科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
STRANGERS parties go wild these days. The main idea of them is to never let the people know who their matches are until the last minute. These are some popular practices that are storming the world’s youth on this V-day.
Speed dating
It’s exactly what the name implies. Complete with a timer, a whistle and 50 willing singles, speed dating is not the traditional dinner and a movie type of first date. Singles pay US $35 for three minutes with more than two dozen future dates. They ask questions and try to get to know each other. At the sound of a whistle, they do the same thing all over again―25 times in all.
Lock and key party
Women are given a lock and men are given a key, upon arriving at the party. Each key and lock has several matches. One can hunt for his/her later-to-be sweetheart in various groups, and try out the key or lock. Each time a lock and key match the pair are entered into a ballot (票数) for top prizes!
Dinner in the dark
Waiters wearing night vision glasses guide the guests through the pitch-black dining room. They are seated at the table and familiarized with the wine glass and plate. Food is handled with the fingers. People will not see the food they are eating or the guests at their table until the dessert course. At that moment, dining partners will appear.
Message party
Have A Cocktail, Leave A Message! When you arrive, you get a tag with a number and a pad of post-it notes. If you see someone you like, write a message on the message board. But wait… You’ve got a message… Go and collect it! You can make new friends and win lots of gifts. The more messages you leave on the bulletin board, the more chances you have of winning prizes.
What do you think the similarities of these parties are?
A. All the parties have very strict rules for their members.
B. If you want to go to any of the parties, you have to buy a ticket.
C. All the parties are aimed at strangers who want to be lovers.
D. All the parties are suitable not only for the young but for the old.
In which party does a participant have to be careful with the time?
A. Speed dating. B. Lock and key party.
C. Dinner in the dark. D. Message party.
If you go to the Dinner in the dark, ____________.
A. you have to wear night vision glasses
B. you have to eat with your hands
C. guests eat all the courses in the darkness
D. your dining partners will help you choose the food
How many of the parties offer gifts or prizes?
A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
(10·浙江E篇)
I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied ,“There is nothing wrong with it?” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others.”
I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out of my chosen camera from cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers… and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new options(选择) still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
57.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should
A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it.
B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others.
C. get more information about different companies.
D. trust him and stop asking questions.
58. What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it ”(paragraph 2)
A. He should get a 50% discount.
B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.
C. The quality of the camera was not good.
D. The camera would soon fall in value.
59. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he
A. knew very little about it.
B. didn’t trust the shop assistant.
C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best.
D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers.
60. I t can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, .
A. people waste too much money on cameras
B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product
D. famous companies care more about profit than quality
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。
M: Hey, Gina. What's up? You look worried.
W: No, not really. I am just trying to figure out how to
get to New York for a h 76 . 76.
M: Well, the cheaper way is to check it in a travel agency.
Lots of people like to travel with a travel agency.
W: I t 77 it was not a good way because you are 77.
not free with an agency.
M : Maybe. But you see if you have never gone to that city,
there are many questions. The p 78 for your hotel 78.
and your food may be high, and it is not c 79 for 79.
you to find the place you want. What's more, it is not easy
for you to work o 80 a good route. 80.
W: That is reasonable. I will worry nothing with an agency.
Which agency do you s 81 ? 81.
M: I think you'd better surf the Internet first. C 82 the routes 82.
and the prices in different agencies.
W: What should I do if I decide to go with an agency?
M: Just fill a f 83 with your name, telephone number 83.
and your ID, and give the money in a 84 . 84.
W: Then I will worry about nothing and just wait to leave?
M : That's right.
W: OK. I go to c 85 it on the Internet at once. Thank you. 85.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。
M: Hey, Gina. What's up? You look worried.
W: No, not really. I am just trying to figure out how to
get to New York for a h 76 . 76.
M: Well, the cheaper way is to check it in a travel agency.
Lots of people like to travel with a travel agency.
W: I t 77 it was not a good way because you are 77.
not free with an agency.
M : Maybe. But you see if you have never gone to that city,
there are many questions. The p 78 for your hotel 78.
and your food may be high, and it is not c 79 for 79.
you to find the place you want. What's more, it is not easy
for you to work o 80 a good route. 80.
W: That is reasonable. I will worry nothing with an agency.
Which agency do you s 81 ? 81.
M: I think you'd better surf the Internet first. C 82 the routes 82.
and the prices in different agencies.
W: What should I do if I decide to go with an agency?
M: Just fill a f 83 with your name, telephone number 83.
and your ID, and give the money in a 84 . 84.
W: Then I will worry about nothing and just wait to leave?
M : That's right.
W: OK. I go to c 85 it on the Internet at once. Thank you. 85.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
根据首字母和上下文完成句子:
1. Please come and see me whenever it is c_________to you.
2. Albert Einstein once said, “ __________(想象力)is more important than knowledge.
3. To p _____and encourage the communication of arts and international culture, Shanghai International Arts Festival will be held next month.
4. The news on this web is u ______every day; you can get information about what happens around the world in time.
5. While we were in Guilin, it rained for two days,__________(彻底地)ruining our holiday.
6. Technology has made the delivery of information less difficult, thus making information
(可得到的) to more people.
7. My father is fairly c___________with my study.
8. Jim, if you were free to d________your own dream house, what would that house look like?
9. Some famous people are often asked to make _________(评论) on current affairs.
10.I felt it so difficult to live in an English-speaking country that I _________(决定) to learn English well.
11.The store has an a ______in the newspaper of a special sale.
12.Televion has had a p________influence on young people.
13.I don’t know how he made his money, __________(最初).
14.Do you s_________the entry requirements for that college?
15.We went to a beautiful town and spent an_________ (难忘的) day.
16.The________(观众) are dressed in a variety of ways, some in suits and dresses, some in jeans.
17.He wanted to make his living in the arts rather than in the c__________world.
18.This dictionary is p____________useful for students.
19.These two nations had been at war c________for eight years.
20.When learning a foreign language, the best a________is the study of the spoken language.
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