科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
While drunken driving may be on the decline, traffic safety experts remain puzzled over how to deal with another alcohol related danger: drunken pedestrians.
Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact, they are intoxicated(喝醉的) more frequently and with higher blood alcohol levels than drunken drivers who are killed in accidents, various studies have shown. Forty percent of adult pedestrians involved in fatal crashes have a blood alcohol level of at least 0.10 which by law in most states signifies intoxication compared to only 25 percent of drivers in deadly accidents, according to recent federal data.
Some types of pedestrian accidents have been declining nationally, especially those involving children, but the number of adult pedestrians who are drunk when killed in traffic has remained relatively steady at 2500 a year. The total number of pedestrians killed annually in U.S. traffic accidents is at least 7000, or one of every seven highway accidents resulting in death.
“We’re dealing here, we think, with a very severe drinking problem that leads to a severe highway safety problem,” said Richard Bloomberg, president of Dunlap and Associates Inc, in Norwalk, Coon.
Bloomberg, whose consulting company found a very high rate of alcohol involvement in a controlled study of pedestrian accidents in New Orleans, was among several researchers who spoke on the topic at the annual meeting of the Research council’s Transportation Research Board(TRB) in Washington in January.
Pedestrian accidents have not received enough attention in the past, according to Kay Colpitts, who chairs the board’s committee on pedestrians. Few methods exist to monitor walking habits, she said, and researchers have been mystified(迷惑不解) about how to prevent disasters.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Traffic Safety. B. Drunken Drivers.
C. Drunken Pedestrian Accidents. D.A Severe Highway Safety problem.
Among the causes of walkers’ accidents, the most serious problem is .
A. long delays in traffic signals that may make people cross streets without paying attention to traffic rules
B. alcohol
C. a lack of adult keeping eyes on many children involved in accidents
D. former drunken drivers whose licenses are not allowed to use for a time
According to recent federal data, drunken drivers with an over 0.10 blood alcohol level in deadly accidents .
A. are 15 percent less than drunken adult walkers with the same level
B. are 2500 a year
C. are at least 7000 in US traffic accidents
D. make up one seventh of highway accidents
According to the passage, what is Bloomberg?
A.A researcher. B.A specialist in traffic safety.
C.A clerk of a consulting company. D.A government official
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
While drunken driving may be on the decline, traffic safety experts remain puzzled over how to deal with another alcohol?related danger: drunken pedestrains.
Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact, they are intoxicated more frequently-and with higher blood?alcohol levels-than drunken drivers who are killed in accidents, various studies have shown. Forty percent of adult pedestrians involved in fatal crashes have a blood?alcohol level of at least 0.10-which by law in most states signifies intoxication-compared to only 25 percent of drivers in deadly accidents, according to recent federal data.
Some types of pedestrain accidents have been declining nationally, especially those involving children, but the number of adult pedestrians who are drunk when killed in traffic has remained relatively steady at 2500 a year. The total number of pedestrians killed annually in U.S. traffic accidents is at least 7000, or one of every seven highway accidents resulting in death.
“We’re dealing here, we think, with a very severe drinking problem that leads to a severe highway safety problem,” said Richard Blomberg, president of Dunlap and Associates Inc, in Norwalk, Coon.
Blomberg, whose consulting company found a very high rate of alcohol involvement in a controlled study of pedestrian accidents in New Orleans, was among several researchers who spoke on the topic at the annual meeting of the Research council’s Transportation Research Board(TRB) in Washington in January.
Pedestrian accidents have not received enough attention in the past, according to Kay Colpitts, who chairs the board’s committee on pedestrians. Few methods exist to monitor walking habits, she said, and researchers have been mystified about how to prevent disasters.
5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Traffic Safety. B.Drunken Drivers.
C.Drunken Pedestrian Accidents. D.A Severe Highway Safety problem.
6.Among the causes of walkers’ accidents, the most serious problem is .
A.long delays in traffic signals that may make people cross streets without paying attention to traffic rules
B.alcohol
C.a lack of adult keeping eyes on many children involved in accidents
D.former drunken drivers whose licenses are not allowed to use for a time
7.According to recent federal data, drunken drivers with an over 0.10 blood?alcohol level in deadly accidents .
