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第一篇:《趣味英语阅读100篇》
英语趣味阅读100篇
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Ali, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin.
Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late," he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife," said Ali. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?"
"What does that matter?" answered Ali.
"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will
cost you a lot of money."
Ali went away quickly.
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An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
"My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me now?"
"Don't worry, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."
The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" he asked Nasreddin.
"No, I didn't mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."
3
When Mr Jones went to restaurant one day, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry!
There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to him,
"Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it, and when he comes back, give it to him." The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Jones's. "I am sorry," said this man. "I make a mistake. I took your coat and you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewelry." Mr.
Jones answered, "I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you."
Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant; but the manager said, "We have no waiters here. We only have waitresses." "You gave the jewelry to a thief!" shouted the other man. "I shall call the
police!" Mr. Jones was frightened and paid the man a lot of money for the jewelry.
4
A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly
damaged.Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, "I am very sorry! My elephant has a big,round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!" Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.
When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers would not believe his story. They said, "You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!"
It was only when man showed them the letter from the circus man that they believed him.
5
Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, "Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it." He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree.
Nasreddin said nothing. He thought, "This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do."
The man continued on his way.
Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it.
"My God!" he cried. "That man knows the future!" and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.
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It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone bell rang and Mary went to answer it.
"Hullo, who's that?" she asked.
"It's me, Peter."
Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother, Johnny. "Oh, hullo, Peter. What do you want?" said Mary.
"Can I speak to Johnny?"
"No," said Mary, "you can't speak to him now. He is busy. He is getting ready for school. He is eating his breakfast. Grandmother is combing his hair. Sister is under the table, putting his shoes on.
Mother is getting his books and putting them in his school bag. Goodbye, I've got to go now. I have to hold the door open. The school bus is coming."
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Two rich ladies were sharing a taxi and talking about the high cost of going anywhere by taxi.
One of the ladies said, "Taxis are terribly expensive these days. The owners get a lot of money for nothing."
"Yes," said the other lady, "and the drivers get such big tips that they soon become rich. They ought to be ashamed of themselves." One of the ladies was smoking a cigarette. After a minute or two she said to the other lady, "Can you see an ashtray in this taxi? There isn't one on my side."
The driver, who had heard everything the ladies had said, answered, "Oh, just drop the ashes on the carpet─I have a servant who comes in and cleans three days in the week!"
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Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday it was very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men there, and all of them had donkeys and baskets of grapes too. After their lunch they went to sleep. After some time, Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his.
Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him. "What are you doing?" he said angrily.
"Oh," said Nasreddin, "don't worry about me. I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things."
"Oh, really?" said the other man. "Then why don't you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets?" "You did not understand me," said Nasreddin. "I said that I was half mad, not quite mad."
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There was a big garden near Nasreddin's house, and it had a lot of fruit trees in it. One day Nasreddin saw some beautiful apples on one of them. He went home and got a ladder, put it against the high wall of the
garden and climbed up. Then he pulled the ladder up, put it down on the other side, and climbed down into the garden. Just then a gardener came round a corner and saw him.
"What are you doing here?" he shouted.
Nasreddin thought quickly and then said, "I am selling my ladder." "Selling your ladder? In somebody else's garden? Do you think I believe such a stupid story?" said the gardener and came towards Nasreddin with a stick.
"It is my ladder," said Nasreddin, "and I can sell it where I like. You needn't buy it if you don't want to." And he took his ladder and climbed over the wall again.
10
Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house.
"That is a thief!" he thought, and he took his gun and shot at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened to go out of the house in the dark.
The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden. His wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole right
through the middle of it.
"My God," said Nasreddin, "I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me!" And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.
11
A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, "If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?"
"It depends," answered the judge.
"Well," said the man. "your cow has killed mine."
"Oh," answered the judge. "Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either."
"I am sorry, Judge," said the man. "I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours."
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said, "When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at
first." And then he turned to his clerk and said, "Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you."
12
When Nasreddin was a boy, he never did what he was told, so his
father always told him to do the opposite of what he wanted him to do. One day, when the two were bringing sacks of flour home on their donkeys, they had to cross a shallow river. When they were in the middle of it, one of the sacks on Nasreddin's donkey began to slip, so his father said, "That sack is nearly in the water! Press down hard on it!" His father of course expected that he would do the opposite, but this time Nasreddin did what his father had told him to do. He pressed down on the sack and it went under the water. Of course, the flour was lost.
"What have you done, Nasreddin?" his father shouted angrily. "Well, Father", said Nasreddin, "this time I thought that I would do just what you told me, to show you how stupid your orders always are."
13
Nasreddin had lost his donkey. He was going about looking for it everywhere, and while he was looking, he was singing gaily.
One of his neighbours saw him and said, "Hullo, Nasreddin. What are you dong?
"I am looking for my donkey," answered Nasreddin.
"Don't you know where it is?" asked the neighbour.
"No, I don't."
"Then why are you singing so gaily? Usually when somebody loses something, he is sad."
"Yes, that is quite true," answered Nasreddin. "But you see, I am not yet sure that my donkey is lost. My last hope is that it is behind that hill over there. If you wait a little, you will hear how I will cry and complain if it is not there!"
