Almost 50 years have passed since one-time beekeeper, Sir Edmund Hillary, became the first man in the world to conquer the world’s highest peak, Mt Everest. In an extraordinarily
1 exposition （展覽）Auckland Museum pays 2 to this great New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond Exhibition at the museum until April 25.
Hillary reached Mt Everest’s 3 on May 29, 1953—just in time 4 the Queen’s Conation （加冕典禮）．
Now 83 and 5 by New Zealand as its greatest 6 countryman, Sir Edmund, a Knight of the Garter, prefers to be called just 7 Ed. He and his wife June were guests of honor at the exhibition opening in February, coinciding（巧合）with the museum’s 150th birthday.
Visitors are 8 into his adventure—packed and charitable world through a
9 treasure chest of his memorabilia（大事記），from a well-worn passport to the ice
10 he used to climb that mountain.
A Nepalese schoolhouse, kitchen and Buddhist temple have been 11 to show the place he has 12 40 years of his charitable soul and money to 13 the Himalayan Trust, building schools, hospitals and all manner of infrastructure（基礎設施）in the 14 stricken country.
The exhibition also 15 Ed’s climbs in the Southern Alps, a tractor journey he
16 to the South Pole in 1967 and a trip up the River Ganges by jet boat. 17 the exhibition closes it will go to the United States, to 18 Sir Edmund’s jubilee （50年節(jié)）year,
19 a celebratory party in London and a 20 with his Sherpa friends in Kathmandu.
1．A．simple B．large C．detailed D．great
2．A．attention B．respect C．admiration D．honor
3．A．top B．peak C．height D．level
4．A．at B．of C．for D．with
5．A．looked upon B．thought about C．looked up D．thought out
6．A．living B．live C．alive D．lively
7．A．short B．plain C．as D．for
8．A．put B．poured C．led D．drawn
9．A．clear B．dear C．real D．new
10．A．knife B．axe C．fork D．spear
11．A．recreated B．recycled C．recovered D．repaired
12．A．spent B．taken C．devoted D．used
13．A．by B．through C．for D．from
14．A．poverty B．storm C．disaster D．earthquakes
15．A．covers B．shows C．tells D．expresses
16．A．paid B．did C．made D．took
17．A．While B．If C．Since D．When
18．A．sign B．mark C．design D．continue
19．A．beginning with B．joining in C．ending up with D．adding up to
20．A．reunion B．repetition C．review D．recovery
1．C detailed詳細的，詳盡的。本題可以從后面from a well-worn passport to ice…得出。 2．D honor光榮。 3．B peak頂峰。前面說成為世界上第一個登上世界最高峰的人可以判斷。 4．C in time for 及時，趕得上。 5．A look upon sb．A s=regard sb．A s把某人看作是……。 6．A living活著的，可以作賓語和表語；live和alive雖然也有活著的意思，但只能作表語，不可放在名詞前做修飾詞；lively活潑的。 7．B plain直接的，而short只有call sb．sth．for short。 8．D be drawn into被……吸引。 9．C real真實的，實實在在的；clear清楚的；dear貴的；new新的。 10．B ice axe冰斧；knife刀；fork叉子；spear長矛，標槍。 11．C recreated再創(chuàng)，再造；recycle回收；recover給某物重換上新的覆蓋物；repair修理，修補。 12．C devote（time／money）to sb．／sth．為某人（某物）付出（時間／金錢） 13．B through通過，這里作了方式狀語。 14．A poverty貧窮。 15．A cover包括，涉及；show顯示，展示，主語一般是人；tell告訴；express表達。 16．C make a journey to到……旅行。 17．D when當……的時候，while后面跟動詞一般為進行時態(tài)。 18．B mark慶祝；sign簽字，簽名。 19．C end up with以……結束；begin with以……開始；join in參加，加入；add up to總計達。 20．A reunion重聚；repetition重復，反復；review復習；recovery找回，重新獲得。
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
The best way to come first is to go last．An analysis of almost 50 years of competitions--including Eurovision Song Contests and world skating championships--has found that contestants are more likely to win if they are among the last to appear before the judges．
The study by an American university appears to provide scientific proof(證據(jù))that the best man，or woman，does not always win．
It found that。on average，the last competitor to appear in the Eurovision Song Contest was more than twice as likely to win as the one who went on first．
The first rounds of figure-skating championships，for which the running order is selected at random，showed more dramatic results．The final skater had a 1 4 per cent chance of victory，making him or her more than four times as likely to win as the first skater．
The study showed a gradual worsening of chances for competitors who appeared earlier in the running order．A contestant who appears first in a contest is two per cent less likely to win than one who appears second．A contestant who appears second is two per cent less likely to win than one who appears third，and so on。
The findings are published in the March issue of Acta Psychologica，a scientific journal．
Robert Hardman，a senior lecturer in psychology at London Metropolitan University who specializes in the science of decision-making，said that the results were interesting。He suggested that the effect was caused by the limitations of the human memory．
“When people make comparisons；they aren’t really able to make a lot of fine-grade discrimination．When contestants appear at the beginning of a contest, judges have little to compare them to and are perhaps wary(謹慎的)of the scores they give,” he said．
“Later on，when judges are able t0 compare the contestants to those that have gone before，
they might give more extreme marks because they feel more confident about their judgments．”
11．Robert Hardman’s words mainly tell about his .
