【正文】 once lost all the White House china, gambling on one hand of cards.*Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s mother forced him to wear dress until he was five years old.*Lyndon Baines Johnson used to go through the White House at night turning lights off that were not needed. He didn’t want to waste the taxpayers’ money. At fifteen he ran away from home and traveled to California where he worked as a grape picker and auto mechanic.*Gerald Ford also loved golf, but spectators had to watch carefully because the President was known for hitting people on the head with his wild shots.*Ronald Reagan announced Chicago Cubs games for WHO radio in Des Moines. Later he became a famous movie and television actor.*George Bush was the captain of the baseball team at Yale University.58．The list is made here to entertain the readers with American presidents’ ______.A. special hobbiesB. outstanding achievementsC. fun factsD. political life59．The President who liked playing cards was ______.A. Franklin Pierce B. Andrew JacksonC. John F. Kennedy D. Warren G．Harding60．Lyndon Baines Johnson formed a habit of turning off lights at White House because ______.A. he was afraid of electric lightsB. he valued the taxpayers’ moneyC. he ran away from home when youngD. he used to work like workers[答案]本文介紹美國幾任總統(tǒng)不為人知的軼事，有的才華橫溢，有的有過不良行為或愛好。58．C?？疾闅w納判斷。全文介紹美國幾位總統(tǒng)鮮為人知的軼事，有的精通幾國語言，有的有不良愛好，有的甚至有犯罪前科，從全文內(nèi)容可知本題選C。59．D。考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。文章說沃倫G哈定曾經(jīng)玩一把撲克就輸?shù)袅税讓m所有的瓷器，文中沒有提到其他總統(tǒng)有玩撲克牌的愛好。60．B?？疾榧?xì)節(jié)理解。在對林登約翰遜的介紹中，作者說他每天晚上都要在白宮走走，把不需要的燈關(guān)掉，他不希望浪費(fèi)納稅人的錢。Ⅴ.補(bǔ)全對話(共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分)(2009鄭州市第二次質(zhì)量預(yù)測)Man: How many words can you type a minute?Woman: __61__Man: Good! My present secretary types only 50.Woman : __62__Man: 4 dollars an hour, OK? I pay my secretary only two and a half dollars an hour and she works 6 hours a day.Woman: __63__ I won’t work if you pay me less than 5 dollars.Man: Well, I can only spend 100 dollars at most a week. Er, __64__Woman: 20 hours.Man: Now I’ll pay you four and a half dollars per hour for 20 hours week, is it OK with you?Woman: __65__ I’ll e to work tomorrow.A. Just over 40 words.B. How much do you charge?C. About 90 words.D. How many hours can you work every week?E. I’m afraid I can’t accept it.F. How much will you pay me?G. All right.[答案]61—65 CFEDGⅥ.單詞拼寫(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)(2009湖北省黃岡中學(xué)3月聯(lián)考)66．From one of the ______(雜志) on the shelf I found a good article on how to enjoy life.67．Take suitable clothing, for the ______(天氣) in mountainous areas can change quickly.68．In our country men and women are ______(平等) and treated fairly.69．Despite the fact that he appeared on the stage for the first time, he spoke very ______(自然地) in public.70．Very few people can ______(付得起) a trip around the world.71．The situation needs us to make an ______(立即的) decision without delay.72．The ban on smoking has some effect on the ine of the country’s ______(煙草) industry.73．We spent a lot of time ______(測量) all the land once in that district.74．______(圣誕節(jié)) is one of the most important festivals in western countries.75．When we were in the country doing hard labour, we ______(分享) all we had.[答案]Ⅶ.短文改錯(共10小題；，滿分15分)[答案]76．30th前加the?？疾楣谠~的用法。序數(shù)詞前面常加冠詞the。77．for→as。考查形容詞與介詞的搭配。be famous as...“因?yàn)椤雒保籦e famous for...“以……而出名”。78．what→when?？疾檫B詞的用法。此處talk為不及物動詞，不直接跟賓語；此處應(yīng)用when與后面的句式對應(yīng)。79．of→for?？疾樘囟ň涫街薪樵~的搭配。It is hard for sb. to do sth.“對某人來說做某事很困難”。若用of。80．inviting→invited。考查被動語態(tài)的用法。表示“被邀請”，用invited。81．past→passed?？疾樾谓~的辨析。本句缺謂語，past為介詞，由語境可知應(yīng)用pass“遞，傳遞”；由本文的時態(tài)可知，此處應(yīng)用動詞pass的過去式passed。82．me→mine?？疾槊~性物主代詞的用法。of短語中，一般用名詞性物主代詞作of的賓語。83．much→more?？疾楣潭ù钆?。more than意為“不止，超過；比……多”。84．去掉it。代詞冗余。85．√Ⅷ.書面表達(dá)(滿分30分)(2008北京)請根據(jù)下面提示，寫一篇短文，詞數(shù)不少于50。In an English speech petition, you are asked to describe the following picture and explain to the judges how you understand it.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[參考答案]From the picture I can see a pair of proud passes and a hard－working pencil. The passes are big, drawing a circle with ease, while the pencil is small, drawing a line with great effort. I think the passes are reasonable to be proud because no one else can do the job better. At the same time, however, he should realize the pencil has his own advantages. The pencil can do other shapes better than the passes, even pictures. So in my opinion, while we are confident in ourselves, we should recognize strengths in others and show our respect for them.