It puzzled Emily when she was aware of something wrong. She tripped upon men’s clothing “hidden” around her house.
The 38-year-old woman says, at the beginning, she was confused to see quite a few photographs in her phone that she did not remember taking. She was the subject but something was different. Her friends started falling away and she did not know why. Her long-term relationship with her boy friend also ended suddenly.
Now she knows those men’s clothing belonged to one of her “alternatives” and the same person was responsible for her closest friends’ leaving her.
In an interview, Emily said she was not allowed to name “the man” who takes over her body. She was not allowed to name any of her six alternative persons. She said, “I am aware that they are not real people, not physical people. They exist in an imaginative world. However, all those alternatives should be treated with dignity and respect.”
Emily has what’s called Dissociative Identity Disorder （ DID 分 离 性 身 份 识 别 障 碍 ） , a condition characterized by the presence of two or more split personalities that have power over a person’s behaviour.
Her condition resulted from a car accident five years ago. It was August, 2012, when her vehicle broke down on the side of the road. A speeding driver crashed into her car. She wasn’t physically injured but she suffered a mental condition caused by severe brain injury. Shortly after that, she discovered she wasn’t alone inside her head. Switching between personalities happens frequently but there is no real pattern. It can be weeks between incidents then, for whatever reason, it happens more regularly.
One of her alternatives is a smoker, even though she is not. Upon waking, she says there are messages in her head that she is a smoker. She describes her lifestyle as “isolated”.
“People consider DID as tragedy” she says, “I just want to make an effort to tell others that we deserve respect, that we are legally accepted members of society, and we hope to live a normal life. I m not stupid, I’m not spiting or running around people with knives. I have a mental problem but try to live a normal life. I completed a course at Harvard, I wrote a book, I m able to communicate well. I mother my two kids well. I’m not on welfare.”
Actually, she volunteers for an organization helping children. She also spends time speaking out about her condition and has written a book on the subject, hoping to help others who are experiencing the same trouble.
1.Why did Emily’s boy friend break up with her?
A. Because all his friends didn’t like her.
B. Because she remained a heavy smoker.
C. Because she had changeable characters inside her.
D. Because she was physically disabled in a car accident.
2.What does Emily think of her personalities inside her?
A. They also deserve respect.
B. They are gifts given by God.
C. They are too strong to resist.
D. They make her life interesting.
3.What can we know about Emily from the passage?
A. Her mental illness prevented her from attending Harvard.
B. She can control her regularly changing personalities.
C. Her physical injury from a car accident caused DID.
D. She tries to live a positive life and help others.
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. It intended to explain what a DID is all about in detail.
B. It introduced a woman suffering DID after a car accident.
C. It reported a car accident and its severe consequence.
D. It described what a terrible life a lonely woman lived.
高三英语阅读理解困难题
It puzzled Emily when she was aware of something wrong. She tripped upon men’s clothing “hidden” around her house.
The 38-year-old woman says, at the beginning, she was confused to see quite a few photographs in her phone that she did not remember taking. She was the subject but something was different. Her friends started falling away and she did not know why. Her long-term relationship with her boy friend also ended suddenly.
Now she knows those men’s clothing belonged to one of her “alternatives” and the same person was responsible for her closest friends’ leaving her.
In an interview, Emily said she was not allowed to name “the man” who takes over her body. She was not allowed to name any of her six alternative persons. She said, “I am aware that they are not real people, not physical people. They exist in an imaginative world. However, all those alternatives should be treated with dignity and respect.”
Emily has what’s called Dissociative Identity Disorder （ DID 分 离 性 身 份 识 别 障 碍 ） , a condition characterized by the presence of two or more split personalities that have power over a person’s behaviour.
Her condition resulted from a car accident five years ago. It was August, 2012, when her vehicle broke down on the side of the road. A speeding driver crashed into her car. She wasn’t physically injured but she suffered a mental condition caused by severe brain injury. Shortly after that, she discovered she wasn’t alone inside her head. Switching between personalities happens frequently but there is no real pattern. It can be weeks between incidents then, for whatever reason, it happens more regularly.
One of her alternatives is a smoker, even though she is not. Upon waking, she says there are messages in her head that she is a smoker. She describes her lifestyle as “isolated”.
“People consider DID as tragedy” she says, “I just want to make an effort to tell others that we deserve respect, that we are legally accepted members of society, and we hope to live a normal life. I m not stupid, I’m not spiting or running around people with knives. I have a mental problem but try to live a normal life. I completed a course at Harvard, I wrote a book, I m able to communicate well. I mother my two kids well. I’m not on welfare.”
Actually, she volunteers for an organization helping children. She also spends time speaking out about her condition and has written a book on the subject, hoping to help others who are experiencing the same trouble.
1.Why did Emily’s boy friend break up with her?
