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Who would have thought that there was any connection between a cup of coffee and a bird, butterfly, or even a bat? Such seems to be the case, however, as methods for growing coffee plants have gradually changed over time.
Coffee plants were first discovered growing in Africa hundreds of years ago. The plants grew under a wide cover of forests, which protected the coffee plants' leaves from the burning sun. As coffee was introduced to other countries, farmers would naturally try to grow the plants in the shade of tall trees. These trees provided more than shade for coffee plants; they were also home for many species of birds, insects, and other plants.
Over the past 30 to 40 years, people developed a new kind of coffee plant, one which grows well in open sunlight. Sun-grown coffee produced two times more coffee than shade-grown coffee in the same amount of time and space. As a result, the growing need for coffee makes the sun-grown method appear to be the best way to grow coffee.
However, this newer method has some unexpected results. First, the lack of tree cover leaves the land open to heavy rainfall, which can wash away the soil's nutrients (营养物质). This necessitates an increased use of fertilizers (化肥) and additives, which is likely to create health risks. Second, as forests are taken down to make way for sun-grown coffee plants, native and migratory birds no longer have a home. This is threatening many species, and the effect is now being examined and recorded by ornithologists, who are discovering sharp falls in some species that travel to the northern United States each year. Finally, more pesticides (农药) are used in the sun-grown method, all of which have a bad influence on both the environment and the long-term health of the coffee plants themselves.
Today, as more people recognize the problems of coffee grown in the sun, perhaps they will be willing to pay the higher prices, encouraging coffee growers to return to the more natural method of producing this worldwide product.
1.Coffee plants can grow naturally when _____.
A. there is much hot sunshine
B. there is enough heavy rainfall
C. there are tall trees around them
D. there are lots of nutrients in the soil
2.What do ornithologists most probably do?
A. Study birds. B. Grow coffee.
C. Protect forests. D. Make pesticides.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Compared with shade-grown coffee, sun-grown coffee is more expensive.
B. The passage mainly explains the connection between coffee and sunlight.
C. More and more coffee farmers are growing coffee plants in the shade.
D. The author wants coffee farmers to grow shade-grown coffee.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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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。
Many people wonder if there is any 1.(connect) between our senses and our health. Scientists observe that making the most of our senses when we are young can keep us healthy later on in life.
Why do we feel 2. (anxiety) or tired? One study shows that 3. (approximate) 90% of our time is spent watching television or using computers. It is added that while our sense of sight is used too much, our 4. (sense) of touch and smell have been ignored.
People often ask 5. or not we should develop all our senses. The answer is yes. Experts suggest that we do the 6. (follow) things more often. While having dinner, listen to some 7. (enjoy) music rather than watch television. While relaxing at home, have some flowers next to you 8. smell nice. Before going to bed, turn the lights 9.. While sleeping, wear a nightshirt that is pleasant to touch—it 10. (make) us sleep well.
高一英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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We thought it was he who did it, but it _________ that he wasn’t even there.
A．turned up B．turned down C．turned off D．turned out
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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What is the connection between violence and sports? Psychologists（心理学家） say that there are many reasons for violence at sports events. One is alcohol（酒精）. Many fans drink a lot at games. When people drink, they are more likely to do abnormal things. Psychologist Dennis Brock says, “Quiet people become loud. Normally nonviolent people become destructive.”
David Sampson, a sports sociologist, agrees, “These are often celebratory riots(暴乱)— a large number of very happy people mixed in with large amounts of alcohol. They don’t often seem dangerous in the beginning, but things get violent quickly.”
Another reason for violence at sports events is the crowd itself. When individuals are in a large group of people, they can lose their sense of personal responsibility. Edward Hirt, a social Psychologist, says that research shows that people do things in crowds that they would never do alone. People in crowds feel that no one knows who they are. Crowds also make people feel powerful. They stop making personal decisions. They just follow the crowd. Social psychologists call this a “mob mentality.”
Dave Zarifis, head of public safety at Northern Iowa University says, “Some people don’t even come to celebrate. They want to drink hard and make trouble. Someone does something stupid, and it grows from there. You get a mob mentality. People think it’s OK to do almost anything. They think, ‘There are so many of us and not enough of them.’ ”
Social psychologist Dr. Sharon Kennedy says that there are a few things officials can do to prevent violence. Making sure that an area is not overcrowded is very important. Officials should also think of games as “big parties.” Then they will prepare differently. Kennedy says that in Great Britain they are controlling the problem with cameras in all the stadiums. “When you know someone is watching, you are much less likely to behave badly.”
1.Which of the following best gives the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A．There’s a connection between violence and sports
B．There are many reasons for violence at sports events.
C．One cause of violence at sports events is alcohol.
D．David Sampson and Dennis Brock have the same opinion.
2.Which of the following does NOT belong to a “mob mentality”?
A．“ No one knows I’m doing this.”
B．“ It’s safe to do what many people are doing.”
C．“There are so many of us and not enough of them.”
D．“I must drink some alcohol to stop myself feeling shy.”
