When Jack Buzzi looked out the window of his parents' home during the worst of the storm, he saw something terrible: his neighbor's house was floating on the water. Part of the top floor had broken off, and the rest of the house was shaking. At the same time, Buzzi was on the phone with his friend Jack Ward, whose sister Kathey Ward, 60, owned the house. The men feared that she was in danger.
Buzzi hung up the phone, put on boots and a raincoat, took two life jackets and went outside. Then he waded (跋涉) through deep water toward Kathey's house. He yelled at Kathey, but she didn't respond.
“The roof had fallen down,” Buzzi says. “I thought she was dead.”
He returned home and called Jack again. Jack told him he had finally reached his sister on the phone. She was trapped (困住) but uninjured. Buzzi headed back into the storm and finally found her on the second floor of her home. She was surprisingly calm.
“I knew you would come so I didn't worry,” Kathey said. She'd been sitting in the only room of the house that didn't break off. Buzzi gave her a life jacket and guided her through the water to his house.
The next morning, Buzzi and Kathey used a boat to rescue Kathey's sister Mary Ward and Mary's boyfriend, who'd been trapped in Mary's flooded house.
Returning back, Buzzi saw the local carpenter Nick Spino, who had spent the night on his neighbor's roof.
Despite a flooded basement (地下室), Buzzi let six neighbors stay with him until they left five days later.
“It's human nature, right?” he says. “We protect each other.”
1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A.Buzzi's parents weren't in their house.
B.Ward's sister was probably in danger.
C.Ward's sister had owned the house for 60 years.
D.Buzzi's neighbor's house had fallen down completely.
2.How did Buzzi walk through water towards Kathey' s house?
A.Angrily. B.Madly.
C.Unwillingly. D.With difficulty.
3.What did Buzzi see when he met Kathey?
A.She was badly injured. B.She was terribly frightened.
C.She was waiting for help. D.She was trapped in the water.
4.Which can explain “human nature” best according to the passage?
A.Staying calm when faced with danger. B.Taking care of each other in time of danger.
C.Getting well hidden in time of danger. D.Getting well prepared for coming danger.
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题
When Jack Buzzi looked out the window of his parents' home during the worst of the storm, he saw something terrible: his neighbor's house was floating on the water. Part of the top floor had broken off, and the rest of the house was shaking. At the same time, Buzzi was on the phone with his friend Jack Ward, whose sister Kathey Ward, 60, owned the house. The men feared that she was in danger.
Buzzi hung up the phone, put on boots and a raincoat, took two life jackets and went outside. Then he waded (跋涉) through deep water toward Kathey's house. He yelled at Kathey, but she didn't respond.
“The roof had fallen down,” Buzzi says. “I thought she was dead.”
He returned home and called Jack again. Jack told him he had finally reached his sister on the phone. She was trapped (困住) but uninjured. Buzzi headed back into the storm and finally found her on the second floor of her home. She was surprisingly calm.
“I knew you would come so I didn't worry,” Kathey said. She'd been sitting in the only room of the house that didn't break off. Buzzi gave her a life jacket and guided her through the water to his house.
The next morning, Buzzi and Kathey used a boat to rescue Kathey's sister Mary Ward and Mary's boyfriend, who'd been trapped in Mary's flooded house.
Returning back, Buzzi saw the local carpenter Nick Spino, who had spent the night on his neighbor's roof.
Despite a flooded basement (地下室), Buzzi let six neighbors stay with him until they left five days later.
“It's human nature, right?” he says. “We protect each other.”
1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A.Buzzi's parents weren't in their house.
B.Ward's sister was probably in danger.
C.Ward's sister had owned the house for 60 years.
D.Buzzi's neighbor's house had fallen down completely.
2.How did Buzzi walk through water towards Kathey' s house?
A.Angrily. B.Madly.
C.Unwillingly. D.With difficulty.
3.What did Buzzi see when he met Kathey?
A.She was badly injured. B.She was terribly frightened.
C.She was waiting for help. D.She was trapped in the water.
4.Which can explain “human nature” best according to the passage?
A.Staying calm when faced with danger. B.Taking care of each other in time of danger.
C.Getting well hidden in time of danger. D.Getting well prepared for coming danger.
