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The Adler Planetarium Chicago is home to more than 35,000 square feet of exhibits. From huge models of the Solar System, to ancient astronomical instruments, to interactive adventures, Adler’s exhibit galleries provides a passageway for you to explore the universe. The Adler also offers mini science exploration activities that are quick l0-minute lessons. Visitors can learn some interesting astronomical facts from the small activity parts.

The Adler Planetarium Chicago is the only museum in the world with two-full size planetarium theaters. Since 1930, people have been able to see the wonder of the stars in the historic Sky Theater. Powered by brand new Digistar 3TM technology, the StarRider Theater is a completely digital, virtual outer space environment. The famous Zeiss Planetarium projector is able to accurately reproduce the movement of every aspect(方面) of the night sky.

Do’s and Don’ts:

Do Take the Bus/Train: Leave the car at home for this museum trip. The Adler is located close to public transit(中转站).

Don’t Miss the Doane Observatory: When weather permits, the Doane is open at the Adler for observing with its 20-inch diameter telescope. Don’t Miss Museum Special Events: The Adler offers a summer camp for kids from mid-June to August.

Ticket Price:

Adult: $ 28; child: $ 22. Book online now for a discount 37%.

Regular Schedule:

Mon.—Fri. 10 a. m.—4 p. m.; Sat.—Sun. 10 a. m.—4:30 p. m.

Summer Hours: 9:30 a. m.—6 p. m. daily.

Nearest Transit: Roosevelt Metro Station.

Address: 1300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605.

1.Which of the following best attracts a visitor to virtual travel into outer space?

A. The Sky Theater.

B. The StarRider Theater.

C. The Special Events.

D. The Doane Observatory.

2.How much does a couple with two children need to pay the museum for a visit at least?

A. $ 63.

B. $ 37.

C. $ 100.

D. $ 137.

3.What is the purpose of the text?

A. To explore outer space.

B. To popularize science.

C. To introduce exhibits.

D. To advertise a museum.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise: More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctic this summer. In 1992-1993, 6,750 visited Antarctica, according to the Antarctica Treaty. All of this tourism, however, is putting both tourists and the environment in great danger.

Among the tourist ships that visit the continent, the Explorer, a Canadian ship, was one of the first. Put to use in 1969, it was built to carry tourists to Antarctica. Last week, however, it became the first commercial passenger ship to sink beneath the waters. Fortunately, all of the passengers and crew members were rescued from the ship. However, the sunken ship endangered the Antarctic’s fragile(脆弱的) environment. The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of fuel.

The accident was not unexpected. Both the US and UK had warned a conference of the Antarctic Treaty member countries in May that the tourism situation in this area was a potential disaster. The US said in a paper, people “should take a hard look at tourism issues now, especially those related to ship safety.” Although the Antarctic seas are relatively calm, floating ice causes a potential threat to ships. The owner of the Explorer blamed the sinking on a fist-like hole in the ship created by ice.

Many of the other large ships now visiting Antarctica are not designed especially against thick ice. Such ships generally can only come to the continent in summer. But the tourist rush is pushing ships into dangerous situations. “The increasing number of ships operating in Antarctic means that the ship are under great pressure to get there in time for the key visiting sites,” the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of member countries.

As a natural frontier, Antarctica is in a messy legal situation. There are no obvious answers as to who is responsible for dealing with the threat that tourist may cause to human life and the environment.

There is no coast guard for Antarctica. Do we want it to become Disneyland, or do we need some controls?

1.Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A.Antarctica tourism has a history of about 17 years.

B.The number of tourists to the Antarctic is over 5 times as large as that of 17 years ago.

C.The tourism boom has caused holes in the floating ice in the Antarctic.

D.The Antarctica Treaty is responsible for the environmental problems.

2.The sinking of the Explorer____________.

A.led to a conference about the tourism situation in the Antarctic.

B.was caused by the rough seas

C.had been predicted

D.did harm to the Antarctic.

3.In this passage, the writer suggests that___________.

A.people had better not make a tour of the Antarctic

B.ships to the Antarctic should be built strong enough

C.there should be legal controls over tourism in the Antarctic

D.the Antarctic’s environment is fragile to be protected

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Being home to the largest secondhand bookstore in the world, Hay-on-Wye is more than just a small town in Wales--it’s a book heaven on earth.

The history of Hay-on-Wye as the “town of books” began on the April Fool’s Day of 1977. A man called Richard Booth announced the independence of Hay-on-Wye as a kingdom of books, with him as the king. Since then, he has managed to build a healthy tourism industry based on books. Today thousands of visitors come to Hay-on-Wye every year to look for whatever books they need.

