科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the world. OK means all right or acceptable. It expresses agreement or approval.
Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw(喬克托語). The Choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the American word okay. Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth century.
But many people doubt this. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word “OK” in reports published in the 1960s. He said the word began being used in the 1830s. Some foreign-born people wrote “ all correct” as “o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters OK. Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his name---O and K---on each object people gave him to send on the train.
The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840. They called their group the OK club. The letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin was born---Old Kinderhook, New York.
Then there is the expression A-OK. It is a space-age expression. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard. He was the first American to be launched into space. His flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as planned. Shepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.” One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.
There are also funny ways to say okay. These expressions were first used in the 1930s. Today, a character on the American television series “The Simpsons” says it another way. He says okely-doke.
A. Some people say okey-dokey or okey-doke.
B. Still others say a political organization invented the word.
C. Therefore, it has become popular in that area from then on.
D. But many experts don’t agree on what the expression means.
E. Still, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.
F. It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the word “all correct”.
G. However, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012年北師大版高中英語選修一Unit5練習(xí)卷(解析版) 題型:單詞拼寫
單詞拼寫(15)
1.He was very _________ (失望的)with my performance. _______________
2.The magician is ________ (表演)some astonishing tricks. _______________
3.She showed us the athletics ___________ (獎品)she had won. ________________
4.They export their products to markets__________ (遍及)the world. _______________
5.I shall always ___________(珍視)the memory of our meetings. ________________
6.I tried to persuade him,but with little or no e__________. ________________
7. His first speech as president made a strong i________ on his audience. ________________
8.Do you know what X r__________ in this equation(方程式)? _______________
9.G__________ speaking,all of us felt happy this week. _______________
10.Theory(理論) ought to be c_______ with practice. _______________
11. The audience were greatly i___________ by what she performed. _______________
12.The story happened on a e__________ cold winter night. _______________
13. Children under 18 are not p________ into such occasions. _______________
14. In order to keep fit, I q__________ smoking . ______________
15.Folk songs hand down from one g__________ to another. ______________
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科目:高中英語 來源:江西省于都縣2010屆高三下學(xué)期3月模擬考試英語試題 題型:其他題
第三部分:對話填空:
W: Hello. May I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?
M: Speaking. Who’s calling, may I speak?
W: This is the Town Job Center. We have r___76___ your email and we are quite interested in you.
M: Can you tell me more about it? What kind of job? Where?
W: Well, a college wants to find some laboratory a___77___. It’s a kind of job you would like to do, a___78__ we can see from your email.
M: Yes, I did put that in my email.
W: Yeah. They also want a person who knows how to o___79_____ the computer. So we think you are just the r___80___ kind of person for the job.
M: What about the pay and the work time?
W: I am c___81____ to that. The pay that they have o___82___ is satisfactory, but the work time is a little c___83___: sometimes early in the morning or sometimes late in the afternoon.
M: Well, I am interested in it, but I need more d___84___ about the work time so that I can talk over with my wife.
W: W___85___ don’t you come over here tomorrow?
M: Ok, I’ll do that. See you tomorrow then. Bye!
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學(xué)年江西省南昌市高三上學(xué)期12月月考英語卷 題型:其他題
請認真閱讀下面對話,并根據(jù)各題所給首字母的提示,在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號的橫線上,寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確形式、使對話通順。
W: Where are you going to s__1._ your holiday this year, Bob?
M: We may go a__2._, but I’m not sure.
W: What do you mean?
M: Well, my wife’s talking about Egypt recently. She may want to go there. I’d like to go there, too.
W: Yes, it’s an interesting country to see.
M: But we can’t make up our m3.yet. You know, a round trip to Egypt c__4. a lot.
W: But you may go by sea.
M: You’re right. It’s cheaper, isn’t it?
W: You may s__5.__ at least half of the money if you go by ship.
M: But don’t you think it would t_6._ a long time and…
W: But you can enjoy the scene of the sea and the r___7.__ sun.
M: Yes, I’ll tell my wife.
W: You will definitely enjoy y__8.___, I’m sure.
M: Don’t be so sure. We may not go anywhere.
W: You always hesitate at everything.
M: It’s not my f__9.__, you know. Wife always worries too much.
W: Like what?
M: Well… Who is going to look after the house? Who is going to look after the garden? And who is going to look after
the pets? We have these p_10.__ every year. And in the end we stay at home and look after everything.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年江西省新余市高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷 題型:其他題
對話填空(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)
M: Excuse me,Mrs Green。 Can you spare me a few minutes?
W:Sure。 What seems to be the p___1._______?
M:I simply cannot fix my a___2._____ these days。
W:Why ? You are always a top student in your class.
M:I don’t know how to put it to you。 You know, I’m u__3.___ a kind of pressure.
W:Pressure? Are you afraid that you won’t be a__4.____ to a famous university?
M:Not t__5._____, but a secret in my heart. I overlook the Maths exam and got the
l__6.____ mark in the class the week before. I’m afraid that others will l__7.____
at me because I once sounded a bit proud in public. Now all my mind is occupied
with exams and scores these days. And I often have terrible dreams.
W:Just forget it and try to relax yourself.
M:You mean I need some relaxation?
W:Yes, but more than that. A normal mind is also very important. Don’t care too much
about the r____8.__.
M:But don’ t you always tell us that all is well ends well?
W:well, anyhow , you should try to keep the b_9.___ of study and rest . And Don’t be
too s___10.___ with yourself. You’ve already tried your best.
M:hank you, Mrs Green. I feel much better now.
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