Why do many people take vacations frequently? We need to take time out from work to relax, and just be ourselves. 1. We should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us—at least for a few weeks each year—and just have fun. This might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace through to traveling to the most interesting places on our planet. Whatever we fancy doing is worth taking time out for.
As we know, workplace stress is on the rise. 2. These include disease, depression and even death. We all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. I intend to break that trend in the coming days. 3. I will sleep late, write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my heart's content, ignoring calorie counting. My plan is to just enjoy the fleeting(飞逝的) moments of being alive. 4. Spend your next vacation the way you want; Do what will restore your mental health. You're very valuable to the people who are close to you, and to those who depend on it. Like it or not, we are all interdependent（互相依存的）in this great life of ours. There's no doubt that you are valuable. Just remember that the next time you look at a mirror and take a deep breath. Remind yourself that there will never be anyone like you ever on this earth again. 5. 1you have to do is just ask yourself what you want to do.
A. Draw up a detailed plan so that you can see more.
B. With it come many health problems.
C. When you finally get home you'll be greatly refreshed.
D. Life is not all about work, or at least it shouldn't be.
E. And only you know how to take a vacation in your way.
F. I challenge each one of you to do the same.
G. For my next holiday, I will do all the things that I love doing.
科目：高中英语 来源：2017届安徽马鞍山二中、安师大附中高三12月段测英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When Marco Polo travelled to Hangzhou, China 700 hundred years ago, never had he thought he'd be creating a job of social media ambassador in the 21st century in China.
On May 20, one lucky foreigner would be selected to become the modern-day Marco Polo, getting a free 15-day trip to the scenic city of Hangzhou in China, and rewarded $55,000 in the next year for working part-time to promote the city to the global audience. Five finalists from Australia, Romania, U.S., Switzerland and France were in the final race. They came from a pool of 700 applicants from around the world, carefully selected by the Hangzhou Tourism Commission on their familiarity with China, social media presence and adventurous spirit.
Located about 100 miles southwest to Shanghai, Hangzhou is home to 844 million population and among China’s richest cities as measures by per-capita GDP. Traditionally, Hangzhou is known for its charming West Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site with traditional Chinese stories and tales, and the Grand Canal, which travels from Hangzhou to Beijing and was a key route of transportation in ancient China. The city’s mild climate and charming environment drew 97 million tourists last year, contributing to 6.5% of the city’s GDP.
The lucky winner would start an all-expense-paid trip to Hangzhou, which, in addition to visits to tourist sites and tastings of delicious food, also would include a four-day ride along the Grand Canal and three evenings spent at a local resident’s home.
“It is in fact a part-time job. How you work that out efficiently is your problem,” Liam Bates, perhaps the strongest competitor because of his fluent Chinese, said. “We will see how hard it is to meet these numbers.”
1.The purpose of Hangzhou choosing a social media ambassador is to ______.
A. keep Marco Polo in people’s memories
B. attract more foreign tourists to China
C. encourage more foreigners to speak Chinese
D. explore a new route of transportation
2.From paragraph 3, we know that ______.
A. Hangzhou is 100 miles northwest to Shanghai
B. 8.8 million visitors came to Hangzhou in 2015
C. tourism plays an important in the GDP of Hangzhou
D. the Grand Canal travels from Hangzhou to Shanghai
3.Liam Bates was most likely to get the job mainly due to his ______.
A. travel experienceB. fluent Chinese
C. adventurous spiritD. excellent videos
4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A. Hangzhou rewards international visitors to China
B. Liam Bates creates a dream job of social media ambassador
C. Dream job in China—$55,000 to the contemporary Marco Polo
D. Hangzhou, a famous city for West Lake and the Great Canal
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年广东肇庆高二上期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
Jane had two little boys aged 8 to 10. They were so naughty 1. they were always getting into trouble. Jane heard that a clergyman (牧师) 2. town was successful in teaching children. So Jane asked him to talk with her 3. (boy). The clergyman agreed 4. asked to see the boys one by one. Jane sent her 8-year-old boy 5. (see) the clergyman first in the morning. The clergyman, a big man, 6. (sit) the younger boy down and asked in a serious voice, “Where is God?” 7. boy’s mouth was wide open, but he made no answer. Then the clergyman repeated the question even 8. (serious). “Where is God?” Again the boy made no answer. So the clergyman shouted angrily “WHERE IS GOD?”
