The latest target for TV advertisers is children in Asia. Asian families are getting smaller and wealthier, and Asian children are watching more and more TV. It is said that the average Hong Kong child sees about 25,000 TV advertisements a year.
To get the attention (and the money) of these young audiences, the advertisers use little actors. “The kids share the same feelings with someone from their own age group,” says one advertiser, “so this kind of advertisement is more effective. And, of course, the little actors earn big money.”
Not everyone is happy to see kids turned into buyers. “Advertising to children is wrong,” said Pasty Liang, “because its aim is to make them ask their parents for money to buy things. Also, many things advertised, such as toys, are silly and encourage violence. If a child buys them, he or she will learn nothing.” Some educators believe that if young people watch the ads, they will become more and more materialistic.
Some people even think it wrong to use little actors in TV advertisements. “It is illegal for kids to work in factories, so why are they allowed to work in ads? Also, considering the high salaries, it is bad for children to have too much money.” said Elvis Hu.
As an advertiser, J W Lu clearly has his own opinion about this. “It is nothing wrong with children earning a lot of money or asking their parents to buy things for them. Besides, kids buy toy to have fun, not to learn from.”
Anyway, governments are beginning to take action to protect children. An ad would not be allowed to appear on TV if it made children feel inferior (低人一等的) because they didn’t own the advertised product.
1.The advertisers use little actors so that ________.
A. the ads can attract young audiences
B. the little actors can earn big money
C. the kids will share the same feelings
D. people will see more TV advertisements
2.What does the underlined word “illegal” mean?
A. Not liked by the children.
B. Not allowed by the law.
C. Not accepted by the public.
D. Not agreed to by the parents.
3.Who thinks it all right for kids to earn money by acting in ads?
A. Elvis Hu. B. J W Lu.
C. Pasty Liang. D. Some educators.
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Little actors earn less money than adults.
B. Advertisers want children to learn from toys.
C. Some people are not for advertising to children.
D. Governments are taking action to protect advertisers.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Little Actors or Adult Actors
B. How to Get Children’s Attention
C. Opinions about TV Advertisements
D. Children: New Target for TV Advertisements
科目：高中英语 来源：2017年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语（浙江卷精编版） 题型：阅读理解
Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.
The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the catbegan to look ragged （蓬乱）. His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.
The cat’s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin’s cousins, Mr.Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings （版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen. In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr.Pennington returned for another visit .He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.
In the city, Mr.Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape (风景) painting.Wiliams ,a well-known painter,came to see him work . Wiliams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home .The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little,having been a poor student. But he later said,”Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.”While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.
1.What is the text mainly about?
A. Benjamin’s visit to Philadelphia.
B. Williams’ influence on Benjamin.
C. The beginning of Benjamin’s life as an artist.
D. The friendship between Benjamin and Pennington.
2.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?
A. The cat would be closely watched.
B. The cat would get some medical care.
C. Benjamin would leave his home shortly.
D. Benjamin would have real brushes soon.
3.What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?
A. He took him to see painting exhibitions.
B. He provided him with painting materials.
C. He sent him to a school in Philadelphia.
D. He taught him how to make engravings.
4.Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to ________.
A. master the use of paints
B. appreciate landscape paintings
C. get to know other painters
D. make up his mind to be a painter
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科目：高中英语 来源：山西省2016-2017学年高二（实验班）下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Hip hop or rap (说唱 ） music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.
Rapping in class.
Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks. One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”
Whose idea was Flocabulary?
Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So, why not make lessons into songs? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学 ）. They are now used in schools with great success.
1.Rap music started ________ in New York city .
A. in the 1970s B. In a high school
C. in the 19 th century . D. In a music class .
2.From the passage, we can learn “Flocabulary ” is a program to ________.
A. Write rap music B. Sing a song by talking
C. Remember the words of a song D. help teach some school subjects
3.The underlined word “positive” in paragraph 2 most probably means ________.
A. bad B. good
C. final D. direct
4.Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT ________.
A. maths B. science
C. history D. literature
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科目：高中英语 来源：贵州省2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities).Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to "read" people from another culture as we would "read" someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions.
Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of "reading" the other person incorrectly.
1.What does the smile usually mean in America?
A. Love. B. Politeness.
C. Joy. D. Thankfulness.
2.The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can ___ .
A. show friendliness to strangers
B. be used to hide true feelings
C. be used in the wrong places
D. show personal habits
3.What should we do before attempting(尝试) to "read" people?
A. Learn about their relations with others.
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds.
C. Find out about their past experience.
D. Figure out what they will do next.
4.What would be the best title for the test?
