Many _______ of years later, the first extremely small plants began to appear on the surface of the water.
A. millions B. million C. million of D. millions of
高三英语单项填空中等难度题
Many _______ of years later, the first extremely small plants began to appear on the surface of the water.
A. millions B. million C. million of D. millions of
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The first drawings on walls appeared in caves thousands of years ago. Later the Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote their names and protest poems on buildings. Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and by the late sixties it had reached New York. The new art form really took off in the 1970s, when people began writing their names, or “tags”, on buildings all over the city. In the mid-seventies it was sometimes hard to see out of a subway car window, because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as masterpieces.
In the early days, the “taggers” were part of street crowds who were concerned with marking their territory(领地). They worked in groups called “crews” and called what they did “writing” — the term “graffiti” was first used by The New York Times and the novelist Norman Mailer. Art galleries in New York began buying graffiti in the early seventies. But at the same time that it began to be regarded as an art form, John Lindsay, the then mayor of New York, declared the first war on graffiti. By the 1980s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught, and instead many of the more established graffiti artists began using roofs of buildings.
The debate over whether graffiti is art or deliberate damage is still going on. Peter Vallone, a New York city councilor, thinks that graffiti done with permission can be art, but if it is on someone else’s property it becomes a crime. “I have a message for the graffiti destroyers out there,” he said recently, “and your freedom of expression ends where my property begins.” On the other hand, Felix, a member of the Berlin-based group Reclaim Your City, says that artists are reclaiming cities for the public from advertisers, and that graffiti represents freedom and makes cities livelier.
For decades graffiti has been a springboard to international fame for a few. Jean-Michel Basquiat began spraying on the street in the 1970s before becoming a respected artist in the 80s. The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved international fame by producing complex works with stencils(模板), often making political or humorous points. Works by Banksy have been sold for over £ 100,000. Graffiti is now sometimes big business.
1.Why was the seventies an important decade in the history of graffiti?
A. That was when modern graffiti first became really popular.
B. That was when modern graffiti first appeared.
C. That was when graffiti first reached New York.
D. That was when graffiti first appeared on subway car windows
2.What does the underlined word “taggers” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Names of people who graffitied.
B. Building where paints were sprayed.
C. People who marked surface with graffiti.
D. People who were interested in graffiti.
3.What can we know from the third paragraph?
A. New Yorkers think graffiti is art.
B. Graffiti was accepted by officials completely.
C. Buildings can be covered with graffiti freely.
D. There were once advertisements on city surface.
4.What is the author’s final opinion about graffiti?
A. Graffiti has now become mainstream and can benefit artists.
B. Graffiti is not a good way to become a respected artist.
C. Some popular graffiti artists end up being ignored by the art world.
D. Some graffiti caused inconvenience to the local environment.
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The first drawings on walls appeared in caves thousands of years ago. Later the Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote their names and protest poems on buildings. Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and by the late sixties it had reached New York. The new art form really took off in the 1970s, when people began writing their names, or “tags”, on buildings all over the city. In the mid-seventies it was sometimes hard to see out of a subway car window, because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as masterpieces.
In the early days, the “taggers” were part of street crowds who were concerned with marking their territory (领地). They worked in groups called “crews” and called what they did “writing”-the term “graffiti” was first used by The New York Times and the novelist Norman Mailer. Art galleries in New York began buying graffiti in the early seventies. But at the same time that it began to be regarded as an art form, John Lindsay, the then mayor of New York, declared the first war on graffiti. By the 1980s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught, and instead many of the more established graffiti artists began using roofs of buildings.
The debate over whether graffiti is art or deliberate damage is still going on. Peter Vallone, a New York city councilor, thinks that graffiti done with permission can be art, but if it is on someone else’s property it becomes a crime. “I have a message for the graffiti destroyers out there,” he said recently, “and your freedom of expression ends where my property begins.” On the other hand, Felix, a member of the Berlin-based group Reclaim Your City, says that artists are reclaiming cities for the public from advertisers, and that graffiti represents freedom and makes cities livelier.
For decades graffiti has been a springboard to international fame for a few. Jean-Michel Basquiat began spraying on the street in the 1970s before becoming a respected artist in the 80s. The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved international fame by producing complex works with stencils (模板), often making political or humorous points. Works by Banksy have been sold for over £ 100,000. Graffiti is now sometimes big business.
1.Why was the seventies an important decade in the history of graffiti?
A. That was when modern graffiti first appeared.
B. That was when modern graffiti first became really popular.
C. That was when graffiti first reached New York.
D. That was when graffiti first appeared on subway car windows
2.What does the underlined word “taggers” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Names of people who graffitied.
B. Building where paints were sprayed.
C. People who marked surface with graffiti.
D. People who were interested in graffiti.
3.What can we know from the third paragraph?
A. New Yorkers think graffiti is art.
B. Graffiti was accepted by officials completely.
C. Buildings can be covered with graffiti freely.
D. There were once advertisements on city surface.
4.What is the author’s final opinion about graffiti?
