If it wasn’t an accident , he ______ it on purpose.
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A.must do
B.must have done
C.had meant to do
D.should have done
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Every night for a year, Neil Simmons quietly went out of his house. He wanted to “talk” to an owl settling for the night at the end of his garden. He made owl cries like a real wild owl (猫头鹰)and was happy to hear the bird “hooting (大声叫嚣)” back to him.
Last year Fred Cornes moved in next door. He heard an owl hooting and answered back. For 12 months the neighbors got into the back gardens of their homes, thinking they were talking with nature. Mr. Simmons kept a diary of all his talks with his bird friend. They would both be out again tonight if it wasn’t for a chance talk between their wives.
Mr. Simmons said. “My wife Kim was telling Fred’s wife Wendy about my owl watching and described how I got the birds to boot back. She said, ‘That’s funny — that’s just what Fred has been doing.’ Then the penny dropped, I felt such a fool when I found out. The trouble is that owl calls aren’t exactly the same and it’s easy to make a mistake.”
Mr. Cornes said, “I’m really flattered (过奖). I didn’t know I sounded so real. I love nature and I couldn’t resist hooting at the owls. I was very excited when they hooted back. I’m sorry that I was fooling my neighbor who was fooling me.”
45.After the talk between the wives, the two men would probably _________ .
A.stop observing owls B.not stay up hooting again
C.not enter the back garden again D.make no mistakes about wild owl cries
46.“Then the penny dropped.” most probably means “Then __________.”
A.I understood B.everybody knew about it
C.I heard the noise D.no money was paid
47.Mr. Simmons felt upset about the whole thing because __________.
A.all his efforts seemed to be meaningless
B.his wife let out his secret by chance
C.garden owls hooted so differently
D.Fred had been doing the same
48.The text suggests that __________.
A.Nail seldom heard natural owl calls
B.the owl never hooted back to Neil
C.Fred was always good at pleasing owls
D.owl watching is no longer interesting to Fred
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Simmons quietly went out of his house. He wanted to “talk” to an owl settling for the night at the end of his garden. He made owl cries like a real wild owl (猫头鹰)and was happy to hear the bird “hooting (大声叫嚣)” back to him.
Last year Fred Cornes moved in next door. He heard an owl hooting and answered back. For 12 months the neighbors got into the back gardens of their homes, thinking they were talking with nature. Mr. Simmons kept a diary of all his talks with his bird friend. They would both be out again tonight if it wasn’t for a chance talk between their wives.
Mr. Simmons said. “My wife Kim was telling Fred’s wife Wendy about my owl watching and described how I got the birds to boot back. She said, ‘That’s funny — that’s just what Fred has been doing.’ Then the penny dropped, I felt such a fool when I found out. The trouble is that owl calls aren’t exactly the same and it’s easy to make a mistake.”
Mr. Cornes said, “I’m really flattered (过奖). I didn’t know I sounded so real. I love nature and I couldn’t resist hooting at the owls. I was very excited when they hooted back. I’m sorry that I was fooling my neighbor who was fooling me.”
After the talk between the wives, the two men would probably _________ .
A.stop observing owls B.not stay up hooting again
C.not enter the back garden again D.make no mistakes about wild owl cries
“Then the penny dropped.” most probably means “Then __________.”
A.I understood B.everybody knew about it
C.I heard the noise D.no money was paid
Mr. Simmons felt upset about the whole thing because __________.
A.all his efforts seemed to be meaningless
B.his wife let out his secret by chance
C.garden owls hooted so differently
D.Fred had been doing the same
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山东省莱芜五中高三4月模拟英语试卷(带解析) 题型:单选题
_______ Anirban Maitra, a professor at Oxford University, Jack’s success would not have been possible.
A.If it wasn’t for | B.Were it not for | C.Had it not been for | D.If it hasn’t been for |
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科目:高中英语 来源:上海市闸北区2010届高三下学期期中练习卷(英语) 题型:阅读理解
Upon waking up, Jim found himself lying on a stretch of sandy shore with his face half-buried in the sand. He found, that his clothes had been almost torn apart. His arms ached and his body was heavy like stone. Before he could stand up, he was brought to his knees due to exhaustion. As he lay on the sand, he began to study the environment for signs of human activities. But there was nothing except for a few trees and some stones within eyesight.
He remembered how, a few hours before, he had still been struggling for survival in the vast South China Sea. The boat that had carried his friends and him out to sea for a fun fishing trip had run into a terrible storm. James, who was the captain of the boat, and had been at the wheel, lost control of the boat. The boat moved from side to side in the storm. Suddenly, it hit a sharp object, most probably a rock from the sea and was wrecked.
Jim could not remember how he had managed to drift onto land. His friends were not in sight. He was saddened by the fact that they might have all drowned. Then he suddenly saw a thin column of smoke on the far side of a hill. “Could it be a house?” Jim asked himself. Even if it wasn’t, it gave him some fresh hope of surviving the ordeal that he was going through. He struggled on towards the place from where the smoke was rising.
Finally, he found himself at the top of the hill. He saw a little green valley dotted with a few huts and trees in the sun. His eyes were not playing tricks on him. There was a village located at the bottom of the valley. The sight gave him renewed hope. He began to run toward the village with his last ounce of energy.
68. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Jim found himself in a desert when he woke up.
B. Jim and his friends were fishing at South China Sea.
C. Jim lost control of the boat he and his friends were in.
D. The boat hit a rock but kept steady.
69. Jim struggled toward the place of the smoke probably because ______.
A. he was afraid of being too near the sea
B. he thought his friends might be in the place of the smoke
C. the smoke implied human activities
D. All of the above.
70. What does the underlined word “ordeal” in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. bad weather B. order C. suffering D. ideal state
71. According to the passage, what is NOT TRUE about Jim?
A. He survived a terrible sea storm.
B. He had the feeling that his friends survived the wreckage.
C. At first he didn’t find signs of humans but then he saw a smoke rising.
D. He finally found a village at the bottom of a valley.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届海南省高一上学期段考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world—Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey—rats will soon be man’s new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We sent in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal (信号). This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.
Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “‘Robots ’noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity(电)!
The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldn’t get to and a rat would get out of it if it wasn’t safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building (but only after an earthquake, of course).
1.In the world earthquake capitals, rats will become man’s best friends because they can .
A.take the place of man’s rescue jobs |
B.find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildings |
C.serve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildings. |
D.get into small spaces |
2.In doing rescue jobs, .
A.rats smell better than dogs |
B.dogs don’t need to be trained to smell people |
C.robots’ sense of smell can be affected by other smells around |
D.rats can see in the dark and smaller than robots |
3.Rats have all the following advantages EXCEPT that .
A.they are more fantastic than other animals |
B.they are less expensive to train than dogs |
C.they don’t need electricity |
D.they are small and can get into small places |
4.After reading the passage we can know .
A.at present rats have taken the place of dogs in searching for people |
B.the “rat project” has been completed |
C.people are now happy to see a rat in a building |
D.now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescues |
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