高中 英语
Everyone has a phone in their pocket nowadays, but how often do we really use them for their original purpose—to make a call? Telephone culture is disappearing. What brought us to this moment, and what are its effects?
"No one picks up the phone anymore," wrote Alex C. Madrigal on The Atlantic. "The reflex (习惯性动作) of answering—20th-century telephonic culture—is gone."
The shift is of course due in large part to more communication options: Texting with photos, videos, emojis, reaction gifs, links and even voice messages can be a more attractive option.
Texting is light and fun, not nearly as demanding of your attention as a phone call. It can also be done with multiple people at the same time. Social media, email and video calls have also eaten away at traditional phone calls.
In recent years, another reason has caused people to ignore phone calls completely: robocalls. Robocalls are automate (自动化的) messages from organizations verifying (核实) your phone number or telemarketers trying to sell something. Americans received 22.8 billion robocalls halfway through 2020, equaling an annual rate of 45.6 billion, slightly below 2018 numbers, according to YouMail, a robocall protection service and blocking app.
As telephone culture disappears, what is the loss of a singular family phone doing to the family unit? Early landline phones unified family members, whereas mobile phones isolate(隔离) them.
"The shared family phone served as an anchor for home," said Luke Fernandez, a Weber State University computer-science professor and co-author of Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Feelings About Technology, From the Telegraph to Twitter. "With smart phones, we have gained mobility and privacy. But the value of the home has been diminished, as has its ability to guide and monitor family behavior and perhaps connect families more closely," Fernandez said.
Of course, as technology progresses, lives always change for better or for worse. With the loss of telephone culture, families will need to find other ways to unite.
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（1） What has caused the traditional telephone to lose its appeal according to the text?A . People's preference for robocalls. B . People's addiction to social media C . People's growing need for privacy D . People's wide range of communication choices
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（2） What can we infer from Fernandez's remark?A . Smart phones make families closer. B . Smart phones help people monitor family behavior. C . The value of home depends on how phones are used. D . The use of mobile phone has affected family bonds.
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（3） What does the article mainly talk about?A . The past and future of telephone B . The development of communication tools. C . The downfall of traditional telephone culture. D . The relation between phone use and family bonds.
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
My grandfather is an old man, and he has always been happily. He likes travelling and has been to many places in China. Last month, he visits the Forbidden City which the emperors once lived. He even dreams of travelling to different foreign country one day. He thinks it is important try to understand as much about the world as possible. Therefore, he never left his hometown in his youth, because she had to work to support his family. He wanted to study for medicine, but he never got into an university. He hopes I can study hardly in the university and get a good job in the future.
，he got full marks in the English contest yesterday. (consequence)
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（1） What is Mr. Taylor doing?A . Reading a magazine. B . Watching a film. C . Making a call.
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（2） Who is Kate calling?A . Jack. B . Her workmate. C . Her boyfriend.
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（3） Why is Paul asking so many questions?A . To improve his spoken English. B . To know more about the family. C . To get closer to the family.
My experience of teaching students was a wonderful adventure. I had to deal with various challenges again and again.
The (great) part of it was the relationship I developed with two students. One of the students was Michael, I met when I was working for a kindergarten. Before I became a morning bus assistant, I (hear) that Michael was a student who would always shout, stand up on the bus, make fun other students, and distract the bus driver. So I decided that each morning, he got on the bus, I'd have Michael sit beside me. At first he didn't like this idea. But soon he settled down, (know) he had no choice. I began to talk to him about little things outside of school life, such as his weekend (activity) and things that he liked to do. I also listened (close) to him. As I gave Michael the attention that he needed, little by little, he began to behave better and better.
Another student I took a special interest in was a boy (name) Tony, a third grader. To some degree, Tony seemed to be a slow or passive learner. So I decided to see if I could find a way to encourage Tony (stay) at the task. Before long, he was paying more attention to his studies and scored high in all tests.
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated (复杂的).
My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband come home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don't think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we've got to have. We're so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it's making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier.
Happiness isn't about what happens to—it's about how we see what happens to us. It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It's not wishing for what we don't have , but enjoying what we do possess.
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（1） As people grow older, they ____.A . feel it harder to experience happiness B . associate their happiness less with others C . will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness D . tend to believe responsibility means happiness
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（2） What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?A . She cares little about her own health. B . She enjoys the freedom of traveling. C . She is easily pleased by things in daily life. D . She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
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（3） What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?A . Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness. B . Psychologists' opinion is well proved by Grandma's case. C . Grandma often found time for social gatherings. D . Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life.
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（4） People who equal happiness with wealth and success ______.A . consider pressure something blocking their way B . stress their right to happiness too much C . are at a loss to make correct choices D . are more likely to be happy
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（5） What can be concluded from the passage?A . Happiness lies between the positive and the negative B . Each man is the master of his own fate. C . Success leads to happiness. D . Happy is he who is content.
