The first newspaper were handwritten sheets which were posted in pubic places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rom in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved(雕刻的) wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens. Europe didn’t have a regularly(定期的) published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The fist regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant, which didn’t appear until March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But the local(當(dāng)?shù)氐? government soon stopped its publication. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston News-letter, the first newspaper to be published daily in America. By 1760, the whole America had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation(發(fā)行量) in the world. The largest circulation for a newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which sells over eleven million copies every day.
1.The first English newspaper printed and sold every day appeared _________.
A. in 1620
B. at the beginning of the 18 th century.
C. at the end of the 17 th century
D. in 1609
2.As suggested by the article, which of the following newspapers have the largest umber of readers in the world?
A. Italian language newspapers.
B. German language newspapers.
C. English language newspapers.
D. Japanese language newspapers.
3.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?
A. The World’s First Newspaper.
B. The First Daily Newspaper in American.
C. History of Newspaper.
D. A Remarkable Man-Benjamin Harris.
科目:高中英語 來源:2016屆山西省高三上學(xué)期期中考前檢測英語試卷(解析版) 題型:七選五
Many students have to live with roommates while going to school or university.Having a roommate can be one of the best experiences,or easily one of the worst.1.
Follow these five tips to avoid the common mistakes that make good roommate relationships worse.
Talk things out.2. If something happens,sit down with your roommates and have a face-to-face conversation.Complaining about your roommates behind their backs creates nothing but awkward situations and general unhappiness.
3. Some roommates become the best of friends,and some don’t.Don’t put pressure on yourself or your roommate to reach this level,especially when you first meet.Remember,you are trying to make a new friend,not scare your roommate away.And if your roommate doesn’t end up being your best friend,there is no need to worry about it.
Clean up after yourself.Or at least,keep your mess on your side.4. But being considerate with where you put your own stuff will help you avoid the arguments.
Ask before you take.This applies to food,clothes,supplies and anything else that you don’t own.5. Even if you both agree to share everything you should still ask.
A. Don’t expect to be best friends.
B. Communication is of vital importance.
C. You don’t need to keep the room clean and organized all the time.
D. Rooms can be really easy for a mess to pile up.
E.If you want to have a good relationship with your roommate,it all starts with you.
F.Not all roommates can become your best friends.
G.Show your roommate that you have respect for his or her belongings.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2015-2016學(xué)年山東壽光現(xiàn)代中學(xué)高二10月月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完形填空
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,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
One day I was taking a bus. The driver didn't to start the bus soon because it was not yet .A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story , not to anyone particular. On her way to the station, half of her was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked .
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor(售票員;列車員) began to collect the fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he that he had spent all his money as he accidentally got on a wrong bus and now was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor's side and repeated the conductor's .
The woman was watching the incident. the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered(干涉,介入,干預(yù)).
“Stop him! Can't you see he's only trying to get home”
“He doesn't have any money!” the driver .
“Well, that's no to throw him off the bus.” She insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here's his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a time.
All heads turned to the woman. “It's only money,” she shrugged(聳肩).
She rode the rest of her way home a happy smile, with the money she'd lost earlier .
On the road of life, the help of strangers can our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
1.A. try B. intend C. decide D. care
2.A. empty B. ready C. crowded D. full
3.A. carefully B. seriously C. tearfully D. calmly
4.A. money B. possession C. fare D. wealth
5.A. strangely B. happily C. fortunately D. secretly
6.A. unsatisfied B. weak C. excited D. unhappy
7.A. explained B. declared C. admitted D. found
8.A. get off B. get over C. get on D. get into
9.A. thanked B. scolded C. praised D. begged
10.A. command B. action C. suggestion D. request
11.A. Unless B. When C. Until D. Although
12.A. attacking B. wronging C. blaming D. bothering
13.A. warned B. whispered C. repeated D. shouted
14.A. problem B. need C. reason D. matter
15.A. spending B. lost C. remaining D. borrowed
16.A. busy B. hard C. cold D. fearful
17.A. giving B. taking C. wearing D. forcing
18.A. forgotten B. used C. earned D. returned
19.A. move B. increase C. lighten D. carry
20.A. world B. journey C. smile D. friendship
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科目:高中英語 來源:2015-2016學(xué)年安徽銅陵第一中學(xué)高一上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完形填空
完形填空,閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。
My parents were a team, as if they were one person. Sure, they ___ __, but undoubtedly any ___ ___ would be solved. They began their married life ___ ___, but they worked hard and, ___ ___ the years built a very successful business .They had strengths and weaknesses, but so ___ ___ as they worked together, you never saw weaknesses, just strengths.
The biggest __ ___about love and marriage my parents taught us kids was how to talk “about” your partner. Have you ever heard husbands and wives make __ ___ remarks(評論) about their partners? It’s one those things people just seem to do. Sure, they are “only kidding” or maybe they are not. But words ___ ___. And words teach, whether positively or negatively. Dad always speaks of mom in positive words, ___ __ does she of him.
