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Once a man came to a wise man's house and said, "I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I

5    first?" The wise man said, "Never tell lies 6 always speak the truth.  The man  7   to do so and went home.

At night the man was about to go out to steal. Be?fore setting out, he 8 for a moment about the prom?ise he had made to the wise man. "If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out

9 ?No, I cannot say that. But nor can I 10 . If I tell the truth, everyone will start  11  me and call me a thief. I would be 12  for stealing. " So the man

13 not to steal that night, and gave up this 14 habit.

The next day, he  15  to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, "What shall I say to the wise man    16    he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie. " And so he gave up the 17   of drinking wine.

In this _18, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he 19 his promise to tell the truth at all times. 20 , he gave up all his bad habits and bt came a very   21 person.

Telling the truth is a very good    22   , If you al?ways tell the truth, you can keep yourself away from a lot of    23   and become a person whom everyone 24   and favours.

Make a promise : I shall always speak the truth.


5. A. take out     B. give up

C. add up       D.  turn off

6. A. so       B. but

C.  and  D. or

7. A. promised    B. happened

C.  settled     D. began

8. A. played       B. drank

C.  thought    D. slept

9. A. walking     B. stealing

C.  studying  D. climbing

10.A. move  B. say

C.  lie    D. help

11. A. hating B. catching

C,  killing  D. believing

12.   A. expected    B. hurt

C.  suffered   D. punished

13.   A. decided      B. forgot

C.  asked       D. pretended

14.   A. special       B. funny

C.  great       D. bad

15.  A. went   B. wanted

C.  learned                     D. stopped

16.  A. before B. since

C.  if     D. as

17.   A. idea    B. word

C.  power      D. use

18.   A. base    B. way

C.  place                        D. time

19.   A. imagined    B. planned

C.  broke      D. remembered

20.   A. By the way B.  In a word

C.   First of all     D.  One by one

21.   A. good   B. strong

C.  rich  D. common

22.   A. custom       B. habit

C.  game       D. example

23.   A. money       B, hope

C. pleasure     D. trouble

24.   A. serves B. cheats

C.  likes D. controls

【文章大意】本文通过一个故事说明:永远不要说谎,并且永远

要诚实,因为只有这样做才会避免很多麻烦。

B由下文内容可知,他去找智者寻求建议,看看他应该先戒掉(give up)哪个坏习惯。take out取出;give up放弃;add up总计;turn off关掉,

C本空前后两分句构成并列和承接关系,意指永远不要说谎,并且永远要诚实。so所以;but但是;and并且;or 或者。

A 他"答应"了智者一定照办。promise许诺;happen发生; settle解决;begin开始。

C在出发前,他又"考虑"了一会儿。下文引号中的内容是他思考的内容。play玩;drink喝酒;think考虑;sleep睡觉。

B 由第二段第一句中的"…the man was about to go out to steal."可知,这个人打算去偷东西。walk散步;steal偷; study学习;climb爬。

