Santa Claus might not be real for most people...

Santa Claus might not be real for most people. But for one kid Santa Claus is 100% real and even brings him _______ every year.

Mr.Hussain _______to be walking past a house in his local area in 2013 _______a young boy named Alfie shouted “Santa”. Not wanting to _______ the young boy, Mr. Hussain gave him some money and that started a friendship which sees Hussain _______ Alfie every year to give him gifts. He _______ now come over on their birthdays.

Alfie's _______, Tracy Ashford-Rose, told Buzz Feed News that Christmas wouldn't be the _______ without a visit from “Santa”. She said that she _______ “my little Alfie shouting out for me, ‘Look? It's Father Christmas!'”

“Hussain got three ________ away and came back to knock on my door; he said he couldn't live without giving a gift because my little boy ________ he was Father Christmas, ”Ashford-Rose continued.“This was four years ago, and we still ________ gifts to each other. He comes to see Alfie and my daughter Hayley on their birthdays and gives gifts. And he never forgets the ________.

“We now ________ him Grandad Christmas.We see him throughout the year. He ________Alfie's hand and hugs him.”

Amanda Taylor-Smith is a professional ________ and the family's former neighbour. She was at Alfie's house when Hussain dropped in last Sunday, and she ________ the heart-warming story on Facebook.

I rarely get a ________ in my eye when I take photos, but that guy just ________ it for me. I thought I had to tell that ________, ”she told Buzz Feed News.

1.A.talents B.pleasure C.hope D.gifts

2.A.proved B.claimed C.intended D.happened

3.A.while B.before C.when D.until

4.A.disappoint B.puzzle C.frighten D.terrify

5.A.look out for B.pay a visit to C.pay attention to D.get around

6.A.so B.even C.still D.just

7.A.father B.uncle C.mother D.grandpa

8.A.same B.only C.opposite D.likely

9.A.imagines B.reminds C.figures D.remembers

10.A.caves B.routes C.houses D.offices

11.A.thought B.pretended C.replied D.demanded

12.A.measure B.expect C.experience D.exchange

13.A.dates B.scene C.promise D.deal

14.A.make B.call C.take D.describe

15.A.trembles B.shakes C.shoots D.spreads

16.A.director B.coach C.photographer D.adviser

17.A.wrote B.invented C.told D.shared

18.A.tear B.pain C.light D.test

19.A.performed B.did C.arrested D.worked

20.A.lie B.truth C.story D.event

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

We know it’s good to learn another language，and it’s fun too. But to improve our language skills, many of us have to endure hours of school lessons or evening classes, with our heads buried in textbooks. It’s no wonder that technology appears to be providing a better and more accessible way of learning.

There is certainly a huge demand for language learning, and having a smart phone means you can have a virtual teacher with you wherever you go. Many app developers are keen to earn money on the demand, and there are numerous learning apps available.

Some educational apps offer languages not popular enough to be taught at evening classes, or at most universities. And others offer “invented” language courses in Esperanto, Elvish and Star Trek’s Klingon — lessons you might not find in a traditional classroom. Whatever you want to learn, apps allow you to go at your own pace and fit learning around other tasks. But they’re not perfect — you might not get your head round the grammar and will lack the partner support you could get in a classroom environment.

So, does technology imply the end of traditional classrooms and teachers? Guy Baron, head of modern languages at Aberystwyth University, thinks not. He thought that apps should be used alongside traditional classroom methods. And he adds: “The apps are not formal. . . they’re not designed for degrees, but they could be additional resources.”

Certainly, technology is going to help in and outside the classroom. But attending a real lesson, facing a real teacher, probably forces you to be more devoted. Motivation can be a problem when using an app. But if you have a genuine and practical reason to learn another language, you will no doubt stick with it.

1.What is the benefit of language learning apps?

A.You can learn with a partner.

B.You needn’t pay any money.

C.They provide grammar lessons.

D.They meet your personal demands.

2.What do the underlined words refer to in Paragraph 3?

A.Languages. B.Learning apps.

C.Universities. D.Teachers.

3.What is Guy Baron’s opinion about the learning apps?

