“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my ____________ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was ____________ to more, my interests in the world of dance ___________ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a __________ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a ____________; I became a member of the company ___________ back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely ___________ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief ___________ I was halfway through rehearsals (排練) on my first day. I never actually ___________ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely ___________. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of __________. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to ___________ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme ___________ to detail (細節(jié)) and stress on practice that set us ___________ To then follow those high-energy rehearsals _____________ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new __________ of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical ___________ were pushed much further than I thought ___________. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great ____________ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a __________that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
1.A. hobby B. plan C. dream D. word
2.A connected B. expanded C. exposed D. extended
3.A. rarely B. certainly C. probably D. consistently
4.A. director B. trainer C. leader D. dancer
5.A. symbol B. memory C. truth D. reality
6.A. bouncing B. dating C. turning D. tracking
7.A. lacks B. adds C. makes D. brings
8.A. while B. since C. until D. when
9.A. Cared B. Expected C. Asked D. Decided
10.A. motivated B. relaxed C. convinced D. astonished
11.A. challenges B. profits C. advantages D. adventures
12.A. put B. mix C. build D. pick
13.A. Attention B. association C. attraction D. adaptation
14.A. apart B. aside C. off D. back
15.A. over B. by C. with D. beyond
16.A. function B. meaning C. expression D. usage
17.A. boundaries B. problems C. barriers D. efforts
18.A. necessary B. perfect C. proper D. possible
19.A. talent B. honor C. potential D. responsibility
20.A. victory B. trend C. tradition D. Desire
科目:高中英語 來源:2015-2016學年山西康杰中學高二下期末考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:七選五
根據(jù)短文內容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
With the development of society, the life span of humans has stretched. Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries. 1. In general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men. One reason for this is biological.
One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women. 2. Between the ages of about 12 and 50, women produce hormones that are involved in fertility(生育能力). These hormones also have a positive effect on the heart and blood flow. In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks.
___3. They help the boy defend itself against some kinds of infections. This means that women generally get sick less often and less seriously than men. The common cold is a good example: women, on average, get fewer colds than men. 4. Scientists are still not exactly sure how genes influence aging, but they believe that they do. Some think that a woman’s body cells have a tendency to age more slowly than a man’s. Others think that a man’s body cells have a tendency to age more quickly. 5.
A. However, women, on average, live longer.
B. The biological factor plays an important part.
C. Women are also helped by their female genes.
D. The female hormones also protect the body in another way.
E. Recent research seems to support both of these possibilities.
F. Therefore, women are more healthy than men and can live a better life.
G. Hormones are chemicals which are produced by the body to control various body functions.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017屆河北武邑中學高三上第一次調研考試英語卷(解析版) 題型:書面表達
書面表達
假設你是李華,你的加拿大筆友卡爾想了解中國流行的廣場舞(square dance)的相關情況。請你用英語給他寫封回信,要點包括:
1.跳廣場舞的時間、地點、參與人員等;
2.廣場舞流行的原因;
3.廣場舞引起的爭議。
注意:
1.詞數(shù)100字左右;
2.開頭和結尾已經(jīng)寫出,不計入總詞數(shù);
3.可以適當增加細節(jié),以使行文連貫。
Dear Carl,
I’m delighted to hear from you and I will tell you what you’re curious about.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017屆貴州遵義航天高中高三第一次模擬考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
To most people, noise pollution is a jet flying over their head. For one Spanish woman, it is a neighbor playing the piano. The woman has taken her neighbor to court. Now she wants to send her neighbor to prison for over seven years on the charges of psychological damage and noise pollution.
In a country known for its noisiness, the case has raised eyebrows. Neighbors often complain about street noise in Spain, but people seeking prison time for someone practicing the piano is unheard of. At the trial, Sonia Bosom says she has been suffering noise pollution up to now due to the practice sessions of Laia Martin, who lives below her. Martin, 27, didn’t admit that she played at home that often, saying she took regular classes in other towns and mostly practiced at home on the weekends.
On the first day of the trial, the newspaper reported that Bosom told the court she now hated pianos so much that she couldn’t even stand seeing them in a film.