3.How many experts are quoted by the writer of this passage?
A．Five. B．Four. C．Three. D．Two.
4.The last paragraph is mainly about ______.
A．how to turn games into big parties
B．how to prevent violence at sports events
C．why to fix cameras in stadiums
D．how to avoid oneself behaving badly
5.What lesson can we learn from this passage?
A．Never drink any alcohol no matter where you are.
B．Whenever you are watching a game, you should keep quiet.
C．Never follow blindly no matter how many people are doing something.
D．Be careful when you are at a stadium because there are cameras there.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Angela Erdmann aged 62, who lives in Berlin, never thought that one day she would received a letter from her grandfather who had been dead for 69 years. So she felt astonished and moved
More than 100 years ago, a young German man named Richard Platz put a message into a brown beer bottle, then threw the bottle into the Baltic Sea during a nature hike, Platz, the 20-year-old son of a baker, had no way of knowing that his message would survive more than a century.
Last month, some fishermen in the Baltic Sea pulled the old beer bottle out of the water, along with their catch. Inside they found a postcard, dated 17 May 1913, from Richard Platz asking for his message to be forwarded （转交） to his address ported in The local website. The fishermen thought it was such a miracle（奇迹） that it should be handed to the addressee（收信人）, They handed it in the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg. Researchers were then able to locate his granddaughter, Angela Erdmann. She visited the museum last week and was able to hold the bottle.
"That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my cheeks," she told German news agency. Erdmann also said she never knew her mother's father. who reportedly died in 1946 when he was 54 years old. But she said the discovery of his message had inspired her to find out more about him.
Some authorities believe that— at 101 years of age-it may be the world's oldest message in a bottle.
1.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the message?（ ）
a. Fishermen pulled the old beer bottle out of the water.
b. The bottle was thrown into the Baltic Sea.
c. Angela Erdmann got the message.
d. The message was sent to the International Maritime Museum.
A.b, d, a, c B.c, b, d, a
C.b, a, d, c D.c, a, b, d
2.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?
A.Richard Platz's father was a baker.
B.Richard Platz died at age of 69.
C.Angela Erdmann was moved to tears by the message.
D.There was a postcard in the bottle.
3.We can infer from the passage that the fishermen and the researchers in the museum were very_______.
A.warm-hearted B.hard-working
C.selfless D.brave
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.The Story of a Fisherman and His Granddaughter
B."World's Oldest Message" in a Bottle Arrived Home
C.How to Make a Message in the Bottle
D.A Message Can Last a Long Time
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I never thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who ran slowest in the PE class.A few years ago, I was walking with a group of friends in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to ___ money for the fight against breast cancer,____one lady caught my____.
She was one of the ____ women I've ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old, ____ a T-shirt with the word “Survivor”. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be turned over by a strong wind. But, she was running. And she was____ me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but ____ ---- as if each step pushed her cancer further into her past. Right at that moment, I____that in the next Race for the Cure, I'd be___ along with her.
A week later, I found myself in the____, running on the treadmill ( 跑 步 机 ) .Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red, I felt like my lungs were going to ____. I ___slow down to a walk. I thought of the____ at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little____each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes.Five.
A year later, I was____at the Race for the Cure, but this time, I____ with the runners. When the race started, the other runners passed me by. I ran forward. I____ if I'd be able to do it. But then, I remembered the____ woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finish line. I had just____my first race! I looked down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I'd never thought____ . I have never felt stronger than at that moment. And I knew that I wanted to do it again.
1.A.collect B.use C.make D.save
2.A.while B.until C.when D.before
3.A.breath B.hand C.arm D.attention
4.A.best-looking B.easiest-going C.weakest-looking D.smartest-looking
5.A.pulling B.holding C.wearing D.waving
6.A.seeing B.watching C.passing D.calling
7.A.determinedly B.strangely C.excitedly D.anxiously
8.A.agreed B.decided C.learned D.explained
9.A.walking B.talking C.swimming D.running
10.A.shop B.street C.gym D.park
11.A.calm B.settle C.burst D.breathe
12.A.liked to B.had to C.got to D.preferred to
13.A.prize B.survivor C.woman D.plan
14.A.earlier B.farther C.harder D.longer
15.A.again B.even C.ever D.still
16.A.watched B.stood C.traveled D.paced
17.A.wandered B.witnessed C.wondered D.wished
18.A.kind B.honest C.generous D.brave
19.A.entered B.won C.finished D.missed
20.A.possible B.right C.good D.necessary
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I never thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who_______slowest in the PE class. A few years ago, I was walking with a group of_______in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to_______money for the fight against breast cancer (癌), _______one lady caught my_______.
She was one of the weakest-looking women I’ve ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old, _______a T-shirt with the word “Survivor”. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be_______by a strong wind. But, she was running. And she was_______me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but _______— as if each step pushed her cancer further into her past. Right at that moment, I__________that in the next Race for the Cure, I'd be running along with her.
A week later, I found myself in the__________, running on the treadmill (跑步机). Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red. I felt like my lungs were going to burst. I__________slow down to a walk. I thought of the__________at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little__________each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five.
