Did you know that, in 2016, over 18 million people attended classical concerts in Germany? That’s more people than those who went to main league football matches! Earlier this year, Germany continued its celebration of classical music with the opening of a new concert hall in the heart of Hamburg. Germans are incredibly proud of it and it’s the first thing I show to my friends when they come to visit.
Known as the ‘Elphi’ by the locals, the Elbphilharmonie is a beautiful tower of glittering glass sitting atop an old warehouse by the banks of the river Elbe. The plaza(露天廣場)is open to the public an from the middle of the city’s tallest building, you can gaze across the harbour, miles of rooftops and passing ships below.
The main concert hall seats over 2000 people and is one of the most advanced music venues in the world. Two smaller concert halls are used for jazz, world and contemporary music. In addition, if you’re unbelievably rich, you can buy one of the 45 luxurious apartments lying within the building.
Construction began in 2007 with a budget of ?241 million and a two-year period. Fast forward ten years, the building eventually opened with a final price tag of over 800 million!
I consider myself very lucky that the Elbphilharmonie opened during my time living in Hamburg, but unfortunately I haven’t yet been able to attend a concert. Everything is sold out for six months! For now, I’m content to visit the plaza to enjoy the impressive view over the docks and see the innovative architecture up close. Hopefully one day soon, I’ll be lucky enough to grab a last-minute concert ticket!
1.What does “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Germany B. Hamburg
C. A new concert hall D. Its celebration of classical music
2.What is Elbe?
A. A hall B. A river
C. A tower D. A warehouse
3.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A. The new concert hall can hold 3000 people at least
B. The construction of the new concert hall is perfect
C. It took a longer time and more money to build the concert hall
D. The majority of audience are likely to pay for the luxurious apartments
4.What happed after the Elbphilharmonie opened?
A. I was invited to visit it
B. Few concerts have been held
C. The performance was well received
D. People find it easy to get concert tickets
閱讀快車系列答案科目：高中英語 來源：四川省2016-2017學年高一下學期6月月考英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
Choose Your One-Day-Tours!
Tour A - Bath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge -￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.
Tour B - Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary's Church Tower and Anne Hathaway's -￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter. Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England's oldest university city and colleges. Look over the "city of dreaming spires(尖頂）"from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C - Windsor Castle &Hampton Court: including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL's favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宮)where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D –Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great -￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
1.Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?
A. Tour A B. Tour B
C. Tour C D. Tour D
2.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?
A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court B. Oxford & Stratford
C. Bath & Stonehenge D. Cambridge
3.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?
A. It used to be the home of royal families B. It used to be a well-known maze
C. It is the oldest palace in Britain D. It is a world-famous castle
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科目：高中英語 來源：四川省瀘州市2017屆高三四診（臨考沖刺模擬）英語試卷（有答案） 題型：閱讀理解
There's a curious thing about people.All of us are driven in some way or another to achieve—we want to run faster,be more creative,win more awards,and earn more money.But here's the thing: if you want to offer warm of wisdom,constructive criticism or "360-degree feedback",then think again.Most of us would rather not hear it.
Our easily-broken egos（自尊心）are partly to blame.We all want to meet our own expectations of ourselves,and so being critiqued can present a huge threat to our egos.Yet as decades of psychological theory and research have indicated,people have endless tricky strategies of remaining positive in the face of criticism.For this reason,rather than us welcoming feedback with open arms,our first response is often an automatic defense.These reactions serve to make us feel better about ourselves.
Psychological research exposes this unhealthy appetite for ignorance.In one study,students watched a false educational film about a serious disease called "TAA Deficiency".In fact,TAA Deficiency is completely fictional,but the students were not told this information;instead,they were asked whether they wished to provide a cheek test for assessing（評估）their risk of developing the disease.Half of the students were told that if they ever developed TAA Deficiency,then the treatment would involve them taking a two-week course of pills.Of this group,52% agreed to provide the cheek test.The other half of students learned the treatment would involve taking the pills for the rest of their lives.Of this group,only 21% agreed to the test.
