About a year or two ago, a couple of studies ...

About a year or two ago, a couple of studies provided much needed encouragement to struggling book publishers. E-book sales had been relatively stable or even begun to drop, according to the Association of American Publishers. It was the only category (种类) to suffer a drop in the AAP survey. Another report revealed that 65 percent of children aged 6 to 17 agreed they would always want to read in print, up from 60 percent in 2012. Seventy-seven percent who had tried e-books said they tended to prefer print books.

写作内容:

1. 用约30个单词写出上述材料反映的内容；

2. 用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:

1)你更倾向于哪一种阅读方式；2)用两到三个理由或论据支撑你的观点。

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高三英语提纲类作文困难题查看答案及解析

A few years ago my husband, my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning, when it became clear that we were lost. The country _____ seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get. Finally we _____ a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for _____.

“Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?” I asked.

A very tired waitress looked up and said, “Lady, I haven’t got a clue.” Since she was not _____, I looked around at the customers. There, sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains. Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).

I immediately thought of my _____ in the car and what these characters might do to us.

“We know ______ you’re going,” one of them said cheerfully. “Not only that, but we’ll take you there.”

____ I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles, gesturing, “ _____us! ”

We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads.

After a few minutes, my son decided it was all _____for us. “They’re taking us to a ____ place, and that will be the end,” he said ______ . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How ______ you do this to me?”

I whispered to my husband, “I don’t want to scare Jack, but he’s right. I am a bit _____ . It’s dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the _____thing.”

“No kidding,” he replied. “We’re just going to have to trust that it’s going to be all right.”

About an hour later, after _____ through endless back roads deep in the woods, they ____ to us to go left.

We looked up, and there was the _____for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they _____good-bye and disappeared from view.

If I’ve learned anything on this _____ journey of mine, it’s that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there’s likely to be a company of _____.

1.A. music　　 B. roads　　 C. days　　 D. school

2.A. found　　 B. called　　 C. missed　　 D. left

3.A. time　　 B. gas　　 C. water　　 D. directions

4.A. helpful　　 B. careful　　 C. beautiful　　 D. hopeful

5.A. maps　　 B. bags　　 C. family　　 D. gifts

6.A. how　　 B. what　　 C. why　　 D. where

7.A. If　　 B. Since　　 C. Because　　 D. Before

8.A. Invite　　 B. Show　　 C. Follow　　 D. Give

9.A. over　　 B. right　　 C. alone　　 D. around

10.A. cool　　 B. lonely　　 C. safe　　 D. new

11.A. uneasily　　 B. cheerfully　　 C. curiously　　 D. uncertainly

12.A. should　　 B. can　　 C. would　　 D. must

13.A. annoyed　　 B. excited　　 C. frightened　　 D. amazed

14.A. same　　 B. bad　　 C. funny　　 D. wrong

15.A. winding　　 B. looking　　 C. walking　　 D. climbing

16.A. greeted　　 B. connected　　 C. gestured　　 D. hurried

17.A. label　　 B. notice　　 C. poster　　 D. sign

18.A. kissed　　 B. waved　　 C. shook　　 D. blew

19.A. tiring　　 B. crazy　　 C. interesting　　 D. fancy

20.A. angels　　 B. friends　　 C. partners　　 D. relatives

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A few years ago my husband，my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning，when it became clear that we were lost. The country 　　 seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.

Finally we 　　 a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for 　　　　 "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.

A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue."

Since she was not 　　　　 , I looked around at the customers．There，sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains．Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).

I immediately thought of my 　　　　 in the car and what these characters might do to us.

"We know 　　　　 you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that，but we'll take you there."

　　　　 I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles，gesturing,“ 　　　　 us!”

We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads. After a few minutes, my son decided it was all 　　　　 for us. "They're taking us to a 　　　　 place, and that will be the end," he said 　　 　　　　 . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How 　　　　 you do this to me?"