The boy cried out. He escaped from the room and ran directly home. He rushed into his bedroom and shut the door 9. (hurry) behind him. When his older brother found him, he asked, “What happened?”
The younger brother replied in a 10. (frighten) voice, “We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and they think WE did it!”
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南豫南九校高三上期末质量考评英语试卷（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限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
A little kid fell into a lake while she was playing with her little friends. They were too frightening to know what to do next. Unfortunately, a pretty lady and a man passed by and saw the drowning girl. The man immediate dived into the water and took the girl to the bank and at a same time, the lady called the ambulance on time. Before the ambulance came, the lady, who proved to be a nurse, performing first aid to the kid. A few of minutes later, the kid sent to the nearest hospital and finally saved. The story is a good example where first aid can make a lot of differences. From it, we know it is necessary to know basic first aid skills so that we can be better preparing for an emergency.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南豫南九校高三上期末质量考评英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #5
Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 100 Editors’ Picks #16
Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of 2015: Fiction #1
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 #6
Library Journal Best Books 2015: The Top Ten #1
2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Winner
Book Description
A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping（扣人心弦的） spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
Viet Thanh Nguyen Award Statistics
Major Prize Nominations(提名) 3
Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize 1
Pulitzer Prize Wins 1(The Sympathizer)
PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0
PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 1 (The Sympathizer)
1.In what kind of honor was the book ranked highest?
A. Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 10 Literature & Fiction
B. Amazon Best Books of 2015: Top 100 Editors’ Picks
C. New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015
D. Library Journal Best Books 2015: The Top Ten
2.Who does “a man of two minds” in the text refer to ?
A. The captain mentioned.
B. The general mentioned.
C. Viet Thanh Nguyen.
D. The captain’s mother.
3.What can be learned about the book The Sympathizer?
A. It belongs to a science fiction.
B. It is set in the Vietnam War.
C. It is no more than a loving story.
D. It won PEN/Faulkner Award once.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河北正定中学高三上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
每年都有许多人外出旅游，一些人的不文明行为引起了社会的广泛关注。某英文报社正在举行以“文明旅游”为主题的讨论。假定你是李华，请你给报社写一封信，呼吁大家做文明游客。要点如下：
1．尊重习俗；
2．不高声喧哗；.
3．其他。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头和结尾语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Editor,
I’ve read your discussion on how to behave properly while traveling, ________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河北正定中学高三上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
We know that hugs make us feel cosy inside. And this feeling could actually ward off stress and protect the immune (免疫) system, according to a new research from Carnegie Mellon University.
It’s a well-known fact that stress can weaken the immune system. In this study, the researchers sought to determine whether hugs could protect individuals from the increased sensitivity to illness brought on by the particular stress that comes with interpersonal conflict.
“We know that people experiencing ongoing conflicts with others are less able to fight off cold viruses. We also know that people who report having social support are partly protected from the effects of stress on psychological states, such as depression and anxiety, ” the study’s lead author, psychologist Dr. Sheldon Cohen , said in a statement. “We have tested whether awareness of social support is equally effective in protecting us from sensitivity to infection caused by stress and also whether receiving hugs might partially account for those feelings of support and thus protect a person against infection.”
In the experiment, over 400 healthy adults filled out a questionnaire about their perceived (感知到的) social support and also participated in a nightly phone interview for two weeks. They were asked about the frequency that they engaged in interpersonal conflict and received hugs that day.
Then, the researchers exposed the participants to a common cold virus, and monitored them to assess signs of infection. They found that both perceived social support and more frequent hugs reduced the risk of infection associated with experiencing interpersonal conflict. Regardless of whether or not they experienced social conflicts, infected participants with greater perceived social support and more frequent hugs had less severe illness symptoms.
“This suggests that being hugged by a trusted person may act as an effective means of conveying support and that increasing the frequency of hugs might be an effective means of reducing the effects of stress,” Cohen said. “The apparent protective effect of hugs may result from the physical contact itself or hugging being a behavioral indicator of support and closeness. Either way, those who receive more hugs are somewhat more protected from infection.”
