It’s Saturday morning in a large courtyard. Young designers sell their creations, from fine tea sets to hand-pained ceramic(瓷质的) earrings. I could be in east London, that is, until standard Chinese tones remind me I’m in Jingdezhen, a small Chinese city.
Centuries ago, when Europeans first saw Chinese porcelain, for example, it seemed so fine that they concluded it must have been made with magic and called it “white gold”.
They couldn’t find out how it was made, but they knew where it came from: the town of Changnan. Changnan porcelain was so in demand that early traders began calling the whole country by this town’s name, mixed by foreign tongues, Changnan transformed into China.
Two million years after porcelain’s invention, the town, now called Jingezhen, is still one of the world’s most important centres for porcelain production.
“The people are the most important treasure here, their roots are deep in history,” says Zhang Jia. She’s part of a new wave of designers who have come to Jingezhen to learn techniques handed down and refined(使精美) over a hundred generations. “This is the best place to study porcelain in China, perhaps in the entire world.” She adds.
Chinese artists aren’t the only ones drawn here. Founded in 2005 by Caroline Cheng, the Pottery Workshop runs classes for visitors from around the world.
In the Pottery Workshop’s second floor studio, I meet Trudy Golley and Paul Leather, a husband-wife duo from Canada. Paul tells me that when he first visited Jingdezhen there were no street lamps and only dirt pavements. There were workshops but their goods were bought by traders and sold on elsewhere. These days, stylish cafés and bars pop up next to concept stores. At one such shop, I admire some tiny teacups settling on a thick wooden branch like birds.
With the popularity of the Pottery Workshops, China’s young people are more interested in unique, individually-made products. Many of the designers are using Jingdezhen’s master craftsmen(工匠) to make them because they know they offer quality, attention to detail.
1.What made the writer realize that he was in China?
A. Fine tea sets. B. Hand-painted ceramic earrings.
C. Standard Chinese. D. Fine Chinese porcelain.
2.Zhang Jia came to Jingdezhen in order to _________.
A. know something about Jingdezhen’s history
B. enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jingdezhen
C. study techniques of making porcelain
D. pay a visit to some of her foreign friends
3.From what Paul said we can learn ____________.
A. many foreign visitors came to Jingdezhen to study porcelain
B. in the past Jingdezhen was a poor and dirty town
C. their goods were not popular in western countries
D. China’s young people are more interested in unique products
4.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To appeal to people to buy Chinese porcelain.
B. To tell people traditional Chinese porcelain earns great reputation in Jingdezhen.
C. To advertise porcelain products in Jingdezhen.
D. To introduce some information about one traditional Chinese art in Jingdezhen.
科目：高中英语 来源：河南省信阳市2016-2017学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
When we know somewhere well, we say we “ know it like the back of our hand ”. But new research has shown that we don’t actually know as much about our hands as we think we do.
Wider and shorter
Professor Matthew Longo at the University of London and his team did an experiment, covering the left hands of 100 people. Then they asked the people to point to where they thought their fingertips and knuckles (指关节) were. They made some quite big mistakes.
“People think their hand is wider than it actually is,” said Longo. The fingers also seem shorter than they are. This mistake gets worse as you go across the hand from the thumb to the little finger.
Sense of position
"It is connected to our sense of position,” explained Longo. This is our ability to tell where different parts of our bodies are, even when we can’t see them. “It tells us whether a joint is straight or not "he said. It also tells us whether we are going up or down in an elevator. All this information comes from signs from nerves in real time. It’s like our brain has maps — maps that show the size and shape of our body. “This experiment tried to find those maps,” said Longo.
Strength of feeling
But these maps make mistakes. These mistakes may be made because of how the brain understands different parts of the skin. “Our brains ‘see” areas as larger where the skin feels touch strongly,” said Longo. Body parts don’t appear as their true size, but appear bigger or smaller depending on how strongly they feel touch. Our lips, for example, have more nerves than our nose. So brain “sees” lips on its map of the body as being bigger than our nose. The same thing happens for other parts of the body that have lots of nerves.
Longo believes that more research in this area may help us to understand eating problem better, because people suffering from these problems may not know their bodies properly.
1.Which of following statement is TRUE about the experiment according to the article?
A. People think their body parts are larger than they actually are.
B. People’s fingers are actually shorter than they think.
C. People were asked to draw their hands from memory
D. People made more mistakes about their little fingers length than their thumbs’ length.
2.What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The new experiment.
B. The mistake people made.
C. The sizes of fingers and hands.
D. The location information.
3.We can conclude from the article that ________.
