Last Christmas, when I was in the fourth grad...

Last Christmas, when I was in the fourth grade and my brother was in the first grade, our school held its yearly Holiday Shop. At the Holiday Shop students can buy things like necklaces, key chains, and other small items for their friends and family as Christmas gifts. Since my brother really wanted to take part, my mom gave him two dollars to buy his Christmas gifts.

My mom didn’t know that he had picked out a special necklace for her. When he got home from the Holiday Shop that day, he couldn’t wait to show it to me. He pulled out a little green box and opened it. Inside was a gold chain with a little red flower and a man-made diamond next to gold letters that spelled out,“Grandmother”.

“Wow,” I said.“It’s beautiful.” Since my brother was in the first grade and was just learning to read, he didn’t realize that the necklace said “Grandmother” instead of “Mother”. I knew that on Christmas morning, when he found out he had bought the wrong necklace, he would be very unhappy, so I said nothing more about it. My brother ran and put the necklace under his bed to hide it from Mom until Christmas morning.

When he wasn’t looking, I took the necklace and put it in my backpack. The next day I took it back to school and asked the woman who ran the Holiday Shop if I could change it for the “Mother” necklace. She said yes. When I got home that day, I put the necklace under my brother’s bed.

When my mom opened it up on Christmas morning, my brother was so exalted! My mom’s eyes were filled with joy. She knew what had happened, which made the necklace even more special to her!

My brother still does not know what I did, but I knew I had done the right thing.

1.What do we know about the gift the author’s brother bought

A. The author didn’t like it.

B. It wasn’t worth the price.

C. It was designed for Mother.

D. The author changed it for another one.

2.The underlined word “exalted” is the closest in meaning to “______”.

A. amazed　　 　　 B. disappointed　　

C. excited　　　　 D. worried

3.It can be inferred from the text that _____.

A. the author’s mother didn’t know what she had done

B. the author helped her brother secretly

C. the author’s grandma also received a gift

D. the author paid for the right necklace

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When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. She’d watch me coming down her street, and by the time I’d biked up to her doorstep, there’d be a cold drink waiting. I’d sit and drink while she talked.

Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning.” she’d say. The first time she said that, soda(汽水) went up my nose.

I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she’d work it out of her system. So that’s what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).

I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn’t see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser(募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she’d had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.

I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I’m doing. When I don’t say “find,” she sticks around to hear my problems. She’s lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isn’t so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you’re doing because they care, and not because they’re getting paid to do so. Sometimes it’s good to just smile, nod your head and listen.

1.Why did soda go up the author’s nose one time?

A. He was talking fast　　 B. He was shocked

C. He was in a hurry　　 D. He was absent-minded

2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley according to paragraph 3?

A. He enjoyed the drink　　 B. He wanted to be helpful

C. He took the chance to rest　　 D. He tried to please his dad

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system”?

A. recover from her sadness　　 B. move out of the neighborhood

C. turn to her old friends　　 D. speak out about her past

4.What does the author think people in a community should do?

A. Open up to others　　 B. Depend on each other

C. Pay for others’ help　　 D. Care about one another

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Mrs. Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time,I was getting ready to eat my same old tuna fish(金枪鱼)sandwich and suddenly Mrs. Amatuli asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.

I was thrilled. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family,and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to use again the next day. My sandwiches were either bologna(大香肠)or tuna fish. It rarely varied beyond that.

You can understand my delight when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch.

When we finished lunch that day. Mrs. Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really didn’t care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her precious attention so I was very quiet as she explained. You see，she was Catholic and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate fish on Fridays.

Oh,I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my mama that from now on 1 wanted tuna fish on Fridays. After my mama understood why，she gladly fixed tuna fish for me on Fridays. She even fixed it on brown bread because she knew Mrs. Amatuli liked brown bread. From then on. every Friday I could get in line with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food—it tasted divine to me!

I realize now that Mrs. Amatuli could have fixed herself a tuna sandwich of Friday. But she bought my sandwich because she saw a 1ittle girl who was thrilled over the simple act of having a hot lunch.

I will never forget her for her compassion and generosity and what I should do is to follow her example.

1.Mrs.Arnatuli bought the writer’s sand wish because_____________.

A．she was tired of cafeteria food

B．she hated getting in line with kids

C．she didn’t eat red meat on Friday

D．she wanted to show care to the writer

2.What can we learn about the cafeteria food?

