When people introduce themselves, I always hear them say “I’m just a housewife”. I don’t understand why their introduction is always filled with regret and self-pity. Is it really a crime to be a housewife? Is it really embarrassing (令人尴尬的) when you choose not to work outside and instead choose to work in your home? Is income the only mark of being proud of what you are doing and how you are spending your life?
How could you be “you are just a housewife” when the basic social unit of society depends on you and your service? Isn’t it surprising that even if your day starts before everyone and ends after everyone, you still don’t feel that you have accomplished（实现）anything? A housewife works for the longest hour, shelling out every responsibility of the house, supporting your husband, child studies, caring for elders, managing finances, paying bills, grocery shopping, cooking according to individual taste, cleaning, entertaining family and friends, maintaining a pleasant environment at home, remembering things that others have forgotten, looking after each and every requirement of the family members, etc. A housewife could be anyone: daughter, wife, mother, teacher, financial advisor, fashion designer and consultant, nurse, gardener, driver, cook, and so on. Don’t think you are not being paid for it. You get the reward that no money can offer—the love and affection (挚爱) of your family, their trust in you, a happy home and your own satisfaction.
It is you who choose to be in this occupation, willingly or for any other reason. After a busy day, all wait to return to the comfortable home set by you. They know you will be there to absorb all their stress and tiredness and relax them. Would the life have been the same had you been working outside to earn some money? Would you along with your family have been able to buy all the content in life that you are enjoying now with that money?
Respect yourself for what you are. Introduce yourself to the world with the same dignity. The world understands the importance of your job; it’s time to make them accept it. Introduce yourself with pride and with twinkle in your eyes “I am a housewife”. Kick that “just” out.
1.What is the housewives’ feeling when they say “I’m just a housewife” in the author’s opinion?
A. Nervous. B. Comfortable.
C. Regretful. D. Satisfied.
2.According to the author, the true value of the housewives lies in the following EXCEPT _______.
A. the harmony of their family
B. family members’ trust in them
C. the stable income of their family
D. the love and affection of their family
3.What does the author advise housewives to do when they introduce themselves?
A. Take care not to make a mistake.
B. Pick up self-confidence and pride.
C. Try to make others understand their life.
D. Understand the importance of their jobs.
4.How does the passage mainly develop?
A. By following the order of time.
B. By offering some questions.
C. By making comparisons.
D. By giving examples.
名师点拨卷系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆八中高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Recently, scientists are reported to have grown a living human “brain”. The team at Aston University in UK created tiny bunch of cells which act like a mini nervous system.
They believe it could help find a cure for worse mental conditions like Parkinson’s disease. Professor Michael Coleman is leading the research program. He explained, “We are aiming to be able to study the human brain at the most basic level, using an actual living human cell system. Cells have to be alive and operating efficiently to enable us to really understand how the brain works.” The experiment involves changing cells from a cancer tumor (肿瘤）and making them behave like brain cells.
Although far from finished, researchers hope the false brain cells will give them a greater understanding of how real brains work. This, in turn, could significantly further research into conditions which affect the brain. Neil Hunt, chief leader of the research group, said, “It is still very early days, but in the future the research could lead to a useful tool for looking into dementia (痴呆).”
The technique could also provide a way to carry on animal test and is being supported by the Humane Research Trust (HRT). The scientists predict that over the next ten years a million people will develop dementia. Professor Coleman believes their findings could change this. He said, “We hope our research will provide scientists with a new and highly relational human experimental model to help them understand the brain better and develop new drugs to control the related disease. However, the biggest challenge at present is that we are greatly short of fund, which will slow our research.”
1.UK scientists grow a living human “brain” in order to ______.
A. separate cells from a cancer tumor
B. discover how human brain really works
C. make use of living human cell system
D. study the structure of human brain
2.According to Neil Hunt, research into brain cells ______.
