Was the London Olympics a success? Many people hold different opinions.However, one thing is certain, London could win a gold medal for hosting the“greenest”Games ever, BBC News reported.
Previous Olympic hosts have been criticized for the environmental damage they have caused through construction, waste and transport.But things had to be different in London.
What is most impressive is that London considered the construction of the Olympic Park as an opportunity to clean up polluted areas.2 million tons of polluted soils were removed and 200 old factory buildings were torn down, according to sustainablebusiness.com.But that’s not all.99 percent of the debris(废瓦砾)were reused to build the Olympic Park.
As well as using recycled materials, all gymnasiums were built with green building techniques.The Olympic Stadium is the lightest one ever built, which minimized the amount of steel and concrete needed.Also, the handball field has lighting pipes on the roof that reduce electricity use by 40 percent.
The effort that London made to deal with waste also deserves praise.Water used for drinking and watering plants was from collected rainwater or recycled wastewater.In this way, about 30-40 percent less water was used in total.Waste food package were either recycled or processed and turned into renewable energy.
As one of the best connected places in Europe, London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of public transport.For example, it had trains deliver half of the building materials, instead of cars, which greatly reduced carbon emissions(排放).
The clean anti-doping result also added to the greenness of the Games.Only one athlete tested positive for a banned drug on the day of competing, which is why the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, has praised anti-doping efforts at the London Games.
【小题1】To make the Olympic Park green, London ________.
A.recycled 2 million tons of polluted soil |
B.applied green building techniques to the construction |
C.built the Olympic Stadium mostly with recycled materials |
D.removed 99 percent of the debris from the city |
A.increased as much as possible | B.made use of |
C.reduced as much as possible | D.took little notice of |
A.The London Olympics cost less than the other Olympics ever held. |
B.London has possessed the most advanced techniques to deal with waste. |
C.Public transport is made good use of in London during the Olympic Games. |
D.The anti-doping result in the London Olympics turned out to be dissatisfactory. |
A.The effort that London made to deal with waste isn't worthy of praise. |
B.In terms of holding the greenest Games, the London Olympics was a success. |
C.London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of private cars for free. |
D.The IOC President, Jacques Rogge was unsatisfied with the anti-doping efforts at the London Games. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
解析试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了伦敦奥运会的组织工作,分别从场馆建设,废物利用,交通和兴奋剂问题等方面说明了这是一届绿色环保的奥运会。
【小题1】细节题:根据短文第四段As well as using recycled materials, all venues were built with green building techniques.描述,可知为了让奥运公园更加绿色,建筑工作应用了绿色技术.选B.
【小题2】猜词题:联系下文the amount of steel and concrete needed 描述,可知此处指的是减少了钢筋水泥的用量.故选C.
【小题3】细节题:从第六段的句子:As one of the best connected places in Europe, London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of public transport.可知伦敦很好地利用了公共交通工具,故选C
【小题4】细节题:从文章第一段的句子:However, one thing is certain, London could win a gold medal for hosting the“greenest”Games ever, BBC News reported.可知就举办绿色奥运来说,伦敦是成功的。选B。
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions--and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.
"We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions," Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth."
According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.
The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less."
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.
【小题1】The discovery shows that Westerners __
A.pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth |
B.consider facial expressions universally reliable |
C.observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways |
D.have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions |
A.To make a face at each other. |
B.To get their faces impressive. |
C.To classify some face pictures. |
D.To observe the researchers' faces. |
A.The participants in the study. |
B.The researchers of the study. |
C.The errors made during the study |
D.The data collected from the study. |
A.do translation more successfully |
B.study the mouth more frequently |
C.examine the eyes more attentively |
D.read facial expressions more correctly |
A.The Eye as the Window to the Soul |
B.Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions |
C.Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills |
D.How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry’s highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars. British director Steve McQueen’s brave portrayal of pre-Civil War American slavery won two other Oscars, including best supporting actress for newcomer Lupita Nyong’o and best adapted screenplay based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free man tricked and sold into slavery in Louisiana. “Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live. This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup,” said McQueen in his acceptance speech.
