Recently divorced in my 30s, I had no job and...

Recently divorced in my 30s, I had no job and was on my way downtown on a rainy day to go to the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had fallen apart, and I couldn’t afford another one.

I sat down in the streetcar--- there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid (镶嵌着…的) with gold and bright enamel (珐琅). I had never seen anything so lovely. I examined the handle and saw a name on it. The usual procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but I decided to take it and find the owner myself.

I got off the streetcar in a downpour and carefully opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered. Yes, she said in surprise that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present, but it’d been stolen from her locker at school years before.

She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her eyes filled with tears. I was only too happy to see her get back the lost umbrella, and get a job she offered me.

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高一英语书面表达中等难度题查看答案及解析

I believe I had the perfect life. Because I was about to ______ my high school, and on my way to college, I had great friends and a loving family. There was nothing ______. But I spoke too soon.

It was around 9:25 a. m. that I heard the news that would ______ my life forever. My brother Zach had been in a car accident. He fought for five days before he ______. That day, I became an only child. I felt extremely ______.

After Zach’s death, I found ______ in food. I ate, then I slept, then I ate again. I couldn’t cry. I could hardly feel anything, and I was ______. I stopped building relationships for fear that they would end just as ______ as Zach’s life. Also, I became nervous about any potentially ______ situations —driving late at night—but I couldn’t express this fear of life ______ I wanted to be strong for my parents. I saw my parents’ ______ worse than mine because of the losing of their son. I didn’t want them to ______ me. I also experienced a lot of ______, because I was angry about why the sadness had happened to me, and I never ______ from this emotion.

Now, it has been nearly five years since Zach’s death. I don’t ______ life anymore: I face it bravely. I ______ my friendships and began socializing more. I even ______ Zach’s story with people around me. Although my new friends never met him, they know about Zach.

One lesson I learned from losing my brother was never to be ______ to say, “I love you.” I loved my brother, but it was too late to ______ it loudly. The last time I remember telling my brother I loved him was when he was dying. Don’t make this ______ like me.

1.A. admit　　 B. finish　　 C. skip　　 D. determine

2.A. earning　　 B. reaching　　 C. competing　　 D. missing

3.A. regret　　 B. change　　 C. beautify　　 D. solve

4.A. took away　　 B. gave away　　 C. passed away　　 D. flew away

5.A. lonely　　 B. tired　　 C. bored　　 D. nervous

6.A. interest　　 B. benefit　　 C. guidance　　 D. relief

7.A. funny　　 B. hopeful　　 C. patient　　 D. senseless

8.A. finally　　 B. suddenly　　 C. nearly　　 D. seriously

9.A. difficult　　 B. particular　　 C. dangerous　　 D. tense

10.A. so　　 B. if　　 C. unless　　 D. because

11.A. pain　　 B. discouragement　　 C. willingness　　 D. memory

12.A. think about　　 B. dream about　　 C. talk about　　 D. care about

13.A. surprise　　 B. anger　　 C. disappointment　　 D. doubt

14.A. escaped　　 B. prevented　　 C. stopped　　 D. suffered

15.A. damage　　 B. choose　　 C. fear　　 D. leave

16.A. produced　　 B. rebuilt　　 C. communicated　　 D. raised

17.A. copy　　 B. advertise　　 C. share　　 D. perform

18.A. stubborn　　 B. satisfied　　 C. brave　　 D. afraid

19.A. explore　　 B. express　　 C. spread　　 D. pray

20.A. mistake　　 B. decision　　 C. explanation　　 D. difference

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I had a job interview this morning at 10:30 in a place which was quite far from my house.

I had asked my brother to_　　 ___me at the bus stop. But he was running late and it was already 9:45 before I reached the bus stop.__　　 __, I caught my first bus and had to wait at another stop for the second one.

Then, in front of my__　　 __, a little girl (who may have been a beggar) was hit by a car! The car drove off without__　　 __. The girl was badly hurt in her hands and legs. She was _　　 ____heavily and was screaming in pain. After a few seconds she fainted(昏厥).

