63. Children can usually dress ______ by the ...

63. Children can usually dress ______ by the age of five.

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Children can usually dress ______ by the age of five.

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阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.

At the age of forty-five, my usually well-ordered life became full of changes. After twenty-two years of working in a bank, a plan to use less staff led to the unemployment of over one hundred people. Unluckily，was one of them.

My once secure future became uncertain. However, I was not a single parent, so the family did not depend only on my income and my husband can support the family. My motto has always been，“Change is good; change is progress, but when it affected my livelihood, I had to change it “Accept change and make the most of it.” From the beginning, 1 chose to look at this matter not as bad luck, but as a welcome chance. I refused to become sorry; instead, I actively planned to do something new and different.

Having a positive attitude made all the difference in the way I pursued the future. First, I decided to return to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little courage. Not being a graduate had never held me back in my career in the bank, but now it a personal goal I longed to achieve. With a lot of determination, I went to evening classes and became an adult student. In the class, I became more and more confident. During this time，I realized that no matter what life throws in our way, nothing can hinder our personal growth.

The second thing I did to improve my inner self was to reevaluate my past life. It used to be filled with endless，and sometimes meaningless events. But now, my heart and life are completely around people I care for.

The loss of my job led to some positive changes in my life. Revisiting the past made room for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change, and am making the most of it.

1.What made the author lose her job? (no more than 10 words)

2.What did the author do after the unemployment? (no more than 15 words)

3.How do you understand the underlined word in Paragraph 3? (no more than 3 words)

4.How would you describe the author in terms of personalities? (no more than 5 words)

5.What’s your attitude towards the “changes” in your life? Please explain, (no more than 20 words)

高三英语阅读表达中等难度题查看答案及解析

Ethiopia has greatly reduced its death rates for children under the age of five years during the last two decades, new UN statistics show. The report says Ethiopia has cut the number of child deaths, by two thirds or so, to 68 per 1,000 births compared to that in 1990.

The government owed the improved figures to its growing economy. Despite the reduction, the UN Children's Fund said Ethiopia needed to do much more to improve health facilities(设施) for pregnant women.

Ethiopia is one of Africa's poorest states, although it has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years and is one of the continent's leading coffee producers. Its economy centers around agriculture, which in turn relies on rainfall.

The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza in the capital, Addis Ababa, says Ethiopia was once representative of poor nutrition in Africa. But the latest UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会) figures show Ethiopia is one of the few African countries on the path to realizing the development goal of reducing child death rates, he says.

Ethiopia's Health Minister Kesetebirhan Admasu said increasing family incomes had helped improve people's health. "This has also resulted in better nutrition for children and women; this has translated into better medical conditions —— all these have a direct or indirect influence on the survival of children," he told BBC Africa. He said the government has also been "aggressively expanding its primary health care network".

"We have now 93% coverage( 覆盖) of one health centre for 25,000 people, which basically means one health facility within a 7km area," he said.

1.How many in 1000 births would die in Ethiopia in 1990?

A. about 680                 B. about 330         C. about 68                 D. about 200

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Ethiopian children benefit from its fastest economy growing.

B. Ethiopia has a long way to go to improve health facilities.

C. Ethiopia is the economic center because of its rich rainfall.

D. Ethiopia has already become a rich state in Africa.

3.What do we know according to the latest UNICEF figures?

A. Many African countries have high child death rates now.

B. Ethiopia is the only country that has reduced child death rates.

C. Ethiopia is the most successful in reducing child death rates.

D. Ethiopia was once known for its poor nutrition in Africa.

4.What Kesetebirhan Admasu said shows that_______.

