高三英语第九套

When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his ___ and had a bad fall.
A. balance          .chance          C.memory         D.place

He gave himself a new name to hide his ____ when he went to carry out the secret task.

____, everyone present was amused by his adventure story in Africa.

_____the early flight,we ordered a taxi in advance and got up very early.

--Did you enjoy the party?
--Yes,we___by our hosts.

The park was full of people,____themselves in the sunshine.

Opposite is St.Paul's Church,___you can hear some lovely music.

In the last few years,China ___ great achievements in environmental protection.

The girl used to be shy, but is ____ getting active in group work and is more willing to express herself.

This meeting room is a non-smoking area. I would like to warn you _____ that if you smoked here you would be fined.

“Daily Star, sir” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty ___left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was ___. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers ___ money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a ___ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He ___ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.
“You don’t know the ___ of selling papers. You must shout, “Hot news! Bomb bursting!” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “___ it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly ____ they have time to see, and you’ll ___ out and get your money,” Chad said.
It was a new ___to Jason. He thought of his bird with no ___ and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was ___ that he would not tell a lie. Though he was ___ a poor newsboy, he had been ___ some good things.
The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers ___. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ___ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason___money because he would not tell a lie. The boy ___ at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder___.”You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new ___. He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

A．shops B．coins C．people D．papers

A．open B．heavy C．pure D．weak

A．instead of B．in return for C．regardless of D．in exchange for

A．cup B．card C．comb D．cake

A．gave in B．broke down C．got away D．showed up

A．difficulty B．process C．goal D．secret

A．And B．But C．For D．So

A．before B．since C．though D．unless

A．call B．drop C．sell D．reach

A．edition B．idea C．policy D．task

A．bread B．insects C．seeds D．water

A．concerned B．amazed C．excited D．determined

A．still B．already C．just D．also

A．taught B．handed C．awarded D．allowed

A．at once B．by chance C．as usual D．on purpose

A．proud B．gentle C．warm D．polite

A．borrowed B．lost C．made D．saved

A．laughed B．shouted C．nodded D．started

A．bravely B．grateful C．fondly D．modestly

A．duty B．business C．job D．method

“I see you’ve got a bit of water on your coat,” said the man at the petrol station. “Is it raining out there?” “No, it’s pretty nice,” I replied, checking my sleeve. “Oh, right. A pony(马驹) bit me earlier.”
As it happened, the bite was virtually painless: more the kind of small bite you might get from a naughty child. The pony responsible was queuing up for some ice cream in the car park near Haytor, and perhaps thought I’d jumped in ahead of him.
The reason why the ponies here are naughty is that Haytor is a tourist-heavy area and tourists are constantly feeding the ponies foods, despite sighs asking them not to. By feeding the ponies, tourists increase the risk of them getting hit by a car, and make them harder to gather during the area’s annual pony drift(迁移).
The purpose of a pony drift is to gather them up so their health can be checked, the baby ones can be stooped from feeding on their mother’s milk, and those who’ve gone beyond their limited area can be returned to their correct area. Some of them are also later sold, in order to limit the number of ponies according to the rules set by Natural England.
Three weeks ago, I witnessed a small near-disaster a few mils west of here. While walking, I noticed a pony roll over on his back. “Hello!” I said to him, assuming he was just rolling for fun, but he was very still and, as I got closer, I saw him kicking his legs in the air and breathing heavily. I began to properly worry about him. Fortunately, I managed to get in touch with a Dartmoor’s Livestock Protection officer and send her a photo. The officer immediately sent a local farmer out to check on the pony. The pony had actually been trapped between two rocks. The farmer freed him, and he began to run happily around again.
Dartmoor has 1,000 or so ponies, who play a critical role in creating the diversity of species in this area. Many people are working hard to preserve these ponies, and trying to come up with plans to find a sustainable(可持续的) future for one of Dartmoor’s most financially-troubled elements.
Why are tourists asked not to feed the ponies?

One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is ______________.

What as the author’s first reaction when he saw a pony roll on its back?

What does the author imply about the preservation of Dartmoor’s ponies?

