It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.
My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.
On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all， it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.
On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badlly polluted that nothing could survive.
The little baby whale——actually as big as our boat——was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩渦) and waves.”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,” my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and ,heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Showly, they let us lead them, some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.
In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day, Nearly four decades later ,I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.
1.The author says “I’m so glad I did .”(in Para.2)because __________.
A. be witnessed the whole process of fishing
B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea
C. he experienced the rescue of the whales
D. he spent the weekend with his family
2.The harbour survived the storm owing to____________.
A. the shape of the harbor
B. the arms of the bay
C. the still water in the channel
D. the long coast line
3.The mother whale failed to help her baby because__________.
A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long
B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough
C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help
D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction
4.what is the theme of the story?
A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness
B. Fishing provides excitement for children
C. It’s necessary to live in harmony with animals
D. It’s vital to protect the environment
科目：高中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年河南武陟縣第一中學(xué)西區(qū)高一9月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：其他題
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 1. these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 2. (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 3. rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 4. day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea 5. he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired 6. doing this for a whole day, 7. he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 8. (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 9. (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 10. (result) in the contrary to our intention.
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For years scientists have been worrying about the effects of air pollution on the earth’s natural conditions. Some believe the air inside many houses may be more dangerous than the air outside. It may be one hundred times worse.
Indoor air pollution can cause a person to feel tired, to suffer eye pain, headache and other problems. Some pollutants can cause breathing disorders, diseases of blood and even cancer, Most scientists agree that every modern house has some kind of indoor pollution.
People have paid more attention to the problem now. It is true that when builders began making houses and offices they did not waste energy. To do this they built buildings that limited the flow of air between inside and outside. They also began using man-made building materials. These materials are now known to let out harmful gases.
As the problem became more serious, scientists began searching for a way to deal with it. They discovered a natural pollution control system for building—green plants. Scientists do not really know how plants control air pollution. They believe that a plant’s leaves absorb or take in the pollutants. In exchange the plant lets out oxygen through its leaves and through its tiny organizations on its roots. Scientists suggest that all buildings should have one large plant or several small plants inside for every nine square metres of space. Studies of different plants show that each absorbs different chemicals.
So the most effective way to clean the air is to use different kinds of plants. Having green plants inside your house can make it a prettier and more healthy place.
1.Generally speaking, indoor air pollution may be more harmful than the air outside because ________.
A．indoor air pollution can make a person seriously ill
B．man - made building materials give off dangerous gases
C．there may be more harmful gases outside the buildings
D．the air indoors is polluted, which is very harmful
2.Some kind of indoor pollution can be found in ________
A. every modern house
B. every old house
C. all kinds of houses
D all kinds of offices
3. The indoor air pollution is caused by ______
A. the limit of the flow of air between inside and outside
B. the building way that the builders want to save energy
C. the building things that are made of man-made materials
D. the man-made building materials and the limit of airflow
4.The reason why we should use different kinds of plants to clean the air is that _______
A. plants can let out all kinds of pollutants indoors
B. plants may take in more oxygen which people need
C. plants can absorb all kinds of harmful indoor chemicals
D. plants can make our houses prettier and more healthy
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How do you design a pay plan that motivates people to do their best work? A new study by three Harvard researchers suggests a novel answer: Shortly after you hire new workers, give them a raise.
"Previous research has shown that paying people more than they expect may elicit reciprocity(相互作用) in the form of greater productivity," notes Deepak Malhotra, a Harvard business-administration professor who worked on the study. What he and his colleagues found, however, was that the connection between more pay and extra effort depends on presenting the increase "as a gift—that is, as something you've chosen to do purely as a nice gesture, with no strings attached."
Malhotra and his team studied 267 people hired by oDesk, a global online network of freelancers, to do a one-time data-entry project for four hours. All of the new hires were people in developing countries, for whom hourly wages of $3 and $4 were higher than what they had been making in previous jobs.
The researchers split the group up into three equal parts. One group was told they would earn $3 an hour. A second group was initially hired at $3 an hour but, before they started working, they got a surprise: The budget for the project had expanded unexpectedly, they were told, and they would now be paid $4 an hour. The third group was offered $4 an hour from the start and given no increase.
Even though the second and third groups were eventually paid the same amount, the second group worked harder and produced more—about 20% more—than either of the other two. People in the second group also showed the most stamina, maintaining their focus all the way through the assigned task and performing especially well toward the end of the four hours. Interestingly, the more experienced employees in the high-performing group were the most productive of all, apparently because their previous work experience led them to appreciate the rarity of an unexpected raise.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Malhotra points out that higher pay, in and of itself, didn't promote productivity: People who made $4 an hour from the beginning worked no harder than those who were hired at $3 and were then paid $3.
