The element radium, ______ in the chemistry lab, gave off a faint blue light.
A. discovered B. to be discovered C. to discover D. discovering
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The blockbuster film Titanic has brought millions of dollars and thousands of people to the theaters and continues to touch people today in their homes. Why is this film so successful? It is a combination of many different things. Among these are many different elements. Looking at some of these elements will show how the director and others involved were able to create an emotionally charged movie that appealed to millions.
The film uses one thematic(主题的) element called The Truth of Human Nature. The two main characters seem to represent noble people. Most of the other characters in the film are shown as non－tolerant, rude and cold－hearted people. The element of focusing on the two main characters' love and emotion seems symbolic of an ideal state.
There are also social problems addressed. This is done in a few different ways. The most noticeable way is that the lower class people remain locked in the basement as the ship goes down. Throughout Titanic, the lighting is very important. The poor, lower class people are always shown in very warm－colored light that gives them a sense of life and happiness. On the other hand, the rich, upper class are always shown in a flat light portraying the feeling of hardness and coldness. By using these techniques, they show the issue of class segregation(种族隔离), and they create stereotypes. The main characters are able to break free of these stereotypes and be together. This is the solution to the segregation problem.
As you can see, Titanic took a lot of thinking and preparation to film in a manner that would create emotion and bring to the surface the issues and story of the great ship.
6. The underlined word “blockbuster” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．
A. something very successful
B. a highly explosive bomb
C. something worth a lot of money
D. a touching story
7. In Titanic, the scene of the lower class people remaining locked in the basement as the ship goes down is used to ________.
A. criticize non－tolerant and cold－hearted rich people
B. enlarge the spectacle of the film
C. criticize the reality of the society
D. emphasize the condition of the poor at that time
8. Why were different colors of light used in the film Titanic?
A. They were used to show the difference between the rich and the poor.
B. The director was determined to achieve good visual effect.
C. The social status was represented by the color of light in the past.
D. The use of light was the main technique the director made use of.
9. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The segregation problem in the society can be solved by using the light.
B. Though love is the main theme of Titanic, it also reflects some social problems.
C. Because of the director's talents, the film Titanic achieved great success.
D. In the film Titanic there are two characters altogether.
10. The writer mainly talks about ________ in this passage.
A. the process of shooting Titanic
B. the leading actor and actress in Titanic
C. the main techniques used in Titanic
D. the outline of Titanic
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科目：高中英语 来源：浙江省五校2010届高三下学期第二次联考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
D
“Pay has little to do with motivation in the workplace”．That’s the argument put forward by best-selling author Daniel Pink in his new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us．“Pay for performance is supposed to be a folk tale,” he says．
Daniel argues that, if employees receive a basic level of payment, three other factors matter more than money: a sense of independence, of mastery over one’s labor, and of serving a purpose larger than oneself．For example, in 2008 at the offices of Best Buy’s Richfield, salaried workers there were allowed to organize their own work day, putting in only as many hours as they felt necessary to get their jobs done．Productivity increased by 35% according to The Harvard Business Review．
But the managers at Goldman Sachs aren’t exactly making some efforts to adjust．Like others on Wall Street, the banking giant argues that fat bonuses （extra rewards） are essential to make its numbers．“That’s exactly the attitude that leads to the recent financial crisis in the United States,” responds Daniel, “as managers always focus on short-term rewards that encourage cheating, shortcuts, and dishonest behavior．”
Moreover, the 45-year-old author and former Al Gore speechwriter refers to social-science experiments and experiences at such workplaces as Google and 3M．In one 2005 experiment he describes, economists working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston tested the power of incentives （激励） by offering cash rewards to those who did well in games that included reciting a series of numbers and throwing tennis balls at a target．The researchers’ finding: Over and over, higher incentives led to worse performance --- and those given the highest incentives did the poorest job．
From this and other cases, Daniel draws a conclusion that monetary incentives remove the element of play and creativity, transforming “an interesting task into a dull one．” It’s even possible, he adds, for oversized rewards to have dangerous side effects, like those of a drug dependency in which an addicted requires ever larger amounts．He refers to scientific testing that shows the promise of cash rewards increase a chemical in the brain similar to that brought on by cocaine or nicotine．
Daniel, however, is also aware that his company examples --- no GE, no IBM, no Microsoft --- hardly represent the commanding heights of the economy．But he thinks his approach will catch on, even in the biggest companies．“Managers tend to be realistic, and in time they will respond,” he says．
53．In his book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink is promoting the idea that _____．
A．it is a money-driven society B．all workers are not driven by money
C．money plays a key role in management D．pay has nothing to do with workplaces
54．In Daniel’s point of view, many Wall Street managers are _______．
A．dishonest B．considerate C．short-sighted D．ridiculous
55．In paragraph 5, the example of drug-taking is given to show _______．
A．money is as addictive as cocaine or nicotine
B．big rewards bring about dangerous side effect
C．nicotine and money bring the same chemical
D．workers do not need the incentives of money at all
56．We can learn from the last paragraph that _______．
A．Daniel’s approach will be popular in a wider field
B．realistic managers will first consider Daniel’s approach
C．Daniel’s approach meets the demand of economic crisis
D．GE, IBM and Microsoft will join in Daniel’s approach next
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖北省百汇学校2010届高三下学期5月月考英语试题 题型：阅读理解
E
The Heritage(遗产) at Risk programme aims to understand the overall state of England’s heritage by assessing each of its different elements. In particular we need to indentify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats. We will use the information to work out how to reduce those pressures and in turn to calculate the resources needed to make our unique heritage of historic places safe.
