科目：高中英语 来源：2014届河北衡水中学高三上期二调考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
Africa is a very diverse land with many different tribes. One tradition that many of these groups share is painting or marking their bodies and faces in color. They do this for many reasons. Some marks are used to identify people as part of a group. ____1.___ Let’s look at some different examples of body painting.
____2.___ Among the Masai of East Africa, when men are old enough to marry and make decisions for their people, they participate in a special ceremony in which they paint their heads and faces red. This ceremony takes place every seven to fourteen years, so there is not an exact age for participating in it. The Samburu, also from East Africa, like to paint their faces and hair red because they think it looks attractive.
____3.____ To show that he has killed a lion, a man will paint his body with a natural white material, making special marks to represent this accomplishment. The Masai men also use this white to show that they are no longer boys and are considered adults.
One quite unusual example of face painting is done by the Wodaabe people of West Africa. Once a year, they have a beauty contest for men. ___4.___ Then they add white and black circles and lines. Black paint is used near the eyes and on the lips to draw attention to the whiteness of their eyes and teeth, which the Wodaabe consider most beautiful.____ 5.__.
As you travel, enjoy the beautiful and bright colors of Africa.
A. Red is the common color in body painting because it often represents health and long life.
B. Other marks are used for ceremonies such as weddings and during times of war.
C. The ceremony expresses hope for rain.
D. The Masai men also have a unique way of showing that they are brave.
E. The women then decide which man they like best.
F. The men pretend to fight each other.
G. The men paint their faces yellow and red.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2014届四川省高三10月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
阅读下面对话，从所给的七个选项中，选出最佳选项，填入空格处，使对话完整。并在答题卡上将对应项涂黑。每个选项只能使用一次，有两个选项多余。
A: Honey, what would you say if we have a Christmas party at home this year?
B: 1. The house is rather small.
A: 2. We could put food on the dining room table.
B: 3.
A: Let me see, --- the Turners, the Manders, and a few boys, and some girls from my office.
We may have music or something.
B: 4. .
A: That’s plenty of time. We’ll get some invitations ready and sent out soon.
We’ll call to get a small Christmas tree.
B: 5.
A: You mean you fix food?
B: Well, I can do some easy things. Maybe I can do some shopping --- or, at least, wash dishes.
备选选项
A．Then who should we invite?
B．You might have brought the presents in advance.
C．And if we should fix food ourselves, it would cost less.
D．We might have a small one.
E．It would be a lot of work to get the house decorated.
F．Where could we have it?
G．We’ve got only three weeks to go.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015届甘肃武威第六中学高一下学期模块检测英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
There were a family of nine: the father, the mother, two boys and five girls. The father worked as a kitchen cleaner at a local school and the rest of the family did the same job-----clean people’s yards. 1.
Then one day, the father lost his job at the school. He asked me if I could allow him to clean my yard. 2. He and his family came to our house three times a week to clean the yard.
One Sunday morning, the father suffered a stroke and died in the hospital two days later. The poor family had lost their main bread-winner. The eldest boy had just completed high school and was getting ready to go to college. 3.
For the following years, Andrew, my husband and I did all our best to help make sure the family got their education, and provided some daily needs, like clothes.
4. . They didn’t have a toilet in their home! Imagine! A mother, a fifteen-year-old girl, and four smaller children without a toilet or bathroom!
The next morning, my friend Peter came to my house. Then I told him I wanted to do something for the poor family. As a helpful man, he promised to offer some money. So together we built a bathroom and a toilet for this family in three days. 5. . And we felt happy, too.
A．Clearly, they lived a poor life.
B．The others were just little kids
C．Realizing his situation, I offered him the job at once.
D．This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family.
E.Every day we gave her some pocket money.
F.We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.
G.You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2010年海南省高二上学期教学质量检测（三）英语卷 题型：其他题
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
It seems that the Englishmen just cannot live without sports of some kind. 1.
Wherever you go in this country, you will see both children and grown-ups knocking a ball about with a stick or something, as if in Britain men shall always remain boys and women girls! Still, it can never be bad to get exercise, can it?
Taking all amateur（业余）and professional sports in Britain into consideration, there can be no doubt that football is at the top of the list. 2. The game originated（起源于）in Britain and was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, though as an organized game, or “association football”, it dates only from the beginning of the 19th century.
3. . It is a kind of football played by two teams of fifteen players than eleven. In rugby, an oval-shaped ball is used which can be handled as well as kicked. It is a pretty rough game.
In summer, cricket is the most popular sport. In fact, it has sometimes been called the English national game. Most foreigners find the game rather slow or even boring, but it enjoys great popularity among the British.
4. . It was introduced into England from France in the 15th century, but it was from England that it spread to practically every country in the world.
Table tennis, or “ping-pong, surely is not played on a great scale as it is in China or Japan.
5. . Horse-back riding, swimming, rowing and golf all attract a lot of people.
A. A famous French humorist once said that this is because the English insist on behaving like children all their lives.
B. It is called soccer in the United States
C. The next is rugby, which is called “football” in the United States
D. Tennis rates high on the list, too
E. Basketball and volleyball were introduced into Britain during the late 19th century from America and are gaining popularity
F. people often work out to build up their bodies.
G. not everyone likes ball games
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2013届辽宁省大连协作体高一4月月考英语试卷 题型：信息匹配
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。
Africa is a very diverse land with many different tribes. One tradition that many of these groups share is painting or marking their bodies and faces in color. They do this for many reasons. Some marks are used to identify people as part of a group.____ 1____ Let’s look at some different examples of body painting.
____2_______ Among the Masai of East Africa, when men are old enough to marry and make decisions for their people, they participate in a special ceremony in which they paint their heads and faces red. This ceremony take place every seven to fourteen years, so there is not an exact age for participating in it. The Samburu, also from East Africa, like to paint their faces and hair red because they think it looks attractive.
______3________ To show that he has killed a lion, a man will paint his body with a natural white material, making special marks to represent this accomplishment. The Masai men also use this white to show that they are on longer boys and are considered adults.
One quite unusual example of face painting is done by the Wodaabe people of West Africa. Once a year, they have a beauty contest for men. ___4_________ Then they add white and black circles and lines. Black paint is used near the eyes and on the lips to draw attention to the whiteness of their eyes and teeth, which the Wodaabe consider most beautiful.____ 5_________.
As you travel, enjoy the beautiful and bright colors of Africa.
|
A．Red is the common color in body painting because it often represents health and long life. |
|
B．Other marks are used for ceremonies such as weddings and during times of war. |
|
C．The ceremony expresses hope for rain. |
|
D．The Masai men also have a unique way of showing that they are brave. |
E. The women then decide which man they like best.
F. The men pretend to fight each other.
G. The men paint their faces yellow and red.
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话：027-86699610 举报邮箱：58377363@163.com