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
单句改错
1.The number of the students in the class are sixty.
2.Hear the bad news, she didn’t know what to do.
3.He would rather to keep time for his hobbies.
4.It is no use argue with him about such a matter.
5.Therefore, he was determined to rid people hunger.
6.Read aloud is a good way to learn a language.
7.Suddenly, the girl quieted down and began looking around curious
8.With so many people looked at her, she felt nervous.
9.Tom, together with his friends, have gone out to play.
10.They focus on keep their soil rich and free of disease,
11.Not Jack but his parents is to blame for the home accident.
12.We don’t allow smoke in the office.
13.It hit to me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time.
14.It was in the park which I met the foreigner.
15.The production costs have been reduced to 30%.
高一英语单句改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
Jack's sister gave him a car as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Jack came out of his office, a street boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. ''Is this your car, Mister? ''he asked. Jack nodded. ''My sister gave it to me for Christmas. '' The boy was astonished. ''You mean your sister gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? Boy, I wish…'' He hesitated. Of course Jack knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a sister like that. But what the kid said made Jack quite surprised.
''I wish,'' the boy went on, ''that I could be a sister like that.'' Jack looked at the boy in astonishment, and then impulsively he added, ''Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?''
''Oh, yes, I'd love that.'' After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, ''Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?'' Jack smiled a little. He thought he knew what he wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Jack was wrong again.
''Will you stop where those two steps are?'' the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then after a little while Jack saw him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled sister. He sat her down on the bottom step and pointed to the car. ''There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His sister gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it. . . then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Jack got out and lifted the kid to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older sister climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Jack learned that it was more blessed to give…
1.Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?
A.The boy was wishing for a sister like Jack's.
B.Jack's sister gave him a car at Christmas.
C.The boy wanted to show his car to his neighbors.
D.The boy had a disabled sister.
2.What does ''she'' refer to in paragraph 4?
A.The steps. B.The automobile.
C.The girl. D.The woman.
3.Which of the following best describes the boy?
A.Kind-hearted and generous. B.Kind-hearted and thoughtful.
C.Honest and generous. D.Honest and hardworking.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Having a rich sister is important. B.It's unlucky to have a disabled sister.
C.It's better to give than to receive. D.God helps those who help themselves.
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Start a fire. B. Look out of the window. C. Put his cigarette in the ashtray.
高一英语短对话中等难度题查看答案及解析
Shawn Dromgoole is a 29-year-old black man who has lived in the same neighborhood his entire life. His family has been in the neighborhood for 54 years. But Dromgoole said that since he was a child, he felt an unease in his hometown, strongly aware that few people looked like him.
“Growing up in my neighborhood, I could always feel the eyes, the looks and the cars slowing down as they passed by me, ” said Dromgoole, who was recently told to stay away from his job temporarily because of the epidemic (疫情) .
As a young man, Dromgoole watched from his window as the neighborhood gradually changed before his eyes: Black families moved out and white families moved in. With each passing year, he felt more and more unwelcome, he said.
Those feelings grew in recent weeks when he heard about Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was out jogging in Georgia when he was shot to death, and then George Floyd, a black man killed while in police custody (羁押) in Minneapolis. “What happened to these men could easily happen to me,” said Dromgoole. “I became scared to walk past my porch.”
There were also frequent postings on Nextdoor, an app that connects neighbors, warning residents to look out for “suspicious black men,” he said. Filled with fear, Dromgoole took to Facebook and Nextdoor, deciding to finally share his own post. “Yesterday, I wanted to walk around my neighborhood but the fear of not returning home to my family alive kept me on my front porch,” he wrote.
Unexpectedly, responses from his community started pouring in. Neighbors, none of whom Dromgoole had ever spoken with, asked if they could join him on a walk. “Neighbor, after neighbor, after neighbor started reaching out, telling me they wanted to walk with me,” he said.
Last Thursday afternoon, Dromgoole notified his neighbors that he was going for a walk at 6 p. m, and anyone who wanted to join him was welcome.
Dromgoole tied his shoes, ventured (冒险) off his porch and walked to the meeting spot in a nearby parking lot.
There he found 75 people waiting for him.
1.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?
A.Dromgoole lives in the same neighborhood for a long time.