Before Booth’s great idea, Hay-on-Wye was a slowly dying town having less than 2,000 people, with no real economy or notable local businesses. The king of Hay-on-Wye opened his first bookstore in 1961, and later encouraged his friends in the trade to come to Hay. After a few years, he filled almost every building with books. Hay-on-Wye now has over thirty bookshops, many selling second-hand books, which has made the town attractive for book collectors.

Hay-on-Wye has its special honor with over one million books traded here every year. Unlike other book dealers, Richard Booth doesn’t center on any one topic. He buys any type of books believing that every book is valuable and someone in the world wants it. Book lovers from all over the world come to Hay-on-Wye because a large number of books found here are at low prices.

Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has also been the place for a famous literary(文学) festival, now supported by The Guardian, which draws about 80,000 visitors over ten days at the beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world.

Once a dying small town, Hay-on-Wye is now an attractive tourist town, with ten percent of its population working in the book business, and local businesses benefiting from the waves of tourists coming here in search of books.

1.What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A.Hay-on-Wye became independent in 1977.

B.Hay-on-Wye used to be a tourist attraction.

C.Richard Booth got fooled on the April Fool’s Day of 1977.

D.Richard Booth was to make Hay-on-Wye a book heaven.

2.What is mainly talked about Hay-on-Wye in Paragraph 3?

A.Its bookshops. B.Its unusual feature.

C.Its development. D.Its local businesses.

3.What is special about Richard Booth as a book dealer?

A.He sells only valuable books. B.He collects books of any type.

C.He himself is knowledgeable. D.He is supplied by The Guardian.

4.The reasons why visitors come to Hay-on-Wye include ______.

① low prices of books　　

② a large range of books

③ famous book dealers　　

④ a famous literary festival

A.①②③ B.①②④

C.①③④ D.②③④

5.Which may be the best title for the passage?

A.Hay-on-Wye, World of Books B.Hay-on-Wye, Birthplace of Literature

C.Hay-on-Wye, Source of Knowledge D.Hay-on-Wye, Famous Literary Festival

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

The Great Wall of China is more than 6,000 kilometres long. It winds 1. (it) way from west to cast, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys 2.at last it reaches the sea. The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it 3. (build) during the Spring and Autumn period. During the Qin Dynasty, 4. (keep) the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls 5. (join) up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being. The Great Wall is wide enough at 6.top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, 7.soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the towers as a 8. (warn) when the enemy came.

It was 9. (extreme)difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done 10.hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

高一英语语法填空困难题查看答案及解析

The Great Wall of China is more than 6,000 kilometres long. It winds 1. (it) way from west to cast, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys 2.at last it reaches the sea. The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it 3. (build) during the Spring and Autumn period. During the Qin Dynasty, 4. (keep) the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls 5. (join) up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being. The Great Wall is wide enough at 6.top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, 7.soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the towers as a 8. (warn) when the enemy came.

It was 9. (extreme)difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done 10.hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

高一英语语法填空困难题查看答案及解析

An abandoned car in Chicago worth about $600 has been issued more than $100, 000 in parking tickets (罚单) over the past three years. Now Jennifer Fitzgerald, 31, is stuck with the bill but says the 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo actually belongs to an ex-boyfriend who registered　 (登记注册) the car in her name without informing her.

The Expired Meter ( 停车计时器) reports that from May 23, 2009 to April 30, 2012, the Chicago Department of Finance (DOF) issued 678 tickets against the car, totaling $105, 761.80. It set a Chicago record both for the total number and amount of parking fines issued. In fact, it blew past the previous record holder, which was $65,000 from about 400 tickets.

But Fitzgerald says she doesn’t owe the city a dime (10 分硬币) and has filed a lawsuit (诉讼 ) in Cook County Circuit Court against the city of Chicago, United Airlines and the ex-boyfriend. Fitzgerald has two main arguments in her case. First, she says her ex-boyfriend, Brandon Preveau, is the actual owner of the car, having bought it from her uncle for $600 in 2008. In fact, Brandon paid for the car’s title (所有权), registration and insurance, but it was registered in Fitzgerald’s name. “Brandon used his 2007 income tax refund ( 退 款 ) to pay Patrick $600 for the car,” reads Fitzgerald’s complaint. “For reasons not recalled by Patrick, however, Patrick signed the title to the car over to Fitzgerald.”

