A teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary School, A...

A teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary School, Andrew Klicka writes rap music to help students learn and remember concepts. “I started writing raps ______ the social studies tests were so hard,” Klicka said. “Kids had a(n) _______ time remembering all of the information that we had to _______.”

This piece of news has _______ that music can help kids do better in school. The best way to _______ facts might be to set them to music. Medical students, for example, have long used rhymes and songs to help them _______ vast quantities of information. A doctor by the name of Tupas Mukherjee _______ that at the hospital he worked at no one _______ the procedures for managing asthma (哮喘). So he created a video and recorded himself ______ the guidelines on asthma procedures. It has spread quickly, and now all _______ use it and are able to remember the guidelines.

Music also makes the school day more fun. It makes school more ______. Many students come to school with optional courses like Spanish. No gym or music. If they had a music hour or program, they could reduce _______ and relax their brain in a way.

Therefore, I _______ with some people who think that music is worth sacrificing for other _______ such as upgraded websites. We shouldn't _______ music programs.

1.A.because B.though C.until D.unless

2.A.difficult B.long C.unforgettable D.boring

3.A.write B.teach C.collect D.store

4.A.repeated B.complained C.announced D.proved

5.A.face B.explain C.remember D.know

6.A.check B.seek C.provide D.master

7.A.realized B.predicted C.supposed D.understood

8.A.accepted B.followed C.created D.appreciated

9.A.developing B.presenting C.reciting D.singing

10.A.students B.professors C.doctors D.reporters

11.A.practical B.important C.interesting D.unusual

12.A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.conflict

13.A.talk B.disagree C.compare D.compete

14.A.methods B.abilities C.programs D.reasons

15.A.look forward to B.take advantage of C.add up to D.get rid of

高三英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

At some point in elementary school, your science teacher may explained to you that there are 365 days in a year because that's how long it takes for Earth to complete one full journey around the sun. What they might not have explained, however, is that it's not exactly 365 days—it’s actually closer to 365. 2421 days.

So, if we want our calendar year to begin right when Earth begins a new turn around the sun, we have to account for roughly an extra quarter of a day each year, or one day every four years. History.com reports that the Egyptians had already been doing this for a while before Europe finally caught on in 46 BC, when Roman Emperor Julius Caesar and astronomer Sosigenes put their heads together to come up with what we now call the Julian calendar, which includes 12 months, 365 days, and an additional ''leap day'' every four years on February 29.

But rounding 0.2421 up to 0.25 each year created an issue, because it didn't quite add up to a full day every four years—and that tiny difference meant that after 128 years, the calendar year ended up starting a day before Earth had completed its journey around the sun. By the 14th century, the calendar year was starting 10 days before Earth finished its orbit.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII sought to correct the error by suggesting that we simply skip a leap day every so often. His Gregorian calendar, which we still use today, rules that we skip the leap day during years which can be evenly divided (被整除) by 100 but not by 400. For instance, the year 2000 included a leap day because it can be divided by 100 and 400; the year 2100, on the other hand, will not include a leap day, since it's evenly divided by 100, but not by 400.

Gregory XIII’s correction to Caesar's overcorrection is itself a bit of an under-correction, so we'll probably need to reevaluate our leap day design again in about 10,000 years.

1.What do the underlined words ''put their heads together'' in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Come across each other. B.Bump their heads together.

C.Compete against each other. D.Combine their efforts.

2.According to Gregorian calendar, which year may include a leap day?

A.2100. B.1600.

C.1800. D.2020.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Emperor Julius Caesar was also an astronomer.

B.Today's calendar exactly agrees with the sun's turning.

C.The 10-day early start in calendar will always exist.

D.The Gregorian calendar is not yet the most accurate.

4.What's the purpose of this passage?

A.To point out a mistake made by your science teacher.

B.To explain how long Earth makes a trip around the sun.

C.To explain in detail why the leap day is needed.

D.To explain the reason why we need a calendar.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In April 1952, I was 11 years old and in the sixth grade at an elementary school. My teacher was Miss Pemberton. It was spelling bee time in our city - students were issued with brochures of words to study in　　 _____ for the class spelldowns (比赛). They would lead to a schoolwide contest and ________ qualification for the citywide spelling bee, where school ________ competed for the ________ of being the spelling champion of Houston.

The day ________ the class spelling bee, my youngest brother was playing with matches and ________ set a fire in our apartment. My mother made sleeping arrangements for all of us and ________ the school in the morning to inform Miss Pemberton of the accident, ________ that the class spelling bee was that day.

When I arrived at school, Miss Pemberton ________ me aside. She asked if I wanted her to ________ the spelling bee to another day because of my ________ about the fire. I told her no. That day, I won the spelling bee for my class.

The next week was the school spelling bee, with class champions ________. I won again! The ________ spelling bee was one month away.

Every Sunday afternoon, Miss Pemberton would pick me up, and we would go to her house, where she would help me ________ by calling out spelling words. After a couple of ________, Miss Pemberton would ________ me to Rettig's ice­cream parlor, where I could ________ a hot chocolate sundae (圣代冰激凌) which I'd never had. We practiced every ________ until the citywide spelling bee.

