The Four People You Don’t Want to Sit Next to...

The Four People You Don’t Want to Sit Next to on a Plane

Let me begin by promising you that I am not an angry person. I would actually vow that I am inherently happy and all-around quite friendly and nice. But one thing that really grinds my gears, is being seated next to a nightmare neighbor on an airplane.

1.

Perhaps you normally like them, but when you are sitting next to them on a plane it’s a different thing. They usually spend all the flight moving around and dropping their toys on the floor, and when they’re drinking their orange juice it ends up on your trousers. 2.. So you can’t have the little sleep that you were planning.

Conversation makers

You recognize this type as soon as you sit down. They immediately start talking about the plane, or the weather, or they ask you a personal question. It’s very difficult not to talk to these people. 3..

Nervous fliers

These are the people with white faces who sit down and immediately ask for something to drink. Every five minutes they call a flight attendant to ask if there are any problems with the plane. 4.. The best thing to do is to pretend to sleep.

Space invaders

5.. But they have a terrible habit of taking up all their room, and some of your room too. They usually sit so that you can’t move, with their arms and legs in your space.

A. Naughty kids

B. Well-behaved parents

C. They also tell you about air crash

D. Some people want to talk all the time

E. The people are not necessarily very large

F. Then they decide they want to have fun with you

G. You’ll probably have to keep talking until the plane lands

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Jack threw the papers on my desk. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said. I had changed a long sentence and corrected its grammar — something I thought I was paid to do.

Several days later, he made me angry again. I went to his office, prepared to lose my job if need be, but not before I let the man know how I felt. “What?” he said nervously. Suddenly I knew what I had to do. “Jack, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. And it’s wrong for me to allow it to continue,” I said. “I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend.” The next day I brought some cakes to Jack’s office. Every time I saw Jack in the hall, I smiled at him. After all, that’s what friends do.

One year after our talk, I was told that I had breast cancer (乳腺癌). When I was in hospital, my friends tried to find the right words to say, but no one could. The last day of my hospital stay, the door opened and Jack walked over to my bed. “Tulips (郁金香),” he placed some bulbs (球茎) beside me and said, “If you plant them when you get home, you’ll be there to see them when they come up.” Tears filled my eyes. In a moment when I prayed for just the right words, a man with few words said the right thing. After all, that’s what friends do. Now, I have seen those tulips push through the soil every spring for over ten years.

1.Why did Jack throw some papers on the author’s desk?

A. She gave him the wrong papers.

B. He thought her report was very bad.

C. He wanted her to check them again.

D. He didn’t agree with her correction.

2.What promise did the author make to Jack?

A. She would work harder from then on.

B. She would treat him the same way.

C. She would bring him some cakes.

D. She would treat him like a friend.

3.The tulip bulbs that Jack gave the author probably suggest ______.

A. love B. honor C. hope D. thanks

4.What did the author mean by saying “that’s what friends do”?

A. Friends must help each other to correct mistakes.

B. Friends should give advice to each other at the right time.

C. Friends should treat each other with respect and kindness.

D. Friends should do anything for each other.

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- Mum, it's nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon.

- Don't you think the ice on the lake is too thin to ________ your weight？

A.carry B.take C.catch D.bear

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I sit at my kitchen table, while my daughter, Anna, sits next to my mother. On the wall hangs a photo of my father.

“When is Rick going to be here?” My mother asks, referring to my husband.

“I don’t know, Mom,” I answer patiently. “He’ll be here for dinner.”

I sigh and get up from the table. This is at least the tenth time she has asked that question.

While my mother and daughter play, I busy myself making a salad.

“Don't put in any onions,” Mom says. “You know how Daddy hates onion.”

“Yes, Mom,” I answer.

I scrub(洗擦) off a carrot and chop it into bite-size pieces.

“Don't put any onions in the salad,” she reminds me. “You know how Daddy hates onion.”

This time I can’t answer.

My mother had been beautiful. She still is. In fact, my mother is still everything she has

been, just a bit forgetful.

I cut off the end of the cucumber and rub it to take away the bitterness. Cut and rub. This

is a trick I have learned from my mother, along with a trillion other things: cooking, sewing,

dating, laughing, thinking. I learned how to grow up.

And I learned that when my mother was around, I never had to be afraid.

So why am I afraid now?

I study my mother's hands. Her nails are no longer a bright red, but painted a light pink.

Almost no color at all. And as I stare at them, I realize I am feeling them as they shaped my

youth. Hands that packed a thousand lunches and wiped a million tears off my cheeks.

Now my hands have grown into those of my mother's. Hands that have cooked uneaten

meals, held my own daughter's frightened fingers on the first day of school and dried tears

off her face.

I grow lighthearted. I can feel my mother kiss me goodnight, check to see if the window is

locked, then blow another kiss from the doorway. Then I am my mother, blowing that same

kiss to Anna.

Outside everything is still. Shadows fall among the trees, shaped like pieces of a puzzle.

Someday my daughter will be standing in my place, and I will rest where my mother now sits.

Will I remember then how it felt to be both mother and daughter? Will I ask the same

question too many times?

I walk over and sit down between my mother and her granddaughter.

“Where is Rick?” my mother asks, resting her hand on the table next to mine. And in that

instant I know she remembers. She may repeat herself a little too much. But she remembers.

“He’ll be here,” I answer with a smile.

1.What’s wrong with the writer’s mother?