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One winter Nasreddin had very little money. His crops had been very bad that year, and he had to live very cheaply. He gave his donkey less food, and when after two days the donkey looked just the same, he said to himself, "The donkey was used to eating a lot. Now he is quickly getting used to eating less; and soon he will get used to living on almost nothing."
Each day Nasreddin gave the donkey a little less food, until it was hardly eating anything.
Then one day, when the donkey was going to market with a load of wood on its back, it suddenly died. "How unlucky I am," said Nasreddin. "Just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything, it came to the end of its days in this world."
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第二篇:《2015南通市英语中考试题(附答案)》
南通市2015年初中毕业、升学考试试卷
英 语
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共60分）
一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1．Jack，American teacher，is arriving at our school by car．
A．a；the B．an；不填 C．an；the D．a；不填
2．Teachers’Day in China is 10 September while South Korea’s Teachers’Day is May．
A．on；on B．in；in C．on；in D．in；on
3．big success the charity show was！We collected a lot of school things．
A．How B．What C．How a D．What a
4．—I hear it’s not easy to get a ticket for Fast & Furious 7．
—Exactly．The film is the one this year．
A．less exciting B．more exciting C．most exciting D．least exciting
5．—Oh，dear！？How can I finish so much work in 20 minutes？
—Don’t worry．We can give you a helping hand．
A．Practice makes perfect B．Many hands make light work
C．It never rains but it pours D．Every dog has its day
6．Pandas are facing danger！The situation won’t change humans stop killing．
A．unless B．though C．if D．after
7．—Where are you going to spend your summer holiday，Jenny？
—I haven’t made a yet．I’m going to talk about it with my family tomorrow．
A．decision B．promise C．journey D．suggestion
8．Ms．Zhou Mr．Li is humorous．They are popular among us students．
A．Both；and B．Neither；nor C．Either；or D．Not only；but also
9．—Hobo，can I eat the hamburger？
—Sure，if the dishes ．
A．wash B．are washed C．will wash D．will be washed
10．—Smoking brings me a lot of ideas．
—Stop that！After all， is more important than health．
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
11．—Must I dress up as the Monkey King？
—No，you You can choose whatever you like．
A．can’t B．mustn’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t
12．This sign is used tourists to stay away from the lion in the zoo．
A．to warn B．to warning C．to make D．to making
13．—Helen，when did you move here？
—I here since two years ago．
A．moved B．lived C．have moved D．have lived【趣味英语;It,is,a,Zoo,Out,There_,Quick,Reaction快速反应_Skunk臭鼬】
14．—Could you please tell me ？
—By taking an online tour．
A．in which way can I improve my writing skills
B．how I can travel around the world in eight hours
C．what places of interest we can visit at a time
D．how should I get some more useful information
15．—My robot has caught a virus and it has gone wrong．
—．You’d better have it checked．
A．Don’t mention it B．No problem
C．I’m sorry to hear that D．That’s OK
二、完型填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Ever since I was a child，my mouth has caused me trouble．I’m not a bad person；I have a time learning when to stop saying bad things to others．
My mom has told me again and again，“Robert，your constant（不断的）bad words are hurting me．If you to be this rude，you will get into big trouble．”
It’s been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn’t want to hear．I used to feel it was my to stand up for myself．
One day in English class I was working on my homework when I heard a classmate behind me．It was Nathaniel，who liked doing that as usual．
I said ever so ，“Nathaniel，would you be quiet？”
Nathaniel kept saying something to himself．I quickly ，“Nathaniel，shut up！” For the next five minutes，we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other．
“At least I don’t have an ugly lazy eye like you！”I cried out．
I knew this would make him ．
What I said filled him with anger．He tried to over my seat and catch me as he screamed，“That’s it！That’s it！”
at his reaction（反应），I sat back in my seat．I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before．Later on，we were taken to the teachers’office．There，Mr.Black，our English teacher，told us to the matter．It wasn’t until then that I finally found that I hurt someone physically，the woulds finally heal（愈合）．But when I hurt someone with my ， sometimes the pain never goes away．
At the end of the discussion，I said to Nathaniel．
When I went back to my room，I spent some time praying（祈祷）．I began to how often what I said hurt others．But I believe that as I keep asking God to help me，he’ll tell me when to keep my closed．
（ ）16. A.busy B.hard C.happy D.valuable
（ ）17.A.decide B.like C.continue D.try
（ ）18.A.duty B.turn C.time D.choice
（ ）19.A.singing B.reading C.beating D.talking
（ ）20.A.clearly B.nicely C.carelessly D.angrily
（ ）21.A.repeated B.expressed C.replied D.shouted
（ ）22.A.crazy B.afraid C.sad D.bored
（ ）23.A.fall B.look C.hand D.reach
（ ）24.A.Satisfied B.Surprised C.Nervous D.Serious
（ ）25.A.discuss B.solve C.explain D.report
（ ）26.A.while B.after C.when D.where
（ ）27.A.words B.action C.ideas D.experience
（ ）28.A.goodbye B.thanks C.sorry D.okay
（ ）29.A.imagine B.notice C.record D.consider
（ ）30.A.eyes B.mouth C.windows D.door
三、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
A
31．If you want to join in the Summer Camp，you can choose ．
A．Classical Dance and Yoga
B．Aerobics and Computer proficicncy
C．Handball，Table Tennis and two picnics
D．Calligraphy and Personality development
32．Who will probably join in the Summer Camp？
A．Amy，who is 22 years old．
B．John，who has only ﹩500．
C．David，who is free from Jun．20 to Aug．10．
D．Tony，who has spare time in the afternoon．
33．When you want to learn more about the courses，you should ．
