2017高考英语简单,2017英语高考题

1.高考英语阅读理解训练

2.2017年高考英语备考：关系代词副词的区别

3.2017年高考英语词汇详解：persuade陷阱题解析

4.翻译 2017北京卷高考英语阅读d

5.河北英语高考题2017年

6.高考英语阅读理解训练附答案

提要高考 : 2017高考英语词汇详解：pain的用法

　高考英语词汇详解：pain的用法

　一、表示肉体上的“痛”“疼痛”

　1. 可数性问题：此时可用作可数或不可数名词。如：

　This tooth is giving me pain. 这颗牙很疼。

　Mary felt a sharp pain in her left arm. 玛丽左臂感到一阵剧烈的疼痛。

　Chest pains may be symptomatic of heart disease. 胸痛可能是心脏病的症状。注：由于可用作可数或不可数名词，所以有时在同一语境中用pain, a pain, pains都是可能的。如：

　I have pain [a pain, pains] in my back. 我背疼。

　2. 修饰语问题：用作不可数名词，可用much, little等修饰;用作可数名词时，可用many, few等修饰。如：

　Was it possible to have so much pain that it could no longer hurt? 痛得很厉害以至不再感到疼痛，这种情况可能吗?

　After falling from a ladder, he had many physical aches and pains. 从梯子上摔下来以后他感到身上到处都痛。

　3. 主谓一致问题：pain用作主语时，谓语肯定用单数，这不是问题;当pains用作主语时，谓语通常用复数。如：

　If the pains return phone the doctor. 如果疼痛再发作，打电话给医生。

　Her pains are mostly pure imagination. 他的疼痛多半纯粹是想象出来的东西。

　但是，有时也可用单数。如：

　Growing pains refers to pains in the joints and muscles of growing children. 发育性疼痛乃指正在发育成长的`儿童的关节和肌肉所感到的疼痛。

　二、表示精神上的“痛苦”

　1. 可数性问题：此时只用作不可数名词，不用复数形式，也不与不定冠词连用。如：

　I could not stand the pain any longer. 我再也忍受不了这种痛苦了。

　I hope you will forgive me if I have given you pain.如果我给了你痛苦，希望你原谅我。

　2. 修饰语问题：通常可用great, some, no, a great deal, much等修饰。如：

　The memory of her mother’s illness caused her great pain. 想起妈妈的疾病她就感到痛苦。

　His harsh words caused her much pain. 他说话很刺耳，她听了很不舒服。

　It gave us much pain to learn of the sad news. 听到这个不幸的消息我们十分痛苦。

　3. 主谓一致问题：由于不可数，用作主语时，自然要用单数谓语。

高考英语阅读理解训练

I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in LocustValley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

我在“野生动物志愿者”组织工作，这是蝗虫谷贝利植物园的一个援救教育组织，帮助受伤、流离失所或生病的动物。这样的工作可能会令人心碎；因为无法确定动物是否能活下来。然而，当救援起作用时，这种感觉真的很棒！

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

我接到马特顿镇一位女士的求救电话，她在地上发现了一只猫头鹰幼鸟。当我到达时，我看见了一只两三周大的猫头鹰。为了安全起见，它已经被放在一辆大货车上。

I examined the chick and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.

我检查了这只幼鸟，看起来还不错。如果我能找到鸟巢，我也许能把它放回去，但没那么幸运。接下来的工作就是建造一只鸟巢，并固定在一棵树上。

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

房主非常乐于助人，给我找来了一只铁丝篮。为了让鸟巢安全舒适，我把一些松枝放进铁丝篮里，然后我把小猫头鹰放进鸟巢里，它很快安静了下来。

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

现在最需要的是这只小猫头鹰的父母，但它们不在。我给了房主一份小猫头鹰饥饿尖叫声的录音。这些录音会让猫头鹰父母知道小猫头鹰的存在，也会鼓励小猫头鹰学着尖叫。我把尽可能多的消息告诉了房主，然后回家，看看晚上会有什么情况。

A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH！The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

这的确是一个紧张的夜晚，但有时大自然的神灵会眷顾我们！房主打电话说小猫头鹰的父母已经对这些录音做出了回应。我开车过去，鸟巢里的小猫头鹰看起来健康又活泼。鸟巢里出现了最令人感动的一幕——小猫头鹰的身边全是午餐！它的父母已经在尽职尽责，而且很可能会继续这样做。

2017年高考英语备考：关系代词副词的区别

高考英语阅读理解精品训练2017

　近几年高考英语阅读主要有猜测词义、理解主旨大意、推理判断、对文章的细节理解、 数据推算等几种题型。为了帮助大家备考高考英语阅读理解题，我分享了一些高考英语阅读理解练习，希望能对大家有所帮助!

