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205565. （2019•西安中学•高二上期末） An Invisible Smile Mr Dawson was an old man who always complained a lot，and everyone in town knew it．Kids ever went into his yard to pick a delicious apple．Old Dawson，they said，would come after them with his gun．
   One Friday，12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy．They had to walk by Dawson's house on the way to Amy's house，but as they got close，Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street．Like most of the children，Janet was scared of the old man．
   Amy said not to worry，Mr Dawson wouldn't hurt anyone．Still，Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man's house．When they got close enough，Dawson looked up with his usual frown，but when he saw it was Amy，a broad smile changed his entire face as he said， "Hello，Miss Amy．I see you've got a little friend with you today． "
   Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games．Mr Dawson said that sounded fun and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree．They gladly accepted．Mr Dawson had the best apples in the whole town．
   When they left，Janet asked Amy， "Everyone says he's the meanest man in town．How come he was so nice to us？"
   Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn't very friendly and she was afraid of him，but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him．It took a while，but one day he half-smiled back at her．
   After some more time，he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her．Just a "hello" at first，then more．She said he always offered her an apple and was always very kind．
   "An invisible smile？ "questioned Janet．
   "Yes，"answered Amy， "my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn't afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him，sooner or later he would really smile．Grandma says smiles are contagious．"
   If we remember what Amy's grandma said --- everyone wears an invisible smile，we too will find that we're always on the go trying to accomplish so much，aren't we？It's so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others．Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time．Let's make sure that we're not the ones that others have to pretend to be wearing an invisible smile．

（1）Kids were scared of Mr Dawson because       ．
A．he was mean with his apple
B．he would fire them with a gun
C．he was always very cold
D．he was wearing an invisible smile
（2）We can infer from the passage that       ．
A．Janet was so lovely a girl that Mr Dawson couldn't resist her smiles
B．it was Grandma's advice that helped bring Amy and Mr Dawson closer
C．Mr Dawson was friendly to Amy because she always wore an invisible smile
D．Janet and Amy were going to invite Mr Dawson to listen to music and play games
（3）The underlined word "contagious" in Paragraph 9 means "       "．
A．meaningful
B．moving
C．infectious
D．supportive
（4）What is the main message that the author intends to send to us readers？
A．Always wear an invisible smile．
B．Smile whenever we can．
C．Try our best to transform others．
D．Pretend that we are happy even if we are not．

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（1）C．推理判断题．根据文章第一段内容，"Old Dawson，they said，would come after you with his gun．"及文章第五段内容，"Everyone says he's the meanest man in town．How come he was so nice to us？"可知，道森先生会拿枪追着你跑，被说成是镇上最吝啬的人，孩子们都怕他，这些都表明他是一个冷酷的人，故选C．
（2）B．细节理解题．由文章倒数第二段Amy的话"my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn't afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him，sooner or later he would really smile．Grandma says smiles are contagious．"可知，是她奶奶的建议让她和道森先生互相微笑，走得更近，故选B．
（3）C．词义猜测题．根据文章倒数第二段内容，"my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn't afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him，sooner or later he would really smile．Grandma says smiles are contagious．""我奶奶告诉我，如果我假装不害怕，假装他在对我微笑，我朝他微笑，他迟早会笑的．奶奶说微笑是有传染性的．"结合选项，故选C．
（4）B．写作意图题．根据文章最后一段内容，It's so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others．Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time．Let's make sure that we're not the ones that others have to pretend to be wearing an invisible smile．我们很容易陷入日常生活中，忘记给自己和他人带来快乐是多么的简单．给别人一个微笑需要的努力和时间是如此的少．让我们确保我们不是那些别人不得不假装戴着看不见的微笑的人．以及文章通过Amy和道森先生因微笑关系改进的故事，告诉大家，无论何时都要微笑，故选B．

