发布时间 : 星期六 文章2012南昌二模英语 word版更新完毕开始阅读c9e4a08f680203d8ce2f240c
40．A．shut B．lock C．cover D．open 41．A．smiles - B．hardships C．cries D．honors
42．A．apart from B．as well as C．in favour of D．in return for 43．A．beating B．struggling C．begging D．trembling 44．A．surprised B．regretted C．appointed D．moved 45．A．boys B．drivers C．waiters D．workers 46 ．A．ordered B．demanded C．requested D．deserved 47．A．inside B．outside C．forward D．backward 48．A．happily B．cheerfully C．astonishingly D．sadly 49．A．Unable B．Impossible C．Ready D．Willing 50．A．book B．food C．cook D．look 51．A．blessings B．belongings C．campaigns D．challenges 52．A．how B．why C．where D．when 53．A．tell B．speak C．pray D．bow 54．A．forgetting B．following C．regretting D．remembering 55．A．greater B．fewer C．less D．lower 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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
Knowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton always tried to seek help for one or two poor families．With a social worker mother, the Sutton children had inherited her commitment to service, and knew never to take their good fortune at Christmas for granted．This year, Kinzie, her seven - year - old daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a special visit to a 22 - year - old mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12 - month - old son by herself．
The phone rang on Sunday．A representative from a local organization was calling to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen through．No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing．
Ann saw the cheer vanish from her children' s faces at the news．Without a word, Kinzie ran into her bedroom．She returned, her face set with determination．Opening up her piggy bank, she put all thecoins onto the table: $ 3．30．Everything she had．
Mom, she told Ann, \．But maybe this will buy a present for the baby．\At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughter's story．To her surprise , staff members began to open their purses and empty their pockets to help Kinzie．By day' s end, the story of Kinzie's gift had spread beyond Ann's office．She received a call from an unknown donor．If a seven - year - old could give everything she had, he said, he should at least match her gift 100 to 1．He contributed $ 300．
On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where the Ashleys lived． Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing them to Ashley one by one．
Ashley was very moved．Reflecting on a little girl's generosity, Ashley says she'll one day be
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able to do something similar for someone else in need．\herself, but she gave it away,\．\be．\
56．According to the text, Ann Sutton _____． A．is making lots of money B．is ready to help others C．is only caring about herself D．is a hard - working mother
57．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text? A．Ashley lived a hard life with her little son． B．The Sutton children took Anne as an example to follow． C．The coworkers of Ann helped Kinzie to realize her wish． D．Ann Sutton tried to ask for help for her own children． 58．What can we learn about Kinzie? A．She was afraid that Santa Claus would visit the Ashleys． B．She should get some presents from her mother at Christmas． C．She devoted all her coins to buying a present for the baby． D．She was cheerful when hearing the aid had fallen through． 59．Which of the following can be inferred from the text? A．It rained heavily on Christmas Eve． B．Ann handed gifts to Ashley one by one． C．Ashley hoped she would help someone else in need． D．A good deed can influence many people's behavior． 60．What would be the best tide for the text? A．A Young Girl's Gift B．A Mother's Love C．A Story of Young Girl D．An Unknown Donor
B
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self - respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized （把…归类） as \you create this life of good feelings． Here s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness．
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item．If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky （卑鄙的） excitement．Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune．On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty．We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul． Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don' t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen．Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief．In the process, we would lose some peace of
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mind and self- respect．We would also demonstrate （演示） that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends．We damage our own reputations by telling others．In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen．Immediately the clerk knows us to be honor-able ．Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self - respect is increased．Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility．
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions．Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions．Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence．And it' s easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy．While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue．Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness．
61．According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our_____． A．self - respect B．financial rewards C．advertising ability D．friendly relationship
62．The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to ______． A．lying B．stealing C．cheating D．advertising 63．The underlined phrase \． A．telling the truth to the clerk B．offering advice to the clerk C．asking the clerk to be more attentive D．reminding the clerk of the charged item 64．How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake? A．We 11 be very excited． B．We' 11 feel unfortunate． C．We'll have a sense of honor． D．We'll feel sorry for the clerk． 65．Which of the following can be the best tide of this passage? A．How to Live Truthfully B．Importance of Peacefulness C．Ways of Gaining Self - respect D．Happiness through Honorable Actions
C
The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple's products sounds cool and has become a fad（一时的风尚）． Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter \are following suit．The BBC's iPlayer ?which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet ?adopted the title in 2008．A lovely bear ?popular in the US and UK ?that plays music and video is called \．
A slimmed-down version of London's Independent newspaper was launched last week under the
name \．
In general, single -letter prefixes （前缀） have been popular since the 199Cb, when terms such as e -mail and e - commerce first came into use．
Most \products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent's i , it s no surprise that they' ve selected this fashionable name．
But it's hard to see what's so special about the letter \．Why not use \According to Tony Thome, head of the Language Center at King's College, London, \works because its meaning has become ambiguous．When Apple uses \no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thome told BBC Magazines．\
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Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn' t have one clear definition,\．
\（轻便） ．\Thorne． Clearly the letter \the individual．
Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason． Along with \20 words
that have come to define the last decade．
But as history shows, people grow tired of fads．From the 1900s to 1990s, products with \and modem．However, as we entered the new century, the trend inevitably disappeared． 66．People use iPlayer to _____． A．listen to music B．make a call C．watch TV programs online D．read newspapers 67．We can infer that the Independent's \． A．young readers B．old readers C．fashionable women D．engineers 68．The underlined word \． A．popular B．uncertain C．definite D．unique 69．Nowadays, -the \． A．portable B．environmentally friendly C．advanced D．recyclable 70．The writer suggests that _____． A．\ B．iTeddy is alive bear C．the letter \ D．the popularity of \
D Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life．Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity （长寿） boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship．The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Fair, who wrote that widows and widowers （鳏夫） were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers．Studies since then suggest that marriage could and as much as seven years to a man's life and two to a woman's．The effect holds for all rouses of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm．
Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate．Linda Waite from the University of Chicago has found that ．I married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart．Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn't smoke．There's a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse's death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can
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