.
Driving to a friend's house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people? Myself included? Usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
71.The best title for the passage would be______.
A. Touched by the moon
B. The pleasures of modern life
C. A bottomless well of silence
D. Break away from modern life
72. The writer felt sorry for himself because________.
A. there was too many pollution
B. he failed to see the fullest moon
C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions
D. there were too accidents on the road
73. What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?
A. No modern equipment B. Complete silence.
C. The nice moonlight D. The high mountains
74. Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to______.
A. show that the writer likes city life very much
B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life
C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them
75. The author wrote the passage to_______.
A. express the feeling of returning to nature
B. show the love for the moonlight
C. advise modern people to learn to live
D. want to communicate longing for modern life
科目:高中英语 来源:吉林省东北师大附中2010届高三第五次模拟考试(英语) 题型:完型填空
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I jumped into a taxi and took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane 36 suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space
37 in front of us.My taxi driver immediately put his foot on the 38 .The taxi slid a short distance quickly and 39 the other car by just inches! The driver of the black car moved his head around and started 40 at us.My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy; and I mean he was 41 friendly, which is truly beyond my expectation.
42 I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost 43 your car and sent us to the 44 !” This is when my taxi driver 45 me what I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck.”
He 46 that many people are like garbage trucks.They run around full of garbage, disappointment, frustration (挫败感) and 47 .As their garbage 48 , they need a place to dump (丢弃) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on 49 .Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move 50 .Don’t take it 51 .Don’t take their garbage and 52 it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.
The 53 line is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day.Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with 54 , so “Love the people who treat you 55 .Pray for the ones who don’t”.
36.A.as B.when C.before D.while
37.A.even B.still C.right D.only
38.A.brakes B.airbags C.seats D.gases
39.A.left B.hit C.attacked D.missed
40.A.nodding B.looking C.yelling D.frowning
41.A.really B.exactly C.almost D.rarely
42.A.Since B.So C.But D.Yet
43.A.blocked B.ruined C.passed D.followed
44.A.airport B.prison C.court D.hospital
45.A.returned B.showed C.taught D.brought
46.A.imagined B.explained C.argued D.advised
47.A.doubt B.eagerness C.anger D.panic
48.A.piles up B.breaks down C.runs out D.cuts down
49.A.none B.me C.themselves D.you
50.A.on B.along C.in D.out
51.A.formally B.personally C.immediately D.permanently
52.A.save B.present C.offer D.spread
53.A.finish B.life C.front D.bottom
54.A.losses B.regrets C.dreams D.plans
55.A.well B.differently C.actively D.hard
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012届湖北省黄冈市黄州区一中高三精品模拟试卷(四)英语(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Wearing seat belt is,of course,the first step to safe driving.These additional measures might also save your life.
Count to three.Keeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessary.Jim Clark,a California driving instructor,suggests a least amount of three seconds’following distance.To figure this,pick an object on the roadside ahead.When the car in front of you passes it,start counting one-thousand-one,one-thousand-two,one-thousand-three.If you get to that object before you reach one-thousand-three,you don’t have three seconds of following time --- time needed to keep away from accidents.
Let followers pass.“If someone’s driving after you,get out of his way,”Clark advises.“You’re better of being safe than right.”
Expect the worst.In a study,the Federal Highway Administration(联邦公路局)found that 68 percent of drivers do not come to a complete stop at stop signs.When you’re driving and see someone come near to a stop sing,assume the person’s not going to stop.
And when you stop at a crossing and another car comes near with its turn signal on,don’t take it true that the driver will turn.Instead,wait until he turns.He may have had the signal on for miles.
Stay outside.In crowd,multilane(多车道) traffic,drive in either the outside--left or outside--right lane.“That allows you somewhere to go if a problem develops,”traffic expert Francis Kenel says.“If you’re in the middle,all you can do is to pause from time to time.”
【小题1】According to the text if you want to drive safely you should .
A.wear seat belt | B.take some additional measures |
C.at least take 5 steps | D.count to three |
A.driven one thousand and three metres | B.kept three seconds’distance from other cars |
C.counted a lot of numbers | D.kept a long distance from the object |
A.Maybe. | B.Guess. | C.Ask. | D.Suppose. |
A.we’d better find somewhere to go |
B.it will be better for us to drive in the outside lanes |
C.it is safer to drive in the middle |
D.we must drive on the left |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012届江西省南昌二中高三上学期10月第二次统一考试(英语) 题型:阅读理解
What makes a house a home?
Not size, of course.I’ve been in some of the grandest houses in America, and it’s readily apparent no one lives there.Earlier this year, I had dinner in a mud hut in Ethiopia, where we sat on chairs next to the hostess’ bed -- a home that had more warmth than any house I’ve been in since.
Now John Edwards is exploring what makes a house a home in his just-released Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives.There Edwards writes, " This is a book about homes, the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shaped.The houses and circumstances are different, but much of what you find inside will be familiar."
