are truly interested in your topic, your delivery is certain to be enthusiastic and lively.

Varying speaking rate

Your words should not be too fast or too slow. If you speak too slowly you will bore your audience. If you speak too rapidly you will be difficult to understand. Adapt your rate to the content of your speech. For example, if you are explaining plex information, slow down. 40

A. If you are nervous , take a few steps to your right or left while speaking. B. Smiling before you start your speech shows that you are not nervous. C. The best way to cope with nervousness is to be really well prepared. D. If you are happy or enthusiastic, you should speed up. E. Don’t look at the floor, the ceiling or out the window. F. Speaking with enthusiasm G. Inspiring your audience

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）【河北省保定市2017届高三11月摸底考试】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

From the very first moment I met Mattie on my TV show three years ago, I fell in love with him. He was a ten-year-old little 41 born with a life-threatening disease. But his poems of peace and 42 had touched millions of lives. We became quick friends, 43 each other.

We often talked about the sunrises and sunsets on the web, and I 44 with Mattie that being a black, I wasn’t a beach person because there was no 45 for me to tan(晒黑). He strongly 46 me to go to the beach that he and his mom visited. He always 47 every single second of the present. He could not understand why everybody wasn’t out on the beach at 48 during their vacation, and he couldn’t 49 why people would want to miss a 50 . I said, “Mattie, most people don’t like to 51 early on vacation.”

We also talked a lot about 52 . He said to me one day, “I sometimes get a little unhappy or angry when I’m __53 of dying. The boys who lived upstairs said that 54 I got famous, I should always be happy and never sad. I don’t 55 they understand what it’s like to know you have to live your life so 56 , because unless I keep getting miracles(奇迹), my life here won’t 57 . I am afraid of the pain of dying and worried about what I will 58becasue I love living so, so, so much.”

After a pause, he continued, “I really do want to be a 59 when I die. My dream is to bring my 60 of peace to as many people as possible.” 41. A. painter 42.A. war

B. dancer B. hope

C. poet

D. architect D. success

C. struggle

43. A. helping 44. A. shared 45. A. time

B. forting B. played B. place

C. teasing

C. lived

D. e-mailing

D. agreed D. need D. manded D. enjoyed D. most D. try out D. train D. shop D. friendship D. confident D. because D. remember D. fast D. exist D. overe

D. success-achiever D. words

C. possibility C. forced

46. A. persuaded 47. A. regretted 48. A. once

B. advised B. doubted B .dawn

C. noticed C. night

49. A. figure out 50. A. day 51. A. travel 52. A. life

B. check out B. chance B. work B. death B. scared B. unless

C. speak out C. sunrise C. rise C. dream C. fond

53. A. ashamed 54. A. if

C. although C. realize C. happily C. last C. meet

55.A. believe 56. A. hard 57. A. stop 58. A. miss

B. imagine B. easily B. begin

B. achieve

59. A. dream-maker 60. A. message

B. miracle-creator C. peace-maker B. information

C. news 第II卷

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）【湖北省华中师范大学第一附属中学2017届高三上学期期中考试】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（ 1个单词）或括内单词的正确形式。

A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind's most dreaded fears—getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework 61________(do), in a single night 62________(owe) to his calm-witted character.

Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school, 63________ the lift suddenly came to a stop.

A moment of panic followed before the 64________(teenage) could find a way out.

Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, 65________(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to

work again, but it didn’t work.

Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time

passed by. He slipped a note through the door 66________ the message \stuck inside, please ask the property management for help,\

After exhausting all his options without knowing how long it would take before someone found him, he took

out his textbooks and started to do his homework 68________(patient).

Soon after he finished his duties, Sun heard loud 69_________(voice) outside. A large crowd including his

teachers and other parents had e to the rescue, by which time he 70_________(trap)in the elevator for over five hours.

第四部分 写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）【安徽师范大学附属中学2017届高三上学期

期中】

英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文。假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。 错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符 （^），并在此符下面写出改加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Once upon a time, it was a boy whose parents named him Odd(古怪的). Other children teased him about his name but kept him at a distance, thinking that he was very strange and behaved stupid. Deeply hurt, he refused to be bothered and struggle to break away from the pain. He tried to keep people off teasing him, but in vain. People continued making fun of his name—even after he became a successful lawyer. Finally, as a old man, he wrote out his last wish, “I’ve been the butt(笑柄) of jokes all my life. I’ll let others make fun of myself after I’m gone.” He insisted his tombstone not to bear his name. After his death, people passing by noticed the largest blank stone and said loudly, “Look, that’s odd.”

笫二节 书面表达（满分25分）【湖北省华中师范大学第一附属中学2017届高三上学期期中考试】书面表达（满分25分）

11.你们班计划在下周一下午4:00—5:00在本班教室举行一次题为“I Have a Dream”的英语演讲比赛（English speech contest），假定你是班长李华，请给你们外籍教师Lucy写封书面邀请函，请她担任评委，对演讲作简要点评，并对获奖者颁发证书（certificate）。

注意：1，词数100左右；2，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。3，开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Lucy,

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Li Hua

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