No other band has had the same influence in the world as the Beatles. Over eight years and with more than a dozen albums (專輯)，four young men from Liverpool, England — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star changed popular music and culture forever.
People in the UK became crazy about the Beatles in late 1963. The phenomenon (現(xiàn)象) was called “Beatlemania” by the British press. The term referred to the young women seen screaming at the band’s concerts. Beatlemania came to North America in early 1964, and the band’s popularity spread across much of the world.
Within five years, the Beatles’music changed greatly from their simple early hits like “She Loves You” and “I want to Hold Your Hand”.
The band wrote their own songs, explored new ways to create music and strived (奮斗)for high quality in every album they put out.
However, with their popularity came criticism (批評). The press criticized the band as symbols of 1960s youth culture, which celebrated freedom from traditional family roles.
In 1970, Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the Beatles. And the group quietly came to an end.
In the 70s, fans hoped for a reunion, but the group decided to follow their own careers with different degrees of success.
Fans lost hope with a tragedy; John Lennon was murdered in New York in 1980.
1. How long did the Beatles exist?
A. Five years. B. Six years.
C. Eight years. D. Thirteen years.
2. The underlined word “press” means _______.
A. young women of a country
B. young fans of a singer or film star
C. a business that prints and sometimes also sells books
D. reports in newspapers and on radio and television
3. For what reason were the Beatles criticized？
A. Because their own songs were not popular.
B. Because they influenced the youth culture.
C. Because of their own families.
D. Because of their roles in the band.
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Beatles changed the face of music B. John Lennon’s death
C. John Lennon and his band D. The break-up of the Beatles
科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：014
— Are you free now?
— Sorry, I'm busy now, ask me about that ______ time.
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A. no other B. the other C. some other D. other
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Most of the news in the newspapers is bad but sometimes there is a story with good news. This is one of those stories. Millions of people around the world suffer from AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other serious diseases. There are medicines to treat these diseases but for people in poor countries, these medicines are too expensive to buy. When a pharmaceutical（制藥的）company produces a new medicine, they receive a special license called a patent. This license means that the new medicine or drug is protected for a period of 20 years. The company that produced the drug can fix the price of the drug and no other company is allowed to produce the same drug or a copy of the drug for 20 years. At the moment, these patents operate all over the world, both in rich countries and in poor countries. The drugs companies say that they need patents so that they can get the money to pay for research to find new drugs and medicines. In rich countries people usually have enough money to pay for these drugs but in poor countries people can’t afford to buy them and cannot treat diseases like AIDS and malaria.
Last month, however, a group of experts published a report which says that patents are very bad for poor countries. The report says that drug companies do not want to find new medicines for diseases of poor people in poor countries. It says that poor countries should be allowed to buy cheap drugs without patents from other countries.
The authors of the report were lawyers, scientists and a senior director from the drug company Pfizer. Of course, the pharmaceuticals industry doesn’t agree with the report, “We need patents so that we can develop new medicines to fight disease both in the developed and developing world,” said a spokesman. But the report is the first sign that there might be a change in the patent system. This change could save millions of lives in the world’s poorest countries. This really is good news.
Why are medicines expensive for people in poor countries?
A. They are protected by patents. B. They are produced in rich countries.
C. They are imported. D. They can cure the deadly diseases.
What does the underlined word “patent” in Para1 mean in Chinese?
A. 執(zhí)照 B. 專利權(quán) C. 專利品 D. 商標(biāo)
Why do drugs companies need patents?
A. To sell drugs in rich countries.
B. To sell drugs in poor countries.
C. To get money to produce new drugs.
D. To compete with other companies.
What does the report say?
A. Poor countries should spend more money on drugs.
B. Poor countries shouldn’t obey a pharmaceutical patent.
C. Poor countries should import drugs.
D. Poor countries should be allowed to make copies of drugs.
What might happen if the patent system is changed?
A. Millions of lives will be saved in poor countries.
B. Drugs companies will stop producing drugs.
C. Drug companies will make more money.
D. The competition will be canceled.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年浙江嘉興第一中學(xué)高三適應(yīng)性考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Looking for a new weight loss plan? Try living on top of a mountain. Mountain air contains less oxygen than air at lower altitudes, so breathing it causes the heart to beat faster and the body to burn more energy. A handful of studies have found that athletes training at high altitudes tend to lose weight. Doctor Florian Lippl of the University Hospital Of Ludwig-Maximilians-university Munich wondered how the mountain air would affect overweight individuals if they weren’t doing any more physical activity than usual.
Lippl and his colleagues invited 20 overweight men to an environmental research station about 300 meters below the summit of Zugspitze, a mountain around 2,970 meters near the Austrian border. They were allowed to eat as much as they liked. The men also gave blood so that researchers could test for hormones linked to appetite and fatness. At the end of the week, the men, whose mean weight starting out was 105kg, had lost on average about l.5kg. The men’s blood pressure also dropped, which the researchers believed was due to weight lost.
