—Is Bush a man with good manners?
—I don’t think so. As a matter of fact, he is but polite.
A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything
教学练新同步练习系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2010年江苏省启东中学高一下学期期中考试英语 题型：阅读理解
Fatimah Bamun dropped out of Balizenda Primary School in the first grade, when her father refused to buy her pencils and paper. Only after her teachers said to him that his daughter showed unusual promise(有希望) did he change his mind. Today, Fatimah, 14, tall and slender, studies math in a dirt-floored fourth-grade classroom.
Whether she will reach the fifth grade is another matter. Fatimah is facing the realities of a school with no toilet, no water, no hope of privacy (隐私) other than the shadow of a bush, and no girlfriends with whom to share feelings. Fatimah is the only girl of the 23 students in her class. In fact, in a school of 178 students, she is one of the only three girls who have made it past the third grade.
“I have no friend in the class,” she said. “Most of my friends have dropped out to get married. So during the break, I just sit in the classroom and read.”
Her father, however, now says he is fully behind her. “The people from the government are all the time telling us to send our daughters to school, and I am listening to these people,” he said.
But in many cases, parents don’t listen. Parents think that if the girls stay home, they can help with the harvesting, fetch the water and collect the firewood. So they take them out of school.
In a region where poverty, tradition and ignorance make about 24 million girls not even have an elementary school education. There are many other barriers (障碍) that prevent girls going to school, such as the lack of school toilets and water.
The issue is not only equality. The World Bank thinks that if women in sub-Saharan Africa had equal education, land and other wealth, the region’s economy could improve greatly. There is a connection between growth in Africa and sex equality. It is of great importance but still ignored by so many people.
【小题1】The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to _______.
| A．find the cause of Africa’s poverty |
| B．describe the poor education conditions of African girls |
| C．prove the inequality in African society |
| D．reform the present schooling systems in Africa |
| A．Fatimah is a girl who shows signs of success for the future. |
| B．Fatimah’s father is now giving a lot of support to her. |
| C．Fatimah is the only girl who has made it past the fifth grade in her school. |
| D．Fatimah has no friends at school because they most of them have dropped out to get married. |
| A．most African girls are treated equally in society |
| B．African governments don’t care whether girls go to school or not |
| C．most African girls would rather get married than go to school |
| D．African girls can’t enjoy equal chances for education |
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省宁海外国语学校2010届高三高考模拟英语试题（三） 题型：阅读理解
第二部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
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Residents along Australia’s east coast awoke in the morning to an orange sky as winds swept millions of tons of red dust from the country’s inland and dumped it on Sydney．
Tanya Ferguson，living in Sydney，saw that the room was completely orange．She thought there was a bush fire．But when she went outside，the entire city was covered in a film of orange dust．
“It was like being in the outback(澳大利亚内陆)，but it was right here in the city，”she said On that day，a big dust storm swept through Sydney．It covered the city in orange dust for about eight hours，making landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge invisible．
The storm affected the transportation system．Flights were delayed．Roads were busy as drivers struggled in the difficult conditions．Children and the elderly were told to stay indoors until the dust had cleared．Later strong winds blew it out to the sea and up the coast．
No one was hurt in the storm，though health officials answered hundreds of calls from
people with breathing difficulties．Emergency services responded to hundreds of calls about
tree branches brought down by strong winds．
Dust storms are common in the Australian outback，where the land is arid(贫瘠的)．But the storms rarely reach the coastal regions．
Officials said it was the worst dust storm of the past 70 years．Air pollution levels were
15，500 micrograms of pollutants per cubic meter．
“On a clear day the pollutants are around 10—20 micrograms per cubic meter，”said Chris
Eiser of the NSW department of the environment．
Experts said that dry conditions in the outback and strong winds caused the sandstorm．
“Ten very dry years over inland southern Australia and very strong winds have combined to produce the storm，”said Nigel Tapper，an environmental scientist at Monash University， Australia．
56．The article is about ．
A．the causes of the major dust storm in Australian cities
B．different reactions to a dust storm in Australia
C．the damage caused by the big dust storm in Australia
D．the worst dust storm in Australia in the past 70 years
57．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The dust storm didn’t blow up to the coastal regions of Australia．
B．The level of air pollution was very high due to the dust storm．
C．People called the emergency service because they had got lost．
D．Children stayed indoors for the schooling had been cancelled．
58．From the passage we can see that ．
A．Tanya Ferguson lives in the Australian outback at the moment
B．a bush fire may have brought the orange dust along the coast
C．this terrible sandstorm lasted about 24 hours after it hit the city
D．Sydney’s landmarks were out of sight when the storm happened
59．The tone of the article is ．
A．worried B．sympathetic C．objective D．Angry
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年河北省高一下学期期中考试英语 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Once there was a king who liked pictures very much. One day, he1. a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 2.. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he 3.liked, and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect 4.for peaceful towering mountains all around it. 5. was a blue sky with fluffy (蓬松的) white clouds. All who saw this 6. thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
7. picture had mountains, too. But these were large, rough and 8.. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning 9.. Down the side of the mountain 10.a foaming (起泡沫的) waterfall. This did not look 11. at all.
But when the king looked 12., he saw behind the waterfall a tiny 13. growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her 14.. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest —15. perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king 16. the second picture. Do you know why?
“Because,” 17. the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place 18. there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and 19. be calm in your heart. That is the real 20. of peace.”
21. A. afforded B. offered C. accepted D. canceled
22.A. collected B. planned C. tried D. directed
23.A. hardly B. slightly C. really D. generally
24.A. bowl B. mirror C. plate D. cover
25.A. Outward B. Indoors C. Overhead D. Downhill
26.A. prize B. result C. artist D. picture
27. A. The one B. Another C. Other D. The other
28. A. bare B. fresh C. green D. distant
29. A. played B. screamed C. wandered D. cheered
30.A. connected B. floated C. fell D. rose
31.A. hopeful B. peaceful C. successful D. careful
32. A. regularly B. suddenly C. closely D. casually
33.A. flower B. ground C. tree D. bush
34. A. house B. business C. nest D. relationship
35.A. of B. in C. by D. for
36.A. protect B. forced C. depended D. chose
37.A. explained B. described C. reminded D. persuaded
38.A. which B. where C. whose D. that
39.A. thus B. even C. also D. still
40.A. story B. meaning C. source D. history
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—Is Bush a man with good manners?
—I don’t think so. As a matter of fact, he is but polite.
A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
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