Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Where : Becket,Massachusetts
When: June 15---- Aug.24
Each summer,this influential dance center presents a number of classes and performances by more than 50 companies from around the world. Highlights(最精彩的部分)this season include the Dance Theater of Harlem’s production of Alvin Ailey’s “The Lark Ascending”, which opens the festival.
Many events are free.Ticketed performances start at $22. jacobspillow.org.
Moab Music Festival
Where:Moab,Utah
When: Aug.29--Sept.9
This area is better known for mountain biking than for music . But since 1992, it has hosted a private festival that brings classical ,Jazz,Latin and other types of music to the land . This year there will be 16 concerts,including three “Grotto Concerts”, where guests take a 45-minutes boat ride down the Colorado River to performances.
Events start at $25. noabmusicfest.org.
Cheyenne Frontier Days
Where: Cheyenne, Wyoming
When: July19-28
There is something for everyone at this 117-year-old festival ,from an “Indian village”and Old West museum to country concerts.But the competition is still the main attraction, with cowboys (牛仔)and cowgirls competing for major money in the world’s largest outdoor stage.
Competition tickets start at $18, and concert tickets at $23 cfdrodeo.com
The Glimmerglass Festival
Where: Cooperstown,New York
When: July6--Aug.24
Each summer,opera lovers from around the country (and the world)travel to upstate New York to watch productions that include stars like Nathan Gunn and Ginger Costa-Jackson. This year’s performances include Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman”and Verdi’s “King for a Day”, in honor of the 200th birthdays of both composers(作曲家)。
Tickets start at $26. Glimmerglass.org.
1. If you want to enjoy a “Grotto Concert”,which date suits you best?
A. June 15 .B. July 19
C. August 24 D. September4
2.If you go to Cheyenne to watch a competition and enjoy a concert , how much will you pay at least?
A. $18 B.$22 C.$36 D.$41
3. If you are a big fan of Wagner, you’re advised to go to ____.
A. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival B. The Glimmerglass Festival
C. Cheyenne Frontier Days D. Moab Music Festival
4.Which part of a website is the text probably chosen from?
A. Education B. Art
C. Business D. Literature
星级口算天天练系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2015届江苏省高二4月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy－games, CDs and clothing－are easily sold on the Web.
But paying online is a troublesome business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parent’s card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money.
That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber (网络的) space are coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, th
ese products can stimulate online sales.
In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153bn (billion) in the US last year and ￡20bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school－88 percent in the US, 69 percent in the UK. According to the Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online－mainly CDs and books.
In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than pressing them to spend on the high street. They are more likely to ask “Why?” if you ask to spend some money online.
One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards such as InternetCash in the US and Smart cards in the UK. Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as￡20 or $50 with a concealed 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account.
1.What does the word “They” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Sellers. B. Buyers. C. Teenagers. D. Parents.
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. More than half of the teenagers in the US and the UK have Internet access.
B. Teenagers pay for goods online with their own credit cards.
C. Most teenagers in the US and the UK have bought something online.
D. Teenagers found it easier to persuade parents to buy online than in a shop.
3.New way to help teenagers shop online is to use ______.
A. a new machine B. special coins and notes
C. prepaid cards D. pay-as-you-go mobile phones
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Online shopping traps.
B. Internet users in the US and the UK.
C. New credit cards for parents.
D. The arrival of cyber pocket money.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届江苏江阴祝塘中学五校联考高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
中央号召创建节约型社会，可是许多校园内部浪费现象严重。请你在班会课上发表演讲，号召同学们从我做起，杜绝浪费。
注意：1．词数150左右；演讲的开头和结尾已写好，不记人总词数。
2．不要逐字逐条翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。
浪费现象 | 危害 | 措施 |
1．水、电。 2．餐厅的食物。 3．其他(由考生自己添加) | 1．自身性格。 2．父母财政负担。 3．自然资源 | (内容由考生自己添加) |
Dear friends,
May I have your attention, please? Now I’d like to make a speech here.
With the improvement of living standard, there are a lot of waste on campus. For example the students_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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That’s all. Thank you!
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届江苏江阴祝塘中学五校联考高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
“Only two centimeters higher, _______break the world record,” encouraged the coach.
