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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
“America’s No.1 Health Problem.” So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS. The report says: “It has been estimated（估计）that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems.”
It is no exaggeration（夸张）to say that people today are being attacked by stress. According to the National Consumers League, “Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%), followed by family (30%). Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%) and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%).”
However, stress is hardly unique to the United States. A British survey in 2005 estimated that “over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2004 that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill.” As a result of “work-related stress, depression or anxiety,” there are “an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain.”
The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe. According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, “work-related stress has been shown to affect millions of European workers across all types of employment sectors.” One survey revealed that there are “about 41 million workers affected by work-related stress each year.”
What about Asia? A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded: “Job stress is a common concern among many countries in the world, both developing and industrialized countries.” The report observed that “several countries in East Asia, including China and Korea, have rapidly industrialized and economically grown. These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers’ health.”
1.The author quoted “America’s No.1 Health Problem.” (Para. 1) in order to ______.
A. talk about health problems in America
B. introduce the topic of stress
C. emphasize the stress in America
D. tell readers something about American Institute of Stress
2.From the passage we can learn that .
A. both cancer and AIDS are not as serious as the threat of stress to health
B. stress is mainly from working and living pressure
C. Americans never care about international conflict and terrorism
D. people in mainland Europe are more optimistic than English people
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______.
A. Asian people are more willing to develop their countries
B. the rapid economic development is the main reason for stress
C. some people in Asian countries have health problems from employment stress
D. Asian countries have a better situation of stress than Europe
4.What’s the main subject of the passage?
A. Stress attacking health.
B. How to deal with stress.
C. A survey on working stress.
D. Health problems around the world.
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阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
The first Europeans came to America in 1492 with Christopher Columbus. Since that time people have come to America from all over the world, from Europe, Africa, and Asia, and they have brought their music with them. This mixing of people and music has created American music.
Music is a very important part of our lives. Music is for dancing, drinking, eating, loving, and thinking. Some songs remind us of our childhood or youth.
Others remind of the people they love. Many important occasions, like weddings and funerals have special music. Every nation has a national song like the American “The StarSpangled Banner”. In the US high schools and colleges have school songs too.
Music is a part of the history of America. It expresses the problems and feelings of its people. As the years pass, the music grows and changes.
Modern science has also changed music. Inventions like records, radios, movies, electric instruments, tape recorders, and videos have changed the way we play and listen to music. They have helped to make music an important form of international communication.
American music, from the earliest folk songs to modern “pop”， is known around the world. Music is one of America's most important exports. It brings the people of the world together. Even when people cannot understand the same language, they can share the same music. Many people learn and practise English by singing song. Understanding American music can help you understand American people, their history and culture.
So, as the song says, “put a dime (10 cents)in the juke box (自动点唱机), baby. Let's listen to the music！”
1.The article mainly tells us about ________.
A．how American music developed
B．when American music developed
C．what American music is
D．why American music is so popular
2.From the text we know that ________.
A．American music has spread all over the world
B．American music began in the 1550s
C．American music is special
D．American music has changed modern science in the US
3.The sixth paragraph probably means that ________.
A．American music is very popular
B．American music is known to people all over the world
C．American music can help us understand American people, history and culture
D．American music is important in our lives
their history and culture.”可知美国音乐帮助我们了解美国人、美国历史和美国文化。
4.American music is ________.
A．for dancing, drinking, eating, loving and thinking
B．a mixture of people and music from all over the world
C．an important form of international communication
D．a part of the history of the world
5.Which of the following statements is true?
A．Only modern American music is worldfamous.
B．If people don't understand the same language, they don't understand the same music.
C．Many people learn English by enjoying American songs.
D．If you want to understand American history and culture you must understand American music.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Born in America , I spoke English ,not Chinese , the language of my ancestors . When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese1at my face , but I pushed them 2. My mom believed I would learn 3I was ready . But the 4never came.On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was 5at him , confused , scratching my head . “ Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 6me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”
“Hey ,this is America , not China. I’ll get some 7with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 8.
