I planted two seeds side by side in the soil in my backyard. The first says, “I want to grow! I want to send my roots _______ into the soil, and try to _______. I want to feel the _______ of the sun on my face!” and it grew. The second seed says, “I am _______. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don’t know what I will meet in the _______. If I push my way through the hard soil, I may _______ my small sprouts (芽). What if a small child may pull me _______ from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait _______ safe.” A hen walking around for food found the waiting seed and _______ ate it.
I sometimes ________ myself -- What if I stop focusing on the worst and go for the ________? Most people can do ________ things if they have the confidence to take the ________. Yet most people don’t, there are lots of people ________ on the sofa saying: I’m going …They will do it when they are rich and when they get ________ and their children are perfectly grown.
The ________ is that your life can never be perfect. Part of it might be, though. Step away from the sofa sitters who are ________ a single perfect day to begin ________ their dreams.
Believe in yourself and know that you can do ________! However, those who ________ to risk get controlled by life finally.
1.A.high B.wide C.short D.deep
2.A.get up B.blow up C.pick up D.come up
3.A.warmth B.violence C.strength D.coolness
4.A.happy B.afraid C.wrong D.excited
5.A.sky B.sea C.dark D.bright
6.A.damage B.grow C.help D.touch
7.A.in B.down C.up D.on
8.A.though B.once C.when D.until
9.A.frequently B.kindly C.seriously D.immediately
10.A.blame B.ask C.answer D.control
11.A.worst B.smallest C.best D.farthest
12.A.unusual B.humorous C.boring D.useless
13.A.food B.money C.risk D.invitation
14.A.walking B.jumping C.sitting D.standing
15.A.married B.rich C.young D.handsome
16.A.quality B.truth C.dream D.advantage
17.A.spending B.organizing C.suffering D.waiting
18.A.realizing B.reaching C.hurting D.affecting
19.A.both B.nothing C.little D.anything
20.A.start B.accept C.refuse D.employ
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I Have Two Names
Oyindasola means ''Honey poured into my wealth. '' It's fairly common Nigerian (尼日利亚的) name, mainly used for girls._________, I’m known as Oyindasola but my nickname is Chelsea. Some ask why I don’t use my real _________ and I tell them what my father told me: a story about him _________ Chelsea, South West London a year after I was born. I tell them that this nickname spoke to him so much that it _________ on every birthday cake of mine.
When I was seven, inside the brick walls of our townhouse in New York, we decided to _________ to Nigeria. And my mother needed to know what my family there would call me. The nickname I’d been called for as long as I could _________ or the complex name on my passport? A simple question. But it tore me apart.
A week later we found ourselves at an airport with groups of Nigerians speaking as we _________ for our cab. After a week of getting used to the spicier foods, and sharper scents, I fell into _________. Soon, my memories of Disney in America were _________ with sounds of Nigerian music. My tongue grew heavier with Nigerian __________, and the words shared between my mother and grandmother in their native tongue finally __________. But, I still wasn't Nigerian enough. Their unfriendly looks and __________ were a constant reminder of who I was: an American girl with the westernized name. So I wasn't __________ sad when my mother announced our back to America for her work.
On the first day of middle school in America, __________ coursed through me because I knew my birth name wouldn't __________ the attendance list just as I couldn't fail to draw others' attention. I was __________ when the teacher mispronounced my painfully long name and my classmates laughed.
But with every passing year, came new __________. Every new attendance roll (考勤) call was responded with a braver voice and a __________ smile. That long name, mispronounced or not, is mine. The Nigerian accent slipping through is mine. Who I am is simple: a Nigerian girl with __________ to the American dream, a girl with two __________ and two names.
