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FOR Chinese students the end of their senior year is filled with studying and stress as they prepare for the college entrance exams in June.But for American high school seniors the experience couldn’t be more different. The end of senior year is a celebration of their time in high school and involves parties,games and fun.
Senioritis is a commonly used expression.It means seniors have a disease which makes them unable to do work.This starts in April when seniors find out whether they have been accepted to university.
Unwilling to do school work,seniors have plenty of other activities to focus on.
Many schools have a “Senior Show”,in which only seniors are allowed to perform.Some seniors sing or dance but many of them perform skits（滑稽短剧），where they make fun of their favorite teachers or their friends.For example,a group of boys may dress up and imitate a group of their friends.It is all light-hearted.
The“Senior Show”is usually a part of Senior Week,which is a week specifically dedicated(专用的) to seniors.During this week,seniors usually get academic or athletic awards they have won over their high school careers.The seniors also vote for one of their male and female classmates who they believe is the best-looking or funniest or most involved,etc.These are then published in the yearbook.
The yearbook is an important part of high school for seniors.It is usually dedicated to them and has all their pictures and some words from them in it.Then seniors go around and get it signed by their friends so they can always remember their time together.
Of course during all of this time,seniors are preparing for the Senior Prom,which is an important moment in American culture.It is the most important dance in a young American’s life.
The end of senior year is a truly special and wonderful time for American students.It’s something they will remember for the rest of their lives.
60.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined sentence in paragraph1?
A.For American high school seniors,things are quite different.
B.It doesn’t make difference at the end of the senior year.
C.For American high school seniors,it is the best time of the year.
D.It is the period filled with stress and workload.
61.What activities that seniors would like to do according to the passage?
A.School work B.Voting for the film star
C.Singing or dance contests D.Senior Show and Senior Prom
62.What will most probably be talked about in the next paragraph of the passage?
A.Activities on the sports field
B.The graduation ceremony where they receive their high school diploma
C.Their favorite film stars
D.The health of seniors
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
We’re always being sent contributions（稿件） for our popular laughter, The Best Medicine Section. Some of the jokes are obvious winners. Some of the jokes are ancient, which are unfit for public consumption or just don’t make the grade（符合要求）. And then there are the rest: the jokes that get our editor scratching his chin and wondering, “Is this one good enough to print? ” Now you can help him choose. We’ve picked five jokes from the “Maybe” pile. Vote for the one you think is the best. The top-rated joke as of July 20, 2012 will be published in the magazine—and net its author $150.
(1)
A boy goes to a bookshop with his birthday money and chooses a book titled Advice to Young Mothers. “Why would you want this book? ” the assistant asks him.
“Because I collect moths（飞蛾）. ” the boy explains.
Derek Blew, Lane Cove, NSW
(2)
Father: “So you want to be my son-in-law? ”
Young man: “Actually I don’t, but I want to marry your daughter and I don’t see how I can avoid it. ”
Kimberley McEwan, southland, NZ
(3)
How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb（灯泡）?
None. They only promised they would do it.
Lisa Bluthal, Umina Beach, NSW
(4)
A couple of country boys driving a semitrailer（半拖车） down the highway come to a bridge with a sign saying: “Clearance 3. 1 metres. ” They stop, take out a tape measure and find the truck is 3. 5 metres high. “I don’t see any police around, ” one says. “Let’s go for it. ”
Loretta Fonseca, Otago, NZ
(5)
There are only two people who really know how to run this country. Sadly, one is cutting hair and the other is driving a taxi.
James White, Belmont, NSW
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71. The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is to________ .
A. ask readers to judge which joke is the best
B. provide readers with some jokes for entertainment
C. collect contributions for a magazine
D. show us laughter is the best medicine
72. What do the underlined words (in the first paragraph) mean?
A. Jokes which are obvious winners.
B. Jokes which don’t make the grade.
C. Laughter and The Best Medicine Section.
D. Jokes that the editor isn’t sure of printing.
73. We can learn from the first joke that________ .
A. the book is very popular with readers
B. the assistant is very embarrassed
C. the boy misunderstands the title of the book
D. the boy wants to buy the book for his mother
74. What can we infer from the jokes?
A. The young man doesn’t want to marry the girl. (Joke 2)
B. Politicians seldom keep their promises. (Joke 3)
C. The boys often break traffic rules. (Joke 4)
D. People in that country live a happy life. (Joke 5)
75. The passage can most probably be found________ .
A. on the Internet B. in a newspaper
C. in a story book D. in a magazine
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年福建省晋江市季延中学高一上学期期末考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
I took my 9-year-old daughter，Suzan and 5-year-old son，Robbie to the shopping centre．As we got there，we saw a big sign that said，“Petting Zoo”．The kids jumped up and asked，“Daddy，can we go?”