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu ,” she said ,handing over a $20 bill . I 9the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish 10surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fishman. But he 11my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased 12their impatience. With every 13, the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—14me to cry out . “ Xian Sheng Yu , please.” “Very Xian Sheng ,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned 15and I ran back home 16, except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at 17. Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 18, but , in the end, the joke is on 19. Every laugh is a culture20; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
1.A. custom B. games C .characters . D. language
2.A. ahead B. around C. along D. aside
3.A. when B. before C. unless D. until
4.A. success B. study C. time D. attempt
5.A. aim B. joke C. nod D. stare
6.A. cared about B. laughed at C. argued with D. asked after
7.A. right now B. from now C. at times D. in time
8.A. decision B. permission C. information D. preparation
9.A. repeated B. reviewed C. spelled D. kept
10.A. farm B. stand C. pond D. market
11.A. guessed B. forgot C. doubted D. ignored
12.A. by B. as C. with D. from
13.A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement
14.A. forcing B. allowing C. persuading D. leading
15.A. bright B. blank C. pale D. red
16.A. open-mouthed B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted
17.A. service B. home C. risk D. root
18.A. trade B. deed C. challenge D. incident
19.A. it B. us C. me D. them
20.A. thrown B. lost C. divided D. reflected
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Born in America , I spoke English ,not Chinese , the language of my ancestors ．When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 36 at my face , but I pushed them 37 ．My mom believed I would learn 38 I was ready ．But the 39 never came．
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was 40 at him , confused , scratching my head ．“ Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 41 me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown ．”
“Hey ,this is America , not China．I’ll get some 42 with or without Chinese．” I replied and turned to my mom for 43 ．
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu ,” she said , handing over a $20 bill ．I 44 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown．
I found the fish 45 surrounded in a sea of customers．“I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fishman．But he 46 my English words and turned to serve the next customer ．The laugh of the people behind increased 47 their impatience．With every 48 , the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— 49 me to cry out ．“ Xian Sheng Yu , please．” “Very Xian Sheng ,” I repeated ．The crowd erupted into laughter ．My face turned 50 and I ran back home 51 , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket．
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese．I should feel right at 52 ．Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace （丢脸）to the language．
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 53 , but , in the end, the joke is on 54 ．Every laugh is a culture 55 ; every laugh is my heritage （传统） fading away．
1.A．custom B．games C ．characters D．language
2.A．ahead B．around C．along D．aside
3.A．when B．before C．unless D．until
4.A．success B．study C．time D．attempt
5.A．aim B．joke C．nod D．stare
6.A．cared about B．laughed at C．argued with D．asked after
7.A．right now B．from now C．at times D．in time
8.A．decision B．Permission C．information D．preparation
9.A．repeated B．reviewed C．spelled D．kept
10.A．farm B．stand C．pond D．market
11.A．guessed B．forget C．doubted D．ignored
12.A．by B．as C．with D．from
13.A．second B．effort C．desire D．movement
14.A．forcing B．allowing C．persuading D．leading
15.A．bright B．blank C．pale D．red
16.A．open-mouthed B．tongue-tied C．empty-handed D．broken-hearted
17.A．service B．home C．risk D．root
18.A．trade B．deed C．challenge D．incident
19.A．it B．us C．me D．them
20.A．thrown B．lost C．divided D．reflected
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Obtaining good health insurance while you are studying overseas is a real necessity to protect you from minor and catastrophic medical expenses that can wipe out not only your savings, but your dreams of an1abroad.
There are often two different types of health insurance you can consider buying: international travel insurance and student insurance in the country where you will be 2. An international travel insurance policy is usually 3in your home country before you go abroad. It generally covers a wide variety of medical services, and you are often given a list of 4in the area where you will travel who may even speak your 5language. The 6might be that you aren’t reimbursed（赔偿）for your medical expenses immediately. In other words, you may have to pay all your medical expenses and then later submit your receipts to the insurance company.