A．It was terrific.                          B．It was terrible.

C．The writer enjoyed it.                    D．Most kids were fond of it.

3.The underlined word "divine" in Paragraph 5 means___________.

A．perfect           B．sweet            C．unpleasant        D．special

4.Which of the following can best show the theme of this text?

A．It is hard to please all.

B．Better to give than to receive.

C．Love makes the world go around.

D．The more you offer,the more you are rewarded.

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I was in the fifth grade when I first dipped my fingers into the endless ocean of expression and allowed my hands to grow a(n)_______.

I remember my hands being sweaty as I wandered _______into her classroom. From corner to corner, the_______were decorated with clippings (剪报) and posters _______ deafness and American Sign Language. Pictures of _______hands hung from the bulletin boards (宣传牌).

Once the rest of my classmates _______ in their seats, she began. She did not speak. Her hands _______ about gracefully as she signed, “Hello. My name is Ms. Lewison. Your name what?” These signs did not _______ until later that week, but still I sat upright at my desk, trying to figure them out. My entire first impression of her was “_______”.

As months passed, my class transformed to an unusually large family. Ms. Lewison was like our __________. When we were feeling troubled, we just let our __________do the talking. The lesson became less about following the lesson itself and more about __________.

Ms. Lewsion performed a tough task. She __________ replaced all the ignorance in me with __________. Then she opened my __________ and opened it even wider. She would find time to turn me into a __________ signer. She taught me that there are no limits and my abilities are __________.

Today my fingers have learned to __________. Ms. Lewison pushed me __________ into the ocean of Deaf Culture and I have become a strong swimmer in diverse __________.

1.A.picture B.voice C.order D.poster

2.A.calmly B.excitedly C.quickly D.anxiously

3.A.walls B.ocean C.students D.desks

4.A.caused by B.related to C.contributing to D.aimed at

5.A.welcoming B.outstanding C.signing D.waving

6.A.settled B.seated C.backed D.locked

7.A.flowed B.wandered C.flew D.came

8.A.draw attention B.make sense C.catch sight D.hold breath

9.A.silent B.dull C.strange D.strict

10.A.teacher B.partner C.friend D.mother

11.A.bodies B.hearts C.hands D.eyes

12.A.sings B.language C.love D.life

13.A.successfully B.finally C.easily D.unwillingly

14.A.confidence B.patience C.curiosity D.freedom

15.A.mouth B.mind C.arms D.fingers

16.A.clever B.unique C.special D.fluent

17.A.endless B.strong C.weak D.uncertain

18.A.dip B.dance C.swim D.think

19.A.firmly B.hardly C.gently D.heavily

20.A.classes B.worlds C.families D.waters

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I was in the fifth grade when I first dipped my fingers into the endless ocean of expression and allowed my hands to grow a(n)_______.

I remember my hands being sweaty as I wandered _______ into her classroom. From corner to corner, the_______were decorated with clippings (剪报) and posters　 _______ Deafness and American Sign Language. Pictures of _______hands hung from the bulletin boards (宣传牌).

Once the rest of my classmates _______ in their seats, she began. She did not speak. Her hands _______ about gracefully as she signed, “Hello. My name is Ms. Lewison. Your name what?” These signs did not _______ until later that week, but still I sat upright at my desk, trying to figure them out. My entire first impression of her was “_______”.

As months passed, my class transformed to an unusually large family. Ms. Lewison was like our ________. When we were feeling troubled, we just let our ________do the talking. The lesson became less about following the lesson itself and more about ________.

Ms. Lewsion performed a tough task. She ________ replaced all the ignorance in me with ________. Then she opened my ________ and opened it even wider. She would find time to turn me into a ________ signer. She taught me that there are no limits and my abilities are ________.

Today my fingers have learned to ________. Ms. Lewison pushed me ________ into the ocean of Deaf Culture and I have become a strong swimmer in diverse ________.

