When you're on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet. U.S. News Travel has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.
Trip It
Your Personal Travel Agent
Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accomadating restaurants—with Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans.
Weather Free
Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者)
Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it's in a foreign language). The Weather Free app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside.
Goby
Your Event Guru
When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner.
1.What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News Travel?
A. They can solve any problem you come across.
B. They reduce your travel budget.
C. They exercise your fingertips.
D. They are reliable and free of charge.
2.With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT__________.
A. rent a car
B. decide what to wear
C. look for a friend while traveling
D. find the nearby museums
3.Where are the readers likely to read the passage above?
A. In a geography textbook
B. In a science and technology magazine
C. On a popular website
D. In a business report
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江苏盐城中学高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Nowadays, Chinese acupuncture has become popular round the world, __________ have other traditional Chinese medicines.
A. so B. as C. while D. like
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016年辽宁沈阳东北育才校高二下第一阶段考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
New research shows that kids from low-income families may be falling behind their peers because an important part of their brains is underdeveloped.
Researchers from MIT’ s McGovern Institute for Brain Research compared the brains of 12-and 13-year-olds from rich families with the brains of their peers from lower-income families. They found that one particular area of the brain—the neocortex(新皮质),which plays a key role in memory and learning ability—is thinner in children from lower-income households.
This is a crucial part of the brain for young students, who are often tested based on their ability to recall large chunks of information. Children who had a thinner neocortex performed poorly on standardized tests,researchers found.More than 90% of high-income students scored above average on a statewide math and English/Language Arts standardized test,compared with less than 60% of low-income students.Differences in cortical(脑皮层) thickness could account for almost half of the income-achievement gap in this sample,researchers wrote.
“Just as you would expect, there’ s a real cost not living in a supportive environment. We can see it not only in test scores,in educational attainment,but within the brains of these children,”says psychological scientist John Gabrieli,a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and one of the study’s authors.
Since a 2011 study published by Stanford University professor Sean Reardon found that the gap between standardized test scores of high-income and low-income students has grown by about 40% since the 1960s,there’ s been a lot of research aimed at finding links between income and achievement, rather than race alone. The MIT study found low-income children were equally likely to have a thinner neocortex,no matter their races.
Gabrieli and his co-authors can’ t say exactly why poor children’ s brains develop differently because there are too many possibilities to count.Their findings do,however,underline the importance of early intervention(干预) to ensure that low-income kids get the tools they need to succeed.
1.What’ s the function of the first paragraph?
A. To list some findings.
B. To give some advice.
C. To do some comparisons.
D. To show the main idea of the text.
2.What does the underlined word “crucial” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Special. B. Important.
C. Separate. D. Unknown.
3.What John Gabrieli says in Paragraph 4 mainly shows the importance of .
A. cognitive ability
B. educational attainment
C. having developed brains
D. living in supportive surroundings
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Wealthy parents do better in raising children.
B.Differences exist between poor children and rich ones.
C.Poor children study harder due to their financial conditions.
D.Poor children have thinner neocortex than their wealthy peers.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江西南昌市高三第七次（4月）月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Everyone knows that death is natural, but do you have any idea of the process of dying? Modern scientists divide the process of dying into two phases---clinical or temporary death and biological death. Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活). Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissues. Death is then unchangeable and final.
Scientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best method developed so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic sleep. By slowing down the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays the processes leading to biological death.
To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an artery. The monkey’s blood pressure decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twenty minutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathing. After two minutes Keta’s heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.
1.For a person who suffers from the clinical death _________
A.he is still very much alive.
B. he can not avoid final death.
C. his most important organs are damaged.
D. he still has the possibility of getting back to life.
2. Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to _________
A.cool the organism.
B.delay the coming of biological death.
C. slow down the body’s metabolism.
D. bring vital cells and tissues back to active life.
3. How did the scientists put Keta into clinical death?
A.By putting her to sleep, lowering her temperature and draining her blood.
B.By surrounding her body with ice-bags and draining her blood.
C.By lowing her blood pressure and stopping her heart from beating.
D.By draining her blood, lowering her blood pressure and stopping her breathing.
4.All of the following indicate that the monkey has almost restored to her original physical state except the fact that _________
A.her heart beat again.
B.she rejected a penicillin injection.
C. she regained her normal breath.
D.she acted as lively as a healthy monkey.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河南三门峡陕州中学高三下期尖子生专题训练（五）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。
People from every corner flooded into the streets that Christmas Eve. "Frosty the Snowman," and "Jingle Bells" in stores; on the pavements, the street singers performed happily. Everyone, was by someone else, delighted and cheerful. I was alone.
As one of 8 kids of a Brazilian family, brought up in America's crowded apartment, I'd spent several years searching for aloneness. Now, , at 27, a college student after the with my girlfriend , every cell inside me wanted to be alone, not at Christmas. My family had to Brazil and my friends were with their own lives. Dusk was approaching, and the fact that I had to return to my home made me sad. Lights from windows blinked, and I hoped someone would from one of those homes to invite me inside with a Christmas tree decorated with shiny fake snow and presents.
At a market, I felt more when people were buying lots of goods, which the gifts we received as children in my mind . I missed my family and wanted to cry for wanting to be alone and for having achieved it.
Outside the church , a manger(小耶稣) had been set . I stood with others watching the scene, some of them themselves, praying. As I walked home, I realized that leaving Brazil was still a painful experience as I struggled with I had become in 15 years in America. I'd mourned the , but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, and healthy. My life was still ahead, full of .