People standing nearby didn’t seem to know_　　 ___ to do. I ran over and called for an auto. A_　　 ____, who seemed to be the girl’s grandpa, ran towards us with _　　 ____steaming down his cheeks. I took them both to ______ in the auto. They admitted the girl and _　　 ___ to start her treatment. Happily, she was well__　　 ___ and soon came back to consciousness. She smiled at me and hugged her grandpa. I _　　 ____ the bill, gave them a little money, then I __　　 ___ for my interview.

It was 1:30p.m. Before I got home. I was __　　 __hours late! The one interview who was still there asked what had__　　 __ me. I told him, and then gave him one of our Smile cards and _　　 ____ about the project. He was very impressed!

It would be __　　 ___ to say I got the job. 　 　　 ___, because I was so late he could not pass me on to the next level.

Getting the job might have made me happy, but helping that young girl and her grandpa made me even __　　 ____! I really thank God for giving me that__　　 ___ to help.

1.A. drop    　　　　　 B. send　　　     　　　　　 C. take            　　 D. deliver

2.A. Actually        B. Luckily    　　　　     C. Surprisingly    　　 D. Gradually

3.A. bus    　　　　　 B. seat　　　　　　　     C. eyes 　　　　　　　     D. feet

4.A. noticing    　　 B. speeding　　　　     C. knocking            D. stopping

5.A. crying　　　　　　 B. bleeding　　　　　　　 C. sleeping　　　　　　     D. trembling

6.A. how        　　 B. where　　　　　　　　     C. who　　　　　　     　　 D. what

7.A. beggar    　　　　　 B. driver 　　　　　　     C. policeman　　　　　     D. gentleman

8.A. words        　　 B. sweat　　　　　　　     C. tears         　　　　　 D. blood

9.A. home            B. interview　　　　　　     C. bus　　　　　　　　     D. hospital

10.A. prepared        B. intended    　     　　 C. rushed    　　　　　　　　 D. promised

11.A. cared about        B. looked after    　     　　 C. dealt with        　　 D. carried out

12.A. bought            B. accepted　　　　　　　 C. paid 　　　　　　　　     D. donated

13.A. set about        B. set off 　　     　　 C. set out　　　　     　　 D. set up

14.A. two        　　 B. three    　　     　　　　　 C. four　　　　     　　　　　 D. five

15.A. delayed            B. happened　　　　　　 C. hit    　　     　　　　　 D. terrified

16.A. complained        B. explained　　　　　　 C. debated 　　　　　　 D. introduced

17.A. nice            B. shameful　　　　　　 C. hopeless　　　　　　　 D. unbelievable

18.A. and        　　 B. so    　　     　　　　　 C. but        　　　　　 D. or

19.A. prouder        　　 B. greater     　     　　　　　 C. happier    　　　     D. harder

20.A. courage        B. opportunity　　　　　 C. position        　     D. situation

高一英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day，I was on my way to a meeting in town with a colleague（同事）of mine．We had already _______ the car and were walking toward the meeting place．_______，we saw an old man with a walking stick trip up（绊倒）on a _______ of a building about 20 feet in front of us．

We immediately _______ to sit him up and checked if he was _______． He had broken his glasses and _______ his nose a little，which was bleeding．Neither I nor my colleague had any tissues but another _______ stopped to give the old man some tissues．

We helped him to his _______; he was looking for the local museum which was _______ on the other side of the road. We held his ________ and walked him across the road and into the museum. We helped him ________ on a chair and informed（告知）a woman clerk there，who got him some ________． And the old man drank it up．We told the clerk to ________ him a taxi and I gave her $10，telling her to use it to ________ his taxi home．He had ________ that he lived about a 20-minute walk away．As we left，he thanked us and called us “________ Persons”．

If you see an elderly person in ________，even though he/she is just walking across the road or even if he/she has ________ something，please help him/her．You can even just ________ at him/her and be nice．That is somebody’s grandfather or grandmother and all of you reading this would want somebody to do the ________ for your own grandparents．