B.Dromgoole was out of work recently at his advanced age.
C.Dromgoole felt anxious and unwelcome in his hometown.
D.Dromgoole’s neighborhood has changed a lot before his eyes.
2.What does the author mean by mentioning the two things in Paragraph 4?
A.The racial discrimination(歧视)is in existence in Dromgool’s country.
B.People who were out jogging in Georgia is likely to be shot.
C.The police in Minneapolis has no right to kill people.
D.The human rights should be respected in Dromgool’s country.
3.Dromgoole shared his own post on Facebook and Nextdoor to_________.
A.persuade his neighbors to walk with him
B.show his will to make friends with others
C.express his fear of probably being hurt
D.promote the development of his community
4.What do you think the author’s feeling is after he found 75 people waiting for him?
A.amazed B.frightened
C.puzzled D.indifferent
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
One day,I was taking a nap in my office when I woke up to the sound of a car crash.I sat up and looked out of the window.In the parking lot,a car had just crashed into a fence.The car must have been moving fast,because it was in bad shape.
Then I watched as the driver got out of the car.He wore loose trousers and a crumpled(褶皱的)shirt unbuttoned to show his chest hair.Immediately,I disliked him.
Then,he opened the passenger door,from which a very small child ran out.A kid in the front seat!My dislike for the man increased greatly.
As the child ran around in the parking lot,the man tried to repair the damage.He tried to pull the ruined fence back into place,but it wouldn't move.I looked out of the window,silently cheering.The man tried harder.However,suddenly,the man fell hard onto the ground with one of his shoes landing 10 feet away on the sidewalk.I think I laughed out loudly.That almost brightened my whole morning.He stood up and walked slowly to a nearby apartment.That,I thought,would be the end of it.The man was going to leave the mess behind for someone else to clean up.
However,a few minutes later the man appeared with some tools and for the next hour, I watched out of my window as he stubbornly fixed the fence.Now the fence would be extra secure,stronger than before.That man was actually a hero.My ugly assumptions(设想),I realized,were all about myself.I would never have fixed that fence and run away.
Years later I still look out of my window at the fence almost every day.It makes me wonder what else that man has improved and how I can make myself more like him.
1.In paragraph 2,the author thought of the man as______
A.irresponsible B.impatient.
C.thoughtful D.loving
2.The underlined word"That"in paragraph 3 probably refers to.
A.the man's trying to fix the fence
B.the man's falling onto the ground
C.the man's car crashing into the fence
D.the man's kid running around cheerfully
3.What helped change the author's attitude towards the man?
A.The man left his shoes on the sidewalk.
B.The man protected his child from the car crash.
C.The man tried to put the damaged fence in place.
D.The man came back to fix and improve the fence.
4.What lesson can we learn from the author's experience?
A.No pains,no gains.
B.You can never be too careful.
C.Don't judge a book by its cover.
D.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last night, I found my mother sit with her legs crossed on the sofa, looking through her iPhone with her glasses. This is not the first time I have caught her like this. My father once tapped (敲) away on his phone with a serious look on his face, saying the “I’ll be with you shortly” line. I have learned by now that this is to tell me to leave him alone for the next 10 minutes. Although they don’t like admitting it, both of my parents couldn’t go without their phones as I do.
Growing up, we are repeatedly reminded that we are those who prefer to text our friends in the same room rather than make eye contact with them. We are ruining the English language because we like using heart-eyes emojis (表情符号) instead of spelling it out. And even though I can recognize myself as a social media (媒体) addict, I think parents should at least consider that not only the young generation (代), but also they like phones.
I get upset when I receive the “I’ll be with you shortly” line from a parent. But, at the same time, leaving the room to wait until my father is finished with his “serious business” has now become the norm.
Whether you want to escape your noisy children for a while, or want to stay up late tapping through Twitter, all of these are common. But you should fully understand it. We—your children—know how addictive it can be and how difficult it is to turn it off. So before calling us out and telling us to “put our phones away at the table” or even worse, saying how damaging social media can be to us, maybe you should lead by example and consider how much time you spend on the phone as well as how this is influencing your children and your relationship with them. Maybe in this way we can work on our addiction together.
1.What can we learn about the author’s parents?
A.They become addicted to phones like him.
