My granddaughter, Shari, owns The Berry (莓果) Factory in Sacramento, California, and her mother, Joan, and I were helping with the Valentine’s Day rush. We’d dipped (浸泡) hundreds of berries, arranged gift baskets and packaged orders to be shipped around the country.
By the end of the day, the two middle-aged women, Joan and I, were exhausted. Shari didn’t seem tired. That was typical Shari. Though she was very busy, I’d seen her give away berries to everybody — parking attendants, mail carriers and hairdressers. “For me?” they would say, bursting into a smile.
As a “thank you”, Shari took us out for dinner. But there was a 45-minute wait at her favorite restaurant. “No big deal. There’s another place just up the road,” she said, driving us there. This time we walked right in.
When the waitress came to take our drink orders, Shari reached into her handbag, pulling something out. “I want you to have these,” she said, handing the waitress a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries. “She will love those berries!” I thought. But the waitress seemed startled. She only let out a “thank you” before grabbing the box and rushing into the kitchen.
A few minutes later, the waitress returned with our iced tea. “I apologize,” she said. “My best friend and I had promised to send each other something every Valentine’s Day. But she passed away last year. I didn’t know how I’d get through this day without her. Then you handed me that box.” “I’m so sorry to hear that,” said Shari. “It’s not much, but I hope you can enjoy them.” “Oh, I will,” the waitress said. “See, every year we always sent each other the same thing; a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries bought from our favourite store, The Berry Factory.”
1.What can be inferred in the first paragraph?
A. The Berry Factory is a gift store
B. The Berry Factory has few shop clerks.
C. The Berry Factory has many branches around the country
D. The Berry Factory has customers from different parts of the country.
2. Which of the following words can best describe Shari?
A. Talkative B. Creative C. Kind-hearted D. Well-known
3. The underlined word “startled” in Paragraph 4 probably means _________.
A. shocked B. excited C. tired D. frightened
4.We can learn from the last paragraph that _________.
A. the waitress’ best friend didn’t like chocolate
B. the waitress’ best friend broke up with her
C. the waitress’ best friend worked for Shari
D. the waitress’ best friend was Shari’s customer
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
My granddaughter, Shari, owns The Berry (莓果) Factory in Sacramento, California, and her mother, Joan, and I were helping with the Valentine’s Day rush. We’d dipped (浸泡) hundreds of berries, arranged gift baskets and packaged orders to be shipped around the country.
By the end of the day, the two middle-aged women, Joan and I, were exhausted. Shari didn’t seem tired. That was typical Shari. Though she was very busy, I’d seen her give away berries to everybody — parking attendants, mail carriers and hairdressers. “For me?” they would say, bursting into a smile.
As a “thank you”, Shari took us out for dinner. But there was a 45-minute wait at her favorite restaurant. “No big deal. There’s another place just up the road,” she said, driving us there. This time we walked right in.
When the waitress came to take our drink orders, Shari reached into her handbag, pulling something out. “I want you to have these,” she said, handing the waitress a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries. “She will love those berries!” I thought. But the waitress seemed startled. She only let out a “thank you” before grabbing the box and rushing into the kitchen.
A few minutes later, the waitress returned with our iced tea. “I apologize,” she said. “My best friend and I had promised to send each other something every Valentine’s Day. But she passed away last year. I didn’t know how I’d get through this day without her. Then you handed me that box.” “I’m so sorry to hear that,” said Shari. “It’s not much, but I hope you can enjoy them.” “Oh, I will,” the waitress said. “See, every year we always sent each other the same thing; a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries bought from our favourite store, The Berry Factory.”
1.What can be inferred in the first paragraph?
A. The Berry Factory is a gift store
B. The Berry Factory has few shop clerks.
C. The Berry Factory has many branches around the country
D. The Berry Factory has customers from different parts of the country.
2. Which of the following words can best describe Shari?
A. Talkative B. Creative C. Kind-hearted D. Well-known
3. The underlined word “startled” in Paragraph 4 probably means _________.
A. shocked B. excited C. tired D. frightened
4.We can learn from the last paragraph that _________.
