In Malta, people hold a 1.(tradition) festival called Gostra. They hold Gostra Festival every year to mark the feast day of Saint Julian. Part of the festival is a special competition. For 2. competition, people prepare a piece of round wood, 3. is about 10 meters long. Then, they put oil over the pole and carry it to a boat, 4. one end on the boat and the other over the water. There are flags 5. (attach) to the end of the pole. People are supposed to take turns to run along the pole and get one flag at a time. Obviously, it is not easy to make it. Many people fall into the water and end 6.(they) chances. The one who gets the most 7.(flag) wins the competition.

For some competitors, the style in which they fall off the pole seems to be 8.(slight) more important than getting the flags. But there are still some others who show definite determination while 9. (run) on that oily pole. Following the day’s entertainment, as dusk 10.(fall), hunters fire guns over the harbor to show respect for Saint Julian.

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Two years later, I became the second board on my school chess team, with our top board being the best high school player in the state. But before the tournament season, our top player ________ to come. There came my chance to play as top board against the best players in other states.

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Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

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B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements

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4.What does the last paragraph imply?

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The booking notes of the play “Sherlock”

Price: $10

BOOKING

There are four easy ways to book seats for the performance:

—in person

The Box Office is open from Monday to Saturday, 10 am—8pm

—by telephone

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card (Visa and MasterCard).

—by post

Simply complete the booking form and return it to Box Office.

—online

Complete the online booking form at www.Satanfiedtheatre.com.

DISCOUNTS:

Saver: $2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.

Supersavers: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.

Standby: best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.

Group Booking: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.

School: school parties of ten or more can book $6 standby tickets and will get every tenth ticket free.

Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

1.If you want to book a ticket of the play, you can ________.

A. go to the Box Office on Sundays

B. scan the website www.Boxoffice.com

C. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office

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2.According to the text, who can get $2 off?

A. A 50-year-old father.

B. A 55-year-old woman.

C. An 18-year-old full-time college student.

D. The people who book the tickets on Fridays.

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4.What do we know from the text?

A. A group of 10 persons can get 10 percent discount.

B. School parties of twelve can book $6 standby tickets.

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D. The audience can refund money if the performance is on show.

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科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆遼寧鐵嶺協(xié)作體高三上第二次聯(lián)考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Public bookshelves are appearing across Germany on street corners，city squares and in suburban supermarkets. In these free-for-all libraries，people can grab whatever they want to read，and leave behind anything they want for others. There’s no need to register，no due date，and you can take or give as many as you want. “This project is aimed at everyone who likes to read .It is open for everybody，” Michael Aubermann，one of the organizers of the free book exchange said.

The western city’ s latest public shelf was put up next to Bayenturm. It is the fourth free shelf that Aubermann’ s group，the Cologne Citizen’s Foundation，has placed outside.“We set up our other outdoor shelves last year and it’s been working really well，” said Aubermann. The public bookshelves，which are usually financed by donations and cared for by local volunteer groups，have appeared independently of each other in many cities，suburbs and villages. Each shelf holds around 200 books and it takes about six weeks for a complete turnover，with all the old titles replaced by new ones.

Even commercial book stores and online book sellers seem to support the idea of free book exchanges.“We see this project rather as a sales promotion than as competition，”said Elmar Muether.“If books are present everywhere，it helps our business，too.”

So far，the Cologne book group has had few problems with damage or other problems. Aubermann said，“Propaganda (宣傳) is the only kind of literature we do not allow here.”

At another bookshelf in the Bayenthal neighborhood，the lower shelves are reserved for children’s literature only.“It is important that we make it easy for everyone to participate in this ‘reading culture on the street’—from old readers to kids to immigrants，”Aubermann said.

While most of the shelves have so far been put up in upscale neighborhoods，Aubermann and the 20 volunteers who help look after the project are planning to put up future shelves in poor neighborhoods，where citizens often don’t have as much access to literature.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about the public bookshelves?

A. People can take the books and leave their books at will.

B. People can’ t borrow books unless they donate books.

C. People can borrow whatever they like after registering.

D. People have to return the books according to the required time.

2.According to Aubermann，the public bookshelves ________.

A. are financed by local volunteers

B. have been going well since their birth

C. were managed by the local government

D. will hold more books and take a shorter turnover

3.The underlined phrase “upscale neighborhoods” refers to ________.

A. communities that have many people

B. communities that have many tall buildings

C. communities that are free to live in

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4.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. Public Reading Becomes Popular Worldwide

B. New Trends of Bookshelves in Germany

C. Public Bookshelves Spread Across Germany

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科目：高中英語 來源：2016-2017學(xué)年黑龍江哈爾濱六中高二上期末考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Autumn means different things to different people. “It all depends on your personality，” said British naturalist Richard Mabey. “Personality shapes your view of the season，” he said. “You may see it as a fading-away，a packing-up (結(jié)束)，or as a time of packing in another sense—the exciting gathering of resources before a long journey.”

