Bill Robinson is on trial for murder（因謀殺而受審）．He grew up in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year．When he was nineteen years old，he was asked to join the army and was soon sent to fight in Vietnam．He was very unhappy there as he hated the war and he hated killing people．Two years later he returned home and tried to pick up where he had left off，but things were never quite the same again for the young black man．For one thing，he always had terrible dreams about the war．He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to leave school．Then he was fired from one job after another．He wanted to meet someone nice and get married，but he just couldn't seem to get close to anyone．He became angry easily and people avoided him．He was always lonely．Finally one day，while eating at a restaurant，Bill lost control of himself and shot someone for no reason at all．Bill's lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible for the shooting．He hopes that the judge and the jury（陪審團）will understand that Bill was“temporarily insane（一時精神錯亂）”and did not really choose to kill anyone．
【小題1】What did Bill Robinson do after he returned from abroad？
| A．He gave up the chance to go back to college． | B．He tried to go back to his normal life． |
| C．He picked up his things and left again． | D．He found what he had dreamed of． |
| A．hated school | B．joined the army |
| C．didn't study hard | D．found it difficult to keep his mind on his studies |
| A．there were no nice girls around | B．he didn't care to meet any girls |
| C．he hadn't met girls that he liked | D．he found it hard to make friends with girls |
| A．Robinson on Trial | B．Murder at a Restaurant |
| C．A Young Black Man | D．A Victim of the Vietnam War |
科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆四川雅安中學高三入學模擬考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
A man claiming to be a pastor(牧師) apparently tried to stiff a waiter on a tip, explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.
A photo of the receipt, posted to Reddit.com, shows a bill for $34.93 with an automatic 18 percent gratuity(小費) (or $6.29) added above a blank space for an additional tip.
“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be. (The automatic gratuity, however, had already been added to the total.)
The Reddit user who submitted the image explained in the comments section that the receipt was part of a total bill for a party of 20, which is why the gratuity was automatically added.
“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity," the server wrote. "It’s in the computer; it’s not something I do.”
The server added: “They had no problem with my service, and told me I was great. They just didn’t want to pay when the time came.”
Scribbling(亂涂) notes on receipts has become something of a trend. Earlier this month, the manager of a North Carolina Red Robin surprised an overdue pregnant woman by comping her meal.
“Once seated, a manager came up to us and started talking,” the woman's husband told Consumerist. “He was extremely friendly and jokingly asked my wife if this was her last meal before heading to the hospital.”
When the check came, a note from the manager next to her portion of the bill read: “MOM 2 BEE GOOD LUC.”
“It was a pleasant surprise and made my tired-of-being-pregnant wife a little more cheery,” the man said.
1.What did the pastor mean by saying, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”
A. He was bargaining with the waiter.
B. He didn’t mean to pay the gratuity at all.
C. God gave him the privilege not to pay a gratuity.
D. The gratuity had already been paid by his friends.
2.What do you learn from the article?
A. The pastor paid ten percent gratuity of the meal to God.
B. A party of six diners can choose whatever gratuity they want to pay.
C. According to the husband, the wife enjoyed the process of being pregnant.
D. The pastor paid $34.93 in total for the meal.
3.What does the underlined word “stiff” mean?
A. amuse B. abuse C. persuade D. fail to pay
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
（湖南省長沙市一中2010屆高三第九次月考C篇）
Group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a "new deal between banks and society." They want to put a 0.05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks that don't involve the public in order to raise money for social services and to fight poverty and climate change. The run on the British bank Northern Rock in September 2007 marked the beginning of the world banking crisis in Britain. In the end, the British and other governments spent hundreds of millions of dollars bailing out troubled financial institutions.
Now a group of charities and celebrities has launched a campaign to get some of the money back. They call it the Robin Hood Tax after the legendary English folk hero who robbed from the rich to give to the poor. Max Lawsom is with the humanitarian advocacy group Oxfam. "Basically, trillions of dollars change hands every day between the banks. What we're saying is we could take a tiny slice of that, 0.05 percent, which could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help for poverty in rich countries, jobs in the U.S., jobs in the UK, but also for poverty in Africa as a result of people dying because of the economic crisis," Lawson said.
That's what real-life bankers are saying, too. Brian Mairs is the spokesman for the British banking association. "It's not something that would work in the real world," he says, "Certainly not at the moment when we still have disputed trade agreements. We're indeed having cross border wars. The idea of there being a single tax which is imposed ( 強加)across the world is simply unbelievable. "Organizers say they want G20 countries to participate, and they're starting an online grassroots movement to pressure world leaders. It's on Twitter and Facebook.
