With her health _________, she had to quit the job she loved.
A. broken down B. broke down C. having broken down D to break down
科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
The story of how the song “Happy Birthday to You”came into being, began as a sweet one, which later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kinder-garten（幼儿园）, and Dr Patty Hill, the principal（院长，负责人）of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled “Good Morning to All”. When Mildred combined her musical talents with her sister's expertise（专长）in the area of Kin-dergarten Education, “Good Morning to All”was sure to be a success.
The sisters published the song in a collection entitled “Song Stories of the Kindergarten”in 1893. Twenty-one years later, after Dr Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's Teacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the song, without the sisters' permission. To add insult（侮辱）to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar “Happy Birthday to You”.
Mr Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, finally, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. “Happy Birthday to You”, the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, “Good Morning to All”.
After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, took Mr Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed（确定）, owned the melody（曲调）. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties（版税）from it, whenever it is sung for commercial（商业的）purposes.
(1)The first verse of the song was written for ________.
[ ]
A．Patty Hill's children
B．Mildred Hill's children
C．Mr Coleman's students
D．the students in a kindergarten
(2)Mr Coleman published the song and added a second verse in ________.
[ ]
(3)What does the underlined word “soured”probably mean?
[ ]
A．Had an unpleasant taste.
B．Got angry easily.
C．Became unpleasant.
D．Turned out well.
(4)Which of the following statements is NOT true?
[ ]
A．With permission from the Hill sisters, Mr Coleman published the song and added a second verse to the song.
B．The second verse made the song popular and, at last, the first verse disappeared.
C．Patty and Jessica took Robert H. Coleman to court after Mildred died.
D．The Hill's family legally owns the melody.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
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Steve: Hello. Can I (1) s________ to Pippa, please?
Voice: (2) T_______ is no Pippa here. This is 8826049.
Steve: I'm sorry. I think I dialed the wrong (3)n______.
Bob: Hello.
Steve: Hello. Is that Bob?
Bob: Yes, it is.
Steve: Hi, this is Steve. Is Pippa there?
Bob: Yes, she is. (4) W________ you like a word with her?
Steve: Yes, please.
Bob: (5) H______ on. I'll go and get her.
Steve: Pippa. I called to ask you if you'd like to come to a lecture on Thursday evening at the college. It's (6)c______with the protection of cultural relics. The speaker should be excellent.
Pippa: Great. I’m interested to know something about (7) v______ cultural relics but I'll see if I'm free. Oh, sorry. (8) A______to the schedule, I've already got something on that evening.
Steve: What a pity! Never (9) m______. We can get together some other time for a chat.
Pippa: Yes, good (10)i______.
Steve: I'll have to go now. Somebody wants to use the phone. All the best.
Pippa: Bye.
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科目：高中英语 来源：福建省福州市八县（市）2009-2010学年度高一下学期期末联考试题（英语） 题型：阅读理解
Learning Chinese has been like climbing a steep(陡峭的)mountain.
My mother was born in Tokyo,while my father moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong when he was seven years old. At home we speak English. I know some basic Chinese customs :to use chosticks gracefully (得体地)and what to say on Spring Festival to get a red envelope. But I never truly learned to speak Chinese.
Why should I need to learn the language ,anyway? I live in America where everyone speaks English.
I realized I was wrong in ninth grade when I arrived at Philips Academy,a famous boarding school in Massachusetts.The school encourages a global outlook(视野). There I decided to welcome the opportunity to learn Chinese. I met other American-born Chinese and together we spoke Ching-lish outside of the classroom.
I searched for ways to access Chinese culture through dramas such as Meteor Garden (《流星花园》)and music by singers such as S.H.E,Wilbur Pan and Jasmine Leung（梁静茹）. Listening to Chinese music is where I found my favorite singer in the whole world:Jay Chou. Even if I cannot understand what he is crooning（哼唱）, I do feel more Chinese whenever I listen to his music.
Last summer I spent five weeks in China,four of which were taking a language course at a Beijing high school. I was proud when I could understand the dialogue in Intitial D（《头文字D》） and when I could easily translate Fairy Tale sung by Kong Leung（光良）.
Learning Chinese has been a rocky trek（艰苦跋涉）, and I know it will continue to be that way before I arrive at a relative plateau（高地） of fluency（流利）.I hope that one day I will be able to work and maybe even live in China as a true Chinese.
1、The author wrote the text mainly to___.
