Wild
I was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to wilderness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.
The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively(冲动地), I hade pushed Mr. Ford, my math teacher, down a flight of steps at school. He broke his arm in two places. Anyway, he had agreed not to accuse me as a favour to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff(执法官) in our town. But my reckless behaviour had my dad’s closest advisor talking.
“John, he’s your son and he’s a kid, but he is dragging you down,” I heard Jake Hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the night after I pushed Mr. Ford. “If you can’t make your son obey the rules, how can you make the law obeyed in this town?”
So, off to Pisgah National Forest I went. I imagined hours of untold abuse at the hands of some strong sergeants(警官). I was determined no to be broken. I was who I was.
Nearly every day for six months, a small group of other troubled teens and I carried our 30-pound backpacks on a difficult journey covering about 10 miles. We hiked in a rough wilderness that seemed untouched by civilization.
Our sergeants were firm but kind, not frightening as I had imagined. We learned how to make a fire without matches and create a shelter with branches and grass. We learned which plants were safe to eat out in the wild. I felt myself change. I was calm and often reflective. My old, impulsive self was gone.
One morning, six months later, my dad came to pick me up. I ran to hug him and saw relief and love in his eyes.
“So what’s it like being sheriff?” I asked on the ride home.
“I lost the race, Danny,” he said.
“I’m sorry, Dad.” I knew my behaviour probably had a lot to do with hid defeat.
Dad squeezed my shoulder and brought me close. “As long as I don’t ever lose you, I’m okay.”
1.The author was finally sent to wilderness because _____.
A. he could learn how to survive in the wild
B. his teacher insisted on giving him a lesson
C. he pushed his math teacher down the stairs
D. his mother feared that he would be accused
2.The underlined word “reckless” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. selfish B. careless C. rude D. reasonable
3.What can we learn about the author from the passage?
A. He changed a lot after the camp.
B. He was not satisfied with his life in the camp.
C. He was still what he used to be after the camp.
D. He made enemies with other troubled teen at the camp.
4.How did the author’s father feel at the end of the story?
A. Grateful. B. Annoyed.
C. Disappointed D. Relieved
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Wild
I was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to wilderness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.
The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively(冲动地), I hade pushed Mr. Ford, my math teacher, down a flight of steps at school. He broke his arm in two places. Anyway, he had agreed not to accuse me as a favour to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff(执法官) in our town. But my reckless behaviour had my dad’s closest advisor talking.
“John, he’s your son and he’s a kid, but he is dragging you down,” I heard Jake Hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the night after I pushed Mr. Ford. “If you can’t make your son obey the rules, how can you make the law obeyed in this town?”
So, off to Pisgah National Forest I went. I imagined hours of untold abuse at the hands of some strong sergeants(警官). I was determined no to be broken. I was who I was.
Nearly every day for six months, a small group of other troubled teens and I carried our 30-pound backpacks on a difficult journey covering about 10 miles. We hiked in a rough wilderness that seemed untouched by civilization.
Our sergeants were firm but kind, not frightening as I had imagined. We learned how to make a fire without matches and create a shelter with branches and grass. We learned which plants were safe to eat out in the wild. I felt myself change. I was calm and often reflective. My old, impulsive self was gone.
One morning, six months later, my dad came to pick me up. I ran to hug him and saw relief and love in his eyes.
“So what’s it like being sheriff?” I asked on the ride home.
“I lost the race, Danny,” he said.
“I’m sorry, Dad.” I knew my behaviour probably had a lot to do with hid defeat.
Dad squeezed my shoulder and brought me close. “As long as I don’t ever lose you, I’m okay.”
1.The author was finally sent to wilderness because _____.
A. he could learn how to survive in the wild
B. his teacher insisted on giving him a lesson
C. he pushed his math teacher down the stairs
D. his mother feared that he would be accused
2.The underlined word “reckless” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. selfish B. careless C. rude D. reasonable
3.What can we learn about the author from the passage?
A. He changed a lot after the camp.
B. He was not satisfied with his life in the camp.
C. He was still what he used to be after the camp.
D. He made enemies with other troubled teen at the camp.
4.How did the author’s father feel at the end of the story?
A. Grateful. B. Annoyed.
C. Disappointed D. Relieved
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When my father died, one of the tasks that fell to me was to sort through and decide which objects to save and which to throw away. Now I look at the 51 of my life as if I were dead, 52 what my children will do with the human skull(骷髅) that 53 on the bookcase next to my desk. I couldn’t 54 them if they threw it out. They’ve been wanting to do that for some years, 55 will they know how much can be learned from 56 with a skull? And what about my books? 57 they can find some place in their 58 for ten thousand books. However, I know they will look at the white, plastic head of a horse on my desk and 59 it into a Glad trash bag without any 60 , never knowing that it is the only place 61 from the first chess set (棋子)I owned.
