科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
"Mark Twain" was the name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) when he wrote books. His father was a lawyer, but a poor one, who lived at Florida, Missouri. The family was so poor that Samuel did not receive much teaching. He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met. His father died when he was very young, and then there was even less money than before.
Many of the men in this part of America worked in the ships on the great River Mississippi, and he did this himself at one time (1857).
Where did he find the name "Mark Twain"? It came from the great river itself. It was part of one of the cries used by men who worked in the ships. When a man called "By the mark twain!" he meant that the river was "two marks deep" there, that is to say, six feet deep ( "Twain" is an old form of the work "Two".) Samuel Clemens often heard these words when he was young, and he used them as a penname all his life.
During his work on the Mississippi he met travelers of all kinds, and this helped him a great deal when he started to write. But the number of travelers became smaller when war started in America in 1861. Many of the great ships on the river stopped work. Samuel left then and went to Nevada with his brother, who was at that time Governor of Nevada. There, near the town of Carson, Samuel became a gold miner, but he never made much money at the time. He soon saw that life in the gold mines was not for him. He also tried writing for the newspapers in Nevada, and this seemed more hopeful. He found that he could write.
He went to Europe in 1867 and visited France and Italy. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon, and two years later he was spending nearly all his time writing. Among his books is his own story (1908).
He is now always known as Mark Twain, and many people do not even know that his family name was Clemens. He traveled in America and in England, and went to Oxford in 1907. He was one of the great American writers of the time, and could make his readers laugh – a thing which few writers can do. He died in 1910.
"Mark Twain" was _________.
A. a famous American writer B. name of a book
C. a great river in America D. a large ship
As a child, Samuel did not get much education because _________.
A. his father died too early B. the family was very poor
C. he disliked school very much
D. he could learn what he liked from the people he met
What gave him a great deal when he started writing? _______
A. His poor childhood B. The Mississippi river
C. All kinds of travelers he met D. His brother
We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Samuel loved writing from his early age
B. Samuel did not love writing at the beginning
C. his writings to the newspaper were successful
D. his brother encouraged him to write more
According to the writer of the passage, a good writer could _________.
A.write a lot for his readers B. make a lot of money for his family
C. cause his readers to laugh D. travel everywhere he wanted
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
| Writer/ Time | Topic: Who’s a better singer, Andy Lau (刘德华) or Jacky Cheung (张学友)? |
| Jim 8-15-2006 5:25 pm. | Some people say Jacky is the best Chinese singer. I don’t think so! Andy is the best. I went to his concert last year. It was so wonderful, I almost cried! OK, I did cry, but that’s because Andy is so handsome! |
| Tom 9-3-2006 4:38 pm. | I disagree with Jim. Andy sounds like every other singer. His voice is nothing special. On the other hand, Jacky’s voice is unique, and his songs are so romantic! |
| Linda 9-10-2006 8:54 pm. | I think they’re about the same. But Andy is a better actor. I’ve seen almost all of his movies. Remember the one where he was an airplane pilot, and his plane crashed near a farm? I love that movie! |
| John 9-16-2006 10:25 pm. | I also think Jacky is a better singer. I prefer his Cantonese (粤语) songs. Maybe they sound better because Cantonese is his first language. |
| Tom 10-2-2006 10:12 am. | I agree. Jacky’s Cantonese songs are better than his Mandarin (华语) songs. (Though, I still like all his songs!) |
Who likes Andy Lau the best? .
A. Jim B. Tom C. Linda D. John
Why did Jim cry? Because .
A. she was sad at a concert. B. she had a broken heart.
C. she was angry at Jacky Cheung D. she thought Andy Lau was very good looking
What’s Linda’s opinion? .
A. Andy is a better singer. B. Jacky is a better singer.
C. They both sing equally well. D. Jacky is a better actor.
Why does John think Jacky’s Cantonese songs sound the best? Because .
A. Jacky has no experience singing in Mandarin.
B. it’s his native language
C. his mandarin pronunciation is bad
D. Jacky’s Mandarin songs are boring.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself”were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable(好客的) and friendly—but only once they had been introduced to new people.
However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.
I experienced Italian hospitality first－hand on a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was berated(斥责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat－it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.
Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone else's privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.
6. The purpose of the author is to tell us ________.
A. his travelling experience
B. cultural differences to show hospitality and politeness
C. the culture shock he experienced in Italy and the US
D. how to adapt ourselves to a new culture
7. What do we know about the occupants of the carriage when the author was travelling in Italy?
A. They all laughed at the author for his mistake.
B. They would not bear a mistake like the author's in public.
C. They were all on the side of the gentleman.
D. They all showed their understanding of the author's mistake.
8. The author probably believes the Italian people are________.
A. cold B. rude C. hospitable D. helpful
9. According to the last paragraph, English passengers sat in near silence because________.
A. they were all strangers to each other
B. they were too tired to speak
C. privacy was a valued tradition in England
D. everybody had their own share of privacy
10. The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A. the difference between English and American culture
B. why Americans like to start a conversation
C. different attitudes of Englishmen and Americans towards conversation
D. the importance of privacy among Englishmen
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年辽宁省瓦房店高级中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：填空题
There once was a very wealthy and successful man. He had more money than he could ever spend, and he was admired and looked up to by his community. __1___ He wasn’t happy. All his life he had been looking for happiness and striving for happiness.___2____
Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness.___3___ After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He was tired and penniless, but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple. He asked a wise, smiling monk if he could enter the special room. The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room. ___4___ He stared into the room with sunlight steaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find. There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness. The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.
__5__ Happiness is a choice that we can make. Don’t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then. Just look in the mirror and laugh. Just let the happiness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.
A. He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple
A. It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal.
C. No one found the secret of happiness at last.
D. But he knew that something was missing in his life.
E. But he had never been able to find it.
F. He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door.
G. It is time that we all realized that we were the secrets of our own happiness
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届安徽泗县双语中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts(童子军)，so I used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.
We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded by cliffs (悬崖).If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to walk past our camp.
Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.
We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river, we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.
An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动)down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.
When it got dark, we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man, but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.
Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.
1.The writer in the text mainly tells us _________.
A．the story of his childhood B．a strange camping experience
C．about a stranger by the river D．about a good place for camping
2.Why did the boys eat their supper slowly?
A．They wanted to delay going to the river bank.
B．They were waiting for their scoutmaster.
C．They had a supper earlier than usual.
D．They were talking while eating.
3.The underlined word “bewildered” in the text probably means _________.
A．ashamed B．nervous
C．unable to understand D．eager to know something
4.When he heard what had happened, the scoutmaster __________.
A．realized who the man was
B．started to worry about the man
C．went back to look for the can
D．felt it hard to believe the boys
5.The writer still remembers the event because________.
A．the boys acted foolishly
B．the camping place is beautiful
C．there has been no explanation for the event
D．he particularly enjoyed his camping that summer.
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