A. you will B. and you will C. or you will D. will you
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届新疆昌吉州一中高二下期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处错误。错误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。
A discussion about hiking has held in our class. Some students think that hiking during vacations can make people to feel healthier, fresher and more harmonious with nature. They
find themselves deep attracted by the beauty of nature. They can also be relaxing while they
are walking in deep mountains. But nowadays some hikers even begin to explore the places
that people has never been to, and accidents have been happened now and then because poor knowledge of hiking. Some hikers even lost their life. The other students in our class think it
not safe to organize so dangerous activities. They make suggestions which laws should be
passed and hikers should be trained before they attend the activities.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届新疆兵团农二师华山中学高三上学期学前英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线\划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，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。
Hello, boys and girls! Today, I am going to talk with what you should do when a fire alarm go off. If you hear
the alarm, stand in line at the door and wait your teacher to lead you outside. Stay close to your teacher and classmate. Don't panic or get out of line, and trying to remain quiet and calmly. Soon the firefighters will come and put out a fire. If it's a false alarm and there is no fire, your teacher will lead us back to the classroom. If you notice that when someone is missing and hurt, tell your teacher immediately.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届新疆兵团农二师华山中学高三上学期学前英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.
The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.
Decibels (分贝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety－five would have the same effect.
Some scientists have suggested setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in the oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales(鲸鱼).
A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals.
The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected.
Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.
Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists don't think that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.
1.According to the passage, natural sounds include all of the following EXCEPT________.
A．sounds made by animals themselves
B．ocean drilling
C．underwater earthquakes
D．the breaking of ice fields
2.Which of the following is true of whales？
A．They won't be confused by noises.
B．They are deaf to noises.
C．Their ability to reproduce will be lowered by high?level noises.
D．Their hearing will be damaged by high?level noises.
3.According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?
A．They will work hard to reduce ocean noise pollution.
B．They will protect sea animals from harmful noises.
C．They will try to set a limit of 120 decibels.
D．They will study the effect of ocean noise pollution.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届广东省湛江市高三8月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Susan was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.
School was difficult for Susan and she was bullied because of her different behaviors. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical idols on the wall and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.
One by one the siblings moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an aging mother and a cat. The siblings accused her mother of not expecting more out of Susan. She had seen many professionals and remembered hearing the word “borderline” but didn’t know what it meant. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation from the crowd.
When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to compete in the Britain’s Got Talent contest, her siblings tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.
“The Woman I Was Born to Be” is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner. The writing is supplemented by photos from her albums.
I love this book! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day!
There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also inspires us to reach for our dreams — no matter how impossible they may seem to be!
1.This passage should be ___________.
A. a news report B. a biography
C. a book review D. an introduction
2.When Susan was young, ____________.
A. her mother died of an illness
B. her siblings liked her very much
C. she was fond of music
D. she was envied at school
3.According to the passage, which was NOT true?
A. Susan’s mother expected too much out of her.
B. Susan tried doing a lot of volunteer work.
C. Susan’s siblings tried to stop her from competing in the Britain’s Got Talent contest.
D. Susan’s performances were well received by the customers in pubs.
4.The book “The Woman I Was Born to Be” ______________.
A. is always a best-seller B. is written in a serious voice
C. is full of sad stories D. contains some photos of Susan
5.What does the author think of Susan Boyle？
A. Pitiful and selfless. B. Shy and passive.
C. Great and generous. D. Determined and inspiring.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届广东省高三暑假联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up,” says science writer Matt Ridley. “The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”
Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rational Optimist . He views mankind as grand enterprise that, on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years. He backs his findings with hard facts gathered through years of research.
Here’s how he explains his views.
1）Shopping fuels invention
It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better cars, and, of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be.
2) Brilliant advances
One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it’s half second.
3) Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change
Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel(化石燃料) electricity is forbidden by well- meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose-bleed by putting a tourniquet(止血带) around our necks.
1.What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?
A. Weakness of human nature.
B. Concern about climate change.
C. Importance of practical thinking.
D. Optimism about human progress.
2. How does Ridley look at shopping?
A. It encourages the creation of things.
B. It results in shortage of goods.
C. It demands more fossil fuels.
D. It causes a poverty problem.
3.The candle and lamp example is used to show that__________.
A. oil lamps give off more light than candles
B. shortening working time brings about a happier life.
C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles.
D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods.
4. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost.
B. Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous.
C. People’s health is closely related to climate change.
D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?
A. Matt Ridley doesn’t think the world is a good place to live in.
B. Climate change won’t cause a child’s death.
C. Matt Ridley based his unique point of view on his long-term research.
D. People will have more freedom for the development of the world.
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