I whispered to my husband，"I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit 　　　　 . It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the 　　　　 thing."

"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right."

About an hour later, after 　　　　 through endless back roads deep in the woods，they 　　　　 to us to go left. We looked up, and there was the 　　　　 for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they 　　　　 good-bye and disappeared from view. If I've learned anything on this

　　　　 journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of 　　　　 .

1.A. music　　 B. roads　　 C. days　　　　　　 D. school

2.A. found　　 B. called　　 C. missed　　　　　 D. left

3.A. time　　 B. gas　　　　 C. water　　　　　 D. directions

4.A. helpful　 B. careful　　 C. beautiful　　　 D. hopeful

5.A. maps　　　　 B. bags　　　　 C. family　　　　 D. gifts

6.A. how　　　　　　 B. what　　　　 C. why　　　　　　 D. where

7.A. If　　　　　　　 B. Since　　 C. Because　　　 D. Before

8.A. Invite　　　　 B. Show　　　 C. Follow　　　　 D. Give

9.A. over　　　　　　 B. right　　　 C. alone　　　　　 D. around

10.A. cool　　　　　 B. lonely　　　 C. safe　　　　　　 D. new

11.A. uneasily　　 B. cheerfully　 C. curiously　 D. uncertainly

12.A. should　　 B. can　　　　 C. would　　　　 D. must

13.A. annoyed　　 B. excited　　 C. frightened　　 D. amazed

14.A. same　　　　 B. bad　　　　 C. funny　　　　　 D. wrong

15.A. winding　　 B. looking　　 C. walking　　　　 D. climbing

16.A. greeted　　　 B. connected　 C. gestured　　 D. hurried

17.A. label　　　　 B. notice　　 C. poster　　　 D. sign

18.A. kissed　　　 B. waved　　　 C. shook　　　　 　　 D. blew

19.A. tiring　　　 B. crazy　　　　 C. interesting　　 D. fancy

20.A. angels　　　 B. friends　　 C. partners　　 D. relatives

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The Cost of Dishonesty

David began studying in Germany two years ago. The college was a little __ from where he lived, so he had to take the __ every day. This clever student soon found it was easy to __ buying subway tickets, so he often went and returned __ a ticket to save money. As a result, he had been caught with no ticket in the subway four times __ he never took them to __ . He thought what he should pay __ attention to was his study. He did work very hard in the last two years and graduated with __ academic achievements a month ago. Everyone, __ himself, thought he would get a good job easily in __ and had a bright future. He went to a big local company __ . But to his __, he was not even allowed his chance for a/an __ ! He then went to another famous company, only to receive the same __ . When he was __ a third time, he __ help telephoning the company to ask why they didn’t want him. The answer was simple, “We don’t offer jobs to __ people in Germany!”

We may get short-term __ by dishonest means, but the truth will come out __ and the cost is high. So remember, honesty is the best____.

1.A. near　　 B. away　　 C. far　　 D. close

2.A. bus　　 B. car　　 C. vehicle　　 D. subway

3.A. skip　　 B. miss　　 C. flee　　 D. forget

4.A. for　　 B. without　　 C. by　　 D. with

5.A. while　　 B. although　　 C. but　　 D. because

6.A. heart　　 B. mind　　 C. soul　　 D. spirit

7.A. much　　 B. more　　 C. less　　 D. little

8.A. exciting　　 B. depressing　　 C. shocking　　 D. amazing

9.A. regarding　　 B. including　　 C. considering　　 D. concerning

10.A. America　　 B. China　　 C. Germany　　 D. Britain

11.A. confidently　　 B. fortunately　　 C. nervously　　 D. willingly

12.A. surprise　　 B. excitement　　 C. delight　　 D. disappointment

13.A. interview　　 B. exam　　 C. conversation　　 D. meeting

14.A. achievement　　 B. treatment　　 C. argument　　 D. improvement

15.A. turned down　　 B. turned over　　 C. turned up　　 D. turned off

16.A. wouldn’t　　 B. shouldn’t　　 C. couldn’t　　 D. mustn't

17.A. immature　　 B. dissatisfied　　 C. dishonest　　 D. unconfident

18.A. benefits　　 B. impression　　 C. profits　　 D. harm

19.A. on time　　 B. in time　　 C. at times　　 D. in no time

20.A. direction　　 B. advice　　 C. suggestion　　 D. policy

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There were two interesting pieces of news items in the paper a few years ago. One was about a man who received a bill from the telephone company for $ 2,000 a month for doing nothing.

