广东省连州市连州中学高三英语模拟操练51-60 课件

　　“Are you kidding? Do you know 37 ______ would happen if I took that sign off the door?” “People might come in to have dinner?” 38“________ (exact)! They would just walk right in. I would have to let anybody 39 ______ wanted come and eat here. I would have no control. No control over 40 ________ own restaurant!”(何检笑) what

　　Exactly

　　who

　　my

　　(51)

　　Leehom Wang is different from other pop singers and has huge musical talent. However, this time it is his environmentally-friendly behavior 31________ is making him stand out. When his 32________ (late) album Change Me came out, Wang used 33__________ (recycle) paper rather than plastic to package his album and went

　　34_________ bicycle to the press conference.

　　that

　　latest

　　recycled

　　by

　　“Everyone can make the world 35_______

　　better place on a daily basis,” he said. He suggests that the temperature of an air-conditioner 36________not be lower than 28 C. His words and actions have won him the hearts of thousands of fans. Wang Wang has established 37__________ as a gifted musician in the Mando-pop scene. His ambition has always been to be a musician.

　　a

　　should

　　himself

　　However, this was not 38 ______ his parents’ wanted. They hoped he would be a doctor, 39_______ they saw as a steady and well-paid job. So Wang decided to study biology at university to please his parents. But while he 40______________ (study), he continued playing music and finally landed a record contract. (张明)

　　what

　　which

　　was studying

　　(52)

　　Is the customer always right? The answer, it seems, depends on 31________ country you are in. Shopping is a part of a country’s culture, and attitudes 32____________ shopping and consumers differ from country to country just as much as climate or taste in food. People often regard America as 33________ example of sophisticated customer service.

　　which

　　to/towards

　　an

　　In restaurants waiters compliment you on your clothes and on the 34__________ (wise) of your order and then return 35_________ ten minutes to refill your glass and make sure that everything is 36______ your satisfaction. But do Europeans really want US style service? A friend of

　　37________ once told me, “By the end of that evening I 38____________ (spend) as much time talking to the waiter as to my wife.”

　　wisdom

　　every

　　to

　　mine

　　had spent

　　It is a question of expectations. Different nationalities expect different types of service.

　　 Another friend told me about how her Chinese mother shopped for clothes: “First she bargains 39_______ she gets a lower price and then she finds some small fault with the product and demands a further reduction. She never buys anything at the regular price.” Could you imagine 40__________________ (try) such tactics in your country?

　　until

　　trying imagine

　　(53)

　　Apple Computer Inc. announced a callback of 1.8 million lithium-ion notebook batteries could cause a fire risk, a move 31______________ followed Dell’s similar callback just ten days ago. In its callback 32 _________________ (announce), Apple said it had received nine reports of lithium-ion battery packs overheating. 33______company urged users to stop using the batteries and contact Apple Customer Service.

　　that /which

　　announcement

　　The

　　The computer maker 34_____________ (place) the batteries free of charge. About 1.1 million of the battery packs are 35________ use in the US, the remaining 700,000 sold internationally. The recall is the second 36_________ (big) in US history involving electronics or computers. Both Dell and Apple problems were caused by tiny pieces of metal floating 37________ the battery.

　　38 ________the batteries are being used or recharged,

　　will replace

　　in

　　biggest

　　inside

　　When

　　they will heat up and these particles (质点) can start moving around, potentially 39 _________(cause) short circuit (短路). This can cause the battery to explode or catch fire. According to both Apple and Dell, the callback will cost 40 _________ between 172 and 278 million dollars and not affect their earnings.

　　causing

　　them

　　(54)

　　A cowboy rode into town and stopped at 31 ______bar for a drink. Unfortunately, the people 32________ (live) there always had a habit of playing a joke on stranger. When he finished his drink, he found his horse 33 _____________________ (steal). He went back into the bar, threw his gun into the air, caught 34 ______above his head without even looking and fired a shot into the ceiling. “Which one of you stole my horse?” he shouted 35 ______ surprising forcefulness.

　　a

　　living

　　had been stolen/ stolen

　　it

　　with

　　No one answered.

　　“All right, I’m going to have 36 ______ beer, and if my horse isn’t back outside 37 ________ the time I finish, I’m going to do 38 _______ I did in Texas! And I don’t like to have to do so in Texas!”

　　another

　　by

　　what

　　Some of the people moved 39 ___________ (restless). The man, true to his word, had another beer, walked outside, and his horse had been returned to post. He saddled up and started to ride out of town. The barkeeper wandered out of the bar and asked, “Hi, 40 ________ you go … what happened in Texas?” The cowboy turned back and said, “I had to walk home.” (张明)

　　restlessly

　　before

　　(55)

　　A good teacher is many things to many people. In my own experience, the people I respect most are the teachers 31 _________ demanded the most discipline from their students. who/that

　　I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school. I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person. I remember very 32 _______ (clear) a sign over her classroom door. It was 33 _______ simple sign that said, “Laboratory—in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized, not the last seven.” In other words, I guess, labor 34 ________her was more important, which mean 35 __________ (make) speeches. clearly

　　a

　　for

　　making

　　She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same. We got lots of homework from her. 36 _______ she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework 37 _______________ (reduce), but it continued just the same. She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read 38 ________.