A. She is very old.           B. She suffers forgetfulness.

C. She is absent-minded.      D. She is eager to see Rick.

2.What can we learn about the writer’s father according to the passage?

A. He might have passed away for years.

B. He goes out for a walk by himself.

C. He is out doing something with Rick.

D. He loves the writer’s mother deeply.

3.The underlined sentence “I realize I am feeling them as they shaped my youth” probably means that ______.

A. Mother’s hands witnessed my growth as a youth

B. Mother’s hands are similar to mine as a youth

C. I like to feel mother’s hands when she was young

D. I realize her hands were exactly like those in her youth

4.Which of the following words best describe the writer’s mood towards her mother?

A. Content.    B. Disappointed.     C. Loving.    D. Considerate.

5.The best title for the passage would be ______.

A. Mother’s beauty           B. My father hates onion

C. Hard-working mother       D. Mother’s hands

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How to stay focused in class

● 1. No matter how much you want to sit with your friends during the class, try your best to avoid them. Talking with friends is not going to help you stay focused in class and will cause trouble, too.

● Look at the teacher. Your teacher is not just standing up there talking — they're trying to give you an acceptable education. Show the teacher that he or she has your full attention, by looking him or her in the eye. 2.

● Take notes. By taking notes, you'll be able to “get into” the lesson. 3. Listen for key phrases such as, “This is important,” “This is the main idea,” etc. This can help you listen more intently (专心地); you'll have something to do and focus on.

● Get involved (参与) in class discussions. This is a wonderful way to become a more focused and successful student. When a teacher asks a question, offer to answer it. 4. This shows the teacher that you're listening intently during the class.

● Ask a question. 5. This really shows your teacher that you want to be better, and can recognize the things you're having difficulty with. Chances are, someone else in the class has the same question (and is too afraid to ask!). They'll be relaxed — and so will you.

A. Do your best.

B. Avoid sitting with friends.

C. Don't try to finish your old notes in class.

D. Write down key points as your teacher speaks.

E. If he or she asks for an opinion, share your own.

F. If you don't understand something, never be afraid to ask.

G. This person should have your full attention at all times in class.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

How to stay focused in class

1. No matter how much you want to sit with your friends during the class, try your best to stay away from them. Talking with friends is not going to help you stay focused (集中注意力的) in class and will cause trouble, too.

Look at the teacher. Your teacher is not just standing up there talking — they’re trying to give you an acceptable education. Show the teacher that he or she has your full attention, by looking him or her in the eye. 2.

Take notes. By taking notes, you’ll be able to “get into” the lesson. 3. Listen for key phrases such as, “This is important,” “This is the main idea,” etc. This can help you listen more carefully; you’ll have something to do and focus on.

Join in class discussions. This is a wonderful way to become a more focused, successful student. When a teacher asks a question, offer to answer it. 4. This shows the teacher that you’re listening carefully during the class.

Ask a question. 5. This really shows your teacher that you want to be better, and can recognize the things you’re having difficulty with. Maybe someone else in the class has the same question but he or she is too afraid to ask. When the question is asked by you, he or she will be relaxed and so will you.

A. Do your best.

B. Don’t sit with friends.

C. Don’t try to finish your homework in class.

D. This person should have your full attention at all times in class.

E. Write down key points as your teacher speaks.

F. If you don’t understand something, never be afraid to ask.

G. When he or she asks for an opinion, share your own.

高一英语七选五困难题查看答案及解析

If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of out brains are not getting enough exercise, and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily soon.

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down.

With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain sizes of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs.

Computer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the sizes of the front and side parts of the brain, which have something to do with thinking and feeling, and decide the human character. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls task like eating and breathing, does not contract(萎缩) with age.

Contraction of front and side parts, as cells(细胞) die off, was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction---using the head.

The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than those in the towns. Those with least possibility, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White-collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as possible to have contracting brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.

1. The team of doctors wanted to find out ____.

A. at what point people grow live longer.

B. how to make people live longer

C. the size of certain people’s brains.

D. which group of people are the busiest

2.Their research findings are based on ______.c

A. an examination of farmers in northern Japan

B. using computer technology

C. examining the brain sizes of different people

D. tests given a thousand old people

3.The doctor’s tests show that ______.

A. our brains contract as we grow older

B. one part of the brain does not contract

C. sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds

D. contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country

4. According to the article, _____ are growing mentally old earlier.

A. engineers    B. office clerks    C. professors    D. researchers

5.The most possible conclusion of the article is that ____.

A. most of us should take more exercise

B. it’s better to live in the towns

C. the brain contracts if it is not used

D. the more one uses his brain, the sooner he becomes old

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1.I don’t want to set down a _________(系列)of facts in a diary as most people do.

2.If you want to read quickly and well, you should increase your _____________(词汇量).

3.People from England made ____________(航海)to conquer other parts of the world..

4.I said hello to her ,but she ____________(不理睬)me completely.

5.Don’t be __________(关心) about your son very much. He has grown up.

6.It took the rest of the winter for her to r________ from her heart operation.

7.After he come back from abroad, he decided to s_______ in his hometown .

8.One of the d____________ of the job is the long working hours.

9.She kept a travel j_________ during her trip to China.

10.I p____________ my husband not to drink too much at that time.

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What does the man want to do?

A. Review the last point.　　 B. Go on to the next part.　　 C. Ask more questions.

高一英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

What does the man want to do?

A. Review the last point.　　 B. Go on to the next part.　　 C. Ask more questions.

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