The car in front of us came to________ we alm...

The car in front of us came to________ we almost hit it.

A.such a sudden stop that B.a stop so sudden that

C.such a sudden stop as D.so sudden a stop as

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One evening in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path .That’s when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.

Ceely’s near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS (导航仪). She had never driven the route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing. “I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train,” she told the BBC.

Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely’s story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.

The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor singalling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.

It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors.

The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology.

If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.

1.What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident？

A.She was not familiar with the road.

B.It was dark and raining heavily then.

C.The railway workers failed to give the signal.

D.Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing.

2.The phrase “near miss” (Paragraph 2) can best be replaced by______.

A.close hit B.heavy loss C.narrow escape D.big mistake

3.Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?

A.Modern technology is what we can’t live without.

B.Digital technology often falls short of our expectation.

C.Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.

D.GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely’s accident.

4.In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is _______.

A.one-sided B.reasonable C.puzzling D.well-based

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The man in front of me came to _______a sudden stop ______I almost ran into him.

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My husband and I were taking care of Lizzy, our daughter Melanie’s pet dog, on April 17 while Melanie was in the early stages of labour at the hospital. We received a text from our son-in-law, Joe Levanti, that Melanie was about to give birth. Tom and I sprang from our chairs suddenly. It’s a tradition in our immediate family to wait at the hospital for a birth. This would be Melanie and Joe’s first child.

“You take Lizzy out before we leave, and I’ll be waiting for you in the car!” I told Tom. I started the car and waited impatiently. I saw my husband walk out of the front door — but then out shot Lizzy and she was running down the street at great speed.

My husband ran after the dog, and I followed in my car. “Lizzy! Lizzy!” We shouted as fear filled our heart. We chased (追赶) her up and down our Bellwood Avenue. “She’s running onto Wireless Road!” We both screamed with fear. Lizzy dashed back and forth in the busy street. My husband kept up his chase on foot. I shouted to my husband, “Tom! Be careful when you cross the street!”

Within minutes, traffic was actually stopped on Wireless Road. A half-dozen good people got out of their cars to help. Soon, she ran into a safer area and then back to our street. With the help of six strangers, we caught her within a few anxious minutes. Everyone cheered, and we thanked the helpers again and again.

With Lizzy safely back inside, we drove straight to the hospital and were able to see our daughter in the delivery room. My husband and I are forever grateful to the strangers who might have saved Lizzy’s life and who enabled us to be there at the beginning of a precious new one.

1.Why was the author going to the hospital?

A.Because she was out of condition that day.

B.Because she was about to give birth.

C.Because her daughter’s first child was ill.

D.Because her grandchild was due pretty soon.

2.How did the author feel while Tom was running after the dog?

A.Impatient B.Concerned

C.Thankful D.Regretful

3.Where was the dog finally caught?

A.On Wireless Road. B.In a safer area.

C.On Bellwood Avenue. D.In the author’s car.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A.To show us how they got back their pet dog.

B.To express their sincere appreciation to the kind strangers.

C.To inform us how they managed to see their daughter in time.

D.To tell us what trouble their pet dog has caused them.

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It was only when the car pulled up in front of our house ___________we saw Lily in the passenger seat.

A. which　　 B. that

C. when　　 D. where

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Last night one of our 3 family dogs was hit and killed by a car in front of my mother’s house. The dogs became more or less, my mother’s children after her human children grew up and moved out and my father ran with a midlife crisis and left her. The one that was killed had bonded with my mom far more than the others. She is shocked and upset. I loved the dog, but my true sadness currently results from having to watch my mother experience another tragedy after everything she has been through in her life.

In the midst of all of this I have to sincerely applaud the driver of the vehicle, which feels wrong, but it's not.

I’ll start by stating it was not his fault. The dog chased(追赶) a deer into the road at night. In an effort to not hit the deer with his car he changed direction suddenly, not seeing the dog, leading to her deaths. He could have very easily continued on his way, but he did something that I hope I never forget. He did the right thing (in my eyes). The driver pulled over, carefully wrapped our dog in a blanket he got from his car, and carried her up to my mother's front door.

He was visibly shaking and very upset. He informed my mother of what happened and she broke down immediately. He consoled her the best a stranger could and waited with her while my sister rushed to her house. He left his information and offered assistance in anyway he could.

Yes, he is the man who hit and killed our dog-accidentally. What he really did was sparing my mother from discovering unexpectedly a horrible scene herself while searching for the dog. He had so many choices. Choices that were far easier than what he chose. He did the right thing and for that, thank you, stranger. You recovered my faith in humanity.

1.What can we learn about the author's mother?

A.She has suffered a lot in her life. B.She has grown up with her dogs.

