2009高考英语试题广东卷

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1、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。

2、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。

3、All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。

4、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。

5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

6、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

7、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

8、A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

9、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

10、A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。

11、A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。

12、A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。

13、A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。

14、A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。

15、A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。

16、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。

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17、A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

18、A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。

19、A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

20、Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。

21、By reading we enrich the mind.读书使人充实，

22、Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

23、Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。

24、Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。

25、Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

26、Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

27、Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。

28、Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。

29、Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。

30、Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。

31、Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。

32、Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

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33、Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

34、Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。

35、Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。

36、Every minute counts. 分秒必争。

37、Each coin has two sides.

38、Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

39、Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。

40、God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。

41、Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。

42、Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。

43、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

44、It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

45、Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量

46、Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。

47、No pain， no gain.（不劳无获。）

48、You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓。。

49、An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

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50、Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。

51、Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy

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52、Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。

53、Nothing in the world is difficult if you set

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54、Where there's a will, there's a way. 有志者事竟成。

55、Practice makes perfect ．（熟能生巧。）

56、Pride goes before a fall．（骄傲必败。）

Superstar and I

It’s common that many students are crazy about those singers and actors. However, liyundi, a pianist, is the superstar in my heart. He is a man of few words and he even looks like the

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greatest pianist—Chopin. When listening to his music , I can get rid of everything noisy around. What’s more, I can feel his strong love for music. Rome wasn’t built in one day. He achieved the great success through huge effort. I can learn from him that we should never give up to realize our dreams.

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Her name first appeared as a joke then like a wonder. She is Susan Boyle, the superstar in my heart. Although she’s not beautiful, her voice and spirit moved all the audience, including me. The song ’I dreamed a dream’ that she sang touched everyone’s heart who had a dream and wanted to realize it. She taught me how to go on my dreams as well as never to give up. She is like a sunshine that gives me hope. Where there is a will, there is a way.

绝密★启用前 试卷类型: A2009年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（广东卷）英 语本试卷共12页，四大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项: 1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。

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2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。I 听力（共两节。满分35分）第一节 听力理解（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段对话，回答第1—3题。1. Why doesn't the man choose Japanese: food?A. He doesn't like Japanese food. B. He ate Japanese food last night. C. He thinks Japanese food is expensive. 2. What does the man really want to eat?A. Buffet. B. Fast food. C. Chinese food. 3. Where will the man probably eat?A. In a steak house. B. In the shopping center. C. Outside the shopping center. 听第二段对话，回答第4。6题。4. Why is the man proud of his daughter?A. Because she's going to college. B. Because she's going to leave home. C. Because she'll save money on food. 5. What does the man remind his daughter to do?

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A. Take some food. B. Register for food. C. Eat instant noodles. 6. What is the man surprised to hear?A. His daughter decides to change her major. B. His daughter has a discussion with her Mom. C. Business administration is a great major. 1. 【答案】B 有明确原文

2. 【答案】A 有明确原文

3. 【答案】C 自助餐没有在购物中心内，所以出街

4. 【答案】A 有一丝混淆，尤其是C，女儿跟老爸开玩 说：你总说我读大学后，家里就可以省电、省热水、省饭

5. 【答案】B 在食堂登记买餐

6. 【答案】A 其实老爸很希望女儿读经济管理这个专业的，但女儿却和妈妈商讨后未经爸爸同意就改专业了

听第三段独白，回答第7~9题。7. Who is the speaker?A. A college student in China. B. A Chinese student in the US. C. An American student in the US. 8. How do Chinese students learn in class?A. They study textbooks. B. They listen and take notes. C. They review before exams. 9. What does the American professor want to know?A. The class's opinion. B. The student's research. C. The student's opinion. 7.【答案】B 有明确原文

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8.【答案】B 中国学生的常识题

9.【答案】C 易混淆的是A

听第四段对话，回答第10~12题。10. Where did the woman buy her new computer?A. From a store. B. From the Internet. C. In a shopping center. 11. What makes it cheaper to buy online?A. The seller has to rent a store. B. The seller must pay its staff. C. The seller can save money. 12. Why do many people still buy things in the store?A. They think it's easy. B. They think it's cheap. C. They think it's safe. 10.【答案】B 有明确原文

11.【答案】C 网上商店无需租铺面和雇员工，这个很多学生都有这个网络常识的，尤其是城市的。稍微有些地区偏向。

12.【答案】C 有明确原文safer

听第五段独白，回答第13~15题。13. How does the wide use of plastic help in daily life?A. It makes life convenient. B. It makes life wonderful. C. It makes life enjoyable. 14. What does the speaker think of things made of plastic?A. They are cheaper. B. They don't last long. C. They appear attractive.

