It was a secret Eli kept until he was 8 years old.
“He would scream, like we were hurting him when we tried to put a dress on him.” recalled Grace, his mother. That was when Eli was an 18-month-old baby girl already rejecting anything female.
Now, Eli’s mother and Eli are sharing their story with CBS New York. Eli still remembers being a baby, and rejecting putting on a dress. “Oh, I remember that,” he said. “It was like torture.” Now Eli is 11 years old. He is, by all accounts, a happy, active boy who never doubted he was born the wrong sex. Eli said to CBS New York. It was hard to keep that secret for 8 years though, “It was kind of hard because I hadn’t really told anyone ever,” he said.
“He said, ‘I have a secret, and the secret is I don’t want to be a girl. I think I’m a boy，’”Grace recalled. “…I thought, ‘I don’t know what we’re going to do, but we’re going to figure it out.”’
CBS New York reports that it was a less clear path for Ryan, now a 21-year-old man. He, too, was born female, but never felt like one.
He didn’t understand his feelings at the time. Then he learned about what it meant to be transgender on the Internet, and it began to make sense. “It was a relief to know what exactly I was or am,” he said.
Ryan’s mother said at first it was hard to accept. “It’s a scary thing to think about,” she said. But she came around. “I was glad my son is able to become the person he needed to be,” she said.
Experts say the kind of family support both Ryan and Eli are getting is of great significance. Without it, many transgender kids suffer from anxiety, depression and high rates of suicide.
“We see a lot of kids with a lot of mental health concerns, and we also see that those mental health concerns really reduced when the family is on board,” said Jean Malpas of Ackerman Institute for the Family, a non-profit research organization to CBS New York.
Grace said for her it went from a situation that felt really confusing and difficult to one that she now celebrates. “We feel so lucky to have him.” she said.
1.According to the passage, Eli would scream because_________.
A. Eli rejected care and love from parents
B. Eli didn’t want to be dresses as a girl
C. Eli didn’t want to wear anything at all
D. Eli’s parents were torturing their baby
2.Which word can best describe Ryan’s feelings before he turned to the Internet?
A. Confused. B. Angry. C. Relieved. D. Confident.
3.This passage is probably taken from________.
A. a news report
B. a scientific journal
C. a survey report
D. an academic essay
4.What can we learn from this passage?
A. Many people feel difficult to accept who themselves really are.
B . Knowledge about transgender should be made known to more people.
C. Support from family is important to special groups like the transgender.
D. Many non-profit organizations are trying to help people like Eli and Ryan.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
It was a secret Eli kept until he was 8 years old.
“He would scream, like we were hurting him when we tried to put a dress on him.” recalled Grace, his mother. That was when Eli was an 18-month-old baby girl already rejecting anything female.
Now, Eli’s mother and Eli are sharing their story with CBS New York. Eli still remembers being a baby, and rejecting putting on a dress. “Oh, I remember that,” he said. “It was like torture.” Now Eli is 11 years old. He is, by all accounts, a happy, active boy who never doubted he was born the wrong sex. Eli said to CBS New York. It was hard to keep that secret for 8 years though, “It was kind of hard because I hadn’t really told anyone ever,” he said.
“He said, ‘I have a secret, and the secret is I don’t want to be a girl. I think I’m a boy，’”Grace recalled. “…I thought, ‘I don’t know what we’re going to do, but we’re going to figure it out.”’
CBS New York reports that it was a less clear path for Ryan, now a 21-year-old man. He, too, was born female, but never felt like one.
He didn’t understand his feelings at the time. Then he learned about what it meant to be transgender on the Internet, and it began to make sense. “It was a relief to know what exactly I was or am,” he said.
Ryan’s mother said at first it was hard to accept. “It’s a scary thing to think about,” she said. But she came around. “I was glad my son is able to become the person he needed to be,” she said.
Experts say the kind of family support both Ryan and Eli are getting is of great significance. Without it, many transgender kids suffer from anxiety, depression and high rates of suicide.
“We see a lot of kids with a lot of mental health concerns, and we also see that those mental health concerns really reduced when the family is on board,” said Jean Malpas of Ackerman Institute for the Family, a non-profit research organization to CBS New York.
