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As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.
Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year.
One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.
Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm then,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It’s taken some getting used to, but it’s been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.
Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”
1.The passage tells us that ________.
A．people seldom work long hours to make money
B．people hardly buy more things than necessary
C．people are sure everything they own is in the right place
D．people realize there is more to life than just making money
2.When Daniel was a reporter he ________.
A．lived in central London B．disliked his job
C．missed his children D．was well paid
3.Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm ________.
A．was easy to organize B．has improved family life
C．was extremely expensive D．has been a total success
4.What does the author mean by saying “the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives” in the second paragraph?
A．People work long hours to earn their living.
B．To make more money through hard work is the aim of people’s life.
C．Long hours of hard work occupy too much of people’s life.
D．People spent too much time and money eating meals.
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An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.
One evening when the boys were particularly _____，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired and was___when he could see or hear boys playing his____game，football. He would____give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got____，for they could hardly believe____they were being paid to do something they____.
The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away____with their 25 yuan. The third week when they came back，____，the old man said he hadn’t had much money____himself and sent them away with only 15 yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet received his____from the government and gave them only 10 yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was____much that they could do about it.
At the____of the fifth week，the boys came back and____at the old man’s door，waiting for their____.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared.He____that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan____he had promised，but said he would give them five yuan each week without____.
This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five yuan！” they yelled.“____！”
They____away and never played on the street again.
1.A. hot B．noisy C．troublesome D．naughty
2.A. happiest B．excited C．encouraged D．bored
3.A. interesting B．amusing C．acceptable D．favorite
4.A. more ever B．therefore C．willingly D．forever
5.A. shouted B．cried C．thrilled D．smiled
6.A. how B．when C．that D．what
7.A. expected B．enjoyed C．admired D．respected
8.A. happily B．thankfully C．gratefully D．tearfully
9.A. but B．in addition C．however D．besides
10.A.earned B．saved C．remained D．left
11.A. paycheck B．insurance C．food tickets D．salary
12.A. not B．no C．so D．very
13.A. final B．end C．start D．beginning
14.A. kicked B．hit C．beat D．knocked
15.A. rewards B．awards C．checks D．wages
16.A. expressed B．apologized C．stated D．expected
17.A .as B．like C．when D．though
18.A. fail B．hesitation C．joke D．problem
19.A. No way B．No possible C．No problem D．No play
20.A. walked B．stormed C．broke D．backed
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I need some blue ink today but there is ________ at hand.
A. not B. nothing C. a little D. none
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南衡阳八中高二上第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The oceans are unique to our planet. No other planet in our solar system has liquid water. The oceans cover about 70% of the earth's surface. They contain about 97% of the earth's water supply. Life on earth originated in the seas. The oceans continue to be home to an incredible number of plants and animals.
We know very little about the oceans. Because they are so deep and dark, they are hard to study. But scientists are discovering new strange creatures all the time. We are learning more by using satellites to look at the oceans' surfaces and by using buoys (航标) to measure temperature and saltiness. Special vehicles can now travel deep into the dark oceans to see what mysteries can be discovered.
More of the sun's heat is assimilated by water along the equator than at the poles. This means the water at the equator is warmer than water at the poles. These different water temperatures cause the water in the oceans to move. This is called an ocean current.
The air above ocean currents also moves. The warm or cold ocean air moves over the land as wind. Oceans are also a really important part of the water cycle. Evaporation (蒸发) from oceans creates most of the world's rainfall. Plants on land need the rain to absorb nutrients from the soil.
The oceans are also home to all kinds of sea life. These include fish, whales, dolphins, octopi, lobsters, crabs and shrimps. There are also jellyfish and starfish. Many kinds of plants, such as plankton, kelp and sea grass are part of the "forest of the seafloor."
Carbon dioxide in-oxygen out! Oceans help to capture and store carbon dioxide(C02). They are the largest natural "carbon sinks" in the world. Oceans trap about 1/4 of the CO2 that humans put into the air. Oceans also release oxygen. Half of the world's oxygen is produced by these tiny plants!
1.What does the author think of oceans?
A. They are amazing. B. They are common.
C. They are boundless. D. They are unimaginable.
【小题2 To know more about the mysterious oceans, ________.
