My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from _______, but something told him to _______ and begin a new adventure. He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road _______ him.
It’s easy to feel _______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip — most of them are mechanics, since we often _______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to _______ when it was 40℃ outside.
Getting along well sometimes seemed _______. There were always a lot of _______, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to _______ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about _______. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and _______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn towards my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a three-hour car trip turned into a nine-hour one, which was mostly spent in _______.
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were _______ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the _______. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and _______ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like _______ universities to us. We _______ our PHDs in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were _______ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the _______ in the car myself.
1.A.move B.belief C.experience D.life
2.A.get out B.struggle on C.live up D.walk around
3.A.drove B.took C.served D.controlled
4.A.anxious B.upset C.lonely D.helpless
5.A.wasted B.spent C.worked D.chatted
6.A.easier B.safer C.better D.cleverer
7.A.break down B.turn over C.clear up D.cool off
8.A.impossible B.alternative C.necessary D.available
9.A.discussions B.arguments C.embarrassments D.amusements
10.A.settle B.rest C.watch D.sit
11.A.tolerance B.sharing C.communication D.respect
12.A.light B.quick C.thick D.fast
13.A.sadness B.silence C.panic D.disappointment
14.A.buried B.crazy C.impatient D.stuck
15.A.journey B.holiday C.exploration D.march
16.A.dragging B.sending C.helping D.pushing
17.A.unusual B.common C.mobile D.free
18.A.expected B.earned C.missed D.valued
19.A.somewhere B.anyway C.anytime D.somehow
20.A.suitcases B.phones C.boxes D.books
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My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from ______, but something told him to ______ and begin a new adventure.
He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road ______ him.
It’s easy to feel ______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip - most of them are mechanics, since we often ______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much ______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to ______ when it was 40℃ outside.
Getting along well sometimes seemed ______. There were always a lot of ______, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to ______ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about ______. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and ______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her ______ turn toward my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a seven-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour one, which was mostly spent in ______.
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were ______ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the ______. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and ______ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like ______ universities to us. We ______ our PHDs(博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were ______ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.
1.A. move B. life C. experience D. belief
2.A. live up B. struggle on C. get out D. walk around
3.A. took B. drove C. served D. controlled
4.A. anxious B. upset C. helpless D. lonely
5.A. wasted B. worked C. spent D. chatted
6.A. better B. easier C. safer D. cleverer
7.A. breakdown B. cool off C. clear up D. turn over
8.A. available B. alternative C. necessary D. impossible
9.A. arguments B. fights C. embarrassments D. amusements
10.A. settle B. rest C. sit D. watch
11.A. sharing B. respect C. communication D. tolerance
12.A. light B. thick C. local D. fast
13.A. suddenly B. sensitively C. calmly D. slowly
14.A. silence B. vain C. panic D. disappointment
15.A. buried B. crazy C. stuck D. impatient
16.A. holiday B. journey C. exploration D. march
17.A. dragging B. pushing C. helping D. sending
18.A. unusual B. common C. free D. mobile
19.A. earned B. expected C. missed D. valued
20.A. somewhere B. anytime C. somehow D. anyway
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My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from _______, but something told him to _______ and begin a new adventure. He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road _______ him.
It’s easy to feel _______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip — most of them are mechanics, since we often _______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to _______ when it was 40℃ outside.
Getting along well sometimes seemed _______. There were always a lot of _______, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to _______ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about _______. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and _______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn towards my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a three-hour car trip turned into a nine-hour one, which was mostly spent in _______.
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were _______ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the _______. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and _______ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like _______ universities to us. We _______ our PHDs in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were _______ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the _______ in the car myself.
1.A.move B.belief C.experience D.life
2.A.get out B.struggle on C.live up D.walk around
3.A.drove B.took C.served D.controlled
4.A.anxious B.upset C.lonely D.helpless
5.A.wasted B.spent C.worked D.chatted
6.A.easier B.safer C.better D.cleverer
7.A.break down B.turn over C.clear up D.cool off
8.A.impossible B.alternative C.necessary D.available
9.A.discussions B.arguments C.embarrassments D.amusements
10.A.settle B.rest C.watch D.sit
11.A.tolerance B.sharing C.communication D.respect
12.A.light B.quick C.thick D.fast
13.A.sadness B.silence C.panic D.disappointment
14.A.buried B.crazy C.impatient D.stuck
15.A.journey B.holiday C.exploration D.march
16.A.dragging B.sending C.helping D.pushing
17.A.unusual B.common C.mobile D.free
18.A.expected B.earned C.missed D.valued
19.A.somewhere B.anyway C.anytime D.somehow
20.A.suitcases B.phones C.boxes D.books
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A few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.
