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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:054
1 exposition (展览)Auckland Museum pays 2 to this great New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond Exhibition at the museum until April 25.
Hillary reached Mt Everest’s 3 on May 29, 1953—just in time 4 the Queen’s Conation (加冕典礼).
Now 83 and 5 by New Zealand as its greatest 6 countryman, Sir Edmund, a Knight of the Garter, prefers to be called just 7 Ed. He and his wife June were guests of honor at the exhibition opening in February, coinciding(巧合)with the museum’s 150th birthday.
Visitors are 8 into his adventure—packed and charitable world through a
9 treasure chest of his memorabilia(大事记),from a well-worn passport to the ice
10 he used to climb that mountain.
A Nepalese schoolhouse, kitchen and Buddhist temple have been 11 to show the place he has 12 40 years of his charitable soul and money to 13 the Himalayan Trust, building schools, hospitals and all manner of infrastructure(基础设施)in the 14 stricken country.
The exhibition also 15 Ed’s climbs in the Southern Alps, a tractor journey he
16 to the South Pole in 1967 and a trip up the River Ganges by jet boat. 17 the exhibition closes it will go to the United States, to 18 Sir Edmund’s jubilee (50年节)year,
19 a celebratory party in London and a 20 with his Sherpa friends in Kathmandu.
1.A.simple B.large C.detailed D.great
2.A.attention B.respect C.admiration D.honor
3.A.top B.peak C.height D.level
4.A.at B.of C.for D.with
5.A.looked upon B.thought about C.looked up D.thought out
6.A.living B.live C.alive D.lively
7.A.short B.plain C.as D.for
8.A.put B.poured C.led D.drawn
9.A.clear B.dear C.real D.new
10.A.knife B.axe C.fork D.spear
11.A.recreated B.recycled C.recovered D.repaired
12.A.spent B.taken C.devoted D.used
13.A.by B.through C.for D.from
14.A.poverty B.storm C.disaster D.earthquakes
15.A.covers B.shows C.tells D.expresses
16.A.paid B.did C.made D.took
17.A.While B.If C.Since D.When
18.A.sign B.mark C.design D.continue
19.A.beginning with B.joining in C.ending up with D.adding up to
20.A.reunion B.repetition C.review D.recovery
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科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:050
Bill Gates is one of the most famous people in the world. His books have been translated into many languages.
What many people do not know is that he is not the only founder of Microsoft. A lot of honor must go to his partner, Paul Allen.
Allen and Gates met at Lakeside Preparatory School. They and some other friends became interested in computers. They began skipping(逃)PE lessons to play on the school computers. Their school did a deal with a computer company. It al-lowed Allen and Gates to use the company's computers for free. They even started their first software business while in high school. Computers were their lives.
After leaving school, Alien worked as a programmer. Gates went to Harvard University, one of the best universities in the world, to study law. The invention of computers was small enough to be used at homes, called personal computers, helped Allen persuade Gates to leave Harvard University and start Microsoft together. They designed software like MS-DOS and BASIC for large companies like IBM. However, they were not satisfied with the software and came up with a new system, called Windows. Allen was one of the main programmers. The equally successful Microsoft Office soon followed.
Allen fell ill in 1983. He stopped working full-time for Microsoft. He took time off, read, traveled and stayed with his family. Allen and Gates are still close. He is still involved in Microsoft, and as one of the richest men in the world, doesn't regret leaving.
(1) It is generally believed by people that ________.
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A.Bill Gates is the richest person in the world with little education
B.Bill Gates alone founded Microsoft
C.Paul Allen is a close competitor in computers against Bill Gates
D.Paul Allen is also a successful writer besides his achievement in computers
(2) We know from this passage that ________.
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A.Allen and Gates have known each other for a long time
B.Allen first used a computer at a company
C.Allen and Gates never attended a PE lesson
D.Allen and Gates helped companies with problems for money
(3) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A.Paul Allen invented personal computers.
B.Bill Gates joined Microsoft after he finished his law degree at Harvard University.
C.Paul Allen lost all of his interest in computers after he fell ill.
D.Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft at the same time.
(4) The best title for this passage is“________”.
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A.The Other Half of Microsoft
B.Bill Gates
C.How Microsoft Started
D.Microsoft and Its History
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科目:高中英语 来源:江西省泰和中学2012届高三第一学期十二月测试英语试卷 题型:050
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科目:高中英语 来源:江西省泰和中学2012届高三周考英语试题 题型:050
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科目:高中英语 来源:江西省红色六校2012届高三上学期第一次联考英语试题 题型:050
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