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After the arrival of the first humans into the uninhabited land, such large areas of forest were destroyed that many animals and plants became ______ , including the giant moa.

A．influential B．extinct C．specific D．Domestic

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Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at the White House after serving as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve year. On many occasions, Hillary Clinton has spoken about the need to find the right balance in our lives. For her, the elements of that balance are family, work, and public service.

Hillary Diane Rodham was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. An excellent student. Hillary also enjoyed sports and was always interested in politics. Graduating from Wellesley College with high honors, she entered Yale Law School, where she developed her special concern for protecting the best interests of children and their families. It was there that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student.

In 1973, Hillary became a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund. In 1975 Hillary left Washington and followed her heart to Arkansas, marrying Bill Clinton. The couple taught together in the University of Arkansas. Their daughter. Chelsea, was born in 1980. As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary continued to work tirelessly for the benefit of children and families. She introduced a program training parents to work with their preschool children. Because of her efforts, Hillary was named Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984. Hillary Rodham Clinton brings her own special talents, experience, style and interests to the role of First Lady of the US. She played a leading part in national Health Care Reform.

Hilary Clinton was elected to the US Senate (参议院) in 2000, becoming the first Lady elected to public office and the first female senator to represent New York. In 2006, Senator Clinton won re-election to the Senate, and in 2007 she began her historic campaign for President. In 2008, she campaigned for the election of Barrack Obama and Joe Biden, and in November, she was chosen by President elect Obama as Secretary of State.

1．What do we know from the first paragraph?

A．Hillary Rodham Clinton never finds it hard to balance herself in life.

B．Family, work and public service are all important to Hillary Clinton.

C．The experience as First Lady of Arkansas led her to the White House.

D．Before entering the White House, Hillary had worked for the First Lady.

2．Why did Hillary leave the Children’s Defense Fund?

A．Because she wanted to marry Bill Clinton who was in Arkansas.

B．Because she married Bill Clinton and had to move to Arkansas.

C．Because she found she fell in love with Arkansas.

D．Because she was offered a better job in the University of Arkansas.

3．Where did Bill Clinton get his high education?

A．At Wellesley College.

B．At the Children’s Defense Fund.

C．At the University of Arkansas.

D．At Yale Law School.

4．Which is the right order of the following events?

a. Hillary was elected to the United States Senate.

b. Hillary was chosen as Secretary of State.

c. Hillary served as the First Lady.

d. Hillary supported Obama in his presidential election.

e. Hillary began her campaign for President.

A．c, a, e, d, b         B．c, e, d, b, a         C．a, e, c, b, d         D．b, e, c, d, a

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Hillary Diane Clinton arrived at the White House after serving as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve years. During that time she worked as a full-time partner of a law firm, chaired an education committee that set public school standards in Arkansas, managed a home, and cared for her husband and child.

Hillary Diane Rodham, daughter of Hugh and Dorothy Rodham, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. She and her younger two brothers grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, as a close-knit family. As an excellent student, she was also a Girl Scout and a member of the local Methodist youth group. Hillary also enjoyed sports and was always interested in politics. She entered Wellesley College in 1965. Graduating with high honors, she moved on to Yale Law School, where she served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. While at Yale, she developed her special concern for protecting the best interests of children and their families. It was there that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student.

In 1973, Hillary became a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund. In 1975 Hillary left Washington and followed her heart to Arkansas（阿肯色州）, marrying Bill Clinton. The couple taught together in the University of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.

As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary continued to work tirelessly on behalf of children and families. In addition to chairing the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, she founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She introduced a pioneering program called Arkansas Home Instruction for Preschool Youth, which trained parents to work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy. Hillary also served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital. In recognition of her professional and personal accomplishments, Hillary was named Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.

Women’s International Center proudly presents the Living Legacy Award to Hillary Rodham Clinton for her vast contributions in so many fields, especially honoring her work for women and children.

1.Hillary did all the following things before going to college EXCEPT________.