C.She misses her husband very much. D.She has three dogs killed in an accident.

2.What's the author s attitude towards the dog-killer?

A.Doubtful. B.Indifferent. C.Critical. D.Praising.

3.What does the underlined word “consoled” in paragraph 4 mean?

A.Encouraged. B.Followed. C.Comforted. D.Helped.

4.What is the best tide for the text?

A.An Unfortunate Accident B.Sadness over a Dog’s Death

C.An Easy-to-Make Choice D.Faith in Humanity Recovered

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

We've all heard it before： to be successful, get out of bed early. After all, Apple CEO Tim Cook gets up at 3： 45 am, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne at 3： 30 am and Richard Branson at 5： 45 am ﹣and, as we all know, "the early bird's catches the worm. "

But just because some successful people wake up early, does that mean it's a trait most of them share？ And if the idea of having exercised, planned your day, eaten breakfast, visualized and done one task before 8 am makes you want to roll over and hit snooze till next Saturday, are you really doomed to a less successful life？

For about half of us, this isn't really an issue. It's estimated that some 50% of the population isn't really morning or evening﹣oriented, but somewhere in the middle. Roughly one in four of us, though, tend more toward bright﹣eyed early risers, and another one in four are night owls. For them, the effects can go beyond falling asleep in front of the TV at 10 pm or being regularly late for work.

Numerous studies have found that morning people are more self﹣directed and agreeable. And compared to night owls, they plan for the future more and have a better sense of well﹣being.

Although morning types may achieve more academically, night owls tend to perform better on measures of memory, processing speed and cognitive （认知） ability, even when they have to perform those tasks in the morning. Night﹣time people are also more open and more creative. And one study shows that night owls are as healthy and wise as morning types ﹣and a little bit wealthier.

Still think the morning people sound more like CEO material？ Don't set your alarm for 5 am Just yet. As it turns out, overhauling （全面改革） your sleep time may not have much effect

"If people are left to their naturally preferred time, they feel much better. They say that they are much more productive. The mental capacity they have is much broader, " says Oxford University biologist Katharina Wulff. On the other hand, she says, pushing people too far out of their natural preference can be harmful. When they wake early, for example, night owls are still producing melatonin （褪黑素）. "Then you disrupt it and push the body to be in the daytime mode. That can have lots of negative physiological consequence. " Wulff says, like a different sensitivity to insulin and glucose （葡萄糖） which can cause weight gain.

1.What does the author do in the first three paragraph？

A.raising the problem→analyzing the problem → solving the problem

B.leading in the topic→challenging a viewpoint → discussing about the topic

C.presenting a viewpoint → providing supporting proofs→making a conclusion

D.introducing a viewpoint →raising the question→presenting author's viewpoint

2.What can we know from the 4th and 5th paragraph？

A.Morning types tend to have clear goals and better mood.

B.To beat night﹣time people ask them to do math calculation in the morning.

C.Night owls tend to sacrifice their health for their wealth.

D.Neither night owls nor morning persons perform better than the middle ones.

3.Which of the following does Katharina Wulff support？

A.Don't fall sleep in front of the TV.

B.Avoid being regularly late for work.

C.Stop setting your alarm for 5 am.

D.Better not overhaul your sleep time.

4.Why does the author write this article？

A.To explain why some people are more successful.

B.To compare the differences between early risers and night owls.

C.To advise people to get up neither too early nor too late.

D.To argue against this view that the Carly bird catches the worm.

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Why Walking Makes You a Better Worker?

We’re busy at work, distracted by technology and often live in urban environments far from wild spaces.

1. The average American, for example, spends about 90% of their life indoors. But what happens if we make time for an hour outside each day?

2. You’ll have to stand up and move, which is beneficial if most of your day involves sitting in front of a screen. Research shows short breaks can improve work enthusiasm, and a quick break in natural light will deliver a shot of vitamin D.

There’s also a lot of work on the mental benefits of being in nature — on the state of being happy and on your brain’s ability to make sense of life. “When people are all out in nature, even in urban nature, people tend to have more positive emotion and energy than when they are indoors. 3.” says Lisa Nisbet, associate professor at Canada’s Trent University.

The idea that nature is good for us has been gaining ground since the 1980s. 4. Afterwards shinrin-yoku, the Japanese concept followed that absorbing the atmosphere in forests can benefit your health. Researchers of shinrin-yoku have since found plenty of physical and mental benefits, while global studies suggest time in nature can, for example, restore our ability to focus, increase creativity, and even help us live longer.

Of course, many of us live in cities with no ready access to forests or wilderness. 5. Various studies have shown that green environments in cities have beneficial effects.

A.There are some obvious benefits to going outside.

B.But it doesn’t have to be a forest.

C.spending time in nature makes us healthier and happier.

