Fear is a fact of life everyone faces from time to time. In most cases fear is a healthy reaction to a dangerous situation. But sometimes fear can be so extreme that it interferes with normal living. That is what happened to me driving cross-country last summer.
I’d agreed to help my brother, Mac, move from the East Coast to California. He would drive a rental truck loaded with his belongings and I would follow him in his car, then fly back. We figured it would be a simple trip, with four or five motel (motorists’ hotel) stops along the way.
Living and working in coastal Georgia for most of my life, I did not have a great deal of long-distance driving experience. Looking back on it today, I can see that I’d always felt a sudden, sharp pain of fear when driving over small bridges and along hilly highways. And as I was getting ready for the trip I had an unclear concern about the steep mountain roads that lay ahead. But I thought I would get used to them.
As we crossed some high bridges near the Blue Ridge Mountains on the first leg of our trip, a kind of breathlessness gripped me, a sinking, rolling feeling in the pit of my stomach. I tended to move slightly away from the edge of the roadway and the drop-off beyond. My knuckles (指关节) whitened from my tense grip on the steering wheel. At the end of each bridge, a great rush of relief would come over me, only to be replaced in short order by fear of the next obstacle.
When we stopped in Nashville the first night, I mentioned my feelings lo Mac, who is the practical sort. “Oh, that’s nothing.” he said cheerfully. “Lots of people hale driving on mountain roads and high bridges. Just turn up the music on your radio and focus on that. Keep your mind occupied.”
1.Which is NOT the author’s attitude towards fear?
A. Fear can sometimes disturb your life.
B. It is natural to feel fear in everyday life.
C. In dangerous situations, fear may do good to your body.
D. Whenever you feel fear, you are likely to make a wrong decision.
2.How did the author and his brother go to California?
A. They rented a truck and drove it in turn.
B. The author and his brother drove different vehicles.
C. The author drove while his brother flew to California.
D. The author drove a rented car while his brother drove the truck.
3.To the author the trip is .
A. frightening B. pleasant
C. exciting D. exhausting
4.Mac asked his brother to turn on the radio and focus on that in order to let him .
A. keep using his brains
B. kill time during the long trip
C. think of other things instead of fear
D. enjoy the beautiful music along the way
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Fear is a fact of life everyone faces from time to time. In most cases fear is a healthy reaction to a dangerous situation. But sometimes fear can be so extreme that it interferes with normal living. That is what happened to me driving cross-country last summer.
I’d agreed to help my brother, Mac, move from the East Coast to California. He would drive a rental truck loaded with his belongings and I would follow him in his car, then fly back. We figured it would be a simple trip, with four or five motel (motorists’ hotel) stops along the way.
Living and working in coastal Georgia for most of my life, I did not have a great deal of long-distance driving experience. Looking back on it today, I can see that I’d always felt a sudden, sharp pain of fear when driving over small bridges and along hilly highways. And as I was getting ready for the trip I had an unclear concern about the steep mountain roads that lay ahead. But I thought I would get used to them.
As we crossed some high bridges near the Blue Ridge Mountains on the first leg of our trip, a kind of breathlessness gripped me, a sinking, rolling feeling in the pit of my stomach. I tended to move slightly away from the edge of the roadway and the drop-off beyond. My knuckles (指关节) whitened from my tense grip on the steering wheel. At the end of each bridge, a great rush of relief would come over me, only to be replaced in short order by fear of the next obstacle.
When we stopped in Nashville the first night, I mentioned my feelings lo Mac, who is the practical sort. “Oh, that’s nothing.” he said cheerfully. “Lots of people hale driving on mountain roads and high bridges. Just turn up the music on your radio and focus on that. Keep your mind occupied.”
1.Which is NOT the author’s attitude towards fear?
A. Fear can sometimes disturb your life.
B. It is natural to feel fear in everyday life.
C. In dangerous situations, fear may do good to your body.
D. Whenever you feel fear, you are likely to make a wrong decision.
2.How did the author and his brother go to California?
A. They rented a truck and drove it in turn.
B. The author and his brother drove different vehicles.
C. The author drove while his brother flew to California.
D. The author drove a rented car while his brother drove the truck.
3.To the author the trip is .
A. frightening B. pleasant
C. exciting D. exhausting
4.Mac asked his brother to turn on the radio and focus on that in order to let him .
A. keep using his brains
B. kill time during the long trip
C. think of other things instead of fear
D. enjoy the beautiful music along the way
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We all have times of insecurity in life, _____ there is nothing to do but bravely face the feelings of doubt.
A.which B.when C.where D.that
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Life is not easy in senior high school. You’ve got the pressure of studies and exams.
From time to time, you may feel depressed and frustrated. When depression strikes, you have to take measures to fight it. One of the strangest ways to fight depression is to eat salt, scientists have found.
Salt acts as a natural anti-depressant (抗抑郁剂), researchers say. While too much can lead to high blood pressure and heart disease, not enough can cause “psychological(心理的) depressions”, a study has reported.
The study, by researchers at the University of Iowa in the US, discovered that when rats are deficient in salt, they don’t do activities they normally enjoy.
