高三英语十选九精选

十选九（From 报纸）

A. claims

B. costly

C. decline

D. folding

E. injustices

F. military

G. possessions

H. right

I. rules

J. virtual

They say money talks – people with money have power and can get what they want. But American Dan Tague has taken the saying literally and has spent hours ___1____ dollar bills as many as 100 times until they spell out unexpected phrases.

Using dollar bills of different denominations, the New Orleans – based artist spells out what is happening in America and society today. Tague then photographs his “origami currency”on a black background and prints the pictures in a large format. “In a capitalist society cash ____2____ everything,” Tague explains of his art. “Society teaches us that you can buy love, happiness and status through ___3___ . You can even ___4____ wrongs by taking away a bit of some one’s happiness through fines and lawsuits. Politicians buy votes through ___5____ of lowering taxes…”

Some of his best-known phrases include “We need a revolution,””Trust no one,””Don’t tread on me” and “I am free.” These pieces are a hybrid of sculpture, photography and found art in which his strong political statements are at once familiar and serve to trigger conscious thought of ___6___ people already know to be happening.

One message that Tague has sent clearly through his art is a pacifist one. “… ___7___ aggression costs billions of dollars and often leads to economic strain resulting in job loss, ___8___ in education, and further restrictions in medical resources for citizens,” Tague further explaines his art creations. “The cost of war has created an internal war on our economy, where the generals are CEOs and the tanks are toxic assets. This is a(n) ___9___ war under the camouflage(n.幌子，伪装) of billion-dollar bailouts(紧急援助).”

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A. absolutely

B. access

C. assume

D. deceased

E. gifted

F. inherit

G. material

H. necessarily

I. terms

J. tightly

Here is a question that every person (even you) should think about --- what will you leave behind when you die? “I’m too young to think about that,” you may say. Wrong! Perhaps your mind goes to the ___1____ assets that you hope to acquire in the future --- perhaps a house, a car, or a hefty bank account. Sur, those things may be further down the road, but if you have an email address, own a collection of digital music and movies, use a social networking site, have an online Photo album, or write a blog, then you are the proud owner of what is now being called "digital assets."

We all naturally ___2___ that our possessions will go to our loved ones when we die. At same point, you'll probably even write a will which states who should___3___ what. People are now starting to realize that simply listing our material possessions may not be enough. Researchers at the University of London recently discovered that more and more Britons are now deciding who should get their digital photos, music videos, and so on--the "digital inheritance."

What about passwords to online accounts? Wouldn't this naturally be released to your next of kin? ____4____ not! Privacy laws around the world tend to protect the privacy of the ___5___ over the desire of the family to retrieve their loved one's personal information, A Ms. Wang of Shenyang, China recently discovered this when she tried to ___6___ her dead husband's QQ account. Tencent, the operator of QQ, refused her request based on their ___7___ of use, which states "the right to use an account belongs solely to the original applicant, and this right shall not be ____8____, loaned, rented, transferred or sold." Since Ms. Wang's husband had not given her his password before his death, she had no foot to stand on.

What we document through our photos; emails and micro-blogs is ___9___ linked to who we are--our personal identity. Therefore, is it not part of our legacy after we are gone? How will you ensure what happens to your "digital inheritance"?

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A. desperate

B. enormous

C. filter

D. habitable

E. house

F. numerous

G. preserved

H. prohibit

I. respectively

J. stretches

The race to build the highest building has been going on around the world ever since the first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1885, but now some architects have taken architecture to a new level --- architects have designed a 65-story “earth-scraper”which ___1___ 300 meters below ground in Mexico City.

The underground building, a design by architecture firm BNKR Arquitectura, will have 10 stories for homes, shops and a museum, ___2___, as well as 35 stories for offices. A glass floor covers the massive 240m*240m hole in the city’s main square to ___3___ in natural light from the world above. The building will also ___4___ a new cultural center, according to Esteban Suarez, an architect at BNKR Arquitectura.

“New infrastructure, office, retail and living space are required in the city but no empty plots are available, Federal and local laws ___5___ demolishing historic building, and height regulations limit new structures to eight stories,”Suarez explained why they decided to go below the ground in designing the building. “The city’s historic center is in ___6___ need of a makeover but we have nowhere to put it – that means the only way to go is down.”

The architect said that the earth-scraper ___7___ the iconic presence of the city square and the existing system of the building that surround it and that it is an inverted pyramid with a central void to allow all ___8___ spaces to enjoy natural lighting and ventilation.

“It will also allow the ___9___ activities that take place on the city square year round such as concerts, open-air exhibitions and military parades to go ahead.” Suarez said.

