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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省高三普通高等学校招生5月适应性考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
It was the Year from Hell-September 1993 to September 1994-the dog died, my marriage of 24 years ended, and my house burned down. I had moved into a new rented house with my youngest son, after my husband and I split up. We'd been in the house just six weeks. I went to a dinner party one night, and as I drove home, I saw helicopters hovering in the general vicinity of my new home. Smoke was billowing into the sky, and sirens were wailing. As I got closer, I thought, Wouldn't it be awful if that was my house? Then I turned the corner, and sure enough, it was my house.
I was devastated. It had been such a horrible year, and now everything I owned had gone up in smoke. Mementos, baby pictures, family keepsakes, clothes, furniture-everything was destroyed. My marriage was gone, my dog was gone, my home was gone, and all my worldly possessions, except my car and the clothes on my back, were gone too.
My son and I stayed with a friend for a couple of nights. Then my friend Gail heard about the fire, called me up, and said, "Come move into my house. I have seven bedrooms and five bathrooms-plenty of space for you and your son." It was a sprawling ranch house on a double lot in La Jolla, with an ocean view, to boot. Gail had three kids at home, but there was still plenty of room for me and my son, Sutton. Her offer was a godsend. Little did I know that her offer of a temporary place to stay would turn into a living arrangement that lasted two and a half years.
Gail and I had a lot in common. We had both been raised Catholic and our unconscious minds had been programmed the same way-we saw ourselves as good little Catholic girls who were gonna stay married forever. But both of our husbands decided they didn't want to be married anymore, and so here we were, two single mothers, dazed, confused, and in a fog. We had followed the rules... why were we not happy? Gail and I spent the next couple of years sorting out a lot of things together.
After we moved in, I soon began to look for a permanent place to live. After a few weeks, Gail said, "Please don't leave. I've never had so much freedom!" Having me in the house meant someone to help take care of her kids, someone to share cooking and gardening, and someone to share day-to-day life. She loved having me there, and I loved being there. So we stayed.
It was an important chapter in my life. Gail and I gardened together, talking back and forth as we worked in the soil. We both needed time to heal from our divorces, time to sort out the confusion, time to get some clarity on the past and some focus on the future. It was a time of deeper insight and spiritual growth for both of us. Over time, I grew to realize how strong I really was, how even-tempered, and how I really could get my act together and go on with my life.
Gail's generosity was more than anyone could ever ask or expect from a friend. She gave me a safe haven in which to mourn and heal and grow into the next chapter of my life. She showed her love in countless ways. I am eternally grateful to have a friend like Gail.
I'm also grateful for the lessons I learned from the fire and the other losses that came so suddenly, so fast. Much to my surprise, I found gratitude among the ashes. I was tested sorely-literally trial by fire. But, like a phoenix, I rose from the ashes strong and whole. I would not be the person I am today if not for that Year from Hell.
1.Why did the writer say Sep 1993 to Sep 1994 was the Year from Hell?
A、She got divorced from her husband
B、Both of her houses were burned down
C、She met some misfortune one after another
D、Her dog was killed in the big fire
2.What did the writer and Gail have in common?
A、Both of them had one son
B、Both of them believed in the same faith
C、Both of them lost the home
D、Both of them decided to divorce
3.How did the writer spend the days with Gail?
A、She looked after the 4 kids alone
B、She planted some flowers with Gail
C、She shared the same bedroom with Gail
D、They did some cleaning together
4.which is the right order of the following events?
①、She wanted to find a permanent house
②、She shared cooking with Gail
③、She went to a dinner party one night
④、She stayed with a friend for a couple of days
⑤、She lost her dog
A、③⑤④①② B、④①⑤③② C、 ③④②⑤① D、①③⑤④②
5.What is the best title for the text?
A、Generosity from a friend
B、Recover from the pain
C、The Year from Hell
D、Gratitude among the ashes
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省建人高复高三高考仿真模拟英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
In our childhood, we were often ___ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.
A. demanded B. reminded
C. allowed D. hoped
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— Tom! Corey has broken the glass.
— ______. Such things happen.
A. What a pityB. No way
C. It doesn’t matterD. By no means
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Parents should pay attention to areas ______ their child is having difficulty and spend extra time helping him or her.
A. whenB. where C. which D. why
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Since Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight ______ happened on March 8th, it has aroused a widespread concern around the world.
A. IssueB. Affair C. Event D. Incident
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省台州市高三下学期3月第一次高考模拟考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
During her junior year of high school, Diane Ray's teacher handed her a worksheet and instructed the 17-year-old to map out her future financial life. Ray pretended to buy a car, rent an apartment, and apply for a credit card. Then, she and her classmates played the "stock market game", investing（投资) the hypothetical（虚拟的） earnings from their hypothetical jobs in the market in the disastrous fall of 2008. "Our pretend investments crashed," Ray says, still frightened. "We got to know how it felt to lose money."
That pain of earning and losing money is a feeling that public schools increasingly want to teach. Forty states now offer some type of financial instruction at the high-school level, teaching students how to balance checkbooks and buy stock in math and social-studies classes. Though it's too early to measure the full influence of the Great Recession（大萧条）, the interest in personal-finance classes has risen since 2007 when bank failures started to occur regularly. Now, many states including Missouri, Utah, and Tennessee require teenagers to take financial classes to graduate from high school. School districts such as Chicago are encouraging money-management classes for kids as young as primary school, and about 300 colleges or universities now offer online personal-finance classes for incoming students. "These classes really say, 'This is how you live independently,' " says Ted Beck, president of National Endowment for Financial Education.