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202386. （2021•西安中学•十模） Twelve-year-old Lydia Denton was recently named the winner of CITGO's Fueling Education Student Challenge，where she earned ＄20，000 after creating the Beat the Heat Car Seat，which is a portable device placed in the car seat that not only senses weight over five pounds but monitors temperature when the baby is in the seat.
   The soon-to-be seventh grader saye became inspired to make the invention after watching the news that babies were being left in hot cars，often by accident. "At first，I thought about raising money for the families，but that wouldn't fix the problem：I wanted to invent something that could prevent the deaths from happening."
   Lydia's device is started when it senses the weight of the child and the temperature setting reaches over 100℉（38℃）.At that point，an alarm goes off and a warning is sent via SMS to the parents.If the parents don't reset the device within 60 seconds，a built-in GPS chip sends a message to local authorities with the vehicle's location.After many rounds of testing with her local 911，Lydia is proud to say that Beat the Heat Car Seat is a success.
   Though many newer vehicles come with warning systems and smart seat systems，Lydia's goal was to create a device that would reach more people and that could also transfer from car seat to car seat as the child grew.She decided to use her prize money to continue making improvements on the device，which would sell for only about ＄40.
   Lydia is now working with an instructor who is helping her with production and teaching her about business.Lydia hopes that her work will inspire more kids of her age to make their ideas come true. "Don't think that you have to accept things in the world.If there is something that bothers you，think of ways to make it better!"

（1）Why did Lydia make the invention？
A．To win 20，000-dollar prize.
B．To raise money for unlucky families.
C．To help stop babies dying in hot cars.
D．To guarantee babies' safety in a car crash.
（2）What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the device？
A．How it works.
B．What it consists of.
C．Why it raises the alarm.
D．How parents respond to it.
（3）How will Lydia's future device differ from other smart seat systems？
A．It will be much stronger.
B．It will be more affordable.
C．It will be less problematic.
D．It will be more effective on older kids.
（4）What can we learn from Lydia's story？
A．No competition，no progress.
B．It's never too late to go into business.
C．One should be open to any suggestion.
D．Creative thinking is the key to success.

共享时间:2021-07-07 难度:1 相似度:2

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215183. （2016•西安一中•高一下期中） Andrew Carnegie，known as the King of Steel，built the steel industry in the United States，and in the process，became one of the wealthiest men in America．His success resulted in part from his ability to sell the product and in part from his policy of expanding during periods of economic decline，when most of his competitors were reducing their investments．
Carnegie believed that individualould progress through hard work，but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society．He opposed charity，preferring instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to help themselves．"He who dies rich，dies disgraced"，he often said．
Among his more noteworthy contributions to society are those that bear his name，including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh，which has a library，a museum of fine arts，and a museum of national history．He also founded a school of technology that is now part of Carnegie-Mellon University．Other philanthropic（慈善的） gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to promote understanding between nations，the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research，and Carnegie Hall to provide a center for the arts．
Few Americans have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie's generosity．His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2，500 libraries in small communities throughout the country and formed the nucleus（核心） of the public library system that we all enjoy today．

（1）The author quoted"He who dies rich，dies disgraced"in the passage to show ．
A．He felt strongly that the wealthy should use their fortunes for the benefit of society
B．He opposed charity
C．The wealthy die from their fortunes
D．The wealthy die from not contributing to society
（2）Carnegie's success includes the following aspects EXCEPT ．

A．his policy of expanding	B．his hard work
C．his ability to sell the product	D．his ability to produce the product．

（3）Which of the following may NOT be philanthropic gifts to society according to the passage？
A．the Carnegie Institute of Washington．
B．the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh．
C．the steel industry．
D．the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace．

