While there are many ________ programs on TV, people should not be spending ________ much time in front of their TV sets．


  1. A.
    interesting; such
  2. B.
    worthy; such
  3. C.
    worthwhile; so
  4. D.
    worth; so
C
盡管有這么多值得看的節(jié)目，人們也不應(yīng)該花如此多的時間坐在電視機(jī)前面。so much…：如此多的……
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科目：高中英語 來源：湖北省黃岡中學(xué)2010屆高三5月份第一次模擬考試英語試題(A卷) 題型：050

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　　TOKYO－A child-like robot that combines the roles of nurse, companion and security guard is to go on the market to help the growing ranks of elderly Japanese with no one to look after them．

　　The“Wakamaru”robot can walk around a house 24 hours a day, warning family, hospitals and security firms if it perceives(notices)a problem．It will, for example, call relatives if the owner fails to get out of the bath．

　　Cameras implanted in the“eye-brows”of the robot enable it to“see”as it walks around an apartment．The images can be sent to the latest cellphones, which display the pictures．

　　Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which developed Wakamaru, plans to start selling the metre-high robots by April, 2005, for about ＄15,000 Cdn．

　　Wakamaru, which speaks with either the voice of a boy or girl, is also designed to provide companionship, greeting its“papa”when he comes home．

　　It is the first household robot able to hold simple conversations, based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words．It cannot only speak but can understand answers and react accordingly．

　　It will ask“Are you all right?”if its owner does not move for some time．If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, transmitting images and functioning as a speakerphone．

　　Wakamaru will in form a xecurity firm if ther is a loud bang or if an unknown person enters the house while the owner is out or asleep．It can recognize up to 10 faces．

　　But like nost robots it cannot climb stairs．

　　It can be set to remind forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep．

　　Mitstubishi adapted Wakamaru from robots it already makes to go around nuclear power facilities．The idea to use the technology in the home came from a company employee．

　　The project chief said,“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decide that this could work as a business．We want to offer Wakamaru as a product that helps society．”

　　The technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan among increasing xoncern over how to look after the ever-growing number of old people．The life expectancy of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the wolrld．

　　At the same time, extended families are being rdplaced by nuclear families．This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents, whom they rarely see because of their long hours at the office．

(1)

Which of the following is true about the Robot?

[　　]

A．

It is used in some nuclear power facilities．

B．

It cannot speak but can understand answers．

C．

It can go up and soen the starirs easily．

D．

It can recognize as many as 10 faces．

(2)

The purpose of this passage is ________．

[　　]

A．

to introduce a new product

B．

to solve the ageing problems

C．

to tell people hwo to use the robot

D．

to show the rapid development of technolygy

(3)

What can we infer from the passage?

[　　]

A．

The robot can dial proper numbers for help．

B．

The robot is likely to have a promising market．

C．

The robot has given the Japanese a chance to live longer．

D．

The nuclear families have left many elderly Japanese anxious．

(4)

What is the best title of this passage?

[　　]

A．

The Latest Development of Robot Technology

B．

Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society

C．

Vast Market of the New Robot

D．

Japanese-built Robot to Help the Old

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科目：高中英語 來源：湖北省黃岡中學(xué)2010屆高三5月份第一次模擬考試英語試題(B卷) 題型：050

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　　TOKYO－A child-like robot that combines the roles of nurse, companion and security guard is to go on the market to help the growing ranks of elderly Japanese with no one to look after them．

　　The“Wakamaru”robot can walk around a house 24 hours a day, warning family, hospitals and security firms if it perceives(notices)a problem．It will, for example, call relatives if the owner fails to get out of the bath．

　　Cameras implanted in the“eye-brows”of the robot enable it to“see”as it walks around an apartment．The images can be sent to the latest cellphones, which display the pictures．

　　Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which developed Wakamaru, plans to start selling the metre-high robots by April, 2005, for about ＄15,000 Cdn．

　　Wakamaru, which speaks with either the voice of a boy or girl, is also designed to provide companionship, greeting its“papa”when he comes home．

　　It is the first household robot able to hold simple conversations, based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words．It cannot only speak but can understand answers and react accordingly．

　　It will ask“Are you all right?”if its owner does not move for some time．If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, transmitting images and functioning as a speakerphone．

