高三英语竞赛试题模拟练习

In spite of millions of dollars spent on “educational research”, children are not taught the most basic skills of learning, even the most basic of these: how to use a dictionary. In fact, a search of educational books for children found no book that told them how to use a dictionary or that one should. Written for children at 8 to 12-year-olds, this fully illustrated book will teach your child:

* How to find words in a dictionary

* The different ways that words are used

* What the different marks and symbols that are used in a dictionary mean

* How to use a dictionary to correctly pronounce words

It includes a section for parents and teachers showing you how to use this book with children. Buy this book and give it to your children to unlock their education. What’s more, you’ll just pay 50% for it before May 1, 2006.

50. Some information of the four books were illustrated in order to _________.

A. help readers understand them B. persuade readers to buy them

C. reduce the cost of them D. make them suitable to different readers

51. Which one is the book written for 8 to 12 years old to use a dictionary?

A. Basic Study Manual B. Study Skills for Life

C. Learning How to Learn D. How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children

52. If you buy the four books on April 1, 2006, you will have to pay _________ for them.

A. $ 129.38 B. $ 111.93 C. $ 64.69 D. $ 34.90

53. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. introduce the four books to readers B. help children to learn English

C. enrich students knowledge about nature D. sell the four books to students

C

In a world with limited land, water and other natural resources, the harm from the traditional business model is on the rise. A ctually, the past decade has seen more and more forests disappearing and the globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we must be able to develop in sustainable(可持续的)ways. That means growth with low carbon or development of sustainable products. In other words, we should keep the earth healthy while using its supply of natural resources.

Today, sustainable development is a proper trend in many countries. According to a recent study, the global market for low-carbon energy will become three times bigger over the next decade. China, for example, has set its mind on leading that market, hoping to seize chances in the new round of the global energy revolution. It is now trying hard to make full use of wind and solar energy, and is spending a huge amount of money making electric cars and high-speed trains. In addition, we are also seeing great growth in the global markets for sustainable products such as palm oil, which is produced without cutting down valuable rainforest. In recent years the markets for sustainable products have grown by more than 50%.

Governments can fully develop the potential of these new markets. First, they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions(排放)and targets for saving and reusing energy. Besides, stronger arrangement of public resources like forests can also help to speed up the development. Finally, governments can avoid the huge expenses that are taking us in the wrong direction, and redirecting some of those expenses can accelerate the cha nge from traditional model to a sustainable one.

The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of growing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.

54. The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that _________.

A. it consumes natural resources B. it makes the world warmer

C. it brings severe damage to forests D. it makes growth hard to continue

55. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A. China lacks wind and solar energy. B. China is the leader of the low-carbon market.

C. Palm oil is made at the cost of valuable forests. D. High-speed trains are a low-carbon development.

56. To fully develop the low-carbon markets, governments can ________.

A. cut public ex penses B. encourage energy conservation

C. develop public resources D. forbid carbon emission

57. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To advocate sustainable development. B. To compare two business models.

C. To predict a change of the global market. D. To introduce a new business model.

D

Life is difficult.

This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend (超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly understand and accept it — then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.

Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.

What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of pr oblems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.

Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and wor king out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

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