You can search for sites on the register by entering a site name, location, street or educational block in the box below.
Conservation areas
A nationwide survey of conservation areas indicates that approximately 1 in 7 is at risk from neglect(疏忽),decay(腐烂)or unpitying change.
Show your support for our campaign go save conservation areas from unavoidable decline and receive a free campaign pack by registering. There are some 9,300 conservation areas across England, meaning that we all live in or near to one or visit one regularly for work, shopping or rest. They are the element of England’s heritage that is all around us and which touches all of our lives. But until now no one had a clear idea what condition they were in.
Buildings
The task of assessing condition and risk started with buildings. Following a survey of all grades of listed buildings in London, English Heritage published in 1991 the first annual register of those at risk there.
The success of this London work led to the national buildings at risk strategy in 1998, and publication of a register of buildings at risk covering all grade I and II listed buildings and structural scheduled monuments in the country, at risk and vulnerable(易受伤害的).
Parks&Gardens
There are 1,600 entries on the current English heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. Sites at risk have typically been adversely(不利地) affected by development and neglect; often they have been changed by development and are faced with major change. Sometimes development beyond the boundary of a registered landscape can be just as harmful as construction within its boundaries; this is especially true that development would influence designed views that extend beyond the chosen site itself.
67. The purpose of using the information to work out how to reduce pressures is to .
A. assess each of English heritage’s different elements
B. identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats
C. calculate the resources needed to make heritage of historic sites safe
D. help you to search for sites at risk on the register
68. It can be inferred from “Conservation areas” that conservation are as across England .
A. are almost all at risk from neglect, decay or unpitying change
B. can be entered with a campaign pack free of charge
C. are in very close connection with our lives
D. are in whatever condition people are sure about
69. The text mainly talks about .
A. English heritage at risk B. historic places of interest
C. English heritage register D. location of English heritage
70.According to the last paragraph, the bad effect development has on the sites at risk is that_____.
A. it has changed the sites at risk with no intention
B. it can sometimes cause harm beyond the registered boundaries
C. it would affect the designed views instead of the chosen sites
D. it has neglected the local people of special historic interest
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第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分。满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上面一个勾(x／)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺诩处加一个漏字符号。在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，往该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Madame Curie, her father was a physics teacher, was born 76.
in 1867. Her interest in the science was encouraged by her father． 77.
Graduated from middle school at 16，she couldn’t go on with 78.
her study because Poland was under the role of Tsarist(沙皇) 79.
Russia and women are not allowed to enter college．In 1891， 80.
she left Paris and entered Pads University, where she did 81.
her research work after graduation．In 1895，she married to 82.
Pierre Curie．Pierre joined in his research and they succeeded 83.
in find the element producing radiation in 1902．One year 84.
late．they shard the Nobel Prize for physics with Becquerel． 85.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届山东省聊城市高一第四次模块检测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Today many people say that women have the same chance as men in society. But this was not always so. In the past, women all over the world had to fight to get the same chance as men in education and jobs. Many people said that women should not receive much education because they would not do as well as men when they went to work.
One woman who showed that women should have the same chance was Marie, a scientist. In the 1800s scientists knew that a metal, uranium, gave off radiation. They also knew how much radiation came from his element. But they didn’t know what this radiation was like; they wondered why and how uranium gave off radiation. Marie Curie set out to answer these questions. In one of her experiments she was studying a certain material which, she knew, contained uranium, But it gave off 4 times as much radiation as usually does. What could explain this fact? Marie Curie thought that there must be another source of radiation in this material.
In 1898 Marie Curie set out to find out this new source of radiation, which she named “radium”. Her husband, who was also a scientist, helped her. They set up a laboratory in an old building behind a school. For four years Curies searched, doing many experiments, And one morning in 1902 Marie found the source of the radiation.
Marie Curie proved to the world that there was element that gave off radiation. And she also proved to the world that, if women are given truly equal chance, they can really help society.
1.The scientists of Marie Curie’s day knew .
A．that uranium gave off radiation
B．that radium gave off radiation
C．that there was some radium in uranium
D．that uranium and radium both gave off radiation
2.The Curies found the element radium .
A．with other scientists’ help B．by asking some famous scientists
C．by doing many experiments D．with their teachers’ help
3.In the past many people thought .
A．that women must get the same chance as men in education and jobs
B．that women should receive much education
C．that women should get good jobs
D．that women could not do the work well
4.Marie Curie proved to people .
A．that there was a new element uranium
B．that there was a new element radium
C．that women could do their work as well as men if they were really given the same conditions
D．both B and C
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