A．own achievement in the research
B．explanation for the findings
C．suggestion to solve the problem
D．comments on the findings
12 The first skater in the first round of figure skating championships had a percent chance of winning．
A．two B．three C．four D．six
13．According to the study，the best competitor does not always win possibly because he／she
_______.
A．fails to show his／her very best
B．is mistakenly put in the running order
C．meets with unfair judges
D．a(chǎn)ppears too early before the judges
14．Judging from the context，the underlined word “worsening” in the 5th paragraph should mean .
A．decrease in number
B．increase in degree
C．reduction in possibility
D．rising in quantity
15. What may be a problem with the judges according to the article?
A．They can’t remember things well enough．
B．They believe the first is seldom the best．
C．They don’t really know what is good．
D．They show favor towards the contestants they like．
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科目：高中英語 來源：廣東省中山一中2010屆高三第八次模擬考試試題（英語） 題型：閱讀理解
III. 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）
第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
It’s hard to believe that before 1985, people in Britain didn’t use mobile phones. That was the year when the first mobile phone company began operation in the UK, although in other parts of Europe mobiles had been used for several years.
Early mobiles were much larger than they are today. Some of them weighed about 5 kg and the owners had to pay several thousand pounds for them. By the beginning of the 1990s, companies in the UK had updated their mobile phones so they were more like the mobiles used all over Europe. Those phones weighed about 500g, and the batteries lasted longer，whereas before they had lasted for only one hour’s talk-time.
Nowadays, some of our mobiles weigh as little as 50g and have a talk-time of up to five hours and a battery life of up to 10 days. About 80% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, and there are now almost 50 million mobile phone users in the UK.
Nobody had ever expected mobile phones to become so popular. One huge surprise was the increase in the use of text messages. Twenty years ago, people didn’t hear of “texting”. Now, over one billion text messages are sent every month in the UK. People are also using their mobile phones as music centers, as personal organizers and to surf the Internet.
Mobile phones are developing all the time and people are predicting that soon nobody will want to leave his house without one in his pocket. Mobile phones will no longer be just useful, but necessary for people in the UK.
41. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK are getting smaller and lighter.
B. Mobile phones in the UK have more functions now.
C. Mobile phones in the UK are developing very slowly.
D. The history development of mobile phones in the UK.
42. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK appeared earlier than in other parts of Europe.
B. In the UK some early mobile phones were about 100 times as heavy as those today.
C. In the UK more than twelve billion text messages are sent every year.
D. The British use mobiles to enjoy music, organize personal lives and surf the Internet.
43. When was the first mobile phone company started in the UK?
A. In 1985. B. Before 1985. C. In 1990. D. In 1970.
44. Which word can replace the underlined “whereas” in the second paragraph?
A. when B. while C. just D. till
45. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Mobile phones will be predicting daily life in the UK.
B. Mobile phones will be more popular in the UK.
C. Mobile phones will be necessary for people in the UK.
D. Mobile phones will develop quickly.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學年高考二輪復習考前沖刺英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
While learning the science lessons，I used to get a doubt—why ear，nose，tongue and eyes should be called as special senses？The basic reason is that these are the channels through which we maintain contact with the surroundings.Though apparently it may feel like these are individual sensory organs，they do show some connectivity.Interestingly，our hearing is less sharp after we eat a heavy food.Isn’t it good for a sound nap after a stomach?full meal？That does not mean we go deaf after a meal，but the hearing pitch(強度) does change after a heavy meal.
We usually give credit of the taste to our tongue，but do you know that unless saliva(唾液) dissolves something，our tongue cannot recognize the taste of the food eaten.Taste is nothing but the food chemicals dissolved in the saliva being sensed by the taste buds present on the tongue.Try_to_dry_off_your_tongue_and_mouth_with_a_tissue_paper_and_then_taste_something.
Women are much better smellers than men.They are born with this characteristic ability and can correctly pinpoint the exact fragrance of the sample.We all can store almost 50,000 different scents(氣味)，which are strongly tied to the memories.
