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One of New York’s most beautiful and valuable buildings is in danger.The New York Public Library, in the heart of the city at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, many have to close its doors.
The library is a very special place.Even though it is in the busiest part of the city, it has grass and trees around it, and benches for people to sit on.Even more unusual in crowded New York, its rooms are very large.The roof of the main reading-room is fifty-one feet high.Here, a reader can sit and think and work in comfort.
And what books are there to work with?The library has over thirty million books and paintings.It owns one of the first copies of a play by Shakespeare, a Bible printed by Gutenberg in the 15th century, and a letter written by Columbus in which he tells of finding the new world.
Every New Yorker can see and use the library’s riches-free.
But the cost of running the library has risen rapidly in recent years, and the library hasn’t enough money to continue its work.In the past, it was open every evening and also on Saturdays and Sundays.Now it is closed at those times, to save money.
The library is trying every possible way to raise more money to meet its increasing costs.Well-known New York writers and artists are trying to help.So are the universities, whose students use the library, and the government of New York City and New York State.But the problem remains serious.
Yet a way must be found to save the library because, as one writer said, “The Public Library is the most important building in New York City-it contains all our knowledge.”
1.What part of New York City is the Public Library at?
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2.What does the library have?
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3.When is the library open now?
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4.How much does a New Yorker have to pay to the library?
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5.Why is the library so important?
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1.It’s at the crossroads of 42nd Street and 5th Avenue in the heart of the city. 2.The library has a large collection of books and paintings, as well as valuable originals. 3.It is open every day during the daytime except weekend. 4.He doesn’t have to pay anything to the library. 5.Because it contains all our knowledge. |
科目:高中英語 來源:導學大課堂必修二英語人教版 人教版 題型:051
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Nowadays, everyone tends to use EZ link card for transportation.
Normally, when you get on board the bus, you flash your EZ link card and move in and when you get down the bus, you flash your card again at the exit door(located at the middle of the bus).We all know that if we forget to flash the card, full fare will be deducted(扣除)from the card.
Below is something not known to public:
If you get off from the entrance door and you flash your card, the card will capture another entrance fare instead of exit fare, thus meaning that two full fares will be deducted from the card as no exit was being captured for the two entrances.For example, you board a crowded bus at Pasir Ris(where it stops at Jurong East)and decided to get down ten stops later from the door you had entered.If you flash your card at the entrance door without informing the bus driver, a second entrance fare will be captured instead of exit fare thus you are paying two full fares(2×$1.90=$3.80)instead of one fare.This is useful information.
Here’s the solution:
Go to the “big” machine(i.e.machine for you to top up the card)located at the MRT stations.
1)Insert your EZ link card
2)Press the function key “Check card”
3)Press “more”
The above function will show you Information of the last 20 transactions(交易)on the screen.Please pass this e-mail to people you know so that they will not pay extra charges for nothing and burn a big hole in their pockets.
Last but not least, call the hotline:1800 767 4333 when the incorrect fares are deducted.
1.If a passenger had flashed his EZ card twice in one bus ride and it later showed that he had paid twice as much as he actually should, it suggested that _________.
(Please answer within 10 words.)
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2.Why does the author ask readers to pass on this e-mail to their friends?(Please answer within 10 words.)
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3.What’s the best titles of this passage?(Please answer within 10 words.)
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4.What does the underlined words “top up” mean?(Please answer within ten words.)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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科目:高中英語 來源:學習高手必修一英語人教版 人教版 題型:051
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Recently investors are being offered a new way to support independent media in developing countries.The Swiss private bank Vontobel and the social investment group Ability started the offering last week.
They say the new product will provide not just a financial return, but “social added value.”They say it is a chance to invest in press freedom with a moderate(穩(wěn)當的)level of risk.Vontobel spokeswoman Claudia Kraaz says the new financial product will be listed on the Swiss Exchange starting on May the eighteenth.
The product ________.One is a bond-like(公債)investment.The other is a loan to a New York non-profit organization, the Media Development Loan Fund.
The announcement said Bank Vontobel and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation will guarantee that investors can resell it, if necessary, before the end of the five-year term.
The media Development Loan Fund will use the money for low-cost financing of projects in developing democracies.The group has financed independent media companies in seventeen countries.
The money is used for such things as broadcasting equipment, computers and printing presses.The Media Development Loan Fund so far has been out about thirty million dollars in loans.Spokesman Peter Whitehead tells us that loan losses are three percent.
