---The apples are already smelling. You shouldn’t have chosen that kind for me.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山东省青岛二中高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Anger at the practice of demanding dowries, which can lead to violence against brides, has caused a takeoff of "Angry Birds" called "Angry Brides" that aims to highlight the illegal practice still common in many South Asian countries.
Dowries -- such as jewelry, clothes, cars and money -- are traditionally given by the bride's family to the groom and his parents to ensure she is taken care of in her new home.
The custom was outlawed more than five decades ago. But it is still widely practiced, with the groom's family demanding even more money after marriage, leading to mental and physical abuse that can drive the woman to suicide.
"The Angry Brides game is our way of throwing a spotlight on the nuisance (陋习) of dowry," said Ram Bhamidi, senior vice president and head of online marketing for Shaadi.com, a matrimonial (婚姻的) website with two million members.
"According to a 2007 study, there is a dowry-related death every four hours in India. We condemn this and have consistently run campaigns on social media to help create awareness of the issue."
The name of the app, available on the group's home page, is a spinoff from the globally popular "Angry Birds" game. Its home page shows a red-clad, eight-armed woman resembling a powerful female Hindu goddess. Underneath, there is a caption: "A woman will give you strength, care and all the love you need ... NOT dowry!"
To play the game, users have to try and hit three dodging grooms -- a pilot, builder and doctor. There is a wide array of weapons to choose from, including a stiletto shoe, a frying pan, broomstick, tomato and loafer.
Each groom has a price tag, starting at 1.5 million rupees ($29,165). Every time the player hits a groom, his value decreases and money is added to the player's Anti-Dowry Fund, which is saved posted on their Facebook page.
"Since we launched the game last week, more than 270,000 people have liked the app. Both men and women seem to be playing it," said Bhamidi.
【小题1】What caused "Angry Brides" to appear online?
A.Women's rights' being seriously abused. |
B.Anger at the practice of demanding dowries. |
C.The bride's giving a great many dowries. |
D.The popularity of Angry Birds online. |
A.The custom of giving dowries has been in practice for five decades. |
B.Lack of abundant dowries may lead to the bride's being in violence. |
C.The illegal practice of dowries is still popular in many African countries. |
D.More dowries the bride gives mean a high social status of her family. |
A.relation | B.connection | C.copy | D.fake |
A.There are a variety of weapons to choose from. |
B.Ram Bhamidi thinks highly of the game. |
C.Men players don't find the game enjoyable. |
D.The game character looks like a Hindu goddess. |
A.Women's unfair treatment in the marriage. |
B.The popularity of the game "Angry Brides". |
C.The groom's demanding too many dowries. |
D.How to build an equal relation in the marriage. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年四川省绵阳市高三12月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
You have to log on to your school's online system to check your grades, but you find the system is kind of inconvenient.What do you do?
When Daniel Brooks was a senior at Pioneer High School in the US, he came up with a Silicon Valley-style solution; he developed an iPhone app(application, 应用程序)I C Connector.
When he tried out his school's new Web-based student information system earlier this year, he immediately noticed some shortcomings.He could no longer view his current grades for all his classes at once.Checking several classes required several clicks-which for a teenager is so much work.To save himself all this trouble, Brooks developed the app and sold it on the Apple app store.Now it has 2,300 users who have downloaded it across the US.
"It ended up on every iPhone and iPad and portable device that any student and teacher had on campus," said Scott Peterson, the campus tech support worker at Pioneer High.
Brooks said he didn't create the app to get rich - it is free."A student is not going to want to pay 99 cents," Brooks said."They just want to see their grades more easily."
However, in the months that followed, Brooks experienced highs and lows.His app is now so successful that users want more, in particular, his teachers have started pushing him to develop a version for them.However, the company Infinite Campus, which developed the information system, has been less positive.
The company said in an e-mail that he was confusing users and violating the company's copyright by using Infinite Campus' name and logo in the app’s name.Brooks' father, Michael Brooks, has offered to change the name, but says he needs time to get Apple's approval.Daniel also e-mailed and called Infinite Campus.They got no response.
