Travel Unaccompanie
Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.
Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.” Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents.
In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen. It is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone.It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own.
Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year. He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He said he wished he had traveled alone earlier. “The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person,” said the 30-year-old.
Richardson describes traveling alone like “a shot in the arm”, which “makes you a more confident person that was ready to deal with anything”. He said, “The feeling of having conquered something on my own is a major part of what drives me each day when I'm dealing with a difficult task. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try.”
The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said, “Only by going alone in silence can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”
1.Which of the following will Kristina Wegscheider agree with?
A. Traveling alone is a necessary experience for everyone.
B. It is more meaningful to travel in foreign countries.
C. It is comfortable to travel around without a friend.
D. Traveling abroad helps people to find new things.
2.Traveling alone is challenging because__________.
A. it will finally build your character
B. you have to make things on your own
C. you depend on yourself whatever happens
D. it is hard for you to prove yourself to others
3.What can we infer about Chris Richardson?
A. He started traveling at an early age.
B. He was once shot in the arm.
C. His website inspires others a lot.
D. He used to work as a salesman.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届北京市朝阳区高三第一次综合练习（一模）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
From: jovangagic56@memail. com
To: kmallory@LN.org
Subject: Hi!
Dear Mr. Mallory,
I am writing to tell you my deep disappointment for my experience at Lingua Nova English summer school in the first two weeks of July. I had been thoroughly looking forward to learning English and learning about culture in the UK, but I am afraid that my time at your summer school failed to live up to my expectations.
Your brochure states that the student accommodation is situated "in the heart of Edinburgh". This is misleading as my accommodation was, in fact, situated a good fifty minutes bus ride from the city center in what I can only describe as a less than picturesque part of the suburbs.
In addition, the activity programme did not reflect the fact that we were located in one of Europe's most interesting and historical cities: one evening activity consisted of a walk to a nearby park, another was a trip to a narrow street which was not usually used by cars. Finally, on our one trip into the city center our "guide" readily admitted that she was not from Edinburgh, and had in fact never visited the city before. I had been eagerly expecting a guided tour of Scotland's treasures. In fact, I was left in the city center with no map and told to "check things out" while your employee went shopping in Princes Street.
This was a long awaited trip and cost me over two years' hard work and saving. Although I do have positive memories of my trip (my English teachers were knowledgeable and inspiring), the accommodation and activity programme were wholly unsatisfactory.
I would like to get my money back for the accommodation and would really appreciate a reply within the next two weeks.
Yours sincerely,
Jovan Gagic
1.Jovan wrote the email to __________.
A. provide information B. share experiences
C. express dissatisfaction D. raise expectations
2.According to Jovan, the guide __________.
A. organized cultural activities
B. failed to perform duties
C. had a good knowledge of the city
D. received punishment for bad behavior
3.What effect does Jovan want his email to have on Mr. Mallory?
A. To make him feel sorry.
B. To cause him worry.
C. To bring him disappointment.
D. To get him into trouble.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年贵州遵义航天高级中学高二3月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Students from Florida International University in Miami walked on water Thursday for a class assignment. To do it, they wore aquatic(水上的) shoes they designed and created.
Alex Quinines was the first to make it to the other side of a 175-foot lake on campus in record time — just over a minute. Quinones, who wore oversized boat-like shoes, also won last year and will receive $500. Students had to wear the aquatic shoes and make it across the lake in order to earn an “A” on the assignment for Architecture, Professor Jaime Canaves’ Materials and Methods Construction Class. “It’s traditional in a school of architecture to do boats out of cardboard for a boat race. I thought our students were a little bit more special than that,” Canaves said. “We decided to do the walk on water event to take it to the next level.”
A total of 79 students competed in the race this year in 41 teams. Only 10 teams failed to cross the lake. Others who fell got back up and made it to the end. The race is open to all students and anyone in the community. The youngest person to ever participate was a 9-year-old girl who competed in place of her mother, while the oldest was a 67-year-old female.
A large crowd on campus joined Canaves as he cheered on the races. He shouted encouraging words, but also laughed as some unsteadily made their way to the end.
“A part of this is for them to have more understanding and designing and make it work better,” he said. It is also a lesson in life for the student.
“Anything, including walking on water, is possible, if you do the research, test it and go through the design process seriously.”
1.For what purpose did the students take part in the race?
A. To go across the lake to school.
B. To pass Professor Jaime Canaves’ class.
C. To test their balance on the water.
D. To win the prize money of $500.
2.Which of the following statements is TURE according to the passage?
