高中英语阅读理解

阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
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Julia is at Roosevelt. She wants to go to Baseball Field. She should change lines at        .

A．Grand	B．Cliton
C．Reno	D．Randolph

Louis is going to Medical Centre from Damen. He should get off at the         stop.

A．third	B．fourth
C．fifth	D．sixth

To go to Airport from Youth Centre, you should take underground lines in this order:       .

A．Blue Line → Green Line → Red Line

B．Red Line → Green Line → Blue Line

C．Blue Line → Red Line → Green Line

D．Red Line → Blue Line → Green Line

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong．A day may begin well enough，but suddenly everything seems to get out of control．It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen．Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time．The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning．While you are on the phone，the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table，destroying your half-prepared meal．You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby．Meanwhile，the meal gets burnt．As if this were not enough to bring you to tears，your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner．
Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue．The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner．She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car．This made the driver following her stop suddenly．His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake．As she was thrown forward，the cake went right through the window and landed on the road．Seeing a cake flying through the air，a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden．The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on the road．This led to yet another angry argument．Meanwhile，the traffic piled up behind．It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again．In the meanwhile，the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident，for they were happily having what was left of the cake．It was just one of those days!
In the writer’s opinion         .

A．accidents may happen anytime

B．troubles always come in groups

C．a small matter may cause great trouble

D．anyone may have trouble any day

What did the police do after the accident?

A．They helped the driver clean up the road．

B．They helped the drivers to go on with their journey．

C．They tried to stop the people from arguing．

D．They would find out who should be responsible for(有责任的)the accident．

When the telephone rings        .

A．you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer the phone

B．you’d better just let it ring all the way

C．you should never go to answer it in a hurry

D．you should answer it right away

From the story we can see_________．

A．some drivers are too careless

B．such accidents are rather strange

C．such accidents are very common

D．we don’t know why such accidents happen

Cars!!! Holidays! Thousands of prizes! Hurry! Free with every packet of splash! Your personal lucky number! Will be among the 500,000 winners! Use splash for the softest…quickest… whitest wash! Don’t delay… buy a packet today!
Those who bought a packet of splash________.

A．are sure to win a prize.

B．are sure to be among the 500,000 winners.

C．could get $500,000.

D．could get the personal lucky number.

Splash is________.

A．a certain kind of material used for washing in high quality.

B．something like a machine used to wash clothes.

C．the softest, quickest, and whitest car to drive.

D．one of thousands of prizes for players to win.

Which of the following diagrams(图解) shows the correct relation?
●：prize      ：personal lucky number       ★：splash       ■：cars

A．■→→★→●	B．★→→●→■
C．●→★→■→	D．■→★→→●

If you want to get prize,________.

A．don’t delay joining us in playing.

B．you should buy 500,000 packets of splash.

C．please buy a packet of splash.

D．please drive a car as quickly as possible.

It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble．That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville．As I got onto  Highway 40，blue lights and sirens(警笛)going.I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway．The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me．He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder．”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him．Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders，so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident．But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove，hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car．As it turned out，keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult．Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地)．At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene．His help wasn’t needed.Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird，who by this time had developed something new to panic about．
“Just about that time，” Hyde said，“I saw fire coming out from under that car，with blue smoke and oil going everywhere.He’d blown his engine．Now he had to stop．”
“After I arrested him．I asked him why he was running．He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(执照)．”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a license，attempting to run away，and dangerous driving．
The underlined word“panicked”in Paragraph 2 means       .

A．feared

B．hated

C．excited

D．satisfied

The driver of the Firebird suddenly speeded down the highway because         .

A．he was racing with another driver on the road

B．he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene

C．he thought the police officer wanted to stop him

D．he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder

Which of the following statements is true?

A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person．

B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene．

C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car．

D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40

Choose the best title for the passage．

A．Going My Way?	B．Help on the Way?
C．Fun All theWay?	D．Losing His Way?

