科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence—as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch(关键时刻), we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learned that violence never solves a problem but makes it even acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed(流血), the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.
The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement(执行). If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.
5. Recorded history has taught us ________.
A. violence never solves anything
B. nothing
C. the bloodshed means nothing
D. everything
6. It can be inferred that truly reasonable men ________.
A. can't get a hearing
B. are looked down upon
C. are persecuted
D. have difficulty in advocating law enforcement
7. According to the passage, the best way to solve race prejudice is ________.
A. law enforcement
B. knowledge
C. nonviolence
D. mopping up the violent mess
8. What is the author's attitude towards the violence?
A. Critical. B. Supportive.
C. Neutral. D. Sympathetic.
9. What is the BEST title for this passage?
A. Advocating Violence
B. Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice
C. Violence as a Legitimate Solution
D. Violence: The Instinct of Human Race
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科目:高中英语 来源:浙江省台州市三校2009-2010学年高二下学期期末联考试题(英语) 题型:完型填空
三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从34-48各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
If we really want to be happy, why do we complain all the time in our daily life? We can be active in our life by setting goals and going 34 what we want. But if we’re always expressing complaints, we can not really live 35 .
If you don’t believe me, 36 how many times you complain about something or other in one day. Whether it is being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, or whatever it is, there are endless 37 where you can find a reason to complain. But it’s not just outside circumstances 38 we complain about. We also complain about 39 . We complain constantly that we don’t have enough time, that we don’t have enough money and that we’re not 40 enough, cool enough, or just enough.
Most of us have experienced plenty of unpleasantness 41 complaining about things we can’t control, so do I. And I 42 really thought about it much until I found the website about “living in a complaint-free world”, which 43 my attitude towards life.
Imagine how 44 you would be if you simply stopped being a complainer. 45 of what you complain of is outside of your control anyway. 46 , it is no use thinking about something you have no power to change. When you 47 that you’re complaining, stop and ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.
In our daily life, we have many choices. As Dale Carnegie puts it, any fool can criticize and complain but it takes character and 48 for the wise persons to live a complaint-free and happy life.
34. A. without B. against C. after D. over
35. A. effectively B. normally C. casually D. honestly
36. A. scan B. evaluate C. witness D. count
37. A. effects B. cases C. consequences D. anecdotes
38. A. that B. which C. where D. what
39. A. yourselves B. themselves C. oneself D. ourselves
40. A. clumsy B. attractive C. neat D. awesome
41. A. due to B. in addition to C. by means of D. in spite of
42. A. ever B. even C. never D. once
43. A. reflected B. strengthened C. abandoned D. changed
44. A. awkward B. confident C. awful D. cheerful
45. A. Few B. Little C. Much D. Many
46. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Anyway
47. A. guarantee B. determine C. realize D. recommend
48. A. dignity B. self-control C. judgement D. affection
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科目:高中英语 来源:江西省名校2010届高考信息试卷英语(二) 题型:完型填空
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
About five years ago I started at a new school, when my family moved to Iowa.I was just a little 36 ,but I worried I would never 37 in with the other sixth graders.
Lucy,a girl in my class, who I thought was not 38 for change,didn’t 39 me from the start.In fact,I was 40 sure she hated me.I would ask her a 41 ,and I could tell she thought I was a total 42 .
My teacher made us sit by each other for the last semester. Lucy was 43 .
I didn’t wear 44 ,and I didn’t wear those 45 bell-bottom pants.I didn’t exactly 46 the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she 47 her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked 48 ,even if she sighed in anger.
49 ,Lucy let me talk to her,even 50 her“cool”friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she 51 at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her 52 . Lucy ,invited me over to her house for sleepovers ,and talked to me all the time instead her other friend.Lucy,the girl who 53 me ,called me her best friend .After that, we still were good friends a whole year later . I will never forget Lucy . She was a great friend .I love a 54 by A braham Lincoln: “Am I not 55 my enemies when I make friends of them?”
36.A.surprised B.nervous C.excited D.amused
37.A.study B.fit C.contact D.perform
38.A.ready B.appealing C.classic D.close
39.A.dislike B.help C.observe D.like
40.A.pretty B.hardly C.scarcely D.never
41.A.reason B.leave C.question D.favour
42.A.genius B.fool C.pretense D.beggar
43.A. happy B.relaxed C.fascinating D.horrified
44.A.make-up B.grown-up C.stand-by D.go-between
45.A.attractive B.preferable C.cheap D.awesome
46.A.pretend as B.turn out C.turn up D.look like
47.A.scratched B.closed C.opened D.rolled
48.A.beautiful B.ugly C.fat D.gorgeous
49.A.Happily B.Fortunately C.Eventually D.Helplessly
50.A.in honor of B.in sight of C.by means of D.in case of
51.A.cried B.shouted C.smiled D.laughed
52.A.thanks B.jokes C.nuisances D.worries
53.A.forgave B.hated C.beat D.contacted
54.A.letter B.warning C.book D.quote
55.A.destroying B.respecting C.worshiping D.promoting
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山东曲阜崇德高考补习高三10月月考英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
It is a matter of common observation that although money income keeps going up over the years, we never seem to become richer. Prices are rising continuously. This condition is what we call inflation: the money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable. We have got used to higher and higher rates of inflation in recent years. What could be bought twenty years ago for one pound now costs well over 2 pounds. And at present this rate of inflation seems to be rising rather than falling. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices do. One might think that inflation doesn’t matter. But it does ------.When money is losing value it also loses one of the qualities of a good money—stability of value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes an unsuitable means of delayed payment. Nobody wants to hold a wasting possession, so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore simply stimulates(刺激)our spending and discourages saving.
【小题1】From the passage we can know that inflation is a situation in which________.
A.everyone’s incomes rise |
B.money will hold its value |
C.we can watch our money grow |
D.money constantly loses its value |
A.inflation maybe still be a problem |
B.we have nothing to worry about |
C.inflation is no longer a problem |
D.we will become richer and richer |
A.go to the bank more often than usual |
B.save more money since their incomes rise |
C.spend money quickly rather than to save it |
D.keep money at home instead of going to banks |
A.the writer is a government official |
B.the writer is worried about inflation |
C.the writer encourages people to spend money |
D.the writer has become richer because of inflation |
A.matter, | B.goes. | C.rises | D.fall |
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科目:高中英语 来源:江苏省如皋市2009-2010学年度高一下学期期末调研考试试题(英语) 题型:阅读理解
Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
60. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.
B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.
C. He will give the very person long list of direction.
D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.
61. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?
A. Because of his poor sense of direction.
B. Because he always forget the way to home.
C. Because he did not have any friend.
D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.
62. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
A. He felt strange. B. He felt embarrassed.
C. He felt very sad. D. He felt astonished.
63. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
A. Someone we don’t know. B. The writer did it for himself.
C. The secretary did so. D. A warm-hearted old lady did it.
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