In an effort to discourage people from using plastics, scientists have been hard at work inventing alternative packaging products.
The idea of using seaweed（海草） to make eco-friendly water bottles has been around for a few years. Recently, Ari Jonsson took his invention—a water bottle made from red seaweed—to show off at a festival. The bottles will only hold their shape as long as they are filled. As soon as these bottles are empty they will begin to break down, though they would be perfectly safe to eat. Ari Jonsson's bottles are a step closer to a widely used alternative to the current plastic ones.
The eatable water container is not the only product to add to our image of the future. Narayana Pessapaty has also created eatable spoons. After the success of his spoons, Mr. Pessapaty is ready to expand and introduce forks and chopsticks to his menu. His aim is to largely reduce the amount of plastic waste, which is a huge problem for waste sites all over the world. It is a product that may take up to 500 years to break down, and recycling companies worldwide are struggling to deal with it.
Aside from the obvious benefits to the environment, this new packaging is also cheap to produce and therefore cheap to buy. Even better is the fact that similar eatable cutlery can be made at home, possibly a science project for children or just fun with friends. Why not experiment and create your own recipes?
1.Why do scientists invent alternative packaging products?
A. To make people's life more convenient.
B. To show off their inventive talents.
C. To change the way we picnic outside.
D. To reduce the amount of plastic waste.
2.What makes Art Jonsson's water bottles eco-friendly?
A. They can be made at home.
B. They are cheap to produce and buy.
C. They will hold their shape when they are filled.
D. They will break down themselves when empty.
3.What do Ari and Narayana's inventions have in common?
A. They are convenient to carry.
B. They are safe to eat.
C. They can be used for a short time.
D. They are heavier than plastics.
4.What can be inferred from this passage?
A. Home-made eatable cutlery is likely to be popular.
B. Eatable cutlery will completely replace plastics in the near future.
C. No recycling companies can break down plastic waste.
D. It's unsafe for individuals to invent eatable cutlery at home.
科目：高中英语 来源：江西省2016-2017学年高二第七次月考（5月）英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
A recent study by Citi Retail Services found that a growing number of people are embracing digital wallets or e-wallets,due in large part to their convenience and ease of use.
E-wallets have been called the future of real-world payment technology.With major players like Alipay,WeChat and Apple Pay becoming popular,it seems to be a safe bet that a change in consumer payment technology is coming soon.
CNN reporter Paul Ripley experienced a day in Beijing without his wallet."In China's largest cities,you can definitely survive without carrying a pocket full of cash and credit cards-as long as you've got your smartphone."He paid for breakfast by scanning a QR code on the window of a hole-in-the-wall restaurant.All he had to do was to enter a password and the transaction was complete.
Unlike the situations in the US and other countries,"China doesn't have a really money-making credit card system,so Chinese people just skipped credit cards and went straight to mobile payments."Gu Yu,co-founder of the new payment app Mileslife,told CNN.He also pointed out the advantages of mobile payments."No coins or bills that can be lost or stolen.electronic receipts,the ease of keeping rack of spending-and of course,no wallet taking up space."he said.
However,if we want to make e-wallets a mainstream trend a lot of things will have to change over the coming years.Perhaps one of the most important things that need to be changed is how people regard e-wallets.Linda Barrabee,research director for NPD Connected Intelligence, said in a statement."In order to promote on-the-go consumer transactions and commerce,wireless carriers,credit card companies,and e-commerce companies need to make sure the process is convenient,simple,and secure for consumers."
1.More consumers tend to use e-wallets because they are .
A. fashionable B. enjoyable
C. handy D. economic
2.Paul Ripley's example is used mainly to show that .
A. Smartphone payments are available in every part of China now.
B. Life in Beijing has become the most advanced in the world
C. You can buy anything you want using mobile payments in Beijing.
D. Mobile payments are popular in large cities in China like Beijing
3.Which of the following statement is NOT rue according to the passage?
A. There will be no more cash or credit card payments in the near future.
B. Digital-wallets will save up much space in your bag when you go out.
C. How people consider digital wallets will influence the popularity of digital wallet
D. The Chinese credit card system has partly caused the popularity of digital wallets
4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. E-wallets is much safer and more convenient than traditional payments.
B. There is still a long way to make e-wallets become the main trend in our life.
C. E-wallets will be definitely a mainstream trend in our life.
D. E-commerce companies will make great profits by using e-wallets in the future.
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科目：高中英语 来源：天津市和平区2017届高三第四次质量调查（四模）英语试卷 题型：单项填空
____________ you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as you possible can.
A. Now that B. Ever since
C. So that D. In case
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科目：高中英语 来源：河北省2016-2017学年高一下学期三调考试英语试卷 题型：完形填空
One day I was walking to the mailbox with my dad,when I saw something drop from a tree.I couldn't____what it was,so I kept my eyes on the spot as we came near.It was a baby bird,which had fallen from its nest.It had long, awkward wings and feet,and____that fought to stay open.It was____,so I sat next to it watching while my dad got the mail.I____its nest and mother,____what would happen to it.
My dad said we had to____it;there was nothing we could do.He said if the bird mother smelled any traces（踪迹）of____,she wouldn't go near the____again.
As we began to walk away,a woman____."Did it fall out of a nest?"she asked.
"Yeah."I answered.
"It____a lot.Not much we can do,"she said."Try not to think about it when you go to sleep tonight."
I walked____the mailbox the next day.The baby bird lay____in the grass.
