Steven Spielberg was not a scholar, and his classmates teased him. Rather than read, the kid really preferred running around with an 8mm camera, shooting homemade movies, which he showed to friends for a small fee.
In his first year of high school, he dropped out. But when his parents persuaded him to return, he was mistakenly placed in a learningdisabled class, which lasted one month. Only when the family moved to another town did he land up in a more suitable high school, where he eventually graduated.
After being denied entrance into a traditional filmmaking school, Steven Spielherg enrolled in English at California State University at Long Beach. Then in 1965, he recalls, in one of those serendipitous moments, his life took a complete turn. Visiting Universal Studios, he met Chuck Silvers, an executive in the editorial department. Silvers liked the kid who made 8mm films and invited him back sometime to visit.
He appeared the next day. Spielberg, dressed in a dark suit, carrying his father's briefcase with nothing inside but a sandwich and candy bars walked confidently up to the guard at the gate of Universal and gave him a casual wave. The guard waved back. He was in.
“For the entire summer，” Spielberg remembers, “I dressed in my suit and hung out with the directors and writers, including Silvers, who knew the kid wasn't a studio employee, but winked at him. I even found an office that wasn't being used, and became a squatter (擅自占用他人房子的人). I bought some plastic tiles and put my name in the building directory: Steven Spielberg, Room 23C.”
It paid off for everyone. Ten years later, the 28yearold Spielberg directed Jaws, which took in $470 million, then the biggest grossing movie of all time. Dozens of films and awards have followed because Steven Spielberg knew what his teachers didn't—talent is in the eyes of the filmmaker.
【小题1】Why was Steven Spielberg laughed at by his classmates?
| A．He was the youngest boy. |
| B．He was too short for his age. |
| C．He liked to fight with other boys. |
| D．He didn't care much about his lessons. |
| A．To see his movies. |
| B．To use his camera. |
| C．To look at his photos. |
| D．To include them in the movie. |
| A．Study English at a college. |
| B．Become a newspaper editor. |
| C．Work for Universal Studios. |
| D．Go to a traditional filmmaking school. |
| A．Being dressed in a suit. |
| B．Meeting Chuck Silvers. |
| C．Missing a filmmaking school. |
| D．Working for Universal Studios. |
| A．Always follow our dream and we can make it. |
| B．We need someone to help us realize our dreams. |
| C．Anyone can become a film director if he wants to. |
| D．We should grasp the opportunity that comes our way. |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】A
解析文章大意：美国著名电影导演史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格小时候不喜欢学习功课，但是对拍摄电影很感兴趣。1965年，一次到环球影视城的参观经历彻底改变了他的人生。
【小题1】答案：D 细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知，史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格在少年时代不是那种用功的好学生，所以遭到同学们的嘲笑。
【小题2】答案：A 推理判断题。根据第一段的内容可知，史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格把拍摄的电影放给朋友看并收取少量的费用。
【小题3】答案：D 细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格中学毕业后本想进入电影学校。
【小题4】答案：B 推理判断题。根据第三段的内容可知，1965年史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格参观环球影视城时，遇到了Chuck Silvers，这改变了他的人生。
【小题5】答案：A 主旨大意题。史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格最终成名的故事说明了这样一个道理：如果一个人对某件事有强烈的兴趣，他就会不断地努力追求，最终梦想成真。
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Saturday, March 24th
We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand（泰国）. All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.
Tuesday, March 27th
Bangkok is wonderful and surprising. The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.
Friday, March 30th
Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life—no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say “hello”. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.
【小题1】The diaries above show the writer’s ______ days in Thailand.
| A．3 | B．8 | C．15 | D．7 |
| A．often feel hungry | B．can have a good time |
| C．can’t take any photos | D．feel a little bored |
| A．The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus. |
| B．Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand. |
| C．The writer is traveling alone in Thailand. |
| D．The writer will take a bus to Chiang Mai. |
| A．are friendly to others | B．like to speak English |
| C．hope to live in the cities | D．live a very busy life |
| A．My First Travel | B．Traveling in Thailand |
| C． The Outside World | D．My Trip to Chiang Mai |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
There were a thousand reasons not to stop.I was running late for a very important...well，whatever it was that I was running late for that day.Surely the Highway Patrol would be along soon，and it's their job to help stranded (搁浅) motorists，isn't it?
That made 1,004 reasons not to stop.And here was 1,005：I was the world's worst auto mechanic.The first time I tried to change my car's oil myself I did fine—until I forgot to put the new oil in.The boys down at the garage had a big laugh over that.
I'm not sure how much it would have helped that lady who was stranded by the side of the freeway if I had pulled over.So I drove on by，just like hundreds of other drivers on the freeway that day.Then suddenly I turned off at the next exit and made my way back to see if I could at least give her a lift or something.But by the time I got back to her，a Hispanic (西班牙的) gentleman had pulled in behind her，and was tinkering (修补) with her car's engine.
