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You have probably heard of homing pigeons, which usually appeared in war. From 3,000 B.C.to the present, homing pigeons have 1 as postmen. They have been especially useful for carrying messages 2 war. The telegraph is not 3 to carry about. Sometimes only the little pigeon can take a message where it ought to go.
In 1870, when the Prussians surrounded the city of Paris, the city was cut off from all the 4 means of communication. The people 5 many different ways of sending news. One way was to let go small balloons carrying mail.
6 of course, they only drifted 7 the wind carried them. Often they landed inside the enemy’s lines. Even balloons large enough to carry a pilot could hardly be well controlled.
It was pigeons that in the end. solved the 8 . Homing pigeons were brought into 9 . Soon they were carrying letters far and wide. The enemy bought 10 to catch pigeons, but the little postmen could fly faster than their 11 . Strangely enough, pigeons played an important 12 in war.
During World War I every army unit had a group of pigeons 13 . Many of them wore honored. Among them 14 an American pigeon with a French name Char Ami, which meant “dear friend”. A group of U.S. soldiers were surrounded by the enemy. They had no food and no bullets. They nearly died of 15 . There was little hope for them. Cher Ami made his way 16 the bullets and succeeded. At once planes 17 to drop food and ammunition (军火) to them. With their strength 18 , the soldiers fought back to their own army and got saved.
19 can pigeons carry the message? There were various methods. Usually the message is put into a little glass tube. The tube is tied to the leg or hidden under 20 or hung around the neck.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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A Joke on a Friend
Mark twain was a famous American writer.He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today.Mark Twain was also famous in his day 1 a public speaker.In his speaking Mark Twain always liked 2 funny stories.He also liked to listen to funny stories and to 3 his friends.One day one of his friends 4 his wallet and asked him 5 his train fare for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to pay 6 your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said.
The friend didn’t know 7 to do.He was very sad. “We can do this.”said Mark Twain.“We can 8 the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets you can hide 9 my seat.”
Later, 10 ,on the train,when the conductor came to take the tickets,Mark Twain gave him two tickets 11 for Mark Twain and one for his friend.Then 12 a loud voice,Mark Twain explained.
“My friend here is a 13 strange man.When he travels on a train he doesn’t like to sit 14 a seat.He prefers 15 on the floor under the seat.”
Of course,everybody in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.
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C.lose |
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B.to cost |
C.to pay |
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B.how |
C.which |
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B.go on |
C.get in |
D.go in |
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B.under |
C.below |
D.beside |
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B.whatever |
C.whenever |
D.wherever |
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B.one |
C.a ticket |
D.the one |
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A.at |
B.over |
C.in |
D.on |
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A.more |
B.much |
C.quite |
D.very |
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A.on |
B.onto |
C.at |
D.by |
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B.to lie |
C.to laying |
D.to be lying |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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B.post |
C.spoken |
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B.letter |
C.programme |
D.passage |
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B.believe |
C.hope |
D.learn |
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B.hotels |
C.police |
D.people |
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D.way |
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C.saving |
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B.tried |
C.saw |
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C.passed |
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C.jpise |
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B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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C.moved |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
This was one of my experiences 1 .When I was in my 30s,I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London. I was working in the 2 department.
The company had a training center which was just outside London. Different courses were held there throughout 3 and I 4 go on one training course a year. These usually started 5 a Sunday evening and lasted six days.
Once I was 6 a week’s training course with about forty 7 sales people. I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 8 behind the bar asked me a curious question.“I hope you don’t 9 my asking,” she said, “but I’ve been 10 about it all week. Have you got a sister 11 Mary?” The woman’s name was June. And she used to do various jobs at the training center’s worked in the office, she organized all the food and drink for the center and she worked in the bar at lunch time and in the evening.
My answer 12
June’s question was
“Yes”,and June said,“I thought 13
.I met her last September when she was organizing a course here.” At
that time, my sister was working for 14 company but in a different part of the
country. That was 15
she came to be at the
training center.
16 surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister.
Three things made it even more 17 .First, she had met my sister six months
before she met me. Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the
training center’s about one thousand five hundred people had 18 the
center in those six months. And 19
,my sister is married, so she doesn’t have the same family name as
me.
We’re not 20 ,but I guess we must look quite like each other.
1. A.in work B.out of work
C.at work D.about work
2. A.selling B.sales
C.sale D.sold
3. A.the year B.the month
C.the week D.the day
4. A.used to B.once
C.get used to D.was used to
5. A.at B.in
C.during D.on
6. A.on B.in
C.during D.over
7. A.other B.another
C.the other D.one other
8. A.hearing B.waiting
C.serving D.seeing
9. A.matter B.care for
C.remind of D.mind
10. A.understanding B.wondering
C.discovering D.worrying
11. A.called B.calling
C.calling on D.calling up
12. A.of B.about
C.to D.for
13. A.that B.it
C.such D.so
14. A.the same B.a different
C.another D.the other
15. A.where B.when
C.what D.how
16. A.All B.What
C.That D.It
17. A.surprising B.surprised
C.strange D.puzzled
18. A.passed through B.passed away
C.left D.passed by
19. A.finally B.at the end
C.at last D.later
20. A.friends B.relatives
C.twins D.brother and sister
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
This was one of my experiences 1 .When I was in my 30s,I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London. I was working in the 2 department.
The company had a training center which was just outside London. Different courses were held there throughout 3 and I 4 go on one training course a year. These usually started 5 a Sunday evening and lasted six days.
Once I was 6 a week’s training course with about forty 7 sales people. I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 8 behind the bar asked me a curious question.“I hope you don’t 9 my asking,” she said, “but I’ve been 10 about it all week. Have you got a sister 11 Mary?” The woman’s name was June. And she used to do various jobs at the training center’s worked in the office, she organized all the food and drink for the center and she worked in the bar at lunch time and in the evening.
My answer 12
June’s question was
“Yes”,and June said,“I thought 13
.I met her last September when she was organizing a course here.” At
that time, my sister was working for 14 company but in a different part of the
country. That was 15
she came to be at the
training center.
16 surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister.
Three things made it even more 17 .First, she had met my sister six months
before she met me. Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the
training center’s about one thousand five hundred people had 18 the
center in those six months. And 19
,my sister is married, so she doesn’t have the same family name as
me.
We’re not 20 ,but I guess we must look quite like each other.
1. A.in work B.out of work
C.at work D.about work
2. A.selling B.sales
C.sale D.sold
3. A.the year B.the month
C.the week D.the day
4. A.used to B.once
C.get used to D.was used to
5. A.at &Unbsp; B.in
C.during D.on
6. A.on B.in
C.during D.over
7. A.other B.another
C.the other D.one other
8. A.hearing B.waiting
C.serving D.seeing
9. A.matter B.care for
C.remind of D.mind
10. A.understanding B.wondering
C.discovering D.worrying
11. A.called B.calling
C.calling on D.calling up
12. A.of B.about
C.to D.for
13. A.that B.it
C.such D.so
14. A.the same B.a different
C.another D.the other
15. A.where B.when
C.what D.how
16. A.All B.What
C.That &Unbsp; D.It
17. A.surprising B.surprised
C.strange D.puzzled
18. A.passed through B.passed away
C.left D.passed by
19. A.finally B.at the end
C.at last D.later
20. A.friends B.relatives
C.twins D.brother and sister
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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.
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D.Danger |
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B.excited |
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D.trouble |
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D.wanted |
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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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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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B)As |
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D.being |
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(20)A.nothing |
B.everything |
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C)Anything |
D.something |
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