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It took some time for spring to arrive but now it’s here that UK’s gardens are enjoying it. Many flowers that would usually be over by now are still at their best. Here are some of the best gardens right now.
Kew Gardens, London
The rock garden is one of the places to head for at Kew right now. It has waterfalls (瀑布) and streams over the land, and many plants and flower buds are all at their best. Equally those who cannot be missed are the flowering cherry(樱桃) trees.
Open daily: 9:30 am— 6:30 pm. Adults £16. Children free.
Wentworth Castle Gardens, near Barnsley
A yellow carpet surrounds Wentworth Castle at the moment, as the daffodils (水仙花) are still in full bloom. Another wonderful spot is the Victorian flower garden, created from an old bowling (保龄球) green in the 19th century.
Open daily: 10:00 am—5:00 pm. Adults £5.50. Children £2.95. Family £12.50.
Harlow Carr, Harrogate
The earlier bad weather means many daffodil(水仙) varieties were extremely late, but at Harlow Carr plenty of the plants can be found at the moment. The garden also has one of the longest streamside plantings in the country.
Open daily: 9:30 am—6:00 pm. Adults £8.50. Children £4.25. Family £20.70.
Bon Stewart, Newtownards
There are great smells as well as great sight at Bon Stewart: Lady Londonderry, who created the garden in the 1920s and 1930s, love plants with a sweet smell. So go up to Rhododendron (杜鹃花) Hill. It’s one of the best places here right now.
Open daily: 10:00 am—6:00 pm. Adults £6.63. Children £3.31. Family £16.00.
1.To enjoy great-smelling flowers, you might visit ___________.
A. Kew Gardens B. Harlow Carr
C. Bon Stewart D. Wentworth Castle Gardens
2.You can probably enjoy the flowers beside the stream in ___________.
A. Kew Gardens and Bon Stewart B. Harlow Carr and Kew Gardens
C. Bon Stewart and Harlow Carr D. Wentworth Castle Gardens and Bon Stewart
3.What can we learn about Wentworth Castle Gardens?
A. It offers a great place to play bowling. B. It is full of flowering cherry trees.
C. It provides the shortest visiting time in a day. D. A couple with a child will pay at least £13.95.
科目：高中英语 来源：2.2 Unit 2 Learning about Language 题型：语法填空
根据语境，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
1. The children ________(gradual) began to accept her as one of the family.
2. It’s well known ________ dinking red wine properly helps protect against heart disease.
3. Of these two basketball teams, the former comes from the US; the _______ comes from England.
4. The command ________ (give) by our teacher puzzled all the students.
5. The Italian boy ________ (regard) as a hero because he gave his life for his country.
6. Many students believe that the choice of their courses and universities should ________ (base) on their own interest.
7. Students ________ (come) up to him and said how much they liked his class.
8. If you keep talking with your foreign friends, you’ll soon pick up _________ (fluently) English.
9. The water was freezing cold, but in jumped the young man without ________ second thought.
10. The heavy rain today is quite________ (difference) from the rain yesterday because rain water has entered the subway.
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科目：高中英语 来源：四川省乐山市2017届高三下学期第二次调研考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Moby Dick,or The Whale,of which only 5 copies were sold in the year of its first publication,has been recognized as one of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century novels across the world.Yet its author,Herman Melville,was not blessed enough to change his fate as the great work did.
Herman was born into an upper class New York family in 1819,but he had to drop out of school at the age of 15due to bankruptcy （破产）of the family.He struggled for living by working as a clerk at a bank,a farmer and a primary school teacher,but did not manage to hold on quite long to any of the jobs.And in 1841,he turned himself a whaling sailor on a big whaler.
In the next three years,his sailor’s life was torn apart by betrayal,injury,living with anthropophagi（食人族）， love,killing,imprisonment,prison break,which did not bear the expected fruit of fortune or being a captain.
At the age of 25 ,Herman returned to America,starting his writing career.During the following five years,he published five novels,among which was Moby Dick,but none of the works brought him any fame or sense of success.
He had to live up with his poor life,supported by regular financial help from his father in-law.Not much changed even after his father-in-law assisted him onto a post at the customhouse(海关).His self-doubt whether he should fight to write as an author disturbed Herman for the rest of his life till his death in 1899,which is suggested in his wife’s diary.And his wife described his several struggles where he fought bitterly back to his desk to pick up his pen.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Moby Dick according to the passage?
A. It came out as a published novel in the twentieth century.
B. It was not recognized as a great work until the twentieth century.
C. It was not for sale until the twentieth century.
D. It was adampted from the passage?
2.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Herman chose his life on purpose to make himself a great writer.
B. Herman’s parents had scheduled those failures in his life to make him a man.
C. Herman did not offer the best of himself to foresee and avoid those series of misfortune.
D. Herman’s insufficient capability to fight problems he was faced with might result.
3.What is the first working element that built Herman up be a most outstanding writer?