　The connection between the two news items is simple; computers-the best invention of the 20th century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake; that man’s bill was only $ 23.26. The other item was not as amusing. A man walked into the unguarded computer room of a large packaged food company and expertly programmed the computer to pay him $ 2,000 a month for raw meat which he “supplied ” to the company. Of course he never sent the meat, but he certainly received the money . The computer wrote out a bill, and even “signed ” it. It was only a random (随便) check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.

　Computers are not the magical workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes, they’re sometimes slower than human beings and they’re easily fooled.

　The US used to conscript (征兵) people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card, which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax(腊) on the card. The computer couldn’t read the card, and did nothing with it.

　It’s in our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let’s get back to using people instead of computers, before a mistake that we can’t put right.

1.In the first paragraph we can conclude ______.

2.The main idea of the second paragraph is _______.

3.Computers ______.

4.The writer thinks _______.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children. Instead, I often heard the parents yelling   __26__   at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a   __27__  one.

We often   __28__  in the hallway. I always greeted them, but the only __29__   I ever got was a “hello” from the eight­year­old girl. I usually   __30__   to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just   __31__   their apartment and the little girl was   __32__   the outside door open for the others. I   __33__   in the car doing   __34__   things because I wasn't eager to be snubbed(冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling their daughter to hurry and get into the car,   __35__   the little girl was still holding the door,  __36__   me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

I forgot to tell her how  __37__   I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had   __38__ an old man's heart.

The next day there was a   __39__   on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite   __40__   of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there too. Her parents  __41__   me.

From then on when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other，in a friendly   __42__.

Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and   __43__   how I was going to keep my doctor's   __44__   because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

Isn't it  __45__   that the small kind act of an 8­year­old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things come from small acts.

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Two hundred years ago, American students went to American schools. Like you, they studied math, spelling and geography. Unlike you, they also studied Greek (希腊语) and Latin (拉丁语). In fact, students spent more than half their time studying Greek and Latin.

The same was true for most students in Europe. Until the seventh century, all educated Europeans knew Latin. It did not matter if they lived in England, Italy, France or Spain. If they were educated, they knew Latin.

During the seventh century, educated Europeans began to study Greek as well as Latin. Greek and Latin had been the leading languages of the ancient Greeks and Romans. All educated Europeans were expected to know these languages.

To educated Europeans, the languages of the Greeks and the Romans were important. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans were also important. People knew that many of their own ideas had come from the Greeks and the Romans. To understand their own culture, they must understand its origin (起源). They knew that those beginnings lay in the classical (古典文学的) world.

Today we have so many things to study that few people have time to learn Greek and Latin. Few of you will study either language in school. Yet the ideas of the Greeks and the Romans are still important to us. These ideas still help to shape western culture today. To understand our own culture, we must understand the culture of the classical world.

1.Two hundred years ago, in American schools _____.

A.there were many educated Greeks B.Greek and Latin were very popular

C.students paid little attention to math D.students knew little about geography

2.According to the text, Europeans thought _____.

A.the origin of their culture was unknown

B.the ideas of the Greeks were unacceptable

C.Greek was much more important than Latin

D.the Romans had a great influence on their culture

3.Where does the author of the text probably come from?

A.Japan. B.Greece. C.America. D.China.

4.In the last paragraph, the author suggests that _____.

