2016江西新余一中3月模拟考试英语试题及答案(4)

For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous.    39    The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students.
   40    The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down. This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school. The number is not expected to start rising again until 2016.
A. Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population.
B. What contributes to it?
C. But a mistake can be costly if it happens.
D. But top colleges ignore them.
E. They have international students who know English.
F. It can mean several acceptances to choose from.
G. They cannot afford college as planned.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 
第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) 
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Joy in the Journey
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
    Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to    41   . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the    42   !” One of the brothers volunteered    43  
    The older boys began to    44   , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was    45   . After a long silence, one of the    46    picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He    47    the lid and showed the wonderful    48    to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and    49   , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found    50    the way!”
    Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is    51    a goal is for — to cause us to move in the    52    we have chosen, in other words, to keep us      53   ! But not every goal will be fully    54   . Not every job will end    55   . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be    56   . But when you fall    57    of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things    58    my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging    59    life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly    60   .
41. A. rest B. work C. watch D. laugh
42. A. house B. earth C. wall D. road
43. A. calmly B. patiently C. excitedly D. impatiently
44. A. laugh B. think C. stare D. smile
45. A. important B. difficult C. impossible D. interesting
46. A. passers-by B. watchers C. visitors D. diggers  
47. A. pulled B. removed C. broke D. pushed
48. A. contents B. scenes C. pictures D. jars
49. A. properly B. confidently C. carefully D. eagerly
50. A. in B. along C. to D. out
51. A. what B. how C. where D. which
52. A. way B. direction C. life D. sight
53. A. thinking B. moving C. digging D. living
54. A. made B. prepared C. kicked D. achieved
55. A. hopelessly B. pleasantly C. surprisingly D. successfully
56. A. come true B. realized C. made D. treasured
57. A. short B. lost C. out D. behind
58. A. breaking into B. turning to C. coming into    D. holding to
59. A. when B. where C. which D. that  
60. A. matters B. happens C. appears D. exists

第II卷

注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第三部分 英语知识运用  (共两节，满分45分)
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
As we all know, games play a very important role in the growth of children. Children should grow along with playing games; for, 61__________ playing games, they can not only acquire knowledge, but also develop their abilities to get along with others.
However, most children are 62__________ (face) with a completely different situation. Most parents fear that games will prevent children from increasing new knowledge and 63__________ the children will fail in the future examinations. So, instead of 64__________ (let) the children themselves find and learn naturally from their surroundings, they force their children to take part in 65__________ (variety) kinds of classes, learning English, playing 66__________ piano or practicing drawing, etc. What’s more, some parents put away the children’s toys which are very useful in developing children’s 67__________ (imagine) and practical abilities.
Here is a piece of good advice to those parents: 68__________ you want to expect your child to be able to accomplish something, you must first of all develop his ability to adapt 69__________ the new surroundings. That cram (填鸭式的) education can lead to nothing 70__________ a failure in the children’s growth.