Welcome to the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC), one of London's most famous landmarks. It is open daily and is a wonderful place to visit — whether you have an hour or a day.
The buildings and grounds of the ORNC were originally designed as a refuge(避难所)for old and injured sailors in the 1690s. Later the site became a training college for officers in the Royal Navy. Today they are free to visit and host an exciting range of events all year round.
Painted Hall
View the impressive Painted Hall, known as the greatest piece of decorative painting in England. Sir James Thornhill spent 19 years painting it celebrating the royal family and maritime(海上的) power. Discover more interesting history through our daily talks and family activities.
Chapel(小教堂)
Redecorated by James“Athenian”Stuart after a fire in 1779, the Chapel reflects Stuart’s Greek influences, and is still an active place to show respect and love for God. Besides, it is a perfect place for concerts and recitals(演奏会).
Discover Greenwich
Explore over 500 years of history and architecture at the Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre. There is an impressive central model of Maritime Greenwich World Heritage (遗产)Site.
Opening times
Painted Hall, Chapel and Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre open from 10:00 to 17:00, Mon to Sun. (Chapel opens at 12:00 on Sun following service).
Grounds open daily 08:00-18:00.
1.What were the buildings and grounds of the ORNC intended for at first?
A. Training officers.
B. Helping injured sailors.
C. Displaying artistic works.
D. Holding interesting activities.
2.Where will you go if you want to know about the royal family?
A. Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre. B. Painted Hall.
C. Grounds. D. Chapel.
3.When can you make a tour of the Chapel?
A. At 13:00 on Wednesday. B. At 09:00 on Tuesday.
C. At 11:00 on Sunday. D. At 18:00 on Friday.
科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016年青海师范大学附属二中高一下期中考试英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins. People celebrate the coming of summer with customs that are expressions of joy and hope after a long winter. Today, May Day activities have been moved to the May Day holiday on the first Monday of the month. It is a public holiday when families take advantage of the time off to visit some of the UK’s many attractions, including parks, zoos, historic buildings, ancient towns and villages and beautiful countryside.
May Day celebrations have their origins in the Roman festival of Flora, the goddess of fruit and flowers, which marked the beginning of summer. People would decorate their houses and villages with leaves and flowers they picked at daybreak in the belief that the vegetation spirits would bring good luck. In the very early morning, young girls went into the fields and washed their faces with dew (露水). They believed this made them very beautiful for the following year.
May Day was an important day in the Middle Ages and was a favorite holiday of many English villages. People of the time used to cut down young trees and stick them in the ground in the village to mark the arrival of summer. This is the origin of the maypole (五月柱). People danced around them in celebration of the end of winter. Maypoles were once common all over England and were kept from one year to the next. The tallest maypole is said to have been put up in London on the Strand in 1661. It stood more than 143 feet high and was cut down in 1717, when it was used by Newton to support a new reflecting telescope (反射式望远镜) invented by Dutch scientist Huygens.
1.How do British people celebrate May Day?
A. They visit friends and family members.
B. They celebrate it on the first Monday of May.
C. They spend a lot of time shopping around.
D. They show great love for the long winter.
2.The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____.
A. washing the face with dew
B. going into the fields
C. picking flowers at daybreak
D. getting up early in the morning
3.What can we learn about the maypole?
A. People climb it on May Day.
B. It was usually found in the cities.
C. It dates from the Middle Ages.
D. People used old, tall trees to make it.
4.The purpose of the text is to _____.
A. describe Roman customs
B. suggest spring family activities
C. explain the origins of maypoles
D. introduce a British festival
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年广东深圳高中高一下期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Neither rain nor snow nor the dark of night can separate Tennessee postal carrier “Mailman Mike” from his 4-and-a-half-year-old friend Carter Lawson – or keep them from their appointments.
For the past nine months, the two have teamed up every day in the preschooler’s Knoxville neighborhood for a few minutes of delivering mail together and chatting with fellow neighbors. Lawson wants to be a mail carrier when he grows up, and in an inspiring story, his mom told us how mailman Mike Crenshaw has been a role model to her son. “Anyone could just be like ‘Go away, kid’, but Mike has really gone out of his way to talk with Carter,” said Cassie Lawson of the United States Postal Service carrier. Little Carter even got his own uniform to match Mike’s. “It’s been really cute. I just couldn’t believe he got a full mailman’s costume,” the postal service employee said.
“Every letter carrier has stops he looks forward to and this is the one I look forward to every day,” said Mike. “He’s the end of my day, and the best part of my day. Not because it’s the end, but because he’s such a cute little guy.”
The man and the little boy’s connection isn’t a surprise to Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. “Kids respond to mailmen because letter carriers are a friendly, uniformed part of the neighborhood who bring something to their house every day, and are someone they come to recognize and trust,” Rolando said. “It’s the same for the elderly, but in addition, letter carriers may be the only person they communicate with all day.”