Second, Fitzgerald’s lawyer is arguing that the city should have simply towed (拖走) the car after 30 days from O’Hare Airport, where it was parked and where Brandon worked at the time. According to Fitzgerald’s complaint, on or before November 17, 2009, Brandon drove the car into the parking lot and never drove it out again. And as the Expired Meter reports, Chicago law does state exactly that an abandoned vehicle is to be towed 30 days after being illegally parked.

1.After the Chicago Department of Finance noticed the car, it _______.

A.wanted to break a record

B.tried its best to find its owner

C.kept issuing tickets against the car

D.decided to play a joke on its owner

2.From Paragraph 3, we know that Jennifer Fitzgerald _______.

A.sold the car to her ex-boyfriend long ago

B.received the car from her ex-boyfriend

C.didn’t know anything about the car

D.wasn’t the real owner of the car

3.Jennifer Fitzgerald filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago because the city _______.

A.didn’t inform her as soon as it found the missing car

B.didn’t tow the vehicle after 30 days from O’Hare Airport

C.didn’t state exactly that an abandoned vehicle was to be towed

D.didn’t help her find the car when it was missing in the beginning

4.After reading the passage we learn that Jennifer Fitzgerald _______.

A.doesn’t want to pay any money

B.thinks Patrick should pay the fines

C.isn’t trying to find her ex-boyfriend

D.has never been to O’Hare Airport

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Spanish is No. 3 among the more than 5,000 languages spoken in the world today. Even English takes a back seat to Spanish with 330 million native speakers in the world, compared with 346 million of Spanish. In the United States, college students are flocking (聚集) to learn Spanish and major American book companies are publishing Spanish-language editions. In addition, many other American companies are increasingly selling their products through Spanish-language ads.

In spite of the popularity of Spanish, no one questions the continuing dominance (优势) of English in the United States.

Then what is the future of Spanish in this country? In general, the fate of immigrant (来自外国的) languages has been to flower and then disappear. Many experts say immigration only prolongs (延长) the process. Since large-scale Latin American immigration will not continue forever, they think Spanish in the United States will finally disappear.

The mixture of Spanish and English called “Spanglish” was considered by some as a brief stop on the road to the disappearance of Spanish. But Spanglish was blamed by Roberto González Echevarría, a leading literary critic at Yale University. He said, “Those who support Spanglish don’t realize that it is a Spanish invasion (侵略) of English.”

Other experts have argued that the mixing of languages and bilingualism (双语能力) are not two-way streets. In the case of the United States, Spanish speakers tend to become bilingual, but English speakers do not. When all the native Spanish speakers become bilingual, the need to speak Spanish tends to disappear.

It has happened before. German was once a popular language in the United States. However, German immigration then reduced and World War I caused anti-German feelings and English-only measures. Today, more than 45 million Americans claim their ancestry (祖先) as German, but only 1.5 million claim to speak the language.

However, there are reasons to believe Spanish will follow a different course from German. Strictly speaking, Spanish is not an immigrant language. It was here before English, its presence in North America preceding (在……之前) the founding of the United States. Spanish is the native language of Puerto Rico who are native U.S. citizens.

Additionally, Spanish has advantages German didn’t enjoy at the turn of the century. The size of the Spanish-speaking population worldwide, the communications revolution and the global economy mean there are more opportunities to use the language.

1.We can learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.

A. American book companies are required to publish Spanish editions

B. college students have to learn Spanish in America

C. Spanish has enjoyed popularity in America

D. Spanish has taken the place of English in America

2.According to the passage, Roberto González Echevarría probably agrees that _____.

A. Spanish will disappear soon

B. Spanglish shouldn’t be supported

C. Spanish speakers should become bilingual

D. Spanglish will prevent Spanish from disappearing

3.What is the future of Spanish in America according to the passage?

A. It will be remembered as an immigrant language.

B. It will be used to do business by most Americans.

C. It will continue to find a place in America.

D. It will be used by Puerto Ricans forever.

4.The author writes this passage to _____.

A. introduce the development of Spanish in America

B. show the popularity of Spanish in America

C. encourage people to speak Spanish

D. introduce the history of Spanish

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Takamizawa, aged 91, was one of the more than 200,000 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo's 2020 Games. English is not required for service, but it is a helpful ______ for volunteers to have. But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. She was in high school when World War Two ______. She said, "In my second year there, English was banned(禁止) because it was the ______ language."

Takamizawa said that her grandchildren helped ______ her she was not too old to learn.

