Smith, who comes from____ European country, is regarded as ____ honorable man.
A. a; a B. a; an C. the; an D. an; the
科目:高中英语 来源:学习·探究·诊断 高二英语(下) 题型:050
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It was fifteen past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she was going to work. Her bus had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first Job. She decided to start out half an hour earlier the next day.
Once inside the lobby, she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before she could get on one going to the sixth floor. When she finally reached the office marked “Smith Enterprises”, she knocked at the door nervously and waited. There was no reply. She tapped on the door again, but still there was no answer. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and went in.
Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had the interview with Mr. Smith, it looked quite different now. In fart, it hardly looked like an office at all.
The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking. In the front of the room, somebody must have just told a good joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in. For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her.
Then one of the men looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said something to the others. Quickly they all went to their desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was hard at work. No one paid any attention to Marie. Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office. Hardly looking up from his work, he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr. Smith, who would arrive at any moment. Then Marie realized that the day's work in the office began just before Mr. Smith arrived. Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35, so that his staff knew exactly when to start working.
1.Marie felt nervous when she knocked at the door became
[ ]
A.it was her first day in a new job
B.she was a little bit late for work
C.she was afraid that she had gone to the wrong place
D.there was no answer from inside the office
2.Marie could hardly recognize the office she went into as ________.
[ ]
A.she had been there only once
B.Mr. Smith was not in the office
C.nobody was doing any work
D.the office had a new appearance
3.The people in the office suddenly started working because
[ ]
A.they saw a stranger in the office
B.their morning break was ended
C.no one wanted to talk to Marie
D.the boss was about to arrive
4.We can infer from the text that the employees of the enterprise ________.
[ ]
A.would start their work by listening to a joke
B.were cold to newcomers
C.were always punctual for work
D.lacked devotion to the company
5.The best title for this text would be ________.
[ ]
A.Punctual Like A Clock
B.A Cold Welcome
C.An unpunctual Manager
D.Better Late Than Never
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In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters. It was then that the question of payment arose.
At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough (犁). But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.
Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degree to the invention of money. In some countries easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity (稀有) of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know it had arrived.
What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Man needed little in the earliest stages of development.
B. Man preferred to make tools by himself.
C. How the simple process of exchange arose.
D. What the early man needed from others.
As men became more civilized they __________.
A. all learnt to make by themselves the things needed
B. had to travel a lot to look for what they wanted
C. wanted better things than those they themselves could provide
D. no longer provided food and clothing for themselves
Exchange of goods became difficult because __________.
A. man became more civilized
B. there was not a marketplace for farmers and smiths to exchange their goods
C. farmers hadn’t enough grain or meat to provide for skilled workers
D. more and more goods which had no fixed exchange values appeared on the market.
Money was not used until __________.
A. paper was invented
B. nothing could be offered in exchange
C. people practiced a simple process of exchange
D. the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated
What was used for trade according to the text?
A. Shells B. Tea C. Salt D. Horses
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This book tells ____ life story of John Smith, who left ____ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.
A.the;/ | B.a;the | C.the;the | D.a;/ |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届甘肃省甘谷一中高三第四次检测英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Imagine landing in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, understand the culture and don’t know anybody. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend who could help you out?
John Smith, an English explorer who landed in America in 1607, found the best friend ever. She was a Native American named Pocahontas (1595-1617). And she did more than teach Smith the language: she saved his life, twice.
Smith was captured(捕捉) by members of Pocahontas’s tribe(部落) and was going to be killed. But for some reason, the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, felt sorry for Smith (who was probably the first white man she had ever seen) and threw her body over his to protect him. Smith returned safely to the small village he was living in. During the winter the English settlers did not know how to get food from nature. Pocahontas often brought food for Smith and his friends.
A year later Pocahontas’s father tried to kill Smith again because the Native Americans were very scared the English would try to take over their land. Pocahontas warned him and he was able to escape. Later she became a Christian and eventually married an Englishman named John Rolfe. She spent the last year of her life in London. Pocahontas has become an American legend. Her life story has been re-created in many books and films, including Disney’s 1995 film, Pocahontas.
One of the reasons she is so popular is that many Europeans look at Pocahontas as an excellent example of how a minority can adjust into the majority. Pocahontas is also respected because of her selfless love. She proved that people can be kind and loving even to people of a different race or culture. John Smith was very different from Pocahontas but she could see he was a good man and that was all that mattered. No race or country owns goodness, love and loyalty.
【小题1】 What difficulties might early European settlers meet in America EXCEPT ___________?
A.the fierce conflict with Native Americans |
B.lack of food in winter |
C.bad-tempered natives who enjoyed killing |
D.unfamiliarity with a foreign land |
A.she believed in general kindness even to people of a different race |
B.she wanted to become a Christian and marry an English |
C.he was the first white man she had ever seen in her life |
D.she was on the settlers’ side and against her cruel father |
A.Her tribal background and her marriage to a white settler. |
B.The recreation of her life story in the 1995 Disney film. |
C.Her complicated life story different from common people’s |
D.Her selfless help to people regarded as enemy of her tribe. |
A.People from different cultures can never really get along well with each other. |
B.The Europeans think the early settlers should have learned to adjust to the local cultures. |
C.The creation of America is based on the settlers’ victory over the Native Americans. |
D.The battles between early settlers and Native Americans resulted from their fighting for land. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届山东枣庄滕州一中高三10月第一次单元测试英语卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
—The speaker is a tall man with glasses.
—Then it be Mr. Smith, who is short and thin.
A.can’t B.wouldn’t C.won’t D.mustn’t
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