(山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（三）)

Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional  36  such as mathematics and languages.

The class sits in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the   37  voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.

The aim of the game is to   38  for an opportunity to shout out the   39  without clashing（相撞）with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try,  40  of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in. But by the fifth  41  , they develop a rhythm. The   42  . give other people space but also  43  claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.

Unlike schools in other nations,  German schools do not usually have school sports teams or seek to build school spirit. Many teens admit they are   44  and confused, but school is not usually the place to find relief.

The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness  45  . It is   46  for 17-19-year-olds preparing for university entrance exams.

“The course isn’t there to make you happy as   47  ,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, “  48  rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.”

Cooking a meal together will be one of the class  49  , along with improving body language under the   50  of two professional actresses.

The course is taught for three periods a week.  51  the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.

“In the first period, we had to each say something   52  about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people or teasing,” said Fanny, 17.

The message: self-esteem（自尊）improves  53  too.

Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also   54  at some US universities, but are mainly based on positive thinking, using   55  from studies of depression.

“That would be too one-sided for us. We want to show how decent（好的）food or exercise can help too,” the principal said.

36．A．subjects              B．objects                C．customs              D．habits

37．A．sweet                  B．next                    C．last                     D．loud

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38．A．look                    B．see                      C．find                    D．listen

39．A．name                  B．person                 C．number               D．slogan

40．A．All                      B．few                     C．most                   D．none

41．A．round                  B．limit                    C．sheet                   D．zone

42．A．topic                   B．rhythm                C．subject                D．message

43．A．patiently              B．confidently          C．immediately         D．quietly

44．A．happy                 B．lonely                  C．curious               D．distinctive

45．A． movement          B．class                   C．course                D．approach

46．A．intended              B．made                   C．managed             D．applied

47．A．much                  B．well                    C．usual                   D．such

48．A．and                     B．but                      C．so                       D．yet

49．A．tests                   B．exams                 C．exercises             D．homework

50．A．guidance             B．lookout                C．counsel               D．supervision

51．A．Except                B．Beyond                C．Unlike                 D．Despite

52．A．backward            B．positive               C．negative              D．subjective

53．A．atmosphere          B．achievement         C．happiness            D．score

54．A．exist                   B．happen                C．devise                 D．initiate

55．A．inspections          B．instructions          C．motives               D．findings

 (山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（一）)

目前医疗费不断攀升，有人因付不起昂贵的医疗费而只好忍受疾病的折磨。人们强烈呼吁政府应当建立有效的医疗保障机制。请根据下面图画，以“Health Care”为题写一篇短文，简要说明图画中所表达的内容，重点阐述这种现象所带来的后果和你的观点。

注意：

1．短文应包括图中所提供的主要信息，并做适当发挥，使短文内容连贯、完整。

2．词数：120—150。

3．生词：hospital discharge—出院

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 (山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（四）)

The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages   36   young couples, are the result of attraction and affection   37  than practical considerations. In the United States, parents do not   38   marriages for their children. Teenagers begin   39  in high school and usually find mates(配偶) through their own academic and social   40  .

Though young people feel 41 to choose their friends from 42 groups, most choose a mate of similar background. This is due in part to parental 43 . Parents can not spouses(配偶)for their children, but they can usually 44 choices by 10 disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.

  45  , marriages between members of different groups are increasing, probably because of the greater   46  of today’s youth and the fact that they are restricted by   47  prejudices than their parents. Many young people   48   their home towns to attend college, serve in the armed forces,   49  pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, it’s more   50  for them to date and marry outside their own social group.

In mobile American society, interclass 51 are neither nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are on the 52 particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand,   53 marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for couples to from different races to find a place to live,   54  friendships, and raise a family. Marriages between people of different national   55   (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial(殖民的) times.

36. A. involving 　          B. linking 　            C. connecting 　     D. including

37. A. more　                B. less 　                C. other　               D. rather

38. A. provide                 B. consider              C. arrange               D. admit

39. A. dating　               B. appointing　       C. engaging 　       D. matching

40. A. positions 　         B. customs　           C. contracts　         D. contacts

41. A. certain 　             B. abnormal　        C. awkward　          D. free

42. A. limited                   B. identical              C. diverse                D. distant

43. A. order                    B. ignorance            C. guidance             D. rudeness

44. A. force                     B. influence             C. make                   D. offer

45. A. However               B. Moreover            C. Therefore           D. Furthermore

46. A. mobility                 B. motive                 C. moral                  D. mission

47. A. greater                 B. stronger              C. narrower             D. fewer

48. A. desert                   B. leave                   C. escape                D. remove

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49. A. but                        B. so                        C. or                        D. and

50. A. difficult                  B. likely                    C. important            D. risky

51. A. communications   B. marriages            C. exchanges          D. associations

52. A. edge                     B. decline                C. rise                     D. air

53. A. international         B. interstate             C. internet               D. interracial

54. A. keep up                B. bring up              C. put up                 D. turn up

55. A. source                  B. origin                   C. resource             D. standard

 (山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（四）C篇)

Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work. College classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking.

