论文部分内容阅读
第一部分:听力(略)
第二部分:英语语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节:多项选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,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。
21. China has provided __________ in a number of infrastructure projects in Africa, including the national stadium of Zambia, a bridge in Mali, a hydropower station in Gabon, the new airport of Mauritius etc.
A. annoyance B. assistance
C. requirement D. assignment
22. After years of hard work, he has at lastachieved his lifelong __________ of launching anewspaper, which is very popular withteenagers.
A. motivation B. appetite
C. ambition D. privilege
23. In 2008, I passed the National College Entrance Examinations and was__________ into Wuhan University as an English major.
A. sentenced B. admitted
C. educated D. rewarded
24. —Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
—I’d like a barbecue together with a cup of orange juice. How much do you__________?
A. pay B. offer
C. owe D. charge
25. —I’m surprised to hear that Sue andPaul have __________.
—So am I. They seemed very happy
together when I last saw them.
A. broken up B. finished up
C. divided up D. closed up
26. At the end of last year, New York’s stockmarket fell,__________a global financial crisis.
A. setting off B. driving off
C. giving off D. laying off
27. In face of the low employment, a great many graduates, when hunting for a position, would rather __________ a potential career future first than a high salary, which is a sensible choice.
A. go with B. agree with
C. allow for D. provide for
28. —Jack has spent an hour in the shoe shop. Hasn’t he decided which pair of shoes to buy?
—Maybe. Young as he is, he is__________about his appearance.
A. special B. curious
C. particular D. serious
29. The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities has been rising__________since l990.
A. steadily B. quietly
C. abruptly D. largely
30. It was clear that the small grocery was__________ people he owed money to.
A. at the expense of B. at the risk of
C. in the way of D. at the mercy of
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often___ 31 ___ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so ___32___ with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily ___ 33___in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ___ 34 ___. Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along ___ 35 ___ and had to wait ___36___in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant ___37 ___ on his door that were clearly audible(听到)in the___ 38___ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered. Terry had no___39 ___ in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be ___ 40 ___ . So he went to the door and opened it___ 41 ___ . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door___ 42 ___ . “What a nuisance(讨厌)!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to ___ 43 ___ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. ___ 44___this time she was___45 ___two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She ___ 46 ___me here to give you these.” Terry was___47 ___dumb(目瞪口呆)by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ___ 48 ___ in life. It was his___ 49 ___and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was___50___nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred(蒙蔽)by his unsympathetic mind.
31. A. complaining B. reflecting
C. praying D. pretending
32. A. inspired B. disappointed
C. thrilled D. encouraged
33. A. abandoned B. wasted
C. absorbed D. occupied
34. A. went on B. went down
C. went out D. went through
35. A. candles B. matches
C. lights D. flashlights
36. A. happily B. patiently
C. willingly D. helplessly
37. A. steps B. words C. knocks D. screams
38. A. dark B. quiet C. noisy D. crowded
39. A. acquaintances B. enemies
C. neighbors D. bosses
40. A. offered B. disturbed
C. embarrassed D. panicked
41. A. cheerfully B. contently
C. impatiently D. relevantly
42. A. gently B. deliberately
C. slightly D. abruptly
43. A. lend B. sell
C. purchase D. borrow
44. A. And B. But C. So D. For
45. A. holding B. hiding
C. fetching D. seeking
46. A. suggested B. forbad
C. sent D. forced
47. A. frightened B. disturbed
C. confused D. struck
48. A. failure B. success
C. complaint D. determination
49. A. warmth B. coldness
C. kindness D. sympathy
50. A. doubtfully B. hardly
C. actually D. specifically
第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Every person leaves a footprint. That’s what I learnt when I started to work as a private investigator 10 years ago. People pay restaurant bills with their bank card, check into hotels or travel around. In every case, they leave a trace. And because of this, I’m able to track them down even when they don’t want to be found.
