He yielded to _______ (好奇心) and opened the letter to addressed to his sister.
科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：053
The world changed on Aug. 9, 1995. That was the day the initial pubilc-stock-offering for Netscape Communications, a company that had yet to turn a profit, instantly garnered $ 2 billion on the strength of one idea. The ideal was the World-Wide Web, and its gatekeeper, for the foreseeable future, is Jim Clark whose Silicon Graphics, with 7,200 employees and $ 2.2 billion in annual revenues in 1994, rules its own lucrative roost. By that time, the desktop generation was yielding to the networked, interactive generation. But while his peers were debating how to build the Infobarn Clark decided it already existed. He'd met Marc Andreessen, who as an undergraduate programmer had helped create the then obscure browsing software Mosaic, which made it easy to navigate the World-Wide Web. Navigating the infant Web, which transforms the Internet's isolated, text-based sites in one vast, hyperlinked, multimedia-capable network, got Clark thinking--and acting, He set up Mosaic Communications (soon renamed Netscape) which built a business around an improved Web browser. The result was one of history's headiest corporate ascents, as the ubiquitous Netscape Navigator browser helped spawn the world's startling on-line stampede.“The Internet was the information highway everyone was looking for,” says Clark.“They just hadn't recognized it.”
Clark and Andreessen did, and today they find themselves riding the decade's surging economic waves, counting their stock options and cutting deals with everyone from telephone companies to Hollywood. Virtually the entire date-intensive world has concluded that the Web is the future of communications, and is now retooling to stay in lockstep with Netscape (and vice versa: Netscape perpetually updates its browser to accommodate new Web applications). “The list of business being transformed,” says Clark, “includes broadcasting, publishing, software, finance, shopping, entertainment services, consumer electronics...it's a massive, massive change. We just happened to see it first and set the commercial agenda.”
And to the agenda setters belong the spoils. His peers were skeptical when Jim Clark decided to colonize the Web. Well, today Netscape's value has jumped to $ 5 billion, Clark's own net worth stands at $1.3 billion, and he escapes often to enjoy a lush life while sailing to sun-drenched paradises like Tahiti. He has left his impact on the development of the Internet, even though others share the high-tech glory. After all, Columbus may have discovered the new world, but it was Isabella and Ferdinand who represented he royal court to put up the money.
(1) What is the main idea of this passage?
[ ]
A．Jim Clark's contribution to the future of communications.
B．Jim Clark's pioneering impact on the Internet.
C．Jim Clark's share in the high-tech glory.
D．Jim Clark's role in creating the Mosaic.
(2) Which of tile following conclusions about Jim Clark is supported by the passage?
[ ]
A．He explores the cyberspace together with Bill Gates.
B．He is the most powerful business leader in the computer industry.
C．He is one visionary on the light-speed development of the Internet.
D．He is the one who initiated the Internet.
(3) What was the key in Jim Clark's successful operation?
[ ]
A．He yielded the desktop generation to the networked generation.
B．He counted his stock options and lured enough investors.
C．He cut deals with telephone companies as well as Hollywood.
D．He built a business around an improved Web browser.
(4) What is the underlying parallel in the analogy between Jim Clark and Isabella/Ferdinand?
[ ]
A．They trusted the talent and emulated the genius in a technical drive.
B．They knew the value of science and technology.
C．They had the same business acumen of a historical initiative.
D．They helped spawn the world's startling stampede
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科目：高中英語 來源：英語教研室 題型：050
The world changed on Aug. 9, 1995. That was the day the initial pubilc-stock-offering for Netscape Communications, a company that had yet to turn a profit, instantly garnered $ 2 billion on the strength of one idea. The ideal was the World-Wide Web, and its gatekeeper, for the foreseeable future, is Jim Clark whose Silicon Graphics, with 7,200 employees and $ 2.2 billion in annual revenues in 1994, rules its own lucrative roost. By that time, the desktop generation was yielding to the networked, interactive generation. But while his peers were debating how to build the Infobarn Clark decided it already existed. He'd met Marc Andreessen, who as an undergraduate programmer had helped create the then obscure browsing software Mosaic, which made it easy to navigate the World-Wide Web. Navigating the infant Web, which transforms the Internet's isolated, text-based sites in one vast, hyperlinked, multimedia-capable network, got Clark thinking--and acting, He set up Mosaic Communications (soon renamed Netscape) which built a business around an improved Web browser. The result was one of history's headiest corporate ascents, as the ubiquitous Netscape Navigator browser helped spawn the world's startling on-line stampede.“The Internet was the information highway everyone was looking for,” says Clark.“They just hadn't recognized it.”
Clark and Andreessen did, and today they find themselves riding the decade's surging economic waves, counting their stock options and cutting deals with everyone from telephone companies to Hollywood. Virtually the entire date-intensive world has concluded that the Web is the future of communications, and is now retooling to stay in lockstep with Netscape (and vice versa: Netscape perpetually updates its browser to accommodate new Web applications). “The list of business being transformed,” says Clark, “includes broadcasting, publishing, software, finance, shopping, entertainment services, consumer electronics...it's a massive, massive change. We just happened to see it first and set the commercial agenda.”
And to the agenda setters belong the spoils. His peers were skeptical when Jim Clark decided to colonize the Web. Well, today Netscape's value has jumped to $ 5 billion, Clark's own net worth stands at $1.3 billion, and he escapes often to enjoy a lush life while sailing to sun-drenched paradises like Tahiti. He has left his impact on the development of the Internet, even though others share the high-tech glory. After all, Columbus may have discovered the new world, but it was Isabella and Ferdinand who represented he royal court to put up the money.
