Imagine looking for your lost dog. You step into a cave（洞穴）. But instead of the dog, you find beautiful cave paintings. You see paintings of horses, deer, and bison that are drawn in black, brown, red and yellow. Your first question would probably be "Who did this?"
This is what happened to four French boys in 1940. They found the Lascaux caves. The paintings the boys discovered in those caves are 17,000 years old. They were drawn by the ancient people called Cro-Magnons.
Cro-Magnons looked much like people of today. They used tools, such as fishing nets. But their art was extremely good. The main cave at Lascaux is called the Great Hall of Bulls, which has a picture of bulls and horses in many colors. The largest animal is 18 feet long. There are smaller animals, such as bison, stags（雄鹿） and a bear. There is also a strange spotted two-horned (两只角的) animal.
To the left of the main cave are the most famous paintings that are the drawings of multicolored animals. One painting is called Little Horses. On the ceiling are horses and cows. The most unusual sight may be in the Shaft of the Dead Man where there is a thinoceros (犀牛), a carefully drawn dead man, a wounded bison and a bird.
Why did Cro-Magnon artists do these beautiful drawings on cave walls? Did the drawings call upon some magical power? Did the Cro-Magnon people hope that the drawings would bring good luck? There is one thing the paintings seem to tell us. The Cro- Magnons were interested in the world. They looked at beauty and they understood it.
1.The author uses the word "you" in the first paragraph to _____.
A. pull the reader into the story
B. make it clear that this is a true story
C. give the reader good directions to find the caves
D. compare present-day readers with the Cro-Magnon people
2.Most of the drawings in the caves are about _____.
A. boys B. tools C. dead men D. animals
3.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Cave paintings are beautiful.
B. Who found the beautiful cave paintings.
C. The Lascanx caves hold ancient colorful paintings.
D. Drawings of horses are on the walls of the Lascaux caves.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届天津河东区高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The London Eye 4D Film Experience started in August and is included in the London Eye ticket price. It is a fantastic 4D film to entertain you before your trip on the London Eye. The 4D effects are great.
No Extra Cost to You
That’s right; you buy your ticket for the London Eye and 4D cinema experience. Merlin Entertainments, the London Eye owners, spent 5 million creating the film and building the 4D cinema and wanted to improve the value for money of the London Eye.
What to Expect
The 4D Cinema entrance is in the ticket hall. So after buying your ticket, go straight to it, where you’ll be given a pair of glasses. About 160 visitors will pass through the 4D cinema every 8 minutes so don’t worry about waiting time. People in the bright pink cinema are all standing on four levels. The top level is designed for wheelchairs.
London Eye 4D Film
Put on your glasses and enjoy yourself. The story is about a little girl visiting London with her father and she wants to be higher to get a better view so she comes to the London Eye. It differs from watching the 3D film for all your senses are involved. When it snows on screen, you feel it snows in the cinema. And when you watch the fireworks, you can really smell them.
For a short film, less than four minutes, before the main attraction you think you’ve come for, you are going to love this free extra. I stood there with my mouth wide open at the end as many others did. It’s fantastic! The effects are the Hollywood standard as no expense is spared. I was lucky enough to try the film three times on the first day and I still want to go back again.
1.What does the author mainly tell us in this passage?
A. He mainly introduces the 4D film of Merlin Entertainments.
B. He mainly introduces the London Eye entertainment centre.
C. He mainly tells us his experiences while creating the 4D film.
D. He mainly introduces to us how to take part in the 4D film.
2.Why did the Merlin Entertainments build the 4D film cinema?
A. Because it wanted to attract more visitors to London.
B. Because it wanted to increase the value of the London Eye.
C. Because it could provide more entertainments for visitors.
D. Because it could earn more money from the public in the UK.
3. Where could people get into the 4D film cinema?
A. Under the London Eye.B. In the Hollywood.
C. In the ticket hall.D. In the ticket centre.
4.While seeing a 4D film, people will feel ________.
A. greatly frightenedB. much worried
C. sweet smellD. as if they were on the scene
5.According to the passage, a 4D film probably lasts about ________.
A. 4 secondsB. 8 seconds
C. 4 minutesD. 8 minutes
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届甘肃河西五市高三第二次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
We can stay young forever. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world. And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging.
His solution is a herbal medicine to slow the process of aging.
Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called “shen”.
