We like to consider ourselves the superior race, and we are. It’s true that we are getting to know more and more, and we actually live in “the information age”. Our human vanity(虚荣心) makes us believe that we really have to know everything! Surprisingly, we do not have this ability. The question “what is happening in the Bermuda Triangle” is the very proof.
Where is the Bermuda Triangle located? The mysterious triangle is believed to be situated between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, where too many unusual events have happened.
On December the 5th 1945, five U.S. military planes took off from Florida on a clear day only to disappear over Bermuda. Furthermore, some other disappearances took place; in 1947, an American C54 plane simply disappeared at 100 miles from Bermuda; at 80 miles, a Star Tiger plane disappeared in 1948.
Even Columbus had trouble in Bermuda. Some of his journals were about the strange happenings there: “the waters are changing their colors” and “compasses are going wild”.
Maybe it’s why it is called the Devil’s triangle or the Atlantic cemetery.
Many hypotheses were stated in order to explain the strange events. In spite of these attempts, the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle remains unsolved.
Some people get to say that maybe aliens are involved in it. Other imaginative scientists relate the happenings in Bermuda to Einstein’s theory, saying that the missing ships and planes are translated to another dimension of space and time and taken into another world.
Maybe we will just have to wait to go to Heaven and ask the One who made it. The answer will surely be a satisfying one!
1.The writer may probably think that______.
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A．humans have to and can know everything strange |
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B．the missing ships are taken into another world |
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C．humans can know more in “the information age” |
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D．God created the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle |
2. Columbus’ journals told us that in Bermuda _______.
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A．an American C54 plane disappeared |
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B．there were some strange happenings |
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C．the compasses were lost |
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D．a cemetery was found |
3.The underlined word “hypotheses” in the 6th paragraph probably means______.
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A．guesses |
B．reports |
C．places |
D．stories |
4.The purpose of the writer is to______.
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A．tell some stories about the Bermuda Triangle |
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B．warn people not to travel to the Bermuda Triangle |
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C．laugh at man’s vanity to know everything |
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D．prove man does not have the ability to know all |
科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
Is it possible that the people of the world today could agree upon a single international language that everyone would be able to speak and understand?
In the United Nations there are five official languages-English, Chinese,
Russian, French and Spanish. How about making one of them into an international language? English has been worked on for this purpose. A basic word list of 850 English words named Basic English was made. These are the only verbs in the entire list,“come, go, give, keep, let, do, put, make, say, be, seem, may, will, have, send.”Writing in Basic English may require you to use a greater number of words-as in having to say“It came to my ears”instead of I heard-but you can still say anything you want to with just 850 different words and a few sufixes（后缀）and prefixes（前缀）．This is a much smaller number of words to have to remember than the ordinary number offered to the students of a foreign language.
But people have always had a need to do more than simply“Tell it as it is”. Language is for reporting not only one's work. For this, a language needs idioms, needs all kinds of grammar and style（文体）that show its history and development just as a person needs eyebrows（眉毛）. Is there some special reason why our lips should be a different color from the rest of our face? Perhaps not, but this is how people-real people-are. For communication between people, languages of all kinds will remain to reflect（反映）the growth and soul of the societies that speak them.
(1) The phrase“tell it as it is”in the third paragraph means __________.
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A．people can use Basic English to say what they want to
B．people think Basic English can express what they see or hear
C．people say what they want to according to the fact
D．people tell something they like to
(2) If we write a composition in Basic English, it will be________.
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A．longer than usual
B．shorter than usual
C．hard for us to express what we want to
D．able to express ourselves in different style as we like to
(3) Which of the following Statements is NOT true?
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A．Basic English is easier for students to learn.
B．Languages are like mirrors which can reflect the growth of the mankind.
C．Grammar and idioms are still necessary for us when we are learning a language.
D．Basic English will take the place not only of Queen's English, but also of the other languages in the world.
(4) This passage begins with a question．According to the writer's opinion, the answer to the question may be _________.
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A．it will be possible in the future
B．it seems to be possible if people agree to use Basic English
C．it seems impossible that people can use a simple language to express them-selves in various lives
D．it is impossible except that five official UN languages are used at the same time
(5) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．The words used in Basic English are strictly limited to 850, and nothing more.
B．Basic English is not a natural development of the English language.
C．Basic English can be used to express our thought easily.
D．Basic English seems not so easy to learn.
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From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax (放松) and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports. It depends on individual interests. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.
Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (稀有的) fifty-cent piece worth $250! He was very happy about his buying and thought the price was reasonable (合理的). On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt (怀疑) if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
That’s what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
The underlined word “individual” in the first paragraph most probably means____ .
A. different B. strange C. secret D. one's own
In the writer's opinion, ____.
A. all hobbies are very expensive B. some hobbies don't cost anything
C. hobbies are worthless D. hobbies are valuable to everybody
Something that one enjoys doing in one's spare time is a____ .
A. job B. pleasure C. hobby D. habit
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
When we talk about a bad man, we like to call him a “wolf”.But is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness.?
