I realize that we all live in a world where t...

I realize that we all live in a world where trust is in short supply. It seems that everywhere I go, I have to ______ my identity and trustworthiness ― whether it’s a bank, shop or any office. I have been accustomed to living by the ______ that no one is trustworthy _____　 proved otherwise.

Yesterday I saw a young man who lived by a totally　 ____　 rule. I was walking along a busy intersection when I ______ a young man standing near the pedestrian crossing setting up a stall(货摊).　 _____ I would ignore and hurry past such sellers. But I noticed this young man was ______, so I stood for some time without crossing the street to see how he sold his _____ .

Soon, a young mother with a little boy came by and the child set his ______ on one of teddy bears. The mother asked the _____　 and it was only one dollar. She pulled out a 10 dollar note and told the young man that she was giving him 10 dollars and wanted the ______ back. I was　 _____ to know how he was going to do it. He told the mom to put the　 _____ in the pouch(袋子) hanging around his neck and take out whatever change he_____ her.

I realized that this young man’s whole mode of earning　 ____　 on trusting people not to cheat him. There was no ______ for him to know if someone took out more out of his pouch of earning. I was so　 _____ by how this young man trusted people that I bought a car model from him. I did not need it,　 ____ . I just hoped to help a little.

Now I _____　 believe that the world would be a better place if we could all learn to　 ___　　 others more, like the young blind street seller of toys.

1.A. introduce　　 B. present　　 C. prove　　 D. request

2.A. rule　　 B. habit　　 C. practice　　 D. law

3.A. if　　 B. since　　 C. although　　 D. unless

4.A. similar　　 B. different　　 C. special　　 D. common

5.A. approached　　 B. noticed　　 C. watched　　 D. looked

6.A. Actually　　 B. Normally　　 C. Informally　　 D. Casually

7.A. blind　　 B. handsome　　 C. disabled　　 D. strange

8.A. clothes　　 B. bears　　 C. toys　　 D. pouches

9.A. mind　　 B. interest　　 C. heart　　 D. attraction

10.A. price　　 B. stall　　 C. toy　　 D. help

11.A. money　　 B. charge　　 C. change　　 D. note

12.A. anxious　　 B. surprised　　 C. pleased　　 D. curious

13.A. hand　　 B. money　　 C. teddy bear　　 D. necklace

14.A. gave　　 B. owed　　 C. owned　　 D. showed

15.A. depended　　 B. settled　　 C. decided　　 D. focused

16.A. problem　　 B. point　　 C. way　　 D. doubt

17.A. attracted　　 B. shocked　　 C. excited　　 D. touched

18.A. either　　 B. instead　　 C. moreover　　 D. though

19.A. firmly　　 B. tightly　　 C. unwillingly　　 D. negatively

20.A. take in　　 B. turn to　　 C. help out　　 D. believe in

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

We all long for _______ world where people live in _______ peace without killing and war.

A. the; /            B. a; the                C. a; /                D. the; the

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Tom is ________ that we all trust him.

A. so honest a boy　　 B. such honest a boy

C. such a honest boy　　 D. so an honest boy

高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting. But where are we doing all of this waiting, and what does it mean to an impatient society like ours? To understand the issue, let’s take a look at three types of “waits”.

The very purest form of waiting is the Watched-Pot Wait. It is without doubt the most annoying of all. Take filling up the kitchen sink(洗碗池) as an example. There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until it’s full. During these waits, the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks. This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindless.

A cousin to the Watched-Pot Wait is the Forced Wait. This one requires a bit of discipline. Properly preparing packaged noodle soup required a Forced Wait. Directions are very specific. “Bring three cups of water to boil, add mix, simmer three minutes, remove from heat, let stand five minutes.”I have my doubts that anyone has actually followed the procedures strictly. After all, Forced Waiting requires patience.

Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the Lucky-Break Wait. This type of wait is unusual in that it is for the most part voluntary. Unlike the Forced Wait, which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does not necessarily mean that it will happen.

Turning one’s life into a waiting game requires faith and hope, and is strictly for the optimists among us. On the surface it seems as ridiculous as following the directions on soup mixes, but the Lucky-Break Wait well serves those who are willing to do it. As long as one doesn’t come to rely on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.

We certainly do spend a good deal of our time waiting. The next time you’re standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you’ll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don’t be desperate. You’re probably just as busy as the next guy.

