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—What do you think of the conditions here?

—Oh, wonderful! _________ a better hotel．

A．Seldom we can find B．Rarely do we find

C．Never will we find D．Hardly can we find

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I.阅读理解

A [2015 •河南八市重点高中教学质量监测] Around four years ago, I received a call from the princi?pal of our school as to the "Parents' View" talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night ? I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come. Finally, I gathered some cour?age. 1 thought, if I missed this opportunity, surely the school would never invite me again to any of their programmes.

   I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came, I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn't even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness―pub?lic speaking.

    After my speech, I met with the principal and explained what had happened to me. He told me that this happened to everyone. Even great speakers faced the same thing when they started. He suggested that I come again next time.

 Around one month later, I was invited to refer to a topic on motivation. This time I was feeling comfortable. My speech was appreciated not only by the principal as well as by the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged and praised my efforts.

 After the speech was successfully delivered, I became more confident. I said to myself, "If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates oth?ers, I can now speak in front of others, too."

I started delivering lectures in my plant, on various top?ics like self-motivation, personality development, personal excellence, spoken English and presentation skills. This has become a passion for me. I learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.

  1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Practice makes a man a better speech maker

B.Public speaking makes a man embarrassed

C.Principal provides the best chances

D.Spoken English develops in making speeches

 2.The author had bad feelings before the speech because

A. he disliked the idea of giving a lecture

B.he had got a high fever before that

C.he regretted accepting the invitation

D.he feared he couldn't perform it properly

 

3.What does the underlined part "ominous apprehensions" in the first paragraph mean?

 

A.Unlucky opportunities.

B.Negative ideas.

C.Curious views.

D.Happy comments.

 4. What can we conclude from the passage?

 

A.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

B.Knowledge makes humble, while ignorance makes proud.

C.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

D.Necessity is the mother of invention.

I.阅读理解

A [2015 •哈尔滨六中二模]

  Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy―they're given after all. Choices can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2 ， 300 per cent per year. I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I'd been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't work since most start?ups don't, and that I wasn't sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy? I'd been a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wan?ted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and fi?nally said, "That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job. " That logic made some sense to me, and he con?vinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后)，I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I'm proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an on?line bookstore?

 

A. His dream of being an inventor.

B. The support of his wife.

C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

D.  Millions of exciting titles.

2.  Which of the following is closest in meaning to the under?lined sentence in Paragraph 3?

 

A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.

B.He would be very excited if he tried it out.

 C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn't try.

D.  The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.

 

3. We can know from the passage that .

 

A.the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B.the author wanted someone else to try the idea

C.the author might not regret if he failed the idea

D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the pas?sage?

 A. Cleverness and kindness

B.The starting of Amazon

C. Following my passion

D.  We are what we choose

Ⅱ.阅读七选五[2015 .山东潍坊高三一模]

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do you have a spare room in your house? Do you like to share your driveway in front of your garage with others?

_9  Many people are benefiting from this new business of renting.

Perhaps the best-known example of a company in this field is Airbnb―an American Web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers. It says it oper?ates in 34 ，000 cities and it has 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. 10_

   A British company is doing something with parking spaces. JustPark's founder, Anthony Eskinazi, says, "When I had the original idea, I spotted a driveway close to a sports stadium. It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in a commercial car park. " 11 Around 20, 000 people have advertised their spaces on the website? and he says around half a million driv?ers use it.

    12   They are people who run things like traditional hotels and commercial car parks. They are afraid of ending up losing money.

    13    Regulations for the new business are unclear. How will renting out your driveway affect your neighbours? Because this is a new business world, those rules aren't there yet.

 

A.     They seem to have occupied the majority of the market.

B.     Both of these can help you make money.

C.     And there is another problem.

D.     And his great idea has proved a success.

E.     But the new business of renting has its competitors.

F.      There are many ways to earn money.

G.     A commercial car park is inconvenient.

B [2015 •北京市西城区一模] The Netherlands on Monday introduced its first-ever intelligent bicycle, fitted with electronic devices to help bring down the high accident rate among elderly cyclists in the bicycle-mad country.

Developed for the government by the Netherlands Or?ganization for Applied Scientific Research TN(), the intelli?gent bicycle runs on electricity. A commercial-available bicy?cle is expected to be on the market in the next two years and should sell for from 1,700 to 3,200 euros per bicycle.

The devices on the bike are linked through an on-board computer with a vibrating warning system fitted in the bicycle's saddle and handlebars to warn cyclists of the coming danger.

The saddle vibrates when other cyclists approach from behind, while, the handlebars do the same when barriers appear ahead.

"Accidents often happen when cyclists look behind them or get a fright when they are passed at high speed," said Maurice Kwakkernaat, one of TNO's research scientists involved in the project. "The on-board system technology has already been at work in the car industry," he said.

"More and more elderly people are using a bicycle, not only for short distances, but also for longer distances," Dutch Environment and Infrastructure Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen told AFP. " This type of bicycle is truly-needed in the Netherlands because it will help us bring down the number of elderly people who are injured every year and allow them to continue to enjoy cycling," she said.

