Reading Comprehension
The development of the English language falls into three periods. Old English lasted from about A. D. 450, when the first German people began to settle in England, until about 1100. Middle English extended from about 1100 to about 1475. And Modern English began about 1475 and has lasted to the present time. Of course the breaks were not as sudden and exact as these dates suggest. There has never been a year when the language was not changing, or a time when it was spoken without any differences between regions (地区) . However, the characters of the three periods are so different that a person who knows both Old and Modern English well will find a great deal of difficulty reading some of the Middle English writings without further study in the important points of the language.
1.Shakespeare produced his famous plays during the late 1500s and early 1600s ; thus we can say that he wrote in ________ .
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A.Old English
B.Middle English
C.Early Middle English
D.Modern English
2.A person who knows Old English ________ .
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A.would probably have little difficulty learning old German
B.would want to learn Modern English
C.would have no difficulty learning Middle English
D.would have difficulty learning other languages
3.The author would advise a person learning English for the first time ________ .
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A.to study the history of the English language
B.to realize that English is very difficult
C.to remember that English will be different as time goes on
D.to appreciate that English is spoken everywhere
4.Old English ________.
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A.lasted for 450 years
B.is still spoken in some areas of Britain
C.came into being because of German influence(影响)
D.had an unusual system (系统) of writing
5.The English language ________ .
[ ]
A.has stayed about the same for the last 500 years
B.should be studied by everyone
C.is a mixture of French and German
D.is the oldest language in Europe
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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What actually happens when we read? Some people think that we read one word 1 ,
understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly 2 over each line from left to right, then back to the beginning of the 3 line, and so on. In fact, the physical action of reading usually doesn’t work in 4 of those ways.
5 you do this experiment with a friend. Get hold of a book with a large page
6 and with lines that go right 7 the page. 8 your friend to 9 the book up and to read it with the top of the book just 10 his eyes level. This 11 that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he read the page. 12 you do this, you will see that your friend’s eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep. 13 they progress(前移) by little “jumps”, moving, then stopping, as they progress along the line.
14 to be this starting and stopping movement 15 the eye can see only when it is not moving. Every time the eye 16 it sees a phrase or even a sentence, then jumps to the next part of the line, and so on.
There is another interesting fact about eye movement. You will notice that, 17 , the reader goes back and looks again at something he 18 before, in other words, he returns to an earlier part of the text probably because he 19 he is not understanding it properly. Then he comes back to 20 he stopped and continues reading.
1.A.at a time B.at one time
C.at time D.at times
2.A.turn B.fly
C.move D.flee
3.A.above B.next
C.same D.second
4.A.either B.neither
C.all D.both
5.A.Think B.Guess
C.Suppose D.Suggest
6.A.number B.quantity
C.space D.size
7.A.off B.across
C.up D.down
8.A.Have B.To have
C.Get D.To get
9.A.hold B.pick
C.put D.set
10.A.below B.in
C.beside D.on
11.A.shows B.means
C.expresses D.proves
12.A.Unless B.If
C.Because D.Although
13.A.Howe’ver B.Altogether
C.Therefore D.Instead
14.A.It has B.It is
C.There has D.There is
15.A.if B.unless
C.although D.because
16.A.jumps B.moves
C.pauses D.turns
17.A.from time to time B.at the same time
C.on time D.in no time
18.A.read B.has read
C.was reading D.had read
19.A.wonders B.knows
C.realizes D.fears
20.A.what B.which
C.that D.where
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 2 in good health, or 3 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 4 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 5 the title. Therefore, the scissors(剪刀)would 6 before they start, 7 halfway done when I find out the 8 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 9 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 10 up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预测的)—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 11 . Thus you are 12 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 13 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 14 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 15 is like: we are often 16 with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 17 we get into another. The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 19 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life. ”So a casual(随意的) 20 may not be a bad one.
1. A. front B. same
C. either D. opposite
2. A. get B. keep
C. lead D. bring
3. A. advice B. news
C. a theory D. a report
4. A. suffer B. reduce
C. prevent D. cause
5. A. on B. for
C. without D. off
6. A. use B. handle
C. prepare D. stay
7. A. or B. but
C. so D. for
8. A. satisfying B. regretful
C. surprising D. impossible
9. A. courage B. strength
C. attention D. patience
10. A. given B. held
C. made D. picked
11. A. near B. alone
C. about D. behind
12. A. filled B. attracted
C. caught D. struck
13. A. dares B. comes
C. does D. dare
14. A. improves B. changes
C. progresses D. goes
15. A. study B. society
C. nature D. life
16. A. faced B. supplied
C. connected D. fixed
17. A. before B. after
C. until D. as
18. A. following B. next
C. above D. former
19. A. still B. also
C. once D. almost
20. A. treatment B. action
C. choice D. remark
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
Some air companies give small presents to their passengers. One day a businessman was 1 in an aeroplane, 2 he remembered that he had promised to get some toy wings(飞机驾驶合格徽章), like the ones which 3 wear, for his children. When the air-hostess came round to ask each passenger whether he wanted something to 4 before supper, the businessman asked her whether she had 5 of the toy wings. “ 6 , sir, ”she answered. “I’m going to bring the passengers their supper soon, but 7 that, I’ll bring you the wings. ”
Although it was a stormy day, the businessman 8 his supper, but he noticed that the man in the 9 in front of him was feeling 10 and that he didn’t eat any of his supper. The businessman felt sorry for him. After the passengers had 11 supper, the air-hostess came and took their trays(盘子) away and then she 12 the wings for the businessman's children, so she went to the box which the presents were 13 in and took some out. But she had forgotten 14 passenger had asked for the wings. She knew in which 15 of the plane he was, but she thought that 16 was the man in front of the businessman, the 17 man who was feeling sick. The air-hostess now 18 at the man’s seat and asked him whether he was the gentleman who had wanted the wings. The man looked up at her with 19 eyes. Then he looked out of the window at the threatening clouds which 20 the aeroplane and said, “No, I did not ask for wings. Are you going to need them?”
