Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自觉的）effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.
Memory “trick” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber（理发师）shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.
We always seem to find something funny and amusing（有趣的）in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.
1.If you want to have a good memory, .
A. you should force yourself to remember things
B. you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise
C. you should never stop learning
D. you should try hard to remember tings
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.
B. One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.
C. The writer remembered to lock the door.
D. the writer remembered unlocking the front door.
3.From the sentence “We never get tired of hearing new ones”, we can infer that .
A. we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors
B. we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors
C. we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness
D. absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people
4.In the passage, the writer seems to tell you .
A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous
B. always forgetting things is understandable
C. forgetting things at times is natural
D. the way to protect yourself from memory “tricks”
5.The best title for this passage is .
A. How to Get a Good Memory
B.“Tricks”of Memory
C. Forgetfulness and absent-mindedness is Dangerous
D. Get rid of Absent-mindedness
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东深圳高中高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Many distinguished guests ______ at the party last night.
A. brought up B. turned up
C. made up D. set up
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山西太原市高二5月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
七选五
1. . Still, all flavors are based on just four basic tastes: sweet, bitter, salty, and sour. Some food experts argue there is a fifth basic taste called umami（a Japanese word that can be translated roughly as "tasty" or "savory"）, but this theory remains controversial. 2.
How can so few basic tastes give rise to the enormous number of flavors we experience? 3. Compare this to colors. There are only three basic colors—yellow, red, and blue—but when mixed in different ways and proportions, these three basic colors are sufficient to create the vast array of colors that we see every day.
Apart from being influenced by different combinations of the basic tastes, the experience of taste is also enriched by other sensations, such as odor (气味) and temperature. These functions together produce what we recognize as unique tastes. In fact, what we perceive as taste often involves smell more than the taste experienced through the tongue. 4. For example, cinnamon tastes quite mild to people who cannot enjoy its fragrant smell. The same is true of drinks, like hot coffee or tea, which taste best when they can be smelled and tasted.
5. The reason why hot, spicy foods like chili peppers are tasty is that they affect the lingual nociceptors. Nociceptors are small areas on the surface of the body that help protect us against injury. Nociceptors on the skin warn us of potential damage to the body. When we are pricked with a needle, for example, nociceptors represent that sensation as pain. A special kind of nociceptor called a lingual nociceptor is found on the tongue and, along with the other senses, helps us enjoy certain foods.
A. These are basic tastes that we are familiar with.
B. This is possible because the basic tastes combine in different proportions.
C. Each food we eat tastes different, and there are untold numbers of different tastes.
D. This is why foods with strong tastes often seem unattractive to people who, due to a stuffy nose, cannot smell them.
E. What can also contribute to the sensation of taste is our ability to feel pain.
F. So there are a small number of basic tastes that affect a big number of flavors.
G. Regardless of whether there are four or five basic tastes, the number is small.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林松原油田高中高二下期中考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Hard as you try to break with family tradition, your heart remains at home on the holidays.
---Tayari Jones
Everybody in my family always get excited about the Christmas. As the middle, artist child, I was going to do my own thing, make some new . From a book, I drew --- I would spend the holiday at an artist colony!
No one took the news very well. From the way my mother got angry me, you would think that I was divorcing the family. , I held my ground and made plans for my winter adventure in New Hampshire. About 30 artists were there, and it was as well artsy as I had . It felt like my life had become a strange independent film.
By Christmas Eve, I had been at the colony more than a week. The novelty (新奇感) was away. This was the holiday I’d always dreamed of. Not a Christmas sweater anywhere in . People here didn’t even say “Christmas,” they said “holiday.” Entire relaxation. Then why was I so ?
Finally, I home. My dad answered, but I could hear him for there was too much good-time noise in the background. He turned the volume on the Stevie Wonder holiday album and me that my mother was out shopping with my brothers. Now it was my turn to . They were having a fine Christmas without me.
Despite a heavy snowstorm, a large package near my door at the artist colony on Christmas morning. Tayari Jones was written in my mother’s beautiful . I grasped at that parcel(包裹) like I was five years old. Inside was a beautiful delicious cake, my . “Merry Christmas”, read the simple card . “We love you very much.”
As I sliced the cake, everyone around. Mother had sent a homemade gift. It was a minor Christmas miracle (奇迹) that one cake managed to feed so . We ate it from paper towels with our bare hands, satisfying a we didn’t know we had.
1.A. comments B. adjustments C. traditions D. possibilities
2.A. significance B. inspiration C. enthusiasm D. discovery
3.A. on B. about C. over D. with
4.A. But B. Therefore C. Still D. Moreover
5.A. imagined B. designed C. informed D. interviewed
6.A. fading B. taking C. putting D. giving
7.A. error B. danger C. return D. sight
8.A. happy B. excited C. sad D. fortunate
9.A. returned B. called C. escaped D. knocked
10.A. clearly B. sincerely C. barely D. extremely
11.A. down B. up C. in D. over
12.A. spoke B. said C. told D. talked
13.A. cry B. laugh C. disappoint D. upset
14.A. added up B. built up C. dug up D. showed up
15.A. handwriting B. words C. name D. letters
16.A. impact B. favorite C. ingredient D. option
17.A. outside B. upside C. inside D. downside
18.A. ran B. gathered C. scared D. flew
19.A. many B. lot C. much D. few
20.A. liberty B. hunger C. interest D. dilemma
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。
Last summer I had a chance to visit Paris. That attracted me most was the Eiffel Tower, where has become a symbol of France. I was deeply impressed by their height. I have never seen such tall building before! It is made of iron and it is about 7000 tons heavy. There have 1711 steps from the bottom to the top. Climb the tower made me very tired, but I was very exciting. I took a lot of photo in Paris.
