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Many junior middle school students choose key senior middle schools, ___________________(期望考上重点大学). (expect)

expecting to go to key universities

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科目:高中英语 来源:2011届浙江省高三上学期高考考试样卷英语卷 题型:阅读理解

Some people would go through anything just to achieve their dream. Kasia Siwosz is proof. For the final year student on the university women’s tennis team, the road to Berkeley, University of California was met with poor advice and misinformation from her home country and twounsuccessful stops along the way that fell short of expectations.
Born in Poland, Siwosz began playing tennis at seven years old and developed the skills that helped her earn a top-50 ranking among the ITF Junior division (国际网球联会青少年赛).. Siwosz wanted to do more with her life than just play tennis, which led her to seek chances that would also allow her to obtain a top education. While most who grow up in the U.S. are naturally accustomed to the American tradition of collegiate (大学的) sports, such a custom is not as familiar in a country like Poland. “There’s no collegiate sports in Poland and no culture of sports and academic (学术的) study there. You can only do one, not both,” Siwosz said.
Her desire to have a quality education led her to America to follow her dream. While Siwosz was talented enough to begin her collegiate tennis career, she could only attend community college because she missed the deadline to apply to four-year schools, mainly due to misinformation provided in her home country of Poland.
When she had earned all her credits and was able to transfer (转学), Siwosz made the decision to attend Baylor in Texas. Her friends from Poland put in a good word for the university, saying that it was a good fit because there were many international players at Baylor. “I thought it would be a good idea, but it really wasn’t what I thought it would be,” Siwosz said. “I wasn’t happy at Baylor. The level of tennis was high, but the academic standards were no match and I just wanted more.”
After one year at Baylor, Siwosz’s luck finally began to change when she made the decision to transfer to Berkeley, which was due in large part to Lee, a former Berkeley student. Lee, who is a keen tennis player himself, met Siwosz four years ago in Texas. “I knew she was unhappy there,” he said. “I saw the opportunity for her to come here.” Siwosz visited Lee in Berkeley. “I ended up loving this place and this school,” Siwosz said. “I came here a lot over the summer, I gave it a shot and I ended up with a Berkeley education and a spot on one of the best college tennis teams in the country.”
【小题1】What does “two unsuccessful stops” (Paragraph 1) refer to?

A.Poland and the U.S.
B.Baylor and Berkeley.
C.The community college and Baylor.
D.The ITF Junior division and the Berkeley tennis team.
【小题2】Why did Siwosz want to leave her homeland for America?
A.Poland had no culture of sports.
B.Berkeley had always been her dream university.
C.She wanted to play tennis and have a good education.
D.She wanted to improve her tennis skills and get a higher ranking.
【小题3】 Why did she leave Baylor?
A.The level of tennis there was not high.
B.It was not suitable for international students.
C.She couldn’t get along with her friends there.
D.She was not satisfied with the education level there.
【小题4】 What is the main idea of the passage?
A.How Siwosz left Poland.
B.How Siwosz realized her dream.
C.How Siwosz became a top tennis player.
D.How Siwosz transferred from Baylor to Berkeley.

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科目:高中英语 来源:2010届上海市高三八校联考英语试题 题型:阅读理解

The Lego Group had a very humble beginning in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Denmark. Christiansen began creating wooden toys in 1932. Two years later, he stumbled on the Lego name by putting together the first two letters of the Danish words Leg and Godt, which mean “play well.” The name could be interpreted as “I put together” in Latin; it also corresponds to the Greek verb meaning “gather” or “pick up.”
In 1947, the company expanded to making plastic toys. At first, the use of plastic for toy manufacture was not highly regarded by retailers and consumers of the time. Many of the Lego Group’s shipments were returned, following poor sales. However, Christiansen’s son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, saw the immense potential in Lego bricks to become a system for creative play. As the junior managing director of the Lego Group, he spent years trying to improve the “locking” ability of the bricks and made the bricks more versatile. In 1958, the modern interlocking brick design was finally developed and patented.
Today Lego is sold in more than 130 countries. Every minute 33,824 Lego bricks are made, and kids around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with Lego. There will be more than 400 million people playing with Lego bricks this year. On average, every person in the world owns 62 Lego bricks, and about seven Lego sets are sold every second.
This year Lego fans all over the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the tiny building blocks. Though already 50 years old, Lego is still the same product it was in the 1950s. Bricks bought then are still compatible with current bricks and that is probably the reason the toy has never fallen out of favor.
65.   Which of the following is true about the name Lego?
A. It is a combination of Greek and Latin words.
B. It was created by Ole Kirk Christiansen’s son.
C. It was created in 1947 for naming the plastic toys.
D. It came from Danish words meaning “play” and “well.”
66.   When did the Lego brick become as a creative form of toy?
A. 1958          B. 1947    C. 1934    D. 1932
67.   Which of the following is true in describing the popularity of Lego?
A. More than 5 billion people in the world own Lego sets.
B. Children spend an average of 62 dollars on Lego bricks each year.
C. People in the world spend 400 million hours playing with Lego every year.
D. The Lego Group now produces more than 30 thousand toy bricks every minute.
68. What is the main reason that Lego remains popular up to now?
A. Old Lego bricks may still be connected to new ones.
B. The company hasn’t changed its name since 1947.
C. The material for the bricks has proved to be safe.
D. The price of the toy is relatively reasonable.

