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A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features(特定 )as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there  in and out glancing at one piece reading another article all the way through , reading just a few paragraphs of the next.A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性 ) , its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的  ) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper . For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently,  which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands  skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

1. A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its______.

A. wide coverage         B. uniform style

C. speed in reporting news  D. popularity

2.According to the passage the reason why no two people really read the “same” newspaper is that _______.

A. people scan for the news they are interested in

B. different people prefer different newspapers

C. people are rarely interested in the same kind of news

D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is

3. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers ______.

A. apply reading techniques skillfully

B. jump from one newspaper to another

C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

D. usually read a newspaper selectively

4.A good newspaper offers “ a variety” to readers because____.

A. it tries to serve different readers

B. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

C. reader are difficult to please

D. readers like to read different newspapers

5. The best title for this passage would be _____.

A. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

B. The Characteristics of a Good newspaper

C. The Variety of a Good Newspaper

D. Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

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An extraordinary new restaurant in Semarang, Indonesia is on a mission (使命) to support locals trapped in poverty, many of whom are earning less than $25 a month, by providing them with an alternative way to pay for their food.

The Methane Gas Canteen, run by husband and wife team Sarimin and Suyatmi, is located in an unexpected place for an eatery — Jatibarang Landfill. The landfill is a mountain of purifying waste, where poor locals spend their days collecting plastic and glass to sell. Meanwhile, the couple, who spent 40 years collecting waste before opening the restaurant, is busy cooking.

What makes the restaurant unusual, aside from its location, is that no cash is required to pay for meals. Poor people have the option to pay for their food with recyclable waste instead of cash. Sarimin weighs the plastic customers bring in, calculates its worth, and then deduct that value from the cost of the meal, giving any extra value back to the customer. The scheme is part of the community’s solution to reduce waste in the landfill and recycle non-degradable plastics.

“I think we recycle 1 ton of plastic waste a day, which is a lot. This way, the plastic waste doesn’t pile up, drift down the river and cause flooding,” said Sarimin in an interview with Channel News Asia. “It benefits everyone.”

The restaurant seats about 30 people and serves meals that cost between $0.40 and $0.80 each. Since opening the canteen Sarimin and Suyatmi have seen their daily income more than double to $15 a day.

“I’m happy to see our customers enjoying their meals,” Sarimin told NHK World. “The poor must also have the right to enjoy healthy eating. I want to give them that chance as much as possible.”

1.What do we know about Jatibarang Landfill?

A.An unusual restaurant for people to eat free meals.

B.A mountain where the locals live on selling waste.

C.A place where poor locals collect waste to sell.

D.A plant where waste is recycled.

2.Why did Sarimin and Suyatmi open their restaurant?

A.To double their daily income and profit.

B.To prove waste is a valuable thing.

C.To provide food for locals trying to survive.

D.To help settle the issues of poverty and trash.

3.What does the underlined word “deduct” in paragraph 3 mean?

A.Increase B.Replace

C.Remove D.Equal

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.An unusual way to pay for meals.

B.A local mission to help get rid of poverty.

C.A different scheme to reduce waste.

D.A new restaurant getting double income.

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Holiday

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It is a quiet, comfortable hotel overlooking the bay in an uncommerciallised Cornish fishing village on England’s most southerly point. If pop music is no longer your strong point, and you are considering a relaxing holiday where the scenery is break taking and sound of the sea is live music to your ears, come and stay with us. For adults only. Sssh! Don’t tell everyone! 01326 280464

Willapark Manor Hotel.

Peaceful situation in 14 acres of separated gardens and woodlands, overlooking picturesque bay. Close to coastal path and beach. Excellent cuisine. Our excellent service bring our guests back year after year. Children and pets welcome. 01840 770782

The Country Garden Hotel.

Delightful hotel set in lovely gardens; calm Island of Wight near Tennyson Downs, Great food! Garden, sea view and ground floor rooms. Please call for brochure(服务指南) and sample menu. Adults only and pets welcome. 0800 980 1943.

Boscastle.

