Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping o...

Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs. I hated 　　 ; it was just something that 　　 came easily to me. At that time, if you had told me that I would one day run a marathon, I’d have told you in all honesty that I had a better 　　 of winning the lottery（彩票）.

The turning 　　 came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old, going through chemotherapy(化学疗法)for her cancer, and still 　　 to run 30 miles a week. I 　　 that if Mrs. Green could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least two. In February, in cold weather, I started to walk a 2-mile 　　 around my neighborhood. Two months later, I 　　 the whole route, running for the first time. I felt exhausted, 　　 I felt happy.

Over the next several years, I continued to push each run for a few 　　 minutes, slowly building my endurance(耐力). I didn’t need to 　　 against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.

After continuing to 　　 myself, I knew it was time to step my training up. I 　　 I would train for the Detroit Free Press/ Flagstar Marathon.

The race day 　　 came and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was the final time to see what I was made of. The 　　 ended up incredibly. I did 　　 through the last few miles, but after my journey, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d finished. As I 　　 the finish line, I experienced the strongest sense of 　　 and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.

As John Bingham once said, “The 　　 isn’t that I finished. The miracle(奇迹) is that I had the 　　 to start.”

1.A. studying　　 B. thinking　　 C. running　　 D. teaching

2.A. never　　　　 B. always　　　 C. usually　　 D. often

3.A. chance　　　　 B. belief　　　 C. suggestion     D. hope

4.A. case　　　　　 B. point　　　　 C. situation　 D. stage

5.A. devoted    　　　 B. applied　　 C. led　　　　 D. managed

6.A. figured    　　　 B. agreed　　　 C. provedD. ordered

7.A. race　　　　 B. route　　　　 C. site　　　　 D. test

8.A. closed　　　　 B. changed　　 C. finished　　 D. considered

9.A. and    　　　　　　 B. or　　　　 C. so　　　 D. but

10.A. perfect　　　　 B. extra　　 C. actual D. basic

11.A. compete　　　　 B. take　　　　 C. rely　 D. argue

12.A. treat　　　 B. entertain　　 C. march　 D. challenge

13.A. forced　　　 B. decided　　 C. doubted　 D. seemed

14.A. certainly　 B. instantly　　 C. finally　 D. regularly

15.A. moment　 B. atmosphere　 C. experience　　 D. reward

16.A. struggle　　 B. manage　　 C. get　　　　　　 D. look

17.A. travelled　　 B. moved　　 C. crossed　　　　 D. walked

18.A. touch　　　　 B. pride　　 C. humor　　　　 D. hearing

19.A. miracle　 B. habit　　　　 C. view    　　　　 D. way

20.A. chance　　 B. ability　　 C. idea    　　　　 D. courage

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I came to my new school three years ago, I was surprised at how lonely I felt. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner 36 . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly 37 .

Not really knowing how 38  the bus ride should be, I 39  when I saw the landmarks 40 on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the 41 , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was 42  on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no 43  when the next bus would come, 44  when a bus did come by, I 45  got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the 46  bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he 47  to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but 48  did not help much.

He finally 49  me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was 50  that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the 51  bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there 52 . He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party 53  I was over an hour late.

I am forever thankful for the 54  that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a 55 on my heart.

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

语法填空

A girl I don’t know But I Felt Great

Many years ago, l rushed to the hospital to see one of my daughters. While l was visiting her, a nurse came over to me and said “thank you”. 1.(puzzle), I thought, “What for?” She then said, “I have been hoping 2.(say) what a difference you made to my daughter’s life.” I was surprised as she told 3. incident that I had already forgotten. Years ago, when 4. (walk) with my daughter I saw a young high school girl sitting on the foot path, crying. 5.(apparent) she had been bullied by kids who had been throwing food and objects at her. She also had other 6.(emotion) issues which I didn’t know anything about, so I just picked her up, asked her 7. she lived, had a small heart-to-heart talk with her in the car, took her home and gave her my name and number. I thought nothing 8.(much)of it. The nurse told me that it 9.(make) a big difference to her daughter’s life, and that somebody cared enough to help her. The girl is fine now and happily 10.(marry), having a couple of kid. And what is interesting is that this nurse, the girl’s mother, looked after my daughter.