I did not win the citywide spelling bee, but I still felt ________ to have participated. I also felt grateful that I had such a ________ teacher in elementary school.

1.A.need B.exchange C.preparation D.return

2.A.actual B.final C.hopeful D.lucky

3.A.students B.participants C.winners D.teams

4.A.prize B.benefit C.fame D.honor

5.A.before B.after C.during D.for

6.A.stupidly B.successfully C.shortly D.accidentally

7.A.visited B.called C.emailed D.wrote

8.A.believing B.hoping C.knowing D.telling

9.A.pulled B.drove C.left D.helped

10.A.call off B.take off C.put off D.send off

11.A.upset B.curiosity C.doubt D.anger

12.A.waiting B.competing C.winning D.applying

13.A.schoolwide B.citywide C.nationwide D.worldwide

14.A.review B.remember C.learn D.practice

15.A.minutes B.hours C.days D.weeks

16.A.rush B.drag C.take D.send

17.A.order B.use C.make D.enjoy

18.A.weekend B.afternoon C.moment D.night

19.A.proud B.welcome C.disappointed D.surprised

20.A.successful B.patient C.professional D.caring

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth grade teacher took the time to ____ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.

On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam ____ me to allow him to buy his teacher an enormous red heart-shaped box filled with chocolates. We compromised，and he ____ her a smaller but respectably sized heart. On his small ____ , $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his ____ .

Sam has not always loved teachers. He doesn’t yet admit that he ____ school, but he does like to hang out in his classroom after three o’ clock, and he is ____ about some class projects.

Last year, Sam’s most memorable achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the ____ fifth grade. He ____ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of ____ while working his way through another pile of homework.

I must admit I was ____ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a ____ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to ____ a boy who had feared school?

As Iobserved this teacher’s ____ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the ____ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He managed to meet her ____.

Sam began to do his homework without numerous reminders ____ a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less class work. He ____ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.

I ____ don’t know how much of this miracle is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth grade teacher, and I think there is a ____ in relationships that can inspire children when nothing else can.

1.A. improve　　 B. encourage　　　 C. push　　　　　 D. drive

2.A. advised　　 B. promised　　　　 C. allowed　　　 D. begged

3.A. bought　　 B. agreed　　　　　 C. rejected　　 D. met

4.A. standard　 B. Age　　　　　　　 C. budget　　　　 D. basis

5.A. will　　　　 B. cleverness　　 C. generosity　 D. bravery

6.A. likes　　　　 B. hates　　　　　 C. attends　　　 D. misses

7.A. annoyed　　 B. excited　　　　 C. surprised　　 D. worried

8.A. remarkable B. favorable　　 C. honorable　　 D. entire

9.A. struggled　　 B. intended　　　 C. failed　　 D. continued

10.A. regret　　 B. surprise　　　 C. frustration D. pleasure

11.A. interested B. concerned　　 C. moved　　 D. wrong

12.A. working　 B. caring　　　　 C. rising　　　　 D. beginning

13.A. lift up　　 B. stay up　　　　 C. sit up　 D. get up

14.A. cooperation B. relationship C. interaction D. discussion

15.A. precious　　 B. interesting　 C. obvious　　　 D. primary

16.A. questions　　 B. requests　　　 C. demands　　　 D. expectations

17.A. although　　 B. or　　　　　　　 C. if　　　　　　 D. so

18.A. marked　　　　 B. accepted　　　 C. earned　　　　 D. left

19.A. clearly　　　　 B. strongly　　　 C. yet　　　　　　 D. still

20.A. mass　　　　　 B. magic　　　　　 C. handwriting D.plan

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s (31) ________________(happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her (32) ________________ (appear). Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (33) _____________covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people (34) _______________ (impress) by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and (35) _______________ (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation (36) _______________ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.

‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.

The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in (37) _______________the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but (38) _______________ (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing (39) _______________I did.’’

At this point, the little boy came out (40) _______________(run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

高三英语填空题简单题查看答案及解析

Sitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring.

The teachers at Ward Elementary in Winston –Salem，North Carolina ，picked up on that and traded in their students’desks for exercise bikes as a part of their Read and Ride program!

The Read and Ride program began five years ago．One classroom has enough bikes for every student in any given class，and throughout the day teachers bring in their students to the room to ride them and read their books．

Even regular classrooms have one bike in the back of each room for students who just can’t sit still to use to help them burn energy in a good way．

Students love being more active!Teachers enjoy seeing students eager to read．Parents appreciate stronger，smarter children．Headmasters value this effective and cost-free program．“Riding exercise bikes makes reading fun for many kids who get frustrated(挫败的)when they read．Thus，they have a way to release that frustration while they ride，”said Scott Ertl，who started the program．“As we can see，everyone wants to promote literacy and lose weight!But many students who are overweight struggle with sports and activities since they don’t want to always be the last or lose with others watching on the playground．On exercise bikes，however，students are able to exert(发挥)themselves at their own level—without anyone noticing when they slow down or take a break．”

As it turns out，not only are the bikes helping the students burn calories，they’re also helping them learn better and stay focused．At the end of the school year the school analyzed testing data and found that students that spent more time reading and riding did more than twice as well on reading tests than their fellow students who spent the least time in the program．

1.Why did the teachers start the Read and Ride program?