1.A. picture　　 B. voice　　 C. order　　 D. poster

2.A. calmly　　 B. excitedly　　 C. quickly　　 D. anxiously

3.A. walls　　 B. ocean　　 C. students　　 D. desks

4.A. caused by　　 B. related to　　 C. contributing to　　 D. aimed at

5.A. welcoming　　 B. outstanding　　 C. signing　　 D. waving

6.A. settled　　 B. seated　　 C. backed　　 D. locked

7.A. flowed　　 B. wandered　　 C. flew　　 D. came

8.A. draw attention　　 B. make sense　　 C. catch sight　　 D. hold breath

9.A. silent　　 B. dull　　 C. strange　　 D. strict

10.A. teacher　　 B. partner　　 C. friend　　 D. mother

11.A. bodies　　 B. hearts　　 C. hands　　 D. eyes

12.A. sings　　 B. language　　 C. love　　 D. life

13.A. successfully　　 B. finally　　 C. easily　　 D. unwillingly

14.A. confidence　　 B. patience　　 C. curiosity　　 D. freedom

15.A. mouth　　 B. mind　　 C. arms　　 D. fingers

16.A. clever　　 B. unique　　 C. special　　 D. fluent

17.A. endless　　 B. strong　　 C. weak　　 D. uncertain

18.A. dip　　 B. dance　　 C. swim　　 D. think

19.A. firmly　　 B. hardly　　 C. gently　　 D. heavily

20.A. classes　　 B. worlds　　 C. families　　 D. waters

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could36my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a 37lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was 38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was39expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to40again the next day.

You can understand my 41  when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always  42about the cafeteria food but I was very43of them.

When we44lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to 45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn't care why, 46it gave me a few minutes of her precious47 so I was very quiet as she explained.

You48, she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate49on Fridays.

Oh, I couldn't 50to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays.51my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in52with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it53great to me!

I realize now that Mrs Amatuli 54 have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple

55of having a hot lunch.

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In the fourth grade，I discovered my one true love—acting．It is not only fun，but it 　　　　 teamwork and empathy, things I think the world should have more of．

However, I never expected that acting would also teach me to 　　　　 !

In the first semester of my freshman year of high school，my school 　　　　 the play Frankenstein．It’s about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster, and 　　　　 the monster destroys the scientist’s life．

I got the lead female 　　　　 of Frankenstein’s girlfriend，Elizabeth．I had been in plays before，so I was very 　　　　 to the rehearsal(排练)process of memorizing lines and then 　　　　 a character with help from the director．But this play was different from 　　　　 one I had ever done before，because Frankenstein and Elizabeth had to kiss in the play a lot．The boy who　　　　 Frankenstein was very cute，I must say．There was a(n)　　　　 in which our characters shared“15kisses”．　　　　 ，the director removed it．But there were still some kissing scenes．

Would we 　　　　 to kiss，or would we actually kiss? Our director　　　　 having us kiss for real，and for the first few times，it was very 　　　　 ．My lips barely touched the boy’s．Many of the other actors and actresses laughed at us．

　　　　 ，one thing about stage kissing that you have to understand is that you are not being yourself. That goes for any 　　　　 ．After that experience，I feel like I can 　　　　 any role．It was a big event in my 　　　　 toward becoming a better actress．I feel more　　　　 being onstage and showing my character’s personality to the　　　　 ．And that is important for getting the message of a play across．