A. the waitress’ best friend didn’t like chocolate
B. the waitress’ best friend broke up with her
C. the waitress’ best friend worked for Shari
D. the waitress’ best friend was Shari’s customer
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A trip to the bookstore with my granddaughter is always a big event. She __36__ in it for hours, touching the books, running her hands over the covers, looking at a few ___37___ here and looking at a few pages there.
I never ___38__ the full importance my five-year-old Grand Angel placed on these trips, until the day I suggested she pick the book she liked best, __39____ we could go home for dinner. Her response(答复) was __40___.
“But Grammy, I ___41___ them all the best. All the covers are be-yoo-tiful and all the pictures are bee-yoo-tiful and they’re all __42___. Just like people. Remember when you told me about people?”
I most certainly __43___ when I told her about people. I had explained that we are all __44___ in our own different way. Each of us has a story to ___45___ and no two stories are similar. We learn by ____46__ our stories and listening to the stories of others. Difference is the thing that makes each and every one of us __47___. I had no idea that she’d connected the lesson with ___48___. Actually, no one book was ___49___ than any other book. They were equally beautiful and equally special(特别的).
With dinner still ___50___ and our stomachs beginning to make noise, ___51___ time was finally at hand. But how to choose? I suddenly ___52___ the right question when I asked, “Which book wants to go home the most with you today?” After a short moment of ___53___, her eyes lit up. She ran to a specific book and ___54___ it from its place on the shelf. The main __55____ was the picture on the cover, a turtle with sad eyes. “We need to find out why the turtle is sad,” she said.
1.A. stands B. plays C. studies D. stays
2. A. chairs B. pages C. papers D. shelves
3. A. realized B. asked C. supported D. approved
4. A. but B. if C. so D. or
5.A. important B. great C. independent D. fluent
6.A. accept B. care C. discover D. like
7.A. different B. cheap C. expensive D. valuable
8. A. forgot B. insisted C. remembered D. limited
9.A. confused B. beautiful C. helpful D. energetic
10.A. show B. write C. follow D. tell
11.A. sharing B. changing C. collecting D. rewriting
12.A. independent B. kind C. special D. clever
13.A. stories B. books C. people D. life
14. A. thicker B. bigger C. cheaper D. better
15. A. preparing B. arriving C. waiting D. cooking
16.A. decision B. dinner C. reading D. shopping
17.A. answered B. raised C. thought of D. left out
18.A. talking B. thinking C. walking D. sleeping
19.A. repaired B. received C. exchanged D. removed
20.A. reason B. act C. question D. problem
高一英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My brother John wants to work in the factory which _______ still _______.
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It is in the big factory ______________my father works.
A. where B. that C. which D. in which
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
.My brother wants to work in the factory which ______ still ______.
A. is/ building B. has /been built
C. is /being built D. is /to be built
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Sometimes, kindness is a simple answer in a difficult and challenging world.
When my granddaughter, Skylar, was young, one day we went out and had a contest called “Who can make the most people smile. “ And we continue it today. When shopping, we were walking in the supermarket and noticed someone walking down the aisle with her head down. Skylar walked up to her and gave her a big smile. I watched her walk down the aisle, turned around and smiled at Skylar again or perhaps smiled at someone else.
Kindness is a chain that pulls us all together. Every single act of kindness has a ripple effect(连锁反应). In 2002, my dad had a series of strokes and other illness. My dad had been doing nice things for all sorts of people for years, from the street crossing guard, to the waitress in a restaurant, to a friend’s mother. That same day, I made cookies for the janitor(门卫) at the post office. When I gave him the cookies he actually looked a little embarrassed. “Why, Linda?” he asked. “Because I appreciate you!” I answered. “When I get here at 6 am and it is still dark out and it is a little scary, I know you are inside and I feel safe. And when I first moved here and my post office box was always empty, you always cheered me on. And you always keep this place clean.”
