Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that th
e book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.
1.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?
A. To explain what they are.
B. To introduce BookCrossing.
C. To stress the importance of reading.
D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2refer to?
A. The book. B. An adventure.
C. A public place. D. The identification number.
3.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?
A. Meet other readers to discuss it. B. Pass it on to another reader.
C. Keep it safe in his bookcase. D. Mail it back to its owner.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour
B. Electronic Books: A new Trend
C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back
D. A Website Links People through Books
科目：高中英语 来源：河南省郑州市2018届高三上学期质量评估二英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful,there's a natural impulse to catch and own it—which means, in this day and age,that we can't help reaching for our phones to take a picture when seeing beautiful things.
Though this would seem to be a wonderful solution,there are two big problems about taking pictures.Firstly, we're likely to be so busy taking the pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest inspire us to take a photograph in the first place.And secondly,because we feel the pictures are safely stored in our phones,we never get around to look at them.
These problems would seem to be very much of today,a consequence of the tiny phones in our pockets.But they were noticed right at the beginning of the history of photography,when the average camera was the size of a grandfather clock.The first person who noticed them was the English art critic,John Ruskin.He was a travelling lover who realized that most tourists failed to notice or remember the beautiful things they saw.
He argued that humans have a born tendency（倾向）to respond to beauty and desire to keep it,but that there are bad expressions of this desire.At worst,we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs.But,in Ruskin's eyes, there's one thing we should do and that is attempting to draw the interesting things we see,and it doesn't matter whether we happen to have any talent for doing so.
Before the invention of photography,people used to draw far more than they do today.It was an active necessity. But in the mid-19th century,photography killed drawing.It became something only "artists" would ever do,so Ruskin spent four years on a campaign to get people drawing again.
So if drawing had value even when it was practiced by people with no talent,it was for Ruskin because drawing can teach us to notice properly rather than watch absent-mindedly（心不在焉地）.When describing what lies before our eyes with our own hands,we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.
1.What does the underlined word "impulse" mean?
A. Interest. B. Urge.
C. Habit. D. Reaction.
2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. An effective solution to storing something nice.
B. Reasons for taking pictures in the first place.
C. Problems related with taking photos.
D. Methods of storing pictures in phones.
3.It can be inferred that John Ruskin______.
A. lived at the origin of photography
B. lived at the origin of drawing
C. studied the history of photography
D. was an English literature critic
4.How did John Ruskin advise us to remember our travel?
A. By taking photographs.
B. By buying meaningful souvenirs.
C. By writing some travel notes.
D. By trying drawing what we see.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2018届高三摸底考试原创卷A卷-英语 题型：短文改错
短文改错（共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分）
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。
Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English. Is it good to study in Britain or in your own country?
The advantage of going to Britain seem obvious. You will listen to the language all the time, surround completely by the language wherever you go and don’t have to speak English if you are with the local people. In China, there is always possible to speak Chinese in class and the learn is slower.
On the one hand, there are also advantages of studying home. You don’t have to make big changes to your life. Besides, it’s much cheaper than going to Britain.
In my view, to most people with enough money, being at home is their only option. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximize our opportunities: speaking only English in class and using English whenever possible outside the class.
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科目：高中英语 来源：内蒙古包头市2017届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假如你是李华。某英文报社正在举行主题为“周六关闭智能手机”的活动，你很感兴趣。请你用英文给此报社发一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.表明愿意参加活动，并给出原因；
2.关闭手机后，你准备在本周六安排哪些活动；
3.表示会向同学们介绍此项活动。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am pleased to learn about your appeal to spend a Saturday without using smart phones.
Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：内蒙古包头市2017届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Children often suffer pain and insecurity when their parents separate.When my ex-husband and I split up after 10 years of marriage,our daughter was 5 years old and my son only 3.We decided to consult a psychologist about the best way to explain this new situation to the children.
She shared with us this special story about a land turtle and a sea turtle,which we then used to help them better comprehend.
Once upon a time,a land turtle (Mommy) met a sea turtle (Daddy) close to a beautiful shore.Soon they fell deeply in love and decided to get married.For a time,they continued to live at the water's edge so that Mommy could sit on the sand and keep dry and warm,while Daddy sat in the shallow water to keep cool.A few years later two baby turtles arrived (you both!).They were very special indeed and looked a little like each of their parents.