A.share her experience of learning Chinese
B.tell us why she is interested in learning Chinese
C.show off(炫耀) the progress she made in learning Chinese
D.give advice on how to learn Chinese
2、The author's attitude to learning Chinese changed because___.
A.she found Chinese was interesting to learn
B.she wanted to take a course to pass easily
C.she realized she should have an open mind to the outside world
D.she made friends with some American___born Chinese at the school she studied
3、The author tried all of the following to learn Chinese EXCEPT___.
A.listening to Chinese music
B.practicing speaking Chinese with her parents
C.enjoying Chinese dramas
D.taking a Chinese course in China
4、We can learn from the text that___.
A.S.H.E.is the author's favorite singer
B.dialogues in Meteor Garden are easy to guess
C.the author enjoys learning Chinese though it is difficult
D.the author can speak fluent Chinese now
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年江西省靖安中学高三10月月考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, and grew up in New York City. She lived in Greece for one year as a child with her family, and they later relocated to New York City. She went to the New York Rudolf Steiner School and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. In 1989, she moved back to Los Angeles, California.
Aniston moved to Hollywood and played her first television role in the short—lived series Molloy in 1990, She also co-starred in Ferris Bueller, a television show adapted from the 1986 hit movie FerrisBueller's Day Off. The series, however, didn’t succeed. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy shows, The Edge and Muddling Through, and guest-starred on Quantum Leap, Herman's Head, and Burke's Law. Aniston wanted to give up acting because of the failed shows.
But the sitcom Friends changed her mind. She played in it from 1994 until the show ended in 2004. 
The program was hugely successful and Aniston became famous for her roal Rachel in it. Her hairstyle in the program, which became known as the "Rachel", was widely copied at he time .
Besides being a TV actress, Aniston has enjoyed a great film career. Her biggest box office success to date was 2003’s Bruce Almighty. The film made ＄243M at the Unite State box office and almost twice that worldwide .Aniston’s 2004 film ,A long Came Polly also did well at the box office.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “relocated” in the first paragraph mean?
| A．Lived | B．Moved | C．Planned | D．Traveled |
| A． Burke's Law | B．The Edge | C． Herman's Head | D． FerrisBueller's Day Off. |
| A．Aniston guest—starred in the unsuccessful TV series Molloy |
| B．no one wanted Aniston to play in their TV shows |
| C．Aniston was not successful in her first several TV shows |
| D．Aniston was sure that she would become famous one day |
| A．Aniston’s hairstyle in her real life | B．a good friend of Aniston |
| C．a role in Friends | D．a TV show of Aniston |
| A． Friends is only famous in America |
| B． A long Came Polly was Aniston’s best film |
| C．Aniston’s film career is also very successful |
| D．Aniston hasn’t appeared in TV shows since 2004 |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届河南省许昌市五校高二下学期第一次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Anais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till she died. Nin’s works had her relationships with authors，artists，and other figures as the main subject. Some of her writings were made into films. Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Women's Movement with her strong writings.
Anais Nin was born in France in 1903. Her father was a Spanish artist and a composer living in Cuba（古巴）where he met her mother, a French singer working in Cuba. As a child Nin was brought up in Spain. When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to New York with their mother. At the age of 16 Nin decided to give up studying and started to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on her mother so that her brothers could go on with their studies.
In 1923 Nin got married to her husband，Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924 Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing. Nin wrote her first book in print, D. H. Lawrence：An Unprofessional Study in 16 days. In 1939 Nin left Paris as it was a French government's request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war. Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to Frances Steloff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping.
In 1931 Nin wrote her book Henry and June from the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin. In 1936 Nin published House of Incest which was a 72-page fiction novel.
Nin also appeared and was a part of various films. In 1973 Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate（荣誉博士学位）by the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1974 Nin was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters.
In 1977 Nin died in her Los Angeles home after battling with cancer for three years.
1.What information can we get from Paragraph one?
A．Anais Nin was a native American.
B．Anais Nin started Women's Movement.
C．Anais Nin gave lectures in several colleges.
D．Anais Nin wrote mainly about her family life.
2.Why did Nin and her husband move back to New York in 1939?
A．Because they expected to enter the film industry.
B．Because the couple wanted to stay away from the coming war.
C．Because they intended to have her books published.
D．Because they both meant to promote the sales of new books.
3.We can infer from the passage that＿．
A．Nin got married in 1923 and started writing a year later
B．Nin wrote her book Henry and June from the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin after she moved to America
C．Nin directed and played in various films
D．Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Philadelphia College of Science
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