Ⅲ  阅读（共两节，满分40分）

.第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

                                 A

    Today I’ll be talking about the invention of the camera and photography. The camera is often thought to be a modern invention, but as early as 1727, a German physicist discovered that light darkens silver salt. Used as a camera, a big box was set up, and a small hole was cut in one side to let the light in; he made temporary pictures on the salt. Silver salt is still the base of the photographic film today. Then a French scientist made the first permanent picture by using a special piece of metal which was covered with silver salt. A photograph he made in 1826 still exists.

    The painter De Gear improved the process by covering the metal also with placing the common salt which we can eat. This was in 1839, the official date of beginning of photographs. But the problem was the printing of the photographs. And it wasn’t until other scientists developed the kind of photographic paper we now use that good prints were possible and photography became truly modern. In the 1870’s, Matthew Bradey was able to take his famous pictures in American Civil War. In the 20’s of this century, Georges Mann of the United States simplified film developing (冲洗), and Dr Edward Lane invented the so—called ‘Instant Camera’ which uses self—developing film. If we say photography came into existence in 1839, it follows that it took more than 100 years for the camera to reach its present condition of technical refinement(密度).

1. What discovery was the basis of photography?

   A. Light darkens silver salt.                     B. Light darkens natural salt.

   C. Light darkens silver.                         D. Light darkens self--developing film

2. How was the first permanent picture made?

   A. By making use of special paper.               B. By adding common salt to silver salt.

   C. By giving a slight colour to the silver salt.       D. By using a special piece of metal.

3. What does the speaker regard as the official date of beginning of photography?

   A. 1727          B. 1826            C. 1839            D. 1870

4. According to the speaker why is Matthew Bradey remembered today?

   A. He was a soldier.                   B. He took war photographs.

   C. He painted portraits.                 D. He designed a portable camera.

5. What did Doctor Edward Lane invent?

   A. A cheap process of developing film at home.

   B. A new kind of film.

   C. An automatic printer.

   D. An ‘instant camera’ that develops its own film.

IV写作 (共两节, 满分40分)

基础写作 (共1小题, 满分15分)

最近，你学校组织高三学生开展了一场讨论。讨论的主题是：周末双休日要不要上课。请根据下表提供的信息，写一篇短文，客观的介绍一下讨论的情况。

[写作内容]

请根据表格内容，写一篇短文，需包括以下内容：

讨论的时间，参加人员与主题；2、讨论得出的三种观点及原因；3、你支持哪一种观点。

[写作要求]

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。2、文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

  句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.

One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.

The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice: "A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “good morning” in reply.

The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.

One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked: “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat.

Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place.

Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or hopefully-on holiday somewhere. When we came nearer to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers even asked the driver to wait.

We all held our breaths when he went to the door. The old gentleman was fine, but one of his close friends had died over the weekend. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.

The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, and without a tie. Inside the bus was silent.

1. The story is mainly developed by ___________.

A. time      B. logic      C. comparison      D. cause and result

2. Greeted with “good morning” from the old man, people aboard the bus at first ___________.

A. felt tired and sleepy and didn’t want to talk

B. greeted him back loudly and politely

C. guarded against the conversation from strangers

D. felt surprised and became angry with him

3. When the passengers found the old man was not waiting at the bus stop as usual, they did NOT ___________.

A. buy flowers and wait for him to come

B. feel anxious and worried about him

C. miss him and expect to see him

D. hope he was going on holiday rather than falling ill

4. It can be inferred from the text that ___________.

A. the driver didn’t like the old man at first

B. people usually wear a tie when they are happy

C. passengers brought flowers to express gratitude to the old man

D. the old man had a great influence on the passengers’ emotion

5. The purpose of the passage is to ___________.

A. introduce the old gentleman and praise his good deeds

B. persuade us to become friendly and considerate to people around

C. tell us to keep silent when somebody passes away

D. criticize those who remain silent when they are greeted

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题, 满分40分)

The 4th of July is the most important holiday in the United States, for it reminds us of the famous day in 1776. When the Americans declared their independence, congress made the declaration in Philadelphia, and that night in the city there were joyful celebrations which soon became nationwide. Even since, the 4th of July has been marked in the American calendar as Independence Day, and there are parades and festivities of all kinds.

The Declaration of Independence drawn up by Thomas Jefferson is one of the most important documents ever published, and it dropped like a bombshell（ 意外事件） on the western world. Here is a sentence which shook the ruling classes of Europe, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed ( 赋予)by their Creator with certain unalienable(不可剥夺的) rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

1. When did the Americans declare their independence?

A. The fourth of July, 1776..        B. The fourth of June, 1794.

C. The first of July, 1767.          D. The first of June, 1756

2. By whom was The Declaration of Independence drawn up?

A. George Washington.          B. Benjamin Franklin.

C. Thomas Jefferson            D. Abraham Lincoln.

3. Which of the following most generally summarizes the Declaration of Independence?

A. Equality.                 B. Liberty   

C. The pursuit of happiness.    D. All of the above.

A gray sweater hung limply on Tommy’s empty desk, a reminder of the depressed boy who had just followed his classmates from our third-grade room. Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and disruptive behavior. Neither parent knew that I had invited the other.

Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. How could I convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child's reaction to his loved parent’s separation and divorce?

Tommy's mother entered and took one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Soon the father arrived. Good! At least they were concerned enough to be on time. A look of surprise and anger passed between them, and then they pointedly ignored each other.

