People may have some unclear memories of their childhood, but almost everyone will remember the beautiful princess and the cruel queen in "Snow White", the innocent little girl and the greedy big gray wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood".1. For example, "True love can overcome anything", and "Even a frog can turn into a prince". However, at a certain age, we start to learn new things about life, particularly that love doesn't always win, and that a frog is just a frog.
2. Just look at animated films like "The Lion King" and "Frozen", which have millions of fans young and old. And this year's Lucerne Festival in Switzerland - a classical music festival - will also feature the themes of "Childhood" and "Fairy tales".
"Fairy tales endure because they are the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form," wrote US author Laura Packer. "They are stories of love and loss, desire and death, riches and ruin." 3. But if children only see just one side of reality, adults usually see the other. For example, in the movie "Maleficent", we′re told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil queen. 4. Instead, she suffers great losses growing up, leading to the creation of her "evil'' side. And in US author James Finn Gamer's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories ",he tells the classic story of "Little Red Riding Hood", but with a modem touch.
5. They may usually start with "Once upon a time but as we grow older, we learn that every story doesn't always need a "happily ever after" to be a good one.
A.Fairy tales are all about reality.
B.But somehow, our love for fairy tales never dies.
C.Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales.
D.The theme of fairy tales is to teach people courage and kindness.
E.Fairy tales have been adapted into versions suitable for children.
F.It looks like fairy tales aren't just stories our parents read us at bedtime.
G.Unlike the children's version of the story, we see that the queen wasn't born evil.
高三英语七选五简单题
People may have some unclear memories of their childhood, but almost everyone will remember the beautiful princess and the cruel queen in "Snow White", the innocent little girl and the greedy big gray wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood".1. For example, "True love can overcome anything", and "Even a frog can turn into a prince". However, at a certain age, we start to learn new things about life, particularly that love doesn't always win, and that a frog is just a frog.
2. Just look at animated films like "The Lion King" and "Frozen", which have millions of fans young and old. And this year's Lucerne Festival in Switzerland - a classical music festival - will also feature the themes of "Childhood" and "Fairy tales".
"Fairy tales endure because they are the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form," wrote US author Laura Packer. "They are stories of love and loss, desire and death, riches and ruin." 3. But if children only see just one side of reality, adults usually see the other. For example, in the movie "Maleficent", we′re told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil queen. 4. Instead, she suffers great losses growing up, leading to the creation of her "evil'' side. And in US author James Finn Gamer's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories ",he tells the classic story of "Little Red Riding Hood", but with a modem touch.
5. They may usually start with "Once upon a time but as we grow older, we learn that every story doesn't always need a "happily ever after" to be a good one.
A.Fairy tales are all about reality.
B.But somehow, our love for fairy tales never dies.
C.Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales.
D.The theme of fairy tales is to teach people courage and kindness.
E.Fairy tales have been adapted into versions suitable for children.
F.It looks like fairy tales aren't just stories our parents read us at bedtime.
G.Unlike the children's version of the story, we see that the queen wasn't born evil.
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People may have some unclear memories of their childhood, but almost everyone will remember the beautiful princess and the cruel queen in "Snow White", the innocent little girl and the greedy big gray wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood".1. For example, "True love can overcome anything", and "Even a frog can turn into a prince". However, at a certain age, we start to learn new things about life, particularly that love doesn't always win, and that a frog is just a frog.
2. Just look at animated films like "The Lion King" and "Frozen", which have millions of fans young and old. And this year's Lucerne Festival in Switzerland - a classical music festival - will also feature the themes of "Childhood" and "Fairy tales".
"Fairy tales endure because they are the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form," wrote US author Laura Packer. "They are stories of love and loss, desire and death, riches and ruin." 3. But if children only see just one side of reality, adults usually see the other. For example, in the movie "Maleficent", we′re told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil queen. 4. Instead, she suffers great losses growing up, leading to the creation of her "evil'' side. And in US author James Finn Gamer's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories ",he tells the classic story of "Little Red Riding Hood", but with a modem touch.
