Where can you go to listen to important people talk about important subjects? BigThink.com is a new website that allows Internet users to discuss certain topics with world experts (专家). Subjects discussed on BigThink include the environment, music and questions about happiness and personal identity. The website has been called a YouTube for thinkers. Victoria Brown and Peter Hopkins created BigThink.com. They said that people needed an international place to communicate with each other and discuss the important issues (话题) of our times. On the BigThink website, when you click on a subject, you will find a video of a person talking about his or her ideas. For example, you can listen to United States Senator Ted Kennedy talking about education and other things. Besides, you can read the comments and questions written by other visitors to the website. More than one hundred experts have expressed their ideas on the website. BigThink’s creators (创建者) started the website by first getting famous people to agree to be videoed. They began by interviewing several well-known professors from Harvard University. Then they used the names of these professors to gain the trust of others and get them to take part in the project. The website says BigThink belongs to everyone. Its motto (格言) is: "We are what you think." So, go online and start thinking big.
1.BigThink.com was created to ________.
A. discuss important people
B. show Internet users funny videos
C. introduce the latest IT knowledge and help Internet users solve problems
D. offer Internet users the chance to communicate with experts
2.If you visit BigThink.com, you can ________.
A. listen to your favorite music
B. chat with thinkers face to face online
C. communicate with people worldwide
D. get an online education
3.Why did the creators of BigThink.com start interviewing famous people?
A. To get their agreement to be videoed.
B. To gain their trust for the website.
C. To attract people’s attention to the website.
D. To use their names in discussions.
4.What’s the text mainly about?
A. How to set up one’s own website.
B. A brief introduction to BigThink.com.
C. What to do on BigThink.com.
D. The importance of sharing ideas with others.
科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河北衡水中学高三上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
In the week before Christmas, one Delta airlines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no one else could.
Father of three, Jay short died after a ____with lung cancer Dec, 16th. Three days later, his family was attempting to ____to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But a 90-munite ___at the Phoenix airport ____them only seven minutes to make their connecting flight in Minnesota. “This was our ____chance to say goodbye to my dad, and if we hadn’t _____the flight, we would have missed the ______.” Jay’s daughter said. But when they arrived at the gate, the last plane of the day to Memphis was ____away from the gate.
“My son was ______his arms and pleading with the pilot through the floor-to ceiling windows.” said Marcia, “I was _____ and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the phone rang, ______us that the pilot was returning to the gate to let us _____the plane.” Captain Adam Cohen saw the _____on their faces through the gate’s windows and decided to turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have _____gotten into trouble for the _____decision, but Delta ____the move instead. “This is ______we’ll take with us, knowing we made a _______.” confirmed Adam.
This story is an _____that we can bring humanity back to society. Show care and it may ______you how far that you go.
1.A. competition B. symptom C. connection D. battle
2.A ride B run C fly D. drive
3.A. wait B. delay C. interval D. sleep
4.A. spared B. offered C. brought D. left
5.A. last B. slight C. rare D. proper
6.A. followed B. caught C. booked D. confirmed
7.A. doctor B. meeting C. polite D. funeral
8.A. keeping B. bringing C. pulling D. taking
9.A. raising B. waving C folding D. crossing
10.A. struggling B. shouting C. crying D. praying
11.A. advising B. informing C. warning D. instructing
12.A. land B. guide C. change D. board
13.A. appreciation B. satisfaction C. desperation D. caution
14.A. easily B. merely C. optionally D. deliberately
15.A. careless B. unusual C. selfless D. unwise
16.A. resisted B. opposed C. praised D. sponsored
17.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
18.A. difference B. change C. promise D. deal
19.A. activity B. event C. incident D. evidence
20.A. surprise B. panic C. disappoint D. Embarrass
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届江西师范大学附中高三上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项.
How do actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly.
1.
For most performers, there is no quicker way of memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again. Most rehearsals(彩排) encourage this by running through the lines or having a ＂read through＂. By the time opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times.
Listen to your cast members.
Sometimes inexperienced actors spend rehearsals looking at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line. 2. This will help the actor learn his lines better because the context of the dialogue is absorbed.
3.
Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play’s dialogue during everyday activities. They use a tape recorder or an MP3 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene. Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own. 4. Others like recording the lines of fellow cast members, and they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.
Think positively and don’t panic.
