科目: 來(lái)源:2012-2013學(xué)年云南昆明官渡第二中學(xué)高一上第二次階段性檢測(cè)英語(yǔ)卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Hurricane(颶風(fēng)) reached the northeastern United States today and caused death and destruction everywhere. The killer storm carried winds of 135 miles per hour. The high winds and heavy rains created extremely dangerous waves. It is not yet known how many people died or were hurt in this storm, but it is said that the numbers will be very high.
With the arrival of the tornado season, the National Weather Service is again telling people how to protect themselves from these deadly storms. The winds from tornadoes are the most violent winds on earth. They can blow up to 400 miles per hour. A tornado looks like a funnel(漏斗). It is also very loud. It may sound like a train coming at you. In fact, the winds from a tornado can pick up a train and throw it around. If a tornado is seen in your area, it is very important that you protect yourself. A basement (地下室) is the safest place to go. Try to wait under a table in the basement. Stay away from windows. If you are outside or in your car, try to find a narrow place to hide.
As the area tries to deal with the worst flood of the century, there are many heartwarming stories of people helping other people. From all over the world people have sent food and clothes to help the thousands who have had to leave their homes. Many volunteers have come to help to make sandbags and use them to build walls against the overflowing river. While the result of this disaster will be terrible for many, it is beautiful to see people coming together to help others and save lives.
【小題1】What does the underlined word “tornado” mean?
A.臺(tái)風(fēng) | B.龍卷風(fēng) | C.洪水 | D.冰雹 |
A.They look like a funnel. |
B.They come regularly every year. |
C.They are the most violent winds on Earth. |
D.They carry winds of 135 km per hour. |
A.drive his car away as fast as possible |
B.go to the basement and wait under a table |
C.find a narrow place to hide |
D.stay away from windows |
A.nobody tried to help the local people |
B.hurricane damaged the northwestern coast of US |
C.when there is flooding, sandbags can be made and used to build walls |
D.people are often taught how to protect themselves from snowstorms |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2012-2013學(xué)年云南昆明官渡第二中學(xué)高一上第二次階段性檢測(cè)英語(yǔ)卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Everybody hates rats(老鼠). But in the earthquake capitals of the world—Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey—rats will soon be man’s new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal(信號(hào)). This is sent to a small radio on its back and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.
Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “Robots’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that. ” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity!
The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldn’t get to, and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe. ” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building, but only after an earthquake, of course.
【小題1】 In the world earthquake capitals, rats will become man’s best friends because they can ______.
A.take the place of man’s rescue jobs |
B.find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildings |
C.serve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildings |
D.get into small spaces |
A.the noise made by the rat |
B.the rat’s unusual behavior |
C.the signal sent by the radio on the rat’s back |
D.the smell given off by the person |
A.rats smell better than dogs |
B.dogs don’t need to be trained to smell people |
C.robots’ sense of smell can be affected by other smells around |
D.rats can see in the dark and they are smaller than robots |
A.they are more fantastic than other animals |
B.they are less expensive to train than dogs |
C.they don’t need electricity |
D.they are small and can get into small places |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2013屆浙江省余姚三中高三第二次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
The ability to memorize things seems to be a vanishing (消失的) technique.So what can we do to bring out brain cells back into action? A newly published book on memory, Moomvalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by American journalist Joshua Foer, makes a telling point, one that is an analysis of the importance of memorising events and stories in human history; the decline of its role in modem life; and the techniques that we need to adopt to restore the art of remembering.
As For points out, we no longer need to remember telephone numbers.Our mobile phones do that for us.We don't recall addresses either.We send emails from computers that store electronic addresses.Nor do we bother to remember multiplication tables (乘法表) .Pocket calculators do the job of multiplying quite nicely.Museums, photographs, the digital media and books also act as storehouses for memories that once we had to keep in mind.
As a result, we no longer remember long poems or folk stories by heart, feats (技藝) of memory that were once the cornerstones of most people's lives.Indeed, society has changed so much that we no longer know what techniques we should employ to remember such lengthy works.We are, quite simply, forgetting how to remember.
And let's face it, there is nothing sadder than someone who has lost their mobile phone and who finds they cannot even phone home or call their parents or partners because they cannot remember a single telephone number.That is a sad example of loss of personal independence.So, yes, there is a need for us to he able to remember certain things in life.
Therefore, Foer's book outlines the methods that need to be mastered in order to promote our memories and regain the ability to recall long strings of names, numbers or faces.In the process, he adds, we will become more aware of the world about us.