A. Because all his friends didn’t like her.
B. Because she remained a heavy smoker.
C. Because she had changeable characters inside her.
D. Because she was physically disabled in a car accident.
2.What does Emily think of her personalities inside her?
A. They also deserve respect.
B. They are gifts given by God.
C. They are too strong to resist.
D. They make her life interesting.
3.What can we know about Emily from the passage?
A. Her mental illness prevented her from attending Harvard.
B. She can control her regularly changing personalities.
C. Her physical injury from a car accident caused DID.
D. She tries to live a positive life and help others.
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. It intended to explain what a DID is all about in detail.
B. It introduced a woman suffering DID after a car accident.
C. It reported a car accident and its severe consequence.
D. It described what a terrible life a lonely woman lived.
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
阅读理解。
It was something she had dreamed of since she was five. Finally, after years of training and intensive workouts, Deborah Duffey was going to compete in her first high school basketball game. The goals of becoming an outstanding player and playing college ball were never far from Deborah's mind.
The game was against Mills High School. With 1 minute and 42 seconds left in the game, Deborah's team led by one point. A player of Mills had possession of the ball，and Deborah ran to guard against her. As Deborah was running to block the player, her knee went out and she fell down on the court in burning pain. Just like that, Deborah's season was over.
After suffering the bad injury, Deborah found that, for the first time in her life, she was in a situation beyond her control. Game after game, she could do nothing but sit on the sidelines watching others play the game that she loved so much.
Injuries limited Deborah's time on the court as she hurt her knees three more times in the next five years. She had to spend countless hours in a physical clinic to receive treatment. Her frequent visits there gave her a passion and respect for the profession. And Deborah began to see a new light in her life.
Currently as a senior in college, Deborah focuses on getting a degree in physical treatment. After she graduates, Deborah plans to use her knowledge to educate people how to best take care of their bodies and cope with the feelings of hopelessness that she remembers so well.
1.How did Deborah feel when she first hurt her knee?
A．Calm. B．Confused.
C．Ashamed. D．Disappointed.
2.What is TRUE about Deborah Duffey?
A．She didn't play on the court after the injury.
B．She injured her knee when she was trying to block a player.
C．She knew that she couldn't be a basketball player when she was a child.
D．She refused to seek professional assistance to help her recover from her injuries.
3.What is the best title for this passage?
A．A Painful Mistake
B．A Great Adventure
C．A Lifelong Punishment
D．A New Direction in Life
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
What happened to the woman?
A. She was lost. B. She lost something.
C. She did something wrong.
高三英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析
Cynthia is not ashamed of what she does, she ends up doing something wrong.
A. in case B. even though C. as though D. now that
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Cynthia is not ashamed of what she does, even if she ________doing something wrong.
A．keeps up B．puts up C．ends up D．stays up
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Why was the woman so late?
A. Something went wrong with the bus.
B. She took somebody to hospital.
C. She didn’t catch the bus.
高三英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析
Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system. She was unable to ______. In fact, she could hardly make any ______. Although she believed that she had a______chance of recovering, the doctors said that ______, if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not ______. There, lying in her hospital bed, she______that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was ______.
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not ______. It seemed that she was ______. The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about______that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, ______doing her mental exercise.
One day,___ ___she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed began to _____! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! "she ______.
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was ____. More importantly, they were running______safety.
People were crying, and equipment was ____. You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t____that to Angela. She has______that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can____the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?
1.A. see B. hear C. talk D. walk
2.A. progress B. difference C. movement D. achievement
3.A. poor B. good C. little D. special
4.A. few B. all C. some D. most
5.A. satisfied B. delighted C. surprised D. discouraged
6.A. insisted B. sighed C. feared D. promised
7.A. true B. doubtful C. certain D. impossible
8.A. get up B. give up C. turn up D. stand up
9.A. disappointed B. proud C. troubled D. undefeatable
10.A. thinking B. expecting C. pretending D. imagining
11.A. sadly B. madly C. carefully D. faithfully
12.A. as B. since C. after D. before
13.A. fly B. move C. roll D. speak
14.A. jumped B. wondered C. screamed D. recovered
15.A. frightened B. pleased C. annoyed D. encouraged
16.A. in B. by C. for D. with
17.A. rising B. falling C. missing D. gathering
18.A. tell B. do C. give D. show
19.A. noticed B. supposed C. believed D. discovered
20.A. push B. shock C. shake D. save
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Lin is never ashamed of what she does,_________ she ends up doing something wrong.
A.as though B. even if C. in case D. for fear
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was not until the end of the meeting_____________.
A. that she turned up B. when she turned up
C. did she turn up D. had she turned up
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The whole family were worried about Jane because no one was aware ___she had gone．
A．that where B．of the place which
C．of what D．of where
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析