A second’s pause in shooting at the goal may________a failure in football.
A.result in B.put off
C.result from D.put on
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior , "said a middle-aged man.
"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor. "
Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said , "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."
Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."
The passengers were _____ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.
A. excited B. pleased C. interested D. surprised
One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______ .
A. make a demand for more buses B. thank the conductor for his good service
C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior
D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor
What was the gentleman?
A. A teacher. B. A newspaper reporter.
C. Not known from the story. D. The conductor's friend from his company.
It is clear from the story that the conductor _______.
A. has changed his attitude towards his work B. has now been kind and polite to all passengers
C. has not changed his rude behavior to passengers D. has now been kind and polite to women with children
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年浙江蓬街私立中学高二下学期第一次月半考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Every day Yang Hongwei takes the bus home from work, staring silently at the European-style villas(别墅), luxury cars and twinkling lights from the shopping center that he sees through the window.
Yang works for a software company in Zhongguancun. He dreams of such a life, away from poverty, and that hope has kept him in Beijing for three years since he graduated from university.
Soon Yang squeezes his way off the bus to the reality of his life: his home—a 10-square-metre room that costs 550 yuan(81 US dollars) or about one-fifth of his salary in rent every month. It’s very cold inside the house as it has no central heating system. He has to stand the long and cold winter. Determined to achieve his dream, Yang says he has changed jobs “numerous” times in the past three years and is considering quitting his present job.
Yang’s frustration over his life as a migrant(移民) is shared by many other graduates that have moved into big cities. Together they have come to be called the “ant tribe”, a term created by Chinese sociologists to describe the struggles of young migrants, who, armed with their diplomas, flood to big cities in hopes of a better life only to put up with low-paying jobs and poor living conditions. They share every similarity with ants. They live in colonies in crowded areas. They’re intelligent and hardworking, yet unknown and underpaid. The term, sociologists have said, also reflects their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the concrete jungle—only the strongest survive.
A survey in Ant TribeⅡ found nearly 30 percent of the “ants” are graduates of famous key universities—almost three times the percentage of 2009. Most have degrees in popular majors, such as medicine, engineering, economics and management. In addition, 7.2 percent of the “ants” have at least a master’s degree compared to 1.6 percent in 2009. Most said the economic recovery did not really improve their financial situations, and 66 percent said their incomes fell short of their expectations, the survey also found.
For two years, Lian Si, a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Chinese and Global Affairs of Peking University, who has studied the phenomenon, led a team of more than 100 graduate students to follow the groups in university towns like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Xi’an. Lian evaluates the total population of the “ant community” in major cities at one million across China, with about 100,000 found in Beijing alone. Lian predicts that an increasingly challenging job market will see the ant tribe growing further in number. Another 6.3 million graduates are expected to join migrant workers and other job hunters in what promises to be a fierce labour competition.
The ant tribe’s embarrassing living situations have become a serious social issue, and the government should develop “second-and-third-tier cities” to attract more graduates from big cities. However, “ants” expect more study and training opportunities in big cities, which keeps them in positive mindsets despite their situations. As in the case of Yang, he is optimistic about getting a new job soon, having received eight interview offers in a week after sending out his resume. The prospect of landing a higher-paying job keeps him hopeful of moving out of the slum district(贫民区) soon. The sooner the better.
【小题1】. Yang has worked in Beijing since graduation from university ______.
A.to live in a beautiful villa of European style |
B.to have more opportunities to be promoted |
C.to struggle for a better-off life in a big city |
D.to enjoy a busy life in a software company |
A.It refers to the group of low-income graduates living in embarrassing conditions. |
B.It refers to the people who work hard like ants but are paid little. |
C.It refers to the sociologists and scholars researching into some social phenomena. |
D.It refers to some well-educated people who can’t survive in society. |
A.“Ant tribe” has become too serious a social problem to solve. |
B.It is the government’s duty to solve the problem of “ant tribe”. |
C.Both the government and the graduates have the responsibility. |
D.The existence of “ant tribe” has little influence on job markets. |
A.a new urban life style—“ant tribe” | B.a recent survey about the “ant tribe” |
C.the “ant tribe’s” living conditions | D.the “ant tribe’s” dream and reality |
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年江西省高三下学期3月联合考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
A study suggests that although most students at UK universities are happy with their courses, dissatisfaction has grown as fees rise.The study highlights a big variation in teaching time, and lists different ideas about the value of getting university degrees.
Katharine Collins, a second-year college student
The course has been very interesting, but I was expecting a little more one-to-one time with my teacher.
