2011北京市高考英语试卷及答案

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I

used

to

hate

being

called

upon

in

class

mainly

because

I

didn’t

like

attention

drawn

to

myself. And

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otherwise assignen

（指定）

a seat by the teacher, I always

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to sit at

the back of the classroom.

All this

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after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested

I try out

for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy

39

because

I didn’t have

a good

sense of balance, nor did I have the

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to keep pace with the others on the team and they

would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “

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for

it”, I wouldn’t have

decided to give a try.

Getting up t he courage to go to the tryouts was only the

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of it! When I first started

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the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much

44

what

I was

doing.

Sometimes

I’d

get

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and

take

a

shot

at

the

wrong

direction

—

which

made

me

feel

really

stupid.

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,

I

wasn’t

the

only

one

“new”

at

the

game,

so

I

decided

to

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on learning the game, do my best at each prctice session, and not be too hard on myself for the

things I didn’t

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“just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the

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and the “moves”. Being part of a team

was fun and moticating. Very soon the competitive

50

in me was winning over my lack of

confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the

51

—

friends who

resp

ect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my

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self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have

gone

from

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in

the

back

of

the

classroom

and

not

wanting

to

call

attention

to

myself,

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raising my hand

—

even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent

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I had the

right answer. Now I have more self- confidence in myself.

36. A. as

B. until

C. unless

D. though

37. A. hoped

B. agreed

C. meant

D. chose

38. A. continued

B. changed

C. settled

D. started

39. A. idea

B. plan

D. saying

40. A. right

B. chance

C. ability

ce

41. A. going

B. looking

C. cheering

D. applying

42. A. point

B. half

C. rest

D. basis

43. A. enjoying

B. preparing

C. attending

D. watching

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44. A. less

B. later

C. worse

D. further

45. ted

B. motivated

C. embarrassed

D. confused

46. A. Interetingly

B. Fortunately

C. Obviously

D. hopefully

47. A. focus

B. act

C. rely

D. try

48. A. want

B. do

C. support

D. know

49. A. steps

C. rules

D. games

50. A. roles

B. part

C. mind

D. value

51. s

B. operation

C. movement

D. situation

52. A. expressed

B. improved

C. preserved

D. recognized

53. ng

B. playing

C. relaxing

D. hiding

54. A. by

B. for

C. with

D. to

55. A. lucky

B. happy

C. sure

D. satisfied

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“I Went Skydiving at 84!”

As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was

almost

unheard

of

a

woman

to

do

that.

I

got

a

taste

of

that

dream

in

2011,when

my

husband

arranged for me me ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be

very dull. Around

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community

（社区）

annou nced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an

experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.

In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Brush Sr. did it at age 80.

Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard nothing. But then

at

a

community

party

in

late

April

2009,

they

announced

that

I

was

one

of

the

winners.

I

just

couldn’t believe it.

One june 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where I

would

land

while

I

headed

up

in

the

airplane.

My

instructor,

Jay,

guided

me

through

the

experience.

The

plane

was

the

noisiest

one

I

had

ev

er

been

in,

but

I

wasn’t

frightened—

I

was

really just looking forward to the experience. When we reachen 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to

throw myself out of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly

breathe. For a s

econd I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” But then everything got calmer.

We were in a free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute

（降落伞）

, then we just

floated downward fo zhout five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below

was unlike anything I have ever felt

—

much better than the hot air ballon. I was just enjoying it.

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Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look

at me and realize that you don’t stop living just because you are 84 years old. If there’s something

you want to experience, look into it. If it’s something that is possible, make it happen.

56. What happened to the auther in 2001?

A. She flew an airplane

B. She entered a competition

C. She went on a hot air balloon ride

D. She moved into a retirement community

57. The author mentioned George Bush Sr. in her essay to

.

A. build up her own reputation

B. show her admiration for him

C. compare their health conditon

D. make her argument persuasive

58. How did the authou feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane?

A. Excited

B. Scared

C. Nervous

D. Regretful

59. What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving?

beautiful clouds

B. The wonderful view

C. The company of Jay

D. The one-minute free fall

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A. get a better understanding of American issues

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find out the range of the articles in the post

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