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Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England. Then workers were sent for it and a platform was made. With a worker's help, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.
Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.
The worker saw everything. “What should I do?” he thought.“Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed.” So the worker quickly took some paint and threw it at the pictures.
“What are you doing?” cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.
1．Thornhill was an English ________.
[ ]
2．He was asked to ________.
[ ]
A．paint a picture for the king
B．paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace
C．have his pictures painted in the king's palace
D．paint for a worker
3．They worked for ________and at last the pictures were ready.
[ ]
4．The worker threw some paint at the pictures because ________.
[ ]
A．he didn't like the pictures
B．he wanted to save the painter
C．he was angry with the painter
D．he didn't think the pictures were beautiful
5．The writer wants to tell us ________.
[ ]
A．not to be frightened and to use your head in danger
B．a(chǎn) painter should pay full attention to his job
C．it's important for us to help each other at work
D．a(chǎn) friend in need is a friend indeed
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：活題巧解巧練·高二英語(yǔ)·下 題型：050
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Halloween is a festival celebrated on October 31st. The name of the holiday means “hallowed” or “holy evening” because it happens the day before All Saints Day(萬(wàn)圣節(jié)) .
It is said that Halloween is the children's New Year's Eve. they dress up with special costumes(服裝) , they eat too much, and stay up too late celebrating.
Children go around the neighbourhood wearing make-up, and dressed masks and colorful costumes. The most common costumes are witches, ghosts, skeletons, and popular TV, movie and storybook characters. Sane costumes are homemade, others are bought in stores. The children go door to door saying “trick or treat” . People give them candy, cookies, fruit or money. Sometimes money is to help UNICEF ( United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) .
Homes, stores and classrooms are decorated in the traditional Halloween colors, orange and black. Usual decorations are witches, black cats, ghosts, skeletons, and jack-o-lanterns (燈籠) . Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved to look like faces. They ace placed on doorway entrances and in windows. Horror movies and ghost stories are shown on TV on this day.
Adults and older children also celebrate Halloween with parades, festivals and costume parties. Some people create their costumes, other people rent them. Contests are held where the beat costume receives a prize. One of the party events popular with children is dunking(浸泡) for apples. Apples are put in tubs filled with water. People try to get the apples using only their , hands cannot be used.
1．Why is it said that Halloween is the children's New Year's Eve?
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A．Because Halloween comes the day before All Saints Day.
B．Because only on that day can children go around the neighbourhood.
C．Because children can get money from their parents on Halloween.
D．Because children dress up with special costumes, eat a lot, and stay up late celebrating.
2．Which of the following is NOT true about the common costumes according to the passage?
[ ]
A．They are colorful.
B．Some of the costumes are homemade.
C．They are witches, skeletons, ghosts and popular TV characters, and so on.
D．All of the costumes are homemade.
3．What are the traditional Halloween colors?
[ ]
A．Red and green.
B．Orange and black.
C．Black and white.
D．Orange and brown.
4．Which of the following about Halloween is WRONG?
[ ]
A．Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved to look like faces.
B．Adults also celebrate Halloween together with children.
C．Horror movies are shown on 1'V on 31st October.
D．Apples are the favourite fruit people eat on Halloween.
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：名師伴讀高中英語(yǔ)二年級(jí)上 題型：050
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Do you ever have days when everything seems to go wrong? Sarah Rosenbaum does. In fact, last week nothing seemed to go right for her at all…
On Monday her mom and dad were out, so Sarah decided to have a TV dinner. She wanted to switch the oven off at 7: 30 but she was practicing the cello, and it wasn't until 8 o'clock that she suddenly realized: she had forgotten her TV dinner ! She rushed into the kitchen, but it was too late- everything was black.
On Tuesday she offered to clean up the apartment for her parents. After she had vacuumed the carpets, she threw away a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines. The next day, dad asked where they were. He wanted to cut our an article he had seen in one of the computer magazines, and he was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown them away. On Wednesday she took Foxy for a walk in the park and lost him. She looked for him everywhere, but he had disappeared. The stupid dog came back later, but that was after Mrs Rosenbaum had telephoned nearly everybody in the neighborhood.
Thursday went all right until the evening. Sarah put the dirty things in the dish-washer and switched it on, but when she emptied it later, two of the glasses she had put in were broken. Her mom wasn't very pleased because she always washed the good glasses by hand.
Now it was Friday, and Sarah wanted to go the hamburger drive-in with Nacy, Bob and Mike that evening. But she had already spent her pocket money. In fact, she had spent it on Monday, just after mom had given it to her. “Shall I ask dad for the money for tonight?” She wondered. “After all the stupid things I did this week. ”
1．What happened to Sarah on Monday?
[ ]
A．She got everything black.
B．She ruined her TV dinner.
C．She forgot the time.
D．Her parents were out without her.
2．On ________, Sarah found out that she had made a mistake to throw away ______ .
