全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题
Ⅰ.用适当语法形式或词汇填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1. It is suggested that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made.
A. would start
B. should start
C. not to be started
D. not be started
2. Your hair wants ______; you’d better have it ______ in a couple of days.
A. to cut, done
B. to cut, to be done
C. cutting, done
D. cutting, being done
3. My sister ______ a job in a factory, but she refused to ______ it.
A. offered, take
B. offered, taking
C. was offered, take
D. was offered, taking
4. I have never been to the city, but it is the place ______ this summer.
A. where I’d like to visit
B. that I’d like to visit
C. I’d like to visit it
D. that I’d like to visit it
5. ______ 35 years with the company, he retired at the age of 60.
A. Having spent
B. Being spent
C. It was
D. There was
6. The reason ______ he missed the train was ______ got up late.
A. because, he
B. because, that he
C. why, he
D. why, that he
7. The girl got up earlier than usual ______ miss the first train.
A. in order to not
B. so as not to
C. not in order to
D. not so as to
8. We ______ for you everywhere. Where have you been?
A. have looked
B. looked
C. have been looking
D. are looking
9. His brother often thought ______ abroad, but never ______ a chance.
A. of going, he had
B. of going, did he have
C. to go, he had
D. to go, did he have
10. If Mary ______ the doctor’s advice, she would have been quite all right now.
A. had followed
B. were to follow
C. would follow
D. was to follow
11. Such an experienced tennis player knows how to take ______ of his opponent’s weakness.
A. advantage
B. charge
C. account
D. command
12. His music is enjoyed by adults and children ______.
A. like
B. together
C. alike
D. all
13. My next-door neighbor held a party and it kept me ______ all night.
A. awoke
B. awake
C. awaken
D. awaked
14. He discovered that the old woman was hard ______ hearing.
A. at
B. in
C. about
D. of
15. In spite of what they said, she refused to ______ to the police.
A. give way
B. give off
C. give herself away
D. give herself up
16. It’s ______ the president to make a decision on this issue.
A. up to
B. according to
C. due to
D. thanks to
17. After a long talk the two sides ______ an agreement.
A. arrived
B. arrived in
C. reached out
D. reached
18. It’s cold outside. Put on some warm clothes, ______ you will catch cold.
A. or
B. but
C. and
D. yet
19. You need to drive carefully because traffic accidents are quite ______ in this part of the city.
A. ordinary
B. popular
C. common
D. regular
20. In recent years, there has been a ______ call for a rise in miners’ wages.
A. existent
B. constant
C. resistant.
D. assistant
II.阅读理解。认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题，根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。 (本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage 1
Insurance is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone is exposed to risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his property can be damaged by fire; the ship-owner knows that
his ships may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at an early age and leave his family poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire nor every ship is lost at sea. If these persons each put a small sum into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer losses. In other words, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contribution are known as insured and those who administer the pool of contributions as insurers.
The legal basis of all insurance is the policy. This is a printed form of contract on a piece of paper in best quality. It states that every year the insured shall pay a named sum of money, which is called the premium; in return, the insurer will pay a sum of money or compensation for loss if the risk or event insured against actually happens.
The premium for an insurance naturally depends upon how likely the risk is to happen, as suggested by past experience. If companies fix their premiums too high, there will be more competition in their area of insurance and they may lose business. On the other hand, if they make the premium too low, they will lose money and may even have to drop out of business. So the ordinary forces of supply and demand keep premiums at a level satisfactory to both the insurer and the insured.
21. By “the pool of contributions” (Para. 1) the writer means______.
A. money paid by the insurers
B. the amount of each premium
C. money paid by all those insured
D. the cost of administering insurance
22. A policy is ______.
A. a named sum of money
B. a kind of legal agreement
C. a printed form of payment
D. a particular kind of insurance
23. Insurance premiums do not become too high because ______.
A. not many people insure themselves
B. premiums depend on the risk of loss
C. insurers have to be more competitive
D. insurance companies can never lose money
24. According to the passage, insurance business is profitable because ______.
A. nearly everyone suffers losses
B. only insured people suffer losses
C. everyone at some time suffers losses
D. only a few of those insured suffer losses
25. The purpose of the passage is ______.
A. to define an insurance policy
B. to introduce insurance business
C. to persuade people to be insured
D. to warn people of possible losses
Passage 2
One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. On this occasion, the chore was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children and the younger children would do a wonderful job of accompanying the older ones. Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with.
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news. But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.
It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson,” I said. I decided they must be outside. Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a wintry night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.
Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house. After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered. “Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here.”
He came on the phone. I was not my usual calm, rational self. After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers. “Where are the children?”
I said. He said they were with him. They had done nothing wrong. My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake. This was too wholesome to be believed. Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it. It was only part of the truth.
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday. My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts. Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.
That was the most precious gift of all.