The first thing I do when I want to find out where someone is staying is to go to the neighbourhood where he used to live. It’s human nature to tell stories—which is why neighbours will tell me all they know when I ring at their houses. Sometimes, someone even talks about his friend’s dishonesty. Then I produce a pattern of my subject’s life: if he likes to have a holiday in Spain or in Italy, if he prefers two-or three-star hotels and where he might hide his assets(资产). When I’ve got this life pattern,I start my research.
Nine times out of l0,I find the people I’m looking for. I once investigated a lorry supplier who owed ￡500,000 to a subcontractor(分包商). The subcontractor wanted to find out if it was worth bringing charges against the supplier. I found out the supplier had moved assets to his son,who founded a new company offering the same product. It was all done within the law. There was no money to be got from that operation.
However, I asked the son if I could speak to his father and he told me that his parent was on a long holiday in Spain and wouldn’t be back for a while. It didn’t take me long to find out that the father wasn’t in Spain.
I went back to the son and this time he told me that his father might be in Bulgaria, and I found him doing winter sports in a beautiful mountain area. He was 1iving in a big house on a 1arge piece of land he had bought for $400,000. This was exactly the kind of asset my customer was looking for.
51. We learn from the text that a private investigator is one who ______.
A. follows people and reports on whatthey do
B. helps people start businesses
C. gives advice to people about the law
D. settles arguments between companies
52. Why does the author visit the place where his subject used to stay?
A. To find out hidden assets.
B. To gather information about him.
C. To discover why he is dishonest.
D. To find out where he spends his holiday.
53. The lorry supplier moved his assets to his son in order to______.
A. pass on his debt to his son
B. double the business of his company
C. let this son take over his lorry business
D. prevent paying back the money he owed
54. We may infer from the text that thesubcontractor might ______.
A. bring charges against the lorry supplier’s son
B. give up hope of settling the debt
C. sell the big house in Bulgaria
D. get his money back
B
With both hands resting on top of the steering wheel, Oshima looks over at me: “That’s where you will be living now, Kafka. In the room where Miss Saeki used to spend time with her boyfriend. As I said, there is some change to the library, but it’s the very same room.”
Silence on my part.
“Miss Saeki’s life stopped at age 20, when her lover died. No, maybe not age 20, maybe much earlier ... I don’t know the details, but you need to know of this. The hands of the clock inside her soul stopped then. Time outside, of course, flows on as always, but she isn’t affected by it. For her, what we consider normal time is meaningless.”
“Meaningless?”
Oshima nods. “Like it doesn’t exist.”
“What you’re saying is Miss Saeki still lives in that frozen time?”
“Exactly. When you get to know her better you’ll understand.”
Oshima reaches out and lays a hand on my knee on a totally natural gesture. “Kafka, in everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when you reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.”
We’re about to get onto the main highway. “There’s one other thing I’d like you to know of,” he goes on. “Miss Saeki has a wounded heart. To some degree that’s true of all of us. But Miss Saeki has a special wound that goes beyond the usual meaning of the term. Her soul moves in mysterious ways. I’m not saying she’s dangerous—don’t get me wrong. On a day-to-day level she’s certainly got her act together, probably more than anyone else I know. She’s attractive, deep, smart. But just don’t let it worry you if you notice something strange about her sometimes.”
“Strange?” I can’t help asking.
Oshima shakes his head. “I really like Miss Saeki, and respect her. I’m sure you’ll come to feel the same way.”
This doesn’t really answer my question, but Oshima doesn’t say anything.
55. The conversation takes place ___.
A. in a library
B. in a moving car
C. where Miss Saeki used to spend timewith her boyfriend
D. where Kafka lives
56. Which of the following statements is right?
A. Oshima knows every detail about Saeki.
B. Oshima knows Saeki well enough to understand her.
C. Oshima knows Saeki better than anyone else.
D. Oshima knows very little about Saeki, but respect her.
57. We can infer from the passage that___.
A. there is something wrong with Saeki’s clock
B. nobody likes Saeki because she refuses to accept the fact
C. Saeki is attractive, smart but dangerous
D. Saeki carries only the memory of a childhood lover that death took awayfrom her
58. The writer wants to give us a feeling of___by giving readers the descriptionof Saeki.
A. mystery B. horror
C. amazement D. danger
C
A new study suggests that very young children who watch a lot of television may have attention problems later in school.