Bosom says years of hearing constant playing has caused her “psychological injury”. Medical reports show she has suffered from a variety of problems, including insomnia (失眠), anxiety, and panic attacks.
She says tests by local authorities have found that the sound levels made by the piano are up to 10 decibels (分貝) higher than the limit. City authorities(權威)have asked the family several times to either stop the piano playing or soundproof (隔音) the room. The family told the court they carried out soundproofing work twice but the complaints continued.
The court hasn’t made a final decision. A spokeswoman says the trial will end before May.
1.Bosom wants to send Martin to prison because ________.
A. Martin’s playing the piano damaged her health
B. Bosom suffered from heart attack
C. Martin refused to take regular classes in other towns
D. Martin flew a jet over her head
2.How did Laia Martin respond to the complaints?
A. She stopped playing the piano.
B. She soundproofed the room.
C. She didn’t admit she played at home.
D. She took her neighbor to court.
3.Which of the following may probably be the best title for the passage?
A. A 7-year Sentence Caused by the Piano
B. Pianist Charged with Noise Pollution
C. Health Problems of a Spanish Woman
D. Actions Against Noise by Local Authority
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017屆廣東仲元中學高三9月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once.
A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired: “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied: “It seems strange, isn’t it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one — in France and another — in Italy. We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond”.
Soon all the town have heard about the man’s answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity. Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.
However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.
When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied: “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It’s just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”
1.The man ordered three beers all the time because ________.
A. people were fond of drinking beers in this pub
B. he missed his two brothers living abroad very much
C. it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond
D. this would help him become a local celebrity
2.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. news traveled fast in the town
B. the man became famous in the town because he was a heavy drinker
C. the man’s brothers liked drinking beer very much
D. the man was strong-minded to give up drinking
3.The bartender served the man with bad feeling because ________.
A. he would earn less money
B. he thought the man should order three beers
C. he thought one of the man’s brothers had passed away
D. the man decided to drink two beers
4.The underlined word “condolences” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.
A. gratitudeB. appreciationC. surpriseD. sympathy
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017屆河南鶴壁高級中學高三上期周練英語卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
CANYOUIMAGINEHOWHARDITWOULDBETOREADSENTENCESLIKETHIS? Every one of us gets so used to punctuation marks that not many of us give them a second thought. Actually, the ancient Greeks wrote this way. The lack of punctuation marks probably didn’t bother good readers, though. As they read, they just put pauses where they fit best. Also at this time, sentences switched directions. A sentence read from left to right. The next one read right to left, and then left to right again, etc. The ancient Romans sometimes punctuated like this: They • put • something • that • can • separate • words • in • a • sentence. The word punctuation actually comes from this idea and the Latin word punctum, which means a dot.
When the 5th century arrived, there were just two punctuation marks: spaces and points. The spaces separated words while the points showed pauses in reading. Then in the 13th century, a printer named Aldus Manutius tried to standardize punctuation. He always used a period for a complete stop at the end of a sentence. He used a slash (/) to indicate a short pause. Over time, that slash was shortened and curled, and it became the modern comma (逗號).
Since that time, other marks have enlarged the punctuation family. The exclamation mark (感嘆號) comes from the Latin word io. It means “exclamation of joy.” The question mark originally started out as the Latin word questio, meaning question. Eventually, scholars put it at the end of a sentence to show a question.
Punctuation even keeps changing nowadays. New marks are coming into existence, and old punctuation marks are used in new ways. Take for example the “interrobang”. This 1962 invention combines the question mark and exclamation mark for times when writers want both. For example, “She did what?” or “How much did you pay for that dress?” Obviously, the interrobang is not widely used or recognized yet, but its invention shows that English is not yet finished with its punctuation.
1.From the first paragraph, we can know that _______.
A. good readers had trouble reading without punctuation marks
B. a sentence always read from left to right in ancient Greece
C. ancient Greeks switched the direction of punctuation marks
D. the use of punctuation marks can date back to ancient times
2.The passage is developed _______.
