科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
For Lee Ann Laraway, polio(腦灰質炎) has made almost everything in life just out of reach. But what her hands can't retrieve, her assistant can. Meet Jeannie, a three-year-old help, has become Lee Ann's arms and legs.
Jeannie understands no fewer than 72 commands. To get a feel for what that means, Lee Ann takes us on a shopping trip in San Jose. First stop: The bank, where she got cash from the teller. From the bank, it's on to the drug store, where Jeannie got a candy bar for Lee Ann. Then Jeannie helped pay the cashier, and got change hack.
"When you have a really good working animal, they come and interact with you all the time," Lee Ann said. While there's no argument that Jeannie is an ordinary animal, she wasn't born that way. She was tutored and trained here at a facility that has become the final legacy of one of the Bay Area's most beloved figures.
Canine Companions for Independence sits on twelve acres of land in Santa Rosa donated by late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shultz, Here, handlers work with specially selected labs for hours a day— but not every dog will make the cut.
The work is serious Business. In the case of hearing dogs, the animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells.
Other dogs will work with severely disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib of Mountain View who communicates with a special computer. "I like it when new people come up to ask me about my dog," he says. "People are really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her and ask to play with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people that normally might not approach us and want to talk to Noah," says his Dad.
And back in San Jose Lee Ann is arriving home with Jeannie and her groceries. With just one chore left—opening her own door. "You can train a dog to do a lot of things," said Lee Ann. "You cannot give them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has."
Lee Ann's dog Jeannie cannot ______.
A) get cash at the bank C) pay a cashier for her
B) take on a telephone for her D) open the door
Canine Companions for Independence is a place for ______.
A) severely disabled children to have practice
B) people to donate money or legacy
C) ordinary dogs to be coached
D) people to learn business
Which of the following can replace the phrase "make the cut" (Line 3, Para 4)?
A) become a good working dog C) hurt the coach
B) become a helpful star D) hurt itself
According to Lee Ann, you cannot train an ordinary dog ______.
A) to put things on people's laps C) to always interact with its owner
B) to alert deaf people D) to love working
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科目：高中英語 來源：山西大學附中2009-2010學年度高二下學期4月月考 題型：完型填空
第二節(jié) 完形填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后面所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
23-year-old Ann is a traditional working class woman who is happily married to her husband Don and who has given birth to two lovely daughters Patsy and Penny. Ann 26 her work with her colleague Laurie because they can 27 to each other while cleaning the buildings their work requires them to. One 28 thing about Ann is that she listens to recordings of foreign languages—Spanish, French and even Chinese— 29 driving and even working. In Laurie’s eye, Ann is not normal, but Ann 30 that nobody is normal; everyone is different in 31 ways. Laurie’s specific problem is not an unusual one: the 32 between a strong appetite for food and an equally strong 33 to keep in shape by dieting. She envies Ann who 34 slim while seeming to eat as much as she likes.
In fact, Ann’s character is 35 . One morning, 36 aft
er Don had taken the kids to school Ann 37 just as she was about to go to work. She was 38 by her divorced mother, who stays alongside her. She rushed her to 39 .
The doctor discovered that there are tumors(腫瘤) in both her ovaries(卵巢) . 40 can be done about the cancer. Ann 41 from the doctor that she has only two or three months to 42 .
Shaken 43 Ann was by this news, she decided not to tell her mom and husband, and to go on living as if nothing has happened. 44 in a cafe, Ann began to write down all the things she 45 to do before her death:
“1. Tell my daughters several times a day that I love them;
2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like;
3. Record Birthday Messages for the girls for every year until they are 18;
4. Go to Whalebay Beach together and have a big picnic;
5. Smoke and drink as much as I want;
6. Say just what I’m thinking;
7. Go and see Dad in jail.
…”
26. A. shares B. spares C. enjoys D. completes
27. A. talk B. work C . affect D. help
28. A. ordinary B. strange C. special D. perfect
29. A. although B. until C. unless D. while
30. A. insists B. disagrees C. imagines D. hopes
31. A. his B. some C. any D. no
32. A. relation B. struggle C. difference D. fight
33. A. desire B. difficulty C. design D. delight
34. A. shocks B. remains C. realizes D. becomes
35. A. abstract B. attractive C. abnormal D. absolute
36. A. only B. even C. ever D. just
37. A. blacked out B. turned out C. make out D. came out
38. A. brought B. discovered C. taken D. ordered
39. A. garage B. college C. school D. hospital
40. A. Everything B. Something C. Anything D. Nothing
41. A. informed B. learned C. took D. told
42. A. leave B. live C. stay D. die
43. A. since B. because C. as D. for
44. A. Arriving B. Getting C. Finding D. Sitting
45. A. instructs B. supposes C. intends D. Imagines
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科目：高中英語 來源：2011-2012學年黑龍江龍東地區(qū)高二下學期教學聯(lián)合體期末英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解
Deciding which English-speaking country to study in wasn’t difficult for Ann; She had always wanted to visit America. “I wanted to study in an English-language country and I always wanted to visit America because it always seemed to me a very beautiful and friendly country.” Ann is more than happy with the quality of the education she is receiving in America, particularly with the subjects and strong academic support.“ I am very happy with the quality of education I am receiving. All my subjects are useful and connected. I am happy with help I receive from the lecturers and tutors.”
