I had a life on the go. I was always hurried ...

I had a life on the go. I was always hurried into the next stuff, but this time I was to date with the girl I cared for deeply, so I had to be on time. I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as he paid for her groceries. A PhD student without a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date.

We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile-warm and reassuring-and I returned her gift by smiling back.

“Must be a special lady, whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said.

“Yes, she’s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out. “It’s only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling she’s ‘the one’. Jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me.”

“Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said. “My husband used to bring me flowers every week - even when times were tough and we didn’t have much money. Those were incredible days; he was very romantic and —of course — I miss him since he’s passed away.”

I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her. I touched her on the shoulder and said, “You were right, you know, These flowers are indeed for a very special lady.” I handed her the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.

It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased. “You have a wonderful evening, “ I said. I left her with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.

I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story. A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to many me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her — that was the night that I won her heart.

1.Why was the writer in a hurry that day?

A.He was to meet his girlfriend.

B.He had to pick up some groceries.

C.He was delayed by an elderly lady.

D.He had to do the next stuff as a PhD student.

2.Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A.She told him a nice story.

B.She allowed him to pay first.

C.She liked flowers very much.

D.She gave him encouragement.

3.What is the message mainly conveyed in the story?

A.Small talk is helpful.

B.Moving stories are influential.

C.Love and kindness are rewarding.

D.Elderly people are worth respecting.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was snowing hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village.

On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up when he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.

The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked, “Are these yours?” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly. ”Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry. “When did you see the dead man?” “About seven last evening.” “Did you see who killed the man?” “No, Sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, Sir.” The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up and send him into prison.

That evening the officer went on trying. Pointing to the knife, he asked again, “Have you seen it yet?” “Yes, Sir.” The officer was happy and asked, “When and where?” “I saw it here this afternoon, sir.”

1.The farmer grew vegetable______.

A.on the farm B.in the field C.in his garden D.beside the market

2.The farmer decided to sell the vegetables to.

A.buy some food for his family B.buy some medicine for his wife

C.go to see a doctor D.go to the cinema

3.The farmer didn’t sell out his vegetables until the evening because.

A.they were too bad B.they were very expensive

C.it rained hard that morning D.few people liked to go out that day

4.On his way home,the farmer.

A.helped a person on the snow B.gave the basket to a person

C.had a talk with an officer D.left his basket beside a person

5.When in the police station,the farmer was.

A.shy and nervous B.brave and lucky

C.happy and helpful D.curious and honest

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

Read the following three posts from the website, ifonly.com, and answer the questions that follow.

1.Which of the following might be the best title for the first post?

A.A missed opportunity B.Plain-looking guys

C.Classmates know best D.Beauty is only skin deep

2.When Ben was a teenager, he __________.

A.was determined to go to university

B.often turned to his parents for advice

C.looked up to everything that his parents said

D.thought he could make good decisions for himself

3.According to the passage, what are people most likely to share on the website, ifonly.com?

A.Greetings. B.Regrets.

C.School life. D.Original ideas

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

I grew up 3 hours outside of Pittsburgh, with my mother and 3 younger brothers and sisters. My mom was a single mother and worked a minimum wage job, so we never had much, but that was OK, we made ends meet anyhow.

In Senior 1, I started saving money for college by taking a part-time job. I was accepted into the University of Pittsburgh and received some scholarships. But I couldn’t afford the housing because it was way too expensive for me. As result, put mattress (床垫) in an old van (货车) and had the windows painted. I bought parking pass on campus, chose spot on the top level of the parking garage and lived there for the next 2 years.

The weather in Pittsburgh was bad Being homeless forced me to take advantage of everything the campus had to offer since I wanted to spend as little time in my van as possible. I ended up spending most of my time throughout the week at the library and studying and reviewing classroom material a lot more than I would have if I had the luxury of going home and turning on the TV or falling asleep for hours in my room. I got close to some of my professors because of visiting them often, which really helped me become outstanding among my classmates. I made lot of new friends by attending social events, plays, charities, student life events around campus too.

Before college I would have considered myself shy, I didn’t really speak much unless spoken to, but I move out of my comfort zone and do new things, then develop an outgoing personality.

I really think that having to deal with the struggles that I had to go through really made me a better person.

1.From the first paragraph, we can learn that the author lived a ________ life.

A.hard B.painful C.boring D.happy

2.Where did the author live during his college life?

A.In the van. B.In his own house.

C.In the library. D.In professors’ office.

3.What helped to shape a person according to the author?

A.Being devoted to studies.

B.Living a tough life in college

C.Developing an outgoing personality.

