To develop one’s taste in English，the most effective way is to read English books extensively. However, one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books，especially as a beginner.I would like to share some of my experience.
My first English novel was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice，recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But I had great difficulty in understanding the novel，let alone enjoying it. It’s not the vocabulary that troubled me，but rather the way Austen constructs sentences，and her way of thinking，which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway’s novel Farewell to Arms. I particularly liked his brief and lively style. So my first suggestion is，as a beginner, you’d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.
However，reading novels is not the only way to improve your English. English essays can at once inform you，entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the unique sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲理) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.
Never follow other’s opinions blindly，however famous or influential the person might be. As a saying goes，one man’s meat is another man’s poison. With that in mind，we are sure to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.
1.What made the author’s first English novel hard to understand?
A. Complex conversations.
B. Not knowing the social background.
C. The old-fashioned vocabulary.
D. Sentences and Austen’s thinking pattern.
2.Which can best replace the underlined word“ indispensable”?
A. necessary B. challenging
C. related D. inspired
3.What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?
A. Choose books that challenging us most.
B. Read books that are instructive.
C. Don’t be affected by other’s choices.
D. Compare books before buying.
4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. Give comments on literature works.
B. Tell beginners how to choose English books.
C. Encourage people to read more English books.
D. Recommend first-class books to English learners.
阅读快车系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年浙江温州中学高二上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
Once a circle missed a wedge（楔子）. The circle wanted to be 1. , so it went around looking for its missing piece. It was uncompleted and therefore could roll only very slowly. While rolling, it admired the flowers along the way, 2. (chat) with worms and enjoyed the sunshine.
One day the circle found a piece that 3. perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole with nothing missing. It fixed the missing piece in itself and began to 4. . Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talk to 5. . When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it 6. and left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange 7. we are whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some way a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to desire, to hope, to nourish his soul 8. the dream of something better.
When we accept that imperfection is part of human being, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can 9. wish to.
If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to share in another’s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fullness that 10. other living creature will ever know.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年湖北沙市高一上第四次双周练英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
With the development of science and technology, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made people’s lives easy and convenient. But as the saying puts: A coin has two sides.
One day, I was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
Pumping petrol at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe(刷)your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?
Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into ATM?
Pretty soon you won’t have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery shop. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise…they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because I didn't really have time to talk. The communications industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.
1. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. The Advance（进步） of Communications Technology
B. The Consequences（结果） of Modern Technology
C. The Process of Communications Revolution
D. The Automation（自动化） of Modern Communications
2. Paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is ___________.
A. encouraging B. disappointing
C. satisfying D. embarrassing
3. The passage implies（暗示） that _______________.
A. modern technology is bridging the people
B. modern technology is separating the people
C. modern technology is developing too rapidly
D. modern technology is interrupting our lives
4. What does the writer think to do with the modern technology?
A. We may use them no matter what others are doing.
B. We can throw them away and return to the ancient.
C. We can be far away from them forever.
D. We can use them less and communicate with the people around us.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年内蒙古高一上第二次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
World Book Day is a celebration of all things wonderful about books for all ages, with author events, school fancy-dress parades and a ￡1 book token（购书券）given to all school children under 18. It is a yearly event on 23rd April, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) to promote reading.
In the United Kingdom, the day is recognized on the first Thursday in March. On 3rd March 2016 children of all ages in the UK will come together to appreciate reading. Sometimes, reading a modern novel can be tough ( Booker Prize winner The Luminaries runs to 832 pages! ), especially if reading is not your strong suit. In fact, one in six people in the UK never pick up a book because they’ve experienced difficulties or are out of the habit of reading for pleasure.
The Galaxy Quick Reads series are designed to introduce reluctant readers to bestselling short funny novels, which bring the joy of reading without demanding hours of concentrated time. They cover a range of subjects, from romance to comedy.
Jojo Moyes’s Paris For One is a romantic adventure in which 26-year-old Nell books a weekend away to Paris with her lazy, neglectful boyfriend. When he fails to turn up, she is alone in the city. That is, until she meets Fabien, who shows her the charms of the French capital -- in more ways than one.
Adele Geras’s moving story Out In The Dark was set in World War I, in which young Rob came back from the battlefields. Determined to find the officer’s widow to return the photo of her and their daughter that the captain kept with him, he traveled several thousand miles but never gave up.
Dead Man Talking is a fantastic tale of Pat, who had a terrible fight with his best friend, Joe, ten years ago -- but now hears that Joe is dead, and he must attend his funeral. But Joe is not going quietly that very night -- he’s lying in his coffin being very chatty indeed.
1.What is the main aim of the World Book Day?
A. To promote book selling. B. To encourage reading.
C. To win authors fame. D. To perfect education.
2.If you lack confidence in your reading skills, you will probably avoid reading _____.
