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　Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by travelling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America. The man who eventually found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan.

　　　Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the cold winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan Strait（海峽）. In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America.

　　　They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. But they did not see any land until they reached the islands off the coast of Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as the Philippines, men were dying of starvation（饑餓）. While they were staying in the Philippines, Magellan was killed in battle. The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail round Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eighteen men sailed into Seville three years after leaving. They were all that remained of Magellan's expedition（探險）. However, their achievement was great. They were the first men to sail round the world.

(1) The purpose of Magellan's expedition was ______．

[　　]

A．to sail round the world

B．to find sea way from the Atlantic to the Pacific

C．to make a voyage to Asia

D．to carry men to Philippines

(2) The time Magellan Strait was discovered was ______．

[　　]

A．in August 1591　　　　 B．in October 1520

C．in November 1520　　　D．not mentioned

(3) The number of the ships lost on the whole expedition was ______．　　　

[　　]

A．two　　　B．three

C．four　　　D．five

(4) Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage concerning the expedition?　

[　　]

A．Lack of equipment.　　　　 B．Cold winter in Patagonia.

C．The death of Magellan.　　　D．Dangers from rocks and storms.

(5) The best title for this passage is ______．

[　　]

A．The Discovery of Magellan's Strait

B．The Discovery of the Philippines

C．The Most Dangerous Expedition in the Navigation（航海）

D．The First Expedition to Asia

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科目：高中英語 來源：同步單元練習(xí)高中2年級第二學(xué)期用英語第二冊下 題型：050

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Twenty Thousand Miles under the Sea is a fascinating tale of adventure with Captain Nemo(“No Name”) in his submarine(海下的) ship, the Nautilus. Jules Verne had been around ships and boats most of his life. But his first trip to America in 1867 was his first ocean voyage. The ship which carried Jules Verne from his native France was the Great Eastern, which was used to lay the first successful Atlantic cable(電纜) linking England and America the year before. Verne made the most of his opportunity. With his notebook, he followed the crew members around. What kind of submarine life had they caught? What kind of fish had they seen? What seaweeds? What shells? What did they know about the ocean's currents(洋流)? Its channels? Its depths and shallows? Six weeks later Verne was home again with his notebook filled on his voyage. He went aboard his little boats where he always wrote. On the desk were piles of papers on which he had attempted to design submarines. Surely, he thought, his next book was meant to be about life at the bottom of the sea, life in a submarine. Not a tiny, clumsy craft like all of them so far. Not a miserable model likely to bring death to men in it. It would be a giant undersea boat. It would have comfort yet undreamed of. Twenty Thousand Miles under the Sea appeared three years later. It delighted everyone. “A splendid story,” most readers said, “Utterly impossible, but exciting!”

1．According to this passage, the Nautilus was the ________.

[　　]

A．first practical submarine

B．invention of Captain Nemo

C．product of Verne's imagination

D．imagination of Captain Nemo

2．Verne's questions were mainly about the crew's ________.

[　　]

A．problems in laying the cable

B．discoveries about the sea

C．struggle with a sea monster(怪物)

D．descriptions about the submarine

3．What should the imaginative submarine be according to Verne?

[　　]

A．A comfortable big undersea ship yet undreamed of.

B．A tiny, clumsy craft like all of them so far.

C．A miserable model likely to bring death to men in it.

D．A comfortable, small undersea boat that could move swiftly.

4．Verne wrote this book in order to ________.

[　　]

A．lead to better understanding between Europe and America

B．encourage men to try things though impossible

C．lead to discoveries in the centre of the earth

D．entertain people by a story that could never happen

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科目：高中英語 來源：導(dǎo)學(xué)大課堂必修四英語人教版 人教版 題型：050

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Netizens name the “father of hybrid rice” for Nobel prize

　　BEIJING, Nov．25－If netizens, rather than a selected group of experts, could choose Nobel Peace Prizes, a Chinese scientist might be a winner．

　　An Internet post last Tuesday calling for Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping to be awarded next year’s Nobel Peace Prize got 20 000 votes by this Friday．Yuan is known as the “father of hybrid rice” in China．

