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1、阅读表达与(半)开放作文专练(时间：40分钟，满分：45分).阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)(2013山东省济南市高三3月模拟)1When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from the airport to my hotel, or to a convention center, or to a restaurant. Taxi drivers are often immigrants with interesting personal histories and unu
2、sual cultural backgrounds. I ask them how long theyve been in America, how they chose which city to live in, and what they like best about where they live. Of course, I also ask them for advice on good local restaurants and any special attractions theyd recommend to a visitor. Ive had some great exp
3、eriences on my travels, thanks to the advice of taxi drivers!2On one trip about ten years ago, I was making conversation with the taxi driver, asking him my usual questions about how he came to live where he lived. Then I asked him a question: “If you could live anywhere in the world and if money wa
4、s no object, where would you live？”3Without hesitating even for a second, he replied, “I live in my heart. So it really doesnt matter where my body lives. If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise (天堂), no matter where my residence is.”4I felt a little foolish for my question. Of course he was r
5、ight happiness was an inside job. He had reminded me of something I already knew, but had forgotten. If you cant find happiness inside yourself, youll never find it _， no matter where you move. Wherever you go, there you are. You take yourself with you.5I am grateful for the wisdom of that taxi driv
6、er. And Im grateful for all the wisdom others have shared with me about how to be happy.1What is mainly talked about in the text? (no more than 5 words)_2Why does the author like to talk to taxi drivers? (no more than 15 words)_3List at least 3 usual questions that the author asks taxi drivers. (no
7、more than 30 words)_4Fill the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)_5If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Why? (no more than 30 words)_答案：1.How to be happy./Happiness./How to find happiness inside.2Taxi drivers often have interesting personal histor
8、ies and unusual cultural backgrounds.3How long have you been in America?How did you choose which city to live in?What do you like best about where you live?Where is the good local restaurant?What are special attractions?How did you come to where you live？(任意三个均可)4in the outside world5略(只要与主题相关，陈述合理，
9、表达准确，符合逻辑即可得分)。.写作(满分30分)(2013山东省潍坊市五校联合高三下学期期中考试)请以“Gains from Growing Pains”为题，用英语写一篇120150词的短文。要求：1.描述成长过程中一件令你烦恼的事情；2说说此事最终带给你的启示和收获。_参考范文：Gains from Growing PainsGrowing up is not a very enjoyable time. It means we have to work hard. As for my childhood, my parents made me learn to play the vio
10、lin so I had no time to play with other friends. I was very annoyed. I hated music, just because it was what they wanted me to do. Sometimes I felt puzzled and trapped. I even didnt understand why I was a child.Now looking back, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music
11、 can enrich my life. I come to realize my parents are always pushing me along. Everybody is to experience growing pains, which are just small pains in life. A little hard work and sweat never hurt us. If we realize these pains are just small bumps on our road to success, we will realize our growing pains are actually growing gains.2
