题客网高考押题卷 第四期（山东版）英语
It is _____ great pleasure for me to come to ______ College of Europe and meet with faculty members and students.
| A．the；the | B．a；the | C．a；不填 | D．the；a |
— How do you go to work, Tom?
— ．Usually by bike，but I take a bus in bad weather．
| A．Don’t mention it | B．It doesn’t matter |
| C．Forget it | D．It depends |
I met a woman the other day， appearance made me think she was a film star.
| A．which | B．that | C．whose | D．who |
Things have changed quickly over the past decade and life in the country is much better than ___used to be.
| A．that | B．what |
| C．it | D．one |
You fool! You __________ all the people in the car yesterday if it had not been for me．You were so drunk while driving!
| A．could kill | B．might have killed |
| C．had killed | D．should have killed |
I __________ glasses since I was in primary school and I hate them. They make me look like a bookworm.
| A．have worn | B．have been wearing | C．have been worn | D．was wearing |
Nelson Mandela is，__________ the greatest man of the 20th century，certainly among the most extraordinary leaders．
| A．if there | B．if any | C．if not | D．if so |
What makes online shopping so popular is it shortens the distance between manufacturers and consumers．
| A．how | B．that | C．whether | D．why |
The students by the teacher now will take part in the English Speech Contest of the school next month．
| A．chosen | B．being chosen |
| C．choosing | D．to be chosen |
Our government should shoulder the social ___________ to help people live a comfortable life.
| A．possiblity | B．attention | C．responsibility | D．attraction |
Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are ________ a call, but _______ when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often ________the sweetness from the other end.
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an __________answer by a mere "hello", _______ go deep into your lover's heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be _________ in waiting. Destiny(命运) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical ___________ to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.
Love is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your _________, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an/a _________ regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for（因…受煎熬） followers.
Love is telephone, but it is difficult to __________ the center time for dialing, and you will let the opportunity slip if your call is either too early or too late.
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The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer _______ in upstate New York. It's a beautiful day. _______ the girl doesn't feel beautiful. She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type. In fact, she _______ herself as dorky.
_______ she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is her idol. All of this summer she's been acting, dancing and singing—giving it her ______.
Play to your strengths. If you're going to _______ it in this business, better focus on what you're good at. Celebrate yourself.
_______ three years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about _______. They _______ she think about another career. If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glasses.
Still, she takes their _______ to heart. After all, why shouldn't she believe the professionals?
But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbeat person — wouldn't let her mope. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in _______. So she worked hard at everything and was _______ at Stanford University.
And at age 19, she got a _______ in a low-budget movie called Freeway. That led to a substantial role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde.
And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots — playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash. A singing role.
All of a sudden the old _______ were back. She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she "kept a sick bucket" nearby and admitted she "would go backstage after a singing scene and shake." But she didn't _______ on the movie or herself.
The humor and drive she learned at home _______ the self-doubt learned on that _______ stage. She spent 6 months taking singing lessons _______. She learned to play the Autoharp. And the hard work _______ her confidence.
Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another _______, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.
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San Diego resident Rob Greenfield just reached his goal of going a year without showering. And, surprisingly, he says it wasn’t that hard.
The founder of an environmentally friendly marketing company, Greenfield started his project with a bike ride across America.
Greenfield set a few rules for himself on his ride, meant to promote sustainability and eco-friendly living: He could only harvest water from natural sources like rivers and rain, or from wasted sources like leaky faucets. He also had to keep track of exactly how much he used, hoping to show just how little he needed to get by.
Over his 100-day bike trip, Greenfield was able to use less than two gallons of water a day, or eight Nalgene bottles.
After making it through the 100-day bike ride without a shower, Greenfield decided to try to go six months. Once that passed, he figured he might as well go a full year.
All he used was organic soap, toothpaste, and essential oils.“Nobody thought that I smelled at all,” he wrote on his blog. “And I surprised myself at how clean I was, just like everyone else.” Greenfield says he had no lack of friends, and sometimes they’d even join him.
He even had a few romances, which he says were the times he felt the most challenged.
“The hardest part were the times when a beautiful girl wanted me to get in the shower with her and I had to say no,” he told BuzzFeed. “A few times I almost got in and then remembered I was aiming for a year without showers.”
