There’s no doubt that man is the smartest. But do you know what other animals are smart, too?
Dolphins
Dolphins are very smart. Most of the “tricks” they’re taught to do are actually behavior they would engage in on their own. They love to play, race and generally enjoy their life to the fullest. They speak a language we have yet to completely understand and like all civilized creatures, dolphins’ mothers always provide their young children with guidance and possibly, love.
Great apes
The great ape family primarily consists of gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans. Their brain chemistry is so similar to humans’ that NASA once used chimpanzees in place of astronauts during many dangerous missions. Gorillas have been taught sign language and orangutans exist in complex familial relationships.
Elephants
Everyone has heard the phrase “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants establish long-term friendships, recognizing and remembering their friends years later. If an elephant comes upon a fallen friend, it has even been known to feel sad.
Parrots
As proved by this list, parrots are very smart. They are also the only animals listed that can actually hold a conversation. Some parrots know hundreds of words by imitating humans. The birds are also capable of remembering words and using them intelligently in response to situations.
1.Which of the following is TRUE about dolphins?
A. They are able to play a lot of tricks.
B. Humans know well of dolphins’ language.
C. Their brain chemistry is similar to humans’.
D. Dolphins’ mothers care little about their children.
2.Which kind of animal has a long-term memory?
A. Dolphins. B. Great apes.
C. Elephants. D. Parrots.
3. According to the passage, the special characteristic of parrots is that __________.
A. they can use words remembered before to interact
B. they can imitate human beings by playing with them
C. they have the feeling of sadness when they see a dead bird
D. they can read people’s minds through words they remember
閱讀快車系列答案科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年安徽省宣城市三校高二上學期期中英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Le Val de Cantobre, Aveyron (France)
It’s in the grounds of a medieval house. There’s a swimming pool, a river and a pizza restaurant. The scenery (景色) around the park is beautiful and great for walking. A week’s stay will cost you about ?280.
For more information please go to www.eurocamp.co.uk.
Four Seasons Tented Camp, Golden Triangle (Thailand)
This must be one of the best campsites ( 野營地) in the world. Instead of tents, there are “canvas cabins (帆布船艙)”. And there’s a gourmet restaurant, a spa and a pool. There are only 15 of cabins to rent so you’ll have to book early. The campsite can only be reached by river boat, but once there you can learn to ride an elephant. Unfortunately, it isn’t cheap, and two nights at the Four Seasons will cost you about ?1,500!
For more information please go to www.Fourseasons.com/goldentriangle.
Three Cliffs Bay, Gower (Wales)
The Three Cliffs Bay is in a beautiful part of the country, and it won’t cost you much either: a family tent (2 adults, 2 children) is about ?28 a day. There’s a camp shop where you can buy food and drinks, and there are pubs and restaurants nearby so you won’t even have to cook. You can water-ski from the beach, or go walking along the Gower Way.
For more information please go to www.Threecliffsbay.com.
Longitude 131, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Australia)
Situated in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, near the massive (巨大的) red rock formerly known as Ayer’s Rock, this is more like a hotel than a campsite. There’s a restaurant, a pool and even a library. The only problem is that it’s a bit expensive — around ?1,500 a night.
For more information please go to www.Longitude131.com.au.
1.If a couple want to stay in Le Val de Cantobre for two days, they will have to pay about .
A. ?56 B. ?280 C. ?160 D. ?80
2.Visitors can do all the following in Four Seasons Tented Camp EXCEPT .
A. enjoy a spa B. rent a cabin
C. ride an elephant D. visit a pub
3.If families like water-skiing, they can find information on .
A. www.eurocamp.co.uk
B. www.Threecliffsbay.com
C. www.Longitude131.com.au
D. www.Fourseasons.com/goldentriangle
4.What do we know about Longitude 131?
