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。
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, 1. (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged 2. their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were 3. (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early 4. the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I 5. (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best 6. (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was 7. (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe 8. very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she 9. (feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought 10. (they) food, clothes and shelter.
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北沙中学高二下二次半月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
People think what I do is so wonderful because I interview stars. And I have to admit that when I first started working at Sassy in 1987 I was excited about that part of my job for the first couple of months，anyway. Then I noticed how stars would fool me around for months. I could never get enough time with a star to find out anything interesting，and some acted just simply rudely. I started hating the way I was treated，and I was really disappointed to see that these people I had worshipped (崇拜) before were pretty ordinary. So I decided I would just tell the truth instead of keeping up their myths(神秘) .If the star was a bad guy，I would say so. If I thought anyone was stupid，I did not hold back that information.
I thought readers would appreciate that kind of honesty. Surprisingly，many of them hated me for it. I have gotten so many attacks on my character. In their eyes，being famous is everything，even more desirable than being truly creative and talented.
Why do we need stars? In fact，the media created stars to satisfy our basic need for gossip (闲聊)．Over time，talking about people we have never met and we are never likely to meet has become what we are crazy about. Thus，some people are more interested in the personal lives of the stars than in the lives of their own family and their own friends. That is why it is so ridiculous when a star wants to discuss only his or her work in an interview— as we care. We want the dirt on their personal lives.
There is another reason we worship stars. As a whole，our society is not as religious as it once was. It seems that people need something to fulfill them the way religion once did. Star worship exists as an unfulfilling desire for true heroes.
We make them stars，but then their reputation makes us feel unimportant，and we truly feel better about ourselves when they die. I am part of this whole process. No wonder I feel soiled at the end of workday.
1.What are the stars like according to the author?
A．They always treat others rudely.
B．They always talk about something dull.
C．They are actually ordinary people.
D．They are usually honest and polite.
2.We worship stars because .
A．we need true mental heroes to support us
B．we can learn something useful from famous stars
C．we concern about the stars，family and friends
D．we like talking about the stars' dressing styles
3.When the author is writing this article，his tone sounds .
A．excited B．angry C．worried D．calm
4.What is the main purpose of the author writing the passage?
A．To show the disadvantages of working with stars.
B．To remind us not to worship famous stars blindly.
C．To laugh at the failures of stars he has interviewed.
D．To talk about the reasons why we worship stars.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届湖北省黄冈市高三3月份质量检测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
假定你是李华,最近你在当地报纸上看到一则游泳培训班的广告,称其有称职教练( instructor)，一周包会。你会一点游泳,但水性不太好,想在暑假参加训练.请你写一封咨询信了解相关情况,要点如下：
1. 训练的具体时间和地点。
2. 条件和费用。
3. 其他特别注意的事项。
注意
1.词数 100 左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.开头语和结束语已为你写好。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have read your advertisement in the newspaper. ________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
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I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Your s sincerely ,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届重庆市高三3月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled（翻耕的）soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.
As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden, I remember Dad pushing the tiller（耕作机）ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow com, and our favorite --- red tomatoes.
As I grew into a teenager, I didn't get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.
For the first few years after he died, I couldn't even bear to look at anyone's garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the comer of my eye and I had to smile, It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.
1.Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?
A. The garden was planted with colorful flowers.
B. The garden was just freshly tilled by his father.
C. He loved what his father grew in the garden.
D. He enjoyed being in the garden with his father.
2.When all the kids started their own families, the author's father .
A. stopped his gardening
B. turned to other hobbies
C. devoted more to gardening
D. focused on planting tomatoes
3.What happened to the garden when the author's father was seriously ill?
A. The author's son took charge of it.
B. No plant grew in the garden at all.
C. The garden was almost deserted.
D. It brought the author a great harvest.
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that .
A. the author's son played happily in the garden
B. the author's son reminded him of his own father
C. the author's son was very glad to help the author
D. the author's son will continue gardening as well
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届重庆市高三3月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
While most of us are happy to take the credit when things go well, few of us are willing to take the blame when things go wrong. Rather than trying to hide our shame or embarrassment, experts found that we are simply less aware when our actions result in a negative outcome.
The research may explain why we often feel it hard to take the blame for our actions.“Our result suggests that people may really experience less responsibility for negative than for positive outcomes,” said Patrick Haggard, leading researcher and professor of the institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.
In a series of tests, participants were asked to press a key. A sound then followed, either disapproving, neutral or approving, and they were then asked to estimate the time between the action and when they had heard the sound.
Researchers found that individuals experienced different levels of responsibility depending on the outcomes. They also discovered they were significantly slower to recognize if their actions had resulted in a bad consequence, compared to when they had done well.