We do about four assignments (作业) each term, each of which is about 3,000 words.However, sometimes they are not that helpful.We hope to be given the right to write feedback (反馈) after every assignment, but we had no feedback at all throughout the first year.We are given grades about three weeks after we hand the assignments in.There is no feedback on where we have gone wrong or how we might improve.
????????????? Lee Millington, a creative-writing student
I choose the courses because of its reputation.There is a lack of one-to-one teaching.I would like personalized feedback from an expert in my field of writing.Some of the lectures have been quite helpful but they try to use too many different styles of writing.For example, if you want to be a poet, you might find that the lectures focus too much on novels.
I think there is too much attention paid to sharing our work in workshops and giving each other feedback.I think there should be more time given to actual teaching, rather than to feedback from people who are at a similar level to me.
????????????? Reporters from Hounsdown Secondary School, Ella, 16
When I work independently, I feel I have more freedom to develop my ideas and come up with more original viewpoints.The price of university will still be worth it to get the qualifications (资格证书) necessary for better jobs.
Tyier, 16
????????????? Although the cost of university is very high now, I think university is required for gaining a good and well-paid job.
Agencies
1.We can learn from the beginning of the article that ????????? .
A. Most of the university students at UK are dissatisfied with their courses.
B. The higher and higher pay for their courses accounts for the rise of the UK students’ dissatisfaction.
C. All the students at UK universities hold a similar attitude towards the value of getting university degrees.
D. The student’s purpose is to highlight the importance of gaining a university diploma.
2.According to Katharine Collins in Paragraph 2, we can infer that ????????? .
A. She is content with the assignments given in each term.
B. She has never been given one-to-one time with her teacher before.
C. She didn’t think highly of the value of the assignments at the university.
D. She benefits from the assignments a lot because they are helpful.
3.Why does Lee Millington choose the course-- writing?
A. Because he wants to be a great writer in the future.
B. Because he is interested in it from his heart.
C.Because he hope to make a better living before long.
D.Because the course has a high reputation in society.
4.Who will most tend to be a professional novelist among the students mentioned in the passage?
A.Ella.????????????? B.Tyler.????????????? C.Lee.????????????? D.Katharine.
5.What does the author mainly tell us at UK in this passage?
A.The value for university degrees.?????????????
B.The higher pay for courses at university.
C.The terrible assignments at university. ?????????????
D.The puzzle of the students at university.
查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源:2015届安微省池州市高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
It is not unusual for people to speak two or three languages; they’re known as bilinguals or trilinguals. Speakers of more than three languages are known as polyglots. And when we refer to people who speak many languages, perhaps a dozen or more, we use the term hyper-polyglot.
The most famous hyper-polyglot was Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th century Italian cardinal, who was said to speak 72 languages. This claim sounds absurd. If you assume each language had 20,000 words, Mezzofanti would have to learn a word a minute, six hours a day, for eleven years—an impossible task. But Mezzofanti was tested by critics, and they were all impressed.
Did Mezzofanti have an extraordinary brain? Or are hyper-polyglots just ordinary people with ordinary brains who manage to do something extraordinary through hard work?
U.S. linguist Stephen Drashen believes that outstanding language learners just work harder at it and then they acquire unusually strong language ability. As an example, he mentions a Hungarian woman who worked as an interpreter during the 20th century. When she was 86, she could speak 16 languages and was still working on learning new languages. She said she learned them mostly on her own, reading fiction or working through dictionaries or textbooks.
Some researchers argue to the contrary. They believe that there is such a thing as a talent for learning languages. In the 1930s, a German scientist examined parts of the preserved brain of a hyper-polyglot named Emil Krebs, who could speak 60 languages fluently. The scientist found that the area of Krebs’s brain called Broca’s area, which is associated with language, looked different from the Broca’s area in the brains of men who speak only one language. However, we still don’t know if Krebs was born with a brain ready to learn dozens of languages or if his brain adapted to the demands he put on it.
Although it is still not clear whether the ability to learn many languages is in born, there’s no doubt that just about all of us can acquire skills in a second, third, or even fourth language by putting our mind to it.
1.What does the underlined sentence imply?
A. Mezzofanti could remember 360 words a day.
B. Mezzofanti had a special way to learn languages.
C. Mezzofanti’s achievement was ridiculous.
D. Mezzofanti language ability was astonishing.
2.The Hungarian woman became a hyper-polyglot mainly because of her __.
A. good memory B. unique brain C. hard work D. learning methods
3.The German scientist’s findings showed that Krebs ___.
A. had an unusual brain
B. was born with great talent
C. had worked hard at languages
D. expected too much of himself
4.The author seems to agree that ___.
A. it is not hard to learn foreign languages
B. hard work plays a part in language learning
C. there is no such thing as a talent for languages
D. hyper-polyglots have an inborn talent for language
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com