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15. How do stores promote using reusable bags?A. By selling plastic bags. B. By banning plastic bags. C. By charging for plastic bags. 13.【答案】A

14.【答案】B 有明确原文

15.【答案】C 有明确原文。这个又是生活常识，无需听题就可知答案

第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16～20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。The National Flower Festival

16.【答案】March 28，读的很清晰

17.【答案】cartoon characters，似乎读音者特意重读

18.【答案】$70

19.【答案】Street fair，我记得出现了两次，在刚刚开始时就出现了这个信息

20.【答案】river side，读的很清晰

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Ⅱ 语言知识及应用（共两节。满分35分）第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack.

A major French newspaper _21_ his brother for him and carried an article _22_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. AlfredNobel，who became _23_ by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died

yesterday. ”Nobel was _24_ to find out not that he had died，but that，when his time was up，he

would be thought of only as one who profited from _25_ and destruction. To make sure that he was _26_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _27_ togive the largest part of his money to _28_ the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to peoplewho made great _29_ to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences. So _30_ ，Nobelhad to die before he realized what his life was really about. 21. A. found

22. A. introducing

23. A. famous

24. A. upset

25. A. death

26. A. repaid

27. A. book

28. A. establish

29. A. additions

30. A. generally

B. misunderstood B. announcing B. sick B. anxious B. disease B. described B. article B. form B. sacrifices B. basically C. mistook C. implying C. rich C. excited C. trouble C. supported C. will C. develop C. changes C. usually D. judged D. advertising D. popular D. pleased D. attack D. remembered D. contract D. promote D. contributions D. certainly

本文记叙了阿尔佛雷德·诺贝尔决定设立诺贝尔奖金的经过。

21. 【答案】C。

【解析】因mistake A for B （将A误以为B）是固定搭配。

22. 【答案】B。

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【解析】由常识可知，报社应是“发布”消息，故用announce （give information about）。

23. 【答案】C。

【解析】由首句became a millionaire可知。

24. 【答案】A。

【解析】根据常识，看到自己本来死却报道死了这样的消息，特别是说自己通过kill more people faster来发财的评论，应当是“不高兴，苦恼（unhappy or annoyed）”，不可能是“兴奋的（excited）”“高兴的（pleased）”“渴望的（anxious）”。

25. 【答案】A。

【解析】与destruction（毁灭）并列并且上文death原词复现故选出A。

26. 【答案】D。

【解析】由后文设立奖金可知，是为了改变自我形象，要设法“被别人充满爱与尊敬地铭记（be remember with love and respect）”。

27. 【答案】C。

【解析】由最后一句Nobel Ks5uhad to die before he realized…可知，是在“遗嘱（will）”中作的安排。

28. 【答案】A。

【解析】根据与名词the Nobel prizes的搭配，又结合常识，应当是“设立”诺贝尔奖金。

29. 【答案】D。

【解析】奖金应当是将给那些为世界和平、文学和科学等领域做出过巨大贡献的人。make contributions to…（对……作出贡献）是固定搭配。

30. 【答案】B

【解析】这个题最有争议了。我认为这句话不可以直译为：诺贝尔在认识到他的人生的真正意义之前就不得不死去了。这不仅不合情理，也很明显与作者所设置的写作背景不符。语言是非常灵活的，我们不妨来意译：好在诺贝尔认识到了自己人生的真谛，否则他就是行尸走肉，灵魂早已死去。

而这句话，则是作者对诺贝尔的评语。可以读得出来，作者对诺贝尔的晚年还是抱赞赏态度的。

【点评】

本大题中由理解空格所在句本身即可选出答案的有21（固定搭配）题，22题（常识），24题（常识），26题（固定搭配与常识），28题（动宾搭配与常识），29题（固定搭配）

