科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
There was one shop in the town of Mufulira which was widely known for its racial discrimination. It was a drugstore .While Europeans were served at the counter ,a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but were treated rudely by the shop assistants .One day I was determined to make a public protest (抗議)against this kind of thing ,and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store.
I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine. As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand ,he shouted at me in a bastard (怪聲怪氣的)language which is only used by a boss when speaking to his servants .I stood at the counter and politely requested in proper English that I should be served .The manager became angry and said , “Even if you stand till Christmas ,I will never serve you .”
I went to the District Commissioner’s office .Fortunately ,he was out ,for he was one of the old school; however ,I saw a young District Officer who was a friend of mine .He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy my medicine for me .I protested that that was not good enough .I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to make a protest to the manager .This he did ,and I well remember him saying to the manager , “Here is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council, and you treat him like a common servant .” The manager of the drugstore apologized and said , “If only he had introduced himself and explained who he was ,then ,of course ,I should have given him proper service.”
I had to explain once again that he had missed my point .Why should I have to introduce myself every time I went into a store…any more than I should have to buy my medicine by going to a European friend ? I want to prove that any man of any color ,whatever his position ,should have the right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted .After all, the money which I paid across the counter was exactly the same money as was paid by a European customer.
The writer was ,at the time of the story , .
A.a(chǎn) European officer B.a(chǎn)n African servant
C.a(chǎn) drugstore assistant D.a(chǎn) black school teacher
The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in dirty words because .
A.he could not speak English in a polite way
B.he thought the writer couldn’t understand English
C.that was the language he used when speaking to Africans
D.that was the only language he could speak when he was angry
In paragraph 3, the underlined sentence “he was one of the old school” means .
A.he stuck to those old racial ideas
B.he graduated from an old white school
C.he was in charge of an old black school
Why didn’t the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other Africans?
A.He believed his white friends would help him out .
B.He wanted to fight for equal rights of all black people.
C.He thought he was educated and should be treated differently.
D.He thought ,being an important person ,he should not be kept waiting.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia.He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years.In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(職業(yè)).
Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men.At the high school level during the same year, men comprised(構(gòu)成) 44% of the work force.
Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige(聲望), as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women.As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.
A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low.Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers.States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent).
There is no definitive(確定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.
But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did.However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders.
What worries Maggiano is that_______.
A.nobody will take his place when he retires
B.male teachers are not so excellent
C.men are not interested in teaching
D.there is not enough teachers in the schools
According to the text , we can infer that______.
A.the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008
B.it is not certain that students will learn better from male teachers
C.male teachers get a higher pay
D.organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession
In which state are male teachers most badly needed?
A.Alaska B.Virginia C.Georgia D.Arkansas
What does the last paragraph suggest?
A.The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage.of male teachers in the school.
B.Students find it easy to learn from male teachers.
C.I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school.
D.The shortage of male teachers in the school has no effect on students.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:
改正下面短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷:如無錯誤,在答題卡該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾(√),請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。
注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
2.原行沒有錯的不要改。
I can remember times when, like children, my brothers and I 1.______
would all point at one another when asking who was to blame 2.______
for wrong deeds. Unfortunately, it usually resulted in all three of 3.______
us getting beatings. Once, however, I didn’t manage to save myself 4.______
from a beating by telling my mother I had only one good hairbrush, 5.______
as she’d broken all other ones in the beatings. She thought she had 6.______
better not to use her last hairbrush and, instead, gave me a warning. 7.______
The excuses of children are not always successfully, but 8.______
now and then there is one that it will cause a parent to forgive 9.______
them. Maybe this is because children keep thinking them up. 10._____
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科目:高中英語 來源:完形填空 題型:閱讀理解
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In Germany, English expressions are used in conversations and increasingly in written form. Advertisements are often expressed completely in English. When I go to the gym, there are “aerobic-classes (增氧健身法課程)”. We “warm up”. We go “jogging.” In business, we attend a “meeting” and we have “good connections.”
Other nations, like France, have taken action to protect their language from the influence of “Americanization”. In Germany, however, there is concern that those rules could be connected with Hitler’s Third Reich (帝國), when the language had to be pure. If the government curbed(限制)the use of English words now, this could be considered by some as a return to that terrible past.
Some German citizens are now trying to stop the use of English vocabulary in German. However, I think generally it is not a big deal to use some common English expressions as they often describe things more directly. But we should know that it is important to use English correctly. All too often, bad English is spoken or even written instead of good German. The proper use of the German language would be the better choice. However, there are some fields that require the use of English words, for example, in the high-tech communication and the Internet fields, there is no alternative to English. Also, I think sometimes I have to speak English when I introduce some scenic places to tourists.
I think you have to find a balance and decide when it is better to use good German in place of bad English or when the use of correct English words is more suitable. Languages have always changed naturally, and I disagree with a restriction by law. Some nice expressions borrowed from other languages can make a conversation more vivid.
69. By giving many examples in the first paragraph, the writer shows that __________.
A. most Germans have no difficulty in understanding English
B. English is more and more widely used in Germany
C. it is more convenient to use English in some situations
D. English has completely replaced German in Germany
70. From the passage, we can learn that when Hitler was in power, _________ in Germany.
A. all languages except English could be used
B. some foreign languages could be used
C. only the upper class could speak English
D. only the German language could be used
71. What job does the writer probably do?
A. A travel guide B. A lawyer C. A computer engineer D. A teacher
72. What is the writer’s attitude towards the use of English in Germany?
A. There should be a law to protect the German language
B. It is foolish for Germans to worry about their native language
C. Germans should be encouraged to speak more English
D. Proper use of English can make conversations more colorful
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年福建省高一下學期期末考試英語卷 題型:完型填空
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36-45各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中,選出一個最佳答案。
I don’t think there is any one being as interested in food as I. We lived on a farm in Lincolnshire and had a good 36 . She made fantastic English food; her roast beef was out of this world. I used to love going down to the 37 _ and watching her work, and I learned a lot from her. I realized that I wanted to be a cook when I was about 12. When other boys __ 38 to do sports after school, I helped with cooking at home. By the time I was 15, I had _39 to be a cook. However, I knew my parents wouldn’t allow me to be a cook. I had to tell them about it 40.
I told them that I wanted to do a cookery course for fun, and stayed for a month in a hotel in Torquay. I enjoyed it so much that I couldn’t put off telling my parents any longer, 41 I brought the subject up one night over dinner. 42 there was silence, and then my father asked me why. I explained that cooking was 43 painting a picture or writing a book. Every meal was a work of creation. I could see that my father disagreed, but he was not 44 . He just looked at me and smiled. My mother kissed me. And now I have my own restaurant, and it goes well. I can see they are 45 me. However, my grandfather thinks I’m mad to give up farming.
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