(08·福建C篇)

We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

How to use your NatWest Servicecard

As a Switch card,it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services,wherever you see the Switch logo.The money comes straight out of your account,so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money(or an agreed overdraft(透支）)to cover it.It is also a cheque guarantee(担保）card for up to the amount shown on the card.And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

How to use your NatWest Cashcard

You can use your Cashcard as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo.It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide.You can spend or withdraw（提取）what you have in your account,or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

Using your cards abroad

You can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you’re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

We take a commission charge(手续费）of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make(up to ￡4)and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services.We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

How to use your NatWest Credit Card

With your credit card you can do the following:

*Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days’interest-free credit.

*Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visalogos.

*Collect one AIR MILE for every ￡20 of spending that appears on your statement（结算单）.

(This does not include foreign currency or traveller’s cheques bought,interest and other charges.)

64.If you carry the Servicecard or the Cashcard,        .

A.you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

B.you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

C.you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

D.you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

65.If you withdraw ￡200 from a cash machine abroad,you will be charged        .

A.￡4                             B.￡4.5                     C.￡5.25                   D.￡5.3

66.Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

A.You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

B.You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

C.You can use the card in any shop across the world.

D.You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller’s cheques.

67.The purpose of the passage is to show you how to        .

A.play your cards right                      B.use your cards abroad

C.draw cash with your cards                  D.pay for goods with your cards

 (08·福建A篇)

After the Summer Olympics are over,when all the athletes and viewers have gone home and the television audience has switched off,another group of athletes and fans will arrive at the host city,and another competition will begin.These are the Paralympics,the games for athletes with a disability.But in Beijing in 2008,for the first time,one of the greatest paralympians will not be taking part.

She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompson.Born with spina bifida（脊椎裂）which left her paralysed from the waist down,Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7.At first,she was not keen on sport,apart from horse riding,which gave her a sense of freedom.But in her teens,she started taking sports more seriously.She tried swimming,basketball and tennis.Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.

Indeed,Tanni’s athletic career took off.In 1984,when she was 15,she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100 metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.

In 1988,Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul.She won bronze in the 400 metres.Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics.Tanni won gold in the 100,200,400 and 800 metres relay,setting two world records in the process.In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.

Tanni’s enduring success has been part motivation(动机），part preparation.“The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员）,enables me to be good at a marathon too.I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I went to race...I am still competing at a very high level,but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”

Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007.Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

In spite of ups and downs,she never takes her fate lying down.In her splendid life,she has won an amazing eleven gold medals,four silvers and one bronze in a series of Paralympics—a top level athletic career covering two decades.She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times,more than any other competitor,and she has set over thirty world records.

What advice does she have for young athletes?“Work hard at your studies,and then train,train and train again.”

56.Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?

A.Basketball.            B.Swimming.                C.Tennis.               D.Horse riding.

57.When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?

A.In 1984.               B.In 1988.                    C.In 1992.                    D.In 2007.

58.The underlined word “that” in the 5th paragraph refers to        .

A.fifty weeks’ training                      

B.being a good sprinter

C.training almost every day                  

D.part motivation and part preparation

59.What’s the right order of the events related to Tanni?

a.She works as a coach.

b.She took up athletics.

c.She won four gold medals in Barcelona.

d.She competed in her first Paralympic Games.

e.She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.

A.b,d,c,e,a                     B.a,d,b,c,e                    C.a,d,c,e,b                    D.b,d,a,e,c

60.What can we learn from Tanni’s success?

A.Union is strength.                     B.Never too late to learn.

C.Well begun is half done.               D.No pains,no gains.

（2010·福建厦门杏南中学高三10月月考）   24. ---I didn’t expect the job would be so hard.

---You _________ of that earlier.

A. must think         B. ought to think   

C. should have thought D. must have thought

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

   School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very  21  of the crowded bus because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting there makes me  22  out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

   Janie, the  23_ , tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of _ 24 .

I tried to mind my manners and 25  listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   26  , her conversation was worth listening to.