On the other hand, getting student health insurance in the country where you will study might 7you to only pay a certain percentage of the medical cost at the time of service (commonly called a co-pay), and thus, you don’t have to have sufficient cash to pay the 8bill at once.
Whatever you decide, obtaining some form of health insurance is something you should plan
9you go overseas rather than waiting until you are sick 10major medical bills to pay off.
1.A．occupation B．adventure C．education D．experience
2.A．living B．going C．coming D．applying
3.A．made B．received C．adopted D．purchased
4.A．services B．agents C．doctors D．officials
5.A．mother B．native C．foreign D．local
6.A．difficulty B．benefit C．advantage D．drawback
7.A．encourage B．enable C．allow D．require
8.A．remaining B．separate C．entire D．rest
9.A．when B．before C．once D．if
10.A．of B．about C．from D．with
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
No one would much like the idea of eating 61 pounds of tomatoes a day. But if their goodness was put into an easytoswallow pill that you were told might prevent strokes(中风) and heart attacks you would probably be putting in an order tomorrow.
Researchers believe they may have come up with just that after trials. The daily pill contains a chemical called lycopene which makes tomatoes red and is known to break down fat in the vessels(血管)．A Cambridge University study found taking the pills improved blood flow and the lining of vessels in patients with preexisting heart conditions. It also increased the flexibility(灵活性) of their vessels by 50 percent. The scientists believe it could limit the damage caused by heart disease—responsible for 180,000 deaths a year—and help cut the 49,000 deaths a year from strokes. They also hope it could benefit those with arthritis(关节炎), diabetes(糖尿病) and even slow the progress of cancer.
Each pill is equal to eating around 61 pounds of ripe tomatoes. Studies have shown eating a Mediterraneanstyle diet rich in tomatoes, fish, vegetables, nuts and olive oil can significantly reduce cholesterol(胆固醇) and help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Preliminary results from a twomonth trial, in which the pill was given to 36 heart disease patients and 36 healthy volunteers with an average age of 67, were presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association. It was shown to improve the function of the endothelium—the layer of cells lining blood vessels. It also improved their sensitivity to nitric oxide, the gas which causes the enlargement of the vessels in response to exercise.
Ian Wilkinson, head of Cambridge University's clinical trials unit, said，“These results are potentially very significant and it meets the goal, but we need more trials to see if they translate into fewer heart attacks and strokes.”
Further studies are planned, with researchers hoping it could offer a choice for heart disease sufferers who can not take the cholesterollowing drugs.
Mike Knapton, head of the British Heart Foundation, said, “Although this showed lycopene improved blood flow in people with heart disease, that's a long way from demonstrating that taking it could improve outcomes for people with heart disease. The best way to get the benefits of a good diet is to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.”
1.What can we infer from Paragraph 1?
A．We can eat too much tomato food.
B．Tomatoes are helpful to strokes and heart attacks.
C．Tomatoes will lose healthy elements if they are put into pills.
D．We had better not eat tomatoes.
2.We can learn from the passage that the pills ________.
A．are at the experiment stage
B．can cure all the disease
C．are widely used among patients
D．cost patients so little money
3.Who were the volunteers by taking part in the trial?
A．Children. B．Youth.
C．Working people. D．Old healthy people.
4.What was Ian Wilkinson's opinion on the trial?
A．Disappointing. B．Surprising.
C．Satisfactory. D．Terrible.
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
No trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Art Institute, which is the second largest art museum in the nation.
Opening hours:
Mon - Wed & Fri - Sun, 10:30 am - 5 pm; Thu, 10:30 am- 8 pm; closed on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Highlights:
● The Modern Wing contains contemporary（当代的）masterpieces by Dali, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol.