1.While doing a Watched-Pot Wait, we tend to ___________.

A. keep ourselves busy

B. get absent-minded

C. grow anxious

D. stay focused

2.What is the difference between the Forced Wait and the Watched-Pot Wait?\

A. The Forced Wait requires some self-control.

B. The Forced Wait makes people passive.

C. The Watched-Pot Wait needs directions.

D. The Watched-Pot Wait engages body and brain.

3.What can we learn about the Lucky-Break Wait?

A. It is less voluntary than the Forced Wait.

B. It doesn’t always bring the desired result.

C. It is more fruitful than the Forced Wait.

D. It doesn’t give people faith and hope.

4.What does the author advise us to do the next time we are waiting?

A. Take it seriously.

B. Don’t rely on others.

C. Do something else.

D. Don’t lose heart.

5.The author supports his view by _________.

A. exploring various causes of “waits”.

B. describing detailed processes of “waits”.

C. analyzing different categories of “waits”

D. revealing frustrating consequences of “waits”

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Building Trust in a Relationship Again

Trust (信任)is a learned behavior(习得行为) that we gain from past experiences(以往经历). 1.Trust is a risk.But you can’t be successful when there’s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.

Unfortunately，we’ve all been victims of betrayal（背信）.Whether we’ve been stolen from，lied被欺骗 to，misled被误导，or cheated on被哄骗，there are different levels of losing trust.Sometimes people simply can’t trust anymore（有时候人们就是不能再信任别人）. 2. It’s understandable（可理解的），but if you’re willing to build trust in a relationship（人际关系） again，we have some steps you can take to get you there.

3. Having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome结果 would be for your well-being幸福.

4.If you’ve been betrayed(如果你遭遇了背叛)，you are the victim(受害者) of your circumstance(客观环境).But there’s a difference between being a victim and living with a “victim mentality”(“受害者的心态”).At some point in all of our lives，we’ll have our trust tested or violated. 被破坏

You didn’t lose “everything”.Once trust is lost，what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle角度，look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life.5.Instead，it’s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room余地 for positive growth and forgiveness(宽恕).

A.Learn to really trust yourself.

B.It is putting confidence in someone(对某人寄托信任).

C.Stop regarding yourself as the victim.

D.Remember that you can expect the best in return.

AB.They’ve been too badly hurt and they can’t bear to let it happen again. .(他们曾经受过严重伤害，不能容忍这种事情再次发生。)

AC.This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships.

AD.Seeing the positive（积极的） side of things doesn’t mean you’re ignoring(忽视) what happened.

高一英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析

The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to get better.

As part of nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museum and into public places, some of the country’s best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings.

Of the 2,500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valuable collections of present art in passages (走廊), waiting areas and treatment rooms.

These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience. A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibition of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that a team of six young art school graduates soon joined him.

The effect is surprising. Now in the passages and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.

The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto garden needed half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.

1.According to the passage, "to soften the hard edges of modern buildings" means ___________.

A. to pull down hospital buildings

B. to decorate hospitals with art collections

C. to improve the quality of treatment in hospitals

D. to make the corners of hospital buildings round

2.According to Peter Senior, _______.

A. art is losing its audience in modern society

B. art galleries should be changed into hospitals

C. patients should be encouraged to learn painting

D. art should be encouraged in British hospitals

3.After the improvement of the hospital environment, patients may _______.

A. no longer need drugs in their recovery

B. no longer depend wholly on expensive drugs

C. need good-quality drugs in their recovery

D. use more pain killers in their recovery

4.The fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter shows that _____.

A. Peter's enterprise is developing greatly

B. Peter Senior enjoys great popularity

C. they are talented hospital artists

D. the role of hospital environment is being recognized

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village, but this doesn’t mean that we all behave in the same way.

How should you behave when you meet someone for the first time? 1. In Japan, you should bow, and the more respect you want to show, the deeper you should bow. In Thailand, people greet each other by pressing both hands together at the chest.2.

3. In Muslim countries, you shouldn’t expose your body, especially women, who should wear long blouses and skirts. In Korea, you should take off your shoes when entering a house. Remember to place them neatly together where you come in.

