The Conservative（保守的） Party leader David Cameron has become the British prime minister. The 43-year-old Cameron is the youngest to hold the post in almost 200 years.
Cameron grew up with poor school reports but has become a famous political figure. He is reportedly a descendant（后裔）of King William IV. Cameron studied at the elite（精英的）Eton College. He went to Oxford University, where he graduated with a first-class honors degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
At Eton, Cameron was a problem boy. In 1983, he allegedly（涉嫌） took drugs. He was punished, and ordered to copy 500 lines of Latin text. He later passed the Oxford entrance exam. Now he is British’s prime minister, he has to deal with the country’s deep economic troubles.
46. How old was David Cameron allegedly took drugs?
A.15 B.16 C.17 D.18
47. What can you infer about David Cameron from the text?
A. He is the youngest prime minister in history. B. He often got high scores at school.
C. He is handsome. D. He didn’t behave well at Eton.
48. Which was David Cameron’s favorite subject?
A. Internet B. biology C. politics D. maths
49. According to the text, we know that
A. As a punishment, he copied 50 lines of Latin text.
B. David Cameron passed the Cambridge entrance exam.
C. British has trouble with economy now.
D. David Cameron is a heavy smoker.
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The Conservative（保守的） Party leader David Cameron has become the British prime minister. The 43-year-old Cameron is the youngest to hold the post in almost 200 years.
Cameron grew up with poor school reports but has become a famous political figure. He is reportedly a descendant（后裔）of King William IV. Cameron studied at the elite（精英的）Eton College. He went to Oxford University, where he graduated with a first-class honors degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
At Eton, Cameron was a problem boy. In 1983, he allegedly（涉嫌） took drugs. He was punished, and ordered to copy 500 lines of Latin text. He later passed the Oxford entrance exam. Now he is British’s prime minister, he has to deal with the country’s deep economic troubles.
46. How old was David Cameron allegedly took drugs?
A.15 B.16 C.17 D.18
47. What can you infer about David Cameron from the text?
A. He is the youngest prime minister in history. B. He often got high scores at school.
C. He is handsome. D. He didn’t behave well at Eton.
48. Which was David Cameron’s favorite subject?
A. Internet B. biology C. politics D. maths
49. According to the text, we know that
A. As a punishment, he copied 50 lines of Latin text.
B. David Cameron passed the Cambridge entrance exam.
C. British has trouble with economy now.
D. David Cameron is a heavy smoker.
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In a speech this week to the Institute of Civil Engineering, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, made clear his support for wind energy. He focused on some of the many advantages of developing the industry.
Let’s examine those reasons. It is an abundant, clean and sustainable source of energy, reducing our dependence on expensive fossil fuel imports, increasingly from politically unstable parts of the globe. Let’s not forget that Russia turned off the gas supply to Europe in 2006.
More recently, we have all felt the pain this winter, when international gas prices soared by 40% compared to last year. Should we carry on exposing ourselves to the instability（不稳定） of global energy prices and the unpredictability of global events, or should we recognize the value of taking control of our energy supply?
As for the economic opportunities, over the last decade wind energy has attracted $5 billion in investment(投资) to the UK and is set to go above $50 billion by 2020. Look at the companies queuing up to build wind turbine (涡轮) factories in the UK, such as Siemens and Vestas. Examine the number of people employed in the wind industry in the UK—nearly 12000, now with nearly 90000 jobs by 2021.
The UK is already the global leader in wind power, with greater ability than anywhere else in the world—enough to supply more than a million homes with electricity all year round—and the government is calling for an increase by eight times in the amount of wind turbines installed by 2020, which the industry can achieve as long as it gets the right level of support from ministers. In return, as well as bring the environmental benefits of clean energy, the wind industry is committed to save consumers a lot of money.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 4?
A. Many job opportunities are created by wind industry.
B. The UK would not accept many companies’ investment.
C. Over the last ten years the UK has attracted little investment.
D. Other industries are less important than wind industry.
2.The writer uses the example of Russia to prove that ________.
A. international gas price is not always stable
B. there exists the unpredictability of global events
C. there are conflicts between Europe and Russia
D. every nation is badly in need of gas
3.What is the most important thing for the government to achieve its goal by 2020?
A. Attracting more investment.
B. Getting enough support from ministers.
C. Improving the technology a lot.
D. Listing the advantages of wind power to the public.
4.What is correct for the UK facing the problem of energy?
