(江苏省黄桥中学2008届高三第三次模拟)

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I   36   that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning   37   the wall. Being a piano music lover and   38  , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been   39   lessons—at age 54! I told her that it was very   40   that she was pursuing(追求) her    41    to play the piano.

  Then she asked me the same question.

  “I have been playing for 8 years now,” I answered.

  “Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she requested.

  I    42   she was kidding and I simply smiled. At the end of the   43   of the vitamins, she    44    me of our musical “  45  ”. She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room and asked me to play a song for her. I thought    46    and decided to play David Lanz’s “Return to the Heart”, since she had so much passion for    47   , and it was my soul-searching song.

  I played the song to the best of my    48   , and with my emotions pouring into it as possible. She loved it.    49    I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, “Young man!”

  I turned around. And there was an old lady    50    one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to   51   you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to    52    my bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good…” she said. With that, she turned around and walked      53    back to her room.

  I was deeply touched by her    54    and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one’s    55    for peace and joy.

36. A. observed             B. watched            C. noticed                     D. caught

37. A. on                      B. at                   C. over                         D. against

38. A. player                 B. learner               C. composer                 D. starter

39. A. giving              B. attending           C. teaching                   D. learning

40. A. interesting          B. exciting             C. aggressive             D. impressive

41. A. passion            B. interest              C. hobbies                    D. emotions

42. A. found                 B. felt                    C. hoped                   D. thought

43. A. charge                B. purchase           C. bargain                     D. obtaining

44. A. warned               B. required             C. asked                    D. reminded

45. A. deal                    B. contract            C. discussion             D. debate

46. A. for the moment    B. at the moment         C. for a moment            D. at a moment

47. A. music                 B. me                    C. the piano               D. vitamins

48. A. knowledge      B. attitude              C. mind                        D. ability

49. A. Since                  B. As                     C. While                    D. Because

50. A. taking                 B. making              C. having                   D. moving

51. A. thank                  B. praise               C. admire                         D. respect

52. A. get on                 B. get up               C. get off                         D. get down

53. A. quickly               B. calmly               C. happily                     D. slowly

54. A. approval         B. appreciation       C. joy                           D. thanks

55. A. heart                   B. world             C. soul                         D. dream

 (江苏省姜堰市第二中学2008届高三第三次模拟考试)

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner.   36   woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made   37   impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to   38  her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you   39  ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be   40   to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it   41   moment, and agreed.

That Friday after work,   42   I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I   43   that, she, too, seemed to be   44   about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to   45   her last wedding anniversary.

We went to a restaurant that,   46   not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there   47   at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was   48   her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an)   49   conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.

A few days   50  , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do   51   for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note   52  “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the   53   dinner. I love you, Son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your   54  . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be   55   till“some other time”.

36. A. Another            B. This other              C. Other             D. Others

37. A. this                     B. that                          C. one                   D. it

38. A. force               B. order                     C. advise            D. invite

39. A. happy              B. good                        C. well                  D. bad

40. A. glad                    B. pleasant                    C. interesting      D. pleased

41. A. at the               B. for a                     C. in a                   D. for the

42. A. until                 B. after                      C. as                     D. since

43. A. noticed            B. observed                  C. watched            D. heard

44. A. confused             B. calm                        C. nervous             D. easy

45. A. congratulate     B. celebrate                C. memorize          D. honor

46. A. though             B. even                         C. but                   D. yet

47. A. glancing              B. staring                   C. glaring                  D. smiling

48. A. in                    B. beyond                     C. above             D. on

49. A. deep                   B. curious                     C. agreeable        D. short

50. A. later                 B. after                      C. before            D. ago

51. A. anything              B. everything             C. nothing             D. something

52. A. writing             B. saying                   C. speaking            D. telling

53. A. first                 B. second                         C. last                   D. next

54. A. mother             B. wife                      C. family            D. work

55. A. put off             B. taken over             C. cut off                  D. picked up

 (重庆市第八中学2008届高三第一次模拟考试)

请用英语写一篇短文，简要描述漫画内容，并结合生活实际，就漫画主题发表感想。题目自拟。

注意：

1．词数100—120

2．参考词汇：现象—phenomena

（江苏省姜堰中学2008～2009学年度第二学期第二次综合练习，英语，22） --- Won’t you go to Kathy’s wedding party?

--- No, _____ invited.

A. though                     B. if                             C. as                            D. once

 (江苏省盐城中学2007届高三第三次模拟考试)

When Nancy Lublin got $ 5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans.    36 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing    37 faced by most of today's low-income women: "If she goes for a job interview   38 dressed, she won't get the job," Lublin says. "But without a job, she can't   39 proper clothing."

 A few weeks later, Lublin  40 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to give away    41   business clothes that were   42 in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin  43 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment, but finally she found   44 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now   45 as the organization's main office.
     Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they   46 a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  47 after being on welfare for years.

 48  Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago, more than 1,000 women have received dresses and many have won   49 . Yarit Polanco was recently   50 as a law-firm office manager. "Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression and was accepted," she says.
    Donations are now    51 in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $ 40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success   52 in other cities. "Many women have clothes    53 around that they'll never wear again," says a volunteer. "Nancy's   54 is simple and practical and the  55 has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it."
36．A．Anyway     B．Instead       C．Fortunately      D．Meanwhile
37．A．condition   B．direction      C．design           D．plan
38．A．poorly     B．well          C．better           D．worse
39．A．make       B．find          C．wear           D．afford
40．A．reached    B．called        C．founded          D．visited
41．A．used       B．needed        C．new            D．torn
42．A．yet        B．already       C．almost           D．still
43．A．hid        B．stored        C．discovered       D．hanged
44．A．space      B．employers     C．work             D．office
45．A．regards    B．serves        C．looks            D．lies
46．A．buy        B．sell          C．receive          D．watch
47．A．office      B．victory       C．wealth           D．force
48．A．When       B．Once        C．Although         D．Since
49．A．jobs       B．shoes         C．business         D．prizes
50．A．fired      B．hired         C．interviewed       D．considered
51．A．giving     B．pouring       C．showing          D．sending
52．A．schools    B．trades        C．races            D．branches
53．A．lying      B．appearing     C．collecting       D．coming
54．A．promise    B．belief        C．idea             D．opinion
55．A．help       B．work          C．shop             D．money