A. Most students finished the class assignment successfully.
B. The students who fell into the water were criticized seriously by Professor Jaime Canaves.
C. The students wore shoes distributed by Professor Jaime Canaves to walk across the lake.
D. The students took part in the race to challenge their physical abilities.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Alex Quinines is a top student in the university.
B. It’s a custom for the people in the community to get involved in student activities.
C. The student who made it in to the end in the race would succeed in their professional career.
D. Professor Canaves attaches importance to hands-on learning experience.
4.The purpose of the passage is to .
A. show approval of the unique teaching style
B. inspire teachers to be more creative
C. report an interesting assignment
D. encourage more people to take part in the race
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届宁夏回族自治区银川市高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
With the summer holiday just around the corner, it seems like everybody is busy planning their vacations. Here are some tips that can help you enjoy your holiday without emptying your pocket:
Travel off-season
Go to your desired destination while the demand is low and take advantage of huge discounts. During the peak season, the hotel and flight prices increase quickly, and you’ll likely spend more of your vacation time standing in line due to the rush of tourists. 1.
2. .
Websites can help you find discount hotel rooms. Look for places that do not charge extra for children if they use the existing bedding. Stay with the locals. If you and your family are going to stay for a longer period, renting a small apartment is a good choice.
Eat like a local
Why eat at big chain restaurants when you can experience something new? 3. During your family trip, try new food where the locals eat. This will not just save money, but also provide you with a new and different experience. For smaller meals and snacks, avoid restaurants and try street food or other takeout.
Don’t hesitate to bargain
Tourist- heavy places are known for overcharging for just about everything. Clothes, travel goodies, souvenirs, etc. are very expensive at these places. 4. Bargain hard to get the best price.
Choose local transportation
5. Instead, take buses, railways or subways, which are always cheaper. If you are planning to stay for a while, you can consider renting a car. Hiring a car is much easier than carrying your bags everywhere if you are moving around a lot.
A. Save on hotels.
B. Surf the Internet while traveling.
C. Therefore, avoid buying anything there.
D. So it’s best to find out when the off-season starts.
E. Planning your meals is another way to reduce your travel costs.
F. For this reason, you shouldn’t feel ashamed to ask for bargains.
G .As a tourist, avoid taking taxis whenever possible, since they are expensive.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届湖北武汉汉阳一中高三2月调考模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，用不多于3个单词的正确形式填空。
shanghai Disney Resort is intended to open in the summer of 2016, and will offer discounted tickets to 1. (vary) groups of visitors, according to the city’s tourism administration.
Tickets prices will be set according to Disney’s international practice and the project’s 2. (operate). Therefore, children, seniors and special groups usually enjoy a good discount. While the major construction work is expected 3. (complete) in May 2016, the current focus has been 4. combining operations with ongoing construction. 5. number of projects to improve the environment and manage traffic are being processed along with the theme park.
Shanghai Disney Resort, of 6. the theme park is a part, is a joint venture(合作企业) between the state-owned Shanghai Shendi Group and Disney. The park 7. (intend) to open in 2015, but a decision to invest a further $800 million rescheduled 8. (it) opening. The extra money covers the increase in the park’s size and is expected to attract 30% more visitors 9. it was originally forecast.
Upon completion, the world-class destination will be the first Disney park on the Chinese mainland and the 10. (five) around the world.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届北京丰台区高三下期综合练习（一）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
“If we can set it up so you can’t unlock your phone unless you’ve got the right fingerprint(指纹),” Barack Obama asked last Tuesday, “why can’t we do the same thing for our guns?” For this reasonable-sounding question, the president was applauded throughout the media.
As it happens, though, there is a good answer to this question: there is no market for guns that work just some of the time. Guns are simple things designed to operate as easily and reliably as possible. The introduction of electronics eats away this simplicity, and to a degree that is absolutely unacceptable to the consumer. As President Obama well knows, the fingerprint software on his phone works rather erratically: Often it takes a user two or three tries to log in; occasionally, it falls asleep deeply and obeys the password. When this happens on an phone, the user is mildly inconvenienced. If this were to happen on a gun, the user would be dead. There is a reason that modern smartphones put the camera function outside of the authentication(认证) process.