2.The topic sentence of the fourth paragraph is ________.

3.What is the main reason why Hillary won the Living Legacy Award?

4.What do we know about Hillary from this passage?

A She and Bill Clinton were schoolmates at Yale.

B. She was in her thirties when she married Bill Clinton.

C. She has been a full-time lawyer for more than 20 years.

D. She once worked as a doctor in the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Development of a widely accepted chronology for the arrival of humans has been equally difficult, and it was only with the development of optically stimulated luminescence dating that a human presence in Australia was confirmed at 53,000 to 60,000 years ago. Older dates for a human presence in Australia have now been shown to be erroneous .

The importance of Australia as a separate natural laboratory in which to test extinction theories lies in the fact that humans arrived there much earlier than they arrived in the other continental areas (the Americas and northern Eurasia) that experienced substantial megafaunal extinction. What Miller et al. have shown is that the extinction of Genyornis occurred simultaneously across southeastern Australia (indeed probably right across the continent) about 50,000 years ago. This is very close to the presently accepted time of arrival of humans in Australia. It was also a period of modest climate change, well before the dramatic climatic fluctuations of the terminal Pleistocene. The data of Miller et al., therefore, support those who see human hunting rather than climate as causing the extinction of the megafauna.

Genyornis was a ponderous bird, around 80 to 100 kg in weight, about twice as heavy as the living emu and cassowary. It was an inhabitant of Australias inland plains and some coastal regions, but its legs were relatively short and thick, suggestion that it was a slower runner than the emu. Proponents of humancaused extinction suggest that it is just such characteristics that made the megafauna vulnerable to human hunting.

A new school of thought has recently established itself in the extinction debate. It advocates the idea that a combination of human impact and climate change was responsible for the extinction of the worlds megafauna. The new Genyornis data also weaken that argument, for the following reason. Fifty thousand years ago, Australia was experiencing mild cooling; 11,000 to 12,000 years ago, the Americas were experiencing rapid warming. These disparate climatic conditions, all coincident with megafaunal extinction, suggest that whatever was happening with climate, it was bad for the big animals. Under these conditions, the hybrid model becomes indistinguishable from the humancaused extinction model for the influence of climate becomes extremely weak, and only the arrival of humans is important in predicting extinction.

1. The last word “megafauna” in Paragraph 2 most probably means

A　 birds. B　 plants.

C　 big animals. D　 small animals.

2. Genyornis was vulnerable to human hunting because it was

A　 a delicacy. B　 very weak.

C　 very small in size. D　 clumsy.

3.　 How many models have been put forward for the extinction of Genyoris?

A　 One. B　 Two.

C　 Three. D　 Four.

4. That Australia experienced mild cooling and the Americas rapid warming suggests that

A　 the climatic conditions were unfit for Genyornis to live.

B　 Genyornis were highly adaptable to different climatic conditions.

C　 The two climatic conditions were both bad for Genyornis.

D　 The climatic conditions had nothing to do with the extinction of Genyoris.

5. The selection is mainly about

A　 the debate over the time of the human presence in Australia.

B　 the relationship between the human presence and magafaunal extinction.

C　 the relationship between human activities and climatic changes.

D　 the debate over factors causing megafaunal extinction.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It’s just been three months after the first bike-sharing company arrived in Singapore, but reports of abuse and vandalism（故意破坏）of shared bikes in the city keep appearing on social media.

The majority of these shared bikes are stationless, which means they don’t need to be stopped at a designated（指定的）spot. They lock themselves after your ride is over, and you’re meant to just leave the bike at the side of a road.

But users have been chaining up bicycles outside their apartments, preventing others from using them. Some people bring them up to their apartment floors, so they can’t be found easily by other users. Some people have removed the bikes’ number plates or codes, and some even have painted over the bikes to claim the bikes for themselves. Most of the abused bikes belong to either Singapore-based oBike, or ofo, a bike-sharing giant based in China.

ofo has encouraged Singaporean users to report issues. oBike said that the number of bicycles that were damaged made up less than one percent of its fleet. The company said in February that it planned to bring in “tens of thousands” of bikes by mid-2017. The company has yet to ban anyone from its service, but said that it would take appropriate action – including making reports to the police.

oBike also introduced a shortcoming system, similar to that of its competitor, China-based Mobike. Users start with 100 points, which get taken away for errant（出格的）behaviour such as forgetting to lock the bike, or parking at non-designated areas. Users are banned from using oBike when their scores reach zero. oBike has an eight-man operation team that can remove bicycles parked casually.

When approached for comment, Mobike said, “In China, just as in Singapore, there are always a tiny minority of people who abuse the bikes, so we designed our system to prevent this type of abuse.”

1.Who is the owner of most of the abused bikes?

A. Chinese government.

B. Local government.

C. A bike-sharing giant based in China.

D. The users of the bikes.

2.What is the attitude of the oBike toward the abuse of bikes?

A. Tolerant.　　 B. Indifferent.

C. Supportive.　　 D. Disapproving.

3.What is the meaning of the underlined word “that” in the fifth paragraph?

A. System.

B. Bike.

C. Company.

D. Report.

4.What can we learn from the passage about shared bikes?

A. They will be introduced soon.

B. The abuse of the bikes is on the increase.

C. They are very expensive.

D. They are well preserved by users.

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Everything seemed to be going ________ for the first two days after I arrived in New York.

A．vividly            B．generally          C．frequently         D．smoothly

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I recognized from my dad’s office.

“What are you doing at home?” I asked casually.

“Andrew, I wastoday,” he answered quietly.

I was sure he was joking. “No, you weren't. Why are you at home?”

Then I noticed hisand realized he was telling me the truth. My father has always been a hard worker and prided himself on his career. ________our family has been his joy, and I guess I havehis work for granted.

My father’s unemploymentmany changes in our lives. For starters, he was at home all the time, which meant my bed had to be, my room cleaned up, and mydone right after school. I would come home every day to find him at the computerjobs. I began to notice howhe seemed, and how losing his job affected his self-esteem, though he tried to be. For the first time, Imy dad as vulnerable (易受伤的). He asked my brother and me toless. I gave up my pocket money, ________it wasn’t much. I felt I was doing the right. I also found a part-time job.

After several difficult months of searching, my dadto go in a totally different direction. Hethat he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business. Day by day, I watched him it, and I admired how much time and he expended. Iknew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action really affected me.

Although this was one of theexperiences for our family, it taught me a lot about dealing with adversity (逆境), and will be my foundations for success.

1.A. taken off    B. put off  C. laid off  D. called off

2.A. finally         B. really    C. frequently     D. especially

3.A. happiness  B. kindness        C. loneliness        D. seriousness

4.A. Supporting          B. Providing       C. Offering         D. Shooting

5.A. regarded   B. taken    C. viewed D. looked

6.A. came out   B. brought about       C. gave off         D. let out

7.A. made B. sold       C. banned D. applied

8.A. job     B. homework    C. fun              D. time

9.A. falling into B. putting up     C. keeping on       D. searching for

10.A. depressed        B. patient  C. smart            D. honest

11.A. disappointed    B. optimistic      C. anxious          D. appropriate

12.A. considered       B. remembered         C. refused          D. predicted

13.A. earn         B. enjoy    C. spend   D. find

14.A. even so    B. if only   C. even though D. as if

15.A. hoped      B. decided         C. dreamed       D. expected

16.A. advised    B. informed       C. explained      D. insisted

17.A. form         B. open     C. set         D. build

18.A. strength   B. power   C. force     D. energy

19.A. never       B. seldom C. always   D. hardly

20.A. worst        B. best       C. most      D. least

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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What did the speaker do after lunch on the first day?

A. He walked into the woodlands.

B. He visited a zoo in the field center.

C. He listened to a speech from an expert.

2.What did Bill say was 100 years old?

A. The stone wall.　　 B. The wooden bridge.　　 C. The iron gate.

3.Why did the speaker go out the next morning?

A. To get familiar with local areas.

B. To collect water for analyses.

C. To find out air pollutants.

4.What was the best presentation about?

A. Fish farming.

B. Difficulties in hill farming.

C. Combination of modern and tradition farming.

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Wolves strike fear into the hearts of many species, humans included. Our fear of them has brought them to the edge of dying out, as we have cruelly killed them as competitors and trouble-makers. But researchers are discovering that the very fear they put into prey（被捕食者）species is exactly what helps make ecosystems（生态）healthy.

Yellowstone National Park is a typical example of just how wolves can help repair an ecosystem. An October 2018 study analyzed 40 years of research on large animals inside the park.

“Yellowstone has benefited from the reintroduction of wolves in ways that we did not anticipate, especially the complexity of biological interactions（互动） in the park,” explained Mark Boyce, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.　 “We were really surprised at that and we’ d never have seen these responses if the park hadn’t adopted ecological-process management—allowing natural ecological processes to take place with least human intervention.”

After the wolves were re-introduced at Yellowstone, willow and cottonwood trees increased in number. The population of bears and bison also rose and what was once a ruling deer-wolf interaction is now more diverse.

To learn more about just how wolves are beneficial, a short documentary from Quest explains how the presence of wolves influences the behavior of deer, which eventually makes entire ecosystems more biologically diverse and healthy. In this documentary, biologist Aaron Wirsing explored why wolves and other top predators （捕食者） were needed for diverse ecosystems to develop. Using a simple video camera, Wirsing is gaining a unique view point on predator-prey relationships and changing the way we think about wolves.

The research is one more piece of evidence for why protecting these top predators is important not just for wolves as a species, but for hundreds of species at every level of an ecosystem. The fear they bring along may be the very angle that helps save them from dying out.

1.What does the underlined word “anticipate” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Expect. B. Understand.

C. Notice. D. Accept.

2.For what purpose was a documentary made?

A. To introduce how wolves behave in the wild.

B. To show how wolves benefit from ecosystems.

C. To record how Aaron Wirsing observed wolves.

D. To study what good wolves can do to ecosystems.

3.What is the significance of the research?

A. It proves wolves feed on hundreds of species.

B. It helps prove the importance of protecting wolves.

C. It shows the complex relationships between species.

D. It provides evidence that wolves are endangered animals.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The fear of wolves is beneficial to ecosystems.

B. The fear of wolves put them in danger of disappearing.

C. Yellowstone National Park owes its healthy ecosystems to wolves.

D. The introduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park is a success.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I recognized from my dad’s office．When he told me that he was laid off, I thought he was joking．Then I noticed his seriousness and realized he was telling the truth．My father has always been a hard worker. He has prided himself on his career. 1 I guess I had taken his work for granted.

2 For starters, he was home all the time．In meant my bed had to be made, my room cleaned up, and my homework done right after school．I would come home every day to find him at the computer searching for jobs．3 He seemed down, though he tried to be optimistic．He asked my brother and me to spend less．I gave up my spending money, which wasn’t much．I also found a part-time job．

4  He explained that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business．Day by day, I watched him build it, On evening I asked if he needed help．“Only if it doesn’t affect school,” he said．I showed up at his office the next afternoon, and most afternoons after that for two months．

5 The terrible experience for our family taught me how to deal with difficulties．Now I know that through creative problem-solving, I can always find Plan B. I can ask for help and take risks．What I have learned from my dad’s understanding of business and his work ethic（信条） are two of the most important lessons I will ever learn. And they will be my principles for success．

A．Providing for our family has been his joy．

B．I made every effort to solve his problems．

C．I began to notice how losing his job had affected him．

D．My father’s unemployment created many changes in our lives．

E．After months of searching, my dad decided to go in a totally different direction．

F．His courage and determination helped him to become successful in his new career．

G．I always knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action influenced me a lot．

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