Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.
In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.
Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829 , the first Metropolitan(or London)Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.
Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.
1.In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid __________ .
A. a few B. nothing
C. a little D. a lot
2.About 300 years ago, many people __________.
A. wanted to leave London B. had big houses in London
C. became policemen D. came to live in London
3.People didn’t leave their houses because __________ .
A. they had no money B. they were afraid of losing money
C. the city was not clean D. they liked homes
科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省南通市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Last summer, after 16 years in the United States, I traveled to the city in Russia where I grew up. I was the first in my family to return after all those years. My mom gave me a hand-drawn map showing the location of my grandfather’s tomb at the local cemetery(公墓), and she asked me to visit it.
It was really important to her that I go there. My grandfather died when I was little, and she wanted me to remember him. He was still very much alive in her mind, and she wanted him to continue to live in my mind as well.
So I promised that the first thing I’d do when I arrived would be to visit the cemetery. However, I got caught up in work, and I had a lot of catching up to do with my childhood friends. It wasn’t until a day before I was leaving that I found time to go to the cemetery.
It was late in the afternoon, and right by the entrance was a lady who was selling flowers. By then she had only seven carnations left in her bucket. I bought them all, but when I reached for my wallet, I realized I didn’t have the map with me. I had no idea what had happened to that map. And I had no idea where my grandfather’s tomb was located.
I could call my mom and ask her. But the problem was that I had already told her I’d gone to the cemetery. What was I going to say?
I found the main office. Fortunately it was open, and inside was a small office. Behind the counter was an old woman, and she said she’d help me locate my grandfather’s records.
A couple of minutes later, she came back with a printout. It turned out there were 17 Abraham Pikarskis on the list. I chose the two whose age I believed closely matched my grandfather’s.
I set off to look for them. I hoped that at least one would have a portrait（肖像） on the tombstone. This way I’d know which tomb was mine.
I found the first tomb and it said Abraham Pikarski on it, but there was no portrait. Only an inscription (碑铭) : From the Loving Wife and Children.
I had no idea whether this was the right one, so I went off to look for the other one. I found it, too, and it was virtually indistinguishable from the first one. It said Abraham Pikarski, no portrait. The inscription was slightly different. It said: From the Grieving（伤心的） Family.
I had no idea what to do. Was my family the loving one or the grieving one? I was standing there waiting, thinking maybe some sort of special feeling would come to me. Maybe I’d feel some sort of close relationship with the person who was lying there.
I put three carnations on that tomb, and I went back to the first one. I stood there, too, for a while, and again I was hoping that I’d feel something special. But it was getting late, and I had to pack for the trip back to New York, so I put three carnations on this tomb.
I stood there with the last flower in my hand. Which Abraham Pikarski should it go to? Should I just throw it away? I had to come up with some sort of a solution.
Then, suddenly, I knew what to do. I put that flower on that same tomb where I was standing. I thought if this is really my grandfather who is lying there, then all is good, and he got the most. But if not, then let this be kind of comfort to the stranger, because somebody else’s grandson came all the way from America to pay his respects.
I went back to the hotel and flew home to New York the next day. I never found that map again.
Mom and Dad picked me up at the airport. On the way home from the airport, my mom started crying, “I’m so happy that you took the time to visit your grandfather’s tomb. It really means so much to me. You know when you called and told me you went there, I thought you were just saying it to make me feel good.”
When I was still in the air this morning, her cousin who lives in Russia had called and told my mother that she had just come from the cemetery and had seen my flowers there. So my mom knew that I had really done this.
Should I ask her how many flowers her cousin saw? Three or four?
But then I decided that maybe I should not say anything at all.
1.Why did the author visited his grandfather’s tomb just before he returned to America?
A. Because he was occupied with many other things.
B. Because he lost the map his mother drew for him.
C. Because he wasn’t well familiar with the cemetery.
D. Because he didn’t have affection for his grandfather.
2.Why didn’t the author turn to his mother when he couldn’t find the map?
A. He was able to locate grandfather’s tomb.
B. He couldn’t make up a reasonable excuse.
C. He intended to recover the map by himself.
D. He was unwilling to be thought to lie.
3.The author chose the two tombs out of the 17 according to ________.
A. their portrait
B. their age
C. their inscription
D. their location
4.Why did the author’s mother cry on the way home?
A. She kept grandfather in mind.
B. The author showed respect to a stranger.
C. The author kept his promise.
D. Her cousin found the flowers.
5.We can infer from the last two paragraphs that ________.