26. The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because ______.
A. she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter
B. she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night
C. the older children and the younger ones would get along well
D. she believed he was old enough to take care of the younger ones
27. Shortly after the author left home one evening, she discovered that ______.
A. her son had brought his girlfriend home
B. her son had left home with his girlfriend
C. she shouldn’t have completely trusted her son
D. she should have taken the children along with her
28. When the author called home ______.
A. no one answered the phone
B. she expected to hear some good news
C. her son’s girlfriend answered the phone
D. she heard a cheerful voice on the other end
29. The sentence “It was only part of the truth.” (Para. 5) implies that the children not only enjoyed ice-cream but also ______.
A. had a birthday party
B. framed some photographs
C. had their pictures taken
D. showed off their best clothes
30. Which of the following possible titles best expresses the main idea of this passage?
A. An Evening Out
B. Modern Teenagers
C. Mother and Children
D. A Precious Birthday Gift
III.标音。用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音，并将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共1 0分)(注意：使用新式或老式音标均可)
31. style 32. miracle
33. secretly 34. strap
35. response 36. retain
37. fingernail 38. reserve
39. jail 40. announce
41. assure 42. pierce
43. awkward 44. mourn
45. unaware 46. cleanse
47. fascinate 48. reassuring
49. giant 50. continuous
IV.完形填空。将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共 10分)
A.从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。
clerkinlookingnewsonspent
startedtookwerewhichwithoutwon
Bill Grant was a famous American newspaper editor. He worked for the same newspaper from 1926 through 1968. He 51 as a clerk but by 1948 he had become the editor, 52 was the position he held until he retired.
Bill wrote his first story for the newspaper 53 the day the New York Stock Market crashed in 1929. Two of the newspaper’s writers 54 thirty miles away from town 55 into an airplane crash and the other was in San Francisco investigating Chinatown. When the 56 of the stock market crash came into the office Bill immediately sat down and write up the story. The editor liked it so much that he used the story 57 making any change in it. After that the editor decided that Bill should be a writer, not a 58.
After this first story Bill became especially interested in financial news, though he wrote stories on just about everything. In 1945 he 59 five months in Europe and wrote stories about the end of World War II.
One of Bill’s greatest moments came in 1946. A story he had written about the war 60 the National Newspaperman’s Award. Bill took the prize but gave all the credit to his editor.
B.根据课文内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。
Two men walked slowly, one after another, through the shallow water of a stream. 61 they could see were stones and earth. The 62 ran cold over their feet. They had blanket packs 63 their backs. Suddenly, the man who followed 64 over a stone. He hurt his foot badly and called: “Hey, Bill, I’ve hurt my foot.” Bill 65 straight on without looking back. The man was 66 in the empty land, but he was not lost. He knew the way to their camp, where he would find food and bullets. He struggled to his 67 and limped on. Bill would be waiting for him there, and 68 they would go south to the Hudson Bay Company. He had not eaten for days. Often he 69 to pick some small berries and put them into his 70. The berries were tasteless, and did not satisfy, but he knew he must eat them.
III.标音。用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音，并将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共1 0分)(注意：使用新式或老式音标均可)
31. style 32. miracle
33. secretly 34. strap
35. response 36. retain
37. fingernail 38. reserve
39. jail 40. announce
41. assure 42. pierce
43. awkward 44. mourn
45. unaware 46. cleanse
47. fascinate 48. reassuring
49. giant 50. continuous
IV.完形填空。将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共 10分)
A.从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。
clerkinlookingnewsonspent
startedtookwerewhichwithoutwon
Bill Grant was a famous American newspaper editor. He worked for the same newspaper from 1926 through 1968. He 51 as a clerk but by 1948 he had become the editor, 52 was the position he held until he retired.
Bill wrote his first story for the newspaper 53 the day the New York Stock Market crashed in 1929. Two of the newspaper’s writers 54 thirty miles away from town 55 into an airplane crash and the other was in San Francisco investigating Chinatown. When the 56 of the stock market crash came into the office Bill immediately sat down and write up the story. The editor liked it so much that he used the story 57 making any change in it. After that the editor decided that Bill should be a writer, not a 58.
After this first story Bill became especially interested in financial news, though he wrote stories on just about everything. In 1945 he 59 five months in Europe and wrote stories about the end of World War II.
One of Bill’s greatest moments came in 1946. A story he had written about the war 60 the National Newspaperman’s Award. Bill took the prize but gave all the credit to his editor.
B.根据课文内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。
Two men walked slowly, one after another, through the shallow water of a stream. 61 they could see were stones and earth. The 62 ran cold over their feet. They had blanket packs 63 their backs. Suddenly, the man who followed 64 over a stone. He hurt his foot badly and called: “Hey, Bill, I’ve hurt my foot.” Bill 65 straight on without looking back. The man was 66 in the empty land, but he was not lost. He knew the way to their camp, where he would find food and bullets. He struggled to his 67 and limped on. Bill would be waiting for him there, and 68 they would go south to the Hudson Bay Company. He had not eaten for days. Often he 69 to pick some small berries and put them into his 70. The berries were tasteless, and did not satisfy, but he knew he must eat them.
