Walking out of the forest, I thought to mysel...

Walking out of the forest, I thought to myself what if we didn’t put out the fire? I ended up asking this thought as a _______ to my friends. Without saying anything, Elias went about ten yards back to the small fire that we had　 _______. It was at this point where Elias went from calm, to _______. He shouted, “It’s on fire!”

My heart was _______ out of my chest when we got to the fire — it had enlarged into a _______ with a 15-foot diameter (直径). A pond about ten feet away, was our only _______. My quick thinking told me to_______into the pond and splash (泼洒) water onto the fire closest to the pond. Micah, took a bucket, and then filled it with _______, to fight the fire that was spreading out of our_______.

Elias and I got the fire, nearest to the water, under control. Micah, ________, could not rest. Although he ran back and forth, it only kept ________.It suddenly________to us that we could use the wet grass in the pond to________put out the fire. Therefore, with ________ in hand, we went into the fire, and ________ back to get more even though we were ________ Finally, our teamwork ________, as there was only ________left on a charred (烧焦的) battlefield. We stayed for another 30 minutes to________it starting again.

Our journey now came to an end and the battleground would soon become ________and beautiful as time passed.

1.A.secret B.question C.joke D.choice

2.A.saved B.put C.lit D.collected

3.A.cautious B.delighted C.curious D.terrified

4.A.speeding B.beating C.knocking D.pushing

5.A.circle B.way C.place D.hole

6.A.excuse B.request C.option D.duty

7.A.jump B.grow C.dig D.break

8.A.sand B.power C.strength D.water

9.A.mind B.order C.reach D.sight

10.A.however B.therefore C.otherwise D.moreover

11.A.stopping B.growing C.making D.changing

12.A.turned B.referred C.occurred D.added

13.A.roughly B.repeatedly C.regularly D.thoroughly

14.A.grass B.water C.fire D.air

15.A.drove B.dashed C.escaped D.withdrew

16.A.exhausted B.amazed C.disappointed D.interested

17.A.laid off B.gave off C.paid off D.put off

18.A.flame B.smoke C.noise D.light

19.A.leave B.observe C.keep D.prevent

20.A.old B.common C.quiet D.green

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

If we want to find out what kind of technology people used in the past, we normally have to rely on archaeologists to find ruined buildings and parts of tools or instruments or machines. Archaeologists then try to reconstruct, sometimes with the help of computer technology, what these ancient buildings and objects must have looked like, and how they might have been made. Sometimes historians are lucky and find an ancient document with a written description of these ancient buildings and objects.

We can understand, then, why Chinese historians were so excited when they found cave paintings which show ancient science. They found these paintings in the world-renowned Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City, in Northwest China's Gansu Province. There are 500 man-made caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years. Almost all of these caves have paintings on their ceilings or walls and they date from the 4th to 14th centuries. Wang Jinyu is an expert on these cave paintings (also called frescoes) and he says: “We discovered frescoes containing scientific and technological content in almost all of the caves which have frescoes.” What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of "scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences".

Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings showing ancient weaving machines and then toothbrushes! The paintings also give some evidence of the lifestyle at the time with, for example, pictures of people boiling milk over 1,000 years ago. Experts believe that there is more evidence to be found, but even now the caves are a wonderful natural museum. If the walls and ceilings of the caves were all put together they would form a tapestry 20 kilometers long and 2 meters high!

It won't be possible to travel back in time-that only happens in films-but visiting these caves would be the nearest experience you could get to travelling back in time.

1.Why were Chinese historians excited when they found cave paintings showing ancient science?

A. Because they had rarely seen cave paintings.

B. Because they could make the place a tourist attraction.

C. Because they could learn about ancient science through them.

D. Because they would be given lots of money for the discovery.

2.The Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City______.

A. have 500 man-made caves

B. have been there for at most 1,600 years

C. help us to know little about ancient science

D. have paintings on their ceilings in every cave

3.Experts had discovered cave paintings showing the ancient techniques of ______.

A. pottery making and wine production

B. weaving machines and toothbrushes

C. boiling milk over 1,000 years ago

D. architecture and weaving

4.The article is more likely to be selected from the magazine ______.

A. Modern Countries B. Business World

C. Network World D. Popular Science

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Turns out we aren’t good at walking and talking at the same time, according to a study of pedestrians （行人） on their cell phones．

Nearly one-third of pedestrians （29．8% ） were distracted （分散注意力） by their mobile  devices while crossing the street, say researchers of a study published online in the journal Injury Prevention．

Just as drivers who text, talk on cell phones, or adjust MP3 players increase their risk of losing control of their vehicles, pedestrians distracted by their conversations or their devices also put themselves at higher risk of getting into an accident．

During the summer of 2012, scientists in Seattle, Wash． , studied 1,102 pedestrians at 20 crossroads seeing the city * s highest number of pedestrian injuries over the past few years．

They watched how pedestrians crossed the street @ whether they looked both ways or obeyed the crossroad signal @ and also recorded how long it took pedestrians to do so． Distractions included listening to music with headphones, using a cell phone or earpiece to talk on a cell phone, text messaging, and talking with another person．

