Fifteen years spent in the field of education...

Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments. One of the most unforgettable ________ when I was teaching second ________ , 10 years ago.

In May I decided to plan something special for the children: a Mother’s Day tea. We had put our heads together to ________ ideas of how to ________ our mothers. We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother’s Day.  I was surprised and ________ to learn that every mother was planning to attend. I ________invited my own mother.

Finally, the big day arrived. Each child ________up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom. ________it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t shown up and he was looking ________ .

I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. “Jimmy,” I said, “I have a bit of problem here and I was ________ if you could keep my mother ________ while I’m busy.”

My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy  ________my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had ________ the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep ________ .

Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment. Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy. I had the students complete an outline of the day’s ________ and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students’ booklets and checked them to see ifwas completed. When I came ________ Jimmy’s page, he had written “Remember our Mother’s Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs. Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too.”

I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed andhis own thanks and walked away. Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug. “Thanks again. No one even knew my mother didn’t ________it.”

I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who hadstopped hugging teachers years ago.

1.A. lasted        B. happened    C. experienced D. described

2.A. school        B. class      C. grade    D. lesson

3.A. pay attention to B. look forward to     C. get on with    D. come up with

4.A. love   B. please   C. respect D. admire

5.A. astonished         B. worried         C. relieved        D. interested

6.A. even  B. ever      C. still        D. once

7.A .followed    B. held      C. kept      D. lined

8.A. As      B. Although       C. While    D. Because

9.A. wild   B. curious C. strange D. upset

10.A. considering      B. wondering    C. asking   D. doubting

11.A. connection       B. care      C. company      D. concern

12.A. served     B. supplied        C. assigned        D. applied

13.A. taught      B. studied C. practiced      D. told

14.A. mind         B. thought          C. agreement    D. conversation

15.A. feeling     B. behavior        C. event   D. action

16.A. something        B. everything    C. anything        D. nothing

17.A. by    B. to C. on          D. over

18.A. announced       B. delivered      C. stated   D. whispered

19.A. make        B. get         C. do          D. take

20.A. probably          B. exactly  C. rarely   D. eagerly

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Sixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.

The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me how the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’ (生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step into the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.

Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations (插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and fields to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.

And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s the beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”

What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’s extraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.

1.What does the underlined word “subscribers” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Readers.　　 B. Editors.

C. Sellers.　　 D. Collectors.

2.What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?

A. To make a lot of money.

B. To finish the task of teaching.

C. To enlarge the areas of forests.

D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.

3.Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?

A. Scientific and interesting.　　 B. Magical and dull.

C. Vivid and unreal.　　 D. Hard to understand.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The magazine is a cartoon one.

B. Adults find the magazine too easy.

C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.

D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.

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Fifteen-year-old David had spent six months planning a hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (大峡谷)with his classmates. No one could have known it would end in tragedy.

When the group arrived at the starting point for the hike, they found out there was a problem with their permit. To solve it, the five boys and three leaders walked back up to the ranger station (护林站）一only to find out it was closed.

When the boys got moving, they'd already drunk most of their water. In the burning sun, temperatures reached a 115°F. Even the leaders were having trouble walking on. But the group finally made it down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Heat evil was occurring. "My son made it about 100 yards from the river and then dropped," says his father, Robin. Two boys of them raced to the river to get him water.

When the boys arrived, the last rafting （筏运) trip of the day was passing by. As luck would have it, among the waiting riders were a few doctors. They rushed to give David first aid before going for help. But it was too late. David passed away from the heat evil.

It's been 21 years since the boy's death, and hiking still holds a strong memory of David for his family. The summer before the tragedy, his father had a long time to devote to his family. David and his dad spent the summer hiking all over the High Uintas, where snow-topped peaks reflect tower over glacier(冰川) formed lakes.

The photo Robin took of Christmas Meadows there won the Reader's Digest "From Sea to Shining Sea" photo contest and appeared on the July 2017 magazine cover. To Robin, it isn't just a fascinating landscape--it's also a powerful reminder of his late son.

1.How many people does David's group consist of?.

A. 11　　 B. 10

C. 9 .　　 D. 8

2.What does the sentence "Even the leaders were having trouble walking on." in Paragraph 3 suggest?

