科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters. It was then that the question of payment arose.
At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough (犁). But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.
Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degree to the invention of money. In some countries easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity (稀有) of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know it had arrived.
What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Man needed little in the earliest stages of development.
B. Man preferred to make tools by himself.
C. How the simple process of exchange arose.
D. What the early man needed from others.
As men became more civilized they __________.
A. all learnt to make by themselves the things needed
B. had to travel a lot to look for what they wanted
C. wanted better things than those they themselves could provide
D. no longer provided food and clothing for themselves
Exchange of goods became difficult because __________.
A. man became more civilized
B. there was not a marketplace for farmers and smiths to exchange their goods
C. farmers hadn’t enough grain or meat to provide for skilled workers
D. more and more goods which had no fixed exchange values appeared on the market.
Money was not used until __________.
A. paper was invented
B. nothing could be offered in exchange
C. people practiced a simple process of exchange
D. the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated
What was used for trade according to the text?
A. Shells B. Tea C. Salt D. Horses
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年高考第二轮专题复习提分训练专题十三完形填空英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
(2013·高考新课标全国卷Ⅰ)I went to a group activity，“Sensitivity Sunday”，which was to make us more ____ the problems faced by disabled people.We were asked to“___a disability” for several hours one Sunday.Some members，____，chose to use wheelchairs.Others wore sound?blocking earplugs (耳塞) or blindfolds (眼罩)．
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a____experience.I had never considered before how____it would be to use one.As soon as I sat down，my____made the chair begin to roll.Its wheels were not___.Then I wondered where to put my____.It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into____.I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of____for several hours.For disabled people，“adopting a wheelchair”is not a temporary(临时的)___.
I tried to find a____position and thought it might be restful，____kind of nice，to be___around for a while.Looking around，I____I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I____the heavy metal wheels.I came to know that controlling the____of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n)____task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon____.It made a deep impression on me.A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the____，both physical and mental，that disabled people must overcome.
1.A.curious about? B．aware of
C．interested in? D．careful with
2.A.cure? B．adopt
C．prevent? D．analyze
3.A.instead? B．strangely
C．as usual? D．like me
4.A.learning? B．working
C．satisfying? D．relaxing
5.A.convenient? B．awkward
C．boring? D．exciting
6.A.height? B．force
C．skill? D．weight
7.A.locked? B．repaired
C．powered?? D．grasped
8.A.hands?? B．feet
C．keys? D．handles
9.A.place?? B．action
C．play? D．effect
10.A.operation? B．communication
C．transportation?? D．production
11.A.exploration?? B．education
C．experiment?? D．entertainment
12.A.flexible? B．safe
C．starting?? D．comfortable
13.A.yet??? B．just
C．still?? D．even
14.A.shown?? B．pushed
C．driven? D．guided
15.A.realized? B．suggested
C．agreed? D．admitted
16.A.lifted? B．turned
C．pressed? D．seized
17.A.path? B．position
C．direction?? D．way
18.A.easy? B．heavy
C．major? D．extra
19.A.forgotten? B．repeated
C．conducted?? D．finished
20.A.weaknesses? B．anxieties
C．challenges?? D．illnesses
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科目：高中英语 来源：山东省2010届高三下学期综合模拟 题型：阅读理解
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A mysterious machine found in a 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck may have been used to calculate the positions of planets, predict when eclipses (日、月蚀) were to occur, and study other parts of astronomy (天文学). When it was found underwater about 100 years ago, the machine was in poor shape. Its metal pieces had become one mass (堆), and then broke into pieces.
When the researchers began to study what was left of the machine, they thought it might have something to do with astronomy. To find out more, they recently used advanced imaging methods, including X-ray computer tomography (断层摄影术), to look inside the metal parts and to check for ancient writing on the machine.
According to their research, the researchers believed that this machine could have been used to compute eclipses of the sun and moon and was also able to show the movements of planets. A user could pick a day in the future and, work out a planet’s position on that date by moving some sort of crank (曲柄) on the machine.
Besides, the researchers discovered that the machine had at least 30 bronze gears (齿轮) with as many as 225 teeth, likely all cut by hand.
With all the collected information, the researchers came up with a new model for how the machine operated. The model has 29 of the 30 known gears and five more that were probably there but never found. Also，the new picture adds a previously undiscovered spiral dial (螺旋刻度盘) to the back of the machine near the bottom. A hand moving around the dial could have pointed to eclipses over a period of 18 years.
