2009年全国统一高考英语试卷（四川卷）

假设你是李华。你的外国笔友Jane打算于七月来中国，特来信了解中国人的社交习俗。请你用英语回一封信，从以下几个方面作具体介绍。
1.页面时的问候方式；
2.对毛病伯回答方式；
3.接收礼物时的回应方式；
4.餐宴礼节。
注意：
1.词数100左右，信的开头和结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Jane,
Glad to hear from you and you're welcome to China in July.                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                  
                                                                                
I hope what's mentioned above might be helpful and wish you a good journey.

A great person is always putting others’ interests _________ his own.

________ many times, he finally understood it.

The teacher together with the students ________ discussing Reading Skills that ________ newly published in America.（）

- I wonderyou'll water this kind of flower.
--Every other day.

Not until I came home last nightto bed.

Owen wouldn't eat anythinghe cooked it himself

—Would you please help me with the box?
—_________

—You speak very good French!
—Thanks. I __________ French in Sichuan University for four years.

—May I open the window to let in some fresh air?
—___________

-Why don't we choose that road to save time?

-The bridge to it.

—Have you __________?
—No. I had the wrong number.

—How about your journey to Mount Emei?
—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way.

I like this house with a beautiful garden in front, but I don't have enough money to buy.

He told us whether _________ a picnic was still under discussion

In order to find _______ better job, he decided to study _________ second foreign language.

News came from the school officeWang Lin had been admitted to Beijing University.

—I don’t care what people think.
—Well, you _______

She'll never forget her stay thereshe found her son who had gone missing two years before.

Ladies and gentlemen, please remainuntil the plane has come to a complete stop.

My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours , but it is twice _______ expensive .

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was successful at my job . I worked very hard , but it ___21___ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle . I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. ___22___, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was __23__ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there __24__ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ___25___.” I’d been so well respected ; ___26___ I was of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very __27__ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸).I could __28__ things needed doing, but would not do anything . My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything ___29___ me .
Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I __30___ the same final, so he was ___31___ when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me ___32___ him on was unbelievable. From then in , I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band —I ___33___ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so ___34___. My life had been so much devoted to __35__ for so long , and I felt __36__ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
___37___ , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose — I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being ___38____ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ___39___ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how __40__ it is to achieve real balance in life.

A．promised B．afforded C．showed D．left

A．Therefore B．Anyhow C．Otherwise D．However

A．quickly B．gently C．partly D．easily

A．until B．after C．as D．so

A．failed B．finished C．tried D．changed

A．suddenly B．finally C．immediately D．shortly

A．secret B．quiet C．lonely D．dark

A．see B．get C．suggest D．understand

A．defended B．directed C．deserted D．disturbed

A．watched B．missed C．lost D．won

A．disappointed B．worried C． honoured D．delighted

A．cheering B．taking C．leading D．passing

A．just B．even C．still D．almost

A．hopeful B．meaningful C．difficult D．strange

A．work B．family C．matches D．performances

A．successful B．thoughtful C．thankful D．peaceful

A．Naturally B．Doubtfully C．Disagreeably D．Unexpectedly

A．employed B．comforted C．valued D．encouraged

A．education B．experience C．relationship D．future

A．important B．interesting C．simple D．surprising

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How many reasons for going to college does the author mention in the text ?

The author thinks you should choose the college that is _______.

What does the author advise you to do to pay the high cost of college?

What’s the author’s purpose of writing this test?

July 21st, 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I lift work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house bad never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. we put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社区）.We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.
Although-our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought , “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was swept away , and our house is still sanding . We’re lucky .”
We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year , I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions . Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush — we have our home back, and that’s the main thing.
What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?

It can be inferred from the text that the author                    .

Why does author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?

Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not , I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account ).I love how singer Judy Garland put it, “Always be a first-class version(版本) of yourself , instead of a second-class version of somebody else .”
Then there’s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you’ve ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you can’t do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that:
In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off.
At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that anymore, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me.
It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit（储蓄）into your PBA and will build strength.
The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the first paragraph means “         ”.
Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words?

What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story ？

In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express              .

Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot, especially seniors and children who need more time to cross streets.
A pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident in the USA every 110 minutes；one is injured every nine minutes, according to official date. Crosswalk can be especially dangerous for the elderly. Among people 70 and older, 36% of pedestrian deaths in 2006 occurred in crosswalks, compared with 21% of those younger than 70, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The Federal Highway Administration（FHWA）advises that next year states increase by nearly 15% the amount of time traffic lights provide for pedestrians to cross the street after the flashing orange hand appears .
FHWA spokesman Doug Hecox says reasons for the change include an aging population that needs more time to cross, health-conscious Americans walking more, children encouraged to walk to prevent getting overweight and high gas prices pushing people to walk instead of drive.
Pedestrian deaths went down by 12% from 5,449 in 1996 to 4,784 in 2006. But among those in 2006, 471 were killed in crosswalks, down slightly from 488 ten years earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says.
Which of the following is true according to the text?

What is FHWA’s suggestion to states?

What’s the cause of the crosswalk safety problem according to the test?

The report from NHTSA suggests that             

All too often , a choice that seems sustainable（可持续的）turns out on closer examination to be problematic. Probably the best example is the rush to produce ethanol（乙醇）for fuel from corn . Corn is a renewable resource —you can harvest it and grow more, almost limitlessly. So replacing gas with corn ethanol seems like a great idea.
One might get a bit more energy out of the ethanol than that used to make it, which could still make ethanol more sustainable than gas generally, but that’s not the end of the problem. Using corn to make ethanol means less corn is left to feed animals and people, which drives up the cost of food. That result leads to turning the fallow land — including, in some cases, rain forest in places such as Brazil — into farmland, which in turn gives off lots of carbon dioxide（CO2）into the air. Finally, over many years, the energy benefit from burning ethanol would make up for the forest loss. But by then, climate change would have progressed so far that it might not help.
You cannot really declare any practice “sustainable” until you have done a complete lift-cycle analysis of its environmental（环境的）costs. Even then, technology and public policy keep developing, and that development can lead to unforeseen and undesired results. The admirable goal of living sustainable requires plenty of thought on an ongoing basis.
What might directly cause the loss of the forest according to the text?

The underline word “it” in the second paragraph refers to

The author thinks that replacing gas with corn ethanol is    

What does the author mainly discuss in the text?