The ________ sun looks beautiful and the sun ________ in the west looks even more beautiful.


  1. A.
    risen, set
  2. B.
    raising setting
  3. C.
    rising, setting
  4. D.
    rises, sets
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In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I look what I could get — a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen 一 teaching English.

School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Waa this rural area really New Jersey? My students a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.

But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking lime off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class 一 seventeen boys and five girls who were only six yean younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and lo promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.

In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave ray students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seem reasonable. By the time ray boss, who was also ray taskmaster known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.

My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.

I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.

When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”

“You had nothing to say to them," he repeated. “No wonder they’re bored. Why not get to the meal of the literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior?” We talked. He named ray problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher.

As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and my strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson's words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”

Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now.

55. It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ______.

A. the writer became an optimistic person

B. the writer was very happy about her new job

C. it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA

D. it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey

56. According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?

A. She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.

B. She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.

C. She took too much time off to eat and sleep.

D. She didn’t like teaching English literature.

57. What is the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster's observation of her class?

A. She might lose her teaching job.

B. She might lose her students’ respect.

C. She couldn’t teach the same class any more.

D. She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more.

58. Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?

A. Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.

B. Her students behaved a little better than usual.

C. She managed to finish the class without crying.

D. She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.

59. The students behaved badly in the writer's classes because ______.

A. they were eager to embarrass her

B. she didn't really understand them

C. they didn't regard her as a good teacher

D. she didn’t have a good command of English

60. The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be best described as ______.

A. cruel but encouraging                        B. fierce but forgiving

C. sincere and supportive                       D. angry and aggressive

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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆廣東省廣寧縣廣寧中學高三上學期期中考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解

Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremes. Death Valley can be dangerously cold      during the winter months. Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the Valley.
The air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsius. The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as high as seventy -four degrees Celsius.                                                                     
Death Valley contains evidence of several ancient volcanoes that caused huge explosions. Evidence of one of these explosions is called Ubehebe Crater. The explosion left a huge hole in the ground almost a kilometer and a half wide. In many areas of Death Valley it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth. This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations. Some are red. Others are dark brown, gray, yellow or black.
The area was named by a woman in 1849. Thousands of people from other parts of the ountry traveled Lo the gold mining areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did. One group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail. By December they had reached Death Valley. They did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, hut there was still an extreme lack of water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat.
The people could not find a pass through the call mountains to the west of the Valley. Slowly, they began co suffer from a lack of food. To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the Valley. As they left, one woman looked back and said, “Good -bye, death valley.”  The name has never been changed.
Almost everyone who visits Death Valley visits a huge house called Scotty' s Castle. The building design is Spanish, with high thick walls to provide protection from the fierce heat.
The castle is named for Walter Scott , called Scotty by his friends. He was a gold miner. He told everyone that he built the house with money he made from his gold mine. Many people believed him. But it was not really the truth.
【小題1】The first two paragraphs discuss Death Valley' s               

A.geographyB.climateC.locationD.size
【小題2】The volcanoes mentioned in the third paragraph proved          
A.a(chǎn) valley that is formed by explosions
B.a(chǎn) place where volcanoes are still active
C.a(chǎn) good example of the violence of nature
D.a(chǎn) symbol of rock formations in history
【小題3】The woman who named Death Valley intended to             
A.explore the mystery of the valleyB.find an area with plants for animals
C.experience the terrible heat of summerD.look for gold in California
【小題4】If the passage continues, it will be about             
A.the truth about Scotty's CastleB.why Spanish built the castle
C.when the castle was builtD.where the castle lies in
【小題5】The main idea of the passage is about          
A.the interesting place in Death ValleyB.the facts about Death Valley
C.the origin of Death ValleyD.the route to visit Death Valley

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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆廣東省廣寧縣廣寧中學高三上學期期中考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解

Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremes. Death Valley can be dangerously cold      during the winter months. Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the Valley.
The air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsius. The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as high as seventy -four degrees Celsius.                                                                     
Death Valley contains evidence of several ancient volcanoes that caused huge explosions. Evidence of one of these explosions is called Ubehebe Crater. The explosion left a huge hole in the ground almost a kilometer and a half wide. In many areas of Death Valley it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth. This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations. Some are red. Others are dark brown, gray, yellow or black.
The area was named by a woman in 1849. Thousands of people from other parts of the ountry traveled Lo the gold mining areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did. One group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail. By December they had reached Death Valley. They did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, hut there was still an extreme lack of water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat.
The people could not find a pass through the call mountains to the west of the Valley. Slowly, they began co suffer from a lack of food. To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the Valley. As they left, one woman looked back and said, “Good -bye, death valley.”  The name has never been changed.
Almost everyone who visits Death Valley visits a huge house called Scotty' s Castle. The building design is Spanish, with high thick walls to provide protection from the fierce heat.
The castle is named for Walter Scott , called Scotty by his friends. He was a gold miner. He told everyone that he built the house with money he made from his gold mine. Many people believed him. But it was not really the truth.
【小題1】The first two paragraphs discuss Death Valley' s               

