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Eastern areas have ________ too many warsin the past fifty years.
A．gone through
B．got through
C．looked through
D．lived through
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科目：高中英语
题型：阅读理解
WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.
It is not easy, even hopeless.
“We have many children left to place—40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreigner-exchange program started 50 years ago. Family life was more than accommodating (提供膳宿). For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programs have struggled in recent years to sign up host (主人) families for the 30 000 teenagers who every year come from abroad to spend a school year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programs.
School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accepted. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic.
In search for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programs are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to retirees.
&“We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern area director for ASSE, a 25-year-old program that sends about 30 000 teenagers on school-year exchange programs worldwide.
For elderly people, exchange students “keep us young—they really do”, said Jen Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Post from Denmark.
The underlined word “exotic” means _________. A. difficult&&&&&& B. wonderful&&&&&&& C. exciting&&&&&&&& D. accommodating
According to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find American families for foreign students? A. More mothers wasn’t working outside and was able to afford to look after children . B. American school systems were better than now. C. Foreign students paid hosting families a lot of money. D. The government was happy because it could gain tax. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. All the families can host foreign students.
B. Only young couples can host foreign students.
C. Only those who were retired can host foreign students.
D. Exchange programs are open to many different types of families including everyone from young couples to retirees. Which of the following is the best title of this passage? A. U.S. Struggle to Find host Families
B. Idea of Hosting Students is Different
C. Foreign-exchange Program Is Going on
D. Exchange Students Keep Old People Young
科目：高中英语
来源：2010届福建省南平市高三毕业班适应性考试
题型：阅读理解
The magnitude 7.9 quake struck Sichuan province on May 12 at around noontime, which may have increased the human death toll because many people were at school, and the school buildings turned out to be not firm enough to collapse because of poor construction. More than 69,000 people have been confirmed dead so far, and more than 374,000 injured, with fears of further disasters because several lakes created by rockfall dams may give way and cause sudden flooding. Clark Burchfiel, Schlumberger Professor of Geology, and Leigh Royden, professor of geology and geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, have been doing extensive research in that region of China and the Tibetan plateau(高原) for more than two decades, but had found no signs that suggested such a large earthquake might strike the area. The team operated 25 broadband seismograph (地震仪) stations in this region of western Sichuan for more than a year. "Nobody was thinking there would be a major earthquake in that area," Royden says. "This earthquake was quite unusual, and may have involved a simultaneously（同时发生的） severe break of two separate but neighboring faults," she continued.
The region is extremely unusual geologically, Royden says, because of the very steep slopes at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin to the east and the Tibetan plateau to the west. The altitude rises sharply by about 3,500 meters (more than two miles) over a span of only about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles). The area where the quake occurred is part of the boundary between two of the Earth's structural plates, where the Indian and Asian plates meet in an ongoing collision that has created the Himalayan mountains and the Tibetan plateau. But in central and eastern Tibet, unlike most other areas of continental collision, much of the movement of crust（地壳） is hidden from view. Instead of thickening the entire crust by folding and faulting, the surface of the eastern Tibetan plateau is not deformed（变形的） and is being lifted upward by thickening of a weak crustal layer more than 15 km below the surface.60. Why did the school buildings collapse in the earthquake, according to the passage? A. They had too long a history.B. They were poorly built. C. They were crowded with students and teachers. D. They were damaged by the earthquake.61. Based on Para. 1, why does the writer think that more people will be killed or injured after&the earthquake? A. Because there will be more aftershocks after the major quake. B. Because more school buildings will collapse after the quake. C. Because destructive flooding caused by rockfall dams is likely to occur.. D. Because there was not enough medical care for the injured in the area.62. What can we infer from this passage?A. There was no prediction that such a large-scale quake might occur there.B. Researchers had done little research in that area before the earthquake struck it.C. The 5.12 earthquake was the most destructive in the world.D. If more research had been done, the destruction could have been avoided.63. Which one can be used as the best title for this passage?A. The Great Disasters.B. The Earthquake was very frightening.C. The Causes of the earthquake.D. An Extremely Unusual Earthquake.
