In five minutes Buck had made fourteen hundred dollars for Thornton and his friends. The money made it possible for them to travel east, where they wanted to look for a lost gold mine. Men said that this mine had more gold than any other mine in the north. Many had looked for it, and some had died looking for it. The only men who knew where it was were now dead.
Thornton, Pete and Hans, with Buck and six other dogs, started off to the east in the spring. They travelled up the Stewart River and crossed the Mackenzie Mountains. They did not move quickly；The weather was good, and the men shot animals for food when they needed it. Sometimes they travelled for a week, and sometimes they stopped for a week and searched for gold in the ground. Sometimes they were hungry, and sometimes they had lots of food. They spent all the summer in the mountains, carrying everything they needed on their backs, sometimes making boats to go down rivers or across lakes.
In the autumn they came to a strange, flat country, with many lakes. They travelled on through the winter and met nobody, but once they found an old wooden house, with an old gun in it.
When the spring came, they found, not the lost mine, but a lake in a wide valley. Through the shallow water the gold showed like yellow butter, and here their search ended. There was gold worth thousands of dollars in the lake, and they worked every day, filling bag after bag with gold.
The dogs had nothing to do except watch the men and eat the food which the men shot for them. Buck spent many evenings sitting by the fire.
As he sat, he saw again his dream world, where the strange hairy man sat next to him. He also heard something calling him into the forest. Sometimes, in the middle of the day, he lifted his head and listened, and then ran off into the forest.
One night he woke up and heard the call again, a long howl. He ran into the forest, following the sound, and came to an open place in the trees. And there, his nose pointing to the sky, sat a wolf.
The wolf stopped howling and Buck walked slowly towards him. The wolf ran, and Buck followed. After a time, the wolf stopped and waited, watching Buck, ready to attack. But Buck did not want to fight, and soon the wolf realized this, and the two animals became friendly. Then the wolf started to run again, and he clearly wanted Buck to follow him. They ran for hours through the forest, and Buck remembered again his dream world where he, and others like him, had run through a much older forest.
Then they stopped to drink, and Buck remembered John Thornton. He turned and started to run back. The wolf followed him, then stopped and howled, but Buck ran on and did not turn.
Thornton was eating dinner when Buck returned. Buck jumped all over him, and for two days never left his side. He followed him everywhere, watching him while he ate and while he slept. But after two days the call of the wild came again, and he remembered the forest and the wolf who had run beside him.
He started to sleep out in the forest at night, sometimes staying out for three or four days. Once he was away for a week, fishing and killing animals for food. He ate well, and he grew stronger and quicker and more alive. His golden brown coat shone with health as he ran through the forest, learning its every secret, every smell, and every sound.
“He's the finest dog that I've ever seen,” said Thornton to his friends one day as they watched Buck walking out of camp. “There’11 never be another dog like him,” said Pete.
They saw him walking out of camp but they didn't see the change that happened when he was inside the forest. At once he became a thing of the wild, stepping softly and silently, a passing shadow among the trees.
1.How long did it take them to find gold?
A.About a year. B.About two years.
C.About six months. D.About three months.
2.What is the best title of this chapter?
A.The call of the wild.
B.The wolf in the forest.
C.The dog’s dream world
D.The lost gold mine.
3.This excerpt is a part of______?
A.a documentary novel.
B.a biography.
C.a fiction.
D.a news report.
4.In this excerpt(节选)we can clearly see that the author is good at______?
A.describing mental activities.
B.visualizing vivid scenes.
C.doing psychological analysis.
D.expressing personal belief.
5.What can we infer from the last four paragraphs?
A.Thornton and Pete noticed the change in Buck.
B.Thornton and Pete thought Buck was the best dog.
C.Buck became more and more obedient.
D.The wild life made Buck become stronger.
6.Which of the following about Buck is right?
A.Buck's hidden wildness was slowly awakened.
B.Buck liked to fight with the wolf in the forest.
C.Thornton and Pete didn't treat Buck well at all.
