Even from the basement,they could hear the bo...

Even from the basement,they could hear the bombs.

The basement was filled with the sound of crying children.It was crowded with people.

For comfort,to shut out the loud noise of the basement,Liesel opened one of her books and began to read.The book on top of the pile was The Whistler and she spoke it aloud to help her concentrate.She could hardly hear the opening paragraph herself

"What did you say?"Mama shouted,but Liesel ignored her.She remained focused on the first page.When she turned to page two,it was Rudy who noticed.He paid direct attention to what Liesel was reading,and he tapped his brother and his sisters,telling them to do the same.A quietness started spreading through the crowded basement.By page three,everyone was silent but Liesel.

She didn't dare to look up,but she could feel their frightened eyes following her as she read the words.Everyone listened.Only the sound of the turning page could be heard.Liesel read on.

For at least 20 minutes,she handed out the story.The youngest kids were comforted by her voice,and everyone else saw visions of the whistler running from the crime scene.Liesel did not.She was only reading the text word by word.

Everyone waited for the ground to shake.That was still an unchangeable fact,but at least they were distracted（分心）'）now,by the girl with the book.One of the younger boys seemed to cry again,but Liesel stopped at that moment and copied her papa to deal with the situation.She smiled at him and continued.

Only when the sirens（空袭解除警报）came into the basement again did someone interrupt her."We're safe,”said Mr.Jenson."Shhh!"said Frau Holtzapfel.

Liesel looked up."There are only two paragraphs till the end of the chapter,"she said,and she continued reading.Just the words.Out of respect,the adults kept everyone quiet,and Liesel finished chapter one of The Whistler.

On their way up the stairs,the children rushed by her,but many of the older people thanked the girl.They did so as they made their way past and hurried from the house to see if Himmel Street had suffered any damage.

Himmel Street was untouched.

1.Why did Liesel read the book?

A.To create a warm atmosphere in the basement

B.To shut out the sound of the bombs.

C.To block out the noise in the basement.

D.To make use of every minute to read.

2.Rudy tapped his brother and sisters in order to ______ .

A.ask them to listen to Liesel B.give some comfort to Liesel

C.signal them to ignore Liesel D.read the text instead of Liesel

3.What does the underlined sentence"Liesel did not."mean?

A.Liesel did not manage to comfort herself like others.

B.Liesel did not like the story of the book at all.

C.Liesel did not pay attention to the plot but the words instead.

D.Liesel did not see the whistler because she was too concentrated.

4.Many of the older people thanked Liesel because ______ .

A.she saved their lives during the bomb attack

B.she finished reading the whole story

C.she distracted kids'attention and comforted them

D.she protected their homes from any damage

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

People have known for a long time that plants can hear, see, smell and communicate with each other. Now, they have been recorded making sounds when stressed.

In a study, Itzhak Khait and his team found that tomato　 and tobacco plants can make ultrasonic( 超声的 ) noises. The plant “cry out” due to lack of water, or when they are cut. The sound is just too high for human to hear.

Microphones were placed 10 centimeters away from the plants and picked up sounds in the range of 20 to 100,000 hertz( 赫兹). Human hearing usually ranges from 20 to 20,000 hertz. On average, “thirsty” tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant was cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15.

Perhaps most interestingly, different types of stress led to different sounds. The researchers used a special machine to separate the plants’ sounds from those of wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouses. In most cases, it correctly told whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut. Water-hungry tobacco made louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example. Although Khait and his team only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they thought other plants also made sounds when stressed. Khait’s report also suggested that insects could hear the sound up to 5 meters away and respond.

The team said if farmers could hear these sounds, they could give plants the water they need. As climate change causes more droughts(干旱), they said this would be important information for farmers, for the sound that drought-stressed plants made could be used in agriculture.

If plants are screaming for fear of their survival, should we be thankful we can’t hear them?

1.Which did Khait and his team find from their research?

A.Only tomato plants could make ultrasonic noises.

B.Humans can hear plants crying while cutting them.

C.Plants were able to produce sounds when stressed.

D.Plants made ultrasonic noises to communicate with each other.

2.How did tomato and tobacco plants react to different stresses according to the text?

A.Cut tobacco plants made weaker sounds than drought-stressed ones.

B.Tomato plants reacted to different stresses with the same sound.

