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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解
Language as a System of Symbols
Of all systems of symbols(符號(hào)), language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual(相互的)dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language.
There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.
However obvious these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature; foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said: “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals,” they feel that the symbol is inherently(內(nèi)在地) connected in some way with the things symbolized.
69. Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings ______.
A. have made use of language for centuries B. use our nervous systems to support language
C. have made various noises stand for any events
D. can make anything stand for anything by agreement
70. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?
A. Different noises may mean different things.
B. Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.
C. The language we use symbolizes our social positions.
D. Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.
71. In Paragraph 3, “take special pains” probably means “_____”.
A. try very hard B. take our time C. are very unhappy D. feel especially painful
72. The example of the little boy is used to show that _____.
A. adults often learn from their young
B. “pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty
C. words are not connected with the things they stand for
D. people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2012屆安徽省銅陵三中高三英語(yǔ)綜合測(cè)試卷一 題型:閱讀理解
If your family is like many in the United States, unloading the week’s groceries includes hauling a case or two of bottled water into your home. On your way to a soccer game or activity, it’s easy to grab a cold one right out of the fridge, right?
But all those plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment. In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, adding 29 billion water bottles a year to the problem. In order to make all these bottles, manufacturers use 17 million barrels of crude oil. That’s enough oil to keep a million cars going for twelve months.
Imagine a water bottle filled a quarter of the way up with oil. That’s about how much oil was needed to produce the bottle.
So why don’t more people drink water straight from the kitchen faucet? Some people drink bottled water because they think it is better for them than water out of the tap, but that’s not true. In the United States, local governments make sure water from the faucet is safe. There is also growing concern that chemicals in the bottles themselves may leach into the water.
People love the convenience of bottled water. But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a refillable steel container instead of plastic.
Plastic bottle recycling can help—instead of going out with the trash, plastic bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or cozy fleece clothing.
Unfortunately, for every six water bottles we use, only one makes it to the recycling bin. The rest are sent to landfills. Or, even worse, they end up as trash on the land and in rivers, lakes, and the ocean. Plastic bottles take many hundreds of years to disintegrate.
Water is good for you, so keep drinking it. But think about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change.
Betty McLaughlin, who runs an organization called the Container Recycling Institute, says we should try using fewer bottles: “If you take one to school in your lunch, don’t throw it away—bring it home and refill it from the tap for the next day. Keep track of how many times you refill a bottle before you recycle it.”
And yes, you can make a difference. Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours.
Title | Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap? |
【小題1】 situation | Americans consume the 【小題2】 bottled water in the world. |
【小題3】 for people’s preference for bottled water | Bottled water is of higher【小題4】 . |
It’s more 【小題5】 for people to drink bottled water. | |
Problems with bottled water | The 【小題6】 of plastic bottles use lots of fossil fuels. |
Water bottles we use cause serious 【小題7】 . | |
【小題8】 the passage offers | Use bottles 【小題9】 of glass or steel. |
Use a refillable plastic bottle as many times as 【小題10】 before recycling. |
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014屆湖南省益陽(yáng)市高三上學(xué)期第一次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:其他題
Smoking in indoor public places including public working place, public transportation vehicles and some other special outdoor working spaces has been banned in China since January 2011. Should smoking be banned in public places? Of course, it should be. First, banning smoking in public places will not only help in saving smokers from various kinds of heath conditions and diseases, but will also be beneficial for passive smokers.
Second, banning smoking in public places will put pressure on smokers to quit. Since a smoker is forbidden from smoking in public places, he will learn how to live without smoking a cigarette for long hours. Moreover, when a smoker doesn’t see anybody around him smoking or smelling of cigarette, it might reduce his urge to smoke too. Thus, people have to quit smoking as a result of smoking ban.
Smoking in public places influences nonsmokers to take up smoking, especially adolescents. Since teens are in an impressionable age, when they see people around them smoking, they get encouraged to try it and then it becomes a habit, increasing the incidence of teen smoking. Moreover, asthma(哮喘) and ear infections are commonly seen in children who live around smokers, so if it’s banned in public places, these places will become safe for children and teens, healthwise.