D.Buck didn't make any money for Thornton and his friends.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
In five minutes Buck had made fourteen hundred dollars for Thornton and his friends. The money made it possible for them to travel east, where they wanted to look for a lost gold mine. Men said that this mine had more gold than any other mine in the north. Many had looked for it, and some had died looking for it. The only men who knew where it was were now dead.
Thornton, Pete and Hans, with Buck and six other dogs, started off to the east in the spring. They travelled up the Stewart River and crossed the Mackenzie Mountains. They did not move quickly；The weather was good, and the men shot animals for food when they needed it. Sometimes they travelled for a week, and sometimes they stopped for a week and searched for gold in the ground. Sometimes they were hungry, and sometimes they had lots of food. They spent all the summer in the mountains, carrying everything they needed on their backs, sometimes making boats to go down rivers or across lakes.
In the autumn they came to a strange, flat country, with many lakes. They travelled on through the winter and met nobody, but once they found an old wooden house, with an old gun in it.
When the spring came, they found, not the lost mine, but a lake in a wide valley. Through the shallow water the gold showed like yellow butter, and here their search ended. There was gold worth thousands of dollars in the lake, and they worked every day, filling bag after bag with gold.
The dogs had nothing to do except watch the men and eat the food which the men shot for them. Buck spent many evenings sitting by the fire.
As he sat, he saw again his dream world, where the strange hairy man sat next to him. He also heard something calling him into the forest. Sometimes, in the middle of the day, he lifted his head and listened, and then ran off into the forest.
One night he woke up and heard the call again, a long howl. He ran into the forest, following the sound, and came to an open place in the trees. And there, his nose pointing to the sky, sat a wolf.
The wolf stopped howling and Buck walked slowly towards him. The wolf ran, and Buck followed. After a time, the wolf stopped and waited, watching Buck, ready to attack. But Buck did not want to fight, and soon the wolf realized this, and the two animals became friendly. Then the wolf started to run again, and he clearly wanted Buck to follow him. They ran for hours through the forest, and Buck remembered again his dream world where he, and others like him, had run through a much older forest.
Then they stopped to drink, and Buck remembered John Thornton. He turned and started to run back. The wolf followed him, then stopped and howled, but Buck ran on and did not turn.
Thornton was eating dinner when Buck returned. Buck jumped all over him, and for two days never left his side. He followed him everywhere, watching him while he ate and while he slept. But after two days the call of the wild came again, and he remembered the forest and the wolf who had run beside him.
He started to sleep out in the forest at night, sometimes staying out for three or four days. Once he was away for a week, fishing and killing animals for food. He ate well, and he grew stronger and quicker and more alive. His golden brown coat shone with health as he ran through the forest, learning its every secret, every smell, and every sound.
“He's the finest dog that I've ever seen,” said Thornton to his friends one day as they watched Buck walking out of camp. “There’11 never be another dog like him,” said Pete.
They saw him walking out of camp but they didn't see the change that happened when he was inside the forest. At once he became a thing of the wild, stepping softly and silently, a passing shadow among the trees.
1.How long did it take them to find gold?
A.About a year. B.About two years.
C.About six months. D.About three months.
2.What is the best title of this chapter?
A.The call of the wild.
B.The wolf in the forest.
C.The dog’s dream world
D.The lost gold mine.
3.This excerpt is a part of______?
A.a documentary novel.
B.a biography.
C.a fiction.
D.a news report.
4.In this excerpt(节选)we can clearly see that the author is good at______?
A.describing mental activities.
B.visualizing vivid scenes.
C.doing psychological analysis.
D.expressing personal belief.
5.What can we infer from the last four paragraphs?
A.Thornton and Pete noticed the change in Buck.
B.Thornton and Pete thought Buck was the best dog.
C.Buck became more and more obedient.
D.The wild life made Buck become stronger.
6.Which of the following about Buck is right?
A.Buck's hidden wildness was slowly awakened.
B.Buck liked to fight with the wolf in the forest.