1.Mike Crenshaw meets Carter Lawson every day to _____ .
A. play with the boy
B. get mail from the boy
C. listen to the boy’s stories
D. send mail together with the boy
2.Why does Mike Crenshaw like the last stop of his day? _____
A. It is where he lives.
B. It is where he is paid.
C. He wants to be with Carter.
D. He can finish his work by then.
3.What is the best title for the text? _____
A. A letter carrier is praised for helping a kid.
B. A mailman makes a little boy’s dream come true.
C. Every letter carrier has stops he looks forward to.
D. The importance of letter carriers cannot be ignored.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年山西太原市高二5月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
A few days ago, I was sitting in a Thai restaurant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadn’t spoken to in a long time. In my enthusiasm and excitement, I talked quite louder than usual voice and in Spanish, my mother tongue.
A few minutes into the call, an old lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly offended, and asked the restaurant staff to relocate (重新安排) a table as far away as possible from this man who seemed to be impolite.
I sank in my seat out of embarrassment. I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to apologize. Before getting up, I looked around to see where she was and she was at the table farthest away from me. I noticed that the lady was alone and staring out the window. I found a tinge (气息) of sadness or anxiety and perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace. But I had obviously destroyed it minutes earlier.
Right then I abandoned my plan for a conventional apologetic gesture. Seeing those funny smile cards in my wallet, I took one out and wrote some words to express my apology. On signing my restaurant bill, I asked a waiter to secretly charge the lady’s meal to me and hand her the smile card instead of her bill.
Did she take it the wrong way, I wondered? Did she get confused? Did she refuse the anonymous (匿名的) offer? And so on. I just waited and felt nervous to learn the outcome. To my pleasant surprise, things turned out the best possible way.
The waiter approached me in a joy, telling me, “In the many times she had dined here before, I had never seen the old lady smile as she did when receiving the smile card and the $0 bill. She thanked me even though I explained that someone else did the job.”
1.The old lady changed her seat mainly because of __________.
A. her private phone call
B. the author’s loud voice
C. the views out of the window
D. the restaurant staff’s mistake
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. The author didn’t stop talking though he felt embarrassed.
B. The author went up to the old lady and apologized to her.
C. The old lady just moved to the farthest table to see outside.
D. The lady didn’t have a nice mood and liked to stay alone.
3.Feeling sorry, the author offered the old lady the following EXCEPT __________.
A. an apologetic gesture
B. a smile card
C. a free meal
D. some written words to apologize
4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A. A Misunderstanding Caused by Different Cultures
B. An Unpleasant Experience in Thailand
C. A Smile Card for a Sincere Apology
D. An Old Lady Who Never Smiles
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016年内蒙古杭锦后旗奋斗中学高二下期中英语卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My friend Samuel, who is a good runner, and I ran a 5K race last weekend. It was my first organized _________. “You run ahead,” I said at the starting line. “You_________ ?” he asked. “Go!” I said. “I’ll see you at the _________.”
Samuel took off, strong and full of energy. My _________ hit the ground in a familiar pattern, and I _________ it to the half-way point. My legs started to _________ and my back hurt. _________, I wanted to give up but my spirit told me not to. I started to think I should have _________ a shorter goal as the great distance was too much for me. I began to _________ deciding to run the 5K race. I thought about all this while running. The road seemed very_________ .
_________ I ran along, my feet felt like lead(铅). It seemed as if I would _________make it. I was so tired that I couldn’t move a step further. I tried to _________ myself by sayings. Some words appeared in my mind. They were “Do _________ by halves” and “To persevere(坚持) means victory”. They were _________and they filled me with fresh energy. Anyway, I wouldn’t quit. I _________ along. I eventually saw the white tent by the finishing line.
Samuel was at the finishing line. When I _________ at the end, he put his arm around my shoulders and _________ his hand for a high-five.
I realized that _________you never give up, the goal you set can be reached. Above all, you just have to be _________ and take one step at a time.
1.A. picnic B. show C. trip D. run
2.A. sure B. ready C. happy D. strong
3.A. top B. end C. side D. front
4.A. legs B. hands C. feet D. knees
5.A. brought B. caught C. took D. made
6.A. break B. ache C. bend D. relax
7.A. Excited B. Puzzled C. Exhausted D. Disappointed
8.A. set B. lost C. added D. reached
9.A. stop B. practice C. avoid D. regret
10.A. pretty B. narrow C. distant D. similar
11.A. Unless B. As C. If D. Until
12.A. never B. always C. only D. still
13.A. ignore B. order C. praise D. encourage
14.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
15.A. tough B. powerful C. funny D. flexible
16.A. struggled B. pretended C. responded D. complained
17.A. walked B. pointed C. stood D. arrived
18.A. touched B. lifted C. shook D. waved
19.A. as though B. even if C. as long as D. now that
20.A. confident B. secure C. smart D. careful
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年吉林松原油田高中高二下期中考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:七选五
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What Teenagers Can Do to Earn More Respect?