1.A. packed B. parked C. repaired D. passed

2.A. Frequently B. Calmly C. Straight D. Suddenly

3.A. stone B. road C. step D. door

4.A. rushed B. turned C. waited D. happened

5.A. free B. okay C. comfortable D. upset

6.A. burned B. cleaned C. moved D. injured

7.A. passer-by B. colleague C. driver D. friend

8.A. nose B. museum C. feet D. place

9.A. exactly B. sincerely C. actually D. extremely

10.A. head B. hand C. ticket D. stick

11.A. sit down B. set down C. come up D. give in

12.A. food B. money C. rest D. water

13.A. notice B. buy C. call D. request

14.A. add up B. pay for C. care about D. dig out

15.A. mentioned B. persuaded C. reported D. suggested

16.A. Polite B. Strong C. Brave D. Nice

17.A. pain B. person C. need D. power

18.A. knocked B. kicked C. ended D. dropped

19.A. throw B. smile C. laugh D. look

20.A. same B. attitude C. pleasure D. thanks

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A business executive（主管）was deep in debt and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company.

Suddenly an old man appeared. “I can see that something is troubling you,” he said. After listening to the executive’s words, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.” He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.

The executive saw a check for $ 500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world! “I can settle all my debts immediately!” he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there would give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed optimism, he made better deals and extended terms of payment. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as he was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.

“I’m so glad I caught him!” she cried.” hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He’s always escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led the old man away. The astonished executive just stood there.

Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money, real or imagined, that had turned him around. It was his newlyfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

1.According to the passage, what was the old man exactly?

A. A millionaire.　　 B. A manager.

C. A patient.　　 D. S thief.

2.Which of the following statements about the old man is TRUE?

A. In fact the old man didn’t want to have his money back.

B. The check he wrote was far from enough for the executive.

C. The old man’s way of helping the executive worked out well.

D. The old man had known the executive was in trouble before he came.

3.Why didn’t the business executive use the check?

A. There was no need to spend so much money.

B. He had worked out a plan to save his company.

C. It was not safe enough to use a stranger’s check.

D. The check gave him much courage and strength to work on.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I was in lodgings (寄宿处) now, on my own, but the other lodgers had constant visitors up and down the stairs past my door. None of this disturbed me except one girl who sang softly to herself an old Russian folk song as she ran up to the room above. It was a sound of sweetness, musical, soft, unselfconscious and happy. I began to listen out for it, jumped up from my table, and threw open the door to catch a glimpse(一瞥) of her as she passed, but I was always too late. I asked the people upstairs who she was, and described the beautiful sounds she made. They became rather reserved(拘谨) and exchanged glances and hurriedly admitted it might be Sally. I thought she was someone special, not to be discussed in the ordinary way, and became a little curious to meet her. But the last thing I wanted at that stage was to get caught up with anybody. I’d just come to the end of a rather painful friendship, and now I had work to do.

One day, I came face to face with a girl on the landing. It was certainly her; whoever made that noise would look as she did. We stood and stared at each other too long for comfort. I broke the moment and, excusing myself, moved past her because it was too like the movies. I thought for some time of that long, silent stare, and laughed. She was tall and looked proud, with a slight , round-shouldered look that made me breathless and I didn’t know why.

1.At his lodgings, the author __________.

2.Whenever the author heard the sound of the girl’s voice__________.

3.People who were asked about the girl__________.

4.From this passage we can see that the author was____________.

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had _______ and canned so many that they’d begun to feel their skin turn slightly _______. That’s when she decided it was time to share her blessings(福气). She started calling everyone she knew. When that _______, she began asking everyone in the neighborhood like a _______, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “Feel free to take _______ you want,” Sharon told her. Later that day, Sharon found that her garden had indeed been _______. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn’t go to _______.

A few days later, Sharon _______ the door. There was the neighbor, holding a hot loaf(条) of some kind of sweet bread. The neighbor smiled pleasantly: “I wanted to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to _______ that I took a few other things and hoped you wouldn’t mind.”

Sharon couldn’t think of ________ else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so. “Oh, but you ________,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the prettiest zucchini(西葫芦) I’ve ________ seen.”