He said it was also difficult when the temperature dropped in San Diego, and he didn’t feel like having to go to the Pacific Ocean for a dip. But he still did it.
“I realized that water doesn’t have to come from a shower head to get me clean,” he wrote.
In Brooklyn, for example, he found a bath in a leaky fire hydrant.
For people who don’t live near bodies of water but want to be more eco-friendly, Greenfield recommends trying to be conscious of water usage, taking shorter or fewer showers, and turning off your faucet.
The world traveler told BuzzFeed his biggest takeaway from the project has been abolishing stereotypes.
“A short time ago I would have thought it crazy to forgo conventional showers,” he said. “Turns out it’s not really a big deal at all. We have a tendency to make instant character judgments based on clothing, style, race, sexual preference, political affiliation, and even bathing habits, and most of the time we’re just absolutely wrong.”
So is he done showering forever? He’s not sure, but it sounds like he’s not ready to throw in the towel (pun intended) just yet.
“Maybe I never will again or maybe I’ll shower tomorrow,” he said. “All I know is that I feel really darn good right now and I’m having a positive impact on our society.”495From the paragraphs， we can infer that__________.
| A．Greenfield had lack of friends because he didn’t showered. |
| B．Rob Greenfield hasn’t bathed in the past year. |
| C．Greenfield was able to use less than two gallons of water a day. |
| D．Greenfield has showered using water from natural sources in the past year. |
Greenfield didn’t get in the shower with a beautiful girl because________.
| A．he didn’t like girls. |
| B．there is no enough water to use. |
| C．he wanted to save some water. |
| D．he meant what he said. |
What does the underlined word “faucet.”mean？
| A．light |
| B．tap |
| C．gas |
| D．water |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．Greenfield is the founder of an environmentally friendly marketing company. |
| B．Greenfield has a positive impact on the society. |
| C．Greenfield made a full year plan of no showering at the beginning. |
| D．Over his 100-day bike trip, Greenfield was able to use less than eight Nalgene bottles of water a day. |
The author writes this story to tell us that_________.
| A．Greenfield is a determined man. |
| B．we should save water as much as possible. |
| C．we should mean what we said. |
| D．Greenfield hasn’t showered for a full year. |
About 6 months ago, I joined a gym. Every morning, one personal trainer works out there while my little group does our workout. He follows his routine with such a quiet determination that he makes it look very easy; I know how hard he is working. When I am tempted to whine and quit, I watch him push himself to his own limits, and I find myself motivated to work harder and without complaint.
A couple of weeks ago, I was watching him do chin-ups. He made them look effortless. I broke away from my group and asked him if I could have a chin-up. I had never tried that before, but he just made it look so easy. He eagerly stepped aside and encouraged me to step up to the bar. I pulled myself up without thinking...once...then twice. That was all I had in me — I had no strength left. I told him that was all I had, so he stepped up behind me and pushed me up for a third and fourth pull. It felt so good. I felt strong and I smiled from ear to ear.
The next day when I finished my workout, I asked him to spot me. I did two, again. I thought it was pathetic (可悲的) that I could only do two. But when I came to the gym at the end of the week, he was standing there just shaking his head. When I asked him what was up, he said he was impressed with my chin-ups. He told me that when they were training firefighters, men were required to do 5 chin-ups, and women were required to do 1 or 2. He explained that most people couldn’t do them at all, and that he was impressed that I could. He further told me that if I practiced every day, I would be doing 5 or 6 in no time. At this point I should probably add that I am 50 years old and I am female.
It was because he told me I could that I just jumped in and gave it a try, and I did it! I didn’t see it as a great accomplishment, because I didn’t realize that it was difficult and it became my goal to get stronger. No one told me I couldn’t do it; instead, I was encouraged to try. Now I’ve learned how important it is to support others in our endeavors and to let them know that we believe they can do it.
I personally want to be like my trainer; standing there behind the people that I love, encouraging them, believing in them and being ready to catch them when they get tired. I will be the one that is there on the second and third day making sure they try again, because I know they can.