Have you ever returned a book late to the library before? If so, you may pay a small fine(罚款). How much would you have to pay if the book is returned 65 years late?
A high school in Washington, Us had to deal with such a problem recently. A copy of Gone with the Wind was finally returned to its library 65 years late.
However, the school said that it would not ask Wayne to pay the fine, though that would be about $475.
The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school in 1949, and disappeared until it was found in Maine, Us by Wayne. Wayne found the book in his father’s basement(地下室) and then offered to send it back to the school.
“I feel very sorry about that,” Wayne said.
“We’re very pleased to have the book back. Wayne did the right thing,” Lori Wyborney, headmaster of the school said.
The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school _____.

A．in 1949	B．in 1965
C．in 1975	D．in 2014

Gone with the Wind is the name of _____.

A．a library	B．a school
C．a book	D．a magazine

____ offered to send the book back to the school.

A．Wayne’s father	B．Wayne
C．Lori’s headmaster	D．Lori

（1）Secretary. Part time. 20 hours a week. Busy doctor’s office. Experience preferred. Good typing. Call 555-2438.
　（2）BABY SITTER. 3 to 6 weekday afternoons. I will take you home. $5.00 an hour. Call 555-5593.
　（3）Guitar lessons. Your home or mine. Experienced musician. Master’s degree in music. Call Louise 555-6131.
　（4）TENTH STREET BLOCK PARTY. Sunday, July 15. Noon to 8. Food, games, prizes, live band, Tenth Street between Main and North,
　（5）APARTMENT FOR RENT. 3 sunny rooms on high floor, great view. Separate kitchen. Wall-to-wall carpeting. The living room can be used as dining room. Email: [e-mail].
　（6）TAXI DRIVER WANTED. Full or part time. Experience necessary. A good knowledge of the city is required. Call 555-8860 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekday.
（7）A stereo system for sale, It has two speakers. The system has an AM/FM radio. It also has a tape deck and turntable. It is in good condition. The stereo was owned for only one year. The price is $200 including the speakers. The owner will also take the highest price offered if the asking price is not met. Call Bill after 6 p.m., at 555-9834.
How many of the seven ads are placed by people who want to hire someone for certain job?

A．4

B．3

C．2

D．5

Which of the following is true according to the ads above?

A．Those who have some experience in office work will have a better chance to get the job of secretary.

B．The owner of the stereo will never sell his stereo at a price less than $200.

C．The taxi driver is not necessarily familiar with the city.

D．The tenth street block party will last until after 8.

We may learn from the ads above that _____.

A．a baby sitter is paid by the hour

B．the party will be held without any music

C．the rooms for rent cannot get good sunlight

D．people can get guitar lessons at any places they like

These ads may probably appear in the following media except______

A．a local newspaper	B．a page on the internet
C．a government report	D．a special radio program

Visiting Balboa Island, in sunny southern California, proved an exciting experience that I will never forget. I had never been to Balboa Island, even though it is only about an hour from my home in northern San Diego.
Our first stop was for a specialty called a "Balboa Bar". It is a famous chocolate covered ice cream on a stick, created many years ago. As we drove along the streets toward the boat, I also saw some interesting buildings that stood for many years. Many of the building designs seemed like dollhouses and someone in our group said that the style was called, Victorian.
After we parked our car on one of the streets, we got on the boat sailing to Balboa Peninsula. As I looked around the boat, I saw a bird flying very close to the water and our boat. A little girl near the boat' s edge jumped out to touch it and shockingly fell into the water! Her dad, who stood nearby, jumped in after her at once and everyone on the boat ran to help. The boat's engine stopped and both father and daughter got saved with the help of people on the boat.
On Balboa Peninsula my family and I went to various shops, especially for food! We saw a restaurant at the very end. We enjoyed our lunch there, at the first Ruby's Diner ever opened in southern California. Although I have been to other restaurants of this popular chain (连锁店), being at the very first is a great memory.
On our way back to Balboa island we stopped at the huge Ferris Wheel, bought some sugars and played games. It was an exciting afternoon walking around on Balboa Island. I look forward to returning soon to spend some time on the beach again or maybe even to try fishing!
"Balboa Bar" is the name of

A．a street	B．a restaurant
C．a food	D．a building

What happened on the boat to Balboa Peninsula?

