Why was the Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under CharlesⅠ. By the seventeenth century it had stopped to be important for defense. Cardinal(红衣主教)Richelieu turned it into a prison.
It was not an ordinary prison for common crimes. Huge doors closed only on enemies of the King. The Bastille’s workings(运行，管理) were secret. Prisoners were taken to it in closed carriages. Soldiers on guard duty had to stand with their faces to the wall. No talking was allowed. Worst of all, a prisoner never knew if he would be there a day, a week, a year, or forever. Only the King’s letter could set him free.
Over the years the number of the people thrown into the Bastille by the King’s letter had become smaller. By the time of its fall, most of the prisoners were writers who had written against the wrong deeds of the government. Voltaire, the famous French writer, spent a year there in 1717-1718, and another 12 days in 1726.
For those who believed in free speech and free thinking, the Bastille stood for everything bad and unfair. The day it was broken into, only seven prisoners were found inside. However, the Bastille was hated by the people. It made one think of the King’s complete power.
1. Who would be sent into the Bastille by the King’s letter?
A. Those who had broken the law.
B. Those who had done wrong deeds in the government.
C. Those who were thought to be harmful to the King himself.
D. Those who had written against the wrong deeds of the government.
2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Prisoners and the guards on duty were not allowed to see each other.
B. Soldiers on guard duty had to walk around from time to time.
C. Only the King could put people in, or let them out, as he wanted.
D. None of the prisoners knew how long he would be there.
3. What did people think of the Bastille?
A. They thought it was not important since they found a few prisoners in it.
B. They thought it was something unfair to be used to punish writers.
C. They thought it shouldn’t be kept as a secret at all.
D. They thought it was the worst enemy against freedom.
4. The writer of this passage mainly wants to________________.
A. tell us a story that happened in the Bastille
B. prove the importance of the Bastille to the King’s power
C. tell about some interesting characters in the history
D. show us the inner workings of the Bastille
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“BANG”the door caused a reverberation．“Never set foot in this house again!”shouted father．With tears weiling(涌出)up in my eyes，I rushed out of the hofase and ran along the street．
A young father who held a child in his arlzis walked past rile．I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space：happy and harmonious(和谐)
But now I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old．We are just like two people coming from two different worlds．It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened．
1 wandered the street，without a destination in my n'nnd．My heart was frozen oil this hot summer night．As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people m the streets，until I had only streets to keep me company When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I livegt，I saw that the light was still on．
I thought to myself，“Is father waiting for rile．or is he still angry with me?”
In fact，it was nothing．Perhaps，Dad was throwing some of his old stamps．Perhaps he thought they were useless．I never had th,e courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps．
All the lights were off except father’S
Dad was always 1ike this．Maybe he didn’t know bow to express himself．After shouting at me，he never showed any mercy or regret After an argument he will creep(蹑手蹑脚)up in my sleep and then tuck rile underneath the covers
This was how he always was．Fie has been a leader for So long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature．
The fight was still oil With the key in hand，1 was as nervous as 1 had ever been．At last，I decided to open the door．As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks．I suddenly realized that the iron door that l had imagined between us did not exist at all Love－it is second to none．
The underlined word“reverberation”refers to ．
A．an earthquake B．a heavy Mow ．
C．a shake D．a sound forced back
When seeing a young father with a child in his arras．the writer might have
the following feelings EXCEPT
A．She／He admired them very much
B．She／He wished that the relation between him／her and his／her father could
also be so harmonious
C．She／He felt that happiness had been far away from him／her
D．She／He felt disappointed with his／her father
Why do you think the father often shouts at his child?
A．The father is getting older and older．
B．The child had already grown up．
C．They never agree with each other．
D．The father has got used to doing that．
What conclusion can you draw after reading the text?
A．The father treats his child in an unfair wav．
B．The father is actually kind to his child
C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his child
D．The father is always finding fault with his child．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011届云南省昆明一中高三第二次月考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
I had this exchange with my 6-year-old last week．
Him: Mom, we have to start buying Danimals．
Me: Why?
