Until the 1990s coffee was rarely served in C...

Until the 1990s coffee was rarely served in China except at luxury hotels aimed at foreigners.

When Starbucks opened its first outlet there in 1999 it was far from clear that the country’s enthusiastic tea drinkers would take to such a different and usually more costly-source of caffeine.

Starbucks tried to entice（引诱）customers unused to coffee’s bitter taste by promoting milk- and sugar-heavy mixtures such as Frappuccinos （星冰乐）.

Starbucks now has about 3,800 outlets in China- more than in any other country outside America.

Coffee has become fashionable among the middle class. Statista, a business-intelligence portal（门户网站），says the roast coffee market in China is growing by more than 10% a year. Starbucks and its rivals see big future for expanding there.

Since its founding less than two years ago, Luckin-a newly-founded coffee brand in China- has opened more than 2,300 outlets. On May 17th Luckin's first public offering on the NASDAQ stock market raised more than $570m, giving it a value of about $4 billion. Most of Luckin’s outlets are merely small shops where busy white-collar workers pick up their drinks, having ordered them online. Super-fast delivery can also be arranged through the company’s app,

The high-class end of the market is prosperous too.

Where better to sip and WeChat? It’s not just the drink that appeals, it’s the chance to share pictures of it.

1.In order to develop its business in China, Starbucks　　　　 .

A.tried hard to promote classic American coffee

B.only recommended costly coffee to Chinese customers

C.mixed Frappuccinos with lots of milk and sugar

D.adapted its coffee to suit the taste of Chinese customers

2.The underlined phrase “take to” is closest in meaning to　　　　 .

A.be fond of B.carry away

C.dislike D.get to know

3.In paragraph 6, Luckin is mentioned so as to　　　　 .

A.prove the good taste of its coffee to customers

B.indicate the popularity of coffee drinking in China

C.show that Starbucks has failed in the competition in China

D.explain its contributions to the American stock market

4.The prosperity of high-class end is mainly because　　　 .

A.it appeals to high class only

B.it provides super-fast delivery

C.it meets people’s social demand

D.it works with WeChat to share pictures

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The clock struck eleven at night． The whole house was quiet． Everyone was in bed except me． Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”．

I was going to have my examination the next day． "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself． I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not．

The clock struck 12"Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the worlD． Dad does not agree with me on this． He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy ．"

The clock struck one． I was quite ho peless now． I forgot all I had learnt． I was too tired to go on． I did the only thing I coulD． I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow． I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen．” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them． A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep．

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ ．

A． asleep

B． working in bed

C． outside

D． quietly laughing at him

2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________．

A． it was too late at night

B． he was very tired

C． his eyes l ids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D． he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3. What do you suppose happened to the author？

A． He went to a church to pray again

B． He passed the exam by luck

C． He failed in the exam

D． He was punished by his teacher

4.The best title for the passage would be __________ ．

A． The Night Before the Examination

B． Working Far into the Night

C． A Slow Student

D． Going Over My Lessons

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

— Hey! Everyone in the office was at the dinner party in honor of Mr. Charles except you. What happened?

— I ______ after Mike, my colleague. He was badly ill.

A. have looked　　 B. was looking　　 C. would look　　 D. had looked

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My childhood was a fairy tale, until it wasn’t. At age 15, I almost died from a rare medical._______, a disease not fully diagnosed in time. Despite survival, I was left with severe nerve damage to my right leg. To this day, I live in pain every_______moment. I went from being perfectly healthy to_______being able to walk and with that came a(n)_______depression that threatened to swallow me whole — a depression I still_______to this day.

As if that wasn’t enough, a year later my family’s house fell down, we had to move into a caravan (大篷车). My following days consisted of going between hospital_______, trying to study for my A-levels and_______in a caravan.

In that caravan, I started writing to_______relief from my worries. It was my life line that_______me together as I studied. And from the________of writing then, I’ve just published my first novel. Now let me________my story.

