________ a high percentage of Australians may...

So, _____ a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do them, Australia is indeed a great sporting nation!

A. as          B. when             C. unless             D. while

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________ a high percentage of Australians may be people who watch sports rather than do them, as far as most of its population is concerned, it is indeed a great sporting nation.

A. While            B. as                 C. If          D. Whether

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Young people who have got jobs may realize college lessons can’t be the only preparations for all of the situation _______ appears in the working world.

A. where               B. when                      C. that                      D. what

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Science Daily (May 1S, 2012) - People who rate themselves as having high emotional    intelligence (El) tend to overestimate (高估) their ability to detect deception(欺骗) in others.      This is the finding of a paper published in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology on 18 May 2012.

Professor Stephen Porter. director of the Centre for the Advancement of Psychological     Science and Law at University of British Columbia Canada along with colleagues Dr. Leanne Brinke and Alysha Baker used a standard questionnaire to measure the EI of 116 participants.

These participants were then asked to view 20 videos from around the world of people     pleading （祈求） for the safe return of a missing family member. In half the videos the person     making the plea was responsible for the missing person's disappearance or murder.

The participants were asked to judge whether the pleas were honest or deceptive say how much confidence they had in their judgments, report the clues (线索) they had used to make those judgments and rate their emotional response to each plea.

Professor Porter found that higher EI was associated with overconfidence in assessing the sincerity of the pleas and sympathetic feelings towards people in the videos who turned out to be responsible for the disappearance.

Although EI, in general, was not associated with being better or worse at telling the difference between truths and lies. people with a higher ability to notice and express emotion (a component of EI) were not so good at spotting when people were telling lies.

Professor Porter says: "Taken together, these findings suggest findings features of emotional     intelligence and the decision-making processes they lead to may nave the paradoxical (适得其反的) effect of weakening people's ability to detect deception."

"These findings are important because El is a well-accepted concept and is used in a variety of fields, including the workplace"

1.Which of the following is true about the study and its findings?

A. EI has something to do with telling truths and 1ies.

B. The participants were asked to identify liars on the spot.

C. The participants had to tell reasons for their judgments.

D. Those confident participants all made wrong judgments.

2.According to Professor Porter's finding, people with higher EI

A. were actually less confident

B. were easy to be cheated for their kindness

C. had sympathy for the missing people

D. were good at spotting deception

3.What does the underlined word "they" refer to?

A. Features of EI    B. People with high Ef      C. The findings   D. The researchers

4.Workplace is specially mentioned in the last paragraph to ______.

A. indicate that people with high EI are mostly adults

B. indicate that EI is very important in the workplace

C. warn employers not to trust employees with high EI

D. warn people with high EI of deception in the workplace

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. How to detect deception in our daily life.

B. The disadvantages of high emotional intelligence.

C. The relationship between one's El and recognition.

D. Emotionally intelligent people are less good at spotting liars.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The Bedouin people think most highly of people who show loyalty. To them loyalty does not mean that one is devoted to a country, a place, or a leader. Loyalty means being faithful to one’s family and tribe（部落）。

The Bedouin people take pride in their ancestors（祖先）。 They do not admire a hero from an ordinary or poor family as much as one who comes from an honored family. They particularly respect those who have received a good name from their ancestors and then have passed it on to their children.

A man’s position among the black-tent people depends upon his ancestors, relatives, and fellow tribesmen. If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, his lineage（血统），and his tribe.

A man can protect his family’s honor by being brave and generous and by giving protection to those who ask for it. He also guards it by carefully watching the women of his family.

A Bedouin woman cannot bring honor to her family, but she can bring disgrace. Even if a woman only looks as if she has done wrong, she may be killed. The honor of her family depends upon her virtue（美德）。

1.It can be inferred from the passage that a Bedouin man will feel disgraced if he____.

2.The Bedouin people respect those who____.

3.We can learn from this passage that Bedouin women are____.

4.The word “disgrace” means “____” in this text.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Most people may think that people who write computer code must be good at math and logical thinking. However, people who write computer code say that creativity is also an important quality for coding.

Software developers in the American state of California have created a game called Osmo Coding Jam. The game is designed to help children use the creative side of their minds as they learn to code. Children can play the game on iPads. There are many activities they can do by the game.