A．contact Water Park or Star Cruise B．email at princ@peoplesgroup，in
C．search D．call on 0755-4005451 or 9307672534
B
Birthday Traditions in Different Countrles
England
Certain symbolic objects are mixed into the birthday cake as it’s being prepared．If your piece of cake has a coin in it，then you will be rich．Also，when it’s your birthday，your friends give you the“bumps”．They lift you in the air by your hands and feet and raise you up and down to the floor；one for each year you lived，then another one or two for luck．
Denmark
A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday．Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he/she is sleeping，so he/she will see them at once upon awakening．
Holland
Special year birthdays such as 5，10，15，20，21 are called“crown”years．The birthday child receives an especially large gift on a crown year birthday．The family also decorates the birthday child’s chair at the dining room table with flowers，paper streamers and balloons．
Canada
The birthday child’s nose is greased（涂抹）with butter for good luck．The greased nose makes the child too slippery for bad luck to catch him/her．In some parts of Canada，the birthday person even receives a punch（一拳）for each year he/she is alive and then one for good luck．
Brazil
The birthday child receives a pull on the ear for each year he/she has been alive．The birthday person also gives the first plece of cake to his/her most special friend or relative，usually mom or dad．
Korea
There is a big family party on the first birthday．The table is set with food，and four items：a pencil，a ruler，thread，and money．The item that the baby chooses is said to forecast his/her future：excellent student，good with hands，long life or riches．
South Africa
On the twenty-first birthday，a key made of anything from paper to ailver to gold is presented by the parents as a sign that the child is ready to unlock the door to their future．
34．If a British friend is raised up and down to the floor 18 yimes on his birthday，he is most likely
（可能的）to be ．
A．17 B．18 C．19 D．20
35．The following tradition is mentioned in the passage EXCEPT for ．
A．giving a pull on the ear B．having a big family party
C．greasing butter on the nose D．flying a flag at the child’s bed
36．In which countries do people celebrate their 21st birthday specially？
A．Canada and England． B．Denmark and Korea．
C．Brazil and Holland． D．Holland and South Africa．
37．The passage mainly tells us
A．people in different countries have their own special year birthdays
B．people in different countries celebrate their birthday in different ways
C．people always have a big birthday party at home in different countries
D．people always know a 1-year-old baby’s future from the item he chooses
C
Let’s try doing thefollowing experiment．
What to Do：
Use string to hang a paper clip or other small object at about chest
（胸部）level．
Pick up a stick，such as a broom handle．Take three or four steps
away from the paper clip．
Now close one eye and walk toward the paper clip．Try to touch it
with the tip of the stick．If you miss，try again，still keeping one eye
closed．Now try it with both eyes open and see if it’s easier to do．
How it works：
In the experiment，you have to judge how far away the paper clip is．Your brain has several ways of doing this．
One simple way depends on how much your eye has to focus（聚焦）itself．Using only one eye，most people will find it difficult to touch the paper clip on the first try，but the brain still gets some information about distance—though not much．
Your brain can judge distance much better when you look at something with both eyes．In fact，your brain has more than one way to use both eyes in judging distance．For example，to see anything clearly，you have to make both of your eyes point at the object．When you look at a nearby object，your eyes turn inward．You can feel this happening if you look at the tip of your finger and move your finger toward your nose．
Your brain gets information from the eyes about how much they are pointing toward each other．Using that information，the brain can tell how far away any object is，whether it is a basketball or a paper clip．
38．How many materials do we need at least to do the experiment？
A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five
39．The passage is mainly about that with eyes our brain can judge
A．how big an object is B．how high an object is
C．how far away an object is D．how much information an object is
40．Which of the following is true according to the passage？
第三篇:《Unit 4 单元测试题》
Unit 4 单元测试题
第二部分： 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A【趣味英语;It,is,a,Zoo,Out,There_,Quick,Reaction快速反应_Skunk臭鼬】
At the age of 95, Olga Kotelko attracted great attention at the World Masters Athletics Championships. This 5ft-tall Canadian became the oldest recorded woman indoor runner, high jumper and long jumper at the competition.
Olga now has more than 30 world records to her name and has won more than 750 gold medals. But she sees herself as nothing special, describing herself as just a plain Jane. As one of 11 children brought up on a farm, she has always been active, milking cows and doing other housework.
She has now outlived all her brothers and sisters and most of her friends but when asked what her secret is, she says there isn’t one. “I think your age is just a number. It’s not your birthday; it’s how you age that makes the difference. It’s your attitude to all the things that happen in your life that plays the biggest part.”
So can we all turn ourselves into nonagenarian (九十多岁的) superheroes? Research from Newcastle University suggests that as every 24 hours pass, we add an extra five hours to our lives — that’s over 2 months each year — partly because of improving living conditions and medical development. And in the UK the number of people who are living into their 100th year has nearly increased by four times since the 1980s. So ageing is not a terrible thing.
