My friend BJ Gallagher told me a great story recently, about her own experience with resentment (愤恨). She once worked as the training manager for a large newspaper, where she found the corporate culture extremely frustrating. The company was a hundred years old and their past success ha
d blinded them to the need for change. Finally, after butting heads with several senior executives (主管) many times, she left the company. But she found that she hadn’t left her resentment, frustration, and anger behind when she resigned.
“I finally decided to write about my experiences and my feelings at the newspaper. I wanted to be rid of that company and those people, once and for all. So I wrote and I wrote. It wasn’t just a story that poured out; it was a whole book! We called it A peacock in the Land of Penguins. I was the peacock and those newspaper executives were the penguins.”
“It took me several more years to finally get over my negative emotions. Through a lot of soul-searching and reflection, I finally was able to let go of my resentment. I came to see that there was nothing personal in the way they treated me, and they were good people doing what they thought best for the company. I was the one who had made it personal. I thought they were making my life miserable on purpose.”
“Finally, the time came when I decided to make amends (弥补) for the sharp, angry things I had said about the company. I invited my former boss to dinner and made my apology. It was a great healing process for me. I finally felt free of the resentment that had been eating me up.”
“What was the final outcome?” I asked her.
“Gratitude,” she replied. “Not only wasn’t I resentful any more, I was grateful to the company. If I hadn’t had those painful experiences, I would never have written a book. And the book became hugely successful – now published in 21 languages; it transformed my business.”
1.What made BJ Gallagher frustrated in the company?
A. Unfair treatment by the senior executives.
B. The culture and tradition of the company.
C. The strict rules in the company.
D. Her low position in the company.
2.Why did BJ Gallagher write about her experiences and feelings at the company?
A. To make peace with the executives.
B. To make suggestions to the company.
C. To do soul-searching and reflection.
D. To express her anger.
3.What does the underlined part “butting heads with” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. making friends with B. working with
C. arguing with D. spending time with
4.BJ Gallagher finally felt grateful to the company because _______.
A. she was forgiven by her former executives
B. she was accepted by the company again
C. her painful experiences there was valuable for her
D. she learned how to forgive others
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年宁夏育才中学勤行校区高一下6月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Agatha Christie used to go out at night. She will never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago.
That evening, she was invited to a birthday party which lasted till 2 o'clock in the morning. Without company, Agatha walked home along the quiet street. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building, a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I don't think you wish to die here!”“What do you want?” Agatha asked.
“Your earrings (耳环). Take them off!”Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings, and then she quickly threw them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go.” she said. The robber was uncertain. He saw that the girl didn't care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace. He realized the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It's not worth much. Please let me keep it.”
“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”
With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to her home.
The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds ten shillings (先令).
1.Agatha will never forget the night because ________.
A. she was robbed of her earrings
B. she was robbed but she fooled the robber
C. she had such a nice time at the party
D. it is dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night
2.Why did she try to protect her necklace? ________.
A. She didn’t want the robber to notice it.
B. It was cheaper than the earrings.
C. It was worth keeping.
D. She would rather have it robbed.
3.The story wants to tell us ________.
A. Agatha was brave and clever
B. the robber was foolish
C. a necklace is usually more expensive than earrings
D. never stay too late at an evening party
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年宁夏育才中学孔德校区高一下6月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When Cathleen Gardiner’s twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her that they were a pair in a million. One had Down syndrome(低能综合症), while the other did not. Here, Cathleen tells their touching story.
Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. Though he had a disability(残疾), we have never viewed him as a burden. He has always been a blessing. The doctors explained that though they were twins, they came from two different eggs. Lisa could walk at 11 months old, while Sean didn’t take his first steps till he w as three. By two, Lisa was talking a lot, but Sean wasn’t able to speak until he was nearly four.
For the first five years of his life, Sean needed a great deal of care. Looking after him was my full-time job, though I also worked as a technical adviser in a computing company. We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities. We sent them to the same primary school even after doctors advised us that Sean should go to a school for the disabled.
We had to explain to Lisa that he wouldn’t learn as quickly as she would. She told us that she’d help him with his school work. Having a non-disabled twin has really helped Sean develop. The love they share has given him a great deal of support. Now Sean and Lisa are both about to finish high school. I don’t think he would have done nearly as well today without Lisa’s help.
1.At least how many children does Mrs. Gardiner have?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. One.
2.Mrs. Gardiner and her husband regarded Sean as _______.
A. a boy making others touched
B. a normal child without disabilities
C. a special gift
D. a burden of their family
3.The third paragraph mainly tells us that _______.
