43. According to the passage, a good presenter always _______.

A. looks down at notes from time to time

B. takes a break in the process of presenting

C. keeps his presentation beyond 20 minutes

D. catches the audience’s imagination and attention

44. The underlined word “reinforce” in the third paragraph probably means “______”.

A. create    B. praise    C. preserve   D. strengthen

45. What can be the best title for this passage?

A. Four Tips for a Great PowerPoint Presentation

B. The Importance of a PowerPoint Presentation

C. The Benefits of Using a PowerPoint Presentation

D. The Proper Occasion for a PowerPoint Presentation

C

It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours! 46. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?

A. She had seven tickets.                      B. She knew the car drivers well.

C. She hoped to please others.                  D. She wanted to show kindness.

47. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?

A. Judy Foreman.                           B. Anne Herbert.

C. Natalie Smith.                          D. Alice Johnson.

48. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she _________.

A. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom  B. wanted to know what it really meant

C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall        D. thought it was beautifully written

49. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?

A. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.

B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.

C. Kindness and violence can change the world.

D. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.

50. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.

B. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.

C. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.

D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

D

Autumn means different things to different people. “It all depends on your personality.” said British naturalist Richard Mabey. “Personality shapes your view of the season,” he said. “You may see it as a fading-away, a packing-up (结束), or as a time of packing in another sense --- the excited gathering of resources before a long journey.”

If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19th Century English poet. About November, he wrote:

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees

November!

On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language, To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.

According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example, just at the moment that Keats's “gathering swallows” (in To Autumn) are departing for Africa, millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. According to scientists, before falling, the leaves transfer their chlorophyll (叶绿素) and carbohydrates (碳水化合物) into the woody parts of the tree for safe-keeping over winter. What remains are the natural antioxidants (防老剂) in the leaves: the yellow and orange carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), and another protective chemical specially produced for autumn, the bright-red anthocyanin (花青素). High color is not a signal of deterioration (退化) and decline, but of detox (排毒的) ability and good health.

A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: “Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn. And that we could break up like autumn leaves…dropping their substance like chlorophyll. Would not our attitude towards death be different?”

51. From Thomas Hood’s poem, we may infer that _______.

A. he suffered a lot from cold November

B. he missed the shining summer days very much

C. he had a negative attitude towards autumn

D. he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much

52. In autumn, leaves turn yellow before falling because ______.

A. they can’t bear the freezing

B. they can’t get enough water from the wood part

C. chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves

D. chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the wood part

53. From the passage we can learn that________.

A. autumn has different faces in different people’s eyes

B. John Keats was a good biologist as well as a poet

C. all creatures move from the cold north to Britain for winter

D. The three poets were only known for their poems about autumn

54. Which word can best describe Loren Eiseley’s attitude towards autumn?

A. Fearful    B. Optimistic   C. Doubtful   D. Realistic.

55. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. Man can never live long, just as leaves must leave the tree annually.

B. Man is different from autumn leaves, which will come again the next spring.

C. Man should have a positive attitude towards death, quite different from autumn leaves.

D. Man should treat death calmly, just like autumn leaves fall to the ground.

第II卷

第三部分： 写作

第一节： 阅读表达(共5小题; 每小题2分， 满分10分)

阅读短文， 按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal(肠的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the disease was actually acute appendicitis (阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health declined under the enormous burden of his guilt. To make matters worse his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle, and he became an alcoholic.

As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he possessed — his home, his land, his art objects, everything. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

When I heard of Al's death, I thought, “What a complete failure!” “What a totally wasted life”.

As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier harsh judgment. You see, I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my courage to ask him. "I'm really puzzled by something," I said. "I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do so that you became such a special person?"

Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'I love you, son.'"

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind, but he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving man I have ever known.

56. Why was Al in guilt? (no more than 12 words)

57. Where did Al die? (no more than 5 words)

58. What made Al addicted to alcohol? (no more than 10 words)

59. What does the underlined word “enormous” most probably mean? (1 word)

60. What did Al’s son Ernie learn from his father? (no more than 11 words)

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

61. 假设你是晨光中学高三(2)班的班长李津，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文， 主要内容包括：

(1)乐观的人生态度;

(2)努力学习;

(3)参加体育锻炼;

(4)健康的饮食习惯。

注意：

(1)请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息。

(2)可适当加入细节， 使内容充实，行文连贯。

(3)词数不少于100; 开头已给出， 不计入总词数。

We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________