Olympic building projects are at risk because skilled Polish workers are going back home and there are not enough skilled British workers to replace _1.__ . A quick training plan is being put in place to teach British people basic construction __2.__ specifically for Olympic projects. As the Polish builders are beginning to go back home, migrant workers from other parts of Eastern Europe are taking their places; __3.__, they don’t seem to be as well trained or have the same work ethics as the Polish workers. The Olympic Delivery Authority, the London Development Agency (LDA) and other partner organizations are going to spend £20 million —23 per cent of 4. training budget for London 2012 —in increasing the skills of the British workforce to _5._ the construction needs of the Olympics. They are also training electricians. A total of 1,500 workers nationwide will become fully skilled electricians _6.__ attending the program. These workers will then work on building the Olympic Village. Iain MacDonald, head of a training program, told TheTimes, "All the way along we have been holding the view 7. we can’t rely on migrant labour. We have to put in plans for the long term. We can’t rely on migrant labour all the time. Britain has become too dependent on the migrant labour force. It is better to develop the skills of the 8. population."
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情景对话(共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分)
根据对话情景和内容,从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑.选项中有两个为多余选项
Jerry: Hi , Mike. Look like you’ve got some sun.
Mike: I guess so. I spent the weekend on the beach.
Jerry: Really? That sounds exciting. __1.__
Mike: At my friend’s house .He invited me to stay there for as long as I wanted.
Jerry: __2.__
Mike: Oh, I have a paper to work on.
Jerry: _3.__ I mean besides lying out in the sun.
Mike: I play some volleyball. I never realized how hard it is to run on sand.
Jerry: _4.__ Did you go swimming?
Mike: I intended to. __5.__So I just went fishing.
Jerry: All sounds so relaxing.
A. What a pity! B. It must be cool.
C. Where did you stay? D. But how did you get there?
E. So what else did you do out there? F. But the water wasn’t warm enough
G. Then why not stay there for a longer time?
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任务型阅读
请阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
Bird migration (迁徙)
The man reason for migration or movement is food; for example, some birds may choose not to migrate if they are fed through the cold months Changes in the day length are signals for migration and relate to the physical changes in the birds. Birds will also display restlessness and increase their fat deposition(沉积). During shorter days in the fall, birds will return to warmer areas where they find adequate food supply.
Many smaller insect-eating birds migrate large distances usually at night. They may feed for a new days before continuing their course of travel. An advantage for night migrating is that it minimizes the threat of predators(食肉动物), allowing the birds to feed during the day and avoid overheating.
The migration for these birds is based on a number of different senses. Many birds use the sun as a compass. The ability to detect magnetic field (磁场), use of visual landmarks, as well as their sense of smell are used to help travel during migration. Bird migration is a strong genetic factor in terms of timing and route, which can be influenced by temperature. Migratory birds may use two tools to find their destinations; innate capability(genetically programmed) and experience. A first-timer migrant(候鸟) flies according to the Earth’s magnetic field, but does not know how far it will take until it grows accustomed to the journey and is able to use its other capabilities. With experience it learns various landmarks often called “mapping”.
Migration is mainly seen in the Northern Hemisphere and less obvious in the Southern Hemisphere. This is due to the lack of significant weather changes and the continual supply of food for the birds. A common pattern in migration involves flying north in the spring to bread(繁殖)during the summer and traveling to the south in the fall into warmer regions. No two species follow the exact route from beginning to end. Migrations narrow into one or more preferred routes or often called “flyways”. Flyways mainly follow coasts, sometimes rives, or mountain ranges. There are four major North American flyways; the Atlantic, the Mississippi, the Central and the Pacific Flyways. The flyways are not defined in their boundaries and at times may be combined into one.
In fact, long distance migrants move away from each other as young birds and form attachments to potential breeding and wintering sites. Once the site attachment is made, birds show high site-faith, visiting the same sites year after year. You will want to ensure your nesting boxes are cleaned out and available when these birds return to keep the cycle going for these migrating species.