A. the couple treated the twins equally
B. Cathleen did all she could to look after Sean
C. the couple didn’t follow the doctor’s advice
D. the couple encouraged Sean to grow up
4.This passage tells us that _________.
A. love can do wonders
B. nobody is foolish or clever
C. being stupid doesn’t matter
D. all men are born equal
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年辽宁东北育才校高二下第二段考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
It can be rude to talk politics over dinner…explicitly at least. But subtle linguistic cues might reveal more than you think about your political views, whether at the dinner table—or on Twitter. "There's a lot of information in the details of our language." Matthew Purver, a computational linguist at Queen Mary University of London. "The little words we use, the way we join together our sentences, and the kind of interactional patterns, where we react to other people."
Purver’s research team used Twitter as their communications forum, randomly selecting 28,000 users, half of whom clearly followed one political party’s Twitter feeds, for example, @GOP, but not the other, for a more or less even split among Republicans and Democrats. Then they analyzed the words in those users' timelines during a two-week period in June 2014.
As you might expect, the tweets of users who followed Republican accounts were a lot more likely to contain words like "obamacare" and "benghazi," whereas "bridge gate" came up more among Democratic followers.
But the researchers also found that the left-leaners were much more likely to use words like sh#& and fu@$ than were the righties. And whereas Republican followers preferred plural pronouns like "we" or "us," Democratic followers used more singular pronouns, like "I" or "me.".
That pronoun use could reflect previous work on how people on the right and left forge their political views. "People on the right end of the political spectrum are more likely to be concerned with group conformity. Whereas people who tend to be on the left are perhaps more likely to see their morals or their values deriving from individualistic ideas, if you like." The study is in the journal PLoS ONE.
Of course, just following a political account is not proof of political belief. But these findings suggest that algorithms may increasingly be able to read between the lines, detecting nuances in human communication that even we humans can't perceive.
1.What is the meaning of "There's a lot of information in the details of our language." ?
A. Information can be conveyed through the way of word combination, sentence pattern, etc. explicitly or implicitly.
B. We convey our meaning directly through language.
C. People say what they want.
D. Language is the only way we convey our meaning.
2.What result does Purver’s research team find?
A. Republican followers used more singular pronouns.
B. Democratic followers preferred plural pronouns like "we" or "us".
C. Republican followers are more likely to be concerned with group conformity.
D. Democratic followers did not care about government issues because they value individuality
3.What preference can pronoun use reflect?
A. That pronoun use could not reflect people’s political views.
B. Democratic followers are more likely to see their morals or their values deriving from individualistic ideas.
C. Either Democratic or Republican followers choose the pronouns at random.
D. Republican followers’ political views are on the left because they like to use the word conformity.
4.Which of the following is true?
A. It’s right to talk about politics over dinner.
B. People use Twitter to express their political views explicitly.
C. Humans may not perceive what we convey through language.
D. Linguistics has nothing to do with algorithms.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江西南昌市高二下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Guided Walking Week April 2016
Dates: April 30th-May 7th 2016
Location: Abdet, Costa Blanca
A week of guided walking in the mountains around Abdet. Highlights include the climbing of Valencia’s highest summit (Sierra de Aitana), traveling completely around the impressive Puig Campana, and several explorations in the Sierra de Aitana. Ancient trails lead through spectacular canyons( 峡谷 ) to abandoned settlements situated high in the mountains. You will discover the snow trader routes which lead from the incredible snow holes high in the mountains down to the villages and towns on the coast. These years, golden eagles have made a return to this area, and you may also see other animals—wild goats, foxes, wild pigs and red squirrels.
As part of the week you are invited to help clear some local walking paths. This involves clearing collapsed walls and rocks, cutting back fallen trees. This is of course optional and is just for half a day, it’s actually great fun!
Price:$499
Includes:
● Accommodation in the beautiful mountain village of Abdet
● All food-good home cooking
● Beer, wine, soft drinks
● Snacks and post walk treats
● Packed lunches & drinks(except café/bar visits)
● Expert guiding
● Photos/Videos of your days in the mountains
● Airport pick-up/return $25 each way(fly to Alicante)
● Single room supplement $75
To book or get further information, please contact info@abdet.com.
1.What will you find during the guided walking?
A. Climbing Sierra de Aitana is the most exciting
B. Ancient trails have changed into highways.
C. The environment in Abdet is getting better.
D. Traders live in incredible snow holes.
2.What may you enjoy if you pay $499?
