With all the housework ________, Marty went to a movie,happy and relaxed.
A.to complete B.completed
C.completing D.to be completed
科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(7)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
(2013·忻州联考) —Mr.Black, I think you have good taste in ________ art.So would you like to take ________ look at the painting.
—Yes, I'd love to.
A.不填;a B.a;the
C.不填;the D.an;a
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(1)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
(2013·宜春五校联考)Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers.They use robotic systems to milk their cows.Cows are trained to follow a series of paths that lead to milking stations.Only one cow at a time can enter a station.
Once inside,the cow is rewarded with food.As the cow eats,a robotic arm cleans and connects the animal to the milking machine.A few minutes later,milking is complete.The gate is opened,the cow is released and the next cow enters.
The robotic systems are designed to operate 24 hours a day.The cows get to decide when they want to be milked.Cows are milked an average of about three times a day.Some are milked four to six times a day.
The cows wear collars around their necks that identify them to the system.A computer keeps records on their eating and milking.A cow is released from the station if the computer decides it should not be milked.
The automated system also measures the temperature and color of freshly produced milk.Milk is thrown away if it does not pass the tests.
Professor Plaut believes the systems will appeal especially to the next generation of farmers.She means young people who are more interested in technology and less interested in working all the time on the farm.Still,she says the price of robotic milking systems will continue to limit their use.
Doug and Tina Suhr have more than 100 cows on their family farm.Last year it became the fourth farm in southeast Minnesota to get a robotic milking system.A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot costs 175,000 dollars.The second costs 150,000 dollars.
Doug told AgriNews that wages that would have been paid for one employee in five years will pay for one robot.He says the increase in milk production reaches a high of more than six kilograms per cow per day.
1.From the first paragraph,we can infer ________.
A.the robotic system is designed to reduce labor
B.cows can be raised by robots in the future
C.robots direct cows into milking stations
D.cows are kept clean by robots on some farms
2.Besides milking cows,the robotic system also can ________.
A.adjust the temperature of milking stations
B.judge the quality of fresh milk
C.improve the appetite of cows
D.keep fresh milk for two weeks
3.Why is the robotic system not popular now?
A.Because young people have no interest in it.
B.Because it is difficult to learn how to use it.
C.Because people can't afford to buy it.
D.Because it usually causes the waste of milk.
4.According to Doug,what is the wage of an employee per year?
A.$150,000~$175,000.
B.over $75,000.
C.$150,000~$30,000.
D.$30,000~$35,000.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(12)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City,Calif.,to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you'd be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, “I don't want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker.Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.
Does anyone stop any more? I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line:“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the goodwill of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him,carry him down the road?
The idea intrigued me.
The week I turned 37,I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina,a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50?pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles:“America”.
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states.As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.
1.Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?
A.Because he failed to notice this man.
B.Because he was driving too fast.
C.Because he thought the young man didn't need help.
D.Because he was afraid of being tricked.
2.What was it that made the author upset?
A.Leaving the young man alone in the desert.
B.Being considered a fool.
C.Making the decision of not offering help so easily.
D.Keeping thinking about the young man.
3.The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.
A.find out how long he could survive without help
B.go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment
C.find out whether strangers would offer help to him
D.figure out how strangers thought of his plan
4.In the passage,the author described his journey as a gamble because ________.
A.he was not so sure of the outlook of the journey
B.he had no money to give to strangers
C.he was sure of the coming sufferings
D.he wasn't sure whether to make the journey
5.The following part might probably ________.
A.describe how he fooled strangers
B.describe how strangers went out of their way to help him
C.explain why people refused to help strangers
D.explain how he overcame his difficulties on the way
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(12)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
People with simple names enjoy quicker career advancement because names which are hard to pronounce inspire negative ________ from superiors.
A.considerations B.consequences
C.expectations D.reactions
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(11)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Did you know that the first documented use of OMG(oh my god)was in 1917, or that LOL was once a common term meaning little old ladies in 1960? That's what the world learned when OMG, LOL, and FYI (for your information) were added to the Oxford English Dictionary last week. This dictionary is considered by many to be the reference book that defines the English language.
Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary are truly considered new members of the language. People invent new words all the time, but only a few become popular enough to get defined in dictionaries.
Typed online or in text messages, LOL, FYI, and OMG are initialisms,_which can be said aloud letter by letter, like LOL, which now stands for Laugh Out Loud.Faster to type than the full phrases, initialisms like these have been used online since the 1990s. But these three online terms are now spoken outside the Internet too, making them different from other online lingo( 行话). Dictionary editors decided the words are used so commonly that they had to be defined this year.
Another important addition to the dictionary this year was ?, as in “I ? NY.” This is the first graphic (图形的 ) symbol ever defined in the Oxford English Dictionary.The editors added ? as a verb under the definition of “heart”, meaning “to love”.
Some slang words — informal language used more commonly in speech than in writing — were also added, like wassup, a shortened way to say “What's up”. Even words that have been in use for many years like biker and happy camper were finally added to the dictionary.
The Oxford English Dictionary now defines more than 600,000 words.That adds up to more than 21,730 pages! Guinness World Records calls it the longest dictionary in the world.The Oxford English Dictionary is known for recording words of all kinds—popular, outdated, and even foreign words used by English speakers throughout the language's long history.
1.The text is mainly about that ________.
A.expressions like LOL and FYI have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary
B.English words change their meaning as time goes by
C.English language is becoming more and more difficult to learn
D.the Oxford English Dictionary breaks the Guinness World Record
2.Which of the following is NOT included in the facts that the Oxford English Dictionary has been updated?
A.Some online terms are added to it.
B.A graphic symbol is first introduced into it.
C.Some slang words are collected in it.
D.Some old words are left out.
3.What does the underlined word “initialisms” refer to?
A.Words having foreign origins.
B.Words made from the first letters of several words in a phrase.
C.Uncommon words frequently appearing on the Internet.
D.Official words used in formal documents with capital letters.
4.Before any new word is added to the Oxford English Dictionary, it must be ________.
A.spread widely across the Internet
B.used commonly by the dictionary editors
C.used commonly in either spoken or written language
D.a short word
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(11)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
After she won the dance competition, she found herself ________ of a celebrity in her community.
A.nothing B.everything
C.something D.anything
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考定时训练(10)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
For Wang Shun,________ university graduate from China's less developed Guizhou Province,shopping online is ________ delight as she tries to keep pace with the lives of those in big cities.
A.the;a B.a;不填
C.an;a D.a;a
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014年高考二轮复习热点预测:专题9名词性从句英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
So quickly are science and technology advancing ________ is a possibility today may be a reality tomorrow.
A.which B.what
C.that which D.that what
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