阅读理解练习1

　Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy?five, he gave ? 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment (设备) for a children?s playground.

　As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy?five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. ?I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.?he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

　The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy?five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

　1. Johnson became a rich man through

　A. doing business. B. making whisky. C. cheating. D. buying and selling land.

　2. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson

　A. had no children. B. was a strange man.

　C. was very fond of children. D. wanted people to know how rich he was.

　3. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out

　A. what kind of whisky he had. B. how to live longer.

　C. how to become wealthy. D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.

　4. The newspaperman

　A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.

　B. shouldn?t have asked Johnson what injection he had.

　C. was eager to live a long life.

　D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.

　5. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that

　A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.

　B. he needed an injection in the neck.

　C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.

　D. there was something wrong with his neck.

阅读理解练习2

　?I?m very tired from working here,?said Jean to her friend Kate,? I?m on my feet from morning to night. For the first quarter of the day, I clean up the counter (柜台) and set the tables. For the next quarter, I help in the kitchen. For the second half of my workday, I take orders at the counters.?

　?Kate, I wish I had your job,?Jean went on. ?For four hours you just sit at the cash register (收款台) taking in money.?

　?But I spend two more hours in the kitchen (厨房) than you do,?said Kate. ?It?s tiring to cook over a hot stove. I don?t think you?d really want my job. In fact, I?d like your job.?

　1. Both Jean and Kate probably work in a

　A. hotel B. library C. lab D. shop

　2. How long did they work every day?

　A. eight hours B. twelve hours. C. Ten hours D. Nine hours

　3. How long did Kate spend in the kitchen?

　A. a quarter day. B. A half day. C. One-third day. D. Three-fourths day.

　4. From this passage we can see that

　A. they are both interested in their work. B. their work is neither tiring nor busy.

　C. both of them are tired of their work. D. they?ve decided to give up their work.

　5. Give a proper proverb (谚语) to Jean and Kate.

　A. It?s never too late to learn.

　B. It?s no use crying over spilt milk.

　C. The grass is always greener on the other side.

　D. One swallow(燕子) does not make a summer.

阅读理解练习3

　In 1985 a French television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro. They took cameras to see what passengers would do if they saw someone attached on the platform or in the trains. They acted out incidents. The incidents looked real but they were all done with the help of actors. However, very few people tried to help, and most passengers pretended not to notice. in one incident, a foreigner was attacked by three men. The attack was on a train which was quite full, and although one man tried to get the passengers to help, they all refused. It seems that such behaviour(行为) is not unusual, but the question is why? Is it a problem of big cities, or would the same thing happen anywhere? To discuss these questions, we have in the studio(演播室) Professor Wilson, who is an expert on the subject?

　1. Who did the experiment?

　A. A French television company. B. The Paris Metro.

　C. The City Government of Paris. D. Professor Wilson.

　2. What did the experiment try to find out?

　A. How a foreigner was attacked on the train.

　B. How passengers helped each other on the platform.

　C. Passengers? reactions towards incidents.

　D. Actors? performances during incidents.

　3. What was the finding of the experiment?

　A. Passengers helped a lot during incidents.

　B. Very few foreigners were on the train.

　C. Very few passengers tried to help during incidents.

　D. Some people were good at acting on the train.

　4. Who do the underlined words one man refer to?

　A. One of the three men who attacked a foreigner.

　B. One of the actors who took part in the experiment.

　C. One of the passengers who were on the train.

　D. One of the reporters who were sent to the Paris Metro.

　参考答案：

　1A 2 C 3 D 4 D 5 A

　1A 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 C

　1D 2 C 3 C 4 B

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2017年高考英语词汇详解：persuade陷阱题解析

一、 关系代词和关系副词的区别

1、关系代词(that, who, whom, whose, which)所代替的先行词是人或物的名词或代词，并在句中充当主语、宾语、定语等成分。

例1. Is he the man who/that wants to see you?(who / that在从句中作主语，指人)

例2. He is the man whom/ that I saw yesterday.(whom / that在从句中作宾语，指人)

例3. They rushed over to help the man whose car had broken down.(whose在句中作定语，指人)

例4. Please pass me the book whose (of which) cover is green.(whose在句中作定语，指物。若指物，它还可以同of which互换)

例5. The package (which / that) you are carrying is about to come unwrapped. 你拿的包快散了。(which / that在句中作carry的宾语，指物)

2、关系副词(when, where, why, that)可代替的先行词是时间、地点或理由的名词，在从句中作状语。关系副词when, where, why的含义相当于"介词+ which"结构，因此常常和"介词+ which"结构交替使用。

例6. Beijing is the place where (in which) I was born.

