（09年黄冈中学高考英语模拟题，14）－He looks very hot and dry.   －So______if you had a temperature of 40℃.

A. would you 　　           B. will you

C. would have you been 　　  D. do you

 (湖北省黄冈中学2009届高三5月适应性考试)

When I moved into an empty dormitory for the first time two years ago, I was certain of a few things. Firstly, I realized that I didn’t 31 anybody at the school. Secondly, I knew that I wanted to work hard at my lessons and 32 something useful. And thirdly, I wanted to have a good time with new classmates, without my parents around.

The first 33 frightened me in the beginning. But that 34 quickly disappeared. It was the other two goals 35 ended up being my difficulties. I knew that it was 36 to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But I wanted to 37 in both. I knew this would be a 38 , but I didn’t realize how much until classes began.

I got on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. 39 , instead of finishing my homework 40 it was due, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I always finished it the next day between classes. I knew 41 wasn’t very good and the grade I 42 showed my lack of effort.

I was 43 that I needed to find some sort of balance.

So I created a schedule that would 44 my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea, 45 I was only able to 46 it for a few days. A schedule like that was too much pressure.

So I tried another 47. Each week I made a list of everything I had to get done during that week.

Then, under the list of things I had to get done, I 48 a list of things I could do if I had time.

This is the method I have used since then. I’m glad that I’ve learned to 49 things and it has 50 prepare me for what is to come after graduation.

31. A. know                   B. recognize                   C. realize                    D. like

32. A. understand           B. learn                         C. try                         D. tell

33. A. teacher                B. day                           C. class                      D. realization

34. A. happiness             B. excitement                 C. fear                       D. desire

35. A. which                  B. what                         C. that                        D. who

36. A. hard                    B. easy                          C. interesting              D. nice

37. A. win                     B. succeed                     C. get                         D. wish

38. A. chance                 B. job                            C. challenge                D. time

39. A. Often                   B. Seldom                      C. Unluckily                D. Fortunately

40. A. because               B. when                        C. after                      D. before

41. A. it                         B. one                           C. these                      D. I

42. A. demanded            B. took                          C. accepted                D. received

43. A. asleep                  B. awake                       C. ashamed                 D. aware

44. A. fix                       B. divide                        C. put                        D. build

45. A. so                       B. and                           C. but                        D. however

46. A. use                      B. keep                          C. follow                    D. make

47. A. plan                     B. energy                       C. pressure                 D. effort

48. A. made                   B. found                        C. picked                    D. brought

49. A. do                       B. control                      C. balance                  D. hold

50. A. had                      B. helped                       C. let                          D. forced

  

 (湖北省黄冈中学2009届高三5月适应性考试)

When I moved into an empty dormitory for the first time two years ago, I was certain of a few things. Firstly, I realized that I didn’t 31 anybody at the school. Secondly, I knew that I wanted to work hard at my lessons and 32 something useful. And thirdly, I wanted to have a good time with new classmates, without my parents around.

The first 33 frightened me in the beginning. But that 34 quickly disappeared. It was the other two goals 35 ended up being my difficulties. I knew that it was 36 to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But I wanted to 37 in both. I knew this would be a 38 , but I didn’t realize how much until classes began.

I got on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. 39 , instead of finishing my homework 40 it was due, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I always finished it the next day between classes. I knew 41 wasn’t very good and the grade I 42 showed my lack of effort.

I was 43 that I needed to find some sort of balance.

So I created a schedule that would 44 my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea, 45 I was only able to 46 it for a few days. A schedule like that was too much pressure.

So I tried another 47. Each week I made a list of everything I had to get done during that week.

Then, under the list of things I had to get done, I 48 a list of things I could do if I had time.

This is the method I have used since then. I’m glad that I’ve learned to 49 things and it has 50 prepare me for what is to come after graduation.

