科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Dear Betty,
My roommate’s family wants me to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with them in their home. I accepted the invitation, and I’m excited about going, but I’m a little nervous about it, too. The social customs in my country are different from those here, so I’m a little worried about making mistakes.
Should I bring a gift, such as candy or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late? At the dinner table, how can I know which fork or knife to use? How can I let the family know that I’m thankful for their kindness?
Yours,
Knowing Nothing
Dear Knowing Nothing,
It’s a good idea to bring a gift when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always welcome, or you can bring a bottle of wine if you know the family drink it.
You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.
Try to relax at the dinner table. If you don’t know how to use the right fork, knife or spoon, just watch the other guests, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, don’t be shy about asking the person next to you; it’s better to ask them than to be silently uncomfortable and nervous.
If you like the food, say so. Of course, you’ll thank the host and hostess for the meal and for their kindness. It’s also a good idea to send a card to thank them the day after.
Yours,
Betty
Knowing Nothing wrote a letter to Betty to _____.
A. tell Betty some good news B. ask for some advice
C. answer some questions D. invite her to dinner
According to Betty, Knowing Nothing ______ when going to a dinner party.
A. can only bring some flowers B. can’t bring wine
C. should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late D. should arrive twenty minutes late
Betty does NOT advise Knowing Nothing to _____.
A. relax at the dinner table B. watch the other guests
C. ask the person beside him D. keep silent at table
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届河北唐山高三年级摸底考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Most summer camps for teens center around sports, or music and arts, or just for having fun． But some girls in the Washington suburb of Arlington County, Virginia, went to camp to get a taste of what its like to be a firefighter．
This is not a typical summer camp． But Michelle Pawlaw is glad she signed up for it． "Getting to experience the fires hands-on is really cool and something that most people don't get to do," she said．
Michelle and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three-day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside of Washington．
“The purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career” said firefighter Clare Burley, who is in charge of the program．
The free of charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do in the line of duty to protect the community．
They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue on injured person． They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment Firefighting is still a male-dominated （男性主导） service． Clare joined the department seven years ago, saying "We do everything that the guys do to the same standarD．We are tested to the same standarD．We are expected to operate at the same standard．"
Most of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter, but the camp was a great learning experience．
"I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can," said Michelle Pawlaw．
'I think I can help other people if they need help and know what to do in case I am at a fire myself," said Kayla Ehrlich．
"I think it's fantastic; I could consider taking it as a career some day．" said Monica Bartorsh．
And, the girls say, by spending three days together, they also made new friends and had a lot of fun．
1.____might become a firefighter in the future．
A．Monica B．Kayla
C．Michelle D．Clare
2.What can be inferred from the text?
A．The camp offers classes on curing the injured
B．Teenage girls will become volunteer firefighters
C．Women can perform as well as men in firefighting
D．Firefighting will soon be a female-dominated service
3.What do we know about Clare Burley from the passage?
A．She has served the department for 7 years
B．She doesn't like her career as a firefighter
C．She is the designer of the camp program
D．She does better in firefighting than men
4.The purpose of the text is____．
A．to attract more campers
B．to introduce a new type of camp
C．to praise women firefighters
D．to gain support from government
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届湖北省沙市高一下学期第二次周练英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Nutrition influences not only students' grades at school but their growth and development. Improper nutrition is one of the causes of childhood obesity. What can you do to help your child avoid childhood obesity?
My first piece of advice is to look in your fridge. What are you buying at the grocery store? Think about it: if you don't buy junk food or snacks, your kids won't eat them at home. Now if you're like me — both of your kids are at school, you'll know you can't police them every second of the day. This is the time when you'll need to talk to your children about their food choices. If you don't know the right food choices, there are so many free resources on-line to guide you.
Try new things. I was very surprised to find out my 4-year-old daughter likes balsamic vinegar — she calls it the "black sauce". She likes to have it with tomatoes and cucumbers. You just never know what your kids might like.
Don't get stressed if you can't always prepare something healthy. You may sometimes leave the house and forget to take something out for dinner, or you are running late and there's no time to cook before you have to take one of the kids somewhere. However, you can still make healthy choices while dining out. Many of the fast food restaurants offer fruit and milk instead of soda. I like to buy organic frozen pizzas from the organic market — for a quick dinner solution(解决办法). All the ingredients are natural. What I do is to serve the pizza with something raw: lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, or fruit to try to give the kids something healthy with that meal.
