On Saturday 17 September 2016, you may catch sight of hundreds of apes(猩猩) running around the streets of London. They’ll have been filming a new Planet of the Apes movie, you’ll probably think. But in fact, when the starter’s pistol sounds for the Great Gorilla Run next year, this highly popular event will have been raising money for thirteen years. People from all over the world will run, jog or walk 8 km in gorilla costumes through the capital’s streets, passing such iconic landmarks as The Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral. By the time the last ape crosses the finishing line, the runners will have raised millions for endangered species and education projects in Central Africa.
Unusual charity events such as these are a huge trend for raising money for worthwhile causes. If, however, you’re looking to really like the idea of running through mud and freezing cold ice, then The Tough Mudder is perhaps what you’ve been searching for. In this difficult and tiring team event, participants finish a 10 to 12-mile barrier course that tests physical strength and mental courage. It’s more about friendship than winning. Over 150 such events worldwide have raised £5 million.
But fundraising doesn’t have to involve physical effort. Students at a school in Illinois played Justin Bieber’s song ‘Baby’ over loudspeakers and urged fellow students to pay to stop the song. They needed to raise $1,000 in one week to achieve this. Beyond expectations, they exceeded(超过) the goal within three days. Even teachers chipped in.
If you want to join the ranks of gorillas next September, you only have to pay £60 to register. This includes the gorilla suit, which you can keep. If you take part, not only will you have been helping the gorillas and people who depend on their habitat, you’ll never have to buy another set of fancy clothes again!
1.What is the Great Gorilla Run held for?
A. To film a new Planet of the Apes.
B. To collect money for Central Africa.
C. To make a study of the origin of man.
D. To enjoy famous senic spots in London.
2.What can we learn about the Tough Mudder?
A. It is disgusting.B. It is unique.
C. It is competitive.D. It is challenging.
3.What does the phrase “chipped in” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. Joined in singing.B. Made a contribution.
C. Scolded the organizers.D. Interrupted the activity.
4.Which can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. Going Crazy for Charity!
B. Protecting Our Rare Animals!
C. Competing in Unusual Events!
D. Watching Out for Aggressive Animals!
阅读快车系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2017届山西长治二中等五校高三上第一次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
On a Friday night in May 2015, Oliver and Lone Kleven heard angry shouts coming from their front lawn. Lone, 68, stepped onto the porch and saw two men in dark clothes struggling with something on the ground—right where she and her grandson had planted a flower bed the weekend before.
“Go fight somewhere else!” she shouted, worried her plants would get damaged. At the sound of her voice, the face of a boy appeared from beneath the two men. He looked 13 or 14 or so. “They’re trying to kill me!” the boy screamed. Lone ran toward them and, without hesitation, caught the boy’s arm, pulling him out.
“Leave him alone!” she shouted. When the men stood up, Lone saw what looked like a sharp object in one man’s hand. When she turned back toward the boy, he was moaning in pain and holding his stomach. The attackers began to move in on the boy again when Lone’s husband shouted: “Get lost!” The two men walked quickly and quietly across the street and drove off in a dark car.
“I have to get to the hospital!” the boy cried. He lifted his shirt, and Lone could see a bloody wound on his stomach. Oliver hugged the trembling boy while Lone caught her cell phone and car keys inside the house. She handed the phone to Oliver. “Call 911,” she told him. “I’m going after them.” Lone took off but was unable to find the car.
The Klevens then learned what had happened. Earlier that night, as the boy waited for his parents to pick him up from the high school across the street from the Klevens’ house, two men approached and demanded his wallet. When he refused, one of the men hit him in the face. The boy ran across the street. The men caught up with him, and one hurt him in the back and stomach with a sharp knife. That’s when Lone stepped in.
The boy’s wounds required operations, but he has fully recovered.
“He was alone and outnumbered,” says Lone. “There was no time to do anything except what I did.”
1.Why did Lone shout at the man at the beginning of the story?
A. To stop them fighting with each other.
B. To prevent her flowers being ruined.
C. To stop them stealing in the flower bed.
D. To keep the boy from being wounded.
2.What’s Lone’s first reaction when she got close to the men?
A. She kept them separate.
B. She was shocked at the boy’s wounds.
C. She pulled the boy out.
D. She called her husband for help.
3.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. An old couple rescued a boy by fighting against two robbers.