　　A post written by a netizen called “Tiannan Dibei” on bbs．rednet．cn called for Yuan’s nomination．It cited Nobel Peace Laureate Mother Teresa in 1979 for her contribution to global charity, and Norman Borlaug in 1970 for his invention of a high-yield wheat useful for developing countries．

　　“The Nobel Peace Prize does not limit its winners to politicians and organizations devoted to the prevention of war, ” the post said．“It’s also open to people and organizations who try to eliminate problems and narrow the wealth gap．”

　　“Elimination of poverty and hunger is creating peace, ”it said．“With his extraordinary contribution to grain growth in the country and the world, Yuan is fully qualified for the prize．”

　　The Beijing News reported that a member of the Nobel Committee said in a meeting with students of Tsinghua Unversity in March that China is likely to make breakthroughs in the Nobel literature and peace prizes．

　　This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank for their continuous efforts to grant small sum loans to the poor．

　　This Friday, more than 94 percent of more than 8500 people surveyed were in favor of Yuan getting the prize．

　　Yuan, a household name in China, is regarded as the most famous farmer in the country．He is noted for inventing a form of rice with a much higher yield than average crops．

　　With more than half of China’s paddy fields growing Yuan’s rice, his invention has fed millions of people in the world’s most populous country．

　　His “super rice” has also been introduced to more than 20 other countries．

本文以新聞體裁的形式報道了許多網(wǎng)民提議袁隆平為了世界的和平作出了巨大貢獻(xiàn)，因此應(yīng)該獲得下一年的諾貝爾和平獎。

(1)

From the first two paragraphs, we know that ________．

[　　]

A．

Yuan Longping has been nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

B．

Yuan Longping should have been the winner of Nobel Peace Prize

C．

Yuan Longping is very popular with many netizens

D．

Yuan Longping will win Nobel Peace Prize of the next year

(2)

The poster mentions“Mother Teresa”and “Norman Borlaug”in his post in order to ________．

[　　]

A．

praise them for their contribution to the world

B．

review the winners of Nobel Peace Prize in history

C．

support his opinion as an evidence

D．

encourage us to learn from them

(3)

Which of the following is NOT right?

[　　]

A．

Nobel Peace Prize is often awarded to the politicians．

B．

The winners of Nobel Peace Prize are from all the walks of life．

C．

Yuan Longping defends the world peace by eliminating poverty and hunger．

D．

Yuan Longping and Norman Borlaug are both scientists in agriculture．

(4)

What does the underlined word “qualified” probably mean?

[　　]

A．

worthy

B．

limited

C．

certain

D．

eager

(5)

The reporter of the news expresses his ________ attitude towards the post．

[　　]

A．

supportive

B．

objective

C．

admiring

D．

negative

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科目：高中英語 來源：北京市朝陽區(qū)2012屆高三上學(xué)期期末考試英語試題 題型：001

聽力理解(共三節(jié)，30分)

第一節(jié)(共5小題；每小題1.5分，共7.5分)

聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一道小題，從每題所給的A、B、C三個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽完每段對話后。你將有10秒鐘的時間回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話你將聽一遍。

1．Which language does Mr．White speak well?

A．German．

B．French．

C．Japanese．

2．What has caused the man’s headache?

A．Too little sleep．

B．Some medicine．

C．The sun．

3．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a post office．

B．In a shop．

C．In a hotel．

4．Why did the man fail to attend the party?

A．He didn't take a note of the party．

B．He didn’t know about the party．

C．He wasn't invited to the party．

5．What are the two speakers talking about?

A．The man' s sister．

B．An actor．

C．A film．

第二節(jié)(共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

請聽下面4段對話或獨(dú)白。每段對話或獨(dú)白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽每段對話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6至 7題。

6．Which part of the house is small?

A．The private rooms．

B．The public rooms．

C．The kitchen．

7．What can the woman most probably be?

A．A housekeeper．

B．A guide．

C．A teacher．

聽第7段材料，回答第8至9題。

8．Who is the man?

