阅读理解。
Over the years, the recommendations of my friend Philip have led me to work with three of my favorite clients (客户). I am certain that my relationships with these three clients have helped me meet many other wonderful people. Needless to say, I owe Philip a lot. Without him, these relationships wouldn't have happened.
Philip is bright, friendly, and inspiring. Sometimes his ideas pay off in a huge way. He is very successful. But this brilliant, creative, friendly man has a bit of difficulty when it comes to small commitments. These little behaviors are annoying things — last?minute cancellations, missed phone calls, and the like. While they do trouble my life a little bit, it's nothing really major that would make me back out of the relationship. Philip always apologizes for these minor defects. I always accept his apology. When I take all the good things and weigh them against the times he's let me down, he is so far ahead that he gets a “lifetime pass”. And, I tell him so. When I do, he feels good and I feel better for forgiving him. To this day, we are friends. I am his friend because when I consider someone's actions, I ask myself, “Am I better off or worse off because of having this person in my life?”
With Philip, the answer has always been, and will always be, in his favor. Philip has been such a good friend and having him in my life has been such a good thing that I am grateful. This will always override (忽略) any of his “negative” behaviors. That's a lifetime pass. How many people do you have in your life to whom you have given a lifetime pass? Is the number high or low in your opinion? Most people want a higher number.
1.Why does the writer owe Philip a lot?
A.Because Philip has never troubled him as a good friend.
B.Because Philip has solved many of his annoying problems.
C.Because Philip has helped him meet many wonderful people.
D.Because Philip has offered him many good ideas that work well.
2.Which of the following can best describe Philip?
A.Every dog has its day.
B.All that glitters is not gold.
C.There are spots even on the sun.
D.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
3.What does the underlined word “defects” in Para. 2 mean?
A.Praise that you give to someone for something they have done.
B.A fault or a lack of something that means that something is not perfect.
C.Something that you wear to change your appearance and hide who you are.
D.A very strong feeling that almost makes you sick, caused by something unpleasant.
4.What's the best title for the text?
A.Thanks and Apologizes
B.A Higher Number for Most People
C.A Good Friend's Negative Behaviors
D.My Friend Philip and the Lifetime Pass
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东汕头高一下期末教学质量监测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Unseen Art wants to give the Mona Lisa and other world-famous artworks the 3D treatment so that they can be touched, making them accessible to the blind and visually impaired(受损的). “There are many people in the world who have heard of classical artworks their whole lives but are unable to see them,” say Marc Dillon, advocate for the project. “Now they can experience them for the first time and create their own impressions and opinions.”
The project is currently crowd-funding(大众筹资) on Indiegogo, offering 3D prints of the Mona Lisa for backers, which can be kept or donated to an organization serving the blind and visually impaired community. The money raised will be used to fund an online platform where the 3D files will be down-loadable for free, making 3D printable art available worldwide, anywhere there is a 3D printer.
The project strikes a personal chord(引起共鸣) with Dillon. “I was born with one arm shorter than the other. All my life, I continually had to prove that I was able to do everything I wanted to, from playing guitar and riding motorcycles to life-guarding and weightlifting. I also had an uncle who worked as a mechanic(技工) and became blind in adulthood. I saw he was able to continue to do almost anything a seeing person could do.”
To test the concept, Dillon took the first 3D print to the Blind Institute of Finland, “They were very excited to touch the Mona Lisa!”says Dillon. In a video for the project, one can see a blind woman experiencing da Vinci’s masterpiece through touch. Just like countless others throughout history, she is interested in Mona Lisa’s mysterious expression.“It’s a little bit… mysterious,” she says happily. “She wasn’t exactly a classical beauty！”
1.World-famous artworks are printed with 3D technology to ________ .
A. allow the disabled to experience by themselves
B. raise money for an online platform
C. keep those works for future generation
D. make money for themselves
2.How can the money raised be used?
A. For any printing office.
B. Other similar projects.
C. For an online platform.
D. Other famous artworks.
3.According to paragraph 3, we can know that ________ .
A. Dillon became blind in childhood
B. Dillon’s uncle was disabled too.
C. Dillon tried to become a mechanic
D. Dillon’s uncle created 3-D technology
4.After a blind woman experienced the printed works, she felt ________ .