Bird migration | |
Passage outline | Supporting details |
Why do birds migrate? | Besides1._____, migration has something to do with birds’ physical changes and day length changes. |
What are the advantages of night migrating? | ◇Night migrating helps minimize the 2._______ of being threatened by predators. ◇Night migrating allows birds to feed enough during the day with out overheating. |
3.______do birds migrate? | ◇The sun, magnetic field, visual landmarks and the sense of smell are all 4.____for birds to migrate. ◇Environmental changes are connected with birds’ timing and route. ◇Not only magnetic field but also some other capabilities and 5._____ relate to a first-timer migrant’s flying. |
Where do birds migrate? | ◇Migration mainly takes place in the 6._____ Hemisphere. ◇With four major flyways birds mainly fly 7.______ coasts, rivers, or mountain ranges. |
What 8.________ can you draw from the bird migration? | ◇Birds are 9._______ to their site attachment very much. ◇You must make sure the clean boxes are 10.______ before the birds come back. |
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)。
By “luxury(奢侈品)”, we mean "a pleasant and often expensive thing that is not necessary". From a historical point of view, things which were a luxury when they first came into being all became necessities later.
Anything, no matter 1. luxurious it is, will become a necessity, when it is widely used. This is true of many of the present luxuries, among which mobile phones, cars, computers and many other things 2. (include). It is known to all that the purpose of the development of science is 3. (make) things easy for the mankind, not for only 4. small number of people. 5. , the first thing to do after a new invention occurs is to spread it so as to benefit 6. many people as possible. In the course of the spread, the luxury becomes decreasingly luxurious until 7. the end it becomes a necessity. This is an objective law, and 8. can be an exception.
With the quick 9. (develop) of science and technology, the process for many things to become a necessity from a luxury will be greatly shortened. Anything that can be imagined will be invented and in no time becomes a necessity 10. (access) to ordinary people.
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
根据对话情景和内容,从对话后方框所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项,并将答案的标号(A、B、C、D、E、F或G)写在第II卷指定的横线上。选项中有两个为多余选项。
(Mike is picking up the phone when Alice enters.)
Alice: Are you phoning Linda?
Mike: Yes.But how do you know?
Alice: 1.
Mike: What did they say?
Alice: 2.
Mike: What happened?
Alice: 3.She had to go and take his place for three days.
Mike: That's too bad.
Alice: 4.
Mike: You see, I had planned for us to have dinner with a friend tonight.
Alice: 5.
Mike: Sure, why not?
A.Isn't she your girlfriend? B.They said she had left for London. C.What's the problem? D.Her office left a message for you. E.Why not invite me, then? F.They said they had phoned Linda. G.The manager at their office had suddenly fallen ill. |
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When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking enthusiastically. Every now and then she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss. She was reading to me an e-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high="speed" Internet connection. It was pretty cool.
Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send an e-mail that gets read to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown. The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www. Facemail.com.
Facemail faces are lifelike, and they copy emotions based on the ones that you put in your text. For example, type in X, and Rachel blows a kiss.
Life FX, the company that develops the Facemail is sure there are broad business uses. The reason e-business is not popular, the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human touch. But what if you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, waited on you and personally closed the sale? And the company is talking with Whirlpool about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Mom can’t be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a note with voice and image telling them what there is to eat.
Facemail could get hot fast. Personally, I’m a fan. But Facemail should be used with words in an e-mail and add angry emotions when you’ve got a psycho-mail.