C他不能说自己去偷东西,但是又不能说谎(lie)。 move移动;say说;lie说谎;help帮助。

A如果他说实话,人们知道了他偷东西,自然就会"憎恨" 他。hate憎恨;catch抓住;kill杀死;believe相信。

D结合上文可知,此处指他会因偷东西而受到"惩罚"。suffer常与from搭配使用。expect期望;hurt受伤;suffer 遭受;punish惩罚。

A考虑了这么多,他最后"决定"那天晚上不出去偷东西了。 decide决定;forget忘记;ask问;pretend假装。

D偷东西是一个坏(bad)习惯,故选D项。文章第一句也有提示。special特殊的;funny有趣的;great伟大的;bad 坏的。

B第二天,他"想要"去喝酒。want to do sth意为"想要做某事"。go走;want想要;learn学习;stop停止。

C本句是讲他想喝酒时做的心理斗争,是对未来情况的假设。上一段中多处if也有提示。before在……之前;since 从•••••••以来;if.如果;as作为。

A考虑到不能对智者说谎,他打消了去喝酒的念头(ide-a) 。 idea念头;word单词;power力量5 use用途。

B考査名词。就这样(in this way),每次想做不好的事时, 他都会因对智者的承诺而放弃。base基础;way方法; place地方;time时间。

D每次想要做坏事时,他就会"想起"自己要永远说实话的承诺。imagine想象;plan if M ; break打破;remember 记得。

D 一个接一个地(one by one),他戒掉了所有的坏习惯。by the way顺便说一下;in a word总之;first of all首先。

A戒掉了所有的坏习惯后,他变成了一个非常好(good)的人。good好的;strong强壮的;rich富有的;common普通的。

B说实话是一个非常好的习惯(habit),上文的故事揭示了这一主题。custom习俗;habit习惯;game游戏;exam?ple 例子。

D 如果诚实的话,你就会避免很多麻烦(trouble), money 钱;hope希望i pleasure 愉快;trouble麻烦。

C本空与and后的favoin"表达意义属于同一范畴。此处指诚实会使你成为一个讨人喜欢、受人欢迎的人,故应选c项。serve服务;cheat欺骗;like喜欢;control控制。

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I 阅读理解[2015 ?河南重点高中教学质检]

Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington D. C. He developed a prototype(原型)for a device he calls Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding lad?der that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder.

He created his invention at a workshop called TechShop. Mr Mountain says, "I think it encourages innovation. 1 think people who probably have had ideas rolling around in the back of their minds for years but have never had the opportunity to actually put them into production or even experiment with them would find this place wonderful. Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions. " Isabella Musachio manages a TechShop in Arlington, Virginia. She says the shop has many different kinds of equipment.

"TechShop is a do-it-yourself maker space. So when you come in we have all these different areas of the shop, and we have a metal shop, a wood shop, lasers, 3-D printers, and electronics. I mean, we have so many different areas and we have all the equipment that is available to anybody above the age of 12."

Membership costs for TechShop start at just over $ 100 per month. Members are able to use costly machines inclu?ding 3-D modelling tools and laser cutters. Isabella Musachio says TechShop helps its members build their dreams.

"Our motto is 'build your dreams here' because you can really come in with just an idea, and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your pro?ject on your prototype or even your business.,,

Jim Newton is the founder of TechShop. He first intro?duced the idea for the technology workshops at an arts and sciences event called Maker Faire in San Mateo* California in 2006. His idea attracted hundreds of members during that event. Now, there are eight TechShop locations in the US. In all, there are more than 6,000 members. Two more Tech?Shop locations in the cities of St. Louis and Los Angeles will be set up.

  1. The invention Mr Mountain invented will be used to

    A.     save the drowning people

    B.     help people climb the ladder

 C.      make the boat safer

D.     let the boat float safely

 2.What can be inferred from what Mr Mountain says in Par?agraph 2?

 A.     People with imagination can achieve their dreams.

B.     TechShop can help turn some people's ideas into real?ity.

C.     TechShop is a place where people can put forward their new ideas.

D.     It's hard for people to put their ideas into practice.

3. From the last paragraph, we can know .

 A.    Jim Newton is a very great inventor

B.     people didn't like TechShop at first

C.     TechShop will become more and more popular

D.    TechShop greeted with bad reviews in 2006

4. What can we know about TechShop from the passage?

 A.     TechShop is founded by Maurice Mountain.

B.     TechShop puts high-tech dreams within reach.

C.     TechShop is a non-profit organization.

 D.   TechShop offers its members more ideas.

B [2015.四川大竹中学高三模拟]

   Dyslexia is a learning disorder, and it interferes with the ability to recognize words, and for some readers to under?stand what they have read. Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten per cent of the population of the United States. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.

   But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quick?ly―play video games.

Vanessa Harrar of Britain's University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journal Current Biolo?gy, The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.

In the study, Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dys?lexia and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doc?tor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions. She found that people with dyslexia were 〗ust as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the dys-lexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time. This may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.

