As they ______ their way through the desert t...

As they ______ their way through the desert the sun beat down upon them with more fierceness.

A．went             B．took              C．came             D．made

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl, while boys will head for the toy cars,  a study has shown. The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.

Psychologists Dr Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment involving 90 infants aged nine months to 36 months. The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys. Some were stereotypically boys' toys - a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy.  The rest were girls’ toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set. They were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick whichever toy they liked. Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded.

Of the youngest children (nine to 14 months), girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did. Among the two-and three-year-olds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it. The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched. There was no link between the parents’ view on which toys were more appropriate for boys or girls, and the children’s choice.

Dr Brenda Todd said: “Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization. Boys may be given ‘toys that go’ while girls get toys they can care for, which may help shape their preference. But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys. There could be a biological basis for their choices. Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts（本能）, while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby.”

1.Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because________.

A．baby boys are much more active

B．baby girls like bright colors more

C．their parents treat them differently

D．there is a natural difference between them

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?

A．Nine-month-old baby boys don’t play with dolls at all.

B．Two-year-old baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls.

C．The older the babies are, the more obvious their preference is.

D．Parents should teach their babies to share each other’s toys.

3.What conclusion did Dr. Brenda Todd draw from the results of the study?

A．Adults purposely influence their babies preference.

B．Babies’ preference isn’t affected by social surroundings.

C．Baby boys preferring to moving toys will be good at hunting.

D．Baby girls preferring warmer colors will be warm-hearted.

4.We may read this article in a section of a newspaper.

A．science       B．health   C. education   D．entertainment

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Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl, while boys will head for the toy cars,  a study has shown. The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.

Psychologists Dr Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment involving 90 infants aged nine months to 36 months. The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys. Some were stereotypically boys' toys - a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy.  The rest were girls’ toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set. They were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick whichever toy they liked. Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded.

Of the youngest children (nine to 14 months), girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did. Among the two-and three-year-olds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it. The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched. There was no link between the parents’ view on which toys were more appropriate for boys or girls, and the children’s choice.

Dr Brenda Todd said: “Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization. Boys may be given ‘toys that go’ while girls get toys they can care for, which may help shape their preference. But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys. There could be a biological basis for their choices. Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts（本能）, while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby.”

1.Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because________.

2.Both baby boys and baby girls like to play with________according to the study.

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?

4.What conclusion did Dr. Brenda Todd draw from the results of the study?

5.We may read this article in a________section of a newspaper.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Why do many people keep dogs as pets?

—Because they are our ____ friends and they never desert their masters.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

– Do you think the Suns will beat Bulls?

--Yes. They have better players, so I _____ them to win.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

As children enter and move through their school years, they become increasingly able to manage matters like homework and school projects on their own. _______, each year they should take on more responsibilities in the classroom and at home. These daily chores (家务) and responsibilities are an important part of learning that life requires _______, not just play.

Normally, of course, children are still single-minded with their _______ to have fun. While they may join in, particularly if _______ gives them time with their parents, children are not _______ to ask for household tasks, and parents often need to assign responsibilities as part of _______ to the family. At this age, many children find it difficult to _______ their chores, at least initially. Responsibility and initiative (积极性) are learned through a _______ process of guidance and reward.

As your own child takes on more responsibilities, he or she will probably have periods of acting _______, procrastinating(拖延) and dawdling (懒散). Most children do. During these times, parents need to step in and, with encouragement and gentle guidance, point him in the ________ direction.

Sometimes parents may demand too much ________ their children, or may see a problem in everything their children do. They may ________ them with too many responsibilities — an unfair number of chores, extra hours of taking care of younger siblings or a too strict schedule of after-school activities. When that happens, children may ________ taking on any responsibility at all. Parents need to ________ this kind of overloading, while still making sure that their youngsters are assuming a(n) ________ of responsibility. Children, of course ________ in the personalities. Some are simply not very persistent in the middle of chores. Others have difficulty getting organized. ________ others have trouble shifting from one activity to another. You should have a good ________ of your child’s style, and shape your ________ accordingly.

Children need to have some obligations and duties within the family, ________ they will notlearn to accept responsibility.

