NEW YORK—Australian mining enterpriser Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled(公布) blueprints (蓝本) for Titanic Ⅱ, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn’t call the ship unsinkable any more.
The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in line with current safety rules and shipbuilding practices, and the addition of some modern comforts such as air conditioning, Palmer said at a press conference in New York.
The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling(混杂), as in 1912, Palmer said. “I’m not too superstitious(迷信的). ”Palmer said when asked whether recreating a ship best-known for sinking was tempting fate.
White Star Line, the operator of the original ship, had said the Titanic was designed to be unsinkable. About 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York after the ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Palmer, who created the company Blue Star Line last year, refused to make a similar boast.
“Anything will sink if you put a hole in it,”Palmer said. “I think it would be very cavalier(漫不经心的) to say it.”
Unlike the original, TitanicⅡ will have more than enough space in its lifeboats for every person on board and will have additional escape staircases. Markku Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be “the safest cruise ship in the world”.
Palmer refused to answer questions about the project’s cost. Although the Titanic was the world’s largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today’s modern cruise ships.
“It’s not about the money, ”Palmer said. “I’ve got enough money for it. I think that’s all that matters.”
Forbes estimated Palmer’s net worth to be $795 million in 2012. He describes himself as a billionaire.
TitanicⅡ will be built by Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard, which has already built four ore carriers for Palmer’s mining business, he said. The contract to build TitanicⅡ has not yet been signed, Palmer said.
1.What can be inferred about TitanicⅡ from the passage?
A. TitanicⅡ will have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.
B. TitanicⅡ will be the largest cruise ship in the world.
C. TitanicⅡ will allow different classes of passengers to mingle.
D. TitanicⅡ will be a real unsinkable cruise ship.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.
B. The Titanic collided with an iceberg in the South Pacific.
C. The Titanic was equipped with air conditioning.
D. The Titanic was the world’s largest ship at that time.
3.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. To tell us the story of the Titanic.
B. To tell us TitanicⅡ will cost a lot of money.
C. To tell us about the future TitanicⅡ.
D. To tell us a Chinese Shipyard will build TitanicⅡ.
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. The old Titanic
B. The blueprints of TitanicⅡ
C. The unsinkable TitanicⅡ
D. Clive Palmer—a billionaire
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
NEW YORK—Australian mining enterpriser Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled(公布) blueprints (蓝本) for Titanic Ⅱ, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn’t call the ship unsinkable any more.
The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in line with current safety rules and shipbuilding practices, and the addition of some modern comforts such as air conditioning, Palmer said at a press conference in New York.
The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling(混杂), as in 1912, Palmer said. “I’m not too superstitious(迷信的). ”Palmer said when asked whether recreating a ship best-known for sinking was tempting fate.
White Star Line, the operator of the original ship, had said the Titanic was designed to be unsinkable. About 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York after the ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Palmer, who created the company Blue Star Line last year, refused to make a similar boast.
“Anything will sink if you put a hole in it,”Palmer said. “I think it would be very cavalier(漫不经心的) to say it.”
Unlike the original, TitanicⅡ will have more than enough space in its lifeboats for every person on board and will have additional escape staircases. Markku Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be “the safest cruise ship in the world”.
Palmer refused to answer questions about the project’s cost. Although the Titanic was the world’s largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today’s modern cruise ships.
“It’s not about the money, ”Palmer said. “I’ve got enough money for it. I think that’s all that matters.”
Forbes estimated Palmer’s net worth to be $795 million in 2012. He describes himself as a billionaire.
TitanicⅡ will be built by Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard, which has already built four ore carriers for Palmer’s mining business, he said. The contract to build TitanicⅡ has not yet been signed, Palmer said.
1.What can be inferred about TitanicⅡ from the passage?
A. TitanicⅡ will have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.
B. TitanicⅡ will be the largest cruise ship in the world.
C. TitanicⅡ will allow different classes of passengers to mingle.
D. TitanicⅡ will be a real unsinkable cruise ship.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.
B. The Titanic collided with an iceberg in the South Pacific.
C. The Titanic was equipped with air conditioning.
D. The Titanic was the world’s largest ship at that time.
3.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. To tell us the story of the Titanic.
