科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
You never see him, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're known as the black box.
When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潛水艇) detected the device's homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the back of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架艙). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.
Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔絕的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can resist massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉. When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.
What does the author say about the black box?
A. It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
B. The idea for its design comes from a comic book.
C. Its ability to resist disasters is incredible.
D. It is an indispensable device on an airplane.
What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A. Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
B. The total number of passengers on board.
C. The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
D. Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?
A. New materials became available by that time.
B. Too much space was needed for its installation.
C. The early models often got damaged in the crash.
D. The early models didn't provide the needed data.
Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow?
A. To distinguish them from the colour of the plane.
B. To caution people to handle them with care.
C. To make them easily identifiable.
D. To conform to international standards.
What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?
A. There is still a good chance of their being recovered.
B. There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.
C. They have stopped sending homing signals.
D. They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
A new weapon (武器) is on the way in the fight against smoking in Europe. Soon when smokers buy cigarettes they might see a shocking photo of a blackened lung or a cancer patient staring back at them from the packet.
Some boys may think of smoking as cool and sexy. Their friends won’t agree when they see their packets of cigarettes lying on the table. The European Union announced that it had chosen 42 photos that showed the damage cigarettes could do to the body, calling on member nations to put these pictures on packets to discourage smokers. To catch the attention of teenagers, the special packets warn of long-term medical dangers, like cancer. Short-term effects, like bad skin, are also on the list.
“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror. That is the message we should send to the young,” said David Byrne, an EU health official. “Hopefully these pictures will shock students out of their love for cigarettes.”
The EU head office hoped the pictures would work better than current (當前) written warnings on packs of cigarettes. The warnings included “smoking kills” and “smoking can lead to a slow and painful death”.
So far, Ireland and Belgium have shown interest in the photos. Canada has used similar pictures and warnings on cigarette packs since 2000. The country has recently seen a fall in the number of smokers. According to studies, smoking is the single biggest cause of avoidable deaths in the EU. Every year more than 650,000 smokers die, more than one person a minute.
By saying “a new weapon is on the way”, the writer means the EU is going to have _____ .
A. the true face of smoking shown everywhere
B. shocking photos printed on cigarette packets
C. written warnings printed on the cigarette packs
D. pictures put up where cigarettes are sold
The pictures chosen by the EU are supposed to mainly work on _____ .
A. young smokers B. smokers in Ireland and Belgium
C. male smokers D. young smokers’ friends
What can we learn from the passage?
A. Canada has been the first to use the EU’s “weapon”.
B. Most smokers don’t quite believe the written warnings.
C. The new form of warning has already been proved to work.
D. Smoking has caused more deaths than anything else in the EU.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Smoking Is Cool And Sexy. B. A New Weapon to Fight Smoking.
C. Young Smokers in The EU. D. Deaths from Smoking.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學年遼寧省東北育才雙語學校高一下學期期中考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：單選題
The majority of the damage ______ easy to repair.
| A．is | B．a(chǎn)re | C．were | D．be |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學年四川省雅安中學高一上學期入學模擬考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解
Sam, a dog, was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr. And Mrs. Green moved to Southern California. They did not give the dog up. They found him a very nice home before they moved. They would have let Sam accompany them, but they were afraid the dog’s presence would make it difficult for them to rent a house when they reached their destination.
The Green family lived in Colorado for less than a year. Before that, they had lived in the same neighborhood in California to which they returned. So Sam had been there before, but only for a short time when he was young.
Several months after the Greens left Colorado, after they were comfortably settled back in California, they heard a scratch at the door. They couldn’t imagine who might be there. It never occurred to them that it might be Sam, because they were sure he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado. When they opened the door, the Greens saw a dirty, tired dog with very hurting feet. The animal looked a little bit like Sam, but no one could believe that Sam could have walked 840 miles on his own. The tired dog spent the night under the family car. The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old tricks. The Greens knew they had their own dog back.
【小題1】The story suggests that _______ .
| A．dog owners have trouble renting | B．many people treat their pets badly |
| C．keeping a dog is easy | D．dogs are too much trouble |
| A．b, d, c, e, a | B．b, c, d, a, e | C．a(chǎn), c, b, e, d | D．c, e, d, a, b |
| A．the cost of living | B．the country of one’s birth |
| C．the damage to oneself | D．the place to which one is going |
| A．because of his hurting feet | B．from the color and the markings |
| C．by the way he walked | D．a(chǎn)fter he did some tricks |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012年北師大版高中英語必修一Module8Unit23練習卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a meeting in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night’s dinner. In their rush, with tickets, one of these salesmen happened to kick over a table which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their boarding.
All but one stopped, took a deep breath and experienced a twinge（刺痛）of sorrow for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his friends to go on without him, waved goodbye, and told one of them to call his wife when they arrived and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to where the apple stand had been overturned. He was glad he did.
The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her face. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become damaged; then he set them aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take the $20 for the damage we did.” He continued, “I’m sorry for what we did and hope we didn’t spoil your day too badly.”
She nodded with her tears. As the salesman started to walk away, the blind girl called out to him, “Mr. ...”. He stopped, and turned back. She continued, “Thank you very much”.
1.These salesmen were hurrying because they ________.
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A．had to attend an important meeting |
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B．wanted to have plenty of time at home |
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C．a(chǎn)lmost missed reaching the airplane |
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D．hoped to have Friday night’s party |
2.Which of the following is the correct order of what the salesman did?
a. He made an apology to the blind girl.
b. He told his friends to go on without him.
c. He experienced a twinge of sorrow.
d. He returned to the fallen apple stand.
e. He paid the girl $20 for the damage.
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A．c-e-b-d-a |
B．c-b-d-e-a |
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C．d-b-c-a-e |
D．d-c-b-e-a |
3.Which of the following can describe the salesman?
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A．Popular and friendly. |
B．Good and humorous. |
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C．Honest and generous. |
D．Kind and considerate. |
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
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A．A Man’s Kind Action |
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B．Picking up the Fallen Apples |
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C．A Blind Girl’s Bad Luck |
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D．A Blind Girl Who Sold Apples |
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