Heimaey is a small island off the southern coast of Iceland of just 4,200 people. But with its neighboring islands, there ______ the world’s largest puffin colony (海鹦群). Each spring, puffins go to the islands to breed. Around August, baby puffins ______ their way to the ocean. That’s when the ______ begins.
Baby puffins leave at night by instinct (本能) and follow the light of the ______ to the sea. But they are ______ by bright lights. Every year, a large number ______ lost. Worse still, the lost birds are ______ hit by cars or eaten by cats.
Each breeding season, the ______ of Heimaey start their own midnight ______, which is called the Puffling Patrol. They ______ to form search parties. “When you see a bird, you try to ______ it and guide it into the box,” Eldur Hansen, a 14-year-old boy said.
The next morning, they take the birds to the beach for ______. Over the years, kids have even developed a ______ method. “You do not throw them like a baseball,” Eldur says. “You hold them in both hands. Then ______ your arms out in front of you and let go.” Before being set ______, the birds are ______and tagged(附上标签) for tracking purposes.
“Thanks to kids’ help, we scientists have learned that baby puffins now weigh less. That means they have a ______ chance of survival,” says Erpur Hansen, Eldur’s dad, a researcher in the Southeast Iceland Nature Research Center.
Scientists worry puffins will ______ completely. But the kids give ______ to Erpur Hansen. “The ______ is that people can make a difference,” he says. “Each time these kids help a bird get back to the ocean, they show us that.”
1.A.has B.lives C.stands D.contains
2.A.search B.continue C.make D.follow
3.A.life B.journey C.trouble D.luck
4.A.sun B.moon C.candle D.bulb
5.A.puzzled B.excited C.delighted D.surprised
6.A.get into B.give off C.figure out D.end up
7.A.slightly B.fluently C.mainly D.hardly
8.A.scientists B.children C.birds D.adults
9.A.adventure B.voyage C.research D.competition
10.A.collect B.get C.turn D.gather
11.A.corner B.run C.catch D.count
12.A.sale B.freedom C.fun D.release
13.A.gentle B.calm C.tough D.rough
14.A.take B.fold C.spread D.wave
15.A.up B.down C.apart D.free
16.A.raised B.weighed C.eaten D.tapped
17.A.lower B.higher C.worse D.better
18.A.die away B.die out C.die down D.die off
19.A.source B.love C.energy D.patience
20.A.purpose B.news C.story D.message
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
Sending an urgent message in a bottle would not typically be considered a sensible strategy. However, it magically ___ for three hikers from California.
In June 2019, for Father^ Day weekend, the Whitsons ___ to go backpacking along central California's Arroyo Seco River. Things went ___ for the first two days. On June 16, Whitson, who was ___ with the area, led the trip to the Arroyo Seco narrows(峡谷).
____ when the hikers reached the waterfall in the narrows, Whitson realized that ___ his previous trip through the area, the water currents were too strong to pass. "My heart ____ when I realized that.” Whitson told CNN. Whitson and his son tried to ___ other routes to get around it, but their efforts proved ____ .
With food running low and no cellphone reception to____help, he decided to carve a "GET HELP” message on the side of his water bottle and threw it downstream in the ___ that someone would find it. Then they went back up the river to a small beach to camp out for the night.
Sometime after midnight, the three adventurers were ___ by a welcome sound — a California Highway Patrol helicopter flying overhead. Since it was too dark to conduct a(n) ____ , the officials asked them to stay warm for the night, and ___ to send a team the following day.
Shortly after being____on the morning of June 17, 2019, Whitson ____ that two hikers had tripped upon their water bottle and, upon seeing the urgent ____reported the issue to the officials. Whitson says, "They didn't leave their name or phone number. They just did what was ____ in their heart, and most importantly they took it ____ . Whitson and his family hope the two good hikers will reveal their ___ so that they can express their gratitude in person.