Children with attention problems cannot sit or control their actions. They talk too much, lose things, forget easily and are not able to finish tasks.
People with attention problems may suffer a disease known as ADD. Experts say the cause of ADD involves chemicals in the brain. Some education researchers have been saying for years that watching television at a very young age could change the normal development of the brain. For example, they say that children who watch a lot of television are not able to sit and read for an extended period of time. Every hour of watching television increased the chances of having attentions problems by about ten percent.
The researchers say that all the children with attention problems might not have ADD. But they still could face major learning problems in school. The findings support advice by a group of doctors that children under the age of two should not watch television.
One of the researchers said that there are other reasons why children should not watch television. Earlier studies have linked it with children becoming too fat and too aggressive. Experts say further study is necessary and important, and more work needs to be done to discover the cause and effect.
59. The word “extended” underlined in Para graph 3 means ___ .
A. stretched or pulled out
B. continued for a long period of time
C. enlarged or broad in meaning, scope, or influence
D. the body stretched out at all length
60. Children with attention problems may_________.
A. control their actions
B. sit and read quietly
C. complete tasks easily
D. talk a lot in class
61. Watching TV at an early age may cause all of the following problems except_________.
A. gaining weight
B. being too aggressive
C. poor eyesight
D. ADD
62. The best title for the passage is_________.
A. TV and Attention Problems
B. Attention and Learning
C. Disadvantages of Watching TV
D. Causes of ADD
D
The well-known “Red List” that details which species are threatened with extinction is inaccurate, according to a new assessment. It concludes the list fails to reflect the true threat to species, by not taking full account of the threat caused by people.
The Red List, which is made by the world conservation Union(IUCN), determines a species’ risk of extinction mainly on the basis of its population size, rate of decline and geographic range.
But Alexander Harcourt and Sean Parks at the University of California, Davis, argue that this is not enough. They compare an endangered species to a house that has been left unlocked. The house is exposed to committing theft, but it only becomes threatened when there is a housebreaker nearby.
In the same way, a small population of animals with likely extinction only becomes actively threatened when it is being caught illegally or its habitat is destroyed. Harcourt and Parks support modifying the Red List standards to include local human population density.
Although a large number of people nearby may not in itself be a threat, they argue that hunting, pollution and habitat destruction, for example, are all likely to increase as people gradually attack wildlife. What’s more, data on human density is really available. “We have the numbers, why not use them?” says Harcourt.
To illustrate their point, the researchers reassessed 200 primate(灵长类)species from the 1996 Red List. They found that 17 species designed as being at relatively low risk by the Red List should now be reassigned as high priority.
Contrary to the expectations of many, the researchers also found that two high-profile species, the gorilla and the pygmy chimpanzee, should be downgraded to a lower level of threat.
But Craig Hilton-Taylor, Red List Programme Officer based in Cambridge, England, says that the IUCN has already introduced a species classification system for threats such as human density. The system runs in parallel to the main Red List classification.
Besides, part of the Red List’s value is that you can make comparisons with past assessments, he says, and tweaking the criteria would make this impossible. “We’ve been asked by everyone, please don’t change the system again,” says Hilton-Taylor.
Harcourt maintains that making explicit threats part of the criteria is not only more accurate, it may also help highlight future problems. Matt Walpole, a conservation researcher at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England, agrees: “Where population data is lacking, it might be a useful way of flagging up potentially threatened species. ”
63. The Red list used to determine the risk of extinction a species may run by assessing all of the following, EXCEPT ______ .
A. the geographic range of the species B. the species’ population size
C. the species’ rate of decline D. human population data
64. In order to indicate the level of threat caused by people to rare species,______ has / have been introduced.
A. a specific classification system B. a more accurate assessment system
C. the Red List standards D. the Red List classification
65. The level of risk indicated by the Red List to each endangered species shouldbe______.
A. downgraded B. upgraded
C. reassessed D. kept as it is
66. The proper title for this passage should be_________.
A. Data On Human Density
B. Red Alert Over Rare Species
C. Red List Classification D. Potentially Threatened Species
E
Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality(理性), but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that’s not what I did.