高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One year ago, when Fiona turned four, Sam and I decided to home-school her instead of sending her to pre-school．I have always felt that the 0-5 years are an irreplaceable dreamtime．As Fiona is an inventive, observant child, sensitive and funny and great company, it would be a tragedy to find school rubbing away her uniqueness and restricting the building of her personality．

I tried not to reproduce school at home．I never had the urge to get a chalk, or a blackboard．I didn’t go and search out a curriculum(课程表)．I felt that my children would learn best if I stayed accessible (易接近的)and stayed out of their way．

Every day we worked some, relaxed some, read some and played some, but Fiona did not seem particularly happy here．She lost her temper once in a while．

How strange it was that my child who was free from school didn’t want to be free at all．Her friends all went to pre-school．She felt left out of a major part of her friends’ shared lives and experiences．I thought she was not in school for very strong, clear reasons, one of which was that the quality of learning my child did at home would be good, even better than expected．

Well, here was a situation I hadn’t expected．When we first decided to do this, Sam and I agreed that we would reassess(再评价)the situation for each child as she turned seven．Meanwhile we would offer her non-school-based opportunities to give her plenty of time with other kids-ballet lessons and swimming classes．She seemed to be enjoying all．But at times she kept asking when she was going to school．Whenever she asked this question, we told her that there would be a family meeting about it when she turned seven．She nearly always responded, “That’s when I’m going to go, then．” A fair amount of her curiosity was about school and I was afraid she was dreaming of going to school before she turned seven．

Although the advantages of home-schooling, I think, far outweigh its disadvantages, it is important for me to respect my daughter’s feelings and allow her to direct her own education．If her curiosity leads her to school, isn’t that where she should go?

Next week I’ll drive Fiona to her school．I hope that Fiona will learn to read and discover something wonderful to pursue in the world that opens up for her．I hope she will find the school activities provide her with satisfactory kid-time．

1．The writer decided to home-school her daughter, Fiona, because she thought________．

A．children aged 0-5 were too young to go to pre-school

B．Fiona may not be accepted by schools for her bad temper

C．home-schooling was much better than school education

D．children at Fiona’s age were too young to have their characters formed by school

2．In home schooling her daughter the writer tried to_______．

A．make her home just like a school

B．teach with a pointer, a piece of chalk, and a blackboard

C．be there when her child wanted her but tried not to stand in her way

D．teach according to a curriculum, which was suitable for Fiona

3．What was the writer’s biggest problem in home schooling her daughter?

A．She couldn’t decide what to teach and how to teach her daughter

B．She was not sure whether her teaching was suitable for Fiona．

C．She could not make Fiona give up the thought of going to school．

D．She didn’t know how to control Fiona’s temper

4．We can learn from the text that_______．

A．Fiona always acted against her mother’s instructions

B．it was against Fiona’s wish that she was educated at home

C．home-schooling was popular some years ago

D．Fiona’s parents would ask her opinions about school education

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

My brother，Mark，died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and 36 looked after me. I am 37 today for all of the special times we had as running partners，and times 38 driving to different races，where we had so many 39 about life in general. I 40 these talks terribly at this time of the year.

41，I am so happy he shared with me the 42 of his faith. He was always so 43 to people，and I had been with him many times 44we pulled over to help someone in need，45 a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not 46 when he told me of the time when he was 47 in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse，it was Friday and he had no 48 in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to 49 my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others 50 helping yourself.

On his way home from classes that day，as he was driving along，he noticed a guy ahead of him 51 his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark 52 right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and 53 his hand to Mark，and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his 54. He told him that was unnecessary but the man 55 and off he drove.

I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.

1.                A．hardly　　      B．never          C．sometimes D．always

2.                A．successful       B．thankful        C．cheerful  D．hopeful

3.                A．spared         B．wasted         C．spent D．saved

4.                A．questions       B．arguments       C．differences    D．conversations

5.                A．miss           B．remember      C．keep D．fear

6.                A．However       B．So             C．Then D．If

7.                A．record         B．belief          C．story D．secret

8.                A．careful         B．helpful         C．powerful  D．grateful

9.                A．because        B．while           C．until D．when

10.               A．sharing         B．forcing         C．recognizing D．understanding

11.               A．pleased        B．worried        C．surprised  D．excited

12.               A．never　　      B．yet            C．even D．still

13.               A．food           B．money         C．paper D．key

14.               A．change         B．attend         C．see   D．persuade

15.               A．means         B．follows         C．explains   D．agrees

16.               A．carry          B．lose           C．arrange   D．place

17.               A．pushed         B．moved         C．pulled D．walked

18.               A．raised          B．held           C．offered   D．shook

19.               A．eyes           B．ears           C．mind D．feeling

20.               A．complained     B．apologized      C．regretted  D．insisted

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A four-year study of 200 college students found that those who drink heavily and started drinking at an early age demonstrate poor decision-making skills, just like long-term, chronic(长期的) alcoholics. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia believe early onset binge drinking negatively affects psychological development.

The researches examined college students between the ages of 18 and 22. After three years, they tested them using the Iowa Gambling Test, which measures the tendency to make immediate (disadvantageous) or long-term (advantageous) choices.

Based on the students’ reported drinking habits, they were grouped into four categories: low binge drinkers, moderate binge drinkers, increasing binge drinkers and stable or high binge drinkers.