A.are 15 percent less than drunken adult walkers with the same level
B.are 2500 a year
C.are at least 7000 in US traffic accidents
D.make up one?seventh of highway accidents
8.According to the passage, what is Blomberg?
A.A researcher. B.A specialist in traffic safety.
C.A clerk of a consulting company. D.A government official
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆浙江省湖州市菱湖中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.
1. Bill Gates
Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
2. Steve Jobs
The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.
3. Frank Lloyd Wright
As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
【小題1】 What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?
A.Hardworking students. | B.Very successful students. |
C.Students failing to finish their school education. | D.Students from poor families. |
A.People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs. |
B.Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education. |
C.If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day. |
D.We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps. |
A.is richer than any other man in the world |
B.is well-known in Harvard University |
C.finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree |
D.is the only founder of Microsoft |
A.The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it. |
B.Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help. |
C.Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist. |
D.Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. |
A.Successful people often have unordinary life experience. |
B.College education is not so important to one’s success. |
C.People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education. |
D.Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學(xué)年湖南省慈利一中高二第一次月考英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
British English and American English are almost the same. But there are slight differences between British and American English in vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling and grammar.
The first difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. Almost all of the words used in British English and American English are exactly the same. Only a very small number of words are used disparately. For example, Americans would say “apartment”, but the British would say “flat” to talk about the place where they live. In addition to some common words, many idiomatic(慣用的)expressions are different. In England people might say “I’ll ring you up tonight”, but in the US, people might say “I’ll call you up tonight”.
The second difference between British and American English is in Pronunciation. The main difference in pronunciation concerns the vowels(元音). Some American dialects and some British dialects use vowels in different ways. Sometimes, Americans and the British don’t understand each other’s pronunciation. But most of the time, the British and Americans do understand each other’s pronunciation because most of the sounds of the two dialects are the same.
The third difference is very small. This is the difference in spelling. A few types of words are spelled differently in British and American English. The most common example is in a word like “center”. In British English, this word would be spelled C-E-N-T-R-E, while in American English the same word would be spelled C-E-N-T-E-R. Another example is “or” vs “our”. The word “color”is spelled C-O-L-O-U-R in Britain but C-O-L-O-R in the US.
There are a few differences in grammar, too. The British may say “Have you got..?” while Americans prefer “Do you have..?” An American might say “my friend just arrived”, but a British would say “my friend has just arrived”. Sometimes function words are used differently: the British may say “at the weekend”, but Americans would say “on the weekend”.
【小題1】What is this passage mainly about?
A.The development of American English |
B.Differences between British and American English |
C.The influences of British English on American English |
D.The causes of the differences between British and American English |
A.Frequently | B.Regularly | C.Eventually | D.Differently |
A.the different ways of using vowels |
B.the different idiomatic expressions they use |
C.the differences in grammar |
D.the differences in spelling |
A.a(chǎn)bce | B.bcde | C.bceg | D.defg |
A.I’ll learn with you at the weekend |
B.Have you got a dictionary? |
C.I’ll ring her up tonight. |
D.Do you have a pen? |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年山東省濟(jì)寧市高三上學(xué)期期末模擬英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.
1. Bill Gates
Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
2. Steve Jobs
The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.
3. Frank Lloyd Wright
As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
1.What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?
A.Hardworking students.
B.Very successful students.
C.Students failing to finish their school education.
D.Students from poor families.
2.Which of the following is right according to Paragraph One?
A.People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs.
B.Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education.
C.If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day.
D.We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps.
3.According to the writer, Bill Gates _________.
A.is richer than any other man in the world
B.is well-known in Harvard University
C.finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree
D.is the only founder of Microsoft
4.Which of the following statements can’t be learned from the last two paragraphs?
A.The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it.
B.Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help.
C.Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist.
D.Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
5.What does the author want to tell us in this passage?
A.Successful people often have unordinary life experience.
B.College education is not so important to one’s success.
C.People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education.
D.Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work.
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