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等6道题，占总数的60%。由上文信息和常识即可选出正确答案的有23题、25题（并列关系也很重要）、30题（so暗示了上下文的因果关系，还涉及到词语辨析），共3个小题；由下文信息可选出正确答案的有27题。本大题固定搭配和常识题较多，应当属中等偏易；其中最难的可能是第30题。

动词4个题，名词3题形，容词2题，副词1题。各选项除符合四个选项属同一词类、同一语法形式外，也与我们在《广东高考英语命题揭秘与专题练析》中所写研究结论完全一致：在完形填空中不考代词、冠词、介词、连词（包括从句的连接词）；即使在高考题中出现这几类词，那也是一种失误。

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult _31_ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy _32_ （please）as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not _33_ pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or _34_ （push）you with their elbows（肘部），hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter _35_ some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk，”the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price. ”But Jane knew from past experience that her _36_ （choose）of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes _37_ sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while， she knew that this was a present which was bound to please _38_.

When Jane got home，with her small but well-chosen present in her bag，her parents were already _39_ table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane _40_ （inform）.

本文讲叙Jane在圣诞节给父亲选礼物，因往年送父亲领带不能使父亲高兴，满以为这次买烟斗送父亲会让父亲高兴的，却被告知父亲终于戒烟了。

31. 【答案】it。

【解析】在宾语从句中作形式主语，真正的主语是to choose…。

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32. 【答案】to please。

【解析】在形容词后作状语，只能用动词不定式。

33. 【答案】a。

【解析】表示“一次”愉快的经历。

34. 【答案】pushed。

【解析】与stepped并列，也用一般过去时。

35. 【答案】where。

【解析】因两句之间没有连词，必定是填连词；后句是定语从句，要填的词在从句中作地点状语，故填关系副词where。

36. 【答案】choice。

【解析】在形容词性物主代词后一定是用名词形式。

37. 【答案】on。

【解析】因表示“出售”的on sale是固定搭配。

38. 【答案】him。

【解析】给父亲买礼物，根据常识应是使父亲高兴，作宾语用代词。please him /father使他高兴。

39. 【答案】at。

【解析】名词（table）在句中不作主语，也不作动词的宾语，很可能就是作介词的宾语；由having supper可知，填at；因为at table表示“在餐桌边，在进餐”，也是习惯搭配。

40. 【答案】was informed。

【解析】因Jane与inform是被动关系，又是一般过去时。

【点评】

1. 语法填空和完形填空，与早两年的高考题相比，似乎都容易得多，增加了固定搭配，语境需求也没那么要求强烈，只看空格句，一般都可做出正确的答案来。

2. 与我们平时预测结果完全一致：在语法填空中不会要求考生根据上下文来填写一个名词、动词、拼写较长的形容词或副词，因为这是完形填空要解决的问题。可是在有的模拟题中还有这类现象，望命题人在今后的命题中要搞清各大题的高计意图和不同功能。

3. 关于命题材料的来源，我们发现（2007和2008年广东高考英语从完形到写作的材料都来自网上）后，今年终于避开了网络。笔者认为，这是没有必要的。

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其实，避开不从外国网站去打原材料而是从大家都用来设计试题的用过的材料,又拿来命高考题这才是大错特错的。如本题的材料在几百个网上都有，在高一测试中有人用过，在大学四级、六级训练中用过，几乎在各类考试中都用过。

Ⅲ 阅读（共两节。满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

【总体评价】：体裁单一，都是记叙文；题材单一，都是生活经历，且B和C两篇都是“我”的经历。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Lisa was running late. Lisa，25，had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs， she started to feel uncomfortably warn. By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.

Several yards away，Frank，43，and his girlfriend，Jennifer，found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.

But when he heard the scream，followed by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “No! Not you! ”his girlfriend screamed after him.

She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.

It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw someone else holding her purse.

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Lisa thought she’d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn’t，and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.

Police and fire officials soon arrived，and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown—just as he had been seconds after the rescue，which made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to die，”she explained.

41. What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?

A. She had run a long way.

B. She felt hot in the subway.

C. She had done a 1ot of work.

D. She had donated blood the night before.

42. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

A. Because they would miss their train.

B. Because he didn’t see the train coming.

C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.

D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.