A.They are of no help to learners.

B.They will replace traditional teaching.

C.They provide the most effective resources.

D.They should be combined with classroom methods.

4.Which does the author think is important in using the learning apps?

A.The instructor. B.Confidence.

C.The classroom. D.Motivation.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

We know it’s good to learn another language. It opens doors, makes you more employable, helps you make new friends, and it’s fun, too. But to improve our linguistic（语言）skills, many of us have to stand hours of school lessons or evening classes, with our heads buried in textbooks. It’s no wonder that technology appears to be providing a better and more accessible way of learning.

There is certainly a huge demand for language learning, and having a smart phone means you can have a virtual teacher with you wherever you go. Many app developers are keen to cash in on the demand, and there are numerous learning apps available— including our own, free, BBC Learning English app!

Some educational apps offer languages not popular enough to be taught at evening classes, or at most universities. And others offer “invented” language courses in Esperanto, Elvish and Star Trek’s Klingon— lessons you might not find in a traditional classroom.

Whatever you want to learn, apps allow you to go at your own pace and fit learning around other commitments. But they’re not perfect— you might not get your head round the grammar and will lack the peer support you get in a classroom environment.

So, does technology take the place of the end of traditional classrooms and teachers? Guy Baron, head of modern languages at Aberystwyth University, thinks not. He told the BBC that apps should be used alongside classroom methods, not to remove traditional teaching. And he adds: “The apps are not designed for degrees, but they could be additional resources.”

Certainly technology is going to help in and outside the classroom. But attending a real lesson, facing a real teacher, probably forces you to be more involved.

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Smart phones must be used in language classes.

B.Everyone has to bear to stay in classrooms all day.

C.Learning another language helps improve technology.

D.Language learners have more chances to be employed.

2.What can you do by learning on apps?

A.Studying on your own schedule.

B.Learning all the popular languages.

C.Becoming a master of grammar easily.

D.Having many classmates to study together.

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Technology will replace teachers.

B.We use technology to teach better.

C.Real teachers and lessons get us more involved.

D.Apps should be popularized in all different classes.

4.What is probably the best title for the passage?

A.The Way to Learn with Apps.

B.The Advantages of Learning with Apps

C.The Choice of Apps or Classroom Learning.

D.The Importance of Learning another language.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

As the global novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) speeds up, many are wondering about the effectiveness of masks and when it’s appropriate to wear them. Most people from the East believe that wearing a mask is essential to control the spread of the disease. But people in the West generally would argue that, unless one is already ill, wearing a mask is simply unnecessary.

In Eastern countries like China, mask-wearing is rooted in their cultures. In fact, people in the East wear masks not just to protect themselves from illness but also for a variety of other reasons. Young people in Japan, for example, wear masks as a fashion statement, expressing their personal style through unique designs and patterns. Wearing a face mask is also an outward expression of group-centered values. With one’s face partly covered, one becomes part of a giant group. In many Asian countries, masks are worn in many conditions in daily life, such as doing housework or visiting patients in the hospital. They can give people the comfort of being protected.

In Western countries, however, individual values are the most important. It is up to the individuals to decide whether to wear masks or not. A face mask is reserved only for those showing symptoms (症状) of illness.

As a citizen, it is one’s duty to prevent the spread of illness by following proper procedures. Whether from the East or the West, social culture has played an important role in one’s decision on whether or not to wear a mask. That’s because human beings are social creatures who take into consideration what other members of society think of us. The most important thing is to respect others’ opinions, no matter how different they are.

1.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A.To lead to the topic of the text. B.To show how serious the disease is.

C.To confirm the influence of culture. D.To prove it is essential to wear a mask.

2.What is the reason why some young people in Japan wear masks?

A.They wear masks to show respect for others.

B.They want the comfort of being protected.

C.It is fashionable for the young to wear masks.

D.They wear masks to be the focus of their group.

3.What is the author’s attitude towards people’s decision on wearing masks?

A.Subjective. B.Objective.

C.Doubtful. D.Positive.

4.Where is the text most likely taken from?

A.A diary. B.A guidebook.