[ ]
A．Tuesday, computer magazines
B．Wednesday, a pile of old newspapers
C．Wednesday, computer magazine
D．Thurday, a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines
3．Sarah's father was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown the magazines away. “Furious” is close in meaning to
[ ]
|
A．disappointed |
B．curious |
|
C．delighted |
D．a(chǎn)ngry |
4．What made her worried on Friday?
[ ]
A．She did all the stupid things that week.
B．Her mother gave her pocket money on Monday.
C．She broke two of the glasses.
D．She had no money left to go to the hamburg drive-in with her friends.
5．What is the best title for the passage?
[ ]
|
A．A Busy Week. |
B．Everything Goes Well. |
|
C．What a Week! |
D．An Unlucky Girl. |
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：活題巧解巧練·高二英語(yǔ)（上） 題型：050
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The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said good-bye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew(攝制組)out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men,“Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, sir,”the men answered.
The director was angry.“Why not?”he asked.
“Well, sir.”one of the men answered, “we're on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!”the director shouted.“Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea.“Why don't you photograph a sunrise,”she suggested,“and then play it backwards. It'll look like a sunset.”
“That's a very good idea!”the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said,“Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning end filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay (海灣). Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director.“Here it is, sir.”they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio (攝影棚).“All right.”the director explained.“Now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the‘sunset’behind them.”
The“sunset”began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
1．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
[ ]
A．The crew had to follow the secretary's advice.
B．If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to.
C．The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day
D．The director ordered Ms crew to stop filming the“sunset”.
2．The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ________.
[ ]
A．it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
B．when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C．the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
D．it was more moving than a sunrise
3．After the“sunset”began the director suddenly put his face in his hands ________.
[ ]
A．because he was moved to tears
B．a(chǎn)s he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C．a(chǎn)s the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：053
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Do you ever have days when everything seems to go wrong? Sarah Rosenbaum does. In fact, last week nothing seemed to go right for her at all…
On Monday her mom and dad were out, so Sarah decided to have a TV dinner. She wanted to switch the oven off at 7: 30 but she was practicing the cello, and it wasn't until 8 o'clock that she suddenly realized: she had forgotten her TV dinner ! She rushed into the kitchen, but it was too late- everything was black.
On Tuesday she offered to clean up the apartment for her parents. After she had vacuumed the carpets, she threw away a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines. The next day, dad asked where they were. He wanted to cut our an article he had seen in one of the computer magazines, and he was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown them away. On Wednesday she took Foxy for a walk in the park and lost him. She looked for him everywhere, but he had disappeared. The stupid dog came back later, but that was after Mrs Rosenbaum had telephoned nearly everybody in the neighborhood.
Thursday went all right until the evening. Sarah put the dirty things in the dish-washer and switched it on, but when she emptied it later, two of the glasses she had put in were broken. Her mom wasn't very pleased because she always washed the good glasses by hand.
Now it was Friday, and Sarah wanted to go the hamburger drive-in with Nacy, Bob and Mike that evening. But she had already spent her pocket money. In fact, she had spent it on Monday, just after mom had given it to her. “Shall I ask dad for the money for tonight?” She wondered. “After all the stupid things I did this week. ”
1．What happened to Sarah on Monday?
[ ]
A．She got everything black.
B．She ruined her TV dinner.
C．She forgot the time.
D．Her parents were out without her.
2．On ________, Sarah found out that she had made a mistake to throw away ______ .
[ ]
A．Tuesday, computer magazines
B．Wednesday, a pile of old newspapers
C．Wednesday, computer magazine
D．Thurday, a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines
3．Sarah's father was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown the magazines away. “Furious” is close in meaning to
[ ]
|
A．disappointed |
B．curious |
|
C．delighted |
D．a(chǎn)ngry |
4．What made her worried on Friday?
[ ]
A．She did all the stupid things that week.
B．Her mother gave her pocket money on Monday.
C．She broke two of the glasses.
D．She had no money left to go to the hamburg drive-in with her friends.
5．What is the best title for the passage?
[ ]
|
A．A Busy Week. |
B．Everything Goes Well. |
|
C．What a Week! |
D．An Unlucky Girl. |
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：課堂三級(jí)講練高中英語(yǔ)必修① 題型：050
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The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew(攝制組) out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, sir,” the men answered.
The director was angry. “Why not?” he asked.
“Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “we're on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don't you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards? Then it'll look like a sunset.”
“That's a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay(海灣). Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, sir,” they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio(攝影棚). “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘sunset’ behind them.”
The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.
“The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.”
1．One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ________.
[ ]
A．to watch a beautiful sunset
B．to find an actor and an actress
C．to film a scene on the sea
D．to meet the audience
2．Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
[ ]
A．Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset.
B．Because he was angry with his crew.
C．Because it was his secretary's suggestion.
D．Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.
3．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
[ ]
A．The crew had to follow the secretary's advice.
B．If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to.
C．The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day.
D．The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “sunset”.
4．The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ________.
[ ]
A．it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
B．when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C．it was more moving than a sunrise
D．the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
5．After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ________.
[ ]
A．because he was moved to tears
B．a(chǎn)s he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C．a(chǎn)s the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine
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