When looking at Western Europe，we don’t usually think about poverty—but in fact，some people in modern—day Britain are so hard up that they can’t afford to buy food．

Back in 2008,the financial crisis caused a lot of unemployment．Then there were the cuts to the welfare system in 2013 which added to the problem—and many British people fell into debt．It’s estimated that 500，000 people in the UK have turned to food banks，just to get by．

Steph Hagen，who works in a Nottingham food bank，says, “People do not go to a food bank because it's an open door．It’s a case where they go to it because they need to．With our food bank—we are an independent one．a(chǎn)nd we have limited stocks—everyone who comes through our door has no income．”

There are checks to make sure nobody is abusing the system．If a doctor or a social worker thinks someone needs to use a food bank—even for a short time—they can give them vouchers(憑證)．Then the people in need take them along to the food bank and they get handouts for three days．

Churches and individual donors provide most of the food in the banks．But some businesses might help out too．

And what sort of food is offered in food banks? Hagen says, “Basically，we’ve got porridge．We do occasionally get fresh produce but it’s very rare，especially in the winter months．It’s like tinned fruit，tinned ready meals．We have to give out ‘no-cooking’ food parcels because people can’t afford the gas and electricity”．

Community spirit has a lot to do with food banks．Volunteers say they are a great meeting place for people who are lonely and depressed．And when facing a crisis，some beneficiaries might need to feed not only their belly—but also their soul．

1.According to the text，the food bank is a place_____．

A．which is funded by the government

B．where people can get food randomly

C．which helps poor people live through crisis

D．where there is enough food supplies

2.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Systems． B．Doctors．

C．Social workers． D．Vouchers．

3.Why do food banks mainly offer “no-cooking ” food?

A．Poor people have no money for gas and electricity．

B．The volunteers hate to supply cooked food．

C．Food banks can’t afford cooked food．

D．This kind of food is easy to store．

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Community spirit can cure those who are depressed．

B．Food banks benefit poor people mind and body．

C．People can have great fun in food banks．

D. Volunteers tend to feel lonely and depressed in food banks．

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆河北定州中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期第三次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce that she nearly died. She ________ but the fever left its mark一she could no longer see and ________ . Because she could not hear，she also found it very ________to speak.

So how did this child，blinded and deafened at 19 months old，grow up to________ a world-famous author and public speaker?

The fever cut her ________from the outside world， depriving (剝奪）her of sight and sound. It was ________ she had been thrown into a dark prison room from which there could be no ________ .

Luckily Helen was not someone who 48 easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other ________ . She followed her mother wherever she went， ________ onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came across. She 51 their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself，like milking the 52 or kneading dough (揉面）.She even learnt to ________ people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also________ where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the ________ of the ground under her feet.

By the age of 7 she had invented over 60 different ________by which she could talk to her family. ff she wanted bread for example，she would pretend to ________a loaf and butter into slices (片）.If she wanted ice cream， she ________ herself with her arms and pretended to shake.

Helen was unusual in that she was extremely ________ and also very sensitive. By her own ________ she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.

1.A. escaped B. succeeded C. finished D. survived

2.A. cry B. sleep C. hear D. read

3.A. difficult B. impossible C. able D.usual

4.A. explain B. become C. manage D. choose

5.A. down B. off C. in D. up

6.A. even if B. not only C. so that D. as if

7.A.increase B. release C. punishment D. praise

8.A. gave out B. picked up C. gave up D. turned up

9.A. senses B. plans C. projects D. dreams

10.A. falling B. hanging C. stepping D. rushing

11.A. copied B. stole C. expressed D. figured

12.A. chickens B. children C. cows D. birds

13.A. ask B. find C. lead D. recognize

14.A. remember B. tel C. forget D. improve

15.A. feel B. knowledge C. opinion D. sight

16.A. directions B. signs C. notes D. topics

17.A. order B. cook C. cut D. throw

18.A. reached B. held C. dropped D. opened

19.A. generous B. kind C. intelligent D. honest

20.A. lives B. relationships C. effects D. efforts

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年江蘇如皋中學(xué)高二上學(xué)期10月階段練習(xí)英語試卷（解析版） 題型：填空題

Write ONE WORD for each blank on the Answer Sheet.