The writer worked harder probably because .
| A．she had a strong determination |
| B．she wanted to become successful |
| C．she was encouraged by the trainer |
| D．she liked to do chin-ups very much |
The writer was happy when .
| A．she did the first two chin-ups |
| B．she helped the trainer out of trouble |
| C．she saw the trainer doing chin-ups easily |
| D．she did more chin-ups with the trainer’s help |
In the trainer’s opinion, the writer .
| A．didn’t work hard at practice |
| B．could only do 1 or 2 chin-ups |
| C．was too old to do any chin-ups |
| D．could do as many chin-ups as male firefighters |
What did the trainer probably say when the writer tried to have a chin-up?
| A．You can do it! |
| B．It’s nothing for you. |
| C．You’d better give it up. |
| D．I’m afraid you can’t. |
The writer would like to be a person .
| A．who can gain great achievements |
| B．who can encourage and help others |
| C．who probably never feels tired at all |
| D．who enjoys standing behind others |
By learning each other’s languages, and by showing such curiosity and respect for each other’s cultures, Mr. Schafer and Ms. Zhu and all of you are building bridges of understanding that will lead to so much more. And I’m here today because I know that our future depends on connections like these among young people like you across the globe.
That’s why when my husband and I travel abroad, we don’t just visit palaces and parliaments and meet with heads of state. We also come to schools like this one to meet with students like you, because we believe that relationships between nations aren’t just about relationships between governments or leaders -- they’re about relationships between people, particularly young people. So we view study abroad programs not just as an educational opportunity for students, but also as a vital part of America’s foreign policy.
Through the wonders of modern technology, our world is more connected than ever before. Ideas can cross oceans with the click of a button. Companies can do business and compete with companies across the globe. And we can text, email, Skype with people on every continent.
So studying abroad isn’t just a fun way to spend a semester; it is quickly becoming the key to success in our global economy. Because getting ahead in today’s workplaces isn’t just about getting good grades or test scores in school, which are important. It’s also about having real experience with the world beyond your borders —— experience with languages, cultures and societies very different from your own. Or, as the Chinese saying goes: “It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.”
But let’s be clear, studying abroad is about so much more than improving your own future. It’s also about shaping the future of your countries and of the world we all share. Because when it comes to the defining challenges of our time – whether it’s climate change or economic opportunity or the spread of nuclear weapons -- these are shared challenges. And no one country can confront them alone. The only way forward is together.
That’s why it is so important for young people like you to live and study in each other’s countries, because that’s how you develop that habit of cooperation. You do it by immersing yourself in one another’s culture, by learning each other’s stories, by getting past the stereotypes and misconceptions that too often divide us.
That’s how you come to understand how much we all share. That’s how you realize that we all have a stake in each other’s success -- that cures discovered here in Beijing could save lives in America, that clean energy technologies from Silicon Valley in California could improve the environment here in China, that the architecture of an ancient temple in Xi’an could inspire the design of new buildings in Dallas or Detroit.
And that’s when the connections you make as classmates or labmates can blossom into something more. That’s what happened when Abigail Coplin became an American Fulbright Scholar here at Peking University. She and her colleagues published papers together in top science journals, and they built research partnerships that lasted long after they returned to their home countries. And Professor Niu Ke from Peking University was a Fulbright Scholarship -- Scholar in the U.S. last year, and he reported -- and this is a quote from him -- he said, “The most memorable experiences were with my American friends.”
These lasting bonds represent the true value of studying abroad. And I am thrilled that more and more students are getting this opportunity. As you’ve heard, China is currently the fifth most popular destination for Americans studying abroad, and today, the highest number of exchange students in the U.S. are from China.
But still, too many students never have this chance, and some that do are hesitant to take it. They may feel like studying abroad is only for wealthy students or students from certain kinds of universities. Or they may think to themselves, well, that sounds fun but how will it be useful in my life? And believe me, I understand where these young people are coming from because I felt the same way back when I was in college. （708）
What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
| A．We often visit palaces and parliaments and meet with heads of state. |
| B．The relationships between people are very important. |
| C．Study abroad programs is just as an educational opportunity for students. |
| D．Study abroad programs is a vital part of America’s foreign policy. |
The writer uses the Chinese saying to_________.
