A 25-year-old student from Hubei was 36 into Tsinghua,China’s most famous university after an eight—year struggle.Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of Hubei Province.He first 37 going to college in the year 2000 38 he was admitted by a 1ocal school after 39 from a secondary technical school at age 17.Being a 40 art student,he passed the exam again next year but 41 school because of lacking money in September 2002.Life seemed 42 but Li didn’t give in.He earned a 43 by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students.But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of 44 the Academy of Arts&Design of Tsinghua University.Li 45 the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003. 46 ,he missed making the cut one mark last year.
In 2008,his fifth try,Li’s efforts 47 .He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University.Every year, Li took art 48 in Beijing and took exams from December to March.He then took cultural courses in his school till June. The rest of the year he spent on 49 work.Li said he hadn’t 50 any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school.Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his fate(命运) 51 knowledge.
52 by his contribution,Li Jun’s university funded him 9000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11450 yuan.An eight—year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun,but a new 53 has now begun.Li said he 54 not worry about repaying loans at present.He wants to study well and 55 more scholarships.
36.A.accept B.admitted C.admired D.allowed
37.A.talked of B.told of C.knew of D. dreamt of
38.A.where B.since C.that D.when
39.A.learning B.separating C.graduating D.dating
40.A.surprised B.gifted C.interested D.easy going
41.A.went on with B.watched out for C.1ooked forward to D.dropped out of
42.A.fair B.unfair C.lucky D.unlikely
43.A.value B.respect C.1iving D.freedom
44.A.visiting B.entering C.supporting D.pursing
45.A.turned to B.applied for C.called for D.adapted to
46.A.Instead B.At times C.However D.Besides
47.A.took off B.gave off C.paid off D.sent off
48.A.ways B.programmes C.success D.courses
49.A.full—time B.part—time C.out—of—door D.all
50.A.asked for B.looked for C.prayed for D.waited for
51.A.on B.for C.through D.into
52.A.Encouraged B.Impressed C.Accused D.Influenced
53.A.challenge B.1ife C.case D.relationship
54.A. will B. would C. can D. might
55.A.spend B.use C.care D.win
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.
Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of blubber to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.
"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?
Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.
"I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable," she said.
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.
Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but "certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable".
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.
Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.
A. not having a layer of blubber B. having few feathers due to old age
C. having no wetsuit D. others penguins rejecting him
The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.
A. total invention B. the use of wetsuit on humans
C. the use of heat lamp D. waterproof feathers
Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.
A. whether other penguins would reject him
B. if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
C. if the wetsuit kept warm
D. whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean?
A. feeling scared B. staying alone C. shaking with cold D. keeping warm
The best title of the passage is _____.
A. Wetsuit for An Old Penguin B. Old Penguin Getting Bald
C. Unwilling to Swim D. Strange Look of Pierre
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
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Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.
Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.
In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United States census. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.
“We looked at life expectancy(预测寿命)at age 25,” Meara says.
“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”
Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25 year old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.
In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact .
Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people has made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.
Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.
“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that's something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”
Meara points out that education can often determine income - people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.
Title | The Amount of __71_____Contributes to People’s Health | |||
Comparisons | The less educated people | The ____72____ educated people | ||
In 1990 | They could live for 75 years | They could live to the age of 80 | ||
In 2000 | Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990. | They could live to the age of 81.6 _____73____. | ||
___74___ of the research | In the past ____75___ | Their life expectancy remained ____76_____. | They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly ___77____ to their quitting smoking. | |
People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the population | ||||
Income____78_____ on education. | People with more education make more money | |||
Getting more money helps to increase their ____79____ of health care, which can keep them healthier. | ||||
______80_____ | Education is the key to better health. | |||
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
WASHINGTON-Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for foreign teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.?
It's not easy, even desperated.?
“We have many children left to place:40 out of 75,”said Straub, who works for a Paris based foreign exchange programme called LEC. ?
When exchange programmes started 50 years ago, more families were willing to help others. For one thing, more mothers stayed home.?
But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to have some courses for one year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programmes.
School systems in many parts of the US, unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(异国情调的).?
In searching for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to the retired.
“We are open to many different types of families,”said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25-year-old programme that sends about 30 000 teenagers on one?year exchange programmes worldwide.?
“For elderly people, exchange students keep up young—they really do,”said Jean Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Porst from Denmark.?
Foreign teenagers come to American families with the purpose of _______.
A. finding their parents in America B. finding good jobs in America?
C. learning the culture of America D. enjoying the life of America
In the past, Straub's job was easy, because American families _______.?
A. needed more money to live B. had fewer children to support?
C. had spare rooms to rent D. were not as busy as now
To deal with the problems in recent years, Straub and her workmates have to _______.
