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  The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said good-bye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew(攝制組)out one evening to film the sunset for him.

  The next morning he said to the men,“Have you provided me with that sunset?”

  “No, sir,”the men answered.

  The director was angry.“Why not?”he asked.

  “Well, sir.”one of the men answered, “we're on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”

  “But I want a sunset!”the director shouted.“Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”

  But then a young secretary had an idea.“Why don't you photograph a sunrise,”she suggested,“and then play it backwards. It'll look like a sunset.”

  “That's a very good idea!”the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said,“Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”

  The camera crew went out early the next morning end filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay (海灣). Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director.“Here it is, sir.”they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.

  They all went into the studio (攝影棚).“All right.”the director explained.“Now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the‘sunset’behind them.”

  The“sunset”began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.

  The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[  ]

A.The crew had to follow the secretary's advice.

B.If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to.

C.The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day

D.The director ordered Ms crew to stop filming the“sunset”.

2.The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ________.

[  ]

A.it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine

B.when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

C.the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset

D.it was more moving than a sunrise

3.After the“sunset”began the director suddenly put his face in his hands ________.

[  ]

A.because he was moved to tears

B.a(chǎn)s he saw everything in the film moving backwards

C.a(chǎn)s the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

D.because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine

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科目:高中英語 來源:福建省泉州五中2007-2008年高考模擬考試 英語試題 題型:050

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ISC(HS)Reference No.S006864            New South Wales

Student Date of Birth:19/08/1988   Department of Education and Training

                     International Students Centre

Hong Xue              827-839 George Street PO Box 707

60 Waratah Street                Broadway NSW 21007

Croydon Park NSW 2133       Phone:(612)9217 4801 1300 302 456

                        Fax:(612)9212 6721

                 http://www.tafensw.edu.au/international/

WARNING LETTER

Dear Hong Xue,

  As you are aware, your student visa regulations set out a number of conditions applying to your visa.It has come to our attention that you are failing to meet the following conditions:You must maintain accommodation, support and general welfare arrangements that have been approved by your education provider if you:

  ●have not turned 18; and

  ●are not staying in Australia with:

 。璦 parent

 。璦 custodian(監(jiān)護(hù)人); or

 。璦 relative who has been nominated(指定)by your parent or a custodian, is aged at least 21 and is of good character.

  Note:You must not change those arrangements without the written approval of your education provider.

  You must obey the following rules:

  1.During term time you must:

  a)remain in your homestay during the school term;

  b)come home every night; and

  c)inform your guardian at all times of your whereabouts.

  2.On weekends you must:

  a)have your guardian's permission to stay with friends; and

  b)inform your guardian of the name, address and phone numbers of people you are visiting.

  3.You must return your guardian's telephone calls.

  This will be your only warning.If you continue to breach(違反)your student visa regulations we will report you to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.Such action may lead to the cancellation(取消)of your student visa.Please contact me on(612)9217 4801 or fax(612)9212 6721 if you have questions about your enrolment.

                   Yours sincerely

                   Tracey Carlon

                   Student Advisor

                   International Students Centre

NSW Department of Education and Training

(1)

What's the purpose of writing this letter?

[  ]

A.

To remind the recipient of the conditions for applying for a student visa.

B.

To warn the recipient not to do anything against his student visa regulations again.

C.

To tell the recipient how to contact his student advisor.

D.

To inform the recipient of the student visa regulations.

(2)

What can be learned about the recipient from this letter?

[  ]

A.

He is under 18 and studies in Australia with his parents.

B.

He is required to come home every night according to the rules.

C.

He can stay with his friends on weekends if permitted.

D.

His student Visa has been cancelled.

(3)

To which address should the recipient reply if he feels like answering the letter?

[  ]

A.

Hong Xue at 60 Waratah Street, Croydon Park NSW 2133.

B.

Tracey Carlon at the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.

C.

Hong Xue at NSW Department of Education and Training.

D.

Tracey Carlon at 827-839 George Street, PO Box 707, Broadway NSW 21007.