These findings show a common pattern seen in other studies within and beyond the context of healthcare.That is,people are especially resistant to hearing feedback when they believe it could lead them to do something difficult- or unpleasant.
1.The author implies in Paragraph 1 that people should .
A. be cautious when giving advice B. be satisfied with what he has
C. offer constructive criticism D. care less about others
2.How do people usually react when facing criticism?
A. They try to avoid it. B. They deal with it seriously.
C. They tend to defend themselves. D. They turn to psychological theory.
3.Why didn't most of the second group agree to the test?
A. They didn't believe in it. B. They knew it was just an experiment.
C. They were sensitive to the negative result. D. They didn't like the way they were treated.
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Meeting Criticism B. Rethinking Feedbacks
C. Improving Healthcare D. Fighting TAA Deficiency
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科目：高中英語 來源：湖北省黃岡市2016-2017學年高二下學期期末考試英語試卷 題型：七選五
How to cultivate a creative hobby in college
Your undergraduate days are arguably some of the most stressful of your life.The best way to get it all out is to express yourself creatively.Here is how to get started:
1.The first step is finding room in your schedule to actually sit down and let your creative juices flow.2. However,one of the best things you can do for yourself is take time to relax and let your mind wander as it pleases.If you want to actually make your art a part of your career though,you will have to devote a serious chunk of your day to it.
Take a course.3.Schedule an appointment with your advisor and see if the college you attend offers a course in the creative field that you're interested in.
Join a club or make one.Chances are that there are other students at your school that share the same interests as you.4.If there isn't one,check out the procedures for going about making one!
Constantly search for inspiration.5.This could mean something as simple as looking for blogs that showcase work that you admire or going to a museum in your college town and wandering around for a bit.
Even if you don't feel that you have enough talent to make your art a part of your professional career,it never hurts to try.The skills that you learn while working at your art might even possibly help you in the workplace down the road.
A.Learn how to make a club.
B.Everyone is busy in college.
C.Make time in your schedule.
D.You should try to make you a well-rounded and interesting person.
E.Visit your university's websites and see what clubs exist that relate to the art you practice.
F.The easiest way to make time to express yourself is to fit it into your academic schedule.
G.You should always be looking for the next thing that will inspire your work even further.
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科目：高中英語 來源：安徽省滁州市九校2016-2017學年高一下學期期末聯考英語試卷 題型：完成句子
Since a university education in the United States 1.(be)very expensive, most students work in addition to studying. Students 2.(usual)work part-time, but some students take full-time jobs.
A typical job for a students would be working 3.a waiter or waitress. Other typical off-campus jobs would include being a clerk in a store or delivering pizza. Sometimes students also find jobs on campus such as cleaning, working in a cafeteria or library or answering 4.(telephone). Most student jobs are entry-level and low paying, but have flexible schedule5.(allow) students to attend classes.
Sometimes students also hold more responsible positions such as managers, or if they are lucky, positions in their area of study, 6.they hope will help them find employment after they graduate.
7.double responsibilities of working and studying result in a very busy,8.(stress)life for some students. 9., it is the only way for many people to finance their college educations. Some Americans believe that the work experience is good for the students 10.(they)since it gives them a taste of “the real world” outside the school.
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科目：高中英語 來源：四川省資陽市2016-2017學年高一下學期期末質量檢測英語試卷 題型：完形填空
Smith, an old man, lived in the middle of town. One day he found his watch ______ in his own store. It ______ a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching ______ in the store for a long while, he ______ to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He ______ them that the person who found it would be rewarded. ______ this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the ______ store, but still could not find the watch.
Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to ______. A little boy went up to him and asked for another ______. The man looked at him and thought, “Why not? ______, this kid looks sincere enough.” ______ the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy ____
with the watch in his hand! The man was very ______, and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had ______. The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit on the ground and
____. Then I heard the ticking (嘀嗒聲) of the watch and just looked for it in that ______.”
We usually do something in a hurry and don’t think about our own needs, which can’t bring peace into our mind. ______, we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a ______ result. So allow a few minutes of ______ to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make ______ as you expect to!