A. will help treat some diseases in nerve system
B. will influence the brain growth in many ways
C. will get finished as early as possible
D. will make people discover dementia
3.From the last paragraph, we can know that ______
A. the technique provided by HRT is not fully developed
B. the research program lacks financial support
C. animal tests are no longer allowed by law
D. a million people suffer from brain diseases
4.The text is meant to ______.
A. tell us about an important achievement in medical research
B. introduce the progress of drugs for dementia
C. tell us about health problem in nerve system
D. introduce a research program in human's brain
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江西上高县二中高二5月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
Robot teachers are now very popular with pupils in some primary schools in South Korea. Compared with human teachers, the robot teachers are 1. (patient). They never get angry and are always kind to the students. That’s 2. the children can always get on well with their robot teachers.
English teaching robots 3. (send) to three primary schools for eight weeks last December. 4. (equip) with a microphone and video camera, the robots teach students as teachers. Researchers found that the English-teaching robots helped raise students’ interest in the language and build up their5. (confident). More and more students came to like studying and they got better grades in exams. Meanwhile, other robot teachers, 6. can teach math, science and art, have also been developed.
Many people think these robot teachers should be used 7. faraway village schools so that the children there can also receive a good education. 8. (give) rural school children more learning chances, the South Korean government has expressed great interest in 9. (develop) these robots.
No doubt there will be more and more robot teachers working with students. Perhaps they will 10. (complete) replace human teachers one day in the future. Who knows ?
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南衡阳八中高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
In American schools there is something 1. (call) Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be an 2. (importance) event of the year except graduation ceremony——students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance. Several days before Homecoming，students start to 3. (beautiful)decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years 4. their graduations.
The members of school clubs build booths（摊位）and sell apples and 5. (sandwich). Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers 6. they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and talk about their happy years in school.
Everyone watches the football game. When the game is half over，the band（乐队） 7. (come) onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is 8. honour to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day but it is not perfect 9. the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth 10. (remember).
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016年湖北武汉华中师大第一附中高一下期中英语卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
我校英语社拟邀请一位国际知名人士到校举办讲座，现就受邀嘉宾向全校学生广泛征求意见，假设你是李华，请在三位备选嘉宾（one of the world’s billionaires, an astronaut, a volunteer of WWF）中推荐一位并给英语社社长写一封信表达你的想法，内容应包括：
1、推荐该嘉宾的理由（至少两条）；
2、你期待的讲座内容（至少两条）。
注意：
1. 词数不少于100 词；
2. 无须写出推荐嘉宾姓名；
3. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
4. 开头语已为你写好。
Dear Sir,
It is such exciting news that the English club is to invite a world renowned figure to give us a lecture.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北沙市高二下期中考试英语卷（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。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仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
What can we prevent ourselves from getting low scores in exams? Here, one of our teacher gives us some useful suggestions.
It's important to have a correct attitude toward exams, which purpose is to see how we're getting on with our study. So it is no need to worry about the results.
Before exams, control our test anxiety by listening some light music. Besides, learning from the past-exam mistakes is also a effective way. While taking exams, we'd better plan your time careful. And then we should spare a few minutes to check that what we had done to avoid silly mistakes.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北沙市高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Does your local town have a nickname? If so, what does it say about the area and the people who live there? Many cities are recognized across the world by their unofficial titles. New York is the Big Apple, London is the Big Smoke, and Los Angles is famously called La La Land.
Now, as part of English Language Day on Wednesday, Britain's national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, and the British linguistics charity (语言学慈善机构) , the English Project, are launching an interactive project which aims to identify the nicknames people use in their daily lives for local places.
“The name that people create for a place forms an emotional connection,” explains Winchester University's Professor Bill Lucas, a supporter of the English Project. “So Basingstoke becomes Amazingstoke, Swindon is known as Swindump and Padstow, hometown of Chef Rick Stein, is nicknamed Padstein.”
Basingstoke is a town in central England. The local nickname, Amaxingstoke, shows that affection that locals seem to have for the area. Swindon, on the other hand, is sometimes called Swindump, showing that some people think it's a dump (垃圾场). Stanford Le Hope in Essex is called Stanford No Hope by locals. And Padstow in Cornwall is so closely connected with the local famous person Rick Stein that it's become known as Padstein.