　　Once

　　would be reduced

　　them

　　I think sometimes teachers who demand most are liked 39 ______. But 40 ______ time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students.

　　least

　　as

　　(56)

　　I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once 31 __________ we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand 32 ______ some water and held it before me, and said this: “You see this water carefully 33 ________ (contain) on my hand? It symbolizes Love.”

　　when

　　with

　　contained

　　This was 34 _______ I saw it: “As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. 35 ___________, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to possess it, it 36 ____________(spill) through the first cracks it finds.

　　how

　　However

　　will spill

　　This is 37 _______ greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to possess it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change 38 _______ nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, 39 ________don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice.

　　the

　　its

　　but

　　It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no 40 ___________ (expect) from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring.

　　expectations

　　(57)

　　Like any commodity(日用品) 31 ________ has become scarce, time has become a battleground. In what 32 _________________ (suppose) to be the world of the consumer, firms are stealing time from customers. 33 _____is now perfectly acceptable to be asked to hold the instant the phone is answered. This saves the company time, 34 ______costs you time. We are engaged 35 ______a constant, subtle war over time. If politics of class controlled the last century, the politics of time could control this one. that

　　is supposed

　　it

　　but

　　in

　　Of course, there is a class dimension to the rush culture. One of the biggest transitions of the past few decades has been to take the previous relationship 36 _________time and status—the rich had lots of time, 37 _______poor had little—and reverse it. 38 ________bankers in the city are now at their desk at 7 a.m., in the good old days ‘bankers’ hours’ meant 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. with a nice lunch break.

　　between

　　the

　　while

　　Moreover, to be seen to have time to spare is a sign of low status; when 39 __________ (arrange) lunch, it is not done to be available too soon. Similarly, being late is moving from being a sign of 40 __________ (rude) to a sign of status.

　　arranging

　　rudeness

　　(58)

　　There is nowhere quite like India: the violent mix of all 31 ________ is beautiful in the world and the rough reality of a country that is home to around 900 million people.

　　There is no doubt 32 ________India’s landscapes are very beautiful in their variety. 33 _________ range from the harsh lonely deserts of Rajasthan to the 34 ________ (roll) green hills of Darjeeling;

　　that

　　that

　　They

　　rolling

　　from the snow- capped peaks of the Himalayas to the quiet palm forests and plentiful rice fields of the south, to say nothing of the long unspoilt beaches 35 ____ the Indian Ocean. You can stay in former palaces, 36 __________ (explore) hilltop old sites, bargain for an auto-rickshaw(人力车) in Delhi, and escape the heat among the tea plantations of Darjeeling, 37 _________for those who prefer a more leisurely holiday, you can relax for a few days on a palm.

　　besides

　　explore

　　or

　　And then there is religion. Apart from 38 ____ continually contrasting landscapes, the colourful celebration of its people is responsible for making the country so magical, so

　　39 _____________(charm). Indeed, the very tradition of India is religion, and the strength of Hinduism and Buddhism, both of 40__________originated there.

　　the

　　charming

　　which

　　(59)

　　Rice is the most popular grain in the world, but it requires far more water than 31 _____other crop—typically twice as 32________ as wheat and up to ten times more than lettuce. Yet rice and wheat are the two crops 33 _____the Indian government supports through price guarantees, 34________farmers have little incentive(刺激) to grow anything

　　35 _______ or to use less water. Before36_______ nineteen-sixties, groundwater played no real role in farming, and wells were rarely used to irrigate crops.

　　any

　　much

　　that

　　so

　　else

　　the

　　When the amount of rainfall decreased by twenty per cent, 37 _____ did the grain harvest. By the late eighties, however, this, too, 38________________ (change). In 1987, a year in which rainfall was thirty per cent below normal, the production of grains fell by only five per cent. The difference was due to groundwater.

　　so

　　had changed

　　“We couldn't 39 _____________(possible) exist without a good well,” Ganasekemon said to me. “I don't know how anyone ever did.” Ganasekemon's use of water is excessive(过多的) but not unusual: whoever owns land also owns the groundwater beneath it. The water is free, and the electricity 40 _____________ (need) to pump the water to the surface is extremely cheap.

　　possibly

　　needed

　　(60)

　　One evening, I wandered down the Rue de Richelieu. I was on my way to a Chinese restaurant called Dave, which is recommended in the fashion business. 31 ______ many popular restaurants in Paris, reservations are hard to get at Dave. 32 ________I wasn’t surprised to find a complete sign hanging over the red door. Inside, though, the place was practically empty—there was just one couple, 33 _______(sit) at a table near the window.

　　Like

　　So

　　sitting

　　34 _______ unshaven Chinese man of middle age came out from the kitchen. He had wild black hair flecked with gray and 35 ______________ (wear) a pink shirt, a gray sweater-vest, seersucker pants, and silk slippers. This was the owner, Dave Cheung. He led me 36 ______ a table and poured tea, and I asked him why he had placed a “Sold out” sign on the door on a night when there were thirty empty tables.

　　An

　　was wearing

　　to