My friend Jim was a well-known radio host, who worked at a radio station all his life. All his colleagues knew him about one characteristic: If he’s on-air, he is always wearing a suit and a tie. They laughed at him, saying, “No one ever sees you. Why do you dress like that?” But he always turned that into a joke.
One day Jim was invited to appear on the TV. There was a show for the oldest radio employees. For the first time his fans, who only knew Jim by his voice, would see him. Before the recording of the show, the director came to Jim and asked, “Usually you arrive on time, but today you are 10 minutes late. It’s not terrible, but I still want to know why.”
“You see,” Jim answered, “at the last moment when I was already dressed up, I noticed that I didn't have new socks. For the first time I was invited to the television, and I thought that simply wearing clean socks was not enough. So I needed to go to the store for new socks.”
The director was surprised. He asked, “Why do you need new socks? You could have come without the socks because we will be filming you only over the waist.”
“ You see, to be perfect, I need to feel myself perfect in everything, starting with the shirt and finishing with the pen in my pocket,” Jim said. “And if my socks have holes in them or my shoes are dirty, I’m not spotless anymore. And it may make me less confident.”
1.From Para. 1 we can learn that when Jim is on-air, he______.
A. likes telling jokes
B. behaves strangely
C. always wears the same clothes
D. is careful about his dress
2.Jim was late for the TV show because______.
A. he went to buy new socks
B. he didn’t like to be filmed
C. he had to clean his clothes
D. he was too nervous
3.For Jim, being perfect in everything ______.
A. brings him success
B. makes him popular
C. gives him confidence
D. is difficult but necessary
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
My friend Jim was a well-known radio host, who worked at a radio station all his life. All his colleagues knew him about one characteristic: If he’s on-air, he is always wearing a suit and a tie. They laughed at him, saying, “No one ever sees you. Why do you dress like that?” But he always turned that into a joke.
One day Jim was invited to appear on the TV. There was a show for the oldest radio employees. For the first time his fans, who only knew Jim by his voice, would see him. Before the recording of the show, the director came to Jim and asked, “Usually you arrive on time, but today you are 10 minutes late. It’s not terrible, but I still want to know why.”
“You see,” Jim answered, “at the last moment when I was already dressed up, I noticed that I didn't have new socks. For the first time I was invited to the television, and I thought that simply wearing clean socks was not enough. So I needed to go to the store for new socks.”
The director was surprised. He asked, “Why do you need new socks? You could have come without the socks because we will be filming you only over the waist.”
“ You see, to be perfect, I need to feel myself perfect in everything, starting with the shirt and finishing with the pen in my pocket,” Jim said. “And if my socks have holes in them or my shoes are dirty, I’m not spotless anymore. And it may make me less confident.”
1.From Para. 1 we can learn that when Jim is on-air, he______.
A. likes telling jokes
B. behaves strangely
C. always wears the same clothes
D. is careful about his dress
2.Jim was late for the TV show because______.
A. he went to buy new socks
B. he didn’t like to be filmed
C. he had to clean his clothes
D. he was too nervous
3.For Jim, being perfect in everything ______.
A. brings him success
B. makes him popular
C. gives him confidence
D. is difficult but necessary
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
My friend Jim was a well-known radio host, who worked at a radio station all his life. All his colleagues knew him about one characteristic: If he’s on-air, he is always wearing a suit and a tie. They laughed at him, saying, “No one ever sees you. Why do you dress like that?” But he always turned that into a joke.
One day Jim was invited to appear on the TV. There was a show for the oldest radio employees. For the first time his fans, who only knew Jim by his voice, would see him. Before the recording of the show, the director came to Jim and asked, “Usually you arrive on time, but today you are 10 minutes late. It’s not terrible, but I still want to know why.”
“You see,” Jim answered, “at the last moment when I was already dressed up, I noticed that I didn't have new socks. For the first time I was invited to the television, and I thought that simply wearing clean socks was not enough. So I needed to go to the store for new socks.”
The director was surprised. He asked, “Why do you need new socks? You could have come without the socks because we will be filming you only over the waist.”
“ You see, to be perfect, I need to feel myself perfect in everything, starting with the shirt and finishing with the pen in my pocket,” Jim said. “And if my socks have holes in them or my shoes are dirty, I’m not spotless anymore. And it may make me less confident.”
1.From Para. 1 we can learn that when Jim is on-air, he______.
A. likes telling jokes
B. behaves strangely
C. always wears the same clothes
D. is careful about his dress
2.Jim was late for the TV show because______.
A. he went to buy new socks
B. he didn’t like to be filmed
C. he had to clean his clothes
D. he was too nervous
3.For Jim, being perfect in everything ______.
A. brings him success
B. makes him popular
C. gives him confidence
D. is difficult but necessary
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短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
My friend Jack who was always working hardly so that he could earn enough to buy a car of his own. He used to say, “My life will be better when I get a nicer car.” It took him more than three years to make his dreams come true. However, Jack was not satisfied with what he has achieved. He worked even harder, hoping that he would able to buy a big house with a beautiful garden. One day, I told himself that happy is a journey, not a destination. Try to do what you like and enjoy what you can enjoy at the present, and you will feel regretful when you are too old to do anything.