Doctor Harrar feels like playing video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly. " Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quick?ly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the vide-o game is really training the attention system to move quick?ly," said Harrar. When children learn the alphabet, they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound , or they see and hear the letter at the same time. The study shows that dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.

5.According to Doctor Harrar's study, the dyslexic people
have difficulty in__________ .

 A.     recognizing words

B.     reading words backwards

C.     writing letters in order

D.     shifting from seeing to hearing

6. Which factor affects the way dyslexic children are taught to read?

A.     They react more slowly to a single picture or sound.

B.     They react as fast as others to a single picture or sound.

C.     It takes them longer to react to sounds and pictures together.

D.     It is difficult for them to understand before seeing the word.

7.How does the author suggest dyslexics are taught based on the research finding?

 A.     By putting hearing previous to seeing.

B.     By training the attention on games.

C.     By seeing first and then hearing later.

D.     By moving the eyes around the screen.

8. What can be the best title of the passage?

 A.     Video games might help dyslexics

B.     Dyslexia affects attention between senses

C.     Video games can train the attention system

D.     Dyslexics might learn better through sound

B  [2015 '安庆市五校联考]

Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your fail?ures. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.

The seeds and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a win?ner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.

You cannot be successful without first developing your self-confidence. Your level of self-confidence is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-confi?dence are people who do not believe that they have any pow?er, or responsibility for their lives. They are always victims. They are leaves tossed(摇摆)by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.

You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that hap?pens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.

Everything happens as a result of something. If you can identify(确定)the cause, you can control the effect. You are responsible for what you choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. You are respon?sible for setting your expectations. Your success is dependent upon your level of confidence.

In all areas of your life, whether they are financial? physical, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recog?nize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. You are on the road to success.

5.     People with low self-confidence are compared to leaves be?cause they .

 A.     don't have the power to face their lives

B.     are ready to change their minds

C.     can't exercise control over themselves

D.     are easily affected by windy weather

6.     Losers would think that ,

 

A.     they fail only because of bad luck

B.     they don't make efforts to succeed

C.     success is the result of hard work

D.     working hard will lead to success

7.     It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that .

 

A.     what we believe in is the result of creative mind

B.     whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes

C.     setting our expectations is vital before taking action

D.     knowing cause and effect is the key to future success

8.     The last paragraph serves as .

 

A.     an introduction to another topic

B.     a comparison between two views

C.     the proof of the author's points

D.     the conclusion of the argument


Plan on travelling around theUSAthis summer? If you need help in arranging the trip,or want ideas about where to go and what to do, there are a number of out?standing websites that can make your American dream come true.

http : //byways, org

The National Scenic Byways Programme covers 150 memorable roads. Some are natural routes , such as Route 1 along the Californian coast. Others focus on his-tory(such as Route 6) or man-made attractions (the Las Vegas Strip). For each, you are provided with a map, told the route's length and how long it is allowed, and given detailed suggestions on sights and stop-offs.

www. oyster, com

This is the best website for reviews of hotels in US cities and resorts. The reviews are impressively thorough― covering locations, rooms, cleanliness, food and so on. Importantly, these are not promotional photos by the ho?tels, but more honest and revealing ones taken by in?spectors. Search facilities are excellent. From the 243 hotels reviewed in New York, you can narrow down what you are looking for by locations, facilities and styles,or just pick out a selection of the best.

www. lOlusholidays. co.uk

This is the latest offering that features 101 holiday ideas to theUSA. It's an impressively diverse selection, ranging from touring in the footsteps of Martin Luther King to a golfing break in Arizona and a cycling and wine-tasting trip in California's Napa Valley. Narrow down what you are looking for―by price, region, theme and who will be travelling―and then just the photos of the relevant holidays remain on view. It's a really clever design.

www. mousesavers. com

Walt Disney World in California can make dreams come true,but the price is not affordable for the majority of people.

So turn to long established Mousesavers. com,dedi?cated to giving big discounts on tickets,hotels and dining at Walt Disney World. The website also offers general money-saving tips, suggestions for cheap and free stuff and brief coverage of other Florida and California theme parks.