Romantic 17^th Century farmers’s cottage in countryside with splendid coastal views. Well equipped. Sleeps 5. Regret no pets/ smoking. Garden with furniture. Brochure: 01633 450417 Godshill. 4 stars self---served units. Nonsmoking. Cosy. No pets. Brochure: 01983 840371

The Blakeney Hotel. Special seasonal midweek price for aged citizen.

Overlooking harbor traditional privately owned friendly hotel with 60 bedrooms, lift, heated indoor pool, spa bath and saunas. Relax, walk, sail, play golf, explore the Norfolk villages, countryside and coast. Special seasonal midweek price for aged citizen. 01263 7407 97

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Rural setting near Corders. Two beautifully repainted old houses, sleep 4/5 and 5. Gardens,woodland, pool, views, excellent walks. Available all year round. Outstanding 01962 776967

60. 1.If you want to take your children and pets with you on holiday, you can choose _____.

61. 2.All of the following hotels are close to the sea Except ______.

62. 3.We learn from the text that ____.

63. 4.What is the aim of putting this advertisement?

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Dubai(迪拜)is one of the economically richest places in the world. With its numerous malls, hotels, and beautiful beaches, Dubai has always been a popular holiday destination. This city was visited by around 5 million tourists each year. The government wanted to increase this number to 15 million. However, Dubai has only 45 miles of coastline, which is nowhere enough for so many people. To solve this problem, an island that looked like a palm tree was built in 2006, and named the Palm Jumeirah.

The plan for the island was extraordinary. It was to host several hotels, shopping malls, restaurants, and homes. Although the initial plan was to build the island from concrete(水泥), a decision was taken to create it from sand and gravel(砾石), so as to give it a natural look.

To make sure that this project was a success, the best engineers from across the world were employed. Engineers from Holland formed the majority in this group. To begin with, the engineers calculated the strength of storms at sea, and also the expected amount of rise in water levels due to global warming. And then they found that, the proposed location for the island was neither very wide nor deep.

One of the difficulties the engineers came across was to put sand on the sea bed to create the breakwater(防浪堤).Finding the right sand for the project was also a daunting task, as the sand from Dubai’s deserts was too fine. Instead, sand from the sea was used, as it was coarser(粗糙). Once the breakwater was built, construction of the island began.

The Palm Island are really impressive in terms of engineering. However, these projects are so large that they may have changed the ecology of the region. Also, an immense amount of money and resources go into maintaining the islands, which is a major concern at the moment. Only time will tell if building the Palm Islands was actually a good decision.

1.What does Paragraph 1 mainly show us?

A. Beautiful attractions of Dubai.

B. The geographical features of Dubai.

C. The purposes of building the Palm Jumeirah,

D. The difficulty in developing the tourism industry.

2.Why were some changes made to the initial plan for the project?

A. To reduce the building cost.　　 B. To get the islands completed sooner.

C. To get the building materials more easily.　　 D. To make the island look more natural,

3.What does the underlined word"daunting" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. meaningless　　 B. difficult　　 C. Impossible　　 D. necessary

4.According to the last paragraph, how is the construction of the Palm Islands?

A. Profitable.　　 B. Surprising.　　 C. Worrying.　　 D. Unbelievable.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Hotels should be as good as their guests think they are. Guest satisfaction is quite important to any hotel. 1. And even in many cases they will have to go above and beyond to impress the guests.

2.

In today’s world where everything is available on the Internet, customers tend to get their first information about the hotels online. The guest experience begins long before they arrive at the front desk to check in.

Know your customers.

Customer satisfaction is more than just a smile when you greet them. Knowing the customer base is what matters the most. Connect with your guests before they arrive at the front desk. 3. It will help the hotel to add some touches and details that personalize the guest experience.

Train your staff.

4. A staff well-trained in dealing with the complaints, but more importantly avoiding them in the first place, will do better overall. Your employees must be friendly, welcoming and approachable.

Respond to guest feedback(反馈).

The hotel industry can be a tough one with requests and complaints coming in online, by email, phone or in person. So it’s important to actively respond to guest feedback. 5.

A. Use social media to learn more about them.

B. A good website improves the customer experience.

C. Hotels need to provide the guests experience as promised.

D. It’s a must-have service that all guests expect when they arrive.

E. Every member of the hotel plays a significant role in the guest experience.

F. You can’t make each person who stays in the hotel feel like they are at home.

G. When you do this, you are showing other travelers that you value the opinion of your guests.

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where is the man?