Have you read the book “The Wolf Totem” by a famous writer Jiang Rong, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever ? 36 ? the wolves' world? If you had, you would ? 37 ? the wolves.?
In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. They know more about ? 38 ? than humans. They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to ? 39 ? full use of the shape of land to ? 40 ? sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be ? 41 ? experts good at fighting.?
The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand ? 42 ?.Each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. A ? 43 ? wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves ? 44 ? nothing. All the wolves obey the rules.? 45 ? they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork ? 46 ? makes wolves powerful.?
The wolves also have great self?respect and won't ? 47 ? to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book “The Wolf Totem”,? 48 ? stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his ? 49 ?,he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with ? 50 ? wolves. He bit through the iron chain that limited him. The wolf was ? 51 ? and he never gave in, fighting ? 52 ? his death. The little wolf died as a glorious fighter.?
I was shocked by this kind of ? 53 ?:wolves are one of the most respected creatures on earth. I want everyone to look at wolves in a ? 54 ? way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and ? 55 ? in this not simple and dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!
36. A. thought about B. walked into C. talked about D. cared for?
37. A. hunt B. admire C. draw D. watch
38. A. space B. spot C. food D. survival?
39. A. get B. take C. Have D. make?
40. A. fight B. avoid C. Trap D. discover?
41. A. special B. imaginative C. Outstanding D. creative?
42. A. operation B. teamwork C. lifestyle D. control
43. A. single B. brave C. lonely D. fair?
44. A. fight B. struggle C. fear D. fail
45. A. As for B. As though C. Even so D. Even if?
46. A. what B. he C. That D. one?
47. A. turn in B. give in C. take in D. break in?
48. A. once B. just C. Soon D. only?
49. A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. pleasure D. sorrow
50. A. rest B. others C. Another D. the other
51. A. proud B. satisfied C. Willing D. eager
52. A. until B. although C. before D. unless
53. A. selflessness B. self-confidence C. self-respect D. self-protection
54. A. curious B. different C. strange D. humorous?
55. A. walk B. hand C. get D. succeed
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖南省邵阳市二中2009-2010学年高二下学期期末考试试题（英语） 题型：完型填空
Ⅲ、完形填空（15分）
From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying，but in the evenings and weekends they are free and 31 themselves.Some watch television or go to the movies，others 32 sports.This is decided by their own 33 .
There are many different ways to spend our 34 time.Almost everyone has some kind of 35 :it may be something from collecting stamps to 36 model planes.Some hobbies are very 37 ，but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections(收藏) are worth 38 of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several 39 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare（罕见的）fifty-cent piece which 40 him 250 dollars. He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder 41 they are worth any money. However, 42 my brother they are quite valuable. 43 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
That’s 44 a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, 45 the pleasure it gives us is.
31. A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play
32. A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in
33. A. lives B. interests C. jobs D. things
34.A. working B. free C. own D. whole
35 .A. hobby B. thing C. job D. way
36 .A. make B. making C. makes D. made
37.A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive
38 .A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number
39 .A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of
40.A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent
41 .A. that B. if C. what D. why
42 .A. to B. on C. with D. in
43 .A. Everything B. Anything C. Nothing D. Something
44 .A. where B. how C. what D. why
45.A. so B. but C. because D. as
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科目：高中英语 来源：甘肃省天水市一中2008级2009—2010学年度第二学期第一阶段英语考试 题型：阅读理解
My topic is fashion(时装). Fashion is important to all of us. Now we are all wearing school uniforms(校服). When we go home, what do we do? We change into other clothes. If we are going out, we like to wear fashionable clothes. So my first object is this blouse. It looks beautiful, doesn’t it? It is the most expensive piece of clothing, and I love it. It cost over ＄600. You may say that it is too expensive, but luckily I can afford it. The more you spend, the better the quality is. So you see, fashion is quite important to me, I admire it.
However, I’m not as fond of fashion as my elder brother. Last summer, my parents took us both to London. They wanted to show us some famous sights. But my brother Gary did not appreciate the old buildings. He just wanted to spend all his time in the big shopping arcades(拱廊), searching for the coolest pair of trousers! For him, fashion was more important than culture. These are the trousers he bought. Were they worth the expensive of a trip to London to buy these? I don’t think so. I think it was a waste of time and money.
We must, however, remember that fashion is a very big business. Changes in fashion can create or lose jobs. As an example, I have bought this blonde(淡黄色的) wig(假发) to show you. Do you like it? It belongs to one of my mother’s friends. She told me that in the 1960s, it was fashionable for western women to wear wigs. But a few years later fashions changed and women wore wigs much less often. Then the wig factories closed down and hundreds of workers lost their jobs.
53. The passage may be ____.
A. a story from a magazine B. a piece of news from a newspaper
C. a report on the radio D. a speech to the classmates
54. The author （作者）showed all these objects EXCEPT_____ in the passage.
A. the blonde wig B. the expensive blouse
C. the coolest trousers D. the school uniform
55. What does the author （作者）want to tell us in last paragraph?
A. Wigs were always popular
B. People in the east once liked wearing blonde wigs
C. Fashion is actually a business
D. Business often depends on the production of wigs.
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