V.根据所学课文内容完成下列句子。将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
71. According to the text “The Time Message”, time is dangerous because if you don’t make it work for you, it will ______.
72. The writing of a dictionary is not a task of setting up ruling statements about the “true meaning” of words, but a task of ______ to authors in the distant or immediate past.
73. According to the author of”Happiness”, happiness is a continuous process of honest, productive work which makes a real contribution to others and makes you ______.
74. In “The Mystery of the Silver Box”, Mr. Grayson turned to The Thinking Machine for help because his business plans ______ almost as soon as he had made them.
75. In the text “Remembering Tracy Bill”, Tracy’s liver ______ David, who was suffering from an incurable liver disease.
76. In “The Story of an Hour”, when Louise Mallard first heard that her husband had died in a train accident she was heart broken, but later she realized that ______.
77. In “Detective on the Trail”, Bob Sugg’s favorite part of the newspaper was ______.
78. In”The Day I Was Fat”, the author was abused by a teenager in a parking lot. Ironically, the teenager’s words helped the author ______ as well as her figure.
79. According to the author of”The Emotional Bank Account—Secrets of Happy Families”, The Emotional Bank Account is like a financial bank account in one way: you can make “deposits”or you can make “withdrawals”. Here “deposits” refer to ______.
80. In “The Outside Chance”, the narrator was only interested in ______ in tomorrow’s newspaper, but he ignored the news about the factory disaster in Selby.
VI.句子翻译。将下列句子译成英语，译文写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分。共20分)
81.我去书店的路上碰见一位老朋友。
82.他弟弟刚上火车，火车就开动了。
83.那位年轻人正站在那儿看墙上的一幅画。
84.她花了约一个多小时才把这道数学题做出来。
85.听说约翰的另一部小说明年就要出版。
86.玛丽在她母亲回家前把房间打扫干净了。
87.他小时候梦想成为一名足球明星。
88.我想她很快就会把消息传给全班同学。
89.他们设法为这项工程筹到了足够资金。
90.我们非常喜欢这座城市，想再呆一个月。
全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题
Ⅰ、词法和词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。 (本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
1 .Tom has three _____.
A. brothers-in-law
B. brother-in-laws
C. brother-in-law
D. brothers in law
2. Measles (麻疹) _____ a long time to get over.
A. take
B. takes
C. spend
D. spends
3. I caught the last bus from town; but Tom came home __ than I.
A. more late
B. more later
C. even later
D. the later
4. It _____ that the young Marine was not the old man’s son.
A. turned out
B. came to
C. happened to
D. looked out
5. The wind died ____ and it began to rain.
A. off
B. out
C. up
D. away
6. You shouldn’t take _____ of that child who knows nothing about it.
A. chance
B. advantage
C. away
D. benefit
7. In America, many white people are _____ the black people.
A. prejudiced to
B. prejudicing against
C. prejudiced against
D. prejudiced at
8. The soldier reported what he had seen to the general _____.
A. an time
B. upon time
C. in detail
D. of detail
9. He said no, ______ made me very disappointed.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. where
10. It is believed _____ he can finish the work in only three days.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. how
11. It ______ be a good film but it turned out to be a disaster.
A. is suppose to
B. is supposed to
C. was suppose to
D. was supposed to
12. The musician upstairs ______ every note of the music.
A. absorbed into
B. put in
C. handed in
D. drank in
13. _____ all your wishes come true!
A. Must
B. May
C. Could
D. Might
14. Everybody wants _____ properly for what they do.
A. to pay
B. being paid
C. to be paid
D. to be paid for
15. Mr. Guan is _____ of the foreign affairs in the company.
A. put charge
B. in charge
C. charged with
D. in the charge
16. I remembered _____ my handbag by my right side, but it was gone now.
A. to put
B. putting
C. put
D. have put
17. His father is an artist _____.
A. or anything
B. or something
C. or nothing
D. or else
18. _____ we’ve done what you want, there is no reason for you to complain any more.
A. Now that
B. Because
C. In case
D. For fear that
19. He was deprived _____ the right to take care of his child.
A. from
B. of
C. away
D. off
20. People need _____ regularly at the dentist’s.
A. to have their teeth examined
B. to be examining their teeth
C. to be examined their teeth
D. to have examined their teeth
Ⅱ.阅读理解。认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。
(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
Passage One
I know I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
——Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe’s career as an actress was only 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career
Born as Norma Jeanne Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles General Hospital, her mother, Gladys, listed the father’s name as unknown. Marilyn would never know the true identity of her father. On July 23, 1946 she signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. She selected her mother’s family name of Monroe. From this point on she would be known as Marilyn Monroe to all her fans.
