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To help today’s customers make a choice, a company in New York _____a video trolley — a supermarket trolley with a video screen to display advertisement and price information.
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津桥教育计算小状元系列答案科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Head held high, hands firmly gripping her walker, Mary Arnott, 99, walks slowly with dignity through the women’s changing room at the Etobicoke Olympium pool, past the teenage girls who have been blow-drying their hair for half an hour, into the mist of the showers, then out the door and first one into the heated pool. She jumps over to the shallow end, stopping to talk to friends—everyone knows Arnott here;she swims twice a week and treats it as a job—about their children, the viciousness（谬误）of bridge and their health.
In fact, Arnott is an exception to the exception. Not only has she lived 20 years past the average lifespan for Canadians, she’s healthy, her mind is sharp and she lives independently.
Born in Brooklyn on May 28, 1909, Arnott was raised on Staten Island. She survived scarlet fever（猩红热）, helped bring up four siblings（兄弟姐妹）after her mother died in 1923 and worked as a secretary in New York City for 12 years, earning＄35 a week and a＄150 bonus at Christmas.
Now she’s happy living in a one-room apartment with a kitchen and a bathroom in her daughter’s house. She wears a hearing aid, does the cryptic crossword（有隐义的纵横字谜）with a magnifying glass, and can’t really explain why she has lived so well so long.
Until recently, she has still liked to drink red wine—she used to drink two glasses before supper each day. It’s more likely genes, she admits. Her interest in other people and life in general may have had something to do with it. Asked if a star photographer can take her picture at the pool, Arnott seems cheerful.
“I look good in a swimsuit, ” she says, nodding her head firmly. “I look better in a swimsuit than I do in pants. ”
31. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Mary Arnott likes to swim and is known to the local people.
B. Mary Arnott is afraid to swim at the swimming pool.
C. Mary Arnott can’t swim but she likes water.
D. Mary Arnott just likes to talk to her friends at the bank of the swimming pool.
32. Which of the following is TRUE as for Mary Arnott as an exce
ption to the exception?
A. She has lived 30 years past the average lifespan for Canadians.
B. She’s healthy and her mind is sharp.
C. She lives with her daughter.
D. She likes to live with her children and has a happy life.
33. What happened when Mary Arnott was 14?
A. She had a disease called scarlet fever but survived.
B. Her mother died and she had to help her father to bring up her sisters and brothers.
C. She found a job as a secretary in New York City.
D. She was born in Brooklyn.
34. What may Mary Arnott think of her living alone?
A. Bitter. B. Happy.
C. Meaningless. D. Boring.
35. If someone asks about swimming, Mary Arnott may ________.
A. like pants B. like swimsuit better
C. like to sit at the bank D. like to swim with girls
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年广东省执信中学高二上学期期末考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
What would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul’s Cathedral to widen the road? Or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It would be ridiculous, right? But when it comes to devastation (毁灭) of the natural world, we aren’t so easily shocked. But we should be…or we’ll be in a lot of trouble.
Nature is shrinking by the day. Ancient forests are destroyed. Wetlands are becoming dry. Woodland is disappearing, and all in the name of progress. This is bad in itself, but it’s devastating for biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plants, animals and other living things that are all interconnected. The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life. The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis (光合作用) by green plants. Insects, worms and bacteria break down waste and make soils rich. And tiny organisms clean the water in rivers and sea. In fact, all life on the earth exists thanks to the benefits of biodiversity. More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species. And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals. Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.
The loss of biodiversity could be devastating. “It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,” said Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson, known as the “father of biodiversity”. He warned, “We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will become irreversible (不可挽回的).”
But what can we do? The present problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague (含糊的). People might care about giant pandas, but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines. The Guardian newspaper is trying to help. It has launched the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity. This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to reserve the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing, stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes (wild dogs) in Australia, among many other things.
There is a lot to do. And we’d better act quickly if we don’t want to end up with a planet that can’t sustain life!
【小题1】The writer thinks it ________ to pull down Big Ben to make way for a car park.
| A．unreasonable | B．necessary | C．difficult | D．reasonable |
| A．nature is badly polluted by humans |
| B．species are becoming fewer and fewer day by day |
| C．rainforests are being cut down every day |
| D．nature is full of mysteries |
| A．it doesn’t matter to reduce biodiversity |
| B．people have done enough to preserve biodiversity |
| C．the situation of biodiversity is very serious |
| D．biodiversity loss has become irreversible |
| A．people might not clearly know what is biodiversity and what should be protected |
| B．people are not aware that giant pandas are endangered |
| C．people don’t realize that biodiversity is vital to everyday life |
| D．people hunt sea creatures for food |
| A．The UK government. | B．The concept of biodiversity. |
| C．The action to deal with the problem. | D．The Guardian newspaper. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：安徽省合肥市2010年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题 题型：完型填空
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. However, I was not thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who 36 their way and parked in front of my house.
