In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.

1. Bill Gates

Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people. Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.

2. Steve Jobs

The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.

3. Frank Lloyd Wright

As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

1.What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?

   A. Hardworking students.

B. Very successful students.

   C. Students failing to finish their school education.

D. Students from poor families.

2.Which of the following is right according to Paragraph One?

   A. People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs.

   B. Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education.

   C. If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day.

   D. We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps.

3.According to the writer, Bill Gates _________.

   A. is richer than any other man in the world

B. is well-known in Harvard University 

C. finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree

   D. is the only founder of Microsoft

4.Which of the following statements can’t be learned from the last two paragraphs?

A. The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it.

B. Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help.

C. Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist.

D. Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

5.What does the author want to tell us in this passage?

A. Successful people often have unordinary life experience.

B. College education is not so important to one’s success.

C. People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education.

D. Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析:

1.推理題,由第一段倒數(shù)第三行we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education.可以推出答案,故選C。

2.推理題,由第一段第一句In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others.可以推出答案,所以選A。

3.推理題,由第二段第一句Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,”可以知道答案,所以選B

4.細節(jié)題,由第三段第一句The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school.可以知道答案,所以選B

5.推理題,由本文提到的那三個人物:Bill Gates、Steve Jobs、Frank Lloyd Wright所描寫的內(nèi)容,可以知道答案,所以選D

考點:本篇是一篇說明文

點評:本文說明了沒有大學畢業(yè),通過自己的努力也能成功。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點。

                             B

【題文】Breathe, wave and smile. Along with more than 300 other seniors, I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10. The audience burst into deafening cheers. The huge stadium shook with all the whistling and clapping.

It was as if a Hollywood superstar had walked on stage. And indeed, every single senior that day was a star of the moment. Each deserved it. The seniors had been preparing for four years for this once-in-a-lifetime moment—the commencement.

Seated, I waited anxiously for the opening address. As a foreign exchange student, I was not able to receive a diploma. However, I still had the wonderful feeling of being part of things. Like the other graduates, I was dressed in marron(紫褐色)cap and gown(方帽長袍).

Our principal, Mr. Glover, delivered a short, warm greeting. The US national anthem followed and then, hands on chests, a solemn Pledge of Allegiance(對美國的效忠宣誓).

Students who had excelled academically gave farewell speeches. The tears in some eyes convinced me that many had deep feelings about the occasion. It was as the class motto says, “Life brings us tears, smiles and memories. The tears dry; the smiles fade; but the memories last forever.”

Then came the core (核心) of the commencement. Hundreds of names were announced. Each graduate walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma from the principal. From the different cheers each graduate got, we had the funny sense that it was a kind of competition of who could cheer the loudest.

To be honest, the presentation of diplomas got boring. A girl sitting next to me even started yawning. But it wasn’t boring for those receiving the diploma: they would treasure the moment the principal placed the sacred brown document in their hands for the rest of their lives.

A new page in the book of that person’s life had turned. They were glimpsing(開始領(lǐng)悟) their futures: futures of challenge, hardship, perhaps loneliness too, which would take all of their courage.

6.What’s the article mainly about?

A. An American graduation ceremony.

B. The opening ceremony of a sports meeting.

C. A presentation of college diplomas.                           

D. A US college’s farewell party.

7.According to the text, which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?

A. Hollywood superstars went to attend the ceremony.

B. Every single senior became a superstar at the ceremony.

C. When each graduate got his or her diploma, there were cheers.     

D. All graduates would treasure the diploma for the rest of their lives.

8.The right order of the following events is________.

a. Diplomas were presented to graduates.        

b . Students gave farewell speeches.

c . The US national anthem was played.            

d. The principal gave a short, warm speech.

e. Seniors went into the stadium.

A. b-c-a-d-e             B. b-d-c-e-a        

C. e-d-b-a-c            D. e-d-c-b-a

9.From the text, we can infer that_______.

A. foreign exchange students could get a diploma          

B. a diploma guarantees a bright future

C. the ceremony symbolizes the beginning of a new stage in life

D. everyone felt excited at the presentation of the diploma

10.We know from the text that the author _________.

