ageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate（水门事件）, one of the greatest scandals（丑闻）in American political history. Katharine managed to keep control over the most disorganized situation when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America.
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A. women were not given the chance to receive education
B. women were not considered as intelligent as men
C. women were not permitted to achieve their goals
D. women were not allowed to enter every field
42. When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham ______.
A. was strongly against the idea
B. was not happy to be rejected
C. was willing to take her share of responsibility
D. didn't believe her husband would do a good job
43. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. It was Katharine Graham's husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.
B. When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.
C. Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.
D. Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.
44. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Ups and downs of The Washington Post
B. Katharine Graham's family life and career
C. Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisher
D. Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism
答案 41-44 DCBC
Passage 12
（天津市蓟县下营中学2010届高三第一次模拟）
A
Pete Rose, the famous baseball player, whom I have never met, taught me something so valuable that changed my life. Pete was being interviewed in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb’s all-time hits record. One reporter asked, “Pete, you only need 78 hits to break the record. How many at-bats（轮到击球）do you think you’ll need to get the 78 hits?” Without hesitation, Pete said, “78.” The reporter yelled back, “Ah, come on, Pete. You don’t expect to get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you?”
Mr. Rose calmly shared his rule in life with all the reporters who were anxiously awaiting his reply. “Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit! If I don’t expect to get a hit, I have no right to step in the batter’s box in the first place! If I go up hoping to get a hit, then I probably don’t have a prayer of getting a hit. It is the positive expectation that has gotten me all of the hits in the first place.”
When I thought about Pete Rose’s rule and how it was applied to everyday life, I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person, I was hoping to make my sales meet the quotas（定额）. As a father, I was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man, I was hoping to be a good husband.
The truth was that I was an adequate salesperson, I was not so bad as a father, and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not enough! I wanted to be a great salesperson, a great father and a great husband. I changed my attitude to one of positive expectations, and the results were amazing. I was fortunate enough to in a few sales trips, I won Coach of the Year in my son’s baseball league, and I share a loving relationship with my wife! Thanks, Mr. Rose!
36. Which of the following sayings can most appropriately be used to describe Mr. Rose’s rule?
A. He who doesn’t want to be a general can’t be a good soldier.
B. Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
C. If you work hard enough, your dreams will come true.
D. Rome was not built in one day.
37. What can be inferred about Pete Rose from the passage?
A. He was generous to share all his rules with everyone.
B. He got all the hits he wanted because of good luck.
C. He set himself a goal of being the best.
D. He liked to dream of something impossible.
38. By saying “I was an adequate salesperson”（Para. 3）the writer probably means “______”.
A. he could make adequate money as a salesperson
B. he didn’t do an excellent job as a salesperson
C. he was good enough to be a salesperson
D. he knew how to sell goods in a proper way
39. Which of the following is NOT a role of the writer?
A. A teammate of Rose. B. A salesman.
C. A father. D. A baseball coach.
40. Why does the writer thank Mr. Rose at the end of the passage?
A. Because Mr. Rose showed him how to be a successful salesperson.
B. Because Mr. Rose taught him to face life with positive expectation.
C. Because Mr. Rose trained him to win Coach of the Year for his son.
D. Because Mr. Rose gave him advice on managing a happy family.
答案 36-40 ACBAB
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Passage 13
（湖北省部分重点中学2009届高三第二次联考）
A
As China’s women’s gymnastics team enjoyed the glory of winning the country’s first team Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，the young gymnasts took the opportunity to remind the world that they are old enough to compete．
Weeks before the Beijing Games，some international media raised questions about the ages of some of the members of China‘s gymnastics team，particularly He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan．They said the girls might be younger than 16．the minimum age for the Olympics．But the Chinese Gymnastics Association quickly provided copies of the gymnasts’ ID cards and passports，proving they are indeed old enough to compete．
In the final．He Kexia gave a clean performance on her favorite uneven bars（高低杠），earning the second highest score．after falling from the bars during qualification．”Although I fell down in the qualification。I became more confident today to make up for my mistake．and I finally made it．”She said．It was a great moment for head coach Lu Shanzhen．“Our team made history today and proved to the world that we are the best．“the coach said．”The gold medal is not only for the gymnastics team，but also for the whole Chinese delegation at the Beijing Games．’’
The coach owed the team’s success to a series of reforms．The Chinese team used to train a 1ot．but competed less，which led to poor results in international competitions．To improve their ability to compete and to strengthen their psychological power, the Chinese team sent more team members to compete abroad，so they could bring a competitive spirit back to the team．All six gymnasts in the Olympic team final were selected from fierce competition，and they proved themselves today．
61．Before the Beijing Games started，some international media doubted whether ．
A．Chinese women gymnasts could win the team gold medal
