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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Growing trees in the concrete jungle of Los Angels brings neighbors benefits beyond beauty.
As the 36 of TreePeople, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1973, Andy, now 54, has inspired hundreds of thousands of volunteers to 37 plant more than two million trees throughout Southern California.
Tree People 38 tools, blueprints, planting demonstrations, and tree-care supervisors free to all the participants, 39 me. “You will need their support,” Andy said, referring to my neighbors. “ 40
the community behind you, the trees you plant will die in five years.” So I started knocking on doors, hoping to share 41 I’d learnt in Tree People’s seminar(培訓(xùn)班) about the critical role of trees in removing smog from the 42 , cooling our homes and preventing water runoff.
Strange 43 it may seem, some people are afraid of trees. “The roots destroy sidewalks,” one neighbor said, “ 44 will ruin my pipes. And I don’t want leaves.” 45 told me.
When I called Andy about the 46 I was getting from my neighbors, he encouraged me to keep trying. So my son and my wife delivered cookies while I went door to door. It 47 us half a year to sign permission forms from 16 neighbors for 21 trees.
When the big day arrived, I was excited and 48 . What if I threw a planting tree and 49 else came? But as I set out shovels(鐵鏟), my son and wife made cakes and doughnuts, 50 started to gather. Friends brought friends. Neighbors came with cousins and grandchildren. A local middle school even 51 with half the seventh grade. More than 300 people joined us.
Then Andy led us in a 52 : welcoming each tree into the world and 53 it name. After the ceremony, as I shook hands with volunteers and my neighbors, I 54 help but feel we’d accomplished 55 great. After all, trees need people, and people need trees.
A. friend B. interviewer C. president D. volunteer
A. bravely B. actively C. anxiously D. generously
A. supports B. affords C. shows D. provides
A. including B. considering C. containing D. reminding
A. For B. Without C. With D. Except
A. what B. which C. that D. how
A. cloud B. wind C. sky D. air
A. while B. if C. however D. as
A. You B. I C. They D. It
A. The other B. Another C. Other D. Others
A. resistance B. acceptance C. agreement D. praise
A. spent B. paid C. took D. covered
A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. nervous
A. everybody B. nobody C. somebody D. anybody
A. volunteers B. journalists C. friends D. neighbors
A. made up B. took up C. showed up D. cheered up
A. ceremony B. march C. activity D. celebration
A. calling B. leaving C. making D. giving
A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t
A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
完型填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
When a person is curious about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know something about it. There is 16 wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad 17 on what people are curious about.
Curiosity 18 can be foolish or wrong. Some people with nothing to do are 19 of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They have a strong wish to know what they are 20 home or taking outside, or why they have come home so 21 or late. To be interested in these things is silly because it is none of their 22 to know what their neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is not only foolish but also 23 . For most probably, it may lead to a small talk 24 often brings harm, loss of honor or disrespect to others, and thus 25 their feelings.
On the other hand, there is a 26 curiosity- the curiosity of wise men, who 27 at all the great things and try to find out all they 28 learn about them. Columbus could 29 have found America if he had not been 30 . James Walt would not have made the steam engine 31 his curiosity about the rising of the kettle lid. All the 32 in human history have been made as a 33 of curiosity, 34 the clever curiosity is never about unimportant things which have 35 or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
A. keeps B. puts C. takes D. depends
A. always B. sometimes C. unusually D. seldom
A. full B. certain C. proud D. careful
A. taking B. bringing C. going D. coming
A. quickly B. hurriedly C. early D. happily
A. business B. task C. duty D. work
A. instructive B. useful C. harmful D. proper
A. who B. which C. when D. where
A. hurts B. injures C. breaks D. destroys
A. terrible B. sudden C. strange D. clever
A. expect B. like C. wonder D. doubt
A. need B. must C. may D. can
A. never B. certainly C. surely D. probably
A. famous B. careful C. curious D. hard
A. for B. without C. with D. in
A. products B. goods C. discoveries D. machines
A. profit B. product C. fruit D. result
A. but B. however C. so D. or
A. little B. few C. some D. any
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:
______ your help,I got the first in the final-term English examination.
A.Thanks to B.Without
C.If not D.But for
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項A、B、C和D中,選出空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
While Andrew was getting ready for work one Friday morning, he announced to his wife that he had finally decided to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Andrew felt nervous. 36 Mr. Larchmont refused to 37 his request? Andrew had 38 so hard in the last 18 months. 39 , he deserved a wage increase.