B. A boy was saved.
C. Two robbers were driven away.
D. An old lady didn’t track the two robbers.
4.What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. Lone stepped in the fight.
b. The two men drove off in a dark car.
c. The boy waited for his parents to pick him up.
d. Lone’s husband boomed from the porch.
e. Two men approached and demanded the boy’s wallet.
f. The boy ran across the street to a flower bed.
A. cfeadbB. cefadbC. fecabdD. eafcbd
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届湖北孝感高级中学高三9月调考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：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。
When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant _________ Miller King, who was the best _________ at our school.
Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for _________ .
Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from _________ . He looked very _________ , but he didn’t cry.
That season, I _________ all of Miller’s records while he _________ the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, _________ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s _________ .
One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller _________ going over a fence—which wasn’t _________ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept _________ from. But even that challenge he accepted. I _________ him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally _________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did _________ . Thank you for filling in for _________ .”
His words freed me from my bad _________ . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was _________ ahead of me. I was right to have _________ him. From that day on, I grew _________ and a little more real.
1.A．cheering for B．beating out C．relying on D．staying with
2.A．coach B．student C．teacher D．player
3.A．practice B．show C．comfort D．pleasure
4.A．school B．vacation C．hospital D．training
5.A．pale B．calm C．relaxed D．ashamed
6.A．held B．broke C．set D．tried
7.A．reported B．judged C．organized D．watched
8.A．and B．then C．but D．thus
9.A．decision B．mistake C．accident D．sacrifice
10.A．stuck B．hurt C．tired D．lost
11.A．steady B．hard C．fun D．fit
12.A．praise B．advice C．assistance D．apology
13.A．let B．helped C．had D．noticed
14.A．dropped B．ready C．trapped D．safe
15.A．fine B．wrong C．quickly D．normally
16.A．us B．yourself C．me D．them
17.A．memories B．ideas C．attitudes D．dreams
18.A．still B．also C．yet D．just
19.A．challenged B．cured C．invited D．admired
20.A．healthier B．bigger C．cleverer D．cooler
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阅读小面材料，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。
World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It 1.__________(start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. 2.__________ aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone 3.__________ (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write 4.__________ (belong) to all people.
The website asks visitors to join in the movement to reduce 5.__________ number of illiterate (不识字的) people in the world. It is 6.__________(absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, "It's time to start by reading aloud to 7.__________ might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently 8.__________ someone else's story as they share with you." The United Nations says, "Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, 9.__________ to participate fully in society." In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a 10.__________(different).
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届广东仲元中学高三9月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
假设你是李华，在美国的某中学做交流生。你的同学对中国宴请赴约的习俗很感兴趣，特请你用英语写一篇发言稿，介绍中国的宴请习俗。内容包括：
宴请场所，就餐习俗，饮酒习俗，宴会结束
注意：1.词数120左右，信的开头和结束语已经为你写好（不计入总词数）
2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯
3.参考词汇： banquet宴会
Ladies and gentlemen,
I feel greatly honored to be here to tell you something about Chinese banquet customs. _______________________________________________________________________________
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I hope what’s mentioned above might be helpful to you. Thank you for listening.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南鹤壁高级中学高三上期周练英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
语篇填空，请把答案写在答题卷的相应位置.
Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass. But 1. (strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass 2. their stomachs are filled up.
A classmate of 3. (I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camel’s appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay (干草). I asked him 4. camels eat hay, not green grass. He said the camel is a kind of animal with 5. strong sense of suffering, 6. (fear) its master letting it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant 7. green grass.
The camel has the best tolerance. Unfortunately, many people can only see a camel’s outstanding performance, but few understand its 8. (prepare) made for it.
Life, 9. a camel traveling through the desert, 10. (need) the adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南鹤壁高级中学高三上期周练英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The stories we share with one another are important. They show wisdom and provide inspiration. They are important to our development. But sometimes people choose not to tell.
Consider the negative effects of not sharing a story in the news: People are wondering if public health officials are holding back too much information about the recent outbreak of Ebola.
There is a danger in holding back stories that ought to be told. Bobette Buster said it like this, “The fact is, history has shown us that stories not told can become like a dangerous genie (妖怪) left in a bottle. When they are finally uncorked, their power to destroy is set free.”