Being a girl that was into science and reading________me from other kids. You probably already have a mental________: Yes, I was a real-life Hermione Granger,________to fit in with my peers, with a differing worldview. They still laughed at me. Regardless of the________that came my way, I never felt down for long. After ups and downs,________I found friends who, although amused by my obsession with books and science,________those qualities about me. They encouraged my________. My desire to write and explore science grew stronger.

Now, I________with cutting edge technology for an aerospace engineering company. Back home, I write. Last month I published my first________Undercover Thief.

1.A.condition B.research C.accident D.care

2.A.quiet B.right C.other D.single

3.A.typically B.completely C.barely D.exactly

4.A.destructive B.poisonous C.magic D.powerful

5.A.try B.fight C.surround D.attack

6.A.cases B.visits C.examinations D.treatments

7.A.hiding B.living C.reading D.moving

8.A.get B.give C.avoid D.accept

9.A.led B.put C.got D.held

10.A.care B.pain C.love D.fear

11.A.turn up B.put up C.take up D.bring up

12.A.split B.separated C.saved D.told

13.A.thought B.reflection C.shadow D.picture

14.A.struggling B.planning C.refusing D.promising

15.A.warning B.teasing C.greeting D.meeting

16.A.lately B.fortunately C.eventually D.obviously

17.A.valued B.envied C.ignored D.appreciated

18.A.ambitions B.views C.suggestions D.differences

19.A.trade B.work C.study D.write

20.A.report B.painting C.novel D.play

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Although the tradition of drinking tea dates back to more than 3,000 BC in China, it was not until the mid 17'th century in the UK　　　 appeared the concept of "afternoon tea".

A. when　　　　 B. where　　　　 C. that　　　　　 D. which

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While I was waiting in line at a coffee shop earlier, a woman drove alongside the queue in a mobility scooter (踏板车). There was only a 　　 space between the line of people and the tables, which she 　 　　 to drive along. She drove over my foot and didn't 　 　　 saying nothing at all.

I got annoyed and expected she would have 　　 , but then I just decided to 　 　　 　 it and got down to selecting which pastry (点心) to go with my coffee. The lady and I ended up sitting at adjacent (邻近的) tables. She was on the end of a row so that she could park her 　　 After about half an hour, when she had 　 　　 her coffee, she got up and back onto her scooter. It 　　 start. She tried to turn the key several times 　　 she telephoned the place she purchased it from.

An engineer 　 　　 　 within 5 minutes. The place must have been local. I couldn't 　　 　 overhearing their conversation, and it turned out she had just 　 　　 the scooter that morning. This was her very first outing in it. She felt really 　　 　 about driving it 　 　　 , she wasn't used to its speed, nor its 　 　　 , and this combination made it quite 　 　　 to drive it through narrow gaps.

Suddenly, I felt 　　 　 for the lady. It really didn't 　　 me at all that she'd driven over my foot. I had made an assumption, 　 　　 , that a person doing that should apologize.

Next time you're about to 　 　　 　 someone, pause for a second and remind yourself that people have judged you without knowing what was going on in your mind or your life.

1.A. private　 B. vast　　 C. public　　 D. narrow

2.A. attempted　 B. promised　 C. declined　 D. guaranteed

3.A. call back　 B. give up　 C. look back　 D. cheer up

4.A. ignored　 B. apologized　 C. explained　 D. forgiven

5.A. dismissed　 B. made　　 C. deserved　 D. inspected

6.A. truck　　 B. bike　　 C. car　　 D. scooter

7.A. poured　　 B. finished　 C. ordered　 D. purchased

8.A. needn't　 B. shouldn't　 C. wouldn't　 D. mustn't

9.A. so　　 B. until　　 C. unless　　 D. before

10.A. broke in　 B. turned up　 C. ran away　 D. settled down

11.A. tolerate　 B. allow　　 C. resist　　 D. postpone

12.A. collected　 B. stolen　　 C. fixed　　 D. abandoned

13.A. concerned　 B. excited　 C. confident　 D. nervous

14.A. Doubtfully B. Certainly　 C. Fortunately　 D. Surprisingly

15.A. width　 B. length　　 C. weight　　 D. height

16.A. cool　　 B. convenient　 C. stressful　 D. desperate

17.A. pleasure　 B. regret　　 C. appreciation D. sympathy

18.A. strike　　 B. bother　　 C. satisfy　　 D. motivate

19.A. otherwise　 B. therefore　 C. however　 D. besides

20.A. judge　　 B. hug　　 C. persuade　 D. tease

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was warm and nice that evening. I stayed awake 　　　　 until eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.