“12 Years a Slave” was better over space thriller “Gravity” from Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, which nevertheless got the most Oscars of the night with seven, including the best director honor for Cuaron, a first for a Latin American director.The film starring Sandra Bullock as an astronaut lost in space swept the technical awards like visual effects and cinematography, a reward for its groundbreaking work on conveying space and weightlessness. Referring to the “transformative” experience he and others undertook in the four-plus years spent making “Gravity”, Cuaron, whose hair is graying, said, “For a lot of these people, that transformation was wisdom. For me, it was just the color of my hair.”
In one of the strongest years for film in recent memory, the 6,000-plus voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences scattered golden Oscar statuettes among the many acclaimed movies in contention.
It was a good night for the scrappy, low-budget film “Dallas Buyers Club”, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, a biopic of an early AIDS activist two decades in the making that won three Oscars, including the two male acting awards.
Matthew McConaughey, in a validation of a remarkable career turnaround, won best actor for his portrayal of the homophobe who turned AIDS victim and then turned treatment crusader Ron Woodroof, a role for which he lost 50 pounds (23 kg). His co-star, Jared Leto, won best supporting actor for his role as Woodroof’s unlikely business partner, the transgender woman Rayon, for which he also slimmed down drastically.
Australia’s Cate Blanchett won the best actress Oscar for her acclaimed role as the socialite unhinged by her husband’s financial crimes in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” “As random and subjective as this award is, it means a great deal in a year of, yet again, extraordinary performances by women,” said Blanchett, who beat out previous Oscar winners Bullock, Amy Adams, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep.
【小题1】The film which won the largest number of Oscar awards this year is ______.
A.12 Years a Slave | B.Gravity |
C.Dallas Buyers Club | D.Blue Jasmine |
A.Steve McQueen. | B.Alfonso Cuaron. |
C.Jean-Marc Vallee. | D.Woody Allen. |
A.One. | B.Three. | C.Five. | D.Six. |
A.“12 Years a Slave” won two Oscar awards altogether. |
B.The director of “Gravity” is from Latin America. |
C.The character Rayon is played by Jared Leto. |
D.The woman film star Cate Blanchett comes from Oceania. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
In the early hours of March 8, a Boeing 777 took off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its destination was Beijing. But for unknown reasons, it never arrived there.
There were 239 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight, including 154 Chinese. As of March 13, 12 different countries, including Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the US, were searching for the plane.
The disappearance is an “aviation (航空) mystery”, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the head of Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority, said on March 10.There was no clear sign of a crash by March 13.
Between 1-2 hours after takeoff, the plane suddenly lost contact with people on the ground. The weather was clear, and the pilots didn’t make any calls . No evidence was found in the area where the flight last made contact. People are also talking about a possible hijacking (劫机).
International police agency Interpol confirmed on March 9 that at least two passengers on the flight had used stolen passports to get on board. “We are looking at all possibilities,” said Malaysian Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein. The incident is now being called simply a “plane disappearance”.
So, what are some possible causes of a plane disappearance? An AP story provided a summary.
1. A failure of the plane’s body or its engines. However, even if both engines stopped working, the plane could still glide (滑翔) for up to 20 minutes, giving pilots time to make an emergency call.
2. Bad weather. Planes are designed to fly through most severe storms. However, in June 2009, an Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed during a bad storm over the Atlantic Ocean.
3. A bomb. Throughout history, several planes have been brought down by bombs.
4. An accidental shoot-down by some country’s military. In July 1988, the US Navy accidentally shot down an Iran Air flight. In September 1983, a Korean Air Lines flight was shot down by a Russian fighter jet.
No matter how unlikely a situation, it’s too early to determine what really happened to MH370. It could take months, if not years, to rule out any possibilities, say experts..
【小题1】How many cities are mentioned in this passage?