1.A.failed B.worked C.connected D.recommended
2.A.decided B.preferred C.attempted D.happened
3.A.obviously B.unexpectedly C.smoothly D.surprisingly
4.A.familiar B.popular C.content D.busy
5.A.Besides B.Meanwhile C.Moreover D.However
6.A.unlike B.like C.as D.opposite
7.A.beat B.sank C.ached D.broke
8.A.attach B.avoid C.expand D.seek
9.A.priceless B.hopeless C.fruitless D.endless
10.A.call for B.spread out C.beg for D.give away
11.A.challenge B.arrangement C.hope D.satisfaction
12.A.awakened B.disturbed C.annoyed D.greeted
13.A.experiment B.escape C.exploration D.rescue
14.A.regretted B.promised C.chose D.appealed
15.A.picked up B.tried out C.put Forward D.passed down
16.A.believed B.accepted C.predicted D.discovered
17.A.sculpture B.message C.coincidence D.comment
18.A.urgent B.flexible C.right D.possible
19.A.directly B.normally C.seriously D.frequently
20.A.identity B.motivation C.characteristic D.quality
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I didn’t grow up in a very loving family. In fact, there are few, _______, happy memories I have of my childhood _______ my family members. My _______moments were those spent with the few friends I was _______ to have. My family eventually alienated (排斥) all the neighbors. _______, I didn’t even have kids to play with and became quite serious just to hide my pain.
There was another family in town that seemed _______to mine. They had a lot of children too. I always wondered what it would be like _______ my family were more like them. They never knew it, but I watched them and _______them. They were kind, genuine and close.
_______ later I found myself back in the very same place, in that same small town I had ________________. This time I was in that town for my mother’s funeral. My family gave each other the cold ________________, as always. I felt upset that neither time nor circumstances could make them act with ________________ toward each other. As I approached the church for the funeral, memories came ________________back to me. I remembered the warm, kind smiles of that family.
After the funeral service a meal was provided. When looking for seats with my husband, I heard a ________________voice I hadn’t heard in decades call my name. I ________________and the father of that family I had admired was there. He was a church volunteer for my mother’s funeral lunch. We chatted for a bit. I ________________my happy child a few meters away to him and it was at that point that I realized I was raising my boy in a way I had seen him bring ________________his own children so long ago. He wasn’t ________________ of it, but my son’s life has been greatly ________________by him.
So, live your life with love and kindness. You never know who’s watching, who you will ________________and whose life you'll change.
1.A.if not B.if ever C.if any D.if so
2.A.surrounding B.including C.involving D.centering
3.A.tensest B.saddest C.merriest D.plainest
4.A.allowed B.ordered C.urged D.requested
5.A.Moreover B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore
6.A.superior B.opposite C.similar D.considerate
7.A.while B.if C.though D.till
8.A.admired B.joined C.respected D.followed
9.A.Days B.Weeks C.Months D.Decades
10.A.left behind B.dreamed of C.wiped out D.counted on
11.A.shoulder B.kick C.kiss D.fish
12.A.hate B.regret C.reason D.kindness
13.A.stepping B.moving C.flooding D.turning
14.A.strange B.familiar C.broken D.sharp
15.A.walked around B.turned around C.came around D.got around
16.A.picked out B.drove out C.pulled out D.pointed out
17.A.back B.up C.in D.out
18.A.worthy B.ashamed C.sure D.aware
19.A.affected B.disturbed C.twisted D.valued
20.A.train B.assess C.inspire D.regulate
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I reach Lhakpa Sherpa's apartment at noon on a Sunday. She runs out of the front door, hugs me, and _______ me inside. The _______ apartment is dimly lit. The living room has a few chairs, and a wall of sports medals from her two daughters’ gymnastic _______.
Lhakpa was the first Nepalese woman to climb up Everest(珠穆朗玛峰)and back _______, which she _______ in the spring of 2000. With nine summits(登顶),she holds the world record for _______.
During the interview, I'm _______ by her achievements - but also her _______ of resources. How is it that a woman with such _______ achievement and skill is without sponsorship, and must risk ________ to continue to climb the Himalayan mountains she loves?
She currently works at Whole Foods washing dishes, ________ minimum wage. Unable to ________ or drive a car, she walks to work and ________ takes an Uber to training destinations. "Climbing is my ________ out of washing dishes," Lhakpa tells me. "It is also the way to make a better life for the ________. Besides washing dishes, she is often ________ to inspire others, particularly women and single parents.
Her ________ is to climb Everest again in May 2020, followed by K2, a mountain whose summit she once tried to reach but ________ because of bad weather. She knows this plan is ambitious, ________ not crazy.
"Actually, all extreme ________ are crazy" she says. “But I want to show the world I can do it. I want to show women who look like me that they can do it, too."
