For many the idea of one day having your dream home is not buying a bigger home, but a home that
you have built by yourself. A house that is unique and fit for your tastes and your lifestyle. It sounds great
but where do you begin to design your dream home? Here is a quick guide that can help you make your
dreams come true.
The first step is to get an idea of what type of home you want. You can get inspiration from others.
Drive around to neighborhoods that have the styles of homes that you like and take pictures. You
can also cut out pictures from magazines, newspapers, or print-out pictures you find on the Internet.
The next step will be to make two lists of items for yourself. The first list will be those items or features
that you feel your new home must have, such as granite (花岗岩 ) counter tops or a hot water heater.
The second list will be those items or features that are on your wish list like a fireplace or slate (石板)
floors.
At this point you will probably have a good idea what your dream home will look like, so you will
need to seek some professional help. You will need to hire an architect to put your ideas down on paper. You may need to interview a few different architects to find one that you are comfortable with. Make
sure whomever you choose to make the final drawings has a full understanding of local building codes
and zoning by-laws (地区议事程序).In any case your final plan will need to be approved by the city
and a building permit must be obtained before any construction can begin.
It is time to look for a contractor (承包人). Whichever way you do it, be sure you are comfortable
with your contractor and you have gotten references from his past clients (客户). Remember the more
homework you do in the beginning, the more enjoyable the process will be.
科目：高中英语 来源：活题巧解巧练·高一英语（上） 题型：050
阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．
One of the most important weapons used during the Second World War was not a weapon used against people, but rather a drug(药) used against disease. The wartime use of penicillin(青霉素)saved thousands of lives. In the First World War, for example, pneumonia(肺炎) caused eighteen percent of all the deaths in the United States army. In the Second World War, the rate(比率)went down to less than one percent. In addition, penicillin was instrumental (有助于) in keeping wounds from getting infected(感染)and in helping to speed the healing process(愈合过程), of those wounds that did become infected.
1．According to the author, the most important weapon in the Second War was ________.
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2．From the passage, we know that ________ of America soldiers in the First World War died of pneumonia.
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3．Why did much fewer soldiers die of pneumonia in the Second World War?
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A．Because there were fewer soldiers.
B．As there were fewer diseases.
C．Because the use of penicillin.
D．As soldiers were clever.
4．Penicillin was not used ________ in the Second World War.
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5．What would be the title of this passage?
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科目：高中英语 来源：活题巧解巧练·高一英语（上） 题型：050
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．
Only a hundred years ago, people seldom traveled far out of their birth place. Books were very expensive and there were few national newspapers and no radio or television. In fact, most people spent their time talking and listening. Only a very small quantity of reading and writing went on and many people were unable to read or write. For this reason, native dialects(方言)grew up and people spoke the way their parents and grandparents spoke. A woman from Cornwall who traveled just as far as London would find herself in a place where people spoke what was almost a different language.
Sometimes it is hard to take in just how much things have changed. You are used to owning books and having them around, to reading magazines and newspapers and to a choice of national television and radio programs. You, and everyone around you, are used to traveling not just in the British Islands but all over the world. Modern science has changed our life and distances have been made shorter. It might have taken that Cornwall woman three days to travel to London. Now it takes less than two hours by air, less than four hours by train and less than six hours by road.
The result of this is that the language we use is becoming more national and the dialects are dying out. Writing, printing and broadcasting have speeded up this change as one dialect has come to be used by more and more people. This is the dialect called standard (标准的) English which was first used outside London in the south and east Midlands.
1．From the information given in the passage we know that a century ago ________.
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A．people wouldn't like to leave their birth place
B．there were neither books nor newspapers
C．not many people could read and write
D．people learned to read and write from their parents and grandparents
2．If a woman who lived in Comwall a hundred years ago went to London, she would find ________.
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A．London was far from her birth place
B．London was a strange city
C．London people used a very difficult language
D．she could hardly understand what London people spoke
3．Things have changed so much that people are not used to ________ any more.
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A．watching TV and listening to the radio
B．reading books and magazines
C．traveling just within the British Islands
D．traveling the world over
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科目：高中英语 来源：山东省师大附中2012届高三4月冲刺考试英语试题 题型：050
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科目：高中英语 来源：2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试山东卷英语试题 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解: 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards across the country.
The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) in 1989. There are now 300,000 members of Kids FACE worldwide and is the world's largest youth environmental organization.
Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992, she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.
Since the organization started, Kids F.A.C.E. members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kid's Yards – the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (栖息地) and now Kids F.A.C.E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey, which is a great way to start helping.
"Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment. Club members started doing things like recycling, picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club."
"We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy," she explains. "You need to start being a responsible, environmentally friendly person now, right away, before you become a resource-sucking adult."
1. Kids F.A.C.E is _____.
A. a program to help students with writing
B. a project of litter recycling
C. a campaign launched by President Bush
D. a club of environmental protection
2. What can we learn about Poe?
A. She was awarded a prize in Brazil.
B. She donated billboard across the country.
C. She got positive responses for her efforts
D. She joined the National Park Service.
3. Kid’s Yards is _____.
A. established in a national park.
B. started to protect wildlife
C. a wildlife- raising project
D. an entertainment park for kids.
4. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A. Adults are resource-sucking people
B. Poe sought help from a youth organization
C. Kids F.A.C.E members are from the U.S.
D. Kids are urged to save natural resources.
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