Grace said for her it went from a situation that felt really confusing and difficult to one that she now celebrates. “We feel so lucky to have him.” she said.
1.According to the passage, Eli would scream because_________.
A. Eli rejected care and love from parents
B. Eli didn’t want to be dresses as a girl
C. Eli didn’t want to wear anything at all
D. Eli’s parents were torturing their baby
2.Which word can best describe Ryan’s feelings before he turned to the Internet?
A. Confused. B. Angry. C. Relieved. D. Confident.
3.This passage is probably taken from________.
A. a news report
B. a scientific journal
C. a survey report
D. an academic essay
4.What can we learn from this passage?
A. Many people feel difficult to accept who themselves really are.
B . Knowledge about transgender should be made known to more people.
C. Support from family is important to special groups like the transgender.
D. Many non-profit organizations are trying to help people like Eli and Ryan.
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I wondered why John kept it a secret. It was not until he three times that he told me the truth.
A. asked B. was asking
C. had asked D. had been asked
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C
My father was, by nature, a cheerful, kindly man．Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farm-hand for Thomas Butterworth near the town of Bidwell, Ohio．On Saturday evenings he drove his horse into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farm-hands．He was quite happy in his position in life．
It was in his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother, a school teacher．Something happened to the two people．The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them．Mother induced father to give up his place as a farm-hand, sell his horse and start an independent enterprise of his own．They rented ten acres of poor stony land and launched into chicken raising．
One inexperienced in such matters can have no idea of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken．It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny fluffy thing, then becomes naked, gets diseases, and dies．A few hens, and now and then a rooster, intended to serve God’s mysterious ends, struggle through to maturity．The hens lay eggs out of which come other chickens and the awful cycle is thus made complete．It is all unbelievably complex．Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms．One hopes for so much from a chicken and is so awfully disappointed．Small chickens, look so bright and in fact so awfully stupid．They are so much like people they mix one up in one’s judgments of life．If disease does not kill them they wait until your expectations are thoroughly aroused and then walk under the wheels of a carriage．
In later life I have seen how a literature has been built up on the subject of fortunes to be made out of the raising of chickens．It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil．It is a hopeful literature and declares that much may be done by simple ambitious people who own a few hens．Do not be misguided by it．It was not written for you．Go hunt for gold on the frozen hills of Alaska, put your faith in the honesty of a politician, believe if you will that good will defeat evil, but do not read and believe the literature that is written concerning the hen．
For ten years my father and mother struggled to make our chicken farm pay and then they gave up that struggle and began another．They moved into the town of Bidwell, Ohio and began the restaurant business, with the tiny hope of looking for a new place from which to start on our upward journey through life．
1.Which of the following is the right order of what happened?
a．Father got married to Mother, a school teacher．
b．Father quitted working at Butterworth’s．
c．My parents launched a business in Bidwell．
d．Father socialized in town on Saturday evenings
e．My parents started their job of chicken farming．
A．d-a-b-e-c
B．d-a-c-b-e
C．d-b-a-e-c
D．d-b-a-c-e
2.By saying “Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms”, the author means that chicken farming _____．
A．is so complex that only philosophers can comprehend it
B．gives you a philosophical insight into life
C．exposes you to a complete circle of life
D．allows you the time to judge the life
3.In the author’s opinion, the literature about chicken raising _____．
A．is full of hope and positive energy
B．proves the victory of good over evil
C．persuades you to believe in politicians
D．tends to be blindly optimistic about its rewards
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards parents’ dream of rise to success?