1.A.locks B.allows C.follows D.welcomes
2.A.small B.big C.comfortable D.messy
3.A.classes B.skills C.rules D.meets
4.A.alone B.alive C.stressed out D.tired out
5.A.challenged B.attempted C.accomplished D.explored
6.A.journalists B.workers C.men D.women
7.A.struck B.frightened C.excited D.surrounded
8.A.lack B.demand C.management D.waste
9.A.tiny B.great C.extra D.personal
10.A.nothing B.everything C.miles D.years
11.A.paying B.raising C.making D.spending
12.A.control B.start C.afford D.sell
13.A.occasionally B.immediately C.practically D.urgently
14.A.reason B.service C.confidence D.way
15.A.boys B.girls C.students D.viewers
16.A.expected B.informed C.driven D.forced
17.A.advice B.belief C.dream D.promise
18.A.fled B.feared C.fell D.failed
19.A.if B.when C.though D.since
20.A.women B.athletes C.things D.circumstances
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My dog died. Yes, she was very old, deaf, and partially blind. She had long lost her _______ energy. Watching her _______ into her bed was as painful for me as it was for her. In the past few months, she had begun to bark at strangers and neighbors. But she used to be _______ even if a child pulled her tail._______ her decline doesn’t lessen the loss, however.
My husband had found her _______ on his farm and brought her home. She was a black and dirty bag of bones who got _______ when we approached. I like to think the years she spent with us were filled with _______. Every so often, though, my husband would remind me her days were _______, and we agreed that if she showed any _______ of pain, we would put her down. No need for her to ________ ,no need for us to hold on tight. I prepared myself for her________ .
Yet, when it came eventually, I wasn’t ________ . I was angry about the __________ of it all. It appears as if we couldn’t negotiate with death, with fate but to __________ ourselves, assuming that we have more time. We can’t really live every day as if it were our last.
We do love our pets. They become a necessary part of the family. Now I still __________look for her in my home office, where she slept. I still ________ her to come and sit at my feet or to slide to the front door whenever one ________. And I miss my__________ of the walks, the feeding and the bathing. I miss her ________ and the sense of being around the house, but more than anything I miss the ________ that she loved me so unconditionally.
1.A.natural B.youthful C.special D.lasting
2.A.settle B.dive C.jump D.throw
3.A.angry B.brave C.friendly D.anxious
4.A.Feeling B.Enjoying C.Checking D.Knowing
5.A.rejected B.exposed C.abandoned D.protected
6.A.fearless B.disappointed C.proud D.nervous
7.A.sorrow B.love C.regret D.pain
8.A.finished B.approached C.counted D.ended
9.A.marks B.gestures C.aspects D.signs
10.A.fight B.suffer C.contact D.survive
11.A.departure B.arrival C.journey D.adventure
12.A.aware B.doubtful C.eager D.ready
13.A.unfairness B.failure C.battle D.challenge
14.A.inform B.convince C.remind D.fool
15.A.carefully B.unconsciously C.instantly D.actively
16.A.expect B.agree C.invite D.allow
17.A.shows off B.turns around C.stops by D.picks up
18.A.routine B.freedom C.hobby D.course
19.A.difference B.absence C.presence D.influence
20.A.reason B.knowledge C.wish D.desire
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses (老茧) and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a ______, including all his struggles.
One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾) hit Ontario, turning it into a ______ desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet com with my dad to fill the last ______ from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which ______ took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t ______ quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we ______ needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated (挫败的) and ______. Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves”. Dad ______. “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re ______.” Such is Dad----whatever problem he ______, he never gives up.
____, the bad effects of the drought were felt all over our county. It was a challenging time for everyone,______ Dad remained optimistic (乐观的). He ______ to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to ______ Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real ______. From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to ______ our family. He always puts our happiness ______ his own and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games ______ his tiredness after long days. His loving and selfless nature has encouraged me to become more sympathetic (有同情心的) and ______, putting others first.
Dad, the life ______ I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.