The trick, Foer says, is to adopt a process known as " elaborative encoding", which involves transforming information, such as a shopping list, into a series of "absorbing visual images".If you want to remember a list of household objects—potatoes, cottage cheese, sugar and other items, then visualise them in an unforgettable manner, he says.Start by creating an image of a large jar of potatoes standing in the garden.Next to it, imagine a giant tub of cottage cheese—the size of an outdoor pool—and then picture Lady Gaga swimming in it.And so on.Each image should be as fantastic and memorable as possible.
Using methods like this, it becomes possible to achieve great feats of memory quite easily, Foer says.It certainly seems to have worked for him: he won the annual US Memory Championships after learning how to memorize 120 random digits in five minutes; the first and last names of 156 strangers in 15 minutes; and a deck of cards in under two minutes."What I had really trained my brain to do, as much as to memorise, was to be more mindful and to pay attention to the world around," he says.
These techniques employed by Foer to master his memory were developed by Ed Cooke—a British writer and a world memory championship grandmaster.He acted as Foer's trainer during preparations for the book and helped him achieve his championship performances." Memory techniques do just one thing: they make information more meaningful to the mind, making the things we try to learn unforgettably bright and amusing," said Cooke.
【小題1】Which of the following is conveyed in this article?
A.People become more independent with modern equipment. |
B.The memory's role in life is declining in modem society. |
C.Memory techniques can make information less meaningful. |
D.Ed Cooke is the first one who benefited from Foer's techniques. |
A.museums can do everything for them. |
B.they no longer have the ability to memorize things. |
C.they have things that can act as storehouses for memories. |
D.it is not necessary to memorize anything in modem life. |
A.link things to famous pop stars |
B.find the connection between different things |
C.form vivid, unforgettable images of certain things |
D.use advanced digital imaging technology to help |
A.imagine | B.undertake | C.remark | D.indicate |
A.a(chǎn) news report | B.a(chǎn)n advertisement |
C.a(chǎn) scientific discovery | D.a(chǎn) book review |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2013屆陜西省寧強(qiáng)縣天津高級(jí)中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期第三次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
While football fans feel strongly angry about mistakes made by referees (裁判) because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased.
For Cairos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip(芯片) that fits inside a football and determines whether the ball has crossed the goal line, by being able to discover its exact location on the field. The world football organization, FIFA, has shown interest in the technology. It is very possible that the new technology will be used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
"We've been testing the technology at the main soccer stadium in Nuremberg for some time and more recently in an under-17 FIFA Cup in Peru," said Gunter Rohmer, a director of the company. "The technology has performed well, and we're pretty optimistic that it will be used at the games in Germany next year."
The chip only weighs 12 grams, and is placed in the center of the football. It sends 2,000 signals a second to a receiver network of 12 antennas(天線), placed around the field. The receivers then send information about the ball's location to a central computer, and because it works in real time, it can immediately tell the referee whether a goal has been scored. The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air. Oliver Braun, one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive. Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.
FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next year's World Cup.
【小題1】Carlos Technologies is pleased because ________.
A.football fans are angry with referees |
B.their new product can satisfy football fans |
C.their new product will have a good market |
D.they can sell a lot of football in the future |
A.Carios Technologies can't afford the high price for advertising their product |
B.Mistakes in production are also a kind of advertisement |
C.Carios Technologies has already spent a lot of money on advertising their product |
D.Referees' mistakes will be of great help for the sale of Carlos Technologies' new product |
A.information given back by a user |
B.a(chǎn)dvice given by someone |
C.supplying food to customers |
D.food given back by consumers |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2013屆陜西省寧強(qiáng)縣天津高級(jí)中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期第三次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Alzheimer’s disease is a major national health problem. Nearly 2 million Americans over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. It is a leading cause of death among the elderly. But Alzheimer’s disease is not confined (限于) to the aged. There may be a million or more people under the age of 65 suffering from the disease.
At one time, people suffering from the disease were said to be “getting old”. The disease was thought to be a natural part of growing old, but it is now known that Alzheimer’s disease strikes young and old alike. It is an organic (器官的) disease that destroys brain cells.
Alzheimer’s disease affects the patient’s memory, speech, and movement. In the beginning stages of the disease, the patient may seem slightly confused. He may have trouble speaking, then the patient’s memory begins to fail. He may forget dates, numbers, names and plans.
As the disease progresses, the patient may not recognize family and friends. These symptoms(癥狀) often cause terrible anxiety in the patient. He may feel lost and frightened. Sometimes the patient reacts with wild and bad behavior.
