题目
题型:重庆市高考真题难度:来源:
cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil (邪恶的). So when Columbus brought the
tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to the
obvious conclusion.Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of
Europeans.
What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was thought to have
come from Hell (地狱).What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a
dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits. Though the tomato and the mandrake were quite different
except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population considered them one and the same,
too terrible to touch.
Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the Western people
continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most
interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father"s house had been the "introduction this wonderful new
fruit--or is it a vegetable?" As late as the twentieth century some writers still classed tomatoes with
mandrakes as an "evil fruit".
But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American namd Robert
Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820,people journeyed for hundreds of
miles to watch him drop dead." What are you afraid of?" he shouted. "I"ll show you fools these things are
good to eat!" Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he survived and, according to a local
story, set up a tomato-canning factory.
B. it was the apple of Eden
C. it came from a forbidden land
D. it was religiously unacceptable
B. There was little progress in the study of the tomato
C. The tomato was still refused in most western countries
D. Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato
B. To remove people"s fear of the tomato
C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato
D. To persuade people to buy products from his factory
B. To give an explanation to people"s dislike of the tomato
C. To present the change of people"s attitudes to the tomato
D. To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely strory the】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
B. Culture of Paris
C. The Population Growth in Paris
D. The Production of Paris
E. The Education in Paris
F. The Industries in Paris
1. _____
Paris, the capital and the largest city of the country, is in north central France. The Paris metropolitan area contains nearly 20% of the nation"s population and is the economic, cultural, and political center of France. The French government have historically favored the city as the site for all decision making, thus powerfully attracting nearly all of the nation"s activities.
2. ______
Paris has grown steadily since it was chosen as the national capital in the late 10th century. With the introduction of the Industrial Revolution, a great number of people moved to the city from the country during the 19th century. The migration was especially stimulated by the construction of railroads, which provided easy access to the capital. After World War Ⅱ more and more immigrants arrived.
3.______
The city is the centralized control point of most national radio and television broadcasting. It is a place of publication of the most prestigious(有威望的)newspapers and magazines and an international book publishing center. With more than 100 museums, Paris has truly one of the greatest concentrations of art treasures in the world. The Louvre, opened as a museum in 1793, is one of the largest museums in the world.
4. _____
In the late 1980s about 4.1 million pupils annually attended about 47,000 elementary schools. In addition, about 5. 4 million students attended some 11,200 secondary schools. Approximately 1.2 million students were enrolled annually at universities and colleges in France in the late 1980s. French centers of learning have served as academic models throughout the world.
5._____
Paris is the leading industrial center of France, with about one quarter of the nation"s manufacturing concentrated in the metropolitan area. Industries of consumers goods have always been drawn to Paris by the enormous market of the big population; and modern, high-technology industries also have become numerous since World War Ⅱ. Chief manufactures are machinary, automobiles, chemicals and electrical equipment.
publish her first ever novel for adults, which is set to become one of the most anticipated (期望的)
book in years.
The deal means that Rowling’s long-standing relationship with Bloomsbury, the London-based
publisher that launched (发行) the Harry Potter books, has come to an end, at 1east in terms of
new works by the author.
Rowling is keeping her fans guessing about the characters and plot of her new book. She only
said that the new novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which was sold over 30 million
copies in the UK alone. She thought that with the move from children’s to adult fiction, a switch to
a new publisher seemed like a natural and reasonable step.
She said,“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, this book will be very different from
the Harry Potter series. The freedom to explore a new field is a gift that Harry’s success has
brought me.”
Ian Rankin, the Edinburgh-based author whose highly-successful detective novels are also set
in the city, suggested Rowling’s book will be a crime novel.
“Wouldn’t it be funny if JK Rowling’s first novel for adults turned out to be a crime story set
in Edinburgh?”he said.
Industry insiders guessed that the deal is worth more than £5 million and the new book is
expected to come out later this year.
A spokesman said, “JK Rowling’s audience is vast and her position is unique. Harry Potter
books were a global success and her fans are very loyal. Children that were eight, nine, or ten
when the books first came out in the 1990s are now in their 20s. Plenty of adults, loved the books
regardless of whether they had children, so the potential market for her is huge.”