A. he was ashamed of having telling a lie to his mother
B. he was content to have presented the followers to a stranger
C. he got to know which tomb was his grandfather’s in the end
D. he thought there was no need to figure out the location of the tomb
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖南省衡阳市2016-2017学年高一下学期理科实验班结业（期末）英语试卷 题型：七选五
A new article in The Wall Street Journal has given us a deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel.1.Well,not true.People with higher incomes are happier than those who struggle to get by.To put a smile on your face with your money,you need to spend it strategically.Here are some ways to better spend your bank notes.
Buy experiences,not material things.
2.People think that experiences are only going to provide temporary happiness,but they actually provide both more happiness and more lasting value that help you better manage your life.
3.
Anything you buy,including a product you think is special will become just another object.Buying small things can give us frequent small pleasures that are different each time they occur,as they forestall（抢先）adaptation.
4.
It’s also important to consider how what you’re buying will affect how you spend your time.For example,you may have to spend a very long time on the road if you get a big house in the suburb,which will totally lower overall life satisfaction.
Try giving it away.
Elizabeth Dunn,associate professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Canada,found that in countries as diverse as Canada,South Africa and Uganda,giving away money consistently made people happier.5.
A.Buy what you like.
B.Be sure to buy time,too.
C.More money,more smiles?
D.Money can’t buy happiness,right?
E.Buy lots of little things,rather than one big thing.
F.With no much money to spare,people tend to stick to material goods.
G.This was even true for people who were ly poor themselves.
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科目：高中英语 来源：山东省2016-2017学年高三第三次月考英语试卷 题型：七选五
Does meeting new people make you nervous? If so, you are not alone. But making a good first impression isn’t as hard as you might think. It just involves a few simple choices.
Look your best
1.But you don’t need to look like a model to make a good impression. You just need to take care of yourself. Make sure your clothing is clean, not wrinkled and appropriate for the situation. 2.
Stand tall
The way you stand, sit and move tells others a lot about you. Standing up straight makes you look and feel confident. When you approach someone, make eye contact and smile to show you’re friendly and interested.3.
Speak up
Speak loudly and clearly enough so that people don’t have to struggle to hear you. If you don’t know what to say, ask questions. 4.When people are talking, pay attention to what they’re saying rather than planning what you’ll say next. And if you’re not sure what they mean, ask!
Value people
Most importantly, show people you care. Your concerns for them will be obvious if you smile and listen carefully. 5.Don’t keep them waiting. Everyone you meet is important. So make eye contact, smile and greet them. They’ll appreciate it and others may be watching.
A. And remember, you are important, too.
B. Respect other people’s time, too.
C. Most people enjoy talking about themselves.
D. Then greet them with a firm handshake.
E. One survey said blue and black are best for job interview.
F. Obviously your appearance influences people’s impression of you.
G. Don’t forget little things like brushing your teeth.
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科目：高中英语 来源：山西省2016-2017学年高二（普通班）下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：完形填空
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain______ so I decided I would leave the children in the car______ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to ______ anything and told them I would be ______ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left ______happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had ______! I could hardly believe my ______. The car doors were ______ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat ______only two coats. Being ______, I ran to the corner of the street ______ there was no sign of them. I ______up to an old lady nearby and asked ______ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and ______ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I ______ a merry laugh ______ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and ______ were two very red-face and ______ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, ______ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. ______ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
1.A. heavy B. hard C. big D. hardly
2.A. before B. since C. after D. which
3.A. talk B. reach C. hear D. touch
4.A. away B. out C. back D. along
5.A. them B. her C. herself D. themselves
6.A. discovered B. disappeared C. described D. delivered
7.A. ears B. words C. eyes D. heads
8.A. even B. again C. already D. still
9.A. have B. were C. had D. are
10.A. foolish B. proud C. frightened D. pleased
11.A. where B. which C. that D. when
12.A. arrived B. looked C. rushed D. left
13.A. what B. when C. whether D. how
14.A. tried B. had C. tired D. ought
15.A. felt B. listened C. smelt D. heard
16.A. behind B. over C. before D. with
17.A. outside B. among C. inside D. between
18.A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. interested
19.A. climbed B. flew C. threw D. jumped
20.A. For B. About C. With D. Down
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科目：高中英语 来源：浙江省台州市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末质量评估英语试卷 题型：七选五
Curiosity is an important characteristic of a genius. I don’t think you can find an intellectual giant who is not a curious person. Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, they are all curious characters. Richard Feynman was especially known for his adventures which came from his curiosity. 1. Here are four reasons:
It makes your mind active and strong.
