Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons (猎鹰)．They were the most beautiful birds he had ever seen．He gave the ____ birds to his head falconer to be _____.
Months passed, and one day the head falconer informed the king that _____ one of the falcons was flying high in the sky, the other bird had not ______ from its branch since the day it had arrived.
The king ordered healers from all the land to ______ the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly．He ________ the task to the members of his court, ____the next day, the king saw ______ the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its branch.
Having _______ everything else, the king thought to himself, “Maybe I need someone more ______ the countryside to understand the nature of this problem.” So he cried out to his court, “Go and get a _______.”
In the morning, the king was ______ to see the falcon flying high above the palace garden．He said to his court, “_______ me the doer of this miracle.”
The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king．The king asked him, “_____ did you make the falcon fly?”
With his head ______, the farmer said to the king, “It was very easy. I ______ cut the branch where the bird was sitting.”
We are all made to fly—to realize our ______ potential as human beings．But instead of doing that, we sit on our branches, hanging on to the things that are ______ to us．The possibilities are ______, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered．We ______ to the familiar, the comfortable, the boring．So for the most part, our lives are mediocre (平庸的) instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling.
1.A．curiousB．preciousC．expensiveD．clever
2.A．testedB．exhibitedC．appreciatedD．trained
3.A．asB．ifC．thoughD．since
4.A．eatenB．sungC．movedD．waken
5.A．tend toB．watch forC．drive awayD．pick up
6.A．reducedB．presentedC．removedD．brought
7.A．untilB．soC．butD．as
8.A．throughB．acrossC．beyondD．behind
9.A．learnedB．triedC．preparedD．understood
10.A．beneficial toB．fit for
C．friendly withD．familiar with
11.A．farmerB．gardenerC．falconerD．healer
12.A．embarrassedB．thrilled
C．anxiousD．relaxed
13.A．TellB．AwardC．CreateD．Bring
14.A．WhenB．WhyC．HowD．Where
15.A．stretchedB．stuckC．bowedD．turned
16.A．simplyB．narrowlyC．necessarilyD．nearly
17.A．unavoidableB．virtual
C．imaginaryD．unbelievable
18.A．properB．familiarC．unusualD．similar
19.A．endlessB．limitedC．changeableD．uncertain
20.A．applyB．referC．directD．stick
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届福建省高三模拟考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
To be successful in any aspect of life, you need to know when to use the carrot or the stick.
Here are a few tips to help you decide whether it’s better to use the carrot or the stick.
With the kids
The carrot
When it comes to raising a kid, the carrot or the stick dilemma is quickly disappearing as too many parents take the carrot approach to the extreme. In child raising, the carrot should never be materialistic things. If you want to ask for good behavior with a reward, it should be with something that can’t be bought, say, trust. The stick Nowadays, no one likes to use the stick any more, or in my father’s case, the belt. I’m not overlooking child abuse, if you ever want to call it that, but I am encouraging parents to toughen up a bit. You don’t want your kid to test your limits only to find out he can get away with it. If you want to raise a kid, raise the hand and let him know it comes down on the second offense.
At the office
The carrot
People need encouragement and motivation to perform well. However, the carrot only really works well with employees who have already proved themselves. If you’ve got someone who can’t show up at the office before noon, the promise of a raise isn’t going to do much. On the contrary, if there’s a guy with a good work moral, he’ll thrive (grow stronger) when you add a promotion to the picture.
The stick
When considering the carrot or the stick in the office, remember that, overall, the stick is the more practical method in the office. A wise man, who just happened to be an Italian, once said “It’s best to be both loved and feared.” It’s nice to have everyone love you, but running a business isn’t like running a family. You need to have the stick constantly raised.
With the wife
The carrot
When it comes to marriage, always use the carrot. I’ve had a lovely marriage for many years, and I’ve always stuck to the carrot approach.
Sometimes you catch more flies with honey, and sometimes it’s the crack of a whip(鞭子) that gets the horse moving. Try not to use too many sticks at home; the carrot is much more fun.
1.What is the best title of this passage?
A. The Carrot or the Stick?
B. The Introduction to the Carrot and the Stick
C. Tips in the Daily Life
D. The Advantages of the Carrot and the Stick
2.In kids raising, the author prefers ________.
