I seldom have time for fun with my family and my family______ it.
科目:高中英语 来源:2013届湖南省株洲市高二上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:选词填空
请选用所给的单词填空,注意有一个是多余的。每个单词只能用一次。
A.dislike B.satisfy C.center D.familiar E.understanding F.role G.honoring H.frightened I.improved J.strict |
Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures.The increasingly popular "design museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different 1 .Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public.These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the _2 of the hall.
People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology.But their role is not simply a matter of sales—It is the 3 of excellently invented products.The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel 4 with the exhibits.Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel 5 or puzzled.This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work, and how design has 6 the quality of our lives.Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their __7__.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors.Each of these museums has tried to 8 the public's growing interest in the field with new ideas.London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins.The choices open to design museums seem far less _9 than those to art museums.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
A. frequent B. seldom C. convey D. available E. admired F. approval G. mistakes H. brightened I. gradually J. confused |
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. But all too often we __41__ to our children either by words or by actions that failure is something to be ashamed of, that nothing but top performance meets our __42__.
Donnie was my youngest student. His fear of failure kept him from classroom games that other children played excitedly. He __43__ answered questions―he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, __44__ her. But even enthusiastic, loving Mary was __45__ by this little boy who feared he might make a mistake.
Then one morning we were working math problems. I left the children with Mary. But when I returned, Donnie was in tears. He’d missed the third problem. Mary looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face __46__. From the desk we shared, she got a canister(小筒) filled with pencils. She removed the pencils and placed them on his desk. “See these pencils, Donnie?” she said, “They belong to Mrs Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are worn? That’s because we make __47__ too. But we erase the mistakes and try again.” She kissed him and continued, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on your desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and just a glimmer of a smile.
The pencil became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s __48__ encouragement and praise for even Donnie’s small successes, __49__ persuaded him that it’s all right to make mistakes―as long as you erase them and try again.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 26
, but I always knew he was 27 . He never criticized us, but used 28 to bring out our best. H’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I 29 as a child I said something 30 about somebody, and father said, “31 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that I looked for the best 32 people, I would get the best 33 . From then on I’ve always tried to 34 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very 35 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 36 a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a 37 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to make me change my decision, 38 any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad 39 me to go into law. And I’ve 40 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 41 I didn’t pursue my 42 . You know what you want. Go achieve it.”
As 43 turned out my little publication went on to become Student, a nation 44 for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 45 me.
26. A. biologist B. manager C. lawyer D. gardener
27. A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned
28. A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmth
29. A. think B. imagine C. remember. D. guess
30. A. unnecessary B. unkind C. unimportant D. unusual
31. A. Another B. Some C. Any D. Other
32. A. on B. in C. at D. about
33. A. in case B. by turns C. by chance D. in return
34. A. revise B. set C. review D. follow
35. A. understanding B. experienced C. serious D. demanding
36. A. taking up B. making up C. picking up D. keeping up
37. A. suggestion B. decision C. notice D. choice
38. A. and B. as C. even if D. as if
39. A. helped B. allowed C. persuaded D. suggested
40. A. always B. never C. seldom D. almost
41. A. rather B. but C. for D. therefore
42. A. promise B. task C. belief D. dream
43. A. this B. he C. it D. that
44. A. newspaper B. magazine C. program D. project
45. A. controlled B. comforted C. reminded D. raised
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in hurry for an appointment(约会) at9:30.
The nurse had him take a 1 in the waiting area, 2 him it would be at least 40 minutes 3 someone would be able to see him. I saw him 4 his watch and decided, since I was 5 busy?my patient didn’t 6 at the appointed hour. I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me hat he 7 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 8 . He told me that she had been 9 for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be 10 if he was a bit late. H replied that she 11 knew who he was, that she had not been able to 12 him for five years now. I was 13 , and asked him, “And you 14 go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back 15 as he left.
Now I 16 that in marriages, true love is 17 if all that is. The happiest people don’t 18 have the best of everything; they just 19 the best of everything they have. 20 isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
1. A. breath B. test(测试) C. seat D. break
2. A. persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling
3. A. if B. before C. since D. after
4. A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. winding
5. A. very B. also C. seldom D. not
6. A. turn up B. show off C. come on D. go away
7. A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened
8. A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister
9. A. late B. well C. around D. there
10.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. hungry
11.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already
12.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect
13.A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied
14.A. only(仅仅) B. then C. thus D. still
15.A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment
16.A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove
17.A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition
18.A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently
19.A. learn B. make C. favor D. try
20.A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Unconventional in every way, Edward Estlin Cummings made striking use of grammar. His arts were poetry, painting, and drama, and in all of them he was an experimenter and innovator. The poetry—for which he is best remembered—was marked by strange combinations of words and expressions and produced in very strange printing. The unusual techniques that Cummings used served to present his ideas more forcefully and effectively than would have been the case with more ordinary styles.
Cummings was born in Cambridge, Mass, on Oct. 14, 1894. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1915 and received a master's degree in 1916. During World War I he served as an ambulance driver in France. He spent six months in a detention camp because of his friendship with another American who had supposedly criticized the Allied war effort. This experience increased his distrust for all officialdom(官场), a distrust that showed itself in many of his later poems as well as in his first book, ‘The Enormous Room', published in 1922.
Between the two world wars Cummings divided his time between Paris and New York City. His first book of verse was ‘Tulips and Chimneys' (1923). In all he wrote 12 volumes of verse, which were collected in ‘Complete Poems' (1968). The strangeness of his style was criticized by some, but others found it meaningful.
Among Cummings' plays were ‘Him', first performed in 1927, and ‘Tom' (1935), a work based on ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin'. An experimental prose(散文) book, ‘Eimi' (1933), recorded a 36-day visit to the Soviet Union.
Cummings died at his home in North Conway, N.H., on Sept. 3, 1962. He was the second most widely read poet in the United States, after Robert Frost. He was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
61. The text is mainly about Edward Estlin Cummings’ ________.
A. life and works B. greet artistic abilities
C. creative ideas D. influence on American literature
62. Cummings was chiefly famous as _________.
A. a novelist B. an artist C. a poet D. a playwright
63. What does the underlined part “This experience” refer to?
A. Cummings served as a driver in France.
B. Cummings spent half a year in prison.
C. Cummings made friends with an enemy.
D. Cummings criticized the countries fighting against Germany.
64. What do we know about Cummings from the text?
A. His writing style was unique.
B. He wrote three plays during his life.
C. He published his first book of poetry in 1922.
D. His poems were seldom read in the United States.
65. The passage is mainly developed by _______.
A. giving questions B. examining difference
C. following the time order D. making comparisons
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