“Selfie” may have been named Oxford Dictionary’s word of 2013. In effect，so widely known has the selfie become that in the past 12 months，its frequency in the English language has increased by 17000 percent， said Oxford dictionaries. However，its popularity has just earned it another honour-being voted the most annoying and overused term of the past 12 months. But I’d like to offer that maybe it isn’t so bad.
According to the Oxford online dictionary, selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself， often from a smart phone， and send them to a social media website. Women and men alike decorate their Facebook and Twitter accounts with these pictures， sometimes with exaggerated facial expressions，such as large smiles or puckered lips（噘嘴）.
Let’s think about it. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time they do， and they only end up posting one or two of those. They pick the one that they feel makes them look the best. Isn’t that beautiful？ In that one picture，somebody has given himself or herself confidence. Self-image is vital. In today’s society，we are so crazy about being perfect. But perhaps， with that one selfie，we feel as if we fit that need. We feel handsome，beautiful，confident，smart，happy，and content. For that moment，everything bad or terrible that has ever happened to us seemed to have been erased，for that smile or that pucker is what gives us the determination to love ourselves.
A spoken-word poem I saw lately set me thinking：If I ask you what you love，the answers will most likely roll of your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love birds，music…your mom，your brother，your sister，your daughter，your best friend，your dog. How long do you think you could go on and on before you said，“I love myself.”？
The poem hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve struggled with confidence all of my life. And I still do. And in no way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway to that confidence. However，the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves. Just as Pamela Rutledge put it，“There are many more photographs available now of real people than models.”
1.According to the writer, we live in a society where ________.
A. selfie leads to success
B. a good image decides one’s status
C. one’s poor performance can be erased
D. being perfect is highly valued
2.The spoken-word poem mentioned in the 4th paragraph implies ________.
A. our pleasure to enjoy beauty
B. our need to love people around us
C. our tendency to ignore ourselves
D. our real love to share with others
3.What does the underlined word “credit” in the last paragraph mean?
A. praise B. grade C. trust D. fame
4.In the writer’s opinion, selfie ________.
A. brings about people’s sense of confidence
B. is merely popular among teenagers
C. tells the true meaning of life
D. is an annoying phenomenon on the Internet
全能测控期末小状元系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年辽宁实验中学分校高二下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
A new weapon is on the way in the fight against smoking in Europe. Soon when smokers buy cigarettes they might see a shocking photo of a blackened lung or a cancer patient staring back at them from the packet.
Some boys may think of smoking as cool and sexy. Their friends won’t agree when they see their packets of cigarettes lying on the table. The European Union announced on October 22, that it had chosen 42 photos that showed the damage cigarettes could do to the body. It called on member nations to put these pictures on packets to discourage smokers. To catch the attention of teenagers, the special packets warn of long-term medical dangers, like cancer. Short-term effects, like bad skin, are also on the list.
“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror. That is the message we should send to the young,” said David Byrne, an EU health official. “Hopefully these pictures will shock students out of their love for cigarettes.”
The EU head office hoped the pictures would work better than current written warnings on packs of cigarettes. The warnings included “smoking kills” and “smoking can lead to a slow and painful death.”
So far, Ireland and Belgium have shown interest in the photos. Canada has used similar pictures and warnings on cigarette packs since 2000. The country has recently seen a fall in the number of smokers. According to studies, smoking is the single biggest cause of avoidable death in EU. Every year more than 650,000 smokers die, more than one person a minute.
1.Why will the “new weapon” hopefully work better according to the passage?
A. Because it is easier to understand.
B. Because it shows both dangers and effects.
C. Because it can be seen by the smokers’ friends.
D. Because it is more powerful to catch attention.
2.The pictures chosen by the EU are supposed to work on ______.
A. young smokers B. smokers in Ireland and Belgium
C. all smokers D. young smokers’ friends
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Canada has been the first to use the EU’s “weapon”.
B. Many smokers don’t quite believe the written warnings.
C. The new form of warning has already proved to work.
D. Smoking has caused more deaths than anything else in EU.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
It amazed me—every time I saw Joe, he was smiling. It didn’t _ ___ whether he had to stop at a stop light, or if he were the seventh person in __ __ at the bank, and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe __ _ smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so __ __ every day.
Having observed Joe with other people, I __ __ something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing, and really seemed to listen to their __ __. If someone were hurting, he had __ __ for him and kind words, and offered to __ __ in any way he could.
It made me think...What if I tried to smile more? A(n) __ __ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even _ __ smiled back at me. Some even __ __! The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a __ __ time saw me smile and _ ___ talking...and, you guessed it. He made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart __ __ a person to reach something...I could get that for him. The smile even transferred over to him, and he __ __ me.
As I drove home, I was smiling. I _ ___ what I had just learned, and when someone passed me and gave me a(n) _ ___, I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.
Now I know a smile is a small thing, but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day? I couldn’t believe how _ __ I felt. Nothing in my life had changed, _ __ maybe it had. For what I learned was that such a small thing could __ _ not only my spirits, but those around me as well.