科目：高中英语
来源：2014届黑龙江牡丹江一中高二下期期末考试英语卷（解析版）
题型：阅读理解
&&Answering the Community Needs of Our CityThe Silver City Council recognizes thatcitizens have certain needs. To better meet your needs, we have made several changesto community facilities in 2004. This chart shows how we have tried to makeyour life better.Transport&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ☆Some facilities at Station Street Hospital have beenupgraded.☆Threestations for the suburbs have been added to the western train service.☆20 new busesfor the southern line were purchased in January.☆50 percent ofcity bus-stops have been upgraded.☆Buses to the eastern suburbs will run every 15minutes.&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Education&&&&&&&& ☆Textbooks will be free to all primary students in 2004!☆Rental forprivate schools has been reduced.☆Teachersreport that the 'no hat - no play' rule has been successful.&Communication&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Protection and Security☆Broadbandcable is now available to all parts of the city.☆All of thenew Government buildings are ' smart'-wired for better computer service!&& ☆Extrapolice now patrol (巡逻 ) the tourist areas.☆50 new police officers graduated in July and havetaken up duties in the city area.Medical Facilities&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Entertainment / Recreation☆The newstate-of-the-art Nightingale Hospital was opened in June.☆To overcome ashortage of trained medical staff at Dover Hospital, 10 doctors havebeen&& employed from overseas.&&&&&&&&& ☆The John Street basketball courts have beenre-surfaced !☆The newCentral Community Building opened in May.☆5,000 new fiction books were bought for the SilverCity Library.&1.The public notice is from _________.A. thecommunity&&&&&&&&&&&&&&B. the local governmentC. thecitizens&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&D. a travel agency2.The notice is mainly about _________.A. the work carried out by the people of Silver CityB. the facilities available in Silver CityC. some improvements in Silver CityD. information for interested tourists3.All the following are true EXCEPT that ___________.A. both residents and tourists can enjoy more securitynowB. Station Street Hospital had out-dated facilitiesbefore 2004C. primary students had to pay for their textbooks in2003D. Dover Hospital is still short of trained medicalstaff4.Which of the following changes would tourists to SilverCity be most happy with?A. Travel books are provided in the new library.B. Traveling by train is more convenient in SilverCity.C. Free medical treatment is available at StationStreet Hospital.D. There are more police officers on duty now.&
科目：高中英语
来源：2012届安徽省六安市高二上学期期末考试英语试题（带解析）
题型：阅读理解
The Elysee Palace in France enjoys equalpopularity in the world with the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, theKremlin in Russia as well as the White House in the U. S. It is the residenceof the president of the French Republic and the symbol of the supreme authorityin France.The Elysee palace, with an area of 11,000square metres, is at the eastern end of the Champs Elysee in the city of Parisproper and backed by a large and peaceful garden of more than twenty thousandsquare metres. Its main building, quite handsome and graceful, is a two-storyclassical stone architecture of European style, and beside it are two sidebuildings facing each other and with an extensive rectangular courtyard in themiddle. There are altogether 369 halls and rooms of different sizes.The Elysee Palace, built in 1718, has aling history of close to300 years to date. This house was at first a privateresidence of a count named d’Evreau, so it was called Hotel d’Evreau. It hadlater gone through many changes and its owners had been changed for many times,but all the residents in it were distinguished persons and high officials. Thehouse was renamed Bonaparte Mansion when it was owned by Louis X V and Louis XVI successively when they acted as emperors. Napoleon I signed his act ofabdication here when he had suffered defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.Nopoleon III moved in the&& Mansion in 1848 when he was electedpresident, and the house became a Royal Palace when he declared himself asemperor. The Third French Republic issued a decree in 1873, appointingofficially the Elysee Palace as the residence president of the French Republic.Over the hundred years since then, almost all the president of the FrenchRepublic worked and lived there. Starting from 1989, the Elysee Palace is opento the public every year in September on the French Castles Day.1.The number of the buildings of the ElyseePalace is ______.
2. Why does the writer mention the BuckinghamPalace?
A．To tell us it’s very famous in the world
B．To tell us the Elysee Palace is as large as it.
C．To show that the Elysee Palace is also a symbolic building.
D．To show that it is also the living place of the president.
3.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To tell us the long history of the Elyseee Palace.
B．To make an introduction of the Elysee Palace.
C．To show the political importance of the Elysee Palace.
D．To explain how the Elysee Palace became the residence of presidents.
4. Which of the following is NOT mentionedin the passage?
A．The time when the Elyusee Palace is open to the public.
B．The reason why Napoleon I signed his act of abdication.
C．The time when the Elysee Palace became the residence of president of the French Republic.
D．The reason why there’s the French Castles Day.
