An interesting study posted on Facebook recen...

An interesting study posted on Facebook recently shows how men and women develop new interests as they mature(成熟).

While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, men will wait until their 45th birthdays before working hard to get in shape.

The average woman spends more time talking about sports, politics, career and money as she gets older.

Women’s interest in books reaches its peak(顶峰) at the age of 22, while that of men does so when they are in their 50s.

Men start to change their focus from the workplace to other things after age 30, while women do not do so until eight years later. Both, however, care most about fashion at age 16.

The research used anonymous(匿名的) data donated by thousands of Facebook users, recording the statuses, ‘likes’ and ‘interests’ they had posted on their profiles.

It found the average woman talks about television most at 44, while men peak much younger, at age 31.

Men are also most likely to see a film in a cinema at age 31, while women go out to see films most when they are only 19.

Men are most interested in travel at 29, women at 27, while women talk most about food and drink at 35, and men at 38.

And if you are middle aged, a safe topic for any audience is the weather, which is a key interest for many as they approach 60.

Stephen Wolfram, the British scientist who carried out the research, says, “It’s almost shocking how much this tells us about the changes of people’s typical interests.

“People talk less about video games as they get older, and more about politics.”

1. When do women love books best?

A. At the age of 22. B. At the age of 50.

C. At the age of 30. D. At the age of 15.

2.Men tend to ______ once they are 30.

A. gain more and more weight

B. be less interested in their jobs

C. do more exercise

D. pay more attention to their appearance

3. What are men and women both interested in when they are 16?

A. Getting in shape.

B. Going to the cinema.

C. Popular style of clothing.

D. Food and drink.

4.What does Stephen Wolfram think about the result of the research?

A. People’s interests are different from each other.

B. People’s interests change greatly with age.

C. It is normal for people to change their interests.

D. It is not good for people to change their interests.

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

I recently posted a picture on Facebook from the movie Mad Max, a film where two groups race through the desert in steam punk vehicles, and wrote, “Actual picture of my way to work today.” It was meant to be a joke because of the sandstorms in Beijing, but one of my friends from back home thought it was real.

I couldn’t imagine how they could think that is actually what China is like. China has so many more conveniences and advantages than the West, and many of my friends agree. “I don’t know how I will be able to deal when I go back home,” said a friend who is about to end her gap year in Beijing. “I’ve become so spoiled in China.

China seems to be leading the way in innovation and convenience for daily life. Back home I could never shop, pull out my phone and scan a QR code to pay.

There have been rumors of starting bike sharing in my hometown for years with little success while bike sharing suddenly appeared in Beijing overnight. I just step outside and scan a code, and I am on my way.

Going out to eat with a group of friends back home was troublesome for both the group and the servers. Splitting checks and swiping(刷) 10 different cards or making change for each person in the group can be a pain. But with China’s WeChat, you can quickly send your friends your part of the bill.

The list goes on…

When I first arrived in Beijing, I was dead set on leaving in a month. That month has come and gone. Now, when someone asks me when I’m coming back, I think to myself, “Who knows?”

While my friends think I’m riding through the desert on a motorbike, I am actually taking a “Didi” for what is the equivalent of $5 in the US.

With all the conveniences and technology here, I may never want to go back.

1.What’s the function of Paragraph 1?

A. To introduce a movie.　　 B. To tell an interesting story.

C. To introduce the topic.　　 D. To show the weather in Beijing.

2.How did the author feel when he first came to Beijing?

A. He couldn’t stand the weather.　　 B. He didn’t want to stay long.

C. He never wanted to go back home.　　 D. He was amazed at the bike sharing.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. China is the first country to start bike sharing.

B. The author has become used to mobile payment in China.

C. People always use WeChat to pay when eating out in the US.

D. The author’s friends all know the convenience of living in China.

4.What does the text intend to tell us?

A. Bike sharing has spread all over China.

B. Foreigners have misunderstandings of China.

C. Technology has brought much convenience in China.

D. Life in foreign countries is not as easy as we thought.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I recently posted a picture on Facebook from the movie Mad Max, a film where two groups race through the desert in steam punk vehicles, and wrote, “Actual picture of my way to work today.” It was meant to be a joke because of the sandstorms in Beijing, but one of my friends from back home thought it was real.

