Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success _______ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the _________ in our lives.
When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no _______ of knowing that his life was to change _________. The class experiment that day was to _________ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface. _________, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _________ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container _______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.
When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents _________ to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had ____________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ____________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)____________ public speaker.
Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from ____________ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to __________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue __________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ____________ Wilson made to preventing the ____________.
Wilson received several international ____________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a __________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ____________ our lives-it’s what we make of what happens.
1.A.depends B.holds C.keeps D.reflects
2.A.dilemmas B.accidents C.events D.steps
3.A.way B.hope C.plan D.measure
4.A.continually B.gradually C.gracefully D.completely
5.A.direct B.show C.advocate D.declare
6.A.Anyway B.Moreover C.Somehow D.Thus
7.A.mistakenly B.casually C.amazingly D.clumsily
8.A.erupted B.exploded C.emptied D.exposed
9.A.deserved B.attempted C.cared D.agreed
10.A.submitted to B.catered for C.impressed on D.happened to
11.A.fantastic B.extraordinary C.impressive D.catastrophic
12.A.accomplished B.crucial C.specific D.innocent
13.A.deafness B.depression C.blindness D.speechlessness
14.A.decide B.abandon C.control D.accept
15.A.until B.when C.unless D.before
16.A.opposition B.adjustments C.commitment D.limitations
17.A.preventable B.potential C.spreadable D.influential
18.A.scholarships B.rewards C.awards D.bonuses
19.A.fortune B.recipe C.dream D.vision
20.A.distinguishes B.determines C.claims D.limits
高三英语完形填空中等难度题
Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success _______ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the _________ in our lives.
When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no _______ of knowing that his life was to change _________. The class experiment that day was to _________ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface. _________, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _________ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container _______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.
When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents _________ to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had ____________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ____________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)____________ public speaker.
Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from ____________ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to __________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue __________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ____________ Wilson made to preventing the ____________.
Wilson received several international ____________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a __________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ____________ our lives-it’s what we make of what happens.
1.A.depends B.holds C.keeps D.reflects
2.A.dilemmas B.accidents C.events D.steps
3.A.way B.hope C.plan D.measure
4.A.continually B.gradually C.gracefully D.completely
5.A.direct B.show C.advocate D.declare
6.A.Anyway B.Moreover C.Somehow D.Thus
7.A.mistakenly B.casually C.amazingly D.clumsily
8.A.erupted B.exploded C.emptied D.exposed
9.A.deserved B.attempted C.cared D.agreed
10.A.submitted to B.catered for C.impressed on D.happened to
11.A.fantastic B.extraordinary C.impressive D.catastrophic
12.A.accomplished B.crucial C.specific D.innocent
13.A.deafness B.depression C.blindness D.speechlessness
14.A.decide B.abandon C.control D.accept
15.A.until B.when C.unless D.before
16.A.opposition B.adjustments C.commitment D.limitations
17.A.preventable B.potential C.spreadable D.influential
18.A.scholarships B.rewards C.awards D.bonuses
19.A.fortune B.recipe C.dream D.vision
20.A.distinguishes B.determines C.claims D.limits
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Tips for making small talk
Some people are not good at small talk.Making small talk doesn't have to be either awkward or boring.1.
●Have some conversation starters ready.
When you are sharing the same experience with someone,it's easy to start a conversation.2.If you are at a party and a song comes on that you like or that reminds you of something,you can talk about that.
●Ask open-ended（开放式的）questions.
These types of questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer.If you ask questions that need more details to answer,the conversation will go on longer.If you are at a summer pool party,don't ask people if they like summer.3.
●Become a student.
Nobody knows everything.So,as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions,they raise something about which you know nothing.So,tell them!4.They feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something.It’s a win-win situation.
●5.
Some people do not like their jobs or maybe they don't want to talk about them.So,instead of asking,“What do you do for a living?”ask something like,“So,what have you been doing these days?”or “So,what have you been up to?”One general question can contribute to an opportunity to share something you have in common.Ask people about their families,their passions,their ambitions or even their fears.However,balance these questions with comments about yourself.Asking too many questions may make people feel they are in an interview rather man in a conversation.
A.Don't ask,“So,what do you do?”
B.This lets the other person become the teacher.
C.By doing do,you can show that you are a modest person.
D.Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.
E.Instead,ask them what they like or dislike about summer.
F.It can be a lot of fun if you practice doing it,again and again.
