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A man asked why an old lady was all alone on a cruise ship. He _______ that although she was alone, all the staff, ship’s officers, waiters and busboys, were very _______ with her. So he asked the waiters who the lady was, _______ to be told that she owned the shipping line, but all the waiters knew was that she had been on the last _______ cruises. One after the other.
As he left the dining room one evening the man _______ her eye and stopped to say hello. They chatted for a while and he asked _______ , “I heard that you’ve been on this ship for the last four cruises.” She replied, “Yes, that’s _______.”
He said, ”I don’t understand.” And she replied, without a pause, “It’s _______ than living in a nursing home. So there will be no nursing home in my future, I’m _______ on this cruise; the average ________ for a nursing home is $200 per day. Here, I can get a ________ discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That ________ $65 a day for tips and extra cash. It works very well for me here.
I can have as many as ten meals a day of fantastic food or room ________ which means I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week. I get a free swimming pool, a workout room. Free washers and dryers, and showers every night. I get free toothpaste and free soap and shampoo. They will even ________ you like a customer, not a ________. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff hurrying to help you,
I get to ________ new people every seven or 14 days! TV broken? Light bulb needs changing? Need to have the flowers ________? No problem! They will fix everything and ________ for the inconvenience. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don’t ever have to ________ them to do so. There is always a doctor on board. This is ________ I want to live the end of my life.
1.A.wondered B.noticed C.searched D.guessed
2.A.familiar B.serious C.isolated D.cautious
3.A.whispering B.continuing C.pretending D.expecting
4.A.two B.three C.four D.five
5.A.caught B.avoided C.missed D.scared
6.A.excitedly B.anxiously C.seriously D.curiously
7.A.wrong B.strange C.true D.funny
8.A.easier B.nearer C.fresher D.cheaper
9.A.staying B.hanging C.playing D.working
10.A.discount B.salary C.bargain D.cost
11.A.full-time B.long-term C.large-scale D.first-rate
12.A.leaves B.remains C.spends D.loses
13.A.service B.cleaning C.inspection D.charge
14.A.cure B.treat C.please D.admire
15.A.passenger B.visitor C.guest D.patient
16.A.serve B.save C.meet D.help
17.A.completed B.located C.replaced D.cut
18.A.trouble B.answer C.prepare D.apologize
19.A.ask B.recommend C.encourage D.forbid
20.A.what B.why C.how D.when
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
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Once upon a time, there was an old man who lived alone in a small shack (棚屋). Every day at _________, when the birds were singing from branches in the treetops, as the sun set and the sky grew _________, the old man would sit outside his shack and tell _________ to the dandelion that grew in his garden. So _________ were the tales that no one could remember if they really happened.
One day, a group of _________ walked past the shack. They heard the old man talking and telling a story. They found it to be _________. The children remained standing there _________ until the old man finished telling another old tale. One of the girls _________, “Granddad! Who are you telling your stories to?” “I tell them to this dandelion growing down here, _________ next to me,” the old man replied. The children looked and for the first time ______________ the small dandelion growing in the old man’s garden. How ______________, they thought -telling stories to a dandelion. Why?
“He knows how to listen,” answered the old man, responding to the children’s ______________ look.
So, day after day, the children ______________ and listened to Granddad’s stories until one morning, when the dandelions were noticed to have ______________.Its small yellow petals disappeared and in their place were fuzzy (毛茸茸的) white hairs. A sudden ______________ dispersed the fuzzy white hairs off the dandelion and scattered its seeds in ______________ direction. Children looked at the white hairs ______________ in the air.
As the children ______________ adults, they left their homes and built new homes here or there. Granddads stories, just like the dandelion’s ______________ from which dozens of new dandelions ______________, were scattered along with the children who grew up.
1.A.dawn B.night C.noon D.dusk
2.A.bright B.blue C.white D.dark
3.A.lies B.tales C.messages D.news
4.A.old B.interesting C.mysterious D.good
5.A.people B.children C.scholars D.students
6.A.dull B.scary C.fascinating D.instructive
7.A.telling B.sharing C.debating D.listening
8.A.called out B.gave in C.called back D.asked for
9.A.right B.fully C.seldom D.even
10.A.heard B.noticed C.felt D.praised
11.A.amusing B.strange C.boring D.pleasant
12.A.confused B.determined C.thrilled D.worried
13.A.left B.played C.returned D.arrived
14.A.grown B.changed C.improved D.died
15.A.storm B.rain C.snow D.wind
16.A.another B.one C.every D.no
17.A.fighting B.dropping C.diving D.flying
18.A.took care of B.looked up to C.grew up into D.got along with
19.A.seeds B.petals C.hairs D.leaves
20.A.planted B.withered C.blossomed D.faded
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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B
He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boys parents had told him that the old man was now definitely salao and he finally would be so. The boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff(鱼钩) and harpoon(鱼叉) and the sail that as rolled around the mast(桅杆). The sail was patched with flour bags and, rolled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.