A. His rich life experience and perseverance. B. His sharp sense to observe and think.
C. Help from his wife and father-in-law. D. His brilliant language talent and skill.
4.What can we learn from Herman’ life story?
A. There is no much point struggling and working too hard in one’s like.
B. Never invest too much of yourself into what others have the power to judge.
C. Never trust decisions that have been made by others.
D. Never doubt yourself but stick to what you are committed to.
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科目：高中英语 来源：高二英语人教版必修5Unit 1 Great scientists 题型：阅读理解
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Among my peers, the most common reasons to sit in front are: poor vision, poor hearing, and harder to fall asleep (my main reason).
That’s about it. I’ve sat in the back and I’ve sat in the front, and I’ve seen no difference in how professors treat me. In fact, I sat in the front of my math class and still fell asleep a lot. I went to office hours for that class regularly and asked the professor if it bothered him and he said he understood completely. I put in the work outside the classroom and performed well on exams, and that’s what ends up on the transcript (成绩单).
From my experience, going to office hours regularly, emailing questions that may be beyond the scope of class just out of your own curiosity, and reading ahead of time so you can ask good relevant questions are the best ways to give a professor a good impression. Where I’ve sat in the classroom hasn’t noticeably affected a professor’s opinion of me in the slightest.
Typically, sitting at the front indicates to me that you want to hear everything I say and want to have more one-on-one questioning with me. Sitting in the middle suggests that you want to fit in, and will be better at group work. Sitting in the back usually means that you want to play with your phone. The people in the front seats will often get the highest grades, dropping as the rows go back. Yes, of course, this is a tendency and not a law, and there are exceptions. But I must point out that for some older professors, they actually can’t see the people in the back well.
I have not noticed where to sit has any effect on attentiveness, participation and respectful behavior. I have noticed though, that students who sit in the back row are almost always disrespectful and inattentive. I have not observed any correlation between achievement and seat location, even though when I was a student myself, I usually preferred to sit in the front.
1.According to the author, the best ways to impress professors do NOT include _____.
A. preparing for the class in advance B. asking questions through emailing
C. going to office hours regularly D. sitting in the front in every class
2.What is the author’s opinion of students sitting in the front?
A. They may be better at group work.
B. They may want to stay awake in class.
C. They want to play with their phones.
D. Their grades are always the highest.
3.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. To persuade students to sit in the front.
B. To analyze the advantages of sitting in the back.
C. To show the effect of seating on study results.
D. To discuss different seat locations in the class.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017-2018学年高一英语人教版必修1（Unit 1 Friendship） 题型：完形填空
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also __1__on her career road. Though the accident brought her bright career to a 2 , she didn’t give up. In the __3__ months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed an artificial (人造的) 4 made from rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So 5 she wanted to go back to 6 after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in 7 and could realize her dream, 8 she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing — 9 to balance, bend, walk, and turn.
After every public show, she 10 ask her dad about her performance. ＂You 11 have a long way to go＂ was the answer she used to get 12 . In January 1984, Sudha made a historic 13 by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it 14 everyone to tears and this __15__ pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the 16 question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.
Sudha’s comeback was so 17 that a film producer 18 to make the story into a hit film. When someone asked Sudha how she had 19 to dance again, she said quite simply, ＂YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.＂ 20 is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.
1.A. taken off B. cut off C. kicked off D. put off
2.A. top B. height C. point D. stop
3.A. unforgettable B. painful C. busy D. free
4.A. flower B. leg C. gift D. box
5.A. Strangely B. gradually C. heavily D. strongly
6.A. home B. school C. dancing D. walking
7.A. the doctor B. the stage C. herself D. her dad
8.A. however B. even C. since D. so
9.A. starting B. remembering C. wanting D. learning
10.A. could B. would C. should D. might
11.A. yet B. ever C. also D. still
12.A. in return B. in turn C. in surprise D. in anger
13.A. change B. movement C. comeback D. promise
14.A. made B. moved C. let D. forced
15.A. story B. performance C. decision D. accident
16.A. usual B. new C. normal D. interesting
17.A. upsetting B. interesting C. surprising D. moving
18.A. allowed B. pretended C. refused D. decided
19.A. tried B. managed C. thought D. imagined
20.A. Nothing B. Anything C. Something D. Everything
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科目：高中英语 来源：辽宁省沈阳市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末联考英语试卷 题型：七选五
Why is setting goals important? 1.Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen.
Successful people imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals.2.It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of in this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind which can be found in a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal, or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drivers aimlessly around. Never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be?
3.They decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and they aren’t difficult to reach.4.You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.
5.Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. Also when you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.