I have much memories and experiences to share. I will remember my trip to the France forever!
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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。
My wife Andrea and I picked a great time to move to New York City just a few days before the super storm Sandy hit the place.
Although Sandy _________ my family to stay indoors for two days while the wind and rubbish swirled through my new neighborhood, it _________ some unusual opportunities for us to meet our _________ by serving them. Before the storm _________ , my family went for a walk. We knew we’d be closed up for a while. We should enjoy some _________ time while we could.
While we were walking we noticed a woman _________ a huge load of emergency supplies, _________ moving from the market to her _________ . She had three large piles of supplies. Each time she’d _________ 15 or 20 feet with a pile, set it down, then go back and get another.
The _________ was going to hit before she got all of her supplies up to her living place. _________ we were already set, we figured it would be a good _________ to get to know a neighbor.
So Andrea and I each _________ a pile of supplies and helped the woman get _________ home. We had a good time getting familiar with her. She was from the Caribbean. Andrea and I loved _________ her thick, rich accent. When the storm hit later that night, we felt a little less _________ because we had a friend just a few buildings _________ . After Sandy there were dozens of_________ of selfless acts of service on TV, as people helped friends, neighbors and strangers in need.
_________ others when you are in need of service yourself is a sign of greatness. As Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be _________ , because anybody can serve.”
1.A. invited B. expected C. forced D. ordered
2.A. missed B. awarded C. provided D. wasted
3.A. parents B. neighbors C. relatives D. customers
4.A. increased B. reduced C. disappeared D. hit
5.A. outside B. lost C. useless D. local
6.A. struggling with B. fighting for C. watching out D. turning to
7.A. quickly B. slowly C. hardly D. easily
8.A. office B. garage C. apartment D. village
9.A. drive B. run C. cycle D. walk
10.A. earthquake B. price C. car D. storm
11.A. Unless B. Since C. Until D. If
12.A. chance B. goal C. excuse D. experience
13.A. left B. lifted C. noticed D. bought
14.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
15.A. dealing with B. listening to C. laughing at D. commenting on
16.A. busy B. excited C. friendly D. lonely
17.A. here B. before C. away D. inside
18.A. reports B. notes C. results D. causes
19.A. Refusing B. Advising C. Requesting D. Serving
20.A. upset B. successful C. great D. grateful
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北孝感高中高二5月调考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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。
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。
I was not good in math in the first year of junior high school. Having been failed so many times in math exams, I was anxious about the subject. Every time I tried hardly to work out a math problem, I was afraid of making mistakes, that really made me feel helpless. Unluckily, I met a math teacher in the second year. She told me that I didn’t need to worry about making mistakes, because I could find out my shortcomings through my mistake. She always encouraged me to try again whenever I make a mistake. Thanks to my teacher’s encouragement, I became interesting in math and made rapid progresses. My experience proves that failure is the mother of success and we can learn a lot from our mistakes.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年黑龙江牡丹江一中高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried particularly about the lack of jobs, the cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism(种族偏见).
Despite these worries, I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job for my living expenses.
Determined to do this on my own, I spent a whole day going door to door asking for a job. However, I received little response. This became my routine every day after college for a few weeks.
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask whether there were any job opportunities. People there were very surprised, and advised me not to continue my job search in that manner. As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what the others had said, approached me and asked me to wait outside for a while. Fifteen minutes later, he returned. He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay confident. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to search for a job.
I was a little surprised but had a good feeling about him. He gave me some suggestions on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.
It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it .And this time，it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
1.What wasn’t the author’s mother worried about?
A. The author couldn’t speak the local language.
B. The author wasn’t familiar with local customs.
C. People might look down on the author.
D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.
2.After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author ______.
A. decided to go back to his own country
B. had to find a job to cover his living expenses
C. felt the local people were not very friendly
D. wanted to get a job that needed practical skills
3. When the author went into a building to look for a job, ______.
A. a clerk recommended him to the company he worked for
B. he was confident that he would find a good one
C. he found many college students like him already there
D. a clerk gave him encouragement and advice
4.What is the story mainly about?
A. How a stranger offered the author a job.
B. How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing.
C. How the author was helped to get a job by a stranger.
D. How the author adapted himself to a new situation.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年辽宁大石桥二中高二下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam? Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work. 1._ What they look for is your presence — to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears, but don’t let them focus on those fears.
Help them get organized. 2. Together , you and your teen can work out a time—table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.
Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy, balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best. 3. If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress.
4. Persuade your teenager to get some sleep or do something active when she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation, fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.
Show a positive attitude. 5. Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right , no matter what the results are.
A. A parent’s attitude will dictate their teen’s emotions.
B. Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite.
C. They will only make the situation worse.
D. Encourage your teen to relax.
E. The best thing is simply to listen.
F. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.
G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves
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