科目:高中英语 来源:2013届江西南昌10所重点中学高三第二次模拟突破冲刺(三)英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
If you have ever gone through a toll booth(收费所), you know that your relationship to the person in the booth is not the most intimate you'll ever have. It is one of life's frequent affairs: You hand over some money; you might get change; you drive off.
Late one morning in 1984, headed for lunch in San Francisco, I drove toward a booth. I heard loud music. It sounded like a party. I looked around. No other cars with their windows open. No sound trucks. I looked at the toll booth. Inside it, the man was dancing.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm having a party," he said.
"What about the rest of the people?" I looked at the other toll booths.
He said, "What do those look like to you?" He pointed down the row of toll booths.
"They look like……toll booths. What do they look like to you?"
He said, "Vertical coffins. At 8:30 every morning, live people get in. Then they die for eight hours. At 4:30, like Lazarus from the dead, they reemerge and go home. For eight hours, brain is on hold, dead on the job. Going through the motions."
I was amazed. This guy had developed a philosophy, a mythology about his job. Sixteen people dead on the job, and the seventeenth, in precisely the same situation, figures out a way to live. I could not help asking the next question: "Why is it different for you? You're having a good time."
He looked at me. "I knew you were going to ask that. I don't understand why anybody would think my job is boring. I have a corner office, glass on all sides. I can see the Golden Gate, San Francisco, and the Berkeley hills. Half the Western world vacations here……and I just stroll in every day and practice dancing."
【小题1】According to the first paragraph, in most cases, how do you describe the relationship between drivers and toll booth?
A.most intimate | B.very tense | C.pretty ordinary | D.extremely hostile |
A.The author passed by the toll booth every day. |
B.The worker enjoyed his work very much. |
C.Only western people like to spend their holidays in the Berkeley hills. |
D.The dancing worker was getting badly along with his colleagues. |
A.go to the worker’s senior to complain about his bad attitude towards job. |
B.go climbing the Golden Gate and the Berkeley hills to have a vacation. |
C.learn to take a positive attitude to job and appreciate valuable things in life. |
D.go back home instead of wasting time traveling to San Francisco. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2009-2010年福建省南安市南星中学高一下学期第一次月考英语 题型:阅读理解
An Australian 3-year-old was described as a hero after saving his mum from an almost certain death by calling emergency services right after she collapsed(because of an epileptic attack (癫痫发作).
Aiden McDonald amazed the doctors who arrived at Jeanine McDonald’s house 10 minutes after Aiden called 000. The boy was very calm and spoke to the doctors as his mother got into an unconscious state.
Sasha Lewis took the strange call and sent out an ambulance immediately. Aiden answered questions during the 19-minute call that made it clear it was a serious matter.
Lewis said: “He sounded worried and was telling me things like ‘Mummy is not awake’, so I got an idea that it was a fairly serious matter.”
This is part of the “conversation” they had:
“Can I talk to Mummy please?”
“Mummy’s not well.”
“How old are you, sweetheart?”
“I got a clock.”
“Can I talk to Mummy?”
“I can’t get my Mummy.”
“Where is she?”
“On the floor. Mummy’s had a fit (昏厥).”
“Do you live in Kallangur?”
“We’ve got milk in the fridge and, um, (pause) I can’t find the ambulance (crying), Mummy, Mum ... Mum ... Mum ...”
Mrs McDonald, who was making a cup of tea when she collapsed, was taken to hospital and allowed to leave the same night. “After hearing what he did I thought, no, that can’t be right,” Jeanine McDonald said. “But I’m so proud.”
72. In Australia, people will call 000 when they _____.
A. are diagnosed with a serious illness
B. are looking for a job
C. need emergency help in the event of health problem
D. need to find someone to take care of their children
73. Why did Sasha Lewis talk with Aiden on the phone so long?
A. She tried to comfort Aiden and calm him down.
B. She tried to get as much information as possible.
C. Aiden was too slow in speaking on the phone.
D. Aiden was too nervous to describe what was happening.
74. Jeanine McDonald received medical help about _____ after she suddenly became unconscious.
A. 10 minutes B. 20 minutes C. 30 minutes D. one hour
75. The most useful lesson that parents learn from the story is that _____.
A. it’s important to teach children to respond properly in serious situations
B. it’s important to teach children to use the phone
C. they should build a parent-child relationship based on love and trust
D. they should believe that children have the abilities to solve their own problems
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年山东省平邑县曾子学校高二期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
阅读表达:
[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
[2]They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
[3]The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight(困境). They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance(差额) $400. They promised to pay the cheque at the soonest possible.
[4]“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct(扣除)whatever expenses you have spent on. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him a lot.
[5]It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.
[6]Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.
[7]Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was regarded as a great leader in Poland’s history.
【小题1】Why did the student decide to hold the musical concert? (Within 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
【小题2】What do you know about Ignacy J. Paderewski? (Within 15 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
【小题3】Please find a word in the text to replace the word “recital” in Paragraph 2.
____________________________________________________________________________
【小题4】How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
【小题5】What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届江苏省高一第一次阶段练习英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Once the King of India was ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, 36 him and said, “You will be well soon in a few days if you take bull’s milk.” The King was 37 , for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it 38 ?” he asked.
“Order Gulbo to get it for you,” answered the doctor, “He can do anything.” Gulbo was a person with great knowledge and was 39 to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him 40 . When the King told Gulbo what the doctor said and 41 him to get bull’s milk, Gulbo 42 understood what the doctor was trying to do.
When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the 43 . His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the 44 . On hearing what the King had asked for, she said, “don’t 45 , Father, I will help you.”
The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place 46 the King’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise 47 the King could not sleep. The King got very angry and sent a guard to 48 what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the King. “Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” said the King.
The girl 49 to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby, I was 50 all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean 51 for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”
“What!” cried the King. “Are you trying to make a 52 of me? I have never heard of man having a baby.”
“Well, if the King himself orders someone to get bull’s milk for him, 53 can’t a man have a baby?”
The King smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s 54 . Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk for his 55.”
1. A.checked B.tested C.judged D.examined
2. A.pleased B.surprised C.touched D.moved
3. A.possible B.impossible C.usual D.unusual
4. A.a friend B.an enemy C.a neighbor D.a patient
5. A.suffer B.happy C.angry D.laugh
6. A.begged B.ordered C.decided D.demanded
7. A.suddenly B.certainly C.immediately D.directly
8. A.chance B.situation C.position D.difficulty
9. A.matter B.wrong C.thing D.problem
10. A.frighten B.worry C.doubt D.fear
11. A.above B.on C.below D.under
12. A.but B.when C.as D.that
13. A.find out B.get out C.take out D.bring out
14. A.began B.looked C.became D.pretended
15. A.busy B.free C.surprised D.anxious
16. A.food B.clothes C.boxes D.something
17. A.trick B.joke C.friend D.fool
18. A.why B.how C.who D.what
19. A.girl B.daughter C.wife D.friend
20. A.daughter B.son C.girl D.baby
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届山东省平邑县曾子学校高二期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
阅读表达:
[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
[2]They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
[3]The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight(困境). They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance(差额) $400. They promised to pay the cheque at the soonest possible.
[4]“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct(扣除)whatever expenses you have spent on. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him a lot.
[5]It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.
[6]Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.
[7]Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was regarded as a great leader in Poland’s history.
1.Why did the student decide to hold the musical concert? (Within 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
2.What do you know about Ignacy J. Paderewski? (Within 15 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
3.Please find a word in the text to replace the word “recital” in Paragraph 2.
____________________________________________________________________________
4.How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
5.What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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