A. agricultural incomes have helped improve all the people's health in Africa

B. now the health care network is perfect in Ethiopia

C. 93% of the 25,000 people enjoy health centers in Ethiopia

D. the government has been taking active measures to improve people's health

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From the age of five, I was constantly surrounded by fear. It started when I was sent to boarding school. I used to ________ the bed and, the first night it happened, I knocked on the nuns’ (修女) door to ask for ________. Instead, they made me do the ‘walk of ________’, carrying a packet of wet sheets through all the ________ as they announced, ‘Make way for the bed-wetter,’ and ________ the children to laugh and shout horrible things. That happened ________.

I grew into a problem ________ and spent much time in bars drinking to forget the hopelessness and ________. That’s where I met my first husband, who turned out to be a ________ man. It was only when he ________ me into a state of unconsciousness that things changed. I knew I couldn’t go back—if I did, I would ________. So I decided to remove the layers of pain and cruelty and ________ them with happiness and success. I started to read books about how to think highly of yourself. I got into ________ and won competitions, I realised, ‘I am not a ________ person like the nuns and my husband told me.’ I decided to take the ________ I used in sport-my determination to keep ________—and apply them to everything in my life. That’s when I ________ I was a really good business person.

Whatever your past has been, don’t ________ it for who you are today. Thy and find something ________ in it. That’s the only possible way to ________ those things, be brave and turn everything around.

1.A.wet B.make C.warm D.clean

2.A.direction B.help C.permission D.advice

3.A.pride B.comfort C.shame D.apology

4.A.toilets B.offices C.classrooms D.dormitories

5.A.forced B.persuaded C.encouraged D.reminded

6.A.naturally B.regularly C.eventually D.secretly

7.A.teenager B.mother C.adult D.wife

8.A.failure B.loss C.disappointment D.fear

9.A.violent B.gentle C.responsible D.forgetful

10.A.brought B.talked C.scared D.beat

11.A.survive B.change C.die D.fight

12.A.associate B.replace C.compare D.fill

13.A.sport B.debt C.shape D.trouble

14.A.guilty B.useless C.desperate D.horrible

15.A.skills B.tips C.principles D.methods

16.A.cool B.changing C.fit D.going

17.A.imagined B.forgot C.discovered D.suspected

18.A.aim B.blame C.repeat D.make

19.A.positive B.relevant C.necessary D.unforgettable

20.A.give up B.come across C.let alone D.get over

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Children of all ages love birthday parties at the Staten Island Zoo. Where else can you invite real party animals to join in the fun?

Who is invited?

Parties at the Staten Island Zoo are designed for children who are turning 4 years old and older, with a maximum group size of 15 children and 4 adults．Along with your human guests，2-3 live animals will also be invited into your party room. No need for more introductions. By the end of your party, our teachers will make sure everyone is well familiar with their new scaly(有鳞的)，feathery or furry friends．

What is included?

Each party lasts an hour and a half (two hours if pizza is included) and includes live animal demonstration，games or stories，and animal skills．Each member will receive a goodie bag to take home for fun. Besides, birthday invitations will be given to you for giving to your guests．

Birthday party themes

Choose from four different themes：

Animal Tracks

Discover different types of animal’s feet and their purpose．Track some animals and then make a take home plaster mold(石膏模型)．

African Savannah

Join in the fun at exploring the mysteries of the African Savannah．Learn about favorite foods of the Savannah’s people and make an animal mask to enjoy the fun．

Tropical Rainforest

Listen to the sounds of the jungle and find where the animals live．Create a colorful rainforest bird.

Barnyard Friends

Stories, games, activities and crafts will all focus on the differences between wild and domestic animals．Make a small bookmark to use at home．

Costs

Pizza，ice cream cake，juice and party (includes cutlery, paper plates, cups and napkins) --- $370 Staten Island Zoo members／$400 non．Members．

Party only --- $250 Staten Island Zoo members／$275 non．Members

1. What’s special about the birthday parties at the Staten Island Zoo?

A．There are 19 people in one party at least．

B．Parties are intended for those who are just 4 years old．

C．It is necessary to introduce the strangers at the parties．

D．Live animals will take part in the birthday parties．

2.If you choose a theme of Tropical Rainforest，what kind of works of art can you make?