   “My father’s sick,” she said to no one in  27 , I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from  28  the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes   29   as she continued. “I have already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”

I was  30  . My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great  31   that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and   32  is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to   33   that.

   Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was   34   her job. She had a whole world of   35  and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very __36____. I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie 37  she was a bus driver. I had   38  her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.

   For all I know, I’m just another person in  39  else’s world, and may not be   40 . I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art.

1. A. front         B. end            C. side                D. middle

2. A. find          B. take           C. think               D. stand

3.. A. doctor        B. driver         C. teacher              D. assistant

4. A. fire          B. topic          C. conversation          D. discussion

5. A. politely      B. slightly         C. carelessly             D. partly

6.. A. however     B. therefore        C. instead               D. otherwise

7.. A. surprise      B. particular       C. silence               D. purpose

8. A. fighting      B. turning         C. clearing              D. protecting

9. A. opened       B. shone          C. closed               D. lowered

10. A. recognized    B. worried        C. shocked              D. excited

11. A. victory       B. pain           C. respect               D. disappointment

12.A. away         B. seldom         C. still                 D. never

13. A. pick up       B. work out       C. go through            D. get down

14.A. almost        B. nearly         C. ever                 D. just

15. A. family        B. bus            C. school              D. friend

16. A. selfish        B. desperate       C. pessimistic          D. ridiculous

17.. A. while         B. because        C. though              D. until

18.. A. criticized      B. received        C. considered           D. judged

19.. A. everyone      B. anyone         C. someone            D. nobody

20. A. happy         B. wise           C. useful              D. important

 

 

After forty-three years I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a   16   on the newspaper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it remains in my memory that she taught me a lesson in     17   that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, my fellows and I were throwing stones onto the slanted (倾斜的) roof of the old lady’s house to observe how the stones    18    off the roof’s edge and shot out like missiles. I found a   19   smooth rock and threw it out, but it  20  straight not for the roof but for a small window of the old lady’s house.   21   the sound of broken glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran faster than any of our   22    flew off her roof.

I was so   23   about getting caught that first night   24   I was not concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter.    25  , a few days later I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She    26   greeted me with a smile when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act    27   in her presence.

I    28   my mind that I would save my newspaper delivery money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the money in an envelop with a    29   explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hope that the seven dollars would    30   the cost for repairing it.

I waited until it was     31     to avoid being seen, and put the letter I didn’t    32   into her yard. To my relief, I could have the   33  of, once again, looking straight into the old lady’s kind eyes.

The next day, I handed the old lady her newspaper. She thanked me and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself.   34  eating cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. After opening it, I was shocked. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note    35  , “I’m proud of you.”

1.                A．teacher        B．customer        C．relative   D．friend

 

2.                A．happiness       B．carelessness     C．forgiveness    D．kindness

 

3.                A．rolled          B．flowed         C．ran  D．floated

 

4.                A．simply          B．mostly          C．fairly D．roughly

 

5.                A．followed        B．came           C．lay  D．headed

 

6.                A．At             B．On             C．For  D．From

 

7.                A．athletes        B．missiles         C．windows  D．fellows

 

8.                A．excited         B．disappointed     C．embarrassed   D．frightened

 

9.                A．as             B．that            C．when    D．though

 

10.               A．Therefore      B．Meanwhile      C．However  D．Besides

 

11.               A．yet            B．still            C．even D．already

 

12.               A．cautiously       B．constantly       C．cheerfully D．comfortably

 

13.               A．take up         B．made up        C．set up     D．put up

 

14.               A．paper          B．notice          C．note D．message

 

15.               A．cover          B．offer           C．afford D．pay

 

16.               A．rainy          B．fine            C．cloudy    D．dark

 

17.               A．sign           B．read           C．expect    D．want

 

18.               A．ability          B．freedom        C．chance    D．desire

 

19.               A．Unless         B．Until           C．Because   D．While

 

20.               A．saying          B．writing         C．telling D．explaining