Space exploration has always been the province of ________：The human imagination readily soars where human ingenuity (创造力）struggles to follow. A Voyage to the Moon, often cited as the first science fiction story, was written by Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649. Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries ________the first manned rockets started to fly.
In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by the ________'s end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They resonated with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous ________ speech of all, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. two years later. By the end of the decade, both visions had yielded concrete results and________American society. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up ________each other. The fight for racial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic (讲求实用的）and immediate in its impact. The urge to explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its ________.
When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand follow-up to the Apollo missions. The technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end, with no ________. The perpetual argument is that ________ are tight, that we have more pressing problems here on Earth. Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—________ saving one-thousandth of a single year’s budget would solve our problems.
But human ingenuity struggles on. NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the most bang from a buck. They will serve as modern Magellans,________out the solar system for whatever explorers follow, whether man or machine. On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public. Private spaceflight could lie within ________ of rich civilians in a few years. Another decade or two and it could go mainstream.
The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us—-not just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spin-off _______ they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed off each other. Both Martin Luther King and John Kennedy appealed to the idea that humans can ________what were once considered inherent limitations. Today we face seeming challenges in energy, the environment, health care. Tomorrow we will transcend these as well, and the dreamers will deserve a lot of the credit. The more evidence we collect that our species is ________greatness, the more we will actually achieve it.
1.A.dreamers B.explorers C.astronomers D.novelists
2.A.after B.before C.until D.while
3.A.year B.quarter C.century D.decade
4.A.inspiring B.public C.dream D.freedom
5.A.attacked B.industrialized C.transformed D.accessed
6.A.in conflict with B.in line with C.in common with D.keeping pace with
7.A.aims B.influence C.concerns D.terms
8.A.ancestor B.successor C.forefather D.advocate
9.A.situations B.securities C.funds D.schedules
10.A.just like B.on condition that C.as if D.so that
11.A.making B.figuring C.sweeping D.mapping
12.A.reach B.range C.control D.knowledge
13.A.productions B.chips C.technologies D.substitutes
14.A.go beyond B.go through C.go after D.go over
15.A.In ignorance of B.capable of C.proud of D.in favor of
高三英语完形填空困难题
Space exploration has always been the province of ________：The human imagination readily soars where human ingenuity (创造力）struggles to follow. A Voyage to the Moon, often cited as the first science fiction story, was written by Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649. Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries ________the first manned rockets started to fly.
In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by the ________'s end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They resonated with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous ________ speech of all, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. two years later. By the end of the decade, both visions had yielded concrete results and________American society. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up ________each other. The fight for racial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic (讲求实用的）and immediate in its impact. The urge to explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its ________.
When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand follow-up to the Apollo missions. The technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end, with no ________. The perpetual argument is that ________ are tight, that we have more pressing problems here on Earth. Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—________ saving one-thousandth of a single year’s budget would solve our problems.
But human ingenuity struggles on. NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the most bang from a buck. They will serve as modern Magellans,________out the solar system for whatever explorers follow, whether man or machine. On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public. Private spaceflight could lie within ________ of rich civilians in a few years. Another decade or two and it could go mainstream.
The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us—-not just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spin-off _______ they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed off each other. Both Martin Luther King and John Kennedy appealed to the idea that humans can ________what were once considered inherent limitations. Today we face seeming challenges in energy, the environment, health care. Tomorrow we will transcend these as well, and the dreamers will deserve a lot of the credit. The more evidence we collect that our species is ________greatness, the more we will actually achieve it.
