It was a nice meal, _______a little expensive.
A.though |
B.whether |
C.as |
D.since |
It ’s well-known that ________ information is very important to businessmen.
A.having collected |
B.collecting |
C.collected |
D.collect |
在即将进入高三之际,用英语简要叙述自己对高三英语学习的计划:
1. 确立目标、集中精力;
2.改进学习方法:例如上课认真听讲、不懂就问、认真完成作业等;
3.劳逸结合:提高学习效率、参加体育活动、充分休息等。
注意:1.可适当增减细节;
2.字数120-150。
阅读下面的短文,并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。
[1] I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day. But I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
[2] The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver told us to be quiet because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends going down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a tool designed to make communication easier.
[3]Why is it that the more connected we get, ________________________ ? Every advance in communications technology is a hurt to the closeness of human interaction (互动). With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.
[4] More and more, l find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
[5] So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I' m home.
1. What does the author say about communications technology according to the first two paragraphs? (within 15 words)
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2.Which sentences in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
However, I felt left out as if we were not conducting the conversation.
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3. Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 10 words)
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4. Does the author restrict (约束) his own activity to improving the situation? Give an example. How?(within 15 words)
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5. Translate the underlined sentences in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
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When six the very best students from different cities in Guandong province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best student of Beijing picked up HK University while giving up the nearby Peking or Tsinghua University; when the highest enrollment (录取)rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it’s the high time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.
Years ago, the answer certainly would be “Peking or Tsinghua University”. But now no one could give the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.
It’s no doubt to call this HK craze(狂热),which is even out of the expectation of those HK universities themselves.
How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Peking and Tsinghua and attract so many mainland students?
First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can receive the sum scholarship as much as 400,000 HK dollars. Since higher education has become a kind of heavy burden of many families, it’s easy to understand why the reaction to the generous offering of HK universities is great.
Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual(双语)education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students.
Further more, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange students.
Can mainland top universities like Peking or Tsinghua University calm as before when facing the unexpected competition from HK? Will they take relevant measures to win back the top students who once help them set the worldwide reputation? Time will explain it.
The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of education in China. After the awakening and action taking of mainland universities, they can perform better together with HK universities.
At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees(学费)are among students’ top concern when they are choosing universities. It’s time to move.
1.What is the passage mainly talking about?
A.Some thought brought by the enrollment of HK universities.
B.Higher education in Hong Kong.
C.The competition between HK University and Peking University.
D.The fall of mainland universities.
2.Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because .
A.many students now would love to study aboard to get a better experience.
B.they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universities.
C. HK universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportunities for their further study.
D.Peking university has lost its worldwide reputation.
3.What is the author’s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities?
A.The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition.
B.Mainland universities had better lower their tuition fees and win back the top students.
C.Universities both in mainland and in HK would get an entire improvement during the competition.
D.It may probably cause a complete loss both sides in the end.
4.From the passage we can see HK universities .
A.didn’t mean to enroll top students from mainland
B.didn’t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popular
C.have strict enrollment rules and only 1 out of 48 students can get the chance to study there
D.are proud of their teaching staff and facilities
5.What does the author mean by saying “It’s time to move” in the last paragraph?
A.Mainland universities should take measures as soon as possible to attract students.
B.The opportunities come for top students to study abroad.
C.Mainland universities should make full preparations to challenge mainland universities.
D.Top students should be offered further education free of charge.
This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. Peop1e who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”. This hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor(走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of the water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.
The dining room at Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.
There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:
---Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.
---Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.
---A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night. He hunts and eats anything he can overpower and is very destructive. He lives in the trees at Treetops .He comes for his food every evening. Do not get too near to him, as his teeth and claws(爪)can do you harm. These animals can be trained and become lovely pets.
---Some other animals who have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights.
---Many buffaloes(水牛)coming to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night.
1.“She succeeded him as the queen of the country” In this sentence, “succeeded” means_______.
A.did what she was trying to do B.gained her purpose
C.got a position on the death of the King D.completed an easy task
2.According to the passage, “railway service” actually refers to __________.
A.the service provided at the railway station
B.the supply of food on the train
C.the service provided along the railway
D.the supply of food along a moving line
3.Which of the following statements about “the cat-like animal”, described in the passage, is NOT true?
A.It comes for food only at night.
B.It lives in the trees at Treetops.
C.Its teeth and claws can do people harm.
D.It can catch any other animal in the forest.
4.According to the passage. Treetops is famous in the world because ________.
A.it shows the pleasure of America
B.Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there
C.it is built round several trees
D.there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets
5.We can learn from the passage, that the guests____.
A.should not play games on the Treetops
B.could not sit on the corridor at night
C.could enjoy their dinner in the dining room
D.should keep off the cat-like animals