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---He left power three years ago and has a little now and a little then been ______.
科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
Even if you are naturally shy, these three tricks will help you to quickly build a new social circle in any new city.
1. Take pictures
One of the great things about taking pictures at an event or party is that it gives you an excuse to get in touch with the person later. Everybody loves seeing pictures of themselves, and it’s very easy after taking a picture to say “If you’d like I can email it to you”. This can be the seed that leads to new connections. The next time you hear about a fun event email your new contacts to let them know about it.
2. Eat alone in public
You might feel self-conscious eating by yourself but it has an important benefit: you are much easier to approach when you are alone. People may be afraid of interrupting you or being rude if you are in a conversation with someone else. Bring a book or newspaper to read (this will make you feel less self-conscious). Plus, having an interesting book with you will give others an excuse to start a conversation if they’ve read it.
3. Join a class, sports team, or club
Yoga, salsa dancing, volleyball, Toastmasters (a public speaking club), a class for work, etc. Take up a new hobby or continue an old one!
These are all great places to meet new people, primarily because you will be forced to see the same people over and over again in the class. You will automatically make friends with them if you have a common interest and are forced to see each other again.
Tips:
* In the beginning, never turn down an invitation from someone, even if it’s something you wouldn’t normally do.
* Email your new friends with fun things to do instead of always asking what their plans are. If they have a better plan you can drop yours and join them. This will help establish you as someone who is contributing value instead of just taking it (people want this in a friend).
* Don’t let little things in life upset you or be a negative person. People don’t want to be around someone like that!
____ can give you an excuse to start new connections.
A. Taking pictures of others B. Eating by yourself in public
C. Reading interesting books D. Joining group activities
When having meals, you’d better ____ if you want to make new friends.
A. sit on your own in public places
B. start a conversation with those who have friends aside
C. invite others to your apartment to eat together
D. approach others to show conscious friendliness
According to the text, which of the following is NOT mentioned as an advantage of joining a class?
A. It helps you find out your interest and take up a new hobby.
B. It helps you find out people who share a common interest with you.
C. It offers an opportunity to meet the same people repeatedly.
D. It is a good way to meet new people and make friends in a new city.
Which of the following pieces of advice is a tip from the text?
A. Try to be outgoing and talkative instead of being shy.
B. Never turn down an invitation from your friends.
C. Offer suggestions on how to spend time together.
D. Don’t give a negative response to any request.
By writing the text, the author intends to tell us ____.
A. why you should change when you move to a new city
B. why you should make new friends in a new city
C. how you can make new friends in a new city
D. how you can keep in touch with strangers
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
American’s genius with high technology may have put men on the moon, but there is growing doubt about its ability to solve human problems closer to home.
In fact, a slight but significant change from purely technological solutions is already under way as scientists insist that answers to the world’s problems will not come from an attractive exhibition of electronics and machines. Instead, as they see it, solutions must develop from a better understanding of the humans that drive the system and from a fuller appreciation of the limits and potential(潛能) of the earth’s resources.
What this means is an increased emphasis on the life and earth sciences, on sociology, psychology, economics and even philosophy.
More and more of the best minds in science, particularly young researchers, are being drawn into these developing fields.
All this is not to say that technological creativity will not play a critical role in solving energy and food shortages, or that answers to environmental difficulties will not come from further advances in the same technologies that may have helped cause the problems.
Where the real challenge lies, in the view of the new generation of scientists, is in finding ways to produce goods and meet the world’s needs, using less of the raw materials that are becoming short.
Which of the following would the author probably agree with?
A. The environment crisis will not be solved unless we stop using virgin（原始）materials.
B. In scientific research, a higher priority（優(yōu)先）should be given to understanding all living systems.
C. Exploration of outer space will finally lead to an improvement on human living conditions.
D. U. S. high-technology companies are welcoming this new change in scientific research.
Which of the following best expresses the main idea?
A. a growing number of Americans are doubtful about what high technology can do in solving the world’s problems.
B. Many scientists are beginning to believe that the better understanding of human beings will play a more decisive role in solving the world’s problems.
C. More and more young scientists are trying their best to find new ways to solve the world’s problems.
D. Technological creativity will still play a very important part in solving the world’s problems.
Young scientists demand that in order to satisfy human needs ________.
A. existing products be improved.
B. more complex machines and electronic equipment be designed.
C. ways be found to produce better goods using fewer raw materials.
D. any new invention and innovation be encouraged in technology
In the passage “Human problems” or “world problems” refers mainly to ______.
A. global food shortage B. resources depletion（耗盡）
C. environmental pollution D. all of the above
The author states all the following CXCEPT that _______.