I couldn’t imagine how they could think that is actually what China is like. China has so many more conveniences and advantages than the West, and many of my friends agree. “I don’t know how I will be able to deal when I go back home,” said a friend who is about to end her gap year in Beijing. “I’ve become so spoiled in China.

China seems to be leading the way in innovation and convenience for daily life. Back home I could never shop, pull out my phone and scan a QR code to pay.

There have been rumors of starting bike sharing in my hometown for years with little success while bike sharing suddenly appeared in Beijing overnight. I just step outside and scan a code, and I am on my way.

Going out to eat with a group of friends back home was troublesome for both the group and the servers. Splitting checks and swiping (刷) 10 different cards or making change for each person in the group can be a pain. But with China’s WeChat, you can quickly send your friends your part of the bill.

The list goes on...

When I first arrived in Beijing, I was dead set on leaving in a month. That month has come and gone. Now, when someone asks me when I’m coming back, I think to myself, “Who knows?”

While my friends think I’m riding through the desert on a motorbike, I am actually taking a “Didi” for what is the equivalent of $5 in the US.

With all the conveniences and technology here, I may never want too go back.

1.What’s the function of Paragraph 1?

A. To introduce a movie.　　 B. To introduce the topic.

C. To tell an interesting story.　　 D. To show the weather in Beijing.

2.How did the author feel when he first came to Beijing?

A. He didn’t want to stay long.　　 B. He couldn’t stand the weather,

C. He never wanted to go back home.　　 D. He was amazed at the bike sharing.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. China is the first country to start bike sharing.

B. The author has become used to mobile payment in China.

C. People always use WeChat to pay when eating out in the US.

D. The author’s friends all know the convenience of living in China.

4.What does the text intend to tell us?

A. Bike sharing has spread all over China.

B. Foreigners have misunderstandings of China.

C. Life in foreign countries is not as easy as we thought.

D. Technology has brought much convenience in China.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A recent study showed that disordered eating has negative effects on health including lower self-evaluation of health, which isn’t too surprising. What was really shocking was how common the disordered eating behaviors seemed to be in our culture.

Individually, these behaviors aren’t something to be overly concerned about, but when they add up, it became a roadblock to healthy living. Ask yourself the right questions to find out if you, too, have gone beyond healthy habits and worry about your weight.

For example, starchy(含淀粉的) foods can make people feel uneasy about eating them. Sometimes an ingredient, like fat, causes anxiety, even if it’s used to make healthy foods like olive oil. If you’re skipping foods and blaming it on an allergy(过敏) reason, but your real motivation is to lose weight, that’s a red flag.

A strict eating schedule might seem like a smart way to provide structure throughout your day, but overdoing it can leave you feeling hungry.

Not having control over how your food is prepared can be a concern, especially if you have food allergies. It’s when that anxiety is baseless and prevents you from otherwise enjoying a night out that it becomes a problem.

Tracking calories can be a useful tool to understand which foods are rich in calories, which ones aren’t, and what calorie range you should be eating. If it becomes overbearing, it’s no longer a healthy method. It’s the right way to pay attention to your hunger and satiety(饱足), and rely on those to decide when to start and stop eating.

Disordered eating is common, but it’s not harmless. Seek out help if you see yourself in these behaviors, and make sure you recognize the signs that you’re already at a health weight.

1.What does the underlined part “a red flag” in the third paragraph mean?

A.A good means. B.A negative attitude.

C.A warning sign. D.A normal situation.

2.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Tracking calories can be a useful tool to keep fit.

B.Disordered eating is common but harmful.

C.Skipping foods won’t help you lose weight.

D.Knowing how your food is prepared can be beneficial.

3.If you have disordered eating problems, you’d better ______ accordingly.

A.avoid starchy foods B.lose weight

C.prepare your food well D.turn to the doctors

4.The author proves her point by ____________.

A.using examples B.making a comparison

C.asking and answering D.analyzing causes and effects

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Recently, I came across an interesting article on the differences between British English and American English. I had a lot of fun reading it and thinking of as many differences as I could as an American.