A. At an airport.　　 B. At a company.　　 C. At a hotel.

2.What does the woman ask the man to do?

A. Collect his luggage right away.

B. Hold a sign with his name on it.

C. Wait for someone else to pick him up.

高三英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填人每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

(Jerry is at a hotel in Xi’an. He is talking to a clerk.)

Clerk: What can I do for you, sir?

Jerry: 　　　　 1.　　　　

Clerk: At what time?

Jerry: 　　　　 2.　　

Clerk: We have a computer wake-up service.　 3.　 That is to say, dial 2 and then 0615 for the time.

Jerry: I see. Then it is 20615. Thank you.　　　　 4.　　　

Clerk: Just dial your new wake-up time. The computer will record the new wake-up time.

Jerry: If I dial 20700, I will be waken up at 7:00 a.m. Am I right ?

Clerk:　　　　 5.　　　　

Jerry: Thank you. Good night.

A. Yes, that’s right.

B. 6:15 a.m, please.

C. I’d like a room for two days.

D. Please dial us for the service.

E. Please dial 2 for the service first and then the time.

F. By the way, if I want to change my wake –up time, what shall I do?

G. I’m Jerry in room 528, and I want a wake-up call tomorrow morning.

高三英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Born in America in 1898, William was an extraordinary boy, gifted with an amazing IQ between 250 and 300．The genius went to a grammar school when he was only 6 years old and graduated just within 7 months．At the age of 11, he became the youngest student of the Harvard University．He graduated with high scores at the age of 16 and entered Harvard Law School at 18．

Gifted with an amazing IQ between 220 and 230, Terence Tao makes it to this list of the people with the highest IQ in the world．Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975, this genius first displayed his incredible intelligence at a mere age of 2, when he managed to solve basic arithmetic questions on his own．At the age of 16, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees at the Flinders University．He has been considered as ''Mr．Fix it " by Charles Fefferman, who is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, and many other mathematicians want to interest him in their problems．

This 31-year-old Japanese-American astrophysicist lands him third in this list．At the age of 12, Christopher Hirata already worked on college-level courses, around the time most of us were just in the 7th grade．At the age of 13, this gifted kid became the youngest American to have ever won the gold medal in the International physics Olympiad．

At the age of 16, he was already working with NASA on its project to conquer planet Mars．After he was awarded the Ph．D．at Princeton University, he went back to California Institute of Technology．

The next person with very high IQ is Albert Einstein．With an IQ between 160 and 190, Albert Einstein is the genius behind the theory of relativity, which has had great impact on the world of science．He possessed such an amazing ability that after his death, researchers were eager to preserve and make research on his brain in search for clues to his exceptional brilliance, which to this day, has remained a mystery．

1.About William, which of the following is true?

A．His IQ reached between 220 and 230．

B．At the age of 16, he graduated from a grammar school．

C．At the age of 6, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees．

D．At the age of 11, he became the youngest student at the Harvard University．

2.How many people with remarkable IQ are mentioned in the passage?

A．3 B．4 C．5 D．6

3.Who once worked on the project to conquer planet Mars?

A．William　 　　　　　　　　 B．Terence Tao

C．Christopher Hirata　　 D．Albert Einstein

4.From the passage we can know that______．

A．when William graduated from the Harvard University, he got the highest scores

B．at the age of 2, Terence solved basic arithmetic questions on his own

C．Christopher Hirata is a Japanese

D．researchers have found out why Albert Einstein was so brilliant

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Born in America in 1898, William was an extraordinary boy, gifted with an amazing IQ between 250 and 300. The genius went to a grammar school when he was only 6 years old and graduated just within 7 months. At the age of 11, he became the youngest student of the Harvard University. He graduated with high scores at the age of 16 and entered Harvard Law School at 18.

Gifted with an amazing IQ between 220 and 230, Terence Tao makes it to this list of the people with the highest IQ in the world. Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975, this genius first displayed his incredible intelligence at a mere age of 2, when he managed to solve basic arithmetic questions on his own. At the age of 16, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees at the Flinders University. He has been considered as ''Mr. Fix it " by Charles Fefferman, who is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, and many other mathematicians want to interest him in their problems.

