On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand, but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed up to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!
【小题】The metal box was used for ________.
A. carrying the bags of sand
B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying ropes of the basket
D. changing weight
1.The balloon landed ________.
A. in London B. on the sea
C. on a lake D. in a foreign country
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.
B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.
D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.
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On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand, but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed up to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!
【小题】The metal box was used for ________.
A. carrying the bags of sand
B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying ropes of the basket
D. changing weight
1.The balloon landed ________.
A. in London B. on the sea
C. on a lake D. in a foreign country
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.
B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.
D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.
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On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon().They started early in London. The headman was Auguste Gaudron,and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope(),and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight().It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metes, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had traveled 1,797 kilometers from London!
1.Three men flew in balloon ________.
A. for nearly 1,800 kilometers B. to another city
C. to visit Poland D. more than a century ago
2.The metal box was used for ________.
A. carrying the bags of sand B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying ropes of the basket D. changing weight
3.When the balloon went up higher,________.
A. the temperature of the balloon began to fall
B. They saw the sun go down
C. They made a hole in the basket with their knives
D. They could see a black hole on the ground
4.The balloon landed ________.
A. in London B. on the sea C. on a lake D. in a foreign country
5.Which of the following is NOT true ________
A The three men started their journey before the sun rose.
B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.
D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.
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Mr Wang went to Nanjing ____ October,1998 and came back home ____ the morning of Nov.5.
A.at; in B.on; at C.in; on D.by; from
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Important change took place in the lives of women in the 19th century. When men went out from their farms to cities to seek jobs in industry. Peasant women had to take over the sowing, growing,and harvesting of the fields as well as caring for cattle and their children. When women also moved to the cities in search of work, they found that it was increasingly. separated by sex and that employment opportunities for women were limited to the lower-paid jobs. Later in the century, women in industry gathered mainly in cloth-making factories, though some worked in mining or took similarly difficult and tiring jobs.
In the 1800s, service work also absorbed(吸纳) a great number of women who arrived in the cities from the country. Young women especially took jobs as servants in middle-class and upper-class homes; and as more and more men were drawn into industry, domestic service(家庭服务) because increasingly a female job. In the second half of the century, however, chances of other service work also opened up to women, from sales jobs in shops to teaching and nursing. These jobs came to be done mainly by women and low paid.
For thousands of years, when almost all work was done on the family farm or in the family firm(家庭作坊),home and workplace had been the same, In these cases, women could do farm work or hand work, and perform home duties such as child care and preparation of meals at the same time, Along with the development of industry, the central workplace, however, such as the factory and the department store, separated home from work, Faced with the necessity for women to choose between home and workplace, Western society began to give particular attention to the role of women as homemakers with more energy than ever before.
1.We learn from the first paragraph that ________ had been done chiefly by men before they went to cities to seek jobs.
A. mining, teaching, and nursing
B. sewing clothes and mining
C. sowing, growing, and harvesting
D. caring for cattle and growing crops
2.Domestic service because a female job mainly because ________.
A. women took care of children.
B. women took jobs as servants
C. men were employed in industry
D. men seldom worked in shops
3.we know from the passage that in the 1800s___________.
A. more and more women began to work in domestic service
B. women mainly worked as servants, nurses, and miners
C. service and industrial jobs absorbed more women than men
D. women enjoyed working as sellers, teachers, and miners
4.This passage is about ________ in the 19th century.
A. service and industry B. female and male jobs
C. women and their work D. female jobs and the pay
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Men have long been puzzled by the amount women pack, when they go on holiday. They despair (绝望)as they watch their beloved spend much money on extra baggage charge. Nearly half of these women admitted to lying about the weight of their case to their partner before leaving for the airport, in fear of being made to unload some unnecessary items.
But it's a fact that women pack more than they need. On average, a woman needs around 57 items in suitcase for a two-week holiday, yet most women pack nearer to 150 items, ranging from skirts, tops, underwear and high heels. In addition, women pack more sun cream, make-up and hair appliances than they are likely to need. They all take up space in the suitcase, only a third of them will see the light of day once at the holiday place.
79 percent of women admitted to taking extra items with them, with the reason for this being ''just in case''. Women plan their holiday wardrobe months in advance. Packing enough clothes and other items to last a month is not enough for some women. They'd take a chance to shop for new items while holidaying abroad. So they'll return with even more luggage in their cases.
Professor Karen Pine said, ''Women are tempted to take familiar items with them on holiday, often everything except the kitchen sink. Some people find traveling stressful, particularly when they'e unsure about the home comforts available at their holiday place. They over- pack to help cope with those feelings of stress and reduce the uncertainty. ''
This will come as no surprise to some men, who are used to trying to squeeze their partner's luggage into the boot of the car with their own, smaller case. On the other hand, men pack very lightly, with only an average of 40 items for a two-week holiday.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Women are good at picking holiday suitcase.