One day we were getting carpet fixed. The crew boss said, “Women will really spend your money, won’t they?” Dad __ ___, “Well, they were right there with you before you had any money, it’s a ___ __ to do anything for them you possibly can.” This wasn’t the answer the boss expected to hear. The crew boss __ ___ one more time, “And they’ll take that as far as they can, huh?” Dad responded again, “She’s the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’ll do anything to make her happy.”
I tried not to ___ __. I knew he wanted Dad to ___ __ just a little bit and say, “Yeah, I guess that’s true.” But it wouldn’t happen... not in a million years!
My parents are retired and still enjoying their life together, just __ __ out, reading, shopping. Throughout the years, __ ___ Mom would remind me I should be __ __ for someone to get married to, I’d say, “Ma, I have plenty of time.” She’d ___ ___ reply “I don’t have ‘that’ much time”. Dad would then look at me and say, “Hey, you ___ ___ all the time you need. If you marry someone just __ ___ the woman your mother is, you’ll have a great life.”
1.A. foughtB. arguedC. shoutedD. agreed
2.A. opinionsB. worriesC. disagreementsD. ways
3.A. poorB. richC. happyD. young
4.A. afterB. forC. duringD. over
5.A. longB. farC. goodD. well
6.A. lessonB. experienceC. memoryD. impression
7.A. unnecessaryB. unkindC. unlikelyD. unsuitable
8.A. helpB. treatC. matterD. work
9.A. soB. itC. suchD. as
10.A. talkedB. listenedC. liedD. responded
11.A. pityB. shameC. pleasureD. chance
12.A. saidB. triedC. askedD. questioned
13.A. shoutB. cryC. forgetD. laugh
14.A. give upB. give awayC. give inD. give out
15.A. stayingB. hangingC. settingD. running
16.A. ifB. thoughC. wheneverD. however
17.A. thinkingB. desiringC. designingD. looking
18.A. seriouslyB. jokinglyC. angrilyD. happily
19.A. takeB. haveC. spendD. waste
20.A. whatB. likeC. neverD. half
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根據(jù)下面短文內(nèi)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。
The Mississippi
The Mississippi is a great river whose relationship with man goes way back beyond its discovery in the 16th century. The River Indians used it as a highway and as a source of food, and it was they who gave it its name —— “misi” meaning “great” and “sipi” meaning “water”. When the length of its branch, the Missouri, is added to it, the Mississippi becomes greater. 1. . From the source of the Missouri to the tip of the delta (三角洲), it is 2, 480 miles long.
Great rivers are likely to suffer floods. In 1927 the Mississippi flooded 26 thousand acres, sweeping away farms, towns, everything in its path. In 1938 its floods drowned or killed 200 people and made millions homeless. Today the river has largely been controlled. 2. .
Industries have spread down some of the waterways of the delta, but otherwise the delta is a remote place, the homeland of a little colony of French Canadians that the British drove out of Nova Scotia in the 18th century. They still speak French, mixed with English, Indian, Spanish and Negro idioms. They keep to themselves, fanning the rich soil of the delta. 3. __.
4. . Pioneers who first reached its banks wondered not only where it went, but what lay beyond. In 1764 the French founded a city on the right bank of the river, and named it after their king, Louis XV. This city, named St. Louis, became the jumping-off place for the adventurous men and women who opened up the Great Plains, and the way to the Far West.
Some 40 years earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, the French had founded another city just above the Mississippi delta, New Orleans. 5. . New Orleans is one of the great ports of the world, and one of the greatest terminals for both sea and river traffic.
A. It was the Mississippi that made the city what it is
B. Levees, high banks built of earth, hold back the flood waters
C. Therefore, as we know, it’s the third longest river in the world
D. It is known that the “Great Water” has also been a frontier river
E. However, they paddled up and down the Mississippi in their boats to seek their fortune
F. The “Great Water” always remains a thread (分界線), for the streets of the city are below the level of the river
G. They call themselves Cajuns, who have actually been leading fairly primitive lives and preserving their own traditions
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科目:高中英語 來源:2016屆江西省、九江一中高三上學(xué)期期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:短文改錯
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文, 請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線( \ )劃掉。
修改:在錯詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。
Last weekend,I helped my grandparents with their trip to the Dalian.On Saturday morning,together with my grandparents,I search the Internet for the train schedule,the weather in Dalian,and some hotel informations.In the afternoon,they went to the train station and managed to buy two tickets for my grandparents although there had a long queue.After dinner,I packed the things into the suitcase,what my grandparents would need,such as clothes,glasses,an umbrella,a map.The next morning,I went to the station to show them off.Waved goodbye to them on the platform,I felt happily for them and wished them a safe journey.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2016屆遼寧沈陽市四校協(xié)作體高三上期中英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完形填空
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Ten-year-old Cara Turner loves the giant saltwater pond on her grandparents’ farm. When her grandfather Tom Turner bought the land 15 years earlier, he stocked the pond with fishes._____ in winter, Tom _____ regularly visit the 5.5-acre pond to feed the fishes. One afternoon, _____ the sun melted toward the horizon, Tom _____ to head home from the pond. _____, he was unable to put one foot in front of the other and then ____ backward into the pond’s deep water. When he didn’t _____immediately, Cara jumped in. It was too deep to touch the _____. With one hand, Cara grabbed the bank. With the other, she _____ for her grandfather.