1.A. broken B. lost C. hidden D. put
2.A. meant B. learned C. performed D. bargained
3.A. young and old B. heavy and light C. black and white D. up and down
4.A. forgot B. agreed C. decided D. pretended
5.A. promised B. taught C. worried D. warned
6.A. Seeing B. Hearing C. Wearing D. Feeling
7.A. strange B. dusty C. busy D. whole
8.A. calm down B. set off C. give up D. show off
9.A. chance B. reason C. reward D. date
10.A. So far B. After all C. At first D. In short
11.A. But B. Or C. And D. So
12.A. ran away B. fell down C. came out D. went back
13.A. amazed B. proud C. nervous D. angry
14.A. finished B. failed C. regretted D. doubted
15.A. played B. waited C. watched D. listened
16.A. room B. situation C. direction D. darkness
17.A. Instead B. Possibly C. Besides D. Luckily
18.A. clear B. straight C. good D. natural
19.A. exercise B. silence C. pleasure D. conversation
20.A. noise B. sense C. mistake D. progress
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科目：高中英語 來源：廣西省南寧市2016-2017學年高一下學期期末考試英語試卷 題型：
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改句子，請你修改你同桌寫的以下句子。每個句子都有一處錯誤，錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(Λ)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
1.The function of smile is to show happiness and put people to ease.
2.It is hard work as well as determination that have made him achieve everything he wanted.
3.The actors in Disneyland brought much fun to the visitors, made them laugh happily.
4.The boy’s dream to take a trip to England has been come true.
5.Body language makes possible for us to understand others better.
6.Today most people around the world are more like to greet each other by shaking hands.
7.To our great amuse, the kids performed on the stage in a funny way.
8.News came from the school office which Fang Jianxun had been admitted to Tsinghua University．
9.The detective novel is a attraction for me.
10.Some parks are famous for traditional culture, other for showing the unique sights.
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科目：高中英語 來源：河南省豫南九校2016-2017學年高一下學期第三次聯考英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando in Florida
People say that it is the home of the “Harry Theme Park”. The Wizarding World is the most popular part of the park. Other popular rides include the Adventure of Spider-Man. People & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges and the Jurassic Park River Adventure. It is open from Monday tSaturday.$15.95 for children, 3 to 13 years old; $29.95 for ages 14 and over.
PI-Indoor Theme Park in Longueuil
The PI-O Indoor Theme Park features 16 rides, a small sea train, a kid-sized bowling alley, a mirror maze（迷宮）, theme rooms which include the Christmas room on-the-sea, and a private reception room.
“I wanted to create a safe environment for kids aged 1 to 10,” explains owner Jocelyne Pinard. She noted how many competing amusement parks have sections that can be unsafe for young kids—such as the “ball rooms” full of loose plastic balls. So this is how it is different from other amusement parks.
Open seven days a week. The admission fees are $16.99 for individuals（個人）and $64 for families.
Legoland Windsor Theme Park in London
Legoland Windsor is the best choice for young families. The park is designed for children from3 to 12. There are over 50 rides as well as live shows, workshops, and other attractions aimed at younger children, and especially those who are already fond of building-block（積木） toys.
The park is open every single day. Adults: $35; Ages 3-15 and 60+: $26. Buy online and save $3 per person.
Wonder La Theme Park in India
Wonder La is a world-class amusement park. It’s modern, clean and green, and has all kinds of attractions. There are over 50 rides, 12 of which are water based and 9 especially for small children. If you love getting wet, don’t miss the Rain Disco-an indoor floor with a rain system that provides showers of warm water to the music. Monday to Friday 11 a.m. Until 6 p.m. Saturday, Holiday and Festival seasons 11 a.m. Until 7 p.m. Single adult/child-$13.50; Family ticket (for any four people)-$50.00; Children 3 and under-Free.
1.If Jim free this Sunday, he can choose to visit the following parks EXPECT____.
A. Islands of Adventure B. PI-O
C. Legoland Windsor D. Wonder La
2.How is PI-O Indoor Theme Park mainly different from other parks?
