They came ________ for work as they were quite busy ________.


  1. A.
    lately, late
  2. B.
    late, late
  3. C.
    late, lately
  4. D.
    lately, lately
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

    “We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

    I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays’ is ‘vacaciones’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

    We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.

    English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, thank you.”

My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

  A. learning English                         B. finding places to stay in England

  C. driving their car on English roads           D. going to England by car

‘NO VACANCIES’ in English means ______.

  A. no free rooms          B. free rooms      C. not away on holiday    D. holidays

When someone offered me more coffee and I said “Thank you” in French, I ______.

  A didn’t really want any more coffee           B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away

  C. really wanted some more coffee             D. wanted to express my politeness

I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I ______.

  A. hadn’t finished drinking my coffee          B. was expecting another cup of coffee

  C. meant that I didn’t want any more           D. was never misunderstood

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.

This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people.

The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”

The three travelers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鱷魚). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.

A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the photo left behind? Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the point (地點(diǎn)) where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.

This article is probably taken from ___________

A. a newspaper      B. a magazine      C. a storybook      D. a guidebook

Which of the following things wasn’t found by the police?

   A. A touring map.                       B. A photo of the travelers.

   C. The travelers’ radio.                   D. The travelers’ car

All the following are unanswered questions except_____________.

   A. why they left a photo behind            B. why they came to this area

   C. why their Toyota was parked in the place   D. why a cross was drawn on the map

The article asks people to _____________.

A. join the police in searching for the missing people

   B. tell the police about the travelers’ ages and their appearance

   C. learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours

   D. provide information about the missing people

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科目：高中英語 來源：2011年天津普通高等學(xué)校招生全國統(tǒng)一考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解

An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tome.
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (發(fā)起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits,study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong kong.
In Chicago, the mayor(市長）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighbourhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns,where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy
And passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
Ultinatel was Nancy points out,the level of sucicess is not meastured by how many people read a book,but by how many people are enriched by the process.or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.
【小題1】What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?

A．To invite authors to guide readers.
B．To encourage people to read and share.
C．To involve people in communnity service.
D．To promote the friendship between cities.
【小題2】Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the projict?
A．They had little interest in reading.
B．They were too busy to read a book.
C．They came from many different backgrounds
D．They lacked support from the locat government
【小題3】According to the passage,where would the project be more easily carried out?
A．In large communities with little sense of unity
B．In large cities where libraries are far from home
C．In medium-sized cities with a diverse population
D．In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached
【小題4】The underlined words“shared a word”in Paragraph 5 probably mean     
A．exchanged ideas with each other
B．discussed the meaning of a word
C．gamed life experience
D．used the same language
【小題5】According to Nacy,the degree of students of the project is judged by
          
A．the careful selection of a proper book
B．the growing popularity of the writers
C．the number of people who benefit from reading.
D．the number of books that each person reads.

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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年廣東省陸河外國語學(xué)校高二下學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解

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In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called “small schools” because usually the number of pupils in them is only sixty, but a school has to have at least twenty-seven pupils.
　Cooleenbridge School in Ireland, is a small school similar to the ones in Denmark, it was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, England and other parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school. They managed to get an old, disused primary-school (小學(xué)) building and started with twenty-four children aged from four to twelve.
　The teachers say, “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.” And so the courses includes yoga(瑜伽), cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama (戲劇) and environmental(環(huán)境的) river studies, as well as reading, writing, maths and science.
【小題1】What are the rules for setting up a new school in Denmark?

A．Parents are allowed to set up their own school.
B．The school has to follow the national courses.
C．The school has to have at least 27 pupils.
D．All of the above.
【小題2】 The writer tells about the Cooleenbridge School in Ireland because ____ .
A．it was set up by parents who are not people of Denmark
B．it was taken as an example of this kind of “small school”
C．there were only twenty-four children
D．the pupils there were aged from 4 to 12
【小題3】What makes this kind of school special?
A．It is set up by parents not by government.
B．It is free to decide what to teach.
C．The number of pupils in it is only sixty.
D．It has to have at least 27 pupils.
【小題4】 “The important thing in school is doing not sitting.” What the teachers say actually means ____ .
A．What we should do is teaching in the classroom, not sitting in the office.
B．Children should do more homework at home, not just sit in class to listen to the teachers.
C．Children should learn by themselves not rely on teachers.
D．Children should learn through practice not just from books.
【小題5】The courses includes ____ .
A．yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, except reading, writing, maths and science
B．either yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, or reading, writing, maths and science
C．not only reading, writing, maths and science, but also yoga, cooking knitting, kitemaking, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies
D．mainly yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, and supplemental (補(bǔ)充的) reading writing, maths and science

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科目：高中英語 來源：四川省武勝縣2010屆高三下學(xué)期第一次聯(lián)考 題型：完型填空

 

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After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 21  , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a  22  in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John 23  closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24  work yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 25 .

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26  . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27  her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29  for the basement which was full of smoke and 30  hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 32  the two badly frightened children into 33  arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34  more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35  ! That house will fall down any second. ”

36  he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  39  and fresh air, he found that he had just  40 his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

21．A．direction       B．mistake          C．smoke       D．danger

22．A．plant        B． home           C．store           D．kitchen

23．A．ran          B．walked              C．rode        D． drove

24．A．off         B．a(chǎn)t                C． to                D．on

25．A．whispered   B． disagreed          C．nodded        D．required

26．A．flames     B．pieces             C．ruins          D．silence

27．A．pushed      B．greeted           C． seized          D．stopped

28．A．hall       B．department         C．house          D． basement

29．A．went      B． rushed            C．a(chǎn)sked           D．reached

30．A．heavily     B．terribly            C．partly           D．slightly

31．A． As       B．If                 C．Since            D．Unless

32．A．comforted  B．protected          C．recognized       D． delivered

33．A．cheering   B．freezing           C．suffering           D． waiting

34．A．many            B．several           C．two                 D．three

35．A．foolish     B． dangerous            C．practical           D．painful

36．A．But        B．So               C．Instead            D．Therefore

37．A．wide       B．dirty             C．final               D． endless

38．A．particular    B．familiar         C．interesting          D．fortunate

39．A．car         B．crowd            C． sunlight           D．a(chǎn)rms

40．A． found     B．     rescued       C．lost               D．Missed

 

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