I realize that "Try not to think about it" is the____of many people towards things which____to provide them with perfect excuses____not bothering.The woman wasn't being____;she was actually quite nice.But when everyone says "there's____I can do—just try not to think about it,"where will we finally____?When billions of people____try not to think about it when they go to bed at night,there might be millions of fallen birds lying dead and____in the grass the next morning.
1.A. say B. talk C. speak D. tell
2.A. eyes B. arms C. feathers D. claws
3.A. bored B. stupid C. lovely D. clever
4.A. turned back B. stared at C. pointed to D. looked for
5.A. suggesting B. deciding C. wondering D. finding
6.A. help B. leave C. catch D. kill
7.A. children B. humans C. animals D. insects
8.A. tree B. grass C. baby D. person
9.A. returned B. interrupted C. approached D. left
10.A. happens B. cries C. suffers D. changes
11.A. from B. beyond C. past D. into
12.A. asleep B. dead C. still D. alive
13.A. attitude B. feeling C. consideration D. understanding
14.A. fail B. prove C. refuse D. seem
15.A. from B. of C. about D. for
16.A. cruel B. kind C. silly D. friendly
17.A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
18.A. start out B. come from C. settle down D. end up
19.A. possibly B. simply C. particularly D. luckily
20.A. forgotten B. buried C. eaten D. remembered
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科目：高中英语 来源：河南省安阳市2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：把缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
Last year, during the summer holiday, I found part-time job, worked in a toothbrush factory at night. Not until I experienced it did I realized that it was no easy job.I went to work when my parents were going to bed. On the morning, when my parents were going to work, I came to home to sleep. This backward schedule was very tough for me that I often felt tiring. But I am glad that I had this unforgettable experience. Not only is it fun to “rise and shine” along with the moon or stars, but also I had learned to appreciate the hard work of those which are working while the rest of us are sleeping.
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科目：高中英语 来源：广西省桂林市2017届高三下学期适应性考试英语试卷 题型：完形填空
Falling off a box car and landing on my head, I lost my sight when I was four years old. Now I am thirty-two. I can _________ remember the brightness of sunshine. It would be wonderful to see again, _________a tragedy can do strange things to people.
It _________ to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn’t been blind. My parents and my teacher saw something _________ me , and they made me want to __________ against blindness.
The hardest _________ I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have ________ down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. When I say _________in myself I am not talking about _________ the kind of self-confidence that _________ me down an unfamiliar staircase （楼梯）alone. But I mean something bigger than that : an assurance that I am a real positive person _________ imperfections.
It took me years to obtain this ________ . It had to start with the ________ . Once a man gave me an indoor _________ . “ I can’t use this.” I said. “ Take it with you,” he ________ me , “ and roll it around.” The _________ stuck in my head. “ Roll it around !” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _________ . At the School for the Blind I ________ a new kind of baseball called ground ball. All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my _________ . I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made _________ .
1.A. randomly B. abruptly C. roughly D. completely
2.A. so B. but C. thus D. and
3.A. occurred B. referred C. brought D. turned
4.A. of B. for C. to D. in
5.A. get B. fight C. find D. drop
6.A. method B. experience C. lesson D. manner
7.A. broken B. put C. settled D. lay
8.A. courage B. ambition C. belief D. power
9.A. firmly B. simply C. fairly D. slightly
10.A. stops B. helps C. finds D. gives
11.A. despite B. besides C. without D. unlike
12.A. description B. existence C. intelligence D. recognition
13.A. intelligence B. incident C. trouble D. determination
14.A. chair B. baseball C. game D. design
15.A. urged B. blamed C. greeted D. teased
16.A. goals B. words C. baseballs D. ideas
17.A. valuable B. reasonable C. impossible D. unbearable
18.A. discovered B. equipped C. formed D. invented
19.A. limitations B. Advantages C. puzzles D. personalities
20.A. sense B. progress C. mistakes D. friends[
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科目：高中英语 来源：安徽省六安市2017届高三6月适应性考试英语试卷 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
Many people like eating junk foods, because they thought they are delicious. But in fact, these foods are not healthy. That we need most is a balanced diet. Eating a balanced diet mean choosing a wide variety of foods from all the food groups. A balanced diet provides different kinds of nutrition(营养) with our body. We need a balanced diet to keep healthy. Therefore, many people still have unhealthy eating habits, that will do harm to their health. I think is necessary for us to have three meals a day properly. When eat, we should eat different kinks of foods. For an example, we should eat both meat and vegetables to get different kinds of nutrition.
All in all, it’s importantly for us to keep a balanced diet.
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科目：高中英语 来源：甘肃省2016-2017学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：书面表达
美国学生Jim即将作为一名交换生到中国来学习。李先生一家是他约定好的住宿家庭（homestay）。请以Jim的名义给李先生写一封信，要点如下：
选择homestay的原因：
1．体验中国文化，了解中国，了解世界；
2．喜欢中国饮食健康；
个人要求：
1．准备独立的房间；
2．允许一家一起用早餐、晚餐（周一到周五）。
注意：
1．词数100字左右；
2．文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Li,
I am very glad to be a guest of your family. Thank you for accepting me.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Jim
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试历史（海南卷正式版） 题型：选择题
1927年，一位国民党领导人说：“现在可有一种危险，是国民党差不多专做上层的工作，中央党部、国民政府都是国民党的同志多。至于下层的民众运动，国民党员参加的少，共产党员参加的多，因此形成一种畸形的发展。”由此可知，当时
A．工农运动决定战争走向 B．国民革命运动已经失败
C．国共合作存在分裂隐患 D．国民党开始重视工农运动
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