高二下学期阅读一刻钟考验(英文)

请用一刻钟的时间完成下面四篇阅读理解。A A young lady who was on holiday in Brighton went into a bank to collect some money which had been sent there for her from the town in which she lived. The clerk in the Brighton bank did not know her, so he said, "What proof have you got that you are really the lady who should collect this money?" The young lady looked worried for a few moments and said , " I don't think I've brought any proof with me." But then she suddenly looked happy again, she opened her bag, took a photograph of herself out of it and showed it to the clerk. "Here's something." she said. The clerk looked at the photograph carefully and then looked at the young lady. "Yes, that's you," he said, and paid the money to her without any more trouble. 1. The young lady came to Brighton to____. A. work in a bank B. collect money     

五粒豌豆的故事

"Our God has planted that pea,and made it grow and flourish,to bring joy to you and hope to me,my blessed child, "said the happy mother,and she smiled at the flower,as if it had been an angel from God.But what happened to the other peas?The one who flew out into the wide world and said,"Catch me if you can,"fell into a gutter on the roof of a house,and eaten by a pigeon.The     

Emergy-analysis based approaches to develop circular economy in the Three Gorges Reservoir area

The eco-environment and the condition of economic development in the Three Gorges area were evaluated with emergy indices calculated with the statistic data of the years from 1997 to 2005. The rising environmental loading ratio indicates an increasing pressure of economic activities on the environment and the economic development achieved at the cost of over-exploitation of resources and environment deterioration. The net emergy yield ratio implies that the economic system of this area was a self-contained, resource-export-oriented type at a relatively low level of technology. The emergy sustainability index of about 6 implies the economy of this area was under developed but had a potential to grow. According to the results of the emergy analysis, circular economy should be taken as the economic model of this region's development. This economic system should be water-resource-oriented and more open, make combined use of local and extraneous resources, and have an updated systematic structure with emphasis on emergy recirculation.     

钥匙还是接吻

A friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen and so on. The class went very smoothly and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were engaged in until when my friend turned to an Italian student and said,"Give me the keys."The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss. Seeing this, my friend thought that the student hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated. "Give me the keys." The Italian shrugged his shoulders. Then, he threw his arms around the teacher's neck and kissed him on both     

The Tower of Babel

<正>At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. They said to one another,“Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. They said,“Now, let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”     

Critical Analysis on Characters of Pearl S.Buck’ the Good Earth

Since the publication of the Good Earth in 1922, Pearl S, Buck published another two novels based on the same theme and they were called the House of Earth Trilogy. The House of Earth Trilogy used as a window to understand China for the westerners at that time. And it had a great impact on the whole world. People gave two different views on her success of winning so many awards. Some thought that she wrote what she knew and her works were based on her own experiences. But others said that she was a foreigner and her values, her distinct aesthetic views would affect her writing. So, some of her depictions, to some extent, were untruthful and distorted. The aim of writing this thesis is to give an objective judgment on the Good Earth, and make it easier for us to communicate with the westerners on literature.     

中印友谊 地久天长

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on June 23 held talks with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Wen said the two countries should develop cooperation in science, education, culture and health. The two nations should also maintain friendly ties and attach importance to the issues of bilateral relations left over by history. China did not regard India's development as a threat, Wen said, and on the same basis, the development of China would not be a threat to any other countries.     

开心一刻(英文)

A pastor and a soap maker went for a walk togeth-er.The soap maker said,“What good is religion?Look atall the trouble and misery of the world!Still there.evenafter years——thousands of years-——of teaching aboutgoodness and truth and peace.Still there,after all theprayers and sermons and teachings.If religion is good andtrue,why should this be?” The pastor said nothing.They continued walkinguntil they noticed a child playing in the gutter(排水沟). Then the pastor said,“Look at that child.You say     

永恒之王的传奇

Arthur was the first son of King Uther and 1)heir to the 2)throne.However,these were troubled times.Merlin,a wise 3)magician,said that the baby Arthur should grow up in a secret place and no one should know who he was.     