A. the carrot approach
B. the stick approach
C. both the carrot approach and the stick approach
D. neither the carrot approach nor the stick approach
3.Which do you think is the best to be a good boss at the office?
A. Always using carrots.
B. Eating a lot of carrots.
C. Being both loved and feared.
D. Using too many sticks.
4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The author often gives more carrots to his wife to eat at home.
B. The carrot is much more fun when it comes to marriage.
C. On different occasions, the carrot or the stick is effective.
D. You need the stick to get your horses to move faster occasionally.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河北省高三下期三模考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
2016 Exhibitions in the British Museum
Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds
19 May － 27 November 2016
Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery
Adults￡16.50, Members/under 16s free
Sunken under the sea for over a thousand years, two lost cities of ancient Egypt were lately rediscovered. Their amazing discovery is transforming our understanding of the deep connections between the great ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece. Their story is told for the first time in this exhibition.
Francis Towne’s watercolours of Rome
21 January － 14 August 2016
Room 90/ Open late Fridays
Free, just drop in
Come and experience 18th-century Rome through an astonishing series of watercolours not displayed together since 1805.
Sicily: culture and conquest
21 April － 14 September 2016
Room 35
Tickets: Adults￡10, Members/under 16s free
This exhibition tells Sicily’s fascinating stories － from the arrival of the Greeks and other settlers, to the extraordinary period of enlightenment(启蒙) under Norman rule in the 11th to 13th centuries.
Early British exploration of the classical world
14 March － 27 July 2016
Room 90a/ Open late Fridays
Free, just drop in
This small display features a remarkable selection of drawings by British explorers and architects, who discovered and documented some of Sicily’s best surviving classical sculpture and architecture.
1.Which place are Francis Towne’s works picture about?
A. Egypt.B. France.C. Rome.D. Sicily.
2.What art works are housed in Room 90a?
A. Drawings. B. Buildings.
C. Sculptures. D. Watercolours.
3.Which exhibition can you attend in October?
A. Sicily: culture and conquest
B. Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds
C. Francis Towne’s watercolours of Rome
D. Early British exploration of the classical world
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年贵州思南中学高二下期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.
The importance of environment in determining an individual's intelligence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark X. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reared by parents of low intelligence in an isolated community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Mark's I.Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having identical brains, would have tested at roughly the same level.
1.A person’s intelligence ________.
A. stays unchanged in a certain environment
B. develops with the change of environment
C. is born at the same level as anyone else’s
D. is affected by the environment as well as the sort of brain he is born with
2.What is meant by “he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.”?
A. He will never fail to develop his intelligence.
B. He won’t become so intelligent as he should.
C. He is able to reach a high level of intelligence.
D. It is impossible for him to develop intelligence.
3.Which of the following statements is true concerning the twins?
A. The sorts of brain they are born with differ greatly.
B. They set up an example for studying the environment.
C. They became orphans once they were born.
D. They were adopted boys.
4.According to the text, the environment in which the twins were reared differs in the following aspects except ________.
A. intelligence level of the parents
B. family economic status
C. the age of their parents
D. community surroundings
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东实验中学高一下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
Tuy Sereivathana was born in 1970. In 1975 his family fled from the city to rural village where Tuy’s parents, both well-educated, taught school in the mornings to the local children and farmed in the afternoons to make ends meet．During his childhood, Tuy developed a deep respect for nature and elephants. ___1.____
After graduation from university, he returned to Cambodia to save his country’s natural resources. ____2.__ Its most famous building, the Angkor Wat temple, was built out of stone with the help of elephants．However, with their habitat decreasing, elephants were destroying farms as they looked for food．__3.__
As a ranger(国家公园管理员) in Cambodia’s national parks, Tuy worked throughout the country, connecting with rural communities and learning more about elephant migration and ecosystem．In Prey Proseth and Trang Troyeng, there lived 30,000 people on the forest’s edge, where he was aware of the lack of capacity within these communities to manage the human-elephant conflict．_4.__ More importantly, he taught the farmers to work together, encouraging them to organize overnight guard groups to protect the fields．Tuy also informed the communities of the national and religious pride attached to the elephants.
