【正文】 ugh‘, ?bough‘, ?cough‘, ?enough‘, ?ought‘, and ?thorough‘. The great Irish writer, Gee Bernard Shaw, was very interested in making English spelling more logical. The American president Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in doing this. In 1906 one of the richest men in America, Andrew Carnegie, started the Simplified Spelling Board. This Board was a group of people whose plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sounded. For example, the word ?though‘ would be spelt ?tho‘, ?through‘ would became ?thru‘ (which it did, but much later), ?enough‘ would bee ?enuf‘, and so on. Other people on the Board were Melvin Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They took the idea to President Roosevelt who thought it was a very good one. He immediately told the government printer to use the simplified spelling on all government letters. But people do not like change – even change that makes life easier – and many people disliked the new, simpler spelling. The British – who probably thought they owned the English language – were particularly angry. More importantly, when American politicians discussed the plan, they did not like it. Because Roosevelt did not want to have a problem with the politicians, he changed his plans and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling. Since then no one in any government has dared to try to simplify English spelling. However, people do simplify many words, mainly in advertisements. We often see ?tonite‘ instead of ?tonight‘, for example, and ?thru‘ instead of ?through‘. 56. The passage is about ________. A. President Roosevelt. B. people who tried to simplify English spelling C. the way that advertisements simplify English spelling D. how to pronounce English properly 57. People wanted to simplify the spelling of English so that ________. A. words could have several different pronunciations B. words could be spelt as they were pronounced C. it was more difficult to read government letters D. they could establish the Simplified Spelling Board 58. Simplified spelling failed because ________. A. it was not easy to understand B. the government didn‘t like the idea C. there were too many new words to learn D. people did not want to change B Iceland has the highest birth rate in Europe, the highest divorce rate, and the highest percentage of women working outside the home. Such statistics are often evidence of a miserable, chaotic society, with loads of children, broken homes and absent mothers. But Iceland is the exception – its citizens are apparently the happiest in the world. New rankings from the United Nations Development Program39。 My Fellow Americans, I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be suffered from Alzheimer‘s Disease (老年癡呆癥 ). Upon learning this news, Nancy amp。 the 22. —How are you going with your essay? —I_________ on it all morning. A. work B. am working C. have worked D. have been working 23. Is this the reason _________ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work? A. he explained B. what he explained C. how he explained D. why he explained 24. － Miss Jones once _________ music at Bardon School for ten years and now is an actress. － No wonder I often hear her sing in the garden. A. had taught B. taught C. is teaching D. has been teaching 25. _________ you‘ve tried it on, you can‘t imagine how pleasant the new style dress is. A. Unless B. Because C. Although D. When 26. If _________ in wet sand, the vegetables can remain fresh for a long time. A. being buried B. having buried C. buried。 / C. the。 21. As we all know, _________ car is being _________ popular means of transportation in big cities. A. the。 14. What is Peter Wales going to do? A. Come to visit the man. B. Telephone the man next weekend. C. Plan a gettogether with some college friends. 15. What‘s the possible relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Grandfather and . College friends. 16. Where will the man meet his old friends? A. At Peter‘s farm. B. In the college. C. At Peter‘s home in Florida. 17. What will the man do after reading the letter? A. Call Peter and tell him he is ing. B. Write a Thank you letter to Peter. C. Call Peter and invite him to his house. 聽下面一段材料，回答第 18至第 20題。 8. Where is the woman speaker now? A. She is at school. B. She is at home. C. She is in hospital. 9. How many people got burnt in the fire? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. 10. What do we know about Alice? A. She fell asleep with the candle burning. B. She fot to turn off the light. C. She got badly burnt in hospital. 聽下面一段材料，回答第 11至第 13題。 聽下面一段材料，回答第 6和第 7題。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題 5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的答題時(shí)間。 1. When will the doctor see the man? A. Before this afternoon. B. In the afternoon. C. Tomorrow morning. 2. What does the woman mean? A. She isn‘t going to see Jack. B. She doesn‘t know Jack at all. C. She doesn‘t want to phone Jack. 3. What time did the football game finally start? A. At 3. B. At 4. C. At 5. 4. Why did the woman get a ―C‖ for her report? A. Because she fot to write the report. B. Because the man fot to hand in her report. C. Because she didn‘t hand in her report on time. 5. Which aspect of the film does the woman like? A. The dialogue. B. The music. C. The plot. 第二節(jié) （ 共 15小題 ； 每小題 1分 ， 滿分 15分 ） 聽下面 5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有 10秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。 第一節(jié)（共 5小題；每小題 1分，滿分 5分） 聽下面 5段對(duì)話。 第一部分：聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 20分） 做題時(shí)，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。 南京市 09屆高三英語摸底考試 本試卷分為第 I卷和第 II卷兩部分，共六大題，滿分 120分，考試時(shí)間 120分鐘。 注意：客觀題答案填涂在答題卡 上，主觀題答案寫在答案卷上。