（宁夏银川一中2009届高三模， 29）He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, otherwise he ____ a goal.

A. had scored                       B. scored

C. would score                      D. would have scored

 (甘肃省兰州一中09届高三第三次高考诊断考试)

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.                

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   21_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    22_  as if 1 were going on the stage. Finding the    23_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    24_  me. The woman looked carefully at me   25_  through her glasses, and then    26_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   27_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   28_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   29  to get a job without    30_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   31_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   32_  , I've got someone in the   33_  at this very moment who might    34_   . " She wrote down a   35_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    36   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——   37_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   38_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   39_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that 1 was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   40_   cook books.

21．A．bed               B．house             C．agency           D．office

22．A．proud            B．please            C．nervous           D．worried

23．A．family            B．door               C．place             D．stage

24．A．calmed           B．excited           C．frightened         D．disturbed

25．A．as usual          B．for a while         C．in a minute        D．once again

26．A．advised           B．examined         C．informed          D．questioned

27．A．encouraged       B．dissatisfied        C．hopeless          D．pleased

28．A．place             B．job            C．advice            D．help

29．A．difficult          B．helpless          C．possible          D． unusual

30．A．ability            B．experience       C．knowledge        D．study

31．A．after               B．since              C．until             D．when

32．A．Above all                                           B．As a matter of fact    

       C．As a result                                        D．In spite of that

33．A．family             B．house            C．office            D．restaurant

34．A．hire               B．accept            C．suit             D．offer

35．A．letter              B．name                C．note              D．number

36．A．cook              B．help                C．teacher           D．secretary

37．A．almost            B．never            C．nearly            D．really

38．A．answered         B．promised         C．thanked           D．told

39．A．outside             B．local              C．closest           D．nearest

40．A．burrowing         B．buying         C．reading           D．lending

 (福建省厦门双十中学09届高三热身考试C篇)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The United States federal government had two young men in the state of Tennessee arrested on October 22 on unknown charges.

In court documents published on Monday, it came to light that the men had discussed attacking an African-American school and killing 14 of them.

Another crime was about planning to murder Presidential candidate Barack Obama. According to their affidavits（口供）, the suspects’ “final act of violence” would be when they attacked Obama while wearing white suits and top hats and driving “their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows.”

The two suspects are Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Arkansas and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tennessee. According to the court papers, they met last month over the Internet through a friend. Schlesselman and Cowart are believed to share “very strong views” about White Power.

Schlesselman listed “being racist” as his occupation on his Myspace page. He further wrote: “I’m white. I’m proud. I get angry. I like guns.”

Cowart also had a Myspace page on which photos of guns were presented under a heading of “My Guns”. On his page he wrote, “Better to die quick fighting on your feet than to live forever begging on your knees.”

Some have questioned the pair’s ability to carry out the charged plan, but authorities have been very concerned about Obama as the first black presidential candidate from a major party.

“We honestly don’t know if they had the ability or the skill to carry out the kind of plan that they talked about,” said Malcolm Wiley, of the United States Secret Service in an interview with The New York Times. “But we take any threat seriously no matter how big or how small it is.”

Cowart and schlesselman are scheduled to appear before a judge on Thursday.

64.   The passage is mainly about _______.

       A. Americans’ attitudes towards Barack Obama

       B. two young men planning to commit violence

       C. the violence in the United States

       D. the disadvantages of the Internet

65. From the passage, we can know that the two young men _______.

       A. shot 14 students in an African-American school

       B. came from the state of Tennessee

       C. were proud of Barack Obama

       D. have not been sentenced yet

66.   Which of the following shows the right order of the events?

       a. The two suspects were arrested.

       b. The two suspects will be tried in the court.

       c. Cowart set up his MySpace page on the Internet.

       d. Malcolm Wiley was interviewed by The New York Times.

