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It has been about forty years since the invention of post-it notes (便利贴). These sticky notes, as people often________ them, can be used to mark a ________ in a book. They can be used to ________ a note to a report turned in to a teacher. They can even be used to post a reminder note in a place where it will be . Many people question how they were invented. The is surprising because the discovery was actually a(n) .
In 1968, Spencer Silver was working with different types of adhesives (胶). He was trying to develop new for a company that created and sold clear tape. One particular adhesive just would not for long periods of time, it could be peeled off easily. He passed the around the company to see if anyone could find a(n) for it. Nobody could imagine a way to use an adhesive that did not stick to a permanently.
Six years later, Art Fry, another scientist with the same company, became frustrated while ________ with his choir (唱诗班). The piece of paper he used to mark his place on his music kept . Fry wished he had something that would make the paper stay in place. , he remembered the________adhesive Dr. Silver had passed around. Fry wondered, “Would it be possible to use the adhesive?”
It turned out to be quite ! Applying the adhesive to the back of a piece of paper made the paper stick wherever it was placed. , it didn’t stick permanently. The paper could be easily . Thus, the sticky note was born.
1.A. make B. suspect C. prove D. call
2.A. secret B. character C. place D. plot
3.A. lift B. attach C. introduce D. carry
4.A. filled B. caught C. noticed D. repaired
5.A. answer B. evidence C. result D. method
6.A. mistake B. accident C. difficulty D. assumption
7.A. scientist B. manager C. reporter D. businessman
8.A. customers B. habits C. plans D. products
9.A. wait B. exist C. stick D. behave
10.A. if B. though C. as D. so
11.A. tool B. invention C. tape D. equipment
12.A. use B. explanation C. cover D. name
13.A. book B. surface C. door D. company
14.A. competing B. traveling C. singing D. standing
15.A. coming back B. falling out C. breaking down D. rolling up
16.A. Surely B. Naturally C. Frequently D. Suddenly
17.A. unusual B. hard C. cheap D. effective
18.A. possible B. horrible C. funny D. quick
19.A. Again B. Later C. However D. Besides
20.A. returned B. found C. read D. removed
科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年浙江台州中学高二上学期期中英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车).
I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured (使…放心)me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.
Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.
After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.”
I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.
1.The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because .
A. her work delayed her trip to Sydney
B. she missed the only train back home
C. she was going home for her holidays
D. the town was far away from Sydney
2.Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?
A. He helped the girl find a ride.
B. He gave the girl a ride back home.
C. He bought sandwiches for the girl.
D. He watched the girl for three hours.
3.The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that .
A. she realized he was Gordon
B. she had known him for decades
C. she was going to the nearby town
D. she wanted to repay the favour she once got
4.What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?
A. Those who give rides will be repaid.
B. Good manners bring about happiness.
C. Giving sometimes produces nice results.
D. People should offer free rides to others.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届四川乐山沫若中学高三12月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
完形填空
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Reading and learning new words is about finding their meaning and use within a passage. The meaning of unknown words which you ________ in your reading sometimes can be known by their ________ , that is, their contexts. The context of the sentence can tell us the part of speech(词性) of the ________ word. Using the context of the paragraph to define unknown words can also be ________ .
Readers often have trouble because they understand the sentence word by word but ________ meaning of a word, when they should identify the way it has been used in the passage.
One consideration in using the context is to determine the unknown word's part, of speech. The words around the unknown word can give you ________ . Once you know if the word is a noun or an adjective, it is often enough for you to ________ reading without having to stop to look up the meaning of the word. After coming across the word a few more times, you will know its meaning more ________ than if you had just looked it up.
Comparison clues indicate that two or more things are ________ .A comparison is possible because the known and unknown words have ________ .Words likewise show you that comparisons can be made.
________clues tell you that an example of an unknown word follows. Example clues are usually ________ by the following words and phrases: such as, such, other, for example, and like.
To find meanings from text -based clues, you should look for clues in the sentence. A second kind of clue does not ________ on specific words to indicate meaning. This kind of context clue is called frame-work -based clue. Your knowledge of the meanings of surrounding words ________ you discover the meaning of a word or sentence. Common ________ and your knowledge of the parts of speech also help in defining unknown words. For example: The angry driver shouted vehemently during his fight with the other driver. What does vehemently_________? You know what ________ means, and you know how people ________when they argue. From this, you can ________ out that vehemently has something to do with strong ________ or intense feeling.