C.Thornton and Pete didn't treat Buck well at all.
D.Buck didn't make any money for Thornton and his friends.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.
With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.
ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.
1.The first paragraph is intended to ______.
A. introduce a new way of reading
B. advise the public to lead a simple life
C. direct the public’s attention to the blind
D. encourage the public to use imagination
2.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
A. They are adequate
B. They have not been updated.
C. They are not equally distributed
D. They have benefited most of the blind
3.ORBIS aims to help the blind by ______.
A. teaching medical students
B. training doctors and nurses
C. running flying hospitals globally
D. setting up non-profit organization
4.What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?
A. Appeal for donations
B. Make an advertisement
C. Promote training programs
D. Show sympathy for the blind
5.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. ORBIS in China
B. Fighting Blindness
C.ORBIS Flying Hospital
D. Sight-saving Techniques
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.
With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.
ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training programme for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.
1.The first paragraph is intended to ______.
A. introduce a new way of reading
B. advise the public to lead a simple life
C. direct the public’s attention to the blind
D. Encourage the public to use imagination
2.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
A. They are adequate B. They have not been updated.
C. They are not equally distributed D. They have benefited most of the blind
3.ORRIS aims to help the blind by ______.
A. teaching medical students B. training doctors and nurses
C. running flying hospitals globally D. setting up non-profit organization
4.What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?
A. Appeal for donations B. Make an advertisement
C. Promote training programs D. Show sympathy for the blind
5.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. ORRIS in China B. Fighting Blindness
C.ORRIS Flying Hospital D. Sight-seeing Techniques
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less . Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with your eyes closed . Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips .
With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not .
ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.
ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just US$38, you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.
1.The first paragraph is intended to __________ .
A. direct the public’s attention to the blind
B. advise the public to lead a simple life
C. introduce a new way of reading
D. encourage the public to use imagination
2.ORBIS aims to help the blind by __________ .
A. teaching medical students
B. setting up non-profit organizations
C. running flying hospitals globally
D. training doctors and nurses
3.What can be the best title for the passage ?
A. ORBIS in China
B. ORBIS Flying Hospital
C. Sight-saving Techniques
D. Fighting Blindness
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less．Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed．Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips．
With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer．Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not．
ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital．ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide．Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom．Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there．Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation（合作） among countries．
ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs．ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year．ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far．For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them．At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province．ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness．
For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again．Your money can open their eyes to the world．Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves．
1.The first paragraph is intended to ______．
A．introduce a new way of reading
B．advise the public to lead a simple life
C．direct the public’s attention to the blind
D．encourage the public to use imagination
2.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
A．They are adequate
B．They have not been updated．
C．They are not equally distributed
D．They have benefited most of the blind
3.ORBIS aims to help the blind by ______．
A．teaching medical students
B．training doctors and nurses
C．running flying hospitals globally
D．setting up non-profit organization
4.What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?
A．Appeal for donations B．Make an advertisement
C．Promote training programs D．Show sympathy for the blind
5.What can be the best title for the passage?
A．ORBIS in China B．Fighting Blindness
C．ORBIS Flying Hospital D．Sight-saving Techniques
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
“Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting?”“No, I would gladly have paid______for it.”
| A．twice so much | B．twice as much |
| C．as much twice | D．so much twice |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
There are hundreds of grape varieties in Japan, but only one can sell for several hundred dollars per grape. The Ruby Roman was cultivated in Japan’ s Ishikawa Prefecture and is considered one of the world’ s most expensive fruits.
The story of Ruby Roman began in 1995, when Ishikawa grape farmers appealed to the government to create a large red grape variety. 400 experimental vines（葡萄树）were planted into a test field. Two years later; they started bearing fruit. However, out of the 400 vines, only 4 turned out to be red grapes, and only one of them was considered large enough to meet the farmers’ expectations. Over the next 14 years, researchers constantly improved its size, taste, color and ease of planting, and today Ruby Roman is considered a “treasure of Ishikawa”.