Her first serious acting job came in 1950 when she had a small but important role in “The Asphalt Jungle” and received favorable reviews. “Clash By Night” in 1952 earned her several notices. Alton Cook of the New York World-Telegram and Sun wrote “... a forceful actress, a gifted new star, worthy of all the fantasy of the press. Her role here is not very big, but she makes it dominant.” Monroe’s first leading part in a serious feature was to be in “Don’t Bother to Knock”, also filmed in 1952.
Also in 1952 Marilyn began filming “Niagara”. This film established her stardom. After her next big film, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, she signed her name and placed her hands and feet in the wet cement in front of the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, where she had visited years earlier as a child.
In Monroe’s life, Arthur Miller had a great effect on her. To Monroe, Miller represented the serious theatre and a wisdom that she found attractive. To Miller, years after, he said, “It was wonderful to be around her, she was simply overwhelming. She had so much promise. It seemed to me that she could really be a great kind of phenomenon, a terrific artist. She was endlessly fascinating; full of original observations... there wasn’t a traditional bone in her body.”
Monroe’s health had been getting worse due to increased dependency on drugs and an unhappy marriage. She often came to the set late and was unable to remember her lines.
Monroe died on August 5, 1960, at the age of 36.
21. From this passage we know ____.
A. Marilyn Monroe gave herself her family name
B. Marilyn’s mother named Monroe in hospital
C. Arthur Miller selected the name for Marilyn Monroe
D. Marilyn Monroe was named after her father
22. It was in 1952 that Marilyn Monroe ____.
A. signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
B. gradually attracted the public’s attention by her acting job
C. began to play a leading role in the film called Clash By Night
D. turned 36
23. Arthur Miller said there wasn’t a traditional bone in Monroe’s body probably because ____.
A. she was a great beauty
B. she brought people fresh and creative feelings
C. she belonged to the public and the world
D. she achieved a lot in her short acting career
24. It can be concluded from the passage that ____.
A. since she was born Monroe’s health had been in bad condition
B. Monroe began to pick up an acting job at the age of 16
C. Monroe died very young because of her unhappy marriage
D. Monroe’s acting fame was founded very quickly
25. What does the word “terrific” mean?
A. terrible
B. attractive
C. wonderful
D. beautiful
Ⅲ.标音。用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音。(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分)(注意：使用新式或老式音标均可)
31. shall 32. smooth
33. is 34. them
35. circle 36. start
37. book 38. caught
39. rain 40. town
41. fear 42. known
43. all 44.cup
45. teach 46.thick
47. swear 48. few
49. knit 50. Single
Ⅳ.完形填空。(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分)
A.从下列单词中选择恰当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。
and again around at below but
For Tited until up weather Worried
51 of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
52 the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which has springs and mattress. Because the 53 was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, 54 on the third night, a storm blew 55 . A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard 56 . The young man did not wake up 57 the bed was smashed to pieces. The man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. Glancing 58 the bits of wood and metal that lay 59 him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep 60 .
B.根据课文的内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。
Kids have a 61 sense of what emergency wards of hospitals are really 62 . On TV shows they takes a kid to an 63 ward and four doctors come rushing 64 to bandage his leg. In a 65 life situation the kid would be sitting on the bench 66 two hours before he even saw a nurse. On TV there always 67 to be a hospital bed 68 when a kid needs it. What the kids in this country don’t know is that sometimes you have to 69 three days to get a hospital bed and then you have to 70 500 dollars down before they give it to you.
V.根据所学课文内容完成下列句子。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
71. The prince of Denmark told Andersen to learn a useful trade, because ____.
72. In Night Watch, the son whose hand the dying old man held tightly was ____.
73. In Love of Life, even though the man was saved and had enough to eat, he still hid food because he ______.
74. In The Joker, one thing was sure: you couldn’t help liking Henry Ground and _____.
75. Sangstrom wanted to buy poison to _____.
76. Dr. Applebaum’s recent study on the effect of television on children is about _____.
77. According to the doctor, the cause of Louise’s heart failure was _____.
78. Steve was not ashamed of working as a trash man because ______.
79. Mr. Budd was eager to catch the murderer because ______.
80. In Thank You, Ma’am Mrs. Jones didn’t ask any question about his family for the reason that ______.
VI.句子翻译。将下列句子译成英语,译文写在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题。每小题2分，共20分)
81.你能把这句话译成英语吗?