A．approving
B．optimistic
C．skeptical
D．indifferent
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My father was, by nature, a cheerful, kindly man．Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farm-hand for Thomas Butterworth near the town of Bidwell, Ohio．On Saturday evenings he drove his horse into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farm-hands．He was quite happy in his position in life．
It was in his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother, a school teacher．Something happened to the two people．The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them．Mother induced father to give up his place as a farm-hand, sell his horse and start an independent enterprise of his own．They rented ten acres of poor stony land and launched into chicken raising．
One inexperienced in such matters can have no idea of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken．It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny fluffy thing, then becomes naked, gets diseases, and dies．A few hens, and now and then a rooster, intended to serve God’s mysterious ends, struggle through to maturity．The hens lay eggs out of which come other chickens and the awful cycle is thus made complete．It is all unbelievably complex．Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms．One hopes for so much from a chicken and is so awfully disappointed． Small chickens, look so bright and in fact so awfully stupid． They are so much like people they mix one up in one’s judgments of life．If disease does not kill them they wait until your expectations are thoroughly aroused and then walk under the wheels of a carriage．
In later life I have seen how a literature has been built up on the subject of fortunes to be made out of the raising of chickens．It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil．It is a hopeful literature and declares that much may be done by simple ambitious people who own a few hens．Do not be misguided by it．It was not written for you．Go hunt for gold on the frozen hills of Alaska, put your faith in the honesty of a politician, believe if you will that good will defeat evil, but do not read and believe the literature that is written concerning the hen．
For ten years my father and mother struggled to make our chicken farm pay and then they gave up that struggle and began another．They moved into the town of Bidwell, Ohio and began the restaurant business, with the tiny hope of looking for a new place from which to start on our upward journey through life．
1.Which of the following is the right order of what happened?
A． Father got married to Mother, a school teacher．
B． Father quitted working at Butterworth’s．
C． My parents launched a business in Bidwell．
D． Father socialized in town on Saturday evenings
E． My parents started their job of chicken farming．
A． d-a-b-e-c
B． d-a-c-b-e
C． d-b-a-e-c
D． d-b-a-c-e
2.By saying “Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms”, the author means that chicken farming _____．
A． is so complex that only philosophers can comprehend it
B． gives you a philosophical insight into life
C． exposes you to a complete circle of life
D． allows you the time to judge the life
3.In the author’s opinion, the literature about chicken raising _____．
A． is full of hope and positive energy
B． proves the victory of good over evil
C． persuades you to believe in politicians
D． tends to be blindly optimistic about its rewards
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards parents’ dream of rise to success?
A． approving
B． optimistic
C． skeptical
D． indifferent
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It was not until I was 9 years old that I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday: "Kernel, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him." AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to took after him.
We couldn't afford all the necessary medicine for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage. I did not share my burden with anyone. I had seen people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.
1.What does Kernel tell us about her father?
A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
B. He worked hard to pay for his medication.
C. He told no one about his disease.
D. He was carefully attended by the nurses on his deathbed
2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. Kernel found what the teacher said hard to understand.
B. Kernel had special difficulty in hearing.
C. Kernel was too tired to hear her teacher's words.
D. Kernel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.
3.Why did Kernel keep her father's disease a secret?
A. She wanted to obey her mother.
B. She was afraid of being looked down upon.
C. She found no one willing to listen to her.
D. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.
4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father
B. To prove how little people knew about AIDS.
C. To draw people’s attention to AIDS.
D. To recall a hard time of her childhood.
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An old Japanese man kept a sparrow1.which he was very fond. One day it flew away. He went out, 2. (look) all over the place for his sparrow. At last, he met his sparrow. “I missed you very much, sparrow.3.you follow me home ? ''4.the sparrow was happy to see the old man, it shook5.(it) head. There were many other birds. They all looked healthy. "I am glad you have good companions, dear sparrow. " said the old man. When it was time for the old man to leave , the sparrow gave him a basket as a present. "Well," said the old man's wife6.(anger) when he returned, "where have you been all day?" "[ have been to the home of my lost sparrow”, replied he. When he opened the basket he was 7.(amaze) to find it was full of gold. The old woman was very greedy. But she used to treat it very badly. She unashamedly asked for a present. “Alright”，replied the sparrow, “I offer you two8.(choose). One basket is light and the other is heavy.9.(pick )one out，and you can take it home.” The greedy old woman cried out, "I'll take10.heavy one." So the old woman carried the heavy basket breathlessly all the way. But when she arrived home and opened the basket, it was full of stones.
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It was just a normal day for Ruth Miller, a 63-year-old woman until everything went horribly wrong. She was walking to her car after shopping when the unthinkable happened.