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科目:高中英語 來源:甘肅省天水一中2010屆高三二模英語試題 題型:050

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  One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read

  For washing the car                 $5.00

  For making my own bed this week           $1.00

  Going to the provision shop              $0.50

  Playing with little sister               $0.25

  Taking out the rubbish                $1.00

  Getting a good report card              $5.00

  And for sweeping the common corridor         $2.00

  Total                       $14.75

  His mother looked at him standing there expecting paymentI could see a thousand memories flashed through her mindSo she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote

  For nine months I carried you, growing inside me      No Charge

  For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you No Charge

  For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose     No Charge

  When you add it all up, the full cost of my love       No Charge

  Well, when he finished reading, he had big tears in his eyesHe looked at his mother and said,Mummy, I love you.”Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on thebill”“All paid.”

(1)

What's the best title for this passage?

[  ]

A.

Part-time Job

B.

Mother's Love, No Charge

C.

Payment for House Work

D.

Greedy Mother

(2)

The write wrote the passage in order to ________

[  ]

A.

show that children should be paid for their housework

B.

show that children should not be paid for their housework

C.

show a clever way of teaching children

D.

tell children how to spend their spare time

(3)

How do you think of the mother in the passage?

[  ]

A.

Clever

B.

Greedy

C.

Coldhearted

D.

Selfish

(4)

From the last passage we know that ________

[  ]

A.

the boy got all the money he wanted

B.

the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy

C.

the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework

D.

the mother was angry with what the boy said

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科目:高中英語 來源:浙江省浙江大學(xué)附屬中學(xué)2012屆高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語試題 題型:050

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  Psychology(心理學(xué))has a new application in the field of medicine.Many doctors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems.In large hospitals, modern therapy(療法)seems to focus on the physical disease.Patients may feel they are treated like broken machines.Some doctors have recognized this as a problem.They are now using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors against the disease with the help of medicine.The patient does not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight.

  The doctor knows that a disease affects a patient's body physically.The body of the patient changes because of the disease.He is not only physically affected, but also has an emotional response to the disease.Because his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior change.The medical treatment might cure the patient's physical problems, but the patient's mind must fight the emotional ones.For example, the studies of one doctor, Carl Simonton, M.D., have shown that a typical cancer patient has predictable attitudes.She typically feels depressed, upset, and angry.Her constant depression makes her acts unfriendly toward her family, friends, doctors, and nurses.Such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery.Therefore, a doctor's treatment must help the patient change that.Simonton's method emphasizes treatment of the “whole” patient.

  The attitude of a cancer patient receiving radiation therapy, an X-ray treatment, can become more positive.The physician who is following Simonton's psychological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor(腫瘤)in the body.In the mental picture, the patient "sees" a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy.The patient imagines the beam hitting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink.For another cancer patient, Dr.Simonton asks him to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and to the cancer cells.The patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the diseased cells and sees the cancer cells gradually dying and his blood carry away the dead cells.Both the medical therapy and the patient's positive attitude fight the disease.

  Doctors are not certain why this mental therapy works.However, this use of psychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves change.They become more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop the disease.

  Another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use of suggestion therapy.At first, the doctor helps the patient to concentrate deeply.The patient thinks only about one thing.He becomes so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance(催眠狀態(tài)).Then the physician makes “a suggestion” to the patient about the medical problem.The patient's mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance.In this way, the patient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment.

  Doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children.For example, physicians have used suggestion to help adults deal with the strong pain of some disease.Furthermore, sometimes the adult patient worries about her illness so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well.The right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious.Such treatment may help the patient with a chronic(慢性的)diseases.Asthma(哮喘)is an example of a chronic disorder.Asthma is a disease that causes the patient to have difficulty in breathing.The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the air that he or she needs.Psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder.After suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily.

  Physicians have learned that the psychological method is very useful in treating children.Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated by it.For example, Dr.Basil R.Collison has worked with 121 asthmatic children in Sydney, Australia, and had good results.Twenty-five of the children had Excellent results.They were able to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication.Another forty-three were also helped.The symptoms of the asthma occurred less frequently, and when they did, they were not as strong.Most of the children also felt better about themselves.Doctors have also used suggestion to change habits like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems.

  Many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applications in medicine.

(1)

What does the passage mainly discuss?

[  ]

A.

How suggestion therapy benefits adults and children.

B.

How modern therapy focuses on the disease.

C.

Responses from the medical world.

D.

How to use the mind against disease.

(2)

How does psychological therapy work?

[  ]

A.

The patient waits for the medicine and treatment to cure him.

B.