　　Wakamaru will in form a xecurity firm if ther is a loud bang or if an unknown person enters the house while the owner is out or asleep．It can recognize up to 10 faces．

　　But like nost robots it cannot climb stairs．

　　It can be set to remind forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep．

　　Mitstubishi adapted Wakamaru from robots it already makes to go around nuclear power facilities．The idea to use the technology in the home came from a company employee．

　　The project chief said,“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decide that this could work as a business．We want to offer Wakamaru as a product that helps society．”

　　The technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan among increasing xoncern over how to look after the ever-growing number of old people．The life expectancy of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the world．

　　At the same time, extended families are being replaced by nuclear families．This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents, whom they rarely see because of their long hours at the office．

(1)

Which of the following is true about the Robot?

[　　]

A．

It is used in some nuclear power facilities．

B．

It can recognize as many as 10 faces．

C．

It can go up and seen the stairs easily．

D．

It cannot speak but can understand answers．

(2)

The purpose of this passage is ________．

[　　]

A．

to introduce a new product

B．

to show the rapid development of technology

C．

to tell people how to use the robot

D．

to solve the ageing problems

(3)

What can we infer from the passage?

[　　]

A．

The robot can dial proper numbers for help．

B．

The nuclear families have left many elderly Japanese anxious．

C．

The robot has given the Japanese a chance to live longer．

D．

The robot is likely to have a promising market．

(4)

What is the best title of this passage?

[　　]

A．

The Latest Development of Robot Technology

B．

Japanese-built Robot to Help the Old

C．

Vast Market of the New Robot

D．

Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society

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科目：高中英語 來源：2012年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國統(tǒng)一考試遼寧卷英語 題型：050

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions(使命)often work very long days．Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day's work．This type of schedute is far too demanding for long missions on the Internaitional Space Sttation(ISS)．ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year．They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible．Weekends give the crew valuable．Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework．They can communicate with family and friends by email, isternet phone and throhgh

　　Private video conferenes．

　　While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activetics that they can stil enjoy．Before a mission．The family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for

　　The astromauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth．During ther missiom, the crew also receives care packages with CDs, books, magazines, photos and letters．And as from early 2010, the internet became available on the ISS, giving astronaouts the chance to do some “web surfing(沖浪)” in their personal time．Besides relaxing with these more commom entertainments, astromauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in spaec．

　　Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in spaec is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth's vast land mass and oceans．

(1)

What does the word “minic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

[　　]

A．

Find

B．

Copy

C．

Change

D．

Lose

(2)

Which of the following best describes the families of the astromauts on the ISS?

[　　]

A．

The are caring and thoughtful

B．

The are impatient and annoyed

C．

The are impatient and ammoyed．

D．

The are excited and curious．

(3)

In the final paragraph, the author shows that astronauts ________．

[　　]

A．

get more pleasure in space than on the Earth

B．

find living in space a bit boring and tiring

C．

regard space life as common

D．

love to see the Earth from space

(4)

The passage mainly discusses how astronauts ________．

[　　]

A．

work for longer missions in space

B．

connect with people on the Earth

C．

observe the Earth from space

D．

spend their free time in space

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科目：高中英語 來源：2011年普通高校招生考試浙江卷英語 題型：050

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　　It was Satuday．As always, it was the one, for “Six days, shall you labar and all your work”was taken senously back then, Outside, Father and Mr．Patnce ncxt door were bxsy conny tcood lnside the wiel users Mother ane Mrs．Patrick were enpted in seeng cleaning

　　Somehow the boy s had shipped away to the back lot with their kites．Now, evet at the reis of having Brother caught to beat carpets．they had sent him to the kitchen tox exsre xding, sccmed there was no limt to the heights to which kites would fly today

　　My mothe looked at the sitting room, its furndign disordered for a tborough sweeting．Again she cast a look toward the window “Come on, girls! Let's take sing to the beer and theem a tutue”

　　On the way we met Mrs．Patrick, Ianghing guiltily as if she wrig doing woeig wrong

　　The never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our frsh string into the boys' kites up higher and higher, We could hardly distingwish the orang-coloced sports of the kites Now and then we slowly pullked one kite back, watching it dancing upo and down in the wind and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending yt up again

