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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are ____, one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, ____ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) ____ memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, _____ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of ___ , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors _____for 200 years.
We soon ___ by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories___back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the ___where I was once so glorious a child. It still ____a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk __ the rooms in memory. Here, my mother ___ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family ___ into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being ___ them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise ____ attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I ___ ; where I belong. "
She has _ her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human __. To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need __ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the___ of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
1.A. appearing B. moving C. exposing D. expanding
2.A. referring B. travelling C. pointing D. coming
3.A. shared B. short C. fresh D. treasured
4.A. passed B. raised C. moved D. sent
5.A. home B. duty C. reality D. relief
6.A. built B. lived C. remained D. explored
7.A. catch up B. pull up C. step down D. come down
8.A. falling B. turning C. rushing D. bringing
9.A. yard B. village C. room D. house
10.A. adapts to B. appeals to C. belongs to D. occurs to
11.A. across B. through C. along D. past
12.A. lay B. played C. stood D. sat
13.A. marching B. looking C. breaking D. pouring
14.A. between B. with C. near D. behind
15.A. wonders B. listens C. reacts D. agrees
16.A. began B. grew C. studied D. stayed
17.A. deepened B. recognized C. accepted D. found
18.A. heart B. rights C. interest D. behaviors
19.A. one B. its C. that D. every
20.A. meaning B. expression C. connection D. background
科目:高中英语 来源:2016届甘肃省三校高三上学期期中联考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Pooja Dhingra should have been a lawyer. But while studying at university in Mumbai, she decided to quit her major and to something more .
Remembering helping her mother in the during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. So she her parents to let her go to study cooking.
One day, her friends took her to one of the best macaron(杏仁小圆饼)shops in Paris.
After just one , Ms Dhingra determined that when she to Mumbai she would open her own macaron store, the first of its kind in India. Upon graduation, she started macarons in her parents' kitchen, but it was a complete .The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it to make delicious cakes. After 60 failed ,she finally got an ideal recipe. being both young and female meant she faced additional ."The biggest problem was to get people to take you .”she tells us. "For example, I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me. " However, she opened her first shop in 2010. To sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaron was, Ms Dhingra _ free samples to customers. The cakes were immediately popular, and sales soon took off thanks to the evaluation. .
Now, Ms Dhingra is the of three busy macaron shops. She has planned to her business across the country. One newspaper article called her " the macaron queen of India" .
1.A. design B. literature C. law D. medicine
2.A. creative B. confident C. enthusiastic D. effective
3.A. bedroom B. study C. kitchen D. basement
4.A. convinced B. warned C. forgave D. reminded
5.A. drink B. effort C. breath D. bite
6.A. replied B. traveled C. walked D. returned
7.A. eating B. making C. bringing D. selling
8.A. comfort B. honor C. failure D. success
9.A. appealing B. difficult C. smooth D. available .
10.A. competences B. assumptions C. statements D. attempts
11.A.Yet B. Still C. Even D. Just
12.A. praises B. sacrifices C. tasks D. challenges
13.A. slightly B. pleasantly C. seriously D. peacefully
14.A. if' B. after C. though D. unless
15.A. suddenly B. eventually C. eagerly D. unwillingly
16.A. check B. promote C. ban D. decrease
17.A. put away B. smoothed away C. cleared away D. gave away
18.A. negative B. positive C. plain D. critical
19.A. customer B. inventor C. owner D. driver
20.A. expand B. sell C. abandon D. Protect
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届湖南衡阳八中高一下学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
It is now February 7, 2035. The search engine TalkTalk will be open to the public next week and this service will soon be something beyond your imagination. For the first time you can not only talk to the search engine, but you can discuss with it what you are looking for.
For example, if you want to know more about the oil price, TalkTalk asks if you want to know the current oil price, the development of the oil price, or news related to the oil price. You say that you want to read news about it and TalkTalk then directs you to your source, or lets you have the latest news related to the oil price in order from the most respectable sources.
Compared with other search services that use a certain algorithm (程序) to provide data from a search, the artificial intelligence (人工智能) behind TalkTalk is said to easily spot if a certain source is aiming to cheat the searcher. TalkTalk also judges and stores every given reply and discussion, to learn how to give correct answers. TalkTalk is also set to answer questions directly where there is a definite answer. How well this will work in the long run is yet to be seen, but thousands of people have tested TalkTalk and the quality is really good.
The first talking search engine saw the light of day more than 30 years ago and was called Speegle. It could read the results from a written search on the Internet, and was mostly for blind people.
So far, TalkTalk cannot read the information from a certain source to you by phone, if it is not freely available. There are currently talks to find an arrangement for this, but it would most likely be difficult because of copyright(版权).
TalkTalk is available over the Internet and also by phone, even though it only speaks English. There are no plans to add other languages in the near future, most likely because it will cost a lot of money. When you are tired of asking TalkTalk all your questions, just ask, “Where is TalkTalk?” and you will get an answer that will make you leave it with a smile on your lips.
1.The example in Paragraph 2 is given to show .