"When I talked to my grandchildren about my ______, they said, ‘it's not too late. We will teach you one word a day. It's going to be a good ______ for you."

Natsuko is Takamizawa's ______ and main English teacher. Natsuko ______ a new English word to her grandmother's phone every day. They also often work together ______ on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics.

"Welcome to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you?" Takamizawa answers when _______ to say an English phrase she has learned.

Natsuko ______ that she wanted to give her grandmother something to ______. "I can clearly see her English is getting better. It's my joy now."

For the level of English spoken in a country, Japan ranks (排列)49th among countries where English is not the ______ language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations ______English. Japanese students often learn English at a much ______ age than they did in the past.

However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen ______ Japanese people become more open to the rest of the world. She says that people in Japan should act not only as Japanese citizens, but also as "______ members" of the Earth.

With around 500 days to go until the Games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to welcome the world to Tokyo. When Japan last held the Summer Olympics in 1964, Takamizawa was too busy ______ a family to go to any events.

Takamizawa said she never thought the Olympics would happen in Tokyo ______ in her lifetime. "It's good," she said, "to ______ long."

1.A. way B. goal C. skill D. trick

2.A. started B. held C. ended D. fought

3.A. foreign B. teaching C. learning D. enemy

4.A. promise B. inform C. persuade D. advise

5.A. plan B. wish C. idea D. strength

6.A. challenge B. choice C. topic D. trouble

7.A. grandson B. daughter C. niece D. granddaughter

8.A. brings B. sends C. rings D. types

9.A. straight B. directly C. helpfully D. carefully

10.A. told B. reminded C. asked D. called

11.A. explains B. knows C. admits D. describes

12.A. admire B. satisfy C. enjoy D. confirm

13.A. local B. first C. second D. worldwide

14.A. appreciate B. practice C. refuse D. welcome

15.A. smaller B. younger C. elder D. later

16.A. if B. though C. unless D. because

17.A. fundamental B. global C. gentle D. kind

18.A. raising B. charging C. building D. selecting

19.A. too B. once C. ever D. twice

20.A. remain B. survive C. live D. keep

高一英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

.After the earthquake, more than 100,000 local people have no place to live, so these tents (帐篷) are supposed _____ there as soon as possible.

A. sending　　 　　 B. to send

C. being sent　　　 D. to be sent

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

More than 30,000 people went to the White House on Monday for the 136th Easter Egg Roll (复活节滚彩蛋). President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held the event by inviting thousands of kids to color and look for eggs. The theme(主题) of the day was “Hop Into Healthy, Swing Into Shape.” It was part of the First Lady s“Let' s Move!”program to reduce obesity rates (肥胖率) among American kids. Mrs. Obama spoke to young reporters about her goal(目标) to get children to eat right and keep moving.

“We are working to make sure that kids born today grow up healthy, learn how to have balanced meals, and get more physical activity into their lives,” she said.

Mrs. Obama said she wants children across the nation to understand that "exercise isn't just hard work, it' s play. If you're running around with your dog, you're getting exercise. If you walk up the stairs, that's exercise. But if you're sitting in front of the TV or on a computer game, you're not exercising.”

The First Lady said that for kids who have balanced meals most of the time, having a special snack, like chocolate, will not hurt. "And if you are active, you can splurge (挥霍) a little more," she said. Mrs. Obama’s favorite "splurge food" is French fries. But she balances her splurging by exercising almost every day. She loves to play tennis and she practices yoga.

“A lot of kids look up to(敬仰) athletes, and I think it's important for athletes to share their good habits,” Mrs. Obama said. "Kids aren' t just going to wake up and be LeBron James. He's practicing and eating right and working out and training. Our athletes can be really good messengers to kids who look up to them — they can say to kids, ‘If you really want to be like me, then you really do need to eat your vegetables.’”

1.The purpose of the “Let’s Move!” program is to ________.

A. help kids keep healthy

B. train more young reporters

C. encourage kids to eat more eggs

D. invite kids to visit the White House

2.In Mrs. Obama’s opinion, exercise ________.

A. can be fun to do

B. means hard work

C. should be done outdoors

D. requires special equipment

3.“Splurge food” is allowed to be eaten when ________.

A. you don' t hurt yourself

B. you have a special snack

C. you never eat French fries

D. you eat right and stay active

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. All kids want to be LeBron James.

B. It is very easy to form good habits.

C. Athletes can set a good example for kids.

D. Kids like the messages the athletes give them.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析