Tanya Dodge is the mother of two children, nine-year-old Dylan and his 11-year-old sister Meghan, who play the game. According to her, these activities give them important skills for the future. “It’s an analytical skill that the kids are going to need to have as they grow up today” said Dodge.

But the developers of Osmo Coding Jam believe writing code should be more than just an analytical skill. “We want to explore the creative side of coding that I think is often not as explored,” said Felix Hu, an Osmo engineer. Hu added, “The coolest part is that we’re teaching kids how to be creative with code and that’s a really important thing that kids should get comfortable with because coding is creative.”

Hu also sees a growing number of parents who feel that software code is a second language that children need to learn to succeed in future jobs. Tanya Dodge, the mother of Dylan and Meghan, consents. She said, “I think you’re going to have to understand at some point the idea of coding will work well in the future.”

Hu also explained that very often kids grow up not understanding how a computer works or just thinking that it’s like a magical machine. He said by breaking it down to a lower level, kids can understand that the computer isn’t as smart as they think it is.

1.Osmo Coding Jam is designed for ________.

A. training kids’ logical thinking

B. helping kids learn to code fast

C. helping children learn math well

D. helping kids become more creative

2.What does Tanya Dodge think of Osmo Coding Jam?

A. It needs to be improved.

B. It is highly addictive for kids.

C. It is of great help to today’s kids.

D. It is imperfect in training kids’ analytical skill.

3.Which of the following statements is True according to the text?

A. Tanya Dodge agrees that coding is good for children to succeed in future jobs.

B. Many parents doubts whether coding will help children work well in the future.

C. Creativity is not so important as logical thinking for coding.

D. Tanya Dodge has two girls, who play the game, Osmo Coding Jam.

4.What can we know about kids’ learning coding from the last paragraph?

A. It makes them much more confident and creative.

B. It makes them like using computers more.

C. It helps them know better about computers.

D. It helps them know better about themselves.

5.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A. To tell how to learn to code well.

B. To tell about a new game for kids.

C. To encourage kids to learn to code.

D. To show the importance of creativity.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

A snake handler who cheated death after being badly bitten by a snake is now teaching Australians how to36  in the case．Neville-Burns has been bitten twelve times during his long work with snakes, and uses all his 37  to give lectures to people at risk of meeting a snake 38 .

Australia is home to most of the world's most deadly snakes．So Neville39 the people how to deal with such close unexpected meetings．．He sets up an enclosed area, and one by one, brings out four snakes so people can know the 40 of each snake．First out of the bag is a Red Black Snake．He 41  put his finger on it．That's 42  the entire forefinger on his right hand was 43 after he was bitten．But that wasn't his 44 experience．-When he was 18? a Brown Snake he had been holding by the tail45 and bit him in the face．He was rushed to  46  and he was saved from death．

He says a Cobra Snake is perhaps very 47 but not the most venomous（有毒的）． A black Manba Snake, one of the most 48  , is the longest venomous snake in the world．A Brown Snake is the final  49 at Neville's show．It is one of the most common snakes in Australia, and is the second most venomous in the world．Several times during the50 it bits the bag; which Neville51  in front of it．

Neville's advice is to stay52 if a snake is nearby, as most will only 53if they feel threatened．He tells people to be54 but not to pick one 'up by the tail．He then does exactly that as part of his show．He also says he 55 believes in the old saying "once bitten, twice shy"．

1..．A．survive     B．move                 C．train            D．meet

2..A．money        B．condition             C．experience       D．time

3..．A．luckily  B．unexpectedly            C．attentively     D．finally

4..．A．asks       B．persuades             C．teaches         D．permits

5..．A．skills   B．characteristics  C．weight                  D．length

6..．A．needn't    B．shouldn't             C．daren't          D．wouldn't

7..．A．how        B．whether               C．when             D．because

8..．A．cut off    B．got down              C．put away         D．handed out

9..．A．best       B．greatest      C．worst                    D．happiest

10..．A．turned     B．smelt         C．woke                    D．fled

11..．A．office     B．hospital             C．school           D．house

12..．A．safe       B．puzzled              C．gentle           D．dangerous

13..．A．deadly     B．friendly      C．careful                 D．ashamed

14..．A．visitor    B．guest                C．listener         D．cook

15..．A．report     B．show                 C．conversation     D．week

16..．A．owns       B．carries              C．waves           D．needs

17..．A．noisy      B．excited       C．warm                    D．still

18..．A．disappear    B．attack             C．flee            D．play

19..．A．brave       B．kind         C．distant                 D．good

20..A．usually      B．always               C．never            D．sometimes

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

A survey suggests that people who have dropped out from high school just earn an average of $9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study removes a common belief why they quit. It’s much more basic than flunking out(不及格).

Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it. They are lazy, and perhaps not too bright. So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.

“The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About one million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)students will receive a diploma(证书), and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So, if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit, what does? Again, John Bridgeland: “The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t inspired or motivated. They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”

The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the U.S., only one state, New Mexico, has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions. Jeffrey Grin, another researcher, says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school.

“As these dropouts look back, they realize they’ve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and see it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.”

New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point—the need for reform. It’s been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.

1.According to researchers’ study, most high school students drop out of school because____________.

A. they have failing grades

B. they are lazy and not intelligent

C. they are discriminated against

D. they take no interest in classes

2.According to the passage, which state has a law requiring school attendance until they graduate?

A. New Hampshire.

B. Utah.

C. New Mexico.

D. The District of Columbia.

3.In the last paragraph, the writer is trying to__________.

A. suggest raising the compulsory attendance age

B. analyze the reason why students quit school

C. raise awareness of reforming high school dropouts

D. wish to make laws to guarantee no dropouts

4.From the passage, we can infer the following EXCEPT that __________.

A. the grades of most dropouts at school were acceptable

B. dropouts’ salary is not as satisfying as graduates’

C. classes don’t appeal to dropouts

D. about 500,000 high school dropouts are black and Spanish

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Older people with hearing loss may suffer faster rates of mental decline. People who have hearing trouble suffered meaningful impairments in memory, attention and learning about three years earlier than people with normal hearing, a study published online January 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals.

The finding supports the idea that hearing loss can have serious consequences for the brain，says Patricia Tun of Brandeis University in Waltham，Mass., who studies aging. “I'm hoping it will be a real wake-up call in terms of realizing the importance of hearing. ”

Compared with other senses, hearing is often overlooked, Tun says. “We are made to interact with language and to listen to each other, and it can have damaging effects if we don't.”

Frank Lin of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and colleagues tested the hearing of 1,984 older adults. Most of the participants, who averaged 77 years old, showed some hearing loss — 1,162 volunteers had trouble hearing noises of less than 25 decibels, comparable to a whisper or rustling leaves. The volunteers; deficits reflect the hearing loss in the general population: Over half of people older than 70 have trouble hearing.

Over the next six years, these participants underwent mental evaluations that measured factors such as short-term memory, attention and the ability to quickly match numbers to symbols. Everybody got worse at the tasks as time wore on, but people with hearing loss had an especially sharp decline, the team found. On average, a substantial drop in performance would come about three years earlier to people with hearing loss.

Lin cautions that the study has found an association between hearing loss and mental abilities; the researchers can't conclude that hearing loss directly causes the decline. Yet more and more studies are turning up ways that diminished hearing could damage the brain.

A person who can't hear well might avoid social situations, and isolation(孤立)is known to be bad for the brain. “You gradually become more socially withdrawn, ” Lin says. “Social isolation is a major, major factor for dementia(痴呆)and cognitive decline. ”

Other studies suggest that when people struggle to interpret and decode(译解）words, their brains divert energy away from other tasks, such as memory. Audiologist and psychologist Kathy Pichora — Fuller says that this brain drain happens to everyone, even people without hearing loss. Studies have shown that people are worse at remembering things when they're in a noisy room, for instance. People with hearing loss may be constantly diverting a large swath(—大片)of their brainpower，leaving less for other mental tasks, says Pichora— Fuller, of the University of Toronto Mississauga.

1. Mass does the research to _____ .

A. present the mental decline

B. attach importance to hearing

C. compare hearing with other senses

D. exaggerate the damaging effects

2.What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. The outcome of the test.

B. The design of the test

C. The participants of the test.

D. The purpose of the test.

3.Dementia and cognitive decline mainly result from ____ .

A. social isolation B. hearing loss

C. memory loss 　　　 D. speech impairment

4.The underlined word “divert” probably means _____ .

A. block B. accumulate C. shift D. change

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Young people who have got jobs may realize university lessons can’t be the only preparation for all of the situations ________ appear in the working world．

A．where    B．when    C．that    D．what

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