Sasa Vucinic started the Media Development Loan Fund in 1995.He was chief of independent Radio B-92 in Serbia.He calls the new investment product a “truly revolutionary step.”He says it could provide an example for using private finance to support other social projects around the world.The announcement came on May the third-World Press Freedom day.
1.What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words.)
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2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
They will make sure that investors can sell the product again within five years if it is necessary.
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3.Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words.)
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4.Do you think the investors will benefit from the new project?Why?(Please answer within 30 words.)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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科目:高中英語 來源:江西省贛縣中學2011屆高三適應性考試英語試題 題型:051
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[1]Have you ever been offered an alcoholic drink? What about someone's saying “Don’t worry, just have one little sip”? Most people have their first drink by the time they’re 13.That first drink can be the start of a troubled life.
[2]Drink can make teens feel good, but that feeling lasts only a short time.Alcohol clouds your brain and hinders your ability to make decisions.Excessive drinking literally makes your brain shrink and can cause serious damage.Over-drinking can cause learning disabilities and damage your memory.It distorts your vision and leads to blackouts.Teenagers often think that drinking will give them more energy, but alcohol isn’t an energy drink-it’s a depressant(鎮(zhèn)靜劑)
[3]Drunk driving is one of the top causes of __________ for teen boys.An alcohol-related motor vehicle crash kills one person every 33 minutes and injures someone every two minutes.The rate of teen drunk driving is so high that the government is trying to pass new laws to restrict teen driving.
[4]When we get to high school, friends start pressurising us to drink.High school students see alcohol as glamorous and a way to become popular.I conducted a survey at my school.24 of the 63 respondents predicted they would drink in high school.11 said maybe, and 28 said they didn’t plan on drinking.
[5]Regardless of what they say now, things can change.Teens starting high school want to fit in.They think that one drink won’t do anything harmful.A little bit of alcohol probably won’t kill you, but it can lead to poor decisions.High school is the time to experiment with what you want to do in life, but if you’re experimenting with alcohol you could hurt someone, including yourself.
1.What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?(no more than 15 words)
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2.Complete the following statement with proper words.(no more than 5 words)
It’s wrong to see alcohol as an energy drink; it just makes teenagers _________.
3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 5 words)
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4.List three kinds of negative influence caused by drinking mentioned in this passage.(no more than 12 words)
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②____________________
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5.What does the word “it”(paragraph 5)probably refer to?(no more than 5 words)
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科目:高中英語 來源:山東省臨沂市2012屆高三上學期期中考試英語試題 題型:051
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Anger and bitterness may affect your health.According to research, forgiveness may help you keep healthy, both physically and mentally.
Forgiveness-giving up anger toward another-can greatly reduce your body's anger and stress responses, which affect your mental and physical health.Research conducted by the University of Michigan's institute for Social Research has showed that people who forgive themselves and others experience reduced feelings of restlessness, nervousness and hopelessness.Other researches have found forgiveness can also lower blood pressure and heart rates.
“Stress exacerbates pain, tightens muscles and interferes with the smooth running of the immune(免疫)system.” says Fred Luskin, director of the Forgiveness Project at Stanford University, “People think they have this unlimited storage of anger that will never do harm to their health, but they are quite wrong.”
And good news:You don't have to be Gandhi to forgive others or ask for forgiveness.“Forgiveness is a teachable skill, which you can learn it just like you learn to play the piano,” says Luskin.
Remember these tips when learning to forgive:
Commit yourself.Do whatever you have to do to feel better.Forgiveness is for you, not ________.
Get perspective.Recognize that your primary distress comes from the hurt feelings and physical upset you suffer now, not what offended or hurt you two minutes or 10 years ago.
Meet positive goals.Instead of mentally replaying your hurt, seek a new and positive future.
Live well.Remember that a life well lived is your best revenge.Stop focusing on wounded feelings-that gives the person who caused your pain power over you.Instead, look for love, beauty and kindness around you.
1.What's the main idea of the passage?(Please answer within 8 words.)
2.List three feelings that forgiveness can reduce based on the text.(Please answer within 9 words.)
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②_____________
③_____________
3.Fill in the blank with proper words to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 6 words.)
4.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Keep in mind that living a good life is of vital significance.
5.Translate the underlined sectence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
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