Kindness can really make you pause and be thankful during a stressful time.
Cassandra Warren was in a_________and was feeling a little overwhelmed(使应接不暇)by work and planning her wedding. After she got her wedding invitations ready one day, she hurriedly_________one to her aunt and uncle. A week later, the invitation came back. She had written down the_________address. A handwritten note was_________the returned envelop, which read, “I wish I_________you—this is going to be an enjoyable experience. Congratulations—go to have dinner_________me. I’ve been married for 40 years—It gets better with age.” A $20 bill was inside.
Cassandra was at a bit of a professional crossroads and had been having a_________day. In fact, she’d nearly broken down, telling her_________to her husband-to-be Jesse Jones just as she opened the_________envelop. Then she read the note. “It was kind of perfect timing,” said Cassandra Warren. “We are____________who the mysterious note writer is. But I really____________it.”
Cassandra and Jesse____________with a friend who was going overseas the following night. They happily put the $20 towards their____________. Then Cassandra stopped by a store and bought a thank-you card. She____________wrote her aunt’s address on the envelop again—this time____________ —and addressed it to “Kind Stranger” ____________ by the following words inside,“Thank you for the____________and taking____________ to send it. Not so many people would have done that. It was a big____________ after the day I was having. I am____________people like you still being in the world.”
1.A.rush B.flash C.sense D.race
2.A.showed B.posted C.took D.presented
3.A.incomplete B.unreadable C.unrecorded D.incorrect
4.A.pointed to B.adapted to C.attached to D.contributed to
5.A.blamed B.comforted C.welcomed D.knew
6.A.for B.on C.except D.beyond
7.A.tough B.busy C.relaxing D.nice
8.A.doubt B.fortune C.depression D.embarrassment
9.A.mismatched B.misplaced C.misjudged D.misdirected
10.A.convinced of B.unaware of C.sceptical of D.fond of
11.A.appreciated B.permitted C.selected D.recognized
12.A.worked out B.dined out C.broke out D.set out
13.A.shelf B.chair C.plate D.bill
14.A.accurately B.calmly C.mistakenly D.casually
15.A.as usual B.in return C.on purpose D.in advance
16.A.accompanied B.clarified C.confirmed D.simplified
17.A.picture B.photo C.card D.note
18.A.courage B.care C.responsibility D.time
19.A.favour B.deal C.ceremony D.decision
20.A.anxious about B.grateful for C.ready for D.concerned about
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is one of the highest-paid coaches in the NFL. He is often ______ to his late father, Stephen Nickolas Belichick, for ______ him everything he knows about the game and life. In an interview, he ______ mentioned two major lessons he’s learned from his father.
Stephen was the youngest of five children and “grew up in a ______ environment,” Bill spoke with CNBC contributor Suzy Welch. “His father was ______ during the Depression (经济大萧条). Thus two of his brothers had to drop out of school.”
Bill continued, “So his big ______ really was football. He worked his way through college and made a career out of football and ______ here at the Naval Academy.” A child of immigrants himself, Stephen ______ people settling in the US as great examples of ______ and hard work. He often told Bill about how much he ______ the people that came to the country for their ______ and their devotion to the country.
In turn, Stephen instilled (灌输) those ______ in Bill as a child. “So many of those lessons I learned from him ______ those same values,” Bill said.
When it came to his ______, Bill’s father taught him to follow his passion. It is a lesson he has passed on to his own children, all of whom have jobs in ______. His daughter ______ lacrosse (长曲棍球) while his sons work for the New England Patriots. “I’ve told them the ______ thing my father told me: Follow your ______,” Bill said. “If there is something that you love when you are young, don’t do it for money or some other ______; do it because it is what you ______ to do.”
1.A.accessible B.faithful C.generous D.grateful
2.A.teaching B.owing C.writing D.giving
3.A.doubtfully B.specifically C.naturally D.deliberately
4.A.flexible B.secure C.stressful D.horrible
5.A.impatient B.unemployed C.competent D.ambitious
6.A.break B.deal C.mistake D.burden
7.A.turned up B.grew up C.ended up D.signed up
8.A.hired B.ranked C.appointed D.viewed
9.A.discrimination B.achievement C.competition D.caution
10.A.judged B.admired C.confirmed D.envied
11.A.toughness B.appreciation C.discipline D.appearance
12.A.challenges B.qualities C.opportunities D.thoughts
13.A.promoted B.measured C.improved D.represented
14.A.expectation B.talent C.occupation D.acquisition
15.A.sports B.journalism C.sales D.education
16.A.conveys B.watches C.guides D.coaches
17.A.extra B.same C.wise D.tiny
18.A.heart B.lead C.guidance D.schedule
19.A.preference B.performance C.reputation D.motivation
20.A.deserve B.promise C.desire D.fail
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Feeling unwell, I returned home at 2 pm. Imagine my ______ when I heard children’s laughter from my daughter’s bedroom. I ran ______ and there was Megan and her friend JoAnn. Seeing me, they ______ laughing, looking at each other ______. I had a hard time getting it out of them, but they finally ______ they came home for ______ and never returned to school.