G.You simply notice and comment on what's going on around you.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Jake and Max Klein are twin brothers who have a passion for volunteering. Their family have always done community _______ .At a young age, they chose to _______ family's gifts at their birthday parties, but asked them to donate money to a charity. When they were seven, Jake and Max were interested in _______ with a family friend at the local homeless shelter to help cook. _________， he turned them down because they were too _______ and they had to be fourteen to cook. This led them on an endless _______ to come up with a way to help other kids who were also facing a _______ challenging: wanting to help but _______ because of their age.
So, Kids That Do Good was _______ to "show ways to kids or adults, at any age, they could join the community and make a ________ .The small ________ has grown into a large website that brings thousands of ________ visitors each year. Jake and Max say that their website brings 35,000 unique viewers, of those viewers, Kids That Do Good has ________ kids to 16,000 organizations.
Jake and Max are ________ with school and after-class activities and other community service promises. Kids That Do Good also has blog posts that advise kids on ________ their own charitable event.
1.A.surveys B.services C.duties D.businesses
2.A.sort out B.play with C.give up D.put away
3.A.travelling B.volunteering C.cooking D.recycling
4.A.Unfortunately. B.Happily C.Honestly D.Gratefully
5.A.shy B.awkward C.weak D.young
6.A.task B.ability C.chance D.determination
7.A.public B.similar C.sharp D.direct
8.A.joked B.blamed C.denied D.praised
9.A.advised B.allowed C.named D.created
10.A.judgment B.difference C.comment D.decision
11.A.plan B.effort C.project D.experiment
12.A.pleased B.satisfied C.amazed D.interested
13.A.connected B.exposed C.contributed D.attracted
14.A.familiar B.patient C.busy D.content
15.A.remembering B.describing C.celebrating D.building
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
— The weather isn’t good enough for an outing, is it？
— Not in the least. We can’t have _________at this time of the year.
A. a nicer day B. a worse day C. a worst day D. so fine a day
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Laziness is a state of inaction. It is something that you do, not something that you are. Being lazy means you have no motivation to do anything. Many people make the mistake that they view themselves as lazy.
Lazy people are often seen as useless. They are the ones who don’t do anything. They can be seen as underachievers or even bums（废物）. This can be a child or an adult. You can view a student who never studies as lazy. You can see an employee who doesn’t do his work as lazy. In all of these cases, what the lazy person is doing is being lazy. But are they really being lazy or are they acting lazy?
There is a huge different between saying you act lazy sometimes and you are a lazy person. One is suggesting that your laziness is temporary while the other suggests that it’s permanent. This is the myth of laziness. People who are lazy aren’t; they simply are people who are temporarily acting that way.
So that causes a person to be inactive? The answer is a lack of goals. If you give someone a good enough reason to do something, they will do it. People who don’t seem to do anything just haven’t found a good enough reason to do something. Lazy students don’t study because they don’t see the point in studying. If you give them a reason, a strong enough reason, they will take action.
For example, if you are too lazy to go to the gym, would you go if someone offered you a million dollars to go? If you are too lazy to go to clean out the garage, would someone pointing a gun to your head help you take action? The reason can be positive or negative as long as it’s strong enough to induce（引起）action.
To motivate someone who is lazy, what you need to do is to help them find purpose and enough reasons to work towards a certain goal.
1.According to the passage, who can be viewed as acting lazy?
A. A student who always cheats out the garage.
B. A husband who never cleans out the garage.
C. A clerk who si always scolded for being useless.
D. A mother who doesn’t feel like cooking on Sunday.
2.The main reason why people are not active is that___________.
A. they are aimless
B. they lack enough money
C. they have too many negative feelings
D. they find no point in learning new things
3.The purpose of the writing is to help readers___________.
A. to recognize one’s weakness
B. to see laziness in a different way
C. to have a clear idea about what a habit is
D. to inspire students to be hard-working
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Being lazy and cat lazy
B. Laziness and motivation
C. Temporary and permanent.
D. Being positive and negative
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Laziness is a state of inaction. It is something that you do, not something that you are. Being lazy means you have no ________ to do anything. This is obvious but the mistake that many people make is ________ themselves as someone who is lazy.
Lazy people are often seen as useless. ________, are they really being lazy or are they acting lazy? There is a huge difference between saying you are lazy sometimes and you are a lazy person. One is suggesting that your laziness is ________ while the other suggests that it’s permanent. This is the myth of laziness. People who are lazy aren’t lazy; they ________ are people who are temporarily acting that way.