例7. Is this the reason why (for which) he refused our offer?

例8. His father died the year (that / when / in which) he was born.

例9. He can’t find the place (that / where / in which) he lived forty years ago.

二、 判断用关系代词和关系副词

方法1： 用关系代词，还是关系副词完全取决于从句中的谓语动词。及物动词后面无宾语，就必须要求用关系代词;而不及物动词则要求用关系副词。请改错：

1. This is the mountain village where I visited last year.

2. I will never forget the days when I spent in the countryside.

习惯上总把表地点或时间的名词与关系副词 where, when联系在一起。此两题错在关系词的误用上。句1和句2的where, when都应改为which.。

方法2： 准确判断先行词在定语从句中的成分(主、谓、宾、定、状)，根据第一点(区别)，也能正确选择出关系代词/关系副词。

例10.This museum is ___ you visited a few days age?

A. where　B. that　 C. on which　 D. the one

例11. This is the museum ____ the exhibition was held.

A. where　　B. that　 C. on which　　D. the one (答案：例1 D，例2 A)

在例10中，所缺部分为宾语，而where, that, on which都不能起到宾语的作用，只有the one既做了主句的表语，又可做从句的宾语，可以省略关系代词，所以应选D。

而例11中, 主、谓、宾俱全，从句部分为句子的状语表地点，既可用副词where，又因 in the museum词组，可用介词in + which 引导地点状语。而此题中，介词on 用的不对，所以选A。

关系词的选择依据在从句中所做的成分，先行词在从句中做主、定、宾语时，选择关系代词 (who, whom, that, which, whose); 先行词在从句中做状语时，应选择关系副词 ( where 地点状语，when 时间状语，why 原因状语)。

方法3：当先行词是all, everything, anything, nothing，the one, much, few, any, little等，或先行词是形容词级时，或在there be 句型中，或当先行行词既有人又有物时，关系代词用that, 而不用which。

例12. Finally, the thief handed everything that he had stolen to the police.

例13. The soldiers and their guns that we sent to the front were lost.

方法4：在引导非限定性定语从句时，和在介词后不能用that，应用which。

例14.(错)　The tree, that (改为which)is four hundred years old, is very famous here.

例15.We depend on the land from which we get our food.

翻译 2017北京卷高考英语阅读d

高考英语词汇详解：persuade陷阱题解析

persuade是“说服”还是“设法说服”呢?请看题：

I _____ him not to go abroad, but he wouldn’t listen.

A. persuaded B. tried to persuade

C. have persuaded D. was persuaded

陷阱 容易误选A。

分析 正确答案为B。persuade 的真正意思是“说服”，而不是“设法说服”，要表示后者的意思英语应用 try to persuade 。如：

Who persuaded you to join the club? 谁劝说好你参加这个俱乐部的?

The salesman persuaded us to buy his product. 推销员劝说好我们购买他的产品。

I couldn’t persuade him to change his mind. 我没法劝说他改变主意。

The salesman persuaded us to buy his product. 推销员说服我们买了他的产品。

Who persuaded you to join the society? 谁劝说你参加这个协会的?

Try as I would, I could not persuade him to give up the idea. 尽管我努力这样做，我却没能劝说他放弃这个想法。

He tried to persuade him to change his mind. 他设法劝说他改变主意。

I want to persuade her to overseas with me. 我想劝说她跟我到海外去。

类似地：

kill 的意思是“杀死”，不表示“设法杀死”，要表示后者的意思英语用 try to kill。

prevent 的意思是“阻止”，不表示“设法阻止”，要表示后者的意思英语用 try to prevent。

河北英语高考题2017年

邪恶的机器(邪恶)的思想将推动军队的机器人杀手的好莱坞的理论是愚蠢的。真正的问题在于人工智能(AI)可能会变得非常擅长于实现某些东西，而不是我们真正想要的东西。在1960年,一个著名的数学家诺伯特·维纳,创立控制论领域(控制论),这么说:“如果我们使用,达到我们的目的,操作的机械机构与我们不能有效地干预(干预),我们最好是确定目的投入机器是我们真正的目的的欲望。”