A. the development of present techniques cannot provide any answers to today’s problems.
B. an increasing number of young scientists are taking a great interest in biological and social sciences.
C. many scientists have come to understand the limits of natural resources.
D. many scientists argue that high technology is something but not everything.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am very 36 and go to bed early. For this 37 my first day or night in any new place is always quiet and very 38 happens. 39 my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very 40 and unusual.
At that time 41 in Southern Spain was a dirty and 42 looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by 43 . As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a 44 . I found a small hotel not far from the boat.
This hotel looked 45 and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my 46 around the city of Algeciras. And so I decided to stay in this 47 hotel on the quay(碼頭). I also decided to stay in this hotel for another 48 . The moon was full and it was a clear, 49 night. From the hotel I could 50 the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.
The hotel had a narrow 51 and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I 52 a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.
An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the 53 . When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me 54 some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing cards with some friends. He was 55 his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance(討厭的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room. Then he said, Room Five, and turned back to his game of cards.
A. frightened B. excited C. tired D. satisfied
A. choice B. reason C. aim D. journey
A. much B. little C. few D. many
A. So B. Because C. And D. But
A. ordinary B. common C. forgetful D. strange
A. Gibraltar B. Algeciras C. Madrid D. New Delhi
A. badly B. well C. wrongly D. good
A. bus B. boat C. plane D. train
A. guide B. driver C. hotel D. dinner
A. clean B. dirty C. beautiful D. interesting
A. friend B. address C. charge D. way
A. small B. large C. expensive D. funny-looking
A. reason B. person C. memory D. sight-seeing
A. dark B. cloudy C. bright D. sunny
A. look down at B. praise C. study D. forget
A. bedroom B. doorway C. stairs D. bulletin-board
A. came to B. picked up C. painted D. escaped from
A. cupboard B. office C. desk D. doorway
A. over B. down C. up D. under
A. tired of B. enjoying C. throwing D. buying
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年海南海南中學(xué)高三第十次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans of the company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using web conferencing.
Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It is an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the Web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants (參與者) must sit at their computers and they will be connected over the Internet.
With Web conferencing all participants attend the conference from the comfort of their own desk. Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work time is taken up in attending a conference.
Any material to be used during the Web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. Participants can then either choose to print material or read it on screen. This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing cost for the business.
As a conference hall or business center isn’t being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power used by the participants’ personal computers. Similarly conference organizers don’t have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation (住宿) for participants of their conferences. All this means that less energy is used.
Often in business some companies actively choose to do business with other companies that do many things to reduce their negative impact on the environment. And Web conferencing helps you show other businesses that you are willing to work hard for the green cause.
So Web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Ways of protecting the environment.
B. B. Green benefits of Web conference.
C. Ways of hosting a Web conference.
D. Impacts of Web conferencing on costs.
2. According to paragraph 1, many companies use Web conferencing because they ________.
A. are interested in using any new technology
B. believe that Web conferencing is more convenient
C. want to do something to protect the environment
D. haven’t enough money to hold a traditional conference
3. The participants of a Web conference_________.
A. will be e-mailed an invitation before the conference
B. are required to sit in the office together
C. will receive many paper materials
D. must have access to the Internet
4. Which of the following words best describes the author’s opinion about a Web conference?
A. Useless. B. Environmentally friendly.
C. Inconvenient. D. Money-consuming.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2013學(xué)年山東省濟寧市高一下學(xué)期3月質(zhì)量檢測英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
For many years, artists have flocked to Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the city′s beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad, tree-lined streets, the great churches, and the graceful river bridges.
The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art. Paris had great art museums, filled with famous paintings and statues(雕像)from many countries. And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas. In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting.
As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn from them. People came to buy paintings. People called art dealers set up galleries where paintings were bought and sold. Others kept shops that sold artists′ paints and supplies.
Students and artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another. They held art fairs, hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets.
Today, New York City and Florence, Italy, are also famous art centers. But the world’s main art exhibits are still held in Paris. Important judges of art live there. Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris. So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the world′s leading art center.
1.The story does not say so, but it makes you think that.
A．Paris is famous for its artists’ paints and supplies
B．there is more than one way to paint
C．a(chǎn)rt fairs are held in galleries
D．Florence is the center of world art exhibits
2.Which of the following statement is not a reason why so many artists prefer to stay in Pairs?
A．Pairs is a beautiful city.
B．The French are willing to accept any new things.
C．All the museums are free of charge in Pairs.
D．Artists can make an easier life in Pairs.
3.On the whole, this story is about.
A．the world′s most famous art center
B．how to buy a painting in Paris
C．the famous art centers of New York and Florence
D．where to set up galleries
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