So what causes a person to be inactive? The answer is a lack of goals. If you give someone a good enough to do something, he will do it. People who don’t seem to do anything just haven’t found a good enough reason to do something. Lazy students don’t study because they don’t see the ________ in studying. For example, if you are too lazy to clean out the garage, would someone ________ a gun to your head help you take action? The reason can be positive or negative it’s strong enough to induce(引起) action.
To motivate someone who is lazy, what you need to do is to help him find enoughto work towards a certain goal.
1.A. motivation B. question C. promotion D. courage
2.A. agreeing B. denying C. identifying D. refusing
3.A. Otherwise B. Besides C. However D. Therefore
4.A. correct B. false C. temporary D. inspirational
5.A. simply B. occasionally C. often D. hardly
6.A. excuse B. gift C. chance D. purpose
7.A. point B. success C. situation D. difficulty
8.A. dropping B. pointing C. shooting D. hiding
9.A. as long as B. as soon as C. so that D. in case
10.A. reasons B. money C. energy D. Confidence
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed. It’s not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of question. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The argument is often conveniently referred to as nature vs. nurture.
Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined(注定)to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts(本能).
Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. Behaviorists see humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. Their view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli (something that helps sb./ sth. to develop better and more quickly)as the basis of their behavior.
The social and political connections of these two theories are significant. In the United States, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligent test. This leads some “nature” proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically worse than whites. Behaviorists, in contrast, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result ,they do not develop the same responses that whites do.
Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the argument will continue for a long time is certain.
1.The author is mainly concerned about solving the problem .
A. why our personalities and behaviors differ
B. what makes different stages of intelligence
C. how social scientists form different theories
D. what causes the “nature/ nurture” argument
2.The underlined word “proponents” can best be replaced by .
A. approaches B. advocates
C. principles D. characters
3.Which of the following statements may be supported by the “nature” school?
A. We are born with certain personalities and behaviors.
B. Environment has nothing to do with our personalities.
C. Abilities and characteristics are showed by behaviors.
D. Only extreme behaviors are determined by instincts.
4. What can we learn about the behaviorists?
A. They believe human beings are mechanical.
B. They compare our behaviors to the machines.
C. They suggest that we react to the environment as the machines do.
D. They agree that the mechanistic theory can be applied on us as well.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
As a good mother to three children, I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows （誓言）mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure; it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It’s so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. It’s so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. If you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that______．
A．the author didn't try her best to work well
B．the author spent all her time caring for her children
C．the author is a success in personal life
D．the author likes traveling very much
2.How did the author form her view of life?
A．Through social experience．
B．By learning from her friends．
C．From her children and husband．
D．Through an unfortunate experience．
3.By the underlined sentence “It’s so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to.
A．work rather than enjoy life
B．make a living rather than live a real life
C．waste a lot in life
D．forget the most important lessons in life
4.What’s the author’s attitude toward work?
A．Don’t let it affect your real life．
B．Earn enough money to make life better．
C．Do it well to serve others．
D．Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed．It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive．
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions．They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors．There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed．As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory．The controversy is often referred to as “nature and nurture”．
Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors．That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior is central to this theory．Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined to such a degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts（本能）．
Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claimed that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act．A behaviorist, B．F．Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings．The behaviorists’ view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans’ respond to environmental stimuli（刺激） as the basis of their behavior．
Socially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are far-reaching．In the US, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests．This leads some “anature” proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically lower in status than whites．Behaviorists, on the contrary, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do．
Either of these theories cannot yet fully explain human behavior．In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes．That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain．
1.This passage is mainly concerned with________．
A．relation between personality and behavior
B．relation between behavior and environment
C．different accounts of patterns of human behavior
D．different theories of the formation of human behavior
2.The underlined word " proponents'' in paragraph 2 means________．
A．creators B．advisors C．advocates D．judges
3.In paragraph 5 , the author mainly writes about．
A．the considerable influence of the two theories
B．differences between the blacks and whites
C．racial discrimination in the United States
D．different responds to intelligence tests
4.What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A．To call our attention to the changes of human behavior．
B．To urge scientists to do more research in social science．
C．To give us a detailed explanation of human behavior．
D．To present an argument in the field of social science．
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