Being poor, she had to borrow a new ______ so as to attend the party.
A. cloth B. clothes C. clothing D. dress
科目：高中英语 来源：活题巧解巧练·高一英语（下） 题型：050
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Old Americans are separating into two classes. Retirement can be either heaven or hell. “I do believe on the whole the retirees(退休者)of tomorrow will be wealthier and healthier than the same group of 30 years of age.” says Robert Friedland, director of the National Academy on Ageing, “But that's only part of the picture. There's also a large group whose household income(收入)hasn't been growing very much. For them the future is unhappy. ”
“Nature is not always kind. ”says Dr. Robert Butler, an expert in medical care of old people, who was a founding director of the National Institute on Ageing. “The relationship between socio-economic position and life expectancy(估计寿命)has been known for a long time. Race (种族)is also connected. And education is powerful, too in lengthening life.”
“The reality is that poor people get sick easily as they age because they live in duty neighborhoods and have dirty jobs, they are left unprotected(保护)from environmental pollution(环境污染), and the pressure of being poor wears down people's health.” according to Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, which studies health problems .
“Cigarette smoking has a great effect because it is more common in lower socio-economic groups. ” says Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health, “If you live in a state of hopelessness and helplessness and don't think about the future, you are more likely to take up life-threatening habits.”
“Race and income have large effects on death. ” a team of researchers reported in the New English Journal of Medicine in 1996, after researching on 24 million whites and 2.1 million blacks.
With the exception of black women, the highest income group had the lowest death rates and the lowest income group had the highest death rates regardless of race . For black women there was no consistent pattern across income group.
1．The sentence “ Retirement can be either heaven or hell . ” means ________.
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A．If a man is out of work, he or she will feel unhappy.
B．If an American retires from his job ( post), he or she will lead a miserable life.
C．Old people in America have to choose a life style.
D．Some old people in America lead a hard life, or others may lead a happy life.
2．According to Dr. Robert Butler's opinion, ________ plays the most important role in people's life expectancy.
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3．The reason why poor people are more likely to get ill as they grow old is that ________.
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A．they live in the countryside
B．they work with their hands
C．their families are too large
D．they suffer a lot from being poor
4．What Elizabeth Whelan says means that ________.
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A．smoking makes people poor and hopeless
B．smoking is popular among poor people
C．poor people should give up smoking
D．rich people in America never smoke
5．Which is the best title for the story?
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A．Terrible life leads to short expectancy .
B．Income differences produce life expectancy .
C．The life expectancy can be decided by race.
D．Americans don't like to retire .
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right,”says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie’s opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing, “If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed.”she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain, Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,”she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. I’ve told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them. I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said‘Nonsense, Mollie; dear, you’ll be a writer.’So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的)and gives a picture both of Mollie’s ambition and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免的)brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields-sadly now covered with modern houses. “I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I’ll never go back,”she said.“Never.”“When I set one of my books in Scotland,”she said,“I can recall my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that’s important, because children now know so much so early that romance can’t exist for them, as it did for us.”
What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?
A. It should not aim at a narrow audience.
B. It should be attractive to young readers.
C. It should be based on original ideas.
D. It should not include too much conversation.
In Mollie Hunter’s opinion, which of the following is one sign of poor writer?
A. Being poor in life experience
B. Being short of writing skill.
C. The weakness of description
D. The absence of a story.
What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child？
A. She didn’t expect to become a writer.
B. She didn’t enjoy writing stories.
C. She didn’t have any particular ambition.
D. She didn’t respect her teacher’s view.
In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that children now are _____.
A. more intelligent
B. better informed
C. less eager to learn
D. less interested in reality
What’s the writer’s purpose in this text?
A. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter’s book.
B. To introduce Mollie Hunter’s work to a wider audience.
C. To provide information for Mollie Hunter’s existing readers.
D. To describe Mollie Hunter’s most successful books.
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Wong Fuk-wing(黄福荣), a Hong Kong volunteer（志愿者）at an orphanage（孤儿院）in Yushu, was killed in the earthquake when he was trying to save others on April 14, 2010.