C.Cut tomato plants produced more sounds than water-hungry ones.

D.Tobacco plants made louder sounds than tomato plants when short of water.

3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5?

A.Farmers imagine what the future agriculture will be like.

B.Farmers have contributed a lot to the research.

C.Farmers can apply the result of the research to agriculture.

D.Farmers will face lots of challenges in the future.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A nature magazine. B.A novel. C.A diary. D.A guidebook.

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

I discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway. As much as I tried, I could not move my feet,_________they were crazy-glued(粘住) to the ground. The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancy’s house, just one-half block away, paralyzed(麻痹) my_________, making me unable to move when I neared the end of our driveway. Dense, black_________was rising from behind the Maple trees on the other side of the street and was surrounding three houses, making them hardly_________. Nancy’s house was one of them.

I tried to_________for my daughters, hoping to see them run safely to my arms, but my voice was_________stuck—stuck in my throat with no_________of coming out. There I stood,_________, paralyzed and silenced by　　 _______, unable to protect the two little girls I loved even__________I had realized.

Although__________in a body that couldn’t move or speak, I could still hear. I could hear other mothers__________calling their children. I could hear a__________silence that covered the neighborhood instead of the usual happy voices of children. And，finally, I could hear the alarm of the fire engine. As the alarm__________, “We’re on our way,” it instantly dissolved the crazy glue that had__________my feet to the ground and it__________the soundproof(隔音的) box that had silenced my voice. I was__________to make sure my daughters were safe.

As I continued down the driveway, two little girls, my two little girls, ran toward me from__________the street. They had come home to tell me about the fire in the garage next to Nancy’s house. Not only did my feet and voice　　 ________now, but my eyes were also in good working order and had no trouble producing__________of relief.

1.A.even if B.though C.as if D.as

2.A.legs B.arms C.ears D.eyes

3.A.fog B.water C.cloud D.smoke

4.A.spotted B.stared C.inspected D.glared

5.A.call on B.call out C.call in D.call off

6.A.yet B.seldom C.also D.still

7.A.trouble B.intention C.patience D.pleasure

8.A.selfless B.helpless C.homeless D.hopeless

9.A.disease B.curiosity C.fear D.doubt

10.A.more than B.rather than C.less than D.other than

11.A.absorbed B.included C.combined D.trapped

12.A.angrily B.confidently C.calmly D.anxiously

13.A.frightening B.exhausting C.exciting D.relaxing

14.A.sang. B.announced C.read D.expressed

15.A.held B.struck C.exposed D.lifted

16.A.lifted B.filled C.carried D.unlocked

17.A.surprised B.pleased C.free D.excited

18.A.behind B.across C.above D.over

19.A.speak B.move C.work D.hear.

20.A.voices B.steps C.thoughts D.tears

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Remember that people on line may not be who they seem, because you can't see or even hear the person. It would be easy for someone to misrepresent himself/herself. Thus someone who says that “she is a 12-year-old girl.” could really be an old man.

The underlined word misrepresent means _____.

A. making a wrong judgment about       B. understanding somebody wrongly

C. giving a wrong description of               D. forming a wrong opinion about

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Your teacher hands back a test and you did poorly. At this moment, you wish you could hide from the world. 1. But according to a research, what’s more important is how you react in the long term. Scientists say students can be divided into two groups. The first, called “mastery-oriented learners” view poor results as challenges to do better in the future. The second, called “helpless learners” will respond just by giving up.

2. But surprisingly, this attitude is even more important than a student’s natural intelligence. However smart, eventually you’ll come across question you cannot answer. When you do, it’s important not to fall victim to helplessness. Learned helplessness was first discovered in an experiment where some dogs suffered from electrical shocks they couldn’t escape from. Later, their feeling of helplessness was so strong that they made no attempt to escape even when they could.

So what makes you a different learner? 3. Mastery-oriented learners believe hard work is the key to success. Faced with failure, they simply conclude they need to try harder. However, helpless learners believe intelligence is inborn. 4. Thus, when they have difficulties they conclude they are not smart enough and that improving on their intelligence isn’t possible.

If you want to be a mastery-oriented person, you can. 5. If you think you can do better, keep trying and the results will surely follow.

A.Start by not letting negative results discourage you.

B.It’s feeling many students are familiar with.

C.It all comes down to your idea of intelligence.