Him: So, I can bring it to |school for lunch．It's yogurt ．
Me: Why do you want it so badly?
Him: Because Danimals i|s giving away five fantastic Caribbean vacations．
I had to explain that there was little chance that he would win a vacation．It's a strategy used to encourage kids to beg for artificially-colored （人工着色的） yogurt that costs a lot．
Marketing follows my kids —and yours—wherever they go ．It comes via TV commercials． Store displays and websites are also constantly selling at our kids ．But the most powerful means in kids" lives is the presence of licensed characters on every product imaginable．
Children can begin their day in character clothing．There's even character -themed wall paint available．A breakfast in a character bowl can be followed by a character toothbrush and character toothpaste（牙膏）, character soap and shampoo, and a character wash cloth and towel ．Then, they can put on character clothing and character shoes．Check that, character clock on the wall: Is it time for characier-shaped fruit snacks yet?
Surround kids with enough of the characters and they'll come to believe they need them．Most of us, of course, don't buy all those items．But say no to four products out of five and your home can still get filled with these tiny items encouraging brand loyalty （品牌忠诚）
At this time of year, parents buy licensed school supplies．With so much marketing around us, it can be to
ugh to stop the tide．
"One thing that helps parents'is that they can talk to other parents about, this kind of thing," Linn suggested ．"If you decide you want to buck this, it helps to find other people who will do the same thing ．That way, if your child says．"Everyone's doing it," you can really have a sense of whether everyone is．" |
【小题1】From the dialogue between the author and the son, we can infer that ____-
| A．the son likes drinking yogurt a lot． |
| B．buying Danimals may win a free tour |
| C．the son's school encourages kids to eat yogurt |
| D．Danimals in the most popular yogurt among kids． |
| A．character bowls increase kids' appetite． |
| B．character-themed wall paint is expensive |
| C．household goods are becoming the target of advertisers． |
| D．Linn considered character-themed products a foolish marketing strategy． |
| A．support | B．resist | C．advertise | D．learn |
| A．Marketing is affecting kids all the time． |
| B．Most kids now don't have a happy childhood, |
| C．Kids like buying licensed school supplies a lot. |
| D．Licensed character produce are doing great harm to kids. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年重庆市高三1月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Yousuf Karsh，the Canadian portrait artist who photographed many of the most influential figures of the 20th century，died in a Boston hospital on July l3 th，2002．He was 93．
??? Working from a studio in Ottawa，Karsh produced famous portraits of such subjects as Winston Churchill，John F．Kennedy，Ernest Hemingway and Albert Einstein．Actually he has become almost as famous as his legendary subjects．In the latest edition of Who’s Who，which listed the most notable people of the last century，Karsh was the only Canadian of the 100 famous people listed——51 0f whom Karsh had photographed．
??? As a master portraitist，often working in black and white．Karsh was famous for talking to his subjects as he was getting the shot’s composition just right，asking them questions and putting them at ease．In preparation，he read as much as he could about the sitters，but avoided having the idea beforehand of how he would photograph them．He sought, as he wrote in Karsh Portfolio in 1967，to capture the “essential element which has made them great，” explaining，“All I know is that within every mall a secret is hidden，and as a photographer, it is my task to reveal it if I can．”
Karsh was born in America in 1908，and his uncle，George Nakash，brought him to John Garo，all outstanding photographer，to teach him in 1928．Four years later，Karsh set up his own studio in Ottawa．
In December of 1941，his memorable portrait of Winston Churchill brought Karsh into international fame．Canada’s Prime Minister Mackenzie King arranged for him to photograph Churchill following Churchill’s speech in the House of Commons．Not told，Churchill lit up a cigar, “Why was I not told of this?’’ Karsh asked him to remove the cigar and，when he didn’t，stepped forward and gently removed it with the comment，“Forgive me，Sir．”Churchill glowered (怒目而视) as the shot was taken，then permitted Karsh to take still another,；jokingly commenting，“You can even make a roaring lion stand still to be photographed．” The Churchill portrait has since appeared in publications all over the world．
??? Karsh traveled to London in 1943 with his portable studio —— an 8-by-10 view camera and many studio lamps to photograph such notables as George Bernard Shaw and the royal family．All these portraits fully illustrate Karsh’s ability．
1.What did Karsh seek to do most in working?