The old man fished alone in a small rowboat and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s patents had told him that the old man was now bad luck, and ordered the boy to join another boat, which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty and he always went down to help him carry in the fishing lines or take down the old, patched sail.
“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they dragged up the boat to the sand. “I could go with you again. I’ve made some money.” the old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him. “No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them. You must obey your father.” “We can be lucky again too. Remember when we didn’t catch a fish for 10 days, then caught a big one each day for a month?” said the boy. “Can I offer you a beer on the balcony and then we’ll take the stuff home,” said the boy. “Why not?” the old man said.
“Santiago,” the boy said as they sat on the balcony, “If I cannot fish with you, I would like to serve in some way.” “You bought me a beer,” the old man said, lifting the bottle to his mouth. “Do you remember the first time I took you out to fish?” the old man asked. “I was five. I remember the tail of a huge fish slapping against the boat, the noise of you clubbing him and the sweet blood smell. I remember everything from when we first went together,” the boy said. The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, loving eyes.
“May I get some sardines for tomorrow? Let me get four fresh ones,” said the boy. “One,” the old man said. His hope and his confidence had never gone. But now they were freshening like a sea breeze. “Two,” the boy said. “Thank you,” the old man said. He was too simple to wonder when he had attained modesty. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride. “Tomorrow is going to be a good day with this wind,” he said. “I will row far out before it is light. There will going to be a good day with this wind,” he said. “I will row far out before it is light. There will be a big fish?” asked the boy. “I think so. And I know many tricks.”
Why was the boy forced to stop working for the old man?

In paragraph 2, the boy probably mentioned their past fishing experiences in order to__________.

Which of the following did the boy NOT do for the old man?

What can we lean about the old man from the last paragraph?

Life in the Clear
Transparent animals let light pass through their bodies the same way light passes through a window. These animals typically live between the surface of the ocean and a depth of about 3,300 feet—as far as most light can reach. Most of them are extremely delicate and can be damaged by a simple touch. Sonke Johnsen, a scientist in biology, says, “These animals live through their life alone. They never touch anything unless they’re eating it, or unless something is eating them.”
And they are as clear as glass. How does an animal become see-through? It’s trickier than you might think.
The objects around you are visible because they interact with light. Light typically travels in a straight line. But some materials slow and scatter(散射) light, bouncing it away from its original path. Others absorb light, stopping it dead in its tracks. Both scattering and absorption make an object look different from other objects around it, so you can see it easily.
But a transparent object doesn’t absorb or scatter light, at least not very much, Light can pass through it without bending or stopping. That means a transparent object doesn’t look very different from the surrounding air or water. You don’t see it ----you see the things behind it.
To become transparent, an animal needs to keep its body from absorbing or scattering light. Living materials can stop light because they contain pigments(色素) that absorb specific colors of light. But a transparent animal doesn’t have pigments, so its tissues won’t absorb light. According to Johnsen, avoiding absorption is actually easy. The real challenge is preventing light from scattering.
Animals are built of many different materials----skin, fat, and more----and light moves through each at a different speed. Every time light moves into a material with a new speed, it bends and scatters. Transparent animals use different tricks to fight scattering. Some animals are simply very small or extremely flat. Without much tissue to scatter light, it is easier to be see—through. Others build a large, clear mass of non-living jelly-lie(果冻状的)material and spread themselves over it .
Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge, because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does. They need to look uniform. But how they’re doing it is still unknown. One thing is clear for these larger animals, staying transparent is an active process. When they die, they turn a non-transparent milky white.
According to Paragraph 1, transparent animals_______.

The underlined word “dead” in Paragraph 3 means__________.

One way for an animal to become transparent is to ________.

The last paragraph tells us that larger transparent animals________.