A. Packed lunches including bar visits.
B. Good home cooking breakfast only.
C. Bus stop pick-up/return each way.
D. Pictures and professional guiding
3.What do the details presented in the ad suggest?
A. Clearing walking paths is a must
B. People can book the walking online.
C. Accommodation conditions are tough.
D. The walking ends on April 30th 2016
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江苏盐城中学高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
_______ the best in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships ________21,000 dollars.
A. Judging; would total B. To be judged; totaled
C. Having judged; to total D. Judged; totaling
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江苏盐城中学高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
_______ are playing an important part is well known to us all.
A. That who B. Those who C. Who that D. Who
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东深圳高级中学高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you ever have a chance to go to Finland, you’ll probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example．You can go _________ on a journey, tell the driver to _________ you at any place, say that you have some business to _________ , and that you will pay the taxi driver later. He will agree without any _________ but just accept your words in good _________ .
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their _________ , but also provide food for outside _________ ．Hotel guests have their meals free, so they _________ go to the free dining rooms to have their meals, and the _________ they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter．With such _________ check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to wine and dine free of _________ .
Finnish workers are paid by the hour．If you work in Finland and have _________ the boss on the hourly rate, then you just say how many hours you have worked and you’ll be paid_________ .
With so many loop holes in everyday life, surely Finland must be a good country to those who _________ to take “petty advantages”．But the_________ thing is, all the taxi passengers always come back to pay their _________ after they have attended to their business; not a _________ outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms; workers always give the exact hours they have _________．As the Finns always act on good faith and always have a (an) _________ of “right is right” and “wrong is wrong” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
What we regarded as “foolish” is _________ the Finnish people’s way of life．
1.A. somewhere B. anywhere C. sometime D. anytime
2.A. stop B. pass C. drop D. pick
3.A. attend to B. take care C. take up D. appeal to
4.A. guarantee B. anxiety C. passenger D. money
5.A. smile B. place C. seat D. faith
6.A. meals B. visitors C. guests D. cards
7.A. waiters B. diners C. drivers D. workers
8.A. naturally B. respectively C. secretly D. contently
9.A. best B. worst C. most D. least
10.A. strict B. complete C. troublesome D. loose
11.A. registration B. care C. charge D. noise
12.A. paid for B. debated with C. talked about D. agreed with
13.A. accordingly B. reluctantly C. separately D. automatically
14.A. hesitate B. hate C. love D. refuse
15.A. strange B. confusing C. complex D. imaginative
16.A. business B. trip C. fine D. fare
17.A. single B. faithful C. familiar D. usual
18.A. worked on B. put in C. spent on D. run out
19.A. religion B. law C. idiom D. attitude
20.A. eventually B. accidentally C. actually D. temporarily
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届高三复习跟踪检测英语试卷（23）（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
If you think that running marathons will help you live a long and healthy life, new research may come as a shock. According to a recent scientific study, people who do a very strenuous workout are as likely to die as people who do no exercise at all.
Scientists in Denmark have been studying over 1,000 joggers and non?joggers for 12 years. The death rates from the sample group indicate that people who jog at a moderate pace two or three times a week for less than two and a half hours in total are least likely to die. The best speed to jog at was found to be about 5 miles per hour. The research suggests that people who jog more than three times a week or at higher speeds of over 7 mph die at the same rate as non?joggers. The scientists think that this is because strenuous exercise causes structural changes to the heart and arteries (动脉). Over time, this can cause serious injuries.
Peter Schnohr, a researcher in Copenhagen, said, “If your goal is to decrease risk of death and improve life expectancy, jogging a few times a week at a moderate pace is a good strategy. Anything more is just unnecessary, and it may be harmful.”
The implications of this are that moderate forms of exercise such as tai chi, yoga and brisk walking may be better for us than “iron man” events, triathlons and long?distance running and cycling. According to Jacob Louis Marott, another researcher involved in the study，“You don't actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health.And perhaps you shouldn't actually do too much.”
1.The underlined word “strenuous” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “________”．
A．hard B．regular
C．practical D．flexible
2.The author presents some figures in Paragraph 2 to ________.
A．suggest giving up jogging
B．show risks of doing sports
C．provide supportive evidence
D．introduce the research process
3.According to the scientists, why is too much exercise harmful?
A．It may injure the heart and arteries.
B．It can make the body tired out.
C．It will bring much pressure.
D．It consumes too much energy.
4.What can be inferred from the text?
A．Jogging is the best exercise.
B．More exercise means a healthier life.
C．Marathons runners are least likely to die.
D．Proper exercise contributes to good health.
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