5. They may usually start with "Once upon a time but as we grow older, we learn that every story doesn't always need a "happily ever after" to be a good one.
A.Fairy tales are all about reality.
B.But somehow, our love for fairy tales never dies.
C.Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales.
D.The theme of fairy tales is to teach people courage and kindness.
E.Fairy tales have been adapted into versions suitable for children.
F.It looks like fairy tales aren't just stories our parents read us at bedtime.
G.Unlike the children's version of the story, we see that the queen wasn't born evil.
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PEOPLE who have had a painful experience may wish they could wipe the memory from their minds. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, US, say that this may someday be possible.
A drug remains far off, but researchers have laid a foundation with their discovery that proteins can be removed from the brain’s fear center to cut memories forever.
Previous research had already shown that a special behavior therapy (治疗) could cut painful memories. But relapse (复发) was possible because the memory hadn’t necessarily disappeared.
By looking at that process, Richard Huganir and Roger Clem, two researchers from Johns Hopkins University, discovered a “window of vulnerability (脆弱的窗口)” when proteins are created. The proteins help signals travel within the brain as painful memories are made. Because the proteins are unstable, they can be easily removed with drugs or behavior therapy to cut memories.
Researchers used mice to find the window, but think the process would be the same in humans. They used electric shocks to make the mice fear a certain sound. The sound triggered (触发) the creation of the proteins, called calcium-permeable (钙通透性) AMPARS, which formed for a day or two in the fear centers of the mice’s brains.
The researchers are working on ways to reopen the window by recalling (唤醒) the painful memory and using drugs to remove the protein. They published their report online last month in Science Express.
Their research has drawn interest and concern from experts in mental healthcare.
Kate Farinholt, a mental health expert with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Maryland, US, said many people suffering from a painful event might benefit from erasing a memory. “Erasing a memory and then everything bad built on that is an amazing idea, and I can see all sorts of potential ,” she said.
But there are a lot of unanswered questions, too.
“Completely deleting a memory is a little scary. How do you remove a memory without removing a part of someone’s life,” Farinholt said. “And is it best to do that, considering that people grow and learn from their experiences?”
1.What have researchers at Johns Hopkins University found recently?
A. A new drug to erase painful memories from human brains.
B. A special behavior therapy to erase painful memories.
C. Removing certain proteins from the brain can wipe painful memories.
D. Erasing memory damages a patient’s brain functions.
2.What makes it possible to erase painful memories according to Paragraph 4?
A. The way the brain cells are created.
B. The unstable character of the proteins in the brain.
C. The strength of the signals the proteins send.
D. The drugs that can stop the formation of memories.
3.Which of the following shows the stages of the process done on mice?
a. removal of fear proteins b. making mice fear a certain sound
c. fear proteins created in mice brains d. making mice recall painful memories
A. a-b-c-d B. d-a-c-b C. b-c-d-a D. c-b-d-a
4.What is Kate Farinholt’s opinion of the research?
A. People may lose the chance to learn from their bad experiences.
B. The research will be a great breakthrough in treating painful memories.
C. People could suffer long-term memory loss.
D. People could forget happy memories as well.
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As a Chinese saying goes, “Taste is actually a memory of childhood”. Local specialty food may not be popular among all people, but it offers outsiders a glimpse of local culture and history.
Gongcheng “oil tea” is such a kind of food that would be considered “weird” by many first-time visitors to the remote county in the north of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Many people dislike its bitter and astringent(涩的) flavor when they take a sip.
“It felt like drinking Chinese herbal medicine. I never expected that I would gradually accept it afterwards, and even become addicted to it,” said a traveler surnamed Zhang who comes from Shijiazhuang in northern China’s Hebei province.