How many boxes of mine will my children 62 ? Can I trust my children with my 63 ? Every object of our lives is a 64 , and emotion swirls(旋动) around it like fog, hiding and 65 a tiny truth of the heart.
I look at these objects that are mine and know, too, that they are 66 of how alone I am, how alone each of us is, 67 no one knows what any object means except he or she who 68 it. I have the memory of taking it home 69 one of my newly-born children from the hospital; only I have the memory of what it looked like when I lived in that apartment and where it sat in that house. I look at the objects that are mine, and the memories are 70 and permeated(渗透着)with love. I look at the objects that are mine and know that I’m going to miss me very much.
A. tasks B. objects C. books D. pictures
【小题2】A. wondering B. designing C. concluding D. weaving
【小题3】A. cries B. sleeps C. sits D. smiles
【小题4】A. educate B. understand C. blame D. strike
【小题5】A. and B. so C. or D. but
【小题6】A. helping B. living C. playing D. speaking
【小题7】A. Honestly B. Luckily C. Naturally D. Surely
【小题8】A. desks B. bags C. apartments D. hearts
【小题9】A. drag B. take C. move D. throw
【小题10】A. hesitation B. love C. care D. worry
【小题11】A. casting B. expanding C. remaining D. shining
【小题12】A. enjoy B. reserve C. find D. prepare
【小题13】A. life B. passion C. respect D. heart
【小题14】A. mark B. pleasure C. belief D. memory
【小题15】A. preventing B. spreading C. protecting D. encouraging
【小题16】A. symbols B. phenomena C. measures D. tracks
【小题17】A. when B. once C. unless D. as
【小题18】A. prefers B. repairs C. owns D. remembers
【小题19】A. like B. for C. with D. to
【小题20】A. strange B. warm C. new D. bitter
高三英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad stopped at the Dairy Queen for lO-cent ice creams. I couldn't it, but I could pray from the we started heading home to that comer where we would either go straight for the ice cream or and go home empty-handed. That corner either mouth-watering excitement or .On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the sound of his offer ,It ,”Would you like an ice cream today?” That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said,” How would you like to today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊),I could afford it,I got a weekly allowance of 25cents ,plus some for odd jobs. But it wsa my money ,ice cream wasn’t a good use of it ,In a fit of ,I said ,”well ,in that case,I guess I’ll ,”My father just said,” Okay, Son,”
But sa we headed home ,I realized how wrong I was and begged him to .But he just said,” That’s okay ,we don’t really need one.” I felt for my selfishness and ungratefully see. He didn’t mind, or act disappointed.
I that generosity(慷慨) goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than” thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We another trip the next week. As we the center. I said,” Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”
1.A.frequently B.never C.hardly D.strangely
2.A.mention B.expect C.wait D.get
3.A.month B.day C.weekend D.moment
4.A.finish B.drive C.turn D.return
5.A.indicated B.suggested C.instructed D.meant
6.A.anger B.shame C.disappointment D.happiness
7.A.funny B.surprising C.interesting D.beautiful
8.A.spoke B,went C.came D.flew
9.A.treat B.serve C.buy D.provide
10.A.limited B.extra C.little D.easy
11.A.after B.while C.although D.when
12.A.sadness B.regret C.curiosity D.selfishness
13.A.pass B .accept C.pay D.eat
14.A.keep up B.turn back C.stop by D.give in
15.A .awful B. unsatisfied C.frightened D.crazy
16.A.never B.knew C.even D.somehow
17.A.lerned B.knew C.acknowledged D.fund
18.A.dearest B.worst C.cheapest D.best
19.A.made out B.prepared for C.went on D.took up
20.A.crossed B.approached C.left D.saw
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
“Tell me again how you learned to ride a horse,” I would ask my father when I was a little girl in Denmark. I was no more than four years old—too little to learn to ride a horse by myself. But I liked to hear my father tell his story. And then he would begin.
“When I was a little boy, as little as you are now,” he would say, “I wanted to ride the horses. But I was too small to mount a horse. So I would slip into my father’s stables to be with the horses and admire them. Such big, powerful animals they were!
“The gentle workhorses stood quietly in their stalls, eating their hay. I would climb up the side of one of the stalls and slide over onto the horse’s back.
“Then I would hold its mane and imagine us running quickly over the grasslands, down to the shore, and even into the sea.
“When I grew tall enough to mount a horse,” he said, “my wish came true.”
“You swim with the horses now,” I said. “You even swim with Fiery. And he has spirit!”
Everybody knew about Fiery, the great black male horse with the fierce temper, and how he behaved when he first came to the stables. He raised itself on its back legs with the front legs in the air. He snorted and kicked. He rolled his eyes. And everyone was afraid of him. Everyone, except my father.
