________________, they couldn’t make their teacher change her mind.
A. Whatever hard they try
B. No matter how they tried hard
C. As they tried hard
D. Hard as they tried
科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年广东实验中学高三阶段考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The behaviour of a building’s users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions (排放）by 80 percent by 2050, part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016. But this report shows that sustainable building design on its own — though extremely important — is not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.
The study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency，which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.
‘Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything,’ explains Katy Janda, a UKERC senior researcher, ‘consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design.’ In other words, old habits die hard, even in the best-designed eco-home.
Another part of the problem is information. Households and bill-payers don’t have the knowledge they need to change their energy-use habits. Without specific information, it’s hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices. Feedback (反馈） facilities, like smart meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use; some studies have shown that households can achieve up to 15 percent energy savings using smart meters.
Social science research has added a further dimension (方面），suggesting that individuals’ behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predicted —whether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat (恒温器) , for example.
Janda argues that education is the key. She calls for a focused programme to teach people about buildings and their own behaviour in them.
1.As to energy use, the new research from UKERC stresses the importance of________.
A. zero-carbon homes
B. the behaviour of building users
C. sustainable building design
D. the reduction of carbon emissions
2.The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 2 refers to “________.”
A. the ways B. their homes
C. developments D. existing efforts
3.What are Katy Janda’s words mainly about?
A. The importance of changing building users’ habits.
B. The necessity of making a careful building design.
C. The variety of consumption patterns of building users.
D. The role of technology in improving energy efficiency.
4.The information gap in energy use _______.
A. can be bridged by feedback facilities
B. affects the study on energy monitors
C. brings about problems for smart meters
D. will be caused by building users’ old habits
5.What does the dimension added by social science research suggest?
A. The social science research is to be furthered.
B. The education programme is under discussion.
C. The behaviour of building users is unpredictable.
D. The behaviour preference of building users is similar.
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—What on earth do you want?
—I just want a common sports coat—nothing ________.
A．fancy B．amazing
C．informal D．valuable
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年福建福州第八中学高三第四次质检英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Dear Reader，
I receive many letters from children and can't answer them all -- there wouldn't be time enough in a day. That is why I am sending you this printed reply to your letter. I'll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte's Web? Well, many years ago I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That's how the story of Stuart Little got started.
As for Charlotte's Web, I like animals and my barn is a very pleasant place to be, at all hours. One day when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was doomed to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save a pig's life. I had been watching a big grey spider at her work and was impressed by how clever she was at weaving. Gradually I worked the spider into the story that you know, a story of friendship and salvation(拯救) on a farm. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)
Sometimes I'm asked how old I was when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early – as soon as I could spell. In fact, I can't remember any time in my life when I wasn't busy writing. I don't know what caused me to do it, or why I enjoyed it, but I think children often find pleasure and satisfaction is trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was no good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing can be a way of earning a living.
Some of my readers want me to visit their school. Some want me to send a picture, or an autograph, or a book. And some ask questions about my family and my animals and my pets. Much as I'd like to, I can't go visiting. I can't send books, either – you can find them in a bookstore or a library. Many children assume that a writer owns (or even makes) his own books. This is not true – books are made by the publisher. If a writer wants a copy, he must buy it. That's why I can't send books. And I do not send autographs – I leave that to the movie stars. I live most of the year in the country, in New England. From our windows we can look out at the sea and the mountains. I live near my married son and three grandchildren.
Are my stories true, you ask? No, they are imaginary tales, containing fantastic characters and events. In real life, a family doesn't have a child who looks like a mouse; in real life, a spider doesn't spin words in her web. In real life, a swan doesn't blow a trumpet. But real life is only one kind of life – there is also the life of the imagination. And although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too – truth about the way people and animals feel and think and act.
Yours sincerely,
E.B. White
1.How many animal characters in E.B.White’s books have been mentioned in his letter?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
2. Which of the following has inspired E.B.White to write his famous Charlotte’s Web?
A. His dream of a little boy acting like a mouse.
B. His sympathy for a dying pig.
C. His impression of spiders wearing skill.
D. His imagination of a swan blowing a trumpet.
3. Which of the following may not be the question asked by E.B.White’s readers?
A. Where do you live?
B. Are your stories true?
C. Can you come and visit our school?
D. Why do you send us this printed letter?
4.From the letter, we can know that E.B.White _____.
A. could spell at a very young age
B. makes a living by writing
C. lives under a roof of four generations
D. is busy writing animals all his life
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年福建福州第八中学高三第四次质检英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
The message we’d like to _______ is that consumers should spend their money sensibly while shopping online.
A. get through B. get across
C. get over D. get along
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The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse people’s ______ in the Chinese language.
A. prejudice B. enthusiasm
C. awareness D. desire
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年浙江台州书生中学高一上第三次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
In the course of working my way through school, I took many jobs I would rather forget. But none of these jobs was as terrible as my job in an apple plant(工厂). The work was hard; the pay was poor; and, most of all, the working conditions were terrible.
First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength. For ten hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck. Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night.
I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor. I was paid the lowest wage of that time—two dollars an hour. Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible. I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than $ 100 a week.
But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy were the working conditions. During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch. Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures. The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone. And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor.
I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked. By the time I left, I was determined never to go back there again.
1.Why did the writer have to take many jobs at that time?
A．To gain some experience
B．To save for his future
C．To support his family
D．To pay for his schooling
2.The following facts describe the terrible working conditions of the plant EXCEPT ______.
A. loading boxes in the freezing cold
B. having limited time for breaks
C. getting no pay for lunch time
D. working and studying at the same time
3.What is the topic discussed in the text?
A. The writer’s hard work in an apple plant.
B. The writer’s eagerness to earn money.
C. The writer’s experience to earn money.
D. The writer’s unhappy school life.
4.How is the text organized?
A. Topic—Argument—Explanation
B. Opinion—Discussion—Description
C. Introduction—Supporting examples—Conclusion
D. Main idea—Comparison—Supporting examples
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年浙江台州书生中学高一上第三次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
He was _________by his colleagues though he himself didn’t think he had done anything special.
A. thought little of B. thought poorly
C. thought highly of D. thought highly
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年山东乐陵第一中学高一上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right--stamps.
Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition(版本). It was very hard to find.
He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.
“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”
“I hope so,” Victor said.
Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.
“You see,” his father said. “ You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life.”
“What are they?” Victor asked.
“ Friends and patience.” He answered.
1.It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________.
A. 1954 B. 1974 C. 1994 D. 2004
2.What does the underlined word “patience” mean?
A. 勇气 B. 知识 C. 耐心 D. 目标
3.Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?
A. Phillip. B. Phillip’s mother.
C. Victor. D. Victor’s father.
4.Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Victor’s father didn’t support his hobby.
B. Victor both liked collecting stamps and writing.
C. Phillip’s mother wanted his son to write letters to Victor.
D. Phillip was from France.
5.The passage mainly tells us that ________ is(are) important to people.
A. a happy family
B. a good hobby
C. relatives and friendship
D. friends and patience
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