But as the years went by,Daddy sea turtle started spending more and more time in the ocean as he traveled deeper and deeper to look for pearls.Mommy land turtle also started wandering up into the sands to hunt for food in the woods.Little by little,Daddy and Mommy turtle started to drift further and further apart.Finally one day,Mommy and Daddy turtle decided they didn't want to live together anymore.The little turtles continued to spend time with each of their parents.They made lots of friends with all the fish,dolphins and whales in the ocean and also many friends with the rabbits,deer,and foxes in the woods.In fact they grew up to be a new kind of turtle that could live both in the ocean and on the land.
Over the years,this tale of the land and sea turtle has helped my children cope with and accept the fact that my marriage to their father was over.They know that we once loved each other very much and they were born out of true love.
1.The underlined “They” in the second paragraph refers to .
A. the two baby turtles B. the land turtle and the sea turtle
C. the author and her ex-husband D. the author's children
2.When the parents divorce,their children often feel .
A. relieved B. unsafe C. pleased D. annoyed
3.In the third paragraph,the underlined phrase “drift apart” probably means .
A. make sense B. become disconnected C. break down D. get excited
4.We can probably find the passage in the column “ ”.
A. Culture B. Career C. Parenting D. Education
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科目：高中英语 来源：2.1 Unit 2 Warming Up Reading 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A proverb says, ＂Time is money＂. But in my opinion, time is even 1 precious than money. Why? Because when money 2 (be) spent, we can earn it back. However, when time 3 (go), it will never return.
It is known to all that the time we can use is 4 (limit). Therefore we should make use of our time more __5__ (full) to study hard so as to serve our country in 6 future. But it is a pity that there are a lot of __7__(person) who do not realize the value of time. They spend their precious time smoking, 8 (drink) and playing.
In a word, we should form a good habit of 9 (save) time. Do not put off what can be done today __10__ tomorrow.
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科目：高中英语 来源：甘肃省天水市2016-2017学年高一下学期第二次段考（B）英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华，你的美国老师Mr. Evans要求你们明天下午去听一个英国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你写一封信向Mr. Evans道歉并说明情况。要点如下：
1.表示歉意；
2.理由：父亲去北京出差，母亲生病住院需要人照顾；
3.询问：是否有录音，以便补听讲座。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语和结束语已为你写好。
Dear Mr. Evans,
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：宁夏勤行学区2017-2018学年高二上学期入学考试英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假如你是某外国语学校高二学生李华。近来，你发现很多同学课间休息时间坐在教室里学习。请你根据以下提示，用英语写信给校长反映这一问题，并呼吁同学们注意学习效率。
1. 反映问题；
2. 你的建议(至少两点)。
3. 总结文章并提出希望
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 文中不得提及人名、校名及地名；
3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
(ten-minute break between classes)课间休息
Dear Sir,
I am Li Hua, a senior 2 student in your school. I’m writing to tell you about a problem.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017-2018学年高一英语人教版必修1（Unit 1 Friendship） 题型：阅读理解
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Life can be so wonderful, full of adventure and joy. It can also be full of challenges, setbacks(挫折)and heartbreaks. Whatever our circumstances, we generally still have dreams, hopes and desires — that little something more we want for ourselves and our loved ones. Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem, because when we go to change the way we do things, up come the old patterns and pitfalls(陷阱)that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place.
This tension between what we feel we can have and what we’re seemingly able to have is the niggling(烦人的) suffering, the anxiety we feel. This is where we usually think it’s easier to just give up. But we’re never meant to let go of the part of us that knows we can have more. The intelligence behind that knowing is us — the real us. It’s the part that believes in life and its possibilities. If you drop that, you begin to feel a little ＂dead＂ inside because you’re dropping ＂you＂.
So, if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck, how do we break these patterns?
Decide on a new course and make one decision at a time. This is good advice for a new adventure or just getting through today’s challenges.
While, deep down, we know we can do it, our mind — or the minds of those close to us — usually says we can’t. That isn’t a reason to stop, it’s just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again. It has done it many times before. It’s all about starting simple and doing it now.
Decide and act before overthinking. When you do this you may feel a little, or large, release from the jail of your mind and you’ll be on your way.
1. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that we should ___________.
A. slow down and live a simple life B. be careful when we choose to change
C. stick to our dreams under any circumstances D. be content with what we already have
2. What is the key to breaking the old patterns?
A. To focus on every detail. B. To decide and take immediate action.
C. To listen to those close to us. D. To think twice before we act.
3. Which of the following best explains the underlined part in the last paragraph?
A. Punishment for your action. B. Realization of your dreams.
C. Freedom from your tension. D. Reduction of your expectations.
4.What does the author intend to tell us?
A. It’s easier than we think to get what we want.
B. It’s important to learn to accept sufferings in life.
C. It’s impractical to change our way of thinking.
D. It’s harder than we expect to follow a new course.
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