D.Learning to overcome difficulties in life.

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal (麦片粥), eggs and toast. Others had cokes and candy for lunch, while we had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids’. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.

My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear clean clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of disgrace (丢脸) because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.

The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9:00 each night and up at 7:45 the next morning. So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do to us. Through the years, our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, however, would merely be content with black marks. None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout (辍学者).

She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, I’m now trying to bring up my three children. I’m filled with pride when my children think I am mean because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.

1.From the passage we can learn that the writer’s mother was 　　　　 .

A.not generous at all B.very strict with her children

C.very mean with money matters D.very cruel to her children

2.Which of the following things did the writer hate to do most?

A.Eating differently from other kids.

B.Wearing clean clothes which were made by mother.

C.Going to bed early and getting up early.

D.Letting mother know where they were.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that 　　　　 .

A.the writer worked hard and usually got good grades in studies

B.mother was punished for breaking the Labor Law

C.all the other kids studied better than the writer

D.the writer’s family lived a painful life

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Mother practised economy in running her home.

B.The writer is very thankful to her mother.

C.The writer is strict with her children when bringing them up.

D.The writer doesn’t love her mother for the past painful life.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Why do most of us live our life always caring what people might say or think? Some of the decisions we make are just to please the outside world around us. I have always lived life pleasing the ever over-demanding society. This had a great effect on my search for authenticity (真实性). I only felt good enough when people paid attention to me. So I would frequently do things to catch people’s eye instead of placing emphasis on what really matters to me.

A recent experience changed my view. I had been looking for a tailor to mend some of my clothes. With the help of a few friends, I found one, who just so happened to go to the same gym as me. As we chatted, he shared his story and his use of drugs for muscle development with me. In his words, he weighed over 240 pounds and was the envy of a lot of people. So many people wanted to be like him and have a body like his, which made him use more drugs.

But within two years something happened. He began to have problems with his liver. The doctor advised him to stop using drugs and give up lifting heavy weights for a while. This was a hard decision because he had got so used to the attention from people. He didn’t want to give that up; who would? Right? That was it. He made me understand how he lived his life for people. He lost sight of what was best for him.

He told me not to live life thinking about too much what people think, feel, or say. Instead, live life with meaning. His story really has an effect on me. I have to look at my life to see what I do. I am not saying we shouldn’t take the advice of others into consideration, but we must work hard for continuous self-awareness (自我认识). If we can know what we’re doing and why we’re doing it, we can realize just how important that thing is to us.

1.What does the underlined phrase“placing emphasis on”mean?

A.Looking forward to. B.Paying attention to.

C.Getting familiar with. D.Taking pride in.

2.Why did the tailor use drugs?

A.To lose weight. B.To keep healthy.

C.To treat his liver disease. D.To improve his muscle and weight.

3.Why was the tailor unwilling to accept the doctor’s suggestion?

A.He was afraid of losing others’admiration.

B.He didn’t have any trouble with his health.

C.He wanted to live a simple and easy life.

D.He wasn’t able to lose sight of himself.

4.What lesson does the story tell us?

A.We should live life to the fullest.

B.Being open to others’advice is important.

C.We should have a good understanding of ourselves.

D.Nothing is more important than good health in our life.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Our house has always been full of plant life. My mom has green thumb (园丁能手). Every summer, she transforms our backyard into a fruit and vegetable farm. For two months, our dinner plates are filled with snow peas, sweet green tomatoes and spicy peppers.

Mom puts the same care and attention into her family as she does into the houseplants and garden. I grew under the sunshine of her smile I loved spending summer afternoons digging up worms in the backyard with my mom. I listened to stories about her childhood in remote northern China. Her favorite was about how she used to get up before the sun to get to school and how the corn stalks (玉米杆), which grew twice as tall as her on both sides of the path, moved in the wind, making her scared.

This November will mark 21 years since my parents left their comfortable life in China for Canada’s cold weather. Their first years were hard. They got by in a rented basement apartment. My mom held me in her lap while she sewed wedding dresses. Compared with my mom, I’ve had an easy life.

I’ve been thinking lot about my identity and how it was shaped by my mom’s influence. I might have never discovered a love for reading if she hadn’t read me a bedtime story every night or a love of music if she hadn’t taught me to play the piano. I have so much to learn, so much still to do. But thanks to my mom, I’ve got solid roots that I can draw on as I grow into my future.