I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts(文科) university that doesn’t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility(灵活) and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision(眼界) by communicating with people who weren’t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. They told me I was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.
I headed off to the college and was sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories” where they didn’t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.
Now I’m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile(协调)engineering with liberal arts course in college.
The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don’t mix as easily as I supposed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
67. Why did the author choose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university?
A. He intended to become an engineer and humanist.
B. He intended to be a reasonable student with noble ideals.
C. He wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality.
D. He wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students.
68. According to the author, by communicating with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can _________.
A. become noble idealists
B. broaden their knowledge
C. find a better job in the future
D. balance engineering and liberal arts
69. When the author says “Engineering students are supposed to examples ofpracticality and rationality, but when itcomes to my college education I am anidealist and a fool” at the beginning ofthe passage, he actually means_________.
A. his idea of combining engineeringwith liberal-arts is noble and wise
B. he is not a practical and rational student
C. his choice of attending to a small liberal-arts university is reasonable
D. he has failed to achieve his ideal aims
70. The author suggests in this passage that___.
A. liberal-arts students are supported to take engineering courses
B. technical experts with a wide vision are expected in the society
C. successful engineering students aremore welcomed in the society
D. engineering universities with liberal- arts courses are needed
第四部分:写作
第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
71._________(是你)let out the secret to her ?(that)
72. Don’t forget the days _________(你 被接收入) the Youth League.(admit)
73. Many people believe that one day the earth _________(将毁灭) if people do not learn to live in peace. (destroy)
74. The foreign guests,_________ (其中 大部分是运动员), were warmly welcomed at the airport. (athletes)
75. Only if you work hard _________(你 才能取得进步) in English study.(make)
76. The murderer was brought in, with_________(他的双手被绑在背后). (tie)
77. I’m trying to catch up with my classmates. If only I _________(没有落后) them!(fall)
78. He_________(不可能在看) TV at 8:00 last night. He has gone to NewYork. (watch)
79. The price for a haircut can run _________ (多达10美元)in the United States.(as)
80. _________(对你没什么差别) whether I like it or not, because you never listen to me. (make)
第二节:短文写作(满分25分)
不同人都有着不同的习惯,个人习惯直接关系着公共卫生。请根据下列要求,写一篇120字左右的英语短文,开头和结尾已经写好,不计入总词数。
1. 介绍有些人不同的好习惯和坏习惯。
2. 习惯与卫生的关系:习惯是卫生基础; 不好的习惯,会导致一些传染疾病传播,如AIDS,SARS,甲型H1N1流感等。
3. 你的看法……。
【2010年高考英语模拟试题(湖北卷)参考答案】
多项选择
21—30 BCBDAACCAD
完形填空
31—40 ABDCADCBAB
41—50CDDBA CDABC
阅读理解
51—60 ABDDBBDABD
61—70 CADAC BABDB
完成句子
71. Was it you that72. on which / when you were admitted into / to73. will be destroyed74. most of whom were athletes75. can you make progress / Will you be able to make progress76. his hands tied behind his back77. hadn’t fallen behind78. can / could not have been watching 79. as much as 10 dollars80. It makes no difference to you
书面表达
One possible version:
It is generally believed that different people have different habits. Some people are addicted to habits like drinking and smoking, while others pay special attention to healthy diet and never taste things like alcohol and cigarettes.
It goes without saying that there is close relationship between personal habits and public health. On the one hand, good habits serve as the necessary basis of public health, that is to say, without good habits, public health can’t be guaranteed. On the other hand, infectious disease is the natural result brought by dirty habits, like AIDS, SARS, A H1N1 flu and so on.
Personally, I think it is high time we placed emphasis on improving personal habits and public health. If we mind our manners and behave ourselves well, there must be a bright and encouraging future.