“Students in the stable or high alcohol use category, who had longer histories of binge drinking, made riskier and less advantageous choices, which reflect problems associated with planning for the future,” the researchers reported.

The study also found that only students who started binge drinking when they were younger showed impairment on the task.

“There is reason to think that heavy binge drinking during adolescence, when the brain is still rapidly developing, may have some negative legacy (遗传) on psychological development,” said Kenneth J. Sher of MU’s Midwest Alcoholism Research Center in a news release. “The interesting thing is that if we were to just look at binge drinkers and how impaired they are in the decision-making process as juniors, we’d really be obscuring(使模糊) the important issue, which is how long they’ve been binge drinkers and / or how early they started.”

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Four categories of heavy drinkers.

B．Heavy drinking affects college students.

C．Early onset binge drinkers are poor at decision-making.

D．People drinking at an early age will develop into binge drinkers.

2.Which category would make the most disadvantageous choice?

A．Low binge drinkers                      B．moderate binge drinkers

C．Increasing binge drinkers                 D．Stable binge drinkers

3.Early onset binge drinking negatively affects psychological development because _______.

A．adolescent students were not suitable for drinking

B．drinking too much will slow the growth of the brain

C．the brain has not fully developed during adolescence

D．drinking will make the students make dangerous choices

4.What Kenneth J. Sher says suggests that _______.

A．he is quite clear about what the important issue is

B．if binger drinkers started late, there would be no bad effect

C．the important issue is how impaired the students are in decision-making

D．only early binge drinkers will have their decision-making ability affected

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A couple of weeks ago, when we were leaving one of those horrible giant trampoline bouncy(弹跳床)places, my 11－year－old daughter said to me, “I don't think I'm very athletic, you know, like Rocket (her brother). He seems to be really good at ______.”

What came out my mouth ______ me: “No, you're kind of not.”

Okay, let me ______. As you may have guessed, this child has been with me for about 11 years, so I've had enough time to ______ her engaging in physical acts: jumping, climbing, running, and organized sports.

And the kid is just ______ me: two left feet. If anybody was ever NOT a “natural”______， that person is me.

But even ______ these facts, my first instinct(本能反应)was to show her with some ______： “Oh, no honey. You're good at sports! You just have to keep ______！” But I decided to tell her the ______， and I could see it hurt a bit.

So I said more: “Ava, we all have things we are particularly, ______ good at. Like you and ______. You're in the 5th grade and read Charles Dickens. That isn't ______， but you've done it without even trying. But all of us also have things that we are ______ in. If we wan to get good at those things, we have to put in twice the ______ of the people around us to get to a decent(相当的)point and even harder if we want to ______.”

She was nodding. She totally ______ it. Why? Because it's the truth. Sometimes I wonder why we run around talking nonsense(胡扯)to our kids when they can ______ the truth. And they can smell rubbish from a mile away. In other words, they can easily recognize you are ______. In addition, if they don't know where they ______ now, they'll never know how to get somewhere new.

1.A.arts B.reading C.organization D.sports

2.A.surprised B.puzzled C.amused D.worried

3.A.get up B.give up C.come up D.back up

4.A.keep B.leave C.observe D.prevent

5.A.for B.like C.with D.against

6.A.coach B.judge C.captain D.athlete

7.A.knowing B.ignoring C.checking D.minding

8.A.information B.facts C.rubbish D.beliefs

9.A.trying B.waiting C.looking D.smiling

10.A.idea B.truth C.news D.failure

11.A.probably B.naturally C.unexpectedly D.gradually

12.A.listening B.speaking C.reading D.writing

13.A.normal B.important C.special D.useful

14.A.poor B.different C.experienced D.interested

15.A.money B.courage C.effort D.confidence

16.A.get by B.live on C.catch up D.stand out

17.A.got B.forgot C.deserved D.did

18.A.hide B.avoid C.learn D.handle

19.A.joking B.lying C.struggling D.regretting

20.A.fall B.live C.stop D.stand

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

A couple of weeks ago, when we were leaving one of those horrible giant trampoline bouncy（弹跳床）places, my 11-year-old daughter said to me, “I don’t think I’m very athletic, you know, like Rocket (her brother). He seems to be really good at _________.”

What came out my mouth _________ me: “No, you’re kind of not.”

Okay, let me _________. As you may have guessed, this child has been with me for about 11 years, so I’ve had enough time to _________ her engaging in physical acts: jumping, climbing, running, and organized sports.

And the kid is just _________ me: two left feet. If anybody was ever NOT a “natural” _________, that person is me.

But even _________ these facts, my first instinct（本能反应）was to show her with some _________: “Oh, no honey. You’re good at sports! You just have to keep _________!” But I decided to tell her the __________, and I could see it hurt a bit.

