Diane Ray was completely self-centered and ve...

Diane Ray was completely self-centered and very spoilt. Her parents gave her36she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not. She would scream and kick and37on the floor drumming her heels. Her parents always38.

That was why she was alone on the39, wearing an expensive swimsuit. It has taken a massive tantrum to40her parents to buy it. They were back at the beach-house, 41from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving42. “Dangerous?” she had said. “You just don’t want me to have43. I’m going and if you try to stop me, I’ll scream.”

“What are you doing ?” a voice asked. Diane jumped. She did not know that the man was there 44  he spoke .

“I’m going diving, ” she answered.

“You shouldn’t swim that day, ” the man45. “There is a storm coming up.”

“You should mind your own46!” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.

“If you go out there you’ll be47,” the man called after her. She did not bother to reply.

Diane slipped into the water and dived48until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to49against the current (水流). Saltwater hit against her face, making it50to breathe. Oh, why had she not listened to advice.

Panicking, she began to51. Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a52voice. “Hold on ! I’m coming.” With53, she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her. “I hope you’ve learned a lesson. You put us both in54, ” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the55. Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

1.                A．either          B．neither         C．nothing   D．everything

2.                A．jump           B．lie             C．spin D．sleep

3.                A．set out         B．set in           C．gave in   D．gave out

4.                A．beach          B．bed            C．floor D．ship

5.                A．allow          B．warn           C．get  D．prefer

6.                A．changing        B．recovering      C．appearing D．traveling

7.                A．alone          B．away           C．again D．aside

8.                A．time           B．money         C．food D．fun

9.                A．when          B．until           C．after D．once

10.               A．decided        B．intended       C．advised   D．repeated

11.               A．business        B．swimsuit        C．friends    D．parents

12.               A．angry          B．sorry          C．confused  D．excited

13.               A．nervously       B．sadly           C．shyly D．happily

14.               A．rise           B．swim           C．stop  D．row

15.               A．difficult        B．easy           C．comfortable    D．suitable

16.               A．speak          B．sing           C．sniff  D．scream

17.               A．calm           B．frightening      C．beautiful  D．disgusting

18.               A．regret         B．relief          C．interest   D．ease

19.               A．power         B．safety          C．danger    D．thought

20.               A．house          B．wave          C．beach D．boat

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Diane Ray was completely self-centered and very spoilt. Her parents gave her _________ she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气) if they did not. She would scream and kick and _________on the floor drumming her heels. Her parents always _________.

That was why she was alone on the _________, wearing an expensive swimsuit. It has taken a massive tantrum to _________ her parents to buy it. They were back at the beach-house, _________from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving _________. “Dangerous?” she had said. “You just don’t want me to have _________. I’m going and if you try to stop me, I’ll scream.”

“What are you doing?” a voice asked. Diane jumped. She did not know that the man was there _________he spoke.

“I’m going diving, ” she answered.

“You shouldn’t swim that day,” the man __________. “There is a storm coming up.”

“You should mind your own__________ !” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.

“If you go out there you’ll be __________,” the man called after her. She did not bother to reply.

Diane slipped into the water and dived__________ until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to__________against the current (水流). Saltwater hit against her face, making it__________to breathe. Oh, why had she not listened to advice?

Panicking, she began to __________. Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a __________ voice. “Hold on ! I’m coming.” With__________, she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her. “I hope you’ve learned a lesson. You put us both in __________,” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the __________. Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

1.A. either　　 B. neither　　 C. nothing　　 D. everything

2.A. jump　　 B. lie　　 C. spin　　 D. sleep

3.A. set out　　 B. set in　　 C. gave in　　 D. gave out

4.A. beach　　 B. bed　　 C. floor　　 D. ship

5.A. allow　　 B. warn　　 C. get　　 D. prefer

6.A. changing　　 B. recovering　　 C. appearing　　 D. traveling

7.A. alone　　 B. away　　 C. again　　 D. aside

8.A. time　　 B. money　　 C. food　　 D. fun

9.A. when　　 B. until　　 C. after　　 D. once

10.A. decided　　 B. intended　　 C. advised　　 D. repeated

11.A. business　　 B. swimsuit　　 C. friends　　 D. parents

12.A. angry　　 B. sorry　　 C. confused　　 D. excited

13.A. nervously　　 B. sadly　　 C. shyly　　 D. happily

14.A. rise　　 B. swim　　 C. stop　　 D. row

15.A. difficult　　 B. easy　　 C. comfortable　　 D. suitable

16.A. speak　　 B. sing　　 C. sniff　　 D. scream

17.A. calm　　 B. frightening　　 C. beautiful　　 D. disgusting

18.A. regret　　 B. relief　　 C. interest　　 D. ease

19.A. power　　 B. safety　　 C. danger　　 D. thought

20.A. house　　 B. wave　　 C. beach　　 D. boat

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(2013·高考江西卷)Diane Ray was completely self­centred and very spoilt.Her parents gave her____she wanted，knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not.She would scream and kick and____on the floor drumming her heels.Her parents always____.

