According to _____ US First Lady Michelle Obama, China is _____ fifth most popular destination for Americans studying abroad.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省金华十校高三4月高考模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
For years I fought with the bird's nest that sat on top of my head-my Medusa（神话中的蛇发女妖） hair．No matter what I did and how hard I tried, in no way could I make my unruly （乱蓬蓬）hair to my satisfaction．
Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who tho
ught North American styling products were something illegal such as drugs, I was never allowed to put them in :my hair．¨ Why buy hair gel? Your hair is so beautiful naturally," my mother would say．The teens at school did not agree．From boys 'not wanting to kiss me when we played spin the bottle in Grade 7 to being called the mop, I suffered from my hair．
When I got to university, I believed my hair was a wall that stood between me and everything-finding a part-time job, getting a boyfriend, etc．
If only I could find a way to manage the curls and put it behind bars, I told myself, I would feel secure and sexy．I tried everything: rollers, hairspray, gels and, at one point, an iron．Then, in my second year, a miracle happened．I was asked to be a hair model for Japanese hair straightening, a process by which the molecules（分子）of my curls would be broken and reset in a bone-straight position．I was the perfect candidate, the hairdresser told me． Although they said how hair relaxing could damage the :scalp （头皮）,for the next five years I didn't find them to be true． All of the hairdresser's promises were fulfilled: With my hair straight and smooth, I was no longer the¨ mop"．
However, there was extreme damage done to my wallet． To keep up the straightening cost $ 700 every six months, and that was considered cheap．While some people thought I was crazy, I was willing to do anything to never again feel like that anxious, curly-headed girl in Grade 7．But when I moved out． of my parents" house 'at age 26 and rented an apart
ment, the upkeep of my new image became too costly．
I couldn't hide from my inner Medusa any longer．It was time to hug her and let her fly．Seeking a choice, I turned to the Internet, Google．After hours of searching, I hit upon a“ curly haired" salon, a place designed for girls like me．I doubted these so-called “Curl Ambassadors" could do anything
without using machine of some sort, and though I bought the service called the “Curly-Doo," I suspected I'd have the same unruly mop at the end of the appointment．
I dragged my feet so hard getting there that I arrived 45 minutes late． I secretly hoped they would turn me away．Instead, my stylist simply said :‘‘You are very late． Let me see your hair" At． that moment, my world and beliefs about myself were turned upside down along with my hair． As my head was in a basin full of freezing-cold water, then covered with a jelly-like jam, I wondered what I had got myself into．
¨ Do you really think this will work?" I asked the stylist, Jones．“ My curls are a disaster．"“No curly hair is hopeless," she replied．“They just haven't found a way to work with it, that's all． "
After the hour was over, Jones had completed her work． She had styled my hair using only her hands, water and a mixture of organic jam． I couldn't believe what I was seeing in the mirror: a naturally curly, Medusa-free me．You could argue that hair is just hair． Yet, it is just such physical features that have such a large influence on how we view ourselves．
According to Jones,75 percent of the population have a wave or curl in their hair and don't know what to do with it． Men cut theirs short． Women flat-iron theirs to death． When I read through a beauty magazine or take the subway to work, it makes me sad to see so many people repressing their natural beauty．
Since then, my world has changed． I have always been outgoing, but these days I seem to be more outspoken and confident than ever． On top of that, friends and co-workers tell me I am looking better than ever, but they don't know the source of the change．
I don't need to tell them* My Medusa hair speaks for herself．
1.What can we learn about the writer's hair in the first place?
A． Her parents considered it was bird's nest．
B． Teens at school laughed at it as Medusa hair．
C． She hated it because it couldn't be straightened．
D． North American styling products harmed her hair．
2.Japanese hair straightening caused a problem for the writer that ．
A． her wish to feel secure and sexy didn't come true
B． her hair was seriously damaged after the straightening
C． the cost to keep her hair straight was too high for her
D． she was called ¨the mop" with her hair straight and smooth
3.The writer was when she went to the “curly haired" salon．
A． hesitatedB． excitedC． disappointed D． determined
4.What was the reaction of the stylist in the salon when she saw the writer?
A． She was very angry because the writer was late．
B． She thought totally the writer's hair was a disaster．
C． She was calm and sure of her work．
D． She thought there was no way to fix the writer's hair．
5.The writer's world has changed because she ．
A． has removed her inner Medusa
B． has removed her curls on her head
C． has found a way to straighten her hair in the stylish salon
D． has found the admiration for her from her friends and co-workers
6.The best title of the passage can be ．
A． A Successful Stylist
B． My Medusa Hair
C． Road to Beauty
D． Accept the Way We Are
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省鄞州区余姚市高三高考5月模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Some plants are vey ____ to light; they prefer the shade.
