The t of the month in a year is called December.——青夏教育精英家教网—

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The t________ of the month in a year is called December.

科目：高中英语 来源：山东省济南外国语学校2011－2012学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题 题型：050

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　　Nowroz：Iranian New Year or Nowroz is celebrated on the first day of spring sometime in March．People sing, dance and parade as in a carnival through the streets with drums and trumpets to spread the news of the coming new year．

　　Rosh Hashanah：The Jewish New Year is call ed “Rosh Hashanah”, and is celebrated in the month of September．It is a holy(神圣的)time when people think of the things they have done wrong in the past, and promise to do better in the future．Special prayers are held, and an instrument called a Shofar is played．Children are given new clothes, and New Year loaves are baked and fruits are served to remind people of harvest time．

　　Shogatsu：In Japan, the New Year(Shogatsu)celebrations are from January 1 to January 3 and most Japanese don't work during these days．In Japan, the New Year is a fresh start．This means that in December all duties should be completed．Parties are held to forget the worries and troubles of the old year．Homes and cars are decorated．On New Year's Eve, most people spend their time with their families．

　　Bahai New Year：The Bahai people have their own calendar consisting of nineteen months of nineteen days plus a couple of extra days between the eighteenth and nineteenth months．They have, however, adopted the Iranian custom of beginning the New Year in the spring equinox(春分)．The New Year celebrations are held on the evening of March 20th．

(1)

During the Jewish New Year, ________．
[　　]
A．	people don't mention things they have done wrong
B．	children often wear new clothes
C．	loaves and fruits are often not allowed to be served
D．	Shofar is their favourite food

(2)

Which of the following festivals are celebrated in the same month?
[　　]
A．	Nowroz and Shogatsu．
B．	Rosh Hashanah and Shogatsu．
C．	Nowroz and Rosh Hashanah．
D．	Nowroz and the Bahai New Year．

(3)

What can we learn from the text?
[　　]
A．	Japanese families often stay together to celebrate Shogatsu．
B．	The Bahai people usually hold a carnival to celebrate the New Year．
C．	The Jewish harvest fruits to celebrate Rosh Hashanah．

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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届江西南昌10所省重点中学高三第二次模拟突破冲刺（七）英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解

Once in a blue moon,(极为罕见) there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue - the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial(天空的) neighbor. A full moon occurred on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.
“Blue moons have no astronomical significance,” said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California. “`Blue moon' is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter's moon'(a full moon in octorber) or a `harvest moon,'” Laughlin said in an e-mail.
The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted the Maine Farmer's Almanac and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the almanac(年历) defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons.
【小题1】What’s the color of blue moon?

A．blue

B．golden

C．green

D．red

【小题2】If you are in China, in which month can you see the blue moon?

A．December, 2009	B．November, 2009
C．January, 2010	D．February, 2010

【小题3】Compared with the hunters moon, the blue moon ________ .

A．is more beautiful

B．is rarer

C．is larger

D．is brighter

【小题4】Which full moon should be called blue moon according to the original definition?

A．The second full moon in a month with two full moons.

B．The third full moon in a month with three full moons.

C．The second full moon in a season with four full moons.

D．The third full moon in a season with four full moons.

【小题5】What would be the best title for the passage ?

A．Rare New Year’s Eve Blue Moon to Ring in 2010

B．Blue Moon to Take Us Good Fortune

C．The Best Time to Observe Blue Moon

D．The Reason for Blue Moon’s Appearing

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Once in a blue moon,(极为罕见) there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue - the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial(天空的) neighbor. A full moon occurred on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.

The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.

A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.

“Blue moons have no astronomical significance,” said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California. “`Blue moon' is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter's moon'(a full moon in octorber) or a `harvest moon,'” Laughlin said in an e-mail.

The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted the Maine Farmer's Almanac and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the almanac(年历) defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons.

1.What’s the color of blue moon?

A．blue B．golden C．green D．red

2.If you are in China, in which month can you see the blue moon?

A．December, 2009 B．November, 2009

C．January, 2010 D．February, 2010

3.Compared with the hunters moon, the blue moon ________ .

A．is more beautiful B．is rarer C．is larger D．is brighter

4.Which full moon should be called blue moon according to the original definition?

A．The second full moon in a month with two full moons.

B．The third full moon in a month with three full moons.

C．The second full moon in a season with four full moons.

D．The third full moon in a season with four full moons.

5.What would be the best title for the passage ?