Since launching the online survey last week, the creators have already received 3,000 alternative titles for places and landmarks.
There is a practical side to the project. Glen Hart, Ordnance Survey's head of research, says the information could be very helpful to the emergency services. For example, “ By having the most complete set of nicknames we could help the emergency services quickly locate the right place, and maybe even save lives,” he says.
1.What's the passage mainly about ?
A．Some stories about nicknames for places.
B．Organizations collect official place names.
C．People have a great affection for their cities.
D．A survey of the nickname for places.
2.Unlike the town Basingstoke, Swindon is a place that________.
A．seems unpleasant to some people
B．attracts a lot of tourists
C．has few people living there
D．has a long history
3.What does Glen Hart think of the project?
A．It proves that most nicknames are interesting.
B．It is very helpful to the emergency services.
C．It may help increase the number of nicknames.
D．It has helped prevent deaths from happening.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届陕西西安西北工大附中高三下第六次适应性训练英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to their new home. Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing, developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances, and the French quadrille(四对方舞).
In the American version of square dancing, four couples form a square and dance to music. An American addition to square dancing is the caller. What do you think a caller does?
The callers---someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music--- was a completely American invention. At first dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance, but eventually the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues (提示) so that dancers didn’t have to remember so many steps. The caller didn’t just call out “do-se-do your partner”; a good caller also came up with colorful sayings or witty lines that he said in between the cues such as “Don’t be shy and don’t be afraid. Swing on the corner in a waltz promenade (步伐).” A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines.
Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive（复苏）interest in it. Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the dance programme run by a man named Benjamin Lovett. Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances, but Lovett said he couldn’t because he had a contract with the inn. Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovett’s contract. He took Lovett back to Detroit, where together they established a programme for teaching squares and rounds. Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Different Steps of Square Dancing
B. The Origin and Development of Square Dancing
C. Who Was the Inventor of Square Dancing?
D. Why Did Square Dancing Go Out of Style?
2.What does the underlined part “their new home” refer to?
A. The United Kingdom. B. France.
C. Africa. D. America.
3.Why did the caller call out the steps for the dancers?
A. Because the dance was invented by the caller.
B. Because the dancers didn’t know the names of the steps.
C. Because the steps were very particular.
D. Because it was hard for the dancers to remember all the steps.
4.What can we learn about Henry Ford in the last paragraph?
A. He was the man who made the first car.
B. He was very fond of dancing.
C. He helped make square dancing popular again.
D. He taught people how to dance.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆一中高二 4月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
WE NEED FOREIGN TEACHERS ALL OVER CHINA
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Tag: Beijing Language Teaching Part Time
We are looking for teachers, whose native language is English, willing to teach in China. Most schools are in South of China.
The benefit package for foreign teachers includes:
One-year Contract: 1st September 2016 to 31st August 2017
Salary: 4,000RMB to 5,000RMB/Month
Teaching load & schedule: 20 teaching hours per week
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Kitchen facilities provided, other electric appliances will be supplied, water, heater, microwave, etc.
If you are interested, please read the information above and kindly send your application to attach the following documents (in .doc or JPEG format). The subject to be mentioned, as “teach in China”.
1. CV/Resume (简历)
2. A copy of academic degree/diploma/certificate/or college transcript
3. A photocopy of the data page of valid passport
4. A recent color photo
5. A letter of recommendation or release letter from your previous Chinese school (Only if you worked in China previously)
6. Any other related information that you think might help your application
1.This advertisement is about_______.
A. introducing a school
B. taking on foreign students
C. looking for English teachers
D. seeking a teaching position
2.What is NOT needed to apply for the job if you come to work in China for the first time?
A. Your resume. B. Your personal passport data.
C. Your photo. D. A recommendation letter.
3.If you are employed, you will_______.
A. work full time
B. not have to prepare the furniture
C. pay for apartment rent
D. work four months for two years
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