5.If you are going to theUSAfor the man-made attrac-

tions, you can drive along 

A. Route 1         B. Route 6

C.the Las Vegas Strip  D.  the Californian coast

6. Why are the photos of the hotels in US cities and re?sorts real in www. oyster, com?

A. Because they were taken by customers who once lived there.

B. Because there are comments of customers on each photo.

C. Because there are qualifications of the authority.

D. Because they are taken by inspectors of the web?site.

7.What can be inferred from the text?

A. www. mousesavers. com is a newly established website.

B. Discounted tickets of Walt Disney World are not available for everyone.

C. California's Napa  Valley is famous for its wine.

D. The National Scenic Byways Programme covers all the roads in theUSA.

8. Where does the text probably come from?

A.A news report.       B. A tourist brochure.

C.A culture journal.      D.  A health column.

I.阅读理解

A [2.015 "绥化市三校高三联考]

While success is surely sweeter than failure, it seems failure is a far better teacher, and organizations that fail mis?erably often flourish (繁荣)more in the long run, according to a new study by Vinit Desai, assistant professor of manage?ment at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Researchers have found that people missing their goals per?form much better in the long run. That is because they gain more knowledge from their failures than their successes and the lessons are more likely to stay longer in their minds.

"We found that the knowledge gained from success was often fleeting while knowledge from failure stuck around for years," said professor Desai, who led the study. "But compa?nies often ignore failure. Managers may fire people or turn over the whole workforce while they should treat the failure as a learning opportunity.,,

Professor Desai compared the flights of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Challenger. During the Atlantis' flight last year, a piece of insulation(绝缘体)broke off and damaged the left solid rocket booster (火箭助推器)but didn't influ?ence the programme. There was little investigation. The Challenger was launched next and another piece of insulation broke off. This time the shuttle and its seven-person crew were destroyed. The disaster led to a major investigation re?sulting in 29 changes to prevent future disasters.

The difference in response in the two cases came down to this : Atlantis was considered a success and the Challenger a failure.

"Despite crowded skies, airlines are extremely reliable," he said. " The number of failures is extremely small. And past researches have shown that older airlines, those with more experience in failure, have a lower number of acci?dents. "

Professor Desai doesn't recommend finding out failure in order to learn. Instead, he advises organizations to analyse small failures to collect useful information rather than wait for major failures.

1. Why did experts pay little attention to the problem of At?lantis?

 A.     Because it worked perfectly.

B.     Because the right booster was still OK.

C.     Because nothing serious happened then.

D.     Because fewer people died in the flight.

2.Fewer accidents happen to older airlines in that . 

A. their planes couldn't fly high in the sky

 B.      they gained much from experience in failure

C.      their planes were often checked by the experts

D.     they were unpopular among passengers

 3.The passage is written mainly to_____________ .

 A.     show failure is a better teacher than success

B.     explain why the Challenger failed

C.     introduce something about Professor Desai

D.     tell managers how to achieve success

4.Which writing strategy is NOT used in developing the passage?

 A.     Giving definitions.

B.     Making comparisons.

C.     Analysing causes.

D.     Providing different examples.

B [2015 •南京市、盐城市高三年级第一次模拟〗According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) , the UK has about 7. 7 million families with dependent children, of which 3. 7 million have just one child, compared to 3 million with two and 1. 1 million with three children or more. The number of families today with just one dependent child is now 47 per cent and will likely rise to more than 50 per cent in a decade. As the ONS confirms, "It ap?pears that families are getting smaller."

One obvious reason for this could be that women are put-ting off having children until they have established careers when they are bound to be less fertile. But it could just as well be a matter of choice. Parents must consider the rising cost of living, combined with economic uncertainty and an in?creasingly difficult job market. And this trend may continue growing as having an only child becomes more normal, which seems to be the mood on the mothers' online forum Mums-net, where one member announced that she "just wanted to start a positive thread about how fab it is to have an only child".