A. The UK should increase its dependence on fossil fuel imports.
B. It’s OK to carry on exposing itself to the instable energy prices.
C. The UK should believe the global events can be predictable.
D. The government has recognized the necessity of controlling its energy supply and did better.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A program developed by the Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain was run to measure the nation's wellbeing(幸福感)recently.
The Office for National Statistics(ONS) analysed responses from more than 2,000 people. The results showed that job security, personal health and relationships between family members were at the top three of most people's concerns.
Other key factors of a happy life were parents' sense of the security of their children's future. Parents are often concerned whether their children can have a good life and a nice place to live. People were more likely to consider having a job to be important to them than being paid a high salary.
Anastasia, a social policy analyst, said employment was central to people's sense of identity and wellbeing. “A job is about your life; it is not about your income，” she said, “It is about every aspect—having the motivation to get up in the morning, selfrespect and being a role model for your children. Income is almost secondary to that. People's lives fall apart if they don't have a job. They are much more likely to be depressed if they are out of work, and there is a strong relationship between unemployment and family breakdown and health difficulties.”
The Prime Minister launched the program in an attempt to create a broader measure of Britain's success than the performance of the economy. Mr Cameron said governments had a role in helping people feel better and that the national wellbeing index should help wider society build a better life.
Paul Allin, director of the wellbeing project at the ONS, said the program would combine objective data, such as employment and life expectancy rates, with subjective(主观的) measures, such as job satisfaction and selfreported health, to give a more complete picture of national wellbeing. “We want to encourage people to tell us what matters to them，” he said, “The more responses we have to the debate, the more realistic a picture of the UK we will have.”
1.What is the purpose of David Cameron's program?
A. To help people live a happier life.
B. To tell people what is real happiness.
C. To find out people's attitude towards happiness.
D. To see if people are satisfied with the government.
2.According to the passage, the top three factors that affect most people's happiness are ________.
a．personal health
b．high salary
c．job security
d．relationships between family members
A. a，b，c B. a，c，d
C. b，c，d D. a，b，d
3.Which of the following is NOT the view of Anastasia on employment?
A. It requires people to get up in the morning.
B. It helps people keep his or her selfrespect.
C. It makes people be an example to his or her children.
D. It brings enough money for people to live on.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The program pushes the government to develop the economy.
B. More people are encouraged to take part in the program.
C. It's difficult to get a satisfying answer from the program.
D. Getting a high income is more important than having a job.
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David Cameron mistakenly left his eight-year-old daughter in a pub by herself when he drove off without her, as was reported last night.
The Prime Minister(首相)--who had been enjoying Sunday drinks with his family near Chequers--only realized his eldest daughter was missing when he arrived back at his official country house.
The Camerons had been drinking at the Plough Inn, in Cadsden, Buckinghamshire, with their three children and two other families. As they were to leave, Nancy went off to the toilet without telling them.
The Prime Minister was driven back to Chequers, which is two miles from the pub, with protection officers in one car. Mr Cameron thought that Nancy was in the car with his wife, while she thought that their daughter had jumped in with the Prime Minister.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister last night said he was worried when he realized what had happened. They later confirmed that Mr Cameron returned to the pub to pick up Nancy.
“Thankfully when they phoned the pub she was there safe and well,” the spokesman said. “The Prime Minister went down straight away to get her.”
When Mr Cameron arrived back at the pub, he found his daughter happily helping the owner of the pub. It is understood she had been left by herself for 15 minutes.
The spokesman refused to discuss whether Mr Cameron had drunk alcohol. “He had gone with friends at lunchtime, with a number of families with children, and they left in various different vehicles. As you know, the Prime Minister is a very busy man but he always tries to live as normal a life as possible with his family.” he said.
Last night a pub “insider” said: “You’d have thought that someone would have done a headcount or something.”
It’s not like you can look up David Cameron in the phonebook and then ring to say you’ve left your daughter behind. It’s frightening that the Prime Minister of Britain can forget something so important as his own daughter.
1.What can we learn about the Camerons?
A. Mr Cameron drove home alone.
B. Nancy was left at the pub by chance.
C. Mrs Cameron drove to see her friends.
D. The children went to the pub for a party.
2.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The British can telephone the Camerons easily.
B. The Prime Minister has the design to live a normal life.
C. The Prime Minister’s drunk driving annoyed the public.
D. The British were shocked at the news about the Camerons.
3.Where is the passage probably taken from?