B. JK Rowling’s new book will be more successful than her Harry Potter series.
C. JK Rowling has to switch to a new publisher in order to publish her new book.
D. JK Rowling’s first book for adults will be published later this year.
B. is poorly thought of by the London-based publisher Bloomsbury
C. has nothing in common with the Harry Potter series
D. is expected to bring her more money than the Harry Potter series
B. show that many readers are curious about Rowling’s new book
C. tell us that many readers prefer to read detective or crime novels
D. prove that a crime story set in Edinburgh is sure to be successful
B. the author has no doubt about the success of Rowling’s new book
C. JK Rowling will be a crime novelist as good as Ian Rankin
D. it was in Edinburgh that Ian Rankin got to know JK Rowling
B. children won’t have any interest in JK Rowling’s new book
C. Rowling’s vast audience and unique position will guarantee the new book’s succcss
D. only readers of Harry Potter series will be interested in Rowling’ s new book
secretly. The makers of the movie Pearl Harbor have behaved differently.
The noise about Pearl Harbor,made by Disney,has reached its highest point with its premiere (首次
公演) before the movie opens in cinemas across the US at the start of the Memorial Day holiday
weekend,a time to recall national heroes who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield.
As Ben Affleck is the main star,the movie seems sure to become a success in the United States at
least.
At almost three hours in length,it promises to be a good old Hollywood movie.There is a love story.Affleck and his co-star,Josh Hartnett,both fall in love with the navy nurse,Kate Beckinsale and,of course,there is much human courage and love of country.
It"s certain that Disney will be accused of "changing" history.The showing of actual events in a movie
always causes arguments.
Bits of the story are deliberately not mentioned in the movie.It does not address the theory held by
some historians that President Franklin Roosevelt knew about Japan"s intention to attack the ships in
Pearl Harbor.It is said he did nothing,as he was aware that such a blow would allow him to take
America into the Second World War.
Japan remains sensitive about being accused of wartime atrocities (暴行).And Disney is sensitive
about its business in Japan,where it has a theme park.
Not all the reviews of the movie have been full of praise.A reviewer for Newsweek,who was given
an early preview,acknowledged that the 40-minute sequence (连续镜头) showing the attack itself was
powerful.The attack comes quite late in the movie,however,and the reviewer was less impressed with
the characters and the love story.
"Almost every line of the dialogue sounds like it comes from an old movie," the reviewer wrote.
B. the day people remember their ancestors
C. a day people celebrate the victories of World War ?
D. a day people remember those who died in wars
B. may be a very popular movie star
C. experienced the Pearl Harbor Incident
D. was in love with the actress Kate Beckinsale
B. The movie has made the Japanese angry.
C. The movie truly describes the Pearl Harbor Incident.
D. The movie shows that President Roosevelt knew about Japan"s intention.
B. The dialogue in the movie is original and creative.
C. The attack scenes occupy too much time of the movie.
D. The characters and the love story are less attractive.
B. The True Fact of Pearl Harbor.
C. Attention!Pearl Harbor is arriving.
D. Reviewer:Pearl Harbor is a success.
differences between American youth and French youth.
The first difference is in appearance. Going around in the U.S., I found that American youth do not
really care about their appearance. In the morning, they choose something in their closet and wear it with
another thing, often of different colors and styles, without wondering whether their choices make them
look strange. The reason behind this is that they don"t care what people look like, but are just interested
in their ideas. I think it"s great, but it also causes problems. Since they don"t care about their appearance,
they don"t really care about their weight. Often they get fat without realizing it.
There are differences in relationships too. When the American youth fall in love, they don"t really think
of the future. Also, there are differences in the rules concerning behavior that is allowed. In some respects, the French are more accepting. For example, in America it is generally unacceptable to make physical
display of love. Lovers, actually, can"t kiss or hold each other everywhere they want. People think that not showing love in public places is a way to respect others. On the contrary, the French youth can do almost everything they want.
As for other types of relationships, there are also big differences. Americans act differently from
French people in front of unknown people. When an American girl, for example, arrives in front of people she has never met before, she will talk with them, trying to create a kind of tie between her and this new
circle of people. The French girls will just think about rather than really do this kind of thing because they
are too shy and lacking in self-confidence.
To finish, I noticed that in American classes, when pupils want to say or ask something, they just do it. In general, they don"t really care how the others will judge them. In France, it"s not the same case. If somebody wants to ask something, he/she will think about it before speaking up. I appreciate the freedom in Americans" behavior, ideas, and ways of expressing themselves.
B. aspects
C. honors
D. means
B. will rarely display their love in public
C. will always think about their future
D. will kiss wherever they like
B. their public images
C. their physical displays
D. their lover"s ideas
B. friendship
C. similarities
D. relationships
the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
are controlled for many reasons, primarily to maintain reliable water supplies for daily, agricultural and
industrial needs, for power generation, for navigation (航行), and to prevent flooding.