According to Shen, it is the kidney which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Studies conducted by Dr. Shen show that herbal medicine based on the shen system slow the aging process, says a report in The Telegraph newspaper.
We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness in general, and wrinkles, among others. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells contain a particular substance called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.
So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young?
This is where Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine comes in. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.
1. How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?
A. By studying Western medicine.
B. By learning traditional Chinese medicine.
C. By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.
D. By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.
2.What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?
A. Medical treatment.
B. People’s good kidney.
C. Level of people’s activity.
D. Positive life attitude.
3.The reason why people become old is that _________.
A. their bodies are unable to fight diseases
B. their bodies produce T-cells
C. they have reduced strength, loss of hair
D. they become weaker and weaker
4.We can probably learn from the passage that _________.
A. people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body
B. the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health
C. it remains unknown how effective Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine is
D. producing more low calorie food allows people to keep young
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年浙江杭州七校高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Italy is one country where beauty is prized more than any other virtue(美德). That is, except in the small town of Piobbico, the self-declared World Capital of Ugly People. The road sign at the edge of the town even warns visitors that they are entering the ugly zone. People who consider themselves ugly have been gathering in Piobbico since the 1960s. That’s when Ugly Club president Telesforo Lacobelli established a dating agency for women who believed they were too ugly to attract husbands. Lacobelli believes that he is ugly himself because he has a short nose in a country where long or large noses have always been considered beautiful.
People from around the world travel to Piobbico to tell their sad stories of ugliness. During the annual Festival of the Ugly, which occurs on the first Sunday of every September, hundreds of people gather in Piobbico’s town square to elect the president of the Ugly Club. Lacobelli wins the election every year. The Ugly Club has over 20, 000 members. They carry ID cards that grade their ugliness from bearable to extreme. A prize is awarded to Ugly Club members who qualify as extremely ugly.
The Ugly Club president insists that ugliness is a virtue. Since beautiful people get a lot of attention for their beauty alone, they have to work hard to prove their other virtues. Ugly people, on the other hand, are genuine and do not have to prove anything to anybody, according to Lacobelli.
Lacobelli is a spokesperson for ugly people everywhere. He believes that the uglier one is, the better life can be. Though the club enjoys making fun of beauty, especially beauty contests, Lacobelli has a serious side as well. He believes that too many people suffer from financial and emotional pressures because they don’t meet society’s standards of beauty. The fact that beautiful people are more successful in the workforce is a problem that Lacobelli has attempted to bring forward to the Italian public and government.
1.Piobbico is rather special in that_________ .
A. it is a very small town
B. it is home to ugly people
C. it receives no visitors
D. it is the capital of Italy
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Ugly people are most respected in Italy.
B. The Festival of the Ugly is held every two years.
C. Ugly people are unfairly treated in society.
D. The uglier one is, the better life he or she lives.
3.Why is Lacobelli elected the president of the Ugly Club every year?
A. Because he is the ugliest person in the whole world.
B. Because his ugliness is always graded as bearable.
C. Because he is a spokesperson for ugly people everywhere.
D. Because he was won the member’s trust and admiration.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Ugly Capital of the World
B. The Ugliest Person of the World
C. Festival of the Ugly
D. Beauty Contests Should be Banned.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年辽宁五校协作体高一下期中考试英语卷（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。
Last night it was still light out when I returned home from work. My new neighbors and his _________ were in their favorite place, outside in the yard, playing baseball. The young boy always reports to me how many "home runs" he hits and I always clap and _________ for him.
These guys are special. Where you see one of them, the other is not far away. The dad is always talking with the child face to face, _________ on the child… not talking on a cellphone or walking ahead of the boy so that he has to run to _________ him. This guy is really great. It _________ my heart to see a father and son enjoying each other's _________ like they do.
As they were returning to their upstairs apartment, I_________ the dad if his son had a _________ . The boy was far ahead and couldn't hear us. He said no. I _________ no time going to the store and I was beside myself with excitement as I _________ a new bike in a style that most kids like. I_________ the bike into my car carefully and off I went.
At home, I took out the bike and carried it upstairs to their _________ and left it outside the door. Not an easy _________ for a 50-year-old woman! About five minutes later, they were at my door, with the boy dancing up and down with _________ , the dad humble (谦卑的）and _________ . I told the dad that I needed to get rid of a bike that I was _________ for a friend, and he was happy to take it from me. Now the two of them have another_________ they can do together.
