When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” said Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $ 300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and a coffee bar near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $ 100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today, Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard, “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.” 49．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that .
A．they both needed to stop working B．health was more important than wealth C．heart trouble was a serious illness D．they had to put their plan into practice A．to study industrial management B．to buy and read more mystery books C．to do market research on book business
50．After Mary got well from her illness, they began . D．to work harder to save money for the bookstore 51．How did their bookstore do in the first year? A．They had to borrow money to keep it going. B．They succeeded in earning a lot of money C．They made just enough to cover all the costs. D．The failed though they worked hard.
52．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is . A．to pay for their children’s education B．to get to know more writers C．to do what they like to do D．to set up more bookstores
D
While research has suggested that pets can offer people health benefits, a new study from Finland finds that pet owners tend to be heavier, less active and in poorer health than those without a pet. Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland report the findings in an online journal published by the Public Library of Science.
Using survey data from more than 21,000 young to middle-aged Finnish adults, researchers found
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that pet owners were generally more likely to be overweight and to view their own health as poor. This was largely because pet owners tended to be middle-aged, have less education and more health-risk factors, explained Dr. Lena, the study’s lead author.
“Despite taking dogs for walks , pet owners typically got little exercise. This is likely because they were home-owners who could simply put the dog in the yard,” said Lena.
The fact that pet owners were in poorer health does not mean keeping pets isn’t healthy. “In my opinion,” said Lena, “Pets provide us all with a vast potential for health promotion.”
Pet owners, according to the reasearchers, may just need to make more of an effort-such as walking and playing with the dog instead of showing him in the yard. 53．What would be the title for the text? A．Middle-aged Pet Owners Are Overweight. B．Pet Owners Benefit a Lot From Keeping Pets. C．Pet Owners in Poorer Health Than Others. D．Pet Owners Should Take More Exercise
54．The underlined word “promotion” probably means . A．improvement B．effect C．care D．problem 55．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A．Pet owners exercise a lot as they often take pets for walks. B．Keeping pets is unhealthy as pets provide all with illnesses. C．The survey result came out in a library magazine. D．Most pet owners are middle-aged and less-educated. 56．What can be inferred from the text?
A．People will turn middle-aged if they raise pets. B．Pets can benefit people if we make good use of them. C．Pets can cause a lot of health-risk factors. D．Pets have a bad effect on their owners in Finland.
E Top Travel Tips your vacation. Enjoy all those stores and bars. Documents and money On the plane ◆Buy a small wallet with a strap to go ◆On long flights avoid alcohol and heavy food. around your neck. This can be ◆Drink lots of water. carried under your clothes and is ◆Use moisturizer（润肤霜）on your skin. safer than a bag. ◆Get up and move around once an hour. ◆Make two copies of your passport ◆Wear comfortable clothes – not tight jeans! and visa and keep them in separate ◆Take off your shoes. places. This saves time if you lose ◆Take a toothbrush in your carry – on luggage your passport. and freshen up before you arrive. ◆In hotels, always leave your passport On arrival: Taxis in the safe if possible. Carry a copy ◆If possible get a taxi from the airport office, with you. not on the street. ◆Keep some change and small bills in ◆Ask your taxi driver for a receipt. your pockets. Don’t take out your Your hotel wallet in public. ◆Don’t pay everything on arrival. You may Luggage want to negotiate（交涉）if you are not happy. 7 ◆Put a colored strip on your suitcase; ◆Don’t take drinks from the minibar unless make it easy to find. your company is paying. ◆ Keep valuable items in your carry – ◆Don’t leave valuable things in your room.
57．Which of the following should a traveler do?
A．Enjoying all the stores before heading to the airport. B．Arriving at the airport ahead of time. C．Arriving at the airport just on time.
D．Taking his time since it’s part of the vacation. A．The traveler can relax himself on seeing it. B．Travelers love bright and beautiful colors. C．It will attract all the people’s attention. D．The traveler can recognize it easily. A．Don’t carry things for strangers. B．Take off shoes on long flights. C．Don’t take out a wallet in public.
D．Make more copies of the passport and visa. A．a news report C．a travel book
B．a tour guide’s diary D．a travel story
58．Why is it better to put a colored strip on the suitcase?
59．Which of the tips is WRONG according to the text?