共享时间:2016-05-23 难度:1 相似度:2

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206076. （2016•七十中•高二下期末） My mom only had one eye．She ran a small shop at a flea market．She collected little weeds and such to sell…anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment．During my elementary school，she came to my school on a field day．I threw her a hateful look and ran out．
"Your mom only has one eye？!"they taunted me the next day．
I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so I said to her，"Mom，why don't you have the other eye？!You're only going to make me a laughing stock．Why don't you just die？"My mom did not respond．
Late that night，I woke up，and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water．I saw my mom crying there，so quietly，as if she was afraid that she might wake me．I took a look at her，and then turned away．There was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart．Even so，I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye．So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful，because I hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty．
Then I studied really hard．I left my mother and came to Seoul and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence I had．Then，I got married，bought a house of my own，and then had kids，too．Now I'm living happily as a successful man．I like it here because it's a place that doesn't remind me of my mom．
This happiness was getting bigger and bigger，when someone unexpected came to see me．It was my mother，still with her one eye．It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me．My little girl ran away，scared of my mom's eye．
And I asked her，"Who are you？I don't know you!!"as if I tried to make that real．I screamed at her"How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!Get out of here now!!"My mother just quietly answered，"oh，I'm so sorry．I may have gotten the wrong address，"and she disappeared．Thank goodness，she didn't recognize me．I was quite relieved．I told myself that I wasn't going to care，or think about this for the rest of my life．
Then one day，a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house．After the reunion，I went down to the old shack，which I used to call a house just out of curiosity．There，I found my mother fallen on the cold ground．But I did not shed a single tear．In her hands was a letter to me：
My son，I think my life has been long enough now．And…I won't visit Seoul anymore…but would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to come visit me once in a while？I miss you so much．And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion．But I decided not to go to the school…．For you…I'm sorry that I only have one eye，and I was an embarrassment for you．You see，when you were very little，you got into an accident，and lost your eye．As a mother，I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye…so I gave you mine…I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me，in my place，with that eye．I was never upset at you for anything you did．The couple times that you were angry with me，I thought to myself，'it's because he loves me．'I miss the times when you were still young around me．I miss you so much．I love you．You mean the world to me．
My World Shattered．I hated the person who only lived for me．I cried for My Mother，I didn't know of any way that will make up for my worst deeds．
（1）Which word can best describe the mother？
A．Brave
B．Curious
C．Respectable
D．Optimistic
（2）The author hated his mother because       ．
A．She had only one eye．
B．She was poor．
C．She was ugly．
D．She made the author laughed at．
（3）We can learn from the letter that       ．
A．The mother had an accident when she was little．
B．She was unwilling to give her eye to her son．
C．She was proud that she still could see the world．
D．She loved her son even though he hurt her so much．
（4）In the end，the author felt       ．
A．regrettable
B．sympathetic
C．successful
D．proud．

共享时间:2016-07-21 难度:1 相似度:2

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214581. （2019•西安高级中学•高一上期中） Mr．Harris used to work in Dover，but then he changed his work，and he and his wife moved to another town．They did not have many friends there，but they soon met a lot of interesting people，and after a few weeks，they often went to dinner or to parties at other people's houses．
   Then Mrs．Harris said to her husband，"We've been to a lot of other people's houses，and now we must invite them to our house，mustn't we？"
   "Yes，certainly，"answered her husband，"A big party will be the easiest thing，won't it？Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month．"
   So Mrs．Harris said，"Yes，I'll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December．"
   "How many will that be？"Mr．Harris asked．"Don't invite too many．"
   Mrs．Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband saw that she was writing，"Party：6：30 to 8：30 p．m．"
   "That isn't very nice，is it？"he said．"You're telling our guests that they must go at 8：30．"So Mrs．Harris just wrote"Party：6：30 p．m．"
   A lot of guests came，and they all had a good time，so they did not go home at 8：30．In fact they were still there at mid-night when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived．He said，"You must stop making a noise，because someone has complained（抱怨）．"
   Mr．Harris said he did not want to quarrel with the policeman，so everyone went home．They were sorry to have to go．
   When Mr．and Mrs．Harris were alone again，she said to him．"That was a surprise，wasn't it？Who complained about the noise？"
   "I did，"Mr Harris answered in a tired voice．

（1）Why did Mr．Harris and his wife move to another town？
A．They wanted to make some new friends．
B．Mr．Harris changed his work．
C．They wanted to meet a lot of interesting people．
D．They enjoyed going to parties and visiting other people's houses．
（2）What made Mr．and Mrs．Harris hold a party at their house？
A．It was easy to hold a big party at home．
B．They could ask people to dinner in small numbers．
C．They had gone to other people's parties many times．
D．They liked making friends with others．
（3）How long would Mrs．Harris like the party to last？
A．From the morning till night．
B．About fourteen hours．
C．About two hours．
D．Till midnight
（4）When did the party end that evening？
A．At about 8：30．
B．When the policeman talked with Mr．Harris on the phone．
C．About twelve o'clock．
D．When someone telephoned the police station．

共享时间:2019-11-21 难度:1 相似度:2

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214671. （2017•西安中学•高一上期中） Arriving in Sydney on his own from India，my husband，Rashid，stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children．
During the first week of his stay，he went out one day to do some shopping．He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone．He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers，including his passport．
He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in a strange city，thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one．
Late in the evening，the phone rang．It was a stranger．He was trying to pronounce my husband's name and was asking him a lot of questions．Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath．
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents（文件）．Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers．Her parents had carefully sorted them out，although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents．At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend．
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people．We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way．