2. Their minds are always active. Since the mind is like a muscle which becomes stronger through continual exercise, the mental exercise caused by curiosity makes your mind stronger and stronger.
It makes your mind observant of new ideas.
When you are curious about something, your mind expects new ideas related to it. When the ideas come they will soon be recognized. 3. This is because your mind is not prepared to recognize them. Just think, how many great ideas may have lost due to lack of curiosity?
4.
By being curious you will be able to see something new that is normally not visible. They are hidden behind the surface of normal life, and it takes a curious mind to look beneath the surface and discover the unknown.
It brings excitement into your life.
The life of curious people is far from boring. It’s neither dull nor routine. There are always new things that attract their attention and there are always new “toys” to play with.5.
A. So is curiosity that important?
B. But why is curiosity so important?
C. It leads you to a new and exciting life.
D. It opens up new worlds and possibilities.
E. Curious people always ask questions and search for answers.
F. Rather than get bored, curious people have an adventurous life.
G. Without curiosity, the ideas may pass right in front of you and yet you miss them.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017-2018学年高中英语（江苏牛津译林版，选修七）Unit 3 单元综合测评 题型：阅读理解
The problem with students using Google is not that the search leader is unable to offer useful educational content. It's that finding that content using simple search terms is a difficult art to master. But some educational companies and organizations aim to make it easier to find useful educational content among the Web. They are forming a working group to come up with more detailed criteria(标准)that could eventually be added into the search lines for Google, Bing, and Yahoo !
The project was encouraged by a joint move by those major search engines to help users do more effective Web?searches. The idea behind the new education corporation is to determine a common “framework” for narrowing search results for education content—by subject area，or source type，or content type, or any number of possible criteria. The goal is also to persuade publishers of educational content to use a matching set of tags(分类)to help the search engines sort out their content more easily.
Search engines are used by college students, but they were not designed for them. This has been a subject of much handwringing (绝望) among professors, who worry that students are not finding the most reliable content on the Internet even if more and more content providers of good fame—textbook publishers, scholars, universities and many others—have been putting useful academic resources on the open Web.
Michael Johnson, a member who will be serving on a working group devoted to developing the framework over the next six months or so, said “The project is aimed at benefiting the publishers of educational content as much as students. ”
1.What may annoy students using Google to help them?
A. They can't search useful educational content at home.
B. Google doesn't provide valuable educational content.
C. It's hard to find educational content in simple and effective ways.
D. There are so many students searching the same using Google now.
2.To improve Web searches for students the working group will ________.
A. demand the major search engines offer more content
B. train more students to surf safely on the Internet
C. ask students to use more kinds of search engines
D. link better standards to the major search engines
3.What may publishers of educational content help in the joint move?
A. They should produce less educational content with better quality.
B. They can set standard tags to match with searched contents.
C. They may develop better searching software.
D. They will provide more educational content.
4.From the third paragraph we can see ________.
A. not all content providers of good fame offer reliable content
B. textbook publishers shouldn't put resources on the open Web
C. college professors don't believe in content on the Internet
D. college students don't know how to use search engines
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017-2018学年高中英语（江苏牛津译林版，选修七）Unit 3 单元综合测评 题型：单项填空
I have an appointment________Dr. Smith, but I need to change it.
A. to B. off
C. with D. from
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科目：高中英语 来源：广西省南宁市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：短文填空
Like the native Chinese, some foreigners have started to join their Chinese friends 1. sending or grabbing virtual red packets during the Spring Festival and other special 2. (occasion).
3.(attract) by the unique way of interacting with people as well as the culture that gave birth to the phenomenon, many foreigners say competing with friends to grab red packets in 4. WeChat group can be a lot of fun.
Mattias Klement, 27, a Swede 5. has been living in China for years, said more foreigners have started to take part in this 6. (active) because of the popularity of WeChat wallet.
"I think it is 7. (main) because more and more places now allow paying with WeChat. It’s also fun to just involve 8. (you) in the culture of it," said Klement. Two years ago, when some friends 9. (send) him 5.20 or 8.88 Yuan red packets, he had no clue about the hidden meanings. Now, he is not only quite familiar with them but also has been used to sending some.
"It’s nice to be able to say ‘I love you’ with 5.20 Yuan, I guess," he said, laughing. "I also remember 10. (try) to tick some of my friends off by paying back 99.99 instead of 100 just for fun.”
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