科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him. To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other hikers. A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf. In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a driver’s attention.
When I hitch-hiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella. My suitcase was decorated with British flags. Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic(精神病患者). I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply.
But even with careful preparation, you must not assume that the task will be easy. You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to a fierce prejudice against, (not to say hatred of), hitch-hikers, and would no more pick up a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London. In America, my average wait was half-an-hour, and my longest two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day; they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice.
Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people. On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi. There are also lesser(較小的) risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary(傳教士), or just a bad driver. You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car. But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again.w(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m
If the hitch-hiker in the U.S. will remember that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West. It will also help if he can drive—I think that I drove myself about 4,500 of those 9,500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States.
A hitch-hiking serviceman should wear his uniform .
A. so as not to look too unusual
B. to attract attention
C. to show he is on duty
D. to put the driver at ease
In paragraph 3, we learn that the writer .
A. has sometimes failed to hitch a ride
B. has marched from Aldermaston to London
C. has always been successful in hitching a ride
D. has had to wait for long hours for a ridew(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m
The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that .
A. it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers
B. hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes
C. a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse
D hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers
In the last paragraph, the writer mainly wants to tell us that a hitchhiker should .
A. not talk to the driver too much
B. fall asleep to make it a peaceful ride
C. try to make himself pleasant and entertaining
D. seek the willingness of drivers
A suitable title for the passage would be .
A. “The Art of Hitch-hiking”
B. “An Englishman’s View of the U.S.”
C. “An English Hitch-hiker”
D. “The joys and Dangers of hitch-hiking
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科目:高中英語 來源:內(nèi)蒙古元寶山區(qū)第二中學(xué)2010屆高三第三次模擬試題(英語) 題型:閱讀理解
第三節(jié):閱讀理解(共15小題;每小題2分,滿分30分)
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JIUQUAN, Gansu Province, Sept. 6(Xinhua) ---- China’s manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 will be launched at an appropriate time between Sept. 25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, a spokesman said here on Saturday. The mission will accomplish the first spacewalk by Chinese astronauts.
“All the major systems involved in the launching are now in the final preparation. The main tests for the spacecraft, the Long-March II-F rocket, suits for the space walk and a satellite accompanying the fly have also been finished, ” said the spokesman.
In addition, the ground control system is fully prepared, including the launch site, the landing site, and the communication for observation and control.
When Shenzhou-7 enters its orbit, one of the three taikonauts will conduct a space walk, said Zhao Changxi, a senior scientist with the project, earlier.
According to Zhao, cameras would be fixed outside and inside of the ship for live broadcasting of the space walk.
While the last mission of Shenzhou-6, with a crew of two, was aimed at several days of manned flight, this time the task might be more stringent as one of its main goals is the space walk. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
Earlier reports said a crew of six astronauts had been chosen for the mission, with three manning the spacecraft and three substitutes.
China successfully put two manned spacecrafts into orbit in 2003 and 2005 respectively, becoming the third country to send an astronaut into space after the United States and the former Soviet Union(now Russia).
56. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Shenzhou-7 is better equipped than the last two spaceships.
B. Shenzhou-7 will be more successful than the last two launches.
C. All the systems involved in the launching have been prepared.
D. China is ready for the launching of Shenzhou-7.
57. We can learn from the passage ________.
A. This will be the third time for Chinese astronauts to have a space walk
B. Three of the six astronauts chosen for the mission will walk in space
C. The space walk will be live broadcasted on TV
D. Everything has been prepared except communication system
58. The underlined word”stringent”most probably means
A. challenging B. encouraging C. interesting D. moving
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學(xué)年福建省建甌二中高一下學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:填空題
【小題1】At last, he decided to m_______ in physics.
【小題2】She ________(使相信) me that her father was innocent.
【小題3】Mind your________(舉止)!It’s bad manners to speak like that.
【小題4】She w_____to her husband so that she would not wake up the baby.
【小題5】It is not w_______ to discuss the question again and again.
【小題6】His opinion is quite________(獨特的)
【小題7】He refused to accept the job for v_____ reasons.
【小題8】Jack is always c_____about others’personal affairs
【小題9】______(面部)expressions can have a lot of meanings
【小題10】It’s ______ ______(難怪)that you can’t sleep when you eat so much.
【小題11】You________ ________ _______(可能)misunderstand what he said yesterday.
【小題12】You should have told me the news _______ ________(提前)
【小題13】________ _______(多虧) her help, we completed the task successfully.
【小題14】Are you_________ _________(滿意) the new house with a big garden?
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆福建省高一下學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:單詞拼寫
1.At last, he decided to m_______ in physics.
2.She ________(使相信) me that her father was innocent.
3.Mind your________(舉止)!It's bad manners to speak like that.
4.She w_____to her husband so that she would not wake up the baby.
5.It is not w_______ to discuss the question again and again.
6.His opinion is quite________(獨特的)
7.He refused to accept the job for v_____ reasons.
8.Jack is always c_____about others’personal affairs
9.______(面部)expressions can have a lot of meanings
10.It’s ______ ______(難怪)that you can’t sleep when you eat so much.
11.You________ ________ _______(可能)misunderstand what he said yesterday.
12.You should have told me the news _______ ________(提前)
13.________ _______(多虧) her help, we completed the task successfully.
14.Are you_________ _________(滿意) the new house with a big garden?
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年高三備考英語“好題速遞”系列試題(5) 題型:單詞拼寫
單詞拼寫
根據(jù)句意和首字母、漢語提示寫出單詞的正確形式。
24.Are there any v______for the competition? Please sign here on the paper.
25.It is quite i______to finish the task within two weeks with so few workers.
26.______(如今)a lot of people go abroad.
27.They searched t______the town for the lost child.
28.She was so rich that she was covered with ______(珠寶).
29.In the war, the soldier was badly w______ in the head.
30.Though seemingly ______(兇猛), the dog was gentle really.
31.This is a c________ (易混淆的) word because it has two meanings.
32.The _________(可能性) is that one smoker in four will die from smoking.
33.Such accidents should be ________ (避免)next time.
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