A．A little girl fell into the river

B．The boat broke down halfway.

C．People helped a girl catch a bird.

D．A father quarreled with his daughter.

The author' s dining experience at the first Ruby' s Diner was

A．boring	B．interesting
C．unpleasant	D．unforgettable

What did the author do on Balboa Island?

A．He went fishing by the river.

B．He walked along the beach.

C．He rode the Ferris wheel.

D．He bought some dolls.

What' s the best title for the text?

A．My trip to Balboa	B．The first Ruby' s Diner
C．My first boat ride	D．Victorian buildings

Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”
　 Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.
　 Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.
　  Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don’t have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.
What is mainly discussed in this passage?

A．The use of sunglasses.	B．The history of sunglasses.
C．The sunglasses wearing.	D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

A．She was a movie star.

B．She wanted to follow a movie star.

C．Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes.

D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV.

Early actors’ eyes hurt because ______.

A．they wore sunglasses

B．they went out in the sun too much

C．the lights on movie sets were too bright

D．their scripts were written in very small writing

Now people wear sunglasses ______.

A．just to protect their eyes	B．for fashion and to protect their eyes
C．because of bright lights	D．because movie stars wear them

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium (水族馆)
The all-new Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, situated in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, is one of Victoria’s leading visitor attractions and an unforgettable outing for the whole family. Having 12 amazing zones of discovery, Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is the very place that you cannot miss when you visit the city.
* Opening Times
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is open from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm every day of the year, including public holidays. Last admission is at 5:00 pm, one hour before closing.
* Location ( 位置)
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is located on the corner of Flinders Street and King Street, Melbourne. It is siyuated on the Yarra River, opposite Crown Entertainment Complex.
* Getting to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
Train
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium train stop is located on the free City Circle Tram route (公交线路) and also routes 70 and 75. City Circle trams run every 10 minutes in both directions.
Shuttle Bus
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is a free bus service, stopping at key tourist attractions in and around the City. Running daily, every 15 minutes from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Car Parking
While there is no public car parking at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, there are several public car parking lots available only a short walk away.
* Wheelchair Access
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium provides people in wheelchairs with full access to all 12 zones. Each floor also has wheelchair accessible toilets.
* Terms
Tickets will be emailed to you immediately after purchase or you can download and print your ticket once payment has been accepted. Please print out all tickets purchased and present at the front entrance of Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. No ticket, no entry!
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium _________ .

A．is located at the center of the CBD in the city

B．has 12 most attractive places in Melbourne

C．admits visitors from 9:30 am untill 6:00 pm

D．is beside Crown Entertainment Complex

Getting to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, visitors can take ________.

A．trains from southern Cross train station

B．shuttle buses around the train station

C．boats across the yarra River

D．either tram route 70 or 75

Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium offers visitors ________.

A．free car parking	B．wheelchair access
C．Internet connection	D．transportation service

Tickets to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium ________ .

A．are free to all visitors	B．can be pursed by email
C．rare checked at the entrance	D．can be printed at the ticket office

When the evening is coming, my dear son and I are preparing for the tape time. “Shoes on,” I remind 9-year-old Sam. “Snakes are always waiting for the chance to kiss you. But with our feet stepped into my car, we are safe.” We take blankets and cups of milk and head out to the shelter that serves as our garage. This has become our bedtime habit.
I press “play.” A motherly voice fills the car. My mother and my aunt send us books on tape obtained from secondhand shops or rescued from the back of drawer. Maybe no one in England lays cassettes anymore, but I still love them.
Sam rests on his seat. He’s sitting in the front seat. I am listening to the cassette. But I am also thinking. In a month’s time, my boy will be 10. Next year, he will be 11. And so it will go on, until he leaves me and his father and his sister to live out his own stories---as it is only right and proper he should.
Will he think back to the times when he sat in the dark in a car in Africa, listening to tales of Wales in World War Ⅱ, the finest lady detective of Botswana, or a country he has visited, and tells me he finds them “very interesting”? Will he think , when he is grown-up, the poor mum always makes the ancient tape player which is out of date work?
I like to believe that he will recall those wonderful moments. By then, perhaps, my child will realize a deep love of sharing and understanding by listening to the old tape player. I hope Sam will think that these evenings we spend in the car are a story themselves. It is his own first chapter. In time my boy will ease off the hand brake and roll out into the world. Until then, I’ll keep pressing “play”.
What habit did the writer and her son develop?

