As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But Venezuela, whose beauty queens have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times, doesn’t leave it to chance. In Venezuela, girls as young as four can be found attending beauty schools, where they can learn a range of skills from how to walk to the correct way to hold a wine glass.
“Hair must always be completely clean, make-up should look natural, and you should always, always wear high-heels,” advises Andrea Reyes, a teacher in a school of Caracas with 160 students.
Beauty contests are treated in Venezuela much as sporting competitions are elsewhere. Many Venezuelan parents believe that if their daughters can succeed and get the beauty crown, their future as famous and public persons is sure to come. As a result, the girls are trained to compete at a young age.
Among former beauty queens are Irene Saez, who went on to compete for the country’s president, and Eva Ekvall, whose battle with cancer helped to make more people know about the illness in Venezuela.
However, voices against the trend can be heard all over the country. At one time, a feminist (男女平等主义者) group tried to stop the Miss Venezuela broadcast. President Hugo Chavez has spoken out against the culture of plastic surgery(整形手术)in Venezuela, calling it a “frightening thing”.
The BBC reporter Sarah Grainger says that acceptance of the contests is partly a result of the country’s “machista” (大男子主义的) view of the different roles that men and women should play, “Men are supposed to be strong and brave and women to be gentle and beautiful”.
Miss Universe 1996, Alicia Machado, knows the price to be paid when you’re no longer seen as attractive. After winning the beauty contest, she said all she wanted to do was “eat, eat and eat”. Her weight gain later and warning by the organizers of the contest to replace her as queen with the runner-up was among the hottest topics in the country, especially in Latin America.
1.What’s the advice given by a teacher in Caracas to her students?
A. Attending beauty schools as early as possible.
B. Wearing high-heels at times.
C. Washing your hair quite often.
D. Fighting against cancer bravely.
2.Girls try to win in the beauty contest to__________.
A. try plastic surgery
B. practice the country’s “machista” view
C. earn a good future
D. eat as much as one pleases
3.We can learn from the passage that__________.
A. Venezuela girls have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times by chance
B. In Venezuela, people judge men and women in quite different ways
C. Eva Ekvall once competed for the country’s president
D. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has spoken out against beauty contests
4.What does the underlined word “runner-up” in the last paragraph mean?
A. the news reporter covering the beauty contest
B. the organizer of the beauty contest
C. the girl who is slim
D. the person who comes in the second place
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But Venezuela, whose beauty queens have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times, doesn’t leave it to chance. In Venezuela, girls as young as four can be found attending beauty schools, where they can learn a range of skills from how to walk to the correct way to hold a wine glass.
“Hair must always be completely clean, make-up should look natural, and you should always, always wear high-heels,” advises Andrea Reyes, a teacher in a school of Caracas with 160 students.
Beauty contests are treated in Venezuela much as sporting competitions are elsewhere. Many Venezuelan parents believe that if their daughters can succeed and get the beauty crown, their future as famous and public persons is sure to come. As a result, the girls are trained to compete at a young age.
Among former beauty queens are Irene Saez, who went on to compete for the country’s president, and Eva Ekvall, whose battle with cancer helped to make more people know about the illness in Venezuela.
However, voices against the trend can be heard all over the country. At one time, a feminist (男女平等主义者) group tried to stop the Miss Venezuela broadcast. President Hugo Chavez has spoken out against the culture of plastic surgery(整形手术)in Venezuela, calling it a “frightening thing”.
The BBC reporter Sarah Grainger says that acceptance of the contests is partly a result of the country’s “machista” (大男子主义的) view of the different roles that men and women should play, “Men are supposed to be strong and brave and women to be gentle and beautiful”.
Miss Universe 1996, Alicia Machado, knows the price to be paid when you’re no longer seen as attractive. After winning the beauty contest, she said all she wanted to do was “eat, eat and eat”. Her weight gain later and warning by the organizers of the contest to replace her as queen with the runner-up was among the hottest topics in the country, especially in Latin America.
1.What’s the advice given by a teacher in Caracas to her students?
A. Attending beauty schools as early as possible.
B. Wearing high-heels at times.
C. Washing your hair quite often.
D. Fighting against cancer bravely.
2.Girls try to win in the beauty contest to__________.