Both my wife and I were out of work．However，I said，“Sure”，giving them a quarter each. They went away, leaving only fifty cents left in my pocket．
A petting zoo is made up of a hundred of little baby animals of all kinds．Kids pay their money and stay in the enclosure(围场)pleased with the little animals while their parents shop．
A few minutes later，I saw Suzan walking along behind me．I was surprised and asked what was wrong．
She said sadly，“Well，Daddy，a ticket for Petting Zoo costs fifty cents．So I gave Robbie my quarter．” Then she said the most beautiful thing I ever heard．She repeated the family motto(座右铭)，which is “Love is Action!”
I knew clearly no one loves little animals more than Suzan. She had watched both my wife and me do and say "Love is Action!” for years，and now she had put it into her lifestyle．It had become part of her，because she knew the whole family motto．It’s not only “Love is Action”；it’s “Love is SACRIFICAL(牺牲的)Action!" Love always pays a price．
I was moved．We went back to the Petting Zoo．Suzan stood with her hands and chin(下巴)resting on the fence and just watched Robbie go crazy petting and feeding the animals．I had fifty cents burning a hole in my pocket. I put my hand into my pocket and took out the money．Sure，I must do that !
【小题1】What is the best title for this passage?
| A．A Petting Zoo． | B．Try Your Best to Help Others． |
| C．An Attractive Shopping Centre． | D．Love Is Sacrificial Action! |
| A．the Petting Zoo | B．the family motto |
| C．their lifestyle | D．the ticket for Petting Zoo |
| A．Unselfish． | B．Healthy． | C．Childish． | D．Clever． |
| A．The author would buy Suzan some candies． |
| B．The author would get angry with Robbie． |
| C．Suzan would play happily with the little animals． |
| D．The author would play together with Suzan． |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省“六市六校”联盟高考模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose.
His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II.
????????????? During the next year and one month the two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was starting Blanchard requested a photograph, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like.
When the day finally came for him to return from Europe, they scheduled their first meeting —7:00 PM at the Grand Central Station in New York. “You’ll recognize me,” she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel.” So at 7:00 he was in the station looking for a girl whose heart he loved, but whose face he’d never seen.
????????????? I’ll let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened: A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. Her blonde hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears; her eyes were blue as flowers. Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive. I stared at her, entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing a rose. As I moved, a small, attractive smile curved her lips. “Going my way , sailor?” she murmured.
????????????? Almost uncontrollably I made one step closer to her, and then I saw Hollis Maynell. She was standing almost directly behind the girl. A woman well past 40, she had graying hair tucked under a worn hat. She was more than plump, her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away. I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.
????????????? And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to identify me to her.
????????????? This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful. I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment. "I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner?"
The woman's face broadened into a tolerant smile. "I don't know what this is about, son," she answered, "but the young lady in the green suit who just went by, she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!"
? ????????????? It's not difficult to understand and admire Miss Maynell's wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive. "Tell me whom you love," Houssaye wrote, "And I will tell you who you are． "
1.How did John Blanchard get to know Miss Hollis Maynell?
A. They lived in the same city．????????????????
B. They were both interested in literature．
C. John knew Hollis's name from a library book．??
D. John came across Hollis in a Florida library．
2.Hollis refused to send Blanchard a photo because ?????????? .
A. she was only a middle - aged woman??????????
B. she wasn't confident about her appearance
C. she thought true love is beyond appearance?????
D. she had never taken any photo before they knew
3.How could Blanchard recognize Hollis?
A. She would be wearing a rose on her coat．?????
B. She would be holding a book in her hand．
C. She would be standing behind a young girl．???
D. She would be wearing a scarf around her neck．
4.What was the real Miss Hollis Maynell like?
A. She was a plump woman with graying hair．???
B. She was a slightly fat girl, with blonde hair．
C. She was a middle - aged woman in her forties．??
D. She was a young, pretty girl wearing a green suit．
5.When Blanchard went over to greet the woman, he was????????? ．
A. satisfied and confident
B. disappointed but well - behaved
C. annoyed and bad - mannered
D. shocked but inspired
6.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. A Test of Love??? ????????????? ????????????? B. The Symbol of Rose
C. Love is blind??? ????????????? ????????????? D. Don't Judge a Book by its Cover
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科目：高中英语 来源：河南郑州智林学校2010届高三下学期模拟测试试卷（英语） 题型：阅读理解
After the September 11 terrorist attacks, some high schools in America wanted the students to pledge allegiance（宣誓效忠） to the flag. Is it necessary or not? Let’s see how the kids think of this requirement.
