Bit by bit, the sand dust that fills the sky is dying down. The blue sky and the burning sun once again hang over the desert.
He is on the road, driving his beat-up yellow cab. The sides of the road are littered with damaged vehicles. Masses of smoke in the distance tell him that a war is being dragged on throughout his country.
It’s a fine day despite the choking heat. Not a breath of wind is blowing.
A group of vehicles are traveling towards him, carrying many passengers. The scene reminds him of the market days in this country when crowds of trucks transport folks to the markets; the only difference is, this time, they are not trucks, but tanks, carrying foreigners, guns in hand. He stares at them. They stare back. So they pass by one another.
“The damned war!” he whispers bitterly. Two days ago, a bomb fell on the market in front of his house, destroying nearly everything in sight. He survived by luck. He decided then and there that he would give up this cab business. This will be his final run. After this, he will leave this place together with his wife and children.
“Shala and my children, we’ll soon meet each other again, after I’m done here.” He turns his head to take a glance at a photo of his wife and children. The glass on the frame is broken, but their smiles in the picture do not fail to provide him with the only comfort that he has.
Shortly he arrives at a checkpoint. Tanks sit by the side of the road, the sight of which sends a marked coldness through his backbone. A bunch of soldiers armed to the teeth stand by. A foreign soldier signals him to stop. He calms himself down and pulls over. During the past few days, nearly no civilian（平民）vehicles come out of the capital city, his car being the only one on roads.
A few foreign soldiers come up to him, one, two, three, four, five. The leader bends over to have a look at the old car, then at him. “Where do you come from and where are you going?” With a smile on his face, he answers with a broken speech in the tongue that the soldier can understand, “Sir, I come from the capital. I’m leaving that place because it is a very dangerous place to be, with the war and everything.”
While talking, he hands a cigarette over to the soldier, then lights it up for him.
“When will the war end?” he asks.
“It won’t take long. We’ll soon give all of you in the capital the true freedom.” The soldier breathes a deep mouthful. He seems to have spotted the photo in the car, “The cigarette is not bad at all. Are those your wife and kids? I have two of my own, roughly the same age.”
“Oh, yes, they are mine and they are constantly on my mind. They left the city a bit earlier, and I’m on my way to be reunited with them. Perhaps I’m never coming back. Driving a cab around during war times is too dangerous. I’m giving up the business.” He looks at the soldier, still smiling.
“After we overthrow your dictator(独裁者), you won’t have that to worry about. You can come back and pick up your life again.” The soldier is leaning on the door of the car. It is perhaps the first time in many days that he has seen a happy face among the local people. It cheers him up.
“Maybe, but I have to go to see my family. If you would pay us a visit, my wife will prepare a good meal for all of you. Come with me. This is going to be my last business run and I won’t even charge you.”
“Can’t make it. We’re on duty. Give our regards to your wife and kids.” The soldier is a bit excited, thinking maybe quite some locals have open arms for them after all. “Oh, yes, I almost forgot. The south is battle-infected. Where is your family?”
Still smiling, he picks up the broken picture frame, presses a kiss on the photo, then turns around, staring into the eyes of that soldier, not quite himself from excitement, and the other foreign soldiers holding guns. Words drop out of his lips slowly but firmly:
“Paradise.”
Perhaps the last thing he sees is the confused, fearful, twisted expression on the face of that soldier, and the cigarette end dropping from his fingers.
Then he pushes the button.
1.What is this passage mainly about?
A. A cruel war going on in the country.
B. A brave defender of the country.
C. A cab driver’s last business run.
D. A moving talk between a civilian and a soldier.
2.According to the passage, the man’s wife ______.
A. has already been killed by the bomb
B. must be the only comfort to the man
C. is really good at cooking local food
D. has managed to escape to another city
3. Why does the man keep smiling while talking to the soldier?
A. To show his kindness.
B. To satisfy the soldier.
C. To hide his true feeling.
D. To express his happiness.
4.The underlined sentence “Come with me, this is going to be my last business run and I won’t even charge you” suggests that the man ______.