A. try plastic surgery
B. practice the country’s “machista” view
C. earn a good future
D. eat as much as one pleases
3.We can learn from the passage that__________.
A. Venezuela girls have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times by chance
B. In Venezuela, people judge men and women in quite different ways
C. Eva Ekvall once competed for the country’s president
D. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has spoken out against beauty contests
4.What does the underlined word “runner-up” in the last paragraph mean?
A. the news reporter covering the beauty contest
B. the organizer of the beauty contest
C. the girl who is slim
D. the person who comes in the second place
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
As an old saying in China goes, “The days of the Sanjiu period are the coldest days.” “Sanjiu period” , which is in Minor Cold, refers to the third nine-day period (the l9th to the 27th day) after the day of the Winter Solstice(冬至). There are many different customs related to Minor Cold in China.
Eating hotpot
During Minor Cold people should eat some hot food to benefit the body and defend against the cold weather. Winter is the best time to have hotpot and braised mutton with soy sauce. But it is important to notice that too much spicy food may cause health problems.
Eating huangyacai
In Tianjin, there is a custom to have huangyacai, a kind of Chinese cabbage, during Minor Cold. There are large amounts of vitamins A and B in huangyacai. As huangyacai is fresh and tender, it is fit for frying, roasting and braising.
Eating glutinous rice (糯米饭)
According to tradition, the Cantonese eat glutinous rice in the morning during Minor Cold. Cantonese people add some fried preserved pork, sausages and peanuts and mix them into the rice.
Eating vegetable rice
In ancient times, people in Nanjing took Minor Cold quite seriously, but as time went by, the celebration of Minor Cold gradually disappeared. However, the custom of eating vegetable rice is still followed today. The rice is steamed and is unspeakably delicious. Among the ingredients (原料), aijiaohuang (a kind of green vegetable), sausages and salted duck are the specialties in Nanjing.
1.What do we know about Minor Cold?
A. It refers to the Winter Solstice.
B. The Sanjiu period is in this period.
C. It lasts twenty-seven days.
D. It marks the first day of winter.
2.What is a special custom in Tianjin in Minor Cold？
A. Eating hotpot. B. Having vitamin A and B pills.
C. Having huangyacai. D. Buying cabbage.
3.How do the Cantonese eat glutinous rice?
A. They fry and toast it.
B. They eat it for dinner.
C. They mix it with many other things.
D. They steam it with soy sauce.
4.This text may be taken from the ________ column (栏目) of a newspaper.
A. travel B. culture C. fashion D. science
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
----Must I do well in all the subjects, Mum?
----Sure, baby! As an old saying goes, knowledge is _________.
| A．command | B．effort | C．power | D．energy |
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语篇语法填空
As an old saying goes, “Friends are like wine, the older, the better.” Because of that, nowadays many people think old friends to be 1. (important) than new ones. For example, if two pieces of advice 2.(give) to solve a problem, one from a new friend and the other from an old friend, people always tend to choose the latter one, although the new friend’s advice may be better.
I, however, 3.(agree) with the old saying, believing that new friends are not 4.(necessary) worse than old friends. Why? Because the 5.(long) of time cannot tell whether your friendship is better or not.
Once you call someone friend, he must be a person 6.is reliable and whose interests are in common with 7.(you). Maybe a friend’s outside look 8.(change) all the time, but the inside characters of him and his interests won’t change at all. It is just these unchangeable characters and interests 9.make him a friend to you. 10., on this point, there is no difference between old friends and new ones.
高一英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析
As the saying goes, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Music is very important in our lives and here are four of the greatest musicians in history.
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)
Born in Bonn, Germany, Beethoven never held an official position in Vienna. He supported himself by giving concerts, teaching piano, and the sale of his compositions(作曲). The last 30 years of Beethoven’s life were filled with a lot of hard times, the first of which was his deafness. Beethoven’s music greatly influenced the next generation of musicians.
Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)
Bach, “the father of modern music”, was born in Eisenach, Germany. His parents died when he was nine years old, and in 1695 he went to live with his brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist(风琴手) in Ohrdruf. He stayed there until 1700. Seven years later, he moved back to Weimar, where he served as court(宫廷) organist for nine years. His music greatly influenced classical music.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. He showed a talent for the piano at a very young age. Chopin began composing when he was still a child, but some of his early works have been lost. He gave his first public concert in 1818. Chopin was considered as the leading musician of his time.
Franz Schubert(1797-1828)
Schubert was born and died in Vienna. Unlike most of his predecessors(前辈),Schubert was not a great performer. He never had much money but he was very productive. He wrote his first masterpiece when he was only sixteen. However, he died young, before his talents had even been known.
1.Beethoven did Not make a living by ___.
A.teaching students B.doing business
C.selling his works D.giving concerts
2.Bach worked as an organist in Weimar until _____.
A.1765 B.1707 C.1750 D.1716
3.What do we know about the four musicians ?
A.They all lived a hard life at their old age.
B.They were all good at playing the piano.
C.They became famous at a young age.
D.They were all talented musicians.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0..5分, 满分5分）
1.As a saying goes, ________ (经验) is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
2.The murder rate in the city has risen to four times the national ________(平均数) .
3. Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be________（独立的）of your parents' help.
4.She is a psychology________ (毕业生) of University of Pennsylvania.
5.To speak English________ (流利地), you had better read as many English articles as you can.
6. The country is making ________(准备) for war
7. People who are sent to prison for drunk-driving get what they________ (应得的) .
8. She________ (解释) to me the other day that judging from my test results she believed that I hadn’t focused my efforts on studying.
9. There are three ways to get something done: Do it yourself, hire someone to do it, or ________
(禁止) your children to do it.
10. At present, the new position ________(挑战) him to study still harder during his spare time every day.
高一英语单词拼写困难题查看答案及解析
There is _________as a free dinner in this world . As the saying goes,“No pains, no gains.”
A. no such a good thing B. such no good thing
C. no such good thing D. not so a good thing
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
根据汉语或首字母提示，写出下列单词的正确形式。
1.As the saying goes, f________ is the mother of success.
2.When you change your ________ (态度), you change what you focus on.
3.We have full ________ (信心) that we shall succeed.
4.After the earthquake, many volunteers offered to d________ money.
5.Do you know how to ________ (申请) for a UK visa?
6.We are happy that the koalas have ________ (幸存) the wildfire in Australia.
7.He can speak f________ English, but he is a Chinese.
8.The course is s________ for beginners but not for advanced students.
9.Max p________ playing computer games at home to shopping with his mother.
10.It is easy for you to say that, but ________ (事实上), it is not so simple.
高一英语单词拼写简单题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As an ancient saying in China goes： If your ship is against the current(水流），you lose your ground when you don’t advance. Isn’t: this talking about life? 1. (gain) something， you need to work at your best constantly.
But a wise man once 2. (tell) me something opposite years ago. Sometimes we need to slow down so that we can find peace and see clearly 3. we truly want in the first place. The competition in our society is fierce. It is now. It used to be. And it will And at 4. same time, we have family, friends and lovers 5. we need to value. But we all only have 24 hours a day. And 6. (take) rests has to take up a lot of time among these hours. Otherwise we won’t be able to survive.
So we really need to remind 7. (us) that sometimes life does take 8. (patient). Slow down. Don’t be always anxious 9. everything. Only by doing so can we 10. (actual) go farther.
高一英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析
根据汉语提示写出单词的适当形式。
1.As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend__________(真正地).
2.He did not look forward to being in __________(债务)because his restaurant was no longer popular.
3.The next morning I’d just about given myself up for lost when I was ________ (发现)by a ship.
4.What will happen to you if you don’t eat a ___________(平衡的) diet.
5.If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask for your host’s___________ (允许)
6.The method of learning English is of much __________(益处).
7.It is bad __________(礼貌) to make fun of the disabled people.
8.The polluted water can be very__________(有害的) to the environment.
9.Our house is ___________(包围)by tress, so we can enjoy their shade in the summer.
10.The other day , Liu Xiang had a _________(聊天)with netizens.
高一英语单词拼写简单题查看答案及解析