科目:高中英語 來源:重慶市南開中學2011屆高三12月月考英語試題 題型:050
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China may be the world's most populous country ,and it won the most gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. But its prowess at soccer is lamentable. China is ranked 84th in the sport's world standing.
Chinese are huge soccer fans, and hundreds of millions are expected to tune in to the World Cup, with all the matches broadcast live on public TV. But this time the Chinese don't have their own team to root for.
"Chinese have a reputation of being good at math, but they have trouble explaining why a population of 1.3 billion cannot produce a winning 11-member soccer team," said Xu Guoqi, a history professor at the University of Hong Kong. Journalists and soccer fans offer a number of reasons, most often money issues, politics, corruption(腐。゛nd culture, and sometimes a combination of the four.
Even though China now boasts wealthy companies and individuals who could sponsor(贊助) teams, there is little support as long as Chinese teams are perceived as perennial losers. "This is a very bad circle," Ma said. "No results, no money. No money, no results."
Few Chinese children are playing soccer. Some sports journalists and fans attribute the lack of interest partly to schools de-emphasizing sports in general and the lack of playing venues in the country's dense urban areas. "What can Chinese kids do?” said Fan Huiming, 61, a Chinese soccer fan who grew up watching matches at Beijing's Workers' Stadium, which was built in 1958 near his childhood home. "If they play soccer, the ball may fly directly into the glass of someone's home."
For young people, soccer has largely been eclipsed by basketball, thanks in part to Chinese NBA players who are treated like rock stars. Journalists and fans say NBA's aggressive campaign of marketing and merchandise in China has helped swell the popularity of basketball. By comparison, they noted that international soccer does not even have an office in China.
Rowan Simons, a Briton who came to China more than two decades ago and discovered he wasn't able to play weekend soccer, has been on a campaign to popularize the sport here. Simons said the main problem is that soccer elsewhere has traditionally started as a series of neighborhood clubs, but in China, "there's virtually no football at community level".
"Football in China can only succeed if it's a grass-roots activity organized by the people," he said.
This time the Chinese don't have their own team to root for in the World Cup because__________.
A.China is ranked 84th in soccer 's world standing.
B.they are angry about why China cannot produce a winning soccer team.
C.the Chinese huge soccer fans support other soccer teams.
D.the Chinese soccer team is not capable to go as far as the final part of the World Cup.
Why are few Chinese children playing soccer?
A.No results, no money. No money, no results.
B.If the footballs fly directly into the glass of someone's home,they’ll be criticised.
C there is little support from wealthy companies and individuals sponsoring teams.
D.schools don’t pay much attention on sports and they lack playing venues in dense urban areas.
The underlined word“eclipsed”in the six paragraph can be replaced by .
A.occupied. B.beaten. C.led. D.compared.
According to Rowan,what can be inferred ?
A.NBA players are more popular than soccer players in China.
B. The future of Chinese football is rather promising.
C. Chinese football should get into the life of ordinary people to survive.
D.Grass-roots Chinese football players can be popular .
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012屆福建省龍巖一中高三二模(熱身考)英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
The drug store was closing for the night and Alfred Higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.
“Empty your pockets please, Alfred,” Sam Carr demanded in a firm voice.
Alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew he had been caught. From his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of toothpaste.
“I’m disappointed in you, Alfred!” said the little gray-haired man.
“Sorry, sir. Please forgive me. It’s the first time I’ve ever done such a thing,” Alfred lied, hoping to gain the old man’s sympathy.
Mr Carr’s brow furrowed as he reached for the telephone, “Do you take me for a fool? Let’s see what the police have to say. But first I’ll call your mother and let her know her son is heading to jail.”
“Do whatever you want,” Alfred shot back, trying to sound big. But deep down he felt like a child. He imagined his mother rushing in, eyes burning with anger, maybe in tears. Yet he wanted to come quickly before Mr. Carr called the police.
Mr. Carr was surprised when Mrs. Higgins finally arrived . She was very calm, quiet and friendly. “Is Alfred in trouble?” she asked.
“He’s been stealing from the store,” the old man coolly replied.
Mrs. Higgins pulled out her hand and touched Mr. Carr’s arm with great gentleness as if she knew just how he felt. She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble. “What do you want to do, Mr.Carr?”
The woman’s calm and gentle manner disarmed the once-angry store-owner, “I was going to get a cop. But I don’t want to be cruel. Tell your son not to come back here again and I will let it go.” Then he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’ hand.
Mrs. Higgins thanked the old ma for his kindness, then mother and son left. They walked along the street in silence. When they arrived home his mother simply said, “Go to bed, you fool.”
In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. He felt no shame, only pride in his mother’s actions. “She was smooth!” he thought. He went to the kitchen to tell her how great she was, but was shocked by what he saw.