Langshan village is said to be the birthplace of Gongcheng “oil tea” whose ideal ingredients are green tea and fermented tea. The village has preserved well its buildings and roads dating back to late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), as well as its traditional way of making the special tea.
Lin Fengyou, 60, introduced the cooking process. She looks younger than her age, and attributes this to the benefits of drinking “oil tea” throughout the year.
The first procedure is to use a wooden hammer to pound the tea while heating it in an iron pot, and then add edible oil and boiled water afterwards. She filters off the solid residues(余渣), and pours the glue-like green tea soup into bowls. Then, she adds salt, caraway seed, green onion, dried rice, fried groundnuts, sliced taro and fried beans.
The taste of the “oil tea” is a mixture of the distinctive flavors of all its ingredients. Local people usually eat it together with glutinous rice(糯米) balls, rice dumplings and glutinous rice cake.
The villagers consume “oil tea” three times a day. The tea soup is a healthy and refreshing food. “The tea soup to us is coffee to Westerners”, said Lin. “But it is tastier.”
1.Many first-time visitors may find “oil tea” ________ when taking a sip.
A. popular B. strange C. addicted D. beneficial
2.What can we learn about Lin Fengyou according to the passage?
A. She never expected that she would gradually accept “oil tea”.
B. She is one of the reasons why the special tea has been preserved.
C. She thinks drinking “oil tea” throughout the year makes her look younger.
D. She drinks “oil tea” three times every day and considers coffee tastier.
3.Which is the correct order of cooking “oil tea” according to Lin Fengyou?
a. pour the glue-like green tea soup into bowls
b. heat the tea in an iron pot and pound the tea
c. add salt, caraway seed, green onion, dried rice, etc
d. add edible oil and boiled water
e. filter off the solid residues
A. bdeac B. dbace C. acebd D. beadc
4.Which column is this passage probably taken from?
A. Culture & Education
B. Entertainment
C. Health
D. Travel
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I found some old pictures at the back of my drawer which _____ memories of my childhood.
A. called in B. called up C. called back D. called for
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Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.
But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other additional costs that are difficult for many families to meet.
For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. When an annual leave allowance amounts to only five weeks, there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some, this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult.
The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced staff committed to giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools undertake programs of group or individual educational support. Schools also have an important role in sofeguaiding children's welfare through the ongoing touch and support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays, much of this is missed.
While teachers are holidaying in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack of free school meals for six weeks can result in pressure on a family budget and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning.
In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (委员会)is seeking to reduce the summer holiday down lo four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break. We believe this will give real “down time" for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning.
We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children are educated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed against the benefits for city children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care.
1.The passage is probably written by .
A. an experienced teacher B. a city council member
C. an inspired student D. a working parent
2.The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to " ’.
A. environments B. wages C. holidays D. benefits
3.It is suggested in the passage that the summer break be reduced to________.
A. 2 weeks B. 6 weeks C. 5 weeks D. 4.5 weeks
4.The plans for a shorter summer holiday will help students_____ .
A. obtain the cheapest holidays without additional costs
B. get a chance to spend six weeks a term with teachers in school
C. have more school days to receive free school meals
D. benefit more from the caring and inspiring learning environment
5.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. some school staff will say “ No" to the plans for a shorter summer holiday
B. the suggested plans for a five-term school year can hardly be carried out
C. the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real "down time"
D. working parents can enjoy a five-week break to care for their children
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.
But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other additional costs that are difficult for many families to meet.
For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. When an annual leave allowance amounts to only five weeks, there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult.
The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced staff committed to giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools undertake programs of group or individual educational support. Schools also have an important role in safeguarding children's welfare through the ongoing touch and support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays, much of this is missed.
While teachers are holidaying in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack of free school meals for six weeks can result in pressure on a family budget and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning.
In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (委员会)is seeking to reduce the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break. We believe this will give real “down time" for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning.
We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children are educated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed against the benefits for city children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care.
1.The passage is probably written by .