I wanted to hear more. “Now tell me how you made Fiery your friend,” I begged. This was my favorite story.
“Well, little Else,” my father went on, “I just talked to him. I talked as a friend. You must talk to a horse like Fiery.
“I’d say, ‘No, little horse. No, my friend. You can’t run free. You must learn to let me ride you.’
“And soon Fiery began to listen. He knew from my voice that I would be his friend.”
So Fiery let my father teach him to carry a rider. Then Fiery would take my father across the soft green grasslands or even into the lively waters of the northern sea. I loved to see Father riding Fiery without a saddle(马鞍) into the sea. There they swam, Father and Fiery, out in the cold, clear water.
Often I would watch them from the shore, holding tight to my mother’s hand. They swam so bravely. I was so proud of them!
Then Father and Fiery would come splashing out of the water and run along the shore toward us. They made a fine stop—just in time!
Fiery towered over us. He tossed his head and shook sea water from his shining black coat.
Father was laughing and patting Fiery’s neck.
And I was making a wish.
I wished that someday I could have a horse, too . . . but a smaller one!
1.What is Fiery like when he first comes to the stables?
A. He is quiet and lazy.
B. He is wild and full of spirit.
C. He makes friends with everyone.
D. He only lets Else’s father ride him.
2.Where does Else most like to watch her father ride Fiery?
A. At the seashore. B. On the farm.
C. In the grasslands. D. In the stables.
3.In the passage, the underlined word “mount” means___________.
A. feed with B. talk about C. fasten to D. climb onto
4.How does Else feel about horses after watching her father ride Fiery?
A. She wants a horse just like Fiery.
B. She has no interest in riding horses.
C. She would like to have a smaller horse.
D. She thinks horses should not go into the sea.
5.What does Else learn from her father’s story?
A. How to train a workhorse.
B. How to swim with a horse.
C. How to make friends with a horse.
D. How to ride a horse without a saddle.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从l6-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays.On the way home, Dad ________ stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn't ________ it. but I could pray from the________ we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or ________ and go home empty-handed. That corner________either mouth-watering excitement or________.
On one special day. we were heading home. and again I was praying for the________ sound of his offer. It ________. "Would you like an ice cream today?" "That sounds great, Dad!" But then he said, "How would you like to ________today?"
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents. plus some ________ for odd jobs. But ________ it was my money, ice cream wasn't a good use of it. In a fit of ________, I said, "Well, in that case. I guess I'll ________ ." My father just said, "Okay, Son."
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to ________. But he just said. "That's okay. We don't really need one." I felt ________ for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn't mind, or ________ act disappointedly.
I ________ that generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than "thank you". On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the ________ice cream I'd ever had.
I'Il tell you one more thing. We________another trip the next week. As we ________ the corner, I said, "Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat."
1.A. never B. hardly C. frequently D. strangely
2.A. expect B. mention C. wait D. get
3.A. month B. day C. weekend D. moment
4.A. finish B. drive C. tum D. return
5.A. indicated B. meant C. suggested D. instructed
6.A. anger B. shame C. happiness D. disappointment
7.A. funny B. surprising C. interesting D. beautiful
8.A. came B. spoke C. went D. flew
9.A. serve B. treat C. buy D. provide
10.A. extra B. limited C. little D. easy
11.A. after B. while C. when D. although
12.A. sadness B. regret C. curiosity D. selfishness
13.A. accept B.pay C. pass ' D. eat
14.A. turn back B. keep up C. stop by D. give in
15.A. unsatisfied B. awful C. frightened D.crazy
16.A. even B. never C. only D. somehow
17.A. knew B. leamed C. found D. acknowledged
18.A. dearest B. worst C. cheapest D. best
19.A. made out B. prepared for C. went on D. took up
20.A. crossed B. left C. save D. approached
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My father________hungry when he was young.
A.would go B.was going C.used to go D.had gone
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
When I was young, each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house. He usually got up early before ______ and began cleaning the farmyard. In summer, he got up ______ earlier to water the flowers and vegetables in the garden. Once I helped my father to ______ weeds from the corn field. It wasn’t long ______ I felt very tired but the field ridge seemed ______. Finally I totally threw myself ______ in the field, feeling ______. My dad seemed to have ______ my mind. He came up and said, “Farming is tiring and really takes ______and sweat, but in ______ the sweet harvest will be worth the ______.” Encouraged by his words, I struggled to my feet. My father ______ and added, “Rome is not built in a ______, but it can be built in hundreds of days. So whenever ______ with a huge project, just break it into ______parts and then complete it one by one. Finally you will be amazed at your ______.” Hearing what he said, I was greatly ______ and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch. Believe it or not, at the end of the day, I ______ in weeding half an acre of the corn field.