1.A. take down B. look up. C. come across D. pick out
2.A. sentences B. words C. topics D. surroundings
3.A.unknown B. abnormal C. familiar D. negative
4.A. unique B. natural C. helpful D. common
5.A. incorrect B. inconvenient C. different D. satisfactory
6.A. cases B. reasons C. effects D. clues
7.A. translate B. interview C.continue D. examine
8.A. strangely B. uncertainly C. potentially D. firmly
9.A. alike B. meaningful C. proper D. great
10.A. properties B. similarities C. possibilities D. personalities
11.A. Popularity B. Consideration C.Example D. Comparison
12.A. affected B. adjusted C. changed D. introduced
13.A.focus B. spend C. carry D. rely
14.A. prevents B. helps C. tells D. displays
15.A. point B. taste C. awareness D. sense
16.A. mean B. use C. contain D. complete
17.A. angry B. grateful C. happy D. anxious
18.A. act B. say C. take D. think
19.A. come B. figure C. feel D. set
20.A. demand B. ambition C. attitude D. emotion
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年江西抚州临川十中高二上学期12月月英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. And he is an American citizen.
1.“ABC” in this text stands for “_______”.
A. three English letters
B. a kind of banana
C. Americans born in China
D. Chinese born in America
2.Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because __________.
A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
C. they were born in China but go to study in America
D. they are Chinese who look like bananas
3.C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ________.
A. American Chinese are great
B. we love American Chinese
C. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens
D. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes
4.This text is mainly about _________.
A. overseas Chinese
B. different kinds of bananas
C. the Nobel Prize
D. the life story of C. N. Yang
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年湖北五校高二上学期期中联考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
完形填空
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One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ________ for hours as the farmer tried to figure out ________ to do. Finally he decided the animal was ________ and the well needed to be________ up anyway, so it just wasn’t ________ to save the donkey.
He invited all his ________ to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel ________ into the well. At first, the donkey ________ what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s ________ , he was quiet.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked ________ the well and was ________ at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that ________ his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would ________ it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors ________ to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a ________ up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the ________ of the well and ran off.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of ________ out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our ________ is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest ________ just by not stopping, never ________ ! Shake it off and take a step upward!
1.A. sadly B. happily C. excitedly D. gradually
2.A. how B. what C. that D. which
3.A. strong B. old C. tall D. powerful
4.A. dug B. flowed C. covered D. emptied
5.A. important B. possible C. necessary D. worth
6.A. neighbors B. relatives C. enemies D. family
7.A. dust B. dusk C. disaster D. dirt
8.A. determined B. recognized C. realized D. admitted
9.A. sorrow B. relief C. fear D. amazement
10.A. down B. around C. above D. over
11.A. affected B. settled C. astonished D. upset
12.A. attacked B. packed C. recovered D. hit
13.A. shake B. blow C. sweep D. wash
14.A. attached B. continued C. pretended D. volunteered
15.A. base B. stage C. step D. breath
16.A. bottom B. track C. appearance D. entrance
17.A. holding B. getting C. sorting D. sticking
18.A. troubles B. happiness C. successes D. losses
19.A. ending B. distance C. mercy D. wells
20.A. setting up B. blowing up C. giving up D. picking up.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年陕西西安庆安高级中学高一第一次月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five fays off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车).
I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured (使……放心)me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.
Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.
After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.” I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.
1. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because .
A. her work delayed her trip to Sydney
B. she missed the only train back home
C. the town was far away from Sydney
D. she was going home for her holidays
2.Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?
A. He watched the girl for three hours.
B. He gave the girl a ride back home.
C. He bought sandwiches for the girl.
D. He helped the girl find a ride.
3. The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that .
A. she realized he was Gordon
B. she had known him for decades
C. she wanted to repay the favour she once got
D. she was going to the nearby town
4.What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?
A. Good manners bring about happiness.
B. Those who give rides will be repaid.
C. Giving sometimes produces nice results.
D. People should offer free rides to others.
5. The underlined word “favour “in paragraph 3 is closed in meaning to “ ______ “.
A. interest B. money C. wallet D. help
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年四川雅安中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
完形填空
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Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海湾).She stepped into the ________ and rowed(划船) out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and________ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach ________ side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, ________ and uneven; it became ________ difficult to row. If she ________ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the ________ .