A year later, I was__________at the Race for the Cure, but this time, I__________with the runners. When the race started, the other runners passed me by. I ran forward. I__________if I'd be able to do it. But then, I remembered the__________woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finish line. I had just__________my first race! I looked down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I’d never thought__________. I have never felt stronger than at that moment. And I knew that I wanted to do it again.
1.A.talked B.walked C.ran D.swam
2.A.friends B.teachers C.students D.patients
3.A.save B.use C.make D.raise
4.A.while B.when C.until D.before
5.A.breath B.hand C.arm D.eye
6.A.wearing B.holding C.pulling D.waving
7.A.turned down B.turned over C.taken over D.taken down
8.A.passing B.watching C.seeing D.calling
9.A.strangely B.determinedly C.excitedly D.anxiously
10.A.agreed B.learned C.decided D.explained
11.A.shop B.street C.park D.gym
12.A.had to B.preferred to C.got to D.liked to
13.A.prize B.survivor C.plan D.woman
14.A.earlier B.longer C.harder D.farther
15.A.even B.again C.ever D.still
16.A.watched B.traveled C.stood D.waited
17.A.wandered B.witnessed C.wished D.wondered
18.A.kind B.brave C.generous D.honest
19.A.finished B.won C.entered D.missed
20.A.good B.right C.possible D.necessary
高一英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
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It was reported that an agreement ____ between the two companies and that they would carry out a project together.
A.reached B.had been reached C.was reached D.has been reached
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go. As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the ______ side of this line. One day, it was time to prepare for dinner. When I held ______ the apron strings (围裙带) connecting us, Nicole, eager to ______ independence, tried to loosen my grasp (掌控). What resulted was a (an) ______ mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.
For the past two years, it’s gone like this:
Mother’s question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced class (大学预备课程) so that you can earn college credit (学分)?”
Daughter’s ______: “No, I’m not interested in that.”
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Two months ago, she was ______ into a great university. However, I was still the mother having a ______ time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog (目录) carefully and ______ the courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face ______ with excitement. “I have had all my timetables of courses ready,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished, ______ she should have discussed it with me. I examined what he chose. Nicole hadn’t taken a (an) ______ one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen ______ suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, strong young woman with a ______ mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother ______ every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit ______.
I ______ the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years the following things: ______, sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way. ______, she is well-equipped and eager to ______ the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the ______ we both needed.
1.A. both B. right C. either D. each
2.A. onto B. up C. back D. out
3.A. keep B. refuse C. taste D. bear
4.A. embarrassing B. relaxing C. lively D. beautiful
5.A. solution B. word C. request D. answer
6.A. received B. invited C. treated D. admitted
7.A. good B. great C. hard D. easy
8.A. taken B. underlined C. offered D. made
9.A. lit up B. lift up C. turned up D. made up
10.A. imagining B. thinking C. pretending D. adding
11.A. only B. just C. even D. single
12.A. mostly B. hardly C. exactly D. possibly
13.A. sharp B. normal C. different D. social
14.A. to threaten B. to judge C. to disagree D. to lead
15.A. anxious B. excited C. sad D. unconscious
16.A. reviewed B. explored C. read D. pictured
17.A. pride B. fight C. failure D. responsibility
18.A. Therefore B. Instead C. Still D. Besides
19.A. determine B. welcome C. discover D. control
20.A. character B. strength C. happiness D. independence
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I have been unusually silent these past ten months. I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end,, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate（命运）has decided on a different course for me.
In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen. That operation was thought to have been a success, but it caused a series of secondary complications – which I have been fighting in hospital ever since. It was along and hard fight with many setbacks, but I was steadily, if slowly, overcoming each obstacle along the way and gradually making my way back to health.
However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign or it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final conclusion. My fight is over.
I wish to thank my doctors and caregivers, who efforts have been magnificent. My dear friends, who have given me a lifetime of memories and whose support has sustained me through these difficult months. And all of my partners at The Washington Post, Fox News, and Crown Publishing.
Lastly, I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers, who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life’s work. I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and thorough argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny.
I leave this life with no regret. It was a wonderful life – full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended.
1.What is the right order of the events?
a. I have been usually silent these past ten months.
b. The doctors made the final conclusion about my life.
c. I have been fighting in hospital against the secondary complications.
d. In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.
e. A month ago, the cancer returned.
A. adeb B. daec
C. dceb D. adcb
2.Which of the following can explain the underlined word “secondary complication” in the second paragraph?
A. a variety of diseases that followed the first operation
B. the second operation following the first surgery
C. some setbacks that followed the first operation
D. some obstacles following the first surgery
3.What is the writer?
A. A doctor B. A writer
C. A professor D. A reporter
4.What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To explain why the author was silent and his attitude toward death.
B. To explain his attitude toward death and thank those who used to help and support him.
C. To thank those who used to help and support him and express his regret of death.
D. To explain why the author was silent and express his regrets about dying.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析