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I became a teacher at 55 years of age. Things were going on so well during my first two periods. Then came my 3rd period class – the 8th graders with only one girl in the class. I thought the class was bad until the intercom(内部通话系统) came on and the office was asking if I was in my classroom. “Of course,” I responded. A student who knew he was going to be late for class had informed the office I was not in my classroom – 10 minutes after class began.
When the student came in and I walked over to greet him, he said, “Don’t touch me.” He then put his head on his desk and did not seem to listen to a word I said. I did not comfront(使面对) him with the “lie” to the office.
The next day he came into class on time. This time instead of listening or following instructions on keyboarding software, he played Internet games. I walked over to him. He looked at me ready to snap back(没好气地顶撞) at anything I said. I asked him, “Where did you learn to use a computer like that?” he looked at me surprised. I repeated, “You are really good at that. Where did you learn so much?” He began to tell me his father “used to” buy him games to play, but not anymore. I could feel the pain. Instead of blaming him for being off task, I surprised him and praised him for his skills. Then, I asked him to show me what he could do in our software. He was amazed.
On a Friday night at a high school football game, I really got my breakthrough(突破). From about five feet away, in front of his friends he came over to me and gave me a big hug saying, “Hi, Ms. Marie.” We talked for a while and before he walked away, he had hugged me two more times. This was a long way from “don’t touch me” on that first day.
1.How did the boy react(反应) towards Ms. Marie’s greeting on the first day?
A. Gratefully. B. Coldly.
C. Respectfully. D. Amazedly.
2.From the dialogue between Ms. Marie and the boy in Paragraph 3, we can infer that _____.
A. the boy was impatient with Ms. Marie’s interruption
B. the boy was proud to show how to play games
C. Ms. Marie was curious about the boy’s father
D. Ms. Marie felt sorry for the boy
3.By saying “I really got my breakthrough”, Ms. Marie meant _____.
A. she finally learned to play games
B. she won the boy’s trust in the end
C. she scored at the football game
D. she made great achievements in teaching
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October, 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old woman in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercise every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glasses of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86.A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday, Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying: Sorry, I’m still alive!
1.How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?
A. She is miserable and unhappy.
B. She feels she is going to die very soon.
C. She would like to live much younger.
D. She is cheerful and humorous.
2.Which of the following word could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph?
A. trick B. deal C. march D. sport
3.Why does Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive” to the lawyer every year on her birthday?
A. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.
B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed.
C. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage.
D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer is worth the money he has already paid.
高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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On some level, I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor－at least from the age of eight or ten years old, anyway.
Although my father wasn’t a doctor, he made his own brand of “house calls”. I followed him as he brought a plate of my mother’s home cooking to an elderly man named Frank on all major holidays and when Frank was sick. As far as I know, their only connection was that Frank was an occasional customer at Dad’s small gas station. Frank’s home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with an old front porch (门廊) where you could fall if you weren’t careful. Frank had no relatives and as far as I could tell, no other visitors either. Through his attitude and by caring, my father was teaching me to be a doctor, although neither of us knew it at the time.
When I was 13, my father developed lung cancer. He brought home a diagram the doctor had drawn showing where his cancer was and told me that he was going to die. He asked me to take care of my mother when he was gone. I was an only child. He said he loved me on the night when he died.
When you’re 13 and your father dies, you have some choices to make. You can use the situation as an excuse for letting your actions and graded go down, or you can honor his memory and try to do something positive with yourself. I focused my energy on my schoolwork and my goal of becoming a doctor.
1. What’s the father’s “own brand of ‘house calls’”?
A. his treatment for frank’s serious illness.
B. his care for Frank.
C. his attitude towards the author.
D. his wish that his kid would be a doctor.
2. The author began to want to be a doctor when_________
A. father helped frank regularly
B. Father developed lung cancer
C. father asked him/her to take care of Mother
D. father died
3. what was the influence of Father’s death on the author?
A. The author began to think seriously about his/her career.
B. The author was too sorrowful to carry through his /her study.
C. The author used the situation as an excuse for quitting school.
D. The author made great effort at his/her goal of becoming a doctor.
4. The best title for the text would be_________.
A. What Made Father Respectable
B. What Led Me to Be a Doctor
C. How to Help Strangers
D. How to Deal with Death
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8. I even became______of getting Halloween candy.______, on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and______to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we______one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps______to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear______me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood______at the bottom.