第二部分:英语语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节:多项选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,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。
21. China has provided __________ in a number of infrastructure projects in Africa, including the national stadium of Zambia, a bridge in Mali, a hydropower station in Gabon, the new airport of Mauritius etc.
A. annoyance B. assistance
C. requirement D. assignment
22. After years of hard work, he has at lastachieved his lifelong __________ of launching anewspaper, which is very popular withteenagers.
A. motivation B. appetite
C. ambition D. privilege
23. In 2008, I passed the National College Entrance Examinations and was__________ into Wuhan University as an English major.
A. sentenced B. admitted
C. educated D. rewarded
24. —Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
—I’d like a barbecue together with a cup of orange juice. How much do you__________?
A. pay B. offer
C. owe D. charge
25. —I’m surprised to hear that Sue andPaul have __________.
—So am I. They seemed very happy
together when I last saw them.
A. broken up B. finished up
C. divided up D. closed up
26. At the end of last year, New York’s stockmarket fell,__________a global financial crisis.
A. setting off B. driving off
C. giving off D. laying off
27. In face of the low employment, a great many graduates, when hunting for a position, would rather __________ a potential career future first than a high salary, which is a sensible choice.
A. go with B. agree with
C. allow for D. provide for
28. —Jack has spent an hour in the shoe shop. Hasn’t he decided which pair of shoes to buy?
—Maybe. Young as he is, he is__________about his appearance.
A. special B. curious
C. particular D. serious
29. The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities has been rising__________since l990.
A. steadily B. quietly
C. abruptly D. largely
30. It was clear that the small grocery was__________ people he owed money to.
A. at the expense of B. at the risk of
C. in the way of D. at the mercy of
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often___ 31 ___ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so ___32___ with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily ___ 33___in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ___ 34 ___. Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along ___ 35 ___ and had to wait ___36___in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant ___37 ___ on his door that were clearly audible(听到)in the___ 38___ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered. Terry had no___39 ___ in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be ___ 40 ___ . So he went to the door and opened it___ 41 ___ . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door___ 42 ___ . “What a nuisance(讨厌)!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to ___ 43 ___ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. ___ 44___this time she was___45 ___two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She ___ 46 ___me here to give you these.” Terry was___47 ___dumb(目瞪口呆)by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ___ 48 ___ in life. It was his___ 49 ___and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was___50___nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred(蒙蔽)by his unsympathetic mind.
31. A. complaining B. reflecting
C. praying D. pretending
32. A. inspired B. disappointed
C. thrilled D. encouraged
33. A. abandoned B. wasted
C. absorbed D. occupied
34. A. went on B. went down
C. went out D. went through
35. A. candles B. matches
C. lights D. flashlights
36. A. happily B. patiently
C. willingly D. helplessly
37. A. steps B. words C. knocks D. screams
38. A. dark B. quiet C. noisy D. crowded
39. A. acquaintances B. enemies
C. neighbors D. bosses
40. A. offered B. disturbed
C. embarrassed D. panicked
41. A. cheerfully B. contently
C. impatiently D. relevantly
42. A. gently B. deliberately
C. slightly D. abruptly
43. A. lend B. sell
C. purchase D. borrow
44. A. And B. But C. So D. For
45. A. holding B. hiding
C. fetching D. seeking
46. A. suggested B. forbad
C. sent D. forced
47. A. frightened B. disturbed
C. confused D. struck
48. A. failure B. success
C. complaint D. determination
49. A. warmth B. coldness
C. kindness D. sympathy
50. A. doubtfully B. hardly
C. actually D. specifically
第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Every person leaves a footprint. That’s what I learnt when I started to work as a private investigator 10 years ago. People pay restaurant bills with their bank card, check into hotels or travel around. In every case, they leave a trace. And because of this, I’m able to track them down even when they don’t want to be found.
