Mary has______ speaking dialects, so it is no...

Mary has______ speaking dialects, so it is not surprising to see her communicate with the

people from different parts of this country easily.

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Mary speaks with a strong southern accent so that she is taking classes to ________herself of it.

A．support           B．struggle           C．rid               D．equip

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It is always not easy to live in a foreign country; ____ so if you can’t speak their language.

A. specially                B. eventually             C. especially              D. simply

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is _______ pleasant surprise to learn that Mary is ______ great success as a writer.

A．a; a              B．/; /               C．a; /              D．/; a

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mary is so quiet a girl that she seldom speaks in public places unless _____ to.

A. is spoken　　　 B. is speaking

C. speaking　　 D. spoken

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Cathy is a tetraplegic. She has not been able to move her arms, legs or speak since suffering a stroke（中风）nearly fifteen years ago. Recently, she learned how to control a robotic arm using her thoughts. She now can use brain activity to serve herself a drink.

The American woman is one of two people who took part in a research project known as BrainGate2. The researchers have spent years studying how to help people who are disabled regain movement in their arms and legs.

John Donoghue is a neuroscientist with Brown University and also was part of the project. He said, “People like Cathy have their brain disconnected from their body. So they are not able to go out and do everyday things that you and I can do, like reach for a glass of water or scratch your nose. Our idea is to avoid that damaged nervous system and go directly from the brain to the outside world, so the brain signals can, not control muscles, but control machines or devices like a computer or a robotic arm.”

The two disabled people had small sensors connected to the part of the brain that controls movement. The devices measured brain activity and sent that information to a computer. The computer has special software that turns the information into digital commands for operating other devices. The researchers used a highly developed robotic arm to recreate human actions．

The BrainGate team had its first success in 2006. A tetraplegic stabbing victim was able to use the brain—computer system to control a computer mouse. John says the latest development using robotic arms is a major victory.

A video of the latest experiment shows Cathy using the robotic arm to pick up a cup of coffee. She guides the cup toward her mouth, moves it forward and drinks through a straw.

Lead researcher Leigh Hochberg said the first time she did it was a magic moment.

The research team carried out almost 200 tests with two different robotic arms, which were able to pick up their target objects 43％ to 66％of the time.

The researchers are calling the information very promising. But they say it will take years to fully develop the technology for everyday use.

1.What kind of symptoms may a tetraplegic have?

A. He/She may suffer from amnesia and a loss of concentration.

B. His /Her part of body may become sore and swollen.

C. He/She may get frequent headaches or backaches.

D. He/She can’t move his/her arms or legs and has no ability to speak.

2.How does the robotic arm work?

A. brain signals small sensors muscle a robot arm

B. brain signals the nervous system　 musclea robot arm

C. brain signals small sensors a computer a robot arm

D. brain signals the nervous system a computer a robot arm

3.What can we know from this passage?

A．The technology had been put into use before 2006.

B．It won’t be long before the technology comes into daily use．

C．The two robotic arms couldn't pick up their target objects．

D. Quite a few experiments have been conducted for the technology．

4.What's the purpose of the research project?

A．To help the disabled people to move and speak．

B．To help the brain-computer system to control a computer mouse．

C．To help the disabled people use brain activity to serve themselves a drink．

D．To help the disabled people to get movement like having their arms and legs again．

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many people all over the world speak English as their second language and it is not too much to say that it has become an international language.

Studying English can make life fun. It enables you to watch American movies, read English books and listen to English songs. Moreover, as English is an international language, you will be able to communicate with foreigners when you are on a trip abroad. Traveling will be more interesting that way.

It is a good idea to make friends with foreigners. In my opinion, it is the best way to improve your English. In addition, it will bring you a lot of fun and enlarge your view of the world. If you make friends with a native speaker, you can practice your spoken English more often, and then you can communicate with people around the world. Most importantly, you can also become familiar with the customs and know how people live in foreign countries.

There are some people who are afraid to make friends with foreigners, because they are not confident about their English. However, many foreigners do not care about grammar. They will get your key words in the sentence and know the whole meaning. Therefore, it is unnecessary to be afraid; just go ahead.

English is of great use to us that we should all learn it.

1.What is the best way to improve our English according to the text?

A. Reading English books.　　 B. Making friends with foreigners.

C. Listening to English songs.　　 D. Watching American movies.

2.The most important benefit of making friends with native speakers is that 　　　　 .

A. it can make our traveling easy

B. it can bring us lots of fun

C. we can learn different cultures

D. we can correct mistakes we made before

3.What does the author advise English learners to do in the end?

A. To study English hard.

B. To express clearly what they mean.

C. To say the key words when speaking.

D. To make friends with native speakers confidently.

4.What can we infer from the text?

A. English has been becoming so useful in our daily life.

B. People can’t make foreign friends if they can’t speak English.

C. People are afraid of making foreign friends because of their shyness.

D. All people throughout the world speak English as their second language.

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

When you don’t speak, you may be still communicating. It is true that you may not wish to say anything. But your very silence may show your wish to be left alone or to stay uninvolved, which is the message you want to send.

So it has been said that while we speak with our vocal organs, we converse with our whole bodies. All of us communicate with one anther nonverbally (非口头地), as well as with words. Sometimes we know what we are doing with the use of gestures such as the thumbs-up sign to indicate that we approve. But most of the time we are not aware that we are doing it.

Body language serves a variety of purpose. Firstly it can replace verbal communication, as with the use of gesture. Secondly, it can modify (修饰) verbal communication. Loudness and tone of voice is an example here. Thirdly it regulates social interaction: turn taking is largely governed by non-verbal signals. Fourthly it conveys our emotions. Finally it conveys our attitude towards ourselves and towards the people we are communicating with. This is particularly important for successful cross-cultural communications.

Every culture has its own body language. So in order to achieve a more successful cross-cultural communications, we heed not only what to say but also how to say it appropriately. Observation shows that a truly bilingual person switches his body language at the same time he switches language.

1.The underlined word “converse” in the second paragraph can be replaced by ____.

A. continue     B. complain    C. communicate  D. compete

2.The underlined word “This” in the third paragraph refers to___.

A. the fact that body language serves a variety of purposes

B. the fact that body language can modify verbal communication

C. the fact that body language regulates social interaction

D. the fact that body language conveys our attitude

3.Body language varies____.

A. from culture to culture     B. from year to year

C. from time to time         D. from person to person

4.The best title for the passage is “____”.

A. Verbal Language          B. Communication Skills

C. Ways to Communication    D. Body Language

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mary is the only one of the students in our class who ____ to the Great Wall so far.

A. is                      B. has been          C. are                         D. had been

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单词拼写 （共12分）

1.His n___________ language is not Chinese but he can speak it fluently.

2.He seems to be doing nothing , but _________ ( 实际上 ) he is just waiting for his chance.

3.After returning from abroad, the old man s__________ (定居) in Beijing.

4.Thanks to her husband’s good care, the wife has r__________（康复）from her operation.

5.This popular American TV series is b___________ on a real story.

6.The old couple was so g_______ to us for what we had done for him that he bought us a basket of fresh fruit.

7.Michael once lived in China for ten years. No wonder he speaks Chinese as f________ as native Chinese.

8.Most of the students agree with him, but 10℅ students still d____________ with him.

9.He went s_______________ to the playground even without looking at me.

10.It was quite terrible. It took me some time to c____________ down myself.

11.I didn't r________ her at first because I hadn't seen her for five years.

12.The general(将军) c_______ the soldiers to shut the gate.

高一英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析