Sports are all about change. A team gets better. A kid practices more and swims a personal best or learns a new move on the basketball court. In 2006, two things happened that got me thinking about change—in sports and in life.
One of them is tennis champion Andre Agassi, who retired in 2006. Agassi was a terrific player who won 60 titles, including eight major championships(冠军称号). But his greatest accomplishment(成就)might have been how much he changed during his career.
When he was young, Agassi was a show off who seemed to care only about himself. He didn't train very hard, but he won matches because of his tremendous(极大的)talent.Eventually, though, injuries and his bad attitude caught up with him. He fell from No.1 in the world ranking to No.141.
So Agassi changed. He trained harder and became a world-class player again. More importantly, he changed as a person. He was nicer to fans and opponents(对手). He stopped thinking just about himself and started thinking about others. Through his Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, he raised more than $60 million to help disadvantaged kids around his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. He even started a school, the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, for at-risk kids.
At the start of a new year, lots of people promise themselves they will change. They might vow to get in good physical shape, do better in school or be nicer to others. Changes such as those can be difficult. But they do happen. Just remember Andre Agassi: It wasn't easy, but he changed, and changed for the better.
1.According to the writer, which of the following may be the greatest achievement for Agassi?
A. He once ranked No.1 in the world rankings.
B. He won 60 titles.
C. He changed much during his career.
D. He won 8 major championships.
2.What does the underlined work “vow” in the 6th paragraph probably mean?
A. promise. B. agree. C. wish. D. prove.
3.What do you know about Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation?
A. It is intended to help at-risk kids.
B. It is a charity school set up by Agassi.
C. Some disadvantaged kids can get help from it.
D. Agassi runs it with his prize money.
4.What might be talked about in the paragraphs following this passage?
A. What achievements Agassi has made after he changed for the better.
B. How we can change for the better.
C. Another thing happened in life that got the writer thinking about change.
D. Some assessments(评价) about Agassi from different people.
科目:高中英语 来源:2016届广东省肇庆市高三毕业班第三次统一检测英语试卷(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l0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仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从笫11处起)不计分。
I’d like tell you something about your life in this boarding school. I stay in a dormitory with three other girls, all of whom are kind and nice. We get on well to others and have become good friends. Living in a boarding school make me independent. I am confidence to take care of myself, wash the clothes, and clean the room, that I never did when at home. The classes here are very interesting and challenged. I’m still feeling a little dissatisfied with some other thing. The living conditions are not as good as it at home and the chance to get in touch with the outside world is limited. Anyway, I’ll get used to living here and hope everything will be more better soon.
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As the population of the planet increases, so does the number of homes, businesses, parking lots, schools, airports and roadways. All these structures use electricity and need to be lighted. Humans demand these lights. They want their homes more comfortable and they want their streets safe. The problem is that researchers are finding that all the light is having a negative effect on humans and wildlife as well.
Less than 10 years ago I drove to a thinly populated section of my town, lay down in the middle of the road and watched an attractive meteor shower (流星雨). The area was short of homes, street lights and traffic. If I did that today, I wouldn't be able to see the meteor shower as well. Due to the increase in street lights, I would surely be run over by a car.
Nowadays scientists are finding light pollution can be almost as bad as carbon dioxide pollution. If you've ever taken a flight at night, the view is beautiful, but you must remember that all the light you see wastes electricity. The crew of the space shuttles see an even bigger picture of how extensive the wasted electricity is worldwide.
One of the saddest parts of light pollution is that most of it is unnecessary and most of the outdoor light that we use is wasted. One only needs to look at a row of street lights to see how much of the light shines upwards and lights the sky: a total waste of electricity.
Additionally, somewhere electricity needs to be produced, and the production of electricity creates pollution by releasing greenhouse gases. This affects the air we breathe and our quality of life.
Scientists are also studying the effects of light pollution on wildlife. Thousands of birds die each year when they crash into highly lighted buildings, as they become puzzled by the light. It has been long known that tiny baby sea turtles become lost and follow lights on the shore instead of heading towards the sea.
Fortunately, light pollution is one of the easiest sources of pollution that can be corrected without a negative effect. Following some guidelines and a little searching on Google can give you many ideas on how to reduce your contribution to light pollution.
1. It is implied in Paragraph 3 that the best way to deal with light pollution is ________.
A. reducing the output of the lights
B. avoiding the use of unnecessary lighting
C. educating people about light pollution
D. inventing environmentally- friendly lights
2.Which of the following is the effect of light pollution?
A. Many animals species have died out.
B. More traffic accidents happen every day.
C. The air we breathe may be polluted.
D. It is much easier for us to watch meteor showers.
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A. We are almost at a loss how to deal with light pollution.
B. Global warming results in light pollution in some way.
C. Astronauts can’t see clearly in space nowadays.
D. Some animals use natural light to direct their movements.
4.What will probably be provided following the last paragraph?
A. Helpful tips for surfing the Internet.
B. approaches to decreasing light pollution.
C. Benefits of searching on Google.
D. More bad effects of light pollution.
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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。
Many students have to live with roommates while going to school or university.Having a roommate can be one of the best experiences,or easily one of the worst1..
Follow these five tips to avoid the common mistakes that make good roommate relationships worse.
