It’s an ordinary morning，like all the others．...

It’s an ordinary morning，like all the others．But instead of being woken up by the buzzing of an alarm clock, you’ll be roused by the smell of freshly made coffee，light entering your room as the curtains open automatically，and a gentle back massage（按摩）provided by your high-tech bed.

This is what a typical(典型的) person's life will be like two decades from now，according to The Guardian. Want to know more?

After you get up, your apartment will be like an electronic orchestra with you as the conductor. With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions, you’ll be able to control your apartment’s temperature, humidity, music and lighting. You’ll be able to look through the day’s news on translucent screens while your breakfast waits for you in the automatic oven.

As you move into your kitchen, you might accidentally hit your toe on a cupboard. If you do, you’ll grab your cell phone and open the diagnostics(诊断) app. Inside your phone there will be a tiny microchip(芯片) that uses X-ray waves to scan your body. The scan will tell whether your toe is bruised or broken.

After breakfast, your driverless car will take you to work. While you “drive”, your central computer system will suggest a list of chores(家务事) that your housekeeping robots can do that day and it will also remind you to buy a gift for your mother’s upcoming birthday.

As you can see, with the help of advanced technology, our lives will be more efficient(有效率的). Technology will mitigate our forgetfulness and free us of many small burdens that distract us, such as buying a ticket. Our brain will therefore be able to focus on more important things like preparing for a presentation or doing “deep thinking”.

However, the development of technology might have some disadvantages as well. By 2036, we’ll be relying heavily on the virtual(虚拟的) world, which will mean that all of our data will be stored in the cloud, a remote digital storage system with near limitless capacity(容量). That will increase the possibility of someone else accessing, sharing or manipulating(操控) our personal information.

1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To stress the importance of developing technology.

B. To remind people not to depend too much on computers．

C. To introduce one new invention that will benefit our future lives.

D. To describe how advanced technologies will affect our future lives.

2.According to the text, in two decades, ________.

A. you’ll be able to rely on an electronic orchestra to wake you up instead of an alarm clock

B. a tiny microchip in your phone will treat you when you are sick

C. you will be able to adjust the conditions of your apartment via oral instructions or simple hand gestures

D. technology will be smart enough to help us with important things like preparing for a presentation

3.What does the underlined word “mitigate” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A. Make up for.　　 B. Worsen.　　 C. Cure.　　 D. Take advantage of.

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Coincidences happen all the time to ordinary people, but the following events are perhaps some of the strangest of them all.

1. In the 19th century, the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe, wrote a book called The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck (船只失事) who were in an open boat for many days before three of them decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the boat Mignonette sank, and only four survivors were left in an open boat for many days. Finally the three older members killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

2. In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant for dinner. When the owner took King Umberto I’s order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the resemblance between each other and found many more similarities. Both men were born in the same place, on the same day, of the same year (March 14, 1844, Turin, Italy). On the day that the King married Queen Margherita, the restaurant owner had married a lady named Margherita. The restaurant owner opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto I was crowned(加冕) King of Italy. On July 29, 1900, King Umberto I was informed that the restaurant owner had died that day in a shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, someone in the crowd killed him!

3. Mark Twain was a popular American author who wrote famous books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley’s Comet(哈雷彗星) in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: “I came in with Halley’s Comet in1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.”

1.In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, _________.

A. the boat was named Mignonette

B. the ship sank after the cabin boy’s death

C. three people in all eventually survived the shipwreck

D. Richard Parker was unfriendly to the other survivors

2. Whose story is related to astronomy?_________.

A. Mark Twain’s　　 　　 B. Edgar Allan Poe’s

C. King Umberto I’s　 D. Queen Margherita’s

3.The author wrote the text with a feeling of __________.

A. worry　　　　　 　　 B. regret

C. amazement　　　　 D. satisfaction

4.What’s the best title for the text?_________.

A. Unexplained deaths

B. Terrible events in the world

C. Well-known people in history

D. Strangest coincidences in history

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— Hi! John, would you like to play football with us?