“Effectively, we have found that we experience a negative outcome differently, not just retell it differently. We make a weaker connection when there is a bad result. And respond much more strongly when something good happens,”said Professor Haggard. When something goes right, everyone wants to take the credit, and when things go wrong, nobody is interested in putting their hands up.
The researchers said our brain is“very much concerned”with reward, as good results are key to survival. Although our own perception(认知) of whether we are guilty of something or not is changed by the outcomes, this does not provide a defense if we have done something wrong.“Our experience of our own responsibilities can be misleading and can be strongly colored by the outcomes of our actions.”said Professor Haggard.“We have to take responsibility for what actually do, not just for how we experience things.”
1.People who don’t take the blame for their actions .
A.always try to hide their shame or embarrassment.
B.are only willing to take the credit when things go well
C.feel less responsible for negative than for positive outcomes
D.are less aware of what to do when a negative outcome happens
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Our level of responsibility can be strongly affected by the outcomes of our actions.
B.When something bad happens, nobody is interested in dealing with the problem.
C.People were quicker to recognize if their actions had resulted in a bad consequence.
D.Participants were asked to count the time between pressing a key and hearing the sound.
3.How is the passage developed?
A.By giving examples.
B.By quoting research findings.
C.By analyzing cause and effect.
D.By providing data.
4.According to the passage, a person who is concerned with reward is .
A.awkward B.natural C.absurd D.stubborn
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河北武邑中学高三下学期周考3英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
A very close friend phoned me this weekend and asked a specific question about earning a few extra dollars each month online. For the benefit of keeping her name and details secret, I will call her Annie in this article. You see Annie suffers from a severe form of inaction syndrome; she is full of great ideas that never materialize into cash and she is having a problem finding the link that will achieve this.
Somebody once said that knowledge is power, yet we constantly find from readers of our website that they have knowledge to burn and still do not have power. Just look at the academics in universities all around the world; they have so much knowledge that they should control the wealth of the world. In truth they work for peanuts and very few of them ever achieve the power of independence. So knowledge certainly isn’t power. Therefore, we should change that “wise” statement to:“Power is the ability to use knowledge to your own benefit.”
That paragraph was inserted because Annie is a typical academic—strong on talk and plans but a little weaker on actions. In the period of a twenty-minute conversation, she expounded（阐述）a whole list of plans and ideas to make the extra few hundred dollars each month she was seeking. Any one of her many ideas was a potential money maker, but she had taken action on none of them. At one time she said, “I’m lost as to what to do next.”
That was my cue（提示）to get involved. “Take action,” I advised.
All that is wrong is that Annie was inactive without knowing it. In five minutes we drew up a plan of action and agreed to talk again in a month to review progress. When we finished the conversation, she sounded much happier and more motivated than when we started. Annie just needs a little nudge into beneficial action.
1.What’s the problem with Annie?
A. She has too many great ideas.
B. She never puts her ideas into practice.
C. She suffers from a strange illness.
D. She knows little about making money online.
2.What is the most important according to the author?
A. The ability to use one’s knowledge.
B. The ability to acquire knowledge.
C. A great deal of knowledge.
D. A good understanding of oneself.
3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Annie will succeed in later life.
B. Annie is going towards success.
C. Annie doesn’t realize her problems.
D. Annie talks too much in daily life.
4.The underlined word “nudge” in the last paragraph probably means________.
A. push B. advice C. training D. Power
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏省扬州市高三上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Every year, countless nonprofit organizations want to double their donations. Many companies in the United States have a Matching Gift program, which offers certain amount of money to these organizations when its employee makes a personal donation. The following list includes information on four major companies matching gift programs.
The Coca-Cola Limitation | Coca-Cola offers a matching gift program for employees through which the company triples (三倍于)donations to educational organizations, arts& cultural organizations and environmental groups. If you have donors who work for Coke, then make sure they’re submitting these grant requests , as the tripling of employee donations can go a long way. |
GE Foundation | The GE Foundation matches at a 1:1 ratio with a minimum required donation of $ 25 and a maximum donation of $25,000 per year. Employees (both part and full-time), spouses ,and retires are all eligible for their matching gift program. |
Google offers a generous matching gift program through which the company matches donations form employees to a wide range of organizations. This is through either the company’s personal matching gift program or through the matching of fundraising efforts for events such as walks , marathons, bike rides, etc. Each Google employee can request up to $12,000 in matching funds annually through its different matching gift programs. | |
Verizon | Verizon has a solid matching gift program in place for its full-time and part-time employees and for its retires. Verizon matches donations at a 1：1 ratio, with a minimum gift requirement of $25 and a maximum gift requirements of $ 1,000 per year, per donor . The company will match a maximum of $5,000 per year , per donor for donation to higher education. |
1.When a company’s employee makes a donation to a nonprofit, the Matching Gift programs will _________.
