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从题中所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
People often fall ill because of me. 36 , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own 37  . A tired person may get 38  , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in 39  is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though 40 , he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
I seized this golden chance to 41  him .He reacted, trying to 42  me , but I was already 43  deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running. 44  he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept 45  him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but   46  .
The next day he couldn’t go to 47 . He had lost his appetite and was not as 48  as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his 49
For two days he was   50  by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the   51 . I knew I had to   52  him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back. 53 , it was my turn to feel   54 now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became  55  and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
小题1:
A.ThereforeB.BesidesC.HoweverD.Then
小题2:
A.businessB.responsibilityC.excuseD.fault
小题3:
A.punishedB.blamedC.caughtD.killed
小题4:
A.temperatureB.seasonC.placeD.condition
小题5:
A.excitedB.hurtC.lateD.tired
小题6:
A.injureB.botherC.attackD.destroy
小题7:
A.get on withB.get rid ofC.put up withD.take hold of
小题8:
A.reproducingB.waitingC.hidingD.disappearing
小题9:
A.SinceB.OnceC.WhetherD.Although
小题10:
A.remindingB.upsettingC.comfortingD.Influencing
小题11:
A.escapedB.succeededC.regrettedD.failed
小题12:
A.bedB.workC.schoolD.hospital
小题13:
A.peacefulB.afraidC.activeD.happy
小题14:
A.recoveryB.developmentC.studyD.affected
小题15:
A.protectedB.nursedC.scoldedD.affected
小题16:
A.lossB.operationC.pressureD.movement
小题17:
A.leaveB.catchC.forgetD.beat
小题18:
A.UncertainlyB.UnfairlyC.UnusuallyD.Unfortunately
小题19:
A.painfulB.tiredC.nervousD.ashamed
小题20:
A.biggerB.weakerC.smallerD.stronger

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:B

试题分析:本文使用了拟人的手法,从第一人称“我”的角度讲述了人体感冒的起因以及发病过程等。从文中讲述的事例可以看出,人体感冒大多数情况下是由于自身不正确的做法所造成的,所以为了健康我们必须养成好的生活习惯。
小题1:C副词辨析。A 因此;B此外;C 然而;D然后。上句讲人因“我”而病,下句说人们却不怪“我”,很显然此处是转折关系,故C选项正确。人们经常因为我而生病,但是很少责怪我。
小题2:D名词辨析。A 生意;B 责任;C借口;D过错。由于人们生活中错误的做法导致生病感冒,是他们自身的过错、过失,所以此处填fault,正确选项为D。那很大程度上是他们自己的过错。
小题3:C动词辨析。A惩罚;B责备;C 逮住;染疾D 杀死。从上下文可知此处指人们得病,所以是受到疾病的侵袭,C选项正确。
小题4:A名词辨析。A 温度;B 季节;C 地方;D 状况,条件。从下文叙述In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home.可知此处指的是温度的变化。
小题5:D形容词辨析。A 激动的,兴奋的;B 受伤的;C 迟到的;D 疲惫的。上句讲he played football hard for two hours,由情理可知卖力气得踢2个小时的足球肯定是感到累,所以D选项正确。
小题6:C动词辨析。A使。。。受伤;B 麻烦;C 攻击;袭击D 毁灭。从上下文可知此处指病毒趁机侵袭人体,所以C选项正确。
小题7:B短语辨析。A 与。。。相处;B 除掉;C 忍受;D 抓住。根据常识可知,人们患病后人体会自动产生抗体来抵制病毒,所以正确选项为B。
小题8:A动词辨析。A 繁殖;B 等待;C 隐藏;D 消失。下文讲孩子的病症加重了,由此可知是病毒迅速繁殖导致的,故A选项正确。
小题9:D连词辨析。A 既然,自从;B 一旦;C 是否,无论;D 尽管。从下文it didn’t work,判断此处应该是表示前后转折的连词,所以D为正确选项。句意:尽管他穿上暖和的衣服也不起作用了,因为体内病毒太多了。
小题10:B动词辨析。A 提醒;B 困扰;使人心烦意乱;C 安慰;D 影响。根据常识可知人体感冒后嗓子疼是让人烦,使人不舒服的事情,所以B选项正确。
小题11:D动词辨析。A 逃避,逃脱;B 成功;C 后悔;D 失败。下文叙述孩子的病情加重了,没了食欲,由此可知咳嗽等人体的正常反应没起作用。所以D选项正确。
小题12:C名词辨析。A 床;B 工作;C 学校;D 医院。从上文After school,判断应该是病厉害了不能上学。C为正确选项。
小题13:C形容词辨析。A 和平的;B 害怕的;C 积极的;D 高兴地。从常识可知人感冒后不愿活动,而且上文讲孩子没感冒前踢足球,所以此处选C选项。意思是孩子失去食欲,不如以前活跃了。
小题14:A名词辨析。A 恢复;B 发展;C 学习;D 影响。Vc是增强人体免疫力的,从常识可知服用Vc是为了人体病后尽快康复,所以A选项正确。
小题15:B动词辨析。A 保护;B 护理;C 责备;D 影响。从情理可知孩子生病后母亲应该是精心护理,所以B选项正确,母亲两天来精心照料他。
小题16:C名词辨析。A 损失;B 手术;C 压力;D 运动。上句讲人体的免疫力增强了,对病毒的抵抗力也增强了,所以病毒感到的是生存的压力,所以C选项正确。
小题17:A动词辨析。A 离开;B捉住;C 忘记;D 打,击。从常识可知人体免疫力增强后,病就慢慢好了,所以病毒也就消失了。故此处用leave ,答案选A。
小题18:D副词辨析。A不确定地;B 不公平地;C 不寻常地;D不幸地。从上下文语境可知“我”这个病毒战败了,对病毒来说是不幸的,所以填D,
小题19:A形容词辨析。A痛苦的;B 疲惫的;C 紧张的;D 感到羞愧的。从语境it was my turn 判断以前感冒时候孩子感到难受,现在是轮到“我”痛苦了,故A选项正确。
小题20:B形容词辨析。A更大;B 更弱;C 更小;D 更强壮。从上文可知人体免疫力发起全面进攻,抵制病毒,所以此处是病毒力量减弱,故B为正确选项。
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When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great distances almost as clearly as if they were in the same room. Nowadays, though, we increasingly use Bell' s invention for taking photographs, accessing the internet, or watching video clips, rather than talking. Over the last two decades a new means of spoken communication has appeared: the mobile phone.
The first real mobile telephone call was made in 1973 by Dr Martin Cooper, the scientist who invented the modem mobile handset. Within a decade, mobile phones became available to the public. The streets of modem cities began to feature sharp-suited characters shouting into giant plastic bricks. In Britain the mobile phone quickly became the same with the "yuppie" , the new type of young urban professionals who carried the expensive handsets as status symbols. Around this time many of us said that we would never own a mobile phone.
But in the mid-90s, something happened. Cheaper handsets and cheaper calling rates meant that, almost overnight, it seemed that everyone had a mobile phone. And the giant plastic bricks of the 80s had changed into smooth little objects that fitted nicely into pockets and bags.
Moreover, people' s timekeeping changed. Younger readers will be amazed to know that, not long ago, people made spoken arrangements to meet at a certain place at a certain time. But later Meeting times became approximate under the new order of communication: the Short Message Service (SMS) or text message. Going to be late? Send a text message! It takes much less effort than arriving on time, and it' s much less awkward than explaining your lateness face to face and the text message has changed the way we write in English. Traditional rules of grammar and spelling are much less important when you' re sitting on the bus, hurriedly typing "Will B 15mm late - C U @ the bar. Sorry! - )".
Alexander Graham Bell would be amazed if he could see how far the science of telephony has progressed in less than 150 years.If he were around today, he might say "That' s gr8! But I' m v busy rite now.Will call U 2nite."
小题1:What does the underlined part in Para. 2 refer to?
A.Houses of modern cities.B.Sharp-suited characters.
C.New type of professionals.D.Mobile phones.
小题2:According to Paragraph 4, why did Meeting times become approximate?
A.People were more likely to be late for their meeting.
B.SMS made it easier to inform each other.
C.Young people don' t like unchanging things.
D.Traditional customs were dying out.
小题3:If you want to meet your friend at the school gate this evening, which of the following message can you send him?
A.Call U@ SKUg8 2nite.B.IM2BZ2CU 2nite.
C.CU@ the bar g8 2nite.D.W84U@ SKUg8 2nite.
小题4:What does the passage mainly tell us about?
A.Alexander Graham' s invention.
B.SMS @ a new way of communication.
C.New functions of the mobile telephone.
D.The development of the mobile phone.

