Once in a busy street, a middle-aged businessman found his wallet missing. There was a lot of money in it. So he made a promise, "If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I'll give half the money to him."
The wallet was found by a dustman in a dustbin. He sent it back to the loser. But the businessman changed his mind.
"There was still a diamond ring in my wallet," said the loser, "I won't give half the money in my wallet to you until you return it to me!"
"I've never seen a diamond ring in the wallet," said the dustman.
They began to quarrel. The businessman refused to do what he had said. The dustman became angry and took him before a judge.
After the judge heard what had happened to them, he said to the businessman, "I'm sure you are an honest man. It's true that you have lost a wallet in which there was a diamond ring. But it's also clear that there is only a lot of money in this wallet. I don't think it's yours. Wait for some time. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you!"
Then the judge turned to the dustman and said, "Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn't go to get it back in three days, it will belong to you!"
1.The wallet the businessman lost ________.
A. was found in a shop
B. was sent to the judge
C. was found in a dustbin
D. was never to be found
2.The businessman was eager to get back the wallet because _________.
A. there was the address of an important judge in it
B. he put in it a diamond ring he had just bought
C. there was a lot of money in it
D. it was a very expensive one
3.Having heard what had happened, the judge _________ .
A. took the side of the businessman
B. did not know what to do
C. took pity on the loser
D. made a wise decision
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届浙江嘉兴市高三上能力测试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
People are very adaptable, and we quickly ______ a new life circumstance — for better or worse — and consider it normal.
A. adjust to B. lie in C. stay with D. rely on
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年北京顺义牛栏山一中高一上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Finally he reached a lonely island__ was completely cut off from the outside world.
A. when B. where C. whom D. which
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年四川雅安市高一11月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假设你是李华，请根据以下要点，给你的一位美国笔友Robert写一封E-mail，谈谈寒假的安排，并询问Robert的寒假安排。可以适当增加细节。
1. 在家休息，帮父母做家务 2. 参加英语培训课程
3. 去朋友家玩 4. 游览四川的景点
注意：1．词数100词左右。
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3．开头句已为你写好，但不计入总词数
提示词：培训课程 English courses, 景点 tourist attractions，安排 arrangement(n)
Dear Robert,
How time flies! The happy days we shared often shine in my memory.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东淄博淄川第一中学高二上第一次阶段测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
You have heard the expression “horse sense”. As you may imagine, it came from the time when the majority of people traveled in vehicles drawn by horses. A horse does have a lot of common sense, and there are many true stories about horses having saved their drivers from danger of death.
Today for the most part, people travel by train, ship, airplane, and car, but very little by the use of horses. Modern vehicles are propelled by engines, and an engine does not have any sense. In case of danger, many horses could be depended on to help. Not so with the engine; the driver must do all the things.
In recent years, the speed of travel has increased greatly. With the increased speed comes greatly increased danger. The driver of a powerful engine needs to be careful. A moment of being careless may cost a life. In order to drive today, a person must be able to see clearly, and he must learn and follow carefully the rules for safety on the road. Greater attention is the price we pay for using a machine instead of a horse.
1.The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. engines B. safe driving
C. using horses D. modern machines
2.The underlined word “propel” in the second paragraph means ______.
A. repair B. raise C. push forward D. made
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. a driver must know the rules of safety
B. a driver needs to be able only to tell red from green
C. an eye test is an important part of a driver’s examination
D. greater attention is needed for a driver while driving a machine
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. A driver must be able to see and hear well.
B. The driver of a car must follow the rules of safety.
C. Horses are known to have saved their drivers from injury.
D. It is better for vehicles to be pulled by horse than to be pushed by engine.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届山东莱州第一中学高三上学期第一次质检英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice．Gifts are easy—they’re given after a11．Choicecan be hard．
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago．Icame across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year．I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast，andtheidea of building all online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old，and I’d been married for a year．I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’tand I wasn’t sure what to expect．MacKenzie told me I should go for it．As a young boy，I’dbeen a garageinventor．I’d always wanted to be all inventor，and she wanted me to follow my passion．
I was working at a financial firm in New York Citywith a bunch of very smart peopleand Ihad a brilliant boss that I much admired．I went to my boss and toldhim I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet．He took me on a longwalk in Central Park，listened carefully to me，and finally said，“That sounds like a really good ides，but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job．”That 1ogic made some sense to me，and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision．Seenin that light．it really wasa difficult choice，but ultimately，I decided I had to give it a shot．I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing．And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration，I took the less safe path to follow my passion，and I’m proud ofthat choice．For all ofus，in the end，we are our choice．
1.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?
A．His dream of being an inventor．
B．The support of his wife．
C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet．
D．Millions of exciting titles,
2.Which of the following is closest in meaningto the underlinedentence?
A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him．
B．He would be very excited if he tried it out．
C．Be would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try．
D．The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him．
3.We can know from the passage that_______．
A．the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author
B．the author wanted someone else to try the idea
C．the author might not regret if he failed the idea
D．the author might go back to his boss if he failed
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Cleverness and Kindness
B．The Starting of Amazon
C．Following My Passion
D．We Are What We Choose
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏如东高级中学高三上学期期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The Catskill Mountains are a year-round playground for outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers. You will find a number of relaxing inns ready to meet your needs.