A. on average　　 B. on purpose

C. on business　　 D. on time

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

At the end of the First World War, in 1918. China was convinced it would be able to reclaim the territories occupied by the Germans in present-day Shandong Province. After all, it had fought along with the Allies. However it was not to be. The warlord government of the day had ________ struck a deal with the Japanese, offering the German colonies in return for financial support. The Allies, ________, acknowledged Japan’s territorial claims in China. When it became known in China in April 1919 that the negotiations over the Treaty of Versailles（凡尔赛条约）would not ________ China’s claims, it gave rise to a movement that might be considered even more revolutionary than the one that ended the Empire.

In the course of this May Fourth Movement, some 5,000 students from Peking University hit the streets to ________ the Versailles Treaty. But more was at stake than Japan’s grabbing of land. When one considers the 1911 Revolution as a mere regime（政体）change, it become clear that the numerous popular demands for modernization had not been satisfied yet.

The May Fourth Movement was part cultural revolution, part _______ movement. On the cultural side , the students had been inspired in the preceding two decades by Western thought, creating a feeling of frustration and _______ with Chinese tradition. In the intellectual ferment（酝酿/骚动）that resulted from this, answers were sought for the questions why and how China had lagged behind the West. The negative influences of traditional morality, the clan（宗族）system and Confucianism were seen as the main causes. China in its shaky state could only be cured by “Two Doctors”: Doctor Science（赛先生）and Doctor Democracy（德先生）.

At the same time, intellectuals untied in the New Culture Movement attempted to make Chinese culture more ________ to social groups beyond the traditional scholar-officials. To this end, they advocated a Literary Revolution, in which wenyan, the ossified（僵化的）system of ________ language, was to be replaced by a system based on conversational language, the so-called baihua. Hu Shi is one of the scholars who ________ with this movement, and meanwhile Lu Xun is seen as one of the most productive practitioners of this type of writing that came into _______ in the 1920s.

The social aspects of May Fourth consisted of attempts to free the Chinese woman, although this was often limited to movements to bring foot-binding to a halt. Nonetheless, in the cities newly ________ women, modern girls who had been educated, became a loud voice for further changes.

May Fourth is seen as a critical _______ for the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Before 1919, there was hardly any interest in what was happening in Russia. After May Fourth, Marxism was seen as a _______ revolutionary ideology for a predominantly agricultural society such as China still was.

Even today, May Fourth functions as a point of _______ for China. The Party may interpret the events of 1919 as being brought about by its earliest members, and it may turn Lu Xun into the Marxist writer he would refuse to be, but the fact ________ that May Fourth truly set China on its revolutionary path.

1.A.firmly B.suddenly C.immediately D.secretly

2.A.on the other hand B.for instance C.on the contrary D.with no exception

3.A.challenge B.honor C.withdraw D.investigate

4.A.agree on B.draw up C.demonstrate against D.adhere to

5.A.political B.democratic C.social D.revolutionary

6.A.contentment B.dissatisfaction C.interconnection D.identification

7.A.accessible B.modernized C.complex D.appealing

8.A.written B.non-verbal C.informal D.dead

9.A.debated B.parted C.disagreed D.identified

10.A.effect B.being C.power D.fortune

11.A.engaged B.divorced C.liberated D.widowed

12.A.burden B.accelerator C.message D.handbrake

13.A.superficial B.unrealistic C.applicable D.imperfect

14.A.departure B.difference C.interest D.reference

15.A.alters B.denies C.overstates D.remains

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

American writer A.N.DEVERS was at a rare-book fair in New York City in 2015 when she noticed a Joan Didion title selling for just $25. Then she saw the price tag of a novel by the equally famous Cormac McCarthy: about $600. “I realized we don’t value women’s work the same way we do men’s,” Devers says. “It’s depressing. But it’s also exciting, because I can do something about it.”