31. A. know                   B. recognize                   C. realize                    D. like

32. A. understand           B. learn                         C. try                         D. tell

33. A. teacher                B. day                           C. class                      D. realization

34. A. happiness             B. excitement                 C. fear                       D. desire

35. A. which                  B. what                         C. that                        D. who

36. A. hard                    B. easy                          C. interesting              D. nice

37. A. win                     B. succeed                     C. get                         D. wish

38. A. chance                 B. job                            C. challenge                D. time

39. A. Often                   B. Seldom                      C. Unluckily                D. Fortunately

40. A. because               B. when                        C. after                      D. before

41. A. it                         B. one                           C. these                      D. I

42. A. demanded            B. took                          C. accepted                D. received

43. A. asleep                  B. awake                       C. ashamed                 D. aware

44. A. fix                       B. divide                        C. put                        D. build

45. A. so                       B. and                           C. but                        D. however

46. A. use                      B. keep                          C. follow                    D. make

47. A. plan                     B. energy                       C. pressure                 D. effort

48. A. made                   B. found                        C. picked                    D. brought

49. A. do                       B. control                      C. balance                  D. hold

50. A. had                      B. helped                       C. let                          D. forced

  

 (湖北省黄冈中学2008届高三第三次模拟考试)

The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold,   41   passengers.

Suddenly a little boy   42   his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the   43   grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father   44   to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very   45   happens suddenly. The little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee.   46  , I think that he wants to   47   me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his   48   up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the   49  . Wrong again! What I receive is a   50   kiss on the cheek.

The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am   51  . What just happened? A child kissing a(n)   52   grown-up on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are   53   kissed. Nervous and a little surprised, we   54   at the father. When he sees our questioning   55   as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.

“He’s so happy to be alive.” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

Father and son   56   into the crowd moving toward the exit. Then doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still   57   the child’s kiss — a kiss that has triggered (触发) some soul-search inside me. How many grown-ups   58   kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege (特权) of   59  ?

The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful. You don’t let yourself   60   before your heart stops!

41. A. excited                       B. tired                         C. pleased                     D. surprised

42. A. feels                          B. winds                       C. pushes                            D. picks

43. A. unfriendly                  B. friendly                    C. angry                       D. kind

44. A. likes                          B. prefers                            C. chooses                   D. agrees

45. A. great                          B. strange                     C. extraordinary           D. thrilling

46. A. In no moment             B. For a moment           C. For the moment        D. In a moment

47. A. beat                           B. tell                           C. inform                            D. pass

48. A. eyes                          B. ear                           C. head                        D. lip

49. A. news                         B. message                   C. kiss                         D. opinion

50. A. loud                           B. foolish                      C. strange                     D. fortunate

51. A. pleased                      B. shocked                   C. satisfied                   D. interested

52. A. well-known                B. smart                       C. unknown                  D. familiar

53. A. expectedly                  B. duly                         C. regularly                   D. eventually

54. A. stare                          B. smile                        C. warn                        D. whisper

55. A. glances                      B. anger                       C. mouths                    D. feeling

56. A. appear                       B. back                        C. disappear                  D. follow

57. A. touch                         B. trust                         C. smell                        D. feel

58. A. go around            B. come around             C. keep on                    D. insist on

59. A. a child                       B. a kiss                       C. living                       D. touching

60. A. die                             B. stop                         C. sleep                        D. live

 (湖北省黄冈中学2009届高三五月适应性考试（B卷）C篇)

Violin prodigies（神童）, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists, the reason for this phenomenon. “ It’s very clear, “ he told me. “ They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.

Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture(培育) talent. Nowadays the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “ In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, “ children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well.” The Koreans and Chinese, as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.

That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.

59. Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because_____.   

   A. it would allow them access to a better life in the West

   B. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent

   C. they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields

   D. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country

60. Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that_____.

   A. enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence

   B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development

   C. encourage people to compete with each other

   D. promise talented children high positions

61. Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to_____.

   A. all-rounded development

   B. the learning of Western music

   C. strict training of children

   D. variety in academic studies

62. Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?

   A. A natural gift.                      B. Extensive knowledge of music.

   C. Very early training.                 D. A prejudice-free society.