A. It is the most expensive. B. It is made of rocks.
C. It is located on a bay. D. It is a real hotel.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年江西上高二中高二上第二次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達
書面表達
假定你是陳華,你的朋友Kate計劃寫一篇關于世界主要國家中學生課外閱讀時間的小論文。她給你發(fā)了郵件詢問有關情況,請寫一封英文郵件進行回復。
內容主要包括:1.你校同學課外閱讀投入時間;
2.分析這種狀況的原因;
3.你的觀點。
注意:1.詞數100左右;
2.可以適當增加細節(jié),以使行文連貫;
3.郵件開頭和結尾已為你寫好(不計入總詞數)。
Dear Kate,
Thank you for your email. Now I would like to tell you something about the extracurricular reading in our school.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年黑龍江鶴崗第一中學高一上期末英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
I ran into a local store today to pick up a few things. With an important meeting to attend, I was in a hurry , so I didn’t take a cart (手推車) on my way inside. As I walked between the shelves in the store, I passed by a young couple and their baby. I continued going through the store, picked up a few items I needed and ended up standing behind this couple in the checkout line.
While waiting, I noticed that the young father was holding his money tightly and nervously. The young mother was carrying a baby in her arms and asked the cashier (收銀員) for a job application.
When the total was rung up, they had to pick items out of their cart because they didn’t have enough money. But all their items were basic necessities(必需品) that they needed most. It just broke my heart to watch the couple try to think about what they could do without. However, they were able to whittle down their items and paid the bill with the money that they had.
After they left, I quietly asked the cashier to add those items to mine. The cashier rang everything up, and then got me a shopping cart. We put in their items and I hurried over to their car. “This is for you,” I told them.
The young father just looked at me with such appreciation and thanked me. I will never forget the expression in his eyes. As I was getting into my car, they drove over. The young mother said, “Miss, thank you so much.”
Tears welled up in my eyes---as they are again now, while I write this. “You are so welcome. Pay it forward some day,” I replied.
1.The underlined phrase “whittle down” in Paragraph 3 probably means “__________”.
A. add to B. break down
C. cut down D. pay for
2.The author felt __________ to watch the couple taking some items out.
A. sad B. angry C. excited D. interested
3. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A. the young father felt so sorry to accept help
B. the young mother didn’t have a job then
C. the cashier treated the young couple impolitely
D. the young couple bought something unnecessary
4.The author’s main purpose in sharing the story is to tell us __________.
A. what a great plan she made
B. to take a cart while shopping
C. how to pick out basic necessities
D. to help those who are in need
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科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆寧夏回族自治區(qū)銀川一中高三上第四次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
A supermarket checkout operator was praised for striking a blow for modern manners and a return to the age of politeness after refusing to serve a shopper who was talking on her mobile phone.
The supermarket manager was forced to apologize to the customer who complained she was told her goods would not be scanned unless she hung up her phone. Jo Clark, 46, said, “I don't know what she was playing at. I couldn’t believe how rude she was. When did she have the right to give me a lecture on checkout manners? I won’t be shopping there again!”
But users of social media sites and Internet forums(論壇) were very angry that store gave in and the public appeared to be supporting the angry checkout worker. “Perhaps this is a turning point for mobile phone users everywhere. When chatting, keep your eyes on people around you. That includes people trying to serve you, other road users and especially people behind you in the stairs,” said a typical post.
“It’s time checkout staff fought back against these people constantly chatting on their phones. They can drive anyone crazy. It’s rude and annoying. I often want to grab someone’s phone and throw it as far as I can, even though I am not a checkout girl, just a passer-by,” said another.
Siobhan Freegard, founder of parenting site www. Netmums.com said, “While this checkout operator doesn’t have the authority to order customers to switch off their phones, you can see clearly how frustrated and angry she felt. No matter how busy you are, life is nicer when you and those around you have good manners.”
1.According to Jo Clark, the checkout operator_____________.
A．lacked the knowledge of checkout manners
B．played with a mobile phone while at work
C．had no right to forbid her from using her mobile phone
D．deserved praise for her modern manners
2.The third and fourth paragraphs imply that the public_________.
A．are used to chatting on their mobile phones
B．are driven crazy by constant mobile calls
C．ignore the existence of mobile phone users
D．seem to support the checkout operator
3.The attitude of Siobhan Freegard towards the checkout operator was________.
A．disapproving B．supportive
C．neutral(中立的) D．indifferent
4.The passage is mainly about _________.
