It is 1 secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents(养父母)than with the parents that nature dealt them. It is especially 2 of children who remain in homes where they’re badly treated because the law blindly(盲目地) favors biological parents(亲生父母). It is also true of children who stay for years in foster(寄养)homes 3 biological parents who can’t or won’t care for them but 4 to give up custody(监护)rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays 5 neither description, but her recent court victory could 6 children who have this kind of experience. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who 7 her and her biological parents, with whom she has never 8 . A Florida judge decided that the teenager can 9 with the only father she has ever known and that her biological parents have no legal right on her.
Shortly after 10 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were 11 switched(调换)and sent home with the 12 parents. Kimberly’s biological parents received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical test 13 that the child wasn’t their own daughter, 14 Kim was, thus leading to a custody battle with Robert Mays.
In 1989, the two families 15 that Robert Mays would continue to have custody right with the biological parents getting 16 rights. Those right were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being 17 .
The decision to leave Kimberly 18 Mr. Mays caused a heated discussion. But the judge made it clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue(起诉)on her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was 19 a personal possession of her parents. Biological parents does not mean a complete 20 that cancels(取消)all the rights of the children.
1.A.not B.no C.a D.the
2.A.terrible B.true C.sad D.natural
3.A.for B.because C.because of D.as
4.A.have B.stick C.want D.refuse
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6.A.save B.help C.trouble D.surprise
7.A.bore B.protected C.grew D.raised
8.A.played B.thought C.lived D.met
9.A.remain B.leave C.share D.talk
10.A.birth B.operation C.treatment D.illness
11.A.mistakenly B.purposefully C.hopefully D.additionally
12.A.own B.wrong C.bad D.other
13.A.explained B.said C.showed D.announced
14.A.therefore B.but C.or D.so
15.A.quarreled B.thought C.prepared D.agreed
16.A.visiting B.equal C.watching D.biological
17.A.wounded B.hidden C.forbidden D.hurt
18.A.with B.on C.by D.in
19.A.more than B.just C.no more than D.rather than
20.A.control B.order C.belong D.ownership
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The 1900 house
The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity.
The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food. The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove. Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform. The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn’t know about then unusural home life. Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long.
So does Joyce think that people’s lives were better in the old days?
“I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,” Joyce said.
And I don’t think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that
I’m happy I don’t have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.” “We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,” eleven-year-old Hilary said.
So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?
Paul,39:” telephone and a hot shower”
Joyce,44:” a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”
Hilary,11:” rock CD”
Joseph,9:” hamburger and computer games”
1.While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house,_____.
A the mother spent more time on housework
B the two children wore the then clothes for school
C they prepared their meals together on a stove
D they ate simple foods they had never seen
2. According to Paragraph 4, what’s Jovce’s opinion about life in 1900?
A There were fewer problems for the family
B Life was simpler but worse than it is now
C There were things she liked and disliked
D The family had more time to stay together
3.What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?
A To play computer games B To make phone calls
C To listen to music D To chat on the Internet
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:
短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
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此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
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Time is valuable but limit. There’s a famous saying,
“Time is money”, this shows the importance of time. When
time has gone, it will never return back. It is a pity
when many people make poor u se of time. They spend their
precious time oversleeping, drinking and traveling. We don’t
realized wasting time equal to wasting part of their life.
They always regret having made a little achievement so far.
Therefore, we should form the habit of value time. Do not
put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Lazy
will not only bring us failure, but also lead us on the road
of poverty and even death.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试陕西卷英语 题型:阅读理解
The 1900 house
The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity.
The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food. The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove. Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform. The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn’t know about then unusural home life. Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long.
So does Joyce think that people’s lives were better in the old days?
“I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,” Joyce said.
And I don’t think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that
I’m happy I don’t have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.” “We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,” eleven-year-old Hilary said.
So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?
Paul,39:” telephone and a hot shower”
Joyce,44:” a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”
Hilary,11:” rock CD”
Joseph,9:” hamburger and computer games”
1.While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house,_____.
A the mother spent more time on housework
B the two children wore the then clothes for school
C they prepared their meals together on a stove
D they ate simple foods they had never seen
2. According to Paragraph 4, what’s Jovce’s opinion about life in 1900?
A There were fewer problems for the family
B Life was simpler but worse than it is now
C There were things she liked and disliked
D The family had more time to stay together
3.What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?
A To play computer games B To make phone calls
C To listen to music D To chat on the Internet
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试陕西卷英语 题型:阅读理解
The 1900 house
The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity.
The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food. The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove. Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform. The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn’t know about then unusural home life. Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long.
So does Joyce think that people’s lives were better in the old days?
“I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,” Joyce said.
And I don’t think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that
I’m happy I don’t have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.” “We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,” eleven-year-old Hilary said.
So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?
Paul,39:” telephone and a hot shower”
Joyce,44:” a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”
Hilary,11:” rock CD”
Joseph,9:” hamburger and computer games”
1.While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house,_____.
A the mother spent more time on housework
B the two children wore the then clothes for school
C they prepared their meals together on a stove
D they ate simple foods they had never seen
2. According to Paragraph 4, what’s Jovce’s opinion about life in 1900?
A There were fewer problems for the family
B Life was simpler but worse than it is now
C There were things she liked and disliked
D The family had more time to stay together
3.What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?
A To play computer games B To make phone calls
C To listen to music D To chat on the Internet
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年高考试题(陕西卷)解析版 题型:阅读理解
The 1900 house
The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity.
The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food. The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove. Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform. The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn’t know about then unusual home life. Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long.
So does Joyce think that people’s lives were better in the old days?
“I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,” Joyce said.
And I don’t think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that
I’m happy I don’t have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.” “We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,” eleven-year-old Hilary said.
So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?
Paul, 39:” telephone and a hot shower”
Joyce, 44:” a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”
Hilary, 11:” rock CD”
Joseph, 9:” hamburger and computer games”
1.While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house, _____.
A the mother spent more time on housework
B the two children wore the then clothes for school
C they prepared their meals together on a stove
D they ate simple foods they had never seen
2.According to Paragraph 4, what’s Joyce’s opinion about life in 1900?
A There were fewer problems for the family
B Life was simpler but worse than it is now
C There were things she liked and disliked
D The family had more time to stay together
3.What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?
A To play computer games B. To make phone calls
C To listen to music D. To chat on the Internet
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