A. scientists use satellites in the oceans
B. scientists are discovering new strange creatures
C. scientists are using satellites to monitor the depth of oceans
D. scientists are introducing scientific equipment in the research
2.What does the underlined word "assimilated" mean in the passage?
A. Taken in. B. Given off.
C. Cut down. D. Held back.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. oceans produce much carbon dioxide
B. it is not safe to live by the oceans
C. oceans provide humans with rich resources
D. humans can only depend on oceans for water
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南衡阳八中高二第一次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. It's universally known that he was the ______ of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for his ______ 0f relativity, which holds that measurements of space and time ______ according to conditions such as the state of motion of the observer.
When he was a(n) ______, Einstein was fat and his head was so big that his mother ______ it was damaged. And he was ______ in learning how to speak. So his parents led him to ______ a doctor.
He had contempt(轻视) toward authority, which led one ______ to say that he would never amount to much. But when asked about this later, the headmaster denied that he had ever said so. But this qualities helped to make him a(n) ______. His contempt for authority led him to ______ conventional wisdom. His slow ______ development made him curious about ordinary things, such as ______ and time which most adults took for granted. And he ______ to think in pictures rather than words which gave him great help to his achievements.
In 1905, Einstein ______ and got his college certificate, but didn't get an academic job. Therefore, he was ______ very hard six days a week as a third-class examiner in the Swiss patent (专利) office. During his free time, he produced four papers that upended ______. The first showed that light could be ______ as waves, just as what our textbooks tell us today called optical wave. The second proved the ______ 0f atoms and molecules. As we all know now, all the substance is made up of them. The third, the special theory of relativity, said that there was no such things as time or space. And the fourth noted equivalence (等值) between energy and mass. That is to say, there is a ______ between energy and mass.
Genius are ______, but not born. If one wants to amount to much, hardworking is the basis.
1.A. holder B. creator C. winner D. maker
2.A. idea B. improvement C. experiment D. theory
3.A. vary B. un-change C. move D. speed
4.A. adult B. child C. baby D. elder
5.A. feared B. hoped C. thought D. realized
6.A. fast B. slow C. clever D. normal
7.A. consult B. examine C. see D. watch
8.A. authority B. mother C. scientist D. headmaster
9.A. official B. headmaster C. genius D. astronomer
10.A. agree B. question C. criticize D. praise
11.A. behavioral B. verbal C. mental D. physical
12.A. speed B. space C. energy D. effect
13.A. wanted B. stopped C. began D. tended
14.A. accessed B. decided C. graduated D. progressed
15.A. working B. studying C. researching D. living
16.A. Chemistry B. Physics C. Biology D. Geography
17.A. made B. monitored C. gathered D. imagined
18.A. existence B. movement C. formation D. variety
19.A. change B. balance C. loss D. increase
20.A. produced B. created C. encouraged D. made
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆南开中学高一下学期期末测试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
On May 18，1969，NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford，John Young，and Eugene Cernan boarded the Apollo 10 lunar module(登月舱)—the fourth manned mission in the US Apollo Space program and only the second after Apollo 8 to circle the moon．Its mission was to circle the moon and thoroughly test the components and procedures to pave the way for the first lunar landing. The mission went perfectly without incident—at least that’s what every one believed.
However, that view has changed since February 22, after NASA released a digital recording of strange music heard by the space travelers．Then as they were re-entering the zone where they could communicate with ground control．One of the astronauts asked if they should report it．In response, Stafford expressed his doubts if anyone would even believe them．But they needn’t have worried. When NASA experts listened to the recordings，they thought the strange sounds were radio interference.
Michael Collins—the Apollo 11 pilot—said that the only reason why he was not shocked upon hearing them was that he had been forewarned by NASA officials．Collins also said that the music stopped as soon as the lunar module landed on the moon．
So why did it take NASA over 40 years to release the digital recording of the awful music only after it was featured in a recent television series NASA’s Unexplained Files? The US Space Agency says they have not been hiding them．In the press release that accompanies the release of the recording，NASA officials state，“The Apollo 10 audio clips were uploaded in 2012, but the mission’s sound recordings have been available at the National Archives for anyone that wanted to hear them since the early 1970s．”
Eugene Cernan, Apollo 10’s pilot who heard the sounds first，also released a statement saying，“I don’t remember that incident excited me enough to take it seriously．It was probably just radio interference．Had we thought it was something other than that，we would have briefed everyone after the flight. We never gave it another thought.”
