A typical lion tamer（驯兽师）in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip( 鞭) at a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’s the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.
How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more)—only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?
This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become…take immediate action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.
1.Why does the lion tamer use a chair?
A. To entertain the audience.
B. To show off his skills.
C. To get ready for a fight.
D. To trick the lion.
2.In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?
A. They feel puzzled over choices.
B. They hold on to the wrong things.
C. They find it hard to make changes.
D. They have to do something for show
3.What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph3?
A. Tolerant. B. Doubtful.
C. Respectful. D. Supportive.
4.When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to _____
A. wait for a better chance
B. break your old habits
C. make a quick decision
D. ask for clear guidance
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年黑龙江实验中学高一上期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，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。
When he was a little boy, Christopher Cockerell once noticed his mother turning the wheel of her sewing machine with her hand. “Won’t it work quickly if a machine 1. (turn) the wheel for you?” he asked. “I suppose it will.” said his mother, without paying any attention to him. Christopher knew she always had a lot of work and that she was 2. stubborn that he could hardly do anything to change 3. mind. But he wanted to help. In his bedroom there was a toy steam engine 4. (buy) by his father as a gift to him. “I will make better use of it,” little Christopher said to himself. So, when his mother was not using her sewing machine, he decided to fix the toy steam engine onto it. When he finished 5.(do) it, he was quite pleased, thinking his mother would like it. “Very clever,” his mother said when she saw it. But then she sat down and went on turning the wheel 6. hand. “I 7. (work) like this for too many years,” she explained. Christopher felt very 8. (disappoint). He couldn’t understand his mother’s 9. (behave).
This teaches Christopher a lesson that anyone 10. tries to improve anything has to learn: many people don’t like new ideas.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届吉林东北师大附中高三上第二次模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户)where you receive a key?card so you can get to your money 24/7—that’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers：
● No account keeping fees!
You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
● Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (存款) without taking them out in a month.
● Convenient
Teenagers are busy — we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet...You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!
● Mega magazine included
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key?card) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!
1.The Winners Club is a bank account aimed for ________.
A. parents B. teenagers C. winners D. adults
2.The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.
A. encourage spending
B. are free to all teenagers
C. are full of adventure stories
D. help to make more of your money
3.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.
A. be an Internet user
B. be permitted by your parent
C. have a big sum of money
D. be in your twenties
4. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To set up a club.
B. To provide part-time jobs.
C. To organize key?cards.
D. To introduce a new banking service.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届内蒙古鄂尔多斯第三中学高三上学期第四次考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
These days a green building means more than just the color of the paint. Green building can also refer to environmentally friendly houses, factories, and offices.
Green building means “reducing the impact (影响) of the building on the land”Taryn Holowka of the U.S Green Building Council in Washington, D. C. said.
According to Holowka, buildings account for(占了) 65 percent of total U.S. electricity use.
But green buildings can reduce energy and water use. Also, the buildings are often located near public transportation such as buses and subways, so that people can drive their cars less. That could be good for the environment, because cars use lots of gas and give off pollution. Green buildings are often built on developed land, so that the buildings don't destroy forests.
Marty Dettling is the project manager for a building that put these ideas into action. The Solaire has been called the country's first green high-rise building. According to Dettling, “We've reduced our energy use by one-third and our water by 50 percent.”
The Solaire cuts energy in part by using solar power. “On the lace(边) of the building we have solar panels which change the sun's energy into electricity,” Dettling explained.
The Solaire also has lights that automatically turn off when people leave the room. In addition, the building has lots of windows, allowing people to use the sun for light during the day. The Solaire cuts water by reusing it.
Not everyone is eager to move into a green building, however. Some people think that things like solar panels cost more money than more traditional energy sources. Anyhow, Holowka said, “It's going to be big.”
1.A green building is often built on an area of land________.
A. which has thick forests around
B. which has already been developed for building
C. where people of high income live
D. where traveling around by car is most convenient
2.When Holowka says in the last paragraph, "It's going to be big", she means that green buildings________.
A. will be more comfortable
B. will take the place of traditional buildings
C. will become popular in the future
D. will be more environmentally friendly
3.What is the main subject discussed in the text?
A. Dettling designed the first green building in the U. S.
B. Energy shortage calls for buildings of new design.
C. Green buildings help save environment.
D. The Solaire serves as a model of high buildings.
4.Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. The Solaire can reduce the impact of the building on the land.
B. Everyone is not eager to move into a green building.
C. Marty Dettling has come up with the idea of green buildings.
D. In the U.S, buildings consume(消耗) more than half of the total electricity.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届天津市高三“五校”联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
He asked who was able to ____ a good solution to this problem.
A. get along with B. catch up with
C. come up with D. go on with
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南株洲第十八中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
短文改错
请修改以下短文，短文共10处错误，每句最多有两处错误。错误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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
My parents decided try a new Western restaurant last weekend, so I went with them. The evening started well and the menu looks good. I had soup with my starter but the waiter didn't bring a spoon so it was getting a bit cold after I could eat it. Then, for our main course, I had a piece of beef. Besides, I couldn't cut the beef because of my knife wasn't very good. For my dessert I had a apple pie but I didn't have a fork or a spoon so I ate them with my fingers! What a terribly experience!
