09届上海市高三英语一模——十选九

09届上海市高三英语一模——十选九

（宝山）

Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but ___41___ number of colleges and universities.

About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the ___42___. Recent additions in the United States ___43___ projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are ___44___ at the Apple iTunes store.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) became an early ___45___with its OpenCourseWare project, first ___46___ in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at https://www.360docs.net/doc/115043450.html,. Many exams even include the answers.

Today, OpenCourseWare offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These ___47___ from physics to political science.

Visitors can learn the same things that M.I.T. students learn. But as the site points out, OpenCourseWare is not a M.I.T. education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide ___48___ with teachers.

Still, M.I.T. says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at M.I.T. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.

Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of appearing online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., is ___49___ popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures.

M.I.T. OpenCourseWare now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in science, technology, maths and engineering.

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（崇明）

the Hoover

Dam in 1935. The huge reservoir(水库) is __41__ in Arizona and Nevada. Since its __42__, Lake Mead’s clear water has drawn boaters, swimmers and fishermen by the thousand.

But today, there is no shortage of ways to see just how short of water Lake Mead is. You can count the white rings of mineral __43__ on the bedrock walls of the 250-square-mile reservoir, __44__ the old high-water mark. You can look at the docks(码头) that have been moved repeatedly. Or you can read a line graph(图表) at the visitor center, which tracks the water change

of the lake. Starting in 2000, the graph has come __45__down. The visitor center’s graph stops at 2006. But a park worker says, ―It just keeps going down from there.‖

Will it ever stop? A major drought and the increasing demand for water in growing nearby cities have put __46__ on Lake Mead. Several lakes and the river provide water to farmers and cities from Colorado to Southern California. Now there are fears that global warming could largely reduce the Colorado River’s flow – even as the population of the Southwest continues to grow. Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, __47__ that there is a 50% chance that Lake Mead could be dry by 2021. Las Vegas, Nevada, takes 90% of its water from Lake Mead. Even though the city’s population continues to grow, Las Vegas’ overall water use has dropped since 2002. Lake Mead has __48__ to just 52% of capacity, but the giant reservoir still contains 9 trillion gallons of water. If the rest of the Southwest can follow Las Vegas’ lead and use water more __49__, there still may be hope for Lake Mead.

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Until the 20th century, Americans had little time for leisure activities and did not really approve of leisure. The Puritan ideal of hard work ___41___ strong, and leisure was associated with the ―idle rich‖, ___42___ called the leisure class. In the 19th century one book warned: "True recreation must not interfere with our duty; must not injure health; must not waste money; must not waste time." At the end of that century, President James Garfield said the question was: "What shall we do with our ___43___ when we get it?" Modern Americans have not found this a problem and can choose from a wide range of leisure activities.

The British share the Protestant work ethics but have always believed that it is also good for people to have activities outside work. A ___44___ saying warns that ―all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy‖. Many people now believe that making time for relaxation after work is also necessary for the ___45___ of good mental health. Some people, however, think that leisure time should be spent on ___46___ activities and not just wasted. Children are often ___47___ to develop an interest or hobby which they can pick up in their spare time. Many British people ___48___ more about their leisure time than their work which is, for some, ___49___ a means of getting money to live on .

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will spoil your house, destroy your belongings, bark excessively, fight other dogs and even bite you. Nearly all behavior problems are __41__normal dog activities that __42__at the wrong time

or place or are directed at the wrong thing. The key to preventing or treating behavior problems as learning to teach the dog to redirect its normal behavior to outlets that are acceptable in the domestic__43__.

One of the best things you can do for your dog and yourself is to obediently train it. Obedience training doesn't solve all behavior problems, but it is the __44__for solving just about any problem. Training opens up a line of communication between you and your dog. Effective communication is necessary to __45__your dog about what you want it to do.

Training is also an easy way to establish the __46__rank order. When your dog obeys a simple request of "come here, sit," it is showing obedience and respect for you. It is not necessary to establish yourself as top dog or leader of the dog pack by using extreme__47__. You can teach your dog its subordinate (从属的)role by teaching it to show submission to you. Most dogs love performing tricks for you to __48__accept that you are in charge.

Training should be fun and rewarding for you and your dog. It can enrich your relationship and make living together more__49__. A well |trained dog is more confident and can be more safely allowed a greater amount of freedom than an untrained animal.

