68．The underlined words “rosefinches” and “bluejays” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to　　　 .

A．creatures from outer space　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B．different kinds of birds

C．different kinds of planes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．people from different races

59．The best title of the story is　　　　 .

A．A poor girl　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B．A dancer in the silent world　　

C．A beautiful dancer　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．The dance duringt the CCTV Spring Festival Gala

答案　 56.C　 57.D　 58.D　 59.B

Passage 8

(安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模D篇)

A 13-year-old Chinese girl, Fan Yi (Nancy), who had her primary education in the US, recently published her first fairy tale, Swordbird. The fairy tale written in English has appeared on the children’s fiction bestseller list in the US, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.

Fan Yi was greatly interested in observing birds ever since she was a little girl. In Hamilton, New York, where she lives, she often watches kingfishers and woodpeckers flying over her house from the small woods nearby. The inspiration for writing the book Swordbird actually came from one of her dreams. At that time, she was studying American history in school and happened to read many articles in magazines about the 9.11 terrorist(恐怖分子) attacks. One day, she had a dream in which some rosefinches and bluejays were controlled by some black birds and began to fight with each other. When she woke up, she decided to turn her dream into a story and to convey her message of peace to the public.

In order to get her book published in China, Fan translated the entire English version into Chinese.

“It is a learning process. Since I didn’t know many Chinese idioms, I had to get help from my mom and dad from time to time. For another thing, a lot of poems in the original story are written in rhyme, so when I translated them into Chinese, I wanted to make sure that they were in rhyme, too.” she said.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1993. She stayed in Beijing until she finished her first grade of primary school. Then she moved with her parents to the United States when she was seven. Two years later, she started to write her English story.

In March this year, the book was published by HarperCollins Publishers. It was selected as the week’s bestseller of children’s fiction by the New York Times soon after it was published.

Fan Yi has said she will write more books in the future. It is expected that the sequel(续篇) to Swordbird will come out next year.

58．People could not forget Tai Lihua because　　　　 .

A．she was born mute and deaf and good at dancing

B．she used her mind more than the others and could use dance to express what she thought about life

C．she has been to many countries and now lives a happy life

D．though mute and deaf, she is beautiful and hard working and good at dancing

57．Which is the right order of the events to Tai Lihua?

a．She danced during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

b．She was a healthy girl.

c．She began to learn to dance.

d．She lost her hearing.

e．She went to a school for deaf and mute children.

f．She couldn’t speak.

g．She found she was different from the others.

A．abdfgce　　　　　　　　　 B．badfegc　　　　　　　　　 C．bdfegca　　　　　　　　　 D．bdfgeca

56．From the passage we know　　　 .

A．Tai Lihua was found deaf and mute by her father when she played a game with her classmates

B．Tai Lihua danced very well at the beginning of learning to dance

C．Tai Lihua never gave up when she was in trouble

D．Tai Lihua’s parents didn’t take good care of her

70．What would be the best title for the passage?

　　　 A．Work for free

　　　 B．Get experience, anyway you can

　　　 C．Experience ---the most important thing

D．How Fred became successful

答案　 68.D　 69.C　 70.B

Passage 7

(安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模A篇)

Many people could not forget the buautiful dance during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The dance was performed by 20 disabled girls. They can’t hear or speak. But their performance is remembered by many people. The leading dancer of the dance is Tai Lihua. She is 28 years old. She is very beautiful.

Tai Lihua was born healthy. When she was two years old, she lost her hearing because of a fever. Not long after that, she became mute, too. From then on, her world was silent. But she didn’t know this at first. At five years old, when she played a game about sounds with her schoolmates she discovered that she was different from the others. She was very sad about it. Her father went to many places to look for best treatments for her illness. But nothing worked. When she was seven years old, she went to a school for deaf and mute children. In that school, she did well in her studies. Her teacher said she used her mind more than the others and was good at expressing her feeling through dance. She also began to love dance. She thought she could use dance to express what she　 thought about life.

When she was 15 years old, she began to learn to dance. At first, she couldn’t dance well. But she didn’t stop. She worked harder than the others. She also spent more time learning. Her efforts made her a very good dancer. She has been to many countries to perform and many foreigners like her style. She now lives a happy life with her family.

69．Fred offer to work for the drugstore without pay, because_________.

　　　 A．he wanted to show his ability

　　　 B．he thought he would be employed by the drugstore later．

　　　 C．he intended to gain some experience．

　　　 D．he couldn’t find a job in other companies

68．From the passage, we can infer_________.

　　　 A．Fred is very good at doing business．

　　　 B．After working for a number of advertising agencies, Fred opened his own photography

　　　 business．

　　　 C．Fred can only make a living by drawing

　　　 D．People with some working experience can have more chance to find a job．

67．From the story, we can see Dickens’ attitude towards an easy life is ______．

　　　 A．to enjoy it 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to hate it

　　　 C．not to indulge in (沉湎于) it 　　　 D．to work hard for it

答案　 64.A　 65.D　 66.A　 67.C

Passage 6

(南昌市南昌二中高三冲刺模拟考试D篇)

Fred Marzocchi grew up with dreams of drawing for a living．“There aren’t many ways to make a living with your sketchbook(写生册), but advertising was one of them．”

　　　 After a few hopeless attempts to find a job, Fred became desperate for experience．He found a large drugstore chain with an in-house advertising unit and offered to work for literally nothing．They took him up on the offer, and within weeks not only had he gained professional experience, but the drugstore decided to pay him for his efforts．

　　　 After working for a number or advertising agencies, Fred went on to open his own graphics design and photography business．He often looks back on the offer to work without pay．“I just needed a chance, a start in this business, and I haven’t had to work for free since,” he says with a smile．

　　　 College students who served in internships(实习) were 15 percent more likely to find employment after graduation, and 70 percent believed they were better prepared for the workplace because of their internship experience．

66．How did Dickens see his childhood?

　　　 A．He felt grateful for it．

　　　 B．He felt it a pity that things weren’t in his favor．

　　　 C．He loved writing about it．

　　　 D．He chose to forget the bitterness about it．