Title: A New Technology on Facemail
My findings | The other day, when I opened my e-mail, I was greeted by a pretty woman on my computer with great 1._____. She kept reading to me an e-mail from my brother about a high-speed Internet connection. She stopped to smile at me 2.______. |
3.____ to Facemail | With the help of a male or female or a clown, Facemail can get your e-mail 4.______ to the receiver. Facemail’s 5.______ faces can stimulate emotions you put in your text. |
6.______ Life FX with e-business | Life FX is sure to have broad business uses. You can be greeted and waited on by Michael Jordan politely. Buying through e-business is not popular for lack 7.______ the human touch. The 8.______ of the Facemail can be used on a fridge. |
My personal 9.______ | Facemail is fantastic and fun, but it has some disadvantages; Firstly, it should be used with words in an e-mail. Secondly, it might make you 10.____ when getting a psycho-mail. |
Conclusion | Facemail could get hot fast. |
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语,并将答案转写到答题卡上。
注意:每空不超过3个单词。
What is eco-fashion? Eco-fashion is a complex phenomenon and the common use of the term covers two aspects of fashion — ‘ecological’ and ‘ethical’ (伦理的). Ecological fashion usually refers to textile (织物) and clothing production processes and the environmental issues (议题) surrounding them; ethical fashion generally relates to the working conditions involved in the producing processes.
What are the problems with fashion? Firstly, the production of textiles pollutes the environment heavily. Cotton-planting uses pesticides; sheep-farming and wool-cleaning contribute to global warming; synthetics-making (人造纤维生产) brings about harmful waste. Secondly, every stage of clothing production has a significant effect on the environment. They all use a great deal of energy, and some also involve harmful chemicals. In addition to this, there is a lot of waste produced in the process, especially in the form of polluted water. Thirdly, growing consumption levels and our shopping habits further worsen the bad effects. We are now buying clothes in increasing quantities without realizing the scale on which it affects natural environment, and we are also quick to throw away clothes that have been worn only a couple of times.
Then, how to solve the problems? To a large degree, it is the fashion producers that really have the power and the responsibility to shape our future. There are numerous ways in which these producers can reduce their ecological footprint, from switching to green energy and reducing energy use, through selecting sustainable (可持续使用的) materials and choosing local suppliers, to recycle and minimize waste. On the other hand, as consumers we can all make contributions by selecting environmentally friendly clothing and reducing clothing consumption.
Now many people are beginning to shop for organic food products because the benefits of eating food free of chemicals are straightforward and immediate. They relate directly to our personal health. In fact, choosing eco-fashion can also contribute to our personal health, though it is mostly done by way of keeping the health of the planet.
Why choose eco-fashion? | ||
1.of fashion | Ecological | Textile & clothing production processes |
Related environmental issues | ||
Ethical | 2.involved | |
3.with fashion | Textile production | Cotton-planting: use of pesticides |
4.: global warming | ||
Synthetics-making: harmful waste | ||
5. | Consuming a great deal of energy | |
Using harmful chemicals | ||
Producing a lot of waste | ||
Consumption levels & shopping habits | New clothes: bought 6. | |
Old clothes: thrown away quickly | ||
7.to problems | Fashion producers | Ways to 8.and minimize waste: l Switching to green energy l Reducing energy use l Selecting sustainable materials l Choosing local suppliers |
9. | Selecting environmentally friendly clothing | |
10. | ||
Choosing eco-fashion can contribute to our personal health. |
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Novel is typically written in a narrative (叙事) style and presented as a book. Novels tell stories, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary. The novel has been a part of human culture for over a thousand years, although its origins are somewhat debated. Regardless of how it began, the novel has remained one of the most popular and treasured examples of human culture and writing. It remains an essential part of the literary cultures of nearly all societies around the world.
Novella is classified as “Too short to be a novel,too long to be a short story”. There is no precise definition in terms of word or page count. Literary prizes and publishing houses often have their own arbitrary limits, which vary according to their particular intentions.
A short story is different from novels or novellas in that the plot is usually tied to one single chain of events. Because the reader must identify with a character quickly to become engaged, the tale is often told from the chief character’s point of view.
A drama refers to a play for the theatre,television or radio. It generally consists of chiefly dialogue between characters. It also uses dance to convey their message. Dramas usually aim at dramatic performance rather than at reading. In theater, a drama is presented by actors to an audience.
Good literary works depend on literary techniques. A literary technique can be used by authors in order to improve the written framework of a piece of literature, and produce specific effects.
