Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story? Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV. Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don't want to read stories about everyday life as a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor (因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
1.According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?
A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse. B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes. C. They watch TV or read newspapers. D. They listen to the radio every day.
2.The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that _____ .
A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper B. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper C. people can read news stories in other countries D. people can read news stories about their own country
3.To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. Six.
4.According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?
A. You often play football with your friends after school. B. Your teacher has got a cold. C. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn't been caught. D. The bike in the front of your house is lost.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016年高考英语一轮复习新人教版选修5第4单元练习英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Max could smell the rain coming．And it did．Suddenly the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly ______ him.
A．to blind B．blinded
C. blinding D．having blinded
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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。
If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify (识别)those of 1. (great)and less importance. Then, handle the most important tasks first so you’ll feel a real sense of 2. (achieve). Leaving the less important things until tomorrow 3. (be) often acceptable.
Most of us are more focused 4. our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive 5. possible before lunch. This will give you the confidence you need to get you through the afternoon and go home feeling accomplished.
Recent 6. (study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks 7. (regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for 8. while, exercising, or dong something you enjoy.
If you find something you love doing outside of the office, you’ll be less likely 9. (bring) your work home. It could be anything-gardening, cooking, music, sports—but whatever it is, 10. (make) sure it’s a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年陕西西北大学附中高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to _________ water to the runners. I remember being so _________ to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I _________ up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an _________ . I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. _________, I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) _________ .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt _________ because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt _________ for a second.
But then I _________ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had _________ abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my _________ was only to finish.
After a minute, it _________ me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into _________ .
I _________ that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare _________ and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my _________.
In life we all have those moments where we _________ ourselves to others. It’s only _________ . Don’t allow those moments to _________ you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to _________ anything you want in life.
1.A. bring out B. pass out C. take out D. pick out
2.A. excited B.worried C. concerned D. anxious
3.A. gave B. made C. signed D. dressed
4.A. achievement B. encouragement C. instruction D. experience
5.A. At times B. In time C. In all D. After all
6.A. victory B. decision C. moment D. conclusion
7.A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. moved D. thrilled
8.A. relaxed B. defeated C. puzzled D. inspired
9.A. realized B. lost C. noticed D. remembered
10.A. special B. evident C. common D. different
11.A. motto B. plan C. goal D. direction
12.A. worried B. hit C. reached D. hurt
13.A. attraction B. devotion C. inspiration D. expectation
14.A. hoped B. promised C. decided D. suggested
15.A. slightly B. hardly C. clearly D. properly
16.A. excitement B. accomplishment C. movement D. judgement
17.A. introduce B. relate C. present D. compare
18.A. important B. natural C. strange D. ridiculous
19.A. weaken B. wound C. amuse D. cheer
20.A. reserve B. deliver C. achieve D. Abandon
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语法填空 在下面短文的空白处填上适当的词或用所给词的适当形式填空
There once was a forest filled with happy animals. One day a raccoon (浣熊) found some socks left behind by picnickers, and 1. (decide) to wear them. They fitted so well, and felt so 2. (comfort), that he kept them on. He spent his days 3. (walk) through the forest in his new socks.
Other animals became envious(嫉妒) of the raccoon’s new look and followed his trend. First it was squirrels in 4. (shirt), then rabbits 5. hats on, and finally birds wearing underpants!
Doctor Bear, the forest physician, disapproved and tried to warn the clothes-wearers. But no one listened. Instead, they urged him to follow the 6. (late) trend too.
Soon, the problems started. The squirrel caught his shirt on a branch and crashed to the ground. The rabbit tried entering his hole while wearing his hat and got stuck. Even the raccoon, thanks to his 7. (bright) coloured socks, slipped into the river and almost died.
When the 8. (injure) animals came to see Doctor Bear, he told them, “Your clothes are killing you. You don’t need 9. .”
Those 10. listened to the doctor’s advice finally understood they didn’t need clothes. They’d only started wearing clothes to make others envy them.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林实验中学高二下期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.
One evening when the boys were particularly _____，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired and was___when he could see or hear boys playing his____game，football. He would____give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got____，for they could hardly believe____they were being paid to do something they____.
The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away____with their 25 yuan. The third week when they came back，____，the old man said he hadn’t had much money____himself and sent them away with only 15 yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet received his____from the government and gave them only 10 yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was____much that they could do about it.
At the____of the fifth week，the boys came back and____at the old man’s door，waiting for their____.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared.He____that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan____he had promised，but said he would give them five yuan each week without____.
This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five yuan！” they yelled.“____！”
They____away and never played on the street again.