1.A.Luckily B.Frankly C.Legally D.Obviously
2.A.origin B.name C.identity D.signature
3.A.visiting B.describing C.abandoning D.leaving
4.A.competed B.happened C.passed D.appeared
5.A.drive B.move C.pace D.walk
6.A.imagine B.predict C.remember D.survive
7.A.headed B.answered C.changed D.turned
8.A.conversations B.chaos C.desperation D.routine
9.A.connected B.replaced C.faced D.decorated
10.A.recreation B.lifestyle C.accent D.diet
11.A.made sense B.took shape C.died away D.ran out
12.A.gifts B.decisions C.negotiations D.remarks
13.A.rarely B.really C.perfectly D.nervously
14.A.anxiety B.disappointment C.rudeness D.shock
15.A.form B.throw C.ruin D.escape
16.A.guilty B.regretful C.embarrassed D.confused
17.A.sympathy B.confidence C.generosity D.honesty
18.A.kinder B.weaker C.wider D.friendlier
19.A.reaction B.objection C.response D.access
20.A.languages B.advantages C.degrees D.occupations
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed ____ and equipped with the rented video we had been ____ to watch. I was feeling a little ____ as I was carrying our shopping, and decided to throw away something. So I was starting to walk towards the garbage can ____ I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He ____ over to another nearby garbage can and started _____it.
I suddenly felt very guilty because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was ____. I walked up to him and handed the ____ and some snacks over to him. The man looked up ____ and took what I gave him.
A huge smile ____ across his face and this ____ me to feel indescribable satisfaction. I felt I couldn’t be happier ____ myself, but then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!”
With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike, I ____ heard him whistling a song as he rode away.
I got a warm ____ inside. I now understand what is ____ by the saying “giving is getting”.
Although it only ____ a little action and a few words, I gained and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can ____ help and everyone will be helped by ____ kindness.
The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind every ____ I have the chance to do something nice.
This is the ____ of charity.
1.A.poorly B.coldly C.warmly D.expensively
2.A.dying B.exciting C.amazing D.satisfying
3.A.worried B.interested C.bored D.tired
4.A.and B.but C.as D.when
5.A.headed B.passed C.crossed D.pulled
6.A.looking around B.looking at C.looking through D.looking for
7.A.cheap B.heavy C.tasteless D.full
8.A.money B.toys C.drink D.clothes
9.A.in silence B.in surprise C.in secret D.in panic
10.A.appeared B.spread C.went D.ran
11.A.forced B.helped C.persuaded D.caused
12.A.with B.to C.at D.for
13.A.still B.once C.even D.ever
14.A.sense B.mind C.thinking D.feeling
15.A.aimed B.meant C.considered D.intended
16.A.cost B.took C.called D.asked
17.A.appreciate B.send C.give D.have
18.A.showing B.expressing C.lending D.setting
19.A.moment B.day C.minute D.time
20.A.power B.meaning C.strength D.goal
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
We are surrounded by stories of sadness, cruelty and violence. Evil arrests our __ . But there are also many____stories of selfless goodness. They could___ go unnoticed, but such acts can also change lives forever.
My brothers and I __ with a story of something that happened to my father, who___ seven years ago. It is a story of family tragedy and astonishing, quiet kindness. My father’s father died when my father was 11. His mother was a widow at 34, and as an only child, he___ much of his grief alone. In accordance with traditional___ , he began to walk very early to church each morning to say prayers in his father’s___ .
At the end of his first week, he___ that the ritual director of the synagogue, Mr. Einstein, walked past his home just as he left to walk to church . Mr. Einstein, ___ advanced in years explained, “Your home is on the way to the church. I thought it might be fun to have some___ . That way, I don’t have to walk alone.”For a year my father and Mr. Einstein walked through the New England __ , the humidity of summer and the snow of winter. They talked about life and loss and, for a while, my father was not so___ .
After my parents married and my oldest brother was born, my father___ Mr. Einstein, now well into his 90s, and asked if Mr. Einstein could meet his new wife and child. Mr. Einstein___ , but said that in view of his age my father would have to come to him.
My father once wrote about what happened: “The journey was long and___ . His home, by car, was ______ twenty minutes away. I drove in tears as I ______ what he had done. He had walked for an hour to my home so that I would not have to be alone each morning. … By the simplest of gestures, the___ of caring, he took a frightened child and he___ him with confidence and with faith back into life.”