1.A.teacher B.gardener C.farmer D.grocer
2.A.stormy B.lively C.disappearing D.burning
3.A.order B.form C.room D.position
4.A.repeatedly B.normally C.finally D.really
5.A.go B.begin C.happen D.change
6.A.yet B.still C.even D.nearly
7.A.surprised B.nervous C.angry D.frightened
8.A.apologized B.cried C.complained D.laughed
9.A.lost B.done C.gone D.touched
10.A.meets with B.brings up C.works out D.thinks about
11.A.Thankfully B.Hopefully C.Unfortunately D.Strangely
12.A.or B.for C.so D.but
13.A.happened B.seemed C.continued D.looked
14.A.face B.appreciate C.examine D.question
15.A.love B.pride C.friendship D.honesty
16.A.support B.settle C.start D.impress
17.A.after B.before C.beside D.under
18.A.in spite of B.in support of C.in control of D.in place of
19.A.careful B.regretful C.considerate D.humorous
20.A.history B.stories C.patterns D.lessons
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Three years ago, I was working as a lawyer. For a year or longer, my work was beginning to suffer. I ____ got to the point where I couldn’t concentrate --- one of the early signs that something was _____. I kept forgetting things. Legal work is complicated, and you have to have a good ____ to do that work. So I ____ my job. I talked to my doctor about my family’s ____ of Alzheimer's; my father and grandfather had it. Then I was asked to do some tests. It ____ that I have early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Needless to say, my life has ____. My husband Dan retired soon after my diagnosis (诊断) ____ we spend a lot of time together. ____ going to work, I used to spend my days having lunch with my friends and _____ my mother. I could drive up to see her before I started getting ____. The situation wasn’t _____, but I’d had to turn around enough times that it frightened me. Now I ____ drive out of town. I stay in town.
I am an independent person, but now I have to ____ some of that independence. My husband and I mostly do the shopping together because I ____ the list.
Dan and I are enjoying life while we can. Some people are saving money for trips years down the road. We’re not _____, we take a trip every year.
The one thing I wish I could change is people’s ____ when I tell them I have Alzheimer’s. They shut down. I can still ____; it’s not like suddenly I can’t remember anything. This happened with my father. He was very ____, and he had lots of friends. When his friends learned he got Alzheimer’s, they wouldn’t come to visit him. I think people should learn more about Alzheimer’s and ____ that people with the disease can still socialize.
1.A.hardly B.possibly C.finally D.certainly
2.A.different B.strange C.difficult D.wrong
3.A.reason B.brain C.chance D.hand
4.A.got B.enjoyed C.left D.continued
5.A.habit B.description C.idea D.history
6.A.made sure B.added C.turned out D.meant
7.A.begun B.changed C.returned D.ended
8.A.so B.but C.as D.unless
9.A.Apart from B.Along with C.Because of D.Instead of
10.A.helping B.visiting C.missing D.calling
11.A.bored B.hurt C.tired D.lost
12.A.funny B.terrible C.similar D.special
13.A.never B.again C.often D.still
14.A.ask for B.look at C.give up D.show off
15.A.forget B.make C.take D.hate
16.A.waiting B.caring C.pretending D.listening
17.A.interests B.relationship C.lives D.reaction
18.A.travel B.drive C.talk D.learn
19.A.brave B.social C.honest D.proud
20.A.realize B.explain C.expect D.imagine
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives (高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now ____ on their way to impressive careers. By society’s ____, they seem to have it made.
On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a ____ drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and ____ out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine ____ a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars.
The thing is, a number of them have ____ that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some ____ of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they ____. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and ____. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the ____ to which they have so quickly become ____.
People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and ____ in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they ____ or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it’s ____. They have loans, bills, a mortgage (抵押贷款) to ____, retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something ____ in their lives, but it’s ____ to step off the track.
In a society that tends to ____ everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our ____ in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs ____ in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.
1.A.much B.never C.seldom D.well
2.A.policies B.standards C.experiments D.regulations
3.A.last B.least C.second D.best
4.A.cycled B.moved C.slid D.looked
5.A.shared B.paid C.equaled D.collected
6.A.advertised B.witnessed C.admitted D.demanded
7.A.complain B.dream C.hear D.approve
8.A.distribute B.hate C.applaud D.neglect
9.A.calm B.guilty C.warm D.empty
10.A.family B.government C.lifestyle D.project
11.A.accustomed B.appointed C.unique D.available
12.A.yet B.also C.instead D.rather
13.A.let out B.turn in C.give up D.believe in
14.A.fundamental B.practical C.impossible D.unforgettable
15.A.take off B.drop off C.put off D.pay off
16.A.missing B.inspiring C.sinking D.shining
17.A.harmful B.hard C.useful D.normal
18.A.measure B.suffer C.digest D.deliver
19.A.disasters B.motivations C.campaigns D.decisions
20.A.assessed B.involved C.covered D.reduced
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My grandparents lived in a town in Michigan. Every summer I stayed with them as a young child. I came from the _______ but loved the small place where they lived. People there knew everyone else, their kids, their pets and their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow _______ I grew older.