1.A. hot B．noisy C．troublesome D．naughty
2.A. happiest B．excited C．encouraged D．bored
3.A. interesting B．amusing C．acceptable D．favorite
4.A. more ever B．therefore C．willingly D．forever
5.A. shouted B．cried C．thrilled D．smiled
6.A. how B．when C．that D．what
7.A. expected B．enjoyed C．admired D．respected
8.A. happily B．thankfully C．gratefully D．tearfully
9.A. but B．in addition C．however D．besides
10.A.earned B．saved C．remained D．left
11.A. paycheck B．insurance C．food tickets D．salary
12.A. not B．no C．so D．very
13.A. final B．end C．start D．beginning
14.A. kicked B．hit C．beat D．knocked
15.A. rewards B．awards C．checks D．wages
16.A. expressed B．apologized C．stated D．expected
17.A .as B．like C．when D．though
18.A. fail B．hesitation C．joke D．problem
19.A. No way B．No possible C．No problem D．No play
20.A. walked B．stormed C．broke D．backed
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年黑龙江哈尔滨第六中学高一下期末英语试卷（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作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词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。
I was only 12 since we moved to California. I remembered that I enjoyed flying non-stop across a whole country and that I wasn’t very happy about leave my friends. But Dad think it would be good for us all to live in a suburb instead in the middle of a city. And Uncle Jeff, his brother, who’d been living in California for about 20 years, were always telling us how wonderful California it was. He said it would be easily for Dad to get a job driving a taxi, that had been Dad’s job in New York. Thus, we all agreed to try them for one year.
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Hands-on experience is still attractive to many buyers, although online ordering is popular in the UK today.
Oxford Street
London is shoppers’ paradise, and most visitors head for Oxford Street. Halfway along is Sel-fridges, one of the world’s first department stores where the architecture and window dressing impress even before you go in. There are at least four other major stores on this street, plus Europe’s largest music shop. In December the atmosphere is especially festive because of the Christmas lights which are always lighted by a politician, a great sportsman, or a super star.
Kensington High Street
A fashionable area for shopping is Kensington High Street. One of its department stores even has a roof garden—good for relaxing between purchases. There’s also an organic food superstore.
Borough Market
You can’t visit London and not go to a supermarket. One of the oldest and best for food is probably Borough Market on the south bank of the Thames. Get off the underground at London Bridge and wander among fresh fish stalls, bakeries, and fruit and vegetable sellers. You can also buy specialist food to take away, like cheeses, pork pies, mustard and chutney.
More places for bargains
Portobello Road on a Saturday is your best choice for jewelry or collector’s items. It’s a short walk from the subway station at Notting Hill Gate and you never know what you will find. For clothes, Camden Market is the place. It gets a little crowded at the weekends, though. Convent Garden offers great experience for the simple pleasure of looking at jewelry and gifts.
1.Oxford Street becomes special in December for ________.
A. the wonderful window dressing
B. the Europe’s largest music shop
C. the lights lit by a famous person
D. many bargains to choose from
2.To enjoy food, you can go to ________.
A. Borough Market B. Camden Market
C. Kensington High Street D. Portobello Road
3.Where is this passage probably taken from?
A. A science book. B. A traveler’s journal.
C. A trip guide. D. A news report.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南衡阳八中高二第一次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. It's universally known that he was the ______ of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for his ______ 0f relativity, which holds that measurements of space and time ______ according to conditions such as the state of motion of the observer.
When he was a(n) ______, Einstein was fat and his head was so big that his mother ______ it was damaged. And he was ______ in learning how to speak. So his parents led him to ______ a doctor.
He had contempt(轻视) toward authority, which led one ______ to say that he would never amount to much. But when asked about this later, the headmaster denied that he had ever said so. But this qualities helped to make him a(n) ______. His contempt for authority led him to ______ conventional wisdom. His slow ______ development made him curious about ordinary things, such as ______ and time which most adults took for granted. And he ______ to think in pictures rather than words which gave him great help to his achievements.
In 1905, Einstein ______ and got his college certificate, but didn't get an academic job. Therefore, he was ______ very hard six days a week as a third-class examiner in the Swiss patent (专利) office. During his free time, he produced four papers that upended ______. The first showed that light could be ______ as waves, just as what our textbooks tell us today called optical wave. The second proved the ______ 0f atoms and molecules. As we all know now, all the substance is made up of them. The third, the special theory of relativity, said that there was no such things as time or space. And the fourth noted equivalence (等值) between energy and mass. That is to say, there is a ______ between energy and mass.
Genius are ______, but not born. If one wants to amount to much, hardworking is the basis.
1.A. holder B. creator C. winner D. maker
2.A. idea B. improvement C. experiment D. theory
3.A. vary B. un-change C. move D. speed
4.A. adult B. child C. baby D. elder
5.A. feared B. hoped C. thought D. realized
6.A. fast B. slow C. clever D. normal
7.A. consult B. examine C. see D. watch
8.A. authority B. mother C. scientist D. headmaster
9.A. official B. headmaster C. genius D. astronomer
10.A. agree B. question C. criticize D. praise
11.A. behavioral B. verbal C. mental D. physical
12.A. speed B. space C. energy D. effect
13.A. wanted B. stopped C. began D. tended
14.A. accessed B. decided C. graduated D. progressed
15.A. working B. studying C. researching D. living
16.A. Chemistry B. Physics C. Biology D. Geography
17.A. made B. monitored C. gathered D. imagined
18.A. existence B. movement C. formation D. variety
19.A. change B. balance C. loss D. increase
20.A. produced B. created C. encouraged D. made
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