Daniel Brooks starts at a California university this autumn.Despite Infinite Campus' attitude, he continues to try to improve the app and hopes to put out an Android version soon.
1.Why did Daniel Brooks develop an iPhone app IC Connector? (No more than 8 words)
_______________________________________________________
2.What is Brooks' teachers' attitude towards the app he developed? (No more than 14 words)
________________________________________________________
3.What does Paragraph 7 talk about between Infinite Campus and Brooks? (No more than 7 words)
________________________________________________________
4.What does Brooks’ aim to do now? (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________
5.Use one word to describe Brooks.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届江西新余一中宜春中学高三年级联考英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
“Just take a deep breath.” “Don’t think about it.” “You’re more likely to die in a car wreck on the way to the airport than you are in a plane crash.” These are just some words given to people with a fear of flying. But as Tom Cruise, playing Lt. Daniel Kaffee in the movie A Few Good Men, said, “I get sick when I fly because I’m afraid of crashing into a large mountain. I don’t think Daniel will help.”
But there’s a new application that just may. Today, the VALK Foundation, a Dutch group that’s a partnership between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the University of Leiden, launches the app in the US. The VALK Foundation was one of the first centers for research and fear-of-flying treatment in the world and is the organizer of three world conferences on fear of flying.
The foundation said the app, called Flight App VALK, is the first scientifically-developed, web-based treatment for people who suffer from mild to moderate fear of flying.
“The fear of flying application we have created aims to transfer all of the knowledge we have developed through our program into a mobile application that will help ease travelers’ fears,” said Dr. Lucas van Gerwen, director of the VALK Foundation. Dr. van Gerwen is also a psychologist and professional pilot with more than 30 years experience.
The foundation said up to 30% of adults are fearful fliers. The Flight App is designed to help relax passengers before and during flights by educating users about flight safety and turbulence. It explains the sounds and sensations they can expect during departure, flight and landing. And, if a passenger’s flight stress reaches a panic level, they press a special panic button which provides audio and written information to help decrease stress levels. Most importantly, the Flight App can be used during the flight in the airplane mode. Once downloaded, the program does not require Internet connection in the air.
1.By saying the words at the beginning of the passage, people are expected to ______.
A. decrease their fear of flying
B. get rid of their doubt about plane
C. have a good time on their flight journey
D. use some medicine to cure their fear of flying
2.According to the passage, the VALK Foundation ______.
A. is a group focusing on psychology on the flight
B. was the first center to do research into fear of flying
C. organize the world conferences on fear of flying annually
D. focuses on researching and offering treatment on fear of flying
3.Flight App VALK is aimed to ______.
A. help passengers experience the fear of flying
B. help relax passengers before and during flights
C. treat people who suffer from mild fear of flying
D. teach people the basic knowledge of taking flight
4.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Many adults are suffering from fear of flying
B. It’s convenient for people to use the Flight App
C. Many planes will be installed with the Flight App
D.The Flight App can decrease stress levels effectively
5.In which column of a newspaper can we read this passage?
A. Culture B. Entertainment
C. Technology D. Education
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年山东省高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Anger at the practice of demanding dowries, which can lead to violence against brides, has caused a takeoff of "Angry Birds" called "Angry Brides" that aims to highlight the illegal practice still common in many South Asian countries.
Dowries -- such as jewelry, clothes, cars and money -- are traditionally given by the bride's family to the groom and his parents to ensure she is taken care of in her new home.
The custom was outlawed more than five decades ago. But it is still widely practiced, with the groom's family demanding even more money after marriage, leading to mental and physical abuse that can drive the woman to suicide.
"The Angry Brides game is our way of throwing a spotlight on the nuisance (陋习) of dowry," said Ram Bhamidi, senior vice president and head of online marketing for Shaadi.com, a matrimonial (婚姻的) website with two million members.
"According to a 2007 study, there is a dowry-related death every four hours in India. We condemn this and have consistently run campaigns on social media to help create awareness of the issue."