“Is there anything I can do to help？” I asked.
“No，thank you，”the lady replied.“This nice man says he can fix it.” After the man repaired it，the woman tried to give him some money，but he declined and waved as she drove off.It wasn't until we started walking toward our cars that I noticed he had five more reasons not to stop than I did；his family was sitting in the station wagon，waiting patiently.“Do you stop and help people like this often？”I asked.
“Somebody has to，”he said.“What's she going to do if nobody helps？”And for him，that was enough.
【小题1】By telling the story，the author intends to tell us ________.
| A．we must help someone in trouble even if we have every reason not to do so |
| B．if we don't have the necessary skills or knowledge，we can't help a person much |
| C．what the person in trouble needs most is kindness rather than practical skills |
| D．we much thank the person who has helped us when we are in trouble |
| A．The author once helped a person who was in trouble but was laughed at by a boy. |
| B．The author just wanted to find an excuse to stop to help the stranded lady. |
| C．The author doubted whether he had the ability to give the lady some necessary help. |
| D．What the author was running late for made him very angry. |
| A．Because he wanted to see if anybody else had helped the lady out. |
| B．Because he felt guilty about not helping the lady. |
| C．Because he wanted to help the Hispanic gentleman fix the lady's car. |
| D．Because he had thought of a way to help the lady. |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
It's baseball season again，and Hank Snydder is back on the field.He has been back from the accident that kept him out of the game for the season last year，and that cost the Muggers last year's championship.Baseball fans in the city of Midvale are happy and George Brenner，the Muggers' owner，is happy too, because when Hank plays the team wins and the games sell out.“Last year's attendance was all time low when Hank was out，”said Brenner.“We're glad to have him back in uniform.”
Needless to say，the Muggers pay Hank well.But other teams have offered him a million dollars.Still，Hank has been faithful to the Muggers up to now.But there is a rumor(谣传)that Hank might play for the Suffers of Sun City next year.A newspaper reporter asked Hank if there was any truth in it.He said.“Nothing has been decided，but I have to admit that I could be leaving Midvale after this season.”What about another rumor that Hank might be getting married? “That's true.” Hank replied，“and I'm very happy about it.”
There is no need to ask how Midvale or George Brenner would feel about losing Hank.But is Hank completely happy about the changes that may be taking place in his life? “Only one thing troubles me，”he said.“I've always loved the Muggers' blue uniforms.It will take me some time to get used to the Suffers' green and gold uniforms.”
【小题1】Hank Snydder didn't play for the Muggers last year because ________.
| A．there were no baseball matches |
| B．the club didn't pay him enough money |
| C．other players had accidents |
| D．something had happened to him |
| A．because the players of the Muggers didn't take part in the games |
| B．because of Hank Snydder's absence |
| C．because all the players didn't try their best |
| D．because the Muggers hadn't hoped to win it |
| A．Hank Snydder still plays for the Muggers. |
| B．Hank Snydder has been loyal to the Muggers. |
| C．Hank Snydder might be getting married. |
| D．Hank Snydder has some trouble with his partners. |
| A．the owner of the Muggers will feel happy |
| B．the owner of the Muggers will require him to return all the money |
| C．it may be a great loss to the Muggers |
| D．he will play for the baseball team for nothing |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them –have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.
Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the youngers.
Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet. Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.
【小题1】Many scholars are making efforts to _____.
| A．promote global languages |
| B．rescue the disappearing languages |
| C．search for language communities |
| D．set up languages research organizations. |
| A．Having first records of the languages |
| B．Writing books on language searching |
| C．Telling stories about language users |
| D．Linking with the native speakers |
| A．The cultural statics in India. |
| B．The documents available at Yale. |
| C．His language research in Britain. |
| D．His personal experience in Nepal. |
| A．Write sell and donate. |
| B．Record,repeat and reward. |
| C．Collect,protect and reconnect. |
| D．Design, experiment and report. |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband ,Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.
He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.
Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath.
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restoredour faith and trust in people.We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
【小题1】What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?
