【2011·浙江省第二次五校聯(lián)考】

Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The little headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFF SENTENCE.

Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Cumming, aged 32, laborer, last July. The jury (陪審團(tuán)) reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment to the court. It was, said the judge, a simple case. Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming. When arrested, Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking.

Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered, “Just don't tell my mother.”

“It happened over three years ago,” Paddy said helplessly.  No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do. “Just don't tell my mother,” said Fee numbly. “And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”

Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said.  “Fee, pack your things. We'll go to see him.”

She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “I can't go,” she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there. “It would kill him to see me. I know him so well—his pride, his ambition. Let him bear the shame alone, it's what he wants. We've got to help him keep his secret. What good will it do him to see us?”

Paddy was still weeping, not for Frank, but for the life which had gone from Fee's face, for the dying in her eyes. Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself. He was the cause of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children. Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away. But Paddy's love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.

So he said. “Well, Fee, we won't go. But we must make sure he is taken care of. How about if I write to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?”

The eyes didn't liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out. Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don't know.”

50. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Frank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer.

B. The family didn't find out what happened to Frank until three years later.

C. The jury and the judge disagreed on whether Frank had committed murder.

D. Frank didn't want his family to find out what happened because Paddy disliked him.

51. Paddy cried because he thought ______________.

A. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment

B. Frank should have told Fee what had happened

C. what had happened to Frank was killing Fee

D. Frank had always been a man of bad moral character

52. “She half-rose before sinking back…” (in Paragraph 6) shows that______________.

A. Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand up

B. Fee didn't want to upset Paddy by visiting Frank

C. Fee couldn't leave her family to go to see Frank

D. Fee struggled between wanting to see Frank and respecting his wish

53. Which of the following suggests that Fee was deeply shocked by what happened to Frank?

A. “Her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead.”

B. “Let him bear the shame alone, it’s what he wants.”

C. “Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away.”

D. “The eyes didn’t liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks.”

54. What is Fee's probable relationship with Frank and Paddy?

A. Son and brother.                               

B. Son and husband.

C. Brother and lover.                             

D. Lover and husband.

C
Attitude isn’t quite everything when it comes to being successful, but attitude plays a part in every stage of your life. A poor attitude gets more people fired than any other single factor, and a good attitude gets people jobs and helps them keep those jobs more than any other factor.
Your attitude affects many people, from your family to the stranger on the street corner. Your attitude is particularly important when you face seemingly hopeless situations. Losing a job or friend because of a poor attitude is unfortunate －especially because a bad attitude can be fixed.
You can find at least two ways to look at everything. A pessimist ( 悲觀主義者) looks for difficulty in the opportunity, while an optimist looks for opportunity in difficulty . A poet of long ago put the difference between optimism and pessimism this way: Two men looked out from prison bars －one saw mud; the other saw stars.
Unfortunately, many people look only at the problem and not at the opportunity that lies within the problem. Many employees complain about the difficulty of their jobs, for example, not realizing that if the job were simple, the employer would hire someone with less ability at a lower wage. A small coin can hide even the sun if you hold the coin close enough to your eye. So when you get too close to your problems, to think objectively(客觀地 ) about them, try to keep in mind how your vision can be obstructed. Take a step back, and look at the situation from a new angle.
You can’t do anything to change the fact that a problem exists, but you can do a great deal to find the opportunity within that problem. You’re guaranteed a better tomorrow by doing your best today and developing a plan of action for the tomorrows that lie ahead. Just remember to maintain a positive mental attitude.
64. What does the author mean by saying the first sentence in Paragraph 1?
A. If you have a good attitude, you will be successful.
B. Your attitude makes a great influence on your life.
C. Your attitude has nothing to do with your success.
D. Your success is very important to your life.
65. In Paragraph 3, the author shows us_________.
A. two ways to look at everything      B. the definition of pessimist and optimist
C. the ways to look for opportunity     D. the ways to look out from prison bars
66. The author mentions the example of many employees in Paragraph 4 to tell people to_____.
A. ignore the problem               B. look for opportunity in the problem
C. wait for the problem to be solved    D. make their jobs easy to do
67. The underline word “obstructed” in Paragraph 4 probably means________.
A. blocked         B. dropped          C. improved         D. Shared

第二節(jié)根據(jù)所給句子意思以及漢語或首字母提示，寫出下列各句中所缺單詞的正確形式。(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)

11. If you _______________(違反) the regulations, you shall be fired. Be responsible for your job.

12. His father always reminded him to look out for ________________（潛在的）dangers ahead.

13. Leaving the doors unlocked is a(n) ________________ (誘因) to burglars.

14. At the end of each term, teachers are required to __________（評(píng)估）the performance of students.

15. I believe Mary will turn up at eight. I know she is always very ______________ (準(zhǔn)時(shí)的）for meetings.

16. We shouldn’t change lanes without _________________(發(fā)信號(hào)) or giving wrong signals.

17. We cannot put the theory into practice because of the fact that it has been based on a series of wrong _________________. (假設(shè))

