高一英语阅读

1、A ZootopiaAll animals live together in the city of Zootopia, but when Officer Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin), a self-righteous rabbit arrives as the first bunny on the police force, she doesnt fit the way she thought she would.In order to prove herself she tries to track down Nick Wilde (voi

2、ce of Jason Bateman), a fast-talking fox, who has to go on the run after being framed for a crime that he did not commit.Both Judy and Nick find themselves at the center of a conspiracy and theyre forced to team up in order to get to the bottom of their problems. And they also discover even natural

3、enemies can become best friends.Gone in a FlashThe sun dropped below the horizon. It was the peak night for the Perseids meteor shower (英仙座流星雨). We gathered our grandchildren in the backyard.“Theres one!” Seth, the oldest, yelled. “I missed it!” I said. The youngest, Benny, sat in a chair besides me

4、. “Are you watching, Benny?” I asked. “Yes.” “Did you see that one?” “No!” he sighed. “I missed it.”A few weeks later, a lightning storm slowly crawled (缓慢行进) across the western sky. It was a spectacular (壮观的) display of nature, one we watched safely from a distance. “Wow! Did you see that lightning

5、, boys?” I asked my grandsons. “No! We missed it again.” “Guys, you have to focus. These things happen fast. If you dont focus, youll miss them.”Later that night, after the boys went to bed, I sat outside. Alone with my thoughts and the lightning, I remembered the meteor shower. The lightning was th

6、e same. The flashes of light were gone in the blink of an eye. I asked myself, “Mike, how many of lifes meteors and bolts of lightning have you missed because you werent paying attention?”I had no answer to the question. If I knew, I wouldnt have missed them. How many times have I come home from wor

7、k too tired and missed the smiles of my children? How many opportunities did I miss to praise my wife or my children? I made a promise that night to pay more attention to those around me. When I arrive home from work, my attention is on my family, because those opportunities dont last long. Theyre g

8、one in a flash.D Ben是一名餐馆服务员，他对待顾客总是礼貌友好。然而，有一天来了一位既挑剔又无礼的顾客，Ben会让这位顾客满意吗？A Grumpy CustomerBen was a waiter in a small restaurant. Ben was always friendly and polite to customers. He enjoyed making his customers happy. He always had a cheerful smile on his face.One day a new customer came into the r

9、estaurant. Ben went over to him and gave him a menu. The man studied the menu for a while and then gave Ben his order. Ben took the order to the kitchen and then came back into the restaurant to serve other customers. The new customer called him to his table.“Waiter,” he said. He sounded grumpy (性情乖

10、戾的). “Its hot here. Turn on the air conditioning.”“Yes, sir,” said Ben. He smiled at the new customer. “No problem.”Ben went into the kitchen and then came out to serve some other customers. A few minutes later, the new customer called him again.“Waiter!” he said. He was grumpier than last time. “Yo

11、uve turned the air conditioning down too far!Now its too cold.” He didnt say please and he wasnt polite.Ben smiled at the grumpy new customer.“Of course, sir,” he said. “Ill go and adjust it immediately.” He rushed off to the kitchen.Several minutes later while Ben was serving the grumpy customer hi

12、s food, the customer complained again. “Its too hot again,” he said angrily. “I feel like Im going to melt. Turn the air conditioner back on!”Ben said he was sorry again and rushed off to the kitchen.Of course, it wasnt long before the customer complained again that he was too cold. This time he sai

13、d, “I want to see the manager.”“Of course, sir,” Ben said smiling. “Ill call him immediately.”The manager came out to the grumpy customer.“That waiter is an idiot!” said the customer, pointing to Ben. “When I came here, the air conditioning was too low and I asked him to turn up. He turned it up too

14、 high, so I asked him to turn it down. He turned it down too much so I asked him to turn it up again. He cant do anything right.”“Im sorry, sir,” said the manager, “but we dont have air conditioning in our restaurant.”关于举办2016年全国中学生英语作文大赛的通知全国各省（自治区、直辖市）、市（地、州、盟）、县（市、区、旗）教研部门、各中学：语言学习离不开写作，写作既能巩固所学语

15、言知识，又是一种重要的语言输出和交流手段。为了继续推动全国广大中学生的英语写作热潮，提高全国广大中学生的英语写作能力，2016年英语辅导报社将继续举办全国中学生英语作文大赛。全国中学生英语作文大赛是一项全国性的英语学科技能竞赛。本竞赛自2004年起至今已成功举办了十二届，深受广大师生的欢迎与支持。本竞赛分年级进行，各个年级的学生都可以参加相应年级的竞赛。参赛学生可以通过此竞赛激发学习英语的兴趣，检查学习效果，获得荣誉，并建立学好英语的信心，为英语的持久学习和发展提供巨大的动力。本大赛获奖证书已成为中学生升学、留学，教师评职称、评优和晋级等的重要参考依据。2016年英语辅导报社将举办第十三届全国

