— Kennedy Airport, please. I have to be there by 7.
— _____, but I’ll do my best.
A. No problem B. Ok C. I can’t promise D. I can’t do that
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
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How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.
Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats, for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats, more American men followed his example.
There is also a cyclical(周期性的) pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous(失禮的) to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either!
Fashion Change
People’s(71) towards fashion | Ordinary people just (72) the trends of fashion passively. |
Influences of fashion | According to magazines and TV advertisements, people are able to (73) __more confidently and with less (74)___ if they fashionably dress themselves or wear a certain(75)____ style. |
(76) of fashion changing | Sometimes a fashion comes into (77)___because of convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person. |
Cyclical pattern in fashion | Some old fashion can come back to(78)_____ after a certain period of time. |
Today’s fashion | Society emphasizes more on informality than on trends. You can dress up as you(79)______ . |
Writer’s attitude | We do need to (80)____ourselves properly on some occasions but we can never catch up with the latest fashion. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites.Right before 36 Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 37 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 38 like me. She said, “There’s an old saying—the 39 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 40 to the mosquitoes.” Not 41 it, I replied, “Grandmas, that’s just an old wives’ tale!”
Well, less than a week 42 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a 43 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 44 , but they all proved useless.
Late one 45 in my cousin’s home, I couldn’t bear the 46 of the bites, Hoping to find some comfort, I 47 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 48 ,she said, “There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep.”With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (嫉妒地) 49 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 50 on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (驚奇的),I ran to others’ 51 ,only to find they were all sleeping 52 as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to 53 my grandma’s silly tale. From then on. I’ve always tried to keep a(n) 54 mind about those strange old wives’ tales 55 they do have some truth to them.
36. A. leaving B. passing C. visiting D. finding
37. A. persuaded B. reminded C. warned D. informed
38. A. students B. foreigners C. passengers D. visitors
39. A. earlier B. longer C. sooner D. later
40. A. grows B. goes C. flows D. remains
41. A. expecting B. understanding C. recognizing D. believing
42. A. after B. before C. when D. as
43. A. shade B. pile C. cloud D. blanket
44. A. touched B. bitten C. defeated D. discovered
45. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
46. A. noise B. hit C. pain D. effect
47. A. woke up B. shouted at C. looked for D. dropped on
48. A. blarney B. interrupted C. moved D. frightened
49. A. having B. watching C. making D. helping
50. A. land B. fly C. fall D. wait
51. A. houses B. flats C. rooms D. homes
52. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. soundlessly D. worriedly
53. A. tell B. know C. remember D. accept
54. A. open B. active C. clear D. boneset
55. A. and B. so C. because D. until
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科目:高中英語 來源:2016屆山西省高一12月月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
I still remember my first day in the U.S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to _. From the airport, my friend and I a taxi to my . On the way I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the _time and I stared in surprise at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made . Helping me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something to eat. Since I couldn’t speak a single of English, I couldn’t tell the what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some , but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I didn’t feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see _on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to English.
1.A.hot B. warm C. cold D. cool
2.A.look B. listen C. enjoy D. mind
3.A.sat B. took C. rode D. used
4.A. home B. hotel C. office D. school
5.A. first B. one C. last D. only
6.A.satellites B. lakes C. beauty D. parks
7.A.advised B. liked C. promised D. hoped
8.A.Before long B. Shortly after C. Soon D. Then
9.A.restaurant B. shop C. supermarket D. pub
10.A.letter B. word C. sentence D. phrase
11.A. boss B. cook C. waiter D. waitress
12.A.voices B. suggestions C. sounds D. gestures
13.A.looking B. ordering C. picking D. eating
14.A. until B. when C. before D. after
15.A.tried B. stopped C. decided D. continued
16.A.anything B. everything C. something D. some things
17.A.came B. went C. returned D. arrived
18.A.asleep B. awake C. afraid D. alive
19.A.noise B. voices C. streets D. places
20.A.say B. talk C. speak D. tell
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年天津市寶坻區(qū)高三綜合模擬英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Americans who volunteer for the Peace Corps get a chance to help improve lives in developing countries. They also get a chance to learn more about the world, and about themselves. This week this program is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
President John Kennedy established the Peace Corps soon after he took office in 1961. It was the time of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The new program gave Americans a chance to answer the call to service that the president made in his inaugural(就職的)speech. “Ask not what your country can do for you,” he said. “Ask what you can do for your country.” Kennedy told Peace Corps volunteers that America’s image in the countries where they were going would depend largely on them.