1.A. workB. happenC. matterD. last
2.A. orderB. debtC. handD. line
3.A. always B. eventuallyC. immediatelyD. still
4.A. naughtyB. happyC. activeD. humorous
5.A. decidedB. judgedC. noticedD. considered
6.A. answersB. complaintsC. excusesD. comments
7.A. guidanceB. respectC. sympathyD. protection
8.A. performB. attemptC. botherD. help
9.A. experimentB. lifeC. projectD. program
10.A. meetB. touchC. knowD. contact
11.A. glaredB. greetedC. approachedD. escaped
12.A. spareB. longC. hardD. great
13.A. stoppedB. triedC. keptD. enjoyed
14.A. persuadedB. acceptedC. supportedD. needed
15.A. thankedB. changedC. encouragedD. invited
16.A. worried aboutB. thought about
C. talked overD. looked over
17.A. gestureB. addressC. callD. ticket
18.A. normalB. greatC. reasonableD. complicated
19.A. soB. forC. butD. till
20.A. releaseB. admireC. displayD. lift
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阅读下面衫料，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。
How can a person stand out in a country of 1.35 billion? One safe, inexpensive and relatively stress-free way is to choose a(n) 1.____ (usual) English name.
Chinese people usually get 2.____English name in high school or college English class.Others get one once they start working and regularly deal with 3.____ (foreign), who often have trouble 4.____ (pronounce) their Chinese names.
Many students 5.____ (give) traditional English names by their teachers, or end up with common ones that sound like their Chinese names (for example, David for Dawei and Tracy for Cui Li).
The rest go with whatever word appeals to them, 6.____ (include) adjectives (Vivid), verbs (Happen), animals (Dolphin), brands (KFC) and common nouns (Tears).
Then there are the creative types like Cereal, a kind of main food more commonly7.____ (find) on breakfast tables than business cards, but 8.____ is no doubt that an English name makes an impression.
What's more special, the parents of 3-year-old Arwenry came up with the name of a character in the novel The Lord of the Rings (Arwen) with part of 9._________ (they) daughter's Chinese name(Rui).
But nothing screams unique like Uniqueen. The combination of'“unique”and “queen” comes from a Beijing teenager who wanted a name more unforgettable 10._________Angel.
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李华是生活在某个社区的孩子，她感到孩子们的社区生活单调，几乎没有朋友，于是打算向社区负责人黄叔叔提出解决该问题的建议。请你就此事以李华的名义写一篇 100 词左右的邮件。
内容包括：
1. 组织社区里的孩子参加清洁本小区的劳动。
2. 提供一个固定场所供孩子们课后学习和交流。
3. 鼓励孩子们加入社区足球俱乐部并安排比赛。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头与结尾已为你写好。
Dear Mr. Huang,
I am Li Hua, a child living in this community.______________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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：在错的词下划一横线，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。
The best advice I received in my childhood was from my dad. He always gives me some advice, but I seldom took them seriously. One day he was encouraged me to participate in a speech competition. So I signed up and after the competition, I did my best to be full prepared. But the moment I stood on the stage, I was such nervous that my mind completely went blank. The experience of lose a competition was really painful. Then, my dad said, “My son, life is like battlefield. You have to lose many time to win the final victory.” Thanks for his advice, I never give up when I do anything.
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Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. The following are six cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.
Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and disturbing.
Family
In China, elders are traditionally treated with great respect while the young are cared for. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
Friends
Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel it deeply necessary to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
Money
As is well known,the Chinese like to save. They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the US, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts（对应面）.
Education
Chinese people value education and career more than Americans, who in turn put more emphasis on good character and faith.
Team VS Individual
Basically China values the community and the US values the individual. If you achieve something in the US, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it’s because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits （功绩）are celebrated.
1.Which is the most appropriate word to show the first cultural difference?
A. Privacy.B. Income.C. Age.D. Marriage.
2.Which is true according to the passage?
A. American parents seldom live with their children.
B. There is no friendship between American people drinking together.
C. Chinese people are usually generous with money to spend.
D. Americans value good character and faith in terms of education.
3.Which one is similar to the underlined phrase?
A. is attached to B. brings in
C. is promoted to D. results in
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We still don't know the exact time for the first human being ________.
A.to have been cloned B.being cloned
C.having been cloned D.to be cloned
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“Well, I finally did it．I finally decided to enter the digital age and get a cell phone．My kids have been annoying me and the last straw was when my car broke down, and I was stuck by the highway for an hour before someone stopped to help．But when I went to the cell phone store, I almost changed my mind．The phones all have cameras, computers and a "global-positioning" something or other that’s supposed to spot me from space．Goodness, all I want to do is to be able to talk to my grandkids! The people at the store weren’t much help．They couldn’t understand why someone wouldn’t want a phone the size of a postage stamp．And the rate plans! They were confusing, and expensive ．．．and the contract (合同) lasted for two years! I’d almost given up until a friend told me about her new Jitterbug phone．Now, I have the convenience and safety of being about to stay in touch …with a phone I can actually use.”
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1.What made “I” finally think of getting a cell phone?
A．Being persuaded by cell phone salespersons.
B．Being urged by his grandkids.
C．Being stuck by the highway.
D．Being attracted by the friendly return policy.
2.Which of the following is NOT the reason that nearly stops “me” from having a cell phone?
A．The cell phone with cameras and global-positioning device.
B．The cell phone of small size.
C．Expensive rate plans.
D．No agreement to sign.
3.On the monthly basis of 100 minutes, the Jitterbug weekly rate is about ______．
A．$4.99 B．$3.75
C．$14.99 D．$19.99
4.An advantage of Jitterbug mentioned in the passage is ______．
A．its discount price with a free gift
B．its reasonable rate plans without a contract
C．its “global-positioning” system with 911 access
D．its good customer service all over the world
5.The main purpose of the passage is to ________．
A．tell a customer’s story of Jitterbug
B．provide two ways to order Jitterbug
C．attract potential customers to Jitterbug
D．give a brief introduction of Jitterbug
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