科目:高中英语 来源:2004全国各省市高考模拟试题汇编(天利38套)·英语 题型:050
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In the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, all hurricanes are now given girl's names.
For years hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the Saint's (圣人) Day on which the hurricane occurred. An example is the “Santa Ana” hurricane which struck Puerto Rico on July 26, 1825 and “San Felipe” (1876) and “San Felipe” (1928) which passed over Puerto Rico on September 3.Early in last century an Australian weatherman named hurricanes in his area after political figures he disliked. Another method of identifying (识别) hurricanes was the phonetic (语音的) alphabet used by the army during World War Ⅰ (Able - Baker - Charlie - etc). The oldest method is the more difficult latitude - longitude (经纬度) description. The first written mention of lady hurricanes may have been in the novel Storm, by George R Steward (1941). During World War Ⅱ the practice of giving the storms girls names became more widespread.
1.Hurricanes were probably first given girls' names in ________.
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2.The oldest method of naming hurricanes was ________.
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A.identifying them by using a phonetic alphabet
B.giving them the name of the saint on whose religious day they occurred
C.identifying them according to their longitude and latitude description
D.giving them the name of a political figure
3.The practice of naming hurricanes after saints' days began ________.
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A.in the North Atlantic area
B.in the North Pacific area
C.in Australia
D.in the Caribbean
4.The weatherman who named hurricanes after politicians did so ________.
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A.in the early 1800s
B.in the mid 1900s
C.in the early 1900s
D.during the Second World War
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届宁夏上学期高一期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单词拼写
单词拼写(每小题1分,每空一词,共计10分)
1.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike. Then she___________________(说服)me to buy one.
2.Go__________(径直地)ahead until you come to a bank .You won’t miss it .
3.Tom ________________ (不顾,忽视) the doctor’s advice and goes on smoking.
4.We can’t imagine what life would be like without ___________________(电).
5.The next thing is to get the students _________________(组织) in small groups .
6.Thousands of people in that area are s______________ from hunger because of the drought .
7.After the earthquake, the army sent teams to r_____________ those who were trapped under the ruins.
8.My father is so s_____________ that no one can make him change his decision.
9.The boy i______________ in the accident was sent to hospital in time .
10.Hearing the funny story, the children b________ into laughter
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
请认真阅读下面对话,并根据各题首字母的提示,写出一个英语单词的完整、正确、形式,使对话通顺。
W: What do you(1)t of the exams, Peter ?
M: Maybe they were easy(2)e for you, but they were much too(3)h for me .
W: Oh , come on, You’ve probably done better than you think.
M: No, I am(4)c I’ll fail in chemistry and most likely in the physics and math, too. Thank goodness, it’s all over. We can forget it now-at least until we get back our(5)p .
W: Yes, Now I can get on with(6)r all the books which I’ve been longing to read.
M: What! Well, it’s(7)u to you, I suppose, but I’ve had enough of reading , I’m not going to open(8)a book. I think I am going to Bob’s party tomorrow night.
W: If I’m going to university in September, I’ll have to get down to work soon
M: That’s the trouble, You’re too serious.
W: You always try to do(9)e in the last minute-that’s your trouble.
M: I think I’ll join the army(10)i of going to university.
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