科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers (夢游者). People have been said to climb on roofs, solve mathematical problems, write music, walk through windows, and do murder in their sleep.
In Revere, Massachusetts, a hundred policemen searched for a lost boy who left his home in his sleep and woke up five hours later on a strange sofa in a strange living room, with no idea how he had got there.
At the University of Lowa, WWW.K**S*858$$U.COMa student was reported to have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and walking three-quarters of a mile to the Lowa River. He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed.
An American expert on sleep claims (聲稱) that he has never seen a sleepwalker. He is said to know more about sleep than any other living man, and during the last thirty-five years he has lost a lot of sleep watching people sleep. He says, “Of course, I know that there are sleepwalkers because I have read about them in the newspapers. But none of my sleepers ever walked, and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment, I doubt whether I would get many takers (應(yīng)征者).”
Sleepwalking, however, is a scientific reality. It is one of those strange things that sometimes look quite fantastic (怪誕的). Doctors say that sleepwalking is much more common than is generally supposed. Many sleepwalkers do not try to find help and their sleepwalking is never recorded.
Generally speaking, sleepwalkers are people who ________.
A. climb on roofs B. walk through windows
C. do fantastic things during their sleep D. walk in a half-awake state
It was reported that a boy ________.
A. was found on a strange sofa, telling how he had got there
B. slept in his own room but woke up in a strange room
C. lost his way five hours after he left home
D. was searched for by policemen when he lost his way
There was a college student who got into the habit of ________.
A. getting up in the middle of the night and walking down to the river
B. walking three-quarters of a mile every day
C. swimming in the Lowa River before going to bed
D. walking about before he went to bed
Why do people think sleepwalking is nothing but a fantastic thing which doesn’t have any explanation?
A. It is so common that it needn’t be recorded.
B. Scientists take no interest in it.
C. Most sleepwalkers do not seek help for their problem.
D. No records about it have been made.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩處為多余選項。
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving birds._1____ She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.
__2___. The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. __3______. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky. ___4_____. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment. ____5______ .She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
She gave them some delicious food and left.
Suddenly she felt the bird go softly.
Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.
One day she left with the two birds at home alone.
She took them home and put them in a small cage.
One day the girl left the door of the cage open.
She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
A new factory that turns used wine bottles into green sand could revolutionize the recycling industry and help to filter(過濾)the nation's drinking water.
For the last 100 years special high grade white sand quarried(開采)at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire has been used to filter tap water to remove bacteria and impurities—but this may no longer be necessary.
The green sand has already been successfully tested by water companies and is being used in 50 swimming pools in Scotland to keep the water clean.
Backed by one million pounds from the European Union and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defar),a company based in Scotland is building a factory to turn beverage bottles back into the sand from which they were made.
The idea is not only to avoid using up increasingly scarce sand in Scotland and avoid any further quarrying but also to solve a crisis in the recycles only 750 000 tones of it.
Howard Dryden, the scientist and managing director of the company has spent six years working on what he calls Active Filtration Meadia, or AFM, the recycled glass. He says he needs bottles that have already contained drinkable liquids to be sure that drinking water would not be polluted.
"The fact is that tests show that AFM does the job better than glass, it is easier to clean and reuse and has all sorts of properties that make it ideal for other applications, "he claimed. He also thinks the market will be able to take 250 000 tones of green sand a year. The plan is to build five or six factories in cites in UK where the bottles come from to cut down on transport.
The factory will be completed this month and is expected to go into full production on January 14 next year. Once it is providing a "regular" product, the government's drinking water inspectorate will be asked to perform tests and approve it for general use by water companies.
It may no longer be necessary to use high-grade white sand to keep water clean because_____.
there is no need to keep water clean
A new factory has been set up
The green sand has been used to keep the water clean
White sand is being use up
According to the passage ,the new idea can do the following except_____.
A. avoiding using up increasingly scarce sand
B. avoiding further quarrying of white sand
C. solving the crisis in the recycling industry
D. cutting down the cost on transport
Tests show that ______ in keeping the water clean.
A .AFM is more efficient than white sand
B.AFM is more efficient than glass
C. glass is more efficient than AFM
D. white sand is more efficient than green sand
The underlined word "Backed" in the third paragraph can best be replaced by"_____".
A. Allowed B. Opposed
C. Supported D. Forbidden
What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Revolution in the Recycling for the Industry.
B. Modern Technology an New Markets.
C. Revolution in Environmental Protection.
D. Unlocking the Benefits of Green Sand.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
It is already home to whales, seals and polar bears, but soon the Arctic (北極) must find __1__ for some Chinese visitors.
A team of nine scientists will __2__ to the Arctic this month to mark the opening of China's __3__ Arctic scientific research station, SOA (the State Oceanic Administration (國家海洋局) has __4__.
Construction of the station finished a while __5__, but operations were held __6__ during the polar night, __7__ normally runs from late October to the end of February. __8__this period, the sun never __9__ over the Arctic. And from mid-July to the end of August, the sun never sets, a time__10__ as polar day (極晝).
With territories (版圖) __11__ far up into the northern half of the globe, China __12__Arctic studies to learn __13__ about its climatic and environmental changes. Many of these, __14__ sand storms and heavy droughts, are believed to have __15__ to do with the Arctic.
Research teams __16__ the area in 1999 and 2003, but the new station will allow scientists to study the Arctic in __17__ depth.
The station is a two-storey building and __18__ a laboratory, office, reading room, bedroom and storeroom. It can hold 20 to 25 researchers.
"It will be __19__ great support to the scientists' research there," said Xia Limin, an officer in SOA.
This year the SOA also plans to upgrade (提升) two existing scientific bases in the Antarctic (南極洲). They are "Great Wall", which was set up in 1985, and "Zhongshan", __20__ five years later.
A. house B. hotel C. palace D. room
A. journey B. travel C. trip D. tour
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
A. told B. spoke C. announced D. published
A. before B. later C. after D. ago
A. forward B. toward C. back D. ahead
A. which B. through which C. that D. where
A. During B. While C. When D. As
A. raises B. rises C. lifts D. carries
A. knows B. to know C. known D. knowing
A. spreading B. spreads C. to spread D. spread
A. works out B. picks out C. keeps out D. carries out
A. less B. more C. few D. much
A. for example B. such as C. for instance D. such that
A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
A. showed B. went C. visited D. got
A. great B. greeting C. greater D. greatest
A. includes B. contains C. including D. containing
A. to B. for C. at D. of
A. establishing B. to establish C. established D. establish
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________, the gathering crowd burst into applause.
A. On entering the hall B. When he took the floor
C. The speaker took his place D. No sooner had the speaker entered
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