       A. a; b; c; d                  B. d; c; b; a                  C. c; a; d; b                  D. c; a; b; d

67.   What can we infer from the news?

       A. The two young men strongly believed that the president should be a white man.

       B. Most of the white people in the United States don’t like Barack Obama.

       C. The two young men planned to shoot President Barack Obama.

       D. The two young men were innocent in fact.

 (福建省厦门双十中学09届高三热身考试E篇)

“Image is everything.” An entire industry has been built upon the precondition that image is everything, but when it comes down to it, an appealing image is not enough. If there is no substance behind the image, the product, service or person will fail at length.

       First of all, one should consider how important image is in the selling of products and services. Advertising agencies have raised the art of creating an image to a state of near perfection. Public concept of that product or service is certainly managed by the images created by the advertising agencies. But if the product or service does not live up to the image that was created, the customer will be very dissatisfied and possibly ask for their money back. For example, the Arthur Andersen accounting firm had spent decades building up an image of trustworthiness. But the recent scandal (丑闻) showed that behind that image, it had dishonest business practices. Despite the previous positive image, the firm is being accused of criminal actions and it will probably not survive as a business unit. Although the image had been nearly perfect, the reality behind the image has led to the downfall of the world famous accounting firm.

       Similarly, personal consultants can build up a public image for politicians and movie stars. Putting out positive news releases, making sure that only the best photographs are published, and ensuring that the person is seen in all the right places can build up a very positive image in the view of the general commons. But once again, history is filled with examples of both politicians and movie stars that fell from grace (体面) like the story of the Hollywood actor giving in to the pressures of fame and fortune. With people, just as with products and services, image is certainly important, but without positive substance behind the image, failure is close.

       To summarize, it is clear that an appealing image is extremely important to success, whether that image is related to selling a product or service or to the "selling" of a person. But image is only half of the equation. What lies behind that image is every bit as important as the image itself — the person or product must deliver on that image or there is little chance for long-term success.

72．The downfall of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm is due to ______.

     A．its bad management                                         B．its previous images

       C．its dishonesty in business                           D．its poor service

73．Why did some famous people fall from grace?

    A．Their images were not well built up.

    B．They failed to live up to their images.

    C．They felt much pressure from the public.

D．They paid little attention to fame and fortune.

74． The structure of the passage is             .

       A: Argument                 P: Point                 C: Conclusion

75．The author tries to argue that______.

    A．image creates everything

    B．image is the key to success

    C．truth goes hand in hand with image

    D．truth and image are equally important

 (福建省厦门双十中学09届高三热身考试A篇)

For millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of reach.

    “Maybe young couples can no longer afford to buy a ready-made house as their parents did,’’ says 40-year-old building instructor Pat Hennin. “But they can still have a home. Like their pioneer ancestors, they can build it themselves, and at less than half the cost of a ready-made house.”

    The owner-builders came from every occupational group, although surprisingly few are professional building workers. Many take the plunge with little or no experience. “I learned how to build my house from reading books,” says John Brown, who built a six-room home for $25, 000 in High Falls, New Jersey. “If you have patience and the carpentry（木匠）skill to make a bookcase, you can build a house.” An astonishing 50 percent of these owner builders hammer every nail, 1ay every pipe, and wire every switch with their own hands. The rest contract（承包）for some parts of the task. But even those who just act as contractors and finish the insides of their homes can save from 30 percent to 45 percent of what a ready-made home would cost.

    One survey revealed that 60 percent of owner-builders also design their homes. Many others buy commercial house plans for less than $100 or use plans available from the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

56．What does the passage mainly tell us?

    A．The cost of having a house built.

    B．The American dream of owning a house.

    C．The life of owner-builders in America.

       D．A comparison between young couples and their parents.

57．It can be inferred from the passage that many Americans find it difficult to         .

    A．build a house                                      B．find a ready-made house

    C．have a good job                                   D．buy a house

58．The underlined phrase “take the plunge” in paragraph 3 most probably means “         .”

    A．decide to build a house                             B．decide to pull down a house

    C．decide to buy a house                             D．decide to rent a house

59．From the passage we learn that           .

    A．Many house plans are offered free of charge.

    B．Most of the house plans arc offered by building instructors.

    C．Most of the owner-builders design their homes.

D．Fifty percent of the American young couples build houses.