60．This text can probably be found in . 第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项
涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 —What’s the matter with you, Tom? —Oh, 61 Maybe I’ve got a cold. — 62 Why don’t you take some coldstop?
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—That’s what I took the last time I had a cold. 64 Maybe that’ll help. —Thanks. （Two days later） —How are you feeling now? —Getting better. — 65
A．Does it work well? B．Good idea. C．Glad to hear it.
D．I feel a little bad under the weather now. E．It worked pretty well. F．It’s very kind of you.
G．That’s too bad.
第三部分 写作（共三节，满分55分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡上相应题号的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。 第一节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
66．The lady looks （熟悉）to me, but I don’t remember where we met. 66． 67． （巧克力）contains too much sugar though it tastes wonderful. 67． 68．It seems that we’ll have to make a （选择）between the two plans. 68． 69．Who was in （负责）of the class when Mr. Smith was in hospital? 69． 70．They are to meet at the （十字路口）at eight tomorrow morning. 70． 71．The readers were all shocked by the （残酷）of the war described in the book. 71． 72． （就我个人而言）,it is not proper to tell him the truth. 72． 73．His eyesight （恢复）after the operation. 73．
74．After （复习）the lessons, he felt sure of his success in the examination. 74． 75．The manager nodded with （满意）when he heard what I said. 75． 第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。 此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改。 Dear editor,
My name is called Zhang Hong. I am a middle school 76．
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student. When I go to the school every day, I can see a lot of sellers outside around our school walls, sell vegetables, fruits, fish, meat and so on. Some even make dishes in the opening air.
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They often shout at the top of their voices in order draw the 80． passers – by’s attention. We could hear the noises in the classroom 81． and cannot concentrate on our lessons. Beside, they also make 82． the streets dirt, smelly and crowded. What a shame! 83．
How we want to get the situation improved and have our 84． lessons in a quiet place! That’s how I write to you for help! 85． 第三节 书面表达（满分30分）
使用手机发短信俗称“拇指文化”（Thumb Culture），假设你班同学最近也在讨论这个话题，请根据下表提示用英语写一篇短文，介绍讨论的情况。 大部分同学认同 少数同学反对 1．迅速打出短信，及时取得并保持联1．频繁使用手机打字发短信，可能损伤拇指，系； 造成拇指疼痛； 2．随时传递信息或笑话娱乐朋友； 2．随意传递笑话会干扰对方工作或学习。 3．短信比传统书信贺卡更有时尚感。 3．传统沟通方式，如写信、贺卡等更显温馨。 注意：
1．文章题目和开头已给出（不计入词数） 2．词数：100词左右； 3．参考词汇： text messages 短信
The Pros and Cons on Thumb Culture
The other day our class had a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of Thumb Culture.
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[参考答案]
第一、二部分（Key to 1—65）
1.B 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.C
11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.C 16.D 17.D 18.B 19.B 20.C 21.B 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.B 26.D 27.B 28.D 29.A 30.C 31.D 32.C 33.D 34.A 35.C 36.B 37.A 38.B 39.D 40.A 41.D 42.C 43.B 44.D 45.C 46.D 47.B 48.B 49.D 50.C 51.C 52.C 53.C 54.A 55.D 56.B 57.B 58.D 59.B 60.C 61.D 62.G 63.A 64.E 65.C
66.familiar 67.Chocolate 68.choice 69.charge 70.crossroads 71.cruelty 72.Personally 73. recovered 74.reviewing 75.satisfaction 76.去掉called 77.去掉the
78.sell改为selling 79.opening改为open 80.draw前加to 81.could改为can 82.Beside改为Besides 83.dirt改为dirty 84.正确 85.how改为why
One possible version
The other day our class had a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of Thumb Culture. Most students are for sending text messages with cell phones because rapidly typed messages can keep them in touch with one another constantly. Besides, text messages with greetings or jokes seem more fashionable to the young than hand-written cards.
However, the minority of the students are against it. They say Thumb Culture may cause new health problems or even injure the thumb by repeating the same typing movements too frequently. Unexpected messages may disturb your friends if they are working or studying. In addition, such traditional ways of communication as hand-written letters and cards can bring people more feeling of warmth.
Anyway, it’s hard for us to reach the same conclusion. Maybe the argument will long exist.
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2017-2018学年度河北省石家庄市高中毕业班英语第一次模拟考试卷 人教版