I told the dad _________ proud I was of him for valuing quality time with his son. It's something the boy will _________ throughout his life. For me, it's one of life's _________ to see them together.
1.A. daughter B. son C. sister D. brother
2.A. call B. care C. cheer D. prepare
3.A. focusing B. depending C. carrying D. passing
4.A. put up with B. keep up with C. look up to D. look forward to
5.A. breaks B. burns C. hurts D. warms
6.A. company B. benefit C. respect D. hope
7.A. told B. demanded C. asked D. suggested
8.A. doll B. toy C. car D. bike
9.A. saved B. wasted C. spent D. had
10.A. picked out B. gave out C. broke out D. figured out
11.A. sent B. filled C. charged D. put
12.A. apartment B. office C. shop D. hotel
13.A. effort B. duty C. task D. road
14.A. courage B. excitement C. calmness D. disappointment
15.A. active B. careful C. serious D. thankful
16.A. repairing B. producing C. storing D. hiding
17.A. activity B. interest C. movement D. experiment
18.A. why B. how C. what D. whether
19.A. imagine B. expect C. follow D. remember
20.A. purposes B. dreams C. pleasures D. secrets
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届海南海口湖南师大附中海口中学高三第四次模拟考英语卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的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
This Way to Dreamland
Daydreaming means people think about something pleasant，especially when this makes them forget what they should be doing. Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of what’s happening around them. They can seem forgetful and clumsy.__ 1.___They annoy us because they seem to be ignoring us and missing the important things.
But daydreamers are also responsible for some of the greatest ideas and achievements in human history._ 2.__ Can you imagine what kind of world we would have without such ideas and inventions?
So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?
First，understand that some opportunities(机会) for daydreaming are better than others. Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slip into daydreams._ 3.__ And if you want to improve your chances of having a creative idea while you’re daydreaming，try to do it while you are involved in another task—preferably something simple，like taking a shower or walking，or even making meaningless drawings.
It’s also important to know how to avoid daydreams for those times when you really need to concentrate. “Mindfulness”，being focused，is a tool that some people use to avoid falling asleep.__ 4.____
Finally，you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your mind has moved slowly away.___ 5.___
Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.
A. Having interesting things to think about also helps.
B. They stare off into space and wander by themselves.
C. Without wandering minds，we wouldn’t have relativity，Coke or Post-it notes.
D. At one time，daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses.
E. It involves slow，steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.
F. Daydreams are often very simple and direct，quite unlike sleep dreams，which may be hard to understand.
G. Therefore，it’s a good idea to keep a notebook or voice recorder nearby when you’re in the daydream zone.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆八中高一下期中考试英语试卷（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。
As we know, it is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken is no _________ . Several decades ago he made a mistake — a (n) _________ mistake, though.
On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his _________ was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Congo. On his way back home, he _________ into his shirt pocket for his glasses, but they were gone. So he drove back to the church. His search proved_________ . When he _________ replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and _________ into one of the cases. His new glasses, having _________ him ＄20, were heading for Congo that morning! He had to drive home _________ .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report at my grandfather’s church, which Grandpa also attended.
The director said, “I must thank you for the _________ you sent last year. The bandits (土匪) had just swept through the orphanage, _________ everything, including my glasses. _________ I had the money, there was simply no way of _________ the broken pair of glasses. _________not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day. Then your cases _________ . When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, with the _________ , he continued: “When I tried _________ the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me! It was amazing!”
The people listened, _________ for the miraculous glasses. But the director must have _________ their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their _________ of things to be sent overseas. But Grandpa was sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face.
1.A. similarity B. success C. luck D. exception
2.A. perfect B. foolish C. formal D. common
3.A. factory B. church C. family D. country
4.A. turned B. reached C. filled D. put
5.A. proper B. reasonable C. useless D. necessary
6.A. mentally B. physically C. softly D. directly
7.A. fallen B. jumped C. forced D. broke
8.A. offered B. spent C. paid D. cost
9.A. disappointed B. pleased C. nervous D. satisfied
10.A. cases B. clothes C. glasses D. wishes
11.A. cutting B. destroying C. defending D. recording
12.A. Unless B. As long as C. Until D. Even though
13.A. replacing B. selling C. wearing D. changing
14.A. Except for B. Along with C. Rather than D. As for
15.A. disappeared B. flew C. arrived D. broken
16.A. preparation B. regret C. satisfaction D. wonder
17.A. out B. over C. for D. on
18.A. sorry B. happy C. bored D. stressed
19.A. confused B. connected C. combined D. compared
20.A. case B. order C. list D. search
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆八中高二下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
I was 11 when you were born, and in your first few years I often looked after you, bathed and dressed you and took you out for walks. I have______ memories of your childhood. Of ______you up as a “rock star”. Of watching you dance ______ nightclothes. Of your insistence that I make your school lunch ______ I put so much more peanut butter on your ______ than anyone else. Of the______ phone call we ever had----an echo (共鸣) of my own university years—when you wanted to ______ university and study dance.
