I wonder if it is_________ for you to pick me up on your way home this afternoon.
A. legal B. convenient
C. enjoyable D. comfortable
科目:高中英語 來源:2014-2015學年山東省乳山市高二上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by taking exercise, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.
A. the manager asked him to do so
B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more money
2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.
A. nervous B. satisfied
C. unhappy D. excited
3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.
A. people dislike being called “old”
B. young people can learn from old people’s experience
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
4.After this experience, Jack _______.
A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with old people
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014-2015學年山東臨沂商城實驗學校高一10月調(diào)研英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure—and so soon—that another ant is dead.
One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behavior. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientist who studies animals and plants. He found that ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals to other ants, “I'm dead—take me away” when it is dead.
But there's a question to answer: As we know, if an ant is dead, it stops moving. But when an ant is sleeping or knocked unconscious, it is also not moving. However, other ants don't move the living ant out of the nest. How do they know this ant is not dead? Choe found that ants have another chemical on their bodies, which tells nearby ants something like, “Wait—I'm not dead yet” when it is not dead. Choe suspects that when an ant dies, the chemical that says, “Wait I'm not dead yet” quickly goes away. When other ants detect the “dead” chemical without the “not dead yet” chemical, they move away the body.
To test his theory, Choe and his team put different chemicals on ants. When the scientists used the “I'm dead” chemical, other ants quickly moved the treated ant away. When the scientists used the “Wait—I'm not dead yet” chemical, other ants left the treated ant alone. Choe believes this behavior shows that the “not dead yet” chemical overrides the “dead” chemical when picked up by other ants. And that when an ant dies, the “not dead yet” chemical fades away. Other nearby ants then detect the remaining “dead” chemical and remove the body from the nest.
Understanding this behavior can help scientists figure out how to stop ants from invading new places and causing problems.
1.What is the function of the first paragraph?
A. Leading the following paragraphs.
B. Showing the main idea of the passage.
C. Introducing the background of the passage.
D. Giving a summary of the passage.
2.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “overrides” in the fourth paragraph?
A. is weaker than B. is stronger than
C. is better than D. is worse than
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.
B. When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.
C. A living ant can pretend to be dead using a special chemical.
D. Ants often use chemicals to communicate with each other.
4.Which of the following descriptions about Dong-Hwan Choe is right?
A. Choe did this study in order to stop ants from invading new places.
B. Choe is a biologist who is only interested in animals, especially in ants.
C. Choe first came up with an idea to explain this ant behavior,and then did some tests to prove his theory.
D. Choe did the research on this ant behavior on his own
5.What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A. How to decide whether an ant is dead or not.
B. Why ants have special chemicals on their bodies.
C. reasons for the removable behavior of ants.
D. How ants manage to keep their nests clean.
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— What is your plan for the holiday, Paul?
— I’ll go on a trip to Yunnan Province with my family.
— _____.
A. Have a nice time B. Good luck
C. Come back soon D. Congratulations
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014-2015學年安徽蚌埠五河高級中學高二上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
A man walked into a restaurant and asked for a glass of water. Then the girl in the restaurant pulled out a gun and shot him dead. Why? People asked to give reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All kinds of suggestions were made.
She was able to recognize him as a dangerous prisoner who ran away from the prison; she thought he was to rob her; she misheard what he said; asking for a glass of water had a special meaning for her and so on. All these explanations showed that the gun was used on purpose(有目的) to harm the man. The idea was easily accepted.
In fact, the explanation was that the man had an attack of hiccups(嚴重打嗝). It so happened that the girl in the restaurant knew that a great and sudden fear could get rid of hiccups. But she didn’t know the gun happened to be loaded(上子彈) that day.
1.The man asked for a glass of water because ______.
A. he was having an attack of hiccups
B. he was walked into a restaurant
C. he wanted to kill himself
D. he was too thirsty
2.The girl used a gun to the man because _______.
A. she wanted to kill him
B. she hated him
C. what the man said had a special meaning
D. she wanted to give him a sudden and great fear
3.Why did the man have an attack of hiccups?
A. Because he ate too much.
B. Because he was too old.
C. Because he ate too fast.
D. The passage didn’t tell us.
4.Which is TRUE to the passage?
A. The man just ran away from a prison.
B. The man wanted to rob the girl.
C. The girl misheard what the man said.
D. It is the girl’s kind help that happened to kill the man.
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________confidence and the necessary equipment, they failed to rescue the 42 miners trapped in the coal mine.
A. Having lacked B. Lacking of
C. Lacking D. Lack of
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014-2015學年安徽蚌埠五河高級中學高一上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:書面表達
假設(shè)你是李華,最近你的美國筆友杰里(Jerry)來信說他的一個室友經(jīng)常聽音樂到深夜,導致他無法入睡。他很苦惱不知該如何解決這個問題。請你給他寫一封回信,提出你的建議。
注意:詞數(shù)120左右;
One possible version:
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014-2015學年安徽蚌埠五河高級中學高一上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:單項填空
Mike has dreamed about taking a bike trip for a long time, so he _____ a new bicycle this afternoon.
A. is buying B. was buying C. would buy D. has bought
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014-2015學年寧夏高二上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Americans do many different things during their vacations. Some people stay at home and enjoy time with their families. They may go to a local swimming pool, zoo or museum. Other people travel to enjoy large national parks, the mountains, the ocean, or large amusement parks. Many people visit interesting American cities or historic areas. Some people visit family members in other states. Still other Americans visit foreign countries.
Recently there is a new use for vacation time — learning about a new kind of job. This program is called Vocation Vacations. People pay between six hundred and five thousand dollars to work at a job for a few days or a week.
Brian Kurth of Portland, Oregon, started Vocation Vacations. He says it serves a valuable purpose. It gives people a chance to try out a job they always wanted without leaving their present job.
People use Vocation Vacations to try many kinds of jobs around the United States. These are jobs that anyone can learn to do. For example, they can learn how to make beer, wine, cheese or cakes. They can help train dogs or horses. They can learn how to be a hunting and fishing guide or a gardener. They can work with a sports announcer, television producer, wedding planner or photographer. Or they can learn how to operate a very small hotel, called a “bed and breakfast”.
Vocation Vacations recently added several new jobs. They include comedians, dog-sled (雪橇) drivers and hair stylists. The company says the most popular job so far is winemaking.
The Vocation Vacations Website recently asked visitors what prevents them from working at their dream job. More than two thousand people answered. Forty-two percent said the main block is money. Lack of the right education or experience was the answer given by twenty-five percent. Other answers included fear of failure and lack of family support.
1.From the first paragraph we can learn that on holiday .
A. Americans often try out new jobs
B. Americans prefer to travel
C. what Americans usually do
D. how Americans enjoy themselves at home
2.What is “Vocation Vacations” according to the passage?
A. The best way of enjoying time with one’s family.
B. A program of learning a new job on holiday.
C. A chance to learn how to operate a hotel.
D. The most popular jobs around the US.
3.It seems that most of the jobs in Vocation Vacations are .
A. difficult B. boring
C. expensive D. enjoyable
4. When people take the jobs in vocation vacations, .
A. they can choose many kinds of them
B. they can get some money for their work
C. they must have much experience
D. they must have a lot of money
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