【正文】 of herit should not contribute to the wife’s stress.48. Bedroom— after a hard day’s work John wants to be able to relax in his room with his wife. For many years he has had troubles getting to sleep easily so he hopes the new bedroom will help him to feel more calm and peaceful than he has in the past.49. Kitchen — John’s wife is very houseproud and is happy to work hard to keep her home beautiful. As she loves to cook she wants the kitchen to feel light, bright and open, but also appear clean when she brings guest inside for a look.50. Dining room — John loves to entertain family and friends and plans to organize many dinners and gettogethers which will be hosted in this room. Want the atmosphere to be fun, friendly and energetic.Ⅲ. 寫作 (共兩節(jié)，滿分40分) 第一節(jié)基礎(chǔ)寫作(共1小題，滿分l5分)【寫作內(nèi)容】 假設(shè)你是Tom，剛收到一封旅居英國的阿姨的來信，她在信中祝賀你被英國諾丁漢大學(xué)(Nottingham University)錄取，請(qǐng)用英文給她回一封信，告訴她你將于2012年2月到英國,并想麻煩她幫你在大學(xué)附近找一住所，條件如下表：項(xiàng)目原因位置大學(xué)附近騎單車或走路可到達(dá)租房方式與另一人合租減少開支公寓要求兩房兩廳一個(gè)廚房。首先，閱讀以下關(guān)于不同顏色的作用的描述。s wheel. After a finished pot is dried of all its wet part in the open air, it is placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, arid it is then ready to be glazed and fired again. For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later bum off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind of designs that they want. 41. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Different kinds of clay B. The training of an artisan C. The making of pottery D. The lives of people in the past42. The word it in paragraph 1 refers to . A. clay B. pottery C. lives D. culture43. According to the passage, how do most North American potters today get the clay they need? A. They buy it. B. They make it. C. They dig it from the earth. D. They exchange for it.44. According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel? A. Melted wax B. A plain wire C. potters own fingers D. fire45. Which material is NOT used in the process of making a good pottery? A. clay B. water C. kiln D. paint第二節(jié) 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）請(qǐng)閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。s most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting stepsdifficult. Most North American artisan potters now buy readymade clay in stores, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work. The most important tools potters use are their own hands。year173。to173。Once upon a time，there was an island. All the feelings lived in the island：Happiness，Sadness，Richness，Knowledge, and all of the others, (include) Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink，so they constructed boats ，except for Love.Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold on last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk，Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing in a grand boat.Love said，“Richness，can you take me with you？”Richness answered，“No，I can’t. a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”Suddenly，there was a voice，“Come，Love，I will take you.” It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed，Love even forgot (ask) the elder where they were arrived at dry land，the elder went her own (realize) how much she owed the elder，Love asked Knowledge, another elder，“Who helped me?”“ Time，”Knowledge answered.“Time?” asked Love. “ But why did Time help me?”Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered，“Because only Time is capable of understanding how (value) Love is.”Ⅱ.閱讀(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)第一節(jié)　閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。year173。潮陽實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)校2013年高考保溫練習(xí)(四)I .語言知識(shí)及應(yīng)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)第一節(jié)　完形填空(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1～15各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。I am an eleven173。old primary school boy and all of my teachers plained about my unreadable handwriting. So I started taking my laptop to school and using it instead of paper，books and first I thought I was in heaven. Writing essays had bee so __2__. Copying notes took seconds. I don’t have to worry about spelling mistakes and whether I have __3__ to carry my textbooks. I was always organized，as I could not leave my books at home anymore as they were __4__ in my machine，so you would think that it was beneficial as a learning tool.Unfortunately，soon I pletely__5__all my ability to write，which is very limiting when still at school. My spelling became worse as I no longer had to think about it __6__ the puter’s auto corrector. However，this wasn’t what __7__ me the most. It was the fact that I was no longer learning what I used to in class. The simple act of writing something down was a way of learning for me，an