Now I have tried different jobs and finally ______ down running a big restaurant. In my lifetime, my father’s devotion to his job and his special working methods can always encourage and guide me ______ all kinds of difficulties.
1.A. noon B. night C. dark D. dawn
2.A. equally B. less C. even D. extremely
3.A. throw B. harvest C. remove D. drop
4.A. before B. whenever C. since D. until
5.A. faraway B. endless C. challenging D. boring
6.A. open B. out C. away D. flat
7.A. angry B. disappointed C. hopeless D. ashamed
8.A. read B. disturbed C. spoken D. seen
9.A. pains B. wisdom C. patience D. courage
10.A. spring B. fall C. summer D. winter
11.A. strength B. cost C. effort D. risk
12.A. regretted B. smiled C. sighed D. followed
13.A. day B. month C. second D. year
14.A. discouraged B. faced C. dealt D. worked
15.A. good B. various C. small D. large
16.A. confidence B. achievement C. failure D. change
17.A. puzzled B. shocked C. delighted D. inspired
18.A. managed B. failed C. succeeded D. avoided
19.A. settled B. broke C. bent D. pulled
20.A. around B. to C. with D. through
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to.Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city.and so he did.
When I was 16,dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make one.He read about violinmaking,and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43.He bought the tools and materials,opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper,while he worked at a local company.He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.
Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful.Some experts told him that it was the special varnish(油漆)that gave the instruments their beautiful sound.Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that was the answer.
One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins.When dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉),his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which dad might be interested in.
He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him.It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece.He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.
Later, the instrument was stolen. Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old,selling guitars and violins.
The violin has been missing for more than 25 years.Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone.The owner today may never understand why this Ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius.
1.In Paragraph l,the writer mentioned his father's developing color prints to .
A.let others know that he believed his father
B.show that his father would like to make violins
C.prove that his father could do anything he wanted to
D.give an example showing that his father was an inventor
2.What did the writer's father think about Stradivarius violins?
A.They were made by experts.
B.The wood of the violins was special.
C.The way of making them was unusual.
D.The varnish was different from the others.
3.From the underlined sentence,we learn that the writer's father .
A.found another new job
B.wanted to become famous
C.lost interest in instruments
D.liked the violin very much
4.What could be the best title of the passage?
A.My Experienced Father
B.My Father and His Violin
C.The Secret of Making Violins
D.The New Owner of the Violin
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to.Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city, and so he did.
When I was 16,dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make one.He read about violinmaking,and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43.He bought the tools and materials,opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper,while he worked at a local company.He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.
Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful.Some experts told him that it was the special varnish(油漆)that gave the instruments their beautiful sound.Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that was the answer.
One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins.When dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉),his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which dad might be interested in.
He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him.It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece.He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.
Later, the instrument was stolen. Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old,selling guitars and violins.
The violin has been missing for more than 25 years.Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone.The owner today may never understand why this Ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius.
1.In Paragraph l,the writer mentioned his father's developing color prints to .
A.let others know that he believed his father
B.show that his father would like to make violins
C.prove that his father could do anything he wanted to
D.give an example showing that his father was an inventor
2.What did the writer's father think about Stradivarius violins?
A.They were made by experts.
B.The wood of the violins was special.
C.The way of making them was unusual.
D.The varnish was different from the others.
3.From the underlined sentence,we learn that the writer's father .
A.found another new job
B.wanted to become famous
C.lost interest in instruments
D.liked the violin very much
4.What could be the best title of the passage?
A.My Experienced Father
B.My Father and His Violin
C.The Secret of Making Violins
D.The New Owner of the Violin
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city and so he did.
When I was 16,Dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make one.He read about violin-making, and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43. He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.
Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful. Some experts told him that it was the special varnish(油漆)that gave the instruments their beautiful sound.Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that was the answer.
One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins.When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉), his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which Dad might be interested in.
He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece. He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.
Later, the instrument was stolen, Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins.
The violin has been missing for more than 25 years.Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone.The owner today may never understand why this Ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius.
1.In Paragraph l,the writer mentioned his father’s developing color prints to .
A. let others know that he believed his father
B. show that his father would like to make violins
C. Prove that his father could do anything he wanted to
D. give an example showing that his father was an inventor
2.What did the writer’s father think about Stradivarius violins?
A. They were made by experts.
B. The wood of the violins was special.
C. The way of making them was unusual.
D. The varnish was different from the others.
3.From the underlined sentence, we learn that the writer’s father .
A. found another new job
B. wanted to become famous
C. lost interest in instruments
D. liked the violin very much
4.What could be the best title of the passage?
A. My Experienced Father
B. My Father and His Violin
C. The Secret of Making Violins
D. The New Owner of the Violin
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