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The Fourth“21th Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.
Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.
Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking Association （CUESA）.
Co-sponsors（联办单位）: English Speaking Union （ESU）, Lotus Software （China）Co. Ltd. , Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press.
Date: March 26 （Friday）, 1999.
Place: Hilton Shanghai.
Competition Format （形式）: Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three -minute off - hand speech and a three - minute question and answer period with the judges.
Prepared speech period: six minutes.
Q & A period: three minutes.
Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony （和谐）in a new age ＋your personal opinion. （Topice for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition）.
Prizes: Besides books and certificates （证书）, the top two winners will be offered scholarships（奖学金）to travel to the annual international English -speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 1999. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language T eaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one - year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language（IATEFL）
1．The main purpose of this passage is ________.
A. to invite you to take part in the competition
B. to tell you some information of the competition
C. to help to improve your spoken English
D. to show you how to win the competition
2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?________.
A. Where and when it will take place.
B. Its program.
C. What each winner will be offered.
D. The number of its competitors.
3．Suppose you get the si xth place, you’ll________ .
A. travel to London for free.
B. become a one - year member of IATEFL
C. get some money , some books and a certificate
D. get a chance to study in Singapore
4．An “off- hand speech”is________.
A. a speech not longer than three minutes
B. a speech without preparation
C. a speech with a piece of paper in hand
D. a speech which is well prepared
B
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive（主管的）circle, beauty can become a liability.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.
Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.
Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.
All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the “manly”qualifies required.
This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, ” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates（候选人）. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.
The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.
5．The word “liability” most probably means ________.
A. disadvantage
B. advantage
C. misfortune
D. trouble
6．Bowman’s exper iment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness________
A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men
B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women
C. has as little effect on men as on women
D. affects men and women alike
7．It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often________.
A. practical
B. supportive
C. old – fashioned
D. one - sided
8．The author writes this passage to ________.
A. give advice to job - seekers who are attractive
B. discuss the disadvantages of being attractive
C. demand equal rights for women
D. state the importance of appearance
C
Some people believe that international sport brings about good will between the nations and that ff countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the terrible incident with the murder of athlets, but the Games were also ruined by those incidents caused mainly by minor national contests.
One country received its second - place medal with great anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were certain that one of their goals should not have been dismissed and that the opposite side’s victory was unfair. Their manager was angry when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished. ”The president of the society said later that such words could result in the pause of the team for at least three years.
The American basketball team announced that they would not give away first place to Russia, after a fighting end to their contest. The game had ended in quarrel. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play, A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player beat it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. The judges discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then decided not to receive the silver medals.
Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played for honors or money rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that sportsmen should compete as individuals , or in non national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages dangerous nationalism.
9．According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ________.
A. brought about goodwill between the nations
B. made only false national pride
C. hardly showed any international friendship
D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred
10．What did the manager mean by saying, “… Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished”? ________.
A. His team would no longer take part in international games
B. Hockey and the society are both ruined by the unfair decisions
C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the society
D. The society should be dismissed
11．The author gives the two examples in paragraphs 2 and 3 to show________.
A. how false national pride leads to undesirable incidents in international games
B. that sport men have been more troublesome than they used to be
C. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship
D. that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games.
12．What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? ________.
A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved
B. Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games
C. Sport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game
D. International contests lead to misunderstanding between nations.
D
ARIEL, West Bank: A suicide bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding about 30 others, the settlement’s mayor and rescue workers said.
“A suicide bomber came and there were many soldiers…and he blew himself up.” said Ron Nachman, mayor of the settlement of Ariel. “Soldiers were among the casualties. ”People on the spot said the bomber blew up after soldiers eating at a food stand in a petrol station at the entrance of the settlement found him. According to some people on the spot accounts reported by Israeli media, a soldier shot and wounded the bomber, who then exploded.
The Magen David Adorn ambulance service said at least three people were killed and at least 30 wounded in the blast, which set the bomber burning at Ariel, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Avi v.
A fire brigade official said: “The bomber was still burning when we got there and we put out the fire immediatelly.”
Meanwhile, a blast shook homes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp early yesterday, damaging buildings but causing no injuries, Palestinian sources said. They said the bomb was planted outside the home of a member of Palestimian President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction in Ain el-Hilwch camp, and exploded while the family was sleeping.
13．Some of people including ________were killed or wounded in the blast accident.
A. soldiers
B. mayor
C. rescue workers
D. a fire brigade official
14．The suicide bomber blew himself up because________.
A. there was something wrong with his brains
B. a soldier shot and wounded him
C. he couldn’t see the settlement’s mayor
D. he wanted to make himself known
15．What does the underlined word “casuahies” probably mean in the second paragraph?________
A. sufferers
B. killers
C. passersby
D. losers
16．It can be concluded that the passage is most probably part of a （n）________.
A. announcement
B. advertisement
C. news report
D. science research
E
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple cameras. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.