   A. felt lost about the future

 B. was actually one of the graduates

   C. received her diploma on May 10    

D. felt it boring to be at the presentation ceremony

【答案】

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

【解析】

試題分析:

16.推理題,由本文的主要意思“美國的大學畢業(yè)生舉辦畢業(yè)典禮”可以知道答案,故選A。

17.細節(jié)題。由倒數(shù)第三段第二行Each graduate walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma from the principal. From the different cheers each graduate got,可以知道答案,所以選C。

18.細節(jié)題,由第一段第一行I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10可以知道首先是e;由第四段Our principal, Mr. Glover, delivered a short, warm greeting. The US national anthem followed and then可以知道d在前c在后;由第五段第一行Students who had excelled academically gave farewell speeches可以知道b,所以選D

19.推理題,由最后一段第一句A new page in the book of that person’s life had turned. They were glimpsing(開始領(lǐng)悟) their futures可以推出答案,所以選C

20.細節(jié)題,由第一段第一行I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10.可以知道答案,所以選B

考點:本篇是一篇記敘文

點評:本文記敘了美國大學畢業(yè)生舉行畢業(yè)典禮的熱鬧場面,對于文章中的細節(jié)題,要注意文章中的細節(jié)的理解。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點。                               

C

【題文】“What is the most important thing you’ve done in your life?” The question was put to me during a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers.

The answer came to me in an instant. It’s not the one I gave, because the situation was not right. As a lawyer in the entertainment industry, I knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known people, but here’s the true answer:

The most important thing I’ve ever done occurred on October 8,1990. I began the day playing tennis with an old friend I hadn’t seen for a while. Between points we talked about what had been happening in each other’s lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.

     While we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. It was my friend’s father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. In a flash my friend was in the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust.

     For a moment I just stood there, paralyzed(呆若木雞). Then I tried to figure out what I should do. Follow my friend to the hospital? There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend’s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome. Be there for moral support? Well, maybe. But my friend and his wife both had large families, and I knew they’d be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. All I could do at the hospital, I decided, was to get in the way. Also, I had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. So I decided to head back to my house and check in my friend later.

     As I started my car, I realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. I now faced another problem. I couldn’t leave the keys in the truck. So I decided to go to the hospital and give him the keys.

     When I arrived, I was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. As I had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. I went in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. Soon a doctor appeared. He approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died.

     For a long time the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained silence. After they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they spend a few moments with their son.

     My friend and his wife stood up and walked past their families. When they reached the door, my friend saw me standing in the corner. He came over and hugged me and started to cry. My friend’s wife hugged me, too, and said , “Thanks for being here.”

     For the rest of that morning, I sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say goodbye.

     It’s the most important thing I have ever done. The experience taught me two lessons.

     First: The most important thing I’ve ever done happened when I was completely helpless. None of the things I had learned in university, in three years of law school or in six years of legal practice were of any use in that situation. Something terrible was happening to people I cared about, and I was powerless to change the outcome. All I could do was standing by and watching it happen. And yet it was critical that I do just that--- just be there when someone needed me.

     Second: The most important thing I’ve done almost didn’t happen because of things I had learned in classroom and professional life. Law school taught me how to take a set of facts, break them down and organized them. These skills are critical for lawyers. When people come to us for help, they’re often stressed out and depend on a lawyer to think logically. But while learning to think, I almost forget how to feel. Today I have no doubt that I should have leapt into my car without hesitation and followed my friend to the hospital.

     From that one experience I learned that the most important thing in life isn’t the money you make, the status you attain or the honors you achieve. The most important thing in life is the kids’ team you coach or the poem you write----or the time when you’re just somebody’s friend.

21.When he was asked about the most important thing he had done in life at a presentation, the author _______.

A. felt it was not an interesting question        

B. thought for a while and spoke his mind

C. gave an answer from a lawyer’s point of view 

D. didn’t give the real answer

22.When he saw his friend rush to the hospital, the author could not decide whether to follow mainly because he thought _______.

A. he had to stay with his family              

B. his friend did not need his help.

C. he would not be of much help             

 D. the baby would be in the doctor’s care

23.What can we infer from the author’s description of the scene at the hospital?

A. He found out that he was in the way.

B. He would have felt guilty if he had not been there.

C. He regretted that he went too late.

D. His friend would have felt better if he had not been there.

24.Which of the following is conveyed in this story?

A. Family and relatives can not take the place of friends.

B. More people are a great comfort when one is in trouble.

C. It is best to be here when someone needs you.

D. You can certainly help a friend if you want to.

25.The author learned from his own experience that_______.