A. The Luminaries B. Paris For One
C. Dead Man Talking D. Out In The Dark
3.What else do you expect the author to introduce?
A. A romance. B. A comedy.
C. A horror story. D. A moving story.
4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TURE ?
A. The Luminaries tells a story of a Booker Prize winner.
B. Paris For One tells a story of Nell and Fabien.
C. Out In The Dark is a story during World WarⅡ.
D. Dead Man Talking is a story of Pat and his talkative friend.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017吉林长春十一中、白城一中高二上期中英语卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
请根据句子意思在空白处填写单词，每空一词，注意词形变化。
1.At first my new_________(环境)were difficult to tolerate.
2.Luckily, I passed my driving test at the first _________ (尝试) .
3.Don’t be so_________ (贪吃的)！Leave some cake for others.
4.They are_________(呼吁) to the public to help the homeless children.
5.Cut the melon in half and _________ (榨；挤) the juice into the bowl.
6.The pain was _________ (难以忍受的)，so I had to go to the doctor’s.
7.You must be thirsty now. I have _________ (倒) a glass of water for you.
8.The media keep us_________ (告知) of what is going on around us at any time.
9.Jane was confident because she had prepared for the interview _________(详尽地).
10.We didn’t put John’s name on the race list because of his recent _________(受伤).
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东枣庄三中高二6月学情调查英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
Undoubtedly, everyone has one or more friends in his or her daily life. Someone may come across the fact __1.___ one of his friends borrows some money from him but doesn’t return __2.___ in time. At this time, he must be faced with the question how __3.__ (ask) his friend to return his money, __4.__ person or by writing a letter?
If I were forced to choose one of the two, I would prefer ___5.__ latter. Once I received a letter from one of my friends __6.__ (unexpected), in which he asked me to return his money in a polite way. In my opinion, the letter doesn’t hurt me. Instead, it helps me to get along with my friend ___7.__ (closely) than ever before. If I hadn’t received his letter, it would ___8.___ (ruin) our friendship only because of some money.
As far as I am concerned, everyone suffers ___9.___ the strain of modern life. If you drop in on your friend just because you want to get your money back, it will hurt your friend and obviously hurt your relationship. However, a kind letter not only can solve the problem ___10.___ upsets you, but also can further develop your relationship.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东枣庄三中高二6月学情调查英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Arthur Miller (1915—2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
1.Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?
A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B. He was attracted by the “Great American Dream.”
C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D. His family business failed
2.The play Death of a Salesman________.
A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world
B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D. focuses on the skills in doing business
3.After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________.
A. achieved huge success
B. won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年贵州思南中学高二上半期考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Nowadays people are putting our water supply in danger, because they use too much water or throw rubbish into the river. You may wonder how paving(铺砌) a road can lead to less usable fresh water. A major part of thewaterweuse every day is groundwater. Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers. It comes from underground. The more roads and parking lots we pave，the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.
Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages(短缺). Drier climates are of course more likely to have droughts(干旱) than areas with morerainfall，but in any case, good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our basic needs.
Thinking about the way we use water every day can make a big difference，too. In the United States，a family of four can use 1.5 tons of water a day! This shows how much we depend on water to live，but there's a lot we can do to lower the number.
You can take steps to save water in your home. To start with，use the same glass for your drinking water all day. Wash it only once a day. Run your dishwasher (洗碗机)only when it is full. Help your parents fix any leaks in your home. You can even help to keep our water supply clean by recycling batteries instead of throwing them away.
1.Which of the following is most likely to lead to less groundwater?
A．Using river water.
B．Throwing batteries away.
C．Paving parking lots.
D．Throwing rubbish into lakes.
2.What can be inferred from the text?
A．All water shortages are due to human behavior.
B．It takes a lot of effort to meet our water needs.
C．There is much we can do to reduce family size.
D．The average family in America makes proper use of water.
3.The last paragraph is intended to________．
A．show us how to fix leaks at home
B．tell us how to run a dishwasher
C．prove what drinking glass is best for us
D．suggest what we do to save water at home
4.The text is mainly about________．
A．why paving roads reduces our water
B．how much we depend on water to live
C．why droughts occur more in dry climates
D．how human activity affects our water supply
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年西藏拉萨中学高二上第三次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处错误，各涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
We all enjoy read short stories by O. Henry, such as “The last leaf” and “The Gift of Magi”.
Fewer writers in the world have ever put into prison. And even fewer took great success in prison. While O. Henry, the famous short story writer, was one of him. O. Henry, his real name was William Sidney Porter, was born on September 11, 1862.
In 1884, O. Henry entered the First National Bank as teller (出纳). On February 10, 1896, Henry was said to have something to do with the disappearance of $1,150 from the bank. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment
In order to make money support his family, O. Henry began write stories to magazines. These stories became quiet popular with readers.
O. Henry died in New York in January 5, 1910. He was buried in North Carolina, the state where he was born.
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