B.Women over-pack by two third when on holiday.
C.Women will go shopping every time they go on holiday.
D.Women take good care of themselves while holidaying.
2.How many items will a woman pack for a 2-week holiday on average?
A.About 57 items. B.About 79 items.
C.About 97 items. D.About 150 items.
3.Women pack too much on holiday because ________.
A.they want to show off their items
B.they prefer a more comfortable holiday
C.they are afraid they'll need them during the holiday
D.they would like to clean their clothes wardrobe very much
4.How does a man feel about his wife packing too much?
A.Opposed. B.Supportive.
C.Positive. D.Concerned.
5.What do Dr Pine's words imply?
A.Going on holiday will cost a lot.
B.Women don't prefer to go on a holiday.
C.People tend to feel tired and stressed on holiday.
D.It's understandable that women over-pack in a sense.
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How Much Music Can You Make?
On Nov. 18, 1995, violinist Perlman, performed a concert in New York City. Stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症)as a child, Perlman painfully walked with the aid of two crutches(拐杖)to a chair in the middle of the stage. He carefully laid the crutches on the floor, extended one leg forward and the other underneath his chair, picked up his instrument and nodded to the conductor to begin.
But something went wrong. After only seconds of playing, one of the strings on his violin broke. The sound was so loud that the audience immediately knew what had happened and fully expected the concert to be stopped until another string or even another instrument could be found. However, Perlman surprised them. He closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra restarted where they had left off and Perlman played on three strings. He played with passion and power. All the time he worked out new fingering in his mind to make up for the missing string. A work that few people could play well on four strings Perlman played on three.
When he finished, an awesome silence hung in the room. And then as one, the crowd rose to their feet and cheered wildly. Applause burst forth from every corner of the concert hall as fans appreciated his talent and his courage.
Perlman smiled and wiped the sweat from his brow. Then he raised his bow to quiet the crowd and said, in a quiet tone, "You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left." Disease left him with less power than he had before, yet he went on. Playing a concert on three strings is like his motto—he went on with what he had left and still made music.
And isn't that true with us? Our task is to find out how much music we can still make with what we have left, for I'm convinced that the world needs the music only you and I can make.
1.After the string on his violin broke, Perlman__________.
A. found another instrument B. stopped the concert
C. played on three strings D. changed a new string
2.The audience cheered and clapped to show their ________.
A. appreciation B. talent and courage
C. engagement D. passion and power
3.Perlman succeeded due to his ________.
A. cautiousness B. patience
C. kindness D. faith
4.The story inspires people to ________.
A. go with the flow B. share music with others
C. employ what we have D. smile and keep quiet
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Last July 4th, three police officers went into a supermarket to get something cold to drink.
Once inside, the cops were __ by a store security guard who asked for __ with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of an __ criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with ___.
The cops looked __ her bag. “We just saw containers of ___. Nothing else,” Mike told CBS New York.
“I’m hungry,” she explained ___.
Being caught, the woman no doubt expected to be taken to jail for the __ of being hungry while poor. __ the cops had other ideas. “We’ll __ for her food,” Sojo told the __ security guard.
The three men had no discussion at all. It went ___. Instead, each of them __ out 10 dollars to pay the tab. She would not be arrested today.
The woman wept in ___. Drying her eyes with a kerchief, she ___, “Thank you, thank you.”
She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of ___. “It was a very beautiful,____moment,” says Paul, who was at the store. He was so __ by what he’d seen that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.
But attention was __ what the officers wanted. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty __ as a human being to walk away from something like this.”
1.A.questioned B.examined C.approached D.required
2.A.help B.information C.permission D.trouble
3.A.unskilled B.experienced C.intelligent D.active
4.A.paint B.water C.rain D.tears
5.A.outside B.inside C.around D.down
6.A.food B.fruit C.drinks D.sweets
7.A.anxiously B.shamelessly C.fearfully D.angrily
8.A.action B.mistake C.habit D.crime
9.A.And B.But C.So D.Still
10.A.pay B.look C.apologize D.account
11.A.annoyed B.excited C.surprised D.confused
12.A.unchanged B.uninformed C.unsaid D.uncalled
13.A.took B.brought C.worked D.pointed
14.A.delight B.sorrow C.regret D.gratitude
15.A.recalled B.repeated C.responded D.requested
16.A.thinking B.choosing C.sharing D.caring
17.A.brave B.genuine C.painful D.terrible
18.A.moved B.amazed C.bored D.influenced
19.A.sometimes B.finally C.never D.always
20.A.simple B.natural C.complex D.difficult
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On April 12th, two African American men walked into a Starbucks in Philadelphia, and sat down to wait for their friend.Because they had not bought anything, an employee asked them to leave.When the two men refused, the employee called the police, and in minutes, they were arrested.It was not until later that day that they were let go.