A. Cultural Differences
B. Smiles and Relationship
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions
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科目：高中英语 来源：河北省唐山市2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：短文填空
A father was worried about his son , 1. was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So his father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(禅师) to train his boy.
The Buddhist monk said 2. the boy’s father, “You should leave your son alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months. 3., you can’t come to see him during this period.”
Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an4. (experience) boxer. Each time the fighter 5. (strike) the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time the boy was knocked down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “6.do you think of your child?” “What a shame!” the boy’s father said,“I never thought he would be so 7.(easy) knocked down. I needn’t have him left here 8. longer.”
“I am sorry that is all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of 9.(cry)? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him10.(have ).”
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科目：高中英语 来源：山西省2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：完形填空
It was already late when we set out for the next town, _____ according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the ______. There we felt ______ that we would find a bed ______ the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met ______ as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that ______ the hills. As we climbed ______, it became colder and rain began to fall, ______ it difficult at times to see the road. I asked John , my companion, to drive more ______.
After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was ____ on the map. We were beginning to get ____. Then without warning the car stopped. A quick ____ showed that we had run out of petrol (汽油). Although we had little food with us, we decided to ____ the night in the car.
Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once, ____ John, who was a ____ sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk ____ the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the ____ of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded (卸) all our luggage (行李) and with a great effort (努力), ____ to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went backto the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill. ____. less than a quarter of an hour we were inthe town, where we found a ____ quite easily.
1.A. which B. it C. where D. that
2.A. rivers B. hills C. towns D. villages
3.A. surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. sure
4.A. at B. in C. through D. for
5.A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody
6.A. got to B. arrived C. led to D. belonged to
7.A. taller B. higher C. lower D. faster
8.A. getting B. thinking C. causing D. making
9.A. certainly B. carefully C. slowly D. surely
10.A. marked B. set C. built D. drawn
11.A. excited B. worried C. cold D. warm
12.A. attention B. operation C. examination D. information
13.A. spend B. live C. spare D. stay
14.A. since B. though C. so D. but
15.A. quick B. fast C. poor D. heavy
16.A. across B. through C. down D. up
17.A. lights B. map C. bus D. situation
18.A. ought B. tried C. succeeded D. managed
19.A. For B. In C. Since D. At
20.A. policeman B. friend C. hotel D. cinema
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科目：高中英语 来源：河北省唐山市2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：短文改错
文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Once a man asked a painter to painting a picture for him. He told the artist he didn’t want to any shadows in the picture, just sunshine, but the artist did so. When the man saw the finished picture, he was disappointing. Without shadows, everything in the picture looks flat and unreal.
The point of the story is that we need both shadows and sunshine to have a completely picture, just as we need both rain and sun to have living world. People, too, needs both sadness and happiness. We often learn important lesson during sad times. So when we feel sad, we should try to stop and think about that we might learn from the experience.
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省徐州市2016-2017学年高二12.5周练英语试卷 题型：单项填空
________ the diamond, he had to look for a place to hide it.
A. Having stolen B. Having been stolen
C. Stolen D. Stealing
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科目：高中英语 来源：山东省临沂市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：七选五
People lie all the time, but depending on how skilled they are, it can be difficult to determine when someone is lying to you. Do you know how to recognize the signs that someone is lying to you? Some of the signs are obvious while others are more subliminal(难以察觉的), but there are ways to catch someone in a lie, you just need to know what they are. 1.
1. Liars make false eye contact.
A person who is lying to you won’t make eye contact with you or they make too much eye contact. If a person is lying they may feel you are watching him and he will look down at the floor or away from your eyes. Some people try to stare you in the face deliberately. 2.
2.Liars avoid using contractions(缩略形式)
The liar will say “I did NOT notice that.” instead of “I didn’t notice that.”3.. Usually it ends up making the story a lot less believable.
3.Unnatural Body Language.
Liars often feel uneasy, turn away from the person to whom they are speaking, blink(眨眼) rapidly, smile less and have pitch changes in their tone of voice. They may cross their arms which is a sign of being “closed” or trying not to reveal too much information. 4.. They could touch parts of their face, an ear or a nose or play with keys or another item that they have in their hand.
.4.Liars provide additional information without being asked for it
5.The result is the more complicated the story is, the less believable it will be. You will have the feeling that nothing could be further from the truth.
A. This is an attempt by the liar to be absolutely clear what they mean.
B. Here are some easy ways to recognize liars and catch lies.
C. Sometimes people look unnatural when they are lying
D. They will get angry if you doubt their story
E. They seem to think that by telling their story in detail, you will find it more believable.
F. They try to change the subject or move the conversation in a different direction
G. In this way they feel like making eye contact will make what they are saying more believable.
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