As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special position. My parents were complementary instructors：Mom taught me the words, and Dad taught me to obey them. But the stranger... He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies(喜剧).
If I wanted to know anything about politics，history or science，he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind.
I now know that my early concepts about relationship were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom blamed...and NEVER asked to leave.
More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended(融合) right in but is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you were to walk into my parent's room today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name?
We just call him...“TV”.
He has a younger sister now. We call her “Computer”.
1.When the stranger came to live with our family, he was ________.
A. ignored by the children
B. driven away for no reason
C. abandoned because it was too noisy
D. accepted by every family member
2.The stranger can do all the following things EXCEPT that he can ________.
A. tell us some funny stories B. reject our proposals(提议)
C. influence the children's character D. predict the future
3.The underlined word “spellbound” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________.
A. concentrated B. puzzled
C. fascinated D. astonished
4.What can we learn from the last three paragraphs of the passage?
A. The computer is more advanced and has gained greater popularity.
B. Old as he is，we like the stranger best.
C. The TV set is out of fashion and often breaks down.
D. We decide to throw the TV set away immediately.
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Pointing to a small village at the foot of the mountain, he told us that was ________ he was born and brought up.
A. what B. in which C. how D. where
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My dad works with green technology. Last summer, he was sent to a small town called Gaviotas in Colombia. He decided to take me with him. At first I wasn’t too keen. What was I going to do in the middle of nowhere, in a country where I couldn’t even speak the language? And anyway, what was so special about Gaviotas?
My dad told me that Gaviotas was an example of how people could live without destroying the environment. This got me a bit more interested, so I did some research. I found out that Gaviotas was founded in 1971 by a group of scientists and artists. They had decided to build a completely new town in the remote, war-worn eastern Colombia where there was nothing.
When we eventually arrived, I was amazed by how green it was and my dad explained that they had replanted millions of trees. There were many different species of birds flying about and flowers everywhere. I was beginning to like it. My dad’s contact in Gaviotas has a son exactly my age Ricardo. He speaks really good English and so for the next week he was my guide to this amazing place. The first thing he pointed out to me was all the fantastic technology that had been invented there. Ricardo told me that they produce 70% of all their own energy and food with very little waste. The trees they planted more than compensate for any greenhouse gases they emit（排放）.
But Gaviotas is not a success just because of its green technology, it’s also a model for how people can live more peacefully together. Every family gets a free home, free meals and free schooling for the children. So there is no poverty. People get on well with each other. It’ s fantastic.
I was really sad to leave Gaviotas, but now I have a new dream: I hope that 20 years from now, we’ll all be living in towns like Gaviotas.
1.What can best describe the author's feeling at the very beginning?
A.Annoyed. B.Uninterested.
C.Guilty. D.Worried.
2.What kind of town did Gaviotas use to be?
A.Bare and war- stricken. B.Green and efficient.
C.Modern but polluted. D.Small but advanced.
3.Where can you find the evidence to show that Gaviotas is a green town?
A.Paragraph 2. B.Paragraph 3.
C.Paragraph 4. D.Paragraph 5.
4.What does paragraph 4 focus on?
A.How scientists and artists founded Gaviotas.
B.How people in Gaviotas avoid waste.
C.Gaviotas is famous for its green technology.
D.Gaviotas is an ideal model of community.
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We were standing at the top of a tower. My father had______ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home.1 wondered______.
“Look down, Elsa," Father said. I gathered all my_____and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross of twisting, turning streets leading to the ____．
“See, my dear." Father said gently." There is more than one way to a square .Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go ____ 0ne road, try another."
Now I understood why l was there. Earlier that day I had ______my mother to do something about the awful school lunches. But she ______because she could not believe the lunches were as ____as I said.
When I turned to Father, he would not help. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a_____—the value of the open, searching mind. By the time, we reached home. I had a_____．
At school the next day,1______poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I talked the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. Everything went on smoothly. She swallowed one ______and spat it out．Quickly I t01d her what I had done，and Mother stated__that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the years that followed I often remembered what Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago.1 was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. But just 13 days before presentation the sewing girls all stopped working.1 was as______as my models.” Well never make it.” one of them cried.
