C
Americans think that travel is good for you. Some even think it can help one of the country’s worst problems—crime(犯罪).
Crime worried a lot of people. Every year,the number of crimes goes up and up. And many criminals are young. They come from sad homes,with only one parent or no parents at all.
There are many young criminals in prison. But prison. doesn’t change them. Six or seven in ten will go back to crime whell they come out of prison.
One man,Bob Buton,thought of a new idea. In the old days,young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave,and to help their friends in times of danger. This helped them to grow into men. So Bob Burton started“Vision QueSt”. He takes young criminals on a long,long journey with horses and wagons,3000 miles through seven states. They are on. the road for more than a year.
The young people on Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already spent time in prison. This is their last chance.
It’s hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before. But they can love their horse and that love can help them to a new life.
Now all the young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. Three or four in ten will one day be in prison again.
Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for you. Even today. Americans still say, “Go west,young man. ”
1．In Paragraph 7“leave crime behind them”means________.
A．no longer do a crime
B．leave people who do a crime
C．don’t do all the crimes
D．leave criminals behind
2．Why is Bob Burton right?
A．Because he can help crime.
B．Because travel may help young people leave crime behind them.
C．Because the young criminals have a hard life on the road.
D．Because he can stop crime in the country.
3．From the passage we may infer that________.
A．getting up before the sun rises can help people out of crime
B．loving can help young people to a new life
C．traveling can help all criminals out of prison
D．being brave and strong can do with crime
4．On“Vision Quest”________.
A．young people have bad problems
B．young people often help their friends in times of danger
C．young people grow into men
D．all Of the above
5．Americans still say,“Go west,young man. ”because________.
A．if they go west they can have a travel
B．in the west there is a prison
C．there they have to live a hard life to grow into men
D．prison doesn’t change them
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
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C. improve their education at home to get better jobs D. earn their degrees in different ways that suit them
2. Which of the following is NOT clearly mentioned in this advertisement?
A. The way how you will get your degree. B. Tuition price.
C. The hot fields you will be preparing yourself for. D. The length of time it will take you to get a degree.
3. What does the writer of this ad intend to say by naming General Electric, IBM, Ford, etc.?
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B. To show that the training program is fully supported by famous companies in the U. S.
C. To prove the value of their training in every area.
D. To show the importance of getting recognized by the most famous companies.
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A. its convenience B. the degree’s nation-wide recognition
C. the economic benefit(利益) it will bring about D. the hot fields the training will help people to enter
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.
Rooms for the night in private homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms, others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the rooms, others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the areas and the interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say that they enjoy the chance to meet local families.
1.Americans take a holiday trip_____.
A. all the year round B. for years
C. every year D. every other year
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Some Americans like to stay at bed-and-breakfast homes instead of at hotels.
B. The bed-and-breakfast inns are private homes opened to vacationers.
C. The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time.
D. The bed-and-breakfast inn owners provide a morning meal for their visitors and a room for the night.
3.Why do American travelers prefer staying at bed-and-breakfast inns?
A. It is like visiting someone’s home.
B. The money they spend there is much less.
C. They can meet local families.
D. All of the above.
4.Staying at the bed-and-breakfast inns,_____.
A. the travelers needn’t pay anything
B. the travelers don’t have to pay for the telephone or television
C. the travelers can meet and talk with the local people
D. the owners will show the travelers around the area
5.Which is true according to the passage?
A. European and American vacationers like staying at bed-and-breakfast inns.
B. All Americans enjoy traveling.
C. These bed-and-breakfast inns are all old historic buildings.
D. Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is just like at the traveler’s home.
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科目：高中英语 来源：东北三省三校2010届高三下学期第三次联合模拟考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Upon reaching an appropriate age, usually between 18 and 21 years, children are encouraged, but not forced, to “leave the nest” and begin an independent life. After children leave home they often find social relationships and financial support outside the family. Parents do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do children usually ask permission of their parents to get married, Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spousesthrough other friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions, Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve of their choices.
In many families, parents feel that children should make major life decisions by themselves. A parent may try to influence a child to follow a particular profession but the child is free to choose another career. Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish in order to assert their independence. A son may deliberately decide not to go into his father’s business because of a fear that he will lose his autonomy in his father’s workplace. This independence from parents is not an indication that parents and children do not love each other. Strong love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the American family Coexisting with such love in the American family are cultural values of self – reliance and independence.
1．The writer discusses the marriage of young adults in order to show .
A．they choose their spouses according to their own wishes only
B．they want to win the permission of their parents
C．they have a strong desire to become independent
D．they want to challenge the authority of their parents
2．Most young adults in the U.S. get married for the sake of __ __.
A．love B．financial concern
C．their parents D．family background
3．Based on the passage, it can be assumed that ______.
A．American young adults are likely to follow the suit of their parents
B．most American people never make major decisions for their children
C．American young adults posses cultural values of independence
D．once a young person steps into his twenties, he will leave his home permanently
4．A son is unwilling to work in his father’s business mainly because .
A．he wishes to make full use of what he has learnt in school
B．he wants to prove his independence
C．he wishes to do the opposite of what his parents approve of
D．he wants to show his love for his parents
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年河南省郑州盛同学校高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
PALO ALTO, California------"Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter------ even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise," US researchers said last week.
A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.9kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.
"The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity," said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.
"American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years," Robinson said.
In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies‘ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.
Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continued their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet or took part in any extra exercise.
"One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories," Robinson said.
"Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more," Robinson said.
【小题1】The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ________.
| A．children will get fatter if they eat too much |
| B．children will get thinner if they eat less |
| C．children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV |
| D．children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV |
| A．is more than four hours a day | B．is less than four hours a day |
| C．doubled in the last twenty years | D．is more than on any other activities |
| A．six hours | B．eight hours | C．three hours | D．one hour |
| A．Children usually eat fewer while watching TV. |
| B．Children usually eat more while watching TV. |
| C．Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV. |
| D．Children usually eat nothing while watching TV. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：江西省于都县2010届高三下学期3月模拟考试英语试题 题型：阅读理解
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Although man has known asbestos for many hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H. W. Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers, was responsible for he opening of that first mine.
Mr. Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy. He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers. After putting on a pair of asbestos gloves, which looked much like ordinary work gloves, he took red-hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands. How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all. You can well imagine that he had increasing business in asbestos roofing materials. However, because it was very expensive to transport them from Italy to the United States, Mr. Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home. This young man found great vein in the province of Quebec in Canada.
Ever since 1881 Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral, which is made up of magnesium, silicon, iron, and oxygen. When it is mined, the asbestos is heavy, just as you would expect a mineral to be. When it is separated, a strange thing happens; the rock breaks down into fine, soft, soapy fibers .
Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads,but they have found thousands of uses of this fireproof material, of the so-called “cloth of stone”.
60. Which title best expresses the main idea of this passage?
A. Asbestos mined in Canada B. Fireproof matter
C. A “wonder” mineral D. A new roofing material
61. Johns proved his ability as a salesman by_______.
A. going into roofing business
B. carrying asbestos from Italy
C. sending a trained scientist
D. showing the use of asbestos gloves
62. Which is the most important character of asbestos that the author wants to show us?
A. It is like thread. B. It feels soapy.
C. It burns easily. D. It is unusually heavy.
63. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage was to _______.
A. show the need for more scientists
B. compare asbestos with other minerals
C. increase the sales of asbestos
D. present facts about asbestos
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