My grandma was _______ at making something exciting by hand. She would make little sandwiches and we'd have tea parties. She'd plant flowers and carefully _______ them. She'd _______ sweaters for her grandchildren as well as making beautiful _______ for each one. I remember the small thimble (顶针)she would use while doing her needlework. _______ her thimble on her finger, she'd remark, "I wouldn't want to sew without one."
A few years ago my grandma _______ at the age of 91. After attending her funeral, I realized how _______ our lives had changed. I missed her very much. When my birthday came, I was feeling ________ because there was no card from my grandma. But what happened later made me feel that she was ________ that special day with me. While I was arranging some ________ pillows that my grandma had made, I ________ felt something inside one pillow. It was small and ________ I moved the object to a seam (接缝)and I carefully opened it. To my delight, out ________ a tiny silver thimble!
How ________ it was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, my grandma ________ it in that little pillow for me. I carefully laid the thimble along with the other things I had ________ over the years, which reminded me of the pleasant ________ of her.
I heated the tea kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as my grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and my grandma's __________. What a wonderful birthday that was!
1.A.building B.cottage C.city D.town
2.A.as B.though C.that D.if
3.A.mad B.angry C.good D.poor
4.A.watch B.tend C.pick D.cut
5.A.mend B.buy C.wash D.make
6.A.books B.houses C.quilts D.bikes
7.A.Buying B.Placing C.Collecting D.Removing
8.A.called on B.fell ill C.dropped in D.passed away
9.A.quickly B.shamefully C.slightly D.slowly
10.A.upset B.worried C.thrilled D.surprised
11.A.sharing B.thinking C.planning D.wasting
12.A.tiresome B.ugly C.colorful D.broken
13.A.eagerly B.carelessly C.suddenly D.gladly
14.A.neat B.difficult C.hard D.soft
15.A.went B.came C.took D.made
16.A.ashamed B.proud C.wise D.exciting
17.A.mixed B.sewed C.hid D.stored
18.A.learned B.designed C.collected D.saved
19.A.memory B.book C.letter D.clothes
20.A.kettle B.tea C.thimble D.coffee
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much, but I was ______.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: _______. I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the drive, the will and the grades, _______ I didn’t have the resources. Even _______ things like food, water and shelter weren’t readily available. Young people in poverty have little or no _______ to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging _______ someone helped. When I left primary school, I was in the same _______ as many other poor disadvantaged youth. _______, during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was _______ and I received a scholarship. Today, I am ______ record as being the first student to be enrolled in this school.
In 2006, my school ________ The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for _______ disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain ______ skills. After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT course. _______, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only care about ourselves but other people. With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website, aimed at networking 10,000 African ______ worldwide, all Sisters commit to sending information to their villages. This can be to _______ financial freedom, advance information _______ to health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only ______ to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights the huge challenge in _______ the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will _______ what they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.
1.A.energetic B.happy C.confident D.hopeful
2.A.status B.college C.entertainment D.education
3.A.so B.and C.but D.since
4.A.cheap B.basic C.important D.simple
5.A.access B.means C.chance D.dream
6.A.so B.when C.as D.unless
7.A.occasion B.situation C.dilemma D.position
8.A.Generally B.Importantly C.Luckily D.Casually
9.A.put up B.taken up C.made up D.set up
10.A.on B.in C.at D.for
11.A.approved B.took C.joined D.launched
12.A.psychologically B.physically C.educationally D.financially
13.A.social B.average C.typical D.professional
14.A.In short B.In all C.In addition D.In brief
15.A.students B.girls C.kids D.teenagers
16.A.promote B.introduce C.employ D.present
17.A.attached B.compared C.related D.devoted
18.A.alternative B.acceptable C.appropriate D.available
19.A.narrowing B.shortening C.declining D.changing
20.A.encourage B.spread C.add D.apply
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