科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學年遼寧省丹東市寬甸二中高一上學期期末考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas(胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活組織檢查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
【小題1】The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers __________.
A.be brave when facing a cancer |
B.treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own business |
C.know a sorrowful experience of his won |
D.know how he treasured his family. |
A.He prepared everything in order. | B.He had a biopsy. |
C.His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery. | D.His wife helped him. |
A.he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down. |
B.he could leave death alone and had enough courage to become what he wanted to. |
C.he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death. |
D.he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died. |
A.Gods. | B.The doctors |
C.Heart and intuition | D.Other persons |
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科目:高中英語 來源:上海市十校2010屆高三下學期考前最后一次聯(lián)考英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解
In 1961, scientist set up gigantic, sensitive instruments to collect radio waves from the far reaches of space, hoping to discover in them some mathematical pattern indicating that the waves were sent out by other intelligent beings. The first attempt failed, but someday the experiment may succeed.
What reason is there to think that we may actually detect intelligent life in outer space?To begin with, modern theories of the development of stars suggest that almost every star has some sort of family of planets. So any star like our own sun (and there are billions of such stars in the universe) is likely to have a planet situated at such a distance that it would receive about the same amount of radiation as the earth.
Furthermore, such a planet would probably have the same general composition as our planet; so, allowing a billion years or two or three, there would be a very good chance for life to develop, if current theories of the origin of life are correct.
But intelligent life?Life that has reached the stage of being able to send radio waves out into space in a deliberate pattern?Our own planet may have been in existence for five billion years and may have had life on it for two billion, but it is only in the last fifty years that intelligent life capable of sending radio waves into space has lived on earth. From this it might seem that even if there were no technical problems involved, the chance of receiving signals from any particular earth-type planet would be extremely small.
This does not mean that intelligent life at our level does not exist somewhere. There are such an unimaginable number of stars that, even at such miserable possibility, it seems certain that there are millions of intelligent life forms scattered through space. The only trouble is, none may be within easy distance of us. Perhaps none ever will be; perhaps the distances that separate us from our fellow “creatures” of this universe will forever remain too great to be conquered. And yet it is conceivable that someday we may come across one of them or, frighteningly, one of them may come across us. What would they be like, these outside-the-earth creatures?
1.What point is the author making by stating that almost every star has some sort of family of planets?
A. Sooner or later intelligent beings will be found on one of the stars.
B. There must be one or two of the planets on which there are no intelligent beings.
C. There are sufficient planets for there to be one that enjoys the same conditions as the earth does.
D. One or two billion years later intelligent beings will generate on those planets.
2.What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Some probable intelligent life forms on other planets.
B. Various stages undergone by the intelligent life on other planets.
C. Grounds for probable existence of intelligent life on other planets.
D. The possibility of intelligent life existing on our planet.
3.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. An encounter is probable between people from the earth and intelligent beings from another planet.
B. Though the first attempt failed, scientists did discover the radio waves sent out by other intelligent beings.
C. Other intelligent beings were able to send our radio waves into space well before the last fifty years.
D. It is certain that there are millions of intelligent beings scattered in space but only too far away.
4.According to the author, what is the difference between “we may come across one of them” and “one of them may come across us”?
A. The earth would be dangerously disadvantaged if it is sought after by possibly much more developed creatures.
B. It would prove that there are too many outside-the-earth creatures if “one of them comes across us”.
C. The history of the development of the earth would be proved to be shorter than that of “them” if “they” come across us.
D. it would prove that the distance in between is not so great as we think if “we come across one of them” someday.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆山東省高三第二次質(zhì)量檢測英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
When I was 17,I read a quote that went something like:“If you live each day as if it were your last,someday you’ll most certainly be right” It made a deep 1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years,I have 2 in the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life, 3 I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 4 ,I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be 5 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death, 7 only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was 8 with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs 9 order,which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die.I 10 with that diagnosis all day. 11 ,at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is 12 with surgery.I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
13 wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all 14 .No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because death is very likely the single best invention of 15 .It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to 16 for the new.Right now the new is you.But someday not too 17 from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.
Your time is 18 ,so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife.Don’t be 19 by dogma (教條) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner 20 .And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart.
1.A. joke B. curse C. decision D. impression
2.A. looked B. seen C. found D. 1ost
3.A. might B. should C. would D. could
4.A. hurry B. 1ine C. row D. moment
5.A. successful B. dead C. rich D. frustrated
6.A. choices B. fortune C. impressions D. apologies
7.A. proving B. confirming C. leaving D. telling
8.A. treated B. cured C. diagnosed D. round
9.A. on B. for C. at D. in
10.A. met B. 1ived C. did D. got
11.A. But B. However C. Therefore D. So
12.A. incurable B. fatal C. curable D. changeable
13.A. No one B. Someone C. Anyone D. Everyone
14.A. want B. avoid C. escape D. share
15.A. destination B. science C. 1ife D. disease
16.A. make up B. make way C. make our D. make for
17.A. distant B. long C. short D. away
18.A. enough B. rare C. limited D. 1ost
19.A. wasted B. cheated C. excited D. trapped
20.A. love B. voice C. direction D.confusion
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學年本溪縣高三暑期補課階段考試英語卷 題型:單項填空
But someday, all our hard work will______; we will attend the university of our choice and go on to have a great career.
A. turn out B. pay off C. work out D. go out
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012屆山東省棗莊市高三九月月考英語題(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I’ ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ ve ever encountered(遇到)to help me make the big choice in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another biopsy(活組織檢查)and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.
This was the closest I’ ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’ t waste it repeating someone else’ s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma(教條)—which is living with the results of other people’ s thinking. Don’ t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
1.The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.
A. he had to rest at home
B. his disease was not serious at all
C. his disease couldn’ t be cured
D. he had to wait for the result of the test
2.How did the author feel after the diagnosis?
A. Angry B. Excited C. Optimistic D. Hopeless
3.What does the author think of death?
A. He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.
B. He thinks it is not the end of life.
C. He thinks it is impossible to avoid.
D. He thinks it is the beginning of a new life
4.In the author’ s opinion, we should ____________.
A. follow others’ advice
B. take no notice of diseases
C. take exercise and keep healthy
D. have the courage to follow our heart
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