Once I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, on one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed, for it was laid out as a studio. In front of each easy chair there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.
I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversation—interrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some time.
Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.
I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted to—though for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.
39. The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _______.
A. he wanted to record the numbers for his research
B. he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working
C. he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started
D. he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record
40. The writer went into another room to ________.
A. get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation
B. stay away from too much drinking with his friends
C. bring a telephone into the front room
D. answer a long distance phone call
41. The writer turned off the tape-recorder because _______.
A. he had to answer a phone call
B. he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks
C. he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends
D. he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”
Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”
In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.
That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.
“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.
One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”
For a long time, I didn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.
Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom’s attitude when she made the child to peel potatoes?
A. Cruel. B. Serious. C. Strict. D. Cold.
From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ______.
A. the skill to throw and catch things
B. the speed of one’s hand movement
C. the strength and skill to hang and sway
D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar
What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?
A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.
B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.
C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.
D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.
When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ______.
A. they felt sorry for what they had done before
B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt
C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars
D. they were astonished to find the author’s progress
The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ______.
A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep
B. the child’s experience reminded Mom of that of her own
C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph
D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年陕西省高三第四次月考英语试题 题型：完型填空
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 26 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 27 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 28 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 29 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 30 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had 32 her. I was 33 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it 34 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 35 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen 36 , but it’s really there. Love is 37 .”
I listened carefully but I 38 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 39 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 41 on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 42 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 43 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 45 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
【小题】 A. keep fit B. rise early C. earn money D. collect money
【小题】A. magic B. romantic C. fantastic D. attractive
【小题】A. simple B. easy C. relaxing D. luxurious(奢侈)
【小题】 A. the questionB. question C. reach D. control
【小题】 A. feeling B. love C. quarrel D. smile
【小题】 A. raised B. shook C. lifted D. bowed
【小题】A. hurt B. injured C. wounded D. harmed
【小题】 A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassment
C. with delight D. in great astonishment
【小题】A. happens B. comes about C. appears D. occurs
【小题】A. warm and soft B. hot and hard
C. thin and cool D. strong and durable (耐用的)
【小题】 A. somewhere and sometime B. anywhere or anytime
C. more or less D. everyhere and everywhere
【小题】A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby
【小题】A. could believe B. couldn’t understand
C. wouldn’t recognize D. might know
【小题】 A. got sick B. got stuck C. threw up D. became disabled
【小题】 A. quite healthyB. very pale C. fairly red D. much surprised
【小题】A. jump high B. go hurriedly C. run fast D. walk slowly
【小题】 A. think about B. talk with C. worry about D. laugh at
【小题】A. Reading B. Listening C. Speaking D. Writing
【小题】A. fresh rosesB. gold ring C. sweet kisses D.beautiful jewelry
【小题】A. a thread B. a needle C. the cloth D. the cotton
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年陕西省西安市高一上学期期中考试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, "Look out," I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that "Look out" may mean "don‘t look out."
Second Frenchman: Once I was on a ship and heard the captain shout, "All hands on deck," I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
Third Frenchman: I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, "He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour," When I went again for him, she said, "He‘s not down yet."
"If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?" I asked.
She said, "He’s still in bed. When I say ‘He’s not up ’ I mean ‘he has not yet got up’. When I say ‘He’s not down ’ I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs,’"
1."All hands on deck" means “ _______ ”.
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A．All the sailors gather on deck |
B．Give your hands to me |
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C．Put your right hand and left hand on deck |
D．Shake your hands with me |
2.When the maid said, “He’s not up yet.” She meant that _______ .
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A．he has not grown up yet |
B．he has not yet got up |
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C．he has not woke up yet |
D．he has not yet come upstairs |
3.When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend _______ .
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A．was washing his face |
B．was having his breakfast |
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C．was still in an upstairs room |
D．was reading a newspaper |
4.Which do you think is the best title for this article?
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A．Three Frenchmen and their English Friends |
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B．The English Language |
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C．Three French Stories |
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D．What a Language! |
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科目：高中英语 来源：20102011广西桂林中学高二下学期期中英语试题 题型：短文改错
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行作出判断，如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾，如有错误，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的请不要改。
Next week I’m going to see my teacher who teaches me
1... __________
English in the middle school. She just completed thirty
2... __________
years of teaching and gained rich experience in his
3.. __________
work. What lively and interesting her classes were!
4... __________
The way she taught English impressed us great. I found
5... __________
I had great difficulty with English grammar the moment
6.. __________
I entered in the school. It was she who immediately
7..__________
came to help. With her help, I made great progresses
8.. __________
in English. Once I even got first place in an English
9.. __________
examination. I owe my thank to her, my English teacher.
10.. __________
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科目：高中英语 来源：0910学年黑龙江省高一上学期期末考试英语试题 题型：阅读理解
The key to learning English well is to overcome your shyness and fear , said taxi driver Zhang, who is attending the English training program run by the West Lake Taxi Company. “Out teacher Mrs.Yang encourages us many times to open our mouths and speak English out loudly in her class ,” said Zhang.
Chen Zhong, another fluent(流利的) English speaker, shared his opinion. “I didn’t think English was important to us at the beginning since many foreign passengers could speak some Chinese to me. But when I did speak some English, the foreigners were always pleased and said I was the first taxi driver they had met who could speak English.
Chen said he found studying English extremely interesting. The 160 minutes’ study per week was simply not enough for him. He bought books , tapes and VCDs to learn English on his own.. “Though it cost me a lot of time and energy , I did find it is useful in the long term” he said.
The reward of learning English is more than Chen has expected. Now he has made several foreign friends who book his taxi when they need. Some foreign passengers even give him tips (小费when he communicates with them in English.
To facilitate their studies, the company developed a bilingual(双语的) tape which includes the most frequently used sentences for taxi drivers and the names of major streets and buildings in Shenzhen.
“It has helped me out, ” said Chen. “Once I failed to express ‘Chinese Folk Culture Villages’ in English when I was asked to go there by a foreigner, I played the tape and got its meaning.”
59. What difficulty did Mr.Zhang have learning English at first?
A. He had no time to study English
B. His company didn’t allow them to study English
C. He had no courage to speak out.
D. He had no chance to speak English.
60. Which of the following is NOT the benefit Chen gets from learning English?
A. He gets some good advice on learning English from foreigners.
B. He earns more money from some regular foreign customers.
C. He has to spend both money and effort learning English.
D. He gets great fun and encouragement in learning English.
61. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. the company is the first to encourage its drivers to learn English
B. all the drivers have made money after learning English
C. the company has developed and English tape for its drivers
D. the tape is welcomed by the drivers learning English
62. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “facilitate” in the fifth paragraph?
A. To make easy B. To increase C. To encourage D. To check
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