How could we possibly think that guns are the same as other commercial products? It is true that, say, cars have become considerably safer over the last few decades; true, too, that “research” has contributed to this improvement. But it matters enormously that a car is not intended to hurt people, and that in a perfect world nobody would ever be injured by one. Can we say the same of guns? Of course not. Guns are killing machines, designed explicitly to do damage to living things. In fact, they have no other purpose. As such, the salient question before any free people is not “are guns dangerous?”, they are, but “who gets them, and why?”
This is not to say that nothing at all can be done to improve public safety. On an individual level, gun owners should do everything to ensure that their guns are kept away from children, and, where possible, they should train themselves in case they are ever called upon to shoot in anger. At the national level, the combination of better policing and economic growth can help to reduce crime—and, indeed, it has. In 1993, gun crime was more than twice as common as it is now, and there were many fewer guns in circulation. Ugly as it is in its own right, that we have reached the point at which two-thirds of all guns-related deaths are deliberately self-inflicted is a small victory.
How to address those deaths that remain? That is a tricky one. I do not know the answer, and nor, frankly, does anybody else. But selling fantasies to the ignorant is not going to cut it.
1.What does the writer mainly argue in this passage?
A. Gun crime has been greatly reduced.
B. The idea of smart guns is not realistic.
C. Gun control will not succeed in America.
D. Guns-related deaths deserve public attention.
2.The underlined word “erratically” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. with effectiveness
B. with passion and energy
C. in an unpredictable manner
D. in a reasonable and fair way
3.The writer supports his ideas in Paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly by ________.
A. analyzing statistics
B. presenting problems and solutions
C. quoting the authorities
D. making comparisons and contrasts
4.Which of the following might the writer NOT agree with?
A. Few know how to deal with guns-related deaths.
B. Efforts to improve public safety have partly paid off.
C. The nature of guns distinguishes them from other products.
D. Guns using fingerprint software can risk the lives of the users.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届北京丰台区高三下期综合练习（一）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
The masterpiece “Guernica”, ________ by Picasso, is permanently exhibited in Madrid.
A. paint B. painted C. painting D. to paint
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届安徽芜湖马鞍山市高三第一次教学质量监测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Cold blesses us all
It's November, the time of year when people often get blessed more. This is not because God likes cold weather, nor because others are feeling generous with. Thanksgiving just around the corner. 1.
Colds and the flu are 'the most common illnesses people get in autumn and winter as the weather gets colder. They are all caused by viruses, but colds are generally milder-you'll feel annoyed but not as if you want to die.
Teenagers catch average six to ten colds a year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health, while adults average two to four. More than 200 viruses cause cold symptoms. 2. You can be contagious（传染的）one day before symptoms develop and for up to five days after becoming sick.
The signature symptom of a cold is a runny nose. The flu will make you burn with fever, ache all over, feel extremely tired and cough intensely. The flu can sometimes lead to more serious diseases, such as pneumonia.
__3. .A doctor can test you to see whether you have the flu in the first few days of the illness. But some treatments for both are pretty much the same:
●4. Many doctors consider water a weapon against the common cold. It helps your blood drive off viruses and flood them out.
●Keep warm. You might be cold one minute and hot the next, and wearing several layers is ver3r
important.
●Wash your hands frequently. You don't want to make it worse by spreading the flu to everyone else.
Also, avoid sharing cups and eating utensils with other people.
5. But if your flu symptoms get worse, go to a hospital or clinic right away.
A. You can pass on the flu before you even know you have it.
B．Drink lots of water.
C. Taking medicine on time is a good way to prevent the illness.
D. "Bless you！"is a common response to sneezes, the symptom of catching a cold or the flu.
E. Get lots of sleep and take it easy.
F. Sometimes, it's hard to tell a cold from the flu based on symptoms alone.
G. Most people who catch the flu get better without having to see their doctor.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东北大附中深圳南山分校高二下第一次段考英语卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
第一节：写出下列单词的正确形式
1.It was _____________(体贴的，考虑周到的) of you not to play the piano while I was asleep.
2.They have _____________(任命) a new head teacher at my daughter’s school.
3.The government is made up of men and women ___________(选举) by the people of the country.
4.The doctors ____________(分发)the medicines to the people in the flooded area yesterday.
5.The beauty of the peach blossom is beyond _______________(描述).
6.To be better, they need to learn modern management _______________(技巧).
7.Those who ____________(非法) hunt and kill rare and endangered wild animals should be punished by law.
8. What are you two ______________(低语) about over there?
9.He lives in a room ______________(配备有)with a desk and several chairs.
10.The more she tried to get out of the situation, the more _________(尴尬的) it became.
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