科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(購物手推車). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地攜帶) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的) customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.
81. What do the underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to?(No more than 3 words)
82. What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (No more than 8 words)
83. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (No more than 8 words)
84. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (No more than 10 words)
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年江蘇蘇州五中高一4月學(xué)情階段檢測英語卷(帶解析) 題型:完型填空
It was 4 o'clock in the morning when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 36 in with severe burns on his face,neck and arms.We have called for a(n) 37 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college,so we knew immediately this was 38 .
The doctor described the 39 ,which caused the burns.At 6 am,our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment.When they 40 the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames 41 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
42 ,one of the boys was quick-minded,grasped my son,and 43 him on the grass.While it saved his life,it was not in 44 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(傷疤).
After he 45 from the treatments,the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months 46 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling.So,he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister,who had a 10-inch, very 47__ scar on her arm,“Nancy,if you ignore the scar,other people will ignore it.It does not mean they will not 48 it,but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.’’
I 49 this wisdom on to my son.He took my advice to 50 and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period,he decided that the scars did not 51 , sohe made the 52 to give up any plastic surgery.
We all have “scars” that we believe 53 people to keep away from us.And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked different,or dressed differently,people would like us better.
But you see,people will only judge you by your looks,or your clothes,if you are judging yourself by these same 54 standards.Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value 55 yourself,and your beauty will shine through.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學(xué)年福建省高三11月學(xué)段考試英語題 題型:完型填空
Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy. When he was still in his mother’s tummy(肚子), she had had an accident, which 36 that Charlie couldn’t walk. But that had never been a(n) 37 for him; he had always been happy. When he became older, they had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because of his joyful and 38 nature. He really brightened everything up for those around him.
There wasn’t a postman, or a taxi driver who wasn’t 39 to see Charlie. “Cheer up, Mr Postman, that way you’ll 40 more letters today!” he would say, or “That was great, Mr Taxi Driver. You 41 that thing better than anyone else.” He also had great ideas and 42 for everything; and he shared them so 43 that, just about every day in that town, someone did a great job, or 44 something new, thanks to Charlie’s ideas.
One day, though, he came up against a real 45 . A young boy came to town on his holidays. He was known as Waterworks and was a real crybaby. No matter what Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always find some 46 to be sad: “I don’t have many sweets…my parents didn’t buy me that toy…” Everything seemed so bad to him. But Cheerful Charlie wasn’t going to be 47 , and he kept spending more time with Waterworks, 48 trying to cheer him up, just as he did with everyone.
Then, one day, when they were together in the street, someone 49 a pie from a window above by chance, and it landed 50 on Charlie’s head. He got such a fright that he couldn’t even move his lips. He was speechless, and 51 Waterworks was just about to cry, he 52 Charlie’s happy words so much that he finally said, “Wow, Charlie, that’s a nice clown mask (小丑面具) you just 53 !”
On saying those words, Waterworks felt so 54 that he finally understood why Charlie was always so happy and cheerful. He realized that he was so used to Charlie’s enthusiasm that he couldn’t help but see the fun 55 of everything.
1.A. reflected B. meant C. told D. predicted
2.A. problem B. mistake C. excuse D. topic
3.A. sensitive B. humorous C. responsible D. enthusiastic
4. A. surprised B. moved C. pleased D. disappointed
5.A. send B. write C. print D. find
6.A. paint B. play C. park D. repair
7.A. theories B. solutions C. comments D. impressions
8. A. eagerly B. carefully C. quickly D. generously
9.A. cleared B. noticed C. enjoyed D. invented
10.A. difficulty B. surprise C. risk D. disaster
11.A. means B. reason C. method D. value
12.A. let down B. taken up C. set free D. driven away
13.A. hardly B. quickly C. constantly D. specially
14.A. aimed B. moved C. threw D. dropped
15.A. ahead B. right C. almost D. even
16.A. because B. but C. therefore D. although
17.A. missed B. loved C. envied D. disliked
18.A. set on B. put on C. build up D. make up
19.A. ordinary B. sorry C. good D. curious
20.A. result B. wonder C. side D. influence
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011年湖北省高一下學(xué)期期末聯(lián)考英語題 題型:完型填空
Last weekends, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of 31 other people’s cars as well. It was pretty 32 outside and I had no plans to 33 to be in the bright sun. She 34 wanted to give lemonade(檸檬汽水)to passersby for free. I had seen little kids 35 and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free. Although I felt 36 , I decided to help her. 37 she asked me, “What if we 38 this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and 39 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 40 ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n) 41 with beautiful images of smiles. They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 42 of their exercise was “smile”. It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 43 to do something for others.