As I gave a detailed account of Tommy's behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the right words to bring these two together, to help them see what they were doing to their son. But somehow the words wouldn't come. Perhaps if they saw one of his spotted, carelessly done papers.

I found a crumpled（压皱的）tear-stained sheet stuffed in the back of his desk, an English paper. Writing covered both sides—not the assignment, but a single sentence scribbled（潦草地写） over and over.

Silently I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy's mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He frowned. Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for a long time.

At last he folded the paper carefully, placed it in his pocket, and reached for his wife's outstretched hand. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him. My own eyes were brimming(湿润的), but neither seemed to notice. He helped her with her coat and they left together.

In his own way God had given me the words to reunite that family. He had guided me to the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the anguished outpouring（流露） of a small boy's troubled heart.

The words, "Dear Mother ... Dear Daddy ... I love you ... I love you ... I love you."

1. Which of the following word has the closest meaning to the word “disruptive”（Line3,Para.1）  mean?

       A. terrible          B. careless          C. cheerful              D. good

2. What caused Tommy’s failing behavior and schoolwork fundamentally?

       A. His parents’ ignorance of his education.

       B. His parents’ separation and divorce.

       C. His parents’ lacking love to him.

       D. His parents’ firm administration to him.

3. What helped Tommy’s parents see their influence on their son?

       A．A single sentence on a sheet of paper in his desk.    

B．Tear stains on Tommy’s papers.

       C．Tommy’s disruptive behavior.       

D．A gray sweater.

4. You can infer from the passage that_________.

       A. The teacher found suitable words to persuade Tommy’s parents reunite.

       B. Tommy’s love to his parents saved their marriage and the whole family.

       C. Tommy’s parents scheduled their time to come to school together.

       D. A broken family might cause a child’s bad behavior and his shortage of love for others.

第二节：书面表达

最近，很多中学生都纷纷开起了自己的博客。一方面，博客可以作为展示自己的窗口，可以释放学习的压力，因此已经被越来越多的中学生所接受。但是，另一方面，很多家长和老师都认为管理个人博客要花相当多的时间和精力，会耽误学习。请对这一现象进行简要介绍，并发表自己的看法 。

注意：词数120左右。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Nowadays , it is common that more and more high school students open their own blogs on the Internet. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

. ---You look pale. What’s the matter?

   ---Not very well. I was sick most of the night. I ___________something _____ doesn’t agree with me.

   A. must eat, that                  B. may have eaten, which

   C. may eat, what                 D. must have eaten, that                     

Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s, but it cost ______ his.

A. as much twice as                           B. as twice much as

C. much as twice as                               D. twice as much as

 It’s reported that the mayor who ______ his power to give jobs to his relatives was put into prison.

   A. adjusted       B. absurd       C. accused       D. abused

三、完形填空

   Not so long ago, if you avoided drinking water during a workout（训练）, you were considered tough. Today, most experts     36   , you would be considered unintelligent.

   Even in you don’t sweat much or feel    37   and even if there is a nice breeze,    38     experts say drinking water- or something    39   is necessary before, during and after all warmer-weather   40  .

   Only a few years ago, many coaches   41   players from drinking anything during the game----they thought it was   42   for them to rinse(漱口) their mouths,   43  swallowing anything might slow them down.

   Now, there’s   44   plenty of water on the sidelines for athletes to drink. The National Hockey League even   45   goalkeepers to put water bottles on top of their nets.

   These new practices   46  be lost on the recreation(消遣) athlete. Some   47  advise you to drink about two cups of water 15 minutes or so after you   48  exercising and the same amount every 15 minutes. In some types of exercises-running, for example-others encourage drinking a cup or two of water   49  the workout.

   Don’t drink any more, experts say too much fluid makes   50 and exercise uncomfortable. In   51   continuous hot-weather exercise,   52   can sweat and breathe away 1.8 kilograms of   53   an hour.

   Drinking water does two things: restore some   54   and allow you to keep sweating so the skin can be kept  55  . Doctors say drinking six or eight cups a day can help digestion.

36. A. discover                     B. suggest                     C. agree                       D. fear

37. A. thirsty                       B. hungry                     C. hot                          D. tired

38. A. labour                       B. children                   C. water                       D. exercise

39. A. else                           B. instead                            C. fresh                        D. tasteful

40. A. seasons                      B. lessons                     C. days                         D. activities

41. A. excused                            B. discouraged                     C. prevented                 D. saved

42. A. possible                            B. unnecessary              C. difficult                   D. right

43. A. but                                   B. then                         C. therefore                  D. though

44. A. seldom                      B. forever                     C. usually                     D. sometimes

45. A. allows                       B. promises                  C. forbids                     D. guides

46. A. couldn’t                            B. wouldn’t                  C. shouldn’t                  D. mustn’t

47. A. teachers                            B. parents                     C. players                     D. doctors

48. A. stop                           B. start                         C. give up                    D. begin with

49. A. after                          B. before                      C. with                         D. from

50. A. walking                            B. breathing                  C. swallowing               D. drinking

51. A. heavy                        B. easy                         C. pleasant                    D. everyday

52. A. a patient                    B. a drinker                  C. an athlete                 D. an expert

53. A. air                             B. atmosphere               C. oxygen                     D. water

54. A. sweat                         B. weight                            C. breath                      D. height

55. A. warm                        B. strong                      C. cool                         D. safe