C.A novel. D.A magazine.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

The search for beauty spans centuries and continents. Paintings of Egyptians dating back over

4,000 years show both men and women painting their nails and wearing makeup. In 18th-century France, wealthy noblemen wore large wigs (假发) of long, white hair to make themselves attractive. Today, people continue to devote a lot of time and money to their appearance.

There is at least one good reason for the desire to be attractive: beauty is power. Studies suggest that good-looking people make more money, get called on more often in class, and are regarded as friendlier.

But what exactly is beauty? It’s difficult to describe it clearly, and yet we know it when we see it. And our awareness of it may start at a very early age. In one set of studies, six-month-old babies were shown a series of photographs. The faces on the pictures had been rated for attractiveness by a group of college students. In the studies, the babies spent more time looking at the attractive faces than the unattractive ones.

The idea that even babies can judge appearance makes perfect sense to many researchers. In studies by psychologists, men consistently showed a preference for women with larger eyes, fuller lips, and a smaller nose and chin while women prefer men with large shoulders and a narrow waist. According to scientists, the mind unconsciously tells men and women that these traits—the full lips, clear skin, strong shoulders—equal health and genetic well-being.

Not everyone thinks the same way. What is considered attractive in one culture might not be in another. Look at most Western fashion magazines: the women on the pages are thin, but is this “perfect” body type for women worldwide? Scientists’ answer is no; what is considered beautiful is subjective and varies around the world. They found native peoples in southeast Peru preferred shapes regarded overweight in Western cultures.

For better or worse, beauty plays a role in our lives. But it is extremely difficult to describe exactly what makes one person attractive to another. Although there do seem to be certain physical traits considered universally appealing, it is also true that beauty does not always keep to a single, uniform standard. Beauty really is, as the saying goes, in the eye of the beholder (观看者).

1.People’s ideas about beauty__________.

A.can be easily described

B.are based upon strict criteria

C.have existed since ancient times

D.have little influence on a person’s success

2.In Paragraph 3,the babies in the study__________.

A.were rated for their appearance

B.showed a preference for women with larger eyes

C.were shown photos of a group of college students

D.were able to tell attractive faces from unattractive ones

3.We can learn from the passage that__________.

A.the ideas of beauty vary as people grow up

B.the standards for beauty are based on scientific researches

C.the search for beauty is the power to motivate the beholder

D.the understanding of beauty is rooted in cultural backgrounds

4.What can probably be the best title for this passage?

A.The History of Beauty

B.The Mystery of Beauty

C.The Standards for Beauty

D.The Attitudes toward Beauty

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it, but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? If you don’t know about your personality, it will hurt you in the long term regardless of your skills or the job’s pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. 1.

Do you prefer working alone or with other people?

There are isolating jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy. 2. Most people are not extremes in either direction. But they do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two. This may be the best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.

How do you handle changes?

Most jobs these days have some elements of changes to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability(稳定) in your life, you may need a job where the changes don’t happen so often. 3.

What type of work environment do you enjoy？

This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won’t know immediately to a smaller setting where you’ll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.

4.

Some people are motivated(激励) by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.

5. I’ve seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. Finding out about your personality may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.

A.How do you like to get paid?

B.Here are a few of those main areas.

C.But other people might be bored with the same daily routine(常规事务).

D.How will you be motivated?

E.There are also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy.

F.Most people are not extreme in choosing a job.

G.All in all, knowing yourself is a great starting point for you.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgettable experiences or give you some great inspiration.

● Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin

And now you’ve accomplished something great and important here, and it’s time for you to move on to what’s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps... You must also commit to the adventure Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you’ve been blessed with and go.

● J. K. Rowling, Harvard University

Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectations from my parents who were not rich... But what I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure. You might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.

● Steve Jobs, Stanford University

Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith... Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle.

● Bill Gates, Harvard University

We need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world’s inequities (不公平) like hunger, poverty and so on.

1.What Michael Dell said is to encourage us to ________.

A.love our work B.listen to expectations

C.follow our dreams D.follow others’ example

2.When she was in university, J. K. Rowling was afraid ________.

A.to dream B.to fail

C.of being poor D.of being hungry

3.What does Bill Gates suggest students doing?