A. Winners in life set goals and follow through
B..It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are
C. By setting goals you are taking control of your life
D. Because everybody should have a goal in his mind
E. It’s difficult for a driver to reach his destination without a map
F. Because goals can help you do, be and experience everything you want in life
G. Research tells us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve it
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省宿迁市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
My timing has always been a little off with Elizabeth Strout. I’ve read and pretty much admired everything she’s written, but, for whatever reason, the books of hers I’ve picked to review have been the good ones, like Amy and Isabelle and The Burgess Boys, rather than the extraordinary ones, like Olive Kitteridge, which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. Anything Is Possible is Strout’s latest book and it’s gorgeous. Like Olive Kitteridge, Anything Is Possible reads like a novel constructed out of linked stories. In fact, it’s hard to know exactly what to call this — a novel or a short story collection. In any case, these stories are animated (栩栩如生) by Strout’s signature themes: class humiliation, loneliness, spiritual and, sometimes, reawakening. When Strout is really on her game, as she is here, you feel like you’ve been carefully lowered into the unquiet depths of quiet lives.
Strout began working on Anything Is Possible at the same time she was writing her novel My Name Is Lucy Barton, which was published last year. Lucy, a dirt-poor child who grows up to become a celebrated writer, floats in and out of these interlocking stories. Some characters catch a glimpse of her being interviewed on TV; one travels to see her at a bookstore. An older Lucy even appears “in the flesh” in one story when she returns home to the small town in rural Illinois where most of these tales are set to visit her troubled brother; but Anything Is Possible also stands on its own. Indeed, a few of the characters here would be ticked off if they thought their stories depended in any way on that Barton girl. Strout’s writerly eye works like a 360 degree camera, so that a character or place that’s on the margins of one tale takes center stage in a later one. This technique sounds contrived, but Strout carries it off lightly.
①__ One of the most powerful stories here is called “Dottie’s Bed & Breakfast,” which is an establishment we readers glimpse earlier in the book. Dottie desires to be middle-class and she harbors a grudge (怨恨) against life because she’s had to rent out rooms to make a living. Dottie also possesses a sensitive nose for sniffing out the lower-class origins of some of her guests.
②__ “Shoes always gave you away,” comments a woman in a story called “Cracked” about a houseguest’s too-high cork wedges(坡跟鞋). And, in the final story here, called “Gift,” a once-poor man made good says, “The sense of apology did not go away, it was a tiring thing to carry.”
③__ But, back to Dottie. When an elderly doctor and his wife come to stay at her guesthouse, Dottie bonds over tea with the wife, Shelley, who shares a story about a long-ago social humiliation.
④__ At breakfast the next morning, however, Shelley obviously regrets that confidence and becomes the Doctor’s wife again. She freezes Dottie out and puts her back in her place as the inn-keep.
There’s comic satisfaction in seeing Dottie secretly spitting into the breakfast jam, but the more profound rewards of this story have to do with its recognition of the many varieties of human insecurity — or, as Lucy Barton herself more bluntly puts it, the many ways “people are always looking to feel superior to someone else.”
Other stories have to do with sexual shame, or with the tragic ways close neighbors or family members misread each other; but I’m making Anything Is Possible sound too grim when, in fact, so many of these stories end in an understated (低调的) gesture of forgiveness. Strout is in that special company of writers like Richard Ford, Stewart O’Nan and Richard Russo, who write simply about ordinary lives and, in so doing, make us readers see the beauty of both their worn and rough surfaces and what lies beneath.
1.The author of the article may have reviewed these books EXCEPT_______.
A. Amy and Isabelle B. The Burgess Boys
C. Anything Is Possible D. Olive Kitteridge
2.What can be inferred according to the second paragraph?
A. The book Anything Is Possible depends wholly on that Barton girl.
B. The character Lucy floats in and out of these disconnected stories.
C. An ordinary character in one story can be a leading role in another.
D. Elizabeth Strout isn’t skillful at describing small characters in life.
3.Shelley freezes Dottie out the next morning because _______.
A. she feels she is superior to Dottie
B. Dottie spits into the breakfast jam
C. Dottie desires to be middle-class
D. she regrets the confidence in Dottie
4.The sentence “Indeed almost all of Strout’s characters have sharp eyes and even sharper observations to make when it comes to that great American subject: class.” should be put in ______.
A. ① B. ②
C. ③ D. ④
5.The tone of the article can be described as _______.
A. depressing B. critical
C. appreciative D. indifferent
6.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Anything Is Possible — unquietness depths of ordinary lives
B. Elizabeth Strout — an outstanding Pulitzer Prize Winner
C. Anything Is Possible — a collection of grim short stories
D. Elizabeth Strout — a writer with clever writing techniques
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省宿迁市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：单项填空
The CCTV program, A Bite of China attracts many people to Suqian to taste local food, ________ up to half are from overseas.
A. in which B. for whom
C. with which D. of whom
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科目：高中英语 来源：1.1 Unit 1 Warming Up Reading 题型：单项填空
It’s a pity that the young girl drowned herself after all her hopes were________.
A．beaten B．defeated C．failed D．realized
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