1.A.Next B.Also C.Therefore D.Alike

2.A.work B.music C.love D.sport

3.A.courage B.time C.effort D.desire

4.A.helping out B.coming out C.running out D.trying out

5.A.anxious B.likely C.afraid D.able

6.A.attending B.belonging C.appealing D.referring

7.A.check B.present C.record D.complete

8.A.gradual B.virtual C.casual D.punctual

9.A.inaccurately B.irresponsibly C.illegally D.impolitely

10.A.free B.usual C.right D.same

11.A.of B.with C.in D.out

12.A.replace B.compare C.combine D.burden

13.A.forget B.resist C.forgive D.risk

14.A.carry B.offer C.prevent D.protect

15.A.temporary B.limited C.universal D.appropriate

16.A.conflict B.differ C.fail D.change

17.A.Still B.Only C.Again D.Almost

18.A.point B.taste C.sense D.place

19.A.collections B.assumptions C.expectations D.conditions

20.A.and B.but C.for D.or

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

Stars blazed(猛烈地燃烧)in the sky above Spook like a million tiny suns. They shone through the mists, which had during the last year become thinner and weaker. At first, he had thought the world itself was changing. Then he had realized that it was just his feeling. Somehow, by burning tin in his body for so long, he had permanently strengthened his senses to a point far beyond what other Allomancers could attain.

The burned tin had begun as a reaction to Clubs’s death. Spook still felt terrible about the way he’d escaped, leaving his uncle to die. During those first few weeks, Spook had burned his metals as almost a self-punishment he’d wanted to feel everything around him, take it all in, even though it was painful, or perhaps because it was painful.

But then he’d started to change, and that had worried him. But, the crew always talked about how hard Vin pushed herself. She rarely slept, using pewter(白镴)to keep herself awake and alert. Spook didn’t know how that worked he was no Mistborn, and could only bum one metal but he figured that if burning his one metal could give him an advantage, he’d better take it, because they were going to need every advantage they could get.

The starlight was like daylight to him. During the actual day, he had to wear a cloth tied across his eyes to protect them, and even then going outside was sometimes blinding. His skin had become so sensitive that each little stone in the ground felt like a knife jabbing(猛刺)him through the bottom of his feet. The cold spring air seemed freezing, and he wore a thick cloak(斗篷).

However, he had concluded that these discomforts were small prices to pay for the opportunity to become whatever it was he had become. As he moved down the street, he could hear people turning over and over in their beds, even through their walls. He could sense a footstep from yards away. He could see on a dark night as no other human ever had.

________________. Always before, he’d been the least important member of the crew the dismissible boy who served as a handy man or kept watch while the others made plans. He didn’t feel annoyed with them for that he’d been right to give him such simple duties. ________________. Because of his street dialect, he’d been difficult to understand, and while all the other members of the crew had been carefully picked, Spook had joined through the back door since he was Clubs’s nephew.

Spook sighed, sticking his hands in his trouser pockets as he walked down the too-bright street. He could feel each and every thread of the cloth.

Dangerous things were happening he knew that: the way the mists lasted longer during the day, the way the ground shook as if it were a sleeping man, periodically(周期性地)suffering a terrible dream. Spook worried he wouldn’t be of much help in the critical days to come. A little over a year before, his uncle had died after Spook fled the city. Spook had run out of fear, but also out of a knowledge of his lack of power. ________________. He wouldn’t have been able to help during the campaign.

He didn’t want to be in that position again. He wanted to be able to help, somehow. He wouldn’t run into the woods, hiding while the world ended around him. He was sent to gather as much information as he could about the Citizen and his government there, and so Spook intended to do his best. If that meant pushing his body beyond what was safe, so be it.

He approached a large crossing. He looked both ways down the intersecting(交叉的)streets the view clear as day to his eyes. I may not be Mistborn, and I may not be emperor, he thought. But I’m something. Something new. Something people would be proud of Maybe this time I can help. ________________.

1.What is the real “change” according to Paragraph 1?

A. The thinner and weaker mists. B. The changing world.

C. Spook’s sensitive feeling. D. Allomancers’ strengthened senses.

2.Why on earth did Spook start burning tin?