In the Netherlands, bicycles outnumber the population of 17 million by at least one million and there are some 25,000 km of bicycle path in the country. Those statistics are set to grow as more and more people take to two-wheeled trans?port, leading to an increased risk of injury.

Last year, 184 cyclists died in the country, of which 124, or 67 %? were older than 65， according to the Central Statistics Office. The year before, 200 cyclists died, the ma?jority of victims also being elderly.

The current model weighs 25 kilograms but researchers are working on making the on-board system smaller.

5.The intelligent bicycle is aimed to___________

 

A.     protect the environment

B.     help reduce traffic pressure

C.     popularize the use of bicycles

D.     improve safety for elderly cyclists

6.Which part of the intelligent bicycle will vibrate when oth?er cyclists approach it from behind?

 

A.     The saddle.

B.     The wheels.

C.     The handlebars.

D.     The on-board computer.

7. We can learn from the passage that .

 

A.     the elderly ride bicycles wherever they go

B.     the elderly are planning to give up cycling

C.     the number of elderly cyclists is decreasing

D.     the accident rate among elderly cyclists is high

8.     Which is the best title for the passage?

 

A.     A test bicycle

B.     Elderly cyclists

C.     A smart bicycle

D.     A bicycle-mad country

He is really nervous. He ______ back and forth all the night waiting for the results.

A. had walked B. has been walking

C. walked D. is walking

Helen Thomas, the pioneering White House reporter known for putting presidents on the hot seat, died at 92．

To those who regularly watch presidential press conferences, Helen Thomas is a familiar figure．Usually dressed in red and always seated in the front row, she is always the first or second reporter the president calls upon．It is an honor she has earned．Besides, it affords her the perfect opportunity to do what she does best - challenge the president and other public officials to tell the plain truth．She said, "We reporters' priority（首要事情） is the people's right to know - without fear or favor．We are the people's servants．"

Helen Thomas was born in Kentucky in 1920．All the nine Thomas children were brought up to value education, and all were expected to make something of themselves through working hard．She made up her mind while still in high school to become a reporter after writing for the student newspaper．After receiving her bachelor's degree in 1942, Thomas headed straight for Washington, D．C．in search of a newspaper job．Before long, she landed one at Washington Daily News．Her duty included fetching coffee and doughnuts for the paper's reporters and editors．The eager young woman found the atmosphere exciting and was convinced she had made the right career choice．

Her big break came when she was sent to Florida to report on the vacation of President-elect John F．Kennedy and his family．Once President Kennedy took office, Thomas changed her focus from the president's family to his policies．She began attending the daily press briefings at the White House as well as presidential press conferences．Thomas has covered every president since Kennedy．Over the years, Thomas found her job "thrilling and inspiring," but never boring．And she took very seriously her duty to "keep an eye on the president" and keep American people informed．

1.What can we learn about Helen Thomas from the passage?

A．Her career took off after covering the Kennedys．

B．Her first job was to deliver doughnuts to a news agency．

C．She was born to a large family in Kentucky in 1942．

D．She decided to be a reporter while in college．

2.Paragraph 3 is written to show Helen Thomas__________.

A．is a good decision maker for her career

B．appreciates education and hard work

C．wants to be famous by writing reports

D．has great support from her family

3.What does Helen Thomas think other work?

A．Unbearable． B．Exciting． C．Challenging． D．Unforgettable．

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．A reporter sticking to the facts．

B．A reporter challenging President Kennedy．

C．A reporter from an ordinary family．

D．A reporter for Washington Daily News．

To Whom It May Concern:

Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine．All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world．You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!

As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article．First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons．Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone．Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service．After all, we are a business．We have to think of the bottom line．As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees’ sauna（桑拿房）．

Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby．Our electricity bill went way down．Big savings! The boss is impressed．We have completely embraced paper technology．Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter．By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us．We can erase and reuse it．Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it．

Now it’s very calm and quiet here．You can notice the difference．No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane．

Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl．Now it’s perfect．

Sincerely yours,

Eleanor Lightly

Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist

ABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it

1.Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?

A．A simple, slow-paced life．

B．A life of hard work and security．

C．A religious, peasant-like life．

D．A life away from paper and pencils．

2.Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?

A．How To Magazine．

B．ABC Activity Insurance Company．

C．Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm．

D．The International Institute of Not Doing Much．

3.Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?

A．Replacing the manual work system with modern technology．

B．Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity．

C．Recycling paper resources whenever possible．

D．Buying birds and pets as company for the staff．

4.What is true about Maggie?

A．She works as a manager in the author’s company．

B．She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna．

C．She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail．

D．Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company．

5.What is the purpose for the person to write this letter?

A．to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment．

B．to complain about the bad working condition．

C．to persuade people to live a simple life．

D．to express his gratitude for the good advice．

In autumn, _________ the weather is often cool and fine, people living in the city always like climbing hills for outdoor activities to strengthen their health．

A．which B．where C．as D．when

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