Tim had one of his legs broken when he fell off a ladder and has been ____ ever since.      
 [     ]
A. badly off  
B. well off    
C. worse off  
D. better off
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科目：高中英語 來源：安徽省合肥市2010年高三第二次教學(xué)質(zhì)量檢測英語試題 題型：閱讀理解

    Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices going up, up, and up. “How high can they go?” is the question on everyone’s lips? “As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, there’s no telling,” remarked one realtor in Santa Monica, California.
“It’s crazy,” said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach. “In 1993, I bought my first place, a two-bedroom condominium in Venice, for $70,000. My friends thought then that I was overpaying. Five years later, I had to move. I sold it for $230,000, which was a nice profit. Last year, while visiting friends here, I saw in the local paper that the exact same condo was for sale for $510,000!”
It is a seller’s market. Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking price. Donna, a new owner of a one-bedroom condo in Venice Beach, said, “That’s what I did. I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I’ll give you $20,000 more, under the table, so you don’t have to pay your realtor any of it. I was tired of looking.”
Tim says he hopes he doesn’t get that desperate. “Whether you decide to buy or decide not to buy, you still feel like you made the wrong decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don’t buy, you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity.”
Everyone says the bubble(泡沫) has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house. Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring. “All we can say is that, inevitably, these things go in cycles,” said the state director of housing. “What goes up must come down. But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down. So you can’t lose over the long run. Twenty years down the road, your house is always worth more than you paid for it.”
60．If Tim had sold his flat last year, he could have earned          .
A．$ 510,000                B．$ 440,000                C．$ 280,000                D．$ 160,000
61．Donna paid another $ 20,000 to the owner secretly because          .
A．she felt like offering 10% more                    B．secret money made low price
C．the owner asked for the money                  D．she was bored with bargaining
62．We can infer from Tim’s words in paragraph 4 that           .
A．homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices
B．buying a house is always a great opportunity
C．homebuyers never make the right decision
D．both sellers and buyers become desperate
63．What is the author’s opinion about the housing bubble?          
A．It is something everyone hates to see
B．Only experts know when it will burst
C．It is unavoidable in the regular circles
D．It usually stays for about twenty years

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科目：高中英語 來源：2011年山東普通高等學(xué)校全國招生統(tǒng)一考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.
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Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.
Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
【小題1】
What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

A．His health problem.B．His love for teaching.
C．The influence of his wife.D．The news from the Web.
【小題2】
What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?
A．Give out brochures.B．Do something similar.
C．Write books for childrenD．Retire from being a teacher.
【小題3】
According to the text, Dollly Parton is           .
A．a(chǎn) well-known surgeonB．a(chǎn) mother of a four-year-old
C．a(chǎn) singer born in TennesseeD．a(chǎn) computer programmer
【小題4】
Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?
A．To avoid signing up online.
B．To meet Dollywood board members.
C．To make sure the books were the newest.
D．To see if the books were of good quality.
【小題5】
What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?
A．He needs more money to help the children.
B．He wonders why some people are so busy.
C．He tries to save those waiting to die.
D．Hconsiders his efforts worthwhile.

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It was only 5 o’clock in the morning. The house was quiet and Tim' s mother was still asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (輕微顫動(dòng)聲) of the freezer had been the sea.                                         
Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He' d eat after he' d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches-but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:
Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight, Tim.
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn't up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.
The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.
The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched (延伸) across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.
Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious (神秘的) now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn't go in all the way...
【小題1】What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?

A．He put a sweater in his schoolbag.B．He left the house quietly.
C．He had breakfast at home.D．He left a note on the freezer.
【小題2】"He settled for some biscuits” (in Paragraph 3 ) means that Tim_______.
A．had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches
B．liked biscuits better than sandwiches
C．had to leave the biscuits on the table
D．could only find some biscuits in the kitchen
【小題3】 What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?
A．The height of the first rocks.B．The ups and downs of the waves.
C．The vast stretch of the sunlit beach.D．The change in the position of the sun.
【小題4】In the story, Tim’s mood changed from_________.
A．loneliness to crazinessB．a(chǎn)nxiousness to excitement
C．eagerness to nervousness D．helplessness to happiness

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When he was a boy, Tim was much influenced（影響） by the books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result, Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic (診所) of a local doctor where he was supposed to help to wrap up medicine bottles, but was actually trying to listen to the conversations（會(huì)議） taking place between the doctor and his patients in the next room.

During the war Tim served in the Navy (海軍) as a surgeon (外科醫(yī)生). “That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and on the whole making a success of it.” In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus, while he was able to tell them what to do, he could feel he was saving them. After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside, working under an old doctor who was popular in the area, but who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the young man many opportunities（機(jī)會(huì)） to go on working as a life-saver.

1.Tim decided to be a doctor when he was________.

A．fourteen

B．fifteen

C．serving in the Navy

D．working in clinic

2.Tim decided to become a doctor mainly because________

A．his father wanted him to be so.

B．his father was a surgeon.

C．he had read many books about medicine.

D．he had chances to know many doctors and know about what doctors did.

3.Which of the following is not true?

A．during the war, Tim was a surgeon in the Navy.

B．he taught the country people simple facts about medicine in California.

C．a(chǎn)fter the war, he married the old doctors’ daughter.

D．Tim worked as a life-saver after war.

4.From the passage we can infer(推出) that Tim_________.

A．was sent to Europe during the war.

B．was not afraid of blood.

C．decided to give up his doctor career.

D．regarded himself as a life-saver.

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：20102011廣西桂林中學(xué)高二下學(xué)期期中英語試題 題型：閱讀理解

The house was quiet at 5 a.m. and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (輕微顫動(dòng)聲) of the freezer had been the sea.

  Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.

  He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches—but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:

  Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight. Tim.

  The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.

  The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves. The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.

  Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.

  He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the way...

1..  What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?

   A. He left the house quietly.                    B. He had breakfast at home

   C. He left a note on the freezer.                D. He put a sweater in his schoolbag.

2..  “He settled for some biscuits” in paragraph 3 means that Tim ___.

   A. had to leave the biscuits on the table        B. liked biscuits better than sandwiches

   C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches    D. could only find some biscuits in the kitchen

3..  What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?

   A. The height of the first rocks             B. The ups and downs of the waves

   C. The change in the position of the sun.        D. The vast stretch of the sunlit beach

4..  Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?

   A. The sea looked like a piece of gold.          B. Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived.

   C. Tim was the only person on the beach.     D. The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave.

5... In the story, Tim’s mood changed from ___.

   A. loneliness to craziness                   B. anxiousness to excitement

   C. helplessness to happiness                 D. eagerness to nervousness

 

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