(1) What is the main idea of this passage?
[ ]
A．Jim Clark's contribution to the future of communications.
B．Jim Clark's pioneering impact on the Internet.
C．Jim Clark's share in the high-tech glory.
D．Jim Clark's role in creating the Mosaic.
(2) Which of tile following conclusions about Jim Clark is supported by the passage?
[ ]
A．He explores the cyberspace together with Bill Gates.
B．He is the most powerful business leader in the computer industry.
C．He is one visionary on the light-speed development of the Internet.
D．He is the one who initiated the Internet.
(3) What was the key in Jim Clark's successful operation?
[ ]
A．He yielded the desktop generation to the networked generation.
B．He counted his stock options and lured enough investors.
C．He cut deals with telephone companies as well as Hollywood.
D．He built a business around an improved Web browser.
(4) What is the underlying parallel in the analogy between Jim Clark and Isabella/Ferdinand?
[ ]
A．They trusted the talent and emulated the genius in a technical drive.
B．They knew the value of science and technology.
C．They had the same business acumen of a historical initiative.
D．They helped spawn the world's startling stampede
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
A week ago, I had the great pleasure of reading an e-book, When Money Talks, Listen! By Rich Ezzo．It took only about an hour to read.
When I first received a copy, I thought it was a Get Rich Quick type of publication．Nothing is wrong with Get Rich Quick, but my mind just doesn’t chase after dreams of wealth．I think that if God ever wants me to be rich, he knows where to find my purse.
When I began reading When Money Talks, Listen!, I was overjoyed to find that Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry either．He, too, is hungry far more important than money．
Since I love this e-book so much, why wait a week to write the review? Simple．I wanted to see if the effect it had on me was a keeper．After reading the last word of the e-book, I totally agreed with the subtitle which promised to forever change the way we thought about money．I had so many thoughts running around my mind that I had to install(安裝) a stoplight to stop some while others made their way into the picture, then I yielded(讓路) them as a few ones arrived in town．I had a mental traffic jam, which only goes to show how slow the traffic usually is．
It has been a week and the effect is the same．I truly do look at money differently and have even done a few things differently this week．This is an e-book you’ll want to read, I promise．I often recommend books to my daughter, and this is one that I didn’t just “suggest”---I left it open at the bottom of the computer and told each one, “Read it, you’ll love it.”
I would never point someone in a direction I wouldn’t go myself．I urge you to visit the author’s website, Myster Money, and to download the e-book．You won’t regret it.
The author wrote this passage to _________
A．strongly recommend an e-book.
B．show the author's attitude to money.
C．introduce the general idea of an e-book.
D．point out Rich Ezzo isn't money hungry.
According to the passage, a Get Rich Quick type of publication ______.
A．is what the author really cares for
B．deals with how to make money
C．is also an e-book written by Rich Ezzo
D．is more popular than e-books
The author didn't write the review as soon as he finished reading the book because________．
A．he was too excited to write anything
B．he was not sure whether he did well
C．he had to wait for Rich Ezzo's permission
D．he wondered if the book would have long influence on him
By saying the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4, the author probably __________.
A．shows that the book brought him many new thoughts
B．shows how bad the traffic is in town
C．describes the difficulty in understanding the book
D．explains it's hard to change one's attitude to money
Which of the following is supported by the passage?
A．The author had known Rich Ezzo before.
B．The author hasn't dreamed of getting rich immediately.
C．The author always prefers e-books to paper books.
D．The author likes Get Rich Quick-type of publications.
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科目：高中英語 來源：湖北省黃岡中學(xué)2010屆高三11月月考英語試題 題型：閱讀理解
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Twenty years ago, most experts believed that differences in how boys and girls behaved were mainly due to differences in how they were treated by their parents, teachers, and friends. It’s hard to cling to that belief today. Recent research has shown that there are biological differences between boys and girls. Understanding these differences is important in raising and educating children.
For example, girls are born with more sensitive hearing than boys, and the difference increases as kids grow up. So when a grown man speaks to a girl in what he thinks is a normal voice, she may hear it as yelling. Conversely (反過來), boys who appear to be inattentive in class may just be sitting too far away too hear the teacher.
Likewise, girls are better in their expression of feelings. Studies reveal that negative emotions are seated in an area of the brain called the amygdala. Girls develop all early connection between this area and the cerebral cortex (大腦皮層), enabling them to talk about their feelings. In boys these links develop later. So if you ask a troubled adolescent boy to tell you what his feelings are, he often cannot say much.
Dr. Sax, an advocate of single-sex education, points out that keeping boys and girls separate in the classroom has yielded striking educational, social, and interpersonal benefits. Therefore, parents and teachers should try to recognize, understand, and make use of the biological differences that make a girl a girl, and a boy a boy.
67．What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Boys tend to pay less attention in class than girls.
B. Girls are better than boys in their ability to detect sounds.
C. Boys and girls behave differently because of biological differences.
D. Single-sex schools are not good because they keep boys and girls separate.
68．Why do girls express negative feelings better than boys?
A. Girls are more emotional than boys.
B. Girls have more brain cells than boys.
C. The amygdala is located in different areas of the brain for boys and girls.
D. The links between certain parts of the brain develop earlier in girls than in boys.
69．Which of the following does the author believe?
A. Girls need more training in communication.
B. Boys and girls should be educated in different ways.
C. Parents should pay more attention to boys.
D. Sex differences should be ignored in education。
70．What does the phase “cling to” in the first paragraph mean?
A. maintain B. abandon C. evaluate D. challenge
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