China's population is expected to increase to about 1.5 billion in 2040, ______it will start to decline slowly.
A. where B. which C. on which D. after which
科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省高二下學期第一次段考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
--Do you know when the Chinese custom_________ from?
--It's hard to say. But its characteristics__________ the Tang Period.
A. began; prove B. started; show C. dates; suggest D. is; appear
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省南昌市高三8月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
---Did you enjoy your holiday in Hawaii? --- Yes, but I would rather you ______ there too.
A. went B. had gone
C. should go D. would have gone
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省高二下學期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
_____ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.
A. If it is not B. Were it not C. Had it not been D. If it were not
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省高二下學期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
______ I met him, I always think of the thing that happened between us.
A. Every time B. The moment C. Suddenly D. While
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省五校高三第一次聯考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
No opera smells of the sea quite like Britten’s Peter Grimes. The music makes us constantly aware of the sea’s immensity, it’s potential for threat, and the play of light on its waves. But the sea isn’t just a special background, it weighs on the lives of the characters, offering them a living, but at a price. In the first act the laboured sound of the strings evokes (引起) the complete heaviness of the sailor’s work, as they haul(用力拉) the boats up the shingle (鵝卵石). Then a storm gathers which rages(肆虐) through the scene at the Inn, and stirs up an orchestral hurricane. Even when it’s calm and favorable, the sea is inescapable.
In the comfortable enclosed world of the opera house, this can only be suggested. In the production of Peter Grimes about to open at the Aldeburgh Festival, it will be really present, because the opera is taking place on the beach, the setting for much of the narrative of Britten’s opera, and also the poem by the Suffolk poet George Crabbe that inspired it.
This won’t be the first opera production to be set in the actual landscape in which the action takes place. There’s a well-known filmed production of Tosca shot in Castel Gandolfo in Rome, and a production of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena was once mounted in the moat(護城河) surrounding the Tower of London. But those were manageable urban landscapes, with comfortingly solid buildings to act as wind shields and acoustic blocks.
On the Aldeburgh beach there’s actually nothing, apart from a few boats, some whole, some wrecked. Here anything more complicated than walking the dog is hard to solve. The wind blows away one’s words, so conversation is hard, and anything not tied down tends to blow away. The sliding shingle turns one’s steps into a drunken stagger.
The idea of performing an opera in these conditions seems quite barmy — an accusation Aldeburgh director Jonathan Reakie takes cheerfully on the chin. Why has he done it? “Well, Grimes is the opera of Britten’s that’s most associated with Aldeburgh, but it’s never been produced at the Festival which he founded. There just isn’t the space for it. In his anniversary year we wanted to focus on Britten’s connection with Suffolk, and this seemed the boldest way to do it.”
Having had the mad idea, Reakie found his colleagues were not just accepting, but enthusiastic. “We spent a long time thinking about ways to do it. One idea we had was to do all the scenes at the right time of day. There’s one scene at dawn, another at midday, and a lot of action at night, but that was too complicated. Then we thought about doing a few scenes on the beach. But in the end, we thought hell, let’s just do the whole thing.”
1.Which of the following can best describe the sailor’s work in the first act?
A. Pleasant.B. Hard.
C. Comfortable.D. Attractive.
2.How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?
A. By giving descriptions.B. By following time order.
C. By analyzing causes.D. By making comparisons.
3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A. The benefits of the actual landscape.
B. The actual landscape of Aldeburgh beach.
C. The location of the Aldeburgh beach.
D. The hardship of performing opera in Aldeburgh beach.
4.The underlined word “barmy” (in Paragraph 5) is closest in meaning to ____.
A. crazy B. impossible
C. wonderfulD. terrible
5.Reakie’s partners’ attitude towards his opera on a beach is ____.
A. eagerB. cautious
C. doubtfulD. unfavorable
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省五校高三第一次聯考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
-I need to put a cross on the map to show ____ that famous hotel is.
-____? Mary’s done it already.
A. where; Why bother B. wherever; How come
C. what; What for D. whatever; So what
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省九江市七校高二下學期期中聯考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
When scientists accidentally killed what turned out to be the world’s oldest living creature, it was bad enough. Now, their mistake has been worsened after further research found it was even older – at 507 years.
The ocean quahog, a type of deep-sea clam, was dredged (捕撈) alive from the bottom of the North Atlantic near Iceland in 2006 by researchers. They then put it in a fridge-freezer, as is normal practice, unaware of its age. It was only when it was taken to a laboratory that scientists from Bangor University studied it and concluded it was 400 years old.
