In Los Angeles, drivers spend sixty-one hours every year stuck in traffic. These drivers know all too well how bad the traffic can be. “There’re too many cars, and you can’t move around a lot.”
Professor Cyrus Shahabi also knows about traffic jams. He lives more than 65 kilometers from his office at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. He is always late even with the help of a navigation (导航) system.
He decided to develop a program called ClearPath for that. He says his program uses historical data to predict traffic conditions even before the driver leaves the house. “What’s unique (独特的) is that we use a lot of data that’s currently become available including traffic data, weather data, and we analyze that so that we can predict what’s going to happen in front of you when leave home.”
Professor Shahabi says his system does more than just answer current traffic conditions. With ClearPath, he says, a driver can decide what time he wants to leave, and ClearPath will give the fastest route. It looks at the entire road network, including surface streets as well as highways, before the driver hits the road. Professor Shahabi hopes to have ClearPath available nationwide and overseas once they can collect traffic data from other cities.
“I always thought that Los Angeles had the worst traffic, but now I know that Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, believe it or not, Singapore, Hong Kong certainly are examples that can immediately use this.”Professor Shahabi hopes to share this new technology with companies that already have navigation systems, such as Google and Apple.
1.Drivers in Los Angeles were mentioned in order to________.
A. show care for them
B. introduce their life
C. solve traffic problems
D.raise the topic
2.What is unique about ClearPath?
A. It helps drivers know the road conditions ahead of time.
B. It can make sure that you will never be late for work.
C. It helps drivers see clearly what happens on the road.
D. It can use a lot of information and data all over the world.
3.The underlined word “ hits” in the fourth paragraph probably means ________.
A. has accident
B. gets to
C. turns left or right
D. collects traffic data
4.What’s Professor Shahabi’s attitude toward his invention?
A. Proud. B. Worried.
C. Disappointed. D. Optimistic.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年河北定兴三中高二上期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友David来信说自己在学校常和同班同学发生冲突，自己不被别人理解，没有什么朋友，现在感到生活没意思，所以向你寻求建议。请你根据以下提示，用英语给David写一封电子邮件。内容主要包括：
1、表达对David所处现状的看法；
2、给David提供解决冲突的对策；
3、告诉David怎样才能交上朋友。
注意：1、词数100左右，（不包括给出的首尾句）；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、邮件开头和结尾以为你写好。
Dear David，
Sorry to hear that you’re not getting along well with your classmates now. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Looking forward to your reply!
Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年宁夏高一上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
There was once a lazy crow(乌鸦). He thought it was too much trouble to ________ food. “Caw! Caw!” he said. “If someone brought me my food every day, I’d be very ________!”
One day, he saw a(n) ________ pigeon(鸽子) flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks,” the crow said to himself. So the craw ________ the pigeon until they came to a ________. There were some other ________ there too. Before long, an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone, the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw! Caw! ”said he. “Can I ________ you?”
“No, you can’t !” ________ the pigeons angrily. “We don’t know you.”
The crow went home feeling ________. But he suddenly had a(n) ________. “I’ll paint my ________ grey, ”he said, “and then the pigeons will ________ I am one of them.” After he finished the painting, he flew off to the park and was ________ by the pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw! Caw! Give lots to me!” he said loudly. ________, the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him ________.
Sadly, the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him, they asked him to ________. They did not ________ him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt ________ than before. His own ________ did not want him, and ________ would the pigeons let him into their group.
“What looks easier isn’t always so.” the crow said to himself.”I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”
1.A. pick outB. hand inC. put awayD. look for
2.A. lovelyB. happyC. prettyD. healthy
3.A. fatB. funnyC. boringD. old
4.A. caughtB. taughtC. protectedD. followed
5.A. squareB. forestC. parkD. house
6.A. menB. pigeonsC. crowsD. visitors
7.A. joinB. seeC. helpD. believe
8.A. explainedB. advisedC. shoutedD. continued
9.A. sadB. asleepC. luckyD. tired
10.A. choiceB. accidentC. changeD. idea
11.A. feathersB. feetC. headD. legs
12.A. hopeB. guessC. thinkD. understand
13.A. attackedB. welcomedC. noticedD. discovered
14.A. StrangelyB. InterestinglyC. FinallyD. Suddenly
15.A. waitB. leaveC. cryD. stop
16.A. hurry upB. go awayC. set offD. give up
17.A. missB. forgetC. likeD. know
18.A. worseB. busierC. colderD. stronger
19.A. brothersB. friendsC. parentsD. sisters
20.A. nothingB. notC. norD. none
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Frank doesn’t speak Chinese so ______ as Harry.
A. better B. wellC. good D. wonderful
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完形填空
It was 1952 and my father was away at war, leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone. I was ten. My mother was a and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.
The bell rang and of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits , but my mother it.
I carefully through mother’s closet, finding most of the for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood . How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I to my room.
After telling my mother the horrible , I did not hear my mother me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our , we entered the clinic. There in a bed was a boy who looked very sick.
“He is going to die, Danny,” my mother told me, “ today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how I am that you are not in that bed.”
The cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I myself to sleep.
1.A. saleswoman B. surgeonC. teacherD. clerk
2.A. thoughtsB. memoriesC. desiresD. hopes
3.A. writtenB. foundC. attachedD. sent
4.A. remindedB. providedC. saved D. left
5.A. aloneB. soonC. togetherD. immediately
6.A. ruinedB. refusedC. forgot D. challenged
7.A. walkedB. huntedC. brokeD. got
8.A. toysB. giftsC. clothesD. supplies
9.A. anxiousB. pleasedC. madD. eager
10.A. awakeB. happyC. wildD. frozen
11.A. racedB. removedC. struggledD. wandered
12.A. noteB. ideaC. truth D. message
13.A. quarrel withB. shout atC. worry aboutD. cheer up
14.A. calmness B. sweatC. restD. breath
15.A. PossiblyB. CertainlyC. ProperlyD. Regularly
16.A. encourageB. persuadeC. affordD. force
17.A. wonderfulB. gratefulC. hopeful D. helpful
18.A. scoldsB. commentsC. phrasesD. words
19.A. floated B. droppedC. slowed D. rolled
20.A. criedB. madeC. turned D. moved
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根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How northern Europeans beat the winter blues
Ask a child from northern Europe to draw two pictures — one on a rainy day and a second in the sunshine — and this is what you will get: in the first, as raindrops fall from the top of the page, the man behind the window has an unhappy expression. When a yellow sun sends out some light from the corner, the man is smiling.
Northern Europeans associate rain with sadness and sunshine with happiness. They think this is true because they are so aware of how their environment affects them. 1. In October 2008, a group of researchers examined the influence of different daily weather factors, including temperature, wind and sunlight, on 1,200 participants. The conclusion was that good or bad weather had little effect on people’s feelings. 2. A person who is upset on dark or cold days suffers from a negative mood, and he will be likely to experience a sad winter. This is the basis of an illness called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). 3.
Kalayjian, professor of psychology at Fordham University, advises that we should take steps to strengthen the brain’s system against weather-driven mood changes. Research on SAD has been focused on the brain’s response to darkness and light. When our eyes detect darkness, the brain gives off melatonin, which starts sleep cycles. 4. It takes over to help us wake up and feel better when we detect light. “We can encourage people to take charge of their feelings,” says Kalayjian. “We tell them to leave the computers and the indoor games and get out there in the sun. 5.”
A day of rain can potentially destroy your plan and affect your mood. But as the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly once said: “There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing.”
A. Another chemical called serotonin, however, can make people happy.
B. That’s when people can recharge their serotonin and get a better mood.
C. Most studies prove that a negative feeling is associated with bad weather.
D. They determined that people actually differ in their sensitivity to weather changes.
E. Yet that link has no scientific basis.
F. It is seriously doubted among the people who suffer from SAD.
G. It affects about 10% of the population of northern Europe each year.
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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。
With my tenth birthday 1. （approach）, I couldn’t help imagining what kind of present my parents would give me. 2. (surprising), they gave me a book, My Life Story, 3. (write) by an American writer—Helen Keller. In the book, she wrote that she had not been able to see, hear or speak. Disabled4. she was, with the help of Miss Sullivan, she learned how to write English words and published many 5. (fame) works, including My Life Story. It was Miss Sullivan’s continuous encouragement and instruction that inspired her to live her life 6. the fullest.
I 7. (impress) with Miss Sullivan’s kindness and the writer’s8. (determine). Whenever I felt depressed because of learning difficulties, I would read the book once more.
Although it was ten years ago 9. I read the book, it shows me 10. universal truth that books are friends, always pushing us to move on.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年黑龙江双鸭山一中高一上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完成句子
依据语境写出单词的正确形式
1.He is a little slow in understanding, so please be __________ (patience) with him.
2.Trees need water to grow. __________(similar), friendship needs our heart and passion to develop.
3.The __________ (scene) in the mountains is very beautiful.
4.Tom came and ________ (admit) breaking the window by accident.
5.He remains _____________(energy), no matter how hard he works.
6.The book gives a short ___________(describe) of the city.
7.They want to _________ (short) the time it takes to make the car.
8.The story of the Loch Ness Monster has attracted many _______ (tour) to the area.
9.The shop is easily ___________ (access) by public transport.
10.The city was a _________(mix) of old and new buildings.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年内蒙古高一上期中英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September 11th, 1958, mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my arms, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honor! I became four years old a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told stories. I told it again and again how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept(哭泣) and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard mum and dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”and “dying”, and all these words sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living rooms. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I had never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?”He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!” I heard mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty：they were filled with love!
1.What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?
A. He got a baby brother.B. He got a Christmas gift.
C. He became four years old.D. He received a doll.
2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Impossible.B. Boring.C. Funny.D. Fearful.
3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A. Excitement.B. Happiness.C. Disappointment.D. Sadness.
4.Which is the best title of the passage?
A. A Sad Christmas Day
B. Life With a Lovely Baby
C. A Special Christmas Gift
D. Memories of a Happy Family
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