That was why she was alone on the____，wearing an expensive swimsuit.It had taken a massive tantrum to___her parents to buy it.They were back at the beach­house，____from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving____.“Dangerous ？”she had said.“You just don’t want me to have____.I’m going and if you try to stop me，I’ll scream.”

“What are you doing ？”a voice asked.Diane jumped.She did not know that the man was there____he spoke.

“I’m going diving，”she answered.

“You shouldn’t swim today，” the man____.“There is a storm coming up.”

“You should mind your own____！”Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.

“If you go out there you’ll be____，”the man called after her.She did not bother to reply.

Diane slipped into the water and dived____until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to___against the current (水流)．Saltwater hit against her face，making it____to breathe.Oh，why had she not listened to advice?

Panicking，she began to____.Then，just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface，she heard a____voice.“Hold on! I’m coming.”With____，she saw the old man rowing an ancient­looking boat towards her.“I hope you’ve learned a lesson.You put us both in____，”he shouted angrily，as he dragged her over the side of the____.Gratefully，Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach­house.

1.A.either　     B．neither

C．nothing　     D．everything

2.A.jump　     B．lie

C．spin　     D．sleep

3.A.set out　     B．set in

C．gave in　     D．gave out

4.A.beach　     B．bed

C．floor　     D．ship

5.A.allow　     B．warn

C．get　     D．prefer

6.A.changing　     B．recovering

C．appearing　     D．traveling

7.A.alone　     B．away

C．again　     D．aside

8.A.time　     B．money

C．food　     D．fun

9.A.when　     B．until

C．after　     D．once

10.A.decided　     B．intended

C．advised　     D．repeated

11.A.business　     B．swimsuit

C．friends　     D．parents

12.A.angry　     B．sorry

C．confused　     D．excited

13.A.nervously　     B．sadly

C．shyly　     D．happily

14.A.rise　     B．swim

C．stop　     D．row

15.A.difficult　     B．easy

C．comfortable　     D．suitable

16.A.speak　     B．sing

C．sniff　     D．scream

17.A.calm　     B．frightening

C．beautiful　     D．disgusting

18.A.regret　     B．relief

C．interest　     D．ease

19.A.power　     B．safety

C．danger　     D．thought

20.A.house　     B．wave

C．beach　     D．boat

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Diane Ray was completely self-centered and very________. Her parents gave her everything she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum (耍小孩脾气) if they did not. She would scream and kick and _______on the floor drumming her heels. Her parents always________.

That was why she was alone on the________, wearing an expensive swimsuit. It has taken a massive tantrum to_______her parents to buy it. They were back at the beach-house,________from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving________. “Dangerous?” she had said. “You just don’t want me to have________. I’m going and if you try to stop me, I’ll scream.”

“What are you doing?” a voice asked. Diane jumped. She did not know that the man was there until he spoke.

“I’m going diving,” she answered.

“You shouldn’t swim that day, ” the man________. “There is a storm coming up.”

“You should mind your own________!” Diane replied and walked into the________waves.

“If you go out there you’ll be________,” the man called after her. She did not________to reply.

Diane slipped into the water and dived happily until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to________ against the current. Saltwater hit against her face, making it________to breathe. Oh, why had she not listened to advice.

Panicking, she began to________. Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a_______voice. “Hold on! I’m coming.” With________, she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her. “I hope you’ve learned a lesson. You put us both in________,” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the________. Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

