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　　Helen Thomas, born on August 4,1920, is a famous news reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps．She served for fifty-seven years as I reporter and White House bureau chief for United Press International(UPI)．She is called“First Lady of the Press”．

　　Born in Kentucky, Helen Thomas was raised in Detroit, Michigan where she attended public schools and later graduated from Wayne State University．Upon leaving college, Helen served as a copy girl in an old company in Washington．In 1943, Ms．Thomas joined United Press International and the Washington Press Corp．Thomas served as president of the Women's National Press Club from 1959 to 1960．

　　In November, Helen began covering then President-elect John F．Kennedy, following him to the White House in January 1961 as a UPI reporter．She was employed until her resignation on May 17,2000．Thomas then became a White House reporter and a columnist．

　　Thomas was the only woman journalist traveling with then President Nixon to China in January, 1972．She has traveled around the world several times with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan．Bush, and Clinton, during the course of which she covered every Economic Summit．The World Almanac has cited her as one of the 25 Most Influential Women in America．

　　On March 21,2006．Thomas was called upon directly by President Bush for the first time in three years．Thomas asked Bush about trap．Additionally, Helen Thomas has written four books and she is also a popular speaker at events nationwide．

(1)

What's the correct order of the events?

a．Thomas joined the United Press International and the Washington Press Corps．

b．Thomas traveled with President Nixon to China．

c．Helen entered the White House。

d．Thomas resigned．

e．Thomas was called upon by President Bush．

f．Thomas because a White House reporter and a columnist．

[　　]

A．

a, b, c, d, e, f

B．

a, c, b, d, f, e

C．

a, c, b, d, e, f

D．

a, d, e, f, c, b

(2)

After reading the passage it can be inferred that ________．

[　　]

A．

Thomas worked in the White House for 57 years．

B．

President Bush received Thomas once in his term．

C．

Thomas is the most influential woman in America

D．

Thomas has traveled around with Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton

(3)

What's the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．

A successful news reporter-Helen

B．

The first lady of the press-Helen Thomas

C．

Life experience of Helen Thomas

D．

Helen Thomas and her career．

答案：1．B;2．B;3．B;
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科目：高中英語 來源：黃岡重點作業(yè)　高一英語（下） 題型：050

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　　Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue Today”, “You are yellow”,“He has a green thumb (大拇指)”,“He has told a little white lie”and so on. And she went to her teacher for help.

　　Mary : Mrs Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?

　　Mrs Smith : In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellowafraid. A person with a green thumbgrows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.

　　Mary : Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?

　　Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”That's a white lie.

　　Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

1．Sometimes “yellow”means “afraid” in ________ English.

[　　]

A．correct
B．usual
C．spoken
D．written

2．The farmer doesn't have a green thumb, that is to say ________.

[　　]

A．he is not good at planting
B．a(chǎn)ll his plants grow well
C．he should have a green thumb
D．he can't grow well like plants

3．John is ________ go to out alone at night. He's yellow!

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)fraid
B．brave
C．fear
D．frightening

4．Mary didn't want to tell me ________ of her serious illness.

[　　]She told me a white lie.

A．the cause
B．the reason
C．the truth
D．the news

5．If you fail to pass the exams, you'll be ________.

[　　]

A．yellow
B．blue
C．white
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　　In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its history, and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional (傳統(tǒng)的) dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always used to wear.

　　That's what they believe. However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt; the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.

　　Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national sentiment ( = feelings) . The Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason. A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The Scottish soldier fought very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of the fame, and in the early 1800s men all around Scotland began to wear kilts.

　　These kilts had colorful stripes (條紋) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the color of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. For example, men from the Campbell family had kilts with green, yellow and blue stripes. Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family just chose the color they liked best.

　　This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!

1．This text is mainly about ________.

A．soldiers' clothes in Britain
B．the history of Scotland
C．a(chǎn) special kind of skirt
D．Scottish families

2．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The English soldiers were the first to wear kilts.

B．It was hard then to tell the Scottish soldiers from the English ones apart from the clothes.

C．Colors were specially designed in the first kilts.

D．The factory owner made the first kilt from long shirts to make his workers different from others.

3．Scottish soldiers were dressed in kilts partly because of ________.

A．the colors
B．the weather
C．national sentiment
D．the design

4．The colors of the kilts are ________.