Science and engineering have varied meanings and different ways in which they can be understood, though the differences are not easy to tell.

First is science. This is nothing but the use of reasoning to know how things work and what causes the happenings.

Engineering is about the way some tools, machines, systems etc are made with the help of human resources, raw materials and some scientific techniques. Science is important for engineering. Engineering can’t be done without knowing the basic principles of the working of the device that one wants to make. For example, if one wants to make a fan and they do not know how a fan works, then it is practically impossible for them to do so. Thus knowing how the fan works is science and making a fan is engineering.

Then comes the most important factor, the technology. Technology is always evolving with the help of the existing science and engineering techniques. It has to satisfy the usage of it by the consumers and safety of the people. For example, science will tell people the rules or the working of the equipment, engineering techniques will tell them how the equipment is made and the technology will consider both the above factors to create the same equipment but in a different way or using a different technique with some alterations(改變) giving birth to newfound technology. Thus again, science and engineering are important for technology to take place and the people who undertake the activities of science and technology are considered technologists.

All these three above discussed factors are important when one undertakes some kind of research work.

Some people think that technology is nothing but the way science is applied. If they make good investment in the field of science, then they would gain a lot from new technology. Thus, people start investing in many new ventures(項目)。

So we can see clear differences between science, technology and engineering. New technology is the best way to take a country to a higher economic position and to the path of fast growth. Technology requires the use of science and engineering as this is the best way to start and put the use of them into practice.

Title: Clear the doubts about technology

Introduction

People often have 1._____ telling the differences

between science, technology and engineering.

Concepts

● Science is the use of reasoning to know

how things work and what 2. _____ in the happenings.

● Engineering tells about the way some thing are made

with outside 3.______.

● Technology is the mixture of science and engineering and can satisfy people’s needs in 4.______ ways.

People’s views

●Technology is just the 5.______ of science.

●New technology caused by good investment in science will 6.______ people a lot

Conclusions

● Readers won’t be 7._______ about the concepts if they understand the differences.

● New technology is the best way to 8._______a country’s economic position

● New technology will make a country9._______ quickly.

●Technology requires the use of science and engineering

and thus has 10._____ uses.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年江蘇如皋中學(xué)高二上學(xué)期10月階段練習(xí)英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空

We wanted to purchase the house, but couldn’t ________ the money.

A. come down with B. come up with

C. bring out D. bring in

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆重慶萬州第二高級中學(xué)高三11月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

There is nowadays in schools a great movement that places major emphasis on higher order skills, these being those skills that encourage the ability to reason. This group of skills involves recalling information, basic concept formation, critical thinking, and creative idea formation. Formerly viewed as the tools of mathematics, these skills are now recognized as necessary to abilities across the curriculum.

Higher order thinking skills are now recognized as important for those who will enter the twenty-first century work force. Preparing young learners for their future requires that teachers employ a great deal of inventiveness and creativity in designing lessons that meet the dual challenge of providing the basics as in reading, language arts, and mathematics, and developing the ability to reason.

This unit uses detective fiction to address both of these challenges, and the activities that lie here are designed to draw the learner along a path that moves him from the simple skills, such as recalling information, to the more difficult area of creative thinking. Activities may be modified, simplified, lengthened, or deleted to meet the needs of the intellectual diversity found in most classrooms.

For this unit I have chosen three separate series of children’s detective fiction. The easiest to read are the Private Eyes club mysteries, written and illustrated by Crosby Bonsall. This series centers on the activities of four neighborhood boys who along with their cat Mildred keep the area they live in free of crime. Each title is centered on one issue and the list of titles is expanding. The reading levels range from about 1.6 to 2.0 and the print is large and well organized on the page. Snitch, Wizard, Skinny, and Tubby are funny and engaging, and are represented in lively color illustrations. The only issue that could be a problem is that the private eyes are all boys. However, girls are well represented among the peripheral (次要的) peer group.