D.In other words, people are happier in nature.

E.We also don’t get out much.

F.Green and blue spaces are better than busy city streets.

G.First came the theory that humans have a basic desire to connect with nature.

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Global warming happens when greenhouse gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This is like when heat is trapped in a car. On a hot day, the car gets hotter when it is out in the parking lot. This is because the heat and light from the sun can get into the car, by going through the windows，but it can’t get back out. This is what the greenhouse effect does to the earth .The heat and light can get through the atmosphere, but it can’t get out .As a result, the temperature rises.

Sometimes the temperature can change in a way that helps us. The greenhouse effect makes the earth appropriate for people to live on. Without it, the earth would be freezing, or it would be burning hot. It would be freezing at night because we would not get the sun’s heat and light. During the day, especially during the summer, it would be burning because the sun would be up with no atmosphere to filter(过滤) it, so people, plants, and animals would be exposed to all the light and heat.

Although the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it, if there gets to be too many gases, the each can get unusually warmer, and many plants, animals and people will die. Plants would die because they would not be able to take the heat .This would cause us to have less food to eat, and it would also limit the food that animals have. With less food for the animals that we need to survive we would even have less food. Gradually, people, plants, and animals would all die of hunger.

People are doing many things to try to stop global warming. One thing is carpooling-driving with someone to a place that you are both going to. Another thing is being more careful about leaving electrical devices turned on. Now, more people are even riding buses or bikes to lower the amount of greenhouse gases in the air .Although adults do many things to help stop global warming, kids call do just as much.

1.By the example given in Paragraph l, the author wants to__________.

A.explain how global warming happens

B.show his feeling in a car in hot summer

C.tell us cars are causes of greenhouse gases

D.say that I there are greenhouse gases in every car

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to__________.

A.light B.greenhouse effect

C.temperature D.heat

3.What is the effect of atmosphere?

A.IT only traps the heat of the sun.

B.It does great harm to humans.

C.It makes the earth neither to hot nor too cold.

D.It prevents all the light from the sun shining on the earth.

4.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A.lf there is greenhouse effect all the plants will die

B.Human beings are likely to disappear from the earth

C.Crops can’t take in the heat lf there is greenhouse effect

D.Although greenhouse effect is necessary. Too much of it will cause us to die.

高三英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the short time Steve and Zach had been inside their tent packing their tools, wind-blown flame had skipped from the top of one tree to another. The long dry summer had turned the forest into a matchbox.

“Let’s go! We can make it back to the river we crossed today!” Steve kept Brady on the lead and their heads down against the fire-wind. But Brady barked a sharp warning. Ahead of them lay a thick curtain of smoke across the track. They would never make it through that. The dog was pulling at his lead trying to draw them away from the smoke, and yet Steve was uneasy. It seemed to him that they were moving away from the river.

Suddenly, Zach cried. “Zach!” Steve shouted. “Are you OK? Where are you?” Then Brady pulled Steve down a sharp slope (坡). At its base, Zach was rubbing his ankle.

As Steve helped his friend to his feet, Brady lifted his head and snuffed (嗅) the smoke-laden wind. Next moment, the dog bounded away and disappeared. The boys shouted for him, but he didn’t come back. Steve couldn’t blame Brady for panicking. He himself wanted to run even though he didn’t have a clue which way.

Steve and Zach hadn’t gone far when there was a familiar bark, and Brady came bounding, stopped directly in front of Steve and hit him with his head, pushing him back toward the slope they’d just climbed. But Steve didn’t get it. Then Brady grabbed the boy’s jeans and started pulling. The message was clear, but Steve hesitated. Of course he remembered Brady saving his uncle’s life when the dog was much younger. Was he still sharp enough to get them through this?

Nearby, a pine went up in a whoosh of smoke. Brady pulled again, urgently. “OK, big guy,” Steve gritted (咬紧牙关). Brady led them back down the slope and into the trees. Not far from them fire was touching underbrush. Several times the big dog stopped. Often he changed directions. Steve was so tired that he just wanted to rest, but Brady wouldn’t have it. The dog bullied both boys to go on. How long they’d walked Steve had no idea. He was almost numb when he heard it-the wonderful sound of rushing water!

1.Why did Steve shout for Zach suddenly?

A.They got injured. B.They lost their dog.

C.They were trapped. D.They became separated.

2.What did Brady intend to do when he ran away from Steve?

A.To seek help. B.To find a way out.

C.To rescue Zach. D.To escape for life.

3.How did Steve feel after Brady pulled his jeans?

A.Uneasy. B.Impatient.

C.Numb. D.Uncertain.

4.What does the passage basically describe?

A.An adventure. B.An exploration.

C.An escape game. D.A training program.

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