Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is the heart of education.
The word “critical” here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen—beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.
Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker. If you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.
Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today’s world: fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developed film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence, you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banesh Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein, Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately put Hoffman at ease by saying, “ Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.”
1.Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically, ________.
A. it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast
B. we might be controlled by other people’s ideas
C. we will follow the ideas of others naturally
D. we might be fooled by other people’s ideas
2.If you are a critical thinker, you will ________.
A. think deeply about different ideas
B. trust the reports in the newspapers
C. take one view against another view
D. criticize other people for their mistakes
3.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. What is thinking
B. Understanding Critical Thinking
C. Thinking Is Natural and Human
D. Thinking Fast Means Intelligence
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年河北鸡泽县一中高二9月考英语试卷（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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?
The answer depends largely 1. cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color 2. represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children 3. (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect 4. against evils（灾祸）.
People’s 5. (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be 6. most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally 7. physically. People 8. (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.
Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that 9. (easy) catches a person’s eye.
Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So 10. you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年湖北武汉二中高二上期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）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。
Standing in the driveway, I watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their ________.
“They live too far away from me,” I said to myself. “When did they ________ and become parents of small children? ________ that be me?”
I slipped back inside the house and just walked through the rooms for no reason ________. I was just missing them already and looking for ________ of their having been here. There were pillows on the floor and few stuffed (填充) animals ________ around where the children had been playing.
I walked into the ________ and there on the back of the sink was a bottle brush that had been left behind. “Ah, even Tessa left something behind,” I ________. Well, I suppose she had help ________ she was just four months old.
As I walked around the house, I picked up a few more ________ on the floor—Tegan’s tooth, a pie pan, and the inside of a turkey fryer.
Hmmm, things left behind ... I thought to myself. It seems there is one thing left behind on very ________. Memories are always left behind, I reasoned, and what a(n) ________ thing good memories are to us. I thought how each item left behind ________ me of the person it belonged to and the story ________ it.
Memories happen even if we aren’t ________ of it. The stressful and difficult moments often become memories that we ________ later with laughter and joy. The memories of past hurts, bitterness, and anger, ________, should be left behind ________. These are the things that we should never ________ until the next time they come, mail back, or bring with us on ________ next visit.
As Elizabeth Stone said, “To have a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
1.A. smilesB. vehiclesC. painsD. bicycles
2.A. drop outB. break awayC. set offD. grow up
3.A. Shouldn’tB. Wouldn’tC. Can’tD. Needn’t
4.A. with joyB. with angerC. in particularD. in return
5.A. signalsB. atmosphereC. signsD. information
6.A. jumpingB. lyingC. movingD. looking
7.A. houseB. distanceC. kitchenD. driveway
8.A. announcedB. explainedC. complainedD. replied
9.A. whenB. unlessC. untilD. since
10.A. itemsB. toysC. memoriesD. treasures
11.A. tableB. courseC. occasionD. corner
12.A. funnyB. privateC. ordinaryD. precious
13.A. remindedB. informedC. warnedD. convinced
14.A. promotingB. surroundingC. acknowledgingD. exposing
15.A. proudB. ashamedC. afraidD. aware
16.A. attach importance toB. throw doubt on
C. get hold ofD. look back upon
17.A. besidesB. thereforeC. otherwiseD. however
18.A. partlyB. sometimesC. foreverD. unwillingly
19.A. presentB. keepC. overlookD. experience
20.A. yourB. theirC. itsD. our
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届山东德州市高三10月模块测试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下列材料，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。
There once was a goat and a donkey, which lived __1.___ a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the ___2.___ (much) food. Sometimes the donkey was given more food__3.____it could eat. This made the goat so jealous __4.___ it began plotting against（谋划对付） the donkey. "Hey, donkey," the goat said one day. "I think you do too much work. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don't you pretend ___5.___ (get) sick so you can take a day ___6.____?" The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏） on its side with its eyes ___7.___(close). Right away, the farmer called the doctor. __8.____looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine ___9.___（make）from the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed ___10.___goat and gave the donkey medicine.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届辽宁瓦房店市高三10月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
近年来全球极端气候和重大自然灾害越来越频繁，其中很大一部分原因是由于人类活动所造成的。China Daily举行征文活动，警示人们要保护环境。请你写一篇短文，参加征文活动。
注意：
1. 要列举极端气候或自然灾害及其造成的影响；
2. 分析原因；
3. 呼吁人们关爱地球，保护环境。
词数：100---120个左右。
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届辽宁葫芦岛六校协作体高三上期初考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
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2处，涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:此行缺一个词在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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，在该词下面写出改正后的词。
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。
Exercise can have a surprised number of benefits. It is important way to keep fit. Not only can it help you achieve beneficial weight loss, and every time you exercise, it helps to reduce the risk of disease more efficiently. By exercising regular, you look better and feel more confident, which have a positive effect on both physical and mental well-being. While you exercise, especially in some challenging sports, you often work as a member of a team. In this way, it also teaches us how to work with others.
A healthy, fit brain means you can answer questions more quickly, think more clearly and developed a better memory. Have a healthy brain is useful for no matter what point you are at in your life. For these reasons, we students should take exercises.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届辽宁葫芦岛六校协作体高三上期初考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
I have had all kinds of interesting neighbors since the early days of my life. When I was a baby I would stand in my wooden crib(婴儿床) and watch the world go by through the window. Some neighbors watched me watching the world go by with by big, wondering eyes and found me very interesting. They used to call me “the beauty at the window”.