The next important date in the history! of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another French, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to cary lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.
Mathew Brady was a well - known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life - like and full of personality （个性）.
Brady was also the first preson to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.
In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography… Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls（卷）. So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.
With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures“ snapshot”.
Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.
Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 10th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.
17．The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the inventoin of cameras
B. a kind of new art - photography
C. the development of photography
D. the important dates in the history of photography
18．The first pictures of a war were taken by________.
A. a French photographer in the 1840s
B. an American photographer in the 1860s
C. a German reporter in the 1880s
D. a French artist in the 1890s
19．Photography can also be an art form because artists can ________.
A. take anything they like
B. keep a record of real life
C. take photos of the famous
D. show ideas and feeling in pictures
20．According to the passage, which of the followings shows the correct order? ________.
a．Photographs became popular in newspapers.
b．Photographers carried processing equipment while taking pictures.
c．The invention of small handheld cameras made photography easier.
d．Daguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype.
e．Brady took pictures of famous people.
A. e, a, d, b, c
B. d, b, e, c, a
C. b, e, c, a, d
D. d, c, e, a, b
参考答案
1．A提示：本文类似广告，对奖励部分说得很详细，因此答案为A，鼓励人们参赛。
2．D提示：纵观全文可知，没提到参赛人数。
3．C提示：本文倒数第一段关于第五一第十名的奖励办法，相邻的两句，说得很清楚。4．B提示：“off-hand”意为“没准备的”，根据组织形式那一段提供的信息，前面提到了它的反义词“prepared speech”
5．A提示：ability“能力”根据上下文应为其反义“没能力”也就是“劣势”。
6．B提示：开始作者就提到了“女人漂亮成劣势”最后一段的实验更加证明了这点。
7．A提示：practical“实际的”本文第六段中最后两句说的就是“传统男人职位中漂亮女人所表现出的对于男人品质的缺乏”。
8．D提示：纵观全文可知本文是在陈述外表的重要性，而非在讨论漂亮的优劣
9．C提示：作者例举了几个例子，第二段中曲棍球比赛、第三段中篮球赛来支持自己的观点“奥运会不能表示国际间的友谊”而会导致不希望发生的事情。
10．B提示：本句话以及其后的一句都表明“曲棍球以及国际曲棍球协会将都受损”11．C提示：参考64。
12．A提示：本文第一段和最后一段最后一句都涉及到了这个问题。
13．A提示：根据第二段中“soldiers were among the casualties”判断本答案要应为A，soldiers。14．B提示：士兵开枪伤到了自己，而当时还有一些士兵正在油站附近吃饭。
15．A提示：据上下文判断伤者中有士兵。
16．C提示：从文体上以及报导的情况及接受采访者判断本文应为新闻报导。
17．C提示：本文是关于照像技术的发展史，故答案为C。18．B提示：本文第六段为答案。
19．D提示：最后一段即为答案。
20．B
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B 黑猩猩在某些方面是会互相合作的，比如在几方交战中集中在一起来保卫他们的领地。但是，除了满足成为社会生物的最低要求之外，他们在互相帮助方面却没有本能的因素。野生状态下的黑猩猩自己觅食。甚至母黑猩猩通常也不愿意跟他们的孩子分享食物,这些小猩猩从小就会自己觅食。 从本性上说，即便在实验室里，黑猩猩也不会分享食物。如果黑猩猩被放在笼子里，他能把一盘喂给他的食物拽进来吃掉，或者他可以不费吹灰之力就能把喂给隔壁笼子里邻居的一盘子食物拉到自己面前也吃掉的话，他就会很随便地任取一盘---他才不管他的邻居有没有饭吃。黑猩猩真的很自私。 从另一个方面讲，我们人类在孩提时代就特别能相互合作。在年幼时，他们就会互相帮助，分享信息以及共同参与从而实现一个目标。他发现如果18个月大的孩子看见手里满是东西的成年人心惊胆战试图开门时，几乎所有幼儿都会立即试图帮助他。 有理由相信那些去帮助，提醒和分享的欲望并不是别人教的，而是在年幼孩子们身上自然就拥有的。其中一个理由就是在大多数父母开始训练自己孩子行为社会化之前，这些本能在孩子们生长的较早阶段就已经显现出来。另外一个理由就是如果孩子们由于帮助别人被给予奖励，那么这种乐于帮助别人的行为品质就不会再进一步提高。第三个理由是孩子们社交智能的发展是超前于他们基本认知技能的，至少当跟黑猩猩比较时是这样的。托马塞洛做了一些测试，在肢体运动方面，孩子们并不比黑猩猩做得好，可是在社交领域里，他们的理解能力却明显要好得多。 孩子们思维所具备的和黑猩猩的思维所不具备的核心问题就是托马塞洛所谓的共享意向。此能力部分表现为他们可以从别人知道的或正在思考的得到他们想要的。但是，除此之外，甚至年龄更小的孩子也想成为这个共同目标的一部分。他们积极地要成为“我们”的一部分，而“我们”是个有着共同目标的组织。 C 厄尔尼诺，这是个西班牙语词汇，意思是耶稣孩提画像。它是被南美的渔夫命名的，南美渔夫注意到全球气候格局每2年到7年就会变化，而这就会造成在圣诞节期间捕鱼量的减产。厄尔尼诺表现为温暖的海水，每几年就会在西太平洋汇聚，当正常向西吹拂的海风减弱时，就会向东回流，或者从其他路径回流。 很多地方已经感受到气候影响的好坏。总的说来，厄尔尼诺给富裕的国家带来的好处要大于坏处。一项研究发现1997发生的强厄尔尼诺使得美国的经济增长了150亿美元，部分原因是由较好的农业收成带来的，连中西部地区的农田都获得额外的雨水。 但是印度尼西亚的森林由于气候极度干燥还会起火。巴西东南部多年的干旱状况正在恶化。虽然厄尔尼诺带来的大雨可以缓解加利福尼亚的干旱，但也可能会导致洪灾发生和其他的灾难。 发生在1997-1998年期间的强厄尔尼诺已经造成大约21000人死亡，全球损失可达360亿美元。但是几个月之前就警告厄尔尼诺会来，它发生的机理人们已经足够了解以至于政府是能够提前准备的。然而，按照海外发展研究所（ODI）的说法，在过去的20年里只有12%的救灾基金被用在提前降低灾难带来的风险上，而不是用在事后恢复生产和家园重建上。尽管有证据表明在降低风险上每花一美元相当于灾后重建至少拯救两个人。
高考英语 江苏卷阅读真题
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2018高考英语阅读理解A篇全汇总word版
