科目:高中英语 来源:人教社新课程2003年审核高二上册练习 人教社新课程2003年审核 题型:050
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.
When a magazine for high-school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Building would rotate so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would“radiate light”and“change color with the push of a button”. Food would be replaced by pills. School would be taught“by electrical impulse while we sleep”. Cars would have radar. Does this sound like the years 2000? Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was“What will life be like in 1978?”
The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict(预言)accurately(准确地). By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in“airbuses”, large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers, when a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents“almost unheard of”. Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would be, because he was writing in 1957. His subject was “The City of 1982”.
If the experts sometimes sound like high-school students, it's probably because future study is still a new field. But economic(经济的)predicting has been around for a long time. It should be accurate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in this field, too. In early 1929, most predictors saw an excellent future
for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever.
One predictor knew that predictions about the future would probably be wrong. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rand Corporation was asked about the year 2000,“Only one thing is certain,”he answered.“Children born today will have reached the age of43.”
(1)High-school students' answers to“What would life be in 1978?”sound ________.
[ ]
(2)According to the writer, forecasting is fairly accurate in ________.
[ ]
(3)Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A. Predictions are accurate.
B. Professionals sometimes sound like high school students.
C. There have been some big mistakes in the field of economic forecasting.
D. Predictions about the future will probably be wrong.
(4)The present passage was most probably written ________.
[ ]
A. just before 2000
B. in 1958
C. after 1982
D. in 1957
(5)H.J. Rand's prediction about the year 2000 shows that ________.
[ ]
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only experts can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few experts can figure out in advance what will happen
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:053
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When a magazine for high-school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Building would rotate so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would“radiate light”and“change color with the push of a button”. Food would be replaced by pills. School would be taught“by electrical impulse while we sleep”. Cars would have radar. Does this sound like the years 2000? Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was“What will life be like in 1978?”
The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict(预言)accurately(准确地). By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in“airbuses”, large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers, when a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents“almost unheard of”. Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would be, because he was writing in 1957. His subject was “The City of 1982”.
If the experts sometimes sound like high-school students, it's probably because future study is still a new field. But economic(经济的)predicting has been around for a long time. It should be accurate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in this field, too. In early 1929, most predictors saw an excellent future
for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever.
One predictor knew that predictions about the future would probably be wrong. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rand Corporation was asked about the year 2000,“Only one thing is certain,”he answered.“Children born today will have reached the age of43.”
(1)High-school students' answers to“What would life be in 1978?”sound ________.
[ ]
(2)According to the writer, forecasting is fairly accurate in ________.
[ ]
(3)Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A. Predictions are accurate.
B. Professionals sometimes sound like high school students.
C. There have been some big mistakes in the field of economic forecasting.
D. Predictions about the future will probably be wrong.
(4)The present passage was most probably written ________.
[ ]
A. just before 2000
B. in 1958
C. after 1982
D. in 1957
(5)H.J. Rand's prediction about the year 2000 shows that ________.
[ ]
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only experts can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few experts can figure out in advance what will happen
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山东省济宁曲阜市高三上学期期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
As you probably know, J.Paul Getty was one of the richest and moat successful American industrialists in history.Quite ambitious from an early age, Getty made his first million at age 23 in 1916.He later went on to found the Getty oil company, In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American and in 1966, the Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen.
Although he is highly regarded by vast numbers of people for his financial success, as a younger man, his drive to acquire power and money had a detrimental impact on other aspects of his life, particularly in his relationships with women.He was, at one point quoted assaying "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.” He married five times, having children with four of these wives.He couldn’t seem to keep a marriage going for very long.His obsession with having a fortune and power alienated (疏远) each of his wives, eventually driving them away. His marriage with his first wife Jeanette lasted for only three years, with Allene for two years, Adolphine, four years, Ann, four years, and finally Louise, nineteen years.
Perhaps as a young man, Getty was willing to pay whatever price for financial success.Yet Paul came to feel some regret in regard to his life priorities as he approached his later years when he Wrote: "I hate and regret the failure of my marriages.I would gladly give all of my millions for just one lasting marriage success."
At the end of Getty's life, all of the wealth that he had got meant very little to him.It was only then that he became wise enough to understand what really mattered most.Despite all of his accomplishments, he died with great regret.
It' s a sad story and a cautionary tale for those of us who may have chosen to make career building our highest priority(优先权), thereby ignoring our relationships.Like any other living organism, relationships require care and attention in order to grow.Even the strongest relationships will he damaged, if there is not enough care.
【小题1】What is Paragraph l mainly about?
A.People' s admiration for J.Paul Getty. |
B.How J.Paul Getty led his life. |
C.J. Paul Getty's achievements. |
D.How J.Paul Getty became rich. |
A.harmful | B.interesting | C.positive | D.demanding |
A.Ann | B.Adolphine | C.Allene | D.Louise |
A.business | B.politics | C.marriage | D.education |
A.Young people should focus an career - building. |
B.The strongest relationships between people won't be damaged. |
C.We should attend to the needs in relationships. |
D.Successful people don't care about relationships with others. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山东省济宁曲阜市高三上学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
As you probably know, J.Paul Getty was one of the richest and moat successful American industrialists in history.Quite ambitious from an early age, Getty made his first million at age 23 in 1916.He later went on to found the Getty oil company, In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American and in 1966, the Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen.
Although he is highly regarded by vast numbers of people for his financial success, as a younger man, his drive to acquire power and money had a detrimental impact on other aspects of his life, particularly in his relationships with women.He was, at one point quoted assaying "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.” He married five times, having children with four of these wives.He couldn’t seem to keep a marriage going for very long.His obsession with having a fortune and power alienated (疏远) each of his wives, eventually driving them away. His marriage with his first wife Jeanette lasted for only three years, with Allene for two years, Adolphine, four years, Ann, four years, and finally Louise, nineteen years.
Perhaps as a young man, Getty was willing to pay whatever price for financial success.Yet Paul came to feel some regret in regard to his life priorities as he approached his later years when he Wrote: "I hate and regret the failure of my marriages.I would gladly give all of my millions for just one lasting marriage success."
At the end of Getty's life, all of the wealth that he had got meant very little to him.It was only then that he became wise enough to understand what really mattered most.Despite all of his accomplishments, he died with great regret.
It' s a sad story and a cautionary tale for those of us who may have chosen to make career building our highest priority(优先权), thereby ignoring our relationships.Like any other living organism, relationships require care and attention in order to grow.Even the strongest relationships will he damaged, if there is not enough care.
1.What is Paragraph l mainly about?
A.People' s admiration for J.Paul Getty. |
B.How J.Paul Getty led his life. |
C.J. Paul Getty's achievements. |
D.How J.Paul Getty became rich. |
2.The underlined word "detrimental" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to "_ ".
A.harmful |
B.interesting |
C.positive |
D.demanding |
3.J.Paul Getty's marriage that lasted for the longest time was with _ .
A.Ann |
B.Adolphine |
C.Allene |
D.Louise |
4.At the end of his life, what J.Paul Getty cares about most is the success in .
A.business |
B.politics |
C.marriage |
D.education |
5.What is the author's conclusion from the passage?
A.Young people should focus an career - building. |
B.The strongest relationships between people won't be damaged. |
C.We should attend to the needs in relationships. |
D.Successful people don't care about relationships with others. |
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