Sometimes the best gift is the one that you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself for what I'd obtained up to now and promise to go forward. It is the best gift I've ever got, the one that I most .
1.A.sharedB. playedC. servedD. held
2.A.accompaniedB. employedC. attendedD. supported
3.A. usuallyB. extremelyC. reallyD. eventually
4.A. breakupB. dateC. sympathyD. concern
5.A. soB. butC. andD. or
6.A. movedB. slippedC. cameD. returned
7.A. pleasedB. satisfiedC. occupiedD. bored
8.A. shabbyB. emptyC. warmD. cozy
9.A. turn upB. hang outC. go awayD. break in
10.A. dealtB. discountedC. wrappedD. donated
11.A. tiredB. nervousC. excitedD. upset
12.A. called upB. called forC. called onD. called in
13.A. downB. upC. asideD. about
14.A. huggingB. bowingC. crossingD. bending
15.A. howB. whichC. whatD. that
16.A. casesB. limitsC. lossesD. worries
17.A. lonelyB. educatedC. shyD. wealthy
18.A. possibilityB. sightC. sadnessD. hardship
19.A. surpriseB. defeatC. prizeD. credit
20.A. selectB. valueC. saveD. admit
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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：七选五
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。
Weekend at last! Something you’re looking forward to after a tiring week at work.
Here are several tips on how to make the most of your weekends.
Spend time with loved ones. Reconnect with family members or friends you neglected (疏忽) lately. Don’t do it out of guilt or because you have to. Do it because you want to. Reach out to them to see how they are doing. 1. Return their calls if you were busy when they last tried to reach you. Talk to them. Listen to them. Be there for them.
2. Stay away from TV, iPad, iPhone and any other electronic devices. Unplug! Your brain needs to clear up from all the stress you’ve put on yourself during the week. Why not read a book instead? A paper one. Seriously, when was the last time you did that?
Laugh, laugh and laugh again. You can never have enough of it. Laugh is the best medicine ever. 3. For example, it helps you manage stress, strengthens your immune system and you are 40 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack.
Express appreciation. 4. Be grateful for your family, friends, health, the food you put on the table, the clothes you wear and the air that you breathe.
There you are. Doing a few things during weekends will have a positive long-term effect on your life. 5.
A. Apply the “no technology” rule.
B. Pause and pay attention to your thoughts.
C. Friendship is the best source of happiness.
D. Don’t Call them only when you need them.
E. It benefits your mental and physical health in so many ways.
F. Put them into practice and you'll beat the Monday Blues.
G. This is something you should be doing every day, not only on weekends.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届福建省泉州市毕业班3月质量检查英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
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。
While I went sightseeing in London, I visited the London Underground. Like most tourists, I was very interested in it as it is the 1. (old)system in the world. It is also very complex. I was told that the first part of the underground system opened in 1863 and 2. took people from the boundary of London to the city center. The underground passages were very narrow 3. (compare) to the last line that was constructed in 1977. when 4. (carriage) first ran in these passages, there was lots 5. smoke and noise. I think it must have been horrible and damp down there! Another problem was that there were a dozen different lines, 6. were not linked. This 7.(make) the system not user-friendly, but now the different lines have been joined. The union of the different lines makes traveling on the London Underground much more 8. (convenience). I bought a ticket at a discount and rode the underground three times. It was good for me 9. (have)the experience. Another interesting thing was that the passage were used for all sorts of things during World War II such as bomb shelters and an anti-aircraft centre. It’s 10. (true) amazing!
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江西南昌三中度高二上期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
_______ great efforts we had made, we failed to carry our plans through.
A. In case of B. In place of
C. In spite of D. In danger of
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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：阅读理解
The following are a few cities with cheap attractions or restaurants in California, the US.
Cathedral City
The Indian Oven in the city will give you a high-quality dining experience. It’s a restaurant with traditional Indian dishes. All of the lunch specials are $5.95 and are served from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. The windows of the restaurants give you the beautiful views of desert mountain scenes. You need to call 92234(760)770-3918 to book a table.
Palm Desert
Palm Desert, a city in Riverside County, has a number of free desert hiking trails(小径). They are named after famous Western Hollywood cowboys. The trails are fun to hike on. At some points they go up very high and you can get a bird’s-eye view of the surrounding desert cities. The paths are dusty, so bring some good hiking boots and hats. Do bring some water and your phone. It’s great for an afternoon hike after 2 pm. Call 92260(760)340-0574 or 92253(760)564-4712 to learn more.
Lake Cahuilla
Away from the busy streets of the city of Palm Springs, Lake Cahuilla is a great recreational(娱乐的) area you can visit in La Quinta. It is at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains. It costs $3.00 for per person to enter the area, but a half for kids under 7. The activities include: camping, fishing, bicycling, and horseback riding. If you want to save on rooms, you can stay in an RV. Call 92278(760)664-7215 and you’ll learn something else.
1.The desert hiking trails__________.
A. are named after some famous people
B. reach the top of some high mountains.
C. provide visitors with free water and food.
D. have attracted many well-known cowboys.
2.If you want to know more about the restaurants in Lake Cahuilla, you can call __________.
A. 92260(760)340-0574 B. 92278(760)664-7215
C. 92234(760)770-3918 D. 92253(760)564-4712
3.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. the Indian Oven must be a well-known restaurant in India.
B. kids enjoy the hiking trails in Palm Desert at half price.
C. Palm Desert has been badly polluted by human activities.
D. staying in an RV costs less than staying in a hotel room.
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