科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
In 1837, the historian Carlyle made the first recorded use of the word " queue" (排隊). He spoke of the French and their "habit of standing in a queue". Forty years later Paris was the best place to wait in line.
However, queuing became popular in Britain too. The Second World War was the golden age of queuing, and people joined any line in the hope that it was a queue for something to buy. This was the source of many Second World War jokes:
Shopkeeper to customer : Excuse me, miss, are you pregnant (懷孕)?
Customer : Well, I wasn't when I joined the queue.
Today, according to research in America, we (in Britain) can spend up to 5 years of our lives queuing- as compared to twelve months looking for things we have lost. But things may be changing. Many people no longer have the patience to stand in a queue. The law of the jungle (叢林) has begun to operate at bus stops, with people using their arms to push others out of the way.
One way to make life easier is to introduce "queue management". Customers at supermarket cheese counters can now take a ticket with a number which appears on a screen when it is their turn. And while they wait for their number, they can do a bit of shopping.
In some booking offices there is also a system telling customers how long they may have to wait before they are served.
One of the latest technical progress is the use of an electronic scanner (電子識別器) which can read all the contents of your shopping basket or trolley in just a few seconds. If these become popular, queuing in supermarkets may become a thing of the past.
But some people just like queuing. One man queued all night for Harrods famous January sale, and then returned home for breakfast at nine o' clock the next morning without going into the shop.
68. The joke in Paragraph 2 implies that the young woman _______.
A. has been waiting in the queue for a long time B. doesn't need to stand in the queue
C. enjoys standing in the queue D. has stood in the wrong line
69. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The British spend more time queuing than looking for lost things.
B. The Americans criticized the British for their way of queuing.
C. The British are always patient when they wait in line.
D. People queue only when they want to buy something.
70. The British try to solve the problem of queuing by all the following EXCEPT _______.
A. making a law to prevent queuing
B. telling the customers the waiting time
C. using numbered tickets to put the customers in order
D. checking the price of the goods customers buy with a scanner
71. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. queue management doesn't work well B. there is still queuing in England
C. we don't see much queuing in Paris D. the French like queuing more than the British
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
It must have been around nine o'clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (擺動) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But I needn't have done so. I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps.
Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack's room. He was in bed awake, but he didn't even turn towards me.
“What's up, Jack﹖” I asked.
“For God's sake, don't make a noise,” he said.
The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury.
“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.
I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy. “There is a snake here,” he explained. “It's asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it.I knew that moving was out of the question. I could not have moved even I'd wanted to.” I realized that he was serious. “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on. “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I'm sick of this,” he said.“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”
There was no time to argue or apologize for being late.I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor.
When he got home, Neville found that _____.
A.Jack had fallen asleep while reading B.Jack had been reading for some time
C.Jack's light was not turned off D.Jack was ready to answer the doctor
The underlined phrase in Paragraph 6 means _____.
A.impossible B.no problem C.no doubt D.without difficulty
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage﹖
A.Neville and Jack lived in the same house.
B.Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill.
C.Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke.
D.Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late.
The reason why Neville thought that Jack must be ill is that Jack ____.
A.a(chǎn)sked Neville to take off his shoes
B.made a gesture to show the presence of the snake
C.was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets
D.behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt
According to the passage, Neville should have been home at ____.
A.7 p.m. B.8 p.m. C.9 p.m. D.6 p.m.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年江蘇省海安縣南莫中學(xué)高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
It must have been around nine o’clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (擺動) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But I needn’t have done so. I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps.
Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack’s room. He was in bed awake, but he didn’t even turn towards me.
“What’s up, Jack﹖” I asked.
“For God’s sake, don’t make a noise,” he said.
The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury.
“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.
I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy. “There is a snake here,” he explained. “It’s asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it.I knew that moving was out of the question. I could not have moved even I’d wanted to.” I realized that he was serious. “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on. “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I’m sick of this,” he said.“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”
There was no time to argue or apologize for being late.I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor.
【小題1】When he got home, Neville found that _____.
A.Jack had fallen asleep while reading | B.Jack had been reading for some time |
C.Jack’s light was not turned off | D.Jack was ready to answer the doctor |
A.impossible | B.no problem | C.no doubt | D.without difficulty |
A.Neville and Jack lived in the same house. |
B.Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill. |
C.Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke. |
D.Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late. |
A.a(chǎn)sked Neville to take off his shoes |
B.made a gesture to show the presence of the snake |
C.was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets |
D.behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt |
A.7 p.m. | B.8 p.m. | C.9 p.m. | D.6 p.m. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:湖南省長沙市同升湖實驗學(xué)校20092010學(xué)年高一下學(xué)期期中考試試題(英語) 題型:單詞拼寫
第二節(jié):單詞拼寫 (共10個,每個1分,共10分 )
81. Now I can _________ (自信地) tell you that I’m really successful in the research.
82. When he spoke the ________(方言) of hes hometown, he couldn’t make himself understood by others.
It’s good to get back to ________ ( 文明 ) after living in a tent in the remote area for two weeks.
I work for a __________ (商業(yè)的) radio station.
The ________ (殘留物) of lunch were still on the table.
Zhang Yimou is one of the famous d_________ in China.
Building m_______ are very expensive nowadays..
What are the o_________ languages spoken in HongKong ?
Why on earth didn’t you tell me the t________ ?
I’m afraid I haven’t got a very good s_______ of directions, so I easily get lost.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年江蘇省高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
It must have been around nine o'clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (擺動) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But I needn't have done so. I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps.
Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack's room. He was in bed awake, but he didn't even turn towards me.
“What's up, Jack﹖” I asked.
“For God's sake, don't make a noise,” he said.
The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury.
“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.
I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy. “There is a snake here,” he explained. “It's asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it.I knew that moving was out of the question. I could not have moved even I'd wanted to.” I realized that he was serious. “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on. “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I'm sick of this,” he said.“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”
There was no time to argue or apologize for being late.I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor.
1.When he got home, Neville found that _____.
A.Jack had fallen asleep while reading B.Jack had been reading for some time
C.Jack's light was not turned off D.Jack was ready to answer the doctor
2.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 6 means _____.
A.impossible B.no problem C.no doubt D.without difficulty
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage﹖
A.Neville and Jack lived in the same house.
B.Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill.
C.Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke.
D.Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late.
4.The reason why Neville thought that Jack must be ill is that Jack ____.
A.a(chǎn)sked Neville to take off his shoes
B.made a gesture to show the presence of the snake
C.was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets
D.behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt
5.According to the passage, Neville should have been home at ____.
A.7 p.m. B.8 p.m. C.9 p.m. D.6 p.m.
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