The first thing I do when I want to find out where someone is staying is to go to the neighbourhood where he used to live. It’s human nature to tell stories—which is why neighbours will tell me all they know when I ring at their houses. Sometimes, someone even talks about his friend’s dishonesty. Then I produce a pattern of my subject’s life: if he likes to have a holiday in Spain or in Italy, if he prefers two-or three-star hotels and where he might hide his assets(资产). When I’ve got this life pattern,I start my research.
Nine times out of l0,I find the people I’m looking for. I once investigated a lorry supplier who owed ￡500,000 to a subcontractor(分包商). The subcontractor wanted to find out if it was worth bringing charges against the supplier. I found out the supplier had moved assets to his son,who founded a new company offering the same product. It was all done within the law. There was no money to be got from that operation.
However, I asked the son if I could speak to his father and he told me that his parent was on a long holiday in Spain and wouldn’t be back for a while. It didn’t take me long to find out that the father wasn’t in Spain.
I went back to the son and this time he told me that his father might be in Bulgaria, and I found him doing winter sports in a beautiful mountain area. He was 1iving in a big house on a 1arge piece of land he had bought for $400,000. This was exactly the kind of asset my customer was looking for.
51. We learn from the text that a private investigator is one who ______.
A. follows people and reports on whatthey do
B. helps people start businesses
C. gives advice to people about the law
D. settles arguments between companies
52. Why does the author visit the place where his subject used to stay?
A. To find out hidden assets.
B. To gather information about him.
C. To discover why he is dishonest.
D. To find out where he spends his holiday.
53. The lorry supplier moved his assets to his son in order to______.
A. pass on his debt to his son
B. double the business of his company
C. let this son take over his lorry business
D. prevent paying back the money he owed
54. We may infer from the text that thesubcontractor might ______.
A. bring charges against the lorry supplier’s son
B. give up hope of settling the debt
C. sell the big house in Bulgaria
D. get his money back
B
With both hands resting on top of the steering wheel, Oshima looks over at me: “That’s where you will be living now, Kafka. In the room where Miss Saeki used to spend time with her boyfriend. As I said, there is some change to the library, but it’s the very same room.”
Silence on my part.
“Miss Saeki’s life stopped at age 20, when her lover died. No, maybe not age 20, maybe much earlier ... I don’t know the details, but you need to know of this. The hands of the clock inside her soul stopped then. Time outside, of course, flows on as always, but she isn’t affected by it. For her, what we consider normal time is meaningless.”
“Meaningless?”
Oshima nods. “Like it doesn’t exist.”
“What you’re saying is Miss Saeki still lives in that frozen time?”
“Exactly. When you get to know her better you’ll understand.”
Oshima reaches out and lays a hand on my knee on a totally natural gesture. “Kafka, in everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when you reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.”
We’re about to get onto the main highway. “There’s one other thing I’d like you to know of,” he goes on. “Miss Saeki has a wounded heart. To some degree that’s true of all of us. But Miss Saeki has a special wound that goes beyond the usual meaning of the term. Her soul moves in mysterious ways. I’m not saying she’s dangerous—don’t get me wrong. On a day-to-day level she’s certainly got her act together, probably more than anyone else I know. She’s attractive, deep, smart. But just don’t let it worry you if you notice something strange about her sometimes.”
“Strange?” I can’t help asking.
Oshima shakes his head. “I really like Miss Saeki, and respect her. I’m sure you’ll come to feel the same way.”
This doesn’t really answer my question, but Oshima doesn’t say anything.
55. The conversation takes place ___.
A. in a library
B. in a moving car
C. where Miss Saeki used to spend timewith her boyfriend
D. where Kafka lives
56. Which of the following statements is right?
A. Oshima knows every detail about Saeki.
B. Oshima knows Saeki well enough to understand her.
C. Oshima knows Saeki better than anyone else.
D. Oshima knows very little about Saeki, but respect her.
57. We can infer from the passage that___.
A. there is something wrong with Saeki’s clock
B. nobody likes Saeki because she refuses to accept the fact
C. Saeki is attractive, smart but dangerous
D. Saeki carries only the memory of a childhood lover that death took awayfrom her
58. The writer wants to give us a feeling of___by giving readers the descriptionof Saeki.
A. mystery B. horror
C. amazement D. danger
C
A new study suggests that very young children who watch a lot of television may have attention problems later in school.