In closing, take baby steps. Don't try to change your family's eating habits in one go, or you'll go nuts.
1.This passage is written mainly to us
A．explain why today’s kids are overweight
B．tell us the importance of healthy eating
C．give parents some healthy eating tips
D．teach parents what to cook at home
2. The writer believes it is very important for parents to
A．make sure their fridge is full of food.
B．teach their children how to eat healthily
C．check their children’s grades at school
D．provide their children with their favorite food
3. Paragraph 4 tells parents they should .
A．never take their kids to a fast food restaurant
B．eat out in a nice restaurant with their kids at times
C．choose healthy food while eating out with their kids
D．cook healthy food for their kids however busy they are
4.According to the passage, it does NOT seem to be a good idea to .
A．tell children what to eat at school
B．find free resources on healthy eating online
C．put balsamic vinegar on tomatoes or cucumbers
D．try to change a family’s eating habits in a very short time
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届四川省自贡市高三第一次诊断性考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Technology: Taking the good without the bad?
Very soon, unimaginably powerful technologies will remake our lives．This could have dangerous consequences, especially because we may not even understand the basic science underlyi ng them．There’s a growing gap between our technological capability and our basic scientific understanding．We can do very clever things with the technology of the future without necessarily understanding some of the science underneath, and that is very dangerous．
The technologies that are particularly dangerous over the next hundred years are nanotechnology （纳米技术）, artificial intelligence and biotechnology．The benefits that they will bring are beyond doubt．But they are going to be very, very dangerous．I’m working in the field of artificial intelligence．I have a model design for something that might be 50,000 million times smarter than the human brain．Target date is 2010．The only thing that's not possible in the film Terminator（终结者） is that the people win．If you're fighting against technology w hich is 50,000 million times smarter than you, you probably will not win．
Nanotechnology．We've all heard of the grey glue problem, that self-replicating nanotech devices might keep on copying until the world has become sticky glue．And certainly in biotechnology, we've really got a big problem because it's converging with nanotechnology and IT．Once you start mixing nanotech with organisms and you start feeding nanotech-enabled bacteria, we can really go an awful lot further than the Borg in Star Trek（星际迷航）．And those superhuman organisms might not like us very much．
Eventually these technologies will become routine．That’s a threat to humanity．I don’t think it’s possible to slow it down．So what we need to do is accelerate the scientific research and try to get some extra tools．The problems facing us in the future are getting bigger and bigger．I think if we don’t get some proper science done, the future is hopeless indeed．
1.From the text, we know that the author’s greatest concern is ．
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A．our lack of technological understanding of the process involved |
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B．our lack of technological capability |
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C．creating technology without really understanding the basic science |
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D．Our refusal to face the consequences of the technology we create |
2.It can be inferred from the text that the author ．
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A．thinks people overvalue the capabilities of technology |
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B．is not optimistic that artificial intelligence will always be used positively |
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C．thinks that we should take science fiction movies more seriously |
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D．believes artificial intelligence is the greatest threat we face technologically |
3.Why does the author say it is not possible in the film Terminator that the humans win?
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A．Because the power of the technology is exaggerated（夸大）． |
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B．Because the strength of the machines is much greater． |
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C．Because machines with that much intelligence can easily defeat humans． |
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D．Because human beings are not courageous enough to win the battle． |
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科目：高中英语 来源：重庆市万州区2010届高三下学期第二次学业质量调研抽测英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
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I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
"Dad, dad!" I cried. "This wine is too old to drink."
"Son, hold on," he said.
"No, you can't drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago."
"Wait, let me tell you..."
"Would you like me to throw it away for you?" I asked.
"Son, wait a second," he said. "Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true."
When I was young, I didn't have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple role: The longer you wait for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don't get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class－work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
56．Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?
A．Because it smelt terrible.
B．Because it was mixed with something else.
C．Because his father drank too much that night.
D．Because it had been kept for years.
57．What the author's father said______.
A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child
B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author
C．threw the author into deep thought then
D．was an excuse to drink the wine
58．In the author's opinion, if we do things too quickly we will______.
A．do it better B．save much time
C．graduate from college more quickly D．miss something useful to us in life
59．Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?
A．Well begun is half done. B．More haste, less speed.
C．Failure is the mother of success. D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
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