1. A. serving B. thinking
C. travelling D. reading
2. A. suddenly B. then
C finally D. when
3. A. pilots B. air-hostess
C. drivers D. astronauts
4. A. eat B. introduce
C. drink D. choose
5. A. some B. few
C. many D. any
6. A. No B. Yes
C. Oh D. Pardon
7. A. expect B. besides
C. after D. including
8. A. enjoyed B. cooled
C. bought D. prepared
9. A. stool B. sofa
C. bench D. seat
10. A. angry B. nervous
C. ill D. anxious
11. A. finished B. completed
C. solved D. passed
12. A. forgot B. brought
C. remembered D. thought
13. A. hid B. kept
C. piled D. held
14. A. what B. which
C. whose D. where
15. A. beds B. seat
C. body D. part
16. A. it B. that
C. he D. this
17. A. poor B. ill
C. bad D. shy
18. A. turned B. arrived
C. cheered D. started
19. A. kind B. funny
C. satisfied D. frightened
20. A. covered B. prevented
C. surrounded D. delayed
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
Although it was a stormy day, the businessman 8 his supper, but he noticed that the man in the 9 in front of him was feeling 10 and that he didn’t eat any of his supper. The businessman felt sorry for him. After the passengers had 11 supper, the air-hostess came and took their trays(盘子) away and then she 12 the wings for the businessman's children, so she went to the box which the presents were 13 in and took some out. But she had forgotten 14 passenger had asked for the wings. She knew in which 15 of the plane he was, but she thought that 16 was the man in front of the businessman, the 17 man who was feeling sick. The air-hostess now 18 at the man’s seat and asked him whether he was the gentleman who had wanted the wings. The man looked up at her with 19 eyes. Then he looked out of the window at the threatening clouds which 20 the aeroplane and said, “No, I did not ask for wings. Are you going to need them?”
1. A. serving B. thinking
C. travelling D. reading
2. A. suddenly B. then
C finally D. when
3. A. pilots B. air-hostess
C. drivers D. astronauts
4. A. eat B. introduce
C. drink D. choose
5. A. some B. few
C. many D. any
6. A. No B. Yes
C. Oh D. Pardon
7. A. expect B. besides
C. after D. including
8. A. enjoyed B. cooled
C. bought D. prepared
9. A. stool B. sofa
C. bench D. seat
10. A. angry B. nervous
C. ill D. anxious
11. A. finished B. completed
C. solved D. passed
12. A. forgot B. brought
C. remembered D. thought
13. A. hid B. kept
C. piled D. held
14. A. what B. which
C. whose D. where
15. A. beds B. seat
C. body D. part
16. A. it B. that
C. he D. this
17. A. poor B. ill
C. bad D. shy
18. A. turned B. arrived
C. cheered D. started
19. A. kind B. funny
C. satisfied D. frightened
20. A. covered B. prevented
C. surrounded D. delayed
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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One day Tom bought, for two dollars, a large number of used books. He put them in a ___1____ and pulled them to the ___2___ He had to ___3____ at work until three in the morning.
At three, he ___4____ to walk home. The streets were dark. Tom could ___5____ wait to arrive home to begin reading his new hooks.
“___6___”a voice shouted. But Tom was too ___7___ to hear the shout. A moment later, a gunshot went ___8____ his ear. He heard the shot. Tom turned to see what was ___9____. An angry policeman ran toward him. The policeman didn't think that the bag ____10___ Tom. He shouted at Tom,“Drop it!”Tom did so.
“Open it!”the policeman ____11_____.
Tom opened it and the old books ___12_____ out of it.
“Why didn't you stop ____13____ when I shouted?” the policeman asked,“If I could shoot ___14____, you would be dead.”“I didn't ____15____ you.”Tom said,“I am almost deaf.”
The policeman told Tom he was___16____for having shot at him.“___17____would be better for you not to walk on the ___18___ at night”he said.
Tom smiled, and told the policeman that his job____19____ a clerk in the telegraph office was a night job. The policeman could think of____20____ to answer this.
(1)A.basket |
B.box |
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C.desk |
D.bag |
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(2)A.office |
B.bedroom |
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C.bookshop |
D.police station |
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(3)A.read |
B.study |
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C.remain |
D.wait |
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(4)A.wanted |
B.wished |
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C.began |
D.expected |
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(5)A.eagerly |
B.really |
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C.hardly |
D)Almost |
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(6)A.Stop |
B.Thief |
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C.Hello |
D.Danger |
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(7)A.nervous |
B.excited |
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C.deaf |
D.frightened |
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(8)A.into |
B.past |
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C.through |
D.out |
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(9)A.shot |
B.that |
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C.happening |
D.trouble |
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(10)A.fixed |
B.came from |
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C.belonged to |
D.looked like |
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(11)A.ordered |
B)Asked |
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C.begged |
D.wanted |
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(12)A.poured |
B.took |
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C.flew |
D.fell |
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(13)A.hearing |
B.running |
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C.singing |
D.pulling |
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(14)A.earlier |
B.later |
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C.in time |
D.better |
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(15)A.see |
B.hear |
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C.know |
D.understand |
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(16)A.careless |
B.surprised |
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C.sorry |
D)Angry |
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(17)A.It |
B.That |
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C.Things |
D.This |
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(18)A.way |
B.ground |
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C.time |
D.streets |
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(19)A.with |
B)As |
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C.like |
D.being |
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(20)A.nothing |
B.everything |
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C)Anything |
D.something |
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