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Any information one wants to know about the coming National Games in Shenyang, just call 024- 62347788. It ________ be simpler.

A. mustn’t                B. won’t                    C. needn’t      D. can’t

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Wikipedia: The Online Know-It-All

If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia. The name “Wikipedia” is from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning “quick”. This online encyclopedia (百科全书) is written by thousands of people around the world. Anyone with Internet access can write, add or make changes to Wikipedia articles if he or she finds it incorrect or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors. But contributions cannot damage Wikipedia because many experienced editors are watching pages and techies (技术专家) can write editing programs to keep track of or correct bad edits. Where there are disagreements on how to present facts, editors work together to arrive at an article that fairly represents current expert opinion on the subject.

Wikipedia is quite different from paper-based reference sources in important ways. Unlike printed encyclopedias, it is continually created and updated, with articles on historic events appearing within minutes, rather than months or years.

What’s more, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 285 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites on the Internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. Since its creation, it has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference websites, attracting nearly 500 million unique visitors monthly. There are more than 77,000 active contributors working on more than 22,000,000 articles in different languages. As of today, there are 4,396,866 articles in English.

So, if you are looking for some information, why not try Wikipedia? It’s free, multilingual，and informative.　　

1.According to the passage, what is Wikipedia?

A. A free website encyclopedia.            B. A computer game.

C. A free encyclopedia in book form.        D. An online university.

2.From the passage we know that ______.

A. Wikipedia only charges users a small fee

B. Wikipedia catches a wide audience

C. incorrect editions might do great harm to Wikipedia

D. it will take long to update the information on Wikipedia

3.Where can we probably read the passage?

A. In a story book.            B. In a research report.

C. In a science magazine.    D. In a travel brochure.

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Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah, who wants to know about the life and work of Doctor Benjamin Carson.

Doctor Carson is an internationally recognized doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the hospital for twenty-five years. At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position. And he was the first African-American to have that position at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Ben Carson is known for his work as a brain surgeon for children. For example, in nineteen eighty-seven, he led a team of seventy doctors and nurses in an operation to separate two babies joined at the head. Earlier attempts by other surgeons on other babies had failed. Doctor Carson successfully performed the operation. Both babies were able to survive independently.

Doctor Carson has written four books. His first book, "Gifted Hands," tells the story of his life. Benjamin Carson was born in nineteen fifty-one in Detroit, Michigan.

As a boy, Ben was not a good student. In fact, he was the worst in his class. When his mother learned of his failing grades she asked her sons to read two library books every week. She limited the amount of time they watched television. And she told them to respect every person.

Ben Carson soon became the top student in his class. He went on to study at Yale University, one of the best universities in the country, and later to medical school at the University of Michigan.

Doctor Carson has received many awards and honors. Last year he received the nation's highest civilian honor. Former President George W. Bush presented Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House.

1.The passage is probably taken from _____.

A. a radio      B. a magazine       C. TV       D. a paper

2.What does the word “surgeons” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. nurses       B. doctors      C. hospitals    D. points

3.Benjamin Carson’s change in study was largely because of ______

A. his hard work        B. his teacher       C. his mother      D. his father

4.What’s the aim to write the passage?

A. To call on us to learn from Benjamin Carson.

B. To praise Benjamin Carson for his achievements.

C. To show us how Benjamin Carson succeeded

D. To introduce Benjamin Carson’s life and work

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah, who wants to know about the life and work of Doctor Benjamin Carson.

Doctor Carson is an internationally recognized doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the hospital for twenty-five years. At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position. And he was the first African-American to have that position at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Ben Carson is known for his work as a brain surgeon for children. For example, in nineteen eighty-seven, he led a team of seventy doctors and nurses in an operation to separate two babies joined at the head. Earlier attempts by other surgeons on other babies had failed. Doctor Carson successfully performed the operation. Both babies were able to survive independently.

Doctor Carson has written four books. His first book, "Gifted Hands," tells the story of his life. Benjamin Carson was born in nineteen fifty-one in Detroit, Michigan.