Right as she was unlocking her car, a man quickly came up behind her and tried to wrestle her purse away. She was in shock. Luckily she remembered she had her Safe Personal Alarm (SPA) on her purse, and since she was too scared to scream for help, she quickly reached for the alarm and pulled the pin (保险栓). Immediately her SPA started just screaming. The man didn't know what to do! He froze for a second, and then ran away like a bat out of hell!
SPA is a safety device capable of creating a 125db sound that attracts attention and scares away potential attackers. To compare, it's the same volume as a military jet during takeoff.
Paul Davidson, the inventor of SPA, knows all too well the type of situation that Ruth found herself in. But that's not the only type of situation that SPA helps protect against. Parents can give it to their kids as an extra means of protection. Teenagers can use it so they can feel safe walking home. Women can know it's there when they have to use the parking lot at night. “My mother, who is 76 years old, carries it around in case she falls and needs to ask people for help. I only wish I'd have thought of it earlier,” said Paul.
The police have been recommending SPA since it first hit the market. In fact, since its launch, SPA has been in a state, shifting between in stock to sold out nearly every other week, and it's also got tons of loyal followers worldwide.
1.What does the underlined part “the unthinkable” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.An attempted robbery. B.A wrestling match.
C.An angry argument. D.A car accident.
2.How did Ruth react to the unexpected situation?
A.She fought violently. B.She froze in great fear.
C.She cried desperately for help. D.She sounded her safety device.
3.Why does Paul mention his mother?
A.To imply the elderly need more care. B.To suggest he cares about his mother.
C.To show SPA can be widely used. D.To make an advertisement for SPA.
4.What can be learned from the text?
A.SPA is well received in the market. B.People hesitate to pay for security.
C.SPA was sold out in the first two weeks. D.SPA is not important in life.
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It was a freezing dawn, 14-year-old Jeremy was out in the wild._____________, Jeremy would have run around with his camera, trying to_____________the landscape, but this morning he was to start duck shooting. He had hated it since his father bought him a gun, but was_____________to go through with it. He loved his father, and wanted his___________more than anything in the world.
When a small flight of ducks came down, Jeremy stood up and_______. But he simply couldn't pull his trigger(扳机)and the ducks quickly flew out of_________. ''Well, what happened?'' his father asked. The boy did not answer. His lips were_____________. ''Why didn't you shoot? '' ''Because they were so_____________. ''Jeremy sat on the rough bench, face___________in his hands, and wept. All hope of______________his father was gone.
For a long moment his father was________. ''Here comes a single. Let's try again.'' ''It's no__________, Dad. I can't.'' ''Hurry, you'll miss him. Here!'' Cold metal touched Jeremy. He looked up, unbelieving. His father was handing the______________to him. ''Quick,'' he said softly. ''He won't__________all day!'' Jeremy quickly pointed the camera and______________the button. ''I got him!'' His face lit up. ''Did you?'' His father's hand______________the boy's shoulder briefly. ''That's good.'' He looked at his son, and Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his eyes, only__________and sympathy and love. ''It's okay, son. I'll________love shooting. But that doesn't mean you have to. Sometimes it takes as much________not to do a thing as to do it.''
He__________and said, ''Could you teach me how to use that camera?''
1.A.Rarely B.Ordinarily C.Possibly D.Frequently
2.A.record B.paint C.preserve D.change
3.A.forced B.interested C.determined D.supposed
4.A.agreement B.protection C.permission D.approval
5.A.kept balance B.kept pace C.took aim D.took care
6.A.range B.mind C.control D.place
7.A.moving B.twisting C.bleeding D.trembling
8.A.alive B.rapid C.fierce D.wild
9.A.covered B.buried C.sweating D.burning
10.A.comforting B.praising C.pleasing D.rewarding
11.A.silent B.angry C.nervous D.anxious
12.A.accident B.wonder C.surprise D.use
13.A.gun B.camera C.knife D.medal
14.A.help out B.hang around C.stay up D.put away
15.A.held B.searched C.pressed D.cleaned
16.A.pulled B.grasped C.squeezed D.touched
17.A.upset B.pride C.terror D.respect
18.A.never B.ever C.always D.even
19.A.courage B.love C.patience D.skill
20.A.promised B.suspected C.sighed D.paused
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No matter how long it took, or how much birthday money he would have to save, the 6-year-old South Carolina boy named Bell would spend his special day in "The Happiest Place On Earth."