Also of particular satisfaction for Ann is the practical element of her American course. “I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work.”
Where her future employment is concerned, Ann is very confident her American qualification will be of great help. “I know that getting a degree here is a good thing for my future; it can open many doors in Poland or anywhere else in the world.”
Ann is also really enjoying life in America; She is making friends and taking time out to enjoy herself. “People are very friendly and helpful. University is a good place to find new friends from America and from overseas. It is a friendly environment with lots of things to do, not only studying. And of course there are the beaches, not to mention the beautiful weather.”
【小題1】The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.
| A．tell us Ann’s decision to settle in America |
| B．tell us Ann is accustomed to life in America |
| C．introduce Ann’s happy study and life in America |
| D．introduce more about Ann to help her make friends |
| A．Her parents persuaded her to do so. |
| B．She has relatives and best friends here. |
| C．Her boyfriend was studying here too then. |
| D．She has dreamed of studying here for long. |
| A．The comfortable climate and easy lifestyle. |
| B．The help from her host families and teachers. |
| C．The American courses have more practical elements. |
| D．The friends here are mostly from English-speaking countries. |
| A．Ann will try all her best to ensure to get a degree. |
| B．Ann’s degree will help her find a job easily at home and abroad. |
| C．Ann will certainly go back to Poland to work after graduation. |
| D．With the degree received in America, Ann will never be out of work. |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆黑龍江友誼縣紅興隆管理局第一中學高二月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Deciding which English-speaking country to study in wasn’t difficult for Ann; She had always wanted to visit America. “I wanted to study in an English-language country and I always wanted to visit America because it always seemed to me a very beautiful and friendly country.” Ann is more than happy with the quality of the education she is receiving in America, particularly with the subjects and strong academic support.“ I am very happy with the quality of education I am receiving. All my subjects are useful and connected. I am happy with help I receive from the lecturers and tutors.”
Also of particular satisfaction for Ann is the practical element of her American course. “I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work.”
Where her future employment is concerned, Ann is very confident her American qualification will be of great help. “I know that getting a degree here is a good thing for my future; it can open many doors in Poland or anywhere else in the world.”
Ann is also really enjoying life in America; She is making friends and taking time out to enjoy herself. “People are very friendly and helpful. University is a good place to find new friends from America and from overseas. It is a friendly environment with lots of things to do, not only studying. And of course there are the beaches, not to mention the beautiful weather.”
1.The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.
A．tell us Ann’s decision to settle in America
B．tell us Ann is accustomed to life in America
C．introduce Ann’s happy study and life in America
D．introduce more about Ann to help her make friends
2.Why did Ann decide to study in America?
A．Her parents persuaded her to do so.
B．She has relatives and best friends here.
C．Her boyfriend was studying here too then.
D．She has dreamed of studying here for long.
3.What makes Ann particularly satisfied in America?
A．The comfortable climate and easy lifestyle.
B．The help from her host families and teachers.
C．The American courses have more practical elements.
D．The friends here are mostly from English-speaking countries.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆黑龍江龍東地區(qū)高二下學期教學聯(lián)合體期末英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Deciding which English-speaking country to study in wasn’t difficult for Ann; She had always wanted to visit America. “I wanted to study in an English-language country and I always wanted to visit America because it always seemed to me a very beautiful and friendly country.” Ann is more than happy with the quality of the education she is receiving in America, particularly with the subjects and strong academic support.“ I am very happy with the quality of education I am receiving. All my subjects are useful and connected. I am happy with help I receive from the lecturers and tutors.”
Also of particular satisfaction for Ann is the practical element of her American course. “I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work.”
Where her future employment is concerned, Ann is very confident her American qualification will be of great help. “I know that getting a degree here is a good thing for my future; it can open many doors in Poland or anywhere else in the world.”
Ann is also really enjoying life in America; She is making friends and taking time out to enjoy herself. “People are very friendly and helpful. University is a good place to find new friends from America and from overseas. It is a friendly environment with lots of things to do, not only studying. And of course there are the beaches, not to mention the beautiful weather.”
1.The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.
|
A．tell us Ann’s decision to settle in America |
|
B．tell us Ann is accustomed to life in America |
|
C．introduce Ann’s happy study and life in America |
|
D．introduce more about Ann to help her make friends |
2.Why did Ann decide to study in America?
|
A．Her parents persuaded her to do so. |
|
B．She has relatives and best friends here. |
|
C．Her boyfriend was studying here too then. |
|
D．She has dreamed of studying here for long. |
3.What makes Ann particularly satisfied in America?
|
A．The comfortable climate and easy lifestyle. |
|
B．The help from her host families and teachers. |
|
C．The American courses have more practical elements. |
|
D．The friends here are mostly from English-speaking countries. |
4.What does the underlined sentence mean?
|
A．Ann will try all her best to ensure to get a degree. |
|
B．Ann’s degree will help her find a job easily at home and abroad. |
|
C．Ann will certainly go back to Poland to work after graduation. |
|
D．With the degree received in America, Ann will never be out of work. |
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