Overall, researchers found the most common distraction among pedestrians was listening to music （11．2%）, followed by text messaging （7．3%）, and using a handheld phone（6．2%）． But the most absorbing distraction was texting． Compared to pedestrians who were not distracted, those who were texting took 1．87 seconds longer to cross and were four times more likely to not look where they were going, disobey traffic lights, or cross outside of the crosswalk． While the study did not track injuries related to these trends, previous studies have linked such activities to a higher risk of being injured while crossing the street．

Combined with the rise in the use of mobile devices, especially smart phones, the results raise concerns that multi-tasking while walking may be a rising concern for pedestrians． And that danger may only climb, as the number of wireless devices has already exceeded the population of the United States． Last year, roughly 1,152 people wound up in the emergency room to treat injuries caused by using a cell phone or electronic device, the Consumer Product Safety Commission told the Associated Press in July． Those numbers may be underestimated, however, because patients may not always admit that they were using their phones along with other activities such as walking or driving when they were hurt．

1.The scientists did their study at the 20 crossroads in order to _____．

A．attract more attention                     B．see more injuries

C．record more samples                      D．find more pedestrians

2.According to the research, while crossing the street the most dangerous activity for apedestrian is _____．

A．talking on a phone                          B．texting messages

C．listening to music                           D．disobeying traffic lights

3.The underlined word "exceeded" is closest in meaning to "____"．

A．gone beyond                             B．greatly influenced

C．accelerated the increase of                 D．drawn the attention of

4.Which might be the best title of the passage?

A．Walk and don't Talk

B．Prevention of Distraction

C．Look both ways while crossing the street

D．Cell phones lead to injuries

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

You’re walking around and a thought occurs: “I should check my phone.” The phone comes out of your pocket. You type a message. Then your eyes remain glued to the screen, even when you walk across the street. We all do this kind of distracted walking, or“twalking.”

Why are we so addicted to it? People are, by nature, information-seeking creatures. When we regularly check our phones, we are snacking on information from devices that offer an all-you-can-eat buffet of information. And in some ways, smartphones were designed to be irresistible to information-seeking creatures.

However, at what point is this considered addiction?

Not all constant phone use was considered addictive, said Steven Sussman, a professor at the University of Southern California. External pressures, like a demanding job, could force people to frequently check their phones. But when people check their devices just to enhance their mood, this could be a sign of a developing problem.

Another signal of addictive behavior is becoming preoccupied with smartphone use when you should be doing something else. An even clearer indicator is what happens when the phone is taken away.

“Let’s say you go out to the mountains and you don’t get reception, so you can’t use a smartphone,” Dr. Sussman said. “Do you feel a sense of relief? Or do you feel, wow, I want to get out of these mountains — I want to use the smartphone. If you feel the latter, that’s toward the addictive direction.”

Jim Steyer, the chief executive of Common Sense Media, said there needed to be a broad public awareness campaign over the dangers of walking and texting in parallel with distracted driving.“You have distracted pedestrians and distracted drivers, so it’s the double whammy,” he said. “Tech addiction hits in both ways.”

1.What is probably the proper explanation of the word “twalking”?

A.Talk while working.

B.Text while walking.

C.Travel while walking.

D.Tease others while walking.

2.Why do we get into the habit of twalking ?

A.Twaling is interesting and beneficial.

B.The news on the cellphone is of great value.

C.Twalking is trend that everyone want to follow.

D.Smartphones comply with our eagerness for information.

3.Which of the following is regarded as addition?

A.We use smartphones constantly for work.

B.When we use the smartphones, we are in a bad mood.

C.When smartphones are taken away, we are anxious to find them.

D.Climbing mountains without cellphone makes us feel a sense of relief.

4.What can be reflected from Jim Stever’s words?

A.Distracted driving is more dangerous than twalking.

B.Twalking brings more dangers than distracted driving.

C.The number of twalking people is equal to distracted drivers.

D.Twalking and distracted driving deserve more public concern.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

If you have the chance to take charge of the department, the first thing to do is to find out what _______ of you.

A．will need                              B．will require

C．is needed                             D．is required

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

“Are you going to the audition (试镜)?” Someone asked Connie, as we came out of ballet class.

“What audition?” I asked.

“Oh, nothing,” said Connie. “It’s for The Ed Sullivan Show. You wouldn’t be _______.”

The Ed Sullivan Show was a famous one-hour show on CBS. They constantly needed performers for their new shows. This time they were looking for six dancers to support the star performer Jimmy Durante.

“Why not? I’d love to go!” I _______.

Connie smiled at me and said, “I don’t think you are _______ yet, Eva.”

Later that night, I couldn’t fall asleep. It _______ me. Who said I shouldn’t go to the audition? Only because I was a young novice (新手)? How would I know if I didn’t try?

The next morning, I _______ I was going to the audition. I packed my dancing shoes, and put on bright red lipstick. As I looked at my _______ in the mirror, I saw one thing missing. I put on a smile.

I took the subway to the Eighth Avenue and walked to the rehearsal studio. I _______ and took my place nervously.