| A．Go shopping |
| B．Find a house |
| C．Join his family |
| D．Take his family |
| A．a friend of his family |
| B．a Sydney policeman |
| C．a letter in his papes |
| D．a stranger in Sydney |
| A．Showed |
| B．Sent out |
| C．Delivered |
| D．Gave back |
| A．From India to Australia. |
| B．Living in a a New Country. |
| C．Turning Trash to Treasure. |
| D．In Search of New Friends. |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
JANE AUSTEN(1775—1817)is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the strength of her six completed novels．Known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships，they are still as widely read today as they have ever been．
The seventh child of a country priest(牧师)，Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire．Her father ,the Reverend George Austen，was an intelligent and sensitive man who encouraged Jane in her love of reading．From an early age she was familiar with the works of Henry Fielding，Sir Walter Scott，Richardson，Frances Burney and the poet George Crabbe．Her early attempts at writing include burlesques(滑稽作品)of popular romances．When her father retired in 1801 the family moved to Bath，which was later to feature in her novel Northanger Abbey(published in 1818)．After his death in 1805 the family moved first to Southampton and then in 1809 to Chawton in Hampshire．where Jane Austen is known to have written her last three novels：Mansfield Park(1814)，Emma(1816)and Persuasion(also published in 1818)．Although her other novels were written much earlier ,it was not until 1811 that Sense and Sensibility was first published．Pride and Prejudice，which followed in1813,features Jane Austen’own favourite hero，Elizabeth Bennet．
Surrounded by her lively and warm family and wholly buried herself in her writing and housework，Jane Austen led a life often known for its lack of events．She did，however ,attract several admirers and even accepted a proposal of marriage from one admirer-only to change her mind the following morning．Jane Austen’s independent life often seems reflected in her novels，which seem to display the world in miniature(缩影)．Sir Walter Scott praised Jane Austen for‘that unique touch which makes ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting’，while Somerset Maugham claimed that she had at her command ‘the most precious gift a novelist can possess’s that of keeping the reader’s interest．Jane Austen died in 1817．
【小题1】The underlined word“touch” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to
| A．style | B．contact | C．taste | D．attitude |
| A．Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park． |
| B．Northanger Abbey and Persuasion． |
| C．Pride and Prejudice and Emma． |
| D．Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion． |
| A．attracting admirers |
| B．reflecting her own life in all her novels |
| C．making dull things and characters interesting |
| D．holding the readers’ interest |
| A．collection of women novelists and their works |
| B．comment on Jane Austen and her works |
| C．brief introduction of Jane Austen |
| D．description of Jane Austen’s road to success |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Jenny found her old bicycle at the back of the garage．It was a lot smaller than she remembered．When she sat on it and put her feet on the pedals，her knees nearly touched her chin. She then asked her dad for a new bicycle．
“Well，I’m sorry，but I can’t afford a bicycle now，“said Dad．“Why don’t you work and earn some money? You can save up for a bicycle yourself．”
Jenny began to work．That day she earned five dollars for cutting the grass and ten dollars for mowing the lawn for her dad．
That night Jenny went on the computer．She wrote“Gardening and Housework—Ten dollars an hour．Call Jenny at 23 Roseville Lane．“She decorated the page with pictures of cleaning and gardening equipment．She printed it fifty times．Then she posted the pages through all the doors on her street．
That week，Jenny was very busy! Lots of people had jobs to do，but they didn’t have time to do them．So they called Jenny．Every day，Jenny rushed home from schoo1．She did her homework quickly，and then she went out to work．
At the end of the week．she had$65! She told her father．
“That’s enough for a second hand bicycle.”he said．
“Yes，but if I work for one more week，I might have enough money for a new bike，“said Jenny．“In two more weeks，I could buy a really good bicycle! I think that's what I'll do. I want to have the best bicycle in the class，because I earn it myself!”
Jenny’s dad hugged her．“I think you learned something important．We appreciate things a lot more when we earn them．When we get something without earning it，we do not realize its true value．”
【小题1】What was the problem with Jenny’s old bicycle?
| A．It was broken． | B．It was too dirty． |
| C．Jenny didn't like it． | D．It was too small． |
| A．He wanted to teach her a lesson． |
| B．He was too busy． |
| C．He had just bought Jenny a birthday present. |
| D．He didn’t think it was a good idea． |
| A．＄10． | B．＄5． | C．＄65． | D．＄15． |
| A．She mailed letters to them． |
| B．She delivered messages by hand． |
| C．she sent them an email． |
| D．She talked to all her neighbors． |
| A．pleased because she had learnt a useful lesson |
| B．grateful to her father for his advice |
| C．optimistic about making more money |
| D．disappointed because she couldn’t afford a new bicycle |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, 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 stupid person if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, thieves everywhere, “I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch-hiker(免费搭车的人). Leaving him standing 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(加速器).
Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s family line: “I have always depended on the kindness of the strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of the strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying only on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, and carry him down the road?
The idea interested me.
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 as in Iowa. Yet I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed against their own best interests.
【小题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 was afraid of being cheated. |
| D．Because he thought the young man didn’t need help. |
| A．Making the decision of not offering help so easily. |
| B．Leaving the young man alone in the desert. |
| C．Being considered a fool. |
| D．Keeping thinking about the young man. |
| A．①—②③④—⑤—⑥⑦ |
| B．①②—③④—⑤⑥⑦ |
| C．①②—③④⑤⑥—⑦ |
| D．①②③—④—⑤⑥⑦ |
| A．find out how long he could survive without help |
| B．figure out how strangers thought of his plan |
| C．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment |
| D．find out whether strangers would offer help to him |
| A．describe how the author fooled the strangers |
| B．describe how strangers went out their way to help the author |
| C．explain why people refused to help strangers |
| D．explain how the author overcame his difficulties on the way |
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