So I said more: “Ava, we all have things we are particularly, __________ good at. Like you and __________. You’re in the 5th grade and read Charles Dickens. That isn’t __________, but you’ve done it without even trying. But all of us also have things that we are __________ in. If we want to get good at those things, we have to put in twice the __________ of the people around us to get to a decent（相当的）point and even harder if we want to __________.”

She was nodding. She totally __________ it. Why? Because it’s the truth. Sometimes I wonder why we run around talking nonsense（胡扯）to our kids when they can __________ the truth. And they can smell rubbish from a mile away. In other words, they can easily recognize you are __________. In addition, if they don’t know where they __________ now, they’ll never know how to get somewhere new.

1.A. arts　　 B. reading　　 C. organization　　 D. sports

2.A. surprised　　 B. puzzled　　 C. amused　　 D. worried

3.A. get up　　 B. give up　　 C. come up　　 D. back up

4.A. keep　　 B. leave　　 C. observe　　 D. prevent

5.A. for　　 B. like　　 C. with　　 D. against

6.A. coach　　 B. judge　　 C. captain　　 D. athlete

7.A. knowing　　 B. ignoring　　 C. checking　　 D. minding

8.A. information　　 B. facts　　 C. rubbish　　 D. beliefs

9.A. trying　　 B. waiting　　 C. looking　　 D. smiling

10.A. idea　　 B. truth　　 C. news　　 D. failure

11.A. probably　　 B. naturally　　 C. unexpectedly　　 D. gradually

12.A. listening　　 B. speaking　　 C. reading　　 D. writing

13.A. normal　　 B. important　　 C. special　　 D. useful

14.A. poor　　 B. different　　 C. experienced　　 D. interested

15.A. money　　 B. courage　　 C. effort　　 D. confidence

16.A. get by　　 B. live on　　 C. catch up　　 D. stand out

17.A. got　　 B. forgot　　 C. deserved　　 D. did

18.A. hide　　 B. avoid　　 C. learn　　 D. handle

19.A. joking　　 B. lying　　 C. struggling　　 D. regretting

20.A. fall　　 B. live　　 C. stop　　 D. stand

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you heard of the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proves it wrong in 1954.

What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when people, who do not know how to swim, fall in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.

Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam (堵塞) if the operator typed too fast.

These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system.

I used a snake in my workshops of children to learn how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes were slippery, slimy(黏糊糊的)  and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.

Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that _________.

A. several people have run a mile in four minutes.

B. Roger Banister set a record

C. nobody has run a mile in three minutes.

D. Roger Banister tied a world record

2. By comparing a drowning animal and a person, the writer tried to show _________.

A. the power of confidence

B. the responses of humans and animals to dangers

C. the difference between humans and animals

D. the power of belief

3.Which of the following statements would the writer agree with?

A. Our beliefs are impossible to change

B. How we act mainly depends on our beliefs.

C. Our beliefs create or destroy our nervous system

D. Our beliefs always go against the truth

4.The children visiting the writer’s workshops might_________.

A. learn how to keep off snakes

B. become brave and realistic

C. become clever and strong

D. learn to review their beliefs

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A couple of years ago, those who forecast that oil price would reach $ 100 a barrel were seen as doomsters. However, now some are predicting $ 200 a barrel.

Had economists been told that oil price would barely pause at $ 100 before reaching the recent peak of nearly $ 127, they would no doubt have forecast terrible economic consequences. But the global economy, though interrupted by the high price of energy, is still chugging along. Meanwhile, inflation has picked up, but the headline rates of inflation (通货膨胀率) in most developed countries are nowhere near the levels seen in the 1970s and 1980s.

There are three explanations for the oil price’s unclear impact. The first is that nowadays developed economies are more efficient in their use of energy, thanks partly to the increased importance of service industries and the diminished role of manufacturing(制造业). According to the Energy Information Administration, the energy intensity of America’s GDP fell by 42% between 1980 and 2007.

A second theory is that the oil-price rise has been steady, not sudden, giving the economy time to adjust. Giovanni Serio of Goldman Sachs points out that in 1973 there was a severe supply shock because of the oil embargo(石油禁运), when the world had to cope with 10%-15% less crude almost overnight. Not this time.

The third explanation turns the argument on its head; rather than oil harming the global economy, it is global expansion that is driving up the price of oil.

The most important factor is the shift in favor of the developing economies. America has responded to high price in familiar fashion: UBS forecasts that demand will drop by 1.1% this year and will be no higher in 2010 than it was in 2004. But the demand from China and other emerging markets is more than offsetting(抵消) this shortfall.

1.What is the passage mainly talking about?

2.How many explanations for the oil price’s impact are mentioned in the passage?

3.What can we conclude from the passage?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析