A.Making contributions to their own country.

B.Taking responsibility for their own behavior.

C.Helping solve some global problems together.

D.Mastering as much advanced technology as possible.

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

It’s generally agreed that heroes are great and always admired by common people. However, most of us have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.

Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero usually put others before and does his/her best to help people in need. A hero has a special story to tell and is thought highly of by people.

But a hero is not just the person with great fame (名声). A hero has powers larger than himself/herself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.

A hero has a vision (视野) from the mountaintop. He/She has the power to move people. He/She creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.

There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.

1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.How to be a hero. B.What a hero is like.

C.The fame of a hero. D.The lifestyle of a hero.

2.What is a sure test for people who want to be heroes?

A.What or whom they serve. B.Money they make in all.

C.Experience they get for life. D.How or when to serve others.

3.Why did Americans take different buses before Martin Luther King, Jr.?

A.Because they liked different buses.

B.Because of the rules of bus companies.

C.Because of the different colors of their skin.

D.Because they made different amount of money.

4.What can we learn from the text?

A.We don’t need heroes any more.

B.People living just for fame can be heroes.

C.Heroes make the society develop slowly.

D.Heroes are able to create new possibilities.

高一英语阅读选择困难题查看答案及解析

Everybody is afraid of something. That’s what more than 1,700 kids told us when we asked them about fears and scary stuff. We gave kids a list of 14 scary things and asked which one frightened them most. Here are the top 5 answers from our survey (调查)：① Scary movies and TV shows；②Scary dreams；③Thunderstorms，hurricanes(飓风)；and other horrible weather；④War and terrorism (恐怖行动)；⑤Sounds heard at night.

But not everyone is afraid of the same thing. And what makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else. Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.

What is fear?

Fear is a feeling that everyone has—it’s programmed into all of us—and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us. We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous. The baby cries，and their mom comes over to comfort him or her，helping the baby feel safe and OK again.

Real vs. Pretend

The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it. As kids get older，they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal. So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches，he can tell himself，“Wait a minute. They’re only pretend things. I don’t need to worry about them.”

The same goes for the dark. A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out. What’s under my bed？Is that a thief I hear？With the help of a parent，kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.

1.What did the writer find out from the survey?

A.Some people have never experienced fear.

B.Kids don’t like watching scary movies.

C.All people are afraid of something.

D.People often cry loudly when they are scared.

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.The list of fears is not complete.

B.The things people fear are of no big deal.

C.Kids have more fears than people think.

D.People are afraid of different things.

3.In the writer’s opinion，________.

A.having a sense of fear is not a bad thing

B.babies have a weak sense of fear

C.fear is not something that we are born with

D.not all people can react to dangerous things

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. People used them for cutting meat and skin from dead animals, and also for making other tools out of wood. Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily.

Working with tools also helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind.

Since 1960 a new kind of tool has appeared. This is the silicon chip (硅芯片). It is smaller than a finger nail, but it can store lots of information. It is an electronic brain. Every year these chips get cleverer, but their size gets smaller, and their cost gets less. They are used in watches, calculators and intelligent machines that we can use in many ways. In the future we will not need to work with tools in the old way. Machines will do everything for us. People will have plenty of spare time. But what will they do with it?

Human beings used stone chips for more than two million years, but human life changed very little in that time. We have used silicon chips for only a few years, but life is changing faster every day. What will life be like twenty years from now? What will the world be like two million years from now?

1.From paragraph 1, we can know ________.

A.why early human beings cut skin from dead animals

B.how early human beings discovered the tools

C.what early human beings used the tools for

D.what food early human beings stored

2.The stone chip is thought to be the most important tool because it ________.

A.was very important to the development of mankind

B.led to the invention of machines in the early time

C.developed cooking abilities of mankind

D.was one of the first tools of mankind

3.The silicon chip is mentioned in the passage to ________.

A.show the changes of tools

B.introduce a new kind of tool

C.give an example of using tools

D.compare the effects of two kinds of tools

4.At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is ________.

A.out of order B.less colorful

C.hard to predict D.full of meanings

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析