B. To tell us TitanicⅡ will cost a lot of money.
C. To tell us about the future TitanicⅡ.
D. To tell us a Chinese Shipyard will build TitanicⅡ.
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. The old Titanic
B. The blueprints of TitanicⅡ
C. The unsinkable TitanicⅡ
D. Clive Palmer—a billionaire
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Ⅴ. 读写任务(共一小题,满分25分)
I 've been in New York City for six months. As far as I know, New York City is one of the most popular cities in the world. The city was famous for its financial, landmarks, architectures and sports etc. In contrast to New York City, my native city in China is small and undeveloped. I can tell it just by taking a look at the education in New York City.
Education in New York City is different from my hometown. Firstly, many famous universities and colleges such NYU, Columbia University, SUNY and CUNY etc are located here. While my hometown owns zero university. Secondly, New York City keeps providing free education, lunch and metrocard for students until they finish high school. Thirdly, the teaching methods are free and creative. In New York City, the teacher won't teach you all the details about the solution, they're just give you some examples and you yourself finish the rest.
Now I really enjoy living in America.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括短文要点;
2.就“居住在大城市” 这个主题发表你的看法,至少包括如下内容,该部分词数大约120:
(1)居住在大城市的好处;
(2)居住在大城市的弊端;
(3)你是否选择住在大城市,请列出理由。
【写作要求】
你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不可以直接引用阅读材料中的句子.
高一英语书面表达简单题查看答案及解析
On Sept.19, 2014, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock(股票)Exchange, which shows that Ma Yun has done his business 1. (success). A short Chinese man seems to be the 2.(tall) man in the world right now.
Ma Yun used to be an English teacher who led 3. easy life. When he was twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m. and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake, 4. he could communicate with foreign visitors in English. The experience made him a fantastic English speaker and often delivered English speeches without 5.(refer) to his notes. In a trip to the US in 1995, Ma had access to the Internet 6. chance. 7. was after he returned home that Ma set up a website and created his own company-- Alibaba in Hangzhou. He was so 8.(devote) to his work that he 9.(name) “Crazy Jack Ma”. In my opinion, his 10.(curious) and determination made Alibaba the world’s largest e-commerce company .
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
On Sept.19, 2014, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock(股票)Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business 1. (success). A short Chinese man seems to be the 2. (tall) man in the world right now.
Ma Yun used to be an English teacher. When he was twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake,3. he could communicate with foreign 4.(tour) in English. He did it for nine years. The experience made him a fantastic English speaker and also opened his views to the wide world. In a trip to the US in 1995, Ma had access to the Internet 5.the first time. When 6. (see) the opportunity on the Internet, Ma returned to China and decided to set up a website 7. he knew little about computers then. Ma quit(辞掉) his job and created his own company--Alibaba in Hangzhou. He was so 8. (devote) to his work that he 9. (name) “Crazy Jack Ma”. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company and 10. (go) even further in future.
高一英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
On Sept.19, 2014, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock(股票)Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business 1. (successful). A short Chinese man seems to be the 2. (tall) man in the world right now.
Ma Yun used to be an English teacher. When he was twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake,3. he could communicate with foreign4.(tourist) in English. He did it for nine years. The experience made5. (he) a fantastic English speaker and also opened his views to the wide world. In a trip to the US in 1995, Ma had access to the Internet for the first time. When seeing the opportunity on the Internet, Ma returned to China and decided to set up a website 6. he knew little about computers then. Ma gave up his job and created 7. was called Alibaba in Hangzhou. He was so 8. (devote) to his work that he 9. (name) “Crazy Jack Ma”. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company and 10. (go) even further in future.
高一英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
On Tuesday, there will be a tiny salt shaker(小盐瓶) symbol on menus in some restaurants in New York City. It warns certain meals are high in sodium. The first US city is taking the step to fight against heart disease and stroke(中风).