While Olga’s genes (基因) might help her, we’re not all prisoners to our own. After all, 75% of our later lives could be down to the lifestyle we choose to lead. A good diet (饮食) and regular exercise are key. Besides, developing friendships in mid-life also works. Dr Holland, director of Aston University’s research centre for healthy ageing, says: “The more friends you have when you’re 50-60 years old, the less likely you’re to be lonely in later life; the less lonely you are, the less likely you’re to be ill as the years go by.”
21. Olga Kotelko was well-known at the World Masters Athletics Championships because _____.
A. she was the oldest sportswoman there
B. she competed in several events
C. she set a new world record
D. she won a gold there
22. What did Olga Kotelko mean by describing herself as a plain Jane?
A. She was hard-working.
B. She was once named Jane.
C. She was very active.
D. She was very common.
23. Olga Kotelko’s words suggest that _____.
A. we shouldn’t count our age up like numbers
B. we shouldn’t celebrate our birthday as we get old
C. we should try to have a positive attitude towards life
D. we should learn to change according to what happens
24. We can learn from the last paragraph that _____.
A. how long we live doesn’t completely depend on genes
B. Olga Kotelko succeeded because of her good genes
C. it’s hard for the middle-aged to make friends
D. it’s unavoidable for people to get old
B
George Watford works at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in New York City. He gets some unusual phone calls. One day, he got a call about a mountain lion living in a small building. “We didn’t believe it,” Watford said. “But when we went out there, sure enough, there was a mountain lion sitting at the front window looking out at us.” The big cat’s owner knew that his neighbors were unhappy about the animal. He didn’t try to stop us taking it away. In one year, the ASPCA took in 9,459 different animals, not counting cats and dogs. That number includes a lot of rabbits and monkeys, but the ASPCA has also taken many other exotic (外来的) pets from people’s homes. These animals can’t be set free into the wild because they wouldn’t survive. The ASPCA tries to find homes for them in zoos or special areas for animals.
It’s against the law to sell wild animals in New York City. Many buildings don’t even allow dogs and cats, not to mention more exotic animals. Still, the ASPCA takes away most of the exotic animals not because of complaints (怨言), but because the pet’s owner needs help. A lovely baby lion or bear will finally grow up to be
dangerous. “When they bite (咬人), it isn’t because they hate you. It’s because they’re wild animals,” said exotic animal expert Kathi Travers.
Travers is quick to give speeches against raising wild animals as pets. Too often people think that caring for a wild animal is the same as caring for a dog or a cat. “To
love an animal is not enough,” Travers said. “There has to be respect (尊重), and respect is not taking an animal, sticking it in a little cage, and expecting the animal to be happy.”
25. The call was made _____.
A. to report a missing lion
B. to report a neighbor for keeping a lion
C. when the owner was away
D. when the lion broke out of the window
26. When it finds an exotic animal in the city, the ASPCA _____.
A. keeps it until it grows up
B. sets it free into the wild
C. helps find it a home
D. sells it to a zoo
27. The last paragraph is written to show that _____.
A. it takes effort to care for a wild animal
B. keeping wild animals as pets is unwise
C. wild animals are happy in big spaces
D. wild animals can be dangerous
C
Best of News Design
The competition invites entries from all magazines and newspapers — daily or non-daily — published (出版) anywhere in the world.
How to Enter
Best of News Design™ Creative Competition is held each year. The Call for Entries is published in print and online in November of the competition year.
Printed copies of the Call for Entries are mailed in November to anyone who needs a copy. Or, get a PDF copy of the Call for Entries in English here.
Later this month Society of News Design (SND) will post copies of the Call for Entries in French, German, and Russian as well.
Each entry requires a small entry fee, paid in U.S. dollars.
Entry Deadlines (截止日期)
Entries from publications in the United States must be received at Syracuse (N.Y.) University no later than Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.【趣味英语;It,is,a,Zoo,Out,There_,Quick,Reaction快速反应_Skunk臭鼬】
Entries from publications outside the United States must be received at Syracuse (N.Y.) University no later than Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.
SND will inform winners by e-mail or U.S. mail beginning Saturday, March 1, 2014. Also, SND will list the names of winners on this website in early mid-March.
Don’t forget to check out our web coverage of the judging beginning Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Be the first to know what’s happening in Syracuse!
Winners
Newspapers that win Award of Excellence, Silver Medal, Gold Medal, Judges’ Special Recognition or Best in Show honors receive recognition in several ways: • Each winner receives a certificate (证书).
• A picture of the winning newspaper and the names of winners are published in the book, “The Best of News Design™.”
• One picture of the winning entry, along with the names of winners and other information, are published on
• SND publishes a piece of news showing the results of each year’s competition.
28. What do we know about the competition?
A. It is designed for the U.S. print industry.
B. It has language requirements.
C. It is a yearly event.
D. It costs too much.
第四篇:《2015朝阳一模英语试卷及答案word版》
北京市朝阳区九年级综合练习（一） 英语试卷 2015.5
知识运用（共25分）
四、单项填空（共10分，每小题1分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21. —When do you usually get up on weekends, Lucy? —________ eight o’clock in the morning.
A. On
B. In B. so
C. For C. but
D. At D. or
D. the most popular D. nothing
22. Nancy is a good student. She studies hard ________ she also likes to help others.
A. and A. popular
23. Which is ________, traveling by air or by train?
B. more popular B. something
C. most popular C. anything
24. Is there ________ useful on science? I’m looking for information about this topic.
A. everything
25. —May I put my car here?
