英语-2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（湖北卷）
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This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stsge of life.
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling. The author W.H.Armstrong, starts with the basice; reading and writing.In his opinion, raeding doern’t just mean recognizeing esch word on the page; it means taking in the information , digesting it and incorporaing it into oneself just as one digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life , not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees. Raeding and writing cannot be completely separated from esch other;in fact , the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text . I’ve seen it again and again ;some-one who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all.
Only a third of the book remains after that discussion , which Armstrong devoter to specific tips for studying languages ,math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透彻的) and equally ,except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion (激情) regarding history . Well , he was a history teacher ---if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his students , that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got cross . To my disapppointment , in this part of the book he ignores the arts. As a matter of fact ,the demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind .Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired , actually , learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics.
My other comment is that the text aged . The frist edition apparently dates to the 1960s , one of the references (参考文献) seem newer than the late 1950s. As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age.
These are small points , though , and don’t affect the main discussion . I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student.
63.According to Armstrong , the goal of reading is to
A.gain knowledge and expand one’s view
B.understand the meaning between the lines
C.experts ideas based on what one has read
D.get information and keep it alive in memory
64.The author of the passage insists theat learning the arts
A.requires great efforts
B.demands real passion
C.is less natural than learning maths
D.is as natural as learning a language
65.What is a shortcoming of Armstrong;s work according to the author
A.Some ideas are slightly conteadictory.
B.There is too much discussion on studying science.
C.The styly is too serious.
D.It lacks new information.
66.This passage can be classified as
A.an advertisement
B.a book review
C.a frature story
D.a news report
E
Have you winterized your horse yet? Even though global warming may have made our cli,ate ,ore mild, many animals are still hibernating(冬眠). It’s too bad that humans can’t hibemate. In fact, as a species, we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, peasants in Fance liked a semi-state of hunman hibemation. Scwrites Graham Robb, a Brinsh scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French peasants. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months on end.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed fundamentally since the incention of artificial(人造的)lighting and the electric bulb.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”.which was not clarified, though, Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’uninterrupted sleep is a modem incention,
In the past, without the artificial light of the city bathe in, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then world themselves around midnight, The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animats,although many of them simply moved around or visited lamily and neighbours.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia（失眠） at midninght is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness around their sleeping,which occurs in the beief period berore we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning, This period can be an extraordinarily creative time for some people. The impressive inventor, Thomas Edison, used this state to hit uponmany of his new ideas.
Flaying with your sleep rhythms can be adaunturous,as anxiety may set in. Medical science doesn’t help help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.
67.The example of the French peasanls shows the fact that .
A.people might become lazy as a result of too much sleep
B.there were signs of hibernation in hunan sleeping habits
C.people lended to sleep more. Peacefully in cold weather
D.winter was a season for people to sleep for months on end
69.What does the author advise people to do?
A.Sleep in the way animals do.
B.Consult a doctor if they can’t sleep.
C.Follow their natural sleep rhythm.
D.Keep to the eight-hour sleep pattern.
68．The late night was called“The Watch”because it was a time for people .
A．to set traps to catch animals
B．to wake up their family and neighbours
C．to remind others of the time
D．to guard against possible dangers
70. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To give a presscription for insomnia
B.To urge people to sleep less.
C.To analyze the sleep pattern of modem people
D.To throw new light on human sleep.
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
例：We _______（起床）before dawn. It was still dark outside. (get)
答案：got up
71. Only if people of all the countries are united ________（我们才能解决）the existing problems in the world. (solve)
72. _______（油漆成）red, the building stands out among the rest and looks very attractive. (paint)
73. ________（不会用） a computer nakes it more difficult for him to do his academic research. (use)
74. The news ________（房价将要下跌）has caused many people to sell their houses at lower prices.(fall)
75. After she completes the project, she’ll have ________（没什么要担心的）（worry）
76. Mr. Johnson insisted that the problem worthy of attention ______（讨论）at the meeting.(discuss)
77. My mother was so proud of all ________（我所做的）that she rewarded me with a trip to Beijing.(do)
78. Last night’s TV news said that by then the death of the missing people _______（未证实）yet.（prove）
79. It’s said that they have swum to the island from the continent,but they _______（不可能做到）because the ocean in between is too wide.(do)
80. ______（正如我们强调的那样）many times, “serve the people” is our first policy.(stress)
第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分25分）
请你根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个实例，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈微笑的作用。
The best example of universally understood boby language may be the smile. A smile can help us ger through diffieunt situdtions and find friends in a world of strangers. A smile can open doors and tear down walls.
注意：①无须写标题；
②内容只需涉及一个方面；
③词数为100左右。