— Oh，I can’t. I ___ my lesson all the morning and still need half an hour.

A. am reviewing    B. have been reviewing

C. have reviewed      D. reviewed

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Early one morning the sub­inspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it?

I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out.  I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant's doings.

It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner, had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours' journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody's bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over fruit­stalls.

I came round the hut and saw a man's dead body sprawling in the mud.  He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, the__peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent.

As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot that did for him.

You could see the pain of it knock the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground.

1.Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?

2.The elephant made so much trouble because ________.

3.The underlined words “the peacebreaker” in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.

4.It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant.

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The meeting was at 7:00 in the morning，which was an _______ time for all of us．

A．irregular　　　　　　　　　　 B．inconvenient

C．impossible　　　　　　　　　　 D．incorrect

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______ road out of town is good, but this one is better than the other.

A. Both　　　　　　 B. All　　　　　　　　 C. None　　　　　　 D. Neither

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Don’t always think you are _______ to the others; in fact, you are just an ordinary person.

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The results of an admittedly small but telling new study suggest that Medicare and other insures could be spending billions of dollars on screening(拍片检查)smokers for lung cancer that would be better spent on helping them quit and keeping others from starting．The new study indicated that screening more often supported smokers’ beliefs that they could safely continue to smoke．Most participants remained smoker because they believed screening could catch cancer early before it would threaten their lives.

“They compared how hard it was to quit smoking with how easy it was to be screened，”said Steven B. Zeliadt, the lead author of the study. "They engaged in magical thinking that now there's this wonderful painless external test that can save lives."

He and seven colleagues conducted the study of 37 current smokers who were offered lung cancer screening at Department of Veteran Affairs. After being screened and told the results. they were interviewed about their smoking-related health beliefs. For about half of those in whom cancer was not found. "Screening lowered their motivation for quitting." the team reported in July in JAMA Internal Medicine. The participants focused only on lung cancer, ignoring other potential harm of smoking. the researchers wrote.

A national study published four years ago found that annual CT screening for lung cancer three years in a row could reduce deaths among heavy smokers by about 20 percent.In an interview, Dr. Russell P. Harris, a preventive medicine specialist at the UNC-Chapel Hill. noted that "screening is being believed by people as an alternative to stopping smoking. But stopping smoking would have huge benefits for the individual and society." Furthermore, smoking causes many other cancers.

Dr. Harris agreed that rather than screening money is better spent on smoking prevention. He suggested providing free stop-smoking aids. sponsoring anti-smoking advertising and raising taxes on tobacco products and the age at which people are allowed to buy them.

1.What does the new study suggest?

A. Screening technology remains to be advanced and more effective.

B. Screening can find cancer in patients and give them timely treatment.

C. Helping people quit smoking is better than screening them for cancer.

D. Admitting smoking before screening can help one to stop smoking.

2.What effect can screening have on most smokers?

A. They will be scared by the result and quit smoking.

B. They will believe screening can catch cancer early and not quit.

C. They will lose hope and go on smoking.

D. They will know screening costs less than smoking.

3.What does the underlined word“they”（in Paragraph 5）refer to?

A. The smokers screened in the study.

B. Steven Zeliadt and his colleagues.

C. Dr. Harris and his patients.

D. The patients' smoking-related health beliefs

4.Which of the following can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. The Effect of Screening for Cancer Patients

B. Screening Alone Doesn’t Do the Work

C. Screening Has a Say in Cancer Detecting

D. Screening May Not Push Smokers to Quit

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Most people know me as an ordinary dentist,wife and mom of two young kids.But when I'm not hanging out with my____or fixing teeth.I'm addicted to winning radio contests.

When everyone else____the radio,they stay on one channel,listen to a song and change the____when commercials start.But I change channels almost____,hunting for a contest.I know the best time to____in,and I know what radio stations are____to win on.