Since we have grown up, I have lived through you, although you may not know it. You had the opportunity I so ______ wanted but never got ---- to train in the dancing arts. I encouraged our parents to support you because I have always ______ how my life would be if they hadn’t chosen a(n) ______ career path for me, their eldest child.
I know you have ______ to hunt for work and confidence, and that you probably wonder sometimes if you made the right choice. ______ , I am happy for you and proud that I played some small role in helping you to ______ a dream.
There is a ______ between us now. It has grown since I first left home, and in the ______ I missed your teenager years. That ______ me greatly. I imagine that you believe we have very little in common—a ______ in the city and a biologist in West Africa---but in you I ______ some of my own dreams realized.
But beyond that, even at 12 or 13 I felt as much a mother to you as an older sister. So, on the rare ______ when we see each other, I want to know everything, from your concerns, hopes to delights.
I wish, there were an arm’s ______ between us. I hope we can one day be sisters or friends again. I still make a tasty peanut butter sandwich for you.
1.A. vivid B. admirable C. awful D. painful
2.A. making B. dressing C. taking D. picking
3.A. on B. over C. in D. with
4.A. as B. while C. though D. if
5.A. noodles B. pies C. cakes D. sandwiches
6.A. longest B. farthest C. simplest D. hardest
7.A. give in to B. look away from C. drop out of D. go in for
8.A. merely B. scarcely C. perfectly D. badly
9.A. wondered B. regretted C. realized D. believed
10.A. special B. traditional C. official D. original
11.A. managed B. struggled C. preferred D. rejected
12.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
13.A. support B. oppose C. have D. follow
14.A. plan B. promise C. conflict D. distance
15.A. experience B. process C. situation D. direction
16.A. frightens B. touches C. upsets D. comforts
17.A. dancer B. teacher assistant C. actress D. rock star
18.A. hope B. see C. keep D. remember
19.A. stages B. vacations C. spots D. occasions
20.A. width B. height C. length D. depth
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林长春外国语校高一下第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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。
In ancient times the king of Greece was sick. The doctor came, _________ him and said, “You will be well soon in a few days if you take a bull’s milk.” The king was _________ , for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it _________ ?” 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 a(n) _________ to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him_________ . When the king told Gulbo what the doctor said and _________ him to get a bull’s milk, Gulbo _________ understood what the doctor was trying to do.
When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the _________ . His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the _________ . On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, “Don’t_________ , 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 _________ the king’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made _________ much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and sent a guard to _________ what had happened. 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 _________ to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father _________ a baby. I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean_________ for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”
“What!” cried the king. “Are you trying to make a _________ of me?” I have never heard of a man having a baby.”
“Well, if the king himself orders someone to get a bull’s milk for him, _________ can’t a man have a baby?”
The king smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s _________ . Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk to his _________.
1.A. looked B. tested C. examined D. judged
2.A. surprised B. pleased C. touched D. moved
3.A. impossible B. possible C. usual D. unusual
4.A. enemy B. friend C. neighbor D. patient
5.A. excite B. delight C. anger D. suffer
6.A. begged B. decided C. ordered D. suggested
7.A. quickly B. directly C. correctly D. suddenly
8.A. situation B. chance C. position D. place
9.A. wrong B. matter C. thing D. problem
10.A. frighten B. worry C. doubt D. fear
11.A. above B. on C. over D. below
12.A. such B. that C. more D. so
13.A. get out B. find out C. take out D. bring out
14.A. began B. looked C. pretended D. became
15.A. had birth in B. gave birth to C. gave birth of D. had birth to
16.A. clothes B. food C. bowls D. bottles
17.A. lie B. trick C. fool D. friend
18.A. how B. why C. who D. what
19.A. daughter B. girl C. wife D. friend
20.A. daughter B. boy C. baby D. sister
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