A. by time B. by space
C. by comparison D. by importance
3.We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. ancient Romans didn’t use any punctuation marks
B. exclamation and question marks came from Latin
C. spaces and slashes were already used before the 5th century
D. Aldus Manutius first started to use commas
4.What can be concluded from the last paragraph?
A. The combination of two marks will not work.
B. It takes time for people to accept new punctuation marks.
C. Old punctuation marks need to be standardized.
D. Punctuation marks are still changing today.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2016-2017學年黑龍江大慶一中高一上開學考英語卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Airport Express
With the Airport Express, you are never far from town. There is a train every 10 minutes, ready to rush you between the airport and Hong Kong Station in the heart of the shopping and downtown district in about 24 minutes. Or travel to the Asia World-Expo in just 1 minute from the airport.
Airport Express service hours
Mon.-Fri.: 5:50am to 1:15am
Sat.-Sun.: 5:00am to 2:00am
Tickets
There are three types of ticket for travelling to and from the Airport: Single Journey, Round Trip and Same Day Return. Single Journey Ticket and Same Day Return Ticket are valid(有效的) on day of issue(發(fā)放). Round Trip Ticket is valid for 30 days from day of issue. You can also use the Octopus Card for the Airport Express. (The Octopus Card is an electronic store-value ticket and it can be used on most public transport. The fare will be deducted(扣除) from the stored value each time, so you do not have to carry heavy coins. The card is valid for three years after value has been added.)
Travel tips
Children under 3 travel for free.
Passengers travelling on the Airport Express are now able to write email and do online searches with Wi-Fi service.
For more information about Airport Express, please visit www.hongkongairport.com or call 00852-21818888.
1.What is good about a Octopus Card?
A. It saves money for its users.
B. It is sold in every store.
C. Its validity is unlimited.
D. It avoids its users carrying coins.
2.What can you know about Airport Express?
A. Hong Kong Station is just 1 minute distance from the airport.
B. Single Journey Ticket is acceptable for 30 days.
C. Children are free of charge for tickets.
D. Passengers can surf the Internet on the Airport Express.
3.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To provide suggestions about the Airport Express.
B. To advertise the Octopus Card.
C. To inform readers of the Airport Express service.
D. To introduce the Airport Express schedule.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017屆貴州銅仁一中高三上期第一次月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:七選五
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How to find the perfect career
Too many people are not satisfied with their professional career (事業(yè)) and are “stuck” in situations that do not make them happy. Here are some wonderful actions you can take to begin the path to a truly happy career.
Talk to your friends.
Ask them, “what do you think I am best at”, or “what do you think I enjoy doing most”. 1.However, their advice may help you decide what you should do.
2.
Read some interesting magazines, books, newspapers or novels. They will give you a constant flow of ideas and keep the mind rich.
Talk to the happiest and most successful people you know.
3.Be serious with your questions. And see if there is anything you can learn from them. Have these people become your teachers and friends.
Keep a journal(日記).
Writing down your ideas is an important practice for your career growth. 4.You never know when great ideas will come to your mind!
Develop patience.
You may want a change in your career right now. 5.Anyway, doing the practices mentioned above will bring about the right chance much faster.
A. Read as widely as possible.
B. This may seem like a strange conversation at first.
C. Ask them how they realized their dreams.
D. Changing careers can be very difficult.
E. Talk to your family members.
F. But it is necessary to be patient and wait for the right chance to come.
G. Carrying a notebook with you at all times is also a great idea.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017屆重慶育才中學高三上期入學考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans Available
◇ Continental Breakfast
◇ Breakfast and Dinner
◇ Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal, bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-Catering (自助的)Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much.
1.The passage is probably written for________.
A. hosts willing to receive foreign students
B. foreigners hoping to build British culture
C. travelers planning to visit families in London
D. English learners applying to live in English homes
2.Which of the following will the host provide?
A. Room cleaning. B. Medical care.
C. Free transport. D. Physical training.
3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A. Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2.
B. Accommodation in the city center is not provided.
C. Hosts dislike travelling to the city center.
D. The business center of London is in Zone 1.
4.Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
A. To enrich their knowledge of English.
B. To enjoy much more freedom.
C. To entertain friends as they like.
D. To experience a warmer family atmosphere.
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