1.A．1earns　　　　　　 B．teaches　　　 C．directs　　 D．explains

2.A．kiss　　　　 B．hug　　　　 C．bow　　 D．pray

3.A．prepared for　　　 B．carded out　　 C．put on　　 D．took up

4.A．when　　　　 B．where　　　 C．whether　　 D．how

5.A．star　　　　　　 B．role　　　　 C．maid　　 D．keeper

6.A．used　　　　 B．addicted　　　 C．related　　 D．devoted

7.A．imagining　　　 B．convincing　　 C．developing　 D．revising

8.A．each　　　　 B．no　　　　 C．some　　 D．any

9.A．played　　　　　　 B．served　　　 C．created　　 D．replaced

10.A．space　　　　 B．part　　　　 C．area　　 D．interval

11.A．Eventually　　　　 B．Surprisingly　 C．Fortunately　 D．Regrettably

12.A．intend　　　　　　 B．mean　　　　 C．try　　 D．pretend

13.A．applied to　　　 B．ended up　　　 C．objected to　 D．gave up

14.A．fierce　　　　 B．romantic　　　 C．awkward　　 D．pitiful

15.A．However　　　 B．Therefore　　　 C．Meanwhile　 D．Otherwise

16.A．behaving　　　 B．acting　　　 C．touching　　 D．moving

17.A．change　　　　 B．design　　　 C．handle　　 D．assess

18.A．way　　　　 B．journey　　　 C．tour　　 D．trip

19.A．comfortable　　 B．practical　　　 C．optimistic　 D．hopeful

20.A．readers　　　　　　 B．actresses　　　 C．actors　　 D．audiences

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When I was in my fourth year of teaching, I was also (and am still) a high school track and field coach(田径教练). One year, I had a student, John, who entered my class when he was a junior. John changed to our school from Greece, and seemed to be interested in sports, so I encouraged him to join our track team. I explained to him that even though he had never taken part in it before, I did believe that he could do well in any event, and I would be willing to coach him at whichever ones interested him. He accepted the offer, and began to work hard at every practice.

About a month later, I had found out from other sources that John was a first-class tennis player, winning various junior awards in his home country. I went to him asking, "John, I really appreciate that you came out for the track team, but why didn't you play tennis instead? It seems that would interest you a lot more, since you're so good at it." John answered, "Well, I like tennis, but you told me that you believed in me, and that you thought I could do well in track, so I wanted to try it for that reason."

From then on, I often remember my student's reply. I told it to a friend and she suggested I write it down to share somewhere with more teachers. No matter how critical (不满的) students can be of themselves, I've found that a simple "I trust that you can do it!" can go a long way!

1.According to Paragraph 1, what does the author seem to think more about ?

A. John's PE marks　　 B. John's self-confidence

C. John's interest in sports　　 D. John's state of health

2.Why did John take part in the track team?

A. He had been an excellent runner.

B. He was encouraged by his teacher.

C. He liked running more than tennis.

D. He had no tennis coach to train him.

3.What’s the purpose of this passage ?

A. to build a close teacher-student relationship

B. to introduce a new way of sports training

C. to explain the value of sports and games

D. to show the importance of encouragement

4.Who is the passage mainly written for ?

A. teachers　　 B. Parents

C. students　　 D. players

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Every school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me.

From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic(整形外科的)shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step.

“Hey, Bigfoot！”

“Geez, you're going to start an earthquake！”

Then in sixth grade I had to start wearing glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool.

“Four eyes！”

“Couldn't you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes？”

In Seventh, I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red, wet eyes from the chlorine(氯) in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body.

I changed my strategy at Eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone who needs. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out.

I'd been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christine's house to help her fill envelopes. Going into each envelope was invitation to Christine's birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me.

My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school had to be better, right? Yes and no. Now that I'm here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what you're wearing or how cool your hair is, but there are also kids who talk to you because they liked your answers or just as you're kind, honest, and a good friend.

I still do kind things because I like the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to children's hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids.

I still had wet red and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit hospital, five­year­old Terry grasps my hand, “Morri, you are so nice. I want to grow up to be just like you.”

1.Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school?

A．She had weak ankles and eyesight.

B．Her glasses couldn't cover up her face.

C．She couldn't get along well with them.

D．She looked like an overweight elephant.

2.Which of the following is the real reason for Morri competing on the city swim team?

A．To win more ribbons.　　　　　　　　　　

B．To shift others' attention from her face.

C．To develop a killer body.　　　　　　　　　

D．To have red wet eyes.

3.From what Morri experienced in the last year of middle school, we can learn that ________.

A．her classmates thought highly of her　　　

B．she was popular among her classmates

C．she was often cheated by her classmates

D．her classmates just took advantage of her

4.The passage is intended to encourage people to ________.

A．address as many as invitation envelopes as possible

B．take more sport activities including swimming

C．take others' comments into careful consideration

D．take positive attitude towards disadvantages in life

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

　When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess(公主）in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator's（解说者的）part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英）popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. "I think I am going to dig up all these weeds, "she said." From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden."

"But I like dandelions, "I protested." All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!"

My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too," she added.

When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.

　“But you will be a beautiful narrator,”she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.

Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.

1.The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because_______.

A. she felt nervous on the stage.

B. she lost her interest in that role.

C. she preferred the role of the narrator

D. she had difficulty memorizing her words

2.Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?

A. To remove the dandelions

B. To enjoy the garden scene

C. To have a talk with her daughter.

D. To help her daughter with the play.

3.What is the main idea of the story?

A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success.

B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world.

C. Everybody should learn to play different roles

D Everybody has some unforgettable memory.

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