2010届高三英语上册第一次模拟考试题10

2010届高三英语上册第一次模拟考试题
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W: Dear, look at those trees at side of the window. The new leaves appeared, and the colors are so beautiful.
M: Oh, yes, spring is a lovely season.
M: And the weather is comfortable. What about having an outing this weekend?
W: Good idea, we’ve been occupied with work, when’s our lasting outing to the mountains?
M: The early summer last year, went to the blue mountains.
W: We should fix a time to go there again. Peter will be crazy, remember how happy he was when he slept in the tent?
M: Yes, we should spend more time to be with him.
W: We are all busy, Peter is having a piano class with professor Smith, we’ll have to call to ask for a leave.
M: What about inviting professor Smith go with us? We will have great fun.
W: Why not?
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M: Different people have different views of transportation. Susan, when it comes to the word “transportation”, what comes to your mind?
W: Um? The car, most Americans will think of that.
M: Right, an automobile. Have you done a lot driving in the United States?
W: Yes, I have, actually I started driving when I was 13, and I go my license when I was 16.
M: I see.
W: My brothers took me out to the local square in a very small town, and I learned to drive there. I guess they felt it was safer there.
M: So I see, so you are from a very small town in the United States.
W: Yes, in Missouri.
M: I see. What kinds of transportation did they have there in your town?
W: Only cars.
M: Oh, I see.
W: I mean there were no buses there. Well, of course, there were buses and trains that pass through to other cities, but the town itself was too small.
M: I see, by the way, have you been on a long journey or in a big ship?
W: I’ve crossed the Pacific from Honolulu to Tokyo once on the old President Wilson, and the most unforgettable trip, I guess, was from London to New York on the Queen Mary. I am so glad we had
a chance to do that, those were really wonderful ships.
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As a modern city, where the comparatively complete market economy system, Shenzhen leads the way in the design industry in China, and an attractive place to arts graduates from universities all over the country. Shenzhen is still the first choice for young designers, making it a center for Chinese design talents. Shenzhen has more than 6,000 design companies, employing more than 60,000 designers. In 2005, the out put value of the city’s design industry, reached 1.9 billion US dollars. Shenzhen’s professional designers explore the front years of various fields, including industrial design, fashion design, toy design, software design and many other designs. They frequently join in both national and international competitions and exhibitions, often winning prizes. Many works there are pretty famous, for example, the logo for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was designed by a Shenzhen designer. Shenzhen has established extensive contacts with foreign designers and design agencies over the past few decades. Now a large number of foreign designers have set up design workshops in Shenzhen, and are cooperating fully with local designers. They’ve also widened their cultural and creative horizons by brainstorming with each other.
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M: Miss Renours, I’ve got your schedule for next Monday.
W: Thanks Jim, am I going to have any free time?
M: From 8:00 to 10:00 you are going to have breakfast with the vice presidents, then you will drive to the new factory, and 10:30 there will be a tour of the new building.
W: How long is that?
M: About an hour. In the afternoon, at 1 o’clock, the managers from Chicago and New York will be here for the monthly meeting.
W: Ok.
M: At 7 o’clock you are going to the TV station for interview with a TV news woman, just a few questions about the new factory.
W: Anything else?
M: One more thing, the business club dinner.
W: Ok, I’ve already written the speech for that.
M: So you will get there at around 8 o’clock. They are planning to serve dinner at 8:30, and you are going to give your speech at 9:30. The dinner meeting will land at 11:00.
W: Then I won’t go to bed until 12:00. Thanks for your work, Jim.
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W: Reception, may I help you?
M: Yes, I am in room 214, I wonder there is any mail for me.
W: Let me check, yes there is a package here for you, could you like to come down for it?
M: Could you send it over to my room, please?
W: Sure.
M: Thank you. Oh and another thing, I need an iron. Is there anywhere I can borrow one for a few minutes?
W: Certainly, I will call the house keeping and ask them to bring one to your room. You have to pay 10 dollars which will be return to you of course.
M: Thank you, and what do I do if I want to have my clothes washed.
W: Just use one of the washing bags, if you put it out before 10:00 in the morning, you will get it back by 5:00 in the afternoon.
M: Thanks, oh I am sorry to bother you so much, but the air conditioner in my room is making a funny noise, and it is n’t cooling the room very much.
W: I am sorry, I will call the maintenance people, and they will check it right away.
M: Thank you very much, and by the way where can I get a newspaper.
W: We have the local paper here in the desk, and if you like national or foreign paper, we have those in the gift shop.
M: Thanks a lot.
W: You are welcome, have a nice day.
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Warner Brothers is an American company that produces movies and television shows. It started as a small family business operated by four brothers – Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner. In 1903, the brothers began their business by traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania showing movies using a projector. By 1907, they opened a movie theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Within ten years, the Warner brothers started producing movies, and moved that part of the business to California.
In 1918, their first complete picture was called "My Four Years in Germany." In 1925, Sam and Harry Warner heard the first experimental movies with sound in a lab in New York City. They immediately went to work to include the technology for sound in their movies.
Two years later, Warner Brothers Pictures released the first major movie with sound. It was called "The Jazz Singer" and it was a huge success. By the 1970s, the Warner Brothers studios had also become well established in television. In 1990, Warner Communications combined with Time Incorporated to form Time Warner Incorporated.
In 2001, the company combined with America Online. The company now includes film production, cable television networks, music and publishing.。