1.A.doubt B.goal C.attention D.dream
2.A.confusing B.exciting C.amazing D.moving
3.A.widely B.easily C.clearly D.particularly
4.A.grew up B.took off C.broke away D.gave in
5.A.passed away B.fell down C.died away D.get away
6.A.burden B.took C.carried D.bore
7.A.behaviour B.practice C.habit D.motion
8.A.support B.favour C.memory D.place
9.A.noticed B.discovered C.expected D.predicted
10.A.usually B.even C.still D.already
11.A.company B.experience C.interest D.comfort
12.A.fields B.seasons C.scenes D.months
13.A.different B.lively C.alone D.simple
14.A.rang back B.worried about C.came across D.called up
15.A.promised B.refused C.agreed D.arrived
16.A.accidental B.complicated C.short D.satisfied
17.A.fully B.regularly C.commonly D.hardly
18.A.confirmed B.saw C.realized D.told
19.A.faith B.behavior C.kindness D.act
20.A.held B.led C.warned D.protected
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
-Thomas Macaulay
Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic test to our class. When the papers were____she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the____mistakes throughout the test.
There is nothing really new about cheating in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to____after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs O’Neill asked______questions, and she didn’t______us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ___words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to____these words into our exercise-books one hundred times. I don’t___ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for____I can say: it was the most important single______of my life. Thirty years after being______to Macaulay’s words, they______seem to me the best yardstick (准绳), because they give us a____to measure ourselves rather than others.
___of us are asked to make____decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle.
But all of us are called____daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket______turned over to the policeman? Should the______change received at the store be forgotten or______? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always____to live with someone you respect.
1.A.examined B.completed C.marked D.answered
2.A.easy B.funny C.same D.serious
3.A.come B.remain C.leave D.apologize
4.A.no B.certain C.many D.more
5.A.excuse B.reject C.help D.scold
6.A.above B.common C.following D.unusual
7.A.repeat B.get C.put D.copy
8.A.worry B.know C.hear D.talk
9.A.myself B.ourselves C.themselves D.herself
10.A.chance B.incident C.lesson D.memory
11.A.referred B.shown C.brought D.introduced
12.A.even B.still C.always D.almost
13.A.way B.sentence C.choice D.reason
14.A.All B.Few C.Some D.None
15.A.quick B.wise C.great D.personal
16.A.out B.off C.up D.upon
17.A.and B.or C.then D.but
18.A.extra B.small C.some D.necessary
19.A.paid B.remembered C.shared D.returned
20.A.easier B.more natural C.better D.more peaceful
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My education started in a small village of India, I did not have any English then. When I discovered that famous novelist George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my _________.
My father opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first _________ me a Hindi (印地语) storybook. When dad was reading the book for me, I was _______ by the stories. By the time I was in Grade 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels. Also, my private tutor made me _________ that it was possible for me to learn the language. After 10 months with her, I started reading picture books in English.
Two years later, I began to read my first English novel. Then I _________ that I should try writing newspaper articles, improve my skills and then progress to longer forms. I approached a couple of Hindi newspapers with my writing but was promptly _________. They said my article didn’t live up to their standards. I was so _________ that I doubted my ability. At this time, I met kind-hearted Daniel who _________ my first article after heavy editing. It was an important turning point for me, my _________ as a writer began.
After writing a dozen articles and reviews, I knew it was finally time to plan my novel. ________ the plot was really tough for me. I managed to write the first __________ of my novel! Full of __________, I sent it to Mary Mount, a famous editor right away. My submission was __________ again, but I was still grateful just to hear from her.
One year later, I finished my writing work again. I __________ another editor. A month later, the feed-back landed on my table, but it was desperate, to put it mildly. I __________, believing I’d never get published.
When I shared it with my friend, she __________ me a lot. Her feedback and support helped me improve my manuscript further. Then I submitted it to a few publishers and a few days later, I got a __________ from a publisher. To my __________, he informed me that my book would be published. What surprised me was that a few production houses had expressed interest in my novel. One of the directors __________ intended to adapt it for the screen. It is because of my __________ and the encouragement from my family and friend, after 21 years struggling, that eventually I fulfilled my dream.