A. It is much safer. B. It features more rides.
C. It is much cheaper. D. It is offers more activities
3.If a couple want to visit Legoland Windsor Theme Park with their 5-years-old son, how much do they need to pay when booking online?
A. $70 B. $87
C. $93 D. $96
4.Which of the following about Wonder La Theme Park is NOT true?
A. It is located in India.
B. It is free for children of 3 and under.
C. There are nine rides especially for small children.
D. The Rain Disco lets children enjoy cool showers while dancing.
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科目：高中英語 來源：福建省2017屆高三高考考前模擬考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
China Merchants Bank Co Ltd has teamed up with ride-hailing major Didi Kuaidi to provide automobile financing and expand its reach in China’s booming mobile payment industry.
The two have inked a comprehensive partnership, which includes a strategic investment by the former in the latter. Under the partnership, CMB will become the first bricks-and-mortar bank that can offer in-app credit card payments to Didi users. At present, users of Didi can only choose third-party payment solutions like WeChat Payment and Alipay to pay cab fares.
Zhao Ju, vice-president of CMB, said the cooperation with Didi was an important step in its mobile Internet finance strategy. “CMB’s mobile payment is going to enter a new chapter by leveraging Didi Kuaidi’s vast user base,” he said.
According to a report by China Internet Network Information Center earlier this month, Didi holds 87.2 percent of China’s private car hailing market. The company said it has received 1.43 billion car-hailing requests on its platforms in 2015, which means 1.43 billion payments were made via smartphones.
CMB is expected to use Didi to reach the core users of China’s mobile payment market. Jean Liu, president of Didi, said many of the expats prefer payment by credit card rather than Alipay or WeChat. “The new partnership will help improve service quality and customer loyalty,” she said. The investment makes CMB part of Didi’s existing investors, including Tencent Holdings Ltd, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China Investment Corporation. Both of the companies declined to reveal the actual amount of the investment.
Liu, who showed up on Tuesday for the first time in public after her treatment for breast cancer, said the cooperation with CMB is for the long run and “the capital investment is only part of it”.
Under the partnership, CMB and Didi will cooperate on a wide range of initiatives on financial services and online-to-offline cooperation. Apart from the in-app credit card payments, the two companies are going to launch joint credit cards in late February and automobile financing services for Didi’s car owners. CMB’s branches across China are expected to help Didi recruit more drivers.
“There is a lot of room for imagination in our partnership,” Li said, adding in future people may use their CMB credit card reward points to pay for the ride on Didi.
Li Chao, an analyst with iResearch Consulting Group, said the partnership may not significantly boost CMB’s mobile payment business. “Didi has educated the market for three years and its customers have formed the habit of paying by WeChat or Alipay. So I think CMB can only turn a very smart proportion of Didi users into its payment customer,” he said. “But the move shows that China’s traditional banking industry is finally thinking out of the box and looking for outside partners in Internet finance competition,” he said.
Statistics from Big-Data Research showed that more than 90 percent of China’s 9.3 trillion yuan ($1.41 trillion) worth of third party mobile payment market is donated by Alibaba and Tencent.
1.Which of the following is not the purpose of CMB’s cooperation with Didi?
A. CMB is expected to use Didi to reach the core users of China’s mobile payment market.
B. Through the cooperation with Didi, CMB will help improve service quality and customer loyalty.
C. CMB will launch joint credit cards with Didi to expand its service.
D. CMB will turn a very large proportion of Didi users into its payment customer.
2.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. CMB’s mobile payment is going to enter a new chapter.
B. China’s traditional banking industry is facing fierce Internet finance competition.
C. CMB and Didi will have an online-to-offline cooperation.
D. The majority of Didi users will pay by CMB in-app credit card.
3.What’s Li Chao’ attitude towards the partnership between CMB and Didi?
A. cautious. B. positive.
C. indifferent. D. disapproving.
4.The main idea of this passage is that ________.
A. CMB develops partnership with Didi Kuaidi
B. CMB is looking for outside partners in Internet finance competition
C. Didi Kuaidi is going to enter a new chapter
D. Alibaba and Tencent dominate the mobile payment market
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