The doctor uses medical treatment to cure the patient's problems.

C.

The doctor, the medicine, and the patient work together to fight disease.

D.

The patient uses his mind to cure himself.

(3)

What can we learn from the studies of Carl Simonton, M.D.?

[  ]

A.

The medical treatment can cure the patient's mental disease.

B.

The treatment of a patient by treating the body and the mind is necessary.

C.

The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment.

D.

Few patients have emotional response to the disease.

(4)

The use of psychological therapy is helpful to some patients in that ________

[  ]

A.

the medical effect is better with psychological therapy than without it

B.

the patients can see a powerful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells

C.

the patients' attitudes towards themselves have changed

D.

the patients are easy to accept the methods the doctors use to treat them

(5)

It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to ________

[  ]

A.

help adults deal with the strong pain of some diseases

B.

help the patients with chronic diseases

C.

help change some bad habits

D.

help cure patients of insomnia(失眠癥)

(6)

According to the passage, which of the following remains unknown so far?

[  ]

A.

The value of mental therapy.

B.

The effectiveness of suggestion therapy.

C.

The working principle of suggestion therapy.

D.

The importance of psychology in medical treatment.

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科目:高中英語 來源:浙江省嘉興一中2010-2011學(xué)年高二10月月考英語試題 題型:054

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  Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel.Green said,“Clearly I am the most important.I am the sign of life and hope.I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves.Without me, all animals would   1  .”

  Blue interrupted,“You only think about the   2  , but consider the sky and the sea.  3   the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea.Without my peace, you would all be   4  .”

  Yellow chuckled(笑道),“You are all so serious.I bring laughter, fun, and   5   into the world.”

  Orange started next to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength.I may be   6  , but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life.When I fill the sky   7  , my beauty is so striking that no one gives another   8   to any of you.”

  Red could stand it   9   and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you.I am the color of danger and of bravery.I am willing to   10   truth.I am also the color of passion and of love.”

  Then came Purple and Indigo(深藍(lán))….

  The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own   11  .Their quarreling became louder and louder.Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder.Rain started to pour down   12  .The colors crouched(蜷縮)down   13  , drawing close to one another for comfort.

  In the midst of the clamor(叫嚷), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors, fighting   14  yourselves, each trying to dominate  15  .Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose,   16  ?Join hands with   17   and come to me.”

  Doing as they were told, the colors   18   and joined hands.They formed a colorful rainbow.From then on, whenever a good rain   19   the world, a rainbow appears in the sky.They remember to   20   one another.

(1)

[  ]

A.

stay

B.

leave

C.

go out

D.

die

(2)

[  ]

A.

earth

B.

moon

C.

star

D.

sun

(3)

[  ]

A.

That is

B.

I am

C.

It is

D.

This is

(4)

[  ]

A.

anything

B.

nothing

C.

something

D.

everything

(5)

[  ]

A.

warmth

B.

sadness

C.

depression

D.

anxiety

(6)

[  ]

A.

usual

B.

normal

C.

common

D.

scarce

(7)

[  ]

A.

at midnight

B.

at noon or at night

C.

at sunrise or sunset

D.

during the day

(8)

[  ]

A.

gift

B.

honor

C.

thought

D.

respect

(9)

[  ]

A.

for more

B.

any more

C.

very much

D.

no longer

(10)

[  ]

A.

turn to

B.

fight for

C.

struggle with

D.

bend over

(11)

[  ]

A.

superiority

B.

disadvantages

C.

inferiority

D.

weakness

(12)

[  ]

A.

gently

B.

quietly

C.

violently

D.

peacefully

(13)

[  ]

A.

with care

B.

in fear

C.

by chance

D.

on purpose

(14)

[  ]

A.

amongst

B.

by

C.

for

D.

against

(15)

[  ]

A.

others

B.

themselves

C.

the other

D.

the rest

(16)

[  ]

A.

equal and simple

B.

ordinary and similar

C.

more or less

D.

unique and different

(17)

[  ]

A.

each other

B.

me

C.

one another

D.

them

(18)

[  ]

A.

combined

B.

separated

C.

united

D.

divided

(19)

[  ]

A.

cleans

B.

washes

C.

brightens

D.

dampens

(20)

[  ]

A.

appreciate

B.

quarrel with

C.

ignore

D.

praise

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