82.学生们站起来，轮流向这位发言人提问。
83.他认真的听着演讲，还不时的在笔记本上写上几个字。
84.长江是中国最长的河流，流入东海。
85.当我们听到这个消息后，不禁为他担心起来。
86.如果你早点告诉我，也许我已经帮你把问题解决了。
87.这个单词我已经碰到过好几次了。
88.他在屋里来回的走动，思考着这个问题。
89.女孩子们都想有好身材是可以理解的。
90.学校和家长都应教孩子们怎样对付困难和失败。
2018年北京市中考英语试题、答案 本试卷共五道大题，39道小题，满分60分。考试时间90分钟。 知识运用（共14分） 一、单项填空（共6分，每小题分） 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. My brother and I like football. play it together once a week. A. I B. They C. We D. You 2. Happy birthday, Peter! Here’s a gift you. A. for B. in C. with D. from 3. —— do you usually go to school, Mary? ——By bike. A. When B. How C. Where D. Why 4. Many people like pandas they are cute. A. though B. if C. while D. because 5. I go now, or I'll miss my train. A. can B. might C. must D. could 6. Tony is of the three boys, but he is the tallest. A. young B. younger C. youngest D. the youngest 7. Bill likes reading. He picture books with his dad every evening. A. read B. reads C. is reading D. has read 8. ——Paul, what were you doing at nine Last night? ——I a movie in the cinema with my friends. A. was watching B. watch C. have watched D. will watch 9. David a tennis player,He to play tennis when he was six years o1d. A. begins B. will begin C. began D. has begun 10. ——Lucy, is your uncle a teacher? ——Yes,he history for nearly 20 years. A. teaches B. has taught C. is teaching D. will teach 11. A new international airport in the city next year. A. completes B. is completed C. will complete D. will be completed 12. ——Alice, could you tell me London? ——Sure. Last Sunday A.when left B. when wi11 leave C. when did leave D. when will leave 二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Real Solutions（解决方法） to Problems Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and eager to learn. The management
2013 年北京高考英语试题 第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30 分） 第一节（共5 小题；每小题1.5 分，共7.5 分） 听下面5 段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，听完每段对话后，你将有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 例：What is the man going to rend? A. A newspaper B. A magazine C. A book 答案是A 1. What room does the man want? A. Sinple B. Double C. Twin 2. What will the man buy? A. Vegetables B. Meat C. Bread 3. What does the man plan to do? A. Go fishing B. Go jogging C. Go camping 4. How much is the change? A. $8 B. $ 42 C. $50 5. What’s the weather like this afternoon? 第二节（共10 小题；每小题1.5 分，共15 分） 听下面4 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5 秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 听第6 段材料，回答第6 至7 题。 6. When will the woman go to see the movie? A. Friday. B. Saturday C. Sunday 7. Where will the woman sit for the movie? A. In the front. B. In the middle C. At the back 听第7 段材料，回答第8 至9 题。 8. When will the two speakers meet? A. On the 13th B. On the 14th C. On the 15th 9. What is the man doing? A. Persuading the woman to accept his suggestion. B. Making an apology to the woman. C. Inviting the woman to lunch. 听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。 10. Where are the two speakers? A. In the library. B. In the café. C. In the classroom
2015年高考英语真题试卷及答案（海南卷） 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 注意事项： 1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从试题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.18 C. ￡9.15 答案是C。 1.What time is it now? A. 9:10 B. 9:50 C. 10:00 2.What does the woman think of the weather? A. It’s nice B. It’s warm C. It’s cold 3.What will the man do? A. Attend a meeting B. Give a lecture C. Leave his office 4.What is the woman’s opinion about the course? A. Too hard B. Worth taking C. Very easy 5. What does the woman want the man to do ? A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the radio. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. How long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One week. C.Two weeks. 7. Where did Michael go last year? A. Russia. B. Norway. C. India.