● View one of the world’s finest Impressionist collections, including masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.
● Thorne Miniature Rooms offer a detailed view of European homes from the 16th century through the 1930s and American homes from the 17th century to 1940.
● The past returns as over 550 works from 4,000 years of art come together in Of Gods and Glamour, located in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art.
Advice for visitors:
● Free guided tours are available daily at noon.
● Free art-making activities are available for children each weekend from 11 am to 2 pm.
● Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, open daily from 10:30 am – 5 pm, and introduce your child to the museum’s collections with a variety of hands-on activities. Assemble (组装) puzzles based on masterpieces you’ll see in the galleries, build architectural wonders with colorful blocks, and learn about art through stories and games at Curious Corner.
● Check out the Lion’s Trial tour for children ages 5-10. This tour is especially designed for the young people in your group! Don’t miss it!
Getting there:
You can take the follow buses: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 26, 28, 126, 143.
1.The Art Institute of Chicago can be visited on ____________.
A. Christmas Day B. New Year’s Day
C. Independence Day D. Thanksgiving Day
2.Whose works can you see in the Impressionist collections?
A. Picasso’s B. Monet’s
C. Pollock’s D. Warhol’s
3.At Curious Corner, children can ___________.
A. take part in many hands-on activities
B. join the Lion’s Trail tour
C. enjoy free art-making activities
D. get free guidance
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speechmaking as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.
A．be smarter than you B．notice your mistakes
C．do better than you D．know what you are talking about
2.You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because________.
A．your attention is on the content
B．you don’t fully understand the speech
C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say
D．you find the way of speech-making more important
3.It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A．giving a speech is like giving a performance
B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad
C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made
D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker
B．How to Make a Perfect Speech
C．Don’ t Expect a Perfect Speech
D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers.But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people’s e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.
“The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don’t want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.”
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的), but that didn’t necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times’ website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times’ readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.”
1.What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?
A. News reports. B. Research papers.
C.Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations．
2.What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?
A. They’re socially inactive.
B. They’re good at telling stories.
C. They’re inconsiderate of others.
D. They’re careful with their words.
3.Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger’s research?
A . Sports new. B. Science articles.
C. Personal accounts. D. Financial reviews.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide
B .Online News Attracts More People
C. Reading Habits Change with the Times
D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Value Now No Longer Missed
John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique zither(齐特琴)and played it in the crowded subway station. The music emanating from the zither was delicately streaming the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly the charming music. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day.
However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but music feast.
I have a very friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife an acute illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is to make up for it.
It is no use crying over spilt milk. We have a lot of precious things in our life without knowing how to them. Actually, I also missed something before. The reason is simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.
Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually reliable. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and . The result is that they were always too late to cherish they had before they lost it. We would often claim to do something when we , or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the , we could no longer realize our , because we have lost it by then.
1.A. before B. throughout C. above D. for
2.A. appreciating B. listening C. creating D. discussing
3.A. meeting B. party C. debate D. concert
4.A. easy B. convenient C. possible D. difficult
5.A. excited B. disappointed C. regretful D. worried
6.A. special B. cheap C. delicious D. wonderful
7.A. lazy B. social C. busy D. optimistic
8.A. put up withB. came down with C. came up with D. end up with
9.A. cure B. diagnose C. attack D. conquer
10.A. miserably B. helplessly C. deliberately D. slightly
11.A. necessary B. absolute C. impossible D. beneficial
12.A. missed B. made C. invented D. contributed
13.A. value B. apply C. conserve D. convey
14.A. important B. precious C. positive D. negative
15.A. to some degreeB. on the wayC. at all timesD. by no means
16.A. regrettingB. rewarding C. demanding D. expecting
17.A. which B. that C. what D. when
18.A. get up B. set up C. grow up D. make up
19.A. goal B. condition C. agreement D. destination
20.A. danger B. mistake C. purpose D. wish
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