1.A.dream B.career C.memory D.ability
2.A.returned B.lent C.drew D.bought
3.A.attracted B.frightened C.amused D.warned
4.A.remember B.regret C.believe D.suggest
5.A.admitted B.realized C.explained D.complained
6.A.put down B.written down C.broken down D.turned down
7.A.worried B.surprised C.depressed D.excited
8.A.published B.refused C.copied D.recited
9.A.program B.report C.drill D.journey
10.A.Creating B.Sharing C.Comparing D.Deleting
11.A.chapter B.draft C.line D.question
12.A.pride B.energy C.expectation D.patience
13.A.praised B.rejected C.accused D.collected
14.A.invited B.helped C.protected D.contacted
15.A.laughed B.cheered C.cried D.clapped
16.A.rewarded B.donated C.thanked D.encouraged
17.A.call B.book C.gift D.task
18.A.sorrow B.delight C.disappointment D.embarrassment
19.A.hardly B.just C.even D.only
20.A.talent B.effort C.bravery D.modesty
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students,_______across the campus with their heavy instrument cases,_______at school for practice hours before anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to_______music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
_______, one day, in the music class that was _______of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly(随意地) on the piano and found it easy to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually_______doing it. He tried to hide his_______pleasure from the music teacher, who had wandered over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, _______the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good _______and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ________him. There he decided to give the cello(大提琴) a ________. When he began practicing, he took it very casually. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was committed to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This ________, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ________his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ________looks of the non-musicians he had left________.
1.A.travelling B.marching C.pacing D.struggling
2.A.rising up B.coming up C.driving up D.turning up
3.A.betray B.accept C.avoid D.appreciate
4.A.Therefore B.However C.Thus D.Moreover
5.A.part B.nature C.basis D.spirit
6.A.missed B.disliked C.enjoyed D.denied
7.A.transparent B.obvious C.false D.similar
8.A.because B.but C.though D.so
9.A.ear B.taste C.heart D.voice
10.A.occurred to B.took to C.appealed to D.held to
11.A.change B.chance C.mission D.function
12.A.proved B.showed C.stressed D.meant
13.A.pushing B.dragging C.lifting D.rushing
14.A.admiring B.pitying C.annoying D.teasing
15.A.over B.aside C.behind D.out
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Middle school is like a batt reground. Everyone seems to be going through awkward physical changes, emotional mood ______, low self﹣esteem. For me, ______ was my trouble as I stood a head above the other girls. My grandfather would watch me grow ______ uncomfortable. "Stand straight and tall." he'd say, as I tried to ______ myself to avoid sticking out. And each time, I would sheepishly do as he said. I understand that his advice was about more than just feel and ______.
My grandfather grew up in ______ Europe. When German soldiers ______ his hometown, a beautiful city in Poland, he hated them and eventually ______ to join the army to fight for his country's freedom." "Stand straight, stand tall " meant something else back then. After the war he ______ a boat for America. All alone in a new country, he was ______ about his future
However, he______ head-on into the hustle and bustle (熙熙攘攘) of the streets of New York. Soon, he met other European immigrants, each of them trying to find his or her own way. "If they could do it, why couldn't he?" Stand straight, stand tall he would always ______ himself.
Thanks to the help of a loyal and ______ friend, my grandfather acquired a jewelry ______ on the street. He was nervous in the beginning. He was trying to learn this______ new business and a new language as well.
______, with his efforts, within months, my grandfather was commanding his ______ behind the counter, selling diamonds and all kinds of cultural pearls in no more than one year as if he had neon doing it his whole life.
Listening to my grandfather's remarkable experiences has changed the way I______ my own life. His advice to me has become much more than a ______ to improve my posture. It tells me to be ______ of who I am.