A．A salesman．

B．A policeman．

C．A repairman．

9．What' s the woman going to do?

A．Help the man．

B．Get her car back later．

C．Wait for a call from the man．

聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。

10．What kind of person does the company want to have?

A．A young man with a car．

B．A manager who can drive．

C．A salesman with experience．

11．Why is a car offered to the person?

A．He needs to travel a lot．

B．He is in charge of a team．

C．It will attract more people．

12．What is the man' s attitude to the new job?

A．He dislikes it．

B．He feels satisfied with it．

C．He becomes interested in it．

聽第9段材料，回答第13至15題。

13．Who are the listeners?

A．Patients．

B．Visitors．

C．Nurses．

14．When can visitors see patients?

A．At 2∶00 pm．

B．At 5∶30 pm．

C．At 7∶30 pm．

15．What is the purpose of the speech?

A．To explain the time schedule．

B．To give patients some comfort．

C．To announce the hospital rules．

第三節(jié)(共5小題；每小題1.5分，共7.5分)

聽下面一段對話，根據(jù)題目要求在相應(yīng)題號后的橫線上寫下回答第16至第20題的相關(guān)信息。聽對話前，你有20秒鐘的時間讀題，聽完后你將有60秒鐘的作答時間。這段對話你將聽兩遍。

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科目：高中英語 來源：2007年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國統(tǒng)一考試、英語(湖南卷) 題型：051

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　　The north magnetic pole(磁極)is no longer a resident of Canada．It has drifted across the Canadian Arctic and is now angling toward Siberia．

　　Not to be confused with the geographic North Pole－the northern extremity of the Earth’s axis(地軸)，the north magnetic pole(where the Earth’s magnetic field is directed downward)is moving due to natural changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, a process that originates about 3, 000 kilometers below our feet, in the outer core(核心)of the planet．But scientists are now noticing that the magnetic pole has picked up its pace．

　　Over the past century, the pole has been migrating at an average speed of about 10 kilometers per year, says Larry Newitt, head of Geomagnetic Laboratory at Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa．Since the 1970s, this speed has increased to about 50 kilometers per year．

　　Scientists are wondering why the speed is increasing, says Newitt．One Hypothesis(假說)relates it to “magnetic jerks”, sudden shifts(變化)in the rate of change of the magnetic field．There have been three jerks in the past four decades, each one correlating to an increase in speed．

　　If the north magnetic pole continues at its current rate, it could reach Siberia by 2056．

　　“For most of recorded history, the pole has been a part of Canada, and now it’s not,” says Newitt．“It may be a blow to our collective psyche, but other than that, it doesn’t have a major effect on most people’s existence．

1．Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “angling”．

2．What could happen to the north magnetic pole by the middle of the 21 century?(回答詞數(shù)不超過8個)

3．What is the main idea of the passage?(回答詞數(shù)不超過8個)

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his job is not well paid. So he needs a house whose price is about￡50,000 and at least has two bedrooms.
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into a better one. But the house should at least have four bedrooms and two reception rooms. What's more, it
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doesn't like high buildings. 
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wants the house to be semi-detached (半獨(dú)立式) or detached. She also wants a separate garage.
     A. Top Barn Lane, Newchurch, Lancashire, ￡49,950, flat on 30th floor.2 bathrooms with 3-piece suite
in white, 1 reception room, 1 large lounge, 1 fully fitted kitchen,2 double bedrooms.
      B. Queensway, Newchurch, Lancashire, ￡109,500, semi-detached house. 2 countryside view fronts, 2
double bedrooms, 1 modern fitted dining room, 1 detached garage opposite.
     C. White Leys Close, Earby, Barnoldswick, ￡129,950, bungalow. 2 bathrooms, 1 reception room, 1 living
room split into sitting and dining areas, doors to garden, a kitchen with a range of fitted bases. Outside of the
front is a road for two cars and a garden area.
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beautiful wildlife garden.
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back gardens, 1 kitchen with bright lighting.
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refurbishment (刷新), this two bedroomed house does still offer a good deal. It includes 1 dining kitchen, two
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