My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.
As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite — red tomatoes.
As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.
But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.
For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.
1.Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?
A. He enjoyed being in the garden with his father.
B. The garden was just freshly tilled by his father.
C. He loved what his father grew in the garden.
D. The garden was planted with colorful flowers.
2.When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father ________.
A. stopped his gardening
B. turned to other hobbies
C. devoted more to gardening
D. focused on planting tomatoes
3.What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?
A. The author’s son took charge of the garden.
B. No plant grew in the garden at all.
C. The garden was almost deserted.
D. It brought the author a great harvest.
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.
A. the author’s son played happily in the garden
B. the author’s son reminded him of his own childhood
C. the author’s son was very glad to help the author
D. the author’s son will continue gardening as well
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年湖北武汉外国语校高一上期中考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
As is often the case, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is "What's your name?" Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.
Have you ever thought about people's names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
People's first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.
Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means "bright"; Beatrice means "one who gives happiness"; Donald means "world ruler"; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.
The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪); someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.
Other early surnames came from people's occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter — a person who made pots and pans.
The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.
Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnell’s and the McDonnell’s and the O’Donnell’s are descendants of the same Donnell.
1.Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?
A. People's characters.
B. Talents that people possessed.
C. People's occupations.
D. Places where people lived.
2.According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably ________.
A. made things with metals
B. made kitchen tools or contains
C. built houses and furniture
D. owned or drove a cart
3.Suppose an English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named ________.
A. Leonard CarterB. George Longstreet
C. Donald GreenwoodD. Beatrice Smith
4.The underlined word "descendants” in the last paragraph means a person's ________.
A. friends and relatives
B. colleagues and partners
C. grandparents
D. later generations
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届福建漳州市高三上期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
9月15日，超强台风“莫兰蒂”(Meranti)袭击厦门，造成巨大的损失。解放军战士及时实施救援。假设你是来自厦门的李华，请你用英语给解放军写一封感谢信。信的内容要点如下：
1. 台风袭击；
2. 解放军救援情况；
3. 表达谢意。
注意：1、词数100左右。
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear officers,
I am writing to ______________________________________________________________
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Best wishes,
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届广东五校协作体高三上期第一次联考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When Taking an Uber—Should You Tip or Not?
Taking an Uber car may no longer be a direct driver-passenger and guilt-free experience. The ride-sharing experience is about to get awkward.
With the wide application of the Internet, Uber, a new approach to your destination instead of taking an ordinary taxi, has become more popular recently. However, benefits won’t come without its fair share of drawbacks.
Uber drivers are a part of the so-called sharing economy: They use their own vehicles, receive customer reviews via the app’s five-star rating system and make their own hours. Unlike other services, Uber claimed that drivers all over the country could clearly alert customers that tipping is not included. Those drivers that expect to be tipped can make their wishes known. But the company is holding to its official no-tip-required line, according to its website. “Once you arrive at your destination, your fare is automatically charged to your credit card on file—There’s no need to tip.” Although drivers value their independence—the freedom to push a button rather than punch a clock, lack of a clear policy, however, leaves Uber drivers in a vulnerable(脆弱的) position: If they ask a customer for a tip or put up a sign, that customer could give the driver a low star-rating, and the driver could finally be deactivated from the app.
But has the company done a good job working with customers? Some observers say that this new grey area for tipping will create awkwardness about whether they should tip or not—something most Uber customers have not had to deal with until now. Uber did not respond to customers’ comment, just leaving their rating in the air (ignoring it).
Providing an option to tip on an app sends a clear message to customers to reach into their pockets. Nearly 30% people would be more likely to leave a tip if they were presented with a “no tip” button, according to Guinn’s 2015 survey of roughly 500 people. When people are presented with three tip choices—20%, 25% or 30%—they’re more likely to choose the middle option even if it’s more than the traditional 20%, according to a separate 2014 analysis of 13 million New York City taxi rides.
If the service is twice as expensive during a rain storm or public transport delay, the customer has the right not to tip. However, if the driver is extra helpful or avoids traffic to reach your destination in a more timely manner, you could give an extra tip, says Uber, who will leave tipping options in the hands of the consumer rather than the app.