A.Four cities. | B.five cities. | C.Six cities. | D.Seven cities. |
A.cross out | B.get rid of | C.take out | D.take the place of |
A.An Air Crash | B.The Causes of the Disappearance |
C.The Disappearance of MH 370 | D.An Aviation Mystery |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
LONDON, Feb. 18,2014 (Xinhua News agency) —Britain will send experts to East China's Shanghai to learn from the city's experience in maths teaching in an attempt to raise the teaching standards.
British Education Minister Elizabeth Truss is to lead a delegation of experts on a fact-finding mission to Shanghai's schools next week to see how children there have become the best in the world at maths, to get a first-hand look at maths classes and teaching methods there, and particularly to investigate why the performance of almost all children in Shanghai is high, regardless of gender or income.
Britain was last year placed 50th out of 148 countries and regions in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness ranking in quality of maths and science education. Two years ago, Shanghai topped the 2012 international PISA tables for maths, while England was ranked in 26th place. The top five were all in Southeast Asia, with 15-year-olds in Shanghai judged to be three years ahead of their peers in maths.
The education department said: "England's performance in maths has lagged behind while other countries have improved and overtaken us, including Poland and Germany." Actually, it is the latest step in the government's drive to raise standards in maths, looking at what has made schools in the far East the most successful in the world in teaching the subject.
"Shanghai is the top-performing part of the world for maths—their children are streets ahead. Shanghai and Singapore have teaching practices and a positive mind that make the difference. They have a belief that diligence makes up for lack of ability," Truss said. "Our new curriculum has borrowed from theirs because we know it works—early learning of key arithmetic, and a focus on times tables and long division(长除法), for instance."
She was determined to change the situation as performance in maths is weakening the country's skills base and threatening the productivity and growth. The government is emphasizing maths because of the importance of good grades in the subject to young people competing for good jobs in a global labor market and to the economy more generally.
An education and skills survey released by the Confederation of British Industry last year showed that 30 percent of employers reported dissatisfaction with the standard of school and college leavers' numeracy. More than two-thirds of employers said they wanted both maths and science promoted more in schools.
【小题1】Why does the British government send a delegation of experts to Shanghai?
A.To see how children from rich families have become the best at maths. |
B.To investigate why the performance of almost all children in China is high. |
C.To get a first-hand look at science classes and teaching methods there. |
D.To raise the teaching standards in maths in Britain. |
A.British students performed better in 2013 than in 2012. |
B.British students did better than the students from Poland in 2013. |
C.The students from Singapore did better than the students from Germany. |
D.The students from Germany did better than the students from Poland. |
A.Curriculum and teaching methods. |
B.Teaching practices and a positive mind. |
C.Early learning of key arithmetic and times tables. |
D.A focus on times tables and long division. |
A.By threatening the country's competitiveness of economy. |
B.By weakening the country's political system. |
C.By losing international competitions in education. |
D.By failing to find jobs in a global labor market. |
A.The students in Britain don’t work hard at Maths. |
B.The students in shanghai are the smartest in the world. |
C.The education of science in Britain is no better than that of maths. |
D.Most British citizens are dissatisfied with teachers’ work. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The increase in tuition fees has led to a “clear drop” in the number of English students applying for university places this autumn. There are 15,000 “missing” applicants(申请人) this academic year, according to the Independent Commission on Fees. Chairman Will Hutton said: “We’re asking our young men and women to have more debt than any other country in the world — it’s higher than the average debt in the US. It’s not clear whether those lost students this year will return next year, or if it’s a storm warming of a worrying trend.”
But the commission’s report says there does not seem to be an impact on poorer communities. The commission found there was no significant change in the application rate to the key universities, such as Oxford or Cambridge. The decline(下降) in England has not been mirrored(再现) in other parts of the UK where fees have not been raised, and the drop can only partly be explained by falling numbers of young people in the population. Students from Scotland attending Scottish universities do not pay fees, while the Welsh Assembly says it will pay fees above £3,465 for Welsh students attending UK institutions.
The average tuition fee at English universities this year is £ 8,385, rising to £ 8,507 next year. UK and EU students have access to government-backed loans to pay the fees. And the survey of 1,000 pupils aged 15-18, carried out this April, found that the majority expected to go on to higher education as people continue to understand that university remains a good long term investment(投资) in their future.
