing

27．A．in need                 B．in all               C．in order                 D．in store

28．A．worried                B．satisfied                 C．interested              D．puzzled

29．A．surprise                B．failure                    C．regret                    D．pride

30．A．doctor                 B．TV reporter          C．bookseller             D．store owner

31．A．with                     B．in                          C．by                         D．for

32．A．horror                  B．honor                    C．shame                   D．danger

33．A．advised                B．persuaded             C．forced                   D．permitted

34．A．action                  B．program                C．treatment              D．operation

35．A．repaired               B．connected             C．injured                  D．improved

36．A．humor                  B．interest                  C．pleasure                D．excitement

37．A．at the TV station                                     B．in the Students Union   

       C．at the US Forest Service                          D．at Carley’s bookstore

38．A．opposite              B．same                     C．different                D．right

39．A．so                        B．and                       C．but                        D．because

40．A．viewers                B．readers                 C．customers             D．passengers

 (浙江省温州中学2007届高三第三次模拟考试)

In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s __21__ lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!”

She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to __22__. Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew __23__, and the daughter became more and more stubborn（顽固） in her way of life.

       No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, not having __24__ her daughter’s whereabouts (下落), went to the poor part of the city in __25__ of her daughter. She stopped at each of the rescue missions (救助团) with a simple __26__. “Would you allow me to __27__ this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, grey-haired mother with a handwritten __28__ at the bottom: “I love you still …come home!”

       One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat __29__ listening to the service, all the while letting her __30__ wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?

       She couldn’t __31__ until the service was over. She stood up and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still…come home!” __32__ she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too __33__ to be true.

       It was night, but she was so __34__ by the message that she started walking home. __35__ the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and __36__ her way timidly (胆怯地). As she knocked, the door __37__ open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s __38__, the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”

       The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s arms. The daughter said, “I was so worried and __39__ someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been __40__.”

21．A．modern            B．religious                  C．awful                     D．simple

22．A．earn money      B．help others              C．get free            D．become famous

23．A．lonelier            B．slower                    C．angrier             D．older

24．A．told about        B．heard of                  C．learned from    D．talked to

25．A．sight                B．charge                    C．search             D．need

26．A．request            B．remark                    C．question           D．speech

27．A．print out          B．look at                    C．send off           D．put up

28．A．record             B．advice                     C．message          D．notice

29．A．sensitively        B．absent-mindedly       C．devotedly         D．carefully

30．A．eyes                B．hands                     C．thoughts          D．imaginations

31．A．help                 B．move                      C．wait                D．listen

32．A．After               B．Since                      C．Until                D．As

33．A．lucky               B．good                       C．happy              D．certain

34．A．astonished        B．touched                  C．interested         D．ashamed

35．A．By                   B．At                          C．During             D．Before

36．A．had                 B．led                          C．made               D．held

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37．A．forced             B．blew                       C．proved             D．flew

38．A．safety              B．health                     C．danger             D．life

39．A．observed          B．realized                   C．found              D．thought

40．A．pushed            B．opened                    C．locked             D．fixed