A. the maps of people’s bodies form before they are born
B. the maps of our body are based on information from nerves
C. our sense of position depends on the interaction between parts of the body
D. how we feel about our body shape is only decided by our sense of position
4.We can infer from the article that ________.
A. there are more nerves in the finger than in the hand
B. our lips have a weaker sense of touch than our nose
C. the hand feels touch more strongly than fingers do
D. our sense of position should not be trusted because it is too often incorrect
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科目：高中英语 来源：山东省菏泽市2017届高三一模英语试卷（有答案） 题型：阅读理解
Halloween is perhaps the third most popular holiday for parties, coming after New Year’s and Christmas. With Halloween, we have the opportunity to dress up for the night and “be someone else”.
Team Maker
If you are going to have games, you may require teams. One way to put together the teams randomly, thus encouraging guests who don’t already know each other, is to have them draw pieces from a cauldron(大锅) or witch’s hat. Beforehand, write enough words on pieces of paper to have one for every guest. On the pieces of paper write words like: Egyptian tomb, pyramid, magic wand, magic spell, black cat, etc. Everyone draws a piece of paper.
Dress Up the Dead
This game is not for the shy and may result in some small rude performance. For the game, you will need a put-together skeleton. They can be found in the Halloween section of many stores. The skeleton can be of wood or plastic, so long as it can be taken apart easily and can be recombined together. The host “buries” the broken up skeleton under a pile of sawdust, loose dirt or hay in the yard. The first team, while being timed, must discover all the skeleton pieces then run to where there’s a hook for hanging the skeleton. They must recombine the skeleton and then, donating parts of their own clothing, dress the skeleton in a shirt and pants.
Murder Mystery
Host a murder mystery as a play. Select players, either by volunteers or by random drawing or even have guests vote. While the players read over their parts, the rest of the guests arrange the room. Set up a row of chairs facing the party audience. This will be the “stage” where the murder mystery players will sit and perform their roles. The host keeps the game (play) moving, usually by playing one of the detective characters.
1.How can people form a team?
A. By giving a performance. B. By making a witch’s hat.
C. By writing some words. D. By drawing a piece of paper.
2.What persons are suitable for Dress Up the Dead?
A. Those who can tell stories.
B. Those who are not brave enough.
C. Those who don’t mind small rudeness.
D. Those who are not good at making up.
3.What is the function of chairs in Murder Mystery?
A. They are prepared for the audience to sit.
B. They are used to sit in and perform for the players.
C. They are prepared for the host to guide the players.
D. They are used to attract the audience’s attention.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Games for Halloween Party
B. How to Prepare for the Halloween Party?
C. The Reason Why Halloween Party Is Popular
D. What Is the Purpose of Halloween Party?
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年山东省高二（实验班）3月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
Ebola is a dangerous virus that can cause people to get very sick and even die. The virus is causing the biggest problems in western Africa, where it has spread quickly.1. But it can get worse and cause life-threatening symptoms, such as bleeding and trouble breathing.
2.
Ebola does not spread like colds or the flu because it does not float through the air. Ebola also doesn’t spread through food or water, like some other viruses. Instead, Ebola spreads when someone touches the body fluids (such as spit) of a sick person.
3.
An outbreak is when many people are getting sick with the same illness around the same time. You may have heard of a flu outbreak, which is when lots of people get sick from the same types of flu virus. When an outbreak happens because of a virus, more people could get sick because there is a lot of that virus around.
Where did Ebola come from?
Scientists aren’t sure how the first person gets Ebola at the start of an outbreak. 4.Tropical animals in Africa believed to carry the virus include great apes, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, fruit bats, porcupines, and forest antelope.
What do kids need to do about Ebola?
Ebola is making many people sick in Africa, but no matter where you live, it’s always a good idea to wash your hands well and often. 5.
A. Why do I need to wash my hands?
B. How do people catch Ebola?
C. Ebola symptoms can start with fever and headache, kind of like the flu.
D. But they think that people may pick up the virus by touching or eating infected animals.
E. It’s very important that infected people get treatment right away.
F. Keeping hands clean can help protect you from common illnesses like colds and the flu.
G. What is an outbreak?
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科目：高中英语 来源：辽宁省鞍山市2017届高三3月月考英语试卷（有答案） 题型：短文填空
In 1931, I was born disabled. I couldn’t 1.(straight) my legs. Dad would carry me when we went into town. Once 2.he was holding me, I told him I wanted to be a football player. He said, “I don’t think you are going to be much of3.unique athlete.” This was my motivation for years4. (come). I had outgrown(因长大而不再)my disability by the time I was 9, 5.I weighed only 40 pounds and needed to build muscle and strength.
I knew that a bicycle would help. I bought6.at the local shop and started riding it to school. By the time I was 13, I7.(become) the fastest runner in grade school, and at 15, I was the fastest runner in high school.