In the last stages of the disease, the patient may not be able to take care of himself. He may have lost the ability to speak and walk.
Scientists don’t know exactly what causes Alzheimer’s disease. It may be caused by a virus (病毒).It may be caused by a poisonous substance(物質(zhì)) in the environment. At present, there is no cure for the disease. But there are ways to slow its progress. Exercise and physical treatment can help the patients of this disease.
【小題1】The main idea of the passage is that Alzheimer’s disease ________.
A.is a terrible part of the aging process |
B.is an organic disease that affects young and old |
C.can be cured by physical treatment |
D.causes forgetfulness |
A.forgetfulness | B.difficulty in speaking |
C.loss of sight | D.loss of the ability to walk |
A.Poisons produced by the brain. | B.Getting old. |
C.A virus. | D.Lack of exercise. |
A.operation | B.a(chǎn) change in environment |
C.medicines | D.physical treatment and exercise |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2013屆陜西省寧強(qiáng)縣天津高級(jí)中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期第三次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman Empire. But when the empire broke down,this kind of tourism stopped.
In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel(英吉利海峽).They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice(威尼斯)in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.
In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to” take the waters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.
In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by the sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.
Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to far away countries.
The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.
Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything—plane tickets, hotel rooms, even food—and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour and modern tourist industry was born.
The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949.But tourism did not take off until 1978.In 2002,the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of China’s social development.
【小題1】In the early times, the travelers ________.
A.a(chǎn)ll came from Roman |
B.were very young and strong |
C.had lots of money |
D.traveled by boat |
A.Education | B.Money | C.Transportation | D.People’s ideas |
A.in 1949 | B.in Roman times |
C.in the early 17th century | D.in the 19th century |
A.a(chǎn) plane rising into the air |
B.develop very fast |
C.remove hats and clothes |
D.bring down the prices |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2013屆遼寧省本溪一中高三上學(xué)期第三次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Which animal has the fastest snapping jaw (顎)? If you're guessing a shark or perhaps a larger animal, you'll have to think smaller. The trapjaw ant, which lives in Central and South America, moves its mouth parts at 35 to 63 meters per second. Another way to think about this is that the ant's jaws close at 125 to 233 kilometers per hour. That's 2, 300 times faster than the blink of an eye.
Scientists were able to measure the amazing jaw speed using highspeed video techniques. Sheila Patek, a biologist, says the key is that the jaws have a springy (有彈性的) system, which is critical in getting explosive (爆發(fā)性的) speeds.
Consider a bow and arrow. If you try to throw an arrow with your arm, it won't go very far. If you use a bow, elastic energy stored in the bow is released almost instantly when you release the arrow with your finger or a latch. The combination of the springy bow and latch mechanism is what makes the arrow zoom through the air.
Maybe even more amazing than how fast these ants grab food or even enemies is how they use this same energy to move. As the ant closes its jaws, it uses them to push off the ground—all faster than the eye can see without slow motion video. A snap of the jaw can send an ant up to 8.3 centimeters into the air. That's like someone who is 1.7 meters jumping 13 meters high! Not only can they quickly escape from enemies, but often a group of ants will start jumping all at once. It would be hard for their enemies to grab just one.
People have suspected the ants used their jaws to jump for over a century, but could only prove it with today's modern video equipment.
【小題1】The fast speed of the trapjaw ant's jaw lies in ________.
A.its light body |
B.its springy system |
C.its living environment |
D.the length of its jaw |
A.how an arrow gets so much energy to fly |
B.why the trapjaw ants have springy system |
C.why the trapjaw ants jaws move so fast |
D.how a bow and arrow works |
A.How high the ants can leap by using their jaws. |
B.How quickly the trapjaw ants can move on the ground. |
C.How wonderfully the springy system in the trapjaw ants' jaws works. |
D.How quickly the trapjaw ants can grab food or enemies. |
A.they can catch their enemies easily with their jaws |
B.their jaws make them difficult to recognize |
C.their jaws help them find food easily |
D.their jaws help them escape from their enemies |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2013屆四川省瀘州市高級(jí)教育培訓(xùn)學(xué)校高三上學(xué)期10月月考英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
There are three separate sources of danger in supplying energy by nuclear power.
First, the radioactive material must travel from its form of production to the power station. Although the power stations themselves are strongly built, the containers used for the transport of the materials are not. Normally, only two methods of transport are in use, namely road or rail. Unfortunately, both of these may have an effect on the general public, since they are sure to pass near, or even though, heavily populated areas.
