21st Century is ______ a newspaper． It helps us to improve our English a lot．
A． no less than B． no more than C． less than D． more than
科目：高中英語 來源：2012屆江西省上高二中高三考前熱身英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解
These days we are all conditioned to accept newness, whatever it costs. Very soon, there is no doubt that Apple's tablet (平板電腦) will seem as a vital tool of modern living to us as sewing machine did to our grandparents. At least, it will until someone produces an even smarter, thinner and more essential tablet, which, if recent history is any guide, will be in approximately six months' time. Turn your back for a moment and you find that every electronic item in your possession is as old as a tombstone. Why should you care if people laugh just because you use an old mobile phone? But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong. It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice. You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s. "Why not buy a new one?" you will get asked.
And so the mountain of electrical rubbish grows. An average British person was believed to get rid of quite a number of electronic goods in a lifetime. They weighed three tons, stood 7 feet high, and included five fridges, six microwaves, seven PCs, six TVs, 12 kettles, 35 mobile phones and so on. Even then, the calculation seemed to be conservative. Only 35 mobiles in a lifetime? The huge number of electronic items now regularly thrown away by British families is clearly one big problem. But this has other consequences. It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up. By the time I've learnt how to use a tool it's already broken or lost. I've lost count of the number of TV remote-controls that I've bought, mislaid and replaced without working out what most of the buttons did.
And the technology changes so unbelievably fast. It was less than years ago that I spotted an energetic businessman friend pulling what seemed to be either a large container or a small nuclear bomb on wheels through a railway station. I asked. "What have you got in there? Your money or your wife?" "Neither," he replied, with the satisfied look of a man who knew he was keeping pace with the latest technology, no matter how ridiculous he looked. "This is what everyone will have soon—even you. It's called a mobile telephone."
I don't feel sorry for the pace of change. On the contrary, I'm amazed by those high-tech designers who can somehow fit a camera, music-player, computer and phone into a plastic box no bigger than a packet of cigarette. If those geniuses could also find a way to keep the underground trains running on the first snowy day of winter, they would be making real progress for human beings. What I do regret, however, is that so many household items fall behind so soon. My parents bought a wooden wireless radio in 1947, the year they were married. In 1973, the year I went to university, it was still working. It sat in the kitchen like an old friend—which, in a way, it was. It certainly spoke to us more than we spoke to each other on some mornings. When my mum replaced it with a new-style radio that could also play cassette-tapes, I felt a real sense of loss.
Such is the over-excited change of 21st-century technology that there's no time to satisfy our emotional needs. Even if Apple's new products turn out to be the most significant tablets I very much doubt if they will resist this trend.
【小題1】When you try getting an old mobile phone repaired, ____.
| A．you are travelling through time | B．you are thought to be out of date |
| C．you will find everything wrong | D．you have got to buy a new one |
| A．lost and upset | B．unbelievably fast |
| C．broken or lost | D．regularly wasteful |
| A．the businessman mastered the latest technology |
| B．mobile phones used to be quite big just years ago |
| C．the businessman was a very ridiculous person |
| D．the writer failed to follow modern technology |
| A．time and events | B．comparison and contrast |
| C．cause and effect | D．examples and analysis |
| A．The fast pace of change brings us no good. |
| B．We have to keep up with new technology. |
| C．Household items should be upgraded quickly. |
| D．We should hold on for new technology to last. |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆貴州省湄潭中學高三上學期期末考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：寫作題
假如你是李華，針對目前有些中學生購買彩票的現象，給21st Century 報社編輯寫信，并談談自己的看法，其中包括以下要點：
1．弊遠大于利；
2．中學生沒有經濟來源，容易誘發一些不良行為；
3．從當前說，會影響學習；
4．從長遠看，認為僅靠運氣就能成功的觀念，對學生的一生產生危害。
注意（1）信的開頭已經給出；
（2）必須包括以上要點，可適當發揮，但不要逐句翻譯；
（3）字數100左右，不包括開頭。
Dear editor,
At present, many high school students are addicted to buying lottery tickets and they seem to have good reasons. However, I’d like to talk about my views on the phenomenon. ___________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆江蘇省高二12月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population _____ in cities rather than in the country.
A．are living B．will be living C．have lived D．will have lived
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆云南大理州賓川第四高級中學高二1月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達
請以My Favorite Newspaper為題目寫一篇100字左右的短文，介紹《21世紀報》（21Century）。短文內容應包括下列表格中所提供的內容。
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報紙名稱及使用語言 |
21st Century 英文報紙 |
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出版地點及出版周期 |
北京 每周一期 |
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版面內容 |
每周新聞(News of the Week)、今日世界（Today’s World）、語言課堂，體育與音樂、學生報導（Students’ Report） |
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特色 |
圖文并茂（beautiful pictures and interesting articles） |
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目的 |
學習英語詞匯，提高(improve)英語水平，獲取各種信息 |
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效果 |
廣為人知(be known to all)，深受喜愛(be popular with) |
My Favorite Newspaper
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科目：高中英語 來源：2014屆陜西省高一下學期第一次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
English is spoken as a first language by most people in the USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. However, English is spoken all over the world. It is the main language in over 60 countries, such as India, Singapore and in many of the Caribbean and Pacific islands. In those places English is often a second language.
English is also as an important international language in many other countries, like China and Japan. People in these countries use it for business, and travelers to these countries use English when they get there. Other people may learn English because they enjoy reading books in English, listening to British or American music or watching American films.
English has changed a lot these years and still goes on changing. It is no longer right to talk about British English or American English if the speaker doesn’t come from those countries. People in Japan or Korea, for example, may use the American spelling but may not sound like Americans.
English will be the most widely used language in the world in the 21st century. This language no longer belongs to British, American or Australian speakers. It belongs to anyone who can use this language. After you leave school, you will almost certainly need it.
1.In how many countries is English spoken as a first language in the world?
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A．Five. |
B．Four. |
C．Three. |
D．Six. |
2.In which other countries is English spoken as a main language?
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A．Britain, USA and Australia. |
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B．India, Singapore and many of Caribbean and Pacific islands. |
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C．China and Japan. |
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D．New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. |
3.People from other countries learn English for .
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A．passing exams |
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B．business and traveling |
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C．reading English books, enjoying English music or watching films |
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D．Both B and C |
4.If people in Japan or Korea use the American spelling, they .
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A．will speak the same as Americans |
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B．may not sound like Americans |
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C．will speak British English |
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D．will speak English much better |
5.Which topic is the best for the passage?
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A．A first language in the world. |
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B．A second language in the world. |
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C．English around the world. |
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D．A useful language. |
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