When my friend put out the idea of homeschooling to her parents, the first reaction they gave was, “You are cutting the child off the world.” Did the child really get cut off or did the child socialize better?
The moment we hear of homeschooling, we think the child will have no opportunities to interact with peers. However, in my friend’s opinion, we forget that when attending a regular school, the child is not into socializing all the while. The child is confined to so many other activities. Studies take a major role in a child’s life. The child hardly has the time to interact at school.
The child might be meeting and studying along with many peers; however, how many kids interact with all the kids in a class? But in homeschooling system, as my friend mentioned, the kid has all the time and can plan his day accordingly. During the day the child studies just like other school-going kids but with no burden of homework and project work, the child has so much free time in the evening as to effectively interact and play with peers. The quality time the child spends in education is really impressive.
Homeschooled kids have the opportunity to socialize more often as they have a lot of time in their hands. They can also make socializing a regular habit. Just as my friend said, her child goes to a neighboring park almost every day and has a set of friends who go there daily. Other children get back home to finish off homework and project work whereas her child who is already through with studies gets the opportunity to spend time with family members.
When I heard this, I really felt how lucky the child was. Definitely the child had a better opportunity to socialize when compares with my kids. However, I might not consider homeschooling for my kid, as I am so used to the traditional schooling system and feel regular schooling the safest bet.
What is the author’s attitude towards his friend’s idea of homeschooling?

The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to _________.

The underlined word “confined” in the Para.2 can be replaced by _______.

According to the author what is the biggest advantage of homeschooling children?

Hidden in our subconsciousness (潜意识) is a perfect mental picture. We see ourselves on a long trip that goes across the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we think in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle feeding on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, or row upon row of corn and wheat, of flat lands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hills, of city skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw（拼图玩具） puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles(通道), condemning the minutes for loitering --waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
“When we reach the station, that will be it!” we cry. “When I’m 38.” “When I buy a new 450SL Mercdes Benz!” “When I put the last kid through college.” “When I have paid off the loan!” “When I get a promotion.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after! ”
Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
“Relish(appreciate) the moment” is a good motto, actually it isn’t the burdens of today that drive man mad. It is the regret over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. Then the station will come soon enough.
Why does the author describe the mental picture?

How do people feel when they’re on their trip?

What does the author mean by “Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today” in Line 2 Paragraph 5?

Why does the author write the passage?

完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
Before Pandora went to the earth to live with the rest of mankind, she was given a box which she was ordered ________________________ under any circumstances. (open)
潘多拉到地球上去和其他人类一起生活之前，她得到了一个盒子并且被要求无论如何都决不把它打开。
Owing to our joint efforts, the task           ahead of schedule, and then we summed up our working experience. (fulfil)
由于我们的共同努力，任务提前完成了； 随后我们总结了工作经验。
You                the flowers, for the weather report says it is going to rain soon. (water)
你本没必要浇这些花的，因为天气预报说很快要下雨了。
Suddenly                 the dilemma, he was at a loss at first. But later he was determined to hold on. (face)
突然面临着进退两难的困境，他起初不知所措。便随后他决定顽强地坚持下去。
The true value of life is not                  but what you have done. (gain)
生命的真正价值不在于你得到什么，而在于你做过什么。
TMall. Com is Alibaba’s other big state, __________________________ brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices. (find)
天猫是阿里巴巴的另一个网站，在那儿你可以找到几乎是最低价的大牌商品，从耐克到联合利华等。
The more curious we are about a topic, _________________ to learn information about it. (easy)
我们越对一个话题感兴趣，就越是容易了解此话题有关的信息。
It is reported that the work-life balance of male scientists ________________________as other aspects of family life. (study)
有报道称，关于男性科学家们工作生活的平衡研究得没有家庭生活的其它方面好。
Such __________________today that we are all eager to go out for a picnic in the park. (weather)
今天的天气太好了我们都很想出去到公园野炊。
If I had not lent my car to my brother yesterday, I ________________________ a bus to school this morning.  (take)
如果昨天我没有把车借给我弟弟，那我今早就不会坐公交来上学。

假定你是李华。请你给笔友Peter写封信，告诉他你叔叔李明将去他所在城市开会，带去他想要的那幅中国画，同时询问他是否可以接机。信中还需说明：
李明：高个子，戴眼镜
航班号：CA985
到达：8月6日上午11:30
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
How are you doing?
________________________________________________________
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua