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“Quick, quick, slow, slow,” my husband said as I was trying to focus. We frequently stepped on each other’s feet. Both of us were being rhythmically(有节奏地)challenged, and we figured a series of lessons might help us look somewhat skilled on the dancing floor. However, it didn’t.
It didn’t matter that the lessons didn’t pay off. Our learning something new together gave us a string of good memories, such as taking a Thai cooking class on a cold Chicago night and learning how to make a classic cocktails in a common bar. These experiences are my best memories from the past 10 years. We always have such a great time when we’re trying something new together. It seems to have strengthened our relationship, and makes me feel like we have a closer connection.
It turns out my theory as such is backed by research. One study shows that learning new things with your spouse(配偶), friends, or partners, can strengthen your connection or friendship. But how exactly does this work? The key is weakness. “Learning new things together strengthens connection because it is at those moments that we can show our weakness to one another,” says Dr. Hisla Bates. “When we are learning a new task, misfortunes and failures are sure to happen. In those moments when we fail, the other party can be there in favor of us. We can Work together to find a solution, and working together helps deepen the connection.”
The benefits gained from learning new things with your partner can come from activities as small as hiking, trying a new diet, going boating in the local lake or taking a fitness class together. You don’t have to bungee jump or skydive to grow closer. Try selecting activities that both partners are unfamiliar with, as this will ensure you’re on the same page.
Trying to learn something new together once a month will benefit you and your spouse or friends . Overall, some of my best memories with my husband are the moments when we are learning something new together.
1.What were the author and her husband doing in Paragraph 1?
A.Playing sports. B.Practising dance. C.Teaching lessons. D.Taking a walk.
2.The underlined word backed (in Paragraph 3) can be probably replaced by_______.
A.judged B.made C.doubted D.supported
3.The purpose of writing this passage is to show us _______.
A.the challenge of gaining new knowledge
B.the advantages of taking different lessons
C.the power of learning new things together
D.the importance of improving people’s connections
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.4每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
The day before yesterday, I went to the bookstore where is near our school to buy a story book. It was Saturday, so there was many people there. With the helps of a shop assistant, I quickly got the book I needed. I was about to leave when I found someone trying to steal a man's money. Although I was nervous, but I tried to think of a way to help. Suddenly, I had good idea. I stepped on the man' s foot by purpose. As expected, the man's scream gives the thief a fright, who quick walked out of the shop. After hear my explanation, the man smiled and expressed her thanks to me.
高一英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Last year I decided to tell my family that I didn't want or need anything for my_________, but I wanted them to think of a way to share a_________in their world-for me. My husband and two adult children all did something_________and wonderful.
The week of my birthday my husband went to a local cafe and told a waitress that he wanted to_________pay for the breakfast of a family. The waitress was_________and said it was her last day at work there and this had never _______. When the family_________eating，the waitress told them their bill had been paid. The mom and dad stood up, trying to_________who might have done it, but my husband was outside watching the whole thing. He told me he had such a _________feeling in his heart and he would like to__________it a few more times.
My son bought gift cards at another local coffee cafe and__________them to his 4-year-old daughter. He asked her to__________some people and tell them that she wanted to__________them a cup of coffee because it was her grandmother’s birthday. One dad said he would__________have thought to include his little girls in something like this and that he was going straight home to tell them about it so they could make a(n)__________plan with all his daughters ________. My daughter was on a tight budget so she spent the week smiling more at people, being__________, and letting someone go before her at the market. She just took the time during my birthday week to slow down and be kind to a(n)__________and her co-workers.
When we finally all got together for Mother’s Day and my birthday, everyone was in tears as each person ________what they had done. As you can see, it was the__________birthday ever!
1.A.birthday B.graduation C.weekend D.future
2.A.story B.belief C.kindness D.responsibility
3.A.crazy B.different C.private D.silly
4.A.partly B.normally C.quickly D.secretly
5.A.frightened B.concerned C.surprised D.disappointed
6.A.failed B.mattered C.existed D.happened
7.A.considered B.finished C.admitted D.suggested
8.A.see B.support C.imagine D.remember
9.A.wonderful B.familiar C.natural D.terrible
10.A.say B.discuss C.do D.appreciate
11.A.threw B.gave C.attached D.returned
12.A.guess B.change C.teach D.choose
13.A.find B.offer C.heat D.sell
14.A.never B.still C.just D.also
15.A.honest B.balanced C.similar D.official
16.A.asked B.included C.helped D.followed
17.A.prouder B.smarter C.stronger D.gentler
18.A.classmate B.gentleman C.enemy D.stranger
19.A.shared B.practiced C.recorded D.watched
20.A.biggest B.longest C.best D.quietest
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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----Be quick, please. I have to be there by 9:00.
---- _____, but I’ll try my best.
A．That’s all right B．No problem
C．I can’t promise D．It’s impossible
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The president was deeply _______ the issue and ordered the officials to find out a solution as quickly as possible.
A. delighted at B. fed up with C. concerned about D. pleased with
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As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.