1.Compared with taxi drivers, Uber drivers ________.
A. enjoy more freedom and choices
B. support the company’s practice
C. clock up the miles while driving
D. receive customers reviews directly
2.The underlined word “deactivated” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.
A. removedB. degradedC. trackedD. charged
3.From the survey we can conclude most customers ________.
A. would probably tip if there is an option
B. usually do as the “no tip” sign suggests
C. tip because of Uber drivers’ good service
D. are disappointed to reach into their pockets
4.What causes the awkwardness between Uber drivers and their customers?
A. Customers take advantage of the new grey area for tipping.
B. There is no specific policy from the Uber to follow.
C. It’s up to customers to decide the drivers’ earnings.
D. Customers tend to pay least among the 3 choices.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届内蒙古高三上期中考英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入适当的词(不多于3个单词)或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题纸标号为1―10的相应位置上。
One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their goals 1.(be) how they measure success. I see individuals getting 2.(frustrate) as they struggle hard for success.
The main reason is that people allow their definition of success to be determined by someone or something else. We should look at 3. own skills to determine what is successful to us. We should look inwards to determine 4. it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind.
Evaluating a successful person needs 5.(look) at his pathway to success, his action and his 6.(determine). You must set your own course of action, 7. stay on your course. You alone must determine what success means to you. Do what you do to the best of your ability and the rest will take care of itself.
Here is the 8.(true). Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is not something you become, but it is something you continue being.
When we get to that point, we will experience a lot more joy and a lot less depression. And that 9.(sound) good to us!
Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, “If you cannot do great things, do small things in 10. great way.”
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年湖南娄底双峰一中等五校高一上期中联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He ________ slept with his window open even when snow was falling outside.
One winter, he went to Finland on business. When he ________ his room in the hotel, he found that the windows were closed to ________ the icy air out. He did his best to open one but failed. The bed was really ________, but Wilson couldn’t sleep. He wasn’t able to ________ the closed windows. No fresh air! It was ________ to think of.
At about one o’clock in the morning, he was ________ awake. Worrying about the air in the room, he became very angry. Where was the ________? He could see something that looked like ________ over there. He threw a shoe at it through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass ________ the room, but to Wilson’s sad heart, it seemed like the sound of ________ music.
When daylight came through the window, he ________ and lay with his eyes close. There was ________ to worry about. ________ was it? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay ________ that. He opened his eyes to look. Suddenly he sat up in ________. The window was not broken at all. The ________ was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. ________ fresh air was entering the room through the window!
He then turned his eyes to the ________ and saw a broken picture ________ on the all. There was a shoe on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glasses around the shoe.
1.A. seldomB. oftenC. sometimesD. always
2.A. leftB. cleanedC. enteredD. examined
3.A. preventB. keepC. stopD. send
4.A. coldB. comfortableC. badD. terrible
5.A. rememberB. forgetC. remindD. think
6.A. unluckyB. anxiousC. difficultD. terrible
7.A. alreadyB. nearlyC. hardlyD. still
8.A. waiterB. managerC. windowD. light
9.A. paperB. glassC. pictureD. man
10.A. destroyedB. coveredC. filledD. entered
11.A. funnyB. strangeC. beautifulD. famous
12.A. got upB. woke upC. came intoD. came down
13.A. nothingB. anyoneC. somethingD. someone
14.A. WhatB. HowC. WhereD. Who
15.A. toB. withC. fromD. for
16.A. silenceB. surpriseC. troubleD. pain
17.A. windowB. pictureC. glassD. shoe
18.A. MuchB. NoC. StillD. Yet
19.A. outsideB. topC. sideD. bottom
20.A. lyingB. hangingC. fallingD. standing
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年广东高州中学高二上期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
第一节 短文改错
修改以下文章，文中共有 10 处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
注意： 1、答案请写在答题卷上；
2、只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分；
3、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
4、答题符号、格式要规范：
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
Our school has had a survey on reading. It shows that 55 percent the students spend their time reading textbooks after the school. Only 10 percent enjoy read literature. Why? They don’t have enough time but they have too much homework to do. Some complain that literary work are so thick that they have hardly enough patient to finish them. Others who only concentrate in how to get high scores simply admit that reading literature won’t help them with their exams. What’s more, some students show no interest in literature. In fact, books play a important role in our life. Not only can reading make us relaxing, and it also helps us learn the customs and cultures in the past and at present, at home and abroad.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年福建福州市等高二上期中联考英语（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
One day on my luxury (奢侈的) holiday cost 30 yuan. Bus ticket: 2 yuan. Breakfast, lunch and dinner: 5 yuan. Hotel: 20 yuan. OK, so it was a 10-seater bus with only four seats that weren’t broken and 20 other people on it. OK, all my food came from one steamed bun (包子) stand at the side of the road, and the “hotel” was a hostel (青年旅社), and I shared a room with four strangers. But the steamed buns I bought were so delicious and the bed in the hostel was soft and comfortable and I had the best night’s sleep I’d had in years.