She wasn' t even halfway, ________ she was already tired and her hands ________ from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). “I'm never going to ________ it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and ________ her head helplessly, then looked up as she ________ the boat shift(晃动) against the tide.
The east wind , which had swung(旋转) around from the south-west, ________ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be ________ . Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst________ .
The lights of the town became ________ . one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she ________ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just ________ ? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last ________ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves ________ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.
1.A. car B. boat C. ship D. mail
2.A. beside B. before C. behind D. beyond
3.A. another B. other C. either D. the other
4.A. deep B. calm C. gentle D. rough
5.A. more B. less C. as D. least
6.A. slept B. continued C. rested D.rowed
7.A. home B. mountains C. south-west D. entrance
8.A. if B. so C. but D. since
9.A. hurt B. ruined C. troubled D. broke
10.A. get B. make C. keep D. take
11.A. mined B. dropped C. cocked D. raised
12.A. saw B. made C. heard D. felt
13.A. got to B. came to C. sent for D. reached for
14.A. difficult B. serious C. all right D. certain enough
15.A. any more B. still more C. no more D. once more
16.A. brighter B. bigger C. closer D. smaller
17.A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. seized
18.A. dreaming B. guessing C. inventing D. expecting
19.A. blow B. hit C. pull D. strike
20.A. anxiously B. happily C. sadly D. carefully
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年湖南常德石门第一中学高一上期中英语试卷(解析版) 题型:短文改错
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,清你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及—个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改;在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注童:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One day, Dad and I was taking a walk by the lake when a boy rode by with a very high speed. Suddenly, we heard the loud scream. We turned around and saw the boy struggling in the lake, crying out help. Daddy and I ran towards him quickly and had pulled him out of the water. However, the boy rode away immediate without saying "Thank you". I felt disappoint- ing at his behavior. To my surprises, the boy came back with hot drinks and dry towels several minute later. Seeing this, I knew I had misunderstood her and felt ashamed of myself.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届黑龙江牡丹江第一高级中学高三上期中英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
The Asian elephant has been respected for centuries and is still used today for ceremonies and religious purposes. It is respected, not only because it plays a role in Asian culture and religion, but also because it is a key biological species in the tropical forests of Asia.
The Asian elephant is the largest land mammal in Asian. It is smaller than the African elephant, with relatively smaller ears. Asian elephants have a single “finger” on the upper lip of the long trunk, while African elephants have a second on the lower tip. A number of adult male Asian elephants have no tooth, and the percentage of males carrying ivory(象牙)is different from only about 5% in Sri Lanka to 90% in south India. Asian elephants keep their ears in constant motion in order to free the heat they produce. The species is reported to have well-developed hearing, vision, and smell , and they are also fine swimmers.
Asian elephants prefer to convey something to form groups surrounding 6 to 7 related females that are led by the oldest female. Like African elephants, these groups occasionally join others to form herds, although these associations are relatively temporary.
More than two thirds of the day may be spent feeding on grasses, but large amounts of tree bark, roots, leaves and small stems are also eaten. Crops such as bananas, rice and sugar plants are favored foods. Besides, they need to drink at least twice a day so the source of water is quite important.
The Asian elephant used to live from modern Irap and Syria to the Yellow River in China at first, but it is now found only from India to Vietnam, with a tiny population in the extreme southwest of China’s Yunnan Province. More than 100,000 Asian elephants may have existed at the start of the 20th century. The population is estimated to have fallen by at least 50% over the last 60-75 years.
1.What can we learn from Paragraph2?
A.The Asian male elephant is the largest animal in the world.
B.The population of Asian male elephants with ivory varies by district.
C.The Asian elephant has two “fingers” on the lips of the long trunk.
D.Asian elephants continuously move their ears to warm themselves.
2.The Asian elephants are most likely to fed themselves______.
A. in a very large forest
B. in the field with leaves and stems
C. close to a river with grasses and leaves
D. on the hillsides with grasses and trees
3.What makes the author worried in the last paragraph?
A. That there are fewer and fewer Asian elephants.
B. That Asian elephants originally ranged more widely.
C. That Asian elephants may suffer some diseases.
D. That there was too much killing in the last century.
4.The passage introduces Asian elephants mainly in the aspects of ______.
a.the diet habit
b. the social structure
c. the life circle
d. the physical description
e. the skin color
f. the population and distribution
g. the cultural status
A. b-c-d-e-f B. c-d-e-f-g
C. a-b-c-d-f D. g-d-b-a-f
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