1.A.dreamers B.explorers C.astronomers D.novelists
2.A.after B.before C.until D.while
3.A.year B.quarter C.century D.decade
4.A.inspiring B.public C.dream D.freedom
5.A.attacked B.industrialized C.transformed D.accessed
6.A.in conflict with B.in line with C.in common with D.keeping pace with
7.A.aims B.influence C.concerns D.terms
8.A.ancestor B.successor C.forefather D.advocate
9.A.situations B.securities C.funds D.schedules
10.A.just like B.on condition that C.as if D.so that
11.A.making B.figuring C.sweeping D.mapping
12.A.reach B.range C.control D.knowledge
13.A.productions B.chips C.technologies D.substitutes
14.A.go beyond B.go through C.go after D.go over
15.A.In ignorance of B.capable of C.proud of D.in favor of
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
Sichuan has long been known as the "Province of Abundance". 1.(history) speaking, Sichuan was the home of the ancient 2.(state) of Ba and Shu. Their conquest by Qin 3.(strength) it and paved the way for the First Emperor's unification(统一) of China under the Qin Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Bei's Shu 4.(base) in Sichuan. The area became one of China's 5.(productive) areas by the 19th century. The people of Sichuan speak6. unique form of Mandarin, which took shape during the area's repopulation 7. the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The family of dialects is now spoken by about 120 million people, which would make 8. the 10th most spoken language in the world if counted separately. The area's warm damp climate long caused local people 9. (advocate) spicy dishes. The native Sichuan pepper was supplemented by Mexican chilis during the Columbian Exchange to form modern Sichuan cuisine, 10.dishes—including Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu—have become famous around the world.
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Sichuan has long been known as the "Province of Abundance"． 1. （history） speaking， Sichuan was the home of the ancient2.（state） of Ba and Shu． Their conquest by Qin 3.（strength） it and paved the way for the First Emperor's unification（统一） of China under the Qin Dynasty． During the Three Kingdoms era， Liu Bei's Shu4.（base） in Sichuan． The area became one of China's 5.（productive） areas by the 19th century． The people of Sichuan speak 6. unique form of Mandarin， which took shape during the area's repopulation 7. the rule of the Ming Dynasty． The family of dialects is now spoken by about 120 million people， which would make8. the 10th most spoken language in the world if counted separately． The area's warm damp climate long caused local people 9.（advocate） spicy dishes． The native Sichuan pepper was supplemented by Mexican chilis during the Columbian Exchange to form modern Sichuan cuisine，10. Dishes--including Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu--have become famous around the world．
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The city of Vienna has always been popular for its famous physicians. Around the year 1482 one such well-known physician was Dr. Paul Urssenbeck. His fame came from his ability to predict with certainty whether a patient would recover his or her health or would die. He thus became known as the doctor of death.
In his earlier years, he followed the trade of a poor but honest weaver in the town of Deckendorf near Straudigen in Bavaria. It was a time of famine(饥荒), and he, his wife, and their eleven children were in great need. Then a twelfth child was born, and they could find no one to serve as its godparent. As a last chance, the poor weaver walked to a nearby village and asked an old friend to serve as godfather, but met only rejection. Disappointed and frustrated, the poor man made his way back to his family. While walking sorrowfully through the dense forest toward his home, he said, “If only I could die.” Suddenly a tall figure dressed in a dark cloak(斗篷) appeared before him, saying, “You called me. I am Death. What can I do for you?” As much as the man had previously wanted to die, he now wanted to live. “I am seeking a godfather for my youngest child. But I cannot find anyone who will serve as his godparent,” answered the weaver sadly. “I will accept this responsibility,” said Death. And thus it happened.
Following the baptism(洗礼), the mysterious godfather took the father aside and said, “Since I own neither gold nor silver to give to your child as a baptism present, I will make you into the most famous doctor of all times. Whenever you are called to a sick person, I—invisible to others—will seat myself either to the head or to the feet of the patient. If I am seated at the head, then this will show you that hope for recovery exists. If I am seated at the feet, then the patient will die.” Through this gift, the weaver was able to cure many illnesses, for he knew whether the patient who had sought his treatment would be helped by medications, or whether he would die. Soon the previously poor weaver became a wealthy and respected physician. However, his increased wealth made him ever-more greedy.
One day, a very wealthy man fell seriously ill, but when Dr. Urssenbeck was called in, and he saw that Death was already seated at the patient’s feet. Upon hearing the diagnosis, the relatives could not be comforted, and they offered the physician a fortune if he could heal the man. Then Urssenbeck resorted to trickery. He quickly had the patient’s bed turned around, so that Death was now seated at his head. Thus the man was rescued from Death, and he regained his health. On the physician’s way home, Death suddenly appeared before him. “You unfortunate one, why have you deceived me? In return for the life that you have given back to the rich man, you yourself must now die.” Death spoke with a threatening voice, and disappeared.