　　Even out fathers dropped their tools and joined us．Out mothers look their turn, laughing like schoolgirls Ithink we were all beside ourselves Parents forgx their daty and their dignity; children for everyday fights and little jealousies．"Perhaps it's like this in the some of heafer,"I thought confusedly．

　　It we growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housew．Isuppose we had some chean and orderly enough．The strange thing was, we didn't mention that ady afterward Ifelt a little embarrasse．Surely none of the of the others had been as exceted as I Ikxked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are”

　　The years went on, then one day Iwas hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old, sisrently cried her desire to go park, see duck

　　“I can't go!”I said．”“I have this angt and when I'm through I'll be too rired to walk that far

　　My mother, who was visiting us, go up from the peas she was shelling It's a wllderful day, she offered, really warm, yet there's a fine breeu．Do you remimber that day we flew kites?

　　I stoppoed in my dash between store and sink．The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memorese Come on, I told my little girl You're right, it's too good d day to miss．

　　Another decade passed, We were in the aftennath(余波)of a great war, All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisone war, He has ked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent, What was he thinking of-what dark and horrible things?

　　"Sany!"A smile shpped out frow his jips．"Do you remem-no, of course you wouldn't make the impression on you as it did on me．”

　　I hardly dared speak,”Remrmber what?

　　“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camo(戰(zhàn)俘營)，when things weren's too good, DO you remember the we flew the kites?

(1)

mrs．patnck was laughing gultily because she thought ________

[　　]

A．

she was too old to fly kites

B．

her husband would make fun of her

C．

she shoule have been doing her how

D．

supposed to the don't game

(2)

by “we were all beside ourselves writer means that they all ________

[　　]

A．

felt confused

B．

went wild with joy

C．

looked on

D．

forfot their fights

(3)

what did the think atfer the kite flying?

[　　]

A．

boys must hace had nore fun than the firls

B．

shoule have finished their work before playing

C．

her parents should spend more time with them

D．

all the others must have forgotten that day

(4)

why did the writer finally agree to jtake her little girl for an outing?

[　　]

A．

she suddenluy renmenbered ther duty as mother

B．

she was reminded of the day thety felw kits

C．

she ha dfinished her

D．

she thought it was a

(5)

the youngest patrick boy iss mentioned to show that ________

[　　]

A．

the write was not alone in treasuring her fond menories h

B．

his expenience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life

C．

childhood friend\ship means so much to the writer

D．

people like him really changed a lot after the war

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科目：高中英語 來源：遼寧省撫順二中2012屆高三第一次月考英語試題 題型：053

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

　　US musician and poct Gil Scott-Heron, often called the Godfather of Rap, has died in a New York hospital 62．　　1　　

　　Scott-Heron was born in Chicago in 1949－the son of a former Britain football player．　　2　　

　　Scott-Heron’s material covered soul, jazz, blues and the spoken word．His 1970s work heavily influenced the US hip-hop and rap scenes．

　　　　3　　 But the artist himself refused this title．“If ther was any individual initiative that I was responsible for, it might have been that there was music in certain poems of mine, with complete progression and repeating “hooks”．　　4　　” Soott-Heron wrote in the introduction to his 1990 Now and Then collection of poems．Scott-Heron’s music and poetry showed his ddep interest in justice and civil rights, and he complained against the consumer society of the 1970s and 80s as well as the development of muclear technology．He was among the first artists to use h is music to attack the apartheid(種族隔離)in South Africa, long before the issue became the focus of a popular global campaign．　　5　　 One of his most famous pieces was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised．In this piece, he criticized the role of race in the mass media and advertising age．

　　But in a 1998 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Scott-Heron wrned against focusing on the political aspect of his work．“If you only focus on the political aspects of our work, you change us．We’ve done 20 albums and not all of the songs on them are political．” He said．

A．But I don’t like football in Britain．

B．His work had a strong political element．

C．He grew up in Tennessee before moving to New York．

D．Scott was so crazy about politics that all of his songs are political．

E．This made them more like songs than just recitations with percussion．

F．The cause of his death is not clear, but he is believed to have become ill after returning from a visit to Europe．

G．The pioneering style he developed while working with Jackson, mixing minimalist percussion with poetry, meant that Scott-Heron was often described as the Godfather of rap．

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