While most people are ready to accept this logical explanation，there are some that believe otherwise. They guess the music proves the presence of aliens. Among them is Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden，who thinks the sounds came from a source in outer space．In the episode of NASA’s Unexplained Files, which discusses the origin of the strange music，the astronaut says, “Logic tells me that if there was something recorded on there，then there was something there．”
1.Apollo 10’s mission was to ________.
A．take the astronauts to the moon
B．detect alien music in outer space
C．prepare for the landing on the moon
D．move around and observe the moon
2.When the astronauts heard the sounds, ________.
A．they were excited about the discovery
B．they reported to NASA
C．they were heading back to the lunar ground
D．they thought they might be of little importance
3.According to the passage, ________.
A．the mission of Apollo 10 turned out to be unsuccessful
B．NASA made the TV series to clarify some space-related mysteries
C．Al Worden on Apollo 15 believes in aliens and logic
D．Michael Collins knew about the strange sounds before his flight
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A．A TV program was released about NASA’s unexplained files.
B．The music heard by Apollo astronauts could be radio interference.
C．NASA releases strange music heard by 1969 astronauts.
D．Apollo astronauts heard strange sounds from outer space.
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The only one in our office that is familiar with the new system is Jimmy, in _____ absence, we had no choice but to wait．
A．whom B．whose
C．who D．that
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆第一中学高一下学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the first day of my high school, I ran into my new English teacher, Ms. Kirschmann. I really mean that – I almost knocked her _______ .
On entering my English classroom, I hit somebody hard. She was tall with red hair, and she was _______ a black and white skirt. As I began to _______, she started “yelling” at me. But soon I realized that she was, _______, saying hello and welcoming me to her class in a very _______ voice. I realized that I had just met my new English teacher a moment ago.
Kirsch, as she wanted us to call her, had a _______ and fascinating character. Her hair color, fashion sense and energy took up the entire room. When we read the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, Kirsch let us play _______ and wear masks. There was a big drum in the classroom. Every time we read the word “thunder” in the text, she would hit _______ on the drum, making a loud noise! My classmates and I would _______ loudly.
During group discussions, Kirsch often told us to sit in a _______ on the floor. We talked about the _______ while she just sat in a corner and took notes of what we said. Doing so made us feel independent and _______ ourselves more with critical thinking. It is the strangest _______ the most entertaining class I have ever had.
Kirsch is really a “social butterfly”. She smiles, laughs and tells jokes _______ she goes. But I found out about another _______ of her the other day.
After school that day, I was walking by my English classroom _______ I saw Ms. Kirschmann with her son. She was trying to _______ him to put on his jacket in a low voice. She spoke in such a gentle manner that I was quite _______. Until then, it never _______ to me that Ms. Kirschmann could be quiet. I had thought she was _______ energetic, calm, intelligent and caring all at once. All I know was that I couldn’t wait for the next day of her English class.
1.A. off B. about C. over D. out
2.A. dressing B. wearing C. putting on D. having on
3.A. scold B. shout C. run D. apologize
4.A. in fact B. after all C. in case D. for sure
5.A. scary B. weak C. loud D. soft
6.A. traditional B. quiet C. creative D. rude
7.A. instruments B. games C. characters D. tricks
8.A. quickly B. heavily C. hardly D. gently
9.A. cry B. read C. speak D. laugh
10.A. line B. circle C. chair D. corner
11.A. film B. book C. novel D. play
12.A. treat B. devote C. improve D. learn
13.A. despite B. yet C. so D. or
14.A. whenever B. whatever C. wherever D. whichever
15.A. side B. story C. identity D. purpose
16.A. when B. while C. as D. after
17.A. advise B. persuade C. force D. talk
18.A. excited B. disappointed C. delighted D. amazed
19.A. thought B. happened C. occurred D. hit
20.A. both B. just C. less D. also
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注意：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。
When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city, but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out. We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so, we’ll live to regret it.
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