If you need any more reason to wrap your arms around someone special, consider this: hugs also lower blood pressure, reduce fears, improve heart health and decrease feelings of loneliness.
1.Which of the following can replace the underlined words “ward off” in Paragraph 1?
A. produce B. increase C. prevent D. support
2.What does Dr. Sheldon Cohen’s experiment show?
A. Hugs can hide serious illness symptoms
B. Social conflicts can monitor sign s of infection
C. Social support can reduce the risk of having a cold
D. Depression and anxiety result from less social support
3.What does the passage aim to convey?
A. Hugs can have protective effects
B. Social support can cure diseases
C. Interpersonal conflicts cause infections
D. Stress can weaken our immune system
4.Where is the passage most likely to be found?
A. A social science magazine
B. A commercial brochure
C. A medical report
D. An academic essay
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届广东省揭阳高三上期末调研考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Film director James Cameron first became interested in sea exploration when he was a little boy. His love for the ocean grew after he made the 1989 undersea adventure film The Abyss and the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, one of the most successful movies of all time. Following that big success, James Cameron decided to put his film career on hold to become an explorer.
In 2012, James Cameron made a journey to the deepest spot in the Mariana Trench, known as Challenger Deep. And now the great journey has been made into a documentary(记录片) film, named James Cameron's Deep?sea Challenger 3?D.
In James Cameron's fantasy films, such as Avatar and The Abyss, the unexplored areas are decorated in colours and full of danger. But on his dive into Challenger Deep, the reality proved far different: white, deserted and dull.
“I felt like I had gone to another planet,” Cameron said after returning from the cold and dark place in the Western Pacific Ocean, nearly 7 miles below the surface. “I really have a sense of being separated and realize how tiny I am down in this big, black and unexplored place.”Cameron captured(获取) the moon?like landscape of the deep sea and documented the sea creatures he observed in the ocean.
James Cameron's Deep?sea Challenger 3?D tells the story of Cameron's journey. It is a film about determination, danger and the ocean's greatest depths. The movie shows a unique insight into Cameron's world when he makes his dream a reality and makes history by becoming the first person to travel alone to the deepest point on the planet.
It's an exciting film and inspiring reminder that our beautiful planet still has a lot to explore.
1.When did James Cameron become interested in the ocean?
A. When he was in his childhood.
B. After his films The Abyss and Titanic.
C. After he achieved great success in movies.
D. When he began to explore the deep sea alone.
2.What is the unexplored ocean like?
A. Colourful and dangerous.
B. Boring and deserted.
C. White and attractive.
D. Small and dull.
3.What can we know about James Cameron's Deep?sea Challenger 3?D?
A. It is a film about the exploration of ocean creatures.
B. It is a story about Cameron's film?making dream.
C. It aims to attract more people to explore the deep sea.
D. It tells us about James' journey into Challenger Deep.
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. The Great Dream of a Film Director
B. A film Director Exploring Deep Sea
C. James Cameron and His Documentary Film
D. The First Person to Make Films About the Deep Sea
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南中原名校豫南九校高三上第四次质评英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或用括号内单词的正确形式。
A plane that crashed in the mountains of Colombia, 1. (kill) 71 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, may have run out of fuel.
Six people miraculously(奇迹地）survived the crash Monday night, 2. the disaster actually wiped out an up-and-coming Brazilian football team and 3. (send) shock waves through the world of football. Football legends Pele and Maradona as well as current _4._ (superstar) Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo led tributes to(向致敬）the players of Chapecoense Real, a team whose march to glory 5.(cut) suddenly short. Having risen only 6. (recent) from obscurity(默默无闻）， the team was on its way to play in the finals of the Copa Sudamericana 7. disaster struck The charter plane reported “electrical failures” around 10：00 pm Monday and crashed soon after near the city of Medellin, 8. (it) destination.
The plane's black box recorders have been found, but there was no word on how long it would take __9. (analyze) them. The dead included most of the team and 20 Brazilian journalists traveling to cover 10.match. The six survivors are being treated in hospital.
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