科目：初中英语 来源：2014届贵州凯里市第一学期半期考试九年级英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
1.How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?
A. Fourteen B. Twenty-one
C. Twenty-nine D. Thirty-six
2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
A. He was in bed. B. He was inside the house.
C. He was outside the house. D. He was on the roof.
3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.
A. her husband knew there would be a storm
B. they were all inside the house when the storm became worse
C. she felt the house was moving
D. the welfare department helped her
4.The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.
A. something to eat B. something to wear
C. somewhere to study D. somewhere to stay
5.Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?
A. A Terrible Storm B. A Lucky Woman
C. Good Soldiers D. Clever People
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年江苏省泰州市九年级3月练习英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
NOT all memories are sweet. Some people -- all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars (伤痕).
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain (大脑). So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of discussion. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
"Some memories can destroy people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare (噩梦). They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
1.The passage is mainly about
A．a new medical invention
B．a new research on the pill
C．a way of erasing painful memories
D．a discussion about the research on the pill
2.The drug tested on people can
A．cause the brain to fix memories
B．stop people remembering bad experiences
C．prevent body producing certain chemicals
D．erase the emotional effects of memories
3.We can infer from the passage that
A．people doubt the effects of the pills
B．the pill will stop people's bad experiences
C．taking the pill will do harm to people's health
D．the pill has probably been produced in America
4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?
A．Some memories can destroy people's lives.
B．People want to remove bad memories.
C．Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年江苏省镇江市初三5月中考模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Photography is about taking photographs. In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photograph.
The next important date in the history of photograph was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, the process was improved. The photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment(设备). But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States.
Mathew Brady was a well-known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life-like and full of personality. Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and destroyed cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.
In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photograph. Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls(卷). So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process(冲洗) the film at once. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later. They did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small hand-held camera made photography less expensive.
Photography is also a form of art. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.
Title: The 1 of Photography
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Photography doesn’t only mean taking photographs; it is also a form of art. Photographs showed not only the real world, but also the ideas and feelings. |
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In 1826 |
A Frenchman named Niepce invented a very simple camera and the first photograph was 2 by him. |
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In 1837 |
Another Frenchman Daguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype. People could see 3 things in the pictures. |
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In 1840 |
The photographers could take pictures of people and moving things with lots of films and processing equipment. |
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In 1862 |
An American photographer Brady took many pictures of real and 4 things in the war. He was the first person to take war pictures. |
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In the 1880s |
There were films readymade in rolls(卷). Photographers did not have to carry lots of equipment any more. The invention of the small hand-held camera made photography 5 . |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013届广东省湛江市八年级第三次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to show them to people. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were very good. One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(赞美)these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and sent him to prison(监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to come to his palace(宫殿). Again he showed some of his new Stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the prison."
1.The king thought his stories were good so ____.
A. People liked them
B. he liked to show them to people
C. he only showed some to the famous write
2.The famous writer was thrown into prison because
A. he was afraid of the king's stories
B. he said the king's stories were very bad
C. he said he couldn’t write good stories for the king
3.People were afraid of the king because
A. the stories were interesting
B. they would be sent to prison
C the king wrote many stories
4.Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because
A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them
B. he wanted to be angry with the writer
C. he wanted to send the writer to prison
5.When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that
A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison
B. the writer liked the new Stories'
C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011年湖南省怀化市中考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
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Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called "pommes frites" in France and they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium(比利时) originally. French fries are made of potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were fist seen by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The French way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in the middle.
During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American
soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries in Belgium.
After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they
missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That's how
French fries were fist introduced to America.
French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries are just called fries.
French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers.
If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you will probably hear "You want fries with that?"Why don't you think about the history of French fries a little while, and say "Yes, please. Thank you."
1.What are French fries made of?
______________________________
2.Where do French fries originally come from?
______________________________
3.Why are the fried potatoes called French fries?
______________________________
4.Who first introduced French fries to America?
______________________________
5.What does the underlined "that" in the last paragraph refer to?
______________________________
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