Rather than teach investment methods or financial skills, these courses offer a back-to-the-basics approach to handling money: Don't spend what you don't have. Put part of your monthly salary into a savings account, and invest in the stock market for the long-term rather than short-term gains. For Ray, this means dividing her earnings from her part-time job at a fast-food restaurant into separate envelopes for paying bills, spending and saving. "Money is so hard to make but so easy to spend," she says one weekday after school. "That is the big takeaway."
Teaching kids about the value of cash certainly is one of the programs' goals, but teachers also want students to think hard about their finances long term. It's easy for teenagers to get annoyed about gas prices because many of them drive cars. But the hard part is urging them to put off the instant satisfaction of buying a new T-shirt or an iPod. "Investing and retirement aren't things teenagers are thinking about. For them, the future is this weekend," says Gayle Whitefield, a business and marketing teacher at Uth’s Riverton High School.
That’s a big goal for these classes: preventing kids from making the same financial missteps their parents did when it comes to saving, spending, and debt. Though the personal savings rate has increased up to 4. 2 percent, that’s still a far distance from 1982, when Americans saved 11. 2 percent of their incomes. “It’s hard for schools to reach strict money-management skills when teenagers go home and watch their parents increase credit-card debt. It’s like telling your kids not to smoke and then lighting up a cigarette in front of them,” Beck says.
Even with these challenges, students such as Ray say learning about money in school is worthwhile. After Ray finished her financial class, she opened up a savings account at her local bank and started to think more about how she and her family would pay for college. “She just has a better understanding of money and how it affects the world,” says her mother, Darleen－and that’s sown to the details of how money is spent from daily expenses to various taxes. All of this talk of money can make Ray worry, she says, but luckily, she feels prepared to face it.
1.The “stock market game” mentioned in Paragraph 1 is meant to .
A. introduce a new course to students
B. help students learn about investment
C. teach how to apply for a credit card
D. encourage students’ personal savings
2.How does the writer show us that schools’ interest in teaching financial classes has increased in paragraph 2_________?
A. By giving examples. B. By providing data.
C. By raising questions. D. By making comparisons.
3.According to the passage, taking money-management courses will .
A. better students’ learning methods
B. prevent students going into debt
C. help students get accepted by colleges
D. make students become very wealthy
4.After completing the financial class, Diane Ray is likely to .
A. pay off all her debts. B. handle her money better
C. find a job in a bank. D. manage the family income
5.The passage is mainly about .
A. ways to teach students to earn money
B. how Diane Ray learns to value money
C. the push to teach personal finance in school
D. how students choose a proper financial class
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年浙江省台州市高三下学期3月第一次高考模拟考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
The Shanghai Center, to be environmentally friendly, will be completed this year.
A. designed B. designing
C. being designed D. having designed
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年河南省高三4月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Although Paris is often considered the city of romance, close to a million adults who call it home are single. Many single people say that France’s capital is one of the most difficult places to meet people. The complaints(抱怨) of this lonely group have inspired a new phenomenon known as “supermarket dating.” At Galerie Lafayette Gourmet, singles can shop for more than just the items on their grocery list. They can look for someone who has blue eyes, brown hair, and is 1.8 meters tall, or whatever may be on their romantic shopping list.
At this Paris location, single people of all ages can schedule their shopping for Thursday nights between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. When they walk through the door, they pick up a purple basket to advise that they are looking for love. They try to arrive early because the baskets disappear quickly, and then they have to wait in line for their turn to wander the store aisles(过道) .
With purple baskets in hand, shoppers can consider their romantic options while they pick out their groceries. When they are ready to pay, they can go to the checkout line for singles who want to chat.
Most of the people who look for love in the supermarket are skeptical of Internet dating. They know that it is easy to embellish(美化) one’s appearance or to lie about one’s age over the Internet. The supermarket, on the other hand, is considered a safe and casual environment in which to meet a potential match. In addition, what one finds in another’s grocery basket can say a thing or two about that person’s character or intentions. Buying pet food can be a man’s way of showing a potential match that he has a sensitive side. Women who fill their baskets with low-fat food show their healthy style of living. These days it’s possible to find much more than food at a grocery store.
1.What do many single people in Pairs complain about?
A. The difficulty in meeting people.
B. The idea of supermarket dating.
C. The items on their grocery list.
D. The inconvenience in shopping.
2.Which of the following can be inferred but is not clearly stated in the second paragraph?
A. The dating supermarket is located in Paris.
B. The dating supermarket is open only on Thursday evenings.
C. People looking for love must get a basket of a particular colour
D. The dating supermarket has very good business.
3.According to the writer, a possible way to win a woman’s heart is to _______.
A. pick up a purple basket
B. Buy low-fat food
C. embellish your appearance
D. buy pet food
4.Why do the people prefer the supermarket dating to Internet dating?
A. The supermarket dating is more convenient.
B. The supermarket dating is more casual.
C. The supermarket dating can be trusted more.
D. The supermarket dating is less expensive.
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