Their cars have “bonnets(发动机罩)”，while ours have “hoods”. They park their cars in a “car park” while we leave our in a “parking lot”. Our “cookies” are their “biscuits”, while their “rubbers” are our “erasers”.

Then there are the food words. Would you want to eat something called “Toad in the Hole” or “Bangers and Mash” or “Spotted Dick”? I’m here to report they are all very tasty. There are American equivalents(相等物)， of course. We’ve got “Shoofly Mud Pie”. What they call “crisps” is what we call “potato chips” and when we ask for “chips” in England we will get what we know at home in America as “French fries”.

They find it hysterical that we call the “toilet” the “bathroom” and they really double over (弯腰) with laughter when we ask for the “restroom”. American ladies in England who ask for the “little girl’s room” or the “power room” will be met with blank stares. A “fag” is a “cigarette” in the UK, which can lead to endless confusion for British visitors looking for a cigarette in America. Americans on the other hand are endlessly confused by English signs put up over doorways saying “Way Out”. We Americans walk on the sidewalk not the pavement. “Pavement” in America is the actual cement(水泥)the sidewalk is made of.

1.What do British people call French fries?

A. Chips.　　　　 　　　 B. Crisps.

C. Shoofly Pie.　　　 D. Mississippi Mud Pie.

2.The examples given at the end of the passage mainly show that ____.

A. Americans don’t like dealing with the British

B. American English is very different from British English

C. English signs are very hard for people to understand

D. Americans and the British may find it hard to understand each other

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

A. Funny　　　　 B. Difficult　　　　 C. Perfect　　　　 D. Normal

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Some similar habits between Americans and the British.

B. Different communicating ways between Americans and the British.

C. Different body languages between Americans and the British.

D. Some differences between American English and British English.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Recently，I came across an interesting article on the differences between British English and American English. I had a lot of fun reading it and thinking of as many differences as I could as an American.

Their cars have “bonnets(发动机罩)”, while ourselves have “hoods”. They park their cars in a “car park” while we leave ours in a “parking lot”. Our “cookies” are their “biscuits”, while their “rubbers” are our “erasers”.

Then there are the food words. Would you want to eat something called “Toad in the Hole” or “Bangers and Mash” or “Spotted Dick”? I’m here to report they are all very tasty. There are American equivalents(相等物)，of course. We’ve got “Shoofly Pie”, “Chicken Fried Steak” and “Mississippi Mud Pie”. What they call “crisps” is what we call “potato chips” and when we ask for “chips” in England we will get what we know at home in America as “French fries”.

They find it hysterical that we call the “toilet” the “bathroom” and they really double over(弯腰) with laughter when we ask for the “restroom”. American ladies in England who ask for the “little girl’s room” or the “powder room” will be met with blank stares. A “fag” is a “cigarette” in the UK, which can lead to endless confusion for British visitors looking for a cigarette in America. Americans on the other hand are endlessly confused by English signs put up over doorways saying “Way Out”. We Americans walk on the sidewalk not the pavement. “Pavement” in America is the actual cement(水泥) the sidewalk is made of.

1.What do British people call French Fries?

A. Chips.　　　　 B. Crisps.

C. Shoofly.　　　　 D. Mississippi Mud Pie.

2.The examples given at the end of the passage mainly show that _______.

A. Americans don’t like dealing with the British

B. English signs are very hard for people to understand

C. American English is very different from British English.

D. Americans and the British may find it hard to understand each other

3.What does the understand word “hysterical” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. difficult　 B. Funny

C. Perfect　　　 D. Normal

4.It would be difficult for British people to look for a cigarette in America because ______.

A. American people don’t like giving others cigarette

B. it is not allowed to smoke in public in America

C. Americans don’t know a “fag” means a “cigarette?

D. American people don’t smoke often

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Some similar habits between Americans and the British.

B. Different communicating ways between Americans and the British.

C. Different body languages between Americans and the British.

D. Some differences between American English and British English.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Chores: Good for Kids, Good for You

A recent study showed that most adults did household chores when they were young. 1. Kids nowadays spend a good deal of their time on homework and after-school activities.