"You've had thousands of people sign up to support the Robin Hood Tax and talk about it on Twitter. Interestingly, they've now started tweeting （鳥叫） to their politicians," Jonathan Tench, Oxfam's parliamentary officer said. Supporters can become "merry men and women" by putting a green mask on their online photo, or printing one to wear. If online reaction is any indicator, people are largely in favor. Some British banks are posting record profits and giving large bonuses to executives. Observers say that's causing public outrage（憤怒） against bankers that could boost the campaign. Campaigners even projected their message on the side of the Bank of England. It was one way they say to show bankers that the writing is on the wall.
66. From the passage we can see the purpose of putting a 0 .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks that don’t involve the public is ________ .
A. to deposit more money in banks to fight the crisis
B. to withdraw more money from banks to solve the problem
C. to collect some money during the transactions by taxing a bit higher
D. to rob the banks of their money
67. Why do they call the campaign “ the Robin Hood Tax” ?
A. Because Robin Hood is a millionaire.
B. Because Robin Hood robbed the rich to help the poor.
C. Because it was Robin Hood that made the law of taxation.
D. Because Robin Hood is a banker.
68. What does the sentence “"It's not something that would work in the real world," in the third paragraph imply?
A. Brian Mairs thinks it difficult to carry out the campaign for the moment.
B. Brian Mairs is strongly against the campaign for the moment.
C. Brian Mairs speaks highly of the campaign for the moment.
D. Brian Mairs appeals to other businesses to join in in future.
69. If the idea mentioned in this passage comes true, what do you think the public opinion will be?
A. Neutral(中立的) B. Supportive C. Disagreeable D. Objective
70. If zhe problem of global poverty is to be settled, ___________.
A. more taxes on banks is the only solution
B. American and British support comes first
C. international co-operation and support are essential
D. the public should force the leaders to take actions
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Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.
Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被壓迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (貪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.
In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院長) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (發(fā)出叮當聲) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.
51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.
A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people
B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did
C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (誘惑) of more money
D. he wanted to have more power
52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.
A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich
B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of
C. to provide foods to the homeless
D. to help kids unable to go to school
53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.
A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard
B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of
C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do
D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior
54. The text is written to _________.
A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood
B. tell us about the cultural background of a book
C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age
D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.
Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被壓迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (貪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.
In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院長) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (發(fā)出叮當聲) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.
51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.
A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people
B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did
C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (誘惑) of more money
D. he wanted to have more power
52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.
A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich
B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of
C. to provide foods to the homeless
D. to help kids unable to go to school
53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.
A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard
B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of
C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do
D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior
54. The text is written to _________.
A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood
B. tell us about the cultural background of a book
C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age
D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
A man claiming to be a pastor(牧師) apparently tried to stiff a waiter on a tip, explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.
A photo of the receipt, posted to Reddit.com, shows a bill for $34.93 with an automatic 18 percent gratuity(小費) (or $6.29) added above a blank space for an additional tip.
“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be. (The automatic gratuity, however, had already been added to the total.)
The Reddit user who submitted the image explained in the comments section that the receipt was part of a total bill for a party of 20, which is why the gratuity was automatically added.
“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity," the server wrote. "It’s in the computer; it’s not something I do.”
The server added: “They had no problem with my service, and told me I was great. They just didn’t want to pay when the time came.”
Scribbling(亂涂) notes on receipts has become something of a trend. Earlier this month, the manager of a North Carolina Red Robin surprised an overdue pregnant woman by comping her meal.
“Once seated, a manager came up to us and started talking,” the woman's husband told Consumerist. “He was extremely friendly and jokingly asked my wife if this was her last meal before heading to the hospital.”
When the check came, a note from the manager next to her portion of the bill read: “MOM 2 BEE GOOD LUC.”
“It was a pleasant surprise and made my tired-of-being-pregnant wife a little more cheery,” the man said.
31. What did the pastor mean by saying, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”
A. He was bargaining with the waiter.
B. He didn’t mean to pay the gratuity at all.
C. God gave him the privilege not to pay a gratuity.
D. The gratuity had already been paid by his friends.
32. What do you learn from the article?
A. The pastor paid ten percent gratuity of the meal to God.
B. A party of six diners can choose whatever gratuity they want to pay.
C. According to the husband, the wife enjoyed the process of being pregnant.
D. The pastor paid $34.93 in total for the meal.
33. What does the underlined word “stiff” mean?
A. amuse B. abuse C. persuade D. fail to pay
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