Wong managed to run safely out of the building with some children when the first quake happened at 7:50 am on April 14, but he went back inside to rescue three other children and three teachers inside, although he knew the danger of aftershocks（余震）.
At 10 am, all the children and one of the teachers were saved. However, Wong was buried under the fallen building and died. The other two teachers were still waiting to be rescued.
46-year-old Wong was a truck driver, who often said he could only give his efforts to charity（慈善）instead of money, as he did not earn a lot. His tragic（悲剧的）end touched the hearts of many people both in Hong Kong and on the mainland.
Wong began volunteering in 2002. In 2003, Wong was told by the doctor he got serious illness, which gave him a great blow. However, the illness did not deter the warm-hearted man. When the earthquake struck Wenchuan is Sichuan Province in 2008, Wong rushed to the disaster area of Shifang to offer his help though his family did not want him to go.
In fact, Qinghai is a place Wong had often visited since 2006. As a volunteer, he gave out medicine and clothing to the orphanage there. No one could expect that Wong would die helping others.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen said he had “the highest respect” for the hero who gave his life for others. “What he did has shown the Hong Kong spirit.” The citizens of Hong Kong called him “ the pride of Hong Kong’s people” and people on the mainland have also praised him as “ a true hero”.
Wong died in the earthquake .
A. after he sent medicine and clothing to the orphanage
B. when he returned to save the teachers and students
C. because he suffered from his serious illness again
D. as the first earthquake happened
The underlined word “ deter” in Para. 5 refers to “ ”.
A. prevent B. refuse C. beat D. encourage
What can we know about Wong from the passage?
A. He never visited Qinghai before 2010.
B. He was supported by his family being a volunteer.
C. He was thought highly of by the Chinese.
D. He was a taxi driver before he died.
Why are so many people deeply moved by the story of Wong?
A. He always offered money to the orphanage. B. He fought against his illness bravely.
C. He helped the orphanage though being poor. D. He put other people’s lives above own.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届云南大理宾川第四高级中学高二9月月考英语试卷B卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course ,when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now?
Don't worry , young man, answered Nasreddin. Everything will soon be all right again. Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier.
The young man was very glad .Am I going to get rich again then? he asked Nasreddin.
No, I didn't mean that, said the old man. I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.
1.An old man died and left his son_______.
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A．nothing |
B．some gold |
C．much money |
D．only a house |
2.When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.
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A．short of money |
B．quite poor and sick |
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C．in trouble |
D．quite poor and alone |
3.The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.
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A．he would become rich again |
B．he would soon feel much happier |
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C．he would become clever |
D．he would have more friends |
4.Nasreddin meant the young man______.
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A．would get rich again |
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B．would get used to having nothing |
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C．would get used to being in trouble |
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D．would get out of poorness |
5.What this story tells us is________.
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A．that money is everything |
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B．that money makes the mare go |
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C．to save each penny |
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D．that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届云南大理宾川县第四高级中学高二3月月考二英语试题（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now?
Don't worry , young man, answered Nasreddin. Everything will soon be all right again. Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier.
The young man was very glad .Am I going to get rich again then? he asked Nasreddin.
No, I didn't mean that, said the old man. I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.
1.An old man died and left his son_______.
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A．nothing |
B．some gold |
C．much money |
D．only a house |
2.When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.
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A．short of money |
B．quite poor and sick |
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C．in trouble |
D．quite poor and alone |
3.The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.
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A．he would become rich again |
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B．he would soon feel much happier |
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C．he would become clever |
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D．he would have more friends |
4.Nasreddin meant the young man______.
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A．would get rich again |
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B．would get used to having nothing |
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C．would get used to being in trouble |
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D．would get out of poorness |
5.What this story tells us is________.
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A．that money is everything |
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B．that money makes the mare go |
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C．to save each penny |
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D．that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends |
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