Dr. Urssenbeck suddenly found himself in a large room where thousands of candles were burning. Death said to him, “Each of these candles represents someone’s life. This tiny stump that is about to go out is yours.” Terrified, Dr. Urssenbeck reached for a taller candle, wanting to take some wax(蜡) from it to fill his stump, but in doing so he touched his own candle, and it went out, and he fell to the floor dead. That evening his body was found in a valley. He was buried in the graveyard of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral.
1.Why did Death make the weaver a famous doctor?
A. Because he wanted to play a trick on him.
B. Because he didn’t have any baptism gift for his child.
C. Because he wanted to give him something as a reward.
D. Because he wanted to show his sympathy to the weaver.
2.What does the underlined phrase “resort to” mean in paragraph 4?
A. to ask someone for help
B. to visit a place of interest
C. to consult information in the dictionary
D. to make use of something bad to achieve something
3.Choose the right time order of the following events in the story.
a. Dr. Urssenbeck became more and more greedy for wealth.
b. Dr. Urssenbeck died and was buried.
c. Death made the weaver the most famous doctor in Vienna.
d. The poor weaver wanted to find a godfather for his 12th child.
e. Dr. Urssenbeck resorted to trickery to heal the patient.
A. dceab B. cdaeb C. dcaeb D. cadeb
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The weaver had a dozen children altogether.
B. A new-born baby had to receive baptism after he/she was born.
C. The weaver’s old friend refused to be the godfather of his child.
D. If Death seated himself at the head, the patient could never be saved.
5.Which of the following CANNOT be used to describe Dr.Urssenbeck?
A. Grateful B. Greedy C. Dishonest D. Unfaithful
6.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Dr. Urssenbeck, the Physician of Death
B. The Death Game
C. A Famous Physician in Vienna
D. A Poor Weaver
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a 11 that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are popular with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to 12 their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would not be cool.
The 13 kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright, but they don’t have great 14 skills, not popular with the opposite sex and they are 15 at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus (微积分) , they are watching shows like the “X Files”. They are known as the geeks.
But the geeks are taking over. Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and 16 your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations. They 17 good degrees, though they might not be too popular at university.
The most important 18 of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates 19 others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a 20 of their own to work and play in, making them a global force. 21 , the effect of the geeks on popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be 22 . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you 23 is more important than what you look like.
But there are also 24 . Geeks were often bullied (欺侮) or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your 25 . Perhaps it is time for punishment.
1.A. time B. division C. group D. part
2.A. show B. act C. copy D. represent
3.A. uncool B. unimportant C. clever D. strange
4.A. personal B. attractive C. experimental D. social
5.A. tasteless B. careless C. hopeless D. helpless
6.A. introduce B. bring C. prefer D. add
7.A. score B. lack C. take D. save
8.A. discovery B. industry C. progress D. improvement
9.A. excite B. discourage C. demand D. promise
10.A. world B. challenge C. chance D. heaven
11.A. However B. Therefore C. Still D. Besides
12.A. imaginative B. uncool C. attractive D. cool
13.A. remember B. understand C. receive D. know
14.A. dangers B. questions C. possibilities D. wonders
15.A. secretary B. trainee C. friend D. boss
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
____ the movie star has always been the focus of much media attention, he tries to lead a normal life.
A. When B. While C. Unless D. Since
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
____ the movie star has always been the focus of much media attention, he tries to lead a normal life.
A．When B．While C．Unless D．Since
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
____ the movie star has always been the focus of much media attention, he tries to lead a normal life．
A．When B．While C．Unless D．Since
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Gold is one of the rarest materials on Earth and has always been considered a valuable and precious resource. It's very likely that someone in your family owns something made of gold, especially since China is one of the world's biggest buyers of gold jewellery. It's even in our smartphones - they contain parts made from this expensive material.
But where does this beautiful metal actually come from? The answer: outer space.
This August, Chinese scientists became the first in the world to witness gravitational waves（引力波）caused by the collision of neutron (中子）stars, reported Xinhua News Agency.
The sight was witnessed at China's Kunlun Antarctic Station at the South Pole, and Insight, China’s first X-ray astronomical satellite, also contributed to the discovery.