Sharon was ________. Zucchini in her garden? They hadn’t even planted any zucchini. But her neighbor ________ that there really were bright-green zucchini in Sharon’s garden. Sharon’s curiosity ________ the better of her and she had to go see where the zucchini had grown. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green ________, Sharon smiled. “Well, ________, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”

The neighbor looked at Sharon, ________ written all over her face. She gulped(大口吸气) a few times, and then, smiling, ________ out the bread, part of a batch(批) she had shared all over the neighborhood. “I brought you a nice loaf of ________ bread. I hope you like it.”

1.A. bought　　 B. grown　　 C. eaten　　 D. sold

2.A. red　　 B. yellow　　 C. dark　　 D. pale

3.A. worked　　 B. happened　　 C. stopped　　 D. failed

4.A. housewife　　 B. politician　　 C. friend　　 D. farmer

5.A. whichever　　 B. whatever　　 C. wherever　　 D. whenever

6.A. harvested　　 B. stolen　　 C. damaged　　 D. cleared

7.A. shop　　 B. factory　　 C. waste　　 D. soil

8.A. closed　　 B. repaired　　 C. left　　 D. answered

9.A. expect　　 B. suggest　　 C. require　　 D. admit

10.A. nothing　　 B. anything　　 C. something　　 D. everything

11.A. could　　 B. did　　 C. should　　 D. do

12.A. ever　　 B. never　　 C. always　　 D. seldom

13.A. embarrassed　　 B. pleased　　 C. confused　　 D. satisfied

14.A. apologized　　 B. demanded　　 C. replied　　 D. insisted

15.A. took　　 B. made　　 C. got　　 D. kept

16.A. flowers　　 B. vegetables　　 C. fields　　 D. gardens

17.A. obviously　　 B. actually　　 C. naturally　　 D. separately

18.A. shock　　 B. delight　　 C. excitement　　 D. fright

19.A. gave　　 B. pulled　　 C. pointed　　 D. held

20.A. tomato　　 B. zucchini　　 C. cucumber　　 D. vegetable

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The car broke down, and I had to_____ on foot

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I was a little child, my parents divorced, making my mother a single parent. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to do it badly enough. She sent that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!

When the Great Depression (大萧条) happened, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the family. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.

My real change took place on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was angry that the second-class hotel charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the common American family. I decided to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra for children.

Not surprisingly, mother was one of my strongest supporters. We experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my mind, I strongly believed we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $ 1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

1.When Kemmons was a little child, what his mother usually told him was _____.

A.funny. B.sad.

C.worrying. D.encouraging.

2.In the writer’s view, who made Kemmons walk back to school again?

A.Mother. B.Teachers.

C.Friends. D.Classmates.

3.According to the passage, what made Kemmons start a motel by himself?

A.His successful business. B.His terrible experience in the hotel.

C.His mom’s support. D.His wife’s advice.

4.In your opinion, which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

A.Honest and hard-working. B.Careful and beautiful.

C.Loving and supportive D.Strict and helpful.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I was a little child, my parents divorced, making my mother a single parent.We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life,“Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to do it badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school—walking on my own!

When the Great Depression（大萧条）occurred, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the family. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.

My real change occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was angry that the second-class hotel charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the average American family. I decided to open a motel（汽车旅馆）for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not surprisingly, mother was one of my strongest supporters. We experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world—Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $ 1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

1.When Kemmons was a little child, what his mother usually told him was　　　　 ___.

A. funny　　 B. touching

C. fighting　　 D. encouraging

2.From the author’s view, who played the most important part in making him walk back to school again?

A. Mother.　　 B. Teachers.

C. Friends　　 D. Relatives.

3.According to the passage, what made Kemmons start a motel by himself?

A. His previous business success of various levels.

B. His terrible experience in the hotel.

C. His mom’s support.

D. His wife’s suggestion.

4.In your opinion, which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

A. Modest, helpful, and hard-working.

B. Careful, helpful and beautiful.

C. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析