A spokeswoman at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which is responsible for universities, said: “Students shouldn’t be forced to put off going to university for financial reasons. Most students will not have to pay in advance, and no one will have to start paying back their student loan until they start to earn at least £ 2l,000 per year.”
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we know that .
A.the rising tuition fees have a great effect on English students |
B.many English students are missing the final examinations |
C.the lost English students will find their way back |
D.it’s a trend that English students are dropping out of school |
A.Because the students live in poor communities. |
B.Because education is free for Scottish students. |
C.Because there are less young students in the area. |
D.Because Welsh students will pay fees above£3,465. |
A.They will stop applying for university places this autumn. |
B.They feel universities takes up too much time. |
C.They are anxious to go to a key university. |
D.Most of them are willing to go to university. |
A.put off going to university |
B.pay for the fees in advance |
C.reduce the anxiety about the rising fees |
D.pay back their loan soon aller graduation |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar, continued into their second week, Wednesday, as delegates from nearly 200 countries struggle to craft a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, the global agreement on climate change that expires at the end of this month.
The negotiations are deadlocked (陷入僵局)over demands by poorer nations for financial help in coping with climate change.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to speed up their work on an agreement to address a warming planet.
“Let us be under no illusion(幻想), this is a crisis, a threat to us all, our economies, our security and the well-being of our children and those who will come after," he said. "No one is immune to climate change, rich or poor.”
Delegates from nearly 200 countries --- rich and poor --- are in Doha to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 global climate change agreement that expires (到期)at the end of this month, and to begin to forge a new agreement to replace it.
Two issues block the way forward. Developing countries are demanding that industrialized nations fulfill their pledges(保证)under Kyoto to reduce their climate-changing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and to put new, larger emission curbs on the table.
The developing nations, led by China, are also insisting that rich nations provide more aid to poorer countries to help them cope with the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and more violent storms.
In Doha Wednesday, Tim Gore, a climate change policy advisor for Oxfam International, a confederation of groups working on social justice issues, applauded efforts by England, Germany and Sweden to increase their climate aid and expects other nations to follow.
“Those announcements are truly welcome. And they shine a spotlight on those that have remained silent: the U.S., Canada, Japan, even Australia," Gore said. "But we need to be very clear as well that those types of announcements made in press conferences can be no substitute for clear commitments in the text that poor countries have come here to negotiate.”
【小题1】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.China plays an important role in The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar. |
B.The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar, continued into their second week, Wednesday. |
C.Developing countries want rich nations to pay for climate change. |
D.Ban Ki-moon called on delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to speed up their work on an agreement to address a warming planet. |
A.Climate change will do harm to all the countries in the world. |
B.There is no hope to deal with the problem. |
C.Illusion(幻想)is a crisis, a threat to us all. |
D.Ban Ki-moon called on delegates to cope with a warming planet. |
A.put aside | B.deal with | C.call off | D.work out |
A.Climate change includes rising sea levels and more violent storms. |
B.All the industrialized nations will carry out their promises under Kyoto to reduce their climate-changing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and to put new, larger emission curbs on the table. |
C.Tim Gore thought highly of the efforts by England, Germany and Sweden to increase their climate aid and expects other nations to follow. |
D.The U.S., Canada, Japan, even Australia didn’t make announcements to be responsible for the climate changes. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami(海啸):How to Help
For readers interested in contributing to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan and the Pacific region,here is a list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief.
THE JAPAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
The Japan Center for International Exchange has set up the Japan NGO Earthquake Relief and Recovery Fund.Half of the money raised will go to support six Japanese NGOs currently at work in the disaster area and half will be retained to support the longer term recovery.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Red Cross officials say donors can text REDCROSS to 90999 and a $10 donation will automatically be charged to donors’ phone bill,or donations can be made directly on its Web site.
B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL
To help the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami,donate online on the group’s secure Web site.
Or,by mail to:B’nai B’rith International Disaster Relief Fund,Attn:Japan Earthquake,2020 K Street,NW,7th Floor,Washington,D.C.,20006.
