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Ⅰ.完形填空(对应学生用书第121页)

(2012安徽皖北协作区高三年级联考)

The wisdom my 77-year-old father has passed on to me came more through osmosis (潜移默化) than lectures.My dad’s 1 shines through all my life.

Old age hasn’t 2 him,mainly because he doesn’t think almost-80 is old.He had ever trained for a charity (慈善) 3 across the Hudson River in New York.He wore his custom-fitted diving suit,but he still got so 4 .We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag.“Oh, 5 ,it isn’t that bad,” he’d say,“I am fine.” He always is.He did 6 the Hudson swim a month later.

If you ask my father whether or not his life has been hard,he will say he is 7 .He means the kind of happiness that comes from 8 a well-cooked family meal,taking a good long run or growing a perfect tomato.Did I mention that he used to run marathons before his knee replacement surgery? He’s the one who 9 me I could do it,too.“ 10 can run a marathon,” he said,“as long as you keep training.”

My father was born in 1933.His childhood took a 11 at the beginning of World War Ⅱ: His father joined the French Army and was 12 by the Germans and spent the war in a prison camp.My dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives.His mother 13 from depression,and Dad went to boarding school in New England from the sixth grade on.Yet in all Dad’s dinner table 14 ,there have been many times when he turned them into 15 stories.

After a family dinner the other night,Papa Bob advised us to try the skydiving 16 “Sixty-five seconds of free falling,” he said.“I 17 it.I should have been a paratrooper”.

He loves getting cards in the mail,and usually I’m 18 ,so instead I call him on Father’s Day.But this year I’ve 19 to be early for once.I want to let

him know how much he 20 to me.Dad,thank you—for all of it and mostly for your enduring faith that everything will be OK. 1.A.ability B.gentleness C.optimism D.humor 2.A.comforted B.slowed C.punished D.accused 3.A.swim 4.A.warm

B.donation C.volunteer D.activity B.sad C.calm

D.cold

5.A.come out 6.A.complete 7.A.ordinary 8. A.sharing 9.A.informed

B.come back C.come over D.come on B.stop C.delay D.celebrate B.young C.disabled D.lucky

B.containing C.destroying D.buying B.appointed C.insisted D.convinced

D.Others

10.A.Anyone B.Someone C.None

11.A.step B.turn C.sigh D.dream 12.A.killed B.caught C.driven D.fired 13.A.resulted B.judged C.suffered D.separated 14.A.experiences 15.A.foolish

B.manners C.stories D.news

B.great C.short D.aggressive

16.A.chance B.adventure C.visit D.movement 17.A.loved B.hated C.used D.assessed 18.A.late B.early C.noisy D.quiet 19.A.refused

B.permitted C.allowed D.decided

20.A.occurs B.possesses C.means D.proves

语篇解读:作者的父亲用实际行动告诉作者——笑对人生的人比在挫折面前悲悲戚戚的人更能得到快乐的垂青,这让作者受益匪浅,对父亲深怀感激之情。

答案及剖析:1.C 根据下文可知,我的父亲比较乐观。

2.B 根据下文的mainly because he doesn’t think almost-80 is old可知,我的父亲并不认为将近八十岁就老了,即年龄大并没有让他慢下来。

3.A 根据下文可知,我的父亲曾经为参加一个慈善游泳活动训练过。

4.D 根据4空前面的but以及下文的We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag可知我的父亲仍然感到很冷。

5.D 此处表示“得了吧,没那么糟糕”。 6.A 我的父亲一个月后的确游完了哈德逊河。

7.D 如果你问我父亲生活是否艰难,他会说自己很幸运。 8.A 他的意思是这种幸福感来源于共享精心烹制的家常便饭。 9.D 由下文可知,我的父亲使我相信我也能参加马拉松赛跑。

10.A 由下文的as long as you keep training可知,此处表示任何人都可以参加马拉松赛跑。

11.B 我的父亲于1933年出生,在二战初他的童年发生了变化(turn)。 12.B 我的祖父被捕了。

13.C 他的母亲患抑郁症,suffer from表示遭受。 14.C 据15空后面的stories可知,此空用stories。

15.B 有多次我的父亲把他餐桌上很平常的故事变成了非常了不起的故事。

16.B 据下文的Sixty-five seconds of free falling可知,父亲建议我们尝试特技跳伞冒险活动。

17.A 由下文可知,我的父亲热爱跳伞运动。 18.A 我常常向父亲表示迟到的祝贺。

19.D 据上下文内容以及but可知,今年我决定这一次要早一点向父亲表示祝贺。 20.C 我想要父亲知道他对我有多重要(means)。 Ⅱ.阅读理解(对应学生用书第121页)

(2012山东山师附中最后一模) 【科普知识类】

“It’s this time of year when the weather starts warming up and frogs start breeding—but they haven’t been breeding,” says John Wilkinson,research and monitoring officer at the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust.

Amphibians (两栖动物) are just one of the groups of animals that nature observers fear may have problems reproducing this year,as groundwater levels are even lower now than in the infamously dry summer of 1976,according to the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs.According to the UK’s Centre for Hydrology and Ecology the average rainfall so far this winter has been the lowest since 1972.

“If ponds dry up totally,” says Mr.Wilkinson,“you could have lots of dead tadpoles.” Drier and windier conditions could also make it more difficult for juvenile amphibians to survive their journeys between wet habitats.

But Peter Brotherton,the biodiversity manager for Natural England,says that “drought is part of nature’s cycle”,and,at present,a lot of animals,plants and insects are still in hibernation.This means that the population picture is unclear.“However,when we get extreme events,we get animals dying,” he says.“And what is worrying is that normally at this time of year we expect soil to be near saturation(湿润)after winter.”

Charlie Kitchin,the RSPB’s site manager of the Nene Washes in

Cambridgeshire,says the 2,000-acre wetland and grassland area is now struggling following two winters with relatively little winter rain and no flooding.One species that could suffer,he says,is the black-tailed godwit (黑尾豫).“There are only 50 breeding pairs in the country,and we have 40 of them,and everything is bone-dry,” Mr.Kitchin says.

But one bad nesting season,he says, is “not the end of the world”.“One of the features of flood plains is that they’re volatile anyway,” he adds.“But if they fail to breed another year,the population is likely to dip again.” 1.According to the passage animals may have problems reproducing this year mainly due to . A.drought B.hibernation C.windier conditions D.extreme events

2.What really worries Peter Brotherton is that . A.drought is part of nature’s cycle B.animals are still in hibernation C.soil at this time is far from saturation D.the population of animals is still unclear

3.Which of the following is NOT true of Charlie Kitchin’s words?( )