An expert said, “Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them respect. We have stopped doing the one thing that has proven to bring success. 2.”

One study found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to succeed. Compared to no-chore kids, they had better family relations, did better in school, did better at work and were more self-confident.Personal happiness is said to come from strong relationships. It begins by learning to be kind and helpful at home.

If your kids say they have to skip chores to do homework, do not let them off the hook. 3. “What may seem like small messages at the moment,” an expert says, “add up to big messages over time.”

Here are some important ideas from experts：

4. Thank young children for being a “helper,” not just “helping”. It creates a positive identity.

Schedule chore time. Write down chores on a calendar that everyone can see (for example, posted in the kitchen).

Game it. Start small and have young children earn new “levels” of responsibilities, such as going from sorting clothes to earning the right to use the washing machine.

Keep allowances and chores separate. Do not make chores a business trade.

Do chores as shared tasks. 5.

Give chores a PR (public relations) boost. Do not tie chores to punishments. If you complain about doing the dishes,so will your children.

A. Watch your language.

B. That is doing household chores.

C. Instead of saying, “Do your chores,” say, “let’s do our chores.”

D. But the same study showed that most kids today do not do household chores.

E. You shouldn’t tell your child that grades are more important than caring about others

高一英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析

Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior.

One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.

They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players. Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded the least. And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. The study appeared last month in the journal Science.

The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse（虐待）. Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not.

The study says the IQs of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points. The more they are spanked, the slower their mental development.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the second study?

A. Children’s IQs have much to do with physical punishment.

B. The study is about violence and cooperation of children.

C. The children tested were divided into groups of four.

D. Children’s mental development only relies on their IQs.

2.What does the underlined word “spanked” refer to?

A. punished　　 B. blamed

C. tested　　 D. praised

3.What might be the best title for the text?

A. The Best Way to Correct Misbehavior

B. Punishment Is the Best Way of Education

C. Cooperation Is the Most Successful Behavior

D. Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

A recent study shows that nearly 50 percent of the school kids in Beijing do not have breakfast. They tend to feel sleepy all day and have bad memories, so it is hard for them to get high marks in all kinds of tests.

Some students who study deep into the night choose to miss breakfast so that they can have a few extra minutes in bed. Others are given money to buy their breakfast on the way to school because their parents are too busy to prepare it for them. In addition, a few school girls want to stay slim and often go to school without breakfast.

In fact the morning meal plays an important part. It can provide 30 percent of the whole day’s energy. For a creative mind and better judgment, school kids should start their days with a regular breakfast.

Having no breakfast

高一英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That36two out of every three people simply don’t know the 37they already have to be successful when it’s38there in their hands!39if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior (差的) unless you40them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder41he knows he can climb himself.”

Many of us have an image42 , the image（形象）we have of ourselves.43one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look44on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to45is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just46your mind and you’ll change your life.

One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life is the two little words:“47 ”. You know that people used to 48that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would49our circulation（循环）of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that50thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you51.

Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But52he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even 53Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly54all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll 55  do it.

1.                A．reflects         B．means          C．reads D．explains

2.                A．chance         B．strength        C．reason   D．ability

3.                A．immediately     B．properly        C．right D．accurately

4.                A．But            B．Because        C．What D．While

5.                A．challenge       B．let             C．admit D．help

6.                A．if             B．except         C．unless    D．until

7.                A．quiz           B．question        C．mystery  D．problem

8.                A．As             B．When          C．While    D．Since

9.                A．curious         B．good-looking     C．funny    D．serious

10.               A．knock          B．beat           C．strike D．defend

11.               A．settle          B．bend          C．fix   D．change

12.               A．I failed         B．Not me.        C．I can’t   D．Can I?

13.               A．think          B．imagine        C．expect    D．doubt

14.               A．start           B．help           C．close D．stop

15.               A．empty         B．silly            C．reasonable D．terrible

16.               A．realize         B．try            C．understand D．judge

17.               A．before         B．after           C．since D．because

18.               A．likely          B．unbelievable    C．impossible D．possible

19.               A．runners        B．workers        C．competitors    D．players

20.               A．simply         B．seldom         C．usually    D．never

高一英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析