Whether you’re sitting in an airport right now, waiting to fly to your childhood home for Thanksgiving, or in your own home waiting for the relatives to arrive, you know what he’s talking about.
We’ve lived in our townhouse for 21 years.The loose windows that make noise in the wind.The fireplace so shallow it holds only one log.The kitchen window that offers a view of the world passing by.It’s where friends sit on the kitchen counter drinking wine while dinner is being fixed.I lived there for only 18, but it will always be my true home.Even the lamp in the west living room window, which I could see far down the road when driving home late at night, still shines.
While all this talk about childhood memories can be warm and comforting, home is whom you’re with, not where you are.As Edwards writes, "Home is family.Home is safety.Home is faith."
Happy homecoming.
【小题1】What would be the best title for the text?
A.Home Means Everything | B.What’s Inside Makes Us Feel at Home |
C.Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives | D.The Importance of the Home |
A.mean the author likes living in grandest houses |
B.prove the author got along well with the hostess |
C.mean the feeling of home isn’t related to the size |
D.show the author’s different feelings about houses |
A.it was the description of Edwards’ houses |
B.it is mainly about houses |
C.it helps us understand the concept of home |
D.it was written by the author of the text |
A.His house was too old to live in. | B.He missed the feelings of home. |
C.He hated living there. | D.He missed his old friends too much. |
A.the author’s family were very rich | B.every happy home is the same |
C.the author has been living a hard life | D.the author and Edwards hold similar ideas |
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科目:高中英语 来源:东北三省四校2010届高三下学期第三次模拟联考英语 题型:阅读理解
An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when they're speeding. When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead-footed drivers avoid tickets and also save lives. The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets.
The product, called Speed Alert, links real-time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a driver's PDA or programmable mobile phone. The setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a car's speedometer. In fact, it is entirely portable. It will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have built-in GPS receivers. If a driver exceeds the speed limit, the speed is shown and an alert sounds.
Michael Paine, an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant, was hired to analyze the product. He told Live Science that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic” about what they're now calling “intelligent speed alert.” Other research, according to Paine, shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve speeding. There is also a potentially controversial future use: “Since the system is so portable, it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving,” Paine said. “The system even has the capability to record speeding violations, so parents can monitor their teenage drivers.”The product will soon go on sale in Sydney.
63.What's the purpose of the new product?
A.To introduce some improvement in cars.
B.To inform us of the new car system.
C.To popularize the built-in car system.
D.To limit certain drivers to safe driving.
64.“Lead-footed” in the first paragraph probably refer to the ones ________.
A.who drive too carelessly B.that drive too slowly
C.who are partly disabled D.that drive extremely fast
65.The second paragraph mainly talks about ________.
A.how the product is programmed B.why the system becomes popular
C.the functions of GPS in cars D.the project of the built-in product
66.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Future Speed Alert B.New In – Car Device Against Speeding
C.Warning for Adventurous Drivers D.Progress in Car – making Science
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖南省2009-2010学年度高一下学期期末测试试题(英语) 题型:阅读理解
New York State has passed the USA’s first state law banning motorists talking on hand-held cell phones. The ban will begin November 1, although drivers caught using hand-held cell phones will be given only warnings during the first month.
First-time violators(违法者) will face a $100 fine. A second time call for a $200 fine and every violation after that will cost$500.
At least a dozen localities(地方) have established bans, starting in 1999; and 40 states have had bans proposed but not passed.At least 23 countries, including the Great Britain, Italy, Israel and Japan, ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones.
There are about 115 million cell phones in use in the United States and more than 6 million in New York State.
“To think that I’m not going to use cell phone when at the same time I can still use my laptop, I still can read a paper, I can still change my pants(裤子) while driving 65 mph. I think there’s just something wrong,” an official said.
Other critics noted that other things like eating, drinking coffee and applying make-up while driving posed(造成) at least as much of a concern. They suggested that the ban include a broader range of things.
1.How much fine will a hand-held cell phone user receive if he has been caught using it four times while driving after November?
A.$500. B.$1000. C.$1200. D.$1300.
2.We can see from this passage that _______.
A.the ban has been put into effect in most states in the U. S.
B.many of the developed countries forbid drivers using hand-held cell phones
C.over fifty localities or states ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones
D.more people in the U. S. are against the ban than for it
3.The official mentioned in this passage _______.
A.does not agree with this ban
B.doesn’t believe using hand-held cell phones while driving will cause any danger
C.doesn’t understand why hand-held cell phones alone should be banned among many others
D.believes changing pants while driving will cause greater danger
4.The writer intends to tell us in the last paragraph that _______.
A.it is not fair to have this ban passed
B.the ban will never be passed in the whole country
C.more activities of the same kind should also be banned
D.the ban will meet with more criticism
5.This article is most probably taken from _______.
A.a newspaper article B.an advertisement
C.a personal diary D.a letter
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