A. A story book. B. A biography.
C. A magazine. D. A newspaper.
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When David Edwards founded the oPhone, he hoped scent (嗅觉的) messages would become the next big thing in the digitization of our online lives.
The device looked like a high-tech cruet set (调味瓶)， and allowed a friend with an iPhone app to send you scent messages alongside photos. Send a picture of your dinner, tag it with four different tones, and whoever is on the receiving end can sniff it from the vase-like tubes of the oPhone.
The oPhone didn’t take off, and the company has now shifted focus to a “scent speaker” called the Cyrano, which similarly uses a range of scent capsules to emit “play lists” of smells.
Compared to our real world interactions, our online lives are lacking in scent. Our digital culture, so soaked in visual and aural stimuli, is odorless (没有气味的). So why didn’t his marriage of smell and picture messaging excite more interest?
From a technical point of view, smell is simply harder to mass communicate than sounds and pictures. “There are two main technological obstacles to making smell transmissible by digital means,” explains biophysicist and author of Perfumes: The A -Z guide, Dr Luca Turin.
“First, there are no odor ‘primaries’like RGB or CMYK. Second, it has proved impossible to stimulate the olfactory epithelium (上皮组织) directly by any means tried so far. This means that it is currently impossible to induce a sensation of smell without there being an actual chemical in the inhaled air (吸入的空气).”
“The more we’re plugged into the virtual world, the more we deeply appreciate thecontrast-moments in our human, experience，” says designer and olfactory artist Mindy Yang.
“Intuitively, we realize that we are starved of certain sensations. With the rise of digital culture, society has become more interested in the missing sense-c-what we smell.”
This interest in scent isn’t only happening within the worlds of perfume and fashion. Over the past few years a number of cultural projects have set out to focus on the power of sensory experiences, from the use of a smell map, to the Tate Sensorium, which in 2015 let users experience visual art alongside smells, tastes and sounds.
Whether it’s devices like the oPhone that仕y to introduce scent into digital messaging, organizations are growingly aware of our culture’s desire for sensory experiences. In a time of virtual reality and scentless social networks, it’s perhaps no wonder that we as a culture have such a desire for something that instinctively feels real and authentic-even if it was made in a lab.
1.What can we learn about the oPhone?
A.The oPhone has defended our interest in what we smell.
B.The oPhone hasn’t caught on yet since it was founded.
C.The oPhone has swapped visual and aural stimuli for scent.
D.The oPhone is a vase tube to sniff specific messages from.
2.What makes it challenging to introduce scent into digital messaging?
A.The relevant tissue is impossible to stimulate directly.
B.Scent capsules should be applied to send out smells.
C.There exists no actual chemical in the inhaled air.
D.Sounds and pictures are easier to mass communicate.
3.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To promote the oPhone which can send scent messages.
B.To reveal the problems of the invention of the oPhone.
C.To predict the trend of the digitization of our online lives.
D.To introduce the oPhone based on smell-digital-technology.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When David Edwards founded the oPhone, he hoped scent (嗅觉的) messages would become the next big thing in the digitization of our online lives.
The device looked like a high-tech cruet set (调味瓶)， and allowed a friend with an iPhone app to send you scent messages alongside photos. Send a picture of your dinner, tag it with four different tones, and whoever is on the receiving end can sniff it from the vase-like tubes of the oPhone.
The oPhone didn’t take off, and the company has now shifted focus to a “scent speaker” called the Cyrano, which similarly uses a range of scent capsules to emit “play lists” of smells.
Compared to our real world interactions, our online lives are lacking in scent. Our digital culture, so soaked in visual and aural stimuli, is odorless (没有气味的). So why didn’t his marriage of smell and picture messaging excite more interest?
From a technical point of view, smell is simply harder to mass communicate than sounds and pictures. “There are two main technological obstacles to making smell transmissible by digital means,” explains biophysicist and author of Perfumes: The A -Z guide, Dr Luca Turin.
“First, there are no odor ‘primaries’like RGB or CMYK. Second, it has proved impossible to stimulate the olfactory epithelium (上皮组织) directly by any means tried so far. This means that it is currently impossible to induce a sensation of smell without there being an actual chemical in the inhaled air (吸入的空气).”
“The more we’re plugged into the virtual world, the more we deeply appreciate thecontrast-moments in our human, experience，” says designer and olfactory artist Mindy Yang.