I made farmwork a part of my recovering routine. I 8.work in the fields at 7:30 p. m. and then run two miles. Picking up wheat was a big thing but I did it all by hand. Finally, all the trainings9.off and now I am working as a public speech maker giving courses10.disability recovering.
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科目：高中英语 来源：宁夏2017届高三下学期一模考试英语试卷 题型：完形填空
The story of how I got my job was a funny one.
One day, I was _______ along a street to an interview when a yellow car suddenly _______ in. _______another car coming in the other _______, I had to brake hard and _______ another cyclist. We both fell, but _______ neither of us was hurt. I became _______ and cycled as fast as possible to the driver of the yellow car to tell him how I considered him. I told him what a bad _______I thought he was and that he was a(n) _______ to other people on the road. His face turned ________. I warned him not to drive ________ in the future so that everyone else could enjoy a long life.
I was in time for the ________. Having walked into the room, to my ________, I found one of the three interviewers ________ to be the driver of the yellow car. We looked at each other for a while, ________silent. Then I decided to look ________ the whole matter as a great joke! I ________ and told him that I talked much the last time we met and that this time it was turn for him to talk a great deal. Lost in thought for a while, he ________ that I was not going to say anything about his bad driving. The interview went________. Two days later, I received a letter offering me the job. I was pleased that the manager － the driver of the yellow car, didn’t ________ my rudeness to him. Through the experience, I find something that seems impossible at first turns out to be good.
1.A. cycling B. walking C. running D. driving
2.A. stopped B. cut C. passed D. waited
3.A. As B. For C. With D. By
4.A. condition B. position C. location D. direction
5.A. knocked B. bumped C. beat D. rushed
6.A. happily B. unfortunately C. luckily D. disappointedly
7.A. sorry B. excited C. nervous D. angry
8.A. driver B. worker C. cyclist D. boss
9.A. pity B. idiot C. risk D. fool
10.A. black B. white C. pale D. red
11.A. carelessly B. carefully C. slowly D. patiently
12.A. job B. interview C. meeting D. appointment
13.A. excitement B. joy C. anger D. astonishment
14.A. happened B. wanted C. seemed D. planned
15.A. making B. keeping C. breaking D. stopping
16.A. up B. at C. on D. into
17.A. laughed B. excused C. nodded D. calmed
18.A. hoped B. found C. heard D. wished
19.A. fast B. terribly C. well D. slowly
20.A. realize B. want C. know D. mind
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科目：高中英语 来源：江西省2016-2017学年高二下学期（第五次）月考英语试卷试卷 题型：短文填空
阅读下面材料，在题后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。
Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musicians, is considered great not only because of his1. (achieve) but also because of his personalities.
2.(bear) in a poor family in New Orleans in 1901, instead of3.(commit) crimes to get money like some boys in his situation, Louis would sing on the streets in order to earn a few cents from4.(passer-by).However, at the age of 12, Louis was arrested because of firing a gun into the air at a New Year’s Eve party.In a school of problem boys, he was taught to play drums and the trumpet,5. enabled him to find work related with music after he left the school.A well-known musician Joe “King” Oliver noticed Louis and began to teach him about jazz.When Oliver left New Orleans in 1917，Louis took 6.his job in one of the best bands in town.
After becoming famous, Louis would introduce his particular style of jazz to enthusiastic audiences while 7.(travel) around the United States as well as Europe.Apart from being a famous jazz musician, he was also an unofficial goodwill ambassador who spoke8.(public) about the rights of black people in America. Despite the fact9.he became rich and famous, Louis Armstrong continued to live a simple live in a working-class neighbourhood.He continued playing and recording until July 6th, 1971, when he died in his sleep at his home in New York.He is still remembered as the most10.(distinguish) musician in the early history of jazz.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南省天一大联考高三阶段性测试（四）（B卷） 英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改短文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文，文中 共存10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅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（∧），并在其下而写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线 (\) 划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在其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，
When I was having lunch in a restaurant, I noticed a young man. Dressing in black, he was playing with a smartphone while eating. She smiled at everyone that walked by. All of a sudden, a boy ran into him, making some food dropping on his trousers, what I thought would make him annoyed with the boy. Instead, he laughs it off when the mother made the apology to him. “Never mind!” he said polite. Seeing this, I touched and appreciated the kindness he brought to the world. On the way out, I handed to him a Smile Card which said, “Best wish and good luck to you!”
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科目：高中英语 来源：陕西省2016-2017学年高一下学期第一次月考（3月）英语试卷 题型：单词拼写
The young man is handsome and ___________(精力充沛的).
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