（1）What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney？
A．Go shopping
B．Find a house
C．Join his family
D．Take a vacation
（2）The girl's parents got Rashid's phone number from       ．
A．a friend of his family
B．a Sydney policeman
C．a letter in his papers
D．a stranger in Sydney
（3）What does the underlined word"restored"in the last paragraph mean？
A．Showed
B．Sent out
C．Delivered
D．Gave back
（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the text？
A．From India to Australia．
B．Living in a New Country．
C．Turning Trash to Treasure．
D．In Search of New Friends．

共享时间:2017-11-13 难度:1 相似度:2

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214749. （2017•西安中学•高二上期中） You must have heard of the formula E=mc2．This is still the most famous scientific formula ever worked out．It remains an important cornerstone of science，and devising it made Albert Einstein famous．
Before he published his calculations in 1904 that showed why E=mc2，scientists around the world strongly believed that E=l/2 mc2．Today，a high school physics student can do the calculations and understand what Albert Einstein did to become famous．
Albert Einstein was born into a Jewish family in Germany on March 14，1879．He only started to speak when he was 5．Young Einstein did not do well at school because he didn't work hard in the classes that bored him．As a result，many people thought that he was stupid．Eventually he became interested in science and tried to discover a law of physics that would explain how everything in science works．
In 1922，he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics．Later，he moved to America and became a professor at Princeton University．In 1939，Einstein，together with Leo Szilard，a Hungarian-American physicist，wrote a letter to the U．S．president，F．D．Roosevelt，saying that America should develop an atomic bomb before the Germans did．This letter resulted in the development of atomic bombs that would be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945．
Einstein died at Princeton，New Jersey，on April 18，1955 before he could find out exactly how the universe worked．
Einstein published over 300 scientific works and over 150 non-scientific works．Most of his ideas are still used by many scientists today．His name"Einstein"has become synonymous with genius．

（1）Einstein is famous mainly because        ．
A．he created the word"genius"
B．he built the first atomic bomb ever
C．he knew President Roosevelt well
D．his ideas are still being used by scientists today
（2）As a child，Einstein was considered stupid because        ．
A．he refused to work hard
B．he thought the classes were boring
C．he was born into a Jewish family
D．he didn't do well at school
（3）Einstein helped persuade President Roosevelt to        ．
A．invade Japan with atomic bombs
B．end World War II with atomic bombs
C．invent atomic bombs ahead of Germans
D．discover how the universe worked
（4）What can we learn from this passage？
A．All roads lead to Rome．
B．Hard work often results in success．
C．Schooling is unnecessary．
D．All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy．

共享时间:2017-11-30 难度:1 相似度:2

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214766. （2017•铁一中学•高二上期中） Unlike other starving artists everywhere，Bren Bataclan，40，is giving his artworks away．He paints cartoon characters，neither humans nor animals，with one big eye and one small one，in beautiful colors，and he leaves his small oil paintings around Boston and other cities．And they are free．
   It all started when Bataclan moved to Boston from the Midwest to teach how to make pictures with a computer．After he lost his job，he started painting what are now his signature characters．He sold 49 paintings in two days and wanted to show his gratitude somehow．
   But how？The problem troubled him for years．Then he realized the people in the city were as friendly as Midwesterners in their own way．It finally came to him：He would give away his artworks and ask just one thing in return．He tied this note and his website address，bataclan．com to each canvas： "This painting is yours if you promise to smile at random people more often．" It was the beginning of his Smile Project．
   Bataclan has left his giveaways in 20 states and 20 countries．People who have found his paintings send him notes and photos．The characters make them smile，his fans tell him，and they give them hope． "It's nice to know that my art is really making a difference，" he says．
   Since the economy is going through a hard time，Bataclan，who supports himself as a full-time artist，has been tying a different note onto his canvases： "Everything will be all right．"

（1）Bren Bataclan's cartoon characters are       ．
A．very common
B．very special
C．starving
D．good-looking
（2）Bren Bataclan found his own way of painting，thanks to       ．
A．the loss of his job
B．his family's support
C．the bad economy
D．his website bataclan．com
（3）During the hard economic time，Bren Bataclan is trying to       ．
A．inspire people to be artists
B．send out notes to others
C．keep people in high spirits
D．encourage people to work hard