绝密★启用前 2018年6月普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江卷） 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719— but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy（识字） rate in England was under 50%. Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady.”Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral, or just plain bad. In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters — from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim— were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dickens’ greatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon（名人堂） of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa. How did Dickens get to the top For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass. Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen of them. It’s partly true that Dickens’ style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life. It’s partly t hat his writings rode a wave of social, political and scientific progress. But it’s also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center. No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a singular writer. But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches, it is possible —and important for our own culture—to understand how he made himself a lasting one. 21. Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century
浙江卷 阅读理解 A 【文章大意】本文讲述了Zac归还紫心勋章的故事。 21.A【解析：由第二段中“Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart－he earned one himself in a war as a soldier”可知，Zac 的紫心勋章是他自己得到的。而被他母亲在古董店意外得到的是Adeline保存着的勋章。】 22.B【解析：mean business意为“认真的；严肃的”。由Zac的话“To drive eight hours to come to see me”也可猜测到Zac能理解Adeline对于勋章的重视程度。】 23.D【解析：倒数第二段中Adeline的话说明Adeline一开始并不明白为何她的父母十分看重家里的紫心勋章，直到她长大了，开始怀念兄长时才明白这枚勋章承载的意义。所以是对兄长的怀念使Adeline珍藏着勋章。】 B 【文章大意】本文通过一个街头活动呼吁人们要保有善心、乐善好施。 24.C【解析：no strings attached指“无附加条件；不求回报”；without conditions意为“无条件”，故选C。由后文“Give What You Can”和“many others pinned their own cash to the board”也可体现。】 25.B【解析：前文说“People of all ages, races, and socio-economic（社会经济的）backgrounds”可知有很多人都参与到了这个项目中。因此后文新娘的事情是就此进行进一步的说明。】26.D【解析：由文章最后Bridges的话“Some days you need a helping hand and some days you can be the one giving the helping hand.”可知这个项目的主要目的是鼓励人们心存善意、伸出援手。】 C 【文章大意】本文分析了加利福尼亚高大乔木数量减少的原因。 27.A【解析：由第二段首句可以看出高大树木的数量锐减，且没有地区能够幸免于难，整体形势十分严峻，故选A。】 28.D【解析：第三段包含了四个选项的内容，“Aggressive wildfire control”尽管控制野火但是导致小树和高大的树木争抢生长资源。】 29.C【解析：倒数第一对缺水原因进行分析。由“...have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply...”可知选C。】 30.A【解析：本文主要摆出了加利福尼亚州高大树木数量减少的现状并且分析了原因，故A 项最贴合文意。】 七选五 【文章大意】本文简单介绍了对rock music影响深远的乐队——the Beatles。 31.C【解析：由下一句中“At that time”可知此处应该谈及时间段。】 32.B【解析：前文提到了“extremely popular in England”，此处应该承接这个话题将他们是有多受欢迎，故选B。】 33.A【解析：下一句提到了“the Americans”所以此处选提及了去美国的A项。】 34.G【解析：空后句主语为“The concert”，故该空应当也是concert相关，故选G。】 35.E【解析：空前一句是感谢the Beatles为rock and roll做出的卓越贡献，故表现the Beatles 对其他乐队影响的E项更符合文章思路。】
考生须知 · 2018年北京市高级中等学校招生考试 英语试卷 姓名准考证号考场号座位号 1.本试卷共10页，共五道大题，39道小题，满分60分。考试时间90分钟。 2.， 3.在试卷和草稿纸上准确填写姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号。 4.试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 5.在答题卡上，选择题用2B铅笔作答，其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。 6.考试结束，将本试卷、答题卡卡和草稿纸一并交回。 知识运用（共14分） 一、单项填空（共6分，每小题分） 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 brother and I like football. play it together once a week. 【 A. I B. They C. We D. You birthday, Peter! Here’ s a gift you. A. for B. in C. with D. from 3. ---- do you usually go to school, Mary --- By bike. A. When B. How C. Where D. Why people like pandas they are cute. A. though B. if C. while D. because ￥ 5. I go now, or I ll miss my train. A. can B. might C. must D. could is of the three boys, but he is the tallest. A. young B. younger C. youngest D. the youngest likes reading. He picture books with his dad every evening. A. read B. reads C. is reading D. has read , what were you doing at nine Last night -----I a movie in the cinema with my friends. — A. was watching B. watch C. have watched D. will watch 9. David a tennis player, He to play tennis when he was six years old. A. begins B.will begin C. began D. has begun
(2015年高考英语全国卷I卷试题与答案) (二轮复习接近尾声，如何缓解备考压力?) 1、自我暗示。 人生总是有起有落的，考试也是一样。由于各种原因，并不是每个人都能在考场中充分发挥出自己的真实水平，榜上无名，脚下有路。历史上有很多杰出人才没有受过高等教育，但照样做出了杰出的贡献。所以作为考生不必过度夸大考试尤其是中、高考的决定性，你越是担心考试结果，往往越不容易考出好成绩。学生以理性的态度去看待考试，心情自然就会放松，压力也会随之减少。 2、饮食调节。 很多父母担心孩子考试紧张压力大，怕孩子营养不良，所以在高考前会给孩子大量进补或者供给丰富的营养餐，一些父母甚至买保健品给孩子吃，其实这些没必要。备考期间，不能大吃大喝，只要按照平时的饮食习惯就可以，适当多吃些水果和蔬菜，补充维生素，有益于大脑的思考。高考期间，食物以清淡为主，炎热的时候可以加点苦瓜降降内火。 3、师生之间交流。 在几年的学生生涯中，每个同学都有自己信任和崇拜的老师，如果发动这些老师做学生的思想工作，效果将非常理想。 4、学生之间相互鼓励。 高三学生在考试期间最需要交流，也最需要宣泄。同龄人在一起时，哪怕是发发牢骚，也可以释放一下压力。在紧张备考时，你可以将内心的苦闷、不满向朋友倾诉，听听朋友的意见，同时也要多关心同学，听听他们的倾诉。人在最艰难的时候，如果有人不断地给予自己肯定和鼓励，那真是人生的一大幸事。 5、环境调节。 在紧张的复习后，如果有条件，可以到空旷的地方远眺一会儿，呼吸新鲜空气，这样可调节心情，放松大脑，更有益于学习。每天起床，打开窗户，往远处看。所谓站得高，望得远，你可以在阳台放一凳子垫脚，看看跟平时的视野有什么不同。让自己有意外的视觉收获，增强高考信心。 6、短时间放松。 虽然学习很紧张，但像讲笑话，听相声，听轻音乐，进行体育锻炼或与人交流等的时间还是有的。学习不差这一两个小时，有了好的身体之后，效率反而会提高。很多家长(微博)存在这样一个误区，认为孩子在学习上花的时间越长越好，甚至有些还要求孩子熬夜学习。学得多不一定学得好，学习并不是“苦力活”，它更多的是一种脑力劳动。运动可以提高孩子的免疫力，有利于身体健康，也是释放压力的一种方式。所以，不要为了学习成绩而减少运动时间。 以上是对最后这几天的复习建议，那下面提供2015年高考英语全国卷I以及答案作为参考给各位广大的英语学子作最后的复习模拟：
浙江省高考英语试题及答 案版 The following text is amended on 12 November 2020.
