Our TV is out of order. Can you tell me what is the __________ news about Iraq War?
A. lately B. latest C. later D. latter
科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆河北正定中學高三上學期第一次月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
In a generous display of maturity and sympathy, one Jewish boy made his first deed as a man in his faith a great act of charity. Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old boy from Los Angeles, donated most of his birthday money to Operation Mend, a program that reconstructs the faces of severely burned U. S. veterans(退伍老兵).
The young man decided to donate his money after getting to know Army Sgt. Louis Dahlman, who was undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries(手術(shù))at UCLA(University of California at Los Angeles)thanks to Operation Mend. The Neidorfs had signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”, spending time with him whenever he visited Los Angeles for a surgery.
“I just love knowing that it’s going somewhere...to help the people who save our lives and keep us safe every day,” said Neidorf. His mother added, “It makes me feel like our world is going in a good direction with this next generation.”
In all, Neidorf gave $13,000 to Operation Mend. He also encouraged his friends to donate to the cause. He is the organization’s youngest donor so far.
Operation Mend is a privately funded program that works in partnership with the UCLA Medical Center. Ron Katz, a board member at the hospital, started the program in 2006 after seeing a TV programme about Aaron Mankin, a veteran who had gone through dozens of surgeries after a fight in Iraq which completely burned off his face.
Mankin ended up being Operation Mend’s first patient, starting the first of 20 reconstructive facial surgeries at UCLA in Sept. 2007. In a 2011 interview, Katz shared how his experience of helping Mankin made him realize the need to establish a more permanent program. “My wife and I soon realized that there were dozens of Aarons out there,” Katz said. “They deserve the best that we offer them.”
1.Neidorf decided to help veterans because ________.
A. he benefited from Operation Mend B. he was afraid of burned faces
C. he thought they deserved help D. he didn’t know how to spend money
2.Operation Mend was founded after ________.
A. Neidorf donated part of his birthday money
B. the Neidorfs signed up to be Dahlman’s “buddy family”
C. Ron Katz saw a TV programme about a veteran
D. Mankin was successfully operated on at UCLA
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Neidorf’s mother was opposed to his decision to donate money.
B. Mankin’s face was burned in a fire in America.
C. Mankin went through more than 30 facial surgeries at UCLA.
D. Many facial surgeries are needed to reconstruct a seriously burned face.
4.The last two paragraphs mainly tell us ________.
A. the process of Mankin’s surgery B. how Operation Mend was set up
C. how Katz became famous D. veterans are respected by people
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科目:高中英語 來源:四川省2010屆高三考前適應訓練英語試題 題型:閱讀理解
After too long on the Net,even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend‘s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary‘s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid- hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week,are now just two ordinary days.
For the last three years,since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose,I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit (提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated.
If I desired,I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food,and manage my money,love and work. In fact,at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home,going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.
But after a while,life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged (融合) with my machines,taking data in spitting them back out, just another node (波節(jié))on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms. We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.
What first seemed like a luxury,crawling from bed to computer,not worrying about hair,and clothes and face,has become an avoidance,a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction,coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I'd never done previously. The voices of the programs soothe (安慰) me, but then I'm jarred (使感不快) by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or compulsively (強制性能地) needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. "Dateline," "Frontline," "Nightline," CNN, every possible angle of every story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.
1.Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes____
A.unreal B.unbearable C.misleading D.not understandable
2.What does the last paragraph mean
A.Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange.
B.She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work
C.She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.
D.She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program.
3.What is the author’s attitude to the computer?
A.She has become bored with it.
B.She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.
C.She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world.
D.She likes it because it is very convenient.
4.The underlined phrase “coming back out of the cave ”probably means_______.
A.going back to the dreaming world B.coming back home from the outside world
C.restoring direct human contact D.getting away from living a strange life
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學年浙江省高三上學期期中考試英語題 題型:單項填空
Watching TV is ______ a kind of relaxation, and it also_______ our knowledge.
A. not more than; adds B. more than; adds to
C. no more than; adds to D. more than; adds up to
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科目:高中英語 來源:20102011江西寧岡高一下學期期中英語試題 題型:閱讀理解
Satellites are an important part of our ordinary lives.For example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellite.Some satellites have cameras which take photographs of the Earth to show how clouds are moving.Satellites are also used to connect our international phone calls.
Computer connections of the World Wide Web and Internet also use satellites. Many of our TV programs come to US through satellites.Airplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact location.
We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another.They are usually 35,880 kilometers above the equator.Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place.This is because it is moving around the world at 11,000 kilometers an hour—exactly the same speed that the earth rotates.A satellite must orbit the Earth with its antennae(天線)facing the earth.Sometimes, it moves away from its orbit,So there are little rockets on it which are used to put the satellite back in the right position.This usually happens about every five or six days.
Space is not empty! Every week, more and more satellites are sent into space to orbit the Earth.A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years.Satellites which are broken are sometimes repaired by astronauts or sometimes brought back to Earth to be repaired.Often,very old or broken satellites are left in space to orbit the Earth for a very long time.This is very serious because some satellites use nuclear power and they can crash into each other.
1.Which of the following is NOT done by satellites according to the passage?
A.Sending information for weather forecast.
B.Taking photographs of the Earth.
C.Sending TV pictures.
D.Providing food for airplane pilots.
2.What’s the speed the earth rotates at?
A.35,880 kilometers per hour. B.335,880 kilometers per hour.
C.11,000 kilometers per hour. D.110,000 kilometers per hour
3.Why does the satellite move around the world at the same speed as the Earth rotates?
A.In order to take photographs.
B.In order to stay in a certain position in the orbit.
C.In order to move away from its orbit.
D.In order to send television pictures.
4.What does the underlined word “This” in the 3rd paragraph refer to?
A.A satellite.
B.A little rocket.
C.A satellite seems to stay in the same place in the sky.
D.The satellite puts the rockets in the right position.
5.Which is true of satellites?
A.A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years.
B.Every time a satellite gets broken,it is brought back to the Earth to be repaired.
C.A broken satellite is never left in space.
D.They often crash into each other.
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