As teenagers continue to grow and develop into young adults, the transition (过渡) into adulthood has begun. With so many physical and emotional changes going on, certain manners are often forgotten and other adult traits are not yet accepted as a way of life. ___1.__ By doing the following things, you will earn more respect.
Contribute to the household
At the very least, clean up after yourself. As a teenager, you are old enough to clean up after yourself. When you make a mess, clean it up. ____2.___ All chore (杂活) that you do help to reduce the load of the person who did them before. Now that you’re old enough and capable, why shouldn’t you contribute to the household? ____3.___
Be responsible
___4.___ Whether they are basic things, like brushing your teeth or doing your homework, or more involved chores that contribute to the household, simply fulfill your responsibilities on time. When adults know that they can rely on you, their trust and respect for you will increase.
Solve more of your own problem without asking for help
Instead of taking the easy approach and asking for help, make an effort to solve your problems on your own first. The “easy way” is only easy for you, but it is an extra task for the person from whom you are seeking help. Seek help only after you have made an honest effort to solve your own problems. __5.____ When you become a good problem solver, you increase your value to the community.
A. Everyone has certain responsibilities.
B. By being aware of these manners and traits, you can manage them sooner.
C. When speaking to a group, speak loud enough.
D. The people doing the chores before will greatly appreciate the help.
E. Depending on the problem, 15 minutes of effort is usually a good guideline.
F. It will make your life more pleasant.
G. This includes, but is not limited to, your dishes and your room.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年湖北宜昌夷陵中学高一下期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:语法填空
语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)。
Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing ability.
Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes1. (little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how2. (express)ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many3. (difficult). In the first place, it often happens that we have trouble in4. (find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there5. (be) many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English 6. (proper).
As far as I am7. (concern), my suggestion is8. we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also ask our English teacher9. help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for10. development of our writing skills.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年湖北孝感高中高二5月调考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the jewelry market, the diamond takes a big part.
Chinese women, 1. (particular) the married ones, helped drive global diamond jewelry sales up 2. 3 percent to a record high of $79 billion in the past year. Demand from China grew 14 percent, the 3. (fast) rate globally.
The demand mainly came from married women, who accounted for two 4. (three) of purchases and sales value. Engaged(订婚的)women accounted for around 20 percent of purchases and 5. (contribute) to just under a quarter of sales value in China, while single women accounted for 14 percent of purchases and made up 11 percent of sales value.
6. is wedding-purchase for many women in China that is driving the demand. Many single women are 7. (buy) diamonds for themselves in China too. 8. China remains the largest contributor to demand in the global diamond jewelry market, its increase rate started to slow. China has been the biggest 9. (grow) engine for the diamonds business for the past five to 10 years. The rate is slowing down now, but it’s still a big increase. This year the demand of China 10. (be) just under 10 percent.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016年江西铅山一中等四校高一下第二次月考英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Given that many people’s moods(情绪) are regulated by the chemical action of chocolate, it was probably only a matter of time before somebody made the chocolate shop similar to a drugstore of Chinese medicine. Looking like a setting from the film Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Singapore’s Chocolate Research Facility (CRF) has over 100 varieties of chocolates. Its founder is Chris Lee who grew up at his parents’ corner store with one hand almost always in the jar of sweets.
If the CRF seems to be a smart idea, that’s because Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson but also head of a marketing department that has business relations with big names such as Levi’s and Sony. That idea surely results in the imagination at work when it comes to making different flavored(味道) chocolates.
The CRF’s produce is “green”, made within the country and divided into 10 lines, with the Alcohol Series being the most popular. The Exotic Series — with Sichuan pepper, red bean(豆), cheese and other flavors — also does well and is fun to taste. And for chocolate snobs, who think that they have a better knowledge of chocolate than others, the Connoisseur Series uses cocoa beans from Togo, Cuba, Venezuela, and Ghana, among others.
1.What is good about chocolate?
A. It works as an effective medicine
B. It helps improve the state of mind
C. It strengthens business relations
D. It serves as a suitable gift
2.Why is Chris Lee able to develop his idea of the CRF?
A. He learns from shops of similar types
B. He has the support of many big names
C. He has a lot of marketing experience
D. He knows the importance of research
3.Which line of the CRF produce sells best?
A. The Exotic Series B. The Alcohol Series
C. The Sichuan Series D. The Connoisseur Series
4.The Words “chocolate snobs” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to people who .
A. know little about cocoa beans
B. look down upon others
C. like to try new flavors
D. are particular about chocolate
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