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A. authorized

B. enforce

C. explosives

D. untouched

E. operating

F. restored

G. revised

H. shaky

I. snakes

J. voted

Illegal mining has caused part of China’s Great Wall to collapse, sounding an alarm for protecting one of the country’s signature relics as well as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

The damaged part of the Great Wall is located in a remote area near the country of Laiyuan in Hebei Province, about 200 kilometers southwest of Beijing. The area is home to a dozen small mines, with some ___1___ as close as 100 meters to the centuries-old wall.

Villagers and local cultural heritage protection officials said that about 700 meters of the wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty, had already collapsed, and more sections of the wall are likely to collapse if illegal mining continues.

____2____ one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the 6,400km Great Wall ___3___ its way across 11 provinces and draws millions of tourists every year, mostly to ____4____ sections near Beijing. Away from the tourist trail, some parts of the wall, known as the “wild Great Wall,” remain ____5____.

Illegal mining has been widespread along the wild Great Wall in Laiyuan, an area rich in metals such as iron and copper. In the area, mountains around the Great Wall are riddled with holes dug by illegal mining companies. ___6___ used to blast open mountainsides have further damaged the wall.

A study found that in Hebei, more than 70 percent of the wall has cracks, stands on ___7___ ground, or is about to collapse, provincial cultural protection officials said.

Local heritage protection authorities say they are, short of hands and low on funds to protect the Great Wall. In addition, they are also hindered in their efforts as they are not ___8___ to crack down on illegal mining, the authorities said.

The State Council enacted a law to protect the Great Wall in 2006, but experts and cultural heritage officials said it is poorly ___9___ in remote regions.

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A. chasing

B. dramatically

C. entertain

D. extremely

E. overnight

F. presence

G. reveal

H. tracking

I. transformation

J. virtual

We are familiar with pop culture, but what is peep culture? In pop culture, we turn on the TV and watch our favorite celebrities ___l___ us with their performances. In peep culture, we turn on the computer, we move through people's lives on reality TV, blogs, Facebook and YouTube. Instead of getting our entertainment from scripted performances, we get our entertainment from peeping into other people's lives. It can be friends and family. But it's just as likely to be people we have never met from around the world.

Suddenly, we spend all of our time ___2___ other people. And we also invite them to watch us! People ___3___ themselves to get attention and to feel like they are part of a community. In peep culture, ordinary people are turned into celebrities. This has never happened before, turning the spotlight on random regular people. There aren't secrets anymore, The notion of private life has changed.

As society has become ___4___ fast-paced, most of us are really unaware of these changes in our lives. We are moving into a time where our ___5___ personality is going to be more important than our actual physical ___6___. What we have online is going to be more important than what we do offline. We are now socially judged by our virtual profiles.

In the age of "peep culture," a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon is ___7___ changing notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Susan Boyle became a(n) ___8___ celebrity because of peep culture. The entire world was staring at her after her ___9___ from a resident of a small Scottish town to a global celebrity. We like the story because she's like a movie, only she's real.

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A. banned

B. increase

C. informed

D. inspect

E. introduced

F. issued

G. stationed

H. tighten

I. trained

J. urged

Various measures are being taken to ___l___ school security in China's high schools, primary schools and kindergartens.

Campus security has become a public concern after a series of violent attacks against school children that have shocked the nation in recent days.

The Ministry of Public Security ___2___ an emergency notice on May l to police departments around the country to strengthen patrols in and around schools at the beginning and end of the school day, and to ___3___ small hotels, Internet cafes and "recreational sites" next to schools.

"We must take fast action to strengthen security for schools and kindergartens to create a harmonious environment for children to study and grow up," senior Communist Party leader Zhou Yongkang told a conference on maintaining stability on Monday.

In response to the situation, cities around the country have taken their own preventative measures. Outsiders are not allowed to visit the school without special permission. Professional police equipment is being ___4___ into schools.

In Chongqing, professional security guards with batons (警棍), and pepper sprays are now ___5___ in schools. Police there can shoot to kill anyone attempting to harm students. Campuses in Beijing have been provided with pepper spray and cut-resistant gloves.

The social environment also plays a key role in school safety. In central Beijing's Xuanwu district, bars and snooker rooms within 200 meters of schools have been ___6___.

The government is also calling on public health and civil authorities to improve the treatment of people suffering from mental problems, as some of the campus attackers were found to be mentally ill. Local governments are also being ___7___ to listen to the complaints of the people and deal with their concerns before there is an impact on society.