In Spain, lunch is often the biggest meal of the day, and can last two or three hours. 4. In Mexico, lunch is the time to relax, and many people prefer not to discuss business as they eat. In Britain, it’s not unusual to have a business meeting over breakfast.

In most countries, an exchange of business cards is necessary for all introductions. It should include your company name and your position. If you are going to a country where your language is not widely spoken, you can get the back side of your card printed in the local language. 5.

A. For this reason, many people eat a light breakfast and a late dinner.

B. As the saying goes, "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."

C. In both countries, eye contact is avoided as a sign of respect.

D. In China, you may present your card with the writing side up.

E. An American shakes your hand while looking into your eyes.

F. Many countries have rules about what you should and shouldn’t wear.

G. Don't make any noise when you eat or drink soup.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Living in a foreign culture there are many times when I realize that my perspective (观点) on life is drastically different from those Koreans I interact (相互影响) with on a daily basis. This past week I have been greatly challenged to change my perspective and here is why.

My dream in life is to become a doctor, one who changes the world. But last week I opened an email from UBC that contained the words “regrets”, no interview. I didn’t get an interview to medical school, thus will not be entering school for September 2009. My immediate reaction was one of extreme disappointment and anger—mostly directed at myself for not working hard enough, for not seeking out the opportunities necessary to have a good application, for simply not being good enough. My mind was full of hopelessness and despair that left me with no desire to further seek for the dream that I’ve held for quite a time now.

During the past week two things happened. At church our pastor mentioned perspective in a section of his sermon (说教). He stated that when we take our eyes off ourselves and realize God’s greatness, our circumstances will be seen through a new perspective.

The second thing that reminded me to look at perspective was reading a book. The Mitford Series is so good if you are looking for books to read. So last night I was reading and one of the main characters (who is a priest) is trying to figure out what to say at church. His sermon ended up saying “In everything we give thanks.” It is easy to give thanks when we feel successful in life. It is easy to give thanks when we receive a blessing. But seriously, who in their right mind says thanks for the financial problems I have?

1.Where does the author probably live now?

A. In the USA.        B. In Britain.          C. In China.                      D. In Korea.

2.How did she feel when the author received the email from UBC?

A. Surprised.                    B. Disappointed.             C. Excited.                          D. Pleased.

3.In the first pastor’s view, when we face disappointment or despair, we should _________.

A. turn to God for help                                                 B. say thanks to it

C. see it in another way                                                D. praise others for it

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author can’t really free from the disappointment.

B. The author thinks the second sermon is wiser.

C. The author still wants to be a doctor.

D. The author thanks God for not being admitted by the university.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is commonly believed that all over the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions（情感） and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

Always boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to correspond to(和……相符) the ＂boy code＂ of hiding their emotions to be a ＂real man＂.

Surprisingly, the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

George Carl, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with ＂boy-focused＂ approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute eye, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given ＂hands-on＂ lessons where they are allowed to walk around. ＂Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes,＂ James wrote.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be ＂masterful and in charge＂ in relationships. ＂In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,＂ the study reported.

1.Traditionally, in a mixed school ,boys __________.

A. behave more responsibly　　 B. perform relatively better

C. grow up more healthily　　 D. receive a better education

2.The writer argues that a single-sex school would __________.

A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

B. help boys to be more competitive in schools

C. force boys to be their emotions to be ＂real men＂

D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man

3.In Abigail James’ opinion, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ______.

A. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted

C. teaching can be adjusted to suiting the characteristics of boys

D. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit

4.The underlined word ＂acute＂ in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. lovely　　 B. serious

C. sharp　　 D. dull

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is commonly believed that all over the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions（情感） and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

Always boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic act“boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a“real man”.

Surprisingly, the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

George Carl, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute eye, learn　 best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.

1.Traditionally, in a mixed school ,boys __________.

A. behave more responsibly　　 B. perform relatively better

C. grow up more healthily　　 D. receive a better education

2.The writer argues that a single-sex school would __________.

A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

B. help boys to be more competitive in schools

C. force boys to be their emotions to be “real men”

D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man

3.In Abigail James’ opinion, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is_______

A. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted(分心)

C. teaching can be adjusted to suiting the characteristics(特征) of boys

D. teaching can be designed to improve boys’ team spirit

4.The underlined word “acute” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. lovely　　 B. serious　　 C. sharp　　 D. dull

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析