There are a number of reasons why we hide parts of our story: they often show our weaknesses or expose our disadvantages; they require courage and strength to share; and of course, there are some stories that should be kept secret—especially those that embarrass someone else.
Most of us have two selves: the one we display on the outside and the one we actually are on the inside. And the better we get at hiding the stories that show our true selves, the more damage we may be causing to ourselves and to others.
Honesty and openness is important: It proves we are trustworthy. It displays we are human. We are not perfect or better. It highlights the importance of hard work and personal development. Hard work may not allow us to overcome our disadvantages completely. But with hard work, we do not have to be restricted to our mistakes.
Does this mean we admit every weakness, every disadvantage, and every secret regret to everybody we meet? No, of course not. There is a time and a place and a certain level of relationship necessary for some stories to be told in an appropriate manner.
1.What’s the function of the example in Paragraph 2?
A. It reflects that people are concerning about the spread of Ebola.
B. It shows the bad effect caused by sharing a story.
C. It proves not sharing a story can cause trouble.
D. It concludes that one should share a story at a proper time.
2.One of the reasons why people are unwilling to share experiences is that _______.
A. story-sharing highlights the importance of hard work
B. people are used to exposing their weaknesses
C. people sometimes have no courage to share their stories
D. some stories make themselves feel uneasy
3.Which is close in meaning to the underlined word “uncorked” in Paragraph 3?
A. freed B. broken C. unfolded D. untouched
4.The writer aims to convince us to _______.
A. be open to people close to you by sharing some secrets
B. share stories appropriately for the good of others and ourselves
C. remove the dangers that can be caused by untold stories
D. realize the importance of being honest when making friends
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届吉林梅河口五中高三上段测（一）英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
The young boy was sitting on the ground in the refugee(难民) camp playing with an empty tin. Other children were standing around watching him with envious eyes.
Envy? Of an empty tin?
This tin was indeed no worthless piece of trash—it was a splendid truck, complete with wheels and grille(铁栅) and floor. The vehicle even had remote control, a frayed piece of string from the “engine” to the hand of the owner.
The tin had lost all its original markings. But its first load had probably been sardines(沙丁鱼). Later the tin had been left with other rubbish behind the refugee camp clinic, and the boy had found it on one of his daily expeditions into the “big world”.
For thousands of refugee children, a tin 1ike this rates high on their list of wants. It can be used for many purposes, as jewellery, as a toy, for drinking or as a medicine box.
Many refugee children would consider it the happiest day of their lives if they received a handful of marbles(弹珠) as a present.
They dream of gifts which children in developed countries take for granted．Maybe a book to read, or a pencil and an exercise book of their very own.
Their imagination can create toys，but it cannot create books．Someone else must provide them．A more costly and valuable gift they cannot imagine.
1.How do you think the young boy may feel when he gets something to read?
A. depressed. B. frustrated.
C. excited. D. frightened.
2.Other children envied the young boy because the boy ________.
A．had something to play with
B．got some sardines to eat
C．received a handful of marbles
D．had a real truck toy
3.What is implied in the last paragraph of the text?
A．The society should donate(捐) some toys for the refugee children.
B．The refugee children are more imaginative rather than creative.
C．The refugee children are more creative rather than imaginative.
D．The society should offer the refugee children things for study.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．An Enviable Toy Present B. Sardine Tin—A Precious Toy
C．A Splendid Truck Toy D．A Poor Refugee Cam
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届重庆育才中学高三上期入学考试英语试卷（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。
There are two primarily choices in life: to accept conditions 1. they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them. Many people are 2. (constant) waiting for their life to start. They always say, “When I am older I will do this.” 3. “In a few years, I will do that.” They think the life they 4. (experience) is boring and 5. (mean). Who has never viewed himself or herself as worthless and unattractive?
All of us may suffer 6. (depress) and frustration, lose guidance and support, and need aids physically, emotionally, or spiritually. Just think like this way: This too shall pass. Horrible feelings I am feeling will eventually go away. I need to stop feeling so sorry for myself and actually want to change. I am 7. incredibly lucky person 8. has come from a family who love and support my whole life. I had to be the one 9. (make) the decision to change my way of thinking. All the good things and all the wonderful people in my life would pass eventually too. While I am feeling miserable, my life is still going on and I am missing out on appreciating those precious 10. (moment).
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