(2013·天津新华中学二次月考)________ several times，he still couldn't understand how to operate the machine.
A．Telling B．Having told
C．To be told D．Having been told
科目：高中英语 来源：2014年高考定时训练（9）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Parents are creating an “I want it now” generation by indulging children's every demand at Christmas，say experts.Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish，claim the education analysts.
Consumer?savvy children are forcing their families into racking up huge debts and risk becoming spoilt and dissatisfied in the future.
Behavioural consultant Chris Calland said，“Parents are desperate to make Christmas into a magical fairy tale for their kids.There's nothing wrong with that as such.The problem arises when it means always giving in to all our children's demands—even if they are beyond our price range or not age?appropriate.”
Ms.Calland，who runs “Santa Says No” style sessions with colleague Nicky Hutchinson，added, “Many of us go into so much debt providing the gifts our children want that we spend the rest of the year paying off the bills.Yet so often the parcels we've carefully wrapped，once opened，are just pushed away because the very thing our little boy or girl was once so desperate for, they have now lost interest in.”
Ms. Calland and Ms.Hutchinson have drawn up a list of guidelines to help parents manage their offspring's Christmas lists this year.They say that adults can actually improve their relationships with their children by resisting “pester (纠缠) power”．
Ms.Calland said，“All too often we say yes because we want an easier life when the fact is that we're only building up problems for the future.We are helping create a generation of youngsters who are blind to the needs of others and the necessity of hard work.”
“Children learn fast—if we sometimes change our mind，they quickly realise it might be worth lying on the floor and screaming for it.Make sure you and your partner are working together on this.Be consistent.And try not to get caught up in competition with other families or friends.”
1.How is the “I want it now” generation created?
A．Parents can't afford the gifts for their children.
B．Parents become heavily in debt.
C．Parents are trying to make Christmas into a magical fairy tale.
D．Parents give children whatever they want at Christmas.
2.What is the main problem with the “I want it now” generation?
A．They are quite self?centered.
B．They like to live in fairy tales.
C．They waste a lot of money on gifts.
D．They can't keep their interest in gifts.
3.What is probably the aim of “Santa Says No” style sessions?
A．To advise on how to wrap gifts properly.
B．To keep children's interest in the gifts.
C．To tell parents how to say no to children's demands.
D．To advise parents on what gifts to buy for children.
4.According to the passage，we can infer that Ms.Calland intends to ________.
A．analyze children's behavior
B．give advice to parents
C．introduce a new generation
D．give her support to parents
5.Ms.Calland would agree that parents should ________.
A．buy nothing for children at Christmas
B．choose gifts carefully for children
C．let children choose their own gifts
D．avoid competing with others
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014年高考定时训练（4）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Many women write to me perplexed(困惑的) about why they can't form close friendships.They try new approaches，put themselves in all the right places，see therapists，and read relevant self?help books.They consider themselves interesting，loyal，kind，and friend?worthy people.But for reasons unknown to them，they have a tough time forming intimate relationships.Many admit to not having even one close friend.
A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology offers some clues as to how both nature(personality) and nurture (experience) impact our friendships.Researchers at the University of Virginia and University of Toronto，Mississauga studied more than 7,000 American adults between the ages of 20 and 75 over a period of ten years，looking at the number of times these adults moved during childhood.Their study，like prior ones，showed a link between residential mobility and adult well?being：The more times participants moved as children，the poorer the quality of their adult social relationships.
But digging deeper，the researchers found that personality—specifically being introverted (内向的) or extroverted (外向的)—could either intensify or buffer (缓冲) the effect of moving to a new town or neighborhood during childhood.The negative impact of more moves during childhood was far greater for introverts compared to extroverts.
“Moving a lot makes it difficult for people to maintain long?term close relationships，” stated Dr.Shigehiro Oishi，the first author of the study，in a press release from the American Psychological Association，“This might not be a serious problem for outgoing people who can make friends quickly and easily.Less outgoing people have a harder time making new friends.”
Families often have to relocate—across town，across the country，or across the globe.Yet，in many cases，their kids and young adolescents haven't yet built up a bank of friendships.So the conventional wisdom is to try to minimize moves for the sake of your child，whenever possible，and to move at the end of the academic year.
1.The passage is written mainly to ________.
A．offer advice to women on how to form intimate relationships
B．explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships
C．explain how moves during childhood affect children
D．tell us how to help children make friends
2.Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?
A．People who moved less during childhood have better social relationships.
B．The more people moved during childhood，the more friends they have.
C．The more people moved during childhood，the better they adjust to society.
D．There is no link between residential mobility and adult well?being.
3.In order for children to maintain long?term close relationships，parents ________.
A．should not relocate their homes
B．should relocate their homes within the town
C．had better move at the end of the school year
D．had better move when their children couldn't build up a bank of friendships
4.We learn from the fourth paragraph that moves during childhood ________.
A．have a bigger impact on an introverted person compared to extroverts
B．have no impact on an outgoing person
C．are a big problem for both introverts and extroverts
D．help children better adapt to a new environment
5.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．our friendships are mainly affected by our nurture
B．we can move when children have made a lot of friends
C．the impact of moves will disappear when one reaches adulthood
D．there is some way to minimize the impact of moves during childhood on children
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014年高考定时训练（3）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Li Hua has been elected ________ monitor of our class to take ________ place of Ma Li.
A．the；不填 B．the；the
C．不填；the D．不填；不填
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(2013·中原名校联考)Not only ________ polluted but also ________ crowded.
A．is the city；are the streets
B．the city is；the streets are
C．is the city；the streets are
D．the city is；are the streets
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(2013·黄山一检)Everyone wants to live in a beautiful，comfortable and livable place，but not ________ know where it is.
A．all B．some
C．either D．both
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By the end of next year，they ________ the work on the new stadium.
A．would have completed
B．had completed
C．will have completed
D．have completed
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Keep the camera ________ when you take a picture.
A．mild B．actual
C．casual D．steady
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________ there are living creatures in the outer space as those on Earth hasn't been proved until now.
A．How B．When
C．Where D．Whether
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