A. an experienced teacher B. a working parent
C. an inspired student D. a city council member
2.The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to " ’.
A. environments B. holidays C. wages D. benefits
3.It is suggested in the passage that the summer break be reduced to________.
A. 2 weeks B. 4.5 weeks C. 5 weeks D. 6 weeks
4.The plans for a shorter summer holiday will help students_____ .
A. obtain the cheapest holidays without additional costs
B. get a chance to spend six weeks a term with teachers in school
C. benefit more from the caring and inspiring learning environment
D. have more school days to receive free school meals
5.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. working parents can enjoy a five-week break to care for their children
B. the suggested plans for a five-term school year can hardly be carried out
C. the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real "down time"
D. some school staff will say “No” to the plans for a shorter summer holiday
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You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration.
Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin
And now you’ve accomplished something great and important here, and it’s time for you to move on to what’s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. … You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you’ve been blessed(赐予)with and go.
J.K. Rowling, Harvard University
Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich…But what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.
Steve Jobs, Stanford University
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith…Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.
Bill Gates, Harvard University
We need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world’s inequities(不公平)like hunger, poverty, and so on.
1.What Michael Dell said is to urge us to ________.
A. listen to our heart B. learn from our mistakes
C. follow others’ example D. pursue our dreams
2.What did J.K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?
A. Failure. B. Hunger.
C. Poverty. D. Appearance.
3.What does Bill Gates suggest people do?
A. Master as much advanced technology as possible.
B. Work together to rid some global problems.
C. Make contributions to the environment.
D. Take responsibility for their own behavior.
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Many people may think it’s ridiculous that animals should have their feelings. As a matter of fact, animals’ feelings are sometimes even 1.(warm) than we can imagine. Savanah, a one-and-a-half-year-old leopard, and Max,2. dog who is just a few weeks younger, have become the best friends at Ohio Zoo. They get along quite well with each other and chase after each other all the time cheerfully. 3.Savanah was just 10 weeks old, they have been put together. From then on, their friendship has amazed large numbers of 4.(visit) to the zoo. 5.moving story occurred in Turkey. Winter 6. (sweep) the Northern Hemisphere, but perhaps no one had been hit as hard by 7.(freeze) temperatures as five donkeys in Turkey. The unattended (无人照顾) donkeys in a small Turkish village were covered by snow, with icicles(冰柱) 8.(hang) off their bodies. Later, a rescue team found the donkeys, some of 9., however, were so frozen that they couldn’t move and had to be carried away by a truck.
10. being housed in a warm shelter, all the donkeys were “defrosted (解冻)” and alive because of their strong determination.
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Most people have practiced some form of hobby at a point in their lives, whether it is some form of sports, playing a musical instrument, creating art, cooking or something else. There are many different reasons and skills for taking up a hobby.
Realize you have more time than you think.
This is probably the one thing that keeps most people back from practicing a hobby. 1. But we waste so much time on social media, television commercials and worrying about life which we could have used to practice a hobby. Schedule some time for a hobby into your day. Plan ahead and just do it. Involve other people.
Why? Well, have you ever noticed that you stick to something longer when you feel that you cannot let another person down? So, get-someone to jog with you, or make music with you, or share recipes with you. Plus, you will inspire them to keep on practicing their hobby. 2.Put your money where your mouth is.
3.So give out a bit of your budget to your hobby of choice so that you cannot blame a lack of “materials” for not doing anything.
4.
For me, this has been the most important step in going out and doing a hobby. If you jog, decide which races you want to do this year. If you practice music, organize a concert.
Find the pleasure in what you do.
As with most things, starting of getting something ready to start can be difficult. But don’ t give up. 5.
A. It is a total win-win.
B. Work towards something.
C. Think of a hobby that might interest you.
D. Others' help will definitely do you good.
E. You think that you don ’ t have enough time to even start.
F. The fact is that people spend money where their heart is.
G. Once you have started you'11 find the beauty and relaxation in it.
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