B.They’ve been forced to use phones by him.
C.They like buying their phones online at home.
D.They often communicate with him by phone.
2.What is the young generation’s weakness according to paragraph 2?
A.Having fewer chances to learn social skills.
B.Failing to express themselves in a right way.
C.Getting angry easily when facing their parents.
D.Giving up the ways of communicating directly.
3.What does the underlined word “norm” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Fixed tradition. B.Accepted behavior.
C.Expected decision. D.Unforgettable experience.
4.What advice is given to parents in the last paragraph?
A.Behaving well in front of children. B.Putting the phones away at the table.
C.Taking more time to stay with children. D.Having good communication with children.
高一英语阅读选择困难题查看答案及解析
When I drove to work yesterday, I met a traffic jam.As I looked out of my window, a handsome young man was walking on the street.He was walking towards the bridge.There were some homeless men with their cups around there.The young man went to one of them.He brought out some money from his pocket, said a few words to him and put the money into his cup.He continued to walk and then saw another homeless man.He stopped for a minute, said a few words and then gave the man a candy.
And then he saw the next homeless man.He was shivering because of coldness.The young man now stopped for a second and gave his scarf to him.He then said goodbye to him with a big smile and went away in the snow.
At that moment, I was in tears.I gave this young man my best wishes with love and blessings.
1.The story probably happened in __________.
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
2.How many homeless men did the young man help in this passage?
A.2. B.3. C.4. D.5.
3.What did the young man give the homeless men?
A.Some money, his scarf and a candy.
B.His scarf, his coat and some money.
C.A candy, his hat and his coat.
D.His coat, some money and a candy.
4.The man was shaking slightly because of __________.
A.hunger B.coldness
C.illness D.worries
5.The writer felt __________ after seeing the young man’s behavior.
A.sad B.surprised
C.impressed D.interested
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Because he has been out of _____ work for months, Jack now has to depend on his parents for _____living.
A./; a B.the; a C./;/ D.the; /
高一英语简单题查看答案及解析
My husband David was waiting at the door when our daughter Laura and I pulled in the driveway. It wasn’t like him to be home so early. The disbelief on his face told me that something was up.
"Do you still have a job?"
"No. Redundant," he answered, looking away from me.
"OK. We’ll figure it out," I replied calmly.
I actually had no idea how we were going to figure it out. I immediately started to think of how we’d cut costs and who we should start to get in touch with. That night, after David had fallen asleep, I cried myself to sleep, and frequently sobbed in the shower in the days that followed.
I knew the loss of David’s income would have great effect on us. He had worked for the same insurance company for twenty-one years and was our main income. I work at home caring for Laura, and my freelance(自由职业者的)income is uncertain. We have debts, and job hunting takes time.
Still, I was more concerned about my husband’s emotional state than our financial situation. David’s sense of identity was tied to his job. He called his parents to tell them about losing his job, but didn’t say a word to anyone else for weeks. He told me that he felt like "a failure".
It was tough for me to watch David struggle with unemployment. One night a couple of weeks after he lost his job, David woke me just before midnight, sweating, pacing the bedroom floor and saying he felt funny. We spent the night in the emergency room waiting to see if he had a heart attack. Thankfully, it was just a serious anxiety attack. It was then that I knew I needed to do more to understand what my husband was going through. Here is what I learned from my own experience—and from talking to experts—on how to support your spouse through a job loss.
1.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "Redundant" in Paragraph 3?
A.A piece of cake. B.Out of question.
C.My treat. D.Out of employment.
2.What did the writer do about her husband’s situation at first?
A.She always remained calm and gave him advice.
B.She appeared calm when in fact she was worried.
C.She began to write about her husband’s situation to the newspapers.
D.She went to consult some doctors.
3.What can we know about David?
A.He was fired by the company he had worked for twenty-one years.
B.He never thought himself "a failure" even when jobless.
C.He was aware of the family’s financial situation.
D.Upon leaving the job, he suffered a heart attack and had to consult the doctor.
4.What will be talked about in the next part of the passage?
A.What the writer did to help get some income.
B.How David suffered from the heart attack and the treatment.
C.How the writer supported David to get through the jobless period.
D.Why the insurance company fired David.
高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析