Accept the failure? __use wisdom to find another mad to my goa17 Then a great idea flashed through my mind———why not _______ the clothes unfinished?
And-exactly 13 days later, our showing turned out to be so______that it was a great success. Our different showing caught the_____ of the public, and orders for the clothes ____ in. Father's wise words had______me once again,” There is always more than one way to thesquare．
1.A. sent B. brought C. directed D. welcomed
2.A. who B. how C. what D. why
3.A. thoughts B. strength C. courage D. spirits
4.A. square B. tower C. town D. village
5.A. in B. on C. by D. across
6.A. persuaded B. begged C. encouraged D. ordered
7.A. failed B. agreed C. promised D. refused
8.A. bad B. expensive C. delicious D. hot
9.A. 1esson B. chance C. shock D. ride
10.A. goal B. result C. plan D. choice
11.A. skillfuUy B. actively C. carelessly D. secretly
12.A. cupful B. spoonful C. handful D. bagful
13.A. thoughtfully B. simply C. firmly D. repeatedly
14.A. positive B. cheerful C. calm D. hopeless
15.A. Or B. And C. But D. So
16.A. show B. buy C. change D. sell
17.A. famous B. poor C. unusual D. ordinary
18.A. notice B. attention C. desire D. impression
19.A. turned B. handed C. stepped D. poured
20.A. suggested B. guided C. corrected D. defeated
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There was no one quite like my father in our town. When any other man had an extra dollar, he bought a drink; when Father had an extra dollar, he bought a book. Other people had pictures on their walls; we had books, 3000 of them, lining every vertical surface of our little four-room house.
Father was the most persistent scholar I ever knew. He earned seven degrees, attended 11 different colleges and universities, and in 1951, when he was 82, sent us a cheerful little note from England to say that he had just enrolled for a graduate course in Elizabethan literature at Oxford.
I was the immediate beneficiary of Father's unbelievable hunger to learn. Every spring, he would take me hiking through the mountains to study mineral formations. On clear winter nights, he would set up a telescope and wake me to view the stars. After I grew up, wherever I traveled around this earth, the stars remained my friends.
Plain, distinct speech was a particular concern of my father and he was constantly drilling me in the art of elocution （演讲技巧）.Before I was three, he was reading aloud to me from the Bible, Shakespeare and Mark Twain. Thereafter, read aloud to him so he could work on my diction. By the time I was in the fifth grade, I could recite from a whole range of classical literature and poetry.
Of course, there had been times as a young man, when I got tired of study and devoted my time to playing. Then Father would admonish me succinctly by quoting a saying from Shakespeare, "If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious （乏味的）as to work."
Obviously, his efforts were not entirely in vain, for my voice has enabled me to earn a fair livelihood. But that fact doesn't begin to define the enormous debt I owe my father.
1.What contributed to my father's being a successful scholar?
A.His gift for academic studies.
B.The academic environment in our town.
C.The wealth of his family.
D.His lifelong passion for knowledge.
2.Which is closest in meaning to the underlined words in Paragraph 5?
A.Criticize me briefly. B.Comfort me patiently.
C.Praise me gently. D.Challenge me bravely.
3.Which of the words below can best describe the author's father?
A.Stubborn and lazy. B.Kind and generous.
C.Consistent and strict. D.Understanding and moody.
4.What may be the best title for the passage?
A.A Successful Scholar B.Enormous Debt
C.Secrets of My livelihood D.Father and Son
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When I was a kid in the 1960s. my parents had a country store in the small town of Frankfort, Maine. No neighboring houses could be seen From our place， and new salesmen were always amazed at the amount of business we did. Dad's motto was, “We sell everything.” If he didn't have something in store, he would pick it up for customers on his weekly trip to Bangor.
One time Dad was in Bangor getting shoes for someone at a shoe factory, He saw big boxes full of shoes and asked about them. They were the mates(一双鞋中的一只) to faulty shoes that had been thrown away. He looked through the boxes and realized that there were usable brand-new shoes in there. He offered the manager five cents a shoe, Dad made the deal and got the manager to reserve any future boxes for him.
Of course Mon, his business partner, was more practical, and her first reaction was, “But what are you going to do with them?” Dad bought an old school bus. He cleaned it up, removed the seats and placed big containers down both sites of the aisle(通道). When all was ready, the whole Family helped to put the shoes in place. At first， it looked like we had plenty of room on the bus, but Dad kept bringing home more boxes.