A. disappointed B. worried C. unsatisfied D. excited
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编（1）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
Since Henry Ford turned it into a mass?market product a century ago, the car has delivered many benefits. It has promoted economic growth, increased social mobility and given people a lot of fun. But the car has also brought many problems. It pollutes the air, creates traffic jams and kills people. An astonishing 1.24 million people die, and as many as 50 million are hurt, in road accidents each year.
Drivers and passengers waste around 90 billion hours in traffic jams each year. In some car?choked cities as much as a third of the petrol used is burned by people looking for a space to park.
Fortunately, a new technology promises to make motoring safer, less polluting and less tendency to hold?ups. “Connected cars” — which may eventually develop into driverless cars but for the foreseeable future will still have a human at the wheel — can communicate wirelessly with each other and with traffic management systems, avoid walkers and other vehicles and find open parking spots.
Some parts of the transformation are already in place. Many new cars are already being fitted with equipment that lets them keep their distance and stay in a motorway automatically at a range of speeds. Soon, all new cars in Europe will have to be able to warn the emergency services if their on?board sensors (传感器) discover a crash. Singapore has led the way with using variable tolls (道路通行费) to smooth traffic flows during rush hours; Britain is pioneering “smart motorways”， whose speed limits vary constantly to achieve a_similar_effect. These new inventions could create a much more highly effective system in which cars and their drivers are constantly warned of dangers and showed the ways. Traffic always flows at the proper speed and vehicles can travel closer together, yet with less risk of crashing.
In the past, more people driving meant more roads, more jams, more death and more pollution. In future, the connected car could offer mankind the pleasures of the road with rather less of the pain.
1.According to Paragraph 2, the problem of parking has resulted in ________.
A.more time on the road
B.a great waste of fuel
C.even heavier traffic jams
D.increased death and injuries
2.What does “a similar effect” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.Reducing traffic jams.
B.Building smart motorways.
C.Setting proper speed limits.
D.Keeping steady traffic flows.
3.What is the author's attitude towards connected cars?
A.Curious. B.Doubtful.
C.Supportive. D.Disappointed.
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A.The Future of Cars: Wireless Wheels
B.The Future Traffic Management System
C.The Benefits and Problems of Cars
D.The Promising Future of Car Production
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编（8）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
With more and more cars on the road，traffic jams are inevitable.Traffic jams can lead to increased accidents as there are more cars，with more people trying to get to their destination，all the while getting worse.Although it's impossible to avoid traffic jams altogether，there are some tips you can follow to reduce the amount of time on the road.
Check for traffic jams before you leave.You can listen to the radio for traffic news，or check on the Internet to get up?to?minute information on traffic.If the route you want to take is heavy with traffic，you can choose another.
Look for a different route permanently.Most traffic jams occur on busy roads.Using country roads could see you avoiding a lot of traffic.Although the distance you may have to travel is further，it can work out quicker.
Set your car radio to receive traffic bulletins.Many new car stereo systems(汽车音响系统)are equipped with a radio system by which you can hear the traffic channel.This way you can get the latest traffic information and change your journey if necessary.
________.Most traffic jams usually occur during rush hour，so try to avoid this time period if possible.Some jobs offer flexible working hours so that you can travel to work outside of rush hour.Some jobs even allow you to work from home so as to avoid commuting altogether.Ask your manager to see what you can do if traffic is a problem for you.
Use public transport alternatives where available.The easiest way to avoid traffic jams is to take buses or the underground instead of driving your own car.Not only will you avoid traffic jams but you will most likely be saving money as the cost of motoring rises.
1.The underlined word“inevitable”in Paragraph 1 probably means________.
A．hard to accept B．impossible to avoid
C．getting less serious D．seen everywhere
2.The author wrote the text in order to________.
A．explain why there are traffic jams
B．tell the negative effects of traffic jams
C．tell us what we can do on the road
D．tell us how to save time on the road
3.To get the latest traffic information，you could do the following except ________.
A．surfing the Internet
B．listening to the radio for traffic news
C．listening to the traffic channel
D．turning to other drivers for information
4.Which of the following can be put in the blank in the text?
A．Choose a job that has flexible working hours
B．Try traveling at different time
C．Make friends with your manager
D．Work from home
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编（7）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
“Reconstituted” families are more and more common in the UK.