| A．emphasize that real experience is more important than test scores. |
| B．show us that studying abroad is fun. |
| C．emphasize that getting good grades or test scores in school, which are important. |
| D．show us that studying abroad is the key to success. |
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
| A．studying abroad can only improve your own future. |
| B．studying abroad can develop that habit of lifestyle. |
| C．studying abroad can shape the future of your countries and of the world we all share. |
| D．China is currently the first most popular destination for Americans studying abroad. |
According to the last paragraph, what will the writer write in the next paragraph?
| A．The writer will write something about her college life. |
| B．The writer will write the advanges of studying abroad. |
| C．The writer will write that the America will offer more opportunities for foreign students. |
| D．The writer will write that the America will offer more money for the poor students. |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．Studying abroad is only for wealthy students. |
| B．Studying abroad is very important and she encourages young people to study abroad. |
| C．The highest number of exchange students in the U.S. are from China. |
| D．Building bridges of understanding will lead to bright future. |
In the middle of a hot July afternoon, when the stifling air came with rippling waves of heat, I became a thief of some sort—a thief of music.
For the first time, I had created an original piano arrangement of one of my favorite songs. Not once had I looked for the help of premade sheet music or video tutorials on YouTube. Using only my ears and iPod, I had transformed a mix of intermingling sounds and intricate melodies into the tones of a single instrument; I had created complex harmonies and voices into something I could perform with only two hands. No help, no guide: I had done it on my own.
I’ve been a pianist since before my hands were big enough to reach an octave: with a musician and composer for a father, I was all but born on the piano bench. For many years, my musical identity was defined by the notes that others had written in centuries past.
This was why, when I added the finishing touches to my piano version of a modern rock song, I was proud of myself : this arrangement was mine. What I’d done seemed magical: an ability to take what had already existed—to “steal” a song from my favorite band—and to change it into something different and all my own. I was a thief, but I was also an artist.
In music, as in other aspects of life, I believe that trueoriginality rarely exists. Almost everything has, in one form or another, been done before. The most romantic novel may very well be a slightly changed version of a play by Shakespeare, which is likely to be borrowed from the works of Ancient Greece: same themes, different characters, different circumstances. But, the novel is no less deserving of praise just because its uniqueness is compromised. Adaptation is not a symbol for failure.
The gift of creativity is the ability to do what I did on the piano: to find something beautiful, to analyze and twist it and lose yourself in the mystery of its composition, and then to make it new. Such an act is not copying; it is finding inspiration and having the strength and the innovation to use it as fuel for your own masterpiece. The world is nothing more than collections of preexisting parts—scattered and often lost in the chaos of everyday life. I believe it is my job, as an artist, to rearrange this world into what I imagine it to be.
I refuse to live as if I were trapped within the walls of a museum: looking but never touching, afraid to ruin the so-called perfection of the artifacts inside. Therefore, I will embrace my ability to be a thief, because if I don’t steal what the world has to offer, I’ll never have the tools to share with others a creation of my own.
My life is my own arrangement, and because of that, anything is possible.
Which of the following can be the best title ?
| A．The passion to create music |
| B．Changes from a thief to an artist |
| C．A music thief |
| D．My piano arrangement |
According to the passage , which statement is true ?
| A．Actually ,there was originality only in music |
| B．The author created the original piano arrangement all by himself . |
| C．He was born on the piano bench . |
| D．The author was once a thief who stole music from his favorite band. |
Which word has the closest meaning with the underlined word “embrace”?
| A．accept | B． describe | C．adopt | D．quit |
The reason why the author felt proud of himself was that ___.
| A．he became a real artist without others’ help. |
| B．he could play the piano before he was shorter than the piano bench. |
| C．he has a father who was a musician and composer. |
| D．he changed one of his favorite songs into a piano arrangement on his own.. |
From the passage we can learn that the writer______
| A．is more of a follower than a leader. |
| B．likes to recreate songs whenever it is possible . |
| C．would like to lead his life the way he likes |
| D．is a stubborn person . |
The city of Taipei, Taiwan is offering its 2.6 million people a fast, low-cost way to travel around the city. City officials have launched a bicycle rental program called YouBike. Many Taiwanese are now using bicycles to go to work and other places. But the growing popularity of the program has led to new traffic problems.