A．whether we should talk on our phones while being served
B．why we can talk on mobile phones while shopping
C．what good manners checkout operators should have
D．how we can develop good manners for mobile phone users
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科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆天津第一中學高三上學期第二次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
I was waiting in a check-in line at Arlanda International Airport. The man ahead of me was quite a big guy. As an airport baggage handler checked through a customer at the roadside, he accidentally knocked over the man’s luggage. He quickly collected the fallen bags and apologized for his mistake. However，the traveler burst into anger, shouting at the baggage handler for his carelessness.
The baggage handler calmly apologized and smiled all the time. The customer continued to berate(痛斥) the man, even as he turned away and headed for his gate. Through it all the baggage handler smiled and remained calm.
The other customers in line witnessed the incident and admired the baggage handler’s professionalism and self-control. “I have never seen such restraint and humility,” one of the customers sighed, “How do you keep your cool when somebody is attacking you so viciously?”
“It’s easy,” the baggage handler answered. “He’s going to London, but his bags are going to Tokyo.”
I won’t recommend that we use revenge to relieve stress. But let me tell you about one of my friends who has found a way to go through most of his life unaffected by the turbulence that disturbs most people. He is one of the calmest people I’ve ever known and he describes how he keeps his cool no matter how turbulent a situation becomes. He says, “I look at it this way. A traffic jam has no power to make me angry. It just stops my car. And that’s the way I try to look at most of what happens to me.” With that philosophy, this guy goes through life with a calmness I can only envy.
My friend likes to say things like, “A rude customer has no power to make me angry; he just fusses.” And, “A mistake I made has no power to make me upset; it’s just a chance to do better.” He shows how we can truly find calmness in the midst of chaos.
1.The airport baggage handler remained calm during the customer’s berating because ______.
A. he was good at self-control
B. he wanted to show his professionalism
C. he wanted to revenge the customer
D. he knew well the airport rules
2.What is the author’s attitude towards the baggage handler?
A. Appreciative. B. Disapproving.
C. Concerned. D. Sympathetic.
3.Why does the author tell us about his friend?
A. To tell us what is true calmness.
B. To explain a special philosophy.
C. To show his envy to the friend.
D. To advise us to have good manners.
4.What does the underlined word “turbulence” mean?
A. an uneasy or a disturbing state of mind
B. a confusing or uncontrolled situation
C. a person that makes people angry
D. violence that hurts people
5.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. A Clever Baggage Handler
B. Restraint and Humility in Life
C. A Philosophy for Everyone
D. Calmness in Chaos
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年江蘇淮陰中學高二上第二次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
The Great Gatsby was not well received when it was published in 1926. F. Scott Fitzgerald appeared to destroy the American Dream, where in anyone, with enough hard work, could get rich and have whatever they wanted from life. He exposed the truth about such myths in this classic book. Basically, the plot could be described as follows:
Poor boy goes East in search of wealth, bored and dissatisfied with inactive Mid West country life.
He meets the super-rich there, attends parties and makes friends with one man in particular, a lonely millionaire of uncertain origins, Jay Gatsby.
He becomes involved with these rich but immoral people, the worst of whom are his own cousin Daisy Buchanan, and her husband Tom.
He observes, with dawning recognition, the corruption in their lives, how lacking in human values or ethical beliefs they seem to be.
He watches tragedy unfold, brought about by the handlings of the wealthy, and visited on the poorer characters.
He remains the only friend of Gatsby, arranging his funeral and mourning his death, and possibly the death of his own American Dream.
He wakes up to the reality of what is important in life, and decides to choose what is of value to him.
He returns to his origins, having recognized the worth of his up-bringing and the moral values it instilled. He sees that money is not everything.
But let us look at this in a little more depth, because the novel is much more complicated than those simple outlines above suggest.
The young man, Nick Caraway, aged 29, lived in a cottage on Long Island. He was an apprentice (學徒) Wall Street trader, and in 1920s, when the novel is set, this job represented a way to get rich, the core value of the American Dream.
Gatsby was a millionaire, who chased a dream too, one of rekindling love with Daisy, Nick’s cousin, a bored, rich, totally unfeeling and spoilt woman. Her rich husband, Tom Buchanan, a businessman, was also less than moral, flattering his mistress, Myrtle Wilson, the wife of a garage owner. It was George Wilson’s love for Myrtle that brought about the tragedy contained in the Gatsby plot.