____and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the _____. Just after her first birthday, we were told our daughter Katie has a _____brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept _____. We knew Katie was running out of _____. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the _____, but we were told only a few specialists in the world knew how to _____it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to _____our girl, we were in a strange _____in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a(n) ______?”
Before we could say anything, she continued, “It’s really no _____for me. Just get in.”
It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which _____ me up like hot soup. We simply said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.
“Are you going _____the baby?” she asked us.
I nodded my head, holding back my _____.
At the hospital, we _____her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I _____ her face was wet with tears. She promised to _____for us before she left.
After three more visits to New York and two more _____surgeries (手术), Katie is cured. But the _____of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our _____days.
1.A. Excited B. Frustrated C. Worried D. Satisfied
2.A. feeling B. spirit C. message D. sense
3.A. simple B. rare C. normal D. natural
4.A. coming B. lowering C. disappearing D. running
5.A. time B. confidence C. money D. courage
6.A. race B. illness C. doctor D. challenge
7.A. explain B. check C. reach D. treat
8.A. protect B. meet C. save D. encourage
9.A. country B. hospital C. town D. city
10.A. seat B. ride C. car D. umbrella
11.A. trouble B. difference C. question D. loss
12.A. picked B. called C. warmed D. woke
13.A. to B. after C. for D. with
14.A. surprise B. anger C. smile D. tears
15.A. thanked B. praised C. respected D. accepted
16.A. guessed B. believed C. understood D. noticed
17.A. work B. sing C. pray D. drive
18.A. eye B. brain C. kidney D. heart
19.A. voice B. bravery C. reward D. advice
20.A. busiest B. luckiest C. happiest D. darkest
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sadness, “ I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
1.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage______.
A.with his family B.with Evelyn C.alone D.with his children
2.During the two weeks on the beach,Tom showed more love to his wife because______.
A.the doctor said his wife was seriously ill
B.he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C.she looked lovely in her new clothes
D.he was determined to be a good husband
3.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does“ one thing”refer to?
A.He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B.He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.
C.He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.
D.She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
4.By saying“I’m just starting to live,”Tom means that______.
A.he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
B.he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
C.he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D.he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Kate asked the girl to ________ so that she could hear what her husband said on the phone.
A. slow down B. come down
C. settle down D. break down
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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When I awoke, it was morning. I tried to stand up, but I could not move.
At first, I thought that yesterday’s dangers had made my body too weak and too tired to move. Then, suddenly, I heard some very strange noises. As I listened, I heard the sounds of people around me, but I could see no one. “So I am not alone here! Thank God!” I thought. I tried to turn my head, but I could not move it in any direction. I turned my eyes down to look at my body and saw that I had been tied down to the ground with hundreds of small ropes.
Just at that moment, I felt something moving up my leg. It was small and light and I thought that perhaps it was a small animal like a mouse or something. I felt the thing touch my chin and looked down to see what sort of animal was climbing on me.
I had never been as shocked in my life as I was at that moment. Standing on my chest was a tiny person! The little man stood on my chest, pulled out a tiny sword, and pointed it at my head. As I stared at him in surprise, the little man shouted something in a strange language. “Hekinah degu!” he said. I had no idea what this meant, but I guessed that it was not a friendly greeting.
I did not know what to do, but I wanted to get free from the ropes. I moved my body back and forth, trying to break the ropes. When I freed my left arm, the little people began to shout loudly. Quickly, I used my arm to pull off the ropes that held my head to the ground.
A moment later, hundreds of small arrows flew through the air and hit my hands and face. They felt like tiny needles in my skin. I shouted in pain and raised my hands to cover my face. Many small men jumped onto my body and began to attack me with their swords. I guessed they were angry. I was trying to escape from them, so I decided the best thing to do was put my hands down and lie quietly. (Adapted from Gulliver’s Travels)
1.How did Gulliver feel when hearing sounds of people around him?
A.Frightened B.Dangerous C.Disappointed D.Delighted
2.Why couldn’t Gulliver move when he woke up?
A.He was too tired and too weak.
B.Someone tied him to the ground.
C.He sank in thought after awaking.
D.Strange voices caught his attention.
3.What does Paras 4&5 mainly tell us?
A.Gulliver’s words caused the tiny men’s anger.
B.Gulliver managed to defeat the tiny men again.
C.They failed to communicate well with each other.
D.Neither of them was willing to reach an agreement.
4.What can be learned from the underlined sentence in Para 6?
A.He was afraid of the tiny men’s second attack and decided to lie still.
B.He wanted to calm the tiny men down and waited for another chance.
C.He was tired after fighting against the tiny men and wanted to have a rest.
D.He got a better understanding of his present situation and gave up at last.
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Sunday, my friend and I was taking a walk on the playground when a girl came ride a bike at a very high speed. Then we heard a loud scream, that attracted our attention. We turned around and saw the girl struggling her feet, crying out for help. My friend and rushed towards her as quick as we could and had helped her to stand up. Therefore, the girl rode away immediately without saying “Thank you”. I felt disappointing at her behavior. To my surprise, the girl came back with hot drinks several minute later. Seeing this, I knew I had misunderstood her and felt ashamed of me.
高一英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析