具有特定目的的机器具有另一种质量，我们通常把它与生物联系在一起:希望保持它自己的存在。对于机器来说，这种质量不是与生俱来的，也不是由人类引入的;这是一个简单事实的逻辑结果，即如果机器死了，机器就无法达到它最初的目的。因此，如果我们送出一台带有“取咖啡”指令的机器人，它将有强烈的愿望，通过关闭自己的开关，甚至杀死任何可能干扰其任务的人，从而获得成功。如果我们不小心，那么，我们可能会面对一种国际象棋比赛，对手是非常坚定、超级智能的机器，它们的目标与我们自己的目标冲突，而现实世界则是棋盘。

进入和输掉这样一场比赛的可能性应该集中在计算机科学家的头脑中。一些研究人员认为，我们可以把机器密封在一种防火墙内，用它们来回答一些棘手的问题，但绝不允许它们影响现实世界。不幸的是，这个计划似乎不太可能奏效:我们还没有发明出一种安全的防火墙来对付普通人类，更不用说超级智能机器了。

在人工智能方面解决安全问题，似乎是有可能的，但并不容易。可能有几十年的时间来计划超级智能机器的到来。但这个问题不应该像某些人工智能研究人员那样被忽视。一些人认为，人类和机器可以共存，只要它们在团队中工作——但这是不可能的，除非机器能分享人类的目标。另一些人则说，我们可以“把它们关掉”，就好像超级智能机器太蠢了，不去考虑那种可能性。还有一些人认为超级智能的人工智能永远不会发生。1933年9月11日，著名的物理学家Ernest Rutherford满怀信心地说:“任何人都希望在这些原子的转变中，有一个力量的来源是月球上的光。”“然而,9月12日,1933年,物理学家Leo Szilard发明了中子诱发(中子诱导)核连锁反应。

高考英语阅读理解训练附答案

　许多在眼前看来天大的事，都不是人生一战，而只是人生一站。确实高考备战让你们很辛苦，可是已经坚持了这么久，这就已经是胜利。祝高考成功!下面是我为大家推荐的河北英语高考题2017年，仅供大家参考!

河北英语高考题2017年

　第I卷

　注意事项：

　1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

　2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效

　第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

　做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上

　第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　例：How much is the shirt?

　A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.

　答案是C。

　1. Where is Mary?

　A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. On the playground.

　2. How much should the man pay for the tickets?

　A. $16. B. $12. C. $6

　3. Why can?t the woman give the man some help?

　A. She is quite busy now.

　B. She doesn?t like grammar.

　C. She is poor in grammar，too.

　4. What happened to Marx?

　A. He lost his way.

　B. He found his bike missing.

　C. He lost his wallet.

　5. Why did the man fail to attend the party?

　A. He forgot it.

　B. He didn?t know about the party.

　C. He wasn?t invited to the party.

　第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

　6. Why must the man drive to work?

　A. It is the quickest way.

　B. He has to use his car after work.

　C. He lives too far from the subway.

　7. What?s the relationship between the speakers?

　A. Boss and employee.

　B. Grandmother and grandson.

　C. Teacher and student.

　听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。

　8. When is Alice?s birthday?

　A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Today.

　9. What will the two speakers buy for Alice?

　A. A recorder. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

　听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。

　10. What does the woman do in the group?

　A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing for the group.

　11. Who is Miss Pearson?

　A. Leader of the group.B. Director of the group. C. Teacher of the group.

　12. How often does the group meet?

　A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every third week.

　听第9段材料，回答第13~16题。

　13. Who possibly is the woman?

　A. An air hostess. B. A native Indian. C. A travel agent.

　14. How long does the trip last?

　A. Seven days. B. Eight days. C. Nine days.

　15. What will the man probably do at the second stage?

　A. Do some shopping. B. Visit the Taj Mabal. C. See wild animals.

　16. What will the speakers do next?

　A. Say goodbye to each other.B. Find out the price. C. Go to India by air.

　听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

　17. In what way does Jack like to travel?

　A. With a lot of people.

　B. With one or two good friends.

　C. All by himself.

　18. What does Helen prefer on holiday?

　A. Staying at home.

　B. Seeing famous places.

　C. Enjoying nature quietly.

　19. What does Bob like the best about travel?

　A. Making more friends. B. Buying what he wants. C. Seeing and learning.

　20. Who prefers to do shopping while traveling?

　A. Jack. B. Helen. C. Bob.

　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　A

　We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

　Using your NatWest Service Card

　As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

　Using your NatWest Cash Card

　You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

　Using your cards abroad

　You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you?re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

　We take a commission charge (手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

　Using your NatWest Credit Card

　With your credit card you can do the following:

　* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days? interest-free credit.

　* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

　* Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler?s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

　21. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

　A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

　B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

　C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

　D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

　22. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

　A. ￡4 B. ￡4.5 C. ￡5.25 D. ￡5.3

　23. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

　A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

　B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

　C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

　D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller?s cheques.

