When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might b...

When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD, 1your parents won’t give you the money for it. I thought life was so2when things like this happened-----until September 11, 2001.

I was in P.E. when the planes hit the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. As soon as I got home and for weeks before, I saw the disaster3on TV. Seeing the innocent people running for their 4as the debris(瓦砾) started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the5brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t help imagining what the people on the6and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not7 what was going on. I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to 8 others. It tore my heart apart to watch the9looks on the faces of so many people who didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive while10in all the debris.

Then it11me: All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted.

A feeling of coldness12down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily13to my family. My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again. I began to evaluate what a real14in life was.

This disaster15me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time. Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it’s just16 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a17that I may never tell them that18.

Not getting a new CD is not going to 19my life. I can live with those kinds of problems. But losing someone I love would20make my life miserable.

9/11 showed me just what I am.

1.                A．or             B．so             C．but  D．for

2.                A．unfair          B．uncomfortable   C．unbelievable   D．uncertain

3.                A．happen         B．occur          C．strike D．unfold

4.                A．lives           B．families         C．houses   D．friends

5.                A．curtains        B．buildings        C．gates D．bedrooms

6.                A．seats           B．planes          C．corners   D．streets

7.                A．believing       B．thinking         C．caring    D．knowing

8.                A．join            B．save           C．meet D．calm

9.                A．puzzled         B．severe         C．dirty D．desperate

10.               A．hidden         B．found          C．trapped   D．placed

11.               A．hit            B．surprised       C．rewarded  D．told

12.               A．cooled         B．dropped        C．ran   D．passed

13.               A．happened      B．compared       C．related    D．turned

14.               A．relationship     B．problem        C．need D．fate

15.               A．persuaded      B．reminded       C．taught D．informed

16.               A．to             B．in             C．at    D．on

17.               A．story          B．doubt          C．chance    D．plan

18.               A．ever           B．once           C．enough   D．again

19.               A．end           B．save           C．spare D．break

20.               A．rather         B．truly           C．probably  D．frequently

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Can you be too beautiful? It is hardly a problem that most of us have to bother—as much as we might like to dream that it were the case.

Yet the blessings and curses of beauty have been a long-standing interest in psychology. Do those blessed with shiny faces and an attractive body live in a cloud of appreciation—or does it sometimes pay to be ordinary?

Combing through decades of findings, social psychologists Lisa Slattery Walker and Tonya Frevert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have reviewed all the evidence to date and their conclusions are not what you might expect.

At the most basic level, beauty might be thought to carry a kind of halo(光环) around it; we see that someone has one good quality, and by association, our deep mind may assume that they have other good ones too.

Even in the courts, a pleasing appearance can work its magic. Attractive criminals are likely to get less strict sentences, or to escape punishment entirely; attractive plaintiffs, meanwhile, are more likely to win their case and get bigger financial settlements. “It’s an effect seen everywhere,” says Walker.

But if beauty pays in most circumstances, there are still situations where it can have opposite results. While attractive men may be considered better leaders, for instance, hidden sexist prejudices can work against attractive women, making them less likely to be hired for high-level jobs that require power. And as you might expect, good-looking people of both sexes run into envy—one study found that if you are interviewed by someone of the same sex, they may be less likely to employ you if they judge that you are more attractive than they are.

More worryingly, being beautiful or handsome could harm your medical care. We tend to link good looks to health, meaning that illnesses are often taken less seriously when they affect the good-looking. When treating people for pain, for instance, doctors tend to take less care over the more attractive people.

And the bubble of beauty can be a somewhat lonely place. One study in 1975, for instance, found that people tend to move further away from a beautiful woman on the pathway — perhaps as a mark of respect, but still making interaction more distant. “Attractiveness can convey more power over visible space—but that in turn can make others feel they can’t approach that person,” says Frevert. Interestingly, the online dating website OKCupid recently reported that people with the most beautiful pictures are less likely to find dates than those with less perfect pictures.

Ultimately, Frevert points out that focusing too much on your appearance can itself be harmful if it creates stress and anxiety — even for those already blessed with good looks. “If you are crazy about attractiveness, it may affect your experience and interactions,” she says. It’s an outdated saying, but no amount of beauty can make up for a bad personality. As the writer Dorothy Parker put it so elegantly: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”

1.From paragraph 1, we can learn that _______.

A.some may be bothered by their unattractive appearance

B.most people are not afraid of being too beautiful

C.we might always dream about being bothered by others

D.being too beautiful can be a problem bothering everyone

2.Which is the benefit for beautiful people?

A.Good-looking people are often regarded as having many good qualities.

B.Beautiful criminals are more likely to persuade the judge and win the case.

C.An attractive plaintiff has more chances to get away with punishment.

D.Women with pleasing appearance will always be considered as better leaders.

3.The writer mentioned the underlined sentence in the last paragraph to _______.

A.persuade us to pay more attention to our looks from now on

B.suggest that beauty can help make a better personality

C.encourage us to focus more on improving our personality

D.ask ugly people to have more confidence in their personality

4.What might be the best title for the passage?

A.Real Beauty B.Sexist Prejudice

C.Blessed with Beauty D.Beauty, a Blessing?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

For you, the “Clear and Bright” day that falls in every April might be no more than just another holiday — the fact that it comes with three days off school matters to most students1. (much) than the fact that it is part of the 24 solar terms (二十四节气).

But this ancient system that Chinese people have used 2.(keep) track of the time of year was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity （人类非物质文化遗产）on Nov. 30.

