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    Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings. They pointed out that at a circus (馬戲團(tuán)), for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things. If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives the animals a lump(塊) of sugar or a piece of fruit as a reward(報(bào)酬).

    In Russia, for example, pigeons, which are birds with good eyesight, are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in a factory. When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from the other, it touches a steel plate with its beak(鳥嘴). This turns on a light to warn the people in the factory. At the same time a few seeds are given to the pigeon as a reward. It takes three or five weeks to train a pigeon to do this and one pigeon can check 3 000 to 4 000 balls an hour.

1．Which of these words is nearer in meaning to “trained” in the passage?

[　　]

A．taught
B．made
C．practiced
D．given

2．The trainer gives an animal a piece of sugar or fruit ________.

[　　]

A．when the animal is hungry

B．to make the animal do something

C．a(chǎn)fter the animal have done the trick

D．before the animal is going to do the trick.

3．Pigeons are used to examine the small steel balls because ________.

[　　]

A．they are clever birds

C．they have beaks

B．they can see well

D．they can tell us the number

4．The pigeon touches the plate with its beak when ________.

[　　]

A．the light goes on
B．it sees a fault
C．it sees the seeds
D．it wants to get a reward
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科目：高中英語 來源：英語教研室 題型：050

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Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair. The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth —so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

    I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said. “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK.” he said. “I'll give you twenty pounds.” “It's got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”

    Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I'll buy it.” I said. “What do you mean? You've just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You're right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, “Would you mend this chair for me?” “I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I'll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing.

1．We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

    A. was rather impolite

    B. was warmly received

    C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

    D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2．The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means________.

    A. plan for dealing with things

    B. decision to sell things

    C. idea of repairing things

    D. way of doing things

3．The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper________.

    A. changed his mind

    B. accepted the offer

    C. saw the writers’ purpose

    D. decided to help the writer

4．How much did the writer pay?

    A. $ 5.

    B. $ 7.

    C. $ 20,

    D. $ 27.

5．From the text, we can learn that the writer was________.

    A. honest

    B. careful

    C. smart

    D. funny

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：福建省廈門市翔安一中2011-2012學(xué)年高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語試題 題型：053

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Some programmes that will be on in Beijing

　　Joyful jugglers：The China Acrobatic Troupe is staging a night variety show at the Tiandi Theatre, where the seemingly impossible becomes reality, and performers spin plates and juggle umbrellas．

　　Time：7∶15 pm, daily

　　Place：10 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Chaoyang District

　　Tel：6502-3984

　　Leaping into a fream：The ballet troupe of the Italian La Scala Opera House will stage its classic ballet “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” by Shakespear．

　　Time：7∶30 pm, November 10-11

　　Place：Poly Theatre, dongsi Shitiao, Chaoyang District

　　Tel：6506-5345

　　Raising her voice：Chian's top soprano You Hongfei will hold a solo concert．The young soprano has made her name in recent years with her penetratingly high voice and her outstanding performance of Violetta in the opera La Traviata, Leonora in The Troubadour and many roles in Cinese operas．

　　Time：7∶30 pm, October 29

　　Place：Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie

　　Tel：6605-7006, 6605-5812

　　Key German player：German pianist Valentin Schiedermair will give his solo concert．Born into a family of musicians, Schiedermair, whose great grandfather is the founder of The Beethoven Archive, played chamber music with his father since childhood．

　　Time：7∶30 pm, November 3

　　Place：Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, northwest of Tian' anmen Square

　　Te：6559-8285

　　Songs of yesterday：Taiwan singer Tsai Chin will greet her fans with her good old songs．

　　For Tsai, it doesn't matter how old she is or how long she has been offstage; she could never be forgotten．

　　Time：7∶30, December 16

　　Place：Great Hall of the people, west of Tian' anmen Square

　　Tel：6417-7845

　　F：Chinese female artist Li Yan is presenting nearly 50 ink-and-color painting at the National Art Museum of China．On display are landscape and flower creations including a series of Mount Qomolangma．

　　Time：9 am-5 pm, until October 31

　　Place：1 Wusi Dajie

　　Tel：8403-3500

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　　2．Gina is a middle-aged music teacher．Although she prefers popular songs nowadays, she likes old popular songs which call up her memory of the past days．

　　3．Ron majors in painting at a famous university and now is on business in Beijing．She hopes to have a chance to see display on landscape and flower creations．

　　4．Rob leads a busy life in Beijing, only having free time in the evening．Because he is not familiar with Chinese, he doesn't particularly enjoy programme but acrobatic shows．

　　5．Bella enjoys rock and roll music very much, but recently she wants to make a change by attending serious piano concerts which play works of music masters．

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科目：高中英語 來源：同步題 題型：閱讀理解

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during the journey as it might spoil your mood.
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     . If you buy tickets online, call airline, and ask themto assign you a seat right away. If
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     Some plants get so hungry they eat flies, and even small frogs. What's more amazing is that these plants occur naturally (in special environments) in every state. In fact, they're found on every continent except
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     You've probably seen a Venus' flytrap -- a small plant, which grows 6 to 8 inches tall in a container. At the end of its stalks (莖) are leaves that act like traps (陷阱). Inside each trap is a lining of tiny hairs. When an insect lands on them, the traps suddenly shut. Over the course of a week or so, the plant feeds on its
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A. is a small plant which grows in a container
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C. meat-eating plants endanger humans in science-fiction stories
D. the nutrient-poor soil is beneficial to meat-eating plants
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A. so you'd better fertilize them
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C. simply because they can't absorb nitrogen from the soil
D. and then they will die slowly
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A. Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants.
B. It's hard to get nutrients in the soil when acidity is high.
C. The Venus' flytrap eats flies to get nutrient from them.
D. Green plants make sugar at night.

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