B．He Kexin would fall from the bars during qualification
C．Chinese women gymnasts could make history at the Beijing Games
D．some Chinese women gymnasts were old enough for the Games
62．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The international media’s doubts proved to be true．
B．He Kexin’s fall in the qualification had no bad effect on her performance in the final competition．
C．Chinese women gymnasts’ success at the Beijing Games proved that the reforms did work．
D．Each team is made up of 6 members to compete for the team gold medal in women gymnastics．
63．In the opinion of Lu Shanzhen, the key to achieving success for athletes is to ．
A．practice harder than ever
B．experience more competitions abroad
C．have strong psychological power
D．have a competitive spirit
64．The main purpose of the text is to ．
A．tell a story B．provide evidence
C．give a report D．compare opinions
答案 DABC
Passage 14
（湖北省部分重点中学2009届高三第二次联考）
B
Dior was born in Normandy in 1905，and his family’s original plans for him included a career in the diplomatic service，but by the time he was twenty—three，with his parents’money，he opened a small art gallery in Paris．By 1931，the money had been used up．Dior’s friends in the art gallery, asked him to draw and he took his flrst step at designing and drawing．His first jot was with Lucien Lelong from whom Dior learned his craft（手艺）．
In February,1947．Dior started the New Look in his first major Paris collection．He was backed by a famous textile producer, Boussac，who looked after the dollars．while Dior looked after the fashions．Dior knew nothing about cutting and sewing，but he was good at fashion design．
The New Look started an entirely different look to costume．with a tiny waist．a rounded shoulder and a shapely bust（胸围），usually with a low-cut neckline and a long。full skirt．To women who had lived through the war years．the femaleness of the New look was a great success．for people were tired of tile extremely plain，wartime restrictive fashions．
It is said that dresses by Dior were “constructed like buildings。”but young people were attracted to to his design，and all over the western world, manufacturers plunged（投入）into the production of his new style．Dior’s revolutionary designs lighted up a whole cycle of fashion，rounded，gentle，feminine．a delight in elegance．A New Look House of Dior opened in 1948，
followed by one in London．Considered as King of Couture（women’s clothing）for years, the Dior empire grew until it covered every country in the western world，and included furs，hosiery, jewelry, perfumes, men’s wear and on and on．More than 1,000 people worked at the Paris headquarters then．
His sudden death in 1957 when he was 53 years old did not stop the growth of the House of Dior．Even now, so many years after his death，his name is closely connected with fashion throughout the world，and indeed is one of the most recognized names in the world，His first，great New Look，with its long skirts was an expression of freedom in the late 1940s．
65．Which of the following designs is close to Dior’s?
66．According to the passage．in Dior’s life，he did NOT ．
A．make creative fashion designs B．work in a diplomatic service
C．1earn craft as his first job D．open a New Look House
67．We can infer from the passage that ．
A．Dior and his supporter had different interests in business
B．Dior’s New Look had little influence on people then
C．Dior is only a brand of women’s fashion
D．Dior’s fashion was not accepted at first
68．What is probably the best title for the passage? ．
A．The History of the New Look B．The Growth of the Dior Empire
C．An Expression of Freedom—Dior D．The Founder of the New Look—Dior
答案 CBAD
Passage 15
（湖北省部分重点中学2009届高三第一次联考）
A
Last week，Bill Gates retired from full-tine．rime work at the world’s biggest computer software company, Microsoft．He will remain chairman of the company he established with Paul Allen in nineteen seventy-five．
Mister Gates leaves Microsoft at a time of change in the computing industry．Microsoft grew at a time when personal computers，or PCs，were replacing big mainframe computers as the main computing tools．He showed that huge profits could be made in software as PCs increasingly were found “on every desk and in every home．”
Early on，Microsoft understood the importance of the “network effect．” That is．software is the kind of product that increases in value as more people buy and use it．
Now，free Internet software threatens to replace PC-based software．Devices like “smart phones” connect people to the Internet． has become a 1eader in Internet Web searching and advertising．Microsoft has struggled to change with the new computer environment．Its efforts to sell music and its latest operating system，Vista，have not been big successes．And an attempt this year to buy Yahoo for over forty-seven billion dollars failed．
In the last several years，Bill Gates has slowly given control of Microsoft to others．In two thousand，he gave the job of chief executive officer to Steve Ballmer, a friend of his since their years at Harvard University．Mister Ballmer has been with Microsoft since nineteen eighty．Still，it is hard to overestimate the influence of Bill Gates on computing．He developed the business model that put the Windows operating system on about ninety percent of the world’s one billion PCs．Microsoft now has almost ninety thousand employees．
At fifty—two years old，Bill Gates is currently the third richest man in the world．He is worth about fifty-eight billion dollars．He remains Microsoft’s biggest shareholder．
Mister Gates will now spend most of his time working at his charity organization,the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation．The foundation is the world's largest charity with over thirty-seven billion dollars．It provides money for health,education and other projects，mostly in developing countries．
61．Bill Gates retired from full-time work in Microsoft because ．
A．he had earned enough money
B． threatened Microsoft’s leading place
C．PCs were out of fashion
D．of a reason that was not mentioned
62．Which of the following statements is true about Bill Gates?
A．Bill Gates set up Microsoft on his own in 1975．
B．Bill Gates failed to buy Yahoo．
C．Bill Gates was the chief executive officer when he retired．
D．Bill Gates is the richest mall in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation．
63．Microsoft grew at a time when ．
A．‘smart phones’ connect people to Internet
B．Vista was pu