共享时间:2017-11-14 难度:1 相似度:2

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214891. （2017•交大附中•高二上期中） Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong．This is what happened to Harry．
   He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up （上发条） his alarm clock．He tried to shave（刮胡须） quickly and cut himself．When he got dressed he got blood （血） all over his clean shirt，so he had to find another one．The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing （熨烫），so he ironed it．While he was ironing it，there was a knock at the door．It was the man to read the electricity meter（电表）．He showed him where the meter was，said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in hiirt．So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all．By this time it was very late，so he decided he couldn't go to work by bus．He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work．The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper．
   In another part of the town，a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi．When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office，a policeman happened to be standing there．He saw the blood on Harry'irt，and took him to the police station．He was kept till 3 o'clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted．When he finally arrived at the office at about four，his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job．

（1）Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage        ．
a．The man who read the electricity meter came．
b．Harry ironed hiirt．
c．Harry got blood all over his clean shirt．
d．There was a knock at the door．
e．Harry wore the shirt with blood on it．
A．a，b，c，d，e
B．c，b，d，a，e
C．b，a，c，d，e
D．b，a，d，c，e
（2）Harry was taken to the police station because        ．
A．a man killed a woman with a knife
B．he was the murderer （杀人犯）
C．there was blood on hiirt and he was in a taxi
D．his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there
（3）His boss told him to go away and find another job because        ．
A．he was late for work
B．Harry asked him to do so
C．he had been kept by the police
D．he had killed a woman

共享时间:2017-11-12 难度:1 相似度:2

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214948. （2017•西安中学•高二下期中） The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind，first published in 1936．Her book and the movie based on it，tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War．Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta，Georgia，can go where she lived when she started composing （创作） the story and learn more about her life．
Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer's life．She was born in Atlanta in 1900．She started writing stories when she was a child．She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922．One photograph of Ms．Mitchell，called Peggy，shows her talking to a group of young college boys．She was only about one and a half meters tall．The young men tower over her，but she seems very happy and sure of herself．The tour guide explains："Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech，asking them such questions as"Would you really marry a woman who works？"And today it would be"Would you marry one who doesn't？"
The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments．Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms．Mitchell lived with her husband，John Marsh．They made fun of the small apartment by calling it"The Dump"．
Around 1926，Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury．Her husband brought her books to read from the library．She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book．Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success．Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book．In 1939 the film version was released．It won ten Academy Awards，including Best Picture．

（1）The book Gone with the Wind was ．

A．first published on a newspaper B．adapted from a movie
C．about love and survival in the war	D．written in 1936

（2）The underlined phrase"tower over"in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ．

A．be very pleased with	B．be much taller than
C．show great respect for	D．show little interest in

（3）We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that ．
A．her height made her marriage unhappy
B．writing stopped her working as a reporter
C．her interest in writing continued as an adult
D．her life was full of hardship and sadness
（4）Which is the best title for the passage？
A．Gone with the Wind：A Huge Success．
B．Margaret Mitchell：A Great Female Writer．
C．An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House．
D．A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell．

共享时间:2017-05-29 难度:1 相似度:2

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214968. （2017•西安中学•高一下期中） Silence is unnatural to man．He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness．In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world，and he fears silence more than anything else．Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence．If he is introduced to another person，and a number of pauses occur in the conversation，he regards himself as a failure，a worthless person，and is full of envy（妒忌） of the emptiest-headed chatterbox（喋喋不休的人）．He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly，but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure（蜡塑人像）．
The aim of conversation is not，for the most part，to communicate ideas；it is to keep up the buzzing sound．There are，it must be admitted，different qualities of buzz；there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito．But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person．Most buzzing，fortunately，is pleasant to the ear，and some of it is pleasant even to the mind．He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors．
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk．Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new．Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears，though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel．At the end of an evening，during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time．They just prove themselves to be successful conservationists．