Although collisions of black holes have been recorded before, this was the first time that two neutron stars were known to have collided. It's believed that such collisions lead to huge explosions of energy, and even to the creation of precious metals such as gold and silver.
“The collision of neutron stars is like a very large gold factory in the universe,” Jin Zhiping，a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua.
According to an article published by space.com, scientists have long believed gold and other materials are created in this way, but it wasn't until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed.
“The origin of the really heaviest chemical elements in the universe had confused the scientific community for quite a long time,” Hans-Thomas Janka, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, said in a news release. “Now, we have the first observational proof for neutron star mergers(合并) as sources.”
Indeed, the recently observed collision is thought to have produced an amount of gold that would weigh 10 times more than Earth, according to New Scientist
Don’t expect to be showered in gold any time soon, however. The collision actually took place 130 million years ago, taking all that time for the event's light to reach Earth.
But at least if you want to see a piece of space up close, all you have to do is to look at the ring on your mom's finger - or the smartphone in your pocket.
1.What's the author's purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?
A.To emphasize the rareness of gold.
B.To list some uses of gold in daily life.
C.To explain the reasons for the popularity of gold.
D.To interest readers about the source of gold.
2.What would the collision of neutron stars lead to according to Xinhua?
A.The creation of black holes.
B.The death of the stars.
C.The disappearance of gravitational waves.
D.The creation of gold.
3.What’s the text mainly about?
A.China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station does research into gold.
B.Collisions between two neutron stars result in gold
C.Collisions contribute to the discovery.
D.Gold is considered a valuable and precious rescource.
4.What can we learn from the article?
A.The amount of gold produced by the collision was very small.
B.The collision was the largest reported in history.
C.China played a big role in the new discovery.
D.The collision took place 130 years ago.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Gold is one of the rarest materials on Earth and has always been considered a valuable and precious resource. It's very likely that someone in your family owns something made of gold, especially since China is one of the world's biggest buyers of gold jewellery. It's even in our smartphones - they contain parts made from this expensive material.
But where does this beautiful metal actually come from? The answer: outer space.
This August, Chinese scientists became the first in the world to witness gravitational waves（引力波）caused by the collision of neutron (中子）stars, reported Xinhua News Agency.
The sight was witnessed at China's Kunlun Antarctic Station at the South Pole, and Insight, China’s first X-ray astronomical satellite, also contributed to the discovery.
Although collisions of black holes have been recorded before, this was the first time that two neutron stars were known to have collided. It's believed that such collisions lead to huge explosions of energy, and even to the creation of precious metals such as gold and silver.
“The collision of neutron stars is like a very large gold factory in the universe,” Jin Zhiping，a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua.
According to an article published by space.com, scientists have long believed gold and other materials are created in this way, but it wasn't until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed.
“The origin of the really heaviest chemical elements in the universe had confused the scientific community for quite a long time,” Hans-Thomas Janka, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, said in a news release. “Now, we have the first observational proof for neutron star mergers(合并) as sources.”
Indeed, the recently observed collision is thought to have produced an amount of gold that would weigh 10 times more than Earth, according to New Scientist
Don’t expect to be showered in gold any time soon, however. The collision actually took place 130 million years ago, taking all that time for the event's light to reach Earth.
But at least if you want to see a piece of space up close, all you have to do is to look at the ring on your mom's finger - or the smartphone in your pocket.
1.What's the author's purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?
A. To emphasize the rareness of gold.
B. To list some uses of gold in daily life.
C. To explain the reasons for the popularity of gold.
D. To interest readers about the source of gold.
2.What would the collision of neutron stars lead to according to Xinhua?
A. The creation of black holes.
B. The death of the stars.
C. The disappearance of gravitational waves.
D. The creation of gold.
3.What’s the text mainly about?
A. China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station does research into gold.
B. Collisions between two neutron stars result in gold
C. Collisions contribute to the discovery.
D. Gold is considered a valuable and precious rescource.
4.What can we learn from the article?
A. The amount of gold produced by the collision was very small.
B. The collision was the largest reported in history.
C. China played a big role in the new discovery.
D. The collision took place 130 years ago.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析