Why is the White House white? As you know, the White House is the (1) residence(住处)of the president of the USA. in Washington, DC. But do you know (2) the White House is white? The story (3) back to 1812. That year England was (4) war with America. The Congress(国会)meets and the house of the president were set (7) fire in 1814, in order to (8) the marks left by the fire, the brown stone walls of the president’s house (9) white and it was called the“White House” (10) since.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
(1) |
A. In spite of |
B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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(2) |
A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
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(3) |
A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
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(4) |
A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
[ ] |
(5) |
A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
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(6) |
A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
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(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
[ ] |
(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
[ ] |
(9) |
A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
[ ] |
(10) |
A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
[ ] |
(11) |
A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
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(12) |
A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
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(13) |
A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
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(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
[ ] |
(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
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(16) |
A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
[ ] |
(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
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(18) |
A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
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(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
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(20) |
A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
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(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
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(22) |
A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
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(23) |
A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
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(24) |
A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
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(25) |
A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 1 :surfing(冲浪运动). But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 2 . Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and 3 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first 4 was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to 5 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my
6 there’s nothing like it. It involves(牵涉到)body, 7 , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 8 us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 9 , becoming one with the 10 , is like I’m weightless.
The one thing I can 11 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 12 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的)and 13 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 14 from any other sport.
I’ve 15 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new 16 , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start 17 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?
There’re women 18 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 19 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to 20 , and they will.
1. A. tell B. answer
C. give D. realize
2.
A. wonder B.
understand
C. reply
D.
believe
3. A. stayed B. came
C. dropped D. fell
4. A. wave B. storm
C. sail D. boat
5. A. bring B. connect
C. compare D. tie
6. A. work B. study
C. holiday D. life
7. A. mind B. effort
C. health D. time
8. A. along B. above
C. around D. by
9. A. beach B. water
C. board D. lake
10. A. sky B. world
C. earth D. ocean
11. A. take B. get
C. make D. keep
12. A. catches B. includes
C. offers D. collects
13. A. sharp B. great
C. hard D. calm
14. A. known B. right
C. far D. different
15. A. chosen B. tried
C. learned D. promised
16. A. levels B. points
C. steps D. parts
17. A. reaching B. accepting
C. pushing D. setting
18. A. sitting B. walking
C. fighting D. working
19. A. of B. from
C. on D. with
20. A. think B. succeed
C. perform D. feel
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
I started surfing about five years ago and 3 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first 4 was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to 5 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my
6 there’s nothing like it. It involves(牵涉到)body, 7 , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 8 us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 9 , becoming one with the 10 , is like I’m weightless.
The one thing I can 11 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 12 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的)and 13 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 14 from any other sport.
I’ve 15 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new 16 , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start 17 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?
There’re women 18 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 19 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to 20 , and they will.
1. A. tell B. answer
C. give D. realize
2.
A. wonder B.
understand
C. reply
D.
believe
3. A. stayed B. came
C. dropped D. fell
4. A. wave B. storm
C. sail D. boat
5. A. bring B. connect
C. compare D. tie
6. A. work B. study
C. holiday D. life
7. A. mind B. effort
C. health D. time
8. A. along B. above
C. around D. by
9. A. beach B. water
C. board D. lake
10. A. sky B. world
C. earth D. ocean
11. A. take B. get
C. make D. keep
12. A. catches B. includes
C. offers D. collects
13. A. sharp B. great
C. hard D. calm
14. A. known B. right
C. far D. different
15. A. chosen B. tried
C. learned D. promised
16. A. levels B. points
C. steps D. parts
17. A. reaching B. accepting
C. pushing D. setting
18. A. sitting B. walking
C. fighting D. working
19. A. of B. from
C. on D. with
20. A. think B. succeed
C. perform D. feel
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
First I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 7 fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 8 to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 9 of that. Yet I 10 if those“best years”were true in other 11 .
Then how about the field of 12 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 13 ,but look when these people 14 their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.
But why 16 best years some after thirty? After thirty, I 17 ,most people do not want to take risks or try 18 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 19 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!
Perhaps there is still 20 for me.
1. A. invention B. discovery
C. experiment D. progress
2. A. mind B. idea
C. attention D. thought
3. A. As B. Being
C. However D. Beyond
4. A. Everybody B. Somebody
C. Nobody D. Whoever
5. A. names B. ages
C. addresses D. oldest
6. A. modern B. scientific
C. last D. oldest
7. A. heights B. sizes
C. weights D. things
8. A. led B. meant
C. stuck D. referred
9. A. plenty B. enough
C. much D. none
10. A. believed B. trusted
C. wondered D. asked
11.A. fields B. countries
C. courses D. ages
12. A. agriculture B. politics
C. industry D. society
13.A. is B. will
C. has D. does
14. A. finished B. went
C. started D. failed
15. A. devoted B. gave up
C. began D. led
16. A. don’t B. the
C. can D. not
17. A. say B. know
C. guess D. agree
18. A. other B. new
C. best D. their
19.A. always B. still
C. seldom D. enjoying
20. A. discovery B. problem
C. wish D. hope
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
“We can 2 , ”said his mother, a divorced mother who works as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids, she didn’t have much money for 4 .
A week later the phone rang. “Your son won our drawing!” a woman 5 .
“Great, ”cried his mother, “Which 6 did he win? ”
“All of them. A thousand toys!”
The next Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise, opened the door and his face 8 up. “Mom, ”he cried, “Cartoon Network is here!”
So were dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the cartoon-covered truck. They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled(摇晃) from the truck’s back doors.
Tyrus thought he could 11 his whole room with them. But as he looked at the children around him, he 12 . The others in their working-class neighborhood didn’t have
13 either.
“Here, ”he said, 14 a doll to a little girl. Then he handed a boy another. “Take
15 you want, ”Tyrus told the kids—and they did, 16 him over and over.
Tyrus kept several games, but he hasn’t done giving. “Why don’t we give some to your
17 , Mom? ” he asked. They 18 almost 100 toys to the elementary school where she works. “The first thing my son thought of was to 19 , ”his mother says, smiling, “I’m so 20 of him. ”
1. A. though B. as
C. as long as D. so that
2. A. guess B. ask
C. wait D. try
3. A. support B. promise
C. treat D. consider
4. A. drawings B. extras
C. food D. schooling
5. A. declared B. explained
C. spoke D. praised
6. A. prize B. pay
C. toy D. wealth
7. A. seeing B. helping
C. knowing D. enjoying
8. A. lighted B. looked
C. turned D. set
9. A. attractive B. warm
C. helpful D. excited
10 . A. off B. out
C. down D. up and down
11. A. join B. fill
C. keep D. have
12. A. worried B. stopped
C. laughed D. examined
13. A. much B. great
C. little D. quantities
14. A. showing B. moving
C. handing D. driving
15. A. wherever B. however
C. whenever D. whatever
16. A. troubling B. interrupting
C. reminding D. thanking
17. A. schools B. friends
C. students D. children
18. A. contributed B. delivered
C. sold D. lent
19. A. take B. lend
C. give D. imagine
20. A. fond B. proud
C. sure D. kind
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