【正文】 drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood. This had led to a RighttoDry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect people’s right to use clotheslines.So far, only three states have laws to protect clothesline. RighttoDry supporters argue that there should be move.Matt Reck, 37, is the kind of ecoconscious(有生態(tài)意識(shí)的) person who feeds his trees with bathwater and reuses water drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9, 2007, the HOA in Wake Forest, North Carolina, told him that a dissatisfied neighbor had telephoned them about him clothesline. The Recks paid no attention to the warning and still dried their clothes on a line in the yard. “Many people say they are environmentally friendly but they don’t take matters in their own hands,” says Reck. The local HOA has decided not to take any action, unless more neighbors e to them.North Carolina lawmakers are saying that banning clotheslines is not the right thing to do. But HOAs and housing businesses believe that clothesline drying reminds people of poor neighborhoods. They worry that if buyers think their future neighbors can’t even afford dryers, housing prices will fall.Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary, and in view of global warming, that idea needs to change. As they say, “The clothesline is beautiful”. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the process of global warming.”57. One of the reasons why supporters of clothes dryers are trying to ban clothesline drying is that ____.A. clothes dryers are more efficient B. clothesline drying reduces home valueC. clothes dryers are energysaving D. clothesline drying is not allowed in most . states58. Which of the following best describes Matt Reck? A. He is a kindhearted man. B. He is an impolite man. C. He is and experienced gardener. D. He is a man of social responsibility.59. Who are in favor of clothesline drying? A. Housing businesses. B. Environmentalists. C. Homeowners Associations. D. Reck’s dissatisfied neighbors.60. What is mainly discussed in the text? A. Clothesline drying: a way to save energy and money. B. Clothesline drying: a lost art rediscovered. C. Opposite opinions on clothesline drying. D. Different varieties of clotheslines.四、09年房山二模Jenkins was a jeweler, who had made a large diamond ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked the same as the first one but was worth only ￡2,000. He took this to the shop, which ____1___ it without a question.Jenkins gave the real ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife ____2___ to Paris for a weekend. As to the ____3___ ring, the shop sold it for ￡60,000. Six months later the buyer ____4___ it back to Silkstone’s office. “It’s a faulty diamond, ” he said. “It isn’t worth the high price I paid.” Then he told them the ____5___. His wife’s car had caught fire in an accident. She was lucky to e out safely. ____6___ the ring had fallen off and been damaged in the great heat of the fire.The shop had to ____7___. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the real diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: Who ____8___ it?A picture of the ring appeared in the ____9___. A reader thought he had seen the ring somewhere. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which ____10___ a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman ____11___ a large diamond ring. “Do you know the ____12___ with the lovely diamond ring?” the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.1. A. accepted B. returned C. refused D. received2. A. rode B. drove C. sailed D. flew3. A. first B. second C. last D. next4. A. sold B. posted C. brought D. returned 5. A. facts B. matters C. questions D. results 6. A. so B. or C. but D. and7. A. think B. agree C. answer D. promise 8. A. copied B. made C. stole D. did9. A. notices B. magazines C. newspapers D. programmes 10. A. showed B. drew C. printed D. wrote11. A. carrying B. dressing C. wearing D. holding12. A. dancer B. woman C. reader D. jeweler 五、09年懷柔二模Most teachers agree that the first lesson of a teacher is often unforgettable. I remember getting into the class with the ____1___ of a beginner teacher: nervous, careful, excited… ect. The school I ____2___ my first lesson in was wellknown to hold the most troublesome students in the city. With this in ____3___ , I was more nervous than I should be. But I tried my best not to ____4___ it out and went into the class. The first thing I did was taking a look at the whole class. My eyes ____5___ on a big black student. He was sitting in the back ____6___ of the class with no one in front of him. His body was much ____7___ than mine. I thought it would be better to leave that boy untouchable. As soon as I started my lesson writing on the blackboard, I heard some noise from the back. I ____8___ the students to find out who did it, but the class looked very ____9___. I went on writing and the noise went on. Then I stopped my lesson to ____10___ this problem because I believed that if I lost control of the class from the ____11___, I wouldn’t be able to get it back. I thought the big boy made the noise. To my surprise, a small boy was the source of trouble. Days went ____12___ and I discovere