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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年广东省揭阳一中高二第一阶段考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer's office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.
  He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity(不人道) of the bourgeoisie(布尔乔亚阶级).
  Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.
  Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.
【小题1】Dickens only received a little formal education because______.

A.he wanted to teach himself
B.he wanted to work and made a lot of money
C.he was too poor to afford any more formal education
D.he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist
【小题2】According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was________.
A.just B.poor C.comfortable D.unsatisfying
【小题3】Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?
A.Oliver Twist B.The Pickwick Papers
C.A Tale of Two Cities D.Great Expectations
【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?
A.He didn't go to school at all.
B.He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.
C.He began to write fictions when he was 21 years old.
D.He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.
【小题5】It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A.Dickens had a miserable childhood
B.Dickens tried many different jobs before he became a professional writer
C.Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popular
D.Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poor

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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年广东省汕头市金山中学高二10月月考英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解

FOR many young people, having to attend school with a parent would be their worst nightmare. However, Senior 1 student Li Qinmei is happy taking her father with her as long as she can go to classes. He is disabled and unable to take care of himself.
The 16-year-old country girl in Zhucheng, Shandong Province has experienced one disaster after another in her short life. Li lost her mother at three. Four years later, her father became paralyzed after a tractor accident. At 12, her misfortune returned with the death of her grandma. Since then she has been forced to shoulder all the responsibility for her broken family.
Li learnt to cook and managed to live a life with an allowance of only 24 yuan per month. The most difficult thing she had to deal with was helping her father bathe, dress and use the toilet as he could hardly move.
"I felt embarrassed, and so did my dad. It was really hard at the beginning," she recalled.
During most of her junior school years, Li went to classes only once a month as her father was seriously ill at the time.
"I taught myself at home and asked teachers for help on my school days," she explained.
Li's hard work paid off this fall. She was admitted by Zhucheng No 1 High School, a local key school, based on her good performance in the entrance exams.
The school offered Li and her father a room on campus to live in so she could look after him during breaks.
Once in a while, Li felt sad when she saw her classmates going shopping or hanging out with friends.
"I envy them sometimes because they have both mum and dad to look after them. However, I soon feel relieved as I still have my dad with me," she said.
Li admitted that the difficulties in life had taught her to be strong.
"I believe I will go on and continue my studies at a good university," she said, in a confident tone.
Her teacher Mr. Wang has the same belief. Li made great progress in the recent monthly exams. "She works hard and is always eager to excel . It's not easy for her never to be late for school, but she has managed to make it work," Wang said.
【小题1】Li Qinmei has to shoulder the family because ________.

A.her father was badly injured in a car accident
B.her mother passed away when she was 3
C.her grandma died when she was 12
D.misfortune in her life forced her to do so
【小题2】From the passage we can infer that _________.
A.Li Qinmei doesn’t like others talking about her father
B.many young students hate going to school with their parents
C.Li Qinmei has made great progress in her study
D.Li Qinmei has lost three relatives and has to take care of her father
【小题3】What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “hanging out” in the passage?_________.
A.playing outside B.working hard C.exchanging ideas D.talking happily
【小题4】According to the passage, which statement is Not True? __________.
A.Li Qinmei was admitted to a local key school because of his good scores in the exams
B.Li Qinmei is very embarrassed when she helps her father bathe
C.Li Qinmei often goes to attend her father after class
D.Li Qinmei is able to go to class on time though she has to attend her father
【小题5】What’s the best title of the story?________.
A.Difficulties make strongB.A touching story
C.A strong-minded girl-Li QinmeiD.Li Qinmei’s successful study life

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