If this is true，perhaps it tells us a little about，for instance，Thomas Hood，the 19th Century English poet. About November，he wrote：

No warmth，no cheerfulness，no healthful ease

No shade，no shine，no butterflies，no bees

November!

On the other hand，another English poet John Keats，already sensing he was seriously ill，was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language—To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.

According to Richard Mabey，Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down，but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example，just at the moment that Keats's “gathering swallows” (in To Autumn)are departing for Africa，millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland，Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. According to scientists，before falling，the leaves transfer their chlorophyll(葉綠素) and carbohydrates into the woody parts of the tree for safe keeping over winter. What remains is the natural antioxidants (防老劑) in the leaves: the yellow and orange carotenoids (類胡蘿卜素)，and another protective chemical specially produced for autumn，the bright-red anthocyanin (花青素)．High colour is not a signal of deterioration (退化) and decline，but of detox (排毒的) ability and good health.

A century after Keats，the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: “Suppose we saw ourselves burning-like maples in a golden autumn. And that we could break up like autumn leaves...dropping their substance like chlorophyll. Wouldn't our attitude towards death be different？”

1.From Thomas Hood's poem，we may infer that ________.

A．he suffered a lot from cold November

B．he missed the shining summer days very much

C．he had a negative attitude towards autumn

D．he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much

2.In autumn，leaves turn yellow before falling because ________.

A．they can't bear the freezing

B．they can't get enough water from the wood part

C．chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves

D．chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the wood part

3.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．a(chǎn)utumn has different faces in different people's eyes

B．John Keats was a good biologist as well as a poet

C．a(chǎn)ll creatures move from the cold north to Britain for winter

D．the three poets were only known for their poems about autumn

4.Which word can best describe Loren Eiseley's attitude towards autumn?

A．Fearful.B．Optimistic.C．Doubtful.D．Realistic.

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科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆福建省漳州市八校高三上學(xué)期期末聯(lián)考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

“Mobile phones killed our man，”screamed one headline last year．Also came statements that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones heat the brain．For anyone who uses a mobile phone，these are worring times．But speak to the scientists whose work is the focus of these scared and you will hear a different story.

What we do have，however，are some results suggesting that mobile phones’emission(輻射) have a variety of strange effects on living tissue that can’t be explained by the general radiation biology．And it’s only when the questions raised by these experiments are answered that we’ll be able to say for sure what moblie phones might be doing to the brain．

One of the strange effects comes from the now famous “memory loss” study Alan Preece and his colleagues at the University of Bristol placed a device(裝置) that copied the microwave emission of mobile phones to the left ear of volunteers．The volunteers were all good at recalling words and pictures they had been shown on a computer screen．Preece says he still can’t comment on the effects of using a mobile phone for years on end．But he rules out the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our cognitive(感知的) abilities．“I’m pretty sure there is no effect on short-term memory，”he says．

Another expert，Tatterasll，remarked that his latest findings have removed fears about memory loss．One result，for instance，suggests that nerve cell synapses(神經(jīng)元突觸) exposed to microwaves become more—rather than less—receptive to under—going changes linked to the memory formation.

It would be an even happier outcome if microwave turned out to be good for you．It sounds crazy，but a couple of years ago a team led by William Adey at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California，found that mice exposed to microwave for two hours a day were less likely to develop brain tumours(腫瘤) when given a cancer—causing chemical．

So should we forget about mobile phone radiation causing brain tumours and making us unable to think clearly or reasonably?

“If it doesn’t certainly cause cancer in animals and cells, then it probably isn’t going to cause cancer in humans，”says William．And while there’s still no absolute evidence that mobile phone does damage your memories or give your cancer，the unanimity is：Don’t panic.

1.What worries people who use mobile phones?

A. Mobile phones will kill them.

B. Mobile phones cause memory loss.

C. Mobile phones heat the brain.

D. All above is right.

2.What is the attitude of Preece on the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our congnitive abilities?

A. Doubt.B. Disagree.C. Approve.D. Wait and see.

3.The underlined word “unanimity” in the last paragraph most probably means “________”.

A. consensusB. disagreementC. possibilityD. impossibility

4.From the fifth paragraph，we can infer that being exposed to microwaves for two hours ________.

A. can result in killing you

B. is likely to develop brain tumours

C. is unlikely to develop brain tumours

D. will cause your loss of memory for ever

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