She had received 231 replies, overwhelmingly in the same upbeat spirit. Parents of only children insist there are plenty of benefits. Nicola Kelly, a writer and lecturer who grew up as an only child and is now a married mother of one child, says her 15-year-old son seems more grown-up in many ways than his contemporaries.

Not all products of single-child families are as keen to re-' peat the experience.  In a moving recent account journalist Janice Turner wrote about her own keenness to "squeeze out two sons just 22 months apart" as a reaction to her only-child upbringing.

She was placed on a pedestal by her doting parents, whom she punished with a "brattish, wilful" rejection of eve?rything they stood for. Desperate for a close friend she was repeatedly shattered by rejection and refers to her childhood as being "misery".

Writer and clinician Dr Dorothy Rowe, a member of the British Psychological Society , says that we all interpret events in our own individual way and there are some children who no matter what their circumstances feel slighted, while other children see the advantages of their situation.

However, the one part of life that is unlikely to get any easier for only children is when they grow up and find them?selves looking after their own parents as they become older.

5.The passage is written with the purpose of___________ .

 A.     illustrating the strength and weakness of having an on?ly child

B.     analysing the reasons why having an only child be?comes popular

C.     presenting us with different opinions about having an only child

D.     guiding people to look at the same issue from different perspectives

6. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

 A.     Nearly half of families intend to have just one child.

B.     All people don't stand for the idea of having an only child.

C.     Some people fail to recognize the advantage of having an only child.

D.     People brought up in an only child family resist down?sizing the family.

7. From what Dr Dorothy Rowe said, we know that____________ .

 A.    journalist Janice Turner experienced a miserable child?hood

B.     she has a positive attitude towards Janice Turner's re?action

C.     it's necessary for us to look at the event from our own angle

D.    some are unable to make an objective assessment of their conditions

8.What can be inferred from the passage?

 A.     It's normal to see the imperfection in character in only children.

B.      Mumsnet is an online forum which promotes having an only child.

C.      Economic development plays a determining role in the family size.

D.     Only children will have difficulty in attending to their parents.

T.阅读理解

A [2015 •山东枣庄第八中学高三模拟]

  If you've ever dashed into the grocery store to pick up a tube of toothpaste, you're likely to stop before so many op?tions available. There are at least more than a dozen brands? each one presenting several different specialties of cleaning ability. Sometimes before you have enough time to take the costs , flavours and colours into consideration , you are warned the store is closing.

But it's not just the number of options that gives us pause for thought—it's the amount of information each option has that trips us up, too. Social scientist Barry Schwartz thinks that in part, an abundance of choices and information may make us falsely believe that even a fairly ordinary task like shopping for toothpaste has great significance than it re?ally does. He also points out that the Internet can actually make matters worse.

Our goal is to make the "perfect" choice. When we make decisions, we're motivated not only by the opportunity for gain, but also by the fear of loss. The decision-making process isn't a purely analytical one—researchers discovered that the process of making a choice lights up parts of our brains that deal with regret and emotional memories. But what we may regret most is the extra time spent analysing and comparing each and every bit of information, which can lower our decision-making ability.

One good approach is to place a value on the time it takes to make your decision, compared to the value of the decision itself. In the case of toothpaste, you probably serve your in?terests sufficiently by quickly choosing any toothpaste that keeps white teeth securely rooted in your minty(薄荷味的) mouth.

1. We can learn from the first paragraph that .

A.     more options help people make the right decision

B.     different kinds of toothpaste function similarly

C.     people's personal preferences affect their choices

D.     time is wasted on making insignificant decisions

 2.  What can we infer from the second paragraph? 

  A. People often make wrong decisions.

B.  There are no small decisions in life.

C. The Internet provides more options.

D. Careful choice is worth the effort.

3. In making choices,people have to balance ____________ .

 A.     time and place

B.     gain and loss

C.     regret and memories

D.     opportunity and motivation

4.The writer's purpose in writing this text is to .

 A.     give advice on how to make a quick and right choice

B.     show how valuable time is wasted for nothing

C.     describe the choice-making process in our brain

D.     offer tips on how to save time when shopping

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