科目:高中英语 来源:黄冈重点作业 高二英语(下) 题型:050
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A poor traveller stopped under the tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetables which he had brought with him. A few metres away , there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying (油炸) fish and selling it to travellers. The woman watched the poor traveller carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “You haven't paid me for the fried fish!”
“But I have not had any fried fish!” he said.
“But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables ,” said the woman , “If you had not smelled the fish , your meal would not have been so pleasant!”
Soon a crowd collected, and although they supported the poor traveller, they had to admit that wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.
Finally, the woman took the poor traveller to a judge , who said , “The woman says that the traveller ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish. The traveller agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman's shop to the place where he ate his rice and vegetables and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to his nose while he was eating, so he must pay for it. What does your fried fish cost” he asked the woman.
“Twenty-five cents a plate ,” she answered , delighted.
“Then go outside together,” said the judge. “There the traveller must hold up a twenty-five cent piece so that its shadow (影子) falls on the woman's hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents.”
1.Why did the traveller refuse to pay the woman for the fried fish? Because ________.
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A.he was poor
B.he was rude
C.he was supported by a crowd
D.he hadn't eaten her fried fish at all
2.When the judge asked the woman a question, she felt ________.
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3.Which of the followng statements is true?
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A.The traveller bought the boiled rice and vegetables and ate them by the side of the road.
B.The judge had no idea what the woman meant.
C.In the fifth paragraph , the first “it” has the same meaning as the second “it” .
D.The woman got nothing but the shadow of twenty-five cents in the end.
4.What do you think of the judge after reading the passage?
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A.He was foolish.
B.He was clever.
C.He was neither foolish nor clever.
D.He was kind enough to give the woman twenty-five cents.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
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A.The Smell and the Shadow
B.A Poor Traveller
C.A Rude Woman
D.A Woman and a Traveller
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:050
A higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension (理解), will help you in other subjects as well as in English, and the general principle (原则) apply to any language. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example, much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook—but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage (百分比) gained will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned (有关的) with.
The reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all about five hundred words long. They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. If you read this kind of English, with understanding at four hundred words per minute, you night skim (浏览) through a newspaper at perhaps 650-700, while with difficult textbooks you might drop to two hundred or two hundred and fifty.
Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A., for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, Tolstoy’s War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240 and 250 words per minute with about seventy percent comprehension. Students in Minnesota claim (自称) that after twelve half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around five hundred words per minute.
1.According to the passage, the purpose of effective reading with higher speed is most likely to help you .
A. only in your reading of physics textbook
B. improve your understanding of an economics textbook
C. not only in your language study but also in other subjects
D. choose the suitable material to read
2.Which of the following does not describe the types of reading materials mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. Those beyond (超越) one’s reading comprehension.
B. Those concerned with common knowledge.
C. Those without the demand for specialized knowledge.
D. Those with the length of about five hundred words
3.The average speed of untrained native speakers in the University of Minnesota is .
A. about three hundred words per minute
B. about two hundred and forty-five words per minute
C. about sixty words per minute
D. about five hundred words per minute
4.According to the passage, how fast can you expect to read after you have attended twelve half-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota?
A. You can increase your reading speed by three times.
B. No real increase in reading speed can be achieved.
C. You can increase your reading speed by four times.
D. You can double your reading speed.
5.Where do you think the passage is taken from?
A. The introduction to a book on fast reading.
B. A local newspaper for young people.
C. A school newspaper run by students.
D. The introduction to an English textbook.
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科目:高中英语 来源:学习高手必修四英语人教版 人教版 题型:050
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科目:高中英语 来源:江苏省09-10学年度高一下学期模快练习(二) 题型:阅读理解
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When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. In fact, earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth. They often happen near mountains.
During an earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise suddenly and even crack(断裂)open. Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed.
Can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes? Scientists have studied earthquakes and made maps that show“earthquake belts(带)”. In these belts, it’s possible for earthquakes to happen. In these areas we can build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.
In the future, scientists will be able to predict exactly(精确预报)when and where an earthquake will happen. They can also tell people what to do and how to do it.
1. It is said a large number of earthquakes often happen .
A. next to mountains B. in the day time C. on land D. at night
2. In the future we’ll be no longer so afraid of an earthquake .
A. because of a map showing the“earthquake belts”
B. because we can guess the date and place of an earthquake
C. as scientists will know what to do and how to do it
D. both B and C
3. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. A Scientist and an Earthquake B. An Earthquake
C. How to Fight against Earthquake D. Earthquakes Today and Tomorrow
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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011学年广西北海市合浦县教研室高二上学期期末考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
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As you research music, you will find music that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells of interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own.
Music is an expression of people. As you research, you will find music of people at work and play. You will find music expressing love of the country, love of nature, and love of home.
Music is also an expression of the composer(作曲家). The composer expresses his own musical ideas. He studies the materials of music and discovers ways of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical expression.
Music can suggest actions and feelings which we all share. We can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places.
【小题1】
In the first paragraph, the author tells us to ________.
A. be friendly to music B. find entertainment in music
C. express your feelings in music D. discover the things and places in music
【小题1】
From the second paragraph, we know that ________.
A. if we love music, we will love the country, nature and home
B. you may listen to music at work or at play
C. music sings of the country, nature and home
D. music can express how people live, work and think
【小题1】
The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible ________.
A. that people of different time and places can get together
B. to bring understanding between people of different times and places
C. that people can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the
music at the same time
D. that music can express actions and feelings at the same time
【小题1】Which of the following statements is NOT true? Music expresses .
A. people’s musical ideas B. people’s love of te country
C.ehe composer’s feelings D.the feelings of our own
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