Secondly, there is the problem of waste. All nuclear power stations produce waste that in most cases will remain radioactive for thousands of years. It is impossible to make these waste radioactive, and so they must be stored in one of the inconvenient ways that scientists have invented. For example, they may be buried under the ground, or dropped into deserted mines, or sunk in the sea. However, these methods do not solve the problem, since an earthquake could easily break the containers.
Third, there may occur the danger of a leak or an explosion at the power station. As with the other two dangers, this is not very likely, so it does not provide a serious objection to the nuclear program. However, it can happen.
Separately, these three types of dangers are not a great cause for worry. Taken together, though, the probability of disaster is extremely high.
【小題1】Which of the following is FALSE ?
A.It is possible that a leak or an explosion occurs at a power station. |
B.It is unusual for radioactive materials to be transported across land. |
C.The containers are likely to be broken by an earthquake. |
D.Nuclear wastes remain dangerous in most cases for many years. |
A.easy | B.impossible | C.reasonable | D.ineffective |
A.The power station is a safe place. |
B.The dangers of nuclear energy can be prepared. |
C.The general public are strongly against the nuclear program. |
D.Itself, none of the three dangers is very likely to cause much worry. |
A.uses of nuclear power |
B.Dangers from nuclear power |
C.Public anger at nuclear power |
D.Accidents caused by nuclear power. |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2012-2013學(xué)年四川省南山中學(xué)高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
If you want to learn anything at school, you need to listen to your teachers. Unfortunately, millions of kids can’t hear what their teachers are saying. And it’s not because these students are goofing off. Often, it’s the room’s fault. Building architecture and building design can create echo(回聲)-filled classrooms that make hearing difficult.
Children with hearing impairments(損傷)suffer most from noisy classrooms. They sometimes can’t hear questions that other students ask in class. Compared with kids with healthy hearing, they have a harder time picking up new vocabulary words by hearing them in talking.
Even kids with normal hearing have a harder time in the classroom when there’s too much noise. Younger children in particular have trouble separating important sounds – like a teacher’s voice – from background noise. Kids with learning disabilities and speech impediments(障礙)and kids for whom English is a second language also have a harder time learning in noisy situations.
In recent years, scientists who study sound have been asking schools to reduce background noise, which may include loud air-conditioners and pipes. They’re also targeting outdoor noises, such as highway traffic. Noise reduction is a big deal. Why? Because quieter classrooms might make you smarter by letting you hear your lessons better.
“It’s so obvious that we should have quiet rooms that allow for access to the lesson,” says Dan Ostergren, a hearing scientist. “Sometimes it surprises me that we spend so much time discussing this topic. I just want to go. Why is this hard for anyone to grasp?”
【小題1】The underlined part “goofing off” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “ ”.
A.lazy | B.intelligent | C.sleepy | D.foolish |
A.Children with learning disabilities. |
B.Children with speech impairments. |
C.Children with hearing impediments. |
D.Children with normal hearing. |
A.Quiet classrooms are suitable for kids to have discussions. |
B.Quiet classrooms help kids recover from hearig impairments. |
C.Kids can’t separate sounds of air-conditioners and pipes. |
D.Kids can become smarter after hearing lessons better. |
A.Classroom design | B.Noisy classrooms |
C.The sense of hearing | D.Disabled kids |
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科目: 來(lái)源:2012-2013學(xué)年四川省成都二十中高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; when you start using them again, they will slowly become stronger again.Everybody knows that .yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it.
When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.Have you ever noticed that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write so they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook.They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memories are being exercised the whole time.So if you want to have a good memory, learn from these people:Practise remembering.
【小題1】One has a poor memory mainly because .
A.his father or mother may have a poor memory |
B.he does not use his arms or legs for some time |
C.his memory is not often used |
D.he can’t read or write |
A.you can’t use them any more |
B.they will become stronger |
C.they become weak and won’t become stronger until you use them again |
D.they will become neither stronger nor weaker |
A.Your memory works in the same way as your arms or legs. |
B.Your memory, like your arms or legs,becomes weak if you don’t give it enough chance for practice. |
C.Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory. |
D.A good memory comes from more practice. |
A.they have saved much trouble |
B.they have saveed much time to remember things |
C.they have to use their memories all the time |
D.they can’t write everything in a little notebook |
A.Don’t Stop Using Your Arams or Legs |
B.How to Have a Good Memory |
C.Strong Arms and God Memories |
D.Learn from the People |
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