To be fair, the terms do sound old; they 3. (invent) thousands of years ago to offer weather information for agricultural 4. (activity). But the truth is5. they still have an influence on our lives today, even if we don’t realize it most of the time. For example, people from6. (north) China are in the habit of eating dumplings 7. the day of Winter Solstice (冬至). And on Start of Autumn, some treat 8. (they) to a big feast, especially of meat, something they call “putting on autumn weight”, or tieqiubiao. According to Chinese writer and academic Yu Shicun, the system is a philosophy of time, 9. applies to everything. And this means they are 10. (likely) to die out.

高三英语短文填空困难题查看答案及解析

It might be early to talk about potential ________ colors for next summer when we have just entered autumn, but the fashion world can't wait that long.

A. trendy　　 B. worthy　　 C. hearty　　 D. touchy

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Trained dogs might just be the proof that they really are men’s best friends not only because they can fill laundry baskets, but because they can now use washing machines with just a simple bark.

Thanks to the new washing machine —--- the ‘‘Woof to Wash”，a lot of people can benefit from the invention, which enables trained dogs to unlock the machine with a footpad and start it with a simple bark. A doggy footpad and a microphone system have been added, which can recognize a dog’s bark，which means that dogs are able to unlock the machine by pressing the pad with their paw, pull a rope with their mouth to open the machine, and close the machine again with their nose, before starting the washer by barking.

Dr. John Middleton is a great inventor. The disabled owners who are blind or have autism (孤独症)problems or learning difficulties, can’t use the present-day washing machines. So he thought there’s a lot of demand for the new washing machines to make things easier. Then he saw a video from the charity Support Dogs, where a dog makes the bed and loads the washing machine. He was completely blown away by the video at that moment. He was inspired that he could invent a machine which the dog could operate. Mr. Middleton said, “I’m happy I saw the video. A normal washing machine can be very challenging, so the single program machine is very helpful. But a lot of people also have speech problems, so a voice-activated machine is handy. ’’

The Support Dogs charity was set up in 1992. Dogs are trained here using voice commands and hand signals, so that they can help their owners fetch post, turn on light switches, open doors, assist in dressing and undressing, as well as do a complete laundry cycle. It has trained over 200 dogs to date throughout the country and relies fully on volunteer donations.

We hope the new washing machine can help more people. And we sincerely welcome the sponsorship of any type of business which is kindly willing to help. If you would like to sponsor, please contact us!

1.What do we know about the “Woof to Wash” machine?

A. It enables smart dogs to have a bath by themselves.

B. It enables trained dogs to do the washing with a bark.

C. It enables untrained dogs to become popular pets at home.

D. It enables dogs to be trained in the Support Dogs at home.

2.Who would benefit a lot from the new invention?

A. Disabled dog owners.

B. Dog trainers.

C. Famous inventors.

D. The Support Dogs charity.

3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?

A. Mr. Middleton once got hurt by the dog in the video.

B. Mr. Middleton wanted to have a similar dog in the video.

C. Mr. Middleton was deeply impressed by the video.

D. Mr. Middleton wanted to make the same video.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To help protect animals.

B. To prove dogs useful.

C. To collect suggestions.

D. To attract sponsorship.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

One of the primary problems of being a human being is: Try as you might to come across in a certain way to others, people often perceive (感知、理解)you in an altogether different way.

One person may think, for example, that by offering help to a colleague, she is coming across as generous. But her colleague may interpret her offer as a lack of faith in his abilities. Just as he misunderstands her, she misunderstands him: She offered him help because she thought he was overworked and stressed. He has, after all, been showing up early to work and going home late every day. But that's not why he's keeping strange hours; he just works best when the office is less crowded.

These kinds of misunderstandings lead to conflict and resentment (怨恨)not just at work, but at home too. How many fights between couples have started with one person misinterpreting what another says and does? He stares at his plate at dinner while she's telling a story and she assumes he doesn't care about what she's saying, when really he is admiring the beautiful meal she made.

Most of the time, Halvorson says, people don't realize they are not coming across the way they think they are. “If I ask you," Halvorson told me, "about how you see yourself—what traits (特点)you would say describe you—and I ask someone who knows you well to list your traits, there's a big gap between how other people see us and how we see ourselves.”

This gap arises from some quirks (习惯)of human psychology. Most people suffer from what psychologists call "the transparency illusion"—the belief that what they feel, desire, and intend is crystal clear to others, even though they have done very little to communicate clearly what is going on inside their minds.

Because the perceived assume they are transparent, they might not spend the time or effort to be as clear and forthcoming about their intentions or emotional states as they could be, giving the perceiver very little information with which to make an accurate judgment. The perceiver, meanwhile, is dealing with two powerful psychological forces that are warping (歪曲)his ability to read others accurately.

Chances are that you "I'm kind of hurt by what you just said” face probably looks an awful lot like your "I'm not at all hurt by what you just said" face. And the majority of times that you've said to yourself "I made my intentions clear," or “He knows what I meant," you didn't and he doesn't.

高三英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析

I just don’t understand _______ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.

A. why it does　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. what it does

C. what it is　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. why it is

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

The biggest problem for most plants, which ______ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A. shan’t         B. can’t           C. needn’t         D. mustn’t

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The biggest problem for most plants, which ______ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them．

A．can’t                                      B．shan’t

C．needn’t                                      D．mustn’t

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

The biggest problem for most plants, which ______ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them．

A．can’t                                      B．shan’t

C．needn’t                                      D．mustn’t

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析