I was growing tired of helping so many people. Almost every 37 I was awaken during a sound night’s sleep and had to 38 someone out. Many times I was 39 by some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the helps that they received and some even complained that I could have done 40 .
One day, a young man with a week – old beard climbed out of a 41 automobile. He had no money and no food. He asked if I could give him some 42 , offer him gasoline and a meal. I told him that if he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but 43 the work wasn’t necessary.
Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard. After working all day, he sat 44 to cool himself. I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he 45 . I then offered him some 46 money for a task particularly well done, but he shook his head, 47 .
I never saw him again. He probably thinks I helped him out that day, but that is not 48 it was. I didn’t help him. He helped me to 49 people again to repay their trust in me. He helped me to once again want to do something for those who are 50 . I wish I could thank him for 51 some of my belief in the basic 52 of others and for giving me back a little of the 53 I had lost. Because of him, I once again felt part of a golden chain of kindness that 54 us to others.
I may have fed his body that day, but he fed my 55 .
36．A．fought B．found C．made D．lost
37．A．morning B．afternoon C．night D．evening
38．A．bring B．help C．carry D．drive
39．A．taken for grantedB．put up with C．turned down D．taken up with
40．A．less B．more C．worse D．enough
41．A．fashionable B．famous C．flashy D．shabby
42．A．money B．food C．help D．work
43．A．actually B．specially C．particularly D．generally
44．A．in the sun B．in the shade C．in the field D．in the car
45．A．asked B．begged C．needed D．charged
46．A．old B．extra C．small D．good
47．A．accepted B．received C．refused D．denied
48．A．the situation B．the thing C．the issue D．the way
49．A．believe in B．watch over C．look after D．care about
50．A．in trouble B．in danger C．in tears D．in fear
51．A．forgetting B．losing C．restoring D．finding
52．A．goodness B．happiness C．pleasure D．nature
53．A．weakness B．strength C．optimism D．pessimism
54．A．adapts B．adjusts C．devotes D．connects
55．A．heart B．soul C．head D．mouth
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年内蒙古包头三十三中高二年级期中考试（II）英语试卷 题型：完型填空
I didn’t have a job at the time and I was getting help from the government. One day, I was walking to a 36 to get some food when I noticed a little man 37 on a bench beside the store. I walked past him but could not 38 thinking about him. So I 39 around and went up to him and asked him if he was 40 . He said no. He said he hadn’t 41 for two days. I told him, “Don’t 42 . I’ll be right back.” Before leaving, I 43 him what he would like to eat. He said it didn’t 44 . Then I asked him to tell me what he hadn’t had for a long 45 . He said “a Pepsi”. I went into the store and got him some bread, lunch meat, chips, cookies — 46 food for a few days. The store didn’t have Pepsi, 47 I had to go to another one. I used the 48 of what I had to get him a Pepsi from a store far 49 .
After a long time, when I brought him the 50 and the Pepsi, he cried. With 51 in his eyes, he said, “You are my angel.” When he 52 to hug me, I had a strange 53 — he was my angel, too. I couldn’t even 54 the feeling clearly. Maybe because he gave me a / an 55 to help him, which helped me to understand that I also had abilities to help others.
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科目：高中英语 来源：广东省揭阳市2010届高三第二次高考模拟考试（英语） 题型：完型填空
完形填空 (共10小题; 每小题2分, 满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 21 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times when his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 22 , he loaded his family into the car and 23 them to see family members in Canada with a 24 ,“There are more important things in life than money. ”
The 25 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 26 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 27 that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. Instead, their reaction echoed（共鸣）their great-grandfather’s. What they 28 was how warm the people were in the house.K Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children through hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing 29 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 30 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to retell parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
21. A. missed B. lost C. forgot D. ignored
22. A. friendless B. worthless C. penniless D. homeless
23. A. fetched B. allowed C. expected D. took
24. A. hope B. promise C. suggestion D. belief
25. A. tale B. agreement C. arrangement D. report
26. A. large B. small C. new D. grand 
27. A. surprised B. annoyed C. disappointed D. worried
28. A. talked about B. cared about C. wrote about D. heard about
29. A. argument B. skill C. interest D. anxiety
30. A. study B. design C. committee D. staff
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