Steve and Debbie got married in 2001 and had two children，Lily and Alex.Unfortunately，Steve and Debbie’s marriage didn’t work out and they got divorced in 2006.The children live with Debbie.In 2008，Debbie remarried.Her new husband，Martin，has three children from his previous marriage and they visit Debbie，Martin，Lily and Alex at weekends.In addition，Debbie is pregnant with her third child.She’s expecting a boy who will be a half?brother to Lily and Alex and also to Martin’s three other children.
Confused？Debbie’s family arrangements might have seemed strange 30 years ago but nowadays this kind of “reconstituted” family is increasingly common in the UK.Almost half of all marriages in Britain end in divorce and over 40% of marriages are remarriages.More than 10% of all British children live with one birth parent and a stepparent—a parent who isn’t their biological mother or father.The traditional “nuclear” family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.
What does all of this mean for parents in these “reconstituted” families？“There are difficulties and challenges，” says Debbie.“Different families have different routines and it can be difficult for children to move between their two families.Birthdays and holidays can be tricky.Where do the children go？Who should they spend their time with？Also，when my children are naughty it can be difficult for Martin to tell_them_off.Things that might be simple in a traditional family can be a bit more complicated.”
And how about the children？Martin’s eldest child，Ella，is 12.“I like my two families，” she says.“I live with my mum but visit my dad quite often and I’m happy that my mum and dad get along OK.They’re not married any more but it’s good that they can still be friends.” Of course divorce and separation are never easy but many families in the UK are finding ways to make family life work in new ways.
1.Why did Steve and Debbie get separated?
A．They couldn’t support the children.
B．They couldn’t get along well.
C．They were both out of work.
D．They had serious economic problems.
2.We can learn from the text that a “nuclear” family ________.
A．has two birth parents and their children
B．has two birth parents and only one child
C．is traditional but complicated
D．doesn’t have any children
3.What do the underlined words “tell them off” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A．make them annoyed B．send them to school
C．let out their secrets D．talk angrily to them
4.What’s the text mainly about?
A．The difference between “marriage” and “remarriage”．
B．More and more people get divorced in the UK.
C．“Reconstituted” families are becoming more and more in the UK.
D．The marriage situation is becoming severe.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届全国高考英语阅读理解汇编（5）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。
“One City One Book” is a generic name (通称) for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book.Popular book picks have been Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird，Ernest Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying，and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.
“One City One Book” programs take the idea of a localized book discussion club and expand it to cover a whole city.The first such program was “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” in 1998，started by Nancy Pearl at Seattle Public Library’s Washington Center for the Book.The book chosen for the program was The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks，written in 1991.Other cities copied the idea，and the Library of Congress listed 404 programs occurring in 2007.
Each city’s program has its own goals；these typically include building a sense of community and promoting literacy.Nancy Pearl warns against expecting too much from a program：“Keep in mind that this is a library program，it’s not an exercise in civics，and that it’s not intended to have literature cure the racial divide.This is about a work of literature.”
Programs typically involve more than having everyone read the same book.Some other activities that have been included are：book discussion sessions，scholarly lectures on the book or related topics，a visit by the author，exhibits，related arts programming (especially showing a movie of the book if there is one)，and integration into school curricula.In Boston the “One City One Story” program used shorter stories and distributed tens of thousands of free copies of the story over the course of a month.
American Library Association puts out a detailed step?by?step guide on how to organize a local program，including the critical step of picking the one book.The Center for the Book at the Library of Congress tracks all known programs and the books they have used.
1.“One City One Book” programs ________.
A．ask everyone in a city to donate one book
B．can rid a city of racial divide through reading
C．choose short stories for people to read
D．encourage everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book
2.We know from the second paragraph that “One City One Book” programs ________.
A．became popular very quickly
B．have been held more than 400 times in Seattle
C．were sponsored by the Library of Congress
D．reached its peak in 2007
3.We can infer from the third paragraph that Nancy Pearl ________.
A．expects much from the programs
B．didn’t expect that the programs would run so well
C．has a practical attitude towards the programs
D．believes the programs will push forward community building
4.What kind of role does American Library Association play in the programs?
A．It picks out the city which runs the programs well.
B．It gives free books to the host city.
C．It gives a practical guide to the programs.