I said, “You mean you cut school.” JoAnn said, “But we didn’t do it ______. We were talking and forgot to look at the ______.”
“No, you didn’t forget that.” I said when her friend left. Megan ______ her head saying, “We were just _______to see what it would feel like not to return to school.”
For the ______, I didn’t know what to do. I considered ______ her-telling her she couldn’t have JoAnn over for the next month. But ______ I said, “I’m very ______ by all this. You should be in school. Now I’m probably going to get a ______ from your teacher.” Megan said, “Write me an ______ note. Say I was sick and then she won’t call you.” I said, “The note has to come from you and has to be the ______.” Though unhappy, she wrote the note saying she was just “experimenting” and ______ she wouldn’t do it again.
Afterward I felt good to have done the right thing, even though it turned out that the teacher gave her a(n) ______ time over the note. I knew I had helped Megan ______ to what she did and take responsibility.
1.A.excitement B.eagerness C.shock D.expectation
2.A.upstairs B.outdoors C.nearby D.backwards
3.A.started B.stopped C.avoided D.continued
4.A.naturally B.happily C.sadly D.guiltily
5.A.agreed B.argued C.admitted D.advised
6.A.dinner B.coffee C.tea D.lunch
7.A.deliberately B.finally C.absolutely D.willingly
8.A.notice B.clock C.lesson D.bell
9.A.raised B.nodded C.turned D.lowered
10.A.waiting B.gathering C.experimenting D.exploring
11.A.moment B.future C.purpose D.reason
12.A.teasing B.punishing C.calming D.persuading
13.A.still B.rather C.even D.instead
14.A.upset B.amused C.thrilled D.confused
15.A.visit B.task C.call D.greeting
16.A.advice B.absence C.demand D.guidance
17.A.excuse B.relief C.cause D.truth
18.A.promised B.concluded C.claimed D.confirmed
19.A.easy B.pleasant C.hard D.special
20.A.go over B.face up C.get down D.move on
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Since I was young. I've noticed _______ in people's hairstyles, clothes, facial expressions and behaviors. I like noticing the world around me and I _______ the power of paying attention.
I grew up on our family farm. My grandpa always had an eye on the sky, _______the clouds and their various colors. He knew when the soybeans got the _______ of brown paper bags it was time to _______. Farming is about noticing and paying attention.
My mother and grandmother _______ everything from curtains to clothes. My mother made quite a few of my _______ and her pattern work was so _______. My aunt Becky knit socks and sweaters. The patterns looked like a foreign language to me, but they were road maps my mother followed _______ If she noticed a __________ stitch(一针), she would follow seriously __________ The women in my family practiced __________crafts, requiring precision and an eye for __________ attention to color combinations and a love of a __________ world.
Noticing was all around me. It was the clothes on my body, the __________ in the fields, and the clouds in the sky.
I'm teaching how to write and seeing details is my job. Nothing is too small to __________Paying attention is my occupation. Through paying attention to my __________carefully, I can get to know more about them than before. So if I notice that their eyes look __________ instead of bright. I will know why. The world is __________ one detail after another, and by opening my eyes to each of them, I can see the world much more __________much more broadly.
1.A.decorations B.inventions C.figures D.changes
2.A.believe in B.think of C.talk about D.look into
3.A.introducing B.complaining C.interpreting D.painting
4.A.shape B.color C.weight D.size
5.A.grow B.water C.weed D.harvest
6.A.sewed B.bought C.ploughed D.designed
7.A.bags B.beds C.clothes D.books
8.A.adequate B.precise C.complicated D.fragile
9.A.badly B.carelessly C.rudely D.seriously
10.A.dropped B.broken C.sharpened D.shortened
11.A.yet B.too C.again D.though
12.A.troublesome B.conventional C.demanding D.simple
13.A.detail B.sky C.perfection D.money
14.A.patterned B.wandering C.rough D.noisy
15.A.farmers B.workers C.fruits D.crops
16.A.hear B.ignore C.concern D.share
17.A.parents B.colleagues C.neighbors D.students
18.A.big B.dull C.open D.clever
19.A.made up for B.got hold of C.composed of D.knocked out of
20.A.clearly B.bravely C.hopefully D.easily
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was a beautiful, sunny summer day. I was on vacation in Sanya with my family.
