There _____ an English evening party next Saturday.
A. is going to be B. will have C. is to have D. is going to have
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more various jobs lead to greater productivity? There are facts to suggest that while variety certainly makes the worker's life more enjoyable, it does not actually make him work harder. As far as increasing productivity is concerned, then variety is not an important factor.
Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important, and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery that must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to create it.
Another very important consideration is how each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one part of the product. Some car factories are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is degree of the worker’s contribution an important factor, therefore, but it is also one we can do something about.
To what degree does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is important. Maybe they want more money only because the work they do is boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we succeed in making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.
Which of the following is the best way to make workers work harder according to the author?
A.Increasing their pay.
B.Giving them more spare time.
C.Making the work itself meaningful.
D.Replacing large production lines with small ones.
The reason why a worker cannot have freedom in doing the job in his own way is that ___ .
A.the machine is so badly needed that more of it should be bought
B.there are e production lines in factories
C.the bosses can create very little freedom of choices
D.the machines must be operated strictly according to instructions and rules
Besides money, what may make workers work more actively?
A. extra free hours B. More comfort of life
C. interesting jobs D. better working conditions
The best title for this passage may be _______.
A.Problems of Modern Workers B.Making Jobs More Interesting
C.Pushing Workers to Produce More D.How to Improve Labor Productivity
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
第三部分:閱讀理解 (共20小題;每小題2分, 滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。
A
The Kindle is coming! The Kindle is coming!
Amazon. corn will start selling its wireless electronic reader the Kindle in 100 countries, including China and most of Europe, from Monday, 19 October. The Kindle will cost $279 (189) globally. Amazon says 200,000 English-language books as well as over 85 newspapers and magazines will be available on the international device (設(shè)備).
The Kindle is popular with travellers who like the convenience of downloads and don't like carrying heavy books. Amazon says that for every 100 customers who buy a book in the US, some 48 now buy it as an e-book.
"Our vision for Kindle is every book ever printed, in print or out of print, in every language, all available within 60 seconds," Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos told the Irish Times, one of the newspapers that will be available on the device. The international Kindle version will store as many as 1,500 books, read PDF files and allow users to make annotations.
Forrester Research predicts that three million e-reader devices will be sold in the US this year, up from an earlier estimate of two million. That is expected to double next year. The research group says that Amazon will take a 60 per cent market share this year, followed by Sony’s Reader at 35 per cent. In July, Credit Suisse estimated that Amazon's revenues from the Kindle could reach $420 million this year, representing 8.4 per cent of the company's total income.
There are rumours that Amazon's next step will be to turn the Kindle into a device for tasks like e-mailing, texting and surfing the Web, thus competing with a tablet computer reportedly being developed by Apple.
56. The underlined word "revenues" in Paragraph 4 can be replaced ________.
A. users B. books C. income D. device
57. Which of the following is true.'?
A. The Kindle can be bought in China now.
B. We can use the Kindle to surf the Internet.
C. The books the Kindle offers are written in 20,000 kinds of languages.
D. This readers are sold in 99 countries of Europe.
58. From this passage we can infer _______.
A. Next year Amazon will sell 6 million readers
B. This year the company's total income reach 5000 million
C. In the US about 48% customers who buy a book use the Kindle
D. You can't deal with the information Amazon provides
59. Which one of the following will like the Kindle most9.
A. Professor. B. Students. C. Traveller. D. Businessmen.
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科目:高中英語 來源:岳陽市一中2010屆高三第四次質(zhì)檢考試(英語)試題 題型:閱讀理解
Section B (10 points)
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit
What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes---the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child, at high school,he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, He worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
EBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is to take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
【小題1】According to the passage, what is eBay? (no more than 6 words)
【小題2】How does eBay make money from its website? (no more than 10 words)
【小題3】 From the underlined sentence “he has never looked back”, what can we learn about Peter? (no more than 11 words)
【小題4】 What do you need to do if you want to start your business on eBay? (no more than 14 words)
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年福建省福州外國語學(xué)校高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”
The man replied,“But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.”
“I’ m sorry,” said the HR manager.“If you don’t have an e-mail,that means , you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers(銷售商) in the US.
He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker(經(jīng)紀(jì)人)and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail.”
The broker answered curiously,“You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied,“Yes,I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
1.The underlined word “tripled” can be replaced by .
A.became large |
B.became 3 times |
C.increased quickly |
D.decreased quickly |
2.According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?
A.The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world. |
B.The man didn’t give up though he failed the interview. |
C.He started his career by selling tomatoes in the Supermarket. |
D.Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft. |
3.The man can be described as .
A.helpful and considerate |
B.positive and generous |
C.smart and hardworking |
D.stubborn and unselfish |
4. Which proverb can best describe the story?
A.Misfortune may be an actual blessing. |
B.Where there is a will, there is a way. |
C.Accidents will happen. |
D.No pains, no gains. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:安徽省2010屆高考考前調(diào)研卷(7-5)(英語) 題型:閱讀理解
I remember my math teacher Mr. Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun d him. He was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger.
I was not very good at English and math. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found so easy to learn.
One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be taken to the “big person for kids”
I tried really hard for weeks. I just couldn't understand how to make different parts of members into whole things.
The day before report cards were to come out, 1 knew that Mr. Young would give me an E, just like he always did.
I went to Mr Young and told him that the orphanage (孤兒院) was going to send me to the big person if I got another E on my report card. He told me there was nothing he could do; it would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned.
I smiled at him and said, "Mr. Young, do you know how the kids make fun of you because you’re missing your finger?" He looked at me, moved his mouth to one side and said nothing.
“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can't help having a finger, Mr. Young. Just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that.” I said
The next day, when I got my report card, I tucked it into one of my books. While on the school bus, I opened it: Geography, B+; Mechanical Drawing, C-; English, D-l; History, C-; Gym, B+; Art, C; Math, D-.
That math grade was the most favorite one I ever received. Because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head.
59. From the second paragraph we can infer that the boy is _________ in some subjects.
A. mind-blowing (給人印象極深的 ) B. slow-witted (頭腦遲鈍的)
C. fun-loving D. badly- behaved
60. Where may the boy live according to the passage?
A. In an orphanage. B. In a big prison.
C. In the school dormitory. D. In his home.
61. What grade should the boy have got in the math test this time?
A. D-. B. B + C. D. D. E.
62. The underlined word "tucked" in the passage most probably means “________”.
A. stuck B. listed C. hid D. copied
63. The reason why the boy remembers Mr Young is that ________.
A. he missed one of his fingers B. he treated his students very well
C. he understood the boy D. he taught his students in a special way
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