—No, you ________ . Put it over there, please. A. mustn’t
B. needn’t
C. shouldn’t
D. wouldn’t
26. —We don’t have enough meat in the fridge.
—I ________ some more in the supermarket soon. A. buy A. teaches A. eat
B. will buy
C. bought C. taught C. eaten
D. have bought D. has taught D. to eat D. is invited
27. Mr. Black is our English teacher. He ________ in our school since 2011.
B. is teaching B. eating B. invited
28. My mother always wants me ________ more vegetables for dinner.
29. My sister ________ to the party yesterday. She had a good time with her friends.
A. invites【趣味英语;It,is,a,Zoo,Out,There_,Quick,Reaction快速反应_Skunk臭鼬】
C. was invited
30. —Excuse me, could you tell me ________?
—My name is Kate Green. A. what is your name C. what your name is
五、完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
During summer vacations, I would volunteer at the pet rescue（救助）centre, so I could see a lot of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I’d ever seen by far. Her body looked like a
B. what was your name D. what your name was
was so short that it looked like a rat’s tail.
She looked so strange that her didn’t want her any more. She was brought to the centre. But I thought, “Minnie was kind and sweet. No one should laugh at her strange looking.” So I gave Minnie a good bath and her in the newspaper: “Funny-looking dog, kind and sweet, needs loving
Later, a boy called me, but I warned him that Minnie was that his grandfather’s sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted to keep Minnie very much. Hearing these words, I said that they could take Minnie away. I combed（梳）her hair, and gave her a good bath. Then we waited for them to arrive.
At last, an old car stopped in front of the pet rescue centre. Two kids They put Minnie into their arms and rushed out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see his reaction(反应) .
Inside the car, the grandfather put Minnie in his arms and very relaxed and happy. “She’s perfect, and I like her!” the old man said. I was that Minnie had found a good owner. Just at that time, I saw that the grandfather’s eyes were a milky white color---he was blind.
After that summer vacation, I missed Minnie so much. So I went back to the grandfather’s house. The grandfather was walking in the garden with Minnie the way. I could see both of them were happy. “Minnie is the most beautiful dog in my eyes,” said the grandfather, “I’ve
lt happier before!” Hearing this, I was pretty happy!
31. A. hide
B. warm
B. leader B. reported
C. protect
C. teacher C. praised
D. cover
D. partner D. advertised D. zoo D. raced D. pulled
32. A. owner 34. A. school 35. A. sick
36. A. jumped 37. A. tidied 38. A. peaceful 39. A. leading 40. A. just
33. A. introduced
B. family
B. stepped B. thankful
C. hospital
C. walked C. touched C. careful
B. dirty C. ugly D. dangerous
B. cleaned B. taking B. ever
D. powerful D. making
C. giving C. never
D. still
阅读理解（共50分）
六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共30分，每小题2分）
A
41. What does the first advertisement ask us to do? A. To send in some jokes. C. To talk about kindness. A. Jokes.
B. To share our pets. D. To tell a true story.
B. Smart Animals. D. My story. B. By post. B
42. Which of the four advertisements offers the most money? C. Kindness of Strangers. A. By phone. C. By email.
43. How can we send our writing in?
D. By going there.
Spam mail (垃圾邮件) is a fact of Internet life. Some of it carries bad things, but the main problem with spam is that it is unpleasant because it fills your mail box with pointless messages.
Most email programs have built-in filters (过滤器) that will discover unwanted messages and
put them into a junk folder (垃圾文件夹) . You can make the filter learn what you consider to be spam or block certain senders.
Avoid letting your email address appear on websites—spammers search the Internet for email
addresses. Be careful who you give your email address to, and if you need to send out several copies of an email, use blind copy instead to cover the other people’s addresses.
Delete (删除) spam emails without opening them. Signs of possible spam are bad spelling in
email headers, strange sender addresses, or emails sent at unusual hours. If you do open a spam mail, never reply to it or click on any pictures it may have.
If you receive unexpected email pretending (伪装) to come from your bank, credit card
company or other suppliers, be very careful. If the email asks you to reply, don’t do it! Instead, call up these places or visit their websites.
Consider setting up a second email address and keep one address for your personal use and another for your online communication. 44. What is the main problem with spam? A. It’s everywhere. C. It’s unpleasant. A. Three.
B. It carries bad things. D. It fills one’s email box. C. Five.
D. Six.
45. How many suggestions are there in the passage?【趣味英语;It,is,a,Zoo,Out,There_,Quick,Reaction快速反应_Skunk臭鼬】
B. Four.
46. What should you do if you receive a spam email? A. Reply to it quickly. C. Click its pictures.
B. Delete it at once. D. Visit its website. B. Don’t be afraid of them. D. Try to fight against them. C
Where did that number come from?
Eleven and Twelve
The reason behind the change in number naming is that eleven comes from the German term ainlif, which translates to “one left”. Twelve follows the same rule. It comes from twalif---“two left”. Why teen is used instead of lif for 13 through 19? There is something sadly lost in history.
911 for US Emergency (急救) Calls
Early phones didn’t use phone numbers—the operator had to connect your call by hand—and this led to the need for an emergency code (信号). But later phone numbers became popular, that changed. In 1967, 911 was chosen as the nationwide emergency call because it was easy to remember and could be quickly dialed (拨) on the phone.