A. what is taught in school is usually of no use.  

B. a lawyer cannot learn much in classrooms

C. a lawyer should know people’s feeling first

D. he needs to be able to feel as well as think logically

【答案】

26.D

27.C

28.B

29.B

30.D

【解析】

試題分析:

31.細節(jié)題,由第二段第一行It’s not the one I gave, because the situation was not right.可以知道答案,故選D。

32.細節(jié)題,由第五段第二、三行There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend’s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome可以知道答案,所以選C。

33.推理題,由倒數(shù)第二段倒數(shù)第二行Today I have no doubt that I should have leapt into my car without hesitation and followed my friend to the hospital可以知道答案,所以選B

34.細節(jié)題,由倒數(shù)第三段最后一句just be there when someone needed me可以知道答案,所以選C

35.細節(jié)題,由倒數(shù)第二段倒數(shù)第三行But while learning to think, I almost forget how to feel.可以知道答案,所以選D

考點:本篇是一篇記敘文

點評:本文記敘了作者在面試時,被問到一個問題“你一生中最重要的事情是什么?”的故事。對于文章中的細節(jié)題,要注意文章中的細節(jié)的理解。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點。

第二節(jié): 【題文】閱讀下列材料, 并從所給的六個選項(A、B、C、D、E、F)中選出符合各小題要求的最佳選項并在答題紙上將該選項標號涂黑。選項中有一項是多余選項。

The people below traveled abroad. Read the following stories and decide what problem each traveler experienced while traveling.

1. _______ David got lost in an isolated place. To make matters worse, he had an accident and couldn’t walk freely. So he was in great need of timely help.

2. _______ Paul had to buy a hamburger and ate it in the park instead of eating his mother’s delicious chicken, with which he couldn’t go through the customs(海關(guān)).

3. _______ Ann was stopped at the customs because she was carrying drugs without a doctor’s prescription. How regretted she was not to have done that!

4. _______ Sally offended some of the people in the town she was visiting by wearing inappropriate clothes. She should have found out about local customs and followed them.

5. _______ Jack didn’t obtain a transit card when he changed planes at an airport, which made him very worried. There was no doubt that he was not allowed to get on board.

A  My mother was worried about me. She cooked me all my favourite dishes and put them into a box to take with me on my journey. But the customs officer inspected all the plant and animal products at the airport. Unfortunately it was illegal for me to bring into the country the kind of food my mother had given me and so it all had to be thrown away.

B  It was very hot so I put on some shorts and a T-shirt to go sightseeing. I hadn’t gone very far when I found everyone was looking at me, and they didn’t seem friendly to me. One woman even spat on me as I walked past. I decided to get off the crowded streets and so I turned down a small, quiet street.

C  During the four-day walking tour, I was amazed by mountain scenery and the ancient ruins we passed on our hike. On the last day, we arrived at the ruins of Machu Picchu in time to see the sunrise over the Andes. I spent the day visiting the ruins of that ancient Inca city before catching the train back to the capital city of the country.

D  When I got off the plane at the first airport, I saw someone handing out cards to some of the passengers, but I didn’t know what they were for, so I didn’t take one. When I tried to board the second plane they asked for my transit card, which I didn’t have. I was worried they were going to send me back to London.

E  I had been walking for about an hour when suddenly I slipped and fell down a riverbank. I hurt my ankle and couldn’t stand up. I didn’t know how I could get back to the village. I hadn’t told anyone where I was going, so no one would know where to look for me when they realized I was missing.

F  When I arrived at my destination, a customs officer at the airport looked in my bag and found the pills in a small box. He wanted to know what the pills were for and why they weren’t in their proper bottle with my name and the doctor’s name on it. I explained that the bottle had been too big and heavy. Then he wanted to know if I had a letter from my doctor explaining about the pills.

【答案】

36.E

37.A

38.F

39.B

40.D

【解析】

試題分析:

41.由后面的句子David got lost in an isolated place和he had an accident和E里I hurt my ankle and couldn’t stand up. I didn’t know how I could get back to the village.故選E。

42.由后面的句子Paul had to buy a hamburger and ate it in the park instead of eating his mother’s delicious chicken和A里Unfortunately it was illegal for me to bring into the country the kind of food my mother had given me and so it all had to be thrown away.所以選A。

43.由后面的句子she was carrying drugs without a doctor’s prescription.和F里a customs officer at the airport looked in my bag and found the pills in a small box. He wanted to know what the pills were for and why they weren’t in their proper bottle with my name and the doctor’s name on it.所以選F

44.由后面的句子She should have found out about local customs and followed them.和B里I put on some shorts and a T-shirt to go sightseeing. I hadn’t gone very far when I found everyone was looking at me,所以選B

45.由后面的句子ack didn’t obtain a transit card when he changed planes at an airport, which made him very worried和D里I saw someone handing out cards to some of the passengers, but I didn’t know what they were for, so I didn’t take one.所以選D