This 31-year-old Japanese-American astrophysicist lands him third in this list. At the age of 12, Christopher Hirata already worked on college-level courses, around the time most of us were just in the 7th grade. At the age of 13, this gifted kid became the youngest American to have ever won the gold medal in the International physics Olympiad.

At the age of 16, he was already working with NASA on its project to conquer planet Mars. After he was awarded the Ph.D. at Princeton University, he went back to California Institute of Technology.

The next person with very high IQ is Albert Einstein. With an IQ between 160 and 190, Albert Einstein is the genius behind the theory of relativity, which has had great impact on the world of science. He possessed such an amazing ability that after his death, researchers were eager to preserve and make research on his brain in search for clues to his exceptional brilliance, which to this day, has remained a mystery.

1.About William, which of the following is true?

A. His IQ reached between 220 and 230.

B. At the age of 16, he graduated from a grammar school.

C. At the age of 6, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees.

D. At the age of 11, he became the youngest student at the Harvard University.

2.How many people with remarkable IQ are mentioned in the passage?

A. 3        　　 B.4        　　　　　　 C.5        　　　　　　　　　　 D.6

3.Who once worked on the project to conquer planet Mars?

A. William        B. Terence Tao      C. Christopher Hirata　　     D. Albert Einstein

4. From the passage we can know that______.

A .when William graduated from the Harvard University, he got the highest scores

B. at the age of 2, Terence solved basic arithmetic questions on his own

C. Christopher Hirata is a Japanese

D. researchers have found out why Albert Einstein was so brilliant

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Born in America in 1898, William was an extraordinary boy, gifted with an amazing IQ between 250 and 300.The genius went to a grammar school when he was only 6 years old and graduated just within 7 months.At the age of 11, he became the youngest student of the Harvard University.He graduated with high scores at the age of 16 and entered Harvard Law School at 18.

Gifted with an amazing IQ between 220 and 230, Terence Tao makes it to this list of the people with the highest IQ in the world.Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975, this genius first displayed his incredible intelligence at a mere age of 2, when he managed to solve basic arithmetic questions on his own.At the age of 16, he graduated with both Master' s and Bachelor' s degrees at the Flinders University.He has been considered as '' Mr.Fix it " by Charles Fefferman, who is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, and many other mathematicians want to interest him in their problems.

This 31-year-old Japanese-American astrophysicist lands him third in this list.At the age of 12, Christopher Hirata already worked on college-level courses, around the time most of us were just in the 7th grade.At the age of 13, this gifted kid became the youngest American to have ever won the gold medal in the International physics Olympiad.

At the age of 16, he was already working with NASA on its project to conquer planet Mars.After he was awarded the Ph.D.at Princeton University, he went back to California Institute of Technology.

The next person with very high IQ is Albert Einstein.With an IQ between 160 and 190, Albert Einstein is the genius behind the theory of relativity, which has had great impact on the world of science.He possessed such an amazing ability that after his death, researchers were eager to preserve and make research on his brain in search for clues to his exceptional brilliance, which to this day, has remained a mystery.

1.About William, which of the following is true?

A.His IQ reached between 220 and 230.

B.At the age of 16, he graduated from a grammar school.

C.At the age of 6, he graduated with both Master' s and Bachelor' s degrees.

D.At the age of 11, he became the youngest student at the Harvard University.[

2.How many people with remarkable IQ are mentioned in the passage?

A.3　　　　　　 B.4　　　　　 C.5　　　　　　 D.6

3.Who once worked on the project to conquer planet Mars?

A.William

B.Terence Tao

C.Christopher Hirata

D.Albert Einstein

4.From the passage we can know that______.

A.when William graduated from the Harvard Law School, he got the highest scores

B.at the age of 2, Terence solved basic arithmetic questions on his own

C.Christopher Hirata is a Japanese

D.researchers have found out why Albert Einstein was so brilliant

5.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A.The most gifted college students in the world.

B.The most famous people in the world.

C.People with the highest IQ ever recorded.

D.The most famous inventors.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析