Children and teachers need to be ____8____ to cope with such attacks, said China Daily. For example, if there is an intruder on the campus, students should be ___9___ through an announcement, after which teachers should lock their classrooms to keep the children safe. The emergency drills should be similar to those for fires and earthquakes, said the paper.

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A. characteristics

B. comprehension

C. demonstrated

D. inactive

E. irresponsible

F. limitations

G. predict

H. shaken

I. tragedy

J. uncontrollable

When Mother Nature decides to unleash her anger, there's very little we can do except deal with it.

In the past year, a series of natural disasters has stunned the imagination and reminded us of our human ___1___. There have been floods, droughts and big earthquakes. They've ___2___ our senses as they've damaged big cities and small villages. And now a volcano on Iceland erupts. After being ___3___ for almost 200 years, it has been emitting balls of fire, ice and a giant cloud of ash that has paralyzed much of European air travel.

Some travelers have accused authorities of being ___4___ for grounding thousands of flights. But in fact, they should take that argument up with Mother Nature.

With all of our attempts to tame or ___5___ nature, we often find ourselves caught off guard when “acts of God” defy our ___6___. We put our trust in our dams and levees, early warning systems and modern-day weather radar and the manpower we summon when ___7___ forces confront us with an intense fierceness. Most often we can only respond to disaster rather prevent it. And human responses to ___8___, such as the recent earthquake in Haiti, can be remarkable occurrences in themselves.

Nature will always remind us that as long as we are on this Earth we will have to deal with this planet’s ___9___ -- its winds and waves, fires and rain, its quakes and eruptions. We must accept its natural order and disorder.

When we start to get a little full of ourselves or attach too much importance to our small accomplishments, remember that a little volcano (whose name most of us can’t even pronounce) sitting on a little island in the North Atlantic forced us to sit still in total wonderment.

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词性的活用

近几年的高考题中出现这样一个现象，有的单词考生原本都认识，也很熟悉其词性，可是在文中出现时却是陌生的用法，导致许多考生在理解上-出现偏差。而在英语语言中，其实有很多的单词常常可以活用词性，尤其是名词常常被活用成动词。碰到这种情况，考生们大可不必惊慌，可以从原本熟悉的词义人手，结合上下文语境，进行合理地猜测。

下面我们举例说明：

l. One could easily spend a whole week touring the heart of Paris centered around the Louvre.

[评析] center原是名词，表示“中心”，而在这个句子中显然是活用转动词，根据句子意

思，可以理解为“以……为中心”，即“以卢浮宫为中心的巴黎市中心”。

2.Modern constructions of glass and steel, housing shopping malls and offices form well-planned lines．

【评析】house原来是名词“房子”，在句子中活用为动词现在分词形式，根据句子意思，

可以理解为“为……提供住房/空间”，即“容纳了购物中心和办公室的现代化玻璃和钢

结构”。

3.Middleton modeled in underwear and a sheer lace dress at a charity fashion show at the university.

[评析]model原来是名词“模特”，在句子中活用为动词，根据句子意思，可以理解为

“为...做模特”。

4.She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.

[评析] muscle原来是名词“肌肉”，在句子中活用为动词，根据上下文的意思：“长得

很小…在人群中穿过”，可以理解为“用力推”。

5.My most memorable encounter was with a Mekong giant catfish nettd by Thai fishermen.

[评析] net原来是名词“网”，在句子中活用为动词过去分词，根据句子意思，可以理

解为“被网住”，即“被渔夫网住的鱼”。

6. Students say that their parents, worried about the distractions, try to police computer time.

[评析] police原来是名词“警方”，在句子中活用为动词不定式形式，根据句子意思，

可以理解为“监控，管制”，即“家长因为担心孩子所以想监管孩子玩电脑的时间”。

7.Brazil's city planners envisioned a bus system that would rival a subway for speed and efficiency.

[评析] rival原来是名词“对手”，在句子中活用为动词，根据句子意思，可以理解为“与…

竞赛/相比”，即“公交车体系可以在速度和效率上与地铁相媲美”。

8. The first film was screened in 2001.

【评析】screen原来是名词“屏幕”，在句子中活用为动词的被动形式，根据句子意思

可以理解为“被搬上银幕”。

9. Although a citizen had claimed to sound an alarm, the central alarm office had no record of it.

【评析】sound原来可以作名词“声音”或系动诃“听上去”，在句子中活用做及物动

词，与alarm连用，根据句子意思，可以理解为“拉响警报”。

10. Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument to love ever created。

【评析】tower原来是名词“塔”，在句子中活用为动词现在分词形式，根据句子意思，

可以理解为“像塔一样高高耸立”。