Literary techniques include a wide range of approaches to crafting a work. The ability to let readers know what might happen in the future in an indirect way is possible through the technique foreshadowing. The practice of representing objects and qualities as human beings in literature is personification. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas.
Literature | |
Definitions of literature | Definitions of literature have kept 1.all the time. |
They are connected with 2. | |
Among them are “books and writing”, “ ‘imaginative’ literature” and “written or spoken material”. | |
3.▲of literature | Poetry, with rhyme, uses unusual word order in lines, which may be a barrier to see what it 4. |
A novel takes the form of a book, talking about what is 5._up by the writer. | |
The novella, as for length, exists 6.the novel and short story. | |
A short story tells a comparatively 7.story compared with novels and novellas. | |
Dramas are performed rather than read, with the ideas expressed either orally or 8.. | |
Literary techniques | Give a warning or sign of a 9.event by using the technique called foreshadowing. |
When personification is used, something without 10.is treated as if it were a human being. | |
Symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols. |
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下列短文,根据以下提示:1)汉语提示,2)首字母提示,3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。
I feel very happy to receive your letter and here I'd like to give you some a on how to learn English.Above all, don't lose your heart. Many students find it _______ to learn English,especially _______ write good English compositions.In my opinion, if you want to _______(改善)your writing, you should learn by heart as many English expressions and sentence p as possible.And at the same time try to use _______ in your compositions.I think just r grammar rules is no use. And only by reading and writing a lot_______ you be able to learn English well in an effective way.I definitely _______(相信) the most important thing is that you should _______ writing every day and never give up.
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
New discoveries suggest that trade between Europe and Asia along the Silk Road probably began many centuries earlier than once thought. The findings add a fascinating new page to the epic(史诗) of the Silk Road, which spread far and wide in no time.
The latest and most surprising discovery is pieces of silk found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy(木乃伊) from about l,000 BC, long before regular traffic on the Silk Road and at least one thousand years before silk was previously thought to be used in Egypt. Other researches may extend human activity along this road back even further, perhaps a million years to the moving of human ancestors into eastern Asia.
The official origin of East-West trade along the road is usually placed in the late 2nd century BC when an agent of the Chinese Emperor Wu-di returned from a dangerous secret task across the desert into the remote high country of Central Asia. The agent, Zhang Qian, traveled as far as Afghanistan and brought back knowledge of even more distant lands such as Persia, Syria and a place known as Lijien, perhaps Rome. Historians(历史学家) have called this one of the most important journeys in ancient times. His journey opened the way for what have been thought to be the first indirect touches between the ancient world’s two super-powers, China and Rome. Chinese silk, first traded to Central Asia for war horses, was soon finding its way to the markets of Rome through a network of businessmen.
But the new discoveries show that Chinese silk apparently existed in the West long before the Han emperor started to organize trade over the Silk Road. The research could change thinking about the early history of world trade and provide comprehension into the mystery(谜) of just how and when Europe first realized the glorious culture at the other end of Eurasia.
Title: New Discovery of the Silk Road | |
Introduction | New findings about the 1. ________ of trade along the Silk Road are spread far and wide in no time. |
Discovery | ☆ The silk thread found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy from about 1,000 BC makes all feel greatly 2._______ . ☆ The discovery suggests the trade along the Silk Road may 3. ________ back to an earlier time than once thought. |
Zhang Qian’s 4. ________ | ☆ Being accepted as official 5. ________ of East-West commerce along the Silk Road. ☆ Opening the way for the first 6. ________ touches between the ancient China and Rome. ☆7. ________ Chinese silk to Central Asia and Persia. ☆ Making Chinese silk 8. ________ the markets of Rome. |
Summary | ☆ Show the9. ________ of Chinese silk in the West long before the Han Dynasty. ☆ Change thinking about the early history of word trade. ☆ Help to solve the puzzle of Europeans’ first realizing 10.________ culture. |
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