科目:高中英語 來源:2011屆江蘇省高三三校(海安,金陵,南京外國語)聯(lián)考英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解
Lots of people have hobbies. Some people collect old coins or foreign stamps; some do needlework; others spend most of their spare time on a particular sport.
A lot of people enjoy reading. But reading tastes differ widely. Some people only read newspapers or comics, some like reading novels, while others prefer books on astronomy, wildlife, or technological discoveries.
If I happen to be interested in horses or precious stones, I cannot expect everyone else to share my enthusiasm. If I watch all the sports programs on TV with great pleasure, I must put up with the fact that other people find sports boring.
Is there nothing that interests us all? Is there nothing that concerns everyone—no matter who they are or where they live in the world? Yes, dear Sophie, there are questions that certainly should interest everyone. They are precisely the questions this course is about.
What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food. If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth. If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people.
But when these basic needs have been satisfied—will there still be something that everybody needs? Philosophers think so. They believe that man cannot live by bread alone. Of course everyone needs food. And everyone needs love and care. But there is something else—apart from that—which everyone needs, and that is to figure out who we are and why we are here.
Being interested in why we are here is not a “casual” interest like collecting stamps. People who ask such questions are taking part in a debate that has gone on as long as man has lived on this planet. How the universe, the earth, and life came into being is a bigger and more important question than who won the most gold medals in the last Olympics.
【小題1】 This text is most probably taken from __________.
A.a(chǎn) research paper | B.a(chǎn) course schedule |
C.a(chǎn) personal letter | D.a(chǎn) book review |
A.Philosophical questions are as interesting as collecting stamps. |
B.Thinking about philosophical questions is a serious interest. |
C.Figuring out who we are and why we are here is man’s basic needs. |
D.Philosophy has universal appeal and concerns everybody in nature. |
A.no existing subject can interest everyone in the world |
B.different people may have different interests and concerns |
C.everyone has to figure out who we are and why we are here |
D.people in modern society pay more attention to philosophical questions |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2015屆湖南省懷化市高一上學期期末考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
Are you 1 for a place in the southwest of China? If your answer is “yes”, why not pay a trip to Shangri-la, which is 2 mysteries and beauty.
The world “Shangri-la” first appeared in the 1993 novel Lost Horizon 3 the British writer James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom where three rivers 4 together and snow-capped mountains reached to the sky, with fields of long grass covering the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay 5 forever.
Three mountains are covered with snow and tower 6 the land. These snowy mountain tops form 7 beautiful picture that we can’t wait to fly there.
Lakes, 8 by vast grasslands, look like diamonds. Sheep, cows, horses and animals feed 9 on the green grass and the forests around are 10 to lots of birds and animals. In this heavenly world, people live in perfect harmony with nature.
1. A.tired B.thirsty C.hungry D.a(chǎn)ngry
2. A.full of B.lack of C.short of D.fill with
3. A.with B.by C.for D.to
4. A.put B.got C.joined D.formed
5. A.calm B.still C.young D.the same
6. A.over B.a(chǎn)bove C.on D.beyond
7. A.so a B.such a C.such D.so
8. A.covered B.surrounded C.separated D.divided
9. A.simply B.deeply C.mostly D.finally
10. A.family B.room C.space D.home
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