A.geographyB.climateC.locationD.size
【小題2】The volcanoes mentioned in the third paragraph proved          
A.a(chǎn) valley that is formed by explosions
B.a(chǎn) place where volcanoes are still active
C.a(chǎn) good example of the violence of nature
D.a(chǎn) symbol of rock formations in history
【小題3】The woman who named Death Valley intended to             
A.explore the mystery of the valley
B.find an area with plants for animals
C.experience the terrible heat of summer
D.look for gold in California
【小題4】If the passage continues, it will be about             
A.the truth about Scotty's Castle
B.why Spanish built the castle
C.when the castle was built
D.where the castle lies in
【小題5】The main idea of the passage is about          
A.the interesting place in Death Valley
B.the facts about Death Valley
C.the origin of Death Valley
D.the route to visit Death Valley

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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學年廣東省高三上學期期中考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解

Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremes. Death Valley can be dangerously cold      during the winter months. Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the Valley.

The air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsius. The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as high as seventy -four degrees Celsius.                                                                     

Death Valley contains evidence of several ancient volcanoes that caused huge explosions. Evidence of one of these explosions is called Ubehebe Crater. The explosion left a huge hole in the ground almost a kilometer and a half wide. In many areas of Death Valley it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth. This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations. Some are red. Others are dark brown, gray, yellow or black.

The area was named by a woman in 1849. Thousands of people from other parts of the ountry traveled Lo the gold mining areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did. One group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail. By December they had reached Death Valley. They did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, hut there was still an extreme lack of water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat.

The people could not find a pass through the call mountains to the west of the Valley. Slowly, they began co suffer from a lack of food. To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the Valley. As they left, one woman looked back and said, “Good -bye, death valley.”  The name has never been changed.

Almost everyone who visits Death Valley visits a huge house called Scotty' s Castle. The building design is Spanish, with high thick walls to provide protection from the fierce heat.

The castle is named for Walter Scott , called Scotty by his friends. He was a gold miner. He told everyone that he built the house with money he made from his gold mine. Many people believed him. But it was not really the truth.

1.The first two paragraphs discuss Death Valley' s               

A.geography         B.climate           C.location           D.size

2.The volcanoes mentioned in the third paragraph proved          

A.a(chǎn) valley that is formed by explosions

B.a(chǎn) place where volcanoes are still active

C.a(chǎn) good example of the violence of nature

D.a(chǎn) symbol of rock formations in history

3.The woman who named Death Valley intended to             

A.explore the mystery of the valley

B.find an area with plants for animals

C.experience the terrible heat of summer

D.look for gold in California

4.If the passage continues, it will be about             

A.the truth about Scotty's Castle

B.why Spanish built the castle

C.when the castle was built

D.where the castle lies in

5.The main idea of the passage is about          

A.the interesting place in Death Valley

B.the facts about Death Valley

C.the origin of Death Valley

D.the route to visit Death Valley

 

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My name is Alice Thompson.I come from Sydney,Australia and I’m 18 years old.Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train.And what a ride! A friend and I traveled on the famous Chan train. We got on in Sydney and______ in Alice Springs,right in the middle of Australia.

The train was wonderful and the food was great.We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometers of the journey,the scenery was very colorful.After that,It was desert.The sun shone,there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky.Suddenly,it looked like a place from another time.   

The train was comfortable and the people were nice.During the day,I sat and looked out of the window',and sometimes talked to other passengers.I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I’m studying Chinese at school).One night,at about midnight,I watched the night sky for lot about an hour.The stars shone like diamonds.

Why is the train called the Chan? A long time ago,Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.They tried riding horses,but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.A hundred and fifty years ago,they brought some camels from Afghanistan.Chan is short for Afghanistan.Camels were much better than horses for traveling a long distance.For many years,trained camels carried food and other supplies,and returned with wool and other products.

Then the movement built a new railway line,so they didn’t need the camels any more.In 1925,they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem.I 1935,the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.   

1.What’s the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words)

2.Which sentence in the passage call be replaced by the following one?

When we traveled for the first few hundred kilometers of the journey,the view was very beautiful.

3.Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within lo words)   

4.What do you think of camels as transportation in the past?

5.Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.

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