科目：高中英语
题型：阅读理解
WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer. It is not easy, even hopeless. “We have many children left to place—40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreigner-exchange program started 50 years ago. Family life was more than accommodating (提供膳宿). For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programs have struggled in recent years to sign up host (主人) families for the 30 000 teenagers who every year come from abroad to spend a school year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programs. School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accepted. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic. In search for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programs are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to retirees. “We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern area director for ASSE, a 25-year-old program that sends about 30 000 teenagers on school-year exchange programs worldwide. For elderly people, exchange students “keep us young—they really do”, said Jen Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Post from Denmark1.The underlined word “exotic” means _________A.difficultB.wonderfulC.excitingD.accommodating2.According to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find American families for foreign students?A.More mothers wasn’t working outside and was able to afford to look after childrenB.American school systems were better than nowC.Foreign students paid hosting families a lot of moneyD.The government was happy because it could gain tax3.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.All the families can host foreign studentsB.Only young couples can host foreign studentsC.Only those who were retired can host foreign studentsD.Exchange programs are open to many different types of families including everyone from young couples to retirees4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A.U.S. Struggle to Find host FamiliesB.Idea of Hosting Students is DifferentC.Foreign-exchange Program Is Going onD.Exchange Students Keep Old People Young
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Next Story (0 of 5)Hosting Stories (1 of 5)Hosting a Foreign Exchange Student just seems so NaturalOur family's first hosting experience began in January of 2015 with our Italian daughter Vittoria. We had so much fun with her that we could not wait to experience a new, different country, so we applied to host another World Heritage Exchange Student.As soon as we saw Merna’s profile, we knew she was different, a YES Scholarship Student, and Egyptian. We began to fall in love with our Egyptian daughter right away. We Skyped, and emailed for five months before she arrived in the US. When she got off of that plane, it was almost as if we were finally whole again.&My husband and I grew up finding other cultures very intriguing, and hosting a foreign Exchange Student just seems so natural for us. We felt it would be a rewarding experience for our children to grow up seeing other cultures and learning to love others as an equal. Our small children are enjoying the experience immensely, learning a new language little by little, and realizing how much the other side of the world is not all that different.&Merna is funny, smart, loving, helpful, captivating, caring, and a real blessing to our lives. She has taught us all so much. We cannot imagine our lives without our Italian and Egyptian daughters. We do plan to travel to both countries, and we will be sending our children as exchange students to live with our new extended families.&&I want to thank World Heritage for allowing our family to grow from four children to six children all in one year. We are all elated for this experience of a lifetime and will forever be grateful.Natasha and Donnie Wofford,World Heritage Host Parents to Merna Garah (Egypt)Hosting Stories (2 of 5)We have an Italian Daughter for LifeBeing our first time to host, we had no idea what to expect. Although terribly excited about our new venture, we were a little nervous and unsure of how much initial awkwardness or time was needed for everyone to acclimate. From the moment we met Michela at the airport, she removed all hesitation and fears by immediately hugging us all. Having two boys and no daughters in the house was a new experience for us all, yet Michela made it so easy.She made herself at home from day one, and thus our family transition took no time at all.&There was not one moment of being uneasy, awkward or holding back.& She quickly joined the&dance team at her high school and in fact soon became the leader of the team. She received&“Student of the Month” from her Dance teacher and was a straight A student, she engaged&many new friends and was very involved with our teenage boys. It was actually quite funny&to watch two teenage boys, who are laid back, to suddenly have a sister impose her passion for life and everyday sisterly hugs. Michela did not giv their new sister was here, and they were going to have to love it. To this day, Michela is still in touch with us and our boys, and we can’t wait for her to come visit again.Our purpose for hosting was looking to give b do something positive. Well we did that, but we as a family received so much more from Michela. We did not expect to learn from her, to become so attached to her, her personality, her upbeat attitude and everyday appreciation for being in the USA.We had no idea how stagnant or routine, our daily life and household were. When Michela arrived our household became lively and active again. Our experience with Michela really was the best decision we made and we are forever grateful for what we gained.We truly love her and have a daughter for life!& Thank you World Heritage for such a wonderful experience and for our new Italian family.Yahnel & Rodney Bishop,World Heritage Host Parents to Michela Mocchi (Italy)Hosting Stories (3 of 5)Hosting an Exchange Student is much too Rewarding an Experience to say no toMy husband and I started hosting exchange students in 1995.& We have four children of our own:& a son then almost 15 and three younger daughters.& Our first “daughter” was a darling 16 year old from France.& The kids were so excited for her arrival, painting a huge sign to hang on our garage welcoming Christine into our family. Although she only stayed for the summer, we had a wonderful experience with Christine.We have since hosted a total of ten exchange students:& three from France, three from Italy, two from Germany, one from Japan, and one from Taiwan. &Almost all of them have returned for follow-up visits (most bringing siblings and parents with them), and several other kids from other host families have also come to stay with us for short visits.My husband and I have traveled
