科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes marched across the South on Friday, peeling away roofs, overturning cars and killing at least 11 people in Tennessee, officials said.
It was the second wave of violent weather to hit the state in less than a week. Last weekend, tornadoes killed 24 people in the western part of the state and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and buildings.
The storms crossed an area from northern Mississippi to northern Virginia as they moved to the northeast late Friday after developing from a low-pressure system in the central Plains.
The Nashville suburbs were the hardest hit, with at least eight deaths happening northeast of the city. Three more people were killed in a rural area about 65 miles southeast of Nashville.
Tornadoes were also reported in some other places. The storms pulled up trees, knocked down power lines and damaged buildings. What’s worse, phone lines and most businesses were out of service. Hospitals admitted at least 60 people with storm-related injuries and transferred at least nine badly injured patients to Nashville hospitals.
In southern Indiana, the storms damaged some areas with golf ball-sized hail. High winds blew the roof off a country club and overthrew a semitrailer（拖車）. As the storms moved farther east, parts of West Virginia were lashed with heavy rain and winds, great damages caused.
The number of tornadoes in the US has jumped through the first part of 2006 compared with the past few years. Through the end of March, an estimated 286 tornadoes had hit the US, compared with an average of 70 for the same three-month period in each of the past three years.
The number of tornado-related deaths was 38 before Friday's storms. The average number of deaths from 2003 to 2005 was 45 a year, the prediction center said.
How many deaths have the thunderstorms and tornadoes on Friday caused?
A. Three. B. Eight. C. Eleven. D. Twenty-two.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Tennessee was hit twice by tornadoes within a week.
B. The latest tornado might start in northern Mississippi.
C. At least four states were hit by the tornado.
D. In the tornadoes of the first 3 months 38 people were killed.
In the first 3 months of last 3 years, about ____ tornadoes happened each month in the US.
A. About 23. B. About 70. C. About 98. D. About 210.
We can infer from the report more deaths and injuries were caused because ____.
A. the phone lines were destroyed B. there were enough hospitals
C. the people hid in their houses D. there was also a hail in Tennessee
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學年江西省高三下學期3月聯(lián)合考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
During the 1800s, African Americans worked long days in the fields of the American South．To ease their labor, they sang "field hollers" that they had brought from Africa．One person sang a line．Then a group of workers repeated it．The songs' words told of the hardships that people suffered．African Americans sang "shout spirituals", or joyous religious songs．They clapped their hands and stomped their feet to the music．
After the Civil War, the music changed dramatically．African American music, from ballads to church music, took new forms．It also adapted dance music, called "jump-ups"．which had great rhythm． Banjos became popular．A blues singer usually played a call and response with the banjo．By the early 1900s, the guitar had replaced the banjo as the main blues instrument．
Northern Mississippi - called the Delta - was the center of the blues tradition．By the 1920s, the Delta had many clubs, so-called juke joints．African Americans listened and danced to music in these clubs．Some of the greatest blues men and women performed there．
Blues have a soulful sound that is easy to recognize．The musical notes are often "bent"．That is, they are changed slightly to give a song more strength．Whatever their origin, these bent notes most often define the blues．
Lyrics are the words of a song．Blues lyrics describe everyday life．The lyrics, often about relationships between men and women, are often very intense and personal．They tell about sorrow and overwork．They tell about finding or losing love, having money or being broke, being happy or sad and lonely．The lyrics may use humor to describe life's trials and joys．They almost always use the rhythms of everyday speech．A typical blues stanza, or group of lyrics, has three lines．The second line repeats the first line．The third line has different words．
By the 1940s, large numbers of African Americans had left the Delta and moved north to work． Many settled in Chicago．There, a new kind of "electric", or "Chicago" blues began．Many of its themes were the same, but these blues had "wailing" electric guitars and harmonicas．The music had a steady, strong drumbeat．The loud, driving Chicago blues was excellent dance music．Chicago blues led to the birth of a new music style-rock and roll．
1.The "field holler" is a kind of music that came from ___．
A．the American South．????????????? ????????????? B．Africa．?????????????
C．Chicago．??????? ????????????? D．Asia．
2."Shout spirituals" and "field hollers" are similar in that both_____．
A．used banjos．??????????? ????????????? B．were sung in church．
C．included call and response singing．? ????????????? D．expressed sadness．
3.A typical blues Stanza is made up of____．
A．three lines．???????????? ????????????? B．a harmonica．???????????
C．a driving beat．???????? ????????????? D．four lines．
4.One can conclude from the passage that the blues ___．
A．would have widespread without the juke joints of the Mississippi．
B．served as a form of communication and self-expression．
C．was successful only in the American South．
D．there were only greatest blues man performed in these clubs．
5.African Americans probably moved to Chicago because ____．
A．the South was too hot in summer．???????????????
B．they liked the Chicago blues．
C．there were more jobs there．?????????????????????
D．they wanted to create a new music style．
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科目：高中英語 來源：2010年廣東省東莞市五校聯(lián)考高二上學期期中考試英語卷 題型：其他題
閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標號為31－40的相應位置上。
Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great ____1.____ are located on rivers, and almost ___2.____ country has at least one river flowing through it that plays ____3.____ important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people _____4._____ (use) rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. _____5._____ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people ___6.___ live along their banks.
However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow __7.____ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes ____8._____ (pollute) with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the ___9._____ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean ___10._____ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆江西贛州市十一縣（市）高一下學期期中英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
Long before the white man came to the America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations, The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.
After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible; there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.
In 1830, the US congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?
The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4000 had died. It was in deed a march of death.
1. The Cherokee Nation used to live____________.
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A．on the American continent |
B．in the southeastern part of the US |
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C．beyond the Mississippi River |
D．in the western territory |
2.One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of__________.
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A．writing down the spoken language |
B．making word pictures |
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C．teaching his people reading |
D．printing their own newspaper |
3. A law was passed in 1830 to__________.
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A．a(chǎn)llow the Cherokees to stay where they were |
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B．send the army to help the Cherokees |
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C．force the Cherokees to move westward |
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D．forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper |
4.When the Cherokees began to leave their lands, __________.
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A．they went in carts |
B．they went on horseback |
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C．they marched on foot |
D．a(chǎn)ll of the above |
5. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because________.
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A．they were not willing to go there |
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B．the government did not provide transportation |
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C．they did not have enough food and clothes |
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D．the journey was long and boring |
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科目：高中英語 來源：20102011學年甘肅省高二下學期期末考試英語試題 題型：閱讀理解
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. To have read Gulliver’s Travels is to have had the experience of listening to Jonathan Swift, of learning about man’s cruelty to man. To read Huckleberry Finn is to feel what it is like to drift (漂流) down the Mississippi River on a raft . To have read Byron is to have suffered his rebellions with him and to have enjoyed his nose—thumbing at (對……的蔑視) society. To have read Native Son is to know how it feels to be frustrated in the particular way in which Blacks in Chicago are frustrated. This is effective communication. It enables us to feel how others felt about life, even if they lived thousands of miles away and centuries age. It is not true that “We have only one life to live.” If we read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
1.The sentence “People who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read” suggests that ______.
A. reading stimulates（激發(fā)）a desire to travel B. reading broadens a person’s experience
C. people who read much live longer D. people who read are more relaxed
2.The author implies that good literature ______.
A. must deal with social problems B. must teach a lesson
C. is varied in subject and in content D. is always exciting and heart--warming
3. According to the author, reading good literature ______.
A. produces new income B. is quite useless
C. satisfies the curious D. opens new worlds to us
4.The underlined word effective in this passage means ______.
A. actual B. striking C. existing D. having an effect
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