A. treats the soldier as his friend
B. wants to quit his cab business
C. offers a free ride to the soldier
D. intends to kill the soldier
5.Which of the following may best describe the feeling of the locals about the foreign soldiers?
A. Fear. B. Hate. C. Disappointment. D. Unconcern.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Bit by bit, the sand dust that fills the sky is dying down. The blue sky and the burning sun once again hang over the desert.
He is on the road, driving his beat-up yellow cab. The sides of the road are littered with damaged vehicles. Masses of smoke in the distance tell him that a war is being dragged on throughout his country.
It’s a fine day despite the choking heat. Not a breath of wind is blowing.
A group of vehicles are traveling towards him, carrying many passengers. The scene reminds him of the market days in this country when crowds of trucks transport folks to the markets; the only difference is, this time, they are not trucks, but tanks, carrying foreigners, guns in hand. He stares at them. They stare back. So they pass by one another.
“The damned war!” he whispers bitterly. Two days ago, a bomb fell on the market in front of his house, destroying nearly everything in sight. He survived by luck. He decided then and there that he would give up this cab business. This will be his final run. After this, he will leave this place together with his wife and children.
“Shala and my children, we’ll soon meet each other again, after I’m done here.” He turns his head to take a glance at a photo of his wife and children. The glass on the frame is broken, but their smiles in the picture do not fail to provide him with the only comfort that he has.
Shortly he arrives at a checkpoint. Tanks sit by the side of the road, the sight of which sends a marked coldness through his backbone. A bunch of soldiers armed to the teeth stand by. A foreign soldier signals him to stop. He calms himself down and pulls over. During the past few days, nearly no civilian（平民）vehicles come out of the capital city, his car being the only one on roads.
A few foreign soldiers come up to him, one, two, three, four, five. The leader bends over to have a look at the old car, then at him. “Where do you come from and where are you going?” With a smile on his face, he answers with a broken speech in the tongue that the soldier can understand, “Sir, I come from the capital. I’m leaving that place because it is a very dangerous place to be, with the war and everything.”
While talking, he hands a cigarette over to the soldier, then lights it up for him.
“When will the war end?” he asks.
“It won’t take long. We’ll soon give all of you in the capital the true freedom.” The soldier breathes a deep mouthful. He seems to have spotted the photo in the car, “The cigarette is not bad at all. Are those your wife and kids? I have two of my own, roughly the same age.”
“Oh, yes, they are mine and they are constantly on my mind. They left the city a bit earlier, and I’m on my way to be reunited with them. Perhaps I’m never coming back. Driving a cab around during war times is too dangerous. I’m giving up the business.” He looks at the soldier, still smiling.
“After we overthrow your dictator(独裁者), you won’t have that to worry about. You can come back and pick up your life again.” The soldier is leaning on the door of the car. It is perhaps the first time in many days that he has seen a happy face among the local people. It cheers him up.
“Maybe, but I have to go to see my family. If you would pay us a visit, my wife will prepare a good meal for all of you. Come with me. This is going to be my last business run and I won’t even charge you.”
“Can’t make it. We’re on duty. Give our regards to your wife and kids.” The soldier is a bit excited, thinking maybe quite some locals have open arms for them after all. “Oh, yes, I almost forgot. The south is battle-infected. Where is your family?”
Still smiling, he picks up the broken picture frame, presses a kiss on the photo, then turns around, staring into the eyes of that soldier, not quite himself from excitement, and the other foreign soldiers holding guns. Words drop out of his lips slowly but firmly:
“Paradise.”
Perhaps the last thing he sees is the confused, fearful, twisted expression on the face of that soldier, and the cigarette end dropping from his fingers.
Then he pushes the button.
1.What is this passage mainly about?
A. A cruel war going on in the country.
B. A brave defender of the country.
C. A cab driver’s last business run.
D. A moving talk between a civilian and a soldier.
2.According to the passage, the man’s wife ______.