extensively through Italy and France to visit our exchange families and so have
two of our daughters.& One family in
particular has become our “second family” in Italy, and we have developed an
extremely close relationship.& They flew
all the way to Manhattan Beach just for the wedding of our daughter, as did one
of our other students.The friendships we have developed
would never have happened had it not been for hosting exchange students.& And thanks to the Internet (Facebook in
particular), we are in touch with every single one of the
two of our students have made us host-grandparents!& We even have a wall in our home dedicated to
our international children.I can’t say enough good things
about hosting.& If an issue arises, as is
of course possible due to personality or cultural differences, the World
Heritage Area Representative is there instantly to help solve whatever the
situation is.& Fortunately for us, we
have never really needed much help.& As
to whether or not we plan on hosting again, we always think, “No, we’re getting
too old and want to travel more.”& Then a
knock comes on the door, a phone call comes through, or an email talking about
some darling students pops up, and we re-visit the idea.& It is much too rewarding an experience to say
no to.& We truly love each and every one
of our past students.& When they write to
us, Skype with us, or telephone us, they refer to us as “Mom and Dad,” and end
each conversation with “I love you and I miss you so much!”This is why we host exchange
students.&Jennifer and Jeff Wallin,World Heritage Host Family, Manhattan Beach CAHosting Stories (4 of 5)The Most Wonderful Year of My Life!I am Nuriya Sherzodova, one of the fortunate students
who was awarded the U.S. Department of State sponsored FLEX&(Future Leaders Exchange) Scholarship and
became an exchange student in United States. I have to say, that this is the
most wonderful &year of my life! Being from Tajikistan, a
Muslim country in Central Asia,
I enjoy observing many differences and similarities between our two nations. We
do not celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving or Halloween in my home country, so I was so excited to
celebrate these holidays with my lovely American family Olga Saldarriaga and Jose Cuadra. I especially liked
Christmas! We sang Christmas songs, decorated the tree, opened presents and
then we had delicious dinner together.I also really enjoy my school
life. I like all my classes, especially drama, Spanish, and intro to guitar.
There are a lot of things that I always wanted to do and that I did here for
the first time. For example, I am taking journalism at school, and I wrote for
the first issue of the BFA school newspaper. Another exciting moment for me was
dance performance. I am taking dance classes, and recently we had our first
performance. I was little nervous because it was my first time on the stage,
but I discovered I like it so much!!When it comes to community
service, I try to be helpful. I am a volunteer at the local hospital. I also
was so lucky to participate in operation “Happiness Breakfast”, which was a
local charity event. That day I learned that helping and sharing is one of the
most important parts of American culture. Now I am planning to become a volunteer
at the recreation department and I will continue to volunteer in my home
country.I love to spend time with my family and friends.
We visit interesting art galleries, museums and theaters. And of course I had my
first McDonald’s experience!!! As a conclusion, I want to say, that I am so
lucky to be here and to be surrounded by such a nice people! Thank you so much
to my fantastic host family, my World Heritage Area Representative who is
always there for me and to the World Heritage Program for making my year
unforgettable.Nuriya Sherzodova,World Heritage FLEX Exchange Student (Tajikistan)
Hosting Stories (5 of 5)Unexpected JoyLate summer 2011 my husband
and I decided to become a welcome host family to Louis Konstantyner, a 16 year
old boy from Denmark who had applied to the World Heritage Student Exchange
Programs. The day Louis arrived at Sacramento airport all three of our lives
were about to be changed forever.Within a week, my husband and
Louis had bonded, and one night over dinner my husband announced that Louis was
a perfect fit for our family and that we were keeping him! There was no way we
would share him with another family.I could write endless stories
about the trips we’ve taken and the things we’ve done together.I call Louis the Golden Boy
because everything just seems to work out perfectly for him, but I think it is
the ease at which he approaches life that makes his journey seem so smooth and
effortless. When I get excited about things he will say “You need to pour cold
water in your blood”. - A Danish saying that means “chill out”. We found that
very amusing.There are no words to describe
the joy we have had by opening the doors to our home and hearts these past
months and giving this wonderful young man an opportunity to live his dream.If you are thinking about
hosting an exchange student, follow your heart and do it.& Our time is now coming to an end and we have
to soon say good-bye as Louis leaves our home. He will always live with us here
in our hearts, and we are already planning, in the very near future, a trip to
Denmark.Candis Hutchison,World Heritage Host Mother to Louis Konstantryner (Denmark)
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