A．To get the students out of the classrooms．

B．To make the students more active in sports．

C．To read effectively in an active way．

D．To help the overweight students keep fit．

2.According to Scott Ertl，riding exercise bikes___________．

A．is the least expensive way for exercise

B．call benefit overweight students in both ways

C．is the best way to build up students’ body

D．is a good way to avoid being watched by teachers

3.The program helps the students in the following ways except________．

A．help them learn better

B．reduce their reading difficulties

C．build up their bodies

D．improve their learning concentration

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementary-age students “soft” skills like self-control and how to get along with others might help to keep at-risk kids out of criminal trouble in the future.

Once a program called Fast Track was started in the early 1990s for more than 7,600 children of 55 schools in America. They were identified by their teachers and parents to be at high risk for developing aggressive behavioral problems. The students were randomly divided into two groups; half took part in the intervention, which included a teacher-led curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in self-control and social skills. The program, which lasted from first grade through 10th grade, reduced delinquency(少年犯罪), arrests and use of health and mental health services as the students aged through adolescence and young adulthood.

In another latest study, by looking at the data from nearly 900 students in previous findings, researchers found that about a third of the influence on future crime outcomes was due to the social and self-regulation skills the students learned from ages 6 to 11.

The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情绪的) intelligence. Soft skills might include teaching kids to work cooperatively in a group or teaching them how to think about the long-term consequences when they make a decision.

Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children. Parents should do all they can to promote these skills with their children as should education policymakers. To the extent we can improve those skills, we can improve outcomes in delinquency.

1.Fast Track was intended for children who　　　　 .

A. were randomly chosen from their schools

B. had some problems with academic learning

C. often went against their teachers and parents’ wishes

D. were considered to have criminal trouble in the future

2.What can be learned about "the intervention" in Paragraph 2?

A. It included all the students.

B. It focused on social skills.

C. It improved health services.

D. It had positive outcomes.

3.Compared with soft skills, hard skills　　　　 .

A. almost have no influence on students

B. are more affected by students’ emotion

C. are mainly related to academic learning

D. offer children greater self-control abilities

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Soft Social Skills Matter

B. Fast Track Helps Children

C. How to Prevent Delinquency

D. What to DO for Education

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama ordered his members to ________ solutions to gun violence.

A．put up with　     B．come up with

C．keep up with　     D．catch up with

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama ordered his members to ________solutions to gun violence.

A．put up with        B．come up with       C．keep up with       D．catch up with

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

HEMLOCK, MI --When classes resume at Hemlock's K.C. Ling Elementary School next week, the students will have a brand new playground complete with gaga ball pit(坑), Boogie Board, slides and more.

About 50 volunteers worked together to build the new playground Sunday, Aug. 19. The "community build" was the culmination of nearly a year of fundraising, said Sarah Baird, a parent and chairwoman of the playground committee.

"It felt amazing yesterday to see everybody come together," Baird said Monday. "It will be all set and ready for them for their first day of school."

The school year begins Aug. 27. A ribbon-cutting(剪彩) ceremony and open house are planned for Wednesday, Aug. 22.

K.C. Ling houses the district's first- through fourth-graders. Hemlock Elementary School, the district's other elementary school, offers preschool, young fives and kindergarten.

Baird said the former playground equipment at K.C. Ling Elementary was 30 years old, unsafe and beginning to rust(生锈). A few years ago, the Richland Township Fire Department gave the parent-teacher organization $2,500 to build a new playground. The equipment they originally wanted would have cost $100,000.

"We formed a committee and we started doing some fundraising," Baird said. "I did some things and we really tried to do something with the playground."

In the end, with the support of the community, Hemlock Semiconductor, Saginaw Community Foundation, Morley Family Foundation, Dow Corning Foundation and other donors, the group raised $70,000.

"It felt amazing yesterday to see everybody come together," Baird said of the community build. "(We had) huge support from the community and we're very thankful."

1.What does the underlined word " culmination " in paragraph 2 refer to？

A.Flag. B.Key.

C.Name. D.Result.

2.What difficulty did they meet when a new playground needs rebuilding?

A.There is not enough money to build the playground.

B.There is not enough space to build the playground.

C.There is no support for doing it.

D.There is no time to do it.

3.What do we know from the passage?

A.The day of the school's start is Monday.

B.The first grade goes to school in K.C.Ling.

C.K.C. Ling Elementary has a history of 30 years.

D.Most of the playground construction fund is provided by Richland Township Fire Department.

4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear？

A.Entertainment. B.Health.

C.Education. D.Science.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析