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22、）、QQ（2404746776）咨询。全国中学生英语作文大赛组织委员会2016年1月18日B Unit 2 随堂练习（一）VocabularyI. Write out the words according to the hints in the brackets or the initial letters.1. His every sentence was followed by a burst of a_. 2. The boys made an a_ to leave for camping but were stopped by their parents.3. We opened

23、the box immediately with great c_ to find what was inside.4. Mr Wang speaks English just like people from English-speaking countries, his English is _ (完美的).5. A wedding _ (仪式) for those 10 couples was held yesterday in the Peoples Park.6. We were married on December 24, 1996, and every year we have

24、 a party on our _ (周年纪念日).II. Use the phrases we learnt in this unit to complete the sentences.1. Almost all the people in the world _ Charlie Chaplin _ one of the best actors.2. I have been counting on you to support me, and dont _ me _.3. As a matter of fact, we all _ _ _ how to deal with that mat

25、ter at that moment.4. There _ _ be an old tall tree, but it is not there anymore.5. _ _ _ humour in Canada is very important, for all Canadians are good at satire and humour. II. Use the correct form of the word in the bracket to complete the sentence.1. Children are always _ about everything they s

26、ee. (curiosity)2. We managed to get to the mountain top, with a local person _. (guide)3. The weather during the last few days has been _. (perfectly)4. If you have something _, you have a quality or ability that makes you importiant, atractive or useful. (offer)I. Fill in the blanks with the words

27、or phrases from the box below. regard . as, attemped, present . to, used to, curious, find out, let . down, lead to, applause, offer, reputation, am used to 1. They _ a large sum of money _ the college in memory of the famous professor, who died in a car accident. 2. Believe me, I wont _ you _. 3. A

28、fter the speech, the whole room rang with _. 4. I am _ about the new invention. 5. Can you _ your suggestion on how to learn English well to me?6. You shouldnt _ what your parents said _ unimportant. 7. The hotel has a good _ for its high-standard service. 8. The thief _ to escape but was caught. 9.

29、 I _ help Jack with his lessons when we were at middle school.10. Sometimes small things can _ big success.11. Only yesterday did he _ that his watch was missing.12. I _ the life in the city nowadays. V. Sentence Conversion. 1. Hes such a good boy that we all love him. He is _ _ _ _ that we all love

30、 him.2. Can you tell me how I can get to Chinatown?Can you tell me _ _ _ to Chinatown?3. The boy is learning how to skate, and his father is running beside him. The boy is learning how to skate, _ _ _ _ beside him. 4. We dont know how birds find their way. We _ _ _ how birds find their way. 5. He st

31、udied hard at school, which led to his success in his later life.He studied hard at school, which _ _ his success in his later life. VI. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 他不知道谁会接管这家公司。(have no idea) _2. 每当同学们学习上有困难时，李明总是主动帮助。(offer)_3. 他身体一直不好，因为不适应这里的气候。(disagree with)_4. 有幽默感的人容易交

32、到朋友。(a sense of humour)_5. 老师把这种行为视为上课不专心的表现。 (regard . as) _VII. Fill in the blanks in the passage with the proper forms of the given words and phrases. invitation, a sense of humour, let . down, lecture, distance, be seated, theory, perfect, pleasure, agree withAlbert Einstein was not only a great

33、 scientist but also a man with _1_. Einstein received many _ to explain his _ at different universities. Hans, his driver, was always with him. Hans enjoyed driving a genius like Einstein. One evening Einstein was invited to a _4_ university. He was very tired, but he didnt want to _5_ his audience

34、_5_. To his surprise, Hans offered to give the _6_ instead of him because he had listened to Einsteins lecture, so many times that he had learnt it by heart. Einstein _7_ Hans.At the university, Einstein _8_ in the audience and Hans gave his lecture _9_. However, at last, a professor asked a questio

35、n that Hans couldnt answer. But he was very clever. He said the question was so easy that his driver could answer it, so Einstein stood up and answered the question perfectly. On their way home, Einstein drove the car. He laughed and said that it was a _10_ to drive a genius like Hans.I. 1. applause

36、 2. attempt 3. curiosity 4. perfect 5. ceremony 6. anniversaryII. 1. regard; as 2. let; down 3. had no idea 4. used to 5. A sense ofIII. 1. curious 2. guiding 3. perfect 4. to offerIV. 1. present; to 2. let; down 3. applause 4. curious 5. offer 6. regard; as 7. reputation 8. attempted 9. used to 10.