A.it’s of great value to learn Greek and Latin

B.it’s quite difficult to learn Greek and Latin

C.the culture of the classical world is useless nowadays

D.Western culture is quite different from Greek and Roman cultures

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

20 years ago, a couple of ecologists, Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, convinced Del Oro, a large orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to a national park in exchange for the right to dump (倾倒) massive amounts of orange peels on a 3-hectare piece of land within the national park, at no cost. Dealing with tons of waste peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them dumped at a landfill, so the proposal was very attractive.

A year after the contract was signed, Del Oro dumped around 12,000 tons of sticky orange waste in the land. However, another juice company and rival of Del Oro challenged the deal in court, arguing that their competitor was “polluting the national park”. They ended up winning, and the deal between Del Oro and the national park fell through. The 3-hectare piece of land virtually covered with fruit waste was completely forgotten.

Then, in 2013, Timothy Treuer, a scientist at Princeton University visited that piece of land 15 years earlier. What he found shocked him. “It was completely overgrown with trees and vines,” Timothy Treuer recently said, “the difference between fertilized and unfertilized areas was visually surprised us a lot! We needed to come up with some really good standards to evaluate exactly what was happening there.”

To confirm that the fruit waste was responsible for the revival of plant life, Treuer and his team spent months picking up samples, analyzing and comparing them. They found “dramatic differences between the areas covered in orange peels and those that were not. The area fertilized by orange waste had richer soil, greater tree-species richness and greater forest coverage. In a sense, it’s not just a win-win between the company and the local park—it’s a win for everyone.”

The effect the orange peels had on the land is probably not that surprising to people familiar with composting (堆肥), but what is shocking is that a judge actually called this particular example polluting the national park and stopped it from going forward. Now that Timothy Treuer’s study has received worldwide attention, this type of polluting is being seriously considered as a way of bringing tropical forests back to life.

1.Why was the deal proposed by the ecologists attractive to Del Oro?

A. It would make farmers produce more oranges.

B. It would help deal with the orange peel waste for free.

C. It would increase the production of orange juice.

D. It would save much space for the orange juice producer.

2.What does the underlined phrase ‘‘fell through” in the second paragraph?

A. became unbelievable　　 B. failed to happen

C. made something possible　　 D. changed the course of an event

3.What did Treuer find when he visited the land covered with orange waste?

A. The peel waste was hard to break down there.

B. Del Oro continued dumping peel waste there.

C. The peel waste enriched the soil of the land.

D. The whole national park was polluted.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Orange peel waste found its way to reshape the national park.

B. A couple of ecologists devoted themselves to restoring the forest.

C. A casual attempt led to a series of expected magic results.

D. Orange peel waste brought a forest back to life.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

“Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. “I’m from Mississippi too.”

Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.

“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.”

Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.

“My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added. “And I said: ‘Now you know. These are the people that make me write them.’”

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

“I don’t make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “I don’t have to.”

Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.

1.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?

A.Two strangers joined her.

B.Her childhood friends came in.

C.A heavy rain ruined the dinner.

D.Some　 people held a party there.

2.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s ________.

A.readers B.parties

C.friends D.stories

3.What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction?

A.They live in big cities.

B.They are mostly women.

C.They come from real life.

D.They are pleasure seekers.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

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On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Slide cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

＂Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?＂ the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. ＂I’m from Mississippi too.＂

Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.

＂They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,＂ Welty said. ＂I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.＂

Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion(团聚).

＂My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’＂ Welty added. ＂And I said: ‘Now you know. These are the people that make me write them.’＂

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

＂I don’t make them up,＂ she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. ＂I don’t have to.＂

Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.

1.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?

A. Two strangers joined her.

B. Her childhood friends came in.

C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner.

D. Some people held a party there.

2.The underlined word ＂them＂ in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s _______.

A. readers　　 　　 B. parties　　 　　 C. friends 　　 D. stories

3.What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction?

A. They live in big cities.　　 B. They are mostly women.

C. They come from real life. 　　 D. They are pleasure seekers.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析