Connie and five of my other friends were there. “What are you doing here?” one asked.

I said simply, “Well, I have nothing to lose by _______.”

The look I got said, “Okay. _______.”

The audition began. All the other dancers had confident but expressions. I had a smile. ________

More and more dancers were knocked out. I was still there with my friends. Then we were asked to do a jeté en l’air ________: stand on one leg, kick the other one up and out as close to a split as possible, and then do a turn in the air. Hopefully, you’d land on both feet.

All the other candidates did the jeté beautifully. It was my turn. I took the preparatory step, and with that never-ending smile, I leaped up into the air, turned in mid-air and ________ flat on my back. But even then, the smile never ________ my face.

When everything settled down, my friends were instructed to go to the right. When I was told to go to the left, their faces told they felt ________ for me.

I picked up my belongings and prepared to leave when the choreographer called out to me, “Where are you going? You’ve got the ________if you want it.”

Did I want it? I certainly did. I thought I had been ________!

There were no jetés in the ________. I made my first appearance on national TV. I never stopped ________, and I always landed on my feet.

Had I not believed I could do it, and had I not tried, I would have ________ out on a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

It proved once again that a smile will get one ________ than a frown ever will.

1.A.qualified B.interested C.available D.suitable

2.A.declared B.complained C.requested D.suggested

3.A.stable B.flexible C.ready D.mature

4.A.inspired B.bothered C.discouraged D.shocked

5.A.admitted B.promised C.confirmed D.decided

6.A.costume B.shadow C.reflection D.reaction

7.A.called in B.signed in C.logged in D.joined in

8.A.consulting B.fighting C.training D.trying

9.A.Whoever B.Whatever C.Wherever D.Whenever

10.A.delighted B.proud C.impatient D.serious

11.A.immediately B.formally C.gradually D.individually

12.A.landed B.stayed C.lay D.hung

13.A.approached B.changed C.left D.covered

14.A.puzzled B.relieved C.nervous D.sorry

15.A.job B.gift C.dance D.reward

16.A.dismissed B.cheated C.rejected D.ignored

17.A.show B.contest C.interview D.play

18.A.smiling B.acting C.laughing D.leaping

19.A.stood B.taken C.missed D.come

20.A.freer B.further C.faster D.fitter

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have．I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us．About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special．He told me that it was Elvis’ wavy hair and the way he moved his body．

About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircut．That is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get．

A11 the way to town I told everybody, including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him．

When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.

We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)．I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?”I asked him，with a big smile on my face．“Let's just see what we can do for you，little man，”he said．I was so happy when he started to cut my hair．Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing．She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her “No”．Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts．Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor．

1.In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was_________．

A．disgusting　　 B．admirable

C．ambitious　 　　 D．dynamic

2.From the passage，we can know that______________．

A．Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley

B．An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money

C．The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut

D．The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut

3.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______．

A．excited to have an Elvis hair cut

B．worried to think about the secret

C．anxious to remove the ton of bricks

D．careful to seize the chance

4.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?

A．Delighted．　　 　　　　 B．Guilty．

C．Self-satisfied．　　　　 D．Depressed．

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have．I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us．About nine O’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special．He told me that it was Elvis’s wavy hair and the way he moved his body．

About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main　　 dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of　　 Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut．That is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks．If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get.

All the way to town I told everybody，including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move　 around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day，just like him．

When I got my new Buster Brown shoes，I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis．

We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)．I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut．Can you make my hair like Elvis?”I asked him，with a big smile on my face．“Let’s just see what we can do for you，little man，”he said．I was so happy when he started to cut my hair．Just as he started to cut my hair，the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing．She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her“No”．Then he told me they were not allowed to give as Elvis hair cuts．Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor．

1.In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was_______．

A．admirable　 B．disgusting　 C．ambitious　 D．dynamic

2.From the passage，we can know that___________．

A．Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley

B．The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut

C．An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money

D．The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut

3.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______．

A．worried to think about the secret

B．excited to have an Elvis hair cut

C．anxious to remove the ton of bricks

D．careful to seize the chance

4.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?

A．Delighted．　　 B．Guilty．

C．Depressed．　 　 D．Self-satisfied.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have．I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us．About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special．He told me that it was Elvis’wavy hair and the way he moved his body．

About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircut．That is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get．

A11 the way to town I told everybody, including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him．

When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.

We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)．I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?”I asked him，with a big smile on my face．“Let's just see what we can do for you，little man，”he said．I was so happy when he started to cut my hair．Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing．She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her“No”．Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts．Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor．

1.In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was_________．

A．disgusting　　 B．admirable

C．ambitious　　 　 D．dynamic

2.From the passage，we can know that______________．

A．Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley

B．An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money

C．The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut

D．The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut

3.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______．

A．excited to have an Elvis hair cut

B．worried to think about the secret

C．anxious to remove the ton of bricks

D．careful to seize the chance

4.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?

A．Delighted．　　 B．Guilty．

C．Self-satisfied．D．Depressed．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

What are you doing out of bed ,Tom? You are ________ to be asleep.

A. supposed      B. known          C. thought          D. considered

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析