43. How did Frank save Lisa?

A. By lifting her to the platform.

B. By helping her rise to her feet.

C. By pulling her along the ground.

D. By dragging her away from the edge.

44. When did Lisa become conscious again?

A. When the train was leaving.

B. After she was back on the platform.

C. After the police and fire officials came.

D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.

45. The passage is intended to _____________

A. warn us of the danger in the subway

B. show US how to save people in the subway

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C. tell US about a subway rescue

D. report a traffic accident

本文主要讲述一个男人在地铁救一个晕倒的女人的故事。

41. 【答案】D。

【解析】细节理解题。由第一段倒数第二句Lisa felt weak and tired—maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before可知。

42. 【答案】D

【解析】由最后一段最后一句I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die暗示可知。

43. 【答案】A。

【解析】细节理解题。由倒数第三段But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins 可知。

44. 【答案】B。

【解析】细节理解题。由倒数第三段的It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness可知。

45. 【答案】C。

【解析】写作目的题。写作目的或告诉人们一个事实或给人得到某种教育或让人娱乐，本文只是告诉我们一个在地铁救人的一个事实。

【点评】五道题中有四道是具体的事实细节题，在原文中几乎可以直接找到答案。尽管第四题为推断判断题，但也较易选出正确选项。其整体难度大约为初中水平。

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B

We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.

“You could win prizes，’’our teacher told US as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing，“The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your

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poster. ”

We studied the board critically. Some of US looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard，rocking the sheets to the fight or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten—dollar grand prize，each and every one of US. I'm going to spend mine on candies，one hopeful would announce，while another practiced looking serious，wise and rich.

Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins， while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of US used big designs，and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one comer of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of US would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the soil they seemed especially fond of。making all of US believe we had a fair chance，and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.

I believe I drew a sailboat，but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in.

Minutes passed.

No one came along to give me the grand prize，and then someone distracted me，and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.

I was still sitting at my desk，thinking，What poster? When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.

46. What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?

A. It must appear in time.

B. It must be done in class.

C. It must be done on a construction sheet.

D. It must include the words on the blackboard.

47. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _____________.

A. formed an idea for

B. made an outline for

C. made some space for

D. chose some colors for

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48. After the teacher’s words，all the students in the class _________.

A. 1ooked very serious

B. thought they would be rich

C. began to think about their designs

D. began to play games

49. After seeing the good students’ designs，some students _________.

A. 1oved their own designs more

B. thought they had a fair chance

C. put their own designs in a comer

D. thought they would not win the prize

50. We can infer from the passage that the author ______________.

A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much

B. 1oved poster competitions very much

C. felt surprised to win the competition

D. became wise and rich after the competition

本文作者记叙五年级美术课海报设计比赛的经历。

46. 【答案】D。

【解析】细节理解题。由第二段末句，老师说的话You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster可知。

47. 【答案】A。

【解析】词义猜测题。上下句是Some…Other…句式，while we conjured up our designs的对应部分是while deep in thought，可见conjured up的意思是“思考，想象”，故选A。

48. 【答案】C。

【解析】细节理解题。由第三段可知。

49. 【答案】D。

【解析】细节理解题。由第四段倒数第二句Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness可知。

50. 【答案】C。

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【解析】推理判断题。由always—always—rewarding the same old winners, I can’t say that with any certainty和I probably never…等可推断出，作者对得奖还是惊讶的。

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C

A few years ago I had an “aha!” moment regarding handwriting.

I had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it for some sort of editorial task. It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting，and then I realized whose it must be. I finally became aware of the fact that I had been working with this colleague for at least a year，maybe two，and yet I did not recognize her handwriting at that point.

It was a very important event in the computerization of life—a sign that the informal. Friendly communication of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails. There was a time when our workdays were filled with little letters，and we recognized one another's handwriting the way we knew voices or faces.

As a child visiting my father’s office，1 was pleased to recognize，in little notes on the desks of his staff，the same handwriting 1 would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridge—except that those notes were signed “dad” instead of “RFW”.

All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting，a book by Florey. Sire shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many others argue that people in a digital age can’t be expected to learn to hold a pen.

I don’t buy it.

I don’t want to see anyone cut off from the expressive，personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does. For many a biographer，part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting.

What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16-century Italy. That may sound impossibly grand—as if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings. However，they have worked in many school systems.

51. Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleague’s handwriting? th网，具体地址是：

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