Children with attention problems cannot sit or control their actions. They talk too much, lose things, forget easily and are not able to finish tasks.
People with attention problems may suffer a disease known as ADD. Experts say the cause of ADD involves chemicals in the brain. Some education researchers have been saying for years that watching television at a very young age could change the normal development of the brain. For example, they say that children who watch a lot of television are not able to sit and read for an extended period of time. Every hour of watching television increased the chances of having attentions problems by about ten percent.
The researchers say that all the children with attention problems might not have ADD. But they still could face major learning problems in school. The findings support advice by a group of doctors that children under the age of two should not watch television.
One of the researchers said that there are other reasons why children should not watch television. Earlier studies have linked it with children becoming too fat and too aggressive. Experts say further study is necessary and important, and more work needs to be done to discover the cause and effect.
59. The word “extended” underlined in Para graph 3 means ___ .
A. stretched or pulled out
B. continued for a long period of time
C. enlarged or broad in meaning, scope, or influence
D. the body stretched out at all length
60. Children with attention problems may_________.
A. control their actions
B. sit and read quietly
C. complete tasks easily
D. talk a lot in class
61. Watching TV at an early age may cause all of the following problems except_________.
A. gaining weight
B. being too aggressive
C. poor eyesight
D. ADD
62. The best title for the passage is_________.
A. TV and Attention Problems
B. Attention and Learning
C. Disadvantages of Watching TV
D. Causes of ADD
D
The well-known “Red List” that details which species are threatened with extinction is inaccurate, according to a new assessment. It concludes the list fails to reflect the true threat to species, by not taking full account of the threat caused by people.
The Red List, which is made by the world conservation Union(IUCN), determines a species’ risk of extinction mainly on the basis of its population size, rate of decline and geographic range.
But Alexander Harcourt and Sean Parks at the University of California, Davis, argue that this is not enough. They compare an endangered species to a house that has been left unlocked. The house is exposed to committing theft, but it only becomes threatened when there is a housebreaker nearby.
In the same way, a small population of animals with likely extinction only becomes actively threatened when it is being caught illegally or its habitat is destroyed. Harcourt and Parks support modifying the Red List standards to include local human population density.
Although a large number of people nearby may not in itself be a threat, they argue that hunting, pollution and habitat destruction, for example, are all likely to increase as people gradually attack wildlife. What’s more, data on human density is really available. “We have the numbers, why not use them?” says Harcourt.
To illustrate their point, the researchers reassessed 200 primate(灵长类)species from the 1996 Red List. They found that 17 species designed as being at relatively low risk by the Red List should now be reassigned as high priority.
Contrary to the expectations of many, the researchers also found that two high-profile species, the gorilla and the pygmy chimpanzee, should be downgraded to a lower level of threat.
But Craig Hilton-Taylor, Red List Programme Officer based in Cambridge, England, says that the IUCN has already introduced a species classification system for threats such as human density. The system runs in parallel to the main Red List classification.
Besides, part of the Red List’s value is that you can make comparisons with past assessments, he says, and tweaking the criteria would make this impossible. “We’ve been asked by everyone, please don’t change the system again,” says Hilton-Taylor.
Harcourt maintains that making explicit threats part of the criteria is not only more accurate, it may also help highlight future problems. Matt Walpole, a conservation researcher at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England, agrees: “Where population data is lacking, it might be a useful way of flagging up potentially threatened species. ”
63. The Red list used to determine the risk of extinction a species may run by assessing all of the following, EXCEPT ______ .
A. the geographic range of the species B. the species’ population size
C. the species’ rate of decline D. human population data
64. In order to indicate the level of threat caused by people to rare species,______ has / have been introduced.
A. a specific classification system B. a more accurate assessment system
C. the Red List standards D. the Red List classification
65. The level of risk indicated by the Red List to each endangered species shouldbe______.
A. downgraded B. upgraded
C. reassessed D. kept as it is
66. The proper title for this passage should be_________.
A. Data On Human Density
B. Red Alert Over Rare Species
C. Red List Classification D. Potentially Threatened Species
E
Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality(理性), but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that’s not what I did.