A. Graffiti has now become mainstream and can benefit artists.
B. Graffiti is not a good way to become a respected artist.
C. Some popular graffiti artists end up being ignored by the art world.
D. Some graffiti caused inconvenience to the local environment.
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Though small, the country has _____ plants from desert grasses to tropical jungle.
A. extreme B. abundant
C. artificial D. poisonous
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Many years ago in a small German town, a Jewish businessman had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the businessman’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble from the bag. If she picked the black pebble, she would become the moneylender’s wife and he would forgo her father’s debt. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
They were standing on a pebble-strewn path. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. The sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. No doubt she was caught in a dilemma.
What would you have done if you were the girl? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1.The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2.The girl should know that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3.The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral (横向的)and logical thinking.
Read on…
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. “Oh, how clumsy of me!” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.” Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
1.The underlined word “forgo” in paragraph 2 may mean ________.
A. pay off B. run out C. take over D. give up
2.Which of the following indicates lateral thinking?
A. The girl refused to take a pebble and fled at once.
B. The girl exposed the cheat and found another way.
C. The girl picked one pebbles and made it disappear.
D. The girl picked a black pebble and accepted the result.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. The girl dropped the pebble onto the path on purpose
B. The girl dropped the pebble onto the path by accident
C. The girl didn’t know there were two black pebbles in the bag
D. The girl replaced a black pebble in the bag
4.What lesson can we learn from the story?
A. Keeping calm when facing a difficult situation.
B. Thinking about a complicated problem in another way.
C. Thinking twice before making a final choice.
D. Coming up with a clever answer is easy.
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Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe , several years later , even big )business , and having wonderful freedom , both from a boss and from the time clock ; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work , and our own plans —arranging our own hours of work ? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.
Well, in fact it isn’t quite as simple as that. Yes , it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business . But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting (算账).
But this negative picture doesn’t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return—both material and mental—continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.
1.From the first paragraph, we know that everybody hopes ________ .
A.to rule others | B.to be his or her own boss |
C.to get a time clock | D.to be free from work |
2.Most new business owners have to ________ .
A.work more than 10 hours a day | B.devote himself to accounting |
C.fly to some places in the world | D.have a day off in a week |
3.The expression “negative picture” most probably means “ ________ “.
A.a terrible experience | B.a poor picture |
C.limited freedom | D.unpleasant situations |
4.The beautiful hopes will never be destroyed because ________ .
A.people love beautiful things by nature |
B.people have a strong desire to seek personal gains |
C.small businesses make big money each year in the US |
D.small businesses have advantages over big companies |
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I remember the first time that I was extremely happy, I was about 8 years old when for the first time, there was a computer in the classroom. I remember that my teacher allowed each student to take turns to play various educational games on the computer. One day, I found the source code for one of these games. Without knowing or being taught any programming language, I was able to figure out some of the BASIC code. I just gave myself a limitless number of lives in the game, so I could continue playing it forever. This was also my first introduction to algebra, and I didn’t even know it at the time. This was a decisive moment in my life. I was quite excited because of what I was learning and what I was able to do. As a result, I was enthusiastic for the rest of my life about self-learning and computers, and I was quite happy doing them too.
I’ve noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic about what they do. This enthusiasm, along with good health, is the key to being happy. It also leads to self-confidence and content in life too. It may also lead to success, wealth and achievements.
Success, wealth or achievements can also bring some people happiness, yet I know plenty of rich people who are unhappy. I know many people with successful businesses that are not happy with what they are doing. I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys, such as cars, computers, and televisions, yet never seem content for too long. Please remember, happiness is the journey of life, not the destination.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?
A. The author has a great talent for algebra.
B. Creative thinking is necessary for every child.
C. The BASIC code of the computer is not difficult.
D. The author’s experience in his childhood changed his life.
2.The author wants to tell us through the first paragraph that____.
A. interest is the best teacher
B. children are the hope of the future
C. young people are fearless
D. where there’s a will , there’s a way
3.What is the secret of happiness in the author’s opinion?
A. Success and wealth.
B. Gifts and self-confidence.
C. Enthusiasm and good health.
D. Knowledge and achievements.
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.
A. rich people generally feel unhappy
B. wealth can’t bring people any happiness
C. one will feel unhappy once he has gained all the things he wants
D. being enthusiastic about what you are doing is more important than wealth
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I remember the first time that I was extremely happy. I was about 8 years old when for the first time, there was a computer in the classroom. I remember that my teacher allowed each student to take turns to play various educational games on the computer. One day, I found the source code(编码) for one of these games. Without knowing or being taught any programming language, I was able to figure out some of the BASIC code. I just gave myself an infinite number of lives in the game, so I could continue playing it forever. This was also my first introduction to algebra, and I didn't even know it at the time. This was a decisive moment in my life. I was quite excited because of what I was learning and what I was able to do. As a result, I was enthusiastic for the rest of my life about self learning and computers, and I was quite happy doing them too.
I've noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic about what they do. This enthusiasm, along with good health, is the key to being happy. It also leads to self-confidence and content in life too. It may also lead to success, wealth, and achievements.