___5.__ As a result of Tuy’s involvement with the project, there wasn’t a single confirmed elephant death due to human-elephant conflict since 2005.
A．The elephant there are in danger of dying out.
B．More and more farmers had to kill them to protect their crops.
C．Later, he majored in forestry in Belarus University.
D．Since his work began, Tuy has been a significant success.
E．Cambodia has a long history of peaceful coexistence between people and elephants.
F．Now the villagers have begun to realize the importance of protecting animals.
G．Tuy began to teach villagers how to use fences, fireworks and fog horns to keep off elephants.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东实验中学高一下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
________ around the beautiful campus, they were taken to the classroom to observe a maths lesson.
A．To be shownB．Having shown
C．Having been shownD．To show
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东实验中学高一下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Mary ________ a lot of Japanese by communicating with the native people in Japan.
A．picked outB．picked upC．carried outD．made up
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年天津静海一中等五校高二下期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
Inside the classroom, some learners seem to take ________ of what’s going on more than others. It looks as if they are more engaged with the process of ________ than their classmates. Teachers are ________ of this too. They will ________ say that successful students possess some or all of the following characteristics.
A willingness to ________: good learners listen to what’s gong on—not just in the sense of paying attention, but also in terms of really listening to the English that is being used, soaking(吸收) it up with ________ and intelligence.
A willingness to experiment: many good learners are not ________ to “have a go”. They are ________ to take risks, to try things out and see how it works. Of course, not all successful language learners are extroverts(性格外向的人), but the ________ to use the language is an important one.
A willingness to put forward questions: ________ some teachers can become irritated by students who are constantly ________ difficult question, the urge to ________ why is part of a successful learner’s equipment. Good teacher frequently invite students to ask if they don’t ________ something. Good learners do this, judging when it is ________ to do so and when it is not.
A willingness to accept correction: good learners are prepared to be corrected if it ________ them. They are keen to get feedback from the ________ and act upon what they are ________. But this only works where teachers can offer constructive criticism ________ castigating(惩罚) them for being wrong. Giving feedback involves ________ students for things they do well, and offering them the ability to do things better where they were less ________. It involves teachers in judging their students’ responses to correction so that they can act accordingly.
1.A. chargeB. controlC. advantageD. place
2.A. travellingB. learningC. shoppingD. working
3.A. sickB. tiredC. awareD. proud
4.A. frequentlyB. suddenlyC. graduallyD. immediately
5.A. reviewB. listenC. writeD. repeat
6.A. worryB. angerC. eagernessD. surprise
7.A. anxiousB. confidentC. afraidD. lucky
8.A. preparedB. ashamedC. disappointedD. puzzled
9.A. ideaB. reasonC. opinionD. urge
10.A. unlessB. untilC. althoughD. since
11.A. solvingB. answeringC. discussingD. asking
12.A. carry outB. find outB. make sureD. make up
13.A. understandB. explainC. predictD. remember
14.A. strangeB. easyC. expensiveD. appropriate
15.A. bothersB. helpsC. changesD. hurts
16.A. teacherB. deskmateC. parentD. assistant
17.A. blamedB. announcedC. toldD. persuaded
18.A. less thanB. other thanC. rather thanD. more than
19.A. comfortingB. greetingC. ignoringD. praising
20.A. successfulB. importantC. attractiveD. popular
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届山东东营胜利一中高考模拟最后一卷英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
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。
Tina woke up early and immediately her thought turned to what happened yesterday. Her boss told her that she would be getting a _1.___(promote). He explained that her extraordinary enthusiasm__2._ tireless effort had made her just the type of person he needed.
Tina smiled__3.____(remember) his words and she felt proud of herself. She got up, smiled in the mirror and practically danced to the train station. __4.___the way people noticed her mood and smiled at __5.___. Some wished her a good day. At the tram everybody around her suddenly felt the urge__6.___(smile).
Strangers on the train started conversations with each other. Tina was___7.___ (surprise). Were all these people feeling her happiness? On her way to the office she_8.___ (see) herself in a store window. Her whole face was glowing(发光). ___9.___ (sudden) she realized that her smiling face might have been responsible for all the joy. This thought made Tina even__10.___(happy). She was ready to face the first day of her new position in the company and she brought with her the memory of the impact she had on all those “strangers on a train”.
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