A. ask different kinds of families for help
B. limit the number of the exchange students?
C. borrow much money to pay for the costs
D. force some families to accept students
From the last paragraph we can conclude that _______.
A. exchange students are welcome in America?
B. exchange students must pay much money to the host families?
C. American students don't want to join the exchange programmes?
D. old Americans can benefit from hosting exchange students
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年浙江省宁波市五校高三5月适应性考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分;满分20分)
My name is Amy. I’m a 25-year-old graduate student who likes yoga, home-decorating shows and eating spoonfuls of peanut butter 1 from the jar. Oh yeah, and I’m an iPhone addict.
I wasn’t always an addict. In fact, for many years I told myself I didn’t want a 2 cellphone. They seemed like too much work, always beeping, ringing and 3 attention. I was 4 content with my simple antique (古董,此处指旧手机), and I didn’t expect to change my mind any time soon.
However, about a year ago, I found myself envious of all those proud iPhone owners, cradling their shiny new phones and 5 all their friends. I started listening secretly to conversations about “iPhone apps”, feeling like a 6 listening to a language I couldn’t speak.
Eventually I couldn’t 7 my iPhone instinct (本能) any longer, and I welcomed my new iPhone into my life.
To my surprise, I suddenly found myself with a whole new circle of friends. They 8 my iPhone-related inquiries when my other friends couldn’t, and didn’t 9 when I bragged about (吹嘘) all the things little Eloise (yes, I named her) could do.
However, I realized I had a problem when one day I found myself Google-mapping my way to my mailbox, which happens to be right outside my front door.
When I 10 the past few months, I couldn’t believe I didn’t see this coming. All the 11 signs were there. Eloise slept right beside me and was the first thing I 12 in the morning. I 13 my e-mail about 20 times a day. I also experienced 14 when I left poor Eloise in the change room at the gym. 15 she beeped and needed my response?
Okay, so I was addicted to my iPhone.
I decided 16 had to be done. But, as I quickly realized, iPhones are like 17 and not easy to quit.
Then, while taking the bus to work one day, I was 18 forced to quit—at least 19 . When I reached into my purse to grab Eloise, (to refer to my e-mail for only the seventh time that morning), I found her 20 by fever. She was so hot that I dropped her immediately back into my bag. When I picked her up again, she was gone.
1. A.straight B.excitedly C.hurriedly D.randomly
2. A.faithful B.fancy C.fragile D.curious
3. A.demanding B.attempting C.rejecting D.paying
4. A.partly B.frequently C.perfectly D.gradually
5. A.showing them off to B.impressing them on
C.discussing them with D.recommending them to
6. A.farmer B.tourist C.native D.worker
7. A.inspect B.submit C.ignore D.confirm
8. A.turned down B.laughed at C.comment on D.responded to
9. A.roll their eyes B.open their mouths
C.wave their hands D.nod their heads
10. A.rest on B.reflect upon
C.settle down D.concentrate on
11. A.funny B.guilty C.warning D.positive
12. A.dream of B.came across
C.glanced through D.reached for
13. A.checked B.wrote C.delivered D.deleted
14. A.happiness B.anxiety
C.starvation D.disappointment
15. A.How when B.How about C.What if D.In case
16. A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something
17. A.cigarettes B.coffee C.books D.milk
18. A.instantly B.unexpectedly
C.completely D.surprisingly
19. A.permanently B.unwillingly
C.temporarily D.accidentally
20. A.drowned B.removed C.exploded D.overcome
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届江苏省南通市通州区高二上学期期中考试英语题 题型:完型填空
No one in the United States could forget the sorrowful story, April 14th, 1865 36 Abraham Lincoln was murdered.
The night after a very busy 37 , the President and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C where a new play was to be put on.
Near the theatre 38 a 25-year-old unsuccessful actor named John Wilkes Booth, who was strongly against the North though he hadn’t fought 39 the South himself. As the play 40 after a moment of rest, Booth came into the theatre. He walked slowly and quietly 41 the door through which he could see the President’s 42. He looked 43 carefully so as to find the guards 44 task was to protect the President from the enemy. To his joy, there was none of 45 and nobody noticed him. He reached the door quickly and began to get hold of the gun 46 in his pocket.
It was quiet in the theatre and everyone 47 his eyes on the stage. Suddenly a terrible sound of 48 broke in on the play. It surprised everyone and soon they looked 49 where the sound had just come .Smoke was seen coming out of the President’s box, where the 50 had enjoyed the play. Right away the theatre was full of shouting and excited people. Soldiers hurried in to _51 the building, but it was too 52 ! The murderer had already 53 from the box onto the stage, from which then he hurriedly ran out of the theatre and soon disappeared in the 54_.
The news came that Lincoln, whom the people had 55 to love as an inspiring leader and a wise, warm-hearted, honest man, was short in the chest and died early the next morning.
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