71. The passage is most probably taken from _____.
A. a short-story collection
B. a popular science magazine
C. a political report
D. an old personal diary
72. What is the passage mainly about?
A. New research on calculating the positions of planets.
B. A popular way of computing eclipses of the sun and moon.
C. Scientists’ interest in the secrets of a 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck.
D. A mysterious machine which could be used for astronomical research.
73. What do we learn from the third paragraph of the passage?
A. The machine might have been used to calculate the positions of the planets.
B. Scientists made great progress in predicting eclipses of the sun and moon.
C. The researchers discovered some secrets in the Greek shipwreck.
D. The machine can be of great help for people working out the sizes of planets.
74. The researchers made a new model because they____.
A. wished to repair the broken machine
B. wanted to study the shipwreck more conveniently
C. hoped to know how the machine worked
D. expected it to be used in modern scientific research
75. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the old machine?
A. It has 35 gears on it.
B. It has a spiral dial.
C. It was invented about 100 years ago.
D. Its gears have many teeth.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届江苏省南通市通州区高二上学期期中考试英语题 题型：阅读理解
Bears and humans often meet in National Parks. Although campers and hikers are warned not to feed the bears, many people ignore these warnings and feed the beasts anyway. When bears are used to people’s food, problems soon arise.
Bears like to eat a large variety of things, both meat and vegetable. Without human assistance, bears live nicely on roots, twigs, leaves of trees, insects and small animals. With people around, the bears’ tastes quickly expand to include sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, and anything else they can temp humans into giving up.
Bears often develop clever strategies for getting people to let go their food supplies. More often than not, an unsuspecting hiker has taken off his or her pack for a rest only to have a bear charge out of the woods, grab the pack and quickly disappear into the underbrush with it. Hanging the pack on a tree branch won’t help. Bears have been known to climb up, jump off, and catch the pack on the way down. One mother bear stretched up with her baby on her shoulders to reach a pack stored on a pole. Many bears threaten people into giving up their supplies. Although a bear is unlikely to attack a person and would probably run away if screamed at, few people are willing to do so. Most people drop the pack and run the other way. This, of course, delights the bear. In some places, the Park Service installed some metal barrels with lids to help campers keep their supplies safe from bears. Although the bears were unable to open these containers, the effort was less than successful. Most campers, unable to tell the metal drums from rubbish cans, never used them for the intended purpose.
1.Feeding bears on people’s food .
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A．brings the people a lot of fun |
B．can cause problems |
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C．often causes injuries and deaths |
D．helps bears survive |
2.If people had never fed bears, the bears .
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A．might be satisfied with what they had originally |
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B．would have starved long before |
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C．wouldn’t have enough food supply |
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D．would have hunted for other kind of food |
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．If fed on sandwiches and hot dogs, the bears would no longer eat roots, twigs and insects . |
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B．It’s likely that bears would hurt people if the people didn’t give up their food. |
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C．Most people would frighten away the bears that would temp their food. |
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D．Seeing a pack, the bear would quickly snatch it and run away with it. |
4.Bear-proof containers didn’t work because .
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A．bears were clever enough to get the food in them |
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B．they were left open in the open air |
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C．people were not sure of their use |
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D．they were once used as rubbish cans |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试江西卷英语试题 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从各题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets. About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading 36 to the sea.
“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim. “Those two men are 37 heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological 38 . ”
“They are 41 laborers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they 42 . See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his 43 . Some of the rock’s weight is set 44 his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn’t bent. His legs are well 45 . ”
“You’re right, Josh. He may have a small build. 46 he certainly well knows his job. Dear me! And to think we have been studying 47 ! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening. Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t 48 the human being completely, it appears.”
“I don’t think it will. ” 49 Joshua. “You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you 50 use that equipment to harvest lea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”
“You can get a computer to 51 multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce of assess essays, can you?” asked Michael.
“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as 52 as ever --- that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim.
“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody 53 who can carry a large rock the way those men do. It’s not going to be a very 54 world, I’m afraid.” Sighed Michael.
“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者)，Mike.” Said Joshua. “ 55 will always be other things that will make the world exciting. ”
36. A. through B. across C. down D. up
37. A. loading B. unloading C. covering D. uncovering
38. A. way B. revolution C. process D. era
39. A. ask B. expect C. attempt D. hope
40. A. happen B. fail C. have D. seem
41. A. ambitious B. experienced C. potential D. energetic
42. A. take B. fetch C. carry D. bring
43. A. shoulder B. back C. chest D. arms
44. A. on B. against C. toward D. under
45. A. supported B. grasped C. placed D. strengthened
46. A. but B. however C. so D. therefore
47. A. chemistry B. physics C. biology D. psychology
48. A. control B. affect C. remove D. replace
49. A. agreed B. proposed C. refused D. denied
50. A. can’t B. mustn’t C. won’t D. needn’t
51. A. point out B. take out C. hand out D. print out
52. A. dirty B. clean C. old D. new
53. A. caught B. arranged C. left D. convinced
54. A. exciting B. mysterious C. technological D. modern
55. A. That B. This C. They D. There
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