His mother’s face looked frightened, broken. Not the cool, bright face he saw earlier. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. There were tears in her eyes.
This picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth ending. He saw all the troubles he brought her and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.
【小題1】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.It was the first time Alfred had stolen anything. |
B.Mr. Carr set a trap to catch Alfred stealing. |
C.Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear. |
D.Mr. Carr had planned to forgive Alfred from the beginning. |
A.annoyed | B.got over | C.convinced | D.made less angry |
A.She felt disappointed with him. | B.She was strict with him. |
C.She was supportive of him. | D.She was afraid of him. |
A.how angry she was | B.how effective she handled Mr. Carr. |
C.that she was able to save him | D.that she didn’t cry |
A.was no longer a youth. | B.felt proud of his mother |
C.wanted his mother to be happy | D.felt guilty and regretful for his deed. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學年云南玉溪一中高一下學期期中考試英語卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
One cold winter evening, some young families and young couples were eating in a McDonald’s when an old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s hand in hand.
Some of the customers looked admiringly at them .You could tell what the admirers were thinking. Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together, probably for 60 years or more.” The little old man walked right up to the cash register, placed his order with no hesitation(遲疑) and then paid for their meal. The couple took a table near the back wall and started taking food off the tray. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man unwrapped(打開) the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. Then he carefully counted out the French fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip(吸) of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them.
When the man began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the crowd began to get restless. Again you could tell what they were thinking. “That poor old couple. All they can afford is one meal for the two of them.” Then, the man began to eat his French fries, when one young man stood and came over to the old couple’s table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple to eat. But the old man replied that they were just fine and they were used to sharing everything.
Then the crowd noticed that the little old lady hadn’t eaten a bite. She just sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink. When the little old man finished eating and was wiping his face neatly, the young man could stand it no longer. Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food.
After being politely refused again, he finally asked a question of the little old lady. “Ma’am, why aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. What is it that you are waiting for?”
She answered, “The false teeth”.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph, the old couple _____.
A.enjoyed the scene outside the McDonald’s |
B.didn’t look suitable(合適的) for the environment |
C.loved being with young families and couples |
D.liked the food in McDonald’s |
A.he couldn’t finish eating it with one bite |
B.he was very careful with his food |
C.he ordered more than he could eat |
D.he wanted to share it with his wife |
A.impolite | B.stubborn | C.sympathetic(有同情心的) | D.doubtful |
A.she was not interested in the food |
B.the couple suffered a terrible toothache |
C.the couple were using the same false teeth |
D.actually she didn’t answer the young man’s question |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學年江西景德鎮(zhèn)高一下期期末質量檢測英語卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952, educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge where, in 1974 he gained a BA (and later an MA) in English literature.
He was the creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy(《銀河系漫游指南》), which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series in March 1978. Since then it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record album, a computer game and several stage adaptations.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's success sent the book straight to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 Douglas Adams became the youngest author to be awarded a Golden Pan. He won a further two (a rare feat), and was nominated—though not selected - for the first Best of Young British Novelists awards.
He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); and Mostly Harmless (1992). The first two books in the Hitchhiker series were adapted into a 6-part television series, which was an immediate success when first showed in 1982. Other publications include Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (1988). In 1984 Douglas teamed up with John Lloyd and wrote The Meaning of Life and their second huge success, The Deeper Meaning of Life followed in 1990. One of Douglas’s personal favorites was written in 1990 when he teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine and wrote Last Chance to See an account of a world-wide search for rare and endangered species of animals.
Douglas sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. He was also a best seller in German, Swedish and many other languages.
Douglas Adams died on Friday, May 11, 2001, in Santa Barbara, CA. He will be greatly missed by fans worldwide.
【小題1】The main idea of this passage is .
A.Douglas Adams, always loved by fans |
B.Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
C.Douglas Adams and his works |
D.Douglas Adams’s personal lives |
A.a radio series | B.a movie | C.a TV series | D.a computer game |
A.Life, The Universe and Everything and Mostly Harmless |
B.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and Life, The Universe and Everything |
C.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and So Long and Thanks for all the Fish |
D.So Long and Thanks for all the Fish and Mostly Harmless |
A.Some stories happening in a Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
B.the author’s personal favorites |
C.a zoologist and his worldwide experiences |
D.searching for rare and endangered species of animals |
A.Douglas Adams died at the age of 49 and he was memorized by his fans. |
B.Douglas Adams was the youngest author to be selected as one of the first Best of Young British Novelists. |
C.John Lloyd was one of the authors of the two books, The Meaning of Lifeand The Deeper Meaning of Life. |
D.Douglas graduated from Essex and St John's College and gained a Master’s Degree. |
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