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（浦东）

Chef (厨师)Walter Potenza owns three thriving Italian restaurants in Rhode Island.

He studied and trained to be a chef, but he sees now that his abilities are the 41 of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, ―All of a sudden, my schooling, the knowledge and the history of my family, the ethics (道德标准) of my father came into 42 . It made me an academic, a person who explored the food business.‖

And the 43 never stops. ―One of the secrets is that it’s a business where you 44__ need to stay on top. Chefs are not 45 .‖ Walter explains that t he process of learning continues for him every day: ―I’m an obsessive reader. Every time you read a book, you get ideas. You 46 your ideas into your work place. Then you make that work better.‖

And success in the cooking business is 47 he has a cl ear definition of: ―The success that I would like to have is to be 48 as a man who was creative, who believed in the culture of Italian cuisine in America. Food is the link to the past and to family. Success to me is not how much money you make. But if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty 49__ happy, I’ m a happy man.‖

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（普陀）

Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the 41 of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to 42 tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a 43 country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country, keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also 44 the wealth and happiness of 45 inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too 46 , people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country ’s economy can suffer.

On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, 47 roads, and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can 48 as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.

Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support 49 as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists , jobs and money are lost.

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（杨浦）

Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular,

when older patients complain of pain, they were told it was a ___41__ part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.

Times have changed. Today, we take pain __42__. Indeed, pain is now

considered the fifth vital, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in determining a person’s well -being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disturb a person’s life, causing problems that range from missed work to __43__.

That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who

__44__ in pain medicine. Not only do we find out the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive (综合的) therapy for depression and other issues related to the pain. Such therapy often __45__ the work of social workers, psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.

This modern __46__ for pain management has led to a lot of treatments which

are more __47__ and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a limited number of drugs __48__, and many of them caused significant side effects in older people, including dizziness and tiredness. This created

a

double-edged sword: the medications helped __49__ the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.

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Ever since humans have 41 the earth, they have made use of various 42 of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is 43 through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression. Many of these 44 of whole words are very vivid and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, 45 ,cannot. Body language communicates ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or 46 . A nod signifies approval, while 47 the head indicates a negative reaction.

Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille(a system of 48 dots read with the fingertips),signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. 49 verbalization(语言)is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.

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（虹口）

The recent bush fire showed yet again how well the citizens work together in the face of community—_41一．Yet sadly,when it comes to fighting less noficeable commnunity problems．it can be a—_42 to pull together in the same way．

Commnunity problems，such as unemployment，homelessness，depression and social isolation, are caused by a wide range of factors and take a long time to fix。In the past，it’s been up to 43 rather than commnunities to solve these problems．But this is一44一changing．

Commnunities are now being called on to get involved in“commanity building'’aetivities Which aim to—_45一people and their existing commnunities through an increased involvement in social activities，as well as getting unemployed people back to work or starting their own busincss．

The government offices have 46 projects operating across the country, which are helping people to rebuild their lives and communities。

At the heart of strong communities are strong families，so much such work is focused on 47 children，young people and thleir families．However,they stilj have an enormous commitment to helping people who are homeless．They also work hard to place people into jobs, helping them—_48一the training，skills and self-eonfidence they need t0 fmd work or

start their own small business．

Working in partnership with other organizations，the government offices provided a wide rang of—49- service and long-term programs，which are achieving impressive results arounld the whole country．

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(闸北)

Barack Hussein Obama II，born August 4，1961，is the President—elect ot the United States and the first African American to be 41 ．His victory proved the true value of American dream—freedom and equality．

He is a 42 of the Harvard Law School．He worked as a community organizer and practised as a civil rights lawyer before he served three 43 terms in the illinois Senate (参议院)from 1997 to 2004．At the same time，he 44 law at the University of Chicago Law School，where many students were attracted by his 45 thoughts and humourous style．He announced his 46 for the U．S．Senate in January 2003，won a primary victory in March 2004，and was elected to the Senate in November 2004．

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress(国会),he 47 the Congress to pass laws to control weapons and to raise public 48 of environment protection．He aIso made official trips to Eastern Europe，the Middle East，and Africa．And finally in 2008，after a 49 struggle with John McCain，he was elected the 44th President of the United States．

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