考點:考查綜合分析能力

點評:首先看原句,知道原句的意思,然后再看選項,知道每個選項的意思,根據(jù)原句意思和選項意思,選出正確答案

第三部分:寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分35分)

第一節(jié):短文改錯(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)

【題文】下面短文中有10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的地方增加.刪除或修改某個單詞。

   增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。

修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

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。

   例如:

      It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was

                                           the                             am

completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around

 

     8p.m. in Friday evening.

       on

My swimming experience is extreme interesting. There was a time when I swim like a rock. This went on till one day when I was fishing with a friend of mine at nearby pond. I slipped into one. Had my friend not come to my rescue, I would have been drowned. Ever since then, I had come to know the importance of learning to swim. I didn’t attend at any training class but learned it all by myself. Strange to say, I have difficult swimming at all now. Though the way I swim look awkward (笨拙的), at least it can keep me from floating. Thinking of this, I feel quite satisfying.

【答案】

46.extreme-extremely

47.swim-swam

48.在at后加a

49.one-it

50.had-have

51.去掉at

52.difficult-difficulty

53.look-looks

54.去掉from

55.satifying-satisfied

【解析】

試題分析:

56.因為后面有形容詞interesting,副詞修飾形容詞,所以是extremely

57.句子前面有was,時態(tài)是一般過去時,所以是swam

58.一個附近的池塘,表示泛指,所以用冠詞a

59.one表示同類事物,而it指前文所提到的事物,所以是it

60.由時間狀語Ever since then,可以知道時態(tài)是現(xiàn)在完成時,所以是have

61.attend意思“參加”,是個及物動詞,不加介詞

62.固定句型have difficulty (in) doing sth意思“做某事有困難”,所以是difficulty

63.因為主語是the way I swim,第三人稱單數(shù),因為一輔音字母k結(jié)尾,所以是looks

64.keep from意思“阻止”,與句子意思不符,keep doing sth意思“一直做某事”,所以是去掉from

65.satifying意思“令人滿意的”,satisfied意思“滿意的”,所以是satisfied

考點:考查學生對詞匯語法的掌握情況

點評:答題中注意句子中人稱和數(shù)是否一致,時態(tài)是否一致。各種詞性之間的區(qū)別以及一些常用句型,固定短語的應(yīng)用。一般的這類題型不會出現(xiàn)太復(fù)雜的單詞和句子,這類題型考察的就是我們的基礎(chǔ)知識。平時應(yīng)注重積累,熟記一些句型及慣用結(jié)構(gòu)。修改前先細讀短文,標出出錯的位置,改完以后還得細讀短文,看看改過后的短文是否語意通順,符合邏輯。

 

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第二節(jié)(共5小題,每小題2分,滿分10分)

       根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從下框的A~F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項。選項中有一項為多余項。

AGift giving proven to be valuable.

B.Memories from gift giving

C.Moments and events for gift giving

D.Various functions of gift giving

E.Gift giving as a wasteful practice

F.Gift giving as a two-way social activity

G.Gift Giving

61. _____________

       There are many occasions(場合) for giving gifts in modern industrialinzed societies;birthdays,naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries, New Year, It is common to give gifts on many of these celebrations in western cultures. In addition, special events, such as one’ s first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift fiving.

62._____________

       What is happening when we give gifts? Most important, we are exchanging gifts. If someone gives me a gift for my birthday, I know that I am usually expected to give one on his or her next birthday. A gift builds up or confirms a social oblingation(義務(wù)).

63.__________

       Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones. People say that a gift lets the recipient(接受者) know we are thinking of them, and that we want to make the person “feel special.”We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group. We give presents to say “I’m sorry.”Sometimes it is difficult for us to find a present that someone will like. Sometimes we give things that we like or would frrl comfortable with. In all these cases, the gifts are sending out messages-often very expressive ones.

64. ___________

       People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house.These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years:“I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,”the woman said,“because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we’ve had.”The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at here gifts in years to come and

65. _________

       Emotions(情感)like these suggest that a positive spirit still lies behind gift giving. They prove that the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was wrong to say that modern western gift giving is highly wasteful. Studies in Canada and elsewhere have also shown that this is not the case. Each gift is unique even if so many are given.The emotional benefit for those who exchange gifts is the very reason for the tradition to continue.

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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆山東省濟寧市高二12月質(zhì)檢英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解

Just as the English language has changed quickly in the previous century, so has the use of it.

After the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1927, the particular style of speech of the BBC announcers was recognized as standard English or Received Pronunciation (RP) English. Now, most people still consider that the pronunciation and delivery of BBC announcers is the clearest and most understandable spoken English.