Lea Mouallem, Marymount High School
I believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a way of reminding our country that no matter what happens, we are united. I don’t think our president wants us to go and join the army now, but he wants to tell us that we will be able to overcome the disaster as a whole nation that is working together.
Harry Chin, 15, Culver City High School
I am not for the Pledge of Allegiance and I am not against the Pledge of Allegiance because I just say it so many times that it loses meaning. I say it every day at school in the second period. It doesn’t mean anything any more.
David Tran, 15, Warren High School.
The Pledge of Allegiance is another sign of country. We should have some respect to it. In many schools, we don’t say the Pledge every morning-we just stand up and let the National anthem ring through the silence. We said the Pledge of Allegiance on Sept. 12.
Danny Maryanor, 16, Santa Monica High School
I wonder why we were suddenly asked to recite the Pledge when many of us stopped after elementary school; and the Pledge was recited before the play of “Ode to Joy” （欢乐颂）with recorders. This was not to express patriotism（爱国主义）, or even to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11.
I feel I cannot support a nation that in this time of crisis looks outward for revenge（报复）instead of inward for peace. Perhaps we should think more about our problems.
1．Saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag first appeared in American schools_______.
A．after Sept. 11, 2000 B．before Sept. 11, 2001
C．on Sept. 11, 2001 D．after Sept. 11, 2001
2．Who were for the Pledge of Allegiance?
A．Lea Mouallem; David Tran B．Harry Chin; Danny Maryanor
C．Lea Mouallem; Danny Maryanor D．Harry Chin; David Tran
3．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Harry Chin thought the government required them to join the army.
B．Lea Mouallem thought the Pledge of Allegiance of no meaning.
C．Danny Maryanor felt the terrorist attacks happened partly because of America’s own problem.
D．The Pledge of Allegiance is of another country.
4．According to the passage, it can be imagined that___________.
A．all high school students say yes to the Pledge of Allegiance.
B．all high school students say no to the Pledge of Allegiance.
C．all kids don’t agree to the requirement of saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
D．all high schools will require their students to pledge allegiance to the flag.
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科目：高中英语 来源：20102011学年度山东省第二学期高一质量检测英语卷 题型：阅读理解
Tsai Chin Chung is one of Taiwan’s most famous cartoonists, and his cartoons are enjoyed by people in many different countries in Asia. His books of cartoons have now become best sellers in Singapore, Malaysia, and even Japan.
As soon as he could hold a pencil, Tsai Chin Chung lived only for drawing. Every day he practised drawing people and things around him and from his favorite stories.
When he was only 15 years old, he left home to work for a publisher in Taipei. He worked hard to draw pictures for books. Two years later, he left his job and started to work on drawing cartoon series, which he liked better. He made up his mind to succeed as a cartoonist.
Now Tsai Chin Chung has achieved something unusual for a modern cartoonist. He has become extremely successful at changing Chinese literature (文学) and philosophy (哲学) into humorous comic stories. In this way, he has made the Chinese classics (古典文学) known to thousands of people.
Because of his great achievement, several years ago Tsai Chin Chung was given a prize as one of the 10 Outstanding Young People of Taiwan. Since then, he has won many prizes, and his cartoons have become popular throughout Asia, America and Europe. So far, he has published more than 20 comic books. Ten of these are about ancient Chinese philosophers based on Chinese historical and literary classics.
Many of Tsai Chin Chung’s books of cartoons and comics have now been published in English in countries like Singapore. His books have also been translated into several other languages, including Japanese, Korean and Thai. Even publishers in France and Indonesia have recently signed agreements for permission to publish his cartoon series.
1. Tsai Chin Chung first worked as ________.
A. a book seller B. a cartoonist
C. a writer of Chinese stories D. an artist drawing pictures for books
2.Tsai Chin Chung left his first job because he ________.
A. preferred drawing cartoons B. wanted to go back to school
C. enjoyed drawing pictures for books D. wanted to be famous
3. Tsai Chin Chung first became interested in drawing when he _______.
A. left school B. was a very small child C. was 15 D. started to be a cartoonist
4. Half of the books he has published are related to _______.
A. Chinese and foreign comics B. countries in Asia, America and Europe
C. foreign languages learning D. Chinese history and literature
5. Because of his great achievements, Tsai Chin Chung _______.
A. travelled a lot in Asia and Europe B. went to live in Singapore C. won an important prize in Taiwan D. has become famous in Africa.
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