科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain.
Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (醬) on the streets of this Spanish town.
Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.
On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (參加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.
The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (臨時的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.
The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.
The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.
The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.
A. frightening B. boring
C. popular D. harmful
The underlined word “hurled” means “__________”.
A. presented (贈送) B. threw
C. gave D. picked
According to the passage, we can learn that __________.
A. participants can have a good rest after the fight ends
B. the festival came from a favorite story
C. only adults are permitted to attend the festival
D. no one was hurt in this year’s tomato fight
What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Youth Lay in a Bath of Tomato Juice
B. Tomato-hurling Festival in Spain
C. The History of “Tomatina” Tomato Fight
D. Festivals in Spain
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:
The tomato juice left brown ____ on the front f my jacket.
A.spots B.points C.tracks D.traces
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section.A small advertisement held my 36 .It read, “Easy job.Good wages.No experience 37 .” It sounded like the job I was 38 .Easy job.Good wages.Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 40 .Easy job.Good wages.Easy job.Good wages.Easy ...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes. 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their 44 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching(刮;擦) the labels on 46 .
I sat down on a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 of the water started to 49 from my hand to my body.But 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full?? blown tomato?? colored finger.A numb(麻木的)pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 53 .He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.With the money, I left the working place.“Easy job.Good wages.” came to my brain again.Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, “Can easy job get good wages?”
A.eyes B.a(chǎn)ttention C.decision D.breath
A.necessary B.relevant C.practical D.primitive
A.running after B.looking for C.heading for D.looking after
A.circled B.moved C.flashed D.a(chǎn)ttacked
A.letter B.sign C.a(chǎn)dvertisement D.post
A.baskets B.bowls C.pots D.basins
A.hiding B.sticking C.rising D.breaking
A.In B.Above C.Under D.Around
A.a(chǎn)rms B.hands C.legs D.feet
A.knife B.snail C.bottle D.brush
A.that B.those C.them D.it
A.chair B.bench C.bottle D.sofa
A.smell B.coldness C.color D.steam
A.spread B.travel C.recycle D.a(chǎn)ccelerate
A.worse B.better C.more D.rather
A.going B.finding C.growing D.becoming
A.now and then B.here and there C.one by one D.little by little
A.a(chǎn)dapt B.equip C.bargain D.quit
A.taken B.offered C.earned D.created
A.thought B.a(chǎn)sked C.found D.hated
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆重慶市高二上學期第一次月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped cancer in mice, British researchers said on Sunday. The finding, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, bolsters the idea that plants can be genetically modified(changed) to make people healthier.
Cancer-prone mice fed the modified fruit lived significantly longer than animals fed a standard diet with and without regular tomatoes, Cathie Martin and colleagues at
the government-funded John Innes Center in Britain reported. “The effect was much bigger than we had expected.” said Martin, a plant biologist.
The study focused on anthocyanins,a type of antioxidant found in berries such as blackberries and blackcurrants that have been shown to lower risk of cancer, heart diseases and some neurological diseases. While an easy way to improve health, many people don’t eat enough of these fruits, the researchers said. Using genes from the snapdragon flower, the researchers discovered they could get the tomatoes to make anthocyanins---- turning the tomato purple in the process.
Mice genetically engineered to develop cancer lived an average of 182 days when they were fed the purple tomatoes, compared to 142 days for animals on the standard diet. “It is greatly encouraging to believe that by changing diet, or specific components in the diet. You can improve health in animals and possibly humans.” Martin said in a telephone interview.
The researchers warned that trials in humans are a long way off and the next step is to investigate( look into) how the antioxidants actually affect the tumors to promote better health. But the findings do support the formal research suggesting that people can significantly improve their health by making simple changes to the daily diet, other researchers said.
“It’s exciting to see new techniques that could potentially make healthy foods even better for us.” said Doctor Lara Bennett, science information office at Cancer Research UK. “ But it is too early to say whether anthocyanins obtained through diet could help to reduce the risk of cancer.”
1.The text mainly tells us _________.
A.what can prevent people from having cancer. |
B.Scientists have developed cancer- fighting tomato. |
C.ways to live much longer have been found by scientists. |
D.genetically engineered food is good for people’s health. |
2.In the first paragraph the underlined word “ bolster” probably means _______
A.change |
B.reduce |
C.support |
D.test |
3.Which of the following was NOT the result found in the study?
A.Blackberries and blackcurrants can lower risk of cancer. |
B.The anthocyanins can make the purple tomatoes grow stronger. |
C.Genes from snapdragon flowers can be put into common tomatoes. |
D.Mice fed the modified fruit lived longer than the common ones. |
4.According to Dr. Lara Bennett, the effects of anthocyanins through diet on human being________
A.a(chǎn)re not certain now. |
B.have been proved |
C.a(chǎn)re very harmful |
D.a(chǎn)re hard to be tested |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010屆高考二輪復習必備詞匯及應(yīng)用訓練系列:名詞(一) 題型:單項填空
60. Which of the following group all belongs to the same category (范疇)? _____
A.cabbage, carrot, tomato |
B.cabbage, peanut, apple |
C.cabbage, cucumber, pear |
D.carrot, tomato, pineapple |
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