1.What can we know from the above passage?

A. Children have different abilities.

B. Reading for information needs more skills.

C. Reasoning is higher than reading and writing in school.

D. Mathematics is the most difficult in school.

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. Basic reading skills.

B. Ways of thinking.

C. Who wrote the detective fiction.

D. How much to pay for the course.

3.What is the chosen series of fiction mainly about?

A. How some brave boys find their cats.

B. How some brave children help find the lost cat.

C. How people help the boys solve the crime.

D. How some brave boys fight against crime.

4.What will mostly likely be presented after this passage?

A. The Private Eyes club mysteries.

B. Other ways to interest the readers.

C. How girls can keep on reading the stories.

D. Where to buy these interesting stories.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年河北承德第八中學(xué)高二上第一次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達

寫作

金錢不是萬能的，但沒有錢是萬萬不能的。請根據(jù)以下提示，寫一篇100詞左右的英語短文來表達你的金錢觀。

1. 你如何看待金錢？

2. 假如你有100萬美元，你會如何處理，并給出你的理由。

注意：可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年河北承德第八中學(xué)高二上第二次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.

But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker.. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature , he often said ,is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then , he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.

Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.

Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “ Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.

1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Edison invented the electric light.

B. Many other people have changed Edison’s life.

C. Edison has changed the life of many other people.

D. Few men in history can change other people’s life.

2.Edison thought .

A. he could be happy if he was a genius

B. genius plays the most important part in one’s success

C. hard work could do better than genius

D. genius could do better than hard work

3.Edison was .

A. very much interested in nature

B. interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C. interested in changing people’s ideas

D. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature

4.In Edison’s opinion, .

A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help

B. people’s success lies mostly in genius

C. hard work is the second important thing in making people successful

D. there are few secrets for him to discover later

5.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies .

A. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

B. Edison made 100 inventions in his life

C. Edison was able to live and work for 100 years

D. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年江西省高二上學(xué)期期中英語試卷（解析版） 題型：語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容（≤3個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And 1. you pay for it, you say: this cost 2. an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by 3. (say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation 4. (see) if we can find out what this means.

A: Did you buy that new computer?

B: Yeah, I did. But I 5. (buy) it.

A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?

B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I 6. (expect) it to be.

A: 7. did you pay for it?

B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.

When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that 8. price is very, very high, much 9. (high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n) 10. phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年重慶市高三上學(xué)期第一次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空

It is normal to feel that you don’t know what to say to someone who has cancer．You may have or close relationship with the person．The most important thing you can do is to acknowledge the situation．You can show interest and concern, you can express , or you can offer support．

While it is good to be encouraging, it is also important to show optimism or to tell the person with cancer to always have a attitude．It is widely considered that doing these things may their fears, concerns, or sad feelings．

Humor can be an important way of coping．Let the person with cancer take the ．It is healthy if they find something funny about a side effect, like hair loss, and you can certainly join them in a good laugh．This can be a great way to stress．

When the person with cancer looks good, let them know! Hold back comments when their appearance isn’t as good, such as “You’re looking pale．” Cancer and its treatment can be very , so be prepared for good days and bad times．

Avoid telling the person with cancer stories about family members or friends who have had cancer．Everyone is different, and these stories may not be helpful． , it is better simply to tell them you know something about cancer because you’ve been through it with someone else．

1.A． long B． strange C． clear D． distant

2.A． joy B． sorrow C． encouragement D． unhappiness

3.A． sensitive B． objective C． negative D． positive

4.A． increase B． reduce C． form D． delay

5.A． charge B． lead C． responsibility D． action

6.A． stop B． reflect C． relieve D． get

7.A． unpredictable B． flexible C． unforgettable D． acceptable

8.A． Otherwise B． Specially C． However D． Therefore

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案