Gatsby wanted to recapture his dream of love. So he began an affair with Daisy; she was flattered and bored. This action helped to erode Nick’s illusions, and show what wealth can do to people. Gatsby suffered from the realization that Daisy was not the wonderful person he dreamed of, but a shallow and materialistic person.
Eventually, Tom Buchanan suspected what was happening between Gatsby and Daisy, and confronted Gatsby. It was soon after this that Daisy ran Myrtle Wilson down, while driving Gatsby’s yellow automobile.
The tragedy was begun, when Tom Buchanan put the idea into head of George Wilson, that Gatsby had killed Myrtle. In fact, Daisy was secure in the belief that superior status and wealth made her immune, and also, her character was such that she cared little for another human being. Tom Buchanan was the catalyst (催化劑) that sent the emotionally disturbed George to shoot Gatsby for killing Myrtle, then committing suicide. Two dreams turned to dust：George’s of love and the chance to pursue the dream of capitalist endeavor and success, Gatsby’s of recapturing romantic love and the more innocent past, when, in his mind, Daisy was golden and true.
The complete destruction was symbolically expressed when none of Gatsby’s rich “friends” were touched by his death. It was left to Nick, a relative stranger, to make the funeral arrangements. This highlighted the total shallowness of that wealthy, corrupt society, and showed what a worthless person Daisy herself was.
At the end, Nick returned to the beliefs of his Mid Western upbringing. After one last meeting with Tom Buchanan, one last look at Gatsby’s mansion, having buried his friend, he left for home. As Gatsby lost his dream and his life, Fitzgerald drew a portrait of the death of the American Dream.
1.According to the author, that The Great Gatsby was not being popular in 1926 was probably because it__________.
A. informed readers of American value
B. destroyed American dream of that time
C. described the life of American upper class
D. had complicated relationships of the roles
2.The following statements about Nick are true EXCEPT that he_______.
A. is Daisy Buchannan’s cousin
B. betrays his only friend—Gatsby
C. was an apprentice Wall Street trader
D. is dissatisfied with Mid West country life
3.We can infer from the passage that_______.
A. Gatsby was wrongly killed for Daisy setting him a trap
B. it was actually Tom Buchanon that killed Myrtle Wilson
C. George Wilson’s love for Daisy was sure to turn to dust at last
D. Gatsby died because of his appetite for unrealistic romantic love
4.The author writes the passage mainly to_______.
A. teach readers how to appreciate a tragic love novel
B. inform us that wealth is more important than morality
C. convince us to look at the American Dream another way
D. persuade us to read the famous American writer’s novel
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年山西忻州第一中學高二上期中英語試卷（解析版） 題型：語法填空
閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。
Friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the longer it 1.(keep), the sweeter it will be. It is also like a cup of tea. When we are thirsty, it will be our best 2.(choose), but when we have enough time to enjoy ourselves, it is also the most fragrant drink.
3., in this fast-developing modern society, the reality is not that. More and more people forget 4. (enjoy) the beauty of life and the beauty of friendship; they work hard in order to gain a 5. (high) position in the society and to earn more money for their work. Of course, we don't deny that 6. is important to find a better place in our lives, but we wish more and more people could pay a little more attention 7. themselves and their friends. All of us have to spare some time for personal lives. We have to find the chance to express our emotion and love. When 8. (stay) with our friends, we can release ourselves9. (complete). We can do whatever we want, we can laugh together, talk together, and even cry together. I should say that being together with our best friends is the most wonderful moment of our lives.
As we know, we would feel lonely if we didn't even have a friend, but it doesn't mean we could depend on our friends all the time. There is 10. famous motto saying that “a friend is like a quilt with cotton wadding, but the real thing that keeps you warm is your own temperature.”
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年廣西武鳴縣高級中學高一上段考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達
書面表達
請以“My favorite hobby”為題用英文寫一篇短文，內容要點如下：
1. 最喜歡的愛好；
2. 喜歡的時間及原因；
3. 喜歡的程度；
4. 未來的愿望和打算。
注意：
1. 根據所提供內容，適當拓展想象空間，靈活地將提供的信息體現在短文中；
2. 條理清楚，語句通順，書寫清晰、規(guī)范；
3. 詞數100左右。
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