To get the most impact from their pay plans, he adds, companies might consider not only what to pay new hires, but when to pay it.
"The key thing is how you present [the reason for an increase]," he says. Doling out extra money could promote productivity most "if you make it clear that the pay raise is something you're choosing to do just because you can. Our theory is that people will reciprocate. If you do something nice, they'll do something nice back."
1.What does the underlined word “stamina” most probably mean?
A. The quality of being intelligent or clever.
B. The quality of doing something difficult or dangerous.
C. The physical or mental energy needed to do a tiring activity for a long time.
D. A particular method of doing an activity, usually involving practical skills.
2.Why did the second group produce more than the other two groups?
A. Because they thought they were better paid than the other groups.
B. Because they were experienced employees from developing countries.
C. Because an unexpected raise reminded them of their previous work.
D. Because they felt they were nicely treated and tried best to repay it.
3.What can we infer from this passage?
A. No pains, no gains.
B. It matters not what we give but how.
C. Honesty is the best policy.
D. Actions speak louder than words.
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Jane Goodall (study) chimps for many years and helped people understand 62．. much they behave like humans. She once spent years (observe) and recording chimps’ daily activities in their own environment. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was _ _ (usual) for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months she allowed to begin her project. One important thing she discovered was _ _ chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps communicate _ _ each other.
For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She is leading _ _ busy life and has achieved she wanted to do. She inspires those women who want to make _ _ (achieve) in their lives.
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If you have a watch, don’t go to a watchmaker’s unless something is wrong with the machinery. Once I had a beautiful watch. And it had kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up (上發(fā)條). Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. He examined it and said, “The regulator (快慢調(diào)整器) must be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.
I tried to stop him from doing so, but he didn’t listen and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain. It gained faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
I could do nothing but take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch at once, but he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I got my watch back from him, it began to slow down. And I failed to be in time for trains, business affairs, and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to a third watchmaker. When I was waiting for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he would try to finish this work in three or four days. What I could do was to nod my head. After that, my watch went for half a day, and then stopped. So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another. But each watchmaker disappointed me.
My watch had cost me two hundred dollars, but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did.
1.The writer was sure that ___________.
A. you’d better not have your watch repaired if nothing has gone wrong with it
B. you’d better never have your watch repaired
C. you’d better not have your watch regulated
D. you’d better repair your watch yourself
2.The writer took his watch to the first watchmaker in order to ___________.
A. check (檢查) it whether it kept good time
B. change some parts
C. have it set by the exact time
D. push up the regulator
3.The watch went faster than it used to be ___________.
A. after it was repaired
B. before it was repaired
C. during the time when it was being repaired
D. if it was repaired
4.Not long after his watch was regulated, he ___________ for the second time.
A. regulated it B. set it
C. repaired it D. had it repaired
5.The writer decided to buy another watch because ___________.
A. he would not spend more money on repairs
B. he didn’t like the old one
C. a new watch could keep good time
D. he had spent two hundred dollars on repairs
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Please tell me the way you thought of _______ the garden.
A. take care of B. to take care of
C. taking care of D. to take care
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In America, seldom do you go anywhere without hearing a principle called WIN-WIN.__ 1.___ However, as time goes by, I have gradually comprehended the meaning of WIN-WIN principle---it is the attitude of seeking mutual(相互的) benefit.
When I was little, I used to play Chinese checkers(跳棋) which include two basic tactics(戰(zhàn)術(shù)): ___2.___ The other is to block the passages of your rival. Players may apply these two totally different approaches in the game, but the key for the player to win is to continuously create paths for himself even if his opponent（對手） may take advantage of it. ____3._____ Meanwhile, some player may take another approach to prevent his opponent from moving forward at all costs. By this he may get a short-term benefit, but couldn’t fix attention on the final goal, thus he would never truly develop further.
___4.____ Its core is to achieve your objective while giving other people some benefits, so there is no real loser. One example of applying the WIN-WIN principle is the voluntary system in the US. __5.__
It is quite usual that some people are too selfish and never take other people’s interests into consideration, while someone who really has courage to do something for the public is often called “foolish” or “stupid”. Actually helping other people can be of great delight to the helper, for he can also learn something important for his life such as sympathy, care, devotion, etc. So taking other people’s interests into earnest consideration can you assure your own gain.
A.Playing Chinese checkers really needs skill.
B. In the 1990s, a strategy（策略） called WIN-WIN became widespread in the western world.
C. It was important for me after I knew its meaning.
D. One is to create paths for yourself.
E. Most Americans advocate（提倡,擁護） the spirit of social service and voluntary contribution.
F. It sounded strange to me at first.
G. Finally he can always reach the destination a few steps ahead of the other player.
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One should remain ______ and think of ways to escape when facing danger.
A. quiet B. calm
C. still D. silent
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