A．Rare New Year’s Eve Blue Moon to Ring in 2010

B．Blue Moon to Take Us Good Fortune

C．The Best Time to Observe Blue Moon

D．The Reason for Blue Moon’s Appearing

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科目：高中英语 来源：设计必修1英语(人教版) 人教版 题型：051

Mr．Ulin wrote, “I stumble(困惑)…like one dated December 6, 1996, calling for a 6.0-7.0 along the west coast of Mexico within a month(a 6.8 hit just off the coast of Michoacan on January 11, 1997, only six days late)”(P27 Col.1)．I understand him because this unsuccessful prediction(预言)I had made was reported as “the largest earthquake in this general area since a magnitude(量级)7.0 event on Apr．30, 1986．”by the USGS．Comparing 6 days with the 10-year period, the error(错误)is negligible(可以忽略的)．But I do not understand why he did not stumble on my successful predictions, for example, the 6.1 Afghanistan earthquake(on Feb．4, 1998)prediction(2)that has a probability 13％, and a “not weather cloud”(according to the meteorologist)as its precursor in the satellite image(1)．If Mr．Ulin stumbled on my unsuccessful prediction, he should stumble more on this successful prediction, so he should recommend it and its precursor as two powerful positive examples to support his title word “science”; on the other hand, if he did not stumble on this successful prediction, he should expose the both as undoubted negative examples to explain what the meteorologist does not know, and to prove why it belongs to his so-called “lunatic logic of earthquake prediction”to support his other title word “pseudoscience(伪科学)”．Mr．Ulin neighter put the both as positive(积极的)examples, nor negative(消极的)examples, which makes me confused(迷惑不解)．

［问题导入］Do you think it is useful to foretell the nature disaster and why?

A senior scientist’s view：Do further researches on earthquakes in order to predict exactly when and where an earthquake will happen．

A local man’s view：It is impossible to predict when and where the earthquake will happen．

A worker’s view：It’s important to retell the earthquake and it can reduce some lose．

A leader’s view：What we can do to predict the earthquake is important．

A writer’s view：What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake is necessary if we can’t predict when the earthquake will happen．

My view：________

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科目：高中英语 来源：黑龙江省牡丹江一中2011－2012学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 题型：054

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　　I was a single mother and I have two daughters to bring up．I just moved to Chicago this year．

　　Though I tried my best, what I 　　1　　 just made ends meet．I was always 　　2　　 of the last days of a month, during which many bills were waiting for me to pay．Now the 　　3　　 month was going to end．When I 　　4　　 the monthly bills, I saw I couldn't 　　5　　 what my girls wanted．

　　I still remembered what I had 　　6　　 my daughters．For our first Christmas in a 　　7　　 state, far from the rest of our family, I wanted to get my daughters, Tiffany and Jasmine, something 　　8　　．“What do you want from Santa this year?” I asked them．

　　“Bicycles!” they replied at once．　　9　　 they had their hopes set．But after I got the monthly bills, I 　　10　　 the money left was not enough for one bike．What could I do to get two?I turned the matter over in my 　　11　　 several times：Lord, would it be fair to my landlord to be 　　12　　 with the rent this month?Just this once?

　　Over the next few 　　13　　 I always asked myself the same question when my daughters were deep in sleep．　　14　　 the only voice I heard was my grandpa's：“Diane, whatever you do, always pay your rent on time,” he 　　15　　 to say．

　　I guess I had my 　　16　　．I slipped the rent check under the landlord's door and called the girls in．The phone rang when I was about to break the bad 　　17　　．

　　“I want you to 　　18　　 something,” my landlord said．I heard the sound of paper breaking．“That was your December rent check,” he said．“It is being 　　19　　 into a million pieces because you always pay your rent on time．Merry Christmas to you and the girls．”

　　Grandpa's kind 　　20　　,a generous landlord and some unknown reasons had added up to a Christmas gift that my daughters and I will never forget．

(1)


[　　]
A．	asked
B．	hunted
C．	earned
D．	studied

(2)


[　　]
A．	fond
B．	afraid
C．	proud
D．	careful

(3)


[　　]
A．	first
B．	second
C．	third
D．	last

(4)


[　　]
A．	went over
B．	turned in
C．	put away
D．	worked out

(5)


[　　]
A．	remember
B．	afford
C．	think
D．	decide

(6)


[　　]
A．	posted
B．	bought
C．	promised
D．	prepared

(7)


[　　]
A．	small
B．	new
C．	rich
D．	beautiful

(8)