绝密★启封前 2016普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江卷） 英语 选择题部分（共80分） 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题分，满分10分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 1. --Are you sure you're ready for the best --_________. I'm well prepared for it. A. I'm afraid not B. No problem C. Hard to say D. Not really for the winner of the competition is ______two-week holiday in Paris. A. The ; 不填 B. A ; 不填 C. A ; the D. The ; a 3. In many ways , the education system in the US is not very different from ____in the UK. A. that B. this C. one D. it
4. It is important to pay your electricity bill on time , as late payments may affect your ______. A. condition B. income C. credit D. status shopping has changed our life , not all of its effects have been positive. A. Since B. After C. While D. Unless young man is honest , cooperative , always there when you need his help .______, he's reliable. A. Or else B. In short C. By the way D. For one thing 7. The study suggests that the cultures we grow up _______influence the basic processes by which we see world around us. A. on B. in C. at D. about 8. We can achieve a lot when we learn to let our differences unite , rather than _______ us. A. divide B. reject C. control D. abandon 9. Silk ______ one of the primary goods traded along the Silk Road by about 100 BC.
2020年北京市高考英语试卷 一、用单词的适当形式完成短文 1. 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 Oliver is a host of a TV programme on food. He says food 【小题1】(play) a big role in his life. "My mum was a great cook, and she'd sometimes let me have a try," he said. The first dish Oliver prepared for his family was fried chicken wings. He made it with his mum's help. Oliver says if you're【小题2】(luck) enough to have someone close to you who enjoys cooking, ask them【小题3】you can join in when it's possible. 2. 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 Single-use plastic bags are used at most a few times before they 【小题1】(throw) away. It takes them hundreds of years【小题2】(break) down. Man y of these bags end up in the ocean where larger ones can trop sea creatures, such as turtles and dolphins. Over time, the bags fall apart【小题3】countless t iny pieces, and fish can accidentally eat some of them. Now, lots of【小题4】(country) and regions are taking action to ban the sale of such bags to stop people using them. 3. 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A piece of stone【小题1】(find) on a Dutch beach suggests that our extinct human relatives, known as Neanderthals, were cleverer than previously thought. The Neanderthals【小题2】（live）alongside human ancestors in Europe for tens of thousands of years, before dying out about 40, 000 years ago. They were much stronger than modern humans, but it's long been assumed that human ancestors were 【小题3】（smart）than the Neanderthals. However, the stone tool made by Neanderthals suggests otherwise. 二、完形填空添加题型下试题 4.My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get-together in the town of Vail. On Saturday, we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end, we all_________at the fountain near the bridge, and the kids wad ed （蹚水）around in the fountain until we_________. This is one of the busiest walking streets. After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon, my 7-year-old son Ponder_________that nowhere could he find his backpack, which_________his Gameboy and his watch. After a thorough_________we determined that he must have left it at the fountain. Ponder has never_________anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no supervision （指导）for managing his_________. He was upset, not about the Game boy, but about the watch. "But Dad," he said, through massive_________, "they don't make that kind of watch anymore." We were all very_________. Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge, so I__________him that we would not only search the area around the fountain when we went back for dinner, but we would also find the police and ask them if the backpack had been__________.
2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一卷 英语 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷 注意事项： 1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从试题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.18 C. ￡9.15 答案是C。 1.What time is it now? A. 9:10 B. 9:50 C. 10:00 2.What does the woman think of the weather? A. It’s nice B. It’s warm C. It’s cold 3.What will the man do? A. Attend a meeting B. Give a lecture C. Leave his office 4.What is the woman’s opinion about the course? A. Too hard B. Worth taking C. Very easy 5. What does the woman want the man to do ? A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the radio. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. How long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One week. C.Two weels.