A. has already been killed by the bomb
B. must be the only comfort to the man
C. is really good at cooking local food
D. has managed to escape to another city
3. Why does the man keep smiling while talking to the soldier?
A. To show his kindness.
B. To satisfy the soldier.
C. To hide his true feeling.
D. To express his happiness.
4.The underlined sentence “Come with me, this is going to be my last business run and I won’t even charge you” suggests that the man ______.
A. treats the soldier as his friend
B. wants to quit his cab business
C. offers a free ride to the soldier
D. intends to kill the soldier
5.Which of the following may best describe the feeling of the locals about the foreign soldiers?
A. Fear. B. Hate. C. Disappointment. D. Unconcern.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
--- The music is too loud. Could you please turn down the radio a bit?
--- ______
A. Sorry, I didn’t know you were reading.
B. Don’t trouble. I like music.
C. Don’t you think the music is beautiful?
D. Oh, it’s an honor for me to do so.
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
If it were up to me, I’d write this piece next week or even later. Let the dust settle a bit. But I have my father’s insistent voice in my head: the story is now, so you write it now. No one wants to read last week’s news.
My father Michael was a journalist. He started at age 16 on his local paper, the Luton News, and after nine years there, he went on to a six-decade career that saw him write more than 40 biographies of Hollywood stars and spend a quarter-century presenting a weekly radio show.
From him I learned about deadlines and accuracy, and absorbed his rule about professional clothing, one he had been taught by his first boss. Even when he was working at home, my father would follow that rule: shirt and tie, every day.
There were other less obvious lessons. The first is about being manly. Driven and competitive, he wasn’t present for the birth of any of his three children, but he was the very model of being loving and faithful. My father never took me to the football or taught me to change a tyre. In a pub, he might manage some drinks, but his main focus would usually be the food menu. He was a model of a different kind of maleness.
But perhaps the biggest lesson I learned from him was about resilience. He got deep blows, losing both his wife and firstborn child, my sister Fiona, within two years of each other. And yet, somehow, he got back up again. He taught himself to cook and continued to dress neatly, picking out a bright jacket that ensured he stood out in a room. He would meet editors and write stories with the same hunger he had 65 years earlier. Younger colleagues keep using the same word about him: appealing.
I hope I learned his resilience, the way I learned about being a journalist. People keep telling me that my father was proud of me; and the truth is I was proud of him. Raised in a hard-up corner of wartime England, he went off to see the world—and he never stopped looking forward and upward, staring at the stars.
1.What has made the author write down the text so soon?
A. His father’s words motivated him to do so.
B. He wanted to settle down after the writing.
C. He wanted to write it before he forgot it.
D. It was the story he insisted on writing.
2.What was the author’s impression of his father?
A. He always managed to dress up following the fashion.
B. He sometimes had a hard time meeting the work deadline.
C. He trained the author to be manly and do the basic things.
D. He was competitive at work and remained a loving Dad.
3.What was the best lesson the author learned from his father?
A. The necessity of keeping good shape.
B. Quick recovery from suffering or blow.
C. The ability to get a content career.
D. The pride one takes in his/her parents.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Dad Left a Deep Impression on Me for His Work
B. Dad Proved Faithful and Loving for the Family
C. My Dad Showed How to Be a Journalist and a Man
D. I Learned to Recover Quickly after a Suffering
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
--- Could you turn the TV down a little bit ?
--- ______ . Is it disturbing you?
A.Take it easy B . I’m sorry C. Not a bit D. It depends.
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
---Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
---______. Is it disturbing you?
A. Take it easy. B. I’m sorry. C. Not a bit D. It depends
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
---Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
---______. Is it disturbing you?
A．Take it easy B．I’m sorry C．Not a bit D．It depends
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
—___．Is it disturbing you?
A．Take it easy B．I'm sorry
C．Not a bit D．It depends
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
．—Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
—________. Is it disturbing you?
A．Take it easy B．I'm sorry
C．Not a bit D．It depends
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
—________. Is it disturbing you?
A．Take it easy B．I'm sorry
C．Not a bit D．It depends
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
—Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
—________. Is it disturbing you?
A. Take it easy. B. I’m sorry. C. Not a bit D. It depends
高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析