18. His father a__________________（陪伴）him to school every day; he is too young to go alone.

19. Ann likes to buy goods in large q__________________ so that she needn’t go shopping often.

20. A sore throat and fever were the s__________________ of serious flu.

21. She has mastered English grammar and a__________________ a large vocabulary without the help of a teacher.

22. We had to p________________ going to France because the children were ill.

23. The young fellow is a__________________ and likely to quarrel with anyone at any time.

24. Time p_________________, I would like to go fishing with you this weekend.

25. On hearing the terrible accident, you could never imagine how I worried when I was told that you two went home s________________ on such a rainy night.

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.   36   man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only   37  . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
They talked for hours   38  . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he   39   pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be   40   and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.
The window overlooked a   41   with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children   42   their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the   43  .
As the man by the window described all this in delicate   44  , the other man would close his eyes and   45   the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade   46  .   47   the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with   48   words.    
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse arrived,   49   to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.
The other man asked to be   50   next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside.   51  , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have   52   his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse   53   that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to   54   you."
Shared grief is half the sorrow,   55   happiness when shared, is doubled.
36. A. The one                    B. One                        C. Another                   C. This
37. A. entrance                        B. exit                         C. passage                    D. window
38. A. on end                             B. in vain                            C. at ease                     D. after all
39. A. would                       B. should                     C. might                         D. could
40. A. shortened                B. deepened                 C. broadened                D. sharpened
41. A. courtyard                  B. market                            C. wood                             D. park  
42. A. flew                         B. designed                  C. sailed                             D. swapped 
43. A. distance                    B. way                        C. process                    D. course
44. A. effect                        B. particular                 C. detail                             D. relief
45. A. expose                    B. imagine                   C. realize                      D. spot
46. A. passing away             B. passing by                      C. passing down            D. passing out
47. A. Because                    B. As                           C. Once                       D. Although
48. A. descriptive                B. productive             C. sensitive                  D. tentative
49. A. strangely                   B. surprisingly             C. sceptically                      D. only
50. A. substituted                 B. offered                    C. switched                  D. organized
51. A. Willingly                  B. Finally                    C. Generously              D. Occasionally
52. A. sacrificed                  B. referred                   C. motivated                D. intended
53. A. responded                 B. respected                 C. requested                 D. resisted
54. A. recover                     B. defend                     C. observe                   D. encourage
55. A. or                                B. but                          C. so                           D. and  

Educators and explorers Will Steger, John Stetson, Elizabeth Andre and Abby Fenton joined four Inuit hunters on a 1,200-mile, four-month-long dog-seld expedition (考察隊(duì)) across the Canadian Arctic’s Baffin Island.

The expedition is travelling with four Inuit dog teams over traditional hunting paths, up frozen rivers, through steep-sided bays, over glaciers and ice caps, and across the sea ice to reach some of the most remote Inuit village of the world.

The travelers wake up early around 6 a. m . During the course of the day they are able to travel about 17 miles. They hope to be able to travel 25 miles or 30 miles per day. They manage their body temperature by adding or taking off layers depending on their level activity.

Team member Elizabeth Andre had to leave the expedition because of frostbite(凍傷) . She was disappointed to miss part of the expedition, but leaving the field was the right decision to protect her fingers from any more damage. She will rejoin the expedition in Pangnirtung, the next village. Elizabeth feels how tough the weather condition can be in the Arctic. She is beginning to appreciate how much skill and knowledge of the environment the Inuit people have.

The expedition team plan to eat a combination of country foods from Iglulik, fresh meat hunted on the trail, and dried food packed out from Steger’s homeland in Minnesota.

The expedition members have already begun to notice the effects of global warming. Theo, a native Inuit traveling with the team, points out that “Looking at what we saw today －we saw that there haven’t been caribou(馴鹿) tracks for a long time. Usually, you look out of your window in Iqaluit and you see them. Now numbers are down”. Theo was born in an igloo(冰屋)and has lived in Inuit for most of his life.

49. The main purpose of the expedition is to_______.

A. experience the hard life of Inuit

B. appreciate the beautiful environment of Inuit village

C. do some research about the Inuit’s life style

D. explore the effects of global warming

50.          of the expedition team members didn't miss any part of the expedition.

A. Four       B. Six       C. Seven      D. Eight

51. The author gives an example of the caribou to show that_______.

A. global warming has had bad effects on the environment there

B. caribous are dying out because of the cold weather

C. the Inuit hunters have killed too many wild animals

D. good measures haven’t been taken to protect wild animals

52. From the text we can learn that_______.

A. the expedition team will walk across the Arctic

B. the expedition members only eat their packed food

C. the final stop for the expedition team is Pangnirtung

D. traveling to Inuit villages needs skill and knowledge of the environment.