In 2008, soon after making its commercial debut（首秀）, the Ruby Roman grape variety made international headlines after a 700-gram bunch sold for 10,000 yen（$910）, or $26 per grape. Eight years later, a 26-grape bunch sold for 1.1 million yen（$11,000）, or roughly $370 per grape.
While the Ruby Roman name is used to describe a type of grapes, every bunch must meet very strict standards. For example, every grape in the bunch must weigh at least 20 grams and have a sugar content of at least 18 percent. There is also a Premium class of Ruby Roman grapes—each grape must weigh over 30 grams, and the whole bunch must be at least 700 grams heavy.
Most bunches of Ruby Roman grapes are sold through auctions（拍卖）, but Premium Ruby Rose are extremely difficult to find. For example, in 2010, only six bunches of grapes were certified Premium, and in 2011 no bunches qualified for it.
And if you’ re wondering how the Ruby Roman name came to be, it was apparently voted by local residents（居民）out of 639 different names.
1.The underlined word“cultivated”in the first paragraph can be best replaced by”_________”.
A.discovered B.preserved
C.developed D.promoted
2.According to the second paragraph, Ruby Roman _________.
A.is widely planted in Japan B.does not come easily
C.used to be a treasure of Ishikawa D.is more productive than expected
3.What’s the author’s purpose in listing a number of figures in paragraph 3 ?
A.To explain how large Ruby Roman grapes are.
B.To tell how profitable planting Ruby Roman is.
C.To prove how popular Ruby Roman is globally.
D.To show how expensive Ruby Roman grapes are.
4.What does the text say about the Ruby Roman grape?
A.It’s named after its birthplace.
B.It isn’t available in abundance.
C.It doesn’t refer to only one grape variety.
D.Its price has nothing to do with its color.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．
The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges．But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make—it would distract me from playing,” he says．“I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played． It’s almost as if they weren’t there． I just wanted to make music．”
Hawley is a winner． But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning． He did it by concentrating on playing well．
“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin．“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle．The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well．”
A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr．Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions．“They are interested in winning, but they’re most interested in self-development, testing their limits．”
One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each． “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says．“They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’．”
A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．
“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a prolonged depression． You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them．” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise． He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．
1.Hawley won the contest because _______．
A．he put all his mind to his performance
B．he cared much about the judges’ feelings
C．he tried his best to avoid making mistakes
D．he paid close attention to the people around
2.High performers is that they tend to give priority to _______．
A．glory B. wealth C. pleasure D. work
3.According to the passage, successful people concentrate on _______．
A．challenging their own limits B．learning from others
C．defeating their opponents D．avoiding setbacks
4. It can be learned from the passage that top performers are not _______．
A．interested in winning B．free of losses
C．accustomed to failures D．concerned about setbacks
5.The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble _______．
A．helps people deal with their disappointment
B．makes people forget their setbacks
C．makes people regret about their past
D．helps people realize their goals
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．
The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges. But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make — it would distract me from playing,” he says. “I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played. It’s almost as if they weren’t there. I just wanted to make music.”
Hawley is a winner. But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning. He did it by concentrating on playing well．
“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin. “The important thing in life is not the triumph (胜利) but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr. Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions. “They are interested in winning, but they are most interested in self - development, testing their limits.”
One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each. “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says. “They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’.”
A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．
“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a long depression. You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them.” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise. He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．
1.Hawley won the contest because ________．
A. he put all his mind to his performance
B. he cared much about the judges’ feelings
C. he tried his best to avoid making mistakes
D. he paid close attention to the people around
2.According to the passage, successful people concentrate on ________．
A. challenging their own limits B. learning from others
C. defeating their opponents D. avoiding setbacks
3.The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble ________．
A. helps people deal with their disappointment
B. makes people forget their setbacks
C. makes people regret about their past
D. helps people analyze what went wrong
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Haven’t you handed in your composition yet?
—Yes. I _______ on it for twenty five minutes.
A.will work B.am working C.would work D.worked
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析