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖南株洲第十八中学高二上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Richie Kraus thinks all kids should receive birthday presents. And he's willing to give up his own presents to make that happen.
When Richie was six, he helped collect holiday gifts for children whose families couldn't afford presents. He started thinking about how much he liked getting presents on his birthday. He asked his mom, "If we get kids presents during the holidays, who gets them presents on their birthdays?"
Richie wanted to raise money for those birthday presents. So his mom helped him create the 2U Fund. The name 2U came from the well-known song "Happy Birthday to You."
Richie explains how the fund works: "On our birthdays, we ask our friends to make a donation instead of giving us presents." Richie attaches a special sticker to his party invitations. The sticker tells about the 2U Fund and invites guests to participate, Richie and his mom then give the money to a local charity that has agreed to partner with them. The people at the charity make sure the donations go toward birthday presents for kids in need.
Richie has had three 2U parties. "It just feels really, really good to help other kids," he says.
Richie has encouraged others to try giving up some of their birthday presents to help others. His younger brother, Max, had a 2U party. Some of Richie's friends did, too. He also spoke about the idea at a summer camp and at a school assembly (集会). "There were close to 200 students and teachers in the assembly," Richie' s teacher, Janel McCormick, says. "They all wanted to help support 2U."
Since Richie and his family started the 2U Fund, dozens of kids have helped raise more than $7,000. That money has bought dolls, books, and many other birthday toys for kids in need.
1.Before Richie created the 2U Fund, he .
A. had very few friends
B. had done some charity work
C. had seldom received birthday presents
D. had already donated some birthday presents
2.To help kids in need, Richie' s 2U parties mainly .
A. hold birthday parties for them
B. invite them to attend the parties
C. prepare birthday presents for them
D. raise money for their birthday presents
3.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A. All of Richie' s schoolmates plan to hold 2U parties.
B. Richie is praised for his kindness.
C. Richie' s acts of kindness have spread.
D. Richie has made more friends.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江西赣州赣县中学北校区高一12月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
由于英语将要进行社会化考试，为了开阔学生视野，某中学计划增加一门英美文学鉴赏课，这立即引起了学生们的广泛讨论。假设你是该校的一名学生，请你根据下列文章写一篇文章反映学生们的意见并发表自己的看法。
支持者：1. 能在短时间内了解名著，扩大阅读量。2. 可以提高阅读能力和写作能力。
反对者：1. 增加学生负担，没时间阅读。 2. 只能粗略了解名著，不能领会其精髓（essence）。
注意：1.开头部分已写好，不计入词数。
2.词数为100字左右。
Recently it is said that our school is planning to open a new subject, known an Appreciation of British and American Literature.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届宁夏回族自治区银川一中高三上第五次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Can eating a chocolate bar every day really prevent age-related memory loss? No. But a new research shows that large amounts of flavones(黄酮), substances found in cocoa, tea and some kinds of vegetables, may improve age-related memory failure.
Dr. Scott Small is a professor of neurology (神经学) at Columbia University in New York City. He is the lead writer of a research paper describing the effects of cocoa flavones on brain activity. His study involved 37 volunteers aged between 50 and 69. Researchers gave them a high-level flavones drink made from cocoa beans or a low-level flavones drink. For a period of three months, some subjects got 900 milligrams of flavones a day. The others got 10 milligrams of flavones each day. Brain imaging and memory tests were given to each study subject before and after the study. Dr. Small says that the subjects who had the high-level flavones drink showed much improvement on memory tests.
The researchers warn that more work is needed to be done because this study was performed only on a small group. Dr. Joann Manson is the lead researcher of a four-year study involving 18,000 adults. This study will use flavones capsules. The study subjects will be divided into two groups and will take two pills per day. The capsules used will all look the same. But one group's capsules will contain flavones, while the other group will take capsules made of an inactive substance, or placebo（安慰剂）.
Dr. Manson says it's not necessary for people to start eating more chocolate, because 3 persons would have to eat a huge amount of chocolate to get the same level of flavones given to the rest subjects. He adds many manufacturers have planned to remove the flavones from their chocolate products. Similarly, Dr. Manson says a cocoa-based flavones extract（提取）may be developed in the future But he says that more studies are needed to see how much flavones is good for our health.
1.What was done to the subjects after Dr. Small's study?
A. They were asked to take a high-level flavones drink.
B. They were given brain imaging and memory tests.
C. They were given capsules containing flavones.
D. They were asked to take two pills of flavones capsules per day.
2.What's the similarity of the two experiments?
A. Both use high-level flavones capsules.
B. The number of the subjects is the same.
C. Drinks and placebos are used in both experiments.
D. The subjects are divided into two groups in both experiments.
3.Why will Dr. Manson carry out the four-year study?
A. To carry out the experiment further.
B. To prove the first experiment is wrong.
C. To test how much flavones can improve our memory.
D. To show eating chocolate is better to improve memory.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. It's not necessary for us to eat chocolate.
B. In the future we can get flavones without eating chocolate.
C. The more we eat flavones, the better our health will be.
D. It's easy for people to get the same level of flavones given to the test subjects.
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