On August 30th, 1961, the first group of 51 Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Accra, Ghana, to serve as teachers. They had agreed to work for almost no pay. They would spend two years in Ghana helping its people and learning the reality of life in a developing country. Most of the volunteers had just completed college. About half of them taught English or health care. In the 50 years since then, more than 200,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers. They have worked in 139 countries.
The Peace Corps is a government agency that was created to promote world peace and friendship. There are three goals: First, to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. Second, to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served. And, third. to help promote a better understanding of other people on the part of Americans.
Today, the Peace Corps has more than 8,000 volunteers and trainees in 77 countries. They work in agriculture, economic development, education, the environment and health care. Some work in programs related to youth development.
Sixty percent of current Peace Corps volunteers are women. The average age of a volunteer is 28. But the ages of Peace Corps volunteers range from 18 to 86. Some Americans join the Peace Corps after they retire. Today seven percent of volunteers are over the age of 50. And 19 percent are members of minority groups.
1.Volunteers for the Peace Corps can _______.
A.improve their abilities by learning in some developed countries
B.travel to many foreign countries to learn more about the world
C.have an opportunity to help all the people in developing countries
D.contribute to lives in developing countries and develop themselves
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.Volunteers served as teachers to work for no pay in Accra, Ghana.
B.Kennedy established the Peace Corps before he took office in 1961.
C.Most of the volunteers of the first group had just graduated from college.
D.America’s image in the foreign countries depends completely on volunteers.
3.The fourth paragraph is mainly about _______.
A.what the Peace Corps is and its steps
B.why the Peace Corps was created and what are its goals
C.what role the Peace Corps play in daily life
D.How the Peace Corps was created and its aims
4.According to the text, volunteers and trainees assist in the following aspects EXCEPT _______.
A.industry B.environment C.education D.health care
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Most of the volunteers for the Peace Corps are women.
B.Few minority groups joined the Peace Corps.
C.Half of the retired volunteers joined the Peace Corps.
D.People of different ages take an active part in the Peace Corps.
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科目:高中英語 來源:四川省2010屆高三5月適應(yīng)性考試英語試題 題型:完型填空
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Fesil Mahand, a Pakistani-American citizen , is accused of driving the explosives-laden car into Big Square on Saturday evening. He__21__appear in court in New York later. Mr Mahand was__22__ at Kennedy Airport attempting to__23__ a flight to Debai. __24__from the US say Mr Mahand recently returned from a five-month visit to Pakistan.
A senior Pakistani security officer in Islamabad said that the authorities had no __25__of Mr Mahand. A car __26__a bomb made from fertiliser, fireworks, petrol and gas tanks __27__in Big Square on Saturday.The Nissan Pathfinder __28__with its engine running and lights flashing. The bomb was discovered __29__it could explode after a street-vendor noticed smoke coming from the vehicle and alerted police.
Mr Holder told a news __30__that investigators were pursuing "a number of leads", adding: "We will not rest until we have brought everyone responsible to__31__." He __32__the American people to "remain alert " and report anything __33__to the police. Mr Holder said the __34__car bombing "would have been a deadly attack __35__been successful".
He added: "It's clear that the intention __36__this terrorist act was to kill Americans. "Big Square was full of __37__and theatergoers when the alarm was__38__. Police evacuated a wide area of the district and closed subway lines, while a controlled explosion was__39__. Officials said the bomb was crude, __40__could have sparked a "significant fireball".
21. A.is about to B.is due to C. is accustomed to D. has been to
22. A.aborted B. nearly C. arrested D. abandoned
23. A.aboard B.get off C.broad D. board
24. A. Reports B.Interviews C. Stories D. Research
25. A.meaning B.want C. knowledge D. message
26. A.including B. containing C.contained D. included
27. A.was missing B.were leaving C. left D. was left
28. A. was parked B.has been parked C. parked D. had parked
29. A.since B. until C. before D.unless
30. A.association B.communication C. media D. conference
31. A. law B. justice C. jail D.death
32. A.suggested B. warned C. urged D. advocated
33. A.special B.superior C.safe D. suspicious
34. A. attempted B.informed C.involved D. investigated
35. A.it had B.did it C.it has D. had it
36. A. behind B.back C.beneath D.above
37. A.persons B. terrorists C. tourists D.minsters
38. A. risen B. raised C.arisen D.announced
39. A.carried on B.put out C. brought out D. carried out
40. A. but B.and C.still D.otherwise
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