The early neighbors I could remember were from the second house I lived in. Peter and Paul were twins. We went to play school together although they were a year older than me. I well remember the Alsatian they had which ran into me when I was invited to their fifth birthday party. Needless to say, I was well-known for my loud screams after the party. But they said the pet was scared of my screams and didn’t appear until the party was over.
Peter and Paul were the first boys who encouraged me to climb the gate. I could never tell the difference between boy and girl behaviors—I just did what I thought was fun. Not only did I have a great time performing that first climb, I also got my skirts dirty, and was criticized by my mother.
The Japanese neighbors I had living in this same house were my favorite, as they introduced me to sea-salt baked shrimps (烤虾) which were so crisp that you could eat the shrimp totally. They gave me some seaweed for my birthday. Thankfully, no other member in my family enjoyed the seaweed as I did. Perhaps what my mother used to joke to me was true, that I was picked up out of the dustbin that belonged to a Japanese home.
Maybe sometimes it is difficult to find good neighbors in this society. But all it takes is a spark(火花) to get a fire going. I have decided to be that spark wherever I live and pass love on to my neighbors.
1.We can guess "the Alsatian" in the twin brothers' home is ________.
A. a small child
B. an interesting toy
C. a dog
D. a bicycle
2.From the passage we can know that the author ________.
A. enjoyed the Japanese neighbors' cooking style most
B. had difficulty getting on with the twin brothers' family
C. was described as interesting when playing with boys
D. had many neighbors that worked in restaurants
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author often moved to other places.
B. Peter and Paul liked to play tricks on others.
C. The neighbors the author had were good at cooking.
D. The author had a good relationship with her neighbors.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届湖北华中师大第一附中高三上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
British Women Writers in different periods of time
The English Renaissance
The English Renaissance began in the later part of the fifteenth century and lasted until the 1660s. Among the most famous women writers of this period is Aphra Behn, who is seen as the first professional woman writer in English. She wrote a number of plays that dealt with topics such as racism and slavery. A good example is Oroonoko published in 1688. Aphra Behn's works include also the plays The Amourous Prince, The Town Fop, The Dutch Lover and her only tragedy, Abdelazer.
The neoclassical period
Among the well-known women in Bristish literature during the neoclassical period, from 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century, is Anne Finch. She wrote poetry and tried to express all that she saw and experienced. Two other women are recognized for their contribution to neoclassical British literature: Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Mary Astell was a philosopher and a feminist writer. She is best known now for her theories on the education of women.
The Romantic period
Jane Austen is one of the most famous women writers that worked during the Romantic period (1798-1832). Her works include several novels, most of which focus on marriage as a way for young women to secure social standing and economic security. Her most famous novels are Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. Another famous woman writer from the English Romanticism is Mary Shelley. She is the author of Frankenstein, History of Six Weeks Tour and The Last Man.
The Victorian period
The Victorian period, between the 1830s and 1900, was the time when the Bronte sisters, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell lived and wrote. Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte produced many British literary classics. Charlotte's novels include Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette and The Professor. Mary Anne Evans adopted the male pen name George as she wanted to set herself apart from the feminine genre of cookbooks and domestic moral tales. Her most famous novel is The Mill on the Floss published in 1860.
1.According to the passage, Aphra Behn was famous for ________.
A. novelsB. poetryC. playsD. cookbooks
2.In which period can readers find books about racial discrimination written by momen?
A. In the English Renaissance.
B. In the neoclassical period.
C. In the Romantic period.
D. In the Victorian period.
3.According to the passage, why did Mary Anne Evans publish her stories under the name of George Eliot?
A. Women were forbidden to write novels then.
B. Her works would be different.
C. It helped promote her works.
D. It sounded more popular.
4.If a reader is interested in women’s education, whose works can be the best choice?
A. Anne Finch’s.B. Mary Astell’s.
C. Mary Wortley Montagu’s.D. Mary Shelley’s.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年内蒙古高一上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1.
Your school days should be some of the best and happiest days of your life.How can you gain the most from them, and ensure that you do not waste this wonderful opportunity to learn?
Be positive about school! Don’t say things which are difficult or boring.Be interested in school life and your school subjects.Join in lots of activities.Be quick to put your hand up.Go round the school with a big smile.
Expect to work. 2. If you are not working，you are not learning，you are wasting your time at school.Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
Keep fit.If you do not eat a good breakfast，you will be thinking about food in class.If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep，you will be sleepy in class.Play some sports to keep your body strong.
3. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Do not say you will do things tomorrow.If you get behind the class，it is very difficult to get back in front.You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.
Don’t be too disappointed if things sometimes go bad. 4. Friends are not always perfect，and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things.Don’t let small problems seem very big and important.
Talk about problems—sometimes they are only the result of misunderstanding.Don’t be too embarrassed to ask for help.You are young.No one thinks you can do everything!
Plan your time.Don’t waste life lying in bed on Saturday morning.Go and play a sport，learn the piano，work on a project，read a book，practise English，or help someone with problems.There are always a lot of things to do.
Set targets. If your last grade was a D，work for a C．Try to make progress bit by bit.
5.
A．Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days.
B．Ways to have a happy school life.
C．Do today’s work today.
D．Follow my advice, and have a happy school life!
E．Because it means that you are enjoying school and learning more.
F．School is not a holiday camp.
G．You are making your time of little use unless you are learning hard.
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