1.A.ambiguous B.fierce C.gifted D.spoilt

2.A.jump B.lie C.spin D.sleep

3.A.set out B.set in C.gave in D.gave out

4.A.beach B.bed C.floor D.ship

5.A.allow B.warn C.get D.prefer

6.A.changing B.recovering C.appearing D.traveling

7.A.alone B.away C.again D.aside

8.A.time B.money C.food D.fun

9.A.decided B.intended C.advised D.repeated

10.A.business B.swimsuit C.friends D.parents

11.A.gentle B.arbitrary C.rough D.delicate

12.A.angry B.sorry C.confused D.excited

13.A.manage B.deserve C.interrupt D.bother

14.A.rise B.swim C.stop D.row

15.A.difficult B.easy C.comfortable D.suitable

16.A.speak B.sing C.sniff D.scream

17.A.calm B.frightening C.beautiful D.disgusting

18.A.regret B.relief C.interest D.ease

19.A.power B.safety C.danger D.thought

20.A.house B.wave C.beach D.boat

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During her junior year of high school, Diane Ray's teacher handed her a worksheet and instructed the 17-year-old to map out her future financial life. Ray pretended to buy a car, rent an apartment, and apply for a credit card. Then, she and her classmates played the "stock market game", investing（投资) the hypothetical（虚拟的） earnings from their hypothetical jobs in the market in the disastrous fall of 2008. "Our pretend investments crashed," Ray says, still frightened. "We got to know how it felt to lose money."

That pain of earning and losing money is a feeling that public schools increasingly want to teach. Forty states now offer some type of financial instruction at the high-school level, teaching students how to balance checkbooks and buy stock in math and social-studies classes. Though it's too early to measure the full influence of the Great Recession（大萧条）, the interest in personal-finance classes has risen since 2007 when bank failures started to occur regularly. Now, many states including Missouri, Utah, and Tennessee require teenagers to take financial classes to graduate from high school. School districts such as Chicago are encouraging money-management classes for kids as young as primary school, and about 300 colleges or universities now offer online personal-finance classes for incoming students. "These classes really say, 'This is how you live independently,' " says Ted Beck, president of National Endowment for Financial Education.

Rather than teach investment methods or financial skills, these courses offer a back-to-the-basics approach to handling money: Don't spend what you don't have. Put part of your monthly salary into a savings account, and invest in the stock market for the long-term rather than short-term gains. For Ray, this means dividing her earnings from her part-time job at a fast-food restaurant into separate envelopes for paying bills, spending and saving. "Money is so hard to make but so easy to spend," she says one weekday after school. "That is the big takeaway."

Teaching kids about the value of cash certainly is one of the programs' goals, but teachers also want students to think hard about their finances long term. It's easy for teenagers to get annoyed about gas prices because many of them drive cars. But the hard part is urging them to put off the instant satisfaction of buying a new T-shirt or an iPod. "Investing and retirement aren't things teenagers are thinking about. For them, the future is this weekend," says Gayle Whitefield, a business and marketing teacher at Uth’s Riverton High School.

That’s a big goal for these classes: preventing kids from making the same financial missteps their parents did when it comes to saving, spending, and debt. Though the personal savings rate has increased up to 4. 2 percent, that’s still a far distance from 1982, when Americans saved 11. 2 percent of their incomes. “It’s hard for schools to reach strict money-management skills when teenagers go home and watch their parents increase credit-card debt. It’s like telling your kids not to smoke and then lighting up a cigarette in front of them,” Beck says.

Even with these challenges, students such as Ray say learning about money in school is worthwhile. After Ray finished her financial class, she opened up a savings account at her local bank and started to think more about how she and her family would pay for college. “She just has a better understanding of money and how it affects the world,” says her mother, Darleen－and that’s sown to the details of how money is spent from daily expenses to various taxes. All of this talk of money can make Ray worry, she says, but luckily, she feels prepared to face it.

1.The “stock market game” mentioned in Paragraph 1 is meant to　　　　　 .

A. introduce a new course to students

B. help students learn about investment

C. teach how to apply for a credit card

D. encourage students’ personal savings

2.How does the writer show us that schools’ interest in teaching financial classes has increased in paragraph 2_________?

A. By giving examples.     　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. By providing data.

C. By raising questions.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. By making comparisons.

3.According to the passage, taking money-management courses will　　　　　　 .

A. better students’ learning methods

B. prevent students going into debt

C. help students get accepted by colleges

D. make students become very wealthy

4.After completing the financial class, Diane Ray is likely to　　　　　 .

A. pay off all her debts.     　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. handle her money better

C. find a job in a bank.     　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. manage the family income

5.The passage is mainly about　　　　 .

A. ways to teach students to earn money

B. how Diane Ray learns to value money

C. the push to teach personal finance in school

D. how students choose a proper financial class

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Tess was eight years old. Her little brother Andrew was very sick and their parents were completely out of money. She heard Daddy say to her tearful Mother, “Only a miracle can save him now.”

Tess took her money and made her way six blocks to Rexall’s Drug Store.

“And what do you want?” the chemist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. “I’m talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven’t seen for ages.”

“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “He’s really sick. He has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”

“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry but I can’t help you,” the chemist said, softening a little.

