.The middle-aged man said he would accept the job, so we have asked him to __________ his acceptance in writing.
A.confirm | B.convey | C.convince | D.consider |
科目:高中英语 来源:2010-2011学年甘肃省张掖中学高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
There was great interest when a big hole mysteriously appeared in the middle of a field. Engineers were called in to explain how it had got there. They offered various explanations but were not at all sure how the hole had been caused, it was thought that a large bomb which came suddenly exploded, but it was not possible to prove this. A simple, but highly improbable explanation was offered by a man who declares to know well about “flying saucers”; the strange objects which are round in shape and are said to visit the earth from outer space. The man’s explanation may have been nonsense (胡说八道), but at least it was imaginative. At any rate, it was far more interesting than the one given by the army.
After examining the ground carefully the man declared to have seen special marks on the soil quite near the hole, these, he said, could only have been caused by a flying saucer. Moreover the leaves on some bushes nearby had turned yellow because of a strange hot gas which had come from the saucer just before it landed. Even a small tree some way off appeared to have been burnt slightly. A small piece of metal found in the hole itself gave further proof that a strange object had been there. According to the man, it was quite clear that people from another world had been going around the earth trying to pick up information, when something had gone wrong. Because of this they had been forced to land in a field so that the damage could be repaired. The hole had been caused when the saucer struck the earth, while the strange marks nearby were made when it took off again. This, said the man, was the simplest explanation of how the hole had appeared. Judging from the interest the public took in the matter, there must be quite a few people who secretly believe or hope that this simple explanation is the true one.
【小题1】What aroused public interest?
A.A mysterious hole in a field. | B.Various explanations offered by experts. |
C.A simple explanation given by a man. | D.The shape of the flying saucers. |
A.boring but imaginative | B.reasonable and interesting |
C.meaningless but interesting | D.mysterious and unbelievable |
A.special marks on soil near the hole | B.yellow leaves on some bushes nearby |
C.a small piece of meal in the hole | D.the remains of the flying saucer |
A.to repair their saucer | B.to strike the earth |
C.to. collect information | D.to make strange marks |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年度江苏省扬州市安宜高中高二上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
Friendships are some of the most important relationships that we will ever have in our lives. But how to build a solid friendship? Here are five tips for you.
Tip 1. _____
True friendships can only be built in honesty. This is more than just telling the truth. Being real and open about who you are and your thoughts and feelings are a part of building a solid friendship. If your “friends” don’t even really know you, who are they really friends with?
Tip 2. Shared Experiences
As you build your friendship, you will share many experiences together. Some of these may be great adventures or hard times that the two of you go through together. These shared experiences are things that you will laugh about, talk about, and cry about no matter how much time passes.
Tip 3. Sacrificial(牺牲精神的)love
Love is the basis(基础)of all solid relationships. I am not referring to the emotion(情感) of love, but to the action of love. Love is what will cause a friend to get out of bed in the middle of the night to help another. Love is what will put aside someone’s own wants to make sure that their friend is alright.
Tip 4. Understanding
When a friendship is solid, it will be based on each other’s understanding. You may not agree with everything that a friend says or does, but you will be able to put yourself into his or her shoes to begin to understand. Offering understanding to a friend is very important, as it allows them to feel that they have someone in their corner that they can talk to and who will offer advice and suggestions, without having to worry that if they don’t always follow it, the friendship will be lost.
Tip 5. Acceptance
A solid friendship is one in which two people accept one another, faults and all, for just who they are. There is no having to build up false excuses, or hide away the “dark secrets” from one another. We accept each other as whole, complete, and totally unique people.
【小题1】What’s the best title of Tip 1?
A.Introduction of yourself. | B.Telling the truth |
C.Honesty | D.True friendships |
A.Tip 2. | B.Tip 3. | C.Tip 4. | D.Tip 5. |
A.Exchange your shoes with his or hers. | B.Try on his or her shoes. |
C.Put yourself in his or her position. | D.Force yourself. |
A.A solid friendship | B.The most important relationships |
C.Five tips for you | D.Tips on how to build a solid friendship |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年广西桂林中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Enter a typical high school, and the first thing you see is the front office, where the principal dwells and grades are stored. The front office also reinforces familiar hierarchy(等级制度): principal at the top, teachers in the middle, kids on the bottom, sitting with hands folded at their desks.
Now, imagine a school where the organizational structure is completely flat. At the New Country School in Henderson, Minn, there is no front office. Visitors are immediately embraced by an airy atrium that is the centerpiece of this one-room schoolhouse. And all around the room, 124 students sit at desks — real office desks — working at their own personal computers on their own projects.
When Dee Thomas and her colleagues got together 15 years ago to design a new high school, they knew there was one thing that had to go: The bell. "You don't go into your job in the morning and say, 'OK, for the first 45 minutes of my job, I'm going to do the math part.' And then a bell goes off, and you do the social history part of your job. You don't do that," Thomas said.
There are no teachers at New Country. Every few weeks, students must present projects they've been working on to the rest of the school community. To prepare for their presentations, they gather at tables in the middle of the school atrium and present their work to their "advisers."
Kids at New Country test better than their peers on the state tests and on the pre-college ACT. The school sends 90 percent of its graduates to college. But that doesn't tell the whole story. New Country struggles to keep its seniors from leaving. The school's senior project is demanding — 300 hours of work.
But for some students, New Country offers a rare alternative, a choice they can't find anywhere else. And the school is constantly visited by educators from around the world looking for new ideas. That's the foundation of efforts to reform American high schools today — that there's a need to experiment with an institution that is failing millions of students
【小题1】The author mentioned the typical high school in the first paragraph ___________.
A. to tell us what the typical high school is like in USA.
B. to present a sharp contrast with the experimental school, New Country.
C. to introduce the topic, New Country, of the passage.
D. to call on students to register in the typical high school
【小题2】The following statements about New Country are all true except________.
A.New Country students sit in an open environment that looks a lot like a typical office. |
B.Students consult with "advisers", who "teach" in the traditional sense. |
C.No bells in New Country, students choose how to spend their time. |
D.No traditional classes, students work on projects they select themselves. |
A.high test scores | B.alternative |
C.comfortable conditions | D.teaching methods |
A.experimental school gets rid of classes and teachers. |
B.typical high school and experimental School. |
C.new schools in future in America. |
D.education reform in America. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012届江西省泰和中学高三上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
"I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home. ' but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education," says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family, did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his' borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $ 20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147% . Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
"If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won't have an affordable system of higher education," says Patrick M. Calan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt."
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1. why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?
A.The twins wasted too much money. | B.The father was out of work. |
C.Their saving ran out. | D.The family fell apart. |
A.They asked their kids to come home. |
B.They borrowed $20, 000 from the schools. |
C.They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs. |
D.They got help from the schools and the federal government. |
A.more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses |
B.the government will receive more letters of complaint |
C.college tuition fees will double soon |
D.America's unemployment will fall |
A.They blamed the government for the tuition increase. |
B.Their income increased steady in the last decade. |
C.They will try their best to send kids to college. |
D.Their debts will be paid off within 25 years. |
A.provide most students with scholarships |
B.dismiss some financial aid administrators |
C.stop the companies from making student loans |
D.go on providing financial support for college students |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年高考二轮复习三月精品练习单项选择15英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
In the middle of the night, we ______signals for help from another ship.
A. picked out???? B. picked up ????????????? ????????????? C. picked on????? D. picked at
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