The old man was very thin with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches(斑点) of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handing heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about him was old expect his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.
“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the boat was pulled up. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.” The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.
“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?
“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrance and then we’ll take the stuff home.”
“Why not?” said the old man, “between fisherman.”
55. The underlined word “salao” in the first paragraph probably means ________.
A. lonely B. unlucky C. selfish D. stubborn
56. The boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because _______.
A. the old man preferred to fish alone B. the old man was poor
C. the boy’s parents ordered him to D. the old man’s sail suggested a permanent defeat
57. After reading this passage, we may safely conclude that ________.
A. the old man was insistent and not afraid of failure
B. the boy’s papa had confidence in everything
C. the old man caught big fishes because he had some doubts about the old man
D. the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man
58. What might happen after the last paragraph?
A. The old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen.
B. The old man might go to have a drink with the boy.
C. The old man and the old might go to enjoy beer at the old man’s home.
D. The old man might go to tell the boy’s papa about the secrets between fishermen.
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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A
With my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane, I was searching for an old lady’s missing hearing aid during the flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. It occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a Buddhist nun(尼姑).
I had seen the old lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight. I asked a few times what was wrong, but she didn’t answer at first —– she couldn’t hear me. She was wearing a woolen coat. Judging from her accent, she came from Eastern Europe.
Do you know what hearing aids cost? Thousands, especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described. It takes a long time for an appointment to make a new one, and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right. Therefore, my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid. But how does one find a tiny black object in a shadowy jet cabin（机舱）?
The lady wasn’t even sure where or when she had lost it. At one point, a couple of flight attendants did a random search around the lady’s seat; I wasn’t impressed. They left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight! My flashlight turned up all kinds of small objects, bits of plastic, broken pieces of headphones.
The old lady said that she gave up. Yet I couldn’t. After we landed, as passengers streamed past us, I insisted that the lady move aside while awaiting her wheelchair. Then I got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under her seat and on the floor.
Look! A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat.
What a rush. “I found it!”
With great astonishment and gratitude, the old lady responded, “I haven’t the words to express my thanks!”
1.Why did the author put her hands and knees on the floor?
A. She is a religious Buddhist nun.
B. She fell down from her seat.
C. She helped the old lady look for her hearing aid.
D. She wanted to stand out among the passengers.
2.What do we know about the old lady?
A. She ignored the author’s question on purpose.
B. She is an American.
C. She lost her hearing aid by accident.
D. It was not difficult for her to get the hearing aid at all.
3.Where was the hearing aid found?
A. On the previous flight.
B. Close to the old lady’ seat.
C. On the wheelchair.
D. In another jet cabin.
4.According to the last two paragraphs, what is the old lady’s attitude towards the author?
A. Respectful. B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive. D. Grateful.
5.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To tell us a story about kind help.
B. To warn us to be more careful.
C. To teach us how to find the lost thing.
D. To present the love from all people on board.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I still remember an old lady, a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was 12 years old. She taught me a lesson in__________that I shall never forget.
On a(n) ________afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the__________of the old lady's house. The stone that I found was too smooth, ________it slipped from my hand as I let it go and________straight not for the covering on top of the house but for a small window on the house's back porch. At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were________.We turned and ________.
I was too ________ about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in the freezing weather. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been________, I started to feel guilty about her______________.She still greeted me with a smile each day________I gave her the paper , but I was no longer able to act comfortably in her ________.
I________my mind that I would save my money delivering paper. And after three weeks I had seven dollars that I calculated would pay for her window . I put the money in an envelope with a note________that I was sorry for breaking her window and________that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.
I waited until it was dark , moved________to the old lady ' s house and put the letter I didn ' t sign through the letter slot in her door . I felt ________ and could have the freedom of , once again , looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes .
The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to ________ the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. I thanked her and started to eat the cookies as I continued my________.
After several cookies . I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope , I was ________. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said , " I'm proud of you.”
