It was already late when we started for the next town, which, according to the map, was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we 1 (find) a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village, but luckily 2 we drove fast along the narrow road which led to the hill, we met no one. As our car climbed 3 (high), it became colder and the rain began to fall, making 4 difficult to see the road.
After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was 5 (poor) marked on the map. We were beginning to get anxious when the car suddenly stopped. 6 quick examination showed that we had used up the gas. Although we had little food 7 (leave), we decided to spend the night in the car.
With our meals finished, I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, who was a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes 8 went for a walk up the hill. Soon he found, in the valley below, the lights of the town 9 we were looking for. We at once pushed the car 10 the top of the hill. In less than a quarter of an hour, we were in the town.
(2014清远普通高中毕业班调研考试)
Phyllis Rawlins' house was destroyed after a tornado(龙卷风) swept through her town of Kokomo, Ind., on Sunday. Last summer, she lost 1 husband of over 40 years, Edgar. In the tornado' s rubble(瓦砾), Rawlins searched 2 Edgar' s wedding ring. “Digging and praying. Digging and praying,” she told local station Fox 59.
“It was everything to me, because that' s one thing that I had,” she said.
Rawlins had been visiting family in Kentucky 3 the storm came through. She returned to find her home 4 (complete) in pieces. “This was the house that love built,” she told WTHR.
Without her husband 5 her house, she was determined to find the ring. But locating it among the piles of rubble seemed to be 6 (hope).
Somehow, her brother 7 (spot) something under a piece of the roof and called her over. The ring, 8 (bury) in the rubble, had turned up.
“It was a miracle,” Rawlins said. “We both just hugged each other, crying. That was 9 I had searched for.”
When all was lost, 10 special ring he left was finally found.
“I' m very strong with my faith, and I know that God is in control of everything, the good and the bad,” Rawlins said.
(2014汕头普通高中教学质量监测)
As a working mom with three young sons, keeping the house clean is a big challenge. Even 1 we clean the house every week, one hour later our bedrooms and bathrooms are back to their messy(混乱的) look. When 2 (ask), my boys will help neaten their room, clear their plates from the table and pick up their school junk. But I need to remind them 3 it again and again.
If I don' t remind them, I will step over all the things 4 make my house look like a garbage can. This is quite 5 change from my pre-kid years when I never left any waste in the house. 6 seems that I cannot get those days back again at my own house.
When last week I 7 (find) a program called“Share a Healthy Habit” on a newspaper, I saw a great chance to engage my sons in cleaning chores. Why not encourage these behaviors during the summer, while school is out and their life is 8 (relax)?
The goal for my boys is to clean their own dorm room 9 themselves when they are free. The rewards for clean habits should start young and continue as they get 10 (old), so I need to start my plan as soon as possible.
(2014广东模拟)
Long ago there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day 1 was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, 2 all constructed boats and left except for Love.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me 3 you?” Richness answered, “No, I can' t. There' s lots of gold and silver in my boat. There' s no place here for you.” Love decided to ask Vanity 4 was also passing by in a beautiful boat. “Vanity, help me!” “I can' t help you, Love. You' re all wet and might damage my boat,” Vanity answered. Happiness passed by Love too, 5 she was so happy that she didn' t even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there' s a voice, “Come, Love, I 6 (take) you.” It' s an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder 7 they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way.
8 (realize) how much she owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, “Who helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But 9 did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how 10 (price) Love is.”
(2014惠州第三次调研考试)
Once there were two mice, a city mouse and a country mouse. They were distant relatives. One day the city mouse, 1 lived in a big house wrote a letter to the country mouse inviting him for a visit.
Delighted, the country mouse accepted the 2 (invite) and came to the city mouse' s house. He was greeted by the city mouse cheerfully. The country mouse was surprised at 3 big the house was. The city mouse was pleased 4 led the country mouse to the kitchen. When 5 climbed up the table, there was a large piece of bread, fruit and cheese 6 it. But just as they began to eat, they heard 7 great noise. The city mouse cried, “Run! Run! The cat 8 (come)!” They ran away quickly and hid.
9 (breath) heavily after hiding in the mouse-hole, the country mouse said to the city mouse, “I should go back to my house in the country. Even if I eat nothing but beans, I can live 10 (peace). Why don' t you come with me to the country? It is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”
(2014深圳高三第一次调研考试)
After graduating from college, Tom and Bob joined a company together. Both worked very hard. Several years later, the boss promoted Bob to manager, but Tom remained as 1 ordinary worker. Tom couldn' t take it. He handed his resignation to the boss,complaining(抱怨) that the boss didn' t value hardworking workers, but only promoted those 2 (please) guys.
The boss knew Tom worked very hard these years. So he said, “Thank you, 3 I have a request. I hope you' ll do one more thing for our company 4 you leave. Perhaps you' ll change your mind.”
Tom agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Tom went and returned soon, and said he had found 5 . The boss asked how much per kg. Tom 6 (shake) his head, went back to the market and returned 7 (inform) the boss $1.2 per kg.