（1）According to the author，people make conversation to       ．
A．exchange ideas
B．prove their value
C．achieve success in life
D．overcome their fear of silence
（2）By"the buzzing of a fly"（Para.1），the author means"       "．
A．the noise of an insect
B．a low whispering sound
C．meaningless talks
D．the voice of a chatterbox
（3）According to the passage，people usually talk to their neighbors       ．
A．about whatever they have prepared
B．about whatever they want to
C．in the hope of learning something new
D．in the hope of getting on well
（4）What is the author's purpose in writing the passage？
A．To discuss why people like talking about weather．
B．To encourage people to join in conversations．
C．To persuade people to stop making noises．
D．To explain why people keep talking．

共享时间:2017-05-27 难度:1 相似度:2

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215075. （2017•七十中•高二下期中） After a terrible electrical accident，which caused him to become both blind and deaf，the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years．The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life．His family，especially his wife，did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live．
One hot summer afternoon，he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once．He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet，but he was struck by the lightning．Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree．He was trembling badly，but when he opened his eyes，he could hardly believe what he saw：a plough and a wall．When Mrs Edwards came running up to him，shouting to their neighbors to call for help，he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years．
The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread，and many doctors came to examine him．Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning．However，none of them could give a convincing answer as to why thiould have happened．The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that，since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock，perhaps，the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock．

（1）The reason for Robert's attempts to kill himself was that        ．
A．he had to live in a dark and silent world
B．a terrible traffic accident happened to him
C．he was struck by the lightning once more
D．nobody in the world cared about him
（2）What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning？
A．Sheltering from the rain under a tree．
B．Driving a car．
C．Taking a walk with a stick．
D．Lying on the ground．
（3）What did Robert see first when he regained his sight after the shock？
A．His wife who called for help to save him．
B．His neighbors．
C．A plough and a wall．
D．Many doctors surrounding him．
（4）Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？
A．Robert had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years．
B．Robert hid himself under the tree for 20 minutes．
C．Robert could hear his wife'outing for help when he woke up．
D．The family's love helped Robert regain confidence to live．

共享时间:2017-05-13 难度:1 相似度:2

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215076. （2017•七十中•高二下期中） It's hard to find Alice Munro in the media．Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature，the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight．On Dec 29^th，she still didn't seek the spotlight when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times．
In Munro's eyes，ordinary lives always hide larger dramas．So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people．She often focuses on life in her hometown，a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with．She writes about the ordinary things in the village-trees in the Ontario wilderness，poor country schools and long last illnesses．Above all，she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune．
She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary．These are ordinary people，ordinary stories，but she has the magic．Her precise language，depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting．
Runaway，one of Munro's representative works，is a good example of her writing style．One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla，who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark．The story slowly forms a picture of Carla，trapped in a bad marriage，her unhappiness building into desperation until she decides to flee．The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love．It is about lost children and lost chances that we can all find in life．There is pain beneath the surface，like a needle in the heart．
Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968，Munro has won many awards，with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor．On Oct 10^th，2013，the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the"master of the contemporary short story"．

（1）We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro        ．
A．didn't get on well with the media
B．was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize
C．remained modest though very successful
D．didn't value the title of Women of the Year
（2）Many of Alice Munro's works        ．
A．focus on everyday life of ordinary people
B．center on the happy life of country women
C．are about betrayals of love and violence
D．are romantic stories setting in her hometown
（3）What makes Alice Munro's stories fascinating according to the text？
A．The complicated plots．
B．Her rich imagination．
C．The humorous language．
D．Her writing techniques．
（4）What is the text mainly about？
A．Alice Munro and her hometown．
B．Alice Munro and her writing style．
C．Alice Munro's representative works．
D．The awards Alice Munro won．

共享时间:2017-05-13 难度:1 相似度:2

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215107. （2016•西北大附中•高一下期中） Mark Twain was a great writer．He was from the USA．He was born in 1835．He was also a famous speaker．He was famous for his sense of humour．Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time．
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing．Before he was going to leave，one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that he'd better not go there．Mark Twain waved （摇动） his hand and said，"It doesn't matter．The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine．I don't think they will come to visit me．"
After he arrived at the town，Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station．He went into his room，but when he was just about to have a rest，quite a few mosquitoes flew about him．The waiters felt very sorry about that．"I'm very sorry，Mr Mark Twain．There are too many mosquitoes in our town．"One of them said to him．
Mark Twain，however，made a joke，saying to the waiter，"The mosquitoes are very clever．They know my room number．They didn't come into the wrong room．"What he said made all the people present laugh heartily．
But that night Mark Twain slept well．Do you know why？That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night．
（1）That day Mark Twain went to the town        ．
A．to see one of his friends
B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D．to see one of his relatives
（2）The waiters felt sorry because        ．
A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain
B．their hotel was too small
C．the room was not very clean
D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room
（3）From the story we know        ．
A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C．Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night
D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer．