The video of this incident posted on Twitter went viral.People across the US were outraged.Unfortunately, these practices are not uncommon today.This incident is just one example of implicit bias(内隐偏见), something that is a part of human nature.
Most of the time, implicit bias refers to people showing negative associations towards people of a different race.Starting from a young age, these feelings develop unconsciously and naturally, because our brain draws associations based on our background, cultural environment and personal experiences.
Implicit bias affects our everyday speech and actions and these unconscious decisions can be harmful to our society.There have been many examples of blacks unfairly killed by white officers, such as in the cases of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, which happened only two years ago.Implicit bias affects the justice system, our medical system where studies show minorities are less likely to be taken seriously, and job placements where white males are likely to be judged as more capable compared to women and other minorities.
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson and the police have publicly apologized to the two men, and Starbucks will be holding an anti-bias training meeting on May 29th. All Starbucks stores will be closed on that day.However, critics and experts have said that such training is done "for show" rather than to promote change.
To address this issue, many experts agree that what the world needs is a long-term program that targets the root cause.It also starts with promoting diversity in children from an early age when they have friends and playmates from different races and cultures.
1.What does the underlined word "outraged" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Very angry. B. Quite curious. C. Very delighted. D. Quite puzzled.
2.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?
A. The nature of implicit bias. B. The examples of implicit bias.
C. The basic concepts of implicit bias. D. The negative effects of implicit bias.
3.What might experts think of the anti-bias training meeting?
A. It will be a shame for Starbucks B. lt will be a meaningless practice.
C. It will raise the police's reputation. D. lt will raise public awareness of anti-bias.
4.What might many experts agree with?
A. Starbucks should be closed.
B. Implicit bias should be ignored.
C. Children should be taught to avoid implicit bias.
D. Implicit bias should be dealt with by the policemen.
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Once there were three travelers checking in a hotel. When they went out in the morning, one traveler brought an umbrella and another one took a crutch (拐杖) the third one left with _ whatsoever.
When they were back in the evening, the man who brought an umbrella got his clothes in rain; the one taking a crutch fell, all covered with mud; but the man empty-handed kept his clothes dry, __ any mud on it. The former two guys felt it was , so they asked the third man why.
The third guy didn’t reply, but _ asked the man with an umbrella, “Then why were you caught in the rain without falling?”
“When it was raining, I felt so for my prediction that I opened the umbrella and walked in the rain . I didn’t think I would be caught in the rain, but my clothes got so showered. Going to the places which were too muddy to cross, that I didn’t have a crutch for fear of falling, I walked very carefully. It _ that I walked all the way back and sound.”
After hearing the first man said, the third man then asked the man with a crutch why he became muddied all over himself instead of getting showered.
He answered like this, “When it was raining, I had no umbrella, so I chose those places I could from the rain to walk through. In the muddy places, I went on with my crutch, but I hadn’t thought I fell.”
The empty-handed traveler , “When it was raining, I chose the places protecting myself from the rain and in the muddy places I kept particularly , so I was neither drenched nor fell.”
The advantages are _ . Only if we create advantages by virtue of the objective environment can we a success.
1.A. when B. as C. while D. since
2.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
3.A. wet B. muddied C. dry D. tidy
4.A. despite B. beyond C. without D. with
5.A. common B. strange C. strict D. ordinary
6.A. besides B. otherwise C. therefore D. instead
7.A. but B. and C. or D. thus
8.A. pity B. glad C. anxious D. upset
9.A. sensitively B. curiously C. constantly D. bravely
10.A. unlikely B. unexpectedly C. unacceptably D. universally
11.A. considered B. to consider C. considering D. to have considered
12.A. turned out B. brought out C. carried out D. picked out
13.A. safe B. dirty C. hurried D. worried
14.A. what B. which C. how D. why
15.A. already B. yet C. still D. just
16.A. prevent B. protect C. shelter D. escape
17.A. confused B. regretted C. depressed D. laughed
18.A. pessimistic B. serious C. casual D. cautious
19.A. absolute B. relative C. obvious D. exact
20.A. do B. make C. take D. change
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. (2010·江西名校模拟) —I’ve heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.
—It ______ true because there was so little snow there then.
A. may not be B. won’t be C. couldn’t be D. mustn’t be
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