The boss told Tom to wait a second. He called Bob to come to his office and asked Bob to do the same. Bob went, returned and said 8 (gentle), “Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 per kg, and $10 9 10 kg. He has 320 melons in all, 58 of 10 are on the table. Fresh and red, each weighs about 2 kg.”
Tom was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bob. He decided to stay to learn from Bob.
(2014广东模拟)
It was a warm sunny Saturday afternoon some fifteen or sixteen years ago. I volunteered to take my two older kids to the local playground when my wife put the 1 (young) down for a nap. As soon as we got there my daughter headed 2 the swings and asked for a push. As I 3 (help) my daughter to go higher and higher, I noticed a little girl, 4 elderly grandmother was sitting quietly on a nearby bench, 5 (try) in vain to get her own swing going.
I gave my daughter one big push and then walked over to the little girl and asked 6 she also needed a push. She smiled and said“Yes!” I soon had 7 feet soaring towards the clouds while she laughed 8 (happy).
For the next two hours I found 9 pushing swings and playing tag with my son, daughter, and the other little girl. 10 the time we headed home, I had been physically exhausted, but my spirit was still flying higher than those swings.
(2014深圳高三年级第二次调研考试)
Fleming was a poor Scottish farmer. One day while working in a field, he heard a cry for help. He immediately 1 (throw) his tools away. Following the sound, Fleming came to a deep bog(沼泽), in which a boy was screaming and sinking. Fleming tied a rope around 2 own waist and the other end 3 a tree, and walked into the bog. With great effort he pulled himself and the boy to 4 (safe). He quickly took the boy to his farmhouse, 5 Mrs. Fleming fed him and dried his clothes.
The next day a carriage arrived. A well-dressed man stepped out, 6 (say) he was the father of the boy. “You saved my son' s life,” said the man. “ 7 can I repay you?”
“I don' t want payment,” Fleming replied, “Anyone would have done the same.”
Just then, Fleming' s son appeared at the door.
“Is he your son?” the man asked. “Yes.” said Fleming 8 (happy).
“I have an idea. Let me pay for his education. If he' s like his father, he' ll grow to be a man we' ll both be proud of.”
And so he did. Thus 9 farmer' s son attended the best school, graduated from a medical college, and became the world-famous Nobel prize-winning scientist and discoverer of penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming.
It' s said 10 many years later the man saved from the bog caught pneumonia(肺炎).
Penicillin saved his life. His name? Sir Winston Churchill.
(2014广州高三调研测试)
Robert Burns is the most famous poet to write in Scots, the traditional language of Scotland.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland to a poor farming family, his parents made sure that he was well educated as a child. In 1783 he started composing poetry 1 a traditional style using the Ayrshire dialect of Scots. These poems were well received 2 (local) and in 1786 they were published in the volume, 3 made him famous in Scotland overnight.
4 , his fame was not accompanied by money and he found 5 necessary to return to farming. 6 this also proved unprofitable, he entered government service in 17.
He died at the age of 37 as a result of a weak heart, brought on by years of poor working conditions on the farm 7 (date) back to his childhood. Within a short time of his death, money started pouring in from all over Scotland 8 (support) his widow and children.
Today, his memory 9 (celebrate) by Burns clubs across the world and his birthday is 10 unofficial“National Day” for Scots and those with Scottish ancestry, celebrated with Burns suppers.
(2014梅州高三总复习第一次质检)
The broken English used by a Chinese journalist aroused attention of the public on English learning in China. Actually, “Chinglish” 1 (contribute) 5% to 20% of newly added English words since 1994. The Chinglish expression“long time no see” has become 2 standard English phrase. There is even a“Save Chinglish” group on the website, 3 has attracted over 8,000 members and listed more than 2,500 examples of Chinglish. The phrase“good good study, day day up” 4 (invent) by the Chinese has become a famous Chinglish sentence. 5 Chinese people said in a humorous manner that hearing Chinglish is like receiving an electric shock, native English speakers launched a campaign to save Chinglish. In the eyes of these foreigners, Chinglish is the 6 (wonder) result of an English dictionary mixing with Chinese grammar. However, there are fears 7 Chinglish could be killed off because some people are worried that Chinglish may embarrass foreign visitors. As for attitudes 8 Chinglish, some foreigners do not think that Chinglish makes serious mistakes. In their eyes, a language will be absolutely affected by its users whether or not 9 native speakers approve. Although rigid translation confuses foreigners who have just arrived in China, for foreigners familiar with the Chinese culture, 10 is an interesting phenomenon caused by cultural differences.
(2014佛山普通高中高三教学质量检测)
Orville and Wilbur Wright were the two American brothers that invented the first airplane. They started out as bicycle repairmen. Soon, they became interested in different types of machines and began to learn 1 the machines worked. They observed birds flying 2 (get) ideas, as well as read about other inventors' attempts to make aircraft. In 1900, the brothers completed their first design of a kite glider(滑翔机) and tested 3 in North Carolina. They tested kite gliders both with and without 4 pilot.