I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts(文科) university that doesn’t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility(灵活) and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision(眼界) by communicating with people who weren’t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. They told me I was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.
I headed off to the college and was sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories” where they didn’t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.
Now I’m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile(协调)engineering with liberal arts course in college.
The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don’t mix as easily as I supposed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
67. Why did the author choose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university?
A. He intended to become an engineer and humanist.
B. He intended to be a reasonable student with noble ideals.
C. He wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality.
D. He wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students.
68. According to the author, by communicating with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can _________.
A. become noble idealists
B. broaden their knowledge
C. find a better job in the future
D. balance engineering and liberal arts
69. When the author says “Engineering students are supposed to examples ofpracticality and rationality, but when itcomes to my college education I am anidealist and a fool” at the beginning ofthe passage, he actually means_________.
A. his idea of combining engineeringwith liberal-arts is noble and wise
B. he is not a practical and rational student
C. his choice of attending to a small liberal-arts university is reasonable
D. he has failed to achieve his ideal aims
70. The author suggests in this passage that___.
A. liberal-arts students are supported to take engineering courses
B. technical experts with a wide vision are expected in the society
C. successful engineering students aremore welcomed in the society
D. engineering universities with liberal- arts courses are needed
第四部分:写作
第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
71._________(是你)let out the secret to her ?(that)
72. Don’t forget the days _________(你 被接收入) the Youth League.(admit)
73. Many people believe that one day the earth _________(将毁灭) if people do not learn to live in peace. (destroy)
74. The foreign guests,_________ (其中 大部分是运动员), were warmly welcomed at the airport. (athletes)
75. Only if you work hard _________(你 才能取得进步) in English study.(make)
76. The murderer was brought in, with_________(他的双手被绑在背后). (tie)
77. I’m trying to catch up with my classmates. If only I _________(没有落后) them!(fall)
78. He_________(不可能在看) TV at 8:00 last night. He has gone to NewYork. (watch)
79. The price for a haircut can run _________ (多达10美元)in the United States.(as)
80. _________(对你没什么差别) whether I like it or not, because you never listen to me. (make)
第二节:短文写作(满分25分)
不同人都有着不同的习惯,个人习惯直接关系着公共卫生。请根据下列要求,写一篇120字左右的英语短文,开头和结尾已经写好,不计入总词数。
1. 介绍有些人不同的好习惯和坏习惯。
2. 习惯与卫生的关系:习惯是卫生基础; 不好的习惯,会导致一些传染疾病传播,如AIDS,SARS,甲型H1N1流感等。
3. 你的看法……。
【2010年高考英语模拟试题(湖北卷)参考答案】
多项选择
21—30 BCBDAACCAD
完形填空
31—40 ABDCADCBAB
41—50CDDBA CDABC
阅读理解
51—60 ABDDBBDABD
61—70 CADAC BABDB
完成句子
71. Was it you that72. on which / when you were admitted into / to73. will be destroyed74. most of whom were athletes75. can you make progress / Will you be able to make progress76. his hands tied behind his back77. hadn’t fallen behind78. can / could not have been watching 79. as much as 10 dollars80. It makes no difference to you
书面表达
One possible version:
It is generally believed that different people have different habits. Some people are addicted to habits like drinking and smoking, while others pay special attention to healthy diet and never taste things like alcohol and cigarettes.
It goes without saying that there is close relationship between personal habits and public health. On the one hand, good habits serve as the necessary basis of public health, that is to say, without good habits, public health can’t be guaranteed. On the other hand, infectious disease is the natural result brought by dirty habits, like AIDS, SARS, A H1N1 flu and so on.
Personally, I think it is high time we placed emphasis on improving personal habits and public health. If we mind our manners and behave ourselves well, there must be a bright and encouraging future.