The recommended daily salt intake for an adult is four grams, although experts say the body needs only half as much.
However, most adults in the developed world consume(消耗)around ten grams a day, mainly because their diets contain high salt amounts. Today, 77 percent of US salt intake comes from processed and restaurant foods, like frozen dinners and fast food.
The minerals in salt are required by the body—in small quantities—to help move liquid in and out of cells. But too much can cause diseases, for example high blood pressure.
Today scientists are finding that salt is an addictive substance—almost like a drug.
One sign of addiction is using a substance even when it’s known to be harmful. Many people are told to eat less salt due to health concerns, but they have trouble doing so because they like the taste and find low-salt foods tasteless.
Humans have a long history of eating salt. In the Stone Age, people didn’t need to find salt, because they hunted most of their food, and ate a lot of red meat, which has plenty of salt in it. But when people began to farm, about 10,000 BC, they started to eat mainly grains like rice and wheat, and very little meat. Then they had to find another way to get salt.
1.What does the underlined word "deficient" in the fourth paragraph mean?
A. enough B. far from enough
C. more than enough D. plenty
2.The major role of salt is to ________.
A. help the body work well
B. help fight against depression
D. help people get rid of an addiction to drugs
D. help people enjoy sugary substances
3.Which of the following statements is true?
A. People have trouble reducing salt because they don't know it is harmful to eat too much of it.
B. Before 10,000 BC, human beings did not need salt.
C. The richer the country is, the more salt is eaten there.
D. Taking more than 4 grams of salt a day can be harmful for an adult's health.
4.What kind of food should people eat more of?
A. Frozen food B. Fast food
C. Red meat D. Low-salt food
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Courage is a kind of quality --- and that’s __________it takes to face the challenges in life.
A. that B. which C. why D. what
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We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good. We try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
1.As a photographer, the author used to ______.
A. leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves
B. express his love for his family in a special way
C. miss a great many important historical moments
D. devote much more to his career than his family
2.Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?
A. To cure his own disease. B. To spend more time with his wife.
C. To seek a better position. D. To leave the wilderness alone.
3.What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?
A. He treasured every bit of time with his family.
B. He has become a stranger to his children.
C. He takes his work more seriously.
D. He focuses more on medical care.
4.The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.
A. the snowflakes taste very good
B. snowflakes are what they feed on
C. they regard that as a way to enjoy life
D. there is beautiful light in the snowflakes
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We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good, we try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
1.As a photographer, the author used to ______
A. leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves
B. devote much more to his career than his family
C. miss a great many important historical moments
D. express his love for his family in a special way
2.Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?
A. To cure his own disease.
B. To leave the wilderness alone.
C. To seek a better position.
D. To spend more time with his wife.
3.What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?
A. He takes his work more seriously
B. He has become a stranger to his children.
C. He treasured every bit of time with his family
D. He focuses more on medical care.
4.The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.
A. they regard that as a way to enjoy life
B. snowflakes are what they feed on
C. the snowflakes taste very good
D. there is beautiful light in the snowflakes
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We all have our ways of marking time.My life is measured by taking pictures from one story to the next.My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about endangered animals.My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
It's the story in Alaska that I'll remember best,though.It was the story about the loss of wild land,during which my wife Kathy got cancer.That's the one that made time stand still.With anxiety,I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor(肿瘤).Cruelly,it was Thanksgiving Day.Early examination saves time.But ours was not early.By the time you can feel it yourself,it's often bigger than the doctor wants it to be.
Cancer is a thief.It steals time.Our days are already short with worry.Then comes this terrible disease,unfair as storm at harvest time.But cancer also has the power to change us,for good.We learn to simplify it,enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don't.Cancer even makes me a better father.My work has made me a stranger to my three kids.But now I pay attention to what really matters.This is not a race.This is a new way of life and a new way of seeing,all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time.We have less of it than we can possibly imagine.And even though it turns out that Kathy's cancer has not spread,and her prognosis(预断)is good.We try to make it all count now,enjoying every part of every day.
I've picked up my camera again.I watch the sky,searching for beautiful light.When winter storms come,Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes(雪花)on our tongues.After all,this is good.This is what we're living for.
1.What is the writer?
A. A sponsor. B. A doctor.
C. A photographer. D. A director.
2.How did the writer feel after knowing Kathy's disease?
A. Anxious. B. Innocent.
C. Powerful. D. Optimistic.
3.What effect has the cancer had on the author?
A. He focuses much more on his work.
B. He spends more time with his family.
C. He becomes a stranger to his children.
D. He devotes much more to medical care.
4.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Cancer steals time.
B. Kathy's cancer has spread.
C. Snowflakes make the family feel cool.
D. The author takes a different way of life.
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(2014·哈尔滨四校高三统一检测)In fact he lived a comfortable life,but he________about his fate all the time.
A.is complaining B.has complained
C.was complaining D.had complained
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Children are taught to respect everyone, ______ race, sex or age.
A. in terms of B. in the face of C. regardless of D. in place of
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. “Mr Smith is a kind person. I like to to work with him.” “In fact, everyone _______.”
A.is | B.does | C.has | D.likes |
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