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Thirty thousand yuan as well as hundreds of tons of food ______ to the flooded area.
A. have offered B. has offered C. have been offered D. has been offered
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in pubic places.The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC.In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China.The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens.Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The fist regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in 1620.In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly.The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant, which didn’t appear until March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston.But the local government soon stopped its publication.In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston News-letter, the first newspaper to be published daily in America.By 1760, the whole America had more than thirty daily newspapers.There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world.The largest circulation for a newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which sells over eleven million copies every day.
In Europe, the newspaper was first regularly published_____.
A .in England B.in Germany
C.in France D.in London
The first English newspaper printed and sold every day appeared _________.
A.in 1620 B.in 1609
C.at the end of the 17th century D.at the beginning of the 18th century.
How many years earlier was the newspaper printed in China than in America?
A.9 or 10 centuries.
B.More than 1000 years.
C.700 years or so
D.Less than 800 years.
Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?
A.The World’s First Newspaper.
B.History of Newspaper.
C.The First Daily Newspaper in American.
D.A Remarkable Man-Benjamin Harris.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届福建罗源县第一中学高二下学期月考英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Life on earth depends on water, and there is no substitute for it. The current assumption is that our basic needs for water—whether for drinking, agriculture, industry or the raising of fish—will always have to be met. Given this premise (前提), there are two basic routes we can go; more equal access to water or better engineering solutions.
Look at the engineering solutions first. A lot of my research concentrates on what happens to wetlands when you build dams in river basins, particularly in Africa. The ecology of such areas is almost entirely driven by the seasonal changes of the river—the pulse of the water. And the fact is that if you build a dam, you generally spoil the downstream ecology. In the past, such problems have been hidden by a lack of information. But in the near future, governments will have no excuses for their ignorance.
The engineers’ ability to control water flows has created new kinds of unpredictability, too. Dams in Africa have meant fewer fish, less grazing and less floodplain (洪泛区) agriculture, none of which were expected. And there average economic life is assumed to be thirty years. Dams don’t exist forever, but what will replace them is not clear.
The challenge for the future is to find new means of controlling water. Although GM technology(转基因) will allow us to breed better dry-land crops, there is no market for companies to develop crops suitable for the micro-climates of the Sahel and elsewhere in Africa. Who is going to pay for research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World?
1.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A.The engineering solutions to water resource and their limitation.
B.The challenge for the future.
C.The basic means of controlling water.
D.The challenge for developing crops.
2.The author suggests that governments will have no excuse for their careless ignorance in the future because _____.
A.The ecological destruction will be known to the public by researchers
B.The ecological destruction will no longer be a problem in the future
C.The future is an information age
D.Governments will face greater challenge in the future
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true for meeting our basic needs for water?
A.Water resource should be used more reasonably.
B.More dams should be built in river basins.
C.More wetlands should be protected from destruction.
D.More dry-land crops could be developed in Africa.
4.The last sentence probably implies that _____.
A.No one will invest in developing locally appropriate crops in Africa
B.Researchers have no interest in developing dry-land crops
C.Research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World may be profitable
D.There is less water resource in the Third World
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届江苏省沭阳县高二下学期期中调研测试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was born in Budapest on September 16, 1893. In 1911 he entered his uncle’s laboratory where he studied until the outbreak of World War One, when he joined the army. He served on the Italian and Russian fronts, and he was permitted to leave the army in 1917 after being wounded in action. He completed his studies in Budapest before he went to Hamburg for a two-year course in physical chemistry. In 1920 he became an assistant at a university in Leiden, the Netherlands and from 1922 to 1926 he worked with H. J. Hamburger at the Physiology Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands.
In 1926, Szent-Gyorgyi was ready to end his own life after an embarrassing problem in his career. The scientist, thirty-two, had written a paper and handed it to his boss for approval to publish. His boss threw it in the dustbin. Concluding his life was a failure, the young researcher quit. Unable to support his wife and child, he sent them home to her parents. His final wish was to attend one last scientific meeting, to be among scientists, to have one last good time. So he went to the 1926 International Physiological Society Congress in Sweden.
Sitting in the audience, lost in self-pity, Szent-Gyorgyi listened to the president of the society, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, refer to the fine work of a researcher: Szent-Gyorgyi! After the speech, collecting his courage, he introduced himself to Hopkins. The great man invited the young scientist to Cambridge to do further work.
Szent-Gyorgyi’s life changed. He discovered the oxidation-preventing (防氧化的) action of vitamin C. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He accounted for his success by saying that discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen but thinking what nobody else has thought.