[　　]

A．not part of the Scottish family history

B．older than the Scottish family history

C．for the Campbell family only

D．mainly green, yellow and blue

5．From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．the European people are full of strong feelings

B．there are no stories about kilts in Scotland today

C．the British like to do things on feelings, not on facts

D．the Scottish prefer to keep their tradition rather than believe the fact

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　　Sociologists, working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men．The number is said to be as high as 6％ in Germany．

　　“Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men's world,”said Dr James Helen, one of the sociologists who did the study．

　　Many men say that they have more duties than women．A man has to make money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more．Some are even against their wives working at all．When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children cannot be taken good care of．If women take full--time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best doing：making a nice home and bringing up the children．

　　Some women disagree．They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose between work and home life．Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances．

　　Anne Harper has a very good job．She also believes in“Women’s Liberation”,“I don’t wish I were a man,”she says,“and I don’t think many women do．But I do wish people would stop treating us like second－class people．At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less．There are still a lot of jobs only to men-usually they are the best ones．If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life．How many women scientists are there…or engineers?”

(1)

Many men think ________．

[　　]

A．

women can’t do what men can

B．

men have to work much harder than women

C．

men can make money more easily than women

D．

women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home

(2)

Some women have different ideas．They say that ________．

[　　]

A．

women need chances to go out of the home more often

B．

women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want

C．

if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men

D．

women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes

(3)

Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man ________．

[　　]

A．

because she believed in “Women’s Liberation”

B．

but she wished to get the same job as men

C．

because she had got a good job

D．

but she wished to be treated the same as a man

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Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones．

B．

Women are second－class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life．

C．

Women do the same jobs as men, but get paid less than men．

D．

There are some best jobs that women have few chances to take．

(5)

Anne Harper thought that ________．

[　　]

A．

women should live a better life than men

B．

women should be really liberated

C．

women should be given better jobs than men

D．

women should live a more wonderful life than men

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　　Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard．After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table．That’s when it happened：my father did not reach for the check．

　　Conversation continued．Finally I realized that I should pick up the check!After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed．I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed．I was an adult．I was no longer a kid．

　　Some people mark off(區(qū)分)their lives in years, I measure mine in small events．I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister．” These events in my life are called “milestones”(里程碑)

　　There have been other milestones．The cops(policemen)of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was．Then one day they were suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was．They were just big kids．With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player．Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it．

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　　One day I bought a house．One day－what a day!–I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father．I thought then it was a milestone for me．One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him, too, another milestone．

(1)

The tone established in the passage is one of ________．

[　　]

A．

sad regret

B．

amusement

C．

happiness

D．

deep feeling

(2)

The author mentions the event in the restaurant because ________．

[　　]

A．

that was one of his milestone

B．

he paid the bill but he didn’t want to

C．

he became a father with dollars

D．

that was the last restaurant meal with his parents

(3)

“Then they were suddenly neither．” Suggests that ________．

[　　]

A．

suddenly they became older than I was

B．

suddenly I knew that they was neither bigger nor older than I was

C．

suddenly I realized that I made mistake

D．

suddenly I found myself no longer a kid

(4)

Which of the following best expresses the author’s thinking?

[　　]

A．

One day is worth two tomorrow

B．

To save time is to length life

C．

When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you

D．

Time and tide wait for no man

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　　We can make mistakes at any age．Some mistakes we make are about money．But most mistakes are about people．Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen? ”“When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? ”“And Paul-why didn't pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car? ”When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad．But when we look back, it's too late．

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　　“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for”is another noise that says one thing and means another．It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole．But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important．It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night．

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According to the passage, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that ________．

[　　]

A．

we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B．

we tend to be annoyed when we check what they say

C．

they sometimes state one thing but mean another

D．

we tend to doubt what our friends say

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What does the underlined word“it”in the second paragraph refer to?

[　　]

A．

Being friendly．

B．

A bit of envy．

C．

A lucky dog．

D．

The good luck．

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According to the passage．the writer most probably is a ________．

[　　]

A．

teacher

B．

psychologist

C．

philosopher

D．

doctor

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[　　]

A．

how to tell the real meaning behind our words

B．

what to do when you listen to others talking

C．

how to avoid mistakes when communicating with people

D．

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