(2011年潍坊教学质量抽样监测)Faced with a problem，you have to________it first，and then try to find a solution.

A．resemble                             B．substitute

C．concentrate                         D．analyze

 (山东省潍坊市2009年高考模拟考试)

根据下面的漫画，联系生活实际，写一篇120—150词左右的英语短文。

 (安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模)

假如你准备参加《中国日报》组织的题为“Nothing Is Small”的中学生英语短文比赛。比赛要求简要描述下列三幅画的内容，并陈述你从画中悟出的道理。

参考生词：1．道钉：rail spike          2．烟头：butt

          3．管涌：tube fountain    4．灾难：disaster

注    意：1．短文应包括图中提供的信息，可适当发挥，行文连贯、完整。

2．字数：120左右。

 (安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模)

A professor was invited to speak to a group of business students. As he  36  in front of the students, he pulled out a jar and  37  it on the table. Then he carefully placed some fist-sized   38  , one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would  39  inside, he asked, “Is this jar  40  ?”

Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”

“  41  ?” He reached under the table, pulled out a bag of gravel (石子) and dumped some gravel in and  42   the jar to fill up the spaces between the rocks. Then he asked the class, “Is the jar full?”

“  43  not, ” one of them answered.

“Good!” he replied. He  44  under the table and brought out a bag of sand. He started dumping the sand in and it  45  all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.   46   he asked the class, “Is this jar full?”

“No!” the class shouted.

He said, “Good!” Then he grabbed (抓) a big  47  full of water and began to  48

  water in until the jar was filled to the top. Then the speaker said to the class, “The  49   this illustration (示例) teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in  50  , you’ll never get them in at all. What are the ‘big rocks’ in your  51  ? Time with your loved ones? Your faith, your education, your dreams? A worth cause?   52   to put the BIG ROCKS in first  53   you’ll never get them in at all.”

      54  , tonight or in the morning when you are  55  of this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the “big rocks” in my life or business? Then, put those in your jar first.

36．A．spoke                     B．stood                   C．taught                     D．sat

37．A．lay                         B．broke                   C．covered                  D．set

38．A．apples                     B．oranges                   C．bricks                     D．rocks

39．A．fit                          B．match                     C．fill                          D．contain

40．A．valuable                  B．full                         C．heavy                     D．large

41．A．Exactly                   B．Actually                  C．Truly                   D．Really

42．A．lifted                   B．pressed                   C．shook                     D．tapped

43．A．Probably                 B．Absolutely        C．Certainly              D．Nearly

44．A．searched                 B．reached                   C．felt                         D．watched

45．A．came into             B．turned into              C．went into             D．flowed into

46．A．Now and again     B．Time and again     C．Once before            D．Once more

47．A．box                        B．basket                     C．glass                   D．bag

48．A．pour                       B．fall                         C．drop                       D．put

49．A．experience              B．truth                    C．knowledge              D．idea

50．A．quickly                   B．finally                     C．first                     D．ahead

51．A．community             B．future                     C．district                    D．life

52．A．Try                        B．Learn                   C．Remember              D．Wait

53．A．or                          B．and                         C．yet                         D．because

54．A．Instead                   B．So                          C．As a result                  D．As usual

55．A．thinking                  B．hearing                   C．talking                    D．saying

2009年高考在即，高三学生目前正处于紧张复习迎考的氛围中。假如你叫李华，广西某中学高三学生，面对目前的压力，想和父母说说知心话，请你用英文在你的博客上用书信形式表达出来。主要内容如下：

注意：

1.短文须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥。

2．词数：110左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mom and Dad,

The annual college entrance examination is around the corner. On this special occasion, how I wish I could have a heart-to-heart talk with you.

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                                                　　　　　　Yours,

                                                             Li Hua