A. how to use the search engine TalkTalk
B. how to search for news on the Internet
C. the oil price is a very hot issue currently
D. TalkTalk has a very high intelligence
2.The advantage of TalkTalk is that it can .
A. be available wherever you go
B. tell if a certain source is reliable
C. read the search results for you
D. offer different kinds of search results
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A. TalkTalk can read all the information online.
B. TalkTalk will speak other languages soon.
C. TalkTalk may have a bright future.
D. TalkTalk is very expensive.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Hello, TalkTalk
B. Where is TalkTalk
C. TalkTalk is improving
D. Development of search engines
5.In which part of a future newspaper can you read the text?
A. Opinion. B. Culture.
C. Lifestyle. D. Technology.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014-2015学年海南省高三5月模拟英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Horton
At first glance, there is little in Horton to attract people. The other nearby towns have much more to offer: Bradfield has its river and historic buildings, while Newtown has shops and entertainment. The buildings of Horton look dirty and unloved. For shops, there is a small supermarket, a few bargain shops, a bakery which, strangely, does not sell bread and a florist which has one stand of sad-looking flowers. Even so, Horton has several advantages over its neighbouring towns.
Firstly, it has a country park. Four thousand years ago, this was an important fort. There are no historic remains here now, but there are wonderful views over the countryside. On sunny weekends you can often see kids out with their parents, kicking balls or flying kites.
There aren’t many job opportunities in Horton, and the roads to nearby cities aren’t really fast, but there are excellent rail links. You can be in London in an hour and a half, and other cities are less than an hour away. That means that parents can earn a good salary and still get home in time to spend the evenings with their families. Houses in Horton aren’t pretty, but they’re functional and cheap. The streets are quiet and safe, and there are plenty of parks and playgrounds. It has a library, three primary schools and a secondary school, St. Mark’s. It is friendly and offers a wide range of subjects and activities to children of all abilities and backgrounds. The town also has a swimming and a sports centre, and the community halls hold regular clubs and events for people of all ages.
1.What is the writer’s main purpose?
A. To explain what tourists can do in Horton.
B. To explain why Horton is a good place to live in.
C. To explain why Horton is not as pleasant as other towns.
D. To describe the history of Horton.
2.Which part of Horton does the writer find disappointing?
A. the shops B. country park
C. transport links D. the schools
3.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of Horton?
A. plenty of parks and playgrounds
B. historical buildings
C. the quiet and safe streets
D. functional and cheap houses
4.What advantages does Horton bring to workers?
A. There are plenty of jobs available in the town.
B. You can drive to nearby cities in a short time.
C. You can get to several cities quickly by train.
D. Working conditions are better here than in other towns.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届宁夏银川市高三上学期统练一英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.
One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face…I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”
I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (残疾的) from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.
In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.
1.Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?
A. Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.
B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.
C. Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore.
D. Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.
2. How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?
A. About 1 hour. B. About 2 hours.
C. About 3 hours. D. About 4 hours.
3.From the text we can know that __________.
A. the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man
B. the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family
C. John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live in
D. the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors
4.The author’s family were grateful to know the man because __________.
A. he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden
B. he paid them money for his staying
C. he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint
D. he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届江苏扬州中学高三上10月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
It’s unwise of you to consider his wild behavior as ______ a kid’s game. It may gradually develop into a bad habit.
A. no less than B. less than
C. more than D. no more than
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年湖南省两校高一上学期联考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
How time flies! I will be a senior high school student this term. I am very excited and nervous. I feel excited because I 1. (learn) more knowledge from my new teachers. 2. (especial), I can learn more about English, math, physics, chemistry and biology. I think they are 3. (interest). I can meet many new 4. (friend) in senior high school as well. I think they, 5. new friends, will be friendly and kind-hearted. I believe I will get along well 6. all of my new classmates. 7. the saying goes, “A friend is 8. (easy) to be lost than found.” If you want to make friends with others, you should treat them true-heartedly. It is really hard, 9. I will try.
I feel nervous because I heard that it is difficult 10. (study) in senior high school. I think I will meet many problems and fall through many times. But it’s nothing serious, because I know if I work hard, I will be successful at last. I want to tell myself: Try!Try! And never say die!
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届河北省高三10月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
As a good mother to three children, I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓言)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure; it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It’s so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. It’s so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. If you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A.the author didn't try her best to work well
B.the author spent all her time caring for her children
C.the author is a success in personal life
D.the author likes traveling very much
2.How did the author form her view of life?
A.Through social experience.
B.By learning from her friends.
C.From her children and husband.
D.Through an unfortunate experience.
3.By the underlined sentence “It’s so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to.
A.work rather than enjoy life
B.make a living rather than live a real life
C.waste a lot in life
D.forget the most important lessons in life
4.What’s the author’s attitude toward work?
A.Don’t let it affect your real life.
B.Earn enough money to make life better.
C.Do it well to serve others.
D.Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014-2015学年北京市西城区高三一模考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
In China, New Year's Day isn't a big moment______ with the Spring Festival.
A.comparing B.compared
C.to compare D.being compared
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