A. The leaders were taller and older.

B. The leaders covered shorter distance.

C. The leaders were healthier and stronger.

D. The trouble the group faced was so great as to be beyond expectation.

3.Where did Robin take the photo which won the Reader's Digest "From Sea to Shining Sea" photo contest？

A. On the High Uintas.　　 B. Where David had been to.

C. In the Grand Canyon.　　 D. In the Christmas Meadows.

4.What does the passage intend to tell us mainly?

A. Take enough water with you when hiking.

B. Don't hike to the Grand Canyon in too hot weather.

C. Robin still misses his late son, David.

D. Doctors can't necessarily succeed in saving every patient.

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American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public schools called charter schools.

In 1991, there were no charter schools in the Unite States. Today, more than 2300 charter schools operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575000 students attend these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older.

A charter school is created by groups of parents, teachers and community members. It is similar in some ways to a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate a number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments provide the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate.

Unlike a traditional public school, however, the charter school does not have to obey most laws governing public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to teach.

Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach those goals. Class sizes are usually smaller than in many traditional public schools. Many students and parents say teachers in charter schools can be more creative.

However, state education agencies, local education-governing committees and unions often oppose charter schools. They say these schools may receive money badly needed by traditional public schools. Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling.

Congress provided 200 million dollars for establishing charter schools in the 2006 federal budget. But, often the schools say they lack enough money for programs. Many also lack needed space. District officials say they have provided 14 former school buildings for charter education. Yet charter school supporters say officials should try harder to find more space.

Title ________ ________

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Over the past 30 years, China has spent hundreds of billions of yuan to pull its rural population out of poverty. Now China's anti­poverty efforts pay________.

高三英语其他题简单题查看答案及解析

He finished his school in 1992; he was ______that year.

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The engineer has spent one year working in the US and discovered how things ________overseas.

A. manage           B. promote          C. operate          D. allocate

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At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Doreen Luke was fifteen years old and had just begun work as an apprentice (学徒) in a department store selling clothing and household goods in her hometown of Bodmin in Cornwall. Doreen recalls the first day of war, “My mother was in the process of cooking the Sunday dinner when the Prime Minister announced over the radio that we were at war with Germany… From then on everything changed in our lives. Suddenly there was a different atmosphere.”

During the first years of the war, Doreen was part of a concert party that entertained civilians and service personnel in Cornwall. Although Doreen made effort for the war through her work in entertainment, she was eager to become involved with the war effort in a more direct way, “ My seventeenth birthday came in January 1941. Many of my friends were joining the Forces. I was becoming very restless. In any case soon at the age of eighteen I would be called up to go and work in a factory or to do some other vital war work but that didn’t appeal to me. I was more adventurous than that!”

Realizing that the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(WAAF)was recruiting (招募) wireless operators, Doreen quickly made up her mind. At the age of eighteen, she received her call-up papers and became a member of the WAAF. After one year’s training, Doreen became a wireless operator at Bletchley Park and began work in the Auto Room. Doreen recalls her first visit to Bletchley and the secrecy essential to her work, “I didn’t realize when I first stepped into that room that I was going to be a part of a very secret department. In fact I didn’t know that until fifty years after the war.”

1.When was Doreen Luke born? (within 2 words)

2.What did Doreen Luke do when the war broke out? (within 6 words)

3.Why did Doreen feel restless on her 17th birthday? (within 8 words)

4.When did Doreen really become a wireless operator? (within 5 words)

5.What was the requirement for her work at Bletchley Park? (within 2 words）

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My mother has spent the past 9 years working with Special Olympics. But her _________ of love, compassion and patience started 20 years ago when my younger sister, Natalie, was ________ . You see, my sister is mentally delayed and has always required _________ help; help that my mother never ________ to give. My mother decided _________ after my sister was born that she would do whatever she could to give my sister as close to a(n) _________ life as possible. So Natalie’s _________ was not going to stop her from living her life to the fullest. In the 20 years since my sister was born I’ve _________ my mom fight for my sister’s rights, and the rights of those like her, in the schools and community.

When our family moved to Washington State in 2000, my mother got a job _________ a para-educator at one of the local middle schools. My mother has always said that is when her eyes were _________ opened to all the different things that were _________ to people with special needs.

