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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届浙江省高一上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing human experience. The proud and happy mother feels the first signs of life kicking inside her body. And that same life------many years later------ comes to its end in a widely-used expression, to kick the bucket( 吊桶) . The expression to kick the bucket is almost 200 years old. One belief is that it started when an English stableman(马夫) killed himself by hanging while standing on a bucket. He put a rope around his neck and tied it to a beam(梁柱) in the ceiling, and then kicked the bucket away from under him.
Another old expression that comes from England is to kick over the traces. Traces were the chains（链子） that held at horse or mule to a wagon(货运马车)or plow. Sometimes, an animal refused to obey and kicked over the traces.
Kick around is an expression that is heard often in American English. A person who is kicked around is someone who is treated badly. Usually he is not really being kicked by somebody's foot. He is just not being treated with the respect that all of us want. A person who has kicked around for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place. In this case, kicking around means moving often from one place to another. Kick around has another meaning when you use it with the word idea. When you kick around an idea, you are giving that idea some thought.
There is no physical action when you kick a person upstairs, although the pain can be as strong .You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that sounds more important, but really is not.
Still another meaning of the word kick is to free oneself of a bad habit, such as smoking cigarettes. Health campaigns urge smokers to kick the habit.
1.It is clear that the author wants to help readers _____________.
A．know English has a long history
B．understand the development of English
C．enjoy the interest of English idioms（习语）
D．learn English expressions with Kick
2.What does the idiom "kick over the traces" in "All kids seem to want to kick over the traces and do what they like to" means ____________.
A．disobey the commands B．obey the traditions
C． ride a horse or mule D．punish animals strictly
3.Mr. Smith always kicked his sons around with no excuse, in other words, his sons___________
A．expressed their ideas freely B．were looked after well
C．moved their family often D．were treated badly
4.How many different kinds of meanings are talked about on;'kick around' in the text?
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
5.Though Tom got raised to a better position by his boss, he had no power, we can say __________
A．the boss kicked Tom upstairs B．Tom kicked the bucket
C．Tom kicked the bad habit D．Tom kicked around an idea
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年安徽省名校联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Are you the type of person who always says“yes”？I’ve come to learn that it is very im-portant to learn to say NO！It’s okay. People are still going to like you. They may even respect you more because they know you are honest.
I，m not saying to say“no" to someone who really needs your help. I’m talking about re-fusing that meeting that you really do not want to attend or that birthday party that you don’t want to be a guest at.
Think for a moment how you feel when you say YES to something that you really don’t want to do. If you’re like I once was，you can’t sleep at night and you think about it too much. It weighs on your mind. You try to find ways out. Whatever you’re saying to yourself，if you really wanted to go，you wouldn’t have all of these thoughts.
So，why not just say NO from the beginning? Maybe you feel like if you don’t show up at the meeting（by the way，it is not one you must attend) your boss isn’t going to like you or your co-workers won’t respect you. Maybe you feel as if your mom，dad or sisters won’t love you as much if you don’t do everything for them that they ask every occasion.
If these people are your true friends，family members，or a good boss，they will like or love you the same no matter what. People treat you the way you teach them to，and if you’re some-one who always says“yes" then that’s what they，re expecting.
You need to do what is right for you. Of course we do have real obligations in life to ful-fill，but we do not have to do everything others want us to do.
1.Which of the following statements would the writer agree with？
A．We should try to do what our friends ask us to do.
B．We should help others in need.
C．Always saying“yes" means you are dishonest.
D．Always saying“no" means you are brave.
2.What does the underlined word，’ It" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Saying "yes"．
B．A friend's birthday party.
C．Something you’re unwilling to do.
D．Something you think difficult to do.
3.The writer believes that if you say“no" to your family members，you’11＿·
A．have the same relationship with them as before
B．have a loose relationship with them
C．disappoint them
D．upset them
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Learn to Make a Right Choice B．To Be Yourself
C．Do What You Want to Do D．Learn to Say No
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届福建省高一下学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
People often don’t do what they really want to for fear
of failure. You don’t apply for a job ______ case you don’t
get it. You don’t perform at the school concert b others
might laugh at you. A lack of confidence can l to a lot
of suffering. The key to o this problem is to believe in
yourself. This might be （容易）said than done, but there
are many w to help you do this. Talk about your problem
with a friend or look advice on the Internet. Imagine
yourself being (成功) and practise breathing techniques
to keep you calm when you get nervous. And the important
thing is: believe you can do it. When you’ve ______（学会）to do
that, you are well on your way.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届福建省高一下学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
You probably know you should say "please" and "thank you" at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can't hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. No one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears. So even if you are alone when listening to your MP3 players, you shouldn't turn it up too high.
Take Them Off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 off and put it away. Libraries, and schools don't allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don't have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it doesn't make sense to listen on your MP3 player at event. Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take One Out! Once in a while it's okay just to take out one earphone and not the other. Imagine you are listening on your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone
It's Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 players when reading books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you.
1.The underlined word "volume" in Paragraph 2 probably means "_________."
A. the type of music
B. the length of a song
C. the amount of a sound
D. the color of an MP3 player
2.We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music_________.
A. may annoy others
B. can hurt our ears
C. is bad for MP3 players
D. will make us tired
3.If we listen to our MP3 player at a play, _________.
A. the theatre won't allow it
B. the actors will get angry
C. others won't hear the play well
D. we may miss part of the play
4.We can take one earphone out when we _________.
A. show others the way
B. enjoy a movie at the cinema
C. watch a sporting event
D. answer the telephone at museums
5.The main idea of this passage is about _________.
A. MP3 manners
B. music lovers
C. music players
D. MP3 earphones
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科目：高中英语 来源：重庆市2009-2010学年度高一下学期期中考试英语试题 题型：阅读理解
Their grandmothers fought for the vote, and their mothers have battled to have it all. Now the upcoming generation of girls have decided to turn the clock back and stay at home with their babies.
According to a survey of more than 5,000 teenage girls in Britain, their main ambition (追求的目标) is to complete university then stay at home. More than nine out of ten of the girls believe it should be up to their husbands to provide for them. And although 43 percent of those questioned believe they should continue with their education until they have achieved a university degree, one in four say getting married is the most important thing for them.
The supposedly super-modern, “fun comes first” teenage generation has proved to be very traditional in every area of their beliefs, with over 50 percent saying they would not dream of having children before seeing a ring on their finger.
The desire to have children is beginning earlier too. On average, teenage girls plan to have their first child at 26, and most plan to have one or two more children over the following four years. The national average now is 1.64 children per couple.
“This survey doesn’t show that the battles of feminism (女权运动) have been lost,” said author Claire Rayner, “Feminism was never opposed (反对) to marriage or children. On the contrary, feminism was about to equal opportunities for women to do what they wanted to do, when they wanted to do it, and this is exactly what these girls are choosing to do.”
1.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the result of the battles of feminism
B. women’s struggle for independence in the society
C. the girls’ desire to stay at home after they graduate
D. women’s social status in the modern society
2.Girls prefer to be housewives rather than independent women because _______.
A. it’s hard for women to find jobs
B. men would rather their wives look after babies at home
C. girls want to live a more comfortable life
D. women have a low salary
3.. From the last paragraph we can see that Rayner thinks ________.
A. women should stay at home with their babies
B. women should find jobs and support the family
C. women should be offered more job opportunities
D. women should live the life they like
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