River control is achieved by channelization, a term that covers a range of river engineering works, including
widening, deepening, straightening and stabilization of banks, and by the construction of dams.
An important period of channelization took place in Europe during the 19th century, when many large rivers
were straightened and their beds deepened. One of the most dramatically changed was the Tisza River, a branch
of the Danube that flows through Hungary. The controlling of the Tisza, designed to reduce flooding and make
land for agriculture, included cutting off more than 100 meanders (河曲), shortening the river"s length by nearly
400 kilometers.
One of the most common ways in which people control rivers is by damming them. The past 50 years or so
has seen an increase in dam construction worldwide, and at the beginning of the 21st century, there were about
800,000 dams globally, some towering more than 200 meters in height.
Despite their successes, many dams also cause significant environmental changes that prove harmful. Some
particularly deep reservoirs (水库) can bring about earthquakes due to the stress on their bottom rocks caused
by huge volumes of water. Downstream of a reservoir, the river is certainly influenced in many ways:water
volume, speed and quality are all affected, leading to changes in the landscape and among plants and animals.
最新试题
- 1把文言文阅读材料中划横线的句子翻译成现代汉语(9分) (1)大臣太重者国危,左右太亲者身蔽,古
- 2记函数的定义域为集合M,函数的定义域为集合N.求:(Ⅰ)集合M,N;(Ⅱ)集合,
- 3乙醇(俗名酒精)是一种“绿色能源”,推广使用乙醇汽油有利于保护环境。乙醇完全燃烧的反应可表示为:2CO2+3H2O,其中
- 4下列各组生物性状中,属于相对性状的是A.兔的长毛和短毛B.兔的黑毛和长毛C.兔的白毛和猫的白毛D.兔的白耳和白尾
- 5将溶质和溶剂的化学式填入下表相应的空格内:溶液溶质溶剂溶液溶质溶剂75%的医用酒精 碘酒 澄清石灰水 稀盐酸
- 6下列说法正确的是[ ]A.方程5+x=8和不等式5+x>8的解是一样的B.x=2是不等式4x>5的解集C.x=2
- 7根据句意及首字母提示,完成单词拼写。1. What TV p____ do you prefer to watch?2.
- 8下列与有机物结构、性质相关的叙述中,正确的是A.煤油是石油的分馏产品,可用于保存少量金属钠B.肥皂可以通过高分子化合物油
- 9世界文化丰富多彩,但我们仍然要珍爱自己的文化,拒绝学习外来文化。[ ]
- 10实验室有一瓶保管不当的试剂(如图),其残缺的标签中只剩下“Na”和“10%”字样。已知它是无色液体,是初中化学常用的试剂
热门考点
- 1本题中的图象,是表示一艘轮船和一艘快艇沿相同路线从甲港出发到乙港,行驶过程中路程y(千米)随时间x(小时)变化的图象(分
- 2在相互垂直的匀强电场和匀强磁场中,有一倾角为θ、足够长的光滑绝缘斜面,磁感应强度为B,方向垂直纸面向外,电场方向竖直向上
- 3我国现存的第一部完整的农学著作是 [ ]A、《黄帝内经》 B、《齐民要术》 C、《九章算术》 D、《缀术》
- 4如图所示,半径R=0.4m的光滑半圆环轨道处于竖直平面内,半圆环与粗糙的水平地面相切于圆环的端点A 且μ=0.4。一质量
- 5It’s obvious that the Beijing Olympic Games________a great s
- 6如图,电路图上有四个开关A、B、C、D和一个灯泡,闭合开关D或同时闭合开关A、B、C都可使灯泡发光,(1)任意闭合其中一
- 7读某地土地利用示意图,回答题。小题1:图示区域村庄所处的地形部位是( )A.山间洼地B.山顶C.山脊D.鞍部小题2:
- 8化学与生活息息相关,下列说法不正确的是 [ ]A. 鱼、肉、鸡蛋等富含蛋白质的食品被称为碱性食品,长期缺乏可使尿
- 9荡秋千:也叫“打秋千”,是朝鲜族妇女喜爱的民间游戏。每逢节日聚会,人们便会看到成群结队的朝鲜族妇女,身穿鲜艳的民族服装,
- 10人体的生命活动主要受 的调节,但也受 的影响。