My life wouldn't be so wonderful without my parents. Every time I look at them or even think of them, I am very ______.
Our native country was Vietnam, but, to ______ the war, we had to leave our home and all our ______ and go on a long boat journey to America. I was two years old and the youngest of seven children.
This journey was not ______ for my parents, but throughout they thought of their children first. I was even told that they once ate only apple peels to ______ the fruit part for me. This was special because at that time many children were ______ by their parents because of the war.
Our journey to America was not the last of our ______. We were also faced with starting a life in America with nothing. My parents' strong ______ to give their children a good life was what has taken us where we are today. Of course, our beginning years were hard. We lived on just enough food bought with food stamps, wore old clothes and played with toys bought at secondhand shops. ______ almost everything we had was bought at secondhand shops, we were ______ because our life was really peaceful.
My parents ______ very hard to build a better life. I will always ______ how early they got up in the morning. After a few years my dad got a degree in business and then he got a(n) ______. Slowly, our living status began to ______. My parents bought a car and ______ they saved up enough money to buy a house; this was the true sign of my parents' ______.
Today we moved out of the apartment, ______ all the hard times and starting our new ______. We really live very ______ and my parents' greatest achievement is that they have ______ that nothing is impossible.
1.A. honorable B. admirable C. grateful D. powerful
2.A. prevent B. escape C. end D. stop
3.A. memories B. friends C. colleagues D. belongings
4.A. easy B. possible C. long D. dangerous
5.A. demand B. spare C. store D. find
6.A. adopted B. abandoned C. raised D. protected
7.A. struggles B. worry C. burdens D. pain
8.A. decision B. ability C. determination D. patience
9.A. Because B. Since C. Unless D. While
10.A. cautious B. happy C. nervous D. crazy
11.A. thought B. expected C. fought D. worked
12.A. cherish B. remember C. enjoy D. understand
13.A. promotion B. substitute C. status D. partner
14.A. follow B. appear C. continue D. rise
15.A. immediately B. obviously C. gradually D. suddenly
16.A. challenge B. success C. hope D. cooperation
17.A. falling B. carrying C. leaving D. forgetting
18.A. education B. family C. life D. career
19.A. confidently B. lonely C. independently D. comfortably
20.A. proven B. described C. declared D. realized
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My life wouldn't be so wonderful without my parents. Every time I look at them or even think of them, I am very ______.
Our native country was Vietnam, but, to ______ the war, we had to leave our home and all our ______ and go on a long boat journey to America. I was two years old and the youngest of seven children.
This journey was not ______ for my parents, but throughout they thought of their children first. I was even told that they once ate only apple peels to ______ the fruit part for me. This was special because at that time many children were ______ by their parents because of the war.
Our journey to America was not the last of our ______. We were also faced with starting a life in America with nothing. My parents' strong ______ to give their children a good life was what has taken us where we are today. Of course, our beginning years were hard. We lived on just enough food bought with food stamps, wore old clothes and played with toys bought at secondhand shops. ______ almost everything we had was bought at secondhand shops, we were ______ because our life was really peaceful.
My parents ______ very hard to build a better life. I will always ______ how early they got up in the morning. After a few years my dad got a degree in business and then he got a(n) ______. Slowly, our living status began to ______. My parents bought a car and ______ they saved up enough money to buy a house; this was the true sign of my parents' ______.
Today we moved out of the apartment, ______ all the hard times and starting our new ______. We really live very ______ and my parents' greatest achievement is that they have ______ that nothing is impossible.
1.A. honorable B. admirable C. grateful D. powerful
2.A. prevent B. escape C. end D. stop
3.A. memories B. friends C. colleagues D. belongings
4.A. easy B. possible C. long D. dangerous
5.A. demand B. spare C. store D. find
6.A. adopted B. abandoned C. raised D. protected
7.A. struggles B. worry C. burdens D. pain
8.A. decision B. ability C. determination D. patience
9.A. Because B. Since C. Unless D. While
10.A. cautious B. happy C. nervous D. crazy
11.A. thought B. expected C. fought D. worked
12.A. cherish B. remember C. enjoy D. understand
13.A. promotion B. substitute C. status D. partner
14.A. follow B. appear C. continue D. rise
15.A. immediately B. obviously C. gradually D. suddenly
16.A. challenge B. success C. hope D. cooperation
17.A. falling B. carrying C. leaving D. forgetting
18.A. education B. family C. life D. career
19.A. confidently B. lonely C. independently D. comfortably
20.A. proven B. described C. declared D. realized
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. I am very grateful to my high school teachers, without ______ help I wouldn’t be so excellent.
| A．whom | B．them | C．which | D．whose |
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Since my early childhood, my parents have always told me to enjoy every part of my life, no matter how ordinary it may seem. Before the summer of 2005, I never thought there was anything _______ about living in Sugar Land, Texas. All I wanted was to _______ Texas.
For most people, spending three weeks in the Tuscan countryside is a(n) _______ vacation. It also _______ my family. During my first week abroad, I admitted I _______ the foreign atmosphere. A new language and culture _______ me. For those seven days, I was totally absorbed in becoming something I could never be—a(n) _______. It was almost as if I wished to _______ my own identity for something new that was not _______ to me at all.
At some point along the drive between Florence and Genoa, it ________ me: I didn’t want to throw away who I was for any ________ wonders. Italy was an attractive and impressive country, ________ I had no emotional connection with it. I ________ Sugar Land. From that moment on, all I ________ was to return home.
I think it’s ________ that I could never fall in love with my home until I left it. Now I ________ the everyday parts of my life in Sugar Land are really the most prized treasures in my heart. Now ________, I find all my time spent living in Sugar Land made me ________. Therefore, now I can ________ say that being a Texan is who I am, and there’s no way I can ________ that.