A．To play outside in the evening

B．To listen to tapes in a car

C．To drive in the evening

D．To read books together at night

How does the author think about Sam’s leaving the family in the future?

A．Interesting.	B．Common and natural.
C．Absurd.	D．Unbearable.

In paragraph4, the two questions can prove that ________.

A．playing with children is fun for parents

B．listening to stories is a good way to enjoy life

C．children need to ask questions in reading

D．Listening experiences will be part of Sam’s life

The best title for the passage may be “_______”.

A．A gift of a story player

B．A childhood full of love and story

C．Deep love for the tape player

D．The future life of our children

阅读理解，阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Car Hire
Hiring a self-drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many places of interest to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center there's no better way to explore than by car.
Hire Charges
What's included
a)Unlimited mileage (英里数)
b)Expenses on oil, maintenance ( 保养 ) and repairs, which will be repaid on production of invoices
c ) Full insurance (保险) except personal accident ( see below) and contents.
What's not included
a) Personal accident insurance.
b)Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines.
Conditions of Hire
★The shortest rental period at these special low prices is three days. For prices for periods of one or two days you only see our representative (代理人) at the hotel.
★ Car hire must be booked six weeks or more before arrival in London to guarantee a car. But if you have been unable to make a booking in advance please see our representative at the hotel who may still be able to help you.
★The car types on the sheet are examples of the types of cars in each price range , but a particular car cannot be guaranteed.
★Upon delivery the driver(s) will be asked to sign the car hire company's Conditions of Hire.
★If you decide to hire a car, just fill in the Booking Form and return it to us. A booking fee of￡12  as part of the car hire cost is required.
★Should you be forced to cancel your car hire booking after payment in full (two weeks before date of hire ) , a cancellation charge of ￡ 12 will be made.
From the advertisement we can see a car hirer will pay_________.

A．insurance against damage to the car

B．insurance against injury to the driver

C．the cost of maintenance of the car

D．the cost of repairs to the car

Which of the following is NOT true judging from the advertisement?

A．Such an advertisement most likely appears in a newspaper.

B．You should have a driving license when you hire a car from the company.

C．When you hire a car from the company, a driver will go together with you.

D．You have to pay a booking fee when you hire a car from the company.

If car hirers change their minds after paying the whole cost of hiring, the ￡12 booking fee is ________.

A．partly returned	B．doubly paid
C．not returned at all	D．returned within six weeks

The prices for car hire are especially low when________.

A．it is booked for at least three days

B．it is booked two weeks in advance

C．it is booked for two days

D．the booking is made in London

Do you want to help others—but don’t know where to start? Do you feel that the challenges facing us are too big for one person? One advantage of supporting the American Red Cross is that each of our individual contributions is magnified(放大)when we all join together.Another advantage is that it's easy to start helping.You can start this every minute, by using your mobile to send a text message to make a $10 donation to one of our ongoing campaigns.
Donate to Help Victims of Natural Disasters: Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief, which helps people affected by disasters such as floods, earthquakes, wildfires and hurricanes.
Please consider making a donation today to help the thousands of people who have been affected by these disasters.
Donate to Help Reduce Deaths from Measles(麻疹): Text PREVENT to 90999 to give $ 10 to the Red Cross and help us vaccinate（注射疫苗）children against measles.
Started in 2001.the Measles & Rubella Initiative—led by the American Red Cross，    provides technical and financial support to governments and communities for mass vaccination campaigns around the world.The Initiative has supported the vaccination of more than 1 billion children helping to reduce measles deaths by 78％globally(compared to 2000).
Please consider making a donation today to help us continue this campaign.To learn more visit www.Measlesrubellainitiative.org.
Important Information for Text Donors: You can make a $ 10 donation to the American Red Cross.Charges will appear on your  wireless bill.All purchases must be authorized by account holder.You must be over 18 years old or have parental permission to participate.Text STOP to 90999 to STOP.Text HELP to 90999 for HELP.
The text mainly aims to tell us_____________.