Holidaymakers _______ the beach. Shouts and cheers filled my ears. My mother was sitting under a big _______, reading a book and drinking lemonade. My father was playing volleyball on the _______ sands. Walking along the beach, I could feel a cool summer breeze _______ my cheeks. So eager was I to explore the world in the _______ of sea that I took off my ring I got as a gift from my parents for graduation (beautiful, gold, inscribed(刻字的), full of emotional value) and _______ it in the cup holder of a foldable chair. Beach day continued, and we packed up and _______ back to the hotel. Upon arrival, I suddenly _______ what I’d done—my ring wasn’t on my finger. Panic _______.
We raced back to the beach with only 20 minutes to ________ before sunset. Get to the beach and locate the ________ area I laid out earlier. We searched it thoroughly, but without luck. My heart ________ and tears rolled down my cheeks. Learning what happened, about 25 strangers in the area got down on their hands and knees to help my ________ self search for my ring. And they helped me to the ________. Suddenly someone ________ and shouted to me “I found it”. They all ________ around me so happy and congratulatory ________ they had won the lottery. My tears of ________ turned into tears of joy and thankfulness for the amazing effort put forth by this ________faces.
Just as Marianne Williamson ________ it, we experience love as kindness, giving, forgiveness, peace, joy and acceptance. Love can show up in a million different forms.
1.A.arrived B.crowded C.deserted D.existed
2.A.roof B.shadow C.umbrella D.sky
3.A.cutting B.freezing C.moving D.burning
4.A.brush B.strike C.impress D.seize
5.A.depth B.length C.strength D.growth
6.A.placed B.hide C.remained D.found
7.A.headed B.flew C.escaped D.reached
8.A.declared B.ignored C.shared D.realized
9.A.set in B.set up C.set aside D.set out
10.A.waste B.spare C.save D.rescue
11.A.common B.damp C.general D.calm
12.A.hurt B.crashed C.sank D.suffered
13.A.begging B.sobbing C.nodding D.disguising
14.A.course B.shore C.end D.distance
15.A.backed off B.stepped forward C.stood up D.broke in
16.A.assisted B.argued C.confirmed D.gathered
17.A.in case B.even if C.as though D.what if
18.A.appreciation B.expectation C.ignorance D.loss
19.A.abnormal B.fresh C.unfamiliar D.remote
20.A.goes B.creates C.puts D.expands
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was nine, I used to mow the lawn (修剪草坪)for Mrs. Long. Living on a _______ budget, she paid me very little for the work. But she did _______ me, "When Christmas comes, I shall have a _______ for you.” I spent much time _______ what it would be. My friends had baseball gloves, bicycles and ice skates. I was so _______ to acquire any one of these.
As Christmas approached, it was with _______ that I kept myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and _______ my present. My parents had to remind me that it's too _______On December 22, my patience finally _______ . I marched down the street, presented myself at her house, and said," I've come for my present, Mrs. Long/'
She ________ me into her living room and disappeared into another room. In a moment she returned with a ________ package which under no circumstances could ________baseball gloves, let alone a pair of skates. I was painfully ________ but did not show it, because my parents had warned repeatedly, "Whatever she has for you, take it ________and say 'thank you'."
“What is it?" I asked.
"A kind of ________ and you'll see on Christmas Day."
Her words set my mind ________ with new possibilities. Gradually, curiosity ________my initial disappointment. By the time I reached home, I had ________ myself that she gave me a magician's set. "I'll be able to ________ an umbrella into a bunch of flowers. Cool!”
On Christmas morning, with great excitement, I removed the wrapping paper and opened the flat box, only to find inside ten ________ of black paper, Carbon Paper Regal Premium(复写纸).
"It is really something magic!"
