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（湖南省衡阳八中2010届高三上学期第二次月考）
学校网站开办“环境与生活”英语论坛。请你根据下面表格所提供的内容，以“Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy” 为题，进行陈述并谈谈你的看法，参加学校网站英语论坛的讨论

目前的状况	我国传统能源的使用占总用量的80%以上； 可再生新能源正越来越快得到开发利用。
优势与劣势的对比	传统能源	资源有限；造成空气污染、酸雨；促成全球变暖等环境问题。
	可再生能源	取之不竭；清洁、无污染； 现阶段成本偏高; 产能不够稳定。
你的看法和展望	……

注意：1. 不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥。
2. 词数：150左右。文章的开头部分已给出，不计入总词数。
3. 参考词汇：取之不竭 inexhaustible 
Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy
In our country, the traditional energy sources like coal, oil and natural gas are still widely used, making up over eighty percent of the total energy consumption. However, ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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（湖南省衡阳八中2010届高三上学期第二次月考）

学校网站开办“环境与生活”英语论坛。请你根据下面表格所提供的内容，以“Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy” 为题，进行陈述并谈谈你的看法，参加学校网站英语论坛的讨论

目前的状况	我国传统能源的使用占总用量的80%以上； 可再生新能源正越来越快得到开发利用。
优势与劣势的对比	传统能源	资源有限；造成空气污染、酸雨；促成全球变暖等环境问题。
	可再生能源	取之不竭；清洁、无污染； 现阶段成本偏高; 产能不够稳定。
你的看法和展望	……

注意：1. 不要逐条翻译， 可适当发挥。

               2. 词数：150左右。文章的开头部分已给出，不计入总词数。

         3. 参考词汇： 取之不竭 inexhaustible 

Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy

In our country, the traditional energy sources like coal, oil and natural gas are still widely used, making up over eighty percent of the total energy consumption. However, ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

（湖南省衡阳市2010届高三三校12月联考）

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When their parents were children, they imagined a future standing in front of a class of pupils or doing the rounds (巡诊) as a doctor.

   But today’s British teenagers, a survey suggests, seem to have set their sights only on becoming the next Leona Lewis or Wayne Rooney.

   Researchers questioned 3,000 teenagers about their ambitions and also asked parents about their youthful career hopes.

   According to the survey, youngsters dream of a celebrity (明星) lifestyle, perhaps after finding fame through shows such as the X Factor, and of being actors or sports stars.

   Copying the likes of Rooney and David Beckham was the top career ambition of today’s teenagers, cited (说到) by 12 percent.

   Almost as many, 11 percent, wanted to be pop stars, and the same proportion (比例) dreamed of being actors.

   The success of celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay is likely to explain why becoming a chef is now the dream of 5 percent, a career ambition which did not figure in the list of 25 years ago.

   A quarter of a century back teaching was the top career choice, cited by 15 percent. These days the job is chosen by only 4 percent.

   Of the traditional professions (职业), only law has risen in popularity.

   The survey also suggests that more girls dream of becoming doctors and boys want careers as astronauts (宇航员) or firefighters.

   Child psychologist (心理学家) Laverne Antrobus said the findings reflect today's celebrity culture and warned children against unrealistic dreams.

   “Children see footballers, pop stars and actors on TV and their lives look exciting, glamorous (光鲜的) and fun,” she said. “It is hard for them to realize that they are the end product of a lot of ingredients including talent, determination and years of hard work. Wayne Rooney is not on the pitch (球场) by chance.”

   As Antrobus pointed out, there is absolutely nothing wrong with children having big dreams, but “these have to be based on reality,” she said.

   UK career ambitions of two generations

Today % citing

1. sports star 12         2 .pop star 11          3. actor 11        4. astronaut 9

5. lawyer 9             6. emergency services worker 7            7. medicine 6

8. chef 5               9. teacher 4           10 .vet 3

25 years ago % citing

1. teacher 15       2 .banking/ finance 9       3. medicine 7        4. scientist 6

5. vet 6           6. lawyer 6                7. sports star 5       8. astronaut 4

9. beautician/hairdresser 4                     10. archaeologist 3

61. The study suggests that today's British teenagers want to ______ sports stars, pop stars and actors.         

  A. have the talent of                B. work as hard as

  C. enjoy the celebrity lifestyles of     D. become successful by chance like

62.Which of the following statements is TRUE? 

A. 12 percent of British teenagers surveyed wanted to become chefs.

B. 22 percent of British teenagers surveyed wanted to be pop stars or actors.

C. None of the traditional professions are favored by today's British teenagers, the survey suggests.

D. Teaching, though less popular, seems to remain one of the top career choices on the list.

63. According to child psychologist Laverne Antrobus, the change in career ambitions suggested by the study ______.  

A. represents progress     B. mirrors today's celebrity culture

C. shows how materialistic youngsters are    

D. suggests British teenagers watch too much TV

64. What does the underlined sentence “Wayne Rooney is not on the pitch by chance.” mean?

A. Wayne Rooney does not get to play much today.  

B. Wayne Rooney didn't get into sport by chance.

C. Wayne Rooney doesn't believe in luck when he is playing.

D. Wayne Rooney didn't become successful by luck.

65. The expert quoted in the article believes ______.

A. there's no point in teenagers having dream 

B. it is wrong to desire to live the life of a celebrity

C. young Britons have the same ambitions as their parent

D. children should set practical goals when they think of their career

 (湖南省衡阳八中2008届高三最后一次模拟考试)

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears.  36  , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I  37  to see---or look at---on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter  38   the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On  39   days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40  out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses.   41  , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I­  42   all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43   I expected to see her each morning. You might say I  44  her.

 “Did she have an accident? Something  45  ?” I thought to myself about her  46  . Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47   her. I began to realize that part of our  48  life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar  49  : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who  50  walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are  51   markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52  of place and belonging.

Think about it.   53  , while walking to work, we mark where we are by   54   a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though   55 , person?

36.A.Make             B. Take                  C. Give                 D. Have

37.A.happened       B. wanted              C. used                  D. tried

38.A.what              B. how                  C. which               D. when

39.A.sunny            B. rainy                  C. cloudy               D. snowy

40.A.took              B. brought              C. carried              D. turned

41.A.Clearly          B. Particularly         C. Luckily              D. Especially

42.A.believed         B. expressed           C. remembered       D. wondered

43.A.long              B. often                 C. soon                 D. much

44.A.respected      B. missed               C. praised              D. admired

45.A.better             B. worse                C. more                 D. less

46.A.disappearance B. appearance         C. misfortune         D. fortune

47.A.forgotten        B. lost                    C. known              D. hurt

48.A.happy            B. enjoyable      C. frequent             D. daily

49.A.friends      B. strangers            C. tourists              D. guests

50.A.regularly        B. actually              C. hardly               D. probably

51.A.common       B. pleasant             C. important           D. faithful

52.A.choice           B. knowledge         C. decision             D. sense

53.A.Because         B. If                      C. Although            D. However

54.A.keeping         B. changing            C. passing              D. mentioning

55.A.unnamed       B. unforgettable      C. unbelievable       D. unreal

（湖南省衡阳市2010届高三三校12月联考）

Directions: Write an English compostion in about 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

某中学生英文报举办故事大赛，请根据下列五幅图画提供的信息，以Zhang Ping’s choice 为题，写一篇故事，讲述张平的经历。               

“电脑……难学……

英语……难记……

科技……难懂……

还是电视好看，纸牌好玩……”