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C. rush D. push
33. One of the most important questions they had to consider was of public health A. what C. that
B. this D. which
34. Everybody was touched words after they heard her moving story. A. beyond C. of
B. without D. in
35. Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions ? A. taking
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination ___36___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 37 for many years In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 38 With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 39
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 40 over the hills They had been 41 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt the days 42 To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some 43
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island Robert 44 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 45 ―What’s that ?‖ he asked ―That’s the 46 treasure ― said the boy Robert suddenly 47 something of an adventure story in the boy’s 48 While the rain was pouring Robert sat down by the fire to write a story He would make the 49 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd But who would he the pirate（海盗）?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 50 of a wooden leg Robert had always wanted to 51 such a man in a story 52 Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was 53 B. take
C. taken
D. to take
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So thanks to a 54 September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest 55 stories in the English language.
36．A．However 37．A．alone 38．A．meeting 39．A．Lloyd 40．A．talk 41．A．attempting 42．A．quiet 43．A．cleaning 44．A．doubted 45．A．the sea 46．A．forgotten 47．A．saw 48．A．book 49．A．star 50．A．help 51．A．praise 52．A．Yet 53．A．read 54．A．rainy 55．A．news
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death
B．Therefore B．next door B．story B．Robert B．rest B．missing B．dull B．writing B．noticed B．the house B．buried B．drew B．reply B．hero B．problem B．produce B．Also B．born B．sunny B．love
C．Besides C．at home C．holiday C．Henley C．walk C．planning C．busy C．drawing C．decided C．Scotland C．discovered C．made C．picture C．writer C．use C．include C．But C．hired C．cool C．real-life
D．Finally D．abroad D．jib D．John D．game D．enjoying D．cold D．exercising D．recognized D．the island D．unexpected D．learned D．mind D．child D．bottom D．accept D．Thus D．written D．windy D．adventure
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struggle Her calf was floating and screaming with fear Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf a way
There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk（象鼻）against the rocky bank Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock
Just at this moment she fell back into the river If she were carried down it would be certain death I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot（地点）where she could get up the bank but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf
While I was wondering what I could do next I heard the sound of a mother’s love Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring（吼叫）all the time but to her calf it was music.
56．The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw______. A．the calf was about to fall into the river B．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock C．the calf was washed away by the rising water
D．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water
57．How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water? A．By putting it on a safe spot B．By pressing it against her body C．By taking it away with her D．By carrying it on her back
58．How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring? A．It was a great comfort B．It was a sign of danger C．It was a call for help D．It was a musical note 59．What can be the best title for the text? A．A Mother’s Love B．A Brave Act
C．A Deadly River D．A Matter of Life and Death
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B
Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games. yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card（信用卡）Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18 The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job David’s firm releases（推出）two new games for the fast growing computer market each month
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money Even though he earns a lot he cannot drive a car take out a mortgage（抵押贷款）,or get credit cards David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago ,a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop ―I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs‖ he said David spends some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 50 pounds a week But most of his spare time is spent working
―Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school ― he said ―But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway‖ David added :‖I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement（退休）is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear.‖
60．In what way is David different from people of his age? A．He often goes out with friends B．He lives with his mother C．He has a handsome income D．He graduated with six O-levels
61．What is one of the problems that David is facing now? A．He is too young to get a credit card B．He has no time to learn driving C．He has very little spare time D．He will soon lose his job
62．Why was David able to get the job in the company? A．He had done well in all his exams
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B．He had written some computer programs C．He was good at playing computer games D．He had learnt to use computers at school
63．Why did David decide to leave school and start working? A．He received lots of job offers B．He was eager to help his mother C．He lost interest in school studies D．He wanted to earn his own living
C
We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop When monkey-pox,a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings ―Most of the infections （感染）we think of as human infections started in other animals ― says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.
It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea ―I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them ―says Isaksen
―Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing ―says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners We know very little about these new diseases Anew bug（病毒）may be kind at first But it may develop into something harmful（有害的）Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person
64．We learn from Paragraph I that the per sold at the shop may A．come from Columbia B．prevent us from being infected C．enjoy being with children D．suffer from monkey-pox
65．Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?
2009年高考试题 - 英语(全国卷1)