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When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.
Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Thenhe told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss(掷)the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”
The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.
The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I’m terribly sorry, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”
1.This story mainly wants to tell us ________.
A.chemistry is really hard to learn
B.there are many questions for students to prepare.
C.good exam results really need studying hard
D.tossing a coin can not always decide the result
2.Fred Baines was one of those who ________.
A.did just enough to pass an exam
B.didn’t work hard enough for their studies
C.had more important work to do than study
D.were quite good at passing exams
3.Fred came happily into the exam room because ________.
A.he had got ready for the exam
B.he knew the answers already
C.one excellent student would help him
D.he had his special way to finish the exam
4.Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?
A.The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.
B.It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam
C.The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.
D.The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.
5.The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that ________.
A.he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam
B.he wanted to make friends with Baines
C.Baines’ way for the exam would never work
D.the exam result depended on the coin
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When I was at university, I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library. Once, at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching television. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll take a coin into the examination room. I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months, so I’ll just toss the coin. In that way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.” The next day, Fred came cheerfully into the examination room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left half an hour before the rest of us. The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.
“Oh good,” he said, “Have you got the results of the test?”
The professor looked at him and smiled.
“Ah, it’s you, Baines, just a minute.”
Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I’m terribly sorry, Baines,” he said, “You failed!”
1. Fred often went to the Students’ Union where he ________ .
A. worked extra hours B. enjoyed himself in the bar
C. borrowed books D. attended a few lectures
2.This time Fred expected to get ________ .
A. an excellent mark B. a low mark C. his usual mark D. the pass mark
3.The chemistry professor ________ .
A. didn’t mark the test papers correctly
B. tossed a coin when he marked test papers
C. knew about Fred’s method
D. thought Fred’s method was good
4.According to the text, we can know working hard is ________ .
A. unnecessary B. valuable C. useless D. a waste
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.
Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss(掷)the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”
The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.
The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I’m terribly sorry, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”
1.This story mainly wants to tell us .
A. chemistry is really hard to learn
B. there are many questions for students to prepare.
C. good exam results really need studying hard
D. tossing a coin can not always decide the result
2.Fred Baines was one of those who .
A. did just enough to pass an exam
B. didn’t work hard enough for their studies
C. had more important work to do than study
D. were quite good at passing exams
3. Fred came happily into the exam room because .
A. he had got ready for the exam
B. he knew the answers already
C. one excellent student would help him
D. he had his special way to finish the exam
4.Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?
A.The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.
B. It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam
C. The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.
D. The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.
5.The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that .
A. he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam
B. he wanted to make friends with Baines
C. Baines’ way for the exam would never work
D. the exam result depended on the coin
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I first met Lisa three years ago. She ________ at a radio shop at the time.
A. has worked B. was working
C. had been working D. had worked
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Radio newsreaders and television hosts at Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE are very angry at being told to pronounce words according to the Queen’s English.
A report in The Irish Sun newspaper says that RTE’s workers have been given an A-Z style guide of words which instructs them on how to pronounce certain words in an effort to make sure they are clearly understood. The A-Z comes with videos containing lessons of how to “properly” pronounce the “problem” words. An official at RTE told the Irish Sun that producers gave the guide to keep up standards. “The guide is there for anyone who needs it.” he said, “RTE often get letters from the public over how certain words were mispronounced. The word ‘issue’ is a big one at the moment, people don’t like how it’s pronounced. There is an expectation that as the national broadcaster we are correct.”
However, Irish linguistics expert Professor Raymond Hickey called the RTE’s actions “internalized colonialism (内化殖民主义)”. He expressed his disbelief that Irish speakers were being asked to use words with an English accent. He said: “The basic problem is RTE expects its workers to speak as if they were English. Why? We have our own form of English, which is different but fully reasonable and accepted worldwide.” Professor Hickey specially talked of some examples of the words Irish hosts are being asked to pronounce with a British English accent. He said: “The Irish don’t pronounce the TH [in ‘birthday’] as a fricative, but as a stop with no breath…The same is true of ‘news’ — the Irish pronunciation is and always has been ‘nooze’.”
1.When told to speak the Queen’s English, RTE’s newsreaders and hosts showed great ________.
A.anger B.interest
C.expectation D.disbelief
2.Why did RTE provide its workers with an A-Z style guide?
A.Because some newsreaders and hosts were angry.
B.Because the workers expressed the need clearly.
C.Because it expected the workers to speak in the British way.
D.Because they often make mistakes when reading the letters
3.The official at RTE mentioned the letters from the public ______.
A.to make sure the guide is clearly understood
B.to explain why RET needed to take actions
C.to show how some words are mispronounced
D.to show how difficult it is to be a host
4.In Hickey’s opinion, the Irish way of the word “news” is ________.
A.internalized colonialism
B.to be changed into the Queen’s English
C.reasonable and accepted
D.the same as the British way
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Why was Jim at the hospital?
A.To visit his friend.
B.To take a medical test.
C.To look after his mother.
高一英语短对话中等难度题查看答案及解析
The other day, when I was wandering in the street I ________ one of my old friend, Jim.
A.came over | B.came across | C.came up to | D.came around |
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析