Sarah made ________ to the airport just in time to catch her plane this morning.
A.herself B.this C.that D.it
科目:高中英语 来源:2014-2015学年黑龙江省安达市高二第一次月考试卷英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车).
I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured (使…放心)me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.
Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.
After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.”
I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.
1.The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because .
A. her work delayed her trip to Sydney
B. she was going home for her holidays
C. the town was far away from Sydney
D. she missed the only train back home
2.Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?
A. He helped the girl find a ride.
B. He gave the girl a ride back home.
C. He bought sandwiches for the girl.
D. He watched the girl for three hours.
3.The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that .
A. she realized he was Gordon
B. she had known him for decades
C. she was going to the nearby town
D. she wanted to repay the favour she once got
4.What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?
A. Giving sometimes produces nice results.
B. Those who give rides will be rapid.
C. Good manners bring about happiness.
D. People should offer free rides to others.
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the weather, the sports meet will be held on time.
A. Instead of B. In relation to C. Regardless of D. In favor of
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The news spread quickly through the village ________ the war had ended, ________ made villagers wild with joy.
A.which; that B.that; what C.that; which D.where; which
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He is so young and short a man that I think he is ________ but a professor of Northwest University.
A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing
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The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are “rocket?boosters” to the brain and better than the other self?help books,researchers will say this week.
Scientists,psychologists and the English experts at Liverpool University have found that reading the works of Shakespeare and other classical writers has a beneficial effect on the mind,catches the reader’s attention and triggers moments of self?reflection.Using scanners,they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read the works by William Shakespeare,William Wordsworth,T.S Eliot and other classical writers.
They then “translated” the texts into more “straightforward”,modern language and again monitored the readers’ brains as they read the words.Scans showed that the more “challenging” articles and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the modern versions.Scientists were able to study the brain activity as it responded to each word and record how it “lit up” as the readers came across unusual words,surprising phrases or difficult sentence structures.This “lighting up” of the mind lasts longer than the initial electrical spark,shifting the brain to a higher speed,encouraging further reading.
The research also found that reading poetry,in particular,increases the activities in the right side of the brain,an area concerned with “autobiographical memory”,helping readers to reflect on their own experiences in light of what they have read.The experts said this meant the classics were more useful than self?help books.
Philip Davis,an English professor who has worked on the study with the university,will tell a conference this week:“Serious literature acts like a rocket?booster (火箭助推器) to the brain.”
“The research shows the power of classical literature to shift mental pathways,to create new thoughts,shapes and connections in the young and the old alike.”
1.The author mentioned Shakespeare and Wordsworth in Paragraph One to________.
A.show their great achievements
B.attract our interest in literature
C.introduce the topic of the text
D.encourage us to read their works
2.According to the text,reading classical works can________.
A.help deal with some physical problems
B.benefit our mind and thinking
C.improve our reading skills
D.help learn more about history
3.The scientists and experts did the experiment by________.
A.scanning the readers’ brain activities
B.reading works of different writers
C.lighting up the activities of the brains
D.investigating the habits of the readers
4.We can learn from Paragraph 4 that reading poetry________.
A.is concerned with the right side of the brain
B.has the same effects as reading self?help books
C.helps you forget the things in the past
D.makes you more serious and objective
5.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To introduce some great writers in England.
B.To present a study on brain activities.
C.To introduce a research on reading classics.
D.To show the power of classical literature.
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素质教育的春风已徐徐吹来,我校号召同学们发展多方面业余爱好。下面的饼状图(pie chart)显示了你对学生兴趣爱好的调查结果。请你用英语给English Weekly写一篇短文,报告你的调查结果,并对此结果发表你的看法或建议。
字数120—150。
素质教育:Quality-oriented Education
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The history of Mother’s Day is pretty interesting. An early form of the idea may have originated in the 17th century England as “Mothering Sunday”, on which the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
Mother’s Day, first suggested in 1872, is linked to the anti-war efforts of Julia Ward Howe. She hoped a day set aside to honour mothers would be a way to promote peace. In 1907 a woman by the name of Anna Jarvis took Howe’s idea a step further and began a campaign for a nationally recognized Mother’s Day.
After considerable effort, Anna Jarvis finally saw her dream realized. On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made the official proclamation(宣布) that Mother’s Day would be an annual holiday on the second Sunday in May. And so it is to this day.
For those of us whose lives have been shaped and nurtured by loving moms, the day is a wonderful opportunity to say thank you. Unfortunately not everyone’s experience of family life evokes (唤起)gratitude. In the complicated maze of human existence, not all mother/child relationships are positive. Evoking the image of Mom for some can be an invitation down a painful memory lane.
There is also the reality that not all mothering figures are actually mothers. Hundreds of thousands of children have been raised by foster moms (养母)who never had children of their own, but who gave maternal (母亲般的)love to children that needed them. Aunts and older sisters have filled this role as well.
All I am saying is that it is complicated. We might wish that every family had an ideal balance of motherly and fatherly love, but that is simply not the case. There are many different ways that mothering happens. We may as well celebrate the ups and downs of our common life. For those whose childhood evokes praise and thanksgiving, let us give thanks. But for those whose childhood was marked by fear and loss, then let us offer healing.
In our world, there’s no reason why all experiences of family life, good and bad, can’t be included.
Title: ._____________
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Some of us remain________at our computer for hours every day,forgetting moving our body.
A.seating B.seated C.sat D.sit
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