The discovery made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. However, by this time, it was too late for Ming the Mollusc(軟體動物), named after the Chinese dynasty when its life began. Unfortunately researchers who calculated Ming’s age killed it instantly by opening its shell.
The researchers opened the ancient clam up to judge its age by counting growth rings inside. But the rings were so close together that scientists ended up having to count the rings on the outside to be accurate, leading CBS journalists to point out that if scientists had just started there, Ming could have lived on. Now, after examining the quahog more closely, using more advanced methods, the researchers have found the animal was actually 100 years older than they first thought.
Dr Paul Butler, from the University’s School of Ocean Sciences, said: “We got it wrong the first time and maybe we were a bit hasty publishing our findings back then. But we are absolutely certain that we’ve got the right age now.” The mollusc was born in 1499 – just seven years after Columbus discovered America and before Henry VIII had even married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon in 1509.
A quahog’s shell grows by a layer every year, in the summer when the water is warmer and food is plentiful. It means that when its shell is cut in half, scientists can count the lines in a similar way that trees can be dated by rings in their trunks.
Jan Heinemeier, associate professor at the University of Denmark, who helped date Ming, told Science Nordic: “The fact that we got our hands on a 507-year-old animal is incredibly fascinating, but the really exciting thing is of course everything we can learn from studying the mollusk.”
1.At first, the scientists found that _____________.
A. The ocean quahog got a deadly disease
B. The growth rings inside were so close together
C. it was accurate to count the growth rings outside
D. The ocean quahog was 400 years old
2.Why did the scientists open the ancient clam up?
A. To count the growth rings outside of the clam.
B. To study how old the clam was.
C. To see the structure of it.
D. To give an immediate operation on it.
3.The sixth paragraph is mainly about_____________.
A. How to calculate the age of a tree
B. Why a quahog’s shell grows by a layer each year
C. How to calculate the age of a quahog
D. Why a quahog likes it when the water is warmer
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The researchers have got the right age of the ocean quahog.
B. The mollusc was born after Columbus discovered America.
C. The ocean quahog was named after the Chinese dynasty.
D. A quahog’s shell grows by a layer every season.
5.Where does the text probably come from?
A. A magazine of marine life. B. A travel brochure.
C. A biography. D. A science fiction.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江蘇省沭陽縣高二下學期期中調研測試英語卷（解析版） 題型：其他題
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Introduction to anger
Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we feel that we have not been given a fair treatment. The positive side of this negative emotion is that it has helped us to evolve(發(fā)展) as humans and cope in a better manner with our surroundings. However, it tends to become a problem when we fail to control it. Many a time it happens that your anger has hurt others or has spoiled one of your relationships for which you regret later. It has some bad effects on the health, too.
We should control anger so that it does not cause harm to us or to those around us whom we love. One of the best ways to control anger is to get help from others. If you feel that you are unable to manage your anger, it can make you more upset. So tell someone that is close to you, a friend or a family member, about your problem. When you discuss a matter with others, there is a better chance of finding a solution to your problem. Besides, there are no better stress relievers than humor. When you feel that it is because of stress that your anger is becoming unmanageable, you can use humor
. It can help you look at difficult things in a lighter way and you will feel better about the things around you.
Anger tends to make us have a lot of negative thoughts. Therefore, we have to change the negative thoughts into positive ones. For this you have to first refuse all the negative thoughts that are in your mind one by one. This can be done with a lot of practice. Once you are successful in that, you have to maintain your focus only on the positive things of life.
Meditation (冥想) is an excellent anger management technique. In addition, what we do is disconnect ourselves from the outer world and focus all our attention into the inner world. This helps us develop a sense of controlling our thoughts that tend to cause anger.
(1) ______ | Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we have been treated (2) ______. | |
Positive sides | ﹡Help us evolve as humans. ﹡Help us deal with our surroundings (3) ______. | |
(4) ______ sides | ﹡Hurt others. ﹡Spoil your (5) ______. ﹡Have some bad effects on your health. | |
Some ways to (6) ______ your anger | Get help from others | Discuss your problems with your friend or a (7) ______ member. |
Use (8)_______ | It can help you see difficult things in a (9)_________ way. | |
Think (10) ______ | Refuse all the negative thoughts and focus only on positive things. | |
Practice meditation | Help us control our thoughts which tend to cause anger. | |
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