“Intuitively, we realize that we are starved of certain sensations. With the rise of digital culture, society has become more interested in the missing sense-c-what we smell.”
This interest in scent isn’t only happening within the worlds of perfume and fashion. Over the past few years a number of cultural projects have set out to focus on the power of sensory experiences, from the use of a smell map, to the Tate Sensorium, which in 2015 let users experience visual art alongside smells, tastes and sounds.
Whether it’s devices like the oPhone that仕y to introduce scent into digital messaging, organizations are growingly aware of our culture’s desire for sensory experiences. In a time of virtual reality and scentless social networks, it’s perhaps no wonder that we as a culture have such a desire for something that instinctively feels real and authentic-even if it was made in a lab.
1.What can we learn about the oPhone?
A. The oPhone has defended our interest in what we smell.
B. The oPhone hasn’t caught on yet since it was founded.
C. The oPhone has swapped visual and aural stimuli for scent.
D. The oPhone is a vase tube to sniff specific messages from.
2.What makes it challenging to introduce scent into digital messaging?
A. The relevant tissue is impossible to stimulate directly.
B. Scent capsules should be applied to send out smells.
C. There exists no actual chemical in the inhaled air.
D. Sounds and pictures are easier to mass communicate.
3.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To promote the oPhone which can send scent messages.
B. To reveal the problems of the invention of the oPhone.
C. To predict the trend of the digitization of our online lives.
D. To introduce the oPhone based on smell-digital-technology.
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President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket.
“I just miss---I miss being anonymous,” he said. “I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walk. I can't take a walk”.
His dream, he said, was to “go through Central Park and watch for passing by…spend the day watching people --- I miss that”.
Faced with angry criticism for playing more golf than most previous occupants of the White House, he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting away from it all. “It's the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours.” he told Hearst magazines.
Though he said he enjoyed his life in the White House, he felt disappointed with some of the ways of Washington, which he has failed in his permission to change, such as the "kabuki dance" among political parties before serious policy discussions begin. His comments may be seen as vindication（证实）by critics who have accused him of appearing too detached（漠然）, and being slow to engage in vital issues such as Libya and the near shutdown of the US government last week.
Since arriving at the White House in January 2009, Mr. Obama has already racked up 60 rounds of golf in office, more than George W Bush did in his eight years. In terms of ability, Golf Digest magazine has ranked Mr. Obama eighth out of the 18 presidents who played the game since it became established in the early 20th century.
1.What do the second paragraph and the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Obama likes living a busy life.
B. Obama used to spend most of his time with his family.
C. Obama wishes to enjoy simple pleasures.
D. He used to wash his car himself.
2.According to Obama, he plays golf to .
A. release his pressure B. keep fit
C. balance his work D. show his ability
3.We can infer from the passage that Obama is kabuki dance.
A. curious about B. interested in
C. content with D. tired of
4.Which of the following statements is from the critics?
A. The president lost lots of privacy, but he loves the life in the White House.
B. There are always unnecessary procedures among political parties.
C. The president seems to be indifferent (漠不关心的) towards some really important issues.
D. The president is really a great golf player.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Obama's favorite pastime.
B. Obama’s complaints about lack of privacy as president.
C. The public's criticism of Obama.
D. Obama's regrets for being the US president.
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The great leader often inspires younger generations that only through hard work .
A. has happiness been achieved B. will happiness be achieved
C. happiness has been achieved D. happiness will be achieved
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1.India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s i__________ from Britain.
2.If weather p__________, we may go out and have a picnic.
3.We a__________ the old scientist for his great contribution to the country.
4.__________ (不像，不同) most people in the office, I don’t come to work by car.
5.Many people are __________(熟悉的)with him because he often performs to the passers-by.
6.Fruit juices can be __________(有害的) to children’s teeth.
7.A truck went out of control and __________(碰撞) into the back of a bus.
8.I would a__________ it if you could help me with my English.
9.At present, the local government is taking m__________ to reduce the pollution.
10.Regular exercise combined with b__________ diet is the healthy way of life.
11.Many homeless people have b__________ from the project.
12.All the students who want to attend the ceremony are required to g_________ at the school gate at 3 pm.
13.You should be aware of your own s__________ and weaknesses.
14.He made a few notes to r__________ himself of what he wanted to say.
15.We should finish the work w___________ 24 hours.
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David was very unhappy for ____ to the party which was held in his cousin’s house.
A. having not been invited B. not having invited
C. not having been invited D. having not invited
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