We have entered the 21 st century, but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The message behind such an arrangement is obvious. Everything of importance comes from the teacher.

With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourage interchange among students. In small or standard-size classes, chairs, desks, and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Large classes, particularly those held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility.

Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out loud, and see how other students’ thinking processes operate all essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking.

In courses that regularly use a small group format, students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course. A colleague of mine, John, allows students to move around during the first two weeks, until they find a group they are comfortable with. John then asks them to stay in the same seat, with the same group, from that time on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students’ names and faces.

66. The primary purpose of desk rearrangement is_______.

A. for the teacher to divide students into small groups.

B. to make it possible for students to interact with each other.

C. for the teacher to find out how students think.

D. to give students more opportunities to practice speaking.

67. The expression “step back in time at least a hundred years” in Paragraph 2 is intended to convey the idea that          .

A. there is not much change in educational idea over the past hundred years

B. critical thinking was encouraged even a century ago

C. college classrooms often remind people of their college life

D. a hundred years ago, desk arrangement in a classroom was quite different

68. The greatest advantage in allowing each student to find his own group might be that________

A. learning is made comfortable in this way

B. the teacher can easily remember students’ names and faces

C. the teacher saves the trouble in doing that

D. brighter students can help slower ones.

69. It is implied in the passage that          .

A. students are allowed to changed groups throughout the course in John’s class

B. classroom interaction between students is essential to the teachers

C. a comfortable environment leads to higher working efficiency

D. new kinds of desks and chairs should be made

70. The author mentioned John in the last paragraph in order to ________

A. create a comfortable setting for interaction

B. introduce an approach of learning students’ names and faces easily

C. give an example that students stay in the same seat throughout the course.

D. describe a good seat-arrangement mode in courses with small group format.

 (山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟（四）B篇)

Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.

High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That’s happening in those areas of business and data processing where one person and a computer can replace a team of workers.

But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive. High technology has led to a new type of teamwork in a number of fields, including advertising, scientific research, engineering design, architecture and ocean exploration. Through computer networking, scientists, engineers and technicians at different locations – often thousands of miles apart – can work on the same project at once. They can exchange ideas, try out different designs and test their results.

Examples? An engineering team can now design and try out a robot system, a new manufacturing process, or an entire factory before it is built. An architectural team can do the same with a building or a bridge. A medical team can simulate (模拟) a dangerous operation before performing it on a patient.

Of course, computer – assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation. It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer – aide design (CAD) and computer – aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric. “Interdisciplinary (跨学科的) teams and engineers follow a product from concept to production. Everything is interconnected like a network.”

Sometimes a computer – aided effort can extend beyond production. A team that produces robots may use them to explore space and ocean depth. For high – technology team work, the future seems limitless.

61. The underlined part “hold more” most probably means to          .

A. maintain more chances        B. give more rights

C. make more regulations        D. store more information

62. According to the passage, the writer believers that         .

A. teamwork requires more use of computers than that of human beings

B. teamwork will be completely replaced by computers

C. the concept of teamwork is still alive and no longer the same as the past

D. high technology would make teamwork a thing of the past

63. The examples given by the writer in Paragraph 4 serve           .

A. to prove high technology has a promising future

B. to explain his idea of new type of teamwork is reasonable

C. to show that it tends to be an end to teamwork soon

D. to indicate the computer – assisted team effort just means investigation and simulation.

64. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Many fields of science and technology are now using computers effectively.

B. No details are given in the passage about barriers between traditional desigand manufacturing functions.

C. Experts from different fields have to cooperate to develop a product from concept to production.

D. High technology is nothing but a new type of teamwork plus CAD and CAM. 

65. The author’s attitude to towards the introduction of the computer to teamwork is of         .

A. objection      B. indifference     C. support        D. doubt