Five years ago, motor scooters competed with taxis and buses for space on Taipei's narrow streets. Then the city supported a plan to start loaning bicycles to people who pay for their temporary use. Taipei followed the examples of places like Kyoto, Japan; the Chinese city of Hangzhou; and Daejeon in South Korea.
Since then, Taipei has loaned bicycles 11 million times, mostly during the past year. Bikers do not pay for the first half-hour of use. Each 30 minutes after that costs less than half of an American dollar.
Hsu Tsai-tung is a 37-year-old office worker. She rides a rented bicycle to parks, a university and her workplace.
She says one good thing about renting is that the first 30 minutes are free. And, she says biking is good because she does not move around much in her office job during the day. Waiting for a bus would mean spending time, which she saves by riding a bike. She calls biking a natural choice.
Ms. Hsu is not alone. Using the one-speed bicycles works well for many Taiwanese. The bikes can be left at any of more than 100 rental stations. The vehicles could also ease air pollution, which is a health problem in many Asian cities.
In China, for example, the city of Shanghai reported record pollution levels in December. The levels were nearly 20 times above the level considered safe by the World Health Organization.
Shen Shu-hung is with Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency. He wants to know whether bikes have reduced Taipei's pollution. Bad air has been found to endanger commuters and people living on low building floors.
Mr. Shen says Taiwan is studying whether the rental program has reduced air pollution. He is not discussing its effectiveness at present, in case the study finds that bike renters walked or rode public transportation in the past.
And, it appears that the 5,350 bikes on the streets of Taipei today have begun to cause new problems for city traffic. People who bike through the streets have to worry about cars making illegal sudden stops and fast right turns.
Some bikers have stopped riding on the streets and started riding their bikes on sidewalks. But this has angered or frightened many walkers.
Huang Huang-chia works at the Taipei Department of Transportation. He says no one single kind of incident has happened repeatedly. But he says riders need to be better educated.
He says the city's way of dealing with such incidents will be to educate people about every kind of bicycle safety needed in Taipei.
Taipei plans to complete its program with a total of 162 rental stations by the end of this year.The following cities applied a plan to start loaning bikes to people EXCEPT________.
| A．Taipei | B．Kyoto | C．Daejeon | D．Shanghai |
According to the passage，we know that__________.
| A．If you borrow a bike less than 30 minutes, you needn’t pay for it. |
| B．Each day costs less than half of an American dollar. |
| C．Taipei has a total of 162 rental stations or so now. |
| D．You must return your bike where you borrowed it. |
Which of the following problems is caused by bicycle riders?
| A．Waiting for a bus would mean spending time. |
| B．The rental program has reduced air pollution. |
| C．Some bikers have started riding their bikes on sidewalks. |
| D．Bad air has been found to endanger commuters |
What is the main idea of the passage？
| A．Bicycles riding can reduce air pollution. |
| B．Bicycles solve some problems in Taipei but create others. |
| C．Rental stations appears in Taipei. |
| D．City officials have launched a bicycle rental program. |
Where does this text probably come from ?
| A．A news report | B．Science fiction |
| C．An advertisement | D．A health report |
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[1]Psychiatrists(精神病专家)who work with older parents say that maturity(成熟) can be an advantage in child raising—older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy.
[2]Many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, decreasing energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest, and often unspoken fear. “Having late-life children often means parents, particularly fathers, end up retiring much later. For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.” says Brandy Gabrielle, an economics professor.
[3]Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he's learned that young at heart doesn't mean young. Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy. “My body is aging,” says Metcalf. “You can't get away from that.”
[4]Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists (治疗专家)who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school,” says Joann Gals, a New York psychologist. But at the core(核心)of those little fears there is often a much bigger one: “that they won't be alive long enough to support and protect their children,” she says.
[5]Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. After marrying late and undergoing years of pregnancy treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins. “We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. The twins have given the couple what they desired for years — a sense of family. Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. “The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr. Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.”
What is probably the older parents’ biggest fear? (No more than 10 words)
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Why psychiatrists regard maturity as an advantage in child raising? (No more than 15 words)
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According to Brandy Gabrielle, what can we know about old parents? (No more than 15 words)
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What’s the author’s attitude toward the older parents? (No more than 5 words)
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What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen? (No more than 15 words)
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