There was no sign on the Shoe Bus. 'The only advertising Dad did was to place a piece of paper beside the store exit that read “Shoes $1 a pair. "When folks asked about the deal. they learned it wasn’t that easy because they had to find their own pairs. The attraction was a combination of getting a good deal on a quality pair of shoes and the thrill of the hunt.
To this day I still run into people who talk about the fun they had searching for pairs in Dad's Shoe Bus.
1.The author's parents ran their store well because
A. they always had enough supplies in store
B. they won the great support of new salesmen
C. they opened it in a very crowded neighborhood
D. they did all they could to meet their customers' need
2.Why did the customers think it fun shaping in the Shoe Bus?
A. There were free bus rides offered on them.
B. 'They could receive better customer service.
C. They could match pairs of shoes by themselves.
D. There was a wide variety of shoes to choose from.
3.What can we learn about the author's father from the text?
A. He had a good nose for business.
B. He was clever at transforming a store.
C. He was patient with customers
D. He had a strong preference for bargains.
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It is in the room _____my father was born in 1932. _____ I was born.
| A．where, that | B．that, when | C．that, where | D．where, when |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Milton Hershey was born near the small village of Derry Church, Pennsylvania, in 1857. He only attended school through the fourth grade; at that point, he was apprenticed(做学徒) to a printer in a nearby town. After a while, he left the printing business and was apprenticed to a Lancaster, Pennsylvania candy maker. And at the age of eighteen, he opened his own candy store in Philadelphia. In spite of his talents as a candy maker, the shop failed after six years.
After the failure of his Philadelphia store, Milton headed for Denver, where he learned the art of making caramels(焦糖). Then in Denver, Milton once again attempted to open his own candy-making businesses, in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City. Finally, in 1886, he went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he raised the money necessary to try again. This company— the Lancaster Caramel Company—established Milton’s reputation as a master candy maker.
In 1893, Milton attended the Chicago International Exposition, where he saw a display of German chocolate-making implements. Fascinated by the equipment, he purchased it for his Lancaster candy factory and began producing chocolate, which he used for coating his caramels. By the next year, production had grown to include cocoa, sweet chocolate, and baking chocolate. The Hershey Chocolate company was born in 1894 as a subsidiary(子公司) of the Lancaster Caramel Company. Six years later, Milton sold the caramel company, but reserved the rights, and the equipment, to make chocolate. He believed that a large market of chocolate consumers was waiting for someone to produce reasonably priced candy. He was right.
Milton Hershey returned to the village where he had been born, in the heart of dairy country, and opened his chocolate manufacturing plant. With access to all the fresh milk he needed, he began producing the finest milk chocolate. The plant that opened in a small Pennsylvania village in 1905 is today the largest chocolate factory in the world. The sweets created at this facility are favorites around the world.
The area where the factory is located is now known as Hershey, Pennsylvania. Within the first decades of its existence, the town of Hershey thrived, as did the chocolate business. A bank, a school, churches, a department store, even a park and a trolley system all appeared in short order; the town soon even had a zoo. Today, a visit to the area reveals the Hershey Medical Center, Milton Hershey School, and Hershey’s Chocolate World—a theme park where visitors are greeted by a giant Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. All of these things— and a huge number of happy chocolate lovers—were made possible because a caramel maker visited the Chicago Exposition of 1893!
1.The mention of the 1893 Exposition indicates that _______
A. the exposition in Chicago is held once every three years.
B. the theme of the exposition of 1893 was “Food from Around the World.”
C. the exposition contained displays from a variety of countries.
D. the site of the exposition is now a branch of the Hershey Chocolate Company.
2.According to the passage, Milton Hershey sold his caramel company in _______
A. 1894. B. 1900. C. 1904. D. 1905.
3.What can you infer from the passage?
A. Chocolate is popular in every country in the world.
B. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are manufactured by the Hershey Chocolate Company.
C. Chocolate had never been manufactured in the United States before Milton Hershey did it.
D. The Hershey Chocolate Company now makes more money from Hershey’s Chocolate World than from the manufacture and sale of chocolate.
4.The author wrote this passage mainly to _______
A. recount the founding of the Hershey Chocolate Company.
B. describe the process of manufacturing chocolate.
C. compare the popularity of chocolate to other candies.
D. explain how apprenticeships work.
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