英语 选择题部分 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题分，满分分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt A. ￡ B. ￡ C. ￡ 答案是C. 1. What does the woman think of the movie A. It's amusing. B. It's exciting. C. It's disappointing. 2. How will Susan spend most of her time in France A. Traveling around B. Studying at a school. C. Looking after aunt. 3. What are the speakers talking about A. Going out. B. Ordering drinks. C. Preparing for a party. 4. Where are the speakers A. In a classroom B. In a library C. In a bookstore 5. What is the man going to do A. Go on the Internet. B. Make a phone call. C. Take a train trip.
2019年浙江省高考英语试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共25.0分） A Zachariah Fike has an unusual hobby．He finds old military（军队的）medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet．But unlike most collectors，Zac tracks down the medals' rightful owners，and returns them． His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother，a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A．G．Piccoli，found in an antique shop．Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart-he earned one himself in a war as a soldier．So when his mother gave him the medal，he knew right away what he had to do． Through the Internet，Zac tracked down Corrado's sister Adeline Rockko．But when he finally reached her，the woman flooded him with questions："Who are you？What antique shop？" However，when she hung up，she regretted the way she had handled the call．So she called Zac back and apologized．Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown，N．Y．"At that point，I knew she meant business，" Zac says．"To drive eight hours to come to see me．" The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown．Corrado，a translator for the Army during WWII，was killed in action in Europe． Before hearing from Zac，Adeline hadn't realized the medal was missing．Like many military medals，the one Zac's mother had found was a family treasure．" This medal was very precious to my parents．Only on special occasions（场合）would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands，" Adeline says． As a child，Adeline couldn't understand why the medal was so significant．"But as I grew older，" Adeline says，"and missed my brother more and more，I realized that was the only thing we had left．" Corrado Piccoli's Purple Heart medal now hangs at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown． Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama．Since he first reunited Corrado's medal，Zac says his record is now 5 for 5． 1.Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself？______ A. In the army． B. In an antique shop． C. From his mother． D. From Adeline Rockko． 2.What did Zac realize when Adeline drove to meet him？______ A. She was very impolite． B. She was serious about the medal． C. She suspected his honesty． D. She came from a wealthy family． 3.What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart？______ A. Her parents' advice． B. Her knowledge of antiques． C. Her childhood dream． D. Her memory of her brother． B Money with no strings attached. It's not something you see every day. But at Union Station in Los Angeles last month, a board went up with dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sign that read, "Give What You Can,Take What You Need." People quickly caught on. And while many took dollars, many others pinned their own cash to the board. "People of all ages, races, and socio-economic(社会经济的) backgrounds gave and took," said Tyler Bridges of The Toolbox, which created the project. "We even had a bride in her wedding dress come up to the board and take a few dollars." Most of the bills on the board were singles, but a few people left fives,tens and even twenties.The video clip(片段) shows one man who had found a $20 bill pinning it to the board. "What I can say for the folks that gave the most,is that they were full of smiles," Bridges said. "There's a certain feeling that giving can do for you and that was apparent in those that gave the most." Most people who took dollars took only a few, but Bridges said a very small number took as much as they could. While the clip might look like part of a new ad campaign, Bridges said the only goal was to show generosity and sympathy. He added that he hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own videos on the Internet. "After all, everyone has bad days and good days." he said. "Some days you need a helping hand and some days you can be the one giving the helping hand." 4.What does the expression "Money with no strings attached" in Paragraph 1 mean? A. Money spent without hesitation. B. Money not legally made. C. Money offered without conditions. D. Money not tied together. 5.What did Bridges want to show by mentioning the bride? A. Women tended to be more sociable. B. The activity attracted various people. C. Economic problems were getting worse. D. Young couples needed financial assistance. 6.Why did Bridges carry out the project? A. To do a test on people?s morals. B. To raise money for his company. C. To earn himself a good reputation. D. To promote kindness and sympathy. C California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor(因素). The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46,000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent. Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick McIntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources(资源). But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, McIntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development. The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil,and the timing of snowmelt(融雪). Since the 1930s, McIntyre said,the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures,which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season. 7.What is the second paragraph mainly about? A. The seriousness of big-tree loss in California. B. The increasing variety of California big trees. C. The distribution of big trees in California forests. D. The influence of farming on big trees in California. 8.Which of the following is well-intentioned but may be bad for big trees? A. Ecological studies of forests. B. Banning woodcutting. C. Limiting housing development. D. Fire control measures. 9.What is a major cause of the water shortage according to McIntyre? A. Inadequate snowmelt. B. A longer dry season. C. A warmer climate. D. Dampness of the air. 10.What can be a suitable title for the text?