小希老师给同学们总结了2018高考英语真题所有阅读理解的A篇，适合高中各个年级的学生练习及备考使用。 【全国Ⅰ卷】 A Washington, D.C. Bicycle Tours Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D.C. Duration: 3 hours This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see the world-famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D.C. Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom. Reserve your spot before availability – and the cherry blossoms – disappear! Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour Duration: 3 hours (4 miles) Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington, D.C. Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop. Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.
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第二节: 完形填空(共20 小题; 每小题1 分, 满分20 分) 请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 36 chasing the same thing. One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell 37 . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I 38 the countryside for some place I could rent for the 39 possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 40 the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was 41 , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner ,rented it, and 42 a corner to camp in. The locals knew nothing about me, 43 slowly, they started teaching me the 44 of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began 45 around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a 46 American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of 47 . What I had believed in, all those things I thought were 48 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 49 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 50 with my neighbors. Four years later, I moved back into 51 . I saw many people were having a really hard time, 52 their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to 53 a handful of people .There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in54 if we hadn’t banded together. The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about 55 we can all get by together. 36. A. separately B. equally C. violently D. naturally 37. A. off B. apart C. over D. out 38. A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched 39. A. fullest B. largest C. fairest D. cheapest 40. A. at B. through C. over D. round . occupied B. abandoned C. emptied D. robbed 42. A. turned B. approached C. cleared D. cut 43. A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for 44. A. benefit B. lesson C. nature D. art 45. A. sticking B. looking C. swinging D. turning 46. A. wild B. real C. different D. remote 47. A. neighborliness B. happiness C. friendliness D. kindness 48. A. unique B. expensive C. rare D. necessary 49. A. Up B. Down C. Deep D. Along 50. A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointments 51. A. reality B. society C. town D. life . creating B. losing C. quitting D. offering 53. A. put in B. turn in C. take in D. get in 54. A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages 55. A. when B. what C. whether D. how
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2015江苏英语高考阅读A篇
A ●Arrive with nothing that can harm New Zealand If you are arriving from overseas, bring no food, animal or plant material into the country. If in doubt declare it to the Customs. ●Protect plants and animals Never allow dogs or other pets to run freely in areas of nesting birds, other wildlife, or where signposted. ●Get rid of rubbish Always get rid of your rubbish properly and recycle waste (e.g. glass, paper) where possible. ●Be considerate with other waste If using a portable toilet always throw away your toilet waste at a proper waste station. In the back country, bury your toilet waste in a shallow hole away from waterways. ●Keep New Zealand’s water clean Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water doesn’t pollute the sea, lakes and rivers. ●Take care with fire Always observe district fire bans. Be careful if you smoke or have an outdoor fire or barbecue---make sure ashes are cold before leaving. ●Camp or picnic carefully When camping or picnicking, use facilities provided. ●Keep to the track Keep to the track , where one exists, so you lessen the chance of damaging fragile plants. ●Be considerate When driving, minimize noise and observe no smoking signs. 56. According to the code, visitors should act_____________________. A. with care and respect B. with relief and pleasure C. with caution and calmness D. with attention and observation 57. What are you encouraged to do when travelling in New Zealand?