I've won a couple of DVD sets,movie passes and a boatload of concert____,Dave Matthews Band,French Montana and soon.My biggest____was an all-expense-paid trip to the Hollywood Film Awards.

I got my first taste of____way back in middle school.I was the 100th caller to my favor radio station,and I____. From then on,I was____and whenever I listened to the radio,I would____my and all contests.When coupons（优惠券）followed,radio contests____memory.

A short time ago,I was going to my____from being on call at the hospital____I heard a contest coming on.It was 3 am and I called in,not knowing what the contest was____.I won a DVD boxed set of season 12 of the show ER.I had never____it,but it still excited me greatly.

So when you see me in my dentist garb（装束）and you think little of it,remember that I'm a ____radio-contest superhero,not because I'm really strong or have a desire to throw myself into danger to____others.It's because I'm going to the hot concert in town for____.

1.A. patients　　 B. friends　　 C. workmates　　 D. family

2.A. listens to　　 B. switches in　　 C. turns to　　 D. picks up

3.A. content　　 B. station　　 C. radio　　 D. memory

4.A. unwillingly　　 B. suddenly　　 C. constantly　　 D. quickly

5.A. call　　 B. cut　　 C. carry　　 D. get

6.A. easy　　 B. ready　　 C. splendid　　 D. enjoyable

7.A. programs　　 B. parties　　 C. tickets　　 D. halls

8.A. desire　　 B. award　　 C. bet　　 D. ambition

9.A. responsibility　　 B. failure　　 C. pleasure　　 D. victory

10.A. made it　　 B. got it　　 C. put through　　 D. set off

11.A. astonished　　 B. attracted　　 C. admired　　 D. attached

12.A. choose　　 B. admit　　 C. include　　 D. enter

13.A. faded into　　 B. escaped from　　 C. insisted on　　 D. associated with

14.A. restaurant　　 B. hotel　　 C. concert　　 D. house

15.A. though　　 B. if　　 C. because　　 D. when

16.A. of　　 B. for　　 C. to　　 D. in

17.A. noticed　　 B. watched　　 C. enjoyed　　 D. ignored

18.A. obvious　　 B. lucky　　 C. secret　　 D. natural

19.A. follow　　 B. treat　　 C. protect　　 D. support

20.A. more　　 B. sure　　 C. free　　 D. most

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The New York See It All Tour is exactly what it sounds like: an all-inclusive guided tour of New York City.

Central Park

One of the most famous parks in the world, Central Park is a man-made wonder. Not only is it the first public park built in America, but it is also one of the most frequently visited parks, with over 25 million guests per year. Set in the middle of busy Manhattan, its grounds serve as a safe harbor, not only for athletes, and musicians but also for lots of migratory birds each year. One can spend an entire peaceful day wandering its grounds, gazing upon nearly 50 fountains, monuments, and sculptures or admiring its 36 bridges.

Hudson River Park

Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City district of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths, including the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for the public to relax. The park includes tennis and soccer fields, children’s playground, dog run, and many other features.

Washington Square Park

Washington Square, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, is a very popular and often crowded square. People from all backgrounds gather to this large square dotted with trees.

Central Park Zoo

The Central Park Zoo is a small 6.5-acre zoo located on Central Park in New York City. The zoo began in the 1860s, making it the first official zoo to open in New York. The zoo was improved in 1934, with the addition of many new buildings ranged in a quadrangle around the sea lion pool. Finally, the zoo was repaired in the mid-1980s and reopened in 1988, replacing the old-fashioned cages with naturalistic environments.

1.Which park is set in the heart of Greenwich Village?

A.Central Park.

B.Hudson River Park.

C.Central Park Zoo.

D.Washington Square Park.

2.What can we learn about Central Park?

A.It is primarily an artificial park.

B.It is the first public park built in the world.

C.It was the most crowded park when first built.

D.It especially attracts pedestrian and artists.

3.When was the first official zoo in New York repaired for the first time?

A.In the 1860s. B.In 1934.

C.In the mid-1980s. D.In 1988.

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