The thought of walking into Larchmont’s office left Andrew weak 40 . Late in the afternoon he finally gathered the 41 to approach his superior. To his 42 and surprise, the ever-frugal (一貫節(jié)省的) Harvey Larchmont agreed to give Andrew a 43 !
Andrew arrived home that evening, 44 their dining table set with their best china, and candles lit. His wife, Tina, had prepared a delicate meal 45 his favorite dishes. Immediately he 46 someone from the office had tipped her off!
Next to his plate Andrew found a beautiful lettered 47 . It was from his wife, which read: “ 48 , my love! I knew you’d get the raise! I prepared this dinner to show just how much I love you. I’m so 49 of your accomplishments!” He read it and stopped to 50 how sensitive and caring Tina was.
After dinner, Andrew was on his way to the kitchen 51 he observed a second card had slipped out of Tina’s pocket. He picked it up. It read: “Don’t worry about not getting the raise! You do deserve one! I prepared this dinner to show you just how much I love you 52 you didn’t get the increase.”
Tears 53 in Andrew’s eyes. Total acceptance! Tina’s support for him was not 54 upon his success at work.
The fear of rejection is often softened and we can undergo almost any setback or rejection when we know someone loves us 55 our success or failure.
A. What about B. How come C. How about D. What if
A. grant B. admit C. submit D. guarantee
A. managed B. studied C. worked D. conducted
A. Finally B. Absolutely C. Successfully D. Effectively
A. for the weight B. at the knees C. in the heart D. for the leg
A. thoughts B. force C. strength D. courage
A. shock B. enjoyment C. delight D. amazement
A. praise B. award C. reward D. raise
A. to find B. to appreciate C. to notice D. to decorate
A. as B. through C. including D. for
A. understood B. recognized C. figured D. predicted
A. letter B. note C. envelope D. mail
A. Best wishes B. Good news C. Congratulations D. Wonderful job
A. cool B. admirable C. cheerful D. proud
A. call on B. reflect on C. feed back D. remind of
A. while B. before C. until D. when
A. as though B. even though C. whether D. unless
A. welled up B. flowed over C. rushed out D. streamed down
A. qualified B. restricted C. conditional D. concerned
A. despite B. without C. either D. regardless of
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科目:高中英語 來源:2015屆湖北咸寧鄂南高中高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 31 you are a 32 person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question 33 you are tested in real life. Some people 34 they are brave but when they come face to face with real 35 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 36 .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a 37 person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 38 , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the 39 water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very 40 and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41 to the woman, and kept her head 42 the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thank to Lenny, it was not 43 .
When you are in a very 44 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(腎上腺素). 45 adrenalin in the blood system, you will feel stronger and stronger and are 46 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this 47 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 48 move at all. You are then paralyzed(使癱瘓,使麻痹) with fear. This is 49 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”, which means “stone”. We are very frightened 50 we become stonelike.
1. A.how B.neither C.whether D.either
2. A.brave B.real C.hard D.certain
3. A.when B.until C.a(chǎn)fter D.once
4. A.realize B.find C.think D.a(chǎn)gree
5. A.life B.question C.mouse D.danger
6. A.soldiers B.mice C.heroes D.cowards
7. A.useful B.brave C.nervous D.terrible
8. A.So B.Therefore C.Then D.Actually
9. A.fresh B.poisonous C.warm D.ice-cold
10. A.nervous B.calm C.frightened D.excited
11. A.went B.helped C.spoke D.swam
12. A.in B.under C.a(chǎn)bove D.from
13. A.a(chǎn)n accident B.a(chǎn) mistake C.seventy-eight D.seventy-nine
14. A.dangerous B.comfortable C.different D.favorable
15. A.With B.Without C.For D.Like
16. A.a(chǎn)fraid B.unable C.ready D.a(chǎn)nxious
17. A.gets B.disappears C.happens D.goes
18. A.needn’t B.can’t C.mustn’t D.shouldn’t
19. A.where B.how C.because D.why
20. A.that B.for C.such D.so
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