1）你最喜爱的中国民歌，如《好一朵美丽的茉莉花》(Jasmine)；
2）推荐的理由。
注意：1）词数100左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3）开头及结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：民歌folk song
Dear Mary,
……
Yours,
Li Hua
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（1） What does the man think of the movie tonight?A . Inspiring. B . Interesting. C . Boring.
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（2） Which film does the man like best?A . Bruce Almighty. B . Funny Face. C . Alternative Career.
1）见到的景色；
2）村民是如何与自然和谐相处的；
3）你的感受。
注意：1）词数：80左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Chris,
How are you doing?
……
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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（1） Where is the woman right now?A . Outside the city. B . Inside the city. C . Near a faraway town.
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（2） Why will the woman pay extra money?A . Because of the weekend rate. B . Because of the type of vehicle. C . Because of the traveling distance.
My sister prefers to .
内容:
1）表示安慰;
2）提出建议。
注意:
1）词数80左右;
2）可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim,
Yours,
Li Hua
Nearly everyone is shy in some ways. If shyness is making you 21 , it may be time for a few lessons in self-confidence. You can 22 your confidence by following some 23 from doctors and psychologists.
Making a decision is not to hold back in conversations. What you have to say is just as important as what other people say. And don’t 24 party invitations just because of your 25 .
Prepare yourself for being with 26 in groups. Make a list of the good qualities you have. Then 27 a list of ideas, experiences, and skills you would like to 28 with other people. Think about what you would like to say in 29 . Then say it.
If you start 30 shy in a group, take a deep 31 and focus your attention on other people. Remember, you are not 32 . Other people are concerned about the 33 they are making, too.
No one ever gets over being shy 34 , but most people do learn to 35 with their shyness. Even artists 36 that they often feel shy. They work at fighting their shy feelings so that they can 37 the cameras and the public. Just making the 38 to control shyness can have many rewards. 39 perhaps the best reason to fight shyness is to give other people a 40 to know more about you.
21. A. comfortable B. uncomfortable C. conscious D. unconscious
22. A. take B. throw C. build D. lose
23. A. suggestion B. admission C. requirement D. rule
24. A. turn off B. turn up C. turn in D. turn down
25. A. shyness B. confidence C. braveness D. fondness
26. A. parents B. others C. friends D. workmates
27. A. accept B. receive C. make D. show
28. A. do B. get C. exchange D. share
29. A. advance B. time C. heart D. haste
30. A. looking B. falling C. gaining D. feeling
31. A. rest B. breath C. chair D. bath
32. A. alone B. lonely C. selfish D. brave
33. A. advice B. dress C. impression D. request
34. A. simply B. especially C. completely D. basically
35. A. bring B. live C. disagree D. talk
36. A. admit B. deny C. ignore D. pretend
37. A. challenge B. experience C. break D. face
38. A. affection B. effort C. effect D. balance
39. A. And B. Or C. So D. But
40. A. hope B. demand C. chance D. trust
Beware of those who use the truth to cheat. When someone tells you something that is 36 , but leaves out important information that should be 37 , he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just 38 a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and 39 it for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, 40 ? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred 41 , and only one was a winner. He’s really a big 42 !
He didn’t say anything that was 43 , but he deliberately left out some important 44 . That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically 45 , but they are just as not 46 .
Untrustworthy candidates in 47 campaigns often use this strategy. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and 48 three million jobs. Then she 49 another term. One of her opponents runs an advertisement 50 , “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. 51 , an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of 52 million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s 53 the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the 54 . An advertisement might boast (吹嘘), “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.” It 55 to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of cheat happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
36. A. false B. true C. interesting D. boring
37. A. included B. contained C. involved D. referred
38. A. lost B. found C. donated D. won
39. A. swapped B. took C. turned D. made
40. A. right B. well C. really D. though
41. A. books B. papers C. tickets D. balls
42. A. winner B. loser C. fighter D. thinker
43. A. true B. real C. doubtful D. false
44. A. details B. information C. mistakes D. errors
45. A. stories B. truth C. facts D. lies
46. A. pleasant B. exciting C. honest D. clever
47. A. political B. commercial C. personal D. public
48. A. stopped B. found C. avoided D. gained
49. A. seeks B. gets C. achieves D. searches
50. A. writing B. reading C. saying D. speaking
51. A. Otherwise B. However C. In fact D. This way
52. A. one B. two C. three D. four
53. A. for B. to C. against D. in
54. A. words B. facts C. data D. truth
55. A. fails B. tries C. manages D. plans
______ furniture you have got in your apartment! I am green with envy.
A. How beautiful a B. What a beautiful
C. How beautiful D. What beautiful
My daughter and I were driving from Los Angeles to Dallas. We were running 41 on gas somewhere in New Mexico and 42 we would see a gas station soon enough to fill up.
But that didn’t happen and we 43 we were not going to make it to the next town. So my daughter made up a 44 that read “Low on gas. Can u help?”and held it outside her 45 in the hope that a passing driver would 46 it and stop.