Any menu item with more than 2.3 grams of sodium in it must have the emblem of a salt shaker in a black triangle. Many scientists give us the advice: A person shouldn’t eat more sodium than the daily limit every day, which equals about one teaspoon of salt.
“It’s not hard to get 2.3 grams of sodium into your mouth,” said Dr Howard Weintraub from New York University Langone Center(预防中心). A study found New Yorkers eat more than 3,200 mg of sodium each day on average(平均), the health department said.
For most Americans, eating in the restaurants such as Chipotle(小辣椒) and Subway(赛百味)is thought to be more healthy. The new menu symbol may be an eye-opener for people who go to eat in these restaurants. Until Tuesday, they may haven’t noticed that there is 2,790 mg sodium in a Chipotle loaded chicken burrito(双层鸡肉卷). And a foot-long spicy Italian sub(香辣三明)has 2,980 mg sodium in Subway.
Getting New Yorkers to start watching their sodium intake is a first step. And people should do more to improve their health. “Things are not going to work out great if all you do is just not eat salt,” Weintraub said. “But maybe, just maybe, they’ll start to watch how much they eat, maybe they will get off the subway a stop earlier and walk, instead of taking the elevator, they will walk two flights, there will be some weight loss.”
1.What’s the symbol on the menus like?
A. A white bottle in the red circle.
B. A tiny salt shaker in a black triangle.
C. A capital letter P in a yellow circle.
D. A coffee cup in a white triangle
2.A Chipotle loaded chicken burrito has ________ sodium more than the daily limit.
A. 490 mg B. 900 mg
C. 2,790 mg D. 3,200 mg
3.We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. all restaurants across the US will use the salt shaker symbol
B. New Yorkers eat one teaspoon of salt each day on average
C. eating too much salt can cause heart disease and stroke
D. New York will ban (禁止) smoking in public places
4.The underlined word “eye-opener” in the passage probably means “__________”.
A. 喜悦 B. 愤怒
C. 失望 D. 震惊
5.According to Weintraub, which is a healthy life style?
A. People should eat no salt when they are old.
B. Jim takes the elevator up and down.
C. Lucy climbs a long flight of stairs.
D. We should eat meals which are high in sodium.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Barbara and Barry Zucker – Pinchoff, both doctors from New York City, took their three daughters on a walking safari(旅行)last year in Tanzania. Barbara told about their experience in Kinbero, “It is the most remote(遥远的)place we have ever been to,” camping with a few other Americans, two Tanzanian guides, and several Hadza(哈扎人)who had time to sit and chat because they had just killed a giraffe.
About 400 members of the Eastern Hadza tribe(部落)live in Tanzania today, the only hunter-gatherers who remain in Africa. The Hadza hunt game, gather edible plants and honey, and move from place to place whenever the weather changers. Every two weeks or so, they move to a new campsite.
At the Pinchoffs’ campsite, three Hadza men stopped by to visit and ended up staying three days. One of the guides gave the men a cigarette. They took out the tobacco, put it in a pipe, and lit the pipe with fire they started.
It takes less than two hours for Hadza women to build a new camp. They make huts(茅屋)by bending branches into round structures about six feet high, and then covering them with long, golden grass. If the weather is very wet, the women may choose a dry cave to set up a camp. Some rock caves have been used over thousands of years and are decorated(装饰)with ancient rock paintings. Whether they sleep in huts, caves or in the open, the Hadza cover themselves only with thin cloths and depend on fire to keep them warm.
The Hadza refuse to be “settled” into villages or to have the life of farmers. By 1979, almost all of them had returned to their old ways. They Hadza may be the only tribe in Africa the has never paid taxes.
1. The passage mainly tells up .
A. one of the author’s travel experiences
B. the life of the Hadza tribe in Tanzania
C. Barbara’s walking safari in Tanzania
D. the efforts of the Hadza to keep their old ways
2.What does the underlined word “game” ( in Paragraph 2 ) probably refer to?
A. Part of a match. B. Edible wild animals.
C. An area of work. D. A children’s activity.
3.What do we know about the life of the Hadza?