Exactly what caused the weight loss is uncertain. Loss of appetite is common at higher altitudes, and indeed the men ate significantly less than usual—about 700 calories fewer per day. Lippl also notes that because their consumption was being recorded, they may have been more self-conscious about what they ate. Regardless, eating less accounts for just l kg of the l.5 kg lost, says Lippl. He thinks the increased metabolic (新陳代謝的) rate, which was measured, also contributed to weight loss but cannot separate the different effects with the given data.
Appetite loss at high altitudes could certainly be key, notes Damian Bailey, a physiologist at the University of Glamorgan, UK, who recently lost 11 kg during a 3-month expedition to the Andes in Chile.
Unfortunately, for the average person there is no treatment that can resemble living at high altitude, says Lippl. The only alternative is hypobaric chamber, which exposes subjects to low oxygen and isn’t practical as a treatment. He says, half- jokingly, “If fat people plan their holidays, they might not go to the sea, but maybe to the mountain.”
1.What contributes the most to one’s heart rates according to the first paragraph?
A．our bodyweight B．the consumption of energy
C．the rates of our breathing D．the amount of oxygen provided
2.Hormones are tested in the research because they can affect ______.
A．one’s bodyweight B．one’s blood pressure
C．one’s way of living D．one’s metabolic rate
3.What was found about the 20 overweight men in the process of the research?
A．They controlled what to eat self-consciously.
B．They took in much fewer calories than usual.
C．They lost appetite because of lack of physical activity.
D．They were provided with a healthier diet than before.
4.Why does Damian Bailey agree with the idea of appetite loss at high altitudes?
A．He experimented with the new weight loss plan in the Andes.
B．He found no other reasons for his loss of weight in the Andes.
C．He researched the related subject in the Andes.
D．He lost much weight in the high altitude Andes.
5.In what manner does Lippl talk about the way of losing weight by spending holidays on mountains?
A．casual B．inaccurate C．uncertain D．confident
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Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She felt 1 as no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.
But everything 2 on National Friendship Day. On that day in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. Fiona 3 the task of choosing three from all the dozens of her friends. However, she was the only one in her class who did not 4 a present! She felt terrible, and spent hours 5 . Everyone came and comforted her for a while.But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.This was 6 what Fiona had done so many times to others.
She 7 that she was a good companion and acquaintance (泛泛之交), but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried to be close to everyone, but now she found that was not enough to create 8 friendships.
When she got home that night, Fiona told her mother about the whole thing. Her mother said, "You can't be a close friend to everybody.It's only 9 to have a few true friends.The others will just be playmates or acquaintances.”
Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her way so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in 10 , she thought about what she could do to get them. She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to 11 her, she put up with all of Fiona's dislikes and 12 , she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal ... That was what makes a 13 ！
And Fiona 14 , realizing that she already had the best friend that anyone could 15 .She fell asleep and had a good dream.
1. A．tired B．lucky C．strange D．surprised
2. A．mattered B．developed C．changed D．a(chǎn)ppeared
3. A．enjoyed B．improved C．failed D．ruined
4. A．receive B．show C．complete D．make
5. A．remaking B．thinking C．crying D．checking
6. A．especially B．gradually C．briefly D．exactly
7. A．forgot B．realized C．doubted D．complained
8. A．new B．true C．long D．smart
9. A．possible B．fair C．important D．natural
10. A．chair B．bed C．school D．table
11. A．correct B．follow C．help D．find
12. A．dreams B．ideas C．stories D．problems
13. A．playmate B．parent C．friend D．mother
14. A．smiled B．suffered C．screamed D．hesitated(猶豫)
15. A．compare B．protect C．remember D．want
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年貴州省高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完型填空
On April 11 Lincoln, Mrs Lincoln and two friends were spending night in talk, when Lincoln suddenly began to discuss his dreams. “I had one the other night. About 10 days ago I went to bed very 36 . I had been up 37 for important letters from the White House for a long time. I could not have been 38 in bed when I fell into sleep. I soon began to 39 . There seemed to be a dead silence about me. Then I heard sobs(抽泣)， 40 a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and 41 downstairs. There the silence was broken by some pitiful(令人可憐的) sobbing, but the mourners(送葬者)were 42 .I went from room to room, no living person was in sight; but the same mournful sounds of distress(悲痛) met me as I 43 along. It was light in all the rooms; 44 was well known to me，but 45 were all the people who were sobbing as if their hearts would 46 ? I was puzzled and frightened. What could be the 47 of all this? I kept on walking until I arrived at the East Room, which I 48 . Before me was a dead body. Around it were soldiers who were acting as 49 ; there were some people 50 pitifully. ‘‘Who is dead in the White House?” I asked.
“The president，” was the answer.
“It’s 51 !”I said to myself and was surprised. How did he die?”
“He was killed by an assassinator (暗殺者)!” was the answer.
“ 52 came a loud burst of crying from the crowd，which woke me from my dream. I slept 53 that night, and although it was 54 a dream I have been rather angry about it 55 .”
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