That evening his wife called me and said that he was overwhelmed(受宠若惊的). “No one even knows his name, let alone bakes him cookies!” she said. (278 words)
1.What was the author’s attitude to the contest in the supermarket?
A. positive B. negative
C. neutral D. curious
2.From the text, what can we know about the janitor?
A. He led a very poor life at that time.
B. He always went to work after six o’clock.
C. He was fond of baking cookies.
D. He was kind and grateful.
3.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Kindness can always be passed on.
B. An experience in a supermarket.
C. The importance of having a kind dad.
D. Smile makes your life meaningful.
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My brother wants to work in the factory which _________ now.
A.is building B.has been built C.is being built D.is to be built
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I had confidence(信心) in my own youth and ______ no matter how hard the conditions in the western areas are.
A. behavior B. pressure C. experience D. energy
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I was in lodgings (寄宿处) now, on my own, but the other lodgers had constant visitors up and down the stairs past my door. None of this disturbed me except one girl who sang softly to herself an old Russian folk song as she ran up to the room above. It was a sound of sweetness, musical, soft, unselfconscious and happy. I began to listen out for it, jumped up from my table, and threw open the door to catch a glimpse(一瞥) of her as she passed, but I was always too late. I asked the people upstairs who she was, and described the beautiful sounds she made. They became rather reserved(拘谨) and exchanged glances and hurriedly admitted it might be Sally. I thought she was someone special, not to be discussed in the ordinary way, and became a little curious to meet her. But the last thing I wanted at that stage was to get caught up with anybody. I’d just come to the end of a rather painful friendship, and now I had work to do.
One day, I came face to face with a girl on the landing. It was certainly her; whoever made that noise would look as she did. We stood and stared at each other too long for comfort. I broke the moment and, excusing myself, moved past her because it was too like the movies. I thought for some time of that long, silent stare, and laughed. She was tall and looked proud, with a slight , round-shouldered look that made me breathless and I didn’t know why.
1.At his lodgings, the author __________.
A.seldom had visitors |
B.wished he had more visitors |
C.was always disturbed by other people’s visitors |
D.had too many visitors. |
2.Whenever the author heard the sound of the girl’s voice__________.
A.he sat listening to it | B.he saw her moving upstairs |
C.he threw down his books | D.he tried to see who it was |
3.People who were asked about the girl__________.
A.told him all about her | B.didn’t want to tell him much |
C.didn’t tell him anything | D.were angry when he mentioned her |
4.From this passage we can see that the author was____________.
A.was not interested in Sally | B.curiously attracted by Sally |
C.angry at being disturbed by Sally | D.afraid to get to know Sally |
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A good teacher is many things to many people.In my own experience,the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded(要求)the most discipline(纪律)from their students.
I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school.I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person.I remember very vividly(清晰地)a sign over her classroom.door.It was a simple sign that said, “Laboratory—in this room the first of the word was emphasized(强调),not the last seven.” In other words,I guess, labor(工作)for her was more important than oratory,which means making speeches.
She prepared her work very carefully and demanded of us to do the same.We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broker arm,and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework load would be reduced,but it continued just the same.She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read them.
I think sometimes teachers who demand the most are liked the least.But as time goes by,this discipline really seems to benefit(有益于)the students.
1.Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?
A. A patient teacher. B. An honest teacher.
C. A strict teacher. D. A hard-working teacher.
2.The teacher put up the sign over her classroom door______.
A. to remind the students that this room was a laboratory
B. to advise the students to follow the disciplines
C. to warm the students not to be careless
D. the students to work hard in the classroom
3.When the teacher's arm was broken,she______.
A. gave her students the usual amount of homework
B. gave her students less homework
C. asked her students to check the homework themselves
D. gave her students more homework
4.What’s the writer’s opinion of discipline?
A. It makes the students dislike their teachers.
B. It does good to the students in the long run.
C. It’s too much for young children.
D. It does more harm than good to the students.
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