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科目:高中英语 来源:2010届江苏省高三统考热身训练英语试题 题型:单项填空

. Good news! We didn't spend ______ we had expected.

A.as half much money as

B.much money as half as

C.as much money as half

D.half as much money as

 

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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011广西桂林中学高二下学期期中英语试题 题型:阅读理解

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health, during the course of his lifetime. With an estimated (估计) worth of more than $40 billion, according to Forbes, the project will be no small feat (功绩) for Gates. Having already provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues, Gates said that eventually his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids”.

  So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest? Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity” in which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations around the world. Improving the health of the population, he says, has proven to be an essential (实质的) method in helping poor countries to be financially successful. “National borders allow inequalities,” said Gates: “We all need to take a more global view, rather than just saying my country is doing well. We have to step up these health issues, knowing how few resources are going into them.”

  Gates said that both his parents set an example for him as a child. His father, William H. Gates, was the head of the local Planned Parenthood, and his mother, Mary, volunteered for the United Way. As he gathered his fortune, Gates knew he would eventually want to give back as well, but he didn’t expect to devote himself whole-heartedly to one project until he was about 60.

  However, Gates, 47, began to question his ability to wait that long. “It seemed there was a real time urgency (紧迫),” Gates said. “I started to think, how many lives could I save before then?”

1... Bill Gates will give away his vast fortune to ___.

   A. improve the health of population in America alone

   B. improve the health of population all over the world

   C. avoid leaving his children too much money

   D. spare the American government the burden of health care

2... Bill Gates believes that one important way of developing poor countries is ___.

   A. to set up more foundations for them           B. to aid them with natural resources

   C. to put more effort into the health issues in them    D. to help them take a more global view

3..  It can be learned from the text that Bill Gates thinks ___.

   A. Americans should care about people in other countries

   B. Americans should treat fellow citizens well

   C. Americans should devote themselves to certain projects

   D. Americans can be world-famous by giving away vast fortune

4... Bill Gates gave away his vast fortune earlier than he had expected because of ___.

   A. his weakening health condition                B. his parents’ suggestions

   C. his great success in business             D. his concern for suffering people

5..  The underlined word “channel” probably has a similar meaning as it is used in sentence “___”.

   A. Try to channel your abilities into something useful

   B. We ought to channel this street so that water can flow away easily

   C. Ships must follow the channel into the port   D. Which channel will you be broadcasting tonight

 

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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011年海南省高二下学期期末考试英语题 题型:阅读理解

The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.

Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.

Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound(南行的)Suzuki Alto collided(碰撞). The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.

Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers—New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.

“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,” he said. “We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car …… then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher(灭火器)from the bus,doused(泼洒)the flames,and several other workers controlled traffic.

However,he said his actions were “no big deal”. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.

“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back.” he said.

1. It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _____.

A.at noon

B.in the morning

C.in the afternoon

D.at night

2.Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter?_____.

A.Brock Davis.

B.Bill McDermott.

C.Allan Goldsworthy.

D.The firefighters.

3.The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means _____.

A.the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor

B.the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can

C.everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully

D.the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation

 

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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011学年吉林省高二下学期期中考试英语试题 题型:完型填空

完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge   36   and hardly any income.   37  , I stopped giving and became very bitter.

Several years later, things started to   38  . I became   39   enough to have a home, and   40   a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the   41  , “Will work for food.” I   42  . My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in   43  . I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for   44   or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was   45   to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside   46   me to help him. So I stopped my car, and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I   47   into my ashtray and   48   enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.

Greatly shocked by this   49  , I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He   50   with joy and tears in his eyes, “You just made it   51   for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus offering this great sale is   52   right away!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best __53__ in life – giving. It also   54   me that nothing is a coincidence,   55   everything has meaning.

1. A. debt          B. responsibility       C. shadow       D. pressure

2. A. In fact           B. In other words       C. As a result      D. All in all

3. A. develop           B. worsen           C. vary         D. change

4. A. fortunate     B. wealthy          C. generous     D. successful

5.A. even           B. still                C. yet          D. only

6.A. decoration     B. expression           C. sign         D. announcement

7. A. got by            B. pulled out           C. passed away  D. passed by

8. A. emergency     B. danger               C. need         D. panic

9. A. food          B. alcohol          C. medicine     D. entertainment

10. A. driving          B. jogging          C. wandering        D. cycling

11. A. directed         B. challenged           C. permitted        D. drove

12.A. reached           B. turned               C. broke            D. searched

13. A. amusingly        B. strangely            C. awkwardly        D. naturally

14. A. incident         B. condition            C. coincidence      D. circumstance

15.A. poured out        B. turned out           C. broke out        D. burst out

16. A. necessary        B. difficult            C. possible     D. suitable

17.A. queuing           B. leaving          C. settling     D. operating

18.A. gift          B. time             C. favor            D. honor

19. A. impresses        B. informs          C. persuades        D. reminds

20. A. or               B. and              C. so           D. however

 

 

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科目:高中英语 来源:2009年高考试题(天津卷)解析版 题型:简答题

 

阅读下面短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.

Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的) customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

1.The underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ______.

(No more than 3 words)

2.What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (No more than 10 words)

3.Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (No more than 10 words)

4.Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (No more than 10 words)

5.What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)

 

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