科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Ted Turner, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43. Best known for his CNN, Ted Turner launched a second nationwide all-news network, Headline News, purchased the Atlanta Braves baseball team, and became the world's best yachtsman at the America's Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was named by Forbes one of the 400 richest people in the US. He was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1992. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?
Ted Turner's father, Ed, was a self-made millionaire who demanded that his only son try to achieve similar success. He instilled in the boy a strong belief that hard work was good. Besides reading a new book every two days, Ted Turner was also charged rent at home during summer vacations from boarding school. Ed Turner was a strong influence in his son's life.
As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. He was enrolled in a military academy in the fifth grade and eventually went to Brown University. He attended college off and on, became involved in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. In his early twenties, Ted Turner became general manager of one of his father's branch offices in Georgia.
Two years later after his father’s suicide, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that he was more skilled than his father in managing the business. During the next twenty years, Ted Turner worked hard to accumulate enough power and money to fulfill his father's dream.
Reflecting on his father's death, however, Ted Turner realized that it was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. He decided to use his hard-earned influence to serve the public. Concerned about the environment, Ted Turner established the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to produce documentaries to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of building weapons of mass destruction. In 1986 Turner began sponsoring the Goodwill Games to promote world peace. The Turner Tomorrow Awards were created to encourage writers and thinkers to focus their attention on solving world problems. The Turner Family Foundation was established in 1992.
What is CNN according to the passage?
A. It’s a broadcast-news company. B. It’s a basketball team agency.
C. It’s a charity organization. D. It’s a publishing house.
What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. The creation of CNN encouraged broadcasters to be more successful.
B. Towering goals and hard work led to fame and prosperity.
C. Ted Turner was expert at sailboat racing and playing basketball.
D. Ted Turner became very successful at an early age.
As a student in a military academy, Turner ______.
A. wasn’t as lonely as he looked because his many friends at school.
B. missed his family very much despite having friends at school.
C. served as a member of the US Coast Guard for a while.
D. showed little interest in studying but other affairs.
The author seems to believe that Ted Turner is ______.
A. slow moving B. incompetent C. goal-oriented D. modest
Which of the following best describes an important change in Ted Turner’s life?
A. He became more determined and was feared by this workmates.
B. He developed respect and admiration for his employees.
C. H e revised his view of the world and his responsibility in it.
D. He demanded the same level of success as he father.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年福州八中高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語卷 題型:填空題
根據(jù)所給漢語提示或首字母填寫詞的適當(dāng)形式,完成下列句子
(共15小題;每空1分,滿分15分)
1. The boss needed many employees, so he decided to h some.
2. The farmer had only twenty (牛) left after the serious snowstorm on the farm.
3. The editor said that the book would be improved by (插入) another chapter.
4. From 1842 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many
Chinese people a for right to live in USA.
5. I’m sorry to b you, but can you show me the way to the railway station?
6. Cloning is a way of making an e copy of another animal or plant.
7.When we describe something very light, we say "as light as a (羽毛)".
8. His opinion d entirely from mine, so I had to change mine.
9. In case of fire, please d 119.
10. The doctor felt the child’s f and found the fever was gone.
11. He kept ( 輕敲) his fingers on the table.
12. P experience is better than theoretical knowledge
13. He works in a small firm and lives on his wages(工資). How can he makeaf ?
14. Could you lend me 20 yuan? I left my w at home.
15. The police worked out a plan to catch (小偷) in the whole city.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆安徽省高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
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1.What is the purpose of writing the passage?
A. To make advertisements for the three items.
B. To attract more and more tourists.
C. To make more money from the goods.
D. To make preparations for an auction.
2.What’s the advantage of the coffee table?
A. It is worth collection.
B. It makes the room more convenient.
C. Its top is purely made of silver metal.
D. Its shape can be easily adjusted.
3.We can infer from the passage that the Home Office Desk is ___.
A. totally made of dark walnut wood
B. meanwhile sold with a personal computer
C. designed to protect individual privacy
D. only allowed to be used at home
4.Which of the above goods has the least discount?
A. A charming table lamp. B. The Home Office Desk
C. The lovely coffee table. D. None of them
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學(xué)年浙江省杭州市高三上學(xué)期開學(xué)考試英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
A senior United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children’s welfare.
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF’s operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China “can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”
China’s child population makes up one-fifth of the world’s total. “The reason behind the tremendous(巨大的) achievement is China’s long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society,” he said.
“What’s more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.
The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks, sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine” party, as a prelude(前奏) to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.
The Beijing children’s Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.
A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency spends 400—500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.
Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.
She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.
By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.
Three “Hope Stars” also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year.
1.Children can grow healthily and happily as long as _______.
A. parents take good care of them both at home and in society
B. the whole society care for children as well as their parents
C. Schools and teachers pay much attention to the growth of children
D. Chinese people always give special attention to children who are in special need
2.Every year the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home spends _______ on the orphans
A. 1, 920, 000 yuan B. 2, 160, 000 yuan
C. Over 2, 400, 000 yuan D. 2, 200, 000 yuan or so
3.CYDF collected 700 million yuan with the purpose of _______.
A. reducing dropouts
B. helping homeless orphans
C. supporting the Chinese Team for the coming Atlanta Olympic Games
D. establishing 2, 074 Hope primary schools all over the country
4.We can infer from the text that _______.
A. Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.
B. All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of China are too poor to go to school.
C. Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned about the growth of the younger generation.
D. With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.
5.It is possible that this passage was written in _______.
A. 1992 B. 1996 C. 1998 D. 2000
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年廣東省高二上學(xué)期期中測試英語卷 題型:信息匹配
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請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息,并按照要求匹配信息。請在答題卡56—60上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)字母涂黑。注意E涂AB,F(xiàn)涂CD。
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C. HUGE Garage Sale, PYMBLE 80 Bannockburn road, Corner Rushall Street Saturday 30th September only. 9.00am to 2.00pm Nothing sold before! Gymnasium equipment. Hi-fis, Fridges, Cycles, Book Furniture and much more! Don’t miss it!
D. Last Sale Moving Sunday 1st October form 7am. Great variety of goods ,twin bedroom suite other furniture and tools.11 Bellamy Avenue , Eastwood
E. MOVING SALE HORNSBY HTS. Claros Close. Saturday 7Th Oct .from .9am. H/Hold items, furniture, & o/door furniture, TV, garden tools & equip .Every thing must go .Bargain prices.
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