1.A.tight B.free C.quick D.safe
2.A.admire B.warm C.promise D.trust
3.A.question B.present C.task D.suggestion
4.A.choosing B.accepting C.forgetting D.wondering
5.A.eager B.happy C.grateful D.lucky
6.A.joy B.difficulty C.practice D.wisdom
7.A.sending B.buying C.demanding D.refusing
8.A.early B.heavy C.late D.simple
9.A.came about B.sped up C.paid off D.gave out
10.A.carried B.led C.hid D.forced
11.A.strange B.new C.small D.light
12.A.hold B.show C.afford D.match
13.A.disappointed B.excited C.annoyed D.surprised
14.A.bravely B.slowly C.politely D.casually
15.A.joke B.magic C.love D.paper
16.A.closing B.dancing C.suffering D.failing
17.A.added B.supported C.ruined D.replaced
18.A.taught B.convinced C.enjoyed D.informed
19.A.cut B.put C.turn D.take
20.A.loafs B.bags C.piles D.sheets
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at 8:15 was so _______ that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ , he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______ . Looking out of his bedroom window, he _______ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, and its engine was _______ .
Seeing that, he immediately _______ buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was _______ nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one should have survived this ________ , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson, still ________ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window in visible ________ . Languell tried stopping the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the ________ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.
________ , Languell tried to open the back door, but he failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and ________ the back door. This time, it ________ and the back door was opened and Languell crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's ________. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell pulled him out of a rear window, and then ________ him to safety before the car was entirely surrounded by flames.
Then Languell called a (n) ________ as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the doctors arrived and Languell felt ________.
1.A.strange B.loud C.pleasant D.weak
2.A.listen B.view C.investigate D.question
3.A.behind B.above C.inside D.outside
4.A.spied B.inspected C.overlooked D.caught
5.A.in danger B.at work C.in ruins D.on fire
6.A.got hold of B.controlled C.took charge of D.prepared
7.A.wound B.damage C.engine D.smoke
8.A.set B.classified C.split D.cut
9.A.hanging B.falling C.sent D.planted
10.A.crisis B.crash C.disorder D.event
11.A.calm B.anxious C.conscious D.confident
12.A.pain B.surprise C.comfort D.anger
13.A.water B.driver C.passengers D.flames
14.A.Instantly B.Constantly C.Eventually D.Consistently
15.A.kicked B.hit C.pulled D.tapped
16.A.responded B.made C.worked D.managed
17.A.trousers B.seat belt C.back pack D.coat
18.A.pushed B.shouldered C.dragged D.fetched
19.A.ambulance B.taxi C.policeman D.firefighter
20.A.satisfied B.touched C.recognized D.relieved
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
It was a few years ago, and I took a holiday-season job in a video store. One day, an elderly woman _________ my store, along with a young woman who I _________ was her daughter. The daughter showed _________, rolling her eyes, sighing and checking her watch every few seconds.
The elderly woman separated from the young one and _________ to search through the DVDS on the nearest shelf. I _______ and asked if I could help her _________ something. The woman smiled at me and showed me a title on a piece of paper.
Rather than rushing off to _________ the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me _________ I could show her where she could find it. Looking _________, I think I wanted to enjoy her __________ for a moment. Something about her __________ movements reminded me of my mother, who passed away a few years ago.
As we walked along the back of the store, I __________ what was on the shelves: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, etc. The woman seemed ________ the unrushed company and casual conversation.
We ________ the movie, and I praised her for her choice. She smiled and told me it was one she had __________ when she was at her son’s age and that she hoped he would enjoy it as much as she had.
I ________ the old woman to the cashier and then stepped back toward the young woman. “Is that your __________?” I asked. She rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah.” Mind some __________?” I asked. “Of course not,” said the daughter.
“Cherish(珍爱)her,” I said. And then I answered her surprised expression by saying, “When she’s __________, it’s the little moments that’ll come back to you. Times like this. I know.” It was __________. I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I’d used my impatience to make her upset.
1.A.closed B.entered C.passed D.left
2.A.knew B.realized C.guessed D.explained
3.A.kindness B.courage C.interest D.impatience
4.A.began B.continued C.forgot D.agreed
5.A.moved around B.walked over C.dropped out D.fell behind
6.A.buy B.carry C.get D.find
7.A.make B.play C.get D.borrow
8.A.so B.or C.and D.but
9.A.back B.forward C.up D.down
10.A.work B.company C.success D.performance
11.A.careful B.careless C.strong D.weak
12.A.changed B.designed C.examined D.introduced
13.A.worried about B.angry at C.happy with D.afraid of
14.A.developed B.watched C.missed D.found
15.A.wanted B.hated C.enjoyed D.remembered
16.A.pushed B.carried C.drove D.sent
17.A.daughter B.girl C.mom D.boss
18.A.attention B.advice C.support D.promise
19.A.done B.gone C.accepted D.asked
20.A.true B.appropriate C.reasonable D.impossible
高三英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is based on the ____ that drama evolved from ritual( 宗教仪式). The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings ____ the natural forces of the world -even the seasonal changes-as unpredictable, and they sought through various means to ____ these unknown and feared powers. Those measures which appeared to ____ the desired results were then kept and repeated until they changed into ____ rituals. ____ stories arose which explained or masked the mysteries of the rituals. As times passed, some rituals were ____, but the stories, later called myths, continued to exist and provided material for art and drama.