Caleb Street’s Inn
Located in the historic village of Catskill at the base of the mountains, Caleb Street’s Inn was built in 1785. It provides a view of the garden and Catskill Creek or guests can step outside for a walk along the Hudson River. A full breakfast is served every morning. Each of the four Pet-friendly rooms offers a private bath and a view of the river and neighboring buildings. Hiking trails(小路), golf courses and historic sites are only a short drive away.
Winter Clove Inn
Nature lovers can enjoy a pleasant location in the Northern Catskill Wilderness Preserve at Winter Clove Inn. With wood floors, each room has a private bath and air conditioning(空调). With active days of tennis, hiking or cross- country skiing ahead, guests don’t have to go far for a breakfast, lunch or dinner beside the fireplace at inn’s restaurant.
Windham House
A former pub built in 1805, Christman’s Windham House is the oldest inn continually operating in the Catskills. The 300 acres of grounds in the town of Windham include a tennis court, golf course, heated pool and a restaurant. Guests can relax on private balconies (阳台) overlooking a golf course and take their meals at Christman’s Windham House Restaurant. The inn is less than 2 miles from the hiking trails of Windham Mountain.
Washington Irving In
If you’re looking for a mountain inn with a Victorian feel, Washington Irving Inn has much to offer. Furnished with antiques, each of the 15 rooms has a private bath. Free breakfast is served. Hikers are a short walk from Kaaterskill Falls and Hunter Mountain trails.
1. What is special about Caleb Street’s Inn?
A. It has a golf course for guest
B. It provides a beautiful view of Kaaterskill Falls
C. It’s decorated with wood floors
D. It allows guests to take their dog or cat with them
2.All the four inns in the passage ______
A. have private bathrooms
B. has air conditioning in the rooms
C. are convenient for hiking
D. serve free breakfast in the morning
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年宁夏石嘴山市高二上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词作斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My mother is a teacher work in a key high school. She is too busy that she often has to get up early and stay up late. In addition to this, she hardly has any time to take exercises. She has been on poor health for some time. My father and I are worried that she may fall ill if she works too hard. These days I’m thinking why to develop my mother’s interest in playing sports. Considered that today is Mother’s Day, I decided buy a pair of jogging shoes for her. I secretly put them on the desk in her study. When my mother entered into her study this evening, she looked surprised, but she immediate realized my purpose. She promises that she would go jogging every evening.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年北京市海淀区高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The Purpose of Boredom Being bored can encourage people's creativity-partly to escape the horrible，frustrated．And meaningless feeling of boredom-recent studies find．It could even be true at work．
Psychologists at the University of Central Lancashire had participants copy numbers out of the telephone book for 15 minutes，while others went straight into a standard creativity task．
Both groups were asked to come up with as many different uses as they could for a plastic cup．The group that felt more bored came up with more uses．
Dr．Sandi Mann，one of the study's authors said．" Boredom at work has always been seen as something to he removed．hut perhaps we should be welcoming it in order to encourage our creativity．What we want LO do next is to see what the practical implications of this finding are．Do people who are bored at work become more creative in other areas of their work-or do they go home and write novels？"
In a later study，Dr．Sandi Mann found that creativity was reduced when people were still bored but didn't have the chance to daydream．
While we tend to think of boredom as something；that certainly leads to trouble-drinking，gambling．and antisocial behavior，this research suggests different possibilities．
More than anything，the feeling of boredom is a 8trong signal that we are stuck in some kind of rut and we need to seek out new goals．In the study above，this research led participants to new ideas．
Usually people will do anything to avoid being bored．as it's such an aversive experience．But creative people，like writers，sometimes talk about seeking out boredom．
Here is the comedy writer Graham Linehan talking about boredom Lo The Cuardian．"I have to use all these programs that cut off the Internet，force me to be bored，because being bored is an essential part of writing，and the Internet has made it very hard to be bored．The creative process requires a period of boredom ，of being stuck．That's actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for writer's block，but it's actually just part of a long process．"
So，when you start to feel bored ，instead of g7ancing at your smartphone．，try being bored for a bit．Who knows what creative thought might come of it？
1.From the study of Dr．Sandi Mann，we can learn that________．
A． boring tasks make people creative
B． daydreaming may increase creativity
C． plastic cups can be used very creatively
D． copying numbers might be very interesting
2.The underlined word "aversive" in Paragraph 8 probably means________
A． common B． unpleasant
C． unusual D． personal
3.According to Craham Linehan________．
A． glancing at a smartphone is a solution．
B． he is forced to feel bored by the Internet
C． the boredom period is a block for writers
D． being stuck for a period benefits him a lot
4.What is the author's attitude towards boredom？
A． Critical B． Cautious
C． Positive D． Unclear
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话：027-86699610 举报邮箱：58377363@163.com