My goal for university is to keep plants alive in my dorm for an entire year. My mom has been teaching me how. In September, I’ll go off to university, and these plants will sit on my dorm windowsill (窗台). They’ll stay alive because I’ll take care of them the same way that my mom took care of me. They’ll thrive, even. How could they not, when they’re supported by one (and a half) green thumbs?

高一英语概要写作困难题查看答案及解析

Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business. As he was1.a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, 2.when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them already 3.(take) except one. There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside 4.. Wondering why this one had not been taken, Mr. Robinson at once went towards it.

When he reached it, however, Mr. Robinson saw that there was a notice stuck on the seat. It said, “This seat5.(keep) for proper load balance, thank you.” Because he had never seen such a kind of6.(usual) notice in a plane before, Mr. Robinson was a little surprised. But he thought that the plane must be carrying something 7.(particular) heavy in it, so he walked on and found8.empty seat, not beside a window, to sit in.

Two or three people tried to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they too read the notice and went on. When the plane was nearly full, a very pretty girl hurried into the plane. The soldier,9.was watching the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside his and in this way succeeded in having the company of a10.(beautiful) during the whole trip.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

I had had an unusual relationship with my mother, who passed away in June 2019. From a young age, her life didn’t turn out as she’d hoped. As a result, anger and bitterness set in and developed deep roots. After a lifetime battle with depression (抑郁) and every kind of smoke- related illness, she began showing signs of dementia (痴呆). In 2014, we moved her into an assisted living facility (疗养院), which changed her life greatly.

The ladies there made her come down for lunch and dinner. They went to her room to bring her to bingo. They signed her up when they went out for an outing. Within weeks, she was changing and enjoying her new-found social life! And the dementia allowed her to forget her anger and bitterness. She started loving things again and even made us laugh. I got the mother of my childhood back that year. After she passed away, both staff and neighbours came in to see my sister and me. They cried. They told me how they would come in to see her on their days off. They told us how she waved every time they walked by and always had a compliment (赞许). But they didn’t stop there. They gave each of us a small wooden butterfly box filled with handwritten notes about my mom.

The mom of the final two years was not the mom I had for most of my life. And these women provided memories that I will keep in mind forever.

1.How was the author’s mother before moving into the facility?

A.Fun and happy. B.Sad but energetic

C.Relaxed and brave. D.Depressed and angry.

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A.The author didn’t look after his mother well.

B.The author’s mother had ahard time all her life.

C.Only assisted living facilities can change one’s life.

D.The author’s mother regained her joy in her later years.

3.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A.My Memories of Mom

B.My Thankfulness to the Ladies

C.My Relationship with Mother

D.My Mother’s Struggle with Dementia

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Paulie received a remote control car, some clothes, and a collection of action figures for his birthday. But what he really wanted was this video game he had been asking for. Only Granddad’s present was to come, so, with two fingers on each hand crossed tightly, he hoped.

“Here you go you little whippersnapper.”

“Thanks,” said Paulie, ripping the wrapping clean off the present.

His face dropped; all he got was a drawing pad, and an old, used, wooden pencil.

“Now that there is a magic pencil,” said Granddad.

Paulie looked sceptical.

“It brings imagination to life,” said Granddad, prodding(戳一下)his nose secretly.

Later that night, Paulie was sent to bed. But he couldn’t sleep. He wished he had his game to play, but he didn’t. So he got up, took out his pad and “magic” pencil, and started to draw.

Paulie drew a monster. He then drew a castle for the monster to attack, and he added a princess, as they are always in castles. Paulie figured the monster wanted to eat the princess as her dress made her look like a birthday cake.

Then he drew a knight(骑士), as knights always rescue princesses.

Then something magical happened. Paulie was sucked into this paper world.

Paulie now stood looking down at the castle. A knight was charging at him. So, with his mighty(有劲儿的)arm, he hit the knight right hard out of the picture. Then he ate the princess.

Paulie soon found himself back in his bedroom. He looked at the paper; on it was a drawing of the monster. It was licking(舔)its finger, with a big smile. Paulie smiled back.

Paulie didn’t want his game anymore. He realised this short but thick pencil and paper could take him anywhere.

1.When Paulie opened his grandpa’s present, he felt 　　　　 .

A.puzzled B.excited

C.disappointed D.angry

2.Paulie couldn’t fall asleep because he 　　　　 .

A.was still expecting his birthday present

B.was too excited with his birthday present

C.didn’t know how to enjoy his birthday present

D.didn’t get the gift he had been expecting

3.In the end, Paulie 　　　　 .

A.changed his opinion on a fairy story

B.fell in love with his granddad’s present

C.understood why he didn’t like his presents

D.went anywhere with his pad and pen

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析