All that seemed 44 and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to 45 to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to 46 others and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 47 to help clean cars. The passersby were 48 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heartwarming 49 ! I feel blessed by being 50 by such wonderful and loving souls.
1. A. decorating B. repairing C. washing D. drying
2. A. dirty B. hot C. different D. quiet
3. A. practice B. avoid C. continue D. suggest
4.A. hardly B. therefore C. already D. further
5. A serve B. enjoy C. buy D. choose
6. A. difficult B. popular C. confused D. worried
7.A. Luckily B. Simply C. Then D. Finally
8.A. order B. leave C. make D. show
9.A. encouraged B. expected C. invited D. challenged
10.A. familiar B. ready C. changed D. creative
11.A. board B. picture C. idea D. car
12. A. purpose B. trouble C. secret D. theme
13.A. need B. duty C. imagination D. skill
14.A. important B. disappointing C. hopeful D natural
15.A. matter B. object C. belong D. refer
16.A. relax B. try C. help D. smile
17.A. friends B. rags C. children D. Fruit
18.A. interested B. amazed C. bored D. frightened
19.A. scene B. gift C. story D. explanation
20. A. supported B. understood C. refused D. surrounded
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科目:高中英語 來源:20102011福建省高二下期末模塊測試英語試題 題型:完型填空
A new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US.Amy Chua, the author of Battle Hymn (頌歌)of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School, also a mother of two.
The 36 methods she used with her daughters would seem 37 to Westerners.In school her daughters weren't allowed to have grades 38 than As.They had to 39 playing the piano or violin even for hours a day.
There has been wide criticism (批評) of Chua's book in the US."It's a(n) 40 way of parenting," said a professor at New York University, "standards of parenting need to be 41 .Children need parents to 42 them, not to force them to do things they're probably not interested in.”
Now the criticism seems to have 43 to China.Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his 44 . He argued Chua's method of 45 would limit children from developing their full 46 ."Some Chinese parents do focus too much on test scores and good degrees," Sun said, "What gets sacrificed (放棄) along the way is their kids’ 47 to develop fully and to enjoy life."
48 critics(批評家)might have sympathy for kids who experience this parenting style, some teenagers quite 49 it."I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough,” said a 17-year-old boy, "A 50 mother is there to help her kids work hard."
Others think that Chua has a(n) 51 in setting challenging goals for kids."It's important for children,” said an American professor, " 52 speaking , kids need to be 53 sometimes.If you urge kids to do well, they are good at it, and they 54 from it.It's good to have high 55 .”
1.A.rough B.reasonable C.vivid D.strict
2.A.unnecessary B.uncomfortable C.uninteresting D.unimaginable
3.A.higher B.fewer C.less D.lower
4.A.drill B.practise C.exercise D.experience
5.A.skilful B.extreme C.excellent D.merciful
6.A.practical B.high C.convenient D.low
7.A.replace B.love C.force D.guide
8.A.spread B.belonged C.turned D.referred
9.A.concern B.delight C.caution D.regulation
10.A.caring B.fond C.supporting D.parenting
11.A.goal B.potential C.a(chǎn)chievement D.possibility
12.A.strength B.power C.force D.a(chǎn)bility
13.A.Why B.Because C.While D.What
14.A.resist B. state C.object D.a(chǎn)ppreciate
15.A.lion B.monkey C.tiger D.sheep
16.A.a(chǎn)ngle B.point C.opinion D.view
17.A.Honestly B.Positively C.Hopefully D.Finally
18.A.pushed B.picked C.lifted D.dragged
19.A.count B.work C.help D.benefit
20.A.levels B.expectations C.marks D.results
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