[　　]
A．	similar
B．	advanced
C．	expensive
D．	special

(9)


[　　]
A．	Clearly
B．	Strangely
C．	Fortunately
D．	Quietly

(10)


[　　]
A．	hoped
B．	feared
C．	admitted
D．	found

(11)


[　　]
A．	table
B．	head
C．	bag
D．	hand

(12)


[　　]
A．	busy
B．	angry
C．	late
D．	calm

(13)


[　　]
A．	weeks
B．	noons
C．	months
D．	nights

(14)


[　　]
A．	But
B．	So
C．	Therefore
D．	Thus

(15)


[　　]
A．	needed
B．	used
C．	forgot
D．	wished

(16)


[　　]
A．	fate
B．	order
C．	power
D．	answer

(17)


[　　]
A．	habit
B．	dream
C．	news
D．	mood

(18)


[　　]
A．	listen to
B．	go on with
C．	insist on
D．	feel sorry for

(19)


[　　]
A．	separated
B．	changed
C．	torn
D．	cut

(20)


[　　]
A．	help
B．	smile
C．	face
D．	advice

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The Guidance Department (教导处) at Burrville High School has a staff (职员) of eleven. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.

“Parent meetings form a clear monthly pattern,” says Mildred Foreman, Guidance Director. “This pattern stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May.”

September starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of them want to discuss the schedules. October brings many behaviour problems. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday,” Ms. Foreman says. “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”

Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school reopens. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents realize that their children might be held back (留级). They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.

41. “Most of their work is done with the students” means ______.

A. most of their work is dealing with the students
B. most of their work is getting rid of their students

C. they have most of their work done by the students

D. their work is mostly done together with the students

42. In the sentence “The staff sees a lot of parents too.” the word “see” can be replaced with “_____”.

A. notice B. understand C. meet D. arrange

43. December is a quiet month because ________.

A. Parents don’t want to see the staff

B. Parents are always busy in December

C. Nothing can be done in December

D. Parents decide to go after the holiday

44. May is always the busiest month because the parents want to ______.

A. discuss schedules with the staff

B. do something good for the school or the staff

C. know how their children are getting on with their lessons

D. have something done to help their children’s promotion(升级)

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Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't 1 it to be blue - the name has nothing to 2 the color of our closest celestial（天体） neighbor.

A full moon 3 on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.

"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the 4 moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.

The New Year's Eve blue moon will be 5 in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up 6 New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.

However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse（月蚀） on New Year's Eve when 7 of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The 8 will not be visible in the Americas.

A full moon occurs 9 29.5 days, and most years have 12. 10 , an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The 11 time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't 12 again until 2028.

Blue moons have no astronomical 13 , said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

"`Blue moon' is just a 14 in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,'" Laughlin said in an e-mail.

The popular definition of blue moon 15 after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misunderstood the Maine Farmer's Calendar and marked a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the calendar 16 a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three.

Though Sky & Telescope corrected the 17 decades later, the definition caught on. For purists（语言纯正癖者）, however, this New Year's Eve full moon doesn't even qualify as a 18 moon. It's just the first full moon of the winter season.

In a tongue-in-cheek essay 19 on the magazine's Web site this week, senior contributing editor Kelly Beatty wrote: "If skies are clear when I'm 20 celebrating, I'll take a peek（眯着眼睛看） at that brilliant orb（天体） as it rises over the Boston skyline to see if it's an icy shade of blue. Or maybe I'll just howl."

( ) 1. A. wish B. wait C. hope D. expect

( ) 2. A. deal with B. do with C. develop with D. form into

( ) 3. A. occurred B. came C. ran D. went

( ) 4. A. full B. half C. bright D. part

( ) 5. A. out of sight B. visible C. big D. clear

( ) 6. A. until B. when C. before D. since

( ) 7. A. part B. all C. any D. none

( ) 8. A. moon B. eclipse C. sun D. shadow

( ) 9. A. each B. every C. either D. all

( ) 10. A. On the whole B. Generally speaking C. On average D. In addition

( ) 11. A. last B. next C. other D. another

( ) 12. A. go B. see C. come D. look

( ) 13. A. point B. evident C. theory D. significance

( ) 14. A. name B. object C. phenomenon D. tradition

( ) 15. A. created B. came about C. made D. copied

( ) 16. A. named B. called C. introduced D. defined

( ) 17. A. error B. name C. reality D. number

( ) 18. A. blue B. red C. yellow D. grey

( ) 19. A. published B. posted C. printed D. written

( ) 20. A. in B. out C. away D. on