Success, wealth, or achievements can also bring some people happiness, yet I know plenty of rich people who are unhappy. I know many people with successful businesses that are not happy with what they are doing. I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys, such as cars, computers, and televisions, yet never seem content for too long. Please remember, happiness is the journey of life, not the destination.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?
A. The author has a great talent for algebra.
B. Creative thinking is necessary for every child.
C. The BASIC code of the computer is not difficult.
D. The author's experience in his childhood changed his life.
2.The underlined word "infinite" means_______
A. big B. limitless
C. normal D. small
3.The author wants to tell us through his experience in the school that ________.
A. interest is the best teacher
B. children are the hope of the future
C. young people are fearless
D. where there’s a will, there’s a way
4.What is the secret of happiness in the author's opinion?
A. Success and wealth.
B. Gifts and self-confidence.
C. Enthusiasm and good health.
D. Knowledge and achievements.
5.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.
A. people who are rich and successful in career generally feel unhappy
B. wealth can’t bring people any happiness and comfort
C. one will feel unhappy once he has gained all the things that he wants
D. being enthusiastic about what you do is more important than wealth
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I remember the first time that I was extremely happy. I was about 8 years old when for the first time, there was a computer in the classroom. I remember that my teacher allowed each student to take turns playing various educational games on the computer. One day, I found the source code (密码) for one of these games. Without knowing or being taught any programming language, I was able to figure out some portions of the BASIC code.
Anyone who knows a bit of programming can tell you that I just give myself an infinite (无穷大) number of lives in the game, so I can continue playing forever. This was also my first introduction to algebra (代数), and I didn’t even know it at the time. This was a decisive (决定性的) moment in my life. For the first time that I can remember, I was quite happy because of what I was learning and what I was able to do. As a result, I became enthusiastic for the rest of my life about self-learning and computers, and I was quite happy doing them, too.
I’ve noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic in what they do. This enthusiasm, along with good health, is the key to being happy. It also leads to self-confidence and fulfillment in life, too. It may also lead to success, wealth, and achievements.
Yes, success, wealth, or achievements seem to bring some people happiness, too. Yet, I don’t think they can indeed make people happy. I know plenty of people who are successful and wealthy. However, I also know several of the people with successful businesses are not happy with what they are doing. I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys, cars, computers, and televisions, yet they never seem content for too long.
Please remember that happiness comes from enthusiasm, and happiness is the journey of life, not the destination.
1.What did the writer’s teacher ask the students to do on the computer?
A.To play various educational games. B.To figure out the BASIC code.
C.To get the knowledge of algebra. D.To read some latest news.
2.The underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably can be replaced by ______.
A.danger B.parts C.health D.value
3.According to the author, what can lead a person to be happy?
A.Success and wealth
B.Education and self-confidence.
C.Knowledge and achievements
D.Enthusiasm and good health.
4.The author uses his own experience of being happy in order to tell us ______.
A.it’s very easy to learn the BASIC code
B.he has always been happy since his childhood
C.concentrating on what you love makes you happy
D.one can solve any problem in life by himself
5.What’s the main idea of the last but one paragraph?
A.Wealth cannot bring any people any happiness.
B.Rich people easily feel unhappy nowadays.
C.One will become unhappy once he gets what he wants.
D.Success, wealth, or achievements can’t indeed make people happy.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I remember the first time that I was extremely happy. I was about 8 years old when for the first time, there was a computer in the classroom. I remember that my teacher allowed each student to take turns to play various educational games on the computer. One day, I found the source code(编码)for one of these games. Without knowing or being taught any programming language, I was able to figure out some of the BASIC code. I just gave myself an infinite number of lives in the game, so I could continue playing it forever. This was also my first introduction to algebra, and I didn't even know it at the time. This was a decisive moment in my life. I was quite excited because of what I was learning and what I was able to do. As a result, I was enthusiastic for the rest of my life about self learning and computers, and I was quite happy doing them too.
I've noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic about what they do. This enthusiasm, along with good health, is the key to being happy. It also leads to self-confidence and content in life too. It may also lead to success, wealth, and achievements.
Success, wealth, or achievements can also bring some people happiness, yet I know plenty of rich people who are unhappy. I know many people with successful businesses that are not happy with what they are doing. I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys, such as cars, computers, and televisions, yet never seem content for too long. Please remember, happiness is the journey of life, not the destination.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?
A. The author has a great talent for algebra.
B. Creative thinking is necessary for every child.
C. The BASIC code of the computer is not difficult.
D. The author's experience in his childhood changed his life.
2. The underlined word "infinite" means __________.
A. big B. limitless
C. normal D. small
3.The author wants to tell us through his experience in the school that ________.
A. interest is the best teacher
B. children are the hope of the future
C. young people are fearless
D. where there’s a will, there’s a way
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.
A. people who are rich and successful in career generally feel unhappy
B. wealth can’t bring people any happiness and comfort
C. one will feel unhappy once he has gained all the things that he wants
D. being enthusiastic about what you do is more important than wealth
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析