Tom had _____ a stroke(中風(fēng))the year before. Now Cara wondered if he had _____again. She grabbed her grandfather’s head, pulled his face out of the water and then pulled him up onto the solid ground. The winter sun almost disappeared, and they were both shaking _____ the coldness. Cara knew she would have to get Tom to _____first, a quarter mile away. But sixty feet from the car, Tom fell. From there, he crawled(爬), _____ himself under a gate, to the car. Caro helped him into the passenger’s side and then got into the driver’s seat. “I used to sit on my dad’s lap and watch him_____,” said Cara. Although she felt _____, she pushed on the gas and drove toward the nearest hospital _____her grandmother Esca was to meet them.
Tom spent six days _____ in the hospital from a stroke. Since the accident, he has _____going to the pond alone. “If Cara hadn’t helped, she might not have a grandpa _____,” said Esca.
1.A. Even B. If C. Thus D. But
2.A. should B. could C. might D. would
3.A. because B. though C. as D. since
4.A. turned over B. turned back C. turned up D. turned out
5.A. Once in a while B. As a result C. By all means D. All of a sudden
6.A. fell B. jumped C. rolled D. dived
7.A. hurt B. surface C. wake D. sink
8.A. bottom B. bank C. water D. pond
9.A. waited B. cared C. reached D. looked
10.A. felt B. seen C. stood D. suffered
11.A. that B. one C. everything D. something
12.A. from B. to C. of D. through
13.A. the farm B. the gate C. the car D. the house
14.A. devoting B. rushing C. carrying D. dragging
15.A. drive B. sing C. dance D. play
16.A. relaxed B. nervous C. satisfied D. embarrassed
17.A. when B. which C. where D. that
18.A. recovering B. treating C. struggling D. experiencing
19.A. continued B. agreed C. managed D. stopped
20.A. after all B. any more C. at least D. any better
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科目:高中英語 來源:2016屆安徽四校高三12月聯(lián)考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
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。
A young businessman was traveling down a narrow street, driving a bit too fast in his new Benz. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and ________ when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick smashed into the Benz’s side door. He slammed on the brakes and ________ the Benz back to the spot from ________ the brick had been thrown.
He jumped out of the car, ________ some kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting “What was that all about and who are you? Just what on earth are you doing?” ________ a head of steam, he went on “That’s a new car and that brick you threw is gonna cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?” “Please, mister, please, I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do!” pleaded the youngster.
“It’s my brother,” he said. “He rolled ________ the stairs and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t ________ him up.”
________, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the ________ swelling lump in his ________ . He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the ________ , checking ________ that everything was going to be okay.
“Thank you, sir. And God bless you,” the ________ child said to him. The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to his Benz...a long, ________ walk. He never did ________ the side door. He kept the damage to remind him not to ________life so fast that someone has to ________ a brick at you to get your attention.
Life whispers in your soul and ________ to your heart. Sometimes, when you don’t have the time to listen...Life throws a brick at your head.
It’s your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul ________ wait for the brick!
Do you sometimes ignore loved ones because your life is too fast and busy ________ them to wonder whether you really love them?
1.A. sped up B. went out C. slowed down D. pulled back
2.A. spun B. drag C. push D. stretch
3.A. where B. which C. that D. there
4.A. grasped B. got C. arrested D. grabbed
5.A. Rising up B. Opening up C. Building up D. Giving up
6.A. away B. out C. over D. off
7.A. catch B. lift C. seize D. carry
8.A. talking B. shouting C. sobbing D. crying
9.A. abruptly B. roughly C. absolutely D. rapidly
10.A. throat B. heart C. spirit D. tongue
11.A. blood and sweat B. scrapes and cuts C. black and white D. neck and neck
12.A. to see B. to be seen C. to have seen D. to be seeing
13.A. graceful B. grated C. grateful D. gratitude
14.A. slipped B. slow C. steep D. slim
15.A. require B. request C. repair D. recommend
16.A. go after B. go about C. go over D. go through
17.A. kick B. throw C. strike D. beat
18.A. tells B. speaks C. conveys D. says
19.A. or B. but C. and D. for
20.A. ensuring B. letting C. making D. Leaving
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When the news came that China’s football team ranked ________ 2nd and qualified itself for ________ 2nd round, we all jumped up with excitement.
A. the; the B. the; a C. /; the D. a; /
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