Looking from the economic point of view, since smoking is a major contributing factor to many diseases, it leads to absence from work. Moreover, employees who smoke tend to take breaks now and then to smoke, thus cutting back on their working hours. So, if employers want to increase work productivity and want to make sure that their employees remain healthy, they should ban and stop smoking in and around offices.
At last, smoking cigarettes adds to the pollution of the air, so if it is banned, it will help in saving the environment from further deterioration(惡化).
1.According to the passage, in what situation do smokers reduce their urge to smoke? (No more than 11 words)
________________________________________________________________________
2.Seen from the environmental point of view, why shouldn’t people smoke in public places? (No more than 7 words)
________________________________________________________________________
3.How does smoking in and around offices affect work productivity? (No more than 13 words)
________________________________________________________________________
4.What is the main idea of the passage?(No more than 8 words)
________________________________________________________________________
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2012-2013學(xué)年山東省文登市高三3月質(zhì)量檢測(cè)英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in traditional classrooms. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom.
But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules.These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education.Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices.For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom.They worry about the rules even when there are no rules.Even a few rules will help this kind of students.The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education.Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their school.
You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained.You may have your own opinion about open education.The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory.In actual fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students want some structure in their classes.They want and need to have rules.In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects.Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the reason why some students like open education?
A.The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning.
B.Open education allows students to be responsible for their own future.
C.Open education allows the students to develop their own interests.
D.Open education has fewer rules.
2. From the passage we can learn that___________.
A.the writer believes that all students don’t want some structure in their classes
B.the writer believes that all students want some structure in their classes
C.nearly all teachers like open education
D.only the students that worry about rules or grades a lot like to be in an open classroom
3.Some students will do little in an open classroom because __________.
A.there are too few rules
B.they hate activities
C.open education is similar to traditional education
D.they worry about the rules
4. Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage given?
A.Some advantages about open education.
B.Some disadvantages about open education.
C.Some students’ feelings in an open education school.
D.The writer’s opinion about open education is the same as all the students’.
5.Which of the following can best summarize the passage?
A.Many students like open education.
B.Open education is better than traditional education.
C.Open education is a really complicated (復(fù)雜的) idea.
D.Open education is a good idea in practice.
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014屆浙江省蒼南縣靈溪二高高一第一次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often 1 some books from the library. He keeps 2 to the radio every morning and reading 3 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His 4 worship(崇拜)him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son,is only nine. He 5 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too 6 to understand him and chooses_ 7 ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(對(duì)…滿意)it.
One day Mike read 8 about the electric lights(電燈)and was 9 it.When his father told him to do some housework,he went on thinking of it.He asked him 10 questions,and his father answered all.Then his father said proudly,“Fathers always know 11 than sons!”The boy thought for a while and said,“ 12 !”
“Oh? Why?”
Mike didn’t answer and asked, 13 ,“Who invented the electric lights?”
“ 14 .”answered Mr Clarke.
“Why didn’t his father invent them,then?”
Looking at his son,Mr Clarke didn’t know 15 to answer !
1. A.finds B.sells C.buys D.borrows
2. A.watching B.listening C.going D.touching
3. A.newspapers B.letters C.stories D.messages
4. A.teachers B.parents C.students D.classmates
5. A.a(chǎn)lso B.never C.even D.only
6. A.old B.young C.clever D.a(chǎn)ble
7. A.more ifficult B.the most difficult C.easy D.the easiest
8. A.everything B.nothing C.something D.a(chǎn)nything
9. A.worried about B.interested in C.a(chǎn)fraid of D.a(chǎn)ngry with
10. A.few B.little C.a(chǎn) few D.a(chǎn) little
11. A.more B.most C.less D.least
12. A.So do I B.Neither am I C.I agree D.I don’t think so
13. A.instead B.carefully C.quickly D.brightly
14. A.Thomas Brown B.Allan Smith C.Thomas Edison D.Ron Jenkins
15. A.when B.what C.where D.which
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