1.A.selflessness B.talent C.bravery D.forgiveness
2.A.winter B.summer C.spring D.autumn
3.A.window B.basement C.roof D.access
4.A.but B.so C.for D.or
5.A.landed B.left C.dragged D.headed
6.A.in trouble B.in many ways C.in danger D.in charge
7.A.got around B.sit around C.ran away D.hung out
8.A.embarrassed B.scared C.disappointed D.ashamed
9.A.discovered B.scolded C.punished D.involved
10.A.misunderstanding B.misbehavior C.misfortune D.mistake
11.A.until B.unless C.since D.when
12.A.encouragement B.presence C.company D.comfort
13.A.made up B.took up C.meet with D.picked up
14.A.proving B.showing C.convincing D.explaining
15.A.predicted B.declared C.hoped D.witnessed
16.A.hurriedly B.quietly C.patiently D.firmly
17.A.confused B.concerned C.relieved D.frustrated
18.A.abandon B.return C.understand D.respect
19.A.effort B.study C.journey D.route
20.A.shocked B.satisfied C.annoyed D.amused
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I still remember an old lady, a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was 12 years old. She taught me a lesson in__________that I shall never forget.
On a(n) ________afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the__________of the old lady's house. The stone that I found was too smooth, ________it slipped from my hand as I let it go and________straight not for the covering on top of the house but for a small window on the house's back porch. At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were________.We turned and ________.
I was too ________ about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in the freezing weather. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been________, I started to feel guilty about her______________.She still greeted me with a smile each day________I gave her the paper , but I was no longer able to act comfortably in her ________.
I________my mind that I would save my money delivering paper. And after three weeks I had seven dollars that I calculated would pay for her window . I put the money in an envelope with a note________that I was sorry for breaking her window and________that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.
I waited until it was dark , moved________to the old lady ' s house and put the letter I didn ' t sign through the letter slot in her door . I felt ________ and could have the freedom of , once again , looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes .
The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to ________ the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. I thanked her and started to eat the cookies as I continued my________.
After several cookies . I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope , I was ________. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said , " I'm proud of you.”
1.A. selflessness B. talent C. bravery D. forgiveness
2.A. winter B. summer C. spring D. autumn
3.A. window B. basement C. roof D. access
4.A. but B. so C. for D. or
5.A. landed B. left C. dragged D. headed
6.A. in trouble B. in many ways C. in danger D. in charge
7.A. got around B. sit around C. ran away D. hung out
8.A. embarrassed B. scared C. disappointed D. ashamed
9.A. discovered B. scolded C. punished D. involved
10.A. misunderstanding B. misbehavior C. misfortune D. mistake
11.A. until B. unless C. since D. when
12.A. encouragement B. presence C. company D. comfort
13.A. made up B. took up C. meet with D. picked up
14.A. proving B. showing C. convincing D. explaining
15.A. predicted B. declared C. hoped D. witnessed
16.A. hurriedly B. quietly C. patiently D. firmly
17.A. confused B. concerned C. relieved D. frustrated
18.A. abandon B. return C. understand D. respect
19.A. effort B. study C. journey D. route
20.A. shocked B. satisfied C. annoyed D. amused
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
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He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a ____. “Why don't you wait in the car where it is warm, Madam? It won't take me long.” He said, “____，my name is Joe.”
She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She couldn't thank him ____ and asked him how much she ____ him. He told her that if she really wanted to ____ him back, the next time she saw someone in ____ of help, she could give that person the ____ he needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”
She drove off with gratefulness. A few miles ____ the road the lady saw a small ____. She went in. The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant, ____ her with a sweet smile. The old lady ____ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could ____ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions. Then Joe's words ____ her. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her ____ from a hundreddollar bill. ____， the lady stepped right out of the door.
When the waitress came back, she noticed a note on the table, ____ “I'm helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here is ____ you can do—Do not let the chain of love ____ with you.”
The waitress went home that night with the ____ tip and what the lady had written. With the baby ____ next month, she and her husband needed money. She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”
1.A. surprise B．hand C．sympathy D．glance
2.A. Just in case B．As you wish C．For one thing D．By the way
3.A. enough B．right C．straight D．extra
4.A. charged B．provided C．owed D．offered
5.A. pay B．bring C．put D．hold
6.A. honor B．favor C．need D．possession
7.A. guidance B．assistance C．acquaintance D．consequence
8.A. down B．off C．beside D．beyond
9.A. bank B．grocery C．gas station D．restaurant
10.A. introduced B．greeted C．identified D．spotted
11.A. thought B．suspected C．wondered D．questioned
12.A. taste B．measure C．remain D．maintain
13.A. struck B．moved C．obtained D．reminded
14.A. tip B．change C．order D．service
15.A. Moreover B．Otherwise C．However D．Eventually
16.A. writing B．showing C．going D．saying
17.A. how B．which C．what D．whether
18.A. combine B．end C．disagree D．deal
19.A. honest B．generous C．modest D．graceful
20.A. due B．ready C．born D．likely
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a . “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don't you wait in the car where it is warm, Madam? It won’t take me long.” He said, “ , my name is Joe.”