A．how to keep our wireless bill safe when making donation

B．how to make a $10 donation by text message

C．when to become an authorized account holder

D．how to make individual contributions magnified

We should text_______to 90999 if we want to help victims of natural disasters.

A．STOP

B．PREVENT

C．HELP

D．REDCROSS

.What does “this campaign” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．Offering help to the disaster victims.

B．Supporting the American Red Cross.

C．Mass vaccination around the world.

D．Applying for charges on wireless bills.

1f a school boy wants to be a text donor, he should _____________.

A．get the permission of his parents

B．reach the marriage age

C．pay ＄10 to own an account

D．stop his daily purchases

You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:
"I can't believe it-----a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome."
They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.
Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.
Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation ---- consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads.
So advertising agencies hire young actors to "perform" in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive (骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. "Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing." However, one might ask what exactly is "real" of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.
The two attractive young women were talking so that they could _____.

A．get the sweater at a lower price

B．decide on buying the sweater

C．be admired by other shoppers

D．be heard by people around

Lorenzo Bertolla is _____.

A．a very popular male singer

B．an advertising agency

C．the brand name of a sweater

D．a clothing company in Rome

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A．Traditional advertising will soon disappear in the market.

B．The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.

C．Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.

D．Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct.

Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Two Attractive Shoppers

B．Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters

C．Undercover Marketing

D．Ways of Advertising

Welcome to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.

Electronic Village Program (Thursday, June 18, 2015)
Nearpod ❖9:00 am to 10:00 am ❖Room 501 Nearpod is a software program that creates a rich context (语境) for students to learn vocabulary. The presenter will show how to use it.	TEO ❖ 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ❖Room 502 Our students come from different backgrounds but have the same desire to learn on-line. The presenter will use examples from his first on-line class to explain how any teacher can begin teaching on-line with TEO.
Kahoot ❖10:30 am to 11:30 am ❖ Room 601 Kahoot software can be used to create grammar tests which can be graded on a network. It can provide students with instant feedback (反馈),  including reports about their strengths and weaknesses.	Prezi ❖3:30 pm to 4:20 pm ❖Room 602 Uses of Prezi in listening and speaking courses draw students' attention to speaking more fluently. The presenter will show how students can use Prezi to confidently present on a variety of topics, including introducing family, friends, and hobbies.

Nearpod can be used to ______.

A．offer grammar tests

B．teach listening on-line

C．help vocabulary learning

D．gain fluency in speaking

If you want to improve your speaking skills, you can go to____________.

A．Room 501	B．Room 502
C．Room 601	D．Room 602

Which of the following can assess your grammar learning?

A．Nearpod.	B．Kahoot.
C．TEO.	D．Prezi.

A teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by ______.

A．9:00 am	B．10:30 am
C．2:00 pm	D．3:30 pm

Even a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”. But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn’t mean “No”, but “Yes”.
If a person doesn’t know this, it might cause misunderstanding.
At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir,” smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.
Generally speaking, nodding the head means _______, and shaking the head means _______.

A．Yes; No

B．No; Yes

C．Yes; Yes

D．No; No

Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? Because _________.

A．the Indian driver had something important to do

B．the foreigner promised to give him only a little money

C．the driver felt uncomfortable at that time

D．in India shaking the head means agreement

Why did the foreigner become angry? Because _______.

A．the Indian driver didn’t want to send him to his office

B．he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India

C．he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the Indian driver didn’t say any words

D．the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money

The underlined phrase “on the contrary” means ________.

A．just the opposite	B．clear difference between two things
C．doing what you want to do	D．on the other hand