Or by phone:8005739057
CARE
CARE is one of the world’s largest private international humanitarian organizations.Their offices in Asia are on high alert(警戒) and have ensured that staff are informed of the tsunami warnings and other related developments.(Updated information on CARE’s work in Japan is available here.)
GLOBALGIVING.ORG
GlobalGiving is working with International Medical Corps,Save the Children,and other organizations on the ground to disburse(支付) funds to organizations providing relief and emergency services to victims of the earthquake and tsunami.Donors can text JAPAN to 50555 to give$10,and larger donations can be submitted on GlobalGiving’s Web site.
THE SALVATION ARMY
The Salvation Army has been providing food and shelter to Tokyo commuters(每日往返上班者) who were stranded when public transportation was interrupted by the earthquake.They are to send a team to Sendai,a city about 250 miles away from Tokyo,to assess the situation there.Text JAPAN or QUAKE to 80888 to make a $10 donation.(Make sure to respond “YES” to the thankyou message you receive.) Donations can also be made on the organization’s Web site or by calling 1800SALARMY.
【小题1】If you want to make donations to the victims by phone,you can text REDCROSS to ________.
A.90999 | B.80888 |
C.50555 | D.20006 |
A.It opened a Person Finder Page online. |
B.It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization. |
C.It raised much money to support six Japanese NGOs. |
D.It warned its staff in Asia of the danger of tsunami. |
A.THE SALVATION ARMY. |
B.GLOBALGIVING.ORG. |
C.B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL. |
D.AMERICAN RED CROSS. |
A.abandoned | B.seperated |
C.crashed | D.delayed |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
After a week-long vacation, U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on proposals to strengthen the still-recovering American economy. The agenda includes the reform of the nation’s health care system.
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as some call it, expands federal health care programs for the needy and encourages Americans of all income groups to purchase private health care insurance.
“If you do not have insurance, beginning on October 1st, private plans will actually compete for your business. You can comparison--shop in an online marketplace, just like you would for cell phone plans or plane tickets. You may be eligible for new tax credits to help you afford the plan that’s right for you. And if you are in the up to half of all Americans who have been sick or have a preexisting condition, this law means that beginning January 1st, insurance companies have to cover you," Obama said.
Health-care spending accounts for one-seventh of U.S. economic activity, and is projected to increase to one-fifth in coming years. The cost has a direct bearing on America’s economic and financial well--being. Drawn up in 2010, the Affordable Care Act aims to control costs and expand access to health care. The effort is a big failure, according to Republican law makers like Tim Griffin and Todd Young.
“Republicans will continue to do everything we can to protect all Americans from the president's top-down, one-size-fits-all, Washington-knows-best approach to health care that is driving up costs and hurting our economy," said Griffin. “The sooner we can delay, oppose and cancel the president's health-care law, the sooner we can get people back to work and focus on expanding opportunity for everyone.”
The president accuses Republicans of putting partisanship(党派偏见) ahead of Americans’ health-care needs. “A lot of Republicans seem to believe that if they can gum up the works and make this law fail, they will somehow be sticking it to me. But they would just be sticking it to you. Your health insurance is not something to play politics with. Our economy is not something to play politics with," he said.
As a matter of fact,the success or failure of Obamacare could shape the president’s legacy long after he leaves office.
【小题1】It is implied in Obama’s words in Paragraph 3 that .
A.health care insurance will be of great benefit to Americans |
B.health care insurance will help recover American economy |
C.insurance companies don’t expect him to carry out the law |
D.insurance companies will cover Americans in all aspects |
A.will be strongly opposed to by the Republicans |
B.will cause fewer economic problems in America |
C.will be cancelled sooner or later by the government |
D.will never work without the help of the Republicans. |
A.They don’t know what Americans are in need of. |
B.They tend to put their own benefit ahead of Americans’. |
C.They know nothing about health insurance and economy. |
D.They like to play politics with economy and health insurance |
A.Subjective | B.Critical | C.Unconcerned | D.Objective |
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