Those who believed that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rituals contained the ____ of theatre because music, dance, masks, and ____ were almost always used. ____, a suitable site had to be provided for performances and _____the entire community did not participate, a(n) ____ division was usually made between the “area of acting” and the “area in which an audience sits”. Besides, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was ____ to avoiding mistakes in the practice of rituals, religious leaders usually ____ that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often imitated (模仿) other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed (用哑剧表演出) the ____ effect―success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun- ____ an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representatives were separated from ____ activities.
Another theory traces the theater’s origin from the human interest in ____. According to this view, tales about the hunt, war or other things are told and gradually spread. ____ through the use of action and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily gymnastic or that are ____ of animal movements and sounds.
1.A.background B.assumption C.evidence D.theory
2.A.viewed B.employed C.clarified D.dismissed
3.A.take B.possess C.guarantee D.control
4.A.start B.show C.bring D.continue
5.A.usual B.direct C.convincing D.fixed
6.A.Apparently B.Actually C.Eventually D.Naturally
7.A.spread B.abandoned C.followed D.celebrated
8.A.seed B.content C.myth D.history
9.A.costumes B.routines C.instructions D.performances
10.A.As a result B.In fact C.On the contrary D.In addition
11.A.when B.how C.unless D.while
12.A.deep B.equal C.clear D.extra
13.A.attached B.related C.committed D.tied
14.A.put up B.took up C.took on D.put on
15.A.unexpected B.unpredicted C.prepared D.desired
16.A.whenever B.as C.whatever D.so
17.A.social B.political C.economic D.religious
18.A.accounts B.story-telling C.descriptions D.drama-writing
19.A.at that time B.at a time C.at first D.at once
20.A.imitations B.creatures C.presentations D.exhibitions
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
In the late 1990s, I came across an individual with my same last name of Boyter. As you probably already know, Boyter isn’t that common of a _______.
We sat and_______for several hours that day. As we talked I couldn’t help but notice how his general _______ and manner reminded me of my grandpa Boyter. He told a story of his _______ James Boyter who, in the 1870s, left Scotland and _______ the United States with his older brother Alexander.
According to our family _______, the two brothers got into _______ for hunting on royal land. So they escaped to the U.S. with their family and_______ in the Southern Utah town.
I sat and _______ as this man told me this story. I kept ________ and held my excitement inside until he finished telling the story. I had heard that exact ________ story countless times at family gatherings all during my childhood. Now here was a complete “________” telling me this story. I ________ knew how we were related! He was ________ when I told him that I was a descendant (后代) of the older brother Alexander: my great-great grandfather Boyter.
________ the effort of life story preservation of the descendants of James Boyter, we ________ where we came from. We should not forget to ________ stories of our brothers and sisters and other close family members into our own journals, ________ and autobiographies.
What we include in the account of our life story may make all the ________ in the world to your brother or sister’s descendants generations from now. All because you ________ it in your own history!
1.A.name B.place C.word D.man
2.A.rested B.played C.talked D.waited
3.A.idea B.knowledge C.condition D.look
4.A.brother B.ancestor C.acquaintance D.name
5.A.traveled around B.returned to C.passed by D.came to
6.A.tree B.life C.story D.tradition
7.A.confusion B.debt C.trouble D.politics
8.A.settled B.suffered C.grew D.retired
9.A.laughed B.hesitated C.listened D.sighed
10.A.silent B.calm C.busy D.cautious
11.A.interesting B.meaningful C.same D.simple
12.A.storyteller B.stranger C.gentleman D.member
13.A.fortunately B.recently C.slowly D.immediately
14.A.worried B.regretted C.moved D.excited
15.A.Regardless of B.Rather than C.Thanks to D.As with
16.A.wonder B.know C.choose D.forget
17.A.include B.create C.change D.copy
18.A.fictions B.letters C.brochures D.diaries
19.A.choice B.difference C.money D.arrangement
20.A.read B.polished C.recorded D.found
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