Cheap travel is “in”. It’s on reality shows, and it’s all around us. People who once went to five-star scenic spots are suddenly filling youth hostels and campsites, showing off to their friends about their 24-hour trip in the third-class sleeper train across Mongolia.
Now, I’m not a millionaire who can afford more than a budget holiday. But even if I could, I don’t think I’d spend the money.
Budget travel is addictive (令人上瘾的). It’s partly the challenge of squeezing the most out of your pennies — and it can get a bit ridiculous(荒唐可笑的). My stomach wasn’t too impressed with the meat stir-fry I bought from a stand simply because it was 1 yuan, for example.
But it’s easy to travel in a smart way, too. With the Internet, you can always check out reviews and find hostels, food and things to do, recommended by other budget travelers who’ve been there before. You don’t have to suffer, and it means you can afford to spend more nights on holiday, see more things and have more experiences.
1.The author mentions her budget travel story at the beginning to ________.
A. show what budget trips are generally like
B. introduce the best trip she’s had over the years
C. show how difficult it can be to spend as little money as possible
D. display her ability to spend her money cleverly
2.The underlined word “in” in the second paragraph probably means ________.
A. forgottenB. popularC. overlookedD. tough
3.What’s the author’s suggestion to budget travelers?
A. Share your travel budget with rich friends.
B. Only eat at street stands and live in hostels.
C. Organize budget trips with people you have traveled together with before.
D. Read other budget travelers’ tips online.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年山西太原市高一12月段测英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Rodney Smith, Jr. started mowing the lawns (割草坪) in Huntsville, Alabama last fall. He used his time between classes at Alabama A&M to reach a goal of mowing 100 yards before winter. Smith has been cutting grass for free to help single moms, the elderly, and the disabled, while teaching the local youth the values that can turn boys into men. “I’m doing something positive. I want boys to follow me and be better than me,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
Rodney is from Bermuda. He says people there help each other and are always friendly. “That’s what drives me to help people.”
In May this year, he was getting ready to launch his mowing service for the summer when he heard about a 93-year-old woman trying to cut grass by herself. Smith and a friend showed up to do the job for her.
In November, a local TV station gave him $300, calling it a special gift for his good work. After he received the money, he used it to create the non-profit(非盈利的) service group, Raising Men Lawn Care Service. He also started a page to collect money to buy lawn equipment and other things—including T-shirts with special logos.
After I read about Rodney’s story, I told my friends about him. We also planned to mow lawns for single moms, the elderly and disabled in our neighborhood. And I hope more and more young people will join Rodney’s service group—Raising Men Lawn Care Service.
1.What was Rodney Smith, Jr.’s goal last fall?
A. To mow 100 yards for free.
B. To start a non-profit service group.
C. To set a good example to his kids.
D. To make use of time between classes.
2.What does the underlined word “launch” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Improve. B. Find. C. Start. D. Help.
3.What did Rodney do with the money he received?
A. He gave it to the elderly.
B. He improved his mowing service.
C. He gave it to a friend’s service group.
D. He bought many T-shirts for neighbors.
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