共享时间:2016-05-14 难度:1 相似度:2

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215165. （2015•西北大附中•高二上期中） I was waiting for a phone call from my agent．He had left a message the night before，telling me that my show was to be cancelled．I called him several times，but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later．So I waited and waited，but there was still no call．Three hours passing by，I became more and more impatient．I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work，and he didn't care about me．I was overcome with that thought．I started to shout at the phone，"Let me wait，will you？Who do you think you are？"
   At that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on．Without showing her surprise，she rushed in，seized the phone，tore off the wires，and shouted at the phone，"Yeah，who do you think you are？Bad telephone!Bad telephone!"And she swept it into the wastebasket．
   I stood watching her，speechless．What on earth…．？
   She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house，"Now hear this!All objects in this room---if you do anything to upset my husband，out you go．"
   Then she turned to me．Kissed me and said calmly，"Honey，you just have to learn how to take control．"With that，she left the room．
   After watching crazy woman rushing in and out，shouting at everything in sight，I noticed that something in my mood（情绪） had changed．I was laughing．How could I have trouble with that phone？Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things．Twenty minutes later my agent did call．I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly．

（1）Why did the author shout at the telephone？
A．He was mad at the telephone．
B．He was angry with his agent．
C．He was anxious about his wife．
D．He was impatient with the secretary．
（2）What did the author's wife do after she heard hiouting？
A．She said nothing．
B．She shouted at him
C．She called the agent．
D．She threw the phone away．
（3）What made the author laugh？
A．His own behavior．
B．His wife's suggestion．
C．His changeable feelings．
D．His wife's sweet kiss．
（4）What does the underlined word"antics"refer to？
A．Smart words
B．Unusual actions
C．Surprising looks
D．Anxious feelings

共享时间:2015-11-21 难度:1 相似度:2

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215202. （2015•西安一中•高三上期中） Since 1989，Dave Thomas，who died at the age of 69，was one of the most recognizable faces on TV．He appeared in more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter． "As long as it works"，he said in 1991， "I'll continue to do those commercials．"
Even though he was successful，Thomas remained troubled by his childhood． "He still won't let anyone see his feet，which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes，" Wendy said in 1993．Born to a single mother，he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan．After Auleva died when he was 5，Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work． "He fed me，" Thomas said， "and if I got out of line，he'd beat me．"
Moving out on his own at 15，Thomas worked，first as a waiter，in many restaurants．But he had something much better in mind． "I thought if I owned a restaurant，" he said， "I could eat for free．" A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968．
In 1969，after breaking with Sanders，Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers，in Columbus，Ohio，which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers．With 6，000 restaurants worldwide，the chain now makes ﹩ 6 billion a year in sales．Although troubled by his own experience with adoption，Thomas，married since 1954 to Lorraine，66，and with four grown kids besides Wendy，felt it could offer a future for other children．He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992．
In 1993，Thomas，who had left school at 15，graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida．He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party．The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed．
"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave，" says friend Pat Williams． "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker．He was just Joe Everybody．"

（1）What is the article mainly about？
A．The life of Dave Thomas．
B．The dream of Dave Thomas．
C．The schooling of Dave Thomas．
D．The growth of Dave Thomas's business．
（2）What do we know about his childhood？
A．He lived a poor life．
B．He had caring parents．
C．He stayed in one place．
D．He didn't go to school．
（3）Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas's life．
a．graduated from high school
b．started his own business
c．became a millionaire
d．started a foundation
e．met Harland Sanders
A．e，b，c，d，a
B．a，e，c，b，d
C．e，c，b，d，a
D．a，e，b，c，d
（4）"He was just Joe Everybody" （in the last paragraph） means        ．
A．Dave was famous
B．Dave way
C．Dave waowy
D．Dave was ordinary

共享时间:2015-11-12 难度:1 相似度:2

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