A. To make himself strong. B. To erase an emotional debt.

C. To show his honor to Vin. D. To feel pain of his uncle.

3.What does the example of Vin serve as in Paragraph 3?

A. A reminder of Spook’s own pain.

B. An encouragement to Spook’s persistence.

C. A comparison for Spook’s burning metal.

D. An implication of Spook’s own change.

4.What discomforts was Spook suffering when moving down the street?

① The shining daylight that almost made him blind.

② The little stones that jabbed him like a knife.

③ The cold spring air that seemed freezing.

④ The sleepless people that turned over and over in their beds.

⑤ The awakened awareness of being unimportant when keeping watch.

⑥ His street dialect that made him hard to understand.

A. ②③ B. ①②③ C. ②③④⑥ D. ①②③④⑤⑥

5.Where can the following sentence most probably be?

“Perhaps he’d find a way to become useful to the others.”

A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④

6.What can we learn about Spook from the article?

A. He’s guilty and weak nephew of the great Clubs.

B. He’s a carefully-picked and most powerful member of the crew.

C. He’s a proud and self-sacrificing handy man of the crew.

D. He’s a strong-willed and outstanding Allomancer.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many years ago, people relied on the sun, the moon and stars to find their way around. Later, the compass was introduced. And now, we have satnav（卫星导航）systems to guide us. A satnav system uses groups of satellites to show the user’s location. They send information to a receiver, such as a smartphone, to show us where we are.

The earliest built satnav system is the Global Positioning Satellite System, which belongs to the US. Then there is Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite system，the European Union’s Galileo and China’s own satellite navigation system, Beidou.

On October 18, 2017, an ARJ21-700 plane, which was the first domestically（国内地） produced jet equipped with the Beidou navigation system, successfully completed a test flight. The results showed the performance of the system developed by China matches that of similar systems produced abroad, according to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China.

Since its introduction in 2000, the Beidou navigation system has been increasing numbers of applications linked to everyday life, from shared bikes to farming.

When it comes to shared bikes, smart locks that support Beidou chips offer more accurate positioning than others, making it easier to find a bike.

Farmers can use Beidou-enabled tractors to plow（犁）the soil and use unmanned aircraft with Beidou to sow seeds, which can improve efficiency and make better use of resources. Beidou’s farming applications have spread from Heilongjiang Province to Beijing, Liaoning, Shanxi, Hubei and other regions across China.

With its many uses, the Beidou navigation system is even playing a big role in the Belt and Road Initiative（一带一路）. “To date, the Beidou system has covered most parts of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road,” said Yang Changfeng, chief designer of the Beidou system.

Today, there are more than 20 Beidou satellites above our heads, and China plans to launch even more this year to expand the Beidou network to better serve the Belt and Road Initiative.

“As Beidou expands its overseas reach, it will be increasingly popular in the logistics（物流） industry,” said Miao Qianjun, Secretary General of the navigation services association. “Ships, for example, can use it to position themselves while sailing across oceans to European countries, no longer limited to Southeast Asian regions in the near future.

1.What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs?

A. To compare some modern satnav systems.

B. To describe the benefits of satnav systems.

C. To tell us how satnav systems were created.

D. To introduce some satnav systems and their functions.

2.What can we know about the Beidou navigation system according to the article?

A. It was used successfully in a new jet plane.

B. It is more powerful than other satnav systems.

C. It was introduced to China on October, 2017.

D. It wasn’t used in our everyday life until recently.

3.According to the article, the Beidou navigation system is already widely used for _______.

A. plowing the soil and sowing seeds

B. improving the efficiency of network

C. producing more smart locks for shared bikes

D. navigating ships across oceans to European countries

4.What is Miao Qianjun’s attitude toward the future of the Beidou system?

A. Worried.　　 B. Casual.

C. Positive.　　 D. Doubtful.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way____ the sun and the stars.

A. used 　　　　　　　　　　 B. having used

C. using　　 　　　　　　 　　 D. use

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

(2015·重庆) Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way__________ the sun and the stars.

A. used B. having used

C. using D. use

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析