56. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

　A. 5　　　　　　 B. 6　　　　　　 C. 7　 　　　　　　 D. 8

59. The best title for the text would be 　　　　　　

A. The Origin of Olivetti.　　　　　　　 B. The Success of Olivetti.

C. The History of Olivetti　　　　　　　 D. The Production of Olivetti.

答案：56-59　 ABDC

Passage 2

(10·福建A篇)

　 F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University　 for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

　 His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:“ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

　 This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

　 However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

58. What do we know about Olivetti?

A. It produced the best typewriter in the world.

B. It designed the world’s first mainframe computer.

C. It exported more typewriters than other companies.

D. It has five independent companies with its head office in Ivrea.

57. What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technology

A. Adriano’s death　　　　　　　　　　 B.A period of financial problems

C. Its faster progress　　　　　　　　　 D. Its agreements with other companies.

2010年高考题

Passage 1

(10·安徽A篇)

The engineer Camilla Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world,

　　 By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13.000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.

　　 Camillo’s son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialist. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(计算器). In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe(主机) computer designed and made in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problem. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s lesding companies in information technology and commucations. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group-one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telecommunications.

56.From the text we learn that 　　　　　　

A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 13.000 typewriters a year

B. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950s

C. some of Olivetti’s 700 staff regularly visited customers in Italy

D. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning

4、　 参考词汇：规范的 standard

文章开头已给出

Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, _______________________________________

[参考范文]

Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, there is a kind of language called Web Language. Some people even speak Chinese mixed with English letters. Should we welcome so-called Web Language? Our class have a discussion about it.

40 percent of the students think it is kind of ridiculous. In their opinion, it does no good to helping people communicate, nor is it useful for learning English. Besides, it will make the Chinese language less standard and pure, finally ruining our mother tongue.

However, the others, 60 percent of our class, are fond of the Web Language. They think it is simple, convenient and helpful in expressing themselves. What’s more, it may make the language more interesting.

　　 In my opinion, it’s not a good habit to use the Web Language. It may be popular as some people think, but you may also make yourself misunderstood.

Passage 93

(湖南省长沙市一中2010届高三上学期第二次月考)

假设你是李华. 你将代表学校参加国际中学生论坛，就你所在城市的教育状况发表演讲。请根据以下两幅图表,介绍你市高中学生构成情况及毕业去向的选择，并针对两幅图表中的任何一个数据所反映的情况发表你自己的看法。

3、　 词数：100左右；

2、　 发表你自己的观点；

1、　 可适当发挥，但不要逐句翻译；

2. 文章开头已给出(不计入词数)。

Recently more than 260,000 netizens have participated in the survey about whether the curriculum of senior high school should be divided into arts and science. …

[参考范文]

Recently more than 260,000 netizens have participated in the survey about whether the curriculum of senior high school should be divided into arts and science.

About 46% of the netizens are in favor of the idea that the curriculum should be divided into arts and science. Otherwise, students may have too much to learn, which increases their burden greatly. However, about 54% of the netizens think that it is unwise to get arts and science separated. They believe that it is not good for students’ full development and that they may have a narrow knowledge.

In my opinion, the problem does not lie in whether the curriculum should be divided or not. Actually, some students spend their time and energy mostly on either arts or science, which may have a bad effect on their future. So I would like to suggest that the college entrance examination should be reformed.

Passage 92

(湖北省黄冈中学2010届高三8月月考)

目前，不少人在写作与交流时总喜欢使用网络语言，有人讲汉语时还夹杂着英文缩写字母。就此现象，你班进行了一场讨论。请根据下表提示，客观地介绍讨论情况及发表你的观点。

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