题目内容
______ an accurate map, you might not get lost in the forest.
A.Use B.Used C.Using D.To use
C
【解析】
试题分析:句意:如果你用了一份精确的地图,你就不会在森林里迷路了。这里you与use
之间是主动关系,这里用非谓语动词的形式表示条件,故选C.
考点:考查非谓语动词的用法。
点评:本题难度适中。非谓语动词是高中阶段的难点之一,各种形式的用法都不同,需要考生牢记它们的用法,必须会分析句子成分,才能有助于判断用该词的什么形式。
即学即练:I was calling because of a problem that needed __________.
A.solve B.solved C.to solve D.to be solved
解析:D。句意:考查不定式短语作宾语的用法,即:sth. need to be done结构。
Valentine’s Day is on Feb. 14, and Chinese call it “lovers day”. I don’t think the translation is an accurate one, since it doesn’t only belong to lovers. Valentine’s Day is for expressing affection of all sorts. But it is uniquely for the romantically involved who shine the brightest, who spend the most money, whose hearts are the most engaged.
When I was b boy, my mother would buy enough cheap cards with ugly drawings of butterflies and little rabbits and honeybees for me to give one to every kid in my class, about 20 or so. The cards came in bags, and each card had a few foolish words-“Be Mine” or “I like you” or “You’ve Got My Heart” or the uninteresting words, “Hi, Valentine!” I would sign my name on the cards quickly and the name of one of my classmates on each easily-broken envelope. I would lick (舔)each one shut, but they were so cheap that the envelopes rarely had enough glue. On Valentine’s Day, I would take the cards to school-everyone did. We would have a party in our classroom, with cupcakes(杯形蛋糕)and juice and tiny candy hearts, which also had Valentine messages printed on them-“You’re sweet” or “Cupid(爱神丘比特)”or “Love”.
Ah, love! That’s the Valentine’s Day message: love. No one knows for certain the origin of the holiday. Several, Catholic victims were named Valentine, but it’s difficult to separate legend from fact. One story tells of a priest(牧师)named Valentine who was imprisoned and may have been stoned to death around 270 for performing marriages in going against the orders of the Roman Emperor Claudius II. But it’s hard today to find any religious connection.
【小题1】From the first paragraph, why does the author say that we Chinese call Valentine’s Day “lovers’ day ”is not accurate?
| A.Because only lovers would spend it. |
| B.Because it is only spent on Feb. 14. |
| C.Because it doesn’t only belong to lovers. |
| D.Because only those rich people could enjoy it. |
| A.his not attending a ceremony on time. |
| B.his stealing something from the church |
| C.his rude words to Roman Emperor Claudius II |
| D.his not obeying the orders by Roman Emperor Claudius II |
| A.religion | B.sports | C.entertainment | D.art |
This is a dangerous world we live in.The number of murders goes up every year, people are dying of cancer, more people contract HIV, more teens are using drugs, etc.You know this because you have heard all the statistics on the news and in the paper. But do you really have an accurate idea what they mean? The numbers are growing up, but how do they compare to the growth in population? Are more cases of these diseases being reported because of better testing techniques, or are the diseases more common? The fact is that without knowing the background statistics mean very little.
This growing trend of reporting only part of the information is becoming dangerous.For example, several years ago a high school student reported the dangers of the chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide.This chemical, found in most cancerous tumors(肿瘤), is often found in the blood of people drunk on alcohol, and causes complete physical and mental dependence for those who take the chemical even once.After reading his report, more than 75% of his Advanced Placement Chemistry class voted to forbid this dangerous chemical! Every one of the above statements is true, yet this chemical is necessary to all life on earth.The students made the mistake because they voted knowing only a few statements and statistics, rather than the chemical’s full background.
The point of this article is that one should be aware of what is and is not being said.When one finds a new fact or number, one should try to consider other important information before forming an opinion with only half-truths.Always remember that the author is trying to convince you of his or her own view, and will leave out information that is different to his view.For example, look again at the statistics that suggest skiing is safe.Only 32 people may die each year when skiing, while 897 die from lightning strikes, but which is really the most dangerous? If you think about it, you realize far fewer people go skiing each year than the number of people who are in danger of a lightning strike.When you think about it, skiing is more dangerous than you might at first think when looking at statistics.If we teenagers are to be left in this world, we had better be able to think critically, and form our own views, rather than be easily persuaded by another’s.To be warned is to be prepared.
【小题1】In the first paragraph, what problem does the writer want to warn us?
| A.We are now living in a dangerous world. |
| B.We get a lot of false statistics from the media. |
| C.Statistics alone without full background doesn’t give us an accurate pictures of things. |
| D.There are around us more and more murders, diseases, etc. |
| A.To argue that high school students are easily persuaded. |
| B.To show the danger of reporting only part of the information. |
| C.To prove what is necessary to us might be dangerous. |
| D.To warn us of the harmful substance around us. |
| A.Relative information is not that important. |
| B.too much information will make readers feel confused. |
| C.the author is trying to show what he or she says is true. |
| D.readers are not able to analyze so much information at once. |
| A.We should learn to think critically and look at problems from all sides. |
| B.Some measures must be taken to protect our dangerous world. |
| C.The growing trend of reporting only half-truths is getting out of control. |
| D.Teenagers ought to improve their ability of telling right from wrong. |