37、 lead to 11. find out 12. am used to V. 1. so good a boy 2. how to get 3. with his father running 4. have no idea 5. resulted in VI. 1. He has no idea who would take over the company.2. Li Ming always offers his help when his classmates meet with difficulties in their studies. 3. He is always not we

38、ll because he disagrees with the climate here. 4. A man with a sense of humour easily makes friends. 5. The teacher regarded this behaviour as lack of attention in class. VII. 1. a sense of humour 2. invitations 3. theories 4. distant 5. let; down 6. lecture 7. agreed with 8. was seated 9. perfectly

39、 10. pleasureC 新题型专练（三）Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.A

40、Diane Ray was completely self-centred and very spoilt. Her parents gave her everything she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum (耍脾气) if they did not. That was why she was alone on the beach, 1. _(wear) an expensive swimsuit. It has taken a massive tantrum to get her parents to buy

41、it. They were back at the beach-house, recovering from the tantrum she 2. _(throw) when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving. “Dangerous?” she had said. “You just dont want me to have fun. Im going and 3. _ you try to stop me, Ill scream.” “What are you doing?” a voice asked. Diane j

42、umped. She did not know that the man was there 4. _ he spoke. “Im going diving,” she answered. “You shouldnt swim that day,” the man advised. “There is a storm coming up.” “You should mind 5. _ own business!” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves. “If you go out there youll be sorry,” the m

43、an called after her. She did not bother to reply. Diane slipped into the water and dived happily until white caps began rolling in and it became 6. _ (hard) to swim against the current (水流). Saltwater hit against her face, making it difficult to breathe. Oh, why had she not listened to advice?Panick

44、ing, she began to scream. Then, just as it seemed 7. _ _ she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a calm voice, “Hold on! Im coming.” With relief, she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her. “I hope youve learned a lesson. You put us both in danger,” he shouted angrily, as h

45、e dragged her 8. _ the side of the boat. Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house. B9. _ Alexander Bell is often associated with the invention of the telephone, he also created many other wonderful things. Bells interests were extremely varied. His work ranged across the scienti

46、fic landscape and he often went to bed 10. _ (read) the Encyclopedia Britannica, searching it for new areas of interest. Bells inventive genius 11. _ (honor)only in part by the eighteen patents granted in his name alone and the twelve 12. _ shared with his co-workers. These included fourteen for the

47、 telephone and telegraph, four for the photo phone, one for the phonograph, five for aerial vehicles, four for hydro airplanes (水上飞机) and two for selenium cells (硒光电管). Bells inventions covered a wide range of interests, including a metal jacket to assist in breathing, an instrument to detect minor

48、hearing problems, a device to locate icebergs, investigations on how 13. _ (separate) salt from seawater. And work on 14. _ (find) new energy to replace fuels. He also invented the metal detector in 1881, 15. _ was used in an attempt 16. _ (find) the assassins bullet in the body of US President Jame

49、s Garfield! 1. wearing 2. had thrown 3. if 4. until 5. your 6. harder 7. as if / as though 8. over 9. Although / Though / While 10. to read 11. was honored 12. ones 13. to separate 14. finding15. which 16. to findE 阅读训练（三）Passage AJeffrey Jacob Abrams was born into the filmmaking family on June 27,

50、1966, in New York City, whose father Gerry produced movies for television. As a child, Abrams was fascinated with the film production process. He read many movie magazines to learn about it and to find out how special effects were created. Inspired by the work of directors Steven Spielberg, George L

51、ucas, and John Carpenter, Abrams began shooting his own films when he was 12, often casting his younger sister as the leading lady.While in college, Abrams wrote and sold his first movie script. It became the 1990 comedy Taking Care of Business. That led to other screenwriting jobs, and eventually h

52、e became a producer, as well. For several years, he worked mostly in television, creating, writing, and directing successful shows such as Felicity, Alias, and Lost. In 2006, he made his debut as a movie director with Mission Impossible III, starring Tom Cruise, and was included in TIME magazines li

53、st of “The People Who Shape Our World”. Cruise, in an article he wrote that year, described Abrams as “Someone who recognizes the joy of creating.”Abrams went on to direct other movies, including Star Trek, its sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Super 8, which he also wrote, based in part on his e

54、xperiences making films when he was a kid. During this time, he continued to create and work on various television shows, including Fringe and Person of Interest. He even composed music for some of them.Now Abrams is about to release the biggest film of his career, also one of 2015s most eagerly awaited blockbusters. He is the director and co-writer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film in the series created by