Most actors will experience stage fright before the opening night. Actors forget lines now and then. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notice. If you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don’t freeze. Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability. If unfortunately you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again. 5.
A. Record your lines.
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. Read lines loud and repeat them.
D. Read lines loud and remember them in a short time.
E. Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization.
F. Then, they not only listen carefully, but they also speak all of the lines.
G. Instead, they should be listening carefully, responding in character at all times.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届湖南娄底双峰一中等五校高三上期中联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I work as a volunteer for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti．Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to him．
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and ．For the first two days, he said almost nothing．I worried the trip was too for a 17-year-old．Then, on day three, as we were over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned(咧嘴笑),“Pretty hard．”
After that there was no turning back．A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized(着迷)．He couldn’t stop ．Later he said , “I wish I could speak French．” I was — this from a boy who hated and French classes throughout school．
Usually silent, he Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people．He blossomed(活泼起来)．
, the moment that really took breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains．I was a woman villager for an article．135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in ．Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and to become part of the leadership of the ．
Learning her story, Barrett was as as I by this tiny woman’s achievements．His eyes were wet and there was a of love and respect on his face．He had finally understood the importance of my work．
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay as a volunteer．My insides suddenly felt struck．This achieved all I’d expected．Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday．He’ll be a man．
1.A．comfort B．please C．attract D．educate
2.A．rough B．dangerous C．troublesome D．violent
3.A．little B．much C．fast D．slow
4.A．moving B．running C．climbing D．looking
5.A．too B．very C．even D．so
6.A．joking B．crying C．shouting D．smiling
7.A．patiently B．regretfully C．lightly D．cheerfully
8.A．ashamed B．disappointed C．determined D．surprised
9.A．took up B．went in for C．fought against D．called off
10.A．befriended B．disregarded C．avoided D．recognized
11.A．Thus B．Even C．Meanwhile D．However
12.A．our B．his C．my D．her
13.A．asking B．interviewing C．arranging D．describing
14.A．brain B．wish C．will D．health
15.A．appeared B．struggled C．hesitated D．failed
16.A．village B．city C．organization D．state
17.A．pleased B．bored C．touched D．puzzled
18.A．combination B．composition C．connection D．satisfaction
19.A．in B．behind C．out D．away
20.A．interview B．flight C．article D．trip
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年河北廊坊一中高一上第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：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一篇作文。文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
只允许修改10处，多者（从11 处起）不计分。
Dear Mary,
I receive your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me. I’m getting on well with my research work in the lab. But to my greatly surprise you say you will give up learn English. The reason is because you have not done well in it recently and you have lost interests. I’m afraid I can’t agree to you. I know it is difficulty to learn English. English is widely used in the world today. It will be important tool in our future work. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, you will be succeed. Do remember that where there is a will, there is a way. I’m looking forward to hearing good news from you.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年河北石家庄一中高一上期中英语卷（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。
In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Singapore, Korea, 1. Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 2. (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine（使……结合）different kinds of hardwoods and metal 3. (create) special designs.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 4. (use) twigs（树枝）to remove it. Over time, 5. the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 6. (gradual) turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 7. lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced（影响）the 8. (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killing and 9. (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 10. their hands.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年河南顶级名校高三10月第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华，你的一位美国朋友Jane在中国学习中文两年，即将回国。现在由你给她发E-mail，邀请她参加为她举办的欢送会，要点如下：
(1)祝贺她顺利通过考试，她的学习进步很大，为她骄傲；
(2)感谢她帮助你们学习英语；
(3)时间：星期六晚六点；
(4)地点：阳光俱乐部(The Sun Club)302房间；
(5)路线：在你所住宾馆门口乘坐332路公共汽车可直达。
Dear Jane，
Congratulations on your passing all the exams.________________________________
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Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年河南顶级名校高三10月第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
—What do you think of Peter?
—He ________ be really difficult to get along with even though he’s a nice person in general.
A. shallB. shouldC. mustD. can
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年陕西西北大学附中高二上期中考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go and visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（节拍）. Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所）.“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.
1.When his wife left home. Brad expected to .
A. go out for a walk in the park
B. watch TV talk show with his children
C. enjoy his first day off work
D. read the newspaper to his children
2.Which of the following did Randy do?
A. Drawing on the wall B. Eating apple jam
C. Feeding the fish. D. Reading in a room
3.Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?
A. Because he wanted to clean up his house.
B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office
C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys home.
D. Because he had to take his wife back
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