A. sensible B. available
C. adjustable D. sensitive
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省高三下第三次综合练习（三模）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
More and more people take part in marathons these days – over 30,000 people will run the London Marathon this weekend, for instance. But it’s not just the 26 miles and 385 yards that could be a daunting prospect. “I have to admit to being completely frustrated by the blocking and for 18-19 miles was just keeping away from people and being held up,” one participant grumbled after the 2012 London Marathon. “I had to overtake a lot of people and ended up with bruised（淤肿的）forearms from all the elbows,” said another.
How do such crowding problems arise, and could they be reduced? Some researchers believe that we can find the answers through a more familiar system in which jams appear – road traffic flow. Martin Treiber, of the Technical University of Dresden in Germany, has previously developed models for traffic flow. One of the first attempts to model traffic flow was made in the 1950s by James Lighthill and his collaborator Gerard Whitham of Manchester University. They considered the traffic as a kind of liquid flowing down a pipe, and looked at how the flow changes as the fluid gets denser(浓稠). At first the flow rate increases as the density increases, since you simply get more stuff through in the same period of time. But if the density becomes too high, there’s a risk of jams, and the flow rate drops sharply.
Treiber’s model of a marathon uses this same principle that the flow rate first increases and then decreases as the density of runners increases, thanks to an sudden switch from free to crowded flow. He assumes that there is a range of different preferred speeds for different runners, which each maintains throughout the race. With just these factors, Treiber can calculate the flow rate of runners, knowing the “carrying capacity”(承载能力)at each point on the route.
This allows Treiber to figure out how blocking might depend on the race conditions – for example, for different starting procedures. Some marathons start by letting all the runners set off at once (which means those at the back have to wait until those in front have moved forward). Others assign runners to various groups according to ability, and let them start in a series of waves.
Treiber has applied the model to the annual Rennsteig half-marathon in central Germany, which attracts around 6,000 participants. The traditional route had to be changed in 2013, because the police were no longer willing to close a road to ensure that runners could cross safely. It could pass either over a 60m wooden bridge or through a tunnel. Treiber used his model to predict the likely blocking caused in the various options. The model predicted that a mass start would risk an overload of runners if the bridge were to be used. Only by moving the starting point further back from the bridge could the danger be avoided – and even then, if some of the numbers assumed in the model were only slightly inaccurate, there was still a risk of jams at the bridge. On the other hand, no dangerous blocking seemed likely for the tunnel route. The run organizers consulted Treiber’s team, and eventually chose this option.
1.What is the worst thing while running a marathon?
A. The long distance. B. Too many participants.
C. The dangerous blocking. D. Serious injuries in forearms.
2.Which of the following statements is true?
A. James Lighthill is the first expert trying to model traffic flow.
B. The denser the flow is, the faster the flow rate becomes.
C. The flow rate increases in the beginning because fewer people passed together.
D. The flow rate increases first and then decreases later when the flow is too denser.
3.What is NOT true about the Rennsteig?
A. It has much less participants than the London Marathon in 2014.
B. It has a shorter distance than the London Marathon.
C. The route was changed because the traditional one is not safe any longer.
D. The participants running this marathon will pass a tunnel because this choice is safer.
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Make a comparison between marathon and road traffic.
B. Running a marathon is somewhat dangerous if it is not well organized.
C. Introduce a new technology to solve the blocking problem in marathon.
D. Some advice for people who are to run a marathon.
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The news came out _____ the daughter of Pierre Robilland was to marry the little Irishman from up the country.
A. that B. how C. which D. whether
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Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months _____ to begin her propjet.
A. was she allowedB. she was allowed
C. did she permitD. she permitted
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省高三普通高等学校招生5月适应性考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When a rabbit sees something danger, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. The other rabbit see this tail moved up and down. They know that there is danger, and they run, too. Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee has found some food, it go back to their home. It can tell other bees where the food is with speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees at home there the food is. Some animals say things by make sounds. A dog barks when a stranger goes near. A cat purrs when pleased.
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John worked hard at his lessons and gained _____to a famous university last year.
A. permission B. admission C. agreement D. freedom
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省宁波市高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
My daughter Allie is leaving for college in a week. Her room is piled with shopping bags filled with blankets, towels, jeans, sweaters. She won’t talk about going.
I say, “I’m going to miss you,” and she gives me one of her looks and leaves the room. Another time I say, in a voice so friendly it surprises even me: “Do you think you’ll take your posters and pictures with you, or will you get new ones at college?”
She answers, her voice filled with annoyance, “How should I know?”
My daughter is off with friends most of the time. Yesterday was the last day she’d have until Christmas with her friend Katharine, whom she’s known since kindergarten. Soon, it will be her last day with Sarah, Claire, Heather... and then it will be her last day with me.
My friend Karen told me, “The August before I left for college, I screamed at my mother the whole month. Be prepared.”