English has had a strong relationship with classes and social positions. However, since the Second World War there has been a clear change of attitude towards speech snobbery(自我優(yōu)越感), and marks of class distinction(區(qū)別) such as styles of speech have been gradually diminishing, especially in the younger generation.

By the end of the 1960s, it had become clear that it was not necessary to speak standard English or even correct grammar to become popular, successful and rich. The fashionable speech of the day was no longer the special right of a special class but rather a defiant(反抗的) expression of classlessness.

The greatest single influence of the shaping of the English language in modern times is the American English. Over the last 25 years the English used by many people, particularly by those in the media, advertising and show business, has become more and more mid-Atlantic in style, delivery and accent.

In the 1970s, fashion favored careless pronunciation and a language full of jargon, slang and “in” words, a great quantity of which couldn’t be understood by the outside world. What is considered modern and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools and colleges.

1.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The use of the English language has not changed much in the previous century.

B.BBC announcers speak standard English.

C.English has no relationship with classes and social positions now.

D.Young people don’t like class distinction.

2.What does the author imply by saying “there has been a clear change of attitude towards speech snobbery”?

A.Everyone speaks English as the BBC announcers do.

B.There has been a great change of attitudes towards the status of English.

C.Most people don’t believe the way of speaking by BBC announcers is much better than that of other people.

D.It is necessary to speak standard English with correct grammar.

3.According to the author, there was a trend in the US for young people ________.

A.to speak standard English

B.to speak English with grammatical mistakes

C.to speak old English

D.to speak English without class distinction

4.It can be concluded from the passage that________.

A.standard English is taught only in schools and colleges

B.there has been a great change in the English language in the previous century

C.the English language has not been influenced by the American English in the last 25 years

D.young people are defiant because they refuse to speak standard English

 

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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆黑龍江龍東地區(qū)高一下學期教學聯(lián)合體期末英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解

Recently, a  professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called MoneyandtheMeaningofLife. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day­to­day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.

He says that our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you have a very good friend. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn't. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.

Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich?

Answer: The most surprising thing is why people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I do not know much. All I am is rich.

People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

1.The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money ________.

A.is a good way to test your friendship

B.will do harm to your friendship

C.will strengthen your friendship

D.is a good way to break off your friendship

2.What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

A.He does not feel that he is well educated.

B.He does not think that he is a very important person.

C.He does not think that being rich is worth so much attention.

D.He does not consider himself to be very successful.

3.What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

A.Money is an end.

B.Money is a means.

C.Money is everything.

D.Money is unimportant.

4.Which of the following might the author disagree with?

A.Money is important in modern society.

B.The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

C.Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness

D.Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

 

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科目:高中英語 來源:江蘇省20092010學年高二下學期期末考試試卷(英語) 題型:閱讀理解

We lived in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft(手藝) no longer exists.

One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability(持久性). “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. No doubt these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.

Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, more people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.

One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and power planes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.

The problems of modern quality, then, really  boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.

1. Compared to the carpenters in the past, modern carpenters are _______.

A.more successful

B.more learned

C.more imaginative

D.more hardworking

2. What does the underlined word “they” (paragraph 2) refer to?

carpenters who are fond of oak stairways.

carpenters who have college degrees.

people who think highly of carpenters of old.

people who think that modern material is of low quality.

3. What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?

People in the past preferred to use oak to build stairways.

It is now expensive to employ a carpenter.

Modern houses last as long as the old one.

Good carpenters still exist in modern times.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

Is Craft Dead?

Craft, Back to life?

History of craftsmanship

Carpenters Today and Yesterday

 

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科目:高中英語 來源:廣西柳州市2009-2010學年高一下學期第一次階段考試題(英語) 題型:短文改錯

第四部分:寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分35分)

第一節(jié):短文改錯(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)

答題要求:此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷:如無錯誤,在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾(√);如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤),則按下列情況改正:

此行多一個詞:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉,在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞,并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意:原行沒有錯的不要改。

To everyone in the world, money was a sensitive (敏感) topic.     76. ______________

No one can live with money in modern society. People           77. ______________

have different opinions on them. Some people think one should    78. ______________

live to make money, and others, make money to live.                   79. ______________

In my opinion, the latter (后一種) view may be much reasonable.         80. ______________

We should not be the slaves of money. Although money                81. ______________

means a lot of in our life, it does not mean everything. We              82. ______________

cannot exchange (交換) it friendship or love. Money indeed can    83. ______________

make a person enjoy his life for a while but all his life.                 84. ______________

In a word, money is something but not anything.                      85. ______________

 

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