A Bang and a Whimper

What began with a bang ended with a barely a whimper.France'sresumption of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last September trig-gered a torrent of global protests and threatened trade bans and consumerboycotts.The sixth detonation,on Jan.27 caused but a ripple.Withequally little fanfare,President Jacques Chirac anncunced two days laterthat the testing was finished.The six tests had provided enough datafor France to fine-tune the computer-simulation technolcgy that willmake further explosions unnecessary, Chirac said—and then turned hisfeather from hawk's to dove's.France will n(?)w go ahead and sign theComprehensive Test Ban Treaty.     

老鼠开会

正[英语原文]Long ago, there was a big cat in the house.He caught many mice while they were stealing food.One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy.Some said this, and some said that. At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea.     

完形填空齐齐看

(A) Yesterday evening,when I went to town 1my mother,we met a strange old man. It was raining 2and we had no umbrella.We were trying to3a taxi when he came up to us.He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give 4for only a pound.He had forgotten his wallet.He said he needed taxi to go back home.My mother didn't believe what he had said at first,and5 him a lot of questions.But she finally believed the man and gave him the pound.She was happy to6 a good umbrella for so little.However,the old man didn't get into a taxi.We walked7 him and found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass of 8with the pound.After he drank it,he 9~his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one.     

Four Strange Great Singers

It is said in an article that the four strange great singers in the world should be Luciano Pavarotti(帕瓦罗蒂) from Italy,Michael Jackson(迈克尔·杰克逊) from USA,Vitas from Russia and Kong Tai(孔太) from China.It is well-known that Pavarotti died not long ago.And Jackson is on the decline.So,now the focus of attention is on Vitas and Kong Tai.The former is a rising star and the latter has retired from the singing circle to travel around the world.This shift of focus is mainly due to the fact that,when Vitas made a performing tour in China,some fans made a comparison between him and Kong Tai in terms of voice quality.     

The Elephant Did It!

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 a cirus 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.     

BABY SISTER

A boy had to take care of his baby sister because his parents went shopping. He decided to go fishing so he took her with him. "I'll never do that again! " he told his mother that evening. "I didn't catch a thing!" "Oh, next time I'm sure she'll be quiet and not scare the fish away," his mother said. The boy said, "It wasn't that. She ate all the bait."     

Language Learning Strategies and Strategic Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom

The results of a great deal of research have suggested that language learning strategies can be taught and that instructing learning strategies and integrating them into regular instruction can greatly facilitate the learning of a second/foreign language.The aim of this article is to draw the readers’ attention to strategic teaching that should be introduced in the foreign language classroom in order to meet the demands of contemporary language education. In particular, it points to the necessity that teachers should change their attitudes towards the roles they play in the classroom to become truly responsible for their learning.     

American Idioms （12）

cry wolf
To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. The general said lhe congressman was just crying wollwhen he said that the army was too weak to fight.for the country. （Tile general said that the congressman＇s warning of the army＇s weakness were false and made up to fi＇ighten people so they would vote for him.）     

How the Blacksmith Taught His Son

1 . Once upon a time there was a blacksmith, who had a lazy and greedy son. His son had nothing to do and remained idle all day. One day the blacksmith said to his wife, "We should have our son learn a trade and make money to support himself.     

英语幽默故事集锦(英文)

1.That Man Knows the Future With a saw,Nasreddin was cutting a branch of a tree in his garden when a man passed by.The man stopped and said,"Excuse me,but if you continue to saw that branch like that,you will fall to the ground with it."He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting     

与爱约会

Six minutes to six,said the great round clock over the information booth in Grand Central Station.The tall young Army lieutenantwho had just come from the direction of the tracks lifted his sunburned face,and his eyes narrowed to note the exact time.His heart was pounding with a beat that shocked him because he could not control it.In six minutes,