1.Which of the following is the correct order of the events relevant to Szent-Gyorgyi?
a. finished his studies in Budapest
b. served during World War One
c. worked with Hopkins
d. studied in Hamburg
A.b, c, a, d B.b, a, d, c C.a, c, d, b D.a, b, d, c
2. Why did Szent-Gyorgyi want to end his own life in 1926?
A.His pride was hurt by his boss.
B.He was not satisfied with his paper.
C.He couldn’t support his family.
D.His boss stopped him attending a conference.
3. The passage is organized in the pattern of _____________.
A.cause and effect
B.comparison and contrast
C.time and events
D.definition and classification
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年辽宁省协作体高三领航高考预测(二)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
One day at the day care centre(日间托儿所)I watched a mother try to pick up her daughter. The girl wanted to go to McDonald’s. The mother replied, “Susie, not tonight. Maybe we can go tomorrow.”. Susie 16 dropped to the floor, kicking and screaming. “I want to …”
Her mother tried to 17 Susie’s tantrum(发脾气). Finally her mother 18 . I was surprised that we could have almost anything we wanted by throwing a tantrum.
That day my mother 19 me up early because we were going to a department to do the shopping for 20 Day. I was excited to see a toy telephone. Looking lovingly 21 at my mother, I asked, “Can I have that telephone?”
She replied, “Baby, not now, but 22 you are a good girl, maybe Santa Clause will 23 you.” “But Mama, I want that telephone right now,” I said. My mother’s eyes 24 and her hand tightened(紧握)on mine. “Becky, you 25 have that telephone today, and if you 26 you can have a spanking(打屁股).”
We were standing in the long 27 ,and I knew from my experience that it was now or 28 . So I lay down on the ground and began screaming, “I want that telephone.” Tired Christmas 29 looked as my mother calmly said, “Becky, you’d better get up by the 30 of three or else.” “One…Two…Three.” But I was 31 in full tantrum. Then she lay down beside me on the 32
and began screaming, “I want a new car, I want some jewellery, I want…”
33 , I stood up. “Mama, stop, Mama, get up,” I tearfully 34 .
She stood up. The others waiting began to laugh. The next thirty minutes was complete 35 for me. Then one parent said to me with a smile, “I bet you’ll never try that again”.
1. A.heavily B.immediately C.directly D.hopelessly
2. A.cover B.free C.resist D.stop
3. A.gave in B.gave off C.gave out D.gave up
4. A.carried B.picked C.held D.sent
5. A.Mother’s B.Children’s C.Christmas D.National
6. A.down B.up C.over D.out
7. A.if B.unless C.until D.while
8. A.praise B.believe C.love D.help
9. A.opened B.closed C.narrowed D.shone
10. A.won’t B.daren’t C.mustn’t D.can’t
11. A.lie B.risk C.scream D.steal
12. A.line B.street C.row D.passage
13. A.never B.ever C.later D.then
14. A.managers B.sellers C.families D.shoppers
15. A.noise B.count C.voice D.word
16. A.again B.even C.still D.more
17. A.bench B.mat C.counter D.floor
18. A.Frightened B.Satisfied C.Embarrassed D.Amused
19. A.begged B.resigned C.explained D.promised
20. A.luck B.discomfort C.complaint D.anger
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年甘肃省高三上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:信息匹配
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从文后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
A Famous University Town
When we say that Cambridge is a university town we do not mean that it is a town with a university in it.
1 The university is not just one part of the town; it is all over the town. The heart of Cambridge has its shops, restaurants, market places and so on, but most of it is university, colleges, libraries, clubs and other places for university staff and students. The town was there first. Cambridge became a center of learning in the thirteenth century. Many students were too poor to afford lodgings(公寓) 2 This was the beginning of the present day college system.
Today there are nearly thirty colleges. 3 Many of them live in lodgings at first and move into college for their final year. But every student is a member of his college from the beginning. He must eat a number of meals in the college hall each week.
4 so nearly all of them use bicycles. Don’t try to drive through Cambridge during the five minutes between lectures, as you will find crowds of people on bicycles hurrying in all directions. If you are in Cambridge at five minutes to the hour any morning of the term, you’ll know that you are in a university town. 5 .
A.Colleges were opened so that students could live cheaply.
B.Students are not allowed to keep cars in Cambridge,
C.Many students were short of money for their education, so college towns were set up then.
D.A university town is one where there is no clear separation between the university buildings and the rest of the city.
E. Stop in some safe place, and wait.
F. The size of Cambridge University is not so big as the town.
G. Very few students can now live in college for the whole of their course; the numbers are too great.
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