D.That’s because you should have worked hard.

E.Whether you’re intelligent, ambition counts.

F.To them, success in school seems to rely on natural talent and ability.

G.As you would expect, the first group performs better than the second.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. My boys were from three months to seven years, and their sister was two.

I cleaned up the kids until they looked brand new, and then put on my best homemade dress. I put them into the old car and drove off to find a job. The seven of us went to every factory, store and restaurant in our small town. No luck.

The last place we went to was now called the Big Wheel, and an old lady named Granny owned the place. Finally she told me she needed someone to work from 11 at night to seven in the morning. She paid 65 cents an hour, and I could start that night. I returned and left the children at home.

Then I left to start my new job at the Big Wheel. As the weeks went by, the tires(轮胎)on the old car began to leak(漏气). I had to fill them with air on the way to work and again every morning before I could go home.

One cold fall morning, I dragged myself to the car to go home and found four tires in the back seat. New tires! There was no note, just those beautiful brand new tires.

Christmas was coming, and I knew there would be no money for toys for the kids. So, I found a can of red paint and started repairing and painting some old toys. Then I hid them in the basement so there would be something for Santa to deliver on Christmas morning. Clothes were a worry too. I was sewing patches(补丁)on top of patches on the boys’ pants, and soon they would be too far gone to repair.

高一英语读后续写中等难度题查看答案及解析

Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata (奏鸣曲) by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.

Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn't even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.

Samuel can't understand why everyone is so surprised. "I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me—I hear the notes and can bear them in mind—each and every note," says Samuel.

Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can't play it. Samuel says confidently, "It's all about super memory—I guess I have that gift."

However, Samuel's ability to remember things doesn't stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.

Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn't know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.

1.What is special about Samuel Osmond?

A.He has a gift for writing music.

B.He can write down the note he hears.

C.He is a top student at the law school.

D.He can play the musical piece he hears.

2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A.Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.

B.Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.

C.Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.

D.Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.

3.Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he ________.

A.received a good early education in music

B.played the guitar and the piano perfectly

C.could play the piano without reading music

D.could play the guitar better than his father

4.What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?

A.He became famous during a special event at his college.

B.He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.

C.He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.

D.He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下书信为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast. Rather than to take the airplane all the way, they could fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. The thought which they could cross the whole continent was exciting. Canada is the second large country in the world. One of the most popular cities is Vancouver on which many people live. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forest in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extreme tall. Looked out of the train window, they saw mountain goats, which were being protected, and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. They learned that most Canadians lived within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border, and the population is only slightly over 30 million.

高一英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析

They moved to the country _____ their children could have a garden to play in.

A. even if　　　　　 B. as if

C. as soon as　　　　 D. so that

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。

It was a bright summer’s day. The weather was pleasant, but the wind from the Sahara desert made it extremely hot and wet. A ship stopped off the coast of Africa. The seagulls were circling overhead and crying loudly. In the distance, several dolphins were jumping out of the water at times to create a big white wave.

Just before sunset, the captain came on deck and called out, “Time for a swim.”

Immediately sailors jumped into the water, lowered a canvas mat (帆布垫子) and made it into a swimming pool. They had been waiting for this moment the whole day.

There were two young boys on the ship. They both jumped in, but swam out into the open sea since it was too crowded inside the “pool”. They played and chased (追逐) each other in the open sea. Their fathers cheered them on, often urging one of the boys to prove his bravery over the other.

Suddenly, something gray from a distance was coming closer and closer. Somebody from the deck called out, “Shark! Shark!” The fin was moving faster. Confusion and panic arose, and everyone climbed to safety. Everyone, except the two boys. They had not heard the shouts.

The shark was moving towards the boys.

The captain shouted, “Come back my boys! There is a shark out there!” One of the boys was his son. For the first time in his life, he didn’t know what to do. He could not think clearly. The captain’s face became as white as a sheet. He could feel his legs were shaking so badly that he nearly fell to the ground.

The people on the deck screamed wildly. But the boys could not hear them. They continued to play and to swim, unaware of the danger approaching them fast. Some sailors lowered a boat, jumped into it and attempted to row towards the boys.

Para 1: Just then, one of the boys looked back and saw the large animal he knew too well.

Para 2: Their screams brought the captain back to his senses.

高一英语读后续写困难题查看答案及解析