A. They change their campsites regularly. B. They live mainly on farming.
C. They keep warm using leaves at night. D. It takes them a long time to set up a camp.
4.Where do the Hadza live in wet weather?
A. On the farm. B. In huts. C. In caves. D. In the open.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On Sept.19, 2014, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock(股票)Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business 1. (successful). A short Chinese man seems to be the 2. (tall) man in the world right now.
Ma Yun used to be an English teacher. When he was twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake, 3. he could communicate with foreign 4. (tourist) in English. He did it for nine years. The experience made 5. (he) a fantastic English speaker and also opened his views to the wide world. In a trip to the US in 1995, Ma had access to the Internet for the first time. When seeing the opportunity on the Internet, Ma returned to China and decided to set up a website 6. he knew little about computers then. Ma gave up his job and created 7. was called Alibaba in Hangzhou. He was so 8. (devote) to his work that he 9. (name) “Crazy Jack Ma”. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company and 10. (go) even further in future.
高一英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析
When Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 1947, he changed baseball forever. As the first African American to play in the Major League in modern times, many believe he changed the country forever.
Robinson was born in 1919. He lived in a time when rules controlled what African Americans could do. He was a top athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball. But playing for a major League team was off limits to Robinson because of his race.
Branch Rickey, president and manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed (和……签约) Robinson in 1947. He believed that Robinson not only had the skills, but the courage to face the challenge of becoming modern baseball’s first black player.
It wasn’t easy. Robinson sometimes faced boos (嘘声) from fans. But he became a star, anyway. In 1962, he became the first African-American player chosen to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award Congress can give to an American.
By breaking baseball’s color barrier (肤色障碍), Robinson opened the door for many to follow his footsteps, not only in baseball, but in other areas of life as well. After he stopped playing the game, Robinson worked as a manager for a coffee company. He wrote a newspaper column (专栏). He also started a bank.
1.Before Jackie Robinson, no African-American players could __________.
A. play baseball B. play in the Major League
C. play football and basketball D. watch Major League games
2.According to Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson was __________.
A. poor but clever B. unlucky but confident
C. proud and strong D. brave and skilled
3.We can know that Jackie Robinson’s story __________.
A. changed many Africans’ ideas
B. had an effect on many black people’s lives
C. encouraged black people to fight with whites
D. started a hot discussion about the color barrier
4.Which of the following is NOT what he once did?
A. a newspaper column writer B. a banker
C. a university teacher D. a manager in a company
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 1947, he changed baseball forever. As the first African American to play in the Major League in modern times, many believe he changed the country forever.
Robinson was born in 1919. He lived in a time when rules controlled what African Americans could do. He was a top athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball. But playing for a major League team was off limits to Robinson because of his race.
Branch Rickey, president and manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed (和……签约) Robinson in 1947. He believed that Robinson not only had the skills, but the courage to face the challenge of becoming modern baseball’s first black player.
It wasn’t easy. Robinson sometimes faced boos (嘘声) from fans. But he became a star, anyway. In 1962, he became the first African-American player chosen to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award Congress can give to an American.
By breaking baseball’s color barrier (肤色障碍), Robinson opened the door for many to follow his footsteps, not only in baseball, but in other areas of life as well. After he stopped playing the game, Robinson worked as a manager for a coffee company. He wrote a newspaper column (专栏). He also started a bank.
1.Before Jackie Robinson, no African-American players could __________.
A.play baseball | B.play in the Major League |
C.play football and basketball | D.watch Major League games |
2.According to Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson was __________.
A.poor but clever | B.unlucky but confident |
C.proud and strong | D.brave and skilled |
3.We can know that Jackie Robinson’s story __________.
A.changed many Africans’ ideas |
B.had an effect on many black people’s lives |
C.encouraged black people to fight with whites |
D.started a hot discussion about the color barrier |
4.Which of the following is NOT what he once did?
A.a newspaper column writer | B.a banker |
C.a university teacher | D.a manager in a company |
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析