As a boy, Ben was not a good student. In fact, he was the worst in his class. When his mother learned of his failing grades she asked her sons to read two library books every week. She limited the amount of time they watched television. And she told them to respect every person.

Ben Carson soon became the top student in his class. He went on to study at Yale University, one of the best universities in the country, and later to medical school at the University of Michigan.

Doctor Carson has received many awards and honors. Last year he received the nation's highest civilian honor. Former President George W. Bush presented Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House.

1.The passage is probably taken from _____.

2.What does the word “surgeons” in paragraph 3 mean?

3.Benjamin Carson’s change in study was largely because of ______

4.What’s the aim to write the passage?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

______ everybody knows about it, I don’t want to talk any more.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the past, if a person wanted to see the national treasures of a country, one had to go there in person．Therefore, very few people were able to enjoy some of history’s most important and interesting artifacts (手工艺品)．This has changed with an increase in the number of traveling museum exhibitions．

King Tutankhamen Artifacts

A traveling exhibition of artifacts from the tomb of King Tutankhamen, popularly known as “King Tut”, toured the United States from November 1976 to April 1979．The 55 objects were shown in six cities and were seen by around eight million museum-goers．The second touring exhibit was started in 2007, this s antime with 130 artifactd stops in London and three different American cities．However some objects, like the king’s golden face mask, are too valuable or too delicate to be transported long distances, so “replicas” (exact copies of something) are on show．

Japanese Color Woodblock Prints

The Art Museum at University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia, has an extraordinary collection of Japanese color woodblock prints (木刻版画)．These prints document the period from about 1850 to 1900, a time when Japan was opening itself to Western influences．Before this point, Japan was a closed society that had little communication with the world outside of its borders．These works of art beautifully show the feeling of change and the trend toward modernization．The museum has put together a traveling exhibition of 60 of these prints, which can be borrowed and exhibited worldwide for periods of eight weeks or more．

Face-to-face with “Lucy”

One of the world’s most famous archaeological (考古学的) finds in history are the 3．2 million-year-old bones of a 106-centimeter-tall female found in the Ethiopian desert in 1974．Lucy, a name given to her by the discovery team, is a “hominid”, or a creature that scientists believe is the earliest ancestor of modern human beings．Rarely is an artifact this valuable allowed to travel widely, but Lucy has been taken to several museums in the U．S．while a detailed replica remains at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum．

1.What do we learn about King Tutankhamen’s artifacts?

A． The artifacts were shown in London first．

B． The artifacts were on show in the United States once．

C． The second touring exhibit showed more artifacts than the first one．

D． The king’s golden face mask was also shown in the traveling exhibitions．

2.What do the Japanese woodblock prints show about the society from 1850 to 1900?

A． Japan had little communication with other countries．

B． The whole country refused changes in the society．

C． Japan was opening itself up to Western ideas．

D． Japan achieved modernization．

3.Who is Lucy according to the passage?

A． An archaeologist．

B． The ancestor of modern human beings．

C． A 106-centimeter-tall female who died in 1974．

D． The first woman who visited the Ethiopian desert．

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

When    comes to baseball, Dorothy knows little about it.

A. this B. that C. it   D. one

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search ________ it is Wikipedia. This online encyclopedia is ________(write) by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it ________  ________ they are not university professors.

What is more, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 253 languages. This fact makes it ________ of the few websites (վ) on the Internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008, over 10 million articles ________( put on) Wikipedia. A quarter of the articles are in English. Wikipedia is also a place ________ people can find the latest news.

However, Wikipedia has its own problems. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of the articles. The people ________(run) Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is improving and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet.

So, if you are looking for some information, why not ________(try) Wikipedia?

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You shouldn’t have told her about the secret!

—____ You know, no one believes her.

A. How come?　　　 　　 B. That’s amazing.

C. Oh, come on!　　　 D. What’s up?

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The old professor travelled from one school to another, _______ first-hand information about the education situation in China.

A．to gather          B．collecting          C．getting together    D．to get together

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