It was______that I’d be able to climb all that way. I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and______my bag of candy. I might______my clothes on something, and not be able to get away. I wanted the candy, but there was no______I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my______.
Fear of the unknown______me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was______with the career I had chosen. I faced a______: step out into the unknown or______the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never______the best candy.
Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client, the old fears______. However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t keep______when I face difficulties. I believe that, though______things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.
1.A. afraid B. disturbed C. fond D. tired
2.A. Naturally B. Normally C. Certainly D. Normally
3.A. pointed B. rushed C. moved D. traveled
4.A. surrounded B. measured C. approached D. entered
5.A. pointing B. belonging C. opening D. leading
6.A. encouraged B. spread C. prevented D. attracted
7.A. slightly B. frozen C. calmly D. happily
8.A. unlikely B. unlucky C. possible D. pitiful
9.A. fall B. drop C. forget D. lose
10.A. bury B. break C. tear D. catch
11.A. way B. need C. doubt D. wonder
12.A. bag B. life C. way D. confidence
13.A. amused B. controlled C. surprised D. ruined
14.A. excited B. concerned C. impressive D. unsatisfied
15.A. difficulty B. cause C. fear D. choice
16.A. preserve B. spend C. change D. escape
17.A. presenting B. buying C. making D. tasting
18.A. disappeared B. warned C. returned D. reminded
19.A. calm B. awake C. bored D. modest
20.A. different B. fortunate C. bad D. unique
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores(胚芽). Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A．plants are important for life B．plants cannot grow without air
C．there are many plants in the world D．we can not live without water
2.Plants can make food from______.
A．flower, water and air B．water, sunlight and air
C．air, water and soil D．air, sun and light
3.What can we infer(推断) from the passage ?
A．Of all living things animals are most important B．Spores are seeds
C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds D．Without plants, man will die out
4.This passage may be taken from______.
A．a medicine book B．a novel
C．a science magazine D．an experiment report
5.The underlined word “protected” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A．damaged B．polluted C．prevented D．guarded
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us. If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）。 Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A．plants are important for life B．plants cannot grow without air
C．there are many plants in the world D．we can not live without water
2.Plants can make food from ______.
A．flower， water and air B．water， sunlight and air
C．air， water and soil D．air， sun and light
3.What can we infer（推断） from the passage ？
A．Of all living things animals are most important
B．Spores are seeds
C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds
D．Without plants， man will die out
4.This passage may be taken from ________.
A．a medicine book B．a novel
C．a science magazine D．an experiment report
5.The underlined word “protected” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A．damaged B．polluted C．prevented D．guarded
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live.
This is why we find that there are so many plants around us. If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）。 Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A. plants are important for life B. plants cannot grow without air
C. there are many plants in the world D. we can not live without water
2.Plants can make food from______.
A. flower，water and air B. water，sunlight and air
C. air， water and soil D. air， sun and light
3.What can we infer（推断） from the passage ？
A. Of all living things animals are most important
B. Spores are seeds
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seed
D. Without plants， man will die out
4.This passage may be taken from______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
5.The underlined word ―protected in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A. damaged B. polluted
C. prevented D. guarded
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruitshave no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）. Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
1. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A. plants are important for life
B. plants cannot grow without air
C. there are many plants in the world
D. we can not live without water
2.Plants can make food from______.
A. flower, water and air
B. water, sunlight and air
C. air, water and soil
D. air, sun and light
3. What can we infer from the passage？
A. Of all living things animals are most important
B. Spores are seeds
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds
D. Without plants, man will die out
4.This passage may be taken from ______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
5. The underlined word “protected” in the second paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A. damaged B. polluted
C. prevented D. guarded
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores(胚芽). Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
1.Plants can make food from______.
A. flower, water and air. B. water, sunlight and air.
C. air, water and soil. D. air, sun and light.
2.What can we infer(推断) from the passage ?
A. Of all living things animals are most important. B. Spores are seeds.
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds. D. Without plants, man will die out.
3.This passage may be taken from______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants can make seed. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores (胚芽). Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A. plants are important for life
B. plants cannot grow without air
C. there are many plants in the world
D. we can’t live without water
2.Plants can make food from _______.
A. flower, water and air B. water, sunlight and air
C. air, water and soil D. air, sun and light
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Of all living things animals are most important.
B. Spores are seeds.
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.
D. Without plants, man will die out.
4.This passage may be taken from ______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
