His new album _____ so well that millions and millions of copies _____ out since its release．
A．is sold; have sold B．sells; had been sold
C．is sold; have been sold D．sells; have been sold
科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
SAN FRANCISCO--The“Reading Wizard”（巫师）, an 11-year-old boy, whose offer to read to children without being paid at a local library was refused by libraries, will get to read to younger kids after all.
Mayor Willie Brown last Wednesday ordered San Francisco Public Library officials to al-low John O'Connor to read to preschool children to get them interested in books and stop them from watching television and video games.
“I didn't expect this kind of attention,”John said.“It's just shocking.”
John has chosen his first book, The King's Giraffe, and made up fliers inviting neighborhood children, aged from three to six, to the Presidio Branch every Wednesday afternoon He planned to call himself the“Reading Wizard”and wear a special hat, fake glasses and a black coat.
But his idea was refused--on the phone, in person and finally with a letter from Toni Bernardi, the chief of the library's children and youth services. Using terms like“age-appropriate material”（适龄读物）,she wrote that only library workers were allowed to read to children.
John then went to a member of the city board of supervisors（督导董事会）, who advised him to write letters to the library officials.“Our libraries are supposed to turn kids on, not turn them off.”
(1) Who is the“Reading Wizard”?
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(2) The 11-year-old boy asked librarians at the local library for permission to ________.
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(3) By dressing up as a wizard, the boy probably hoped to ________.
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A．put up a performance
B．frighten the three-year-old boys
C．get the officials shocked
D．attract the children's attention
(4) We can infer that Mayor Willie Brown ________.
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A．praised the boy for his new idea
B．received a call from the library for children
C．informed the boy to stop reading to children
D．held a party for John and his friends at the library
(5) The underlined sentence in the passage means that our libraries ________.
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A．should allow kids to read to younger children
B．should get children interested, not bored
C．should open the door while the children are outside
D．will turn on the lights when kids come in, and turn them off when kids go out
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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
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“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：安徽省模拟题 题型：完形填空
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| The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years. I couldn't believe the change in him. In fact, he didn't even seem like the 1 person. When I first knew Bill, back in 2 , he was one of the most carefree (无忧无虑) people I had ever 3 . He was always ready to have a party. He thought 4 of going out for beer at three o'clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old 5 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and 6 was never dull when he was 7 . With him there was one wild 8 after another. Sometimes I wonder how we 9 to study for our exams. Last week I was in <<Houston>> on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. 10 , I wasn't even sure it was 11 . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn't really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 12 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 13 thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main 14 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never 15 Bill changing so much. My image of him 16 the one I had formed 17 the time when we were college students together. I suppose it's 18 to expect people to remain the same, especially 19 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 20 the same way about me. | ||||
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科目：高中英语 来源：同步题 题型：完形填空
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| James's New Bicycle James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully__1__the coins that lay on the bed,$24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was al least $90! ____2____on earth was hegoing to get the ___3___of the money? He knew that his fnriends all had bicycles. It was ___4____ to hangaround with people when you were the only one without wheels. Hethought about what he could do. There was no ____5____ asking hisparents,for he knew they had no money to ___6____ There was only one way to get money ,and that was to____7____ it.He would have to find a job. ___8____who would hire him and whatcould he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice ,who usually had____9___on most things. "Well,you can start right here, "said Mr Clay."My windowsneed cleaning and my car needs washing." That was the ___10__ of James' odd-job (零工)business. Forthree months he worked every day after finishing bis homework. He was amazed by the ___11____of jobs that people found for him to do.He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books.He lost count of the ___12____of cars he washed andwindows he cleaned,but the ___13___increased and he knew that hewould soon have ___14___for the bicycle he longed for. The day __15__came when James counted his money andfound $94.32. He __16___no time and went down to the shop topick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode ___17___ home, lookingforward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard ___18___for the money,but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ___19___he had bought it with his own money.He had __20___what he thought was impossible,and that was worth even more than the bicycle. | |||
| ( )1.A. cleaned ( )2.A.How ( )3.A.amount ( )4.A. brave ( )5.A. point ( )6.A. split ( )7.A. borrow ( )8.A. Or ( )9.A. decisions ( )10.A. beginning ( )11.A. similarity ( )12.A. brand ( )13.A. effort ( )14.A. all ( )15.A. finally ( )16.A. gave ( )17.A. patiently ( )18.A. applying ( )19.A. since ( )20.A. deserved |
B. covered B. Why B. part B. hard B. reason B. spend B. earn B. So B. experience B. introduction B. quality B. number B. pressure B. enough B. instantly B. left B. proudly B. asking B. if B. benefited |
C. counted C. Who C. sum C. smart C. result C. spare C. raise C. For C. opinions C. requirement C. suitability C. size C. money C. much C. normally C. took C. silently C. looking C. than C. achieved |
D. checked D. What D. rest D. unfair D. right D. save D. collect D. But D. knowledge D. opening D. variety D. type D. trouble D. some D. regularly D. wasted D. tiredly D. working D. though D. learned |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people in at least 100 countries. It’s one of the 1 sports in the world. It began in 1891.
Dr. James A. Naismith, the 2 of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training 3 . It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were 4 about the low attendance during the 5 months. They 6 that people didn’t attend then 7 the school did not have a good sports __8___ in winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for 9 . He came up with a new indoor game.
Naismith studied games being played at that 10 . He found that al the most ___11____games used a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But __12____ the ball or hitting it would be too rough for 13 . So he put two 14 up on the poles. The players had to try to 15 a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen 16 for the game. Twelve of them are still in _17____today. Just seven 18 after the game began professional basketball teams were 19 . And that’s how basketball was 20 .
1. A. most beautiful B. most useful C. most necessary D. best known
2. A. friend B. official C. father D. discoverer
3. A. school B. game C. team D. club
4. A. interested B. worried C. eager D. dangerous
5. A. summer B. spring C. autumn D. winter
6. A. expected B. hoped C. talked D. felt
7. A. that B. because C. so D. though
8. A. suit B. team C. progress D. program
9. A. a sport B. help C. money D. students
10. A. game B. school C. time D. place
11. A. popular B. practical C. excellent D. skilled
12. A. throwing B. casting C. kicking D. catching
13. A. students B. young people C. sports D. indoors
14. A. bags B. baskets C. flags D. sings
15. A. push B. throw C. send D. kick
16. A. persons B. poles C. rules D. balls
17. A. use B. value C. fact D. virtue
18. A. minutes B. hours C. days D. years
19. A. formed B. called C. dismissed D. stationed
20. A. come into being B. discovered C. take place D. born
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