Three years later, after moving to London and joining the U.K.’s booming rare-book trade, Devers opened the red doors of her new bookstore, the Second Shelf. Located in a quiet courtyard off the busy streets of London’s Soho, the store almost exclusively stocks rare books by women (alongside a handful of male-authored books about women). The focus is modern fiction: Elizabeth Bowen novels, romances by Rosamunde Pilcher, poetry by Ntozake Shange.

Devers’ skill for finding overlooked jewels was polished during a childhood of Visits to yard sales in towns across the U.S., a result of her family’s following her father’s Air Force job. Some of her most sought-after recent finds were works by Miriam Tlali, the first black woman to publish a novel in South Africa. Devers hit on her 1975 debut in a charity store and quickly sourced and sold 15 more Tlali books.

In collecting these works, the Second Shelf is correcting a historical imbalance that has allowed women’s literary achievements to be eclipsed. Bookdealers have tended to be men; much of the trade’s early material was collected by “country gentlemen who ran estates and amassed libraries of books to show their wealth and intelligence,” Devers says. She argues that they’ve been like their peers in other male-led creative industries — including television, film and the news media — in that “they focus on themselves.”

That past contributes to a plain absence of women’s work among the books considered to be valuable cultural objects. In January, the Second Shelf went viral (走红) on Twitter after Devers pointed out that only nine books by women appeared in a list, produced by a trade website, of the 500 biggest sales at auction in the books-and-paper field last year. Even among more recently published works, a 2018 study found, titles by women are on average priced 45% lower than books by men.

In recent years, calls have gone out to read only books by women for a year and for universities to expand their curriculums. The observance of Women’s History Month in the U.S. has also made March a time for publishers to suggest fitting reading lists. Devers’ shop is the physical site of that movement challenging the current situation. “We’ve been taught to find value in something really narrow,” she says. “It’s time to explore something different.”

1.The first paragraph tells the readers _________.

A.why Devers named her shop the Second Shelf

B.how Devers was exposed to rare book trade

C.what motivated Devers to open the Second Shelf

D.where Devers first came across women’s literary works

2.The underlined word “eclipse” in the fourth paragraph means_________.

A.fully exposed

B.partially concealed

C.seriously treated

D.roughly explained

3.Which may explain the absence of the great literary works by women?

A.The trade used to be dominated by men.

B.Women writers’ ideas conflict with the bookdealers’.

C.Males tend to be productive in the creative industry.

D.The majority of male readers don’t read modern fiction.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.In recent years, university curriculums have emphasized books by women.

B.Women’s History Month has pushed women writers to be more productive.

C.More physical bookstores like Devers’ are needed to change the situation.

D.The Second Shelf is helping turn a page for women in literature.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

China is a land of bicycles.At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country.Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle.Millions of them, all black.Cars were rare.Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year.I've found the opposite is true.There are millions of cars.However, people still use their bicycles to get around.For many, it's the easiest and cheapest way to travel today.Bicycles also come in different colors—silver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.

It's fun watching people biking.They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks(人行道)．Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just can't provide.

Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle.Great weather accompanied my great buy.I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.

My first ride home was orderly(守秩序的)．To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times.I didn't want to get hit.So I took the ride carefully.

Crossing the streets was the biggest problem.It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States.The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.

I finally made it home.The feeling on the bicycle was amazing.The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful.I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people.Biking made me feel alive.

1.According to the author, why are bicycles still popular in China today?

A．Because they are traditional and safe.

B．Because they are convenient and inexpensive.

C．Because they are colorful and available.

D．Because they are fast and environment­friendly.

2.The author decided to buy a bicycle because he intended ________.

A．to ride it for fun

B．to use it for transport

C．to experience local culture

D．to improve his riding skills

3.How did the author feel about his street crossing?

A．It was boring.　     B．It was difficult.

C．It was lively.　     D．It was wonderful.

4.Which of the following best describes the author's biking experience?

A．The author enjoyed showing off his biking skills.

B．The author was annoyed by the air while riding.

C．The author was praised by the other bikers.

D．The author took great pleasure in biking.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析