26.2 Miles in a Marathon (马拉松)
The story began with an ancient Greek soldier carrying message from a battlefield (战场) in Marathon to Athens. The modern marathon was born as a flagship event in the first Olympic Games, in 1896, with a distance (距离) of about 25 miles (40 km), as long as the distance from Marathon to Athens. But race organizers for the 1908 Olympic Games in London wanted to add
47. Which of the following is the writer’s idea about spam emails? A. Be careful with them. C. Find interest in them.
something special. The race began at Windsor Castle and ended at White City Stadium, with runners finishing only after passing the royal (皇室的) box. The distance was 26.2 miles (42.1 km). And since 1924 this distance has been kept in marathon.
28 Days in February
Before using the Gregorian calendar that we use today, one of the first Roman calendars had only 304 days and ten months (March through December), with six months of 30 days and four of 31 days. The second king of Rome improved the old calendar. He added 50 days for January and February. To make the new months longer, he took one day from each of the 30-day months, making 56 days to divide between January and February (or 28 days each). Later January was given one more day to add up to 355 days a year, but February still had 28 days. That’s how it became the shortest month and it stayed that way ever since. 48. Which language do eleven and twelve come from? A. English. A. In 1896.【趣味英语;It,is,a,Zoo,Out,There_,Quick,Reaction快速反应_Skunk臭鼬】
B. German. B. In 1908.
C. French. D. Russian. C. In 1924. D. In 1967.
49. When was the number 911 chosen for US emergency calls?
50. The marathon distance was made longer at London Olympic Games because___________. A. the British was a little weak in maths B. the British didn’t like the Greek story C. the British loved the royal family very much D. the British wanted to make the race different
51. How many days were there in each month after the king improved the old calendar? A. 28, 29 or 31.
B. 28, 30 or 31. C. 28, 29 or 30. D. 29, 30 or 31.
D
“The world has never been a better place to live in” says science writer Matt Ridley, “and it will keep on getting better.” Read on to see how Ridley makes his case. Right or wrong? You decide.
Compared with 50 years ago, when I was just four years old, people now make nearly three times as much money, eat one third more food and expect to live one third longer．In fact, it’s hard to find any areas of the world that's worse off now than it was then, even though the world population has more than doubled over that period.
One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown much cheaper. Take one example: In 1800, a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s, the same light from a lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950, it was eight seconds. Today it’s half a second. In these terms, we are 43,200 times better off than in 1800.
In the United States, rivers, lakes, seas and air are getting cleaner all the time. A car today produces less pollution traveling at full speed than a parked car did from leaks (泄露) in 1970.
Although the world population is growing, the rate (率) of increase has been falling for 50
第五篇:《高中短文英语改错练习》
短文改错练习
Once, lately at night, an Englishman came out of his room into a passage of the hotel and ask the servant to bring her a glass of water. The servant did like he was asked. The Englishman returned his room, and a few minutes later he came into the passage again and once more asked the servant a glass of water. Every a few minutes the Englishman would come out of his room and repeated his request. After half an hour the astonishing servant decided to ask the man what he was doing with the water. "Nothing," answered him calmly. "It's simply that the room is on fire.
短文改错练习
I gave my housekeeper an old pair trousers to wash and went in the study to read. My housekeeper usually looked through my pocket before wash my clothes, but for some reasons he failed to do so this time. When I was reading, I suddenly remember that there was a five-pounds note in the back pocket of the trousers I had told her to wash it. I dropped my book and rushed into the bathroom, but it is too late. My housekeeper said that my trousers had been in a washing machine for fifteen minutes already.
短文改错练习
One afternoon on April, 1912 , a new ship set off from England to America on it first trip. It was one of the largest and first ship at that time. It was cold, but the ship was pleasant and people are enjoying themselves. The next day was even cold. People could see icebergs here or there. It was night, suddenly, the man on watch shouting "Look out! Iceberg!" It was too late. A ship hit the iceberg and came to a stopping. There was a very big hole in the ship and water began to come. Slowly the ship started to go down.
短文改错练习
I've a friend who has a big police dog is named Jack. Every Sunday afternoon my friend took Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these walk in the park very well.
One Sunday a young man visits my friends. He stayed a long time. They talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk, but the visitor still sat talking. Jack became worrying about his walk in the park. He walked around the room several times but then he sat right in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid none attention. He continued talking. Finally Jack could stand it any longer. He held the visitor's hat in his mouth.
短文改错练习（74）
June 12, Sunday Fine
Today is Sunday. I didn't get up early as usually. In the morning after I finished my homework, I do some washing. Then I telephoned one of my classmate and invited him to see a film. And unfortunately, when we got to the cinema at 3:00 p.m., we found all the tickets had sold out. Then we went back to school and played the football. After this, when we were about to going home, we saw our English teacher, Mr. Wang, coming. He told us we had made great progresses in English this term. He also suggested that we should read more and wrote more. We promised him that we would listen his advice.
短文改错练习（75）
In autumn of 1935, when I was a young man, I was traveling in the north of Indian. One evening, after hunted in the forest all day, I was returning to the place which I had put up my tent. It was getting dark, but I was walking along a road. Suddenly I saw two eye glaring at me from among the trees. What can I do? Should I jump into the river to save my life? Then I looked at the right. In the river there had a big crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth was wide open.