D．It keeps a record of all known programs.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南省娄底市高一下学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
People often have the impression that Chinese characters are extremely difficult to learn. In fact, if you were to try to learn how to write Chinese characters, you would find that they are not nearly as difficult as you may have imagined. And they certainly qualify as forming one of the most attractive, beautiful, logical(合乎逻辑的), and scientifically constructed(构造) writing systems in the world. Each stroke(笔画) has its own special significance. If you are familiar with the rules of Chinese characters, you will find it very easy to remember even the most complicated looking character, and never miss a stroke.
The earliest known examples of Chinese written characters in their developed form are carved into tortoise shells and ox bones. The majority of these characters are pictographs. Archaeologists of various countries have learned that most early writing systems went through a pictographic stage, as did the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Most writing systems, however, eventually developed a phonetic(表示语音的) alphabet to represent the sounds of spoken language rather than visual images observed in the physical world.
One notable feature of Chinese characters is the "radical." "Radical" in English means "root". For example, the characters yu "language," shuo "talk," i "discuss," "opinion," and lun "discuss" all share the yen radical, which means "language," and gives the reader a clue to the meaning of the character as a whole. The characters hsiu "rotten," shan "cedar," " t'ao "peach," and lin "forest," all contain the mu "wood" or "tree" radical, indicating one of their shared key characteristics. If you know the radical of a character, you can usually get a general idea of the meaning of the character it is a part of. Although there is a theoretical total of almost 50,000 written Chinese characters, only about 5,000 of these are frequently used; and the total number of radicals is only 214. So learning to read and write Chinese is not nearly so formidable a task as it may at first seem.
1.According to the author, Chinese characters are ________.
A. extremely difficult to learn
B. scientifically constructed
C. difficult to remember
D. as difficult as you may have imagined
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. There are rules in forming the Chinese characters.
B. Some strokes are more important than others.
C. All the Chinese characters are pictographs.
D. Some writing systems eventually developed a phonetic alphabet.
3.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. pictographs
B. the strokes of the Chinese characters
C. the Chinese writing system
D. the radical of the Chinese characters
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年甘肃甘谷第一中学高一上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和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。
We were a group of people who took a bus to work every day. One of the ___________ was a small old man who took the bus to the health center every morning. He always chose to __________ behind the driver. No one ever paid much _________ to him.
But one July morning he said good morning to the driver and _________ at others. The driver nodded. The rest of us were ___________ as usual.
The next day, the old man got on the bus and said in a loud voice, “A very good __________ to you all!” Some of us looked up, __ _________ , and said, “Good morning!” From then on he said good morning to us every day and we began to ___________ to each other.
One morning he had some flowers in his hand. The driver turned around ___________ and asked, “Are these for me, Charlie?” We never got to know his name was really “Charlie”, __________ he waved(挥动) the flowers and said __________ . People laughed. Every morning after that Charlie always _ _________ a flower.
Until one morning Charlie wasn’t ___________ at his usual stop. And he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that. What might have __________ _ to him? When we came nearer to the health centre, a woman ___________ the driver to wait a moment. We all held our __________ when she went to the door.
She said she knew ___________ we were talking about. The elderly gentleman was sick. They ___________ him back on Monday.
The next Monday when Charlie got on the bus, all of us who he had brought __________ to in that summer sat with a ____________in our hands.
1.A. friendsB. driversC. passengersD. workers
2.A. sitB. hideC. shoutD. sleep
3.A. attentionB. energyC. interestD. expectation
4.A. calledB. laughedC. smiledD. pointed
5.A. upsetB. crazyC. silentD. bored
6.A. tripB. morningC. holidayD. time
7.A. worriedB. surprisedC. movedD. scared
8.A. introduceB. admitC. writeD. talk
9.A. politelyB. proudlyC. carefullyD. smilingly
10.A. becauseB. soC. untilD. but
11.A. sorryB. yesC. thanksD. hello
12.A. boughtB. foundC. woreD. brought
13.A. waitingB. arrivingC. greetingD. walking
14.A. happenedB. sentC. spokenD. regarded
15.A. orderedB. invitedC. askedD. promised
16.A. tearsB. breathC. handsD. flowers
17.A. whereB. whenC. whoD. what
18.A. keptB. expectedC. lookedD. got
19.A. happinessB. luckC. concernD. power
20.A. letterB. ticketC. cardD. flower
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年甘肃省高一上学期月考二英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
The manager of the company asked ________.
A．what is the hero’s name
B．what the hero’s name is
C．what was the hero’s name
D．what the hero’s name was
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