It was November 2001 that my family was _________ forever. That is when my sister _________ Special Olympics. At first we would just go and watch my sister, _________ we quickly started to get more _______ . My mother and I started to ________ , and my dad was the driver. We were _________ involved in basketball, soccer, and softball.

When my family moved to Idaho State in August of 2012, we were sad to _________ that our small town didn’t have Special Olympics teams. So what did my mother do? She took it upon herself to _________ teams in our small town. Now five years later my family is still in full Special Olympics _________ . My mother is not only my hero, but the hero of the over 30 Special Olympics athletes in Rigby, ID.

1.A. quality　　 B. value　　 C. hope　　 D. story

2.A. hurt　　 B. lost　　 C. born　　 D. raised

3.A. small　　 B. extra　　 C. kind　　 D. mental

4.A. hesitated　　 B. needed　　 C. decided　　 D. liked

5.A. later　　 B. unwillingly　　 C. quickly　　 D. nervously

6.A. interesting　　 B. special　　 C. normal　　 D. whole

7.A. enthusiasm　　 B. disability　　 C. courage　　 D. strength

8.A. watched　　 B. helped　　 C. heard　　 D. felt

9.A. for　　 B. with　　 C. to　　 D. as

10.A. never　　 B. hardly　　 C. truly　　 D. sometimes

11.A. dangerous　　 B. available　　 C. difficult　　 D. strange

12.A. changed　　 B. astonished　　 C. completed　　 D. settled

13.A. left　　 B. visited　　 C. hated　　 D. joined

14.A. and　　 B. so　　 C. but　　 D. since

15.A. disappointed　　 B. involved　　 C. moved　　 D. fascinated

16.A. coach　　 B. speak　　 C. prepare　　 D. act

17.A. slowly　　 B. anxiously　　 C. gradually　　 D. actively

18.A. let out　　 B. work out　　 C. find out　　 D. make out

19.A. break up　　 B. start up　　 C. send out　　 D. give up

20.A. mode　　 B. games　　 C. thought　　 D. states

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Since the 1990s, education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen. Last December, the government announced that 70% of students passed their final examination to finish high school. In 2008, the pass rate was about 63%. There have been increases each year since then.

Professor Shireen Motala says basic education is no longer a problem in South Africa. Most children stay in school until they are about sixteen. The problem is that large numbers of them leave without completing high school.

Students take an examination known as the “matric”(高考) in Grade Twelve. Professor Motala says, “Less than half of the children who started school in 2000 sat for the matric last year. Many dropped out of school, so only around 45% took the matric. And the worry is where those students actually go.” Those who drop out have to compete with better educated people for jobs.

Educational researchers also point to another problem. South African schools do not produce enough students with the skills for higher education in maths and science. Many schools are not well-equipped. Children do not see laboratories, and, as a result, their science marks are not very good. They do not have libraries at school. Also, many teachers do not have the skills or training to do their jobs.

In South Africa, a number of teachers were poorly trained before. Secondly, teachers have been confused by the many educational reform efforts in the last fifteen years. Finally, language differences in the classroom have not got as much attention as they should, which is a huge problem. Subjects such as maths and science are taught in English starting at about the age of ten. But South Africa has eleven official languages.

South Africa’s minister of basic education promises a number of improvements. Angie Motshega says teacher development efforts will focus on subject and content knowledge, making sure that the correct teachers are in the correct jobs.

1.From the first paragraph we can learn that ______.

A．South Africans are badly in need of education

B．South African teenagers do very well at school

C．the South African government takes education seriously

D．South African teenagers have become more clever

2.What is the real concern of Shireen Motala?

A．Something is wrong with the country’s basic education system.

B．Most children have to find a job at an early age.

C．The final exam is too difficult for most children.

D．Most children cannot complete high school until they are 16.

3.South African students perform poorly in science for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT ______.

A．they don’t work hard enough

B．their schools do not have laboratories

C．they cannot get help from libraries

D．there are not enough skilled teachers

4.With which of the following would Shireen Motala most probably agree?

A．Schools should focus more on maths and science than any other subject.

B．More educational reforms should be carried out in South African schools.

C．The more teachers teach maths and science, the better marks students may get.

D．More attention should be paid to language differences in maths and science classes.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析