短文改错练习（76）
Cats are animals of habit. They like to go to sleep about same time every day but for a certain length of time. They seem to have a natural clock inside it that tells them how to sleep. Besides their regularly sleep, cats take naps(打盹). Some scientists think that people should also take cat naps. The habit would do good for people's health. Cat naps helped build up energy in the body. Since cats have moods(情绪) like these of people, scientists believe that people can improve their moods with cat-napping. People might become more happier and more active.
短文改错练习（77）
A man shot the two students died and wounded five other at an Australian university on Monday after he was overpowered (制服) by classmates of the victims. The two dead were all males of Asian appearance at their early 20s. The others have being treated for minor injuries. The man, in his mid-30s or of Asian appearance, was seized by several students in classroom at Monash University, Melbourne and was late arrested.
短文改错练习（78）
When I first learned to write in English, I ran into much difficulties. The main problem was that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her advice and should put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a story and showed to my teacher. He liked it very much that he reads it to the class. All said that the story was a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me .
短文改错练习（79）
The winter holiday, when I am looking forward to, is coming. What fun it is to have sports! Play football is one of my hobby. I can also ride my bicycle, climb high mountains, or go skating. Sometime I can play the chess with Grandfather. How interested my holiday will be! But my father is always afraid I would be hurt by a truck, fall into water, and fall off a tree. He is afraid I would fight against others or taken away by bad men. But if I’m friendly and carefully enough, how will these things happen? I must try best to persuade my father.
短文改错练习（80）
Tom had retired and lived lonely a long way from town. He hardly never left his home. But one day he went to town buy some things in the market, and after he had bought it, he went into a restaurant and sit down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old peoples put up glasses before reading their newspapers. So after the lunch he decided to go to a store to buy himself a pair of glasses, either, He walked along a wide street and fast found a store.
短文改错练习（81）
My parents were all standing there, shouting at each other. The word "divorce(离婚)" was repeated and broke my heart each time. I had trapped between them and didn't know what to do. A million thoughts rushed into my mind, but nothing of them could ease my feelings. I rushed back to my room, seated down in silence and stared out of the window. The leaves were floated in the air. They struggled trying to catch the wind and finally they had to fall on the ground.I knew I was not the only one had gone through this. But I must learn to fight against this. Later in the day I took up with a pen and wrote down "It is until I take a step back and look at my family that I can really appreciate life. All of this has helped me grow strongly and mature(成熟)."
短文改错练习（82）
Dear editor,
In the past my hometown was used to be a beautiful place. Thick trees and green grass can be seen everywhere. In order to build house and grow more crops, people cut down more and more trees. With time went on, the whole forest was almost destroyed. Gradually the green hills have changed into wasteland. As a result, sandstorms struck us now and then, from that we suffer a lot. However, I do hope all the people should realize the terribly result of not caring about our environment. What's more, they should take good care of the forests and plant trees instead cutting them down to improve our living conditions.
短文改错练习（83）
When I found out that my train would three hours late, I decided to get a bus instead. I was about to rush out of the train station while a well-dressed old man took me by my arm, "Young lady," said the gentleman, "Shouldn't you find out the bus schedule (时刻表) before you rush out to catch the bus?". I stared to him with my mouth opened. How did he read my mind? Before I can say a word, he added, "You see, my train is also running lately. The same idea came to me. But I think a good conversation that can help pass the time. Before you know it, your train will be there."
短文改错练习（84）
Dear Kang Li,
I haven't heard you for a long time. How are you? I had just finished the exams. Now I'm glad I have time to write for you. Our teacher tells us that China is a big country has the most population in the world. It's on the other side of the world. Now the sun is shining bright here and perhaps you're sleeping in the dark night. I wish to know anything more about the Chinese way of living. I wonder at if you can tell me about it in your next letter. Please writing soon.
短文改错练习（85）
I visited the zoo yesterday, and I was very unhappy and angry about the things what I saw. The large animals were in small cages. The lion was walking back and forth. It was completely boring. The tiger fell asleep all the afternoon. I see people feeding the fish. They were throwing rices and meat into the pond, which could kill the fish, but no one tried stop them. When I had the drink at the zoo restaurant, the waiter served me rude. Outside the restaurant, the rubbish bins were full and rubbish was blowing everywhere. It seems that the zoo doesn't look the animals or the visitors very well. subject, nothing else seemed very practically to me. I never saw how I could use it in my daily life.
短文改错练习（88）
Some Americans judge success on the length of his vacations. The man who gets a month’s vacation each year consider himself more successful than the man gets two weeks . Many people want to be teachers so it is teachers who can get three-month vacation every year . Some college teachers who teach the three classes consider themselves less successful than that who teach only one or two , or none in all . In short , the less work Americans do , the less successful they consider themselves .
短文改错练习（91）
Rowena and Billy Wrangler are model high school student. They study hard. They do extreme well in achievement tests. And next year, Rowena will attend the Harvard University. Billy, her younger brother, hope to go to Cornell. That makes Rowena and Billy different from
most students is they don’t go to school. In fact, They’ve never been to school. Since kindergarten, they have studied at home. Neither Rowena or Billy feels as if they have missed out on nothing by being taught at home. As many of the more than one million people who accept home schooling in the United States, they feel as if they have gotten a good education.