She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She couldn’t thank him and asked him how much she him. He told her that if she really wanted to him back, next time she saw someone in of help, she could give that person the he needed, and Joe added, “And think of me”.
She drove off with gratefulness. A few miles the road the lady saw a small . She went in. The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant her with a sweet smile. The old lady how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions. Then Joe’s words her. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her from a hundred-dollar bill. , the lady stepped right out the door.
When the waitress came back, she noticed a note on the table, “I’m helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here is you can do--Do not let the chain of love with you．”
The waitress went home that night with the tip and what the lady had written. With the baby next month, she and her husband needed money. She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”
1.A．surprise B．hand C．sympathy D．glance
2.A．Just in case B．As you wish C．For one thing D．By the way
3.A．enough B．right C．straight D．extra
4.A．charged B．provided C．owed D．offered
5.A．pay B．bring C．put D．hold
6.A．honor B．favor C．need D．possession
7.A．guidance B．assistance C．acquaintance D．consequence
8.A．down B．off C．beside D．beyond
9.A．bank B．grocery C．gas station D．restaurant
10.A．introduced B．greeted C．identified D．spotted
11.A．thought B．suspected C．wondered D．questioned
12.A．taste B．measure C．remain D．maintain
13.A．struck B．moved C．obtained D．reminded
14.A．tip B．change C．order D．service
15.A．Moreover B．Otherwise C．However D．Eventually
16.A．writing B．showing C．going D．saying
17.A．how B．which C．what D．whether
18.A．combine B．end C．disagree D．deal
19.A．honest B．generous C．modest D．graceful
20.A．due B．ready C．born D．likely
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady，stranded on the side of the road.He stopped to give her a ____.“Why don’t you wait in the car where it is warm，Madam？It won’t take me long.” he said.“____，my name is Joe.”
She had a flat tire.Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire.But he got dirty and his hands hurt.She couldn’t thank him ___ and asked him how much she ____ him.He told her that if she really wanted to ____ him back，the next time she saw someone in ____ of help，she could give that person the ____ they needed，and Joe added，“And think of me.”
She drove off with gratefulness.A few miles ____ the road the lady saw a small ____.She went in.The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant，____ her with a sweet smile.The old lady ____ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could ____ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions.Then Joe’s words ____ her.After the lady finished her meal，the waitress went to get her ____ from a hundreddollar bill.____，the lady stepped right out the door.
When the waitress came back，she noticed a note on the table，___ “I’m helping you because someone once helped me.If you really want to pay me back，here is ___ you can do—Do not let the chain of love ____ with you.”
The waitress went home that night with the ____ tip and what the lady had written.With the baby ___ next month，she and her husband needed money.She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her，she whispered，“Everything’s going to be all right.I love you，Joe.”
1.A.surprise B．hand
C．sympathy D．glance
2.A.Just in case B．As you wish
C．For one thing D．By the way
3.A.enough B．right
C．straight D．extra
4.A.charged B．provided
C．owed D．offered
5.A.pay B．bring
C．put D．hold
6.A.honor B．favor
C．need D．possession
7.A.guidance B．assistance
C．acquaintance D．consequence
8.A.down B．off
C．beside D．beyond
9.A.bank B．grocery
C．gas station D．restaurant
10.A.introduced B．greeted
C．identified D．spotted
11.A.thought B．suspected
C．wondered D．questioned
12.A.taste B．measure
C．remain D．maintain
13.A.struck B．moved
C．obtained D．reminded
14.A.tip B．change
C．order D．service
15.A.Moreover B．Otherwise
C．However D．Eventually
16.A.writing B．showing
C．going D．saying
17.A.how B．which C．what D．whether
18.A.combine B．end
C．disagree D．deal
19.A.honest B．generous
C．modest D．graceful
20.A.due B．ready
C．born D．likely
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Last night on my way home I saw an old lady driving a BMW car
at __________I thought was a dangerous speed.A. that B. which C. what D. how
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
at __________I thought was a dangerous speed.