A．Capture the essence and greatness of the character．
B．Present the true and vivid expression of the subject．
C．Make the photograph more colorful and expressive．
D．Reveal the idea he has got in preparing for the shot．
2.The underlined word “sitters”in Para 3 probably means __________ ．
A．characters seated????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．subjects questioned
C．models photographed????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．photographs taken
3.The last three paragraphs are mainly developed by __________ ．
A．following time order????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．providing examples
C．making comparisons????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．giving causes and effects
4.From the passage，we can learn that __________ ．
A．Churchill was asked to stand still when Karsh took a photograph of him
B．Churchill’s portrait hanging in the House of Commons gave Karsh great fame
C．Karsh was listed as one of the 100 notables by Who’s Who in the last century
D．Karsh could skilfully adjust the subjects’ mood when photographing them
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D day is a term used to stand for the starting day of a campaign or planned series of actions. When the secret starting date is unknown, secret or subject to change, D day is the reference point which helps planners arrange every step of a campaign. For example, the day before D day is D - ; the day after: D+1, D+2 and so on.
The letter D here stands for Day, so D day actually means Day day. More commonly the term has a military usage. In fact, it came into being during the First World War, but it was during the Second that D day got its common usage.
The beginning of the end of the Second World War was the allied landing of Europe, and D day was its starting date. After months of careful planning, the exact day was fixed for June 5, 1944．Because of impossible weather conditions, at the minute the landing was put off until the following day.
1．If a man – made satellite is planned to launch on August 1 st, but for some reason, it is launched of July 29 th, then according to the passage, the day is ,
A．D – 2 B．D – 3 C．D+2 D．D+3
2．The allied landing of Europe .
A．brought the Second World War to an end
B．started the Second World War
C．took place on the day D - 1
D．was the end of the Second World War
3．Why was the landing of Europe put off in the Second World War?
A．Because it had been carelessly planned
B．Because it was fine that day.
C．Because it was raining that day.
D．Because it wasn’t suitable for attacking that day.
4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．D day is a term used only in a campaign.
B．In fact, the term D day is June 5, not June 6.
C．D day is helpful for people to plan something to be happening.
D．June 1 st, Children’s Day can be called D day.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of old times, while during the 15 th century the word “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the 19 th century did silent reading become a common practice.
One should be careful, however, in thinking that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud disturbs others. Research into the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual way of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The 19 th century saw a gradual increase in literacy （读写能力） and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way.
Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its advantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the 19 th century, students were being advised to form their own opinions on books and to use skills in reading them which were unsuitable for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the 19 th century had greatly changed what the word “reading” implied.
1．Why was reading aloud common before the 19 th century?
A．Few people could read for themselves.
B．Few people knew the value of silent reading.
C．There were few places for reading alone.
D．Scholars enjoyed themselves by reading their own works.
2．The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century showed .
A．a change in the social position of the educated people
B．a change in the nature of reading
C．an increase in the number of newspapers
D．an increase in the people’s understanding of the mass media
3．According to the text, educators are still arguing about .
A．the importance of silent reading
B．the value of information given by books
C．the effects of reading on mental development
D．the value of different types of reading materials
4．We can learn from the text that “the old shared literacy culture” refers to .
A．the practice of reading to oneself
B．the practice of reading aloud
C．the reading of books and magazines
D．the reading of newspapers
5．What is the writer of this text attempting to do?
A．Show how reading methods have developed
B．Introduce a new method of reading
C．Remind people of oral reading in old times
D．Encourage the growth of reading in the future.
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