It was about 3:30 pm on a weekday and there weren’t too many vehicles 47 us at that time. Then we found someone 48 along ahead of us. We caught up with it in the 49 that the driver would notice the sign.
After a brief expression of 50 on his face，he seemed to have noticed the sign and 51 down to pull over. We pulled over right behind him.
When he knows that we don’t have enough gas，he 52 to buy us gas at the next town Roswell. When we 53 our difficulty of not having enough gas to get there, he said they had a gas 54 on his farm about 10 minutes away, so if we could give him 20 minutes, he would 55 back there, get a can of gasoline and 56 up our tank.
We could not believe our good 57 !We were filled with gratitude(感激)for the 58 of strangers such as this person as we waited for him to return. Sure enough，he was back with the can．He 59 to take payment for the gas，saying “What good is a man who cannot help another 60 .”
41．A．full B．1ow C．empty D．free
42．A．judged B．decided C．insisted D．admitted
43．A．required B．wished C．proved D．realized
44．A．map B．sign C．help D．1ist
45．A．bag B．window C．pocket D．room
46．A．notice B．accept C．study D．check
47．A．reaching B．helping C．passing D．noticing
48．A．walking B．driving C．wandering D．running
49．A．hope B．way C．strength D．case
50．A．excitement B．confusion(困惑 C．surprise D．worry
51．A．slowed B．walked C．settled D．1ay
52．A．wanted B．started C．offered D．managed
53．A．reported B．shouted C．changed D．explained
54．A．station B．producer C．pump(泵) D．seller
55．A．wait B．stay C．work D．head
56．A．fill B．take C．pick D．put
57．A．fortune B．dream C．1esson D．opinion
58．A．happiness B．kindness C．patience D．pleasure
59．A．promised B．refused C．forgot D．expected
60．A．in turn B．in hand C．in time D．in need
We can stay young forever. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world.
And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging. His solution is a herbal medicine to slow the process of aging.
Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called “Shen”.
According to Shen, it is the kidney (肾) that adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Studies conducted by Dr. Shen show that herbal medicine based on the Shen system slows the aging process.
We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness in general, and wrinkles. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells contain a particular substance called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.
So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low-calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young?
This is where Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine comes. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.
28. How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?
A. By studying Western medicine.
B. By learning traditional Chinese medicine.
C. By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.
D. By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.
29.What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?
A. Medical treatment. B. People’s good kidney.
C. Level of people’s activity. D. Positive life attitude.
30. The reason why people become old is that ________.
A. their bodies produce T-cells
B. their bodies are unable to fight diseases
C. they have reduced strength, loss of hair
D. they become weaker and weaker
31.We can probably learn from the passage that ________.
A. producing more low-calorie food allows people to keep young
B. the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health
C. people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body
D. it remains unknown how effective Dr.Shen’s herbal medicine is
If you want to express something so unbelievable that it must have been a special effect, you have a new word to add to your vocabulary.
It’s “Duang”, an onomatopoetic (拟声词) word which doesn’t relate to any particular Chinese character and refers to a special effect.
A video parody (恶搞) adapted from a shampoo commercial featuring Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan spread quickly online, leading Internet users to invent the new word.
The video begins with Chan flashing his black, smooth hair, which would have been perfect except that it was not his real hair.
Next, a self-satisfied Chan admits, to the repetitive, rhythmical sounds of “Duang”, “I refused to approve of this product when they first came to me because of my thin hair, but the director insisted, saying special effects could be used to make my hair look healthy on the screen. Now you see, it’s all special effects. It’s not real.”
The original advertisement became the target of punishment by the government for over- spreading the effects of the shampoo after it was broadcast in 2004.
“Duang” has now become one of the hottest topics on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese social network site among those crazy ones imitating Jackie Chan’s speech in different situations.
The actor’s Weibo account was flooded with comments containing the word in this sweeping online trend.
The video came at a time when the famous movie star has been under public attention after trying to save the ill image of his son, Jaycee Chan, who was released from prison this week.
Data from Baidu, the major Chinese search engine, also proved the phrase’s popularity as it has been searched more than 586,000 times within two days.
The word of geili’s sudden rise in 2010 caught the attention of international media when it made up for the word’s official translation－geilivable－to describe something cool or awesome.
It’s not the first time that online word has become a regular vocabulary in China.
25．From the passage we know that the word “Duang” was originally made .
A. by some crazy Internet users
B. to refer to a kind of product
C. by Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan
D. to expresssome special meaning
26．From the passage we know that the new word “geili” is .
A. only popular in China
B. a cool and awesome word
C. used by ordinary people
D. also widely used abroad
27．What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?
A. To tell us online words have enriched Chinese vocabulary.
B. To teach all the Internet users how to invent new words.
C. To explain how Jackie Chan invented the popular word.
D. To urge people to fight against the false advertisements.
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