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In those days, the old woman __________ sit at the door for hours, waiting for her son to return from abroad.
A. should B. used to C. might D. would
科目：高中英语 来源：2014届福建厦门大学附属科技中学高二下学期期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
For high school leavers starting out in the working world, it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find all internship(实习). In some countries, schools have programs to help students onto the path to work. In the United States, however, such programs are still few and far between.
Research shows that if high schools provide career-related courses, students are likely to get higher earnings in later years. The students are more likely to stay in school, graduate and go on to higher education.
In Germany, students as young as 13 and 14 are expected to do internships. German companies work with schools to make sure that young people get the education they need for future employment.
But in America, education reform programs focus on how well students do in exams instead of bringing them into contact with the working world. Harvard Education school professor Robert Schwartz has criticized （批评）education reformers for trying to place all graduates directly on the four-year college track. Schwartz argued that this approach leaves the country’s most vulnerable(易受影响的)kids with no jobs and no skills.
Schwartz believed that the best career programs encourage kids to go for higher education while also teaching them valuable practical skills at high school. James Madison High School in New York, for example, encourages students to choose classes on career-based courses. The school then helps them gain on-the-job experience in those fields while they’re still at high school.
However, even for teens whose schools encourage them to connect with work, the job market is daunting. In the US, unemployment rates for 16-to 19-year-olds are above 20 percent for the third summer in a row. “The risk is that if teenagers miss out on the summer job experience, they become part of this generation of teens who had trouble in landing a job,” said Michael, a researcher in the US.
1.What’s the main idea of the text?
A．The lack of career-based courses in US high schools.
B．Tips on finding jobs for high school leavers.
C．Arguments about recent US education reform.
D．Advice for American high school leavers.
2.According to Robert Schwartz, _________.
A．there is no need for kids to go for higher education in the US
B．students should get contact with the working world at high school
C．education reform should focus on students’ performance in exams
D．teenagers in the US can’t miss out on the summer job experience
3.The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 6 most probably means __________.
A．creative B．interesting C．discouraging D．unbearable
4.What can be inferred from the text?
A．High school leavers with no practical skills can’t find a job at all.
B．Students with career-based courses never have problems finding a job.
C．US companies work with schools to prepare young people for future employment.
D．Unemployment rates for US teenagers remain high at the moment.
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The first chocolate was eaten by Mayan and Aztec people in Central and South America hundreds of years ago. ___1____ the cocoa bean was used to make a chocolate drink that the people enjoyed very much. Much later, the cocoa bean was brought across to Europe and people there also came to love the taste of chocolate.
__2___ One of the items he sold was cocoa powder to make into drinks. In 1831, he opened a small factory to make cocoa powder from cocoa beans. John Cadbury believed that alcohol was an important cause of poverty and he wanted to encourage people to drink chocolate instead. A few years later a man called Joseph Fry invented a way to make chocolate bars, and so for the first time people had the chance to eat chocolate instead of only drinking it. At first, chocolate was a luxury and only the rich people could afford it. ___3___
___4___ Milk chocolate came later and this was made by adding milk of milk
powder to the chocolate. Cadbury’s introduced their first milk chocolate bar in 1879. Their most famous chocolate, Cadbury’s Milk Bar, was introduced in 1905. It has been a best seller in Britain and around the world for nearly 100 years.
The Cadbury factory is still in Birmingham and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. 5
A．Later, as more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.
B．John Cadbury wanted people to drink chocolate instead of alcohol.
C．However, at first only plain chocolate was produced.
D．Every year, thousands of visitors visit the factory to see how chocolate is made.
E. In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in Birmingham.
F. More and more chocolate was manufactured.
G. In those days, the people did not really eat chocolate;
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年山东省泰安市高三12月质检英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold – his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog.
1.From the passage we can learn that the young man .
A．made his turn to start back pitifully B．was skillful in freestyle in the game
C．swam faster than the average swimmer D．was not capable enough to win the medal
2.The crowd changed their attitudes because .
A．they felt sorry for the young man B．they were moved by the young man’s courage
C．they wanted to show their sympathy D．they meant to please the young man
3.According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means .
A．it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself
B．it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills
C．it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors
D．it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The event started with three men, two of whom were disqualified later.
B．The crowd started to laugh at the athlete’s arms waving in an attempt at freestyle.
C．The athlete, as well as the author, is an expert swimmer.
D．The swimming event is a show of courage rather than a fierce competition.
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Compete for Gold! B．Try again!
C．Break a Record! D．Go for it!
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年辽宁省葫芦岛一高高二上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：信息匹配
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Have you ever seen any students whose trousers hang so low you can see their underwear? What do you think of that ? Fashionable? Some of today’s teenagers are big fans of such a look? 71
The headmaster of a school in central Italy has asked students to stop wearing low-rise jeans that expose underwear and parts of the body. His request came after a class trip. One day, he saw one boy’s baggy trousers slide to his feet. 72 .
But in Italy, a nation that takes fashion very seriously, the suggestion caused a debate among parents, teachers and students. The issue is whether the headmaster’s request will limit students’ freedom—or whether dress in Italian schools is too casual.
73 “we do not want to kick fashion out,” the headmaster explained, “ but extremes (极端)of fashion like this are not right in school.” Many other schools have now requested that their students also stop wearing such trousers.
74 Ludovica Gaudio,14, wore extremely low trousers exposing orange underwear in class. It was cold, so she wore a matching orange scarf. 75 “ I don’t really feel comfortable in those sort of jeans,” said Sarah Lattanzi, “In winter , when dressed like that ,it’s quite cold and I am afraid my stomach will ache.”
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A．But recently this trend has been at the center of an argument in Italian middle schools. |
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B．A parents’ group praised the move in favor of good taste, while others advised schools to stop worry about fashion and fix up old school buildings. |
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C．He pointed out that this way of dressing is not suitable for school. |
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D．Most students have simply ignored the request. |
E.Another 14-year-old girl said she would probably respect the request, simply for practical reasons.
F.Let us see that Italian students react differently to schools’ requests.
G.Schools should pay attention to things more important than students’ clothes.
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科目：高中英语 来源：山西省忻州市20092010学年高一下学期期末联考试题（英语）A类单项选择 题型：其他题
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Mr. Jackson realized that his sons had a lot of talents. 71 In those days there were plenty of music groups and some of them were very good．He knew if his sons were to stand out，they would have to be the best. 72 And the Jackson boys practiced! Gradually the group took shape. When they took the first professional job，their total pay was only five dollars．They kept on working. They played at parties. 73 They worked at clubs. 74 Their first album sold a million copies! Michael, 11 years old then, was the star. It just didn’t seem possible that so much talent could come from such a young performer. 75 One million records of his were sold in New Zealand, which has only a total population of three million.
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A．They entered bigger contest. |
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B．Then Michael got a chance to do some solo songs. |
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C．He knew he could train them to become fine musicians. |
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D．And he was proud of them very much. |
E. Practice makes perfect.
F. All of a sudden．the Jackson Five became popular in the country.
G. But he indeed did it greatly.
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