I stand in the kitchen, watching Allie make a glass of iced tea. Her face, once so open and trusting, is closed to me. I struggle to think of something to say to her, something meaningful and warm. I want her to know I’m excited about the college she has chosen, that I know the adventure of her life is just starting and that I am proud of her. But the look on her face is so mad that I think she might hit me if I open my mouth.
One night — after a long period of silence between us — I asked what I might have done or said to make her angry with me. She sighed and said, “Mom, you haven’t done anything. It’s fine.” It is fine — just distant.
Somehow in the past we had always found some way to connect. When Allie was a baby, I would go to the day-care center after work. I’d find a quiet spot and she would nurse — our eyes locked together, reconnecting with each other.
In middle school, when other mothers were already regretting the distant relationship they felt with their adolescent daughters, I hit upon a solution: rescue measures. I would show up occasionally at school, sign her out of class and take her somewhere — out to lunch, to the movies, once for a long walk on the beach. It may sound irresponsible, but it kept us close when other mothers and daughters were quarrelling. We talked about everything on those outings — outings we kept secret from family and friends.
When she started high school, I’d get up with her in the morning to make her a sandwich for lunch, and we’d silently drink a cup of tea together before the 6:40 bus came.
A couple of times during her senior year I went into her room at night, the light off, but before she went to sleep. I’d sit on the edge of her bed, and she’d tell me about problems: a teacher who lowered her grade because she was too shy to talk in class, a boy who teased her, a friend who had started smoking. Her voice, coming out of the darkness, was young and questioning.
A few days later I’d hear her on the phone, repeating some of the things I had said, things she had adopted for her own.
But now we are having two kinds of partings. I want to say good-bye in a romantic way. For example, we can go to lunch and lean across the table and say how much we will miss each other. I want smiles through tears, bittersweet moments of memory and the chance to offer some last bits of wisdom.
But as she prepares to depart, Allie has hidden her feelings. When I reach to touch her arm, she pulls away. She turns down every invitation I extend. She lies on her bed, reading Emily Dickinson until I say I have always loved Emily Dickinson, and then she closes the book.
Some say the tighter your bond with your child, the greater her need to break away, to establish her own identity in the world. The more it will hurt, they say. A friend of mine who went through a difficult time with her daughter but now has become close to her again, tells me, “Your daughter will be back to you.”
“I don’t know,” I say. I sometimes feel so angry that I want to go over and shake Allie. I want to say, “Talk to me — or you’re grounded!” I feel myself wanting to say that most horrible of all mother phrases: “Think of everything I’ve done for you.”
Late one night, as I’m getting ready for bed she comes to the bathroom door and watches me brush my teeth. For a moment, I think I must be brushing my teeth in a way she doesn’t approve of. But then she says, “I want to read you something.” It’s a brochure from her college. “These are tips for parents.”
I watch her face as she reads the advice aloud: “ ‘Don’t ask your child if she is homesick,’ it says. ‘She might feel bad the first few weeks, but don’t let it worry you. This is a natural time of transition. Write her letters and call her a lot. Send a package of candies...’ ”
Her voice breaks, and she comes over to me and buries her head in my shoulder. I stroke her hair, lightly, afraid she’ll run if I say a word. We stand there together for long moments, swaying. Reconnecting.
I know it will be hard again. It’s likely there will be a fight about something. But I am grateful to be standing in here at midnight, both of us tired and sad, toothpaste spread on my chin, holding tight to—while also letting go of—my daughter who is trying to say good-bye.
1.Why is there a period of silence between the author and Allie one night?
A. Allie is tired of the author’s suggestions.
B. The author is angry with Allie’s rudeness.
C. Allie is anxious about talking about leaving.
D. The author is ready to adjust her way of parenting.
2.How did the author deal with the possible distance with Allie when Allie was in middle school?
A. She would chat with Allie till late at night.
B. She would invite Allie and her friends home.
C. She would visit Allie at school and take her out.
D. She would communicate with Allie by telephone.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that__________.
A. Allie is emotional and only has a few good friends
B. the author is not satisfied with the college Allie has chosen
C. there is a lack of communication between the author and Allie
D. there are different attitudes to parting between the author and Allie
4.What Allie reads to the author is__________.
A. the tips to parents on how to educate their children
B. the suggestion on how to deal with the generation gap
C. the tips to parents on when they depart with their children
D. the suggestion on how to ease the homesickness of children
5.The author doesn’t say anything to Allie when they are standing together because_________.
A. she can’t read Allie’s mind
B. she is afraid that Allie will leave
C. she is too excited to speak a word
D. she doesn’t know how to speak to Allie
6.From the underlined part in the last paragraph we can know that___________.
A. the tie between the author and Allie is broken
B. Allie doesn’t need the author’s care any more
C. the author expects Allie to live an independent life
D. the author will keep a close relationship with Allie as before
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