1.A.exchanges B.swings C.researches D.effects
2.A.height B.finance C.relationship D.performance
3.A.academically B.largely C.doubtfully D.increasingly
4.A.please B.judge C.shrink D.declare
5.A.inches B.dollars C.Size D.miles
6.A.weather﹣beaten B.war﹣torn C.disaster﹣hit D.tongue﹣tied
7.A.advocated B.approached C.charged D.occupied
8.A.determined B.occurred C.sought D.proved
9.A.witnessed B.boarded C.guided D.Slid
10.A.satisfied B.excited C.frightened D.tired
11.A.studied B.observed C.exploded D.marched
12.A.warn B.accept C.Remind D.consult
13.A.tricky B.trust C.cheerful D.selfish
14.A.hall B.studio C.booth D.basement
15.A.tough B.familiar C.adequate D.happy
16.A.Generally B.Secretly C.Amazingly D.Frequently
17.A.possession B.state C.right D.spot
18.A.fancy B.view C.expect D.deliver
19.A.challenge B.description C.relief D.distribution
20.A.ashamed B.typical C.force D.proud
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It was snowing _________, and the wind was blowing the snow into great piles _________ the fences at the sides of the road. In some places the piles were so big _________ they were beginning to spread right across the road, but as long as cars _________ keep moving at a proper speed, they could still manage to _________.
_______, at one point on the road there was a _________ bend in the road. There the drivers had to be very _________ to avoid getting stuck.
At last, of course, there was one who was not skillful enough and let his car stop on the corner. He _________ to drive in forward over the piles by speeding up, but the wheels slipped, and the car finished up deep in the snow and blocking the road.
The next car to reach the corner was __________ trouble too. The driver had been trying to __________ a good speed to avoid getting stuck, but he did not __________ the car blocking the road in front of him __________ he was almost on top of it. He put his brakes on hard __________ it slipped sideways into deep snow. Later car after car came round the corner too fast to stop properly, and finished up in the deep snow. Before long, there were five cars stuck as the snow __________ to fall and almost covered them.
________, a neighbour saw what had happened and telephoned the local garage, __________ sent a truck to pull the cars out of the snow. The neighbour watched as the garage men __________ them out one by one. When they reached the car which had started all the __________. the neighbor said to them, “You aren’t going to __________ that one, are you? That’s the one that has brought all this business to you today!”
1.A.gradually B.slightly C.quietly D.heavily
2.A.on B.against C.over D.about
3.A.when B.as C.that D.while
4.A.could B.should C.would D.must
5.A.get through B.break down C.pass by D.go back
6.A.Then B.Therefore C.However D.Still
7.A.gentle B.slow C.sharp D.broad
8.A.powerful B.skillful C.beautiful D.meaningful
9.A.managed B.failed C.agreed D.tried
10.A.on B.off C.in D.out of
11.A.keep up B.slow down C.pick up D.switch off
12.A.watch B.observe C.explore D.notice
13.A.when B.until C.after D.since
14.A.while B.and C.or D.for
15.A.stopped B.began C.happened D.continued
16.A.In all B.After all C.On time D.At last
17.A.who B.which C.what D.that
18.A.pulled B.picked C.left D.let
19.A.snow B.ruin C.trouble D.harm
20.A.move B.repair C.break D.wash
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first_______back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an _______, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His dad couldn’t afford the _______ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done_______his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities_______he didn’t have the time or the _______. He had only one good suit. He tried_______the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too _______. During this period Dale was slowly_______an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could__________him from achieving his real potential. She__________that Dale join the debating team, believing that__________in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts__________made it. This proved to be a__________point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the__________he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in __________. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they, __________, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to__________his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to__________an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,__________it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
1.A.admitted B.filled C.supplied D.recognized
2.A.assignment B.education C.advantage D.instruction
3.A.training B.board C.teaching D.equipment
4.A.between B.during C.over D.through
5.A.while B.when C.because D.though
6.A.permits B.interest C.talent D.clothes
7.A.on B.for C.in D.with
8.A.light B.flexible C.optimistic D.outgoing
9.A.gaining B.achieving C.developing D.obtaining
10.A.prevent B.protect C.save D.free
11.A.suggested B.demanded C.required D.insisted
12.A.presence B.practice C.patience D.potential
13.A.hopefully B.certainly C.finally D.naturally
14.A.key B.breaking C.basic D.turning
15.A.progress B.experience C.competence D.confidence
16.A.horse-riding B.football C.speech D.farming
17.A.in return B.in brief C.in turn D.in fact
18.A.convey B.overcome C.understand D.build
19.A.express B.stress C.contribute D.repeat
20.A.besides B.beyond C.like D.with
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析