Finally, in 1903, the first engine-powered Wright Flyer 5 (invent). The“Wright Flyer Ⅰ” had a gas engine and wooden propellers(螺旋桨). After they 6 (continue) improved it upon earlier designs, the brothers successfully received a patent(专利) in 1906 7 their Flying Machine.
Modern airplanes today are very different 8 the first Flying Machine. They fly faster, are much larger, and have television sets built in for passengers' 9 (enjoy). Some planes have seats 10 lie flat to become beds and on the very newest planes, passengers can even use the Internet!
(2014汕头普通高考模拟考试)
Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the 1 (hard) challenge for an artist. 2 (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know 3 stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy(解剖). So history painting needed a lot of thought and 4 (imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based 5 contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck(遇难船的残骸) of 6 French ship in 1816, showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene 7 the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they 8 (rescue), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes 9 look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king, 10 had been involved in appointing the ship' s captain.
(2014广州普通高中毕业班综合测试)
While thousands of college students headed for warm climates to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.
The Northern Essex Community College(NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring break in New York City, helping repair an area 1 (destroy) by the hurricane.
“I wanted to see for myself what happened,” said Terry, “I couldn' t imagine 2 it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the 3 (power) effect the hurricane had on those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.”
The group headed into Brooklyn' s Red Hook district, which was hit hard by the hurricane. There they met people from other parts of the country, 4 had also volunteered to help. Together, those volunteers and the NECC students 5 (work) to clear rubbish out of a three-story building. They put on protective suits and gloves 6 they entered the building.
Inside the building, the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building 7 (lie) all over the place.
The students returned to school with 8 sense of achievement, a feeling that 9 helped people in need. It was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression 10 the students.
(2014广州普通高中毕业班综合测试)
The“suspended coffee” project began in Italian cafés as a way to help the poor. The idea was for café customers to buy an extra cup of coffee and reserve 1 for those unable to afford a hot drink. Since then it 2 (gain) popularity in Europe, and now the idea has reached Shanghai.
Chiato Coffee, 3 operates in Pudong Library, began offering suspended coffee last Tuesday. On the first day, the shop sold 31 cups of the reserved coffee, 4 only four were drunk. The manager said the first customer for suspended coffee was a man in his 40s, who felt it was 5 interesting idea and worth trying.
Cao Jie, the café owner, says few people have taken up the offer 6 they don' t know about it. But she believes that the program will be very 7 (practice) in China, and she hopes the concept can be spread to other business.
Ma Lingling, a tea specialist says that,compared with 8 (donate) money, food or clothing, healing people to drink coffee is a kind of spiritual care, which provides the receiver with more respect and dignity. But she thinks the café should make more effort 9 (convince) people that their donations will really reach those people truly 10 need.
(2014揭阳高三学业水平考试)
[答案] 1.would find 2.as/when 3.higher 4.it 5.poorly 6.A7.left 8.and 9.that/which 10.to
(2014清远普通高中毕业班调研考试)
[答案]1.her 2.for 3.when 4.completely 5.or 6.hopeless 7.spotted 8.buried 9.what 10.the
(2014汕头普通高中教学质量监测)
[答案] 1.though/if 2.asked 3.of 4.that 5.a 6.It 7.found 8.relaxing 9.by 10.older
(2014广东模拟)
[答案] 1.it 2.so 3.with 4.who 5.but 6.will take 7.where 8.Realizing 9.why 10.priceless
(2014惠州第三次调研考试)
[答案]1.who 2.invitation 3.how 4.and 5.they 6.on 7.a 8.is coming 9.Breathing 10.peacefully
(2014深圳高三第一次调研考试)
[答案]1.an 2.pleasant/pleasing 3.but 4.before 5.one 6.shook 7.to inform 8.gently 9.for 10.which
(2014广东模拟)
[答案]1.youngest 2.for 3.was helping 4.whose 5.trying 6.whether/if 7.her 8.happily 9.myself 10.By
(2014深圳高三年级第二次调研考试)
[答案]1.threw 2.his 3.to 4.safety 5.where 6.saying 7.How 8.happily 9.the 10.that
(2014广州高三调研测试)
[答案]1.in 2.locally 3.which 4.However 5.it 6.When 7.dating 8.to support 9.is celebrated 10.an
(2014梅州高三总复习第一次质检)
[答案]1.has contributed 2.a 3.which 4.invented 5.When/As 6.wonderful 7.that 8.towards/to 9.its 10.it
(2014佛山普通高中高三教学质量检测)
[答案]1.how 2.to get 3.it 4.a 5.was invented 6.continuously 7.for 8.from 9.enjoyment 10.that/which
(2014汕头普通高考模拟考试)
[答案]1.hardest 2.To choose 3.how 4.imagination 5.on 6.a 7.where 8.were rescued 9.them 10.who
(2014广州普通高中毕业班综合测试)
[答案] 1.it 2.has gained 3.which 4.but 5.an 6.because 7.practical 8.donating 9.to convince 10.in