Talk things out.2.. If something happens,sit down with your roommates and have a face-to-face conversation.Complaining about your roommates behind their backs creates nothing but awkward situations and general unhappiness.
3.. Some roommates become the best of friends,and some don’t.Don’t put pressure on yourself or your roommate to reach this level,especially when you first meet.Remember, you are trying to make a new friend,not scare your roommate away.And if your roommate doesn’t end up being your best friend,there is no need to worry about it.
Clean up after yourself.Or at least,keep your mess on your side.4.. But being considerate with where you put your own stuff will help you avoid the arguments.
Ask before you take.This applies to food,clothes,supplies and anything else that you don’t own.5.. Even if you both agree to share everything you should still ask.
A. Don’t expect to be best friends.
B. Communication is of vital importance.
C. You don’t need to keep the room clean and organized all the time.
D. Rooms can be really easy for a mess to pile up.
E. If you want to have a good relationship with your roommate,it all starts with you.
F. Not all roommates can become your best friends.
G. Show your roommate that you have respect for his or her belongings.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年福建长泰县二中高一下期第一次月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单词拼写
单词拼写
1.They c_________ (竟争) for the first prize in the race yesterday.
2.Last year the factory r________(代替) most of its workers with robots .
3.Which country will (主办) the next Winter Olympic Games?
4.My goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality __________(不管怎样).
5.He wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to _________(解决)any difficult mathematical problem.
6.I have been put into space rocket and sent to e_________(探索)the Moon and Mars.
7.Dark glasses can your eyes from the sunlight.
8.It is said that a famous official will (视察) our school.
9.He did not (成功) in finding a good job.
10.The change of timetable will (影响) our plan.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016年河北大名县、永年、磁县、邯郸县高二下期中联考英语卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
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。
When I came to my new school three years ago, I was surprised at how lonely I felt. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner ________ . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly________.
Not really knowing how ________ the bus ride should be, I ________ when I saw the landmarks ________on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the________ , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was ________ on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no________ when the next bus would come, ________when a bus did come by, I ________ got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the________ bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he ________ to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but ________ did not help much.
He finally ________ me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was ________that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the ________bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there ________ . He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party ________ I was over an hour late.
I am forever thankful for the________that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a________ on my heart.
1.A. meal B. party C. meeting D. time
2.A. accepted B. refused C. got D. received
3.A. far B. difficult C. long D. bad
4.A. drove on B. walked awayC. hurried byD. got off
5.A. show B. showingC. shown D. to show
6.A. street signsB. tall buildings C. traffic lights D. back yards
7.A. queuing B. sitting C. standing D. waiting
8.A. meaning B. idea C. problem D. way
9.A. so B. yet C. but D. still
10.A. suddenlyB. luckily C. finally D. quickly
11.A. right B. wrong C. best D. fastest
12.A. supplied B. refused C. offered D. wanted
13.A. it B. heC. she D. they
14.A. kept B. dropped C. drove D. turned
15.A. eager B. worried C. sorry D. disappointed
16.A. sameB. next C. kind D. silly
17.A. helpless B. lonely C. unaccompanied D. alone
18.A. after B. although C. until D. when
19.A. respect B. concern C. help D. love
20.A. mark B. sign C. symbolD. Line
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届北京市毕业会考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:其他题
阅读下面短文和问题,根据短文内容和每个题后的具体要求,在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息,完成对该问题的回答。答语要意思清楚,结构正确,书写工整。
It’s 2010, outside the gate of a school somewhere in the UK. Some teenagers are talking. One says to another,” I’m tired of jamming after school---it’s really vanilla. Let’s go for a za, OK?” Two adults are walking past. They hear what the teenagers are saying, but they don’t understand a word. (What the teenagers said was,” I’m tired of hanging around after school---it’s really boring. Let’s go for a pizza.”)
This is nothing new---teenagers always invent new words and phrases. They create words for everyday things---words that mean good or porents or bad or good-looking, and so on. Look at these different ways of saying good in recent decades:
1960s---groovy (or fab)
1970s---neat
1980s---ace
1990s---wicked
2000s---cool
But, of course, the words you use depend on your interests, your friends, the music you listen to and the part of the country you live in. Different groups of teenagers have different likes and dislikes, and so they also have different expressions.
So why do teenagers invent new words, or invent new meanings for old words? Many people think it’s because they don’t want adults to understand, but that probably isn’t true---the real reason is that teenagers like to be creative and play with language, so they have fun creating new words.
And what do parents and old people think about it all? Most of them don’t worry about it---after all, they had their own special words when they teenagers too. But, some adults complain about “teen talk” and get quite annoyed by it. But that’s all part of the fun for the teenagers!
1.What is the way of teenagers’ saying good in the 2000s?(只用一个单词)
____________________________________________________________________________
2.Why do teenagers invent new words? (不多于七个单词)
____________________________________________________________________________
3.What is the topic of the passage? (不多于四个单词)
____________________________________________________________________________
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届北京市毕业会考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
The purpose of the article is to draw public attention ______ the traffic problem.
A. to B. on C. in D. for
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年天津静海一中高二下开学考试英语卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
—Sir, how much can you make per month?
—Why ________ you ask such a silly question?
A. can B. will C. should D. must
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