And, as local TV station reports, he was pretty close to realizing that dream, planning for a visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom just in time for his seventh birthday this month.
Then he heard the story of the hurricane: how it transformed the Bahamas into the unhappiest place on Earth—and how it continues to churn up(搅动)the East Coast, leaving tears in its wake.
How could Bell dream of Disney World when so many others were living a nightmare?
So the boy gathered his savings—and went to the grocery store. Instead of a romp(嬉闹)in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Bell bought much-needed food and water for thousands of people forced to leave their homes in advance of the storm.
“The people that are traveling to go to places, I wanted them to have some food to eat, so they can enjoy the ride to the place that they're going to stay at,” Bell told a reporter. Indeed, Bell made it hard for anyone to miss his offer. He pulled a couple of homemade signs to Highway 125 in Allendale with the words "Free hot dogs and water" on them. And he stood at the side of that highway, calling out to motorists, many of them tired and traumatized after leaving their homes behind. In all, he served more than 100 evacuees(被撤离者).
"I am very proud," his grandmother Aretha Grant told CNN. "We knew Bell was very special, but we didn't know he was special in this way, to be such a giver like this."
Indeed, at his little stand in Allendale, Bell is giving people something much more precious than hot dogs. He's offering hope—and along the way, the little boy with the big heart is making his own magic kingdom.
1.What can we learn about Bell at the beginning of the story?
A.He quit his birthday plan. B.He visited the Bahamas.
C.He played happily at Disneyland. D.He experienced the hurricane.
2.How did Bell help the victims of hurricane?
A.By donating money. B.By offering food.
C.By providing shelters. D.By making campaigns.
3.What does the underlined word “traumatized” probably mean?
A.In great relief. B.In great sorrow.
C.With great appreciation. D.With great caution.
4.What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph?
A.Bell's act makes a big difference.
B.Hot dogs are more precious than hope.
C.People should have a lifelong ambition.
D.Children are full of imagination and creativity.
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Campbell Remess taught himself how to sew when he was only 9 years old. It all started three years ago, when Campbell asked his parents if they could buy Christmas presents for kids in hospital. They were touched by his kindness, but told him that buying so many toys would be too costly. He is one of nine children, and buying presents for all of them was already a pretty expensive affair for the parents.
Campbell didn’t let a simple “no” discourage him from bringing a bit of joy to kids going through tough times, so he decided to make the presents himself. It took the 9-year-old boy five hours to create his first stuffed (填充的) toy. However after three years of practice, he is now able to put one together in just an hour.
“I was blown away by the first bear,” his mother said. “Overly impressed but not surprised at his determination to teach himself.” The successful experiment only inspired Campbell Remess to become better at sewing, and challenged himself to create one stuffed toy per day and donate them to sick children struggling in the hospital. Project 365 by Campbell was born. Over the last three years, Campbell Remess has created over 800 stuffed toys for sick children.
Campbell sends his toys to children all over the world, and still visits the Royal Hobart Hospital in his home city of Hobart, Tasmania, to personally gift toy animals to sick kids there and loves to see the reaction on their faces. “They smile and some hug me. It makes their whole day better,” he says.
“Campbell is just wired really differently. He looks at sadness and tries to turn it upside down,” his mother says. “He’s not a quitter—I only see bigger and brighter things for him.”
1.Why did Campbell’s parents refuse his request?
A. They thought that was ridiculous.
B. They wished him to depend on himself.
C. They were on a tight budget.
D. They hoped he could share his things with others.
2.What desire drove Campbell to make toys for sick children?
A. Bringing happiness to them. B. Showing kindness to them.
C. Encouraging them to treasure health. D. Proving to them everyone has creativity.
3.What can we learn about Campbell from the text?
A. He is planning to set up Project 365.
B. He sends toys to those who can’t afford one.
C. He made the first toy with his mother’s help.
D. He is determined and refuses to give up.
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