“Listen, I can help you.” The chemist’s brother was a well-dressed man. He asked Tess, “What kind of miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know,” Tess replied. “Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay for it, so I want to use my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man from Chicago. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered. “And it’s all the money I have, but I can get some more, if I need to.”

“Well，what a coincidence (巧合),” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents － the exact price of a miracle for your little brother. Take me to where you live. Let’s see if 1 have the kind of miracle you need.”

That man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon in neurosurgery (神经外科). The operation was completed without charge and it wasn’t long until Andrew was home again and doing well．

Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost… one dollar and eleven  cents… plus the faith of a little child.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

2.Why did the chemist get annoyed first？

3.What can we learn about Dr. Carlton Armstrong?

4.What can be the best title？

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Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.

A.harmed B.damaged C.spoilt D.hurt

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I was working with a client who was completely burned out on her career and life and then ready for a career change. As we were talking, she said, “I just wish I had meaningful work. I don’t feel like I am making a difference. I am just wasting my life.” This is the theme I hear most often from clients who have been in the workforce awhile.All of us want to feel like we are making a difference. We want to believe our work means something. The problem comes in defining “meaningful work”. What is it? That answer is different for everyone. For some meaningful work might be helping others organize their office. For others it may mean making a million dollars.

What really matters is how you see it. What is meaningful work to you? Take out a piece of paper and answer these questions. How do you define meaningful work? When do you feel like you are really making a difference? What work have you done so far that feels the most meaningful? Write down whatever comes to mind.

What you want to do is meaningful. It is very easy to start judging yourself as being selfish. Stop! Allow yourself to be honest. The fact is when Picasso painted; he was doing it because he liked to paint. He was not thinking, “Oh, I hope this brings joy to others’ lives.” He painted because he wanted to. When Beethoven composed, he did it because he loved music. Even scientists searching for a cure for cancer are immersed in their work because it fascinates them.

Don’t look down on your work. It is easy to downplay the importance of work that feels meaningful. I remember Tony Robbins told a story of talking with the owner of a major company. The man said to Tony, “I wish I could do what you do because it makes such adifference in people’s lives”. Tony said, “You have got to be kidding! Look at what adifference you make. You provide work, health insurance and security for thousands ofpeople!” Don’t underestimate the value you provide.

Take a look at what you have written about meaningful work. Do you see any themes? How do you wish to contribute to this world? Whatever you choose, remember that the greatest gift you can give is to find work that makes you feel fulfilled and delighted. Respect your preference because giving your gifts to the world, whatever they look like, is the most meaningful action you can ever take.

1.. What does the writer mean by mentioning the famous people?

2.. When you downplay the value of your work, you tend to think it is ______.

3..According to the passage, what meaningful job does the writer advise us to take?

4.. The article is intended to ________.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

At that very moment my mind went completely _________ and I forgot what I was supposed to be doing.

A. efficient                   B. abundant                  C. shallow                    D. blank

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Diane Arbus is known for creating intense black and white photographs of very unusual people. She used a special camera that produced square shaped images. One art expert said Diane Arbus turned photography inside out. Instead of looking at her subjects, she made them look at her.

Diane Arbus was born in 1923 to a wealthy family in New York City. After finishing high school at the age of 18, Diane married Allan Arbus. Mr. Arbus worked in the advertising department of her father’s store.

It was Mr. Arbus who gave Diane her first camera. Diane soon decided to take a class with the famous photographer Berenice Abbott. The Arbuses eventually started taking photographs of clothing. These images were used as advertisements for Diane’s father’s store. After the birth of their daughter, Doon, the Arbuses started a business together. Their purpose was to photograph clothing fashions. Diane Arbus was the stylist. She would prepare the hair and faces of the fashion models who wore the clothing being photographed. Allan Arbus took the pictures.

The couple soon had jobs from important fashion magazines such as “Vogue” and “Harper’s Bazaar”. Their work was very successful during the 1950s. They became part of a group of artists that were helping to redefine visual culture. They were breaking with past traditions to create a new look for a new decade, the sixties.

But Diane was not satisfied with her secondary role. She wanted a more active part in making photographs. She wanted to explore her own artistic expression and freedom. To do this, she stopped working with her husband. Then she started taking photography classes at the New School in New York City.

Arbus’ teacher, Lisette Model, influenced her in many ways. She showed Diane how to use a camera like an expert. She also taught Diane to use her art to face her doubts and fears. Miss Model once said that Diane soon started “not listening to me but suddenly listening to herself.”

1.Diane Arbus got her first camera ______.

2.Why did the Arbuses start a business together?

3.The Arbuses ______ in the 1950s according to the passage.

4.We can learn from the last two paragraphs that ______.

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