A．A take-home plaster mold． B．A colorful rainforest bird．

C．An animal mask．              D．A small bookmark to use at home．

3. A non-member who only plans to hold a party at the Staten Island Zoo should pay______.

A．$250    B．$275     C．$370               D．$400

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A．All birthday parties last one and a half hours．

B．We should buy birthday invitations for our guest at the zoo．

C．Animals will make a performance at the party．

D．Any party member will be given a bag to store rubbish at the party．

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We live in the age of distraction, ______ we can be disturbed by all of kinds of useless and false information.

A.which B.what C.when D.where

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Babies have an astonishing talent that adults entirely lose. By the age of one, they can recognise the significant noises around them and group them into a language. When we have lost this capacity as adults, it becomes enormously difficult to distinguish between sounds that are glaringly different to a native speaker. It all sounds Greek to us. This is because the range of possible sounds that humans use to convey meaning may be as high as 2,000, but few languages use more than 100 and even then the significant noises－the phonemes (音素) of a language－each cover a range of sounds and so vague distinctions which would change the meaning of a word in other languages.

But where do these phonemes come from and why do they shift over time? New research suggests that the apparently arbitrary distribution of some sounds around the world may be partially explained by diet. This is unexpected. We’d rather think of language as product of our thought, rather than of the arrangement of our teeth. In reality, though, any given language must be both.

Hunter gatherer languages very seldom use the sounds known as labiodentals (唇齿音)－those such as f and v－that are made by touching the lower lip with the upper teeth. Only two of the hundreds of Australian aboriginal languages use them, for example. But in cultures that have discovered farming, these consonants (辅音) are much more common. The argument goes that farmers eat more cooked food and more dairy than hunter gatherers. Either way, they need to chew mush less, and to bite less with their front teeth. So farmers grew up with smaller lower jaws and more of an overbite than their ancestors who had to bite through harder foods. It became easier for them to make the labiodental consonants instead of purely labial (唇音) ones: one example is that f come to take the place of p. Romans said “pater” but English speakers (unless they’re Rees－Moggs) say “father”.

Beyond these particular changes, the story highlights the way in which everything distinctively human is both material and spiritual: speech must combine sound and meaning, and the meaning can ’t exist or be transmitted without a real object. But neither can it be reduced to the purely physical, as our inability to understand or even to recognise foreign languages makes clear. The food we eat shapes our jaws, and our jaws in turn shape the sounds of our language. The ease with which we eat probably shapes our thought too, as anyone who has suffered toothache could testify. What we eat may have shaped the sounds of our language, but how we eat changes how we feel and what we use language to express. A family meal is very different from a sandwich at the office desk, even if the calorie is the same. Food has purposes and meanings far beyond keeping us alive and pleasing the Palate (味觉).

1.Compared with adults, babies could more easily 　　　　　　　　 .

A. create significant noises B. classify the forms of noises

C. understand the Greek language D. distinguish meaningful sounds

2.According to the passage, which of the following factors help shape language?

A. Lips and teeth. B. Jobs and habits.

C. Age and regions. D. Food and thinking.

3.The reason for farmers' making sounds of “f” and “v” is 　　　　　　　　 .

A. enjoying more cooked foods B. biting more with front teeth

C. constantly chewing harder foods D. growing up with lager lower jaws

4.By writing this passage, the author intends to reveal 　　　　　　　　 .

A. jaws help shape our thought

B. food determines our thought

C. diet has some influence on language

D. language consists of sound and meaning

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In the age of microblog or Weibo, common people can make their voice　　　　　 by posting their opinions and attracting public attention．

A．hearing　　　　 B．hear

C．heard　　　　　 D．to hear

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Competed in 1891, in ________ was known as The Gilded Age, the five­story mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A. that B. what C. which D. it

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