Pupils(瞳孔) do not respond to light alone，but to the slightest bit of noise around too.Thus surgeons，watchmakers and those professionals who have to perform a much delicate job do prefer to have a sound?free environment.Even a small noise can dilate(擴大) their pupils，change the focus and blur(使模糊) their vision.If you do not wear glasses or contact lens due to having a 6/6 vision，you are just among the one third of the human population.It is now statistically proved that only one third of the population has perfect vision，rest all are either wearing glasses or are trying to read with a compromised vision.
Each and every one of us has a particular or individualistic or characteristic smell，which is unique to us，except for the identical twins.This smell is very subtle(微妙的) yet can be sensed even by a newborn.It may be due to this scent that the newborn recognizes the presence of his parents around.Many of us can pinpoint the smell of our significant friends and colleagues.A significant part of this phenomenon is guided by genetics but it is also modified by the environment，diet and personal hygiene.This all together creates the unique chemistry that is individualistic for each person.
1.We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ________.
A．after a full meal our hearing is as good as before
B．all sensory organs are connected and can be exchanged
C．sensory organs’ functions can never be changed for their particular character
D．we feel and learn about the world around us through our eyes，ears，nose and tongue
2.What is the text mainly about?
A．The functions of sensory organs.
B．The connectivity of sensory organs.
C．A newborn’s senses of the sensory organs.
D．The differences of senses between women and men.
3.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?
A．Our tongues can’t be dried while eating something.
B．If your tongue is dried without any saliva on it，it will not work.
C．A tissue paper is the only thing that can be used to dry our tongues.
D．If your tongue is dried with a tissue paper，it may work as well as before.
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科目：高中英語 來源：廣東省山一2010屆高三第八次模擬考試試題（英語） 題型：閱讀理解
III. 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）
第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
It’s hard to believe that before 1985, people in Britain didn’t use mobile phones. That was the year when the first mobile phone company began operation in the UK, although in other parts of Europe mobiles had been used for several years.
Early mobiles were much larger than they are today. Some of them weighed about 5 kg and the owners had to pay several thousand pounds for them. By the beginning of the 1990s, companies in the UK had updated their mobile phones so they were more like the mobiles used all over Europe. Those phones weighed about 500g, and the batteries lasted longer，whereas before they had lasted for only one hour’s talk-time.
Nowadays, some of our mobiles weigh as little as 50g and have a talk-time of up to five hours and a battery life of up to 10 days. About 80% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, and there are now almost 50 million mobile phone users in the UK.
Nobody had ever expected mobile phones to become so popular. One huge surprise was the increase in the use of text messages. Twenty years ago, people didn’t hear of “texting”. Now, over one billion text messages are sent every month in the UK. People are also using their mobile phones as music centers, as personal organizers and to surf the Internet.
Mobile phones are developing all the time and people are predicting that soon nobody will want to leave his house without one in his pocket. Mobile phones will no longer be just useful, but necessary for people in the UK.
41. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK are getting smaller and lighter.
B. Mobile phones in the UK have more functions now.
C. Mobile phones in the UK are developing very slowly.
D. The history development of mobile phones in the UK.
42. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK appeared earlier than in other parts of Europe.
B. In the UK some early mobile phones were about 100 times as heavy as those today.
C. In the UK more than twelve billion text messages are sent every year.
D. The British use mobiles to enjoy music, organize personal lives and surf the Internet.
43. When was the first mobile phone company started in the UK?
A. In 1985. B. Before 1985. C. In 1990. D. In 1970.
44. Which word can replace the underlined “whereas” in the second paragraph?
A. when B. while C. just D. till
45. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Mobile phones will be predicting daily life in the UK.
B. Mobile phones will be more popular in the UK.
C. Mobile phones will be necessary for people in the UK.
D. Mobile phones will develop quickly.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆江蘇省高二上學期期中考試英語試題 題型：完型填空
完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分)
請認真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around 38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve 45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 we choose.
1.A. away B. off C. up D. down
2.A. them B. myself C. yourself D. others
3.A. said B. spoken C. spread D. repeated
4.A. as long as B. as far back as C. as well as D. as much as
5.A. basis B. plot C. cause D. meaning
6.A. lead B. improve C. affect D. change
7.A. encouraged B. demanded C. hoped D. agreed
8.A. means B. tools C. goods D. hammers
9.A. therefore B. somehow C. instead D. however
10.A. settled B. turned C. took D. got
11.A. passive B. active C. negative D. subjective
12.A. experiences B. trips C. roads D. paths
13.A. unexpected B. poor C. excellent D. average
14.A. When B. What C. How D. Why
15.A. complex B. advanced C. common D. primary
16.A. arise B. separate C. suffer D. come
17.A. believe B. suspect C. adopt D. receive
18.A. weakening B. strengthening C. abandoning D. accepting
19.A. As a result B. At the same time C. In addition D. On the contrary
20.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. all
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