The name of the app, available on the group's home page, is a spinoff from the globally popular "Angry Birds" game. Its home page shows a red-clad, eight-armed woman resembling a powerful female Hindu goddess. Underneath, there is a caption: "A woman will give you strength, care and all the love you need ... NOT dowry!"
To play the game, users have to try and hit three dodging grooms -- a pilot, builder and doctor. There is a wide array of weapons to choose from, including a stiletto shoe, a frying pan, broomstick, tomato and loafer.
Each groom has a price tag, starting at 1.5 million rupees ($29,165). Every time the player hits a groom, his value decreases and money is added to the player's Anti-Dowry Fund, which is saved posted on their Facebook page.
"Since we launched the game last week, more than 270,000 people have liked the app. Both men and women seem to be playing it," said Bhamidi.
1.What caused "Angry Brides" to appear online?
A.Women's rights' being seriously abused.
B.Anger at the practice of demanding dowries.
C.The bride's giving a great many dowries.
D.The popularity of Angry Birds online.
2.Which of the following is True about "Dowries"?
A.The custom of giving dowries has been in practice for five decades.
B.Lack of abundant dowries may lead to the bride's being in violence.
C.The illegal practice of dowries is still popular in many African countries.
D.More dowries the bride gives mean a high social status of her family.
3.The underlined word "spinoff” probably means_____________.
A.relation B.connection C.copy D.fake
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the game "Angry Brides"?
A.There are a variety of weapons to choose from.
B.Ram Bhamidi thinks highly of the game.
C.Men players don't find the game enjoyable.
D.The game character looks like a Hindu goddess.
5.What is the text mainly about?
A.Women's unfair treatment in the marriage.
B.The popularity of the game "Angry Brides".
C.The groom's demanding too many dowries.
D.How to build an equal relation in the marriage.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届江西省高二上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Tens of thousands of smartphone applications are running ads from the overwhelming(势不可挡的) advertising networks that change smartphone settings and copy people’s contact information without permission.
Aggressive ad networks can disguise(假扮) ads as text message notifications (通告), and sometimes change browser settings and bookmarks. Often, the ads will upload your contacts list to the ad network’s servers--- information that the ad network can then sell to marketers.
Sounds scary? It’s not a giant problem yet, but it’s a growing one. As many as 5% of free mobile apps use an “aggressive” ad network to make money, according to Lookout, a San Francisco-based mobile security company. PhoneLiving was one of the most popular app developers to use these kinds of ad networks; their dozens of talking animal apps have been downloaded several million times. Later, PhoneLiving says it has mended its ways. The company admittedusing invasive techniques to make money from its apps, but said it dropped those methods at the start of July because of bad reviews and declining downloads.
The most popular type of apps that use aggressive ad networks are “Personalisation” apps, which include wallpapers. Comic and entertainment apps are also among the most likely to have rogue(凶猛的) ad networks running behind the scenes. Like aggressive pop-ups on PCs, the bad software isn’t easy to get rid of. Though the damage can typically be removed by deleting the app, it can be hard to tell which app is causing the problems.
When developers create free mobile apps, they usually make money through ads displayed within the app. App makers don’t usually tell people which ad network they are using, which makes it hard to avoid the known offenders. The best defense is to read reviews and avoid downloading apps that have attracted many complaints.
1.What is an example of bad behavior by the annoying mobile ads?
A.They change browser settings and bookmarks.
B.They change people’s calendar settings.
C.They send scam text messages occasionally.
D.They download free versions of games.
2.What do we know about PhoneLiving?
A.Its operation model is against the will of netizens.
B.It was forced to admit its bad behavior.
C.It has changed its business model rapidly.
D.Its relationship with Lookout may break up.
3.Why is the bad software hard to get rid of?
A.The software runs behind the scenes.
B.The app is very hard to delete.
C.It is difficult to find the problem app.
D.The network antivirus is out of date.
4.What does the underlined word, “ invasive”, mean in the third paragraph?
A.innovative B.positive C.flexible D.aggressive
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Mobile ads can attack your phone and steal your contacts.
B.Mobile ads have become popular in recent years.
C.Smartphones have been damaged by mobile ads.
D.You may download some aggressive apps unconsciously.
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