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:阅读理解

An Ofsted (英国教育标准办公室)study reports that teachers are discouraging students who want to leave school and work as apprentices (学徒)in beauty salons (美容中心)or hair dressers.
  Inspectors questioned 105 young people for a report on apprenticeships published on Wednesday. They found several examples of young people who felt they had been laughed at by their teachers for wanting to progress to work-based learning, particularly in care or hairdressing, rather than stay on at school.
  Right or wrong, is it any surprise that this is happening? From 2014,the government will measure schools according to the rate of their pupils who go to university. Brian Lightman , general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, says the government has already put teachers under “very great pressure to focus on academic subjects”
  On the other hand, the Education Act 2011,which came into force in November, places schools under a duty to give fair career advice to pupils. This advice must include information on all post-16 education and training choices, including apprenticeships. This doesn’t appear to be happening in several schools, according to Ofsted9S report. Many of the young people the inspectors talked to said the advice they had received on apprenticeships was “unsatisfactory”.
  Schools were also blamed for lack of work experience courses, which are particularly important for teenagers considering an apprenticeship. They help students decide whether they enjoy a line of work and enable employers to see whether those on work experience have the potential to be hired as apprentices in future years.
  But there is a good reason why they can’t do this: they’d be unable to adapt to GCSE (英国齊通中等教育证书)exams if they did. Sometimes, it seems, schools just can’t win.
小题1:Why do teachers oppose the students’ leaving school and working as apprentices?
A.The government urges teachers to concentrate on academic subjects.
B.The students are only wasting time working as apprentices.
C.Employers are under great pressure of taking GCSE exams.
D.Employers don’t give students chances to work as apprentices
小题2:Pressure for schools to provide pupils with career advice comes from ______. 
A.Association of School and College Leaders
B.Education Act 2011
C.GCSE exams
D.OFSTED
小题3:The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 5 refers to _____.
A.schools
B.employers
C.work experience courses
D.teenagers considering an apprenticeship
小题4:What does the author think of teachers’ discouraging students working as apprentices?
A.SurprisingB.Understandable
C.WrongD.Right

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