　24. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

　A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

　C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

　B

　Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I?ve ever had: Be bold and brave ? and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

　Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

　Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas ? even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

　Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. ?In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,? said Tim. ?I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet ? and stopped him cold.?

　Boldness ? a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme?is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

　So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities?and you?ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

　25. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

　A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.

　C. Fear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.

　26. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

　A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.

　C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

　27. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

　A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.

　C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.

　C

　The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return?now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores?Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance?you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

　Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction(抽象) of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But earning money isn't quick or easy for most of us. Isn't it a bit incredible that spending it should happen in half a blink(眨眼)of an eye? Doesn't a wallet?that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness?represent something that matters?

　But I'll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet?the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets?is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble(鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

　28. What is happening to the wallet?

　A. It is disappearing. B. It is being fattened.

　C. It is becoming costly. D. It is changing in style.

　29. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?

　A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

　B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

　C. Earning money is getting more difficult.

　D. Spending money is so fast and easy.

　30. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

　A. It represents a change in the modern world.

　B. It has something to do with everybody's life.

　C. It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

　D. It is the concern of contemporary economists.

　31. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

　A. He is resistant to social changes.

　B. He is against technological progress.

　C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

　D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.

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　history

　If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day，we should be able to give an answer to the question.

　It is the same in history Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country，but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war.Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to Write.For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them.But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa. because they had not learned to write. Sometimes.of course，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past.They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past.This we may call ?remembered history?.Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing.But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful.

　41. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?

　A.?Remembered history?，compared with written history，is less reliable

　B.Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.

　C.A written account of our daily activities helps US to be able to answer many questions.

　D.Where there are no written records.there is no history.

　42.We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because

　A.there was nothing worth being written down at that time

　B .the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record

　C.the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire

　D.the people there did not know how to write

　43.?Remembered history?refers to

　A.history based on a person?s imagination

　B .stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth

　C .songs and dances about the most important events

　D .both B and C

　44.?Remembered history?is regarded as valuable only when

　A. it is written down

　B .no written account is available

　C.it proves to be time

　D.people are interested in it

　45 .The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had

　A.kept a written record of every past event

　B. not burnt their written records in wars

　C.told exact stories of the most important happenings

　D.made more songs and dances

　答案：DDDBA

　land produces

　Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large.Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more.Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each?a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France.The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day.As the rush to live out of town continues.rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.

　36.If now America has 250 million people.how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

　A.About 25 million.

　B.More than 25 million.

　C.Less than 25 million.

　D. Less than 225 million

　37.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

　A.United States.

　B.Germany.

　C.France.

　D.England.

　38.What?s the meaning of the word?metropolitan?in the middle of the passage?

　A .Of a large city with its suburbs.

　B.Of small and large towns.

　C.Of urban areas.

　D.Of rural areas.

　39.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

　A Most small towns become gradually crowded

　B.Small towns are still similar to each other.

　C.As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different.

　D .Small towns are turning into large cities

　40.Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

　A.Because they are the same.

　B.Because the rush takes place too quickly

　C.Because the process is gradual.

　D.Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan

　答案：CCABC

　president

　There are stories about two U.S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which attempt to explain the American English term OK.We don?t know if either story is true，but they are both interesting. The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education.In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing.When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said.If he approved of a paper.he would write?all correct?on it.The problem was that he didn?t know how to spell.So what he really wrote was?ol korekt?.After a while，he shortened that term to?OK?.

　The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York.Van Bnren?s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called?OK?.

　31.The author

　A. believes both of the stories

　B.doesn?t believe a word of the stories

　C is not sure whether the stories are true

　D. is telling the stories just for fun

　32. According to the passage，President Jackson

　A.couldn?t draw up any documents at all

　B. didn?t like to read important papers by himself

　C.often had his assistants sign documents for him

　D .wasn?t good at reading，writing or spelling

　33.According to the first story, the term ?OK?

　A. was approved of by President Jackson

　B.was the title of some Official documents

　C.was first used by President Jackson

　D.was an old way to spell?all correct?

　34 .According to the second story，the term?OK?

　A.was the short way to say?old Kinderhook Club?

　B.meant the place where President Van Buren was born

　C.was the name of Van Buren?s club

　D.was used to call Van Buren?s supporters in the election

　35.According to the second story.the term?OK?was first used

　A.by Van Buren

　B.in a presidential election

　C.to organize the Old Kinderhook Club

　D.by the members of the?Old Kinderhook Club?

　答案：CDCDB

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