A. compensate the employee
B. donate instead of the employee
C. give certain donations as well
D. organize some voluntary events
2.From the list ,we know that __________.
A. Coca-Cola offers three times donations of its employees’ to religious groups.
B. Coca-Cola handles its employees’ donations request quickly.
C.GE and Verizon will give the same amount, if an employee donates $20.
D. Google’s employees can claim matching gift in various forms.
3.The purpose of this passage is _______.
A. to inform B. to entertain
C.to explain D. to persuade
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年浙江三市高一下九次联考英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完型填空
A businessman, with a large amount of money, was walking through a remote (偏远的) area. Upon ________ this, a thief followed him, planning to________ his money at a certain time. The businessman noticed something was ________, and he started to pay much more ________to the thief.
The businessman soon asked the thief if he________help find some water nearby, and when the thief went to________ the water, the businessman put all of his________into the thief’s bag. Then the thief returned and told the businessman________ the water was. ________the businessman left to get some water, the thief quickly________the businessman’s bag. Certainly, there was nothing that the thief________ .
The thief was ________, but he still did not give up hope. After some time, the businessman returned and they both ________for a long time. Then the businessman got tired and________ under a big tree. The thief again checked the businessman’s bag and still did not find any money. So the thief ________that the businessman did not actually have any money with him.
Finally, they arrived at a city. When the thief went after a job and left his own bag behind, the businessman ________in and took back all of his own money he had put there ________ When the thief came back, he was surprised to see that the businessman was________ some jewels with the money in his bag. The thief couldn’t ________ asking the question, “I didn’t know you had money on the________ .” The businessman smiled to him, “Of course you didn’t, because it is not yours.”
1.A. talking B. learning C. thinking D. speaking
2.A. keep B. borrow C. steal D. put
3.A. new B. common C. strange D. dangerous
4.A. care B. mercy C. need D. attention
5.A. would B. could C. should D. must
6.A. carry on B. look for C. watch over D. bring along
7.A. goods B. food C. money D. clothes
8.A. how B. what C. that D. where
9.A. As soon as B. As far as C. As well as D. As long as
10.A. hid B. searched C. explored D. changed
11.A. saved B. planned C. owned D. wanted
12.A. frightened B. angry C. surprised D. nervous
13.A. drank B. walked C. rested D. discussed
14.A. sat B. stood C. slept D. stopped
15.A. agreed B. wished C. doubted D. believed
16.A. put B. got C. reached D. broke
17.A. rightly B. luckily C. really D. formerly
18.A. buying B. wearing C. having D. showing
19.A. keep B. help C. enjoy D. avoid
20.A. trip B. visit C. holiday D. business
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南邵东三中高二普通班下学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
It’s not easy to find a person with the qualities it takes to be a hero. I didn’t really understand the meaning of the word “hero” until my third year in the college.
If you saw her, you wouldn’t think she really looks the part, but she is stronger than Superman could ever be. Her name is Sandra Keierleber. I first met her at volleyball tryouts(选拔赛), but didn’t notice anything special at first. As the week passed, however, she showed she had more heart than anyone. She stood out because she never gave up, no matter what.
Sandra isn’t the tallest or the fastest --- in fact, this was her first time playing volleyball and it showed--- but that didn’t stop her. She was always the first to arrive and the last to leave. By the end of tryouts she had found a place in everyone’s heart. When the name list for new members was put up, we all waited nervously as she checked. When she stood at the door and smiled happily, all we could do was cheer.
After Sandra made the team, she worked even harder to improve her game. When she asked for help, we gladly taught her. She also became our fan, attending almost every school game and even joining us in the city games. We all like her, because she never thinks about doing things the easy way, or loses that smile. Because of her great efforts, she makes herself a true hero--- and my hero, too.
1.What did the writer think of Sandra Keierleber at the beginning?
A. Common B. Honest C. Pretty. D. Strong
2.Sandra began to play volleyball when ______________.
A. she was tall enough B. she was at college
C. she became a hero D. she met the Superman
3.Which of the following is true about Sandra?
A. She was born a volleyball player.
B. She is popular with her teammates
C. She does things in an easy way.
D. She isn’t the tallest but the fastest.
4.Why does the writer think of Sandra Keierleber as a true hero?
A. She did very well at the tryouts.
B. She asked for help from her teammates.
C. She took part in the city matches.
D. She worked hard and never gave up.
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