短文改错练习（92）
Did you enjoy yourself yesterday? I suppose you do. But I’d like to tell you what a bad day I had yesterday. Nothing just went wrong. On the morning, my alarm clock didn’t ring, since I woke up an hour late. I was in such a hurry that I burnt my hand when I was cooking the breakfast. Then I ran out of the house to catch the 8:30 buses. This is the bus I usually take. But, to my regret, I missed it. I am very unhappy, and scared as well because my teacher hates the students come late to school. So I ran three miles to school only to discover that everybody was there. The school was quiet but peaceful. Our classroom was locked. I realized that moment: it was Sunday.
短文改错练习（93）
Get a good education is more important today than ever before. In Canada children most attend public schools. Public schools are mainly found by governments through tax income. Students in Canada taught in English and in French. The rest of Canadian children is to attend private schools, that are supported mainly by fees paying by parents .By law, the children must attend the school from age 5 to 16. There are several different levels in the Canadian education system. The first is called Elementary School, which include kindergartens through grade 7 or 8. From grades 8 or 9 through 12 or 13, children go to Secondary School or high school. High school students must take certain course for several years, such as English or French and mathematics.
短文改错练习（94）
Yesterday we went to grow trees on the hill near our school. The boys were made dig pits(坑).The girls were told to plant the young trees into the pits. All of us worked very hardly. Soon we were all wet with sweats. After the young trees were planted, we began to water it. The water was at the foot of the hill. But we stood in line to pass pails(桶) of water from one to other up to the hill. We did not finish water the trees until it was dark. Though we were tired, but we feel very happy.
短文改错练习（95）
A kind of little car may someday take place of today’s big ones. If people drive such cars in the future, there would be less pollution in the air. There will be more spaces for parking cars in cities. The streets will be less crowd. And driving will be safe as these little cars can go only 65 km per hour. The future cars will be fine for getting round a city, so they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 200 km, before needing to stop for more gases. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big fast cars and another roads will be needed for the slow small ones. It is said that three so little cars fit in with the space now needed for one car the usual size.
短文改错练习（95）
1. take place---take the place; 2. would---will; 3. spaces---space; 4.crowd---crowed; 5. safe---safer; 6. so---but; 7. gases---gas; 8. another---other; 9.so---such; 10. fit in with---fit in
短文改错练习（96）
It was fine yesterday. The sun was shining in the sky. I went boating by myself. I didn’t take
many friends with me because I wanted to be lonely. I hired a boat and rowed slowly to the center of lake. A fresh breeze was blowing, fish was swimming and birds were singing. When I reached the center, I took up the paddles（桨）and lie down in the boat. With the blue sky over me or green water around me, I was extreme relaxed. About two hours passed in this way before I knew them. I came back to home very late. I didn’t feel tiring at all, for I had really had a good time.
短文改错练习（97）
I was anxiously expected your letter, and at last it has reached to me. I am very glad to know that everyone at home is enjoying good health as usually. Things here are same now as they were ago. The final examination will take place next week. But I am now busy with preparing my lessons. It’s nice to think that the summer vacation is come near. I can’t say how much I want to see you all again. I am looking forward to spend summer days with you. Give my love to Father, Mother and anyone at home.
短文改错练习（98）
One afternoon, when I was on my way home, the sky changed suddenly. Dark clouds were gathered. I began to feel worried because I didn’t have both a raincoat or umbrella about me . It soon started to rain. Just as I was hurrying home, I heard someone calling me from behind . I turned to have a look and find that he was Liu Wei, a good neighbour of me. He offered to share his umbrella with me. We walked all the ways home. Without Liu Wei’s help, I would have got wet to the skin. How much thankful I was to his help!
短文改错练习（99）
I worried about the missed bag all the evening. I tried to remember exact what I had done from the time I left the store until at the time I got home. I remembered whether I had looked at the bag while I was having lunch. So I might have had it while I left the store. I remembered showing it to a friend on the bus. But I had the bag then. I came directly from the bus to my house, and I must have forgotten it on the bus. I was in hurry to get off and forget to check the packages lying on the floor. I should be much careful next time.
短文改错练习（100）
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be sent to his mother. When getting out of his car he looked a young girl sobbing, he asked her what was the wrong. She replied, ―I want to buy a red rose for my mother, I only have 75 cents. A rose cost 2 dollars.‖ The man smiled and said, ―Come on in with me….‖ He bought her flowers and ordered him own. While leaving he offered the girl a ride home. She said, ―Yes, please! You must take me to my mother.‖ She directed him to a cemetery, there she placed the roses on a freshly dug grave. The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the order, choose a bouquet and drove 200 miles for his mother’s house.
短文改错练习（101）
Many scientists believe that life begins in the ocean long ago. For age man used the ocean to discover and explore new lands. Now man spends a great deal of time or money in discovering the ocean. We know it is rich at minerals which the world need. We know too that it contains a plenty of food for all the people in the world. We know that if the salt were taken from it, it’s water would turn the deserts into rich farm land. We know a great deal about this land frontier(新领域), as it has called. But we still need to learn many more about it.
短文改错练习（102）
After a day of work and play, the body needs to have a rest. Sleep is necessary for good healthy. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the day. The rest that you get it
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