1.A. special B. certain C. disappointing D. ordinary
2.A. improve B. leave C. control D. ignore
3.A. adventure B. public C. annual D. dream
4.A. expected B. shocked C. attracted D. welcomed
5.A. sensed B. created C. needed D. liked
6.A. upset B. amused C. impressed D. discouraged
7.A. traveler B. farmer C. American D. Italian
8.A. abandon B. waste C. hide D. damage
9.A. rude B. related C. useful D. close
10.A. hit B. warned C. disturbed D. embarrassed
11.A. old B. foreign C. real D. potential
12.A. so B. and C. but D. or
13.A. rely on B. show off C. stand for D. belong to
14.A. desired B. remembered C. admired D. hated
15.A. inspiring B. terrifying C. interesting D. rewarding
16.A. prefer B. guarantee C. imagine D. understand
17.A. looking back B. checking up C. growing up D. fighting back
18.A. exist B. smile C. insist D. succeed
19.A. safely B. smoothly C. confidently D. warmly
20.A. spot B. change C. use D. lack
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In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was __________ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small incident made me change my mind.
One day my two-year-old son, ___________ at a dozen of “stood” color markerpens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ballpens, __________ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ballpens just lay ___________. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said _________, “Mummy can’t help you.” To my _________, he wouldn’t listen and continued trying. I was struck by his persistence.
My son’s behaviour reminded me of George who was always _________in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, _________, there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised __________ about him and __________us to look up to him as a role model.
One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”
“Probably can't leave till midnight,” he said.
“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety?”
“__________.”
“Don’t you have time to be with your family at all?”
He shook his head slowly and __________ a sigh. “It’s not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It’s much too ___________ to even think about letting go.”
A year later I resigned. The _________ thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I’ve never seen him. But occasionally his aged __________ would come to my mind.
Until that day, __________ knowing why the ballpens couldn’t stand up, the twoyearold had _________the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ballpens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. _________, he already learned to let go of his previous ___________ attempts.
In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to _________ them and then let go of them immediately.
1.A. convinced B. confident C. conscious D. consistent
2.A. shouting B. pointing C. screaming D. laughing
3.A. intending B. insisting C. requiring D. urging
4.A. still B. silent C. quiet D. flat
5.A. deliberately B. enthusiastically C. casually D. unintentionally
6.A. content B. disappointment C. surprise D. sorrow
7.A. buried B. interested C. devoted D. busy
8.A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. though
9.A. little B. well C. much D. highly
10.A. ordered B. inspired C. promised D. appealed
11.A. At random B. At times C. At most D. At least
12.A. let out B. let off C. sent off D. sent out
13.A. encouraging B. comfortable C. painful D. ashamed
14.A. later B. last C. latter D. lately
15.A. picture B. figure C. reflection D. image
16.A. for B. with C. without D. besides
17.A. accepted B. received C. refused D. rejected
18.A. Generally B. Eventually C. Additionally D. Obviously
19.A. hopeful B. endless C. meaningful D. useless
20.A. clarify B. realize C. identify D. acknowledge
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—The rain is coming down so hard!
—________ my umbrella this morning, I wouldn’t be trapped here now.
A. Did I take B. Had I taken
C. Were I to take D. Would I take
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I’d like to give thanks to Mrs. Chen, without help I wouldn’t have got out of my trouble.
A. who B. what C. whose D. which
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I wish to thank your student Tom, without _______ rescue couldn’t be offered to my drowning boy so soon.
A．whose B．which C．whom D．who
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One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift.Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September11th.1958.Mum gave birth to Richard.After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying."I promised you a gift, and here it is." What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own.I played with it day and night.I sang to it.I told it stories.1 told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty.My doll was gone! I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital.It had a fever.For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming."Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room."If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough." As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears.I'd never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning.Dad jumped out of bed to answer it.From my bedroom I heard him say."What? He's all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs."The hospital said we can bring Richard home!" "Thank God.'" I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car.I had never seen them happy.And I was also full of joy.What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home.I downstairs.My sacks still hung there flat.But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
1.what happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?
A.He got a baby brother
B.He got a Christmas gift
C.He became four years old
D.He received a doll
2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Impossible. B.Boring
C.Difficult D.Fearful
3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A.Excitement. B.Happiness.
C.Sadness. D.Disappointment.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.A sad Christmas day
B.Life with a lovely baby
C.A special Christmas gift
D.Memories of a happy family
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One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is." What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. "Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. "If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough." As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. "What? He's all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!"
"Thank God.'" I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
1.What happened to the author on September 11th 1958?
A. He got a baby brother
B. He got a Christmas gift
C. He became four years old
D. He received a doll
2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Impossible. B. Boring
C. Difficult D. Fearful
3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A. Excitement. B. Happiness.
C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. A sad Christmas day
B. Life with a lovely baby
C. A special Christmas gift.
D. Memories of a happy family
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装)
On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying,“ I promised you a gift, and here it is.” what an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it . Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days. I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as“ hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming.“ Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with teas. I’d never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
1. What happened to the author on September 11th ,1958 ?
A. He became four years old.
B. He got a Christmas gift.
C. He got a baby brother.
D. He received a doll.
2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Fearful B. Boring
C. Difficult D. Impossible.
3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A. Excitement. B. Sadness.
C. Happiness. D. Disappointment.
4.What is the passage mainly about ?
A. A sad Christmas day.
B. Life with a lovely baby.
C. Memories of a happy family.
D. A special Christmas gift.
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