At just 18 years old, Canberra student Lochie Ferrier has already conducted research in a frontier field — aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineering is the primary of engineering concerned with the science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
In 2014, he was one of 80 high school students worldwide who a six-week science and engineering program at MIT. During the program, he was by the institute’s scientists, and developed a method to identify inactive satellites. This method, called OASIS, is designed a way to help manage space debris(碎片), which operating satellites.
“One solution to this problem is a robot that can gather pieces of space debris and store them in orbit，” he says. “These pieces could be to new satellites later, thus the costs and launch weights of new satellites.” However, satellite identification technology would be needed for this solution, and that’s what Lochie is working on. “I hope this method would be put into practice in the near future, in the next 10 years,” he says.
Lochie has made the of the Young Innovators category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards with his OASIS. This category is open to students aged 21 years or and carries a $ 5,000 prize. If he won, he would use the money to help fund research into OASIS. “My plan for using the money would be to try to use materials which could stand up to the environment of space,” he says.
He is also considering how to the technology to organizations such as NASA and satellite manufacturers.
Lochie’s in aerospace engineering was aroused by the big dish antenna(碟形天线）at NASA’s tracking station near Canberra，which he visited in his early teens. He said his software design and development teacher at Canberra Grammar School him, too. “He taught me valuable project management and skills which I applied to OASIS.”
Lochie has been attending Canberra Grammar School and will soon exams for admission to universities. He his time between schoolwork, his personal projects such as OASIS and the development of apps, rock climbing, and playing classical violin. The teenager is well on his way to realizing his sky-high ambition.
1.A. principle B. presentation C. branch D. criterion
2.A. brought in B. participated in C. set up D. backed up
3.A. guided B. criticized C. surprised D. changed
4.A. in B. for C. with D. as
5.A. follows B. threatens C. splits D. maintains
6.A. recycling B. repairing C. creating D. launching
7.A. switched B. transformed C. attached D. returned
8.A. increasing B. reducing C. balancing D. covering
9.A. optional B. temporary C. reliable D. theoretical
10.A. imagine B. say C. suppose D. consider
11.A. plans B. finals C. competitions D. goals
12.A. under B. beyond C. more D. above
13.A. basic B. further C. academic D. independent
14.A. extreme B. pure C. dark D. friendly
15.A. adapt B. forward C. market D. apply
16.A. influence B. investment C. information D. interest
17.A. inspired B. served C. sponsored D. promised
18.A. join B. sit C. hold D. prepare
19.A. devotes B. spends C. separates D. divides
20.A. instructive B. competitive C. technical D. typica
高一英语完形填空中等难度题
At just 18 years old, Canberra student Lochie Ferrier has already conducted research in a frontier field — aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineering is the primary of engineering concerned with the science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
In 2014, he was one of 80 high school students worldwide who a six-week science and engineering program at MIT. During the program, he was by the institute’s scientists, and developed a method to identify inactive satellites. This method, called OASIS, is designed a way to help manage space debris(碎片), which operating satellites.
“One solution to this problem is a robot that can gather pieces of space debris and store them in orbit，” he says. “These pieces could be to new satellites later, thus the costs and launch weights of new satellites.” However, satellite identification technology would be needed for this solution, and that’s what Lochie is working on. “I hope this method would be put into practice in the near future, in the next 10 years,” he says.
Lochie has made the of the Young Innovators category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards with his OASIS. This category is open to students aged 21 years or and carries a $ 5,000 prize. If he won, he would use the money to help fund research into OASIS. “My plan for using the money would be to try to use materials which could stand up to the environment of space,” he says.
He is also considering how to the technology to organizations such as NASA and satellite manufacturers.
Lochie’s in aerospace engineering was aroused by the big dish antenna(碟形天线）at NASA’s tracking station near Canberra，which he visited in his early teens. He said his software design and development teacher at Canberra Grammar School him, too. “He taught me valuable project management and skills which I applied to OASIS.”
Lochie has been attending Canberra Grammar School and will soon exams for admission to universities. He his time between schoolwork, his personal projects such as OASIS and the development of apps, rock climbing, and playing classical violin. The teenager is well on his way to realizing his sky-high ambition.
1.A. principle B. presentation C. branch D. criterion
2.A. brought in B. participated in C. set up D. backed up
3.A. guided B. criticized C. surprised D. changed
4.A. in B. for C. with D. as
5.A. follows B. threatens C. splits D. maintains
6.A. recycling B. repairing C. creating D. launching
7.A. switched B. transformed C. attached D. returned
8.A. increasing B. reducing C. balancing D. covering
9.A. optional B. temporary C. reliable D. theoretical
10.A. imagine B. say C. suppose D. consider
11.A. plans B. finals C. competitions D. goals
12.A. under B. beyond C. more D. above
13.A. basic B. further C. academic D. independent
14.A. extreme B. pure C. dark D. friendly
15.A. adapt B. forward C. market D. apply
16.A. influence B. investment C. information D. interest
17.A. inspired B. served C. sponsored D. promised
18.A. join B. sit C. hold D. prepare
19.A. devotes B. spends C. separates D. divides
20.A. instructive B. competitive C. technical D. typica
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
An 18-year-old high school student who had just learned to swim in the last summer vacation saved the life of a drowning Ohio boy on Friday afternoon.
Tom Erickson was credited with (因．．．．．．而受赞扬)saving the life of Jason Pryor,10, in Mill Creek (小河) Park. Young Jason Pryor, from Chillicothe, was visiting relatives from Anchor Point when he fell into Mill Creek.
The Pryor boy had no business playing near the edge of the river, but he had no idea of the danger.
The creek, with much more water than usual for the recent spring rains, flowed fast and carried the boy around a bend and out of sight from his parents, who took Jason out there and said they had not even witnessed the incident.
Luckily for Jason, one of the most unselfish students from Brentwood’s Central High School was taking a walk alone through the park.
As soon as he found the boy struggling in the water, Erickson jumped into the creek and managed to pull the drowning boy out of the water. And it was reported that Erickson had never received any life-saving instruction before.
“I wasn’t sure I could do it,” Erickson said. “I didn’t know if I could swim through the river by myself, not to mention getting another person out with me.”
This incident should be a lesson to young children who do not know how to swim. Stay away from dangerous bodies of water.
1. Young Jason Pryor lives at _______.
A. Anchor Point B. Chillicothe, Ohio C. Mill Creek D. Brentwood
2.Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?
A. Life-saving instruction helped a lot in the incident.
B. Jason’s parents saw him fall into the creek but couldn’t help.
C. The creek flowed fast because it was very straight without any bends.
D. Erickson was not sure if he could save the boy when jumping into the creek.
3.What’s the possible meaning of the underlined sentence “The Pryor boy had no business playing near the edge of the river,” in the third paragraph?
A. The accident was none of the boy’s business.
B. The boy had no friends to play with him.
C. The boy shouldn’t have played near the creek.
D. The boy was very busy and had no time to play.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Did You Know the Danger of Water B. Be Responsible Parents
C. The Fast Running Mill Creek D. Beginning Swimmer Saved Drowning Boy
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
An 18-year-old student at Stanford University was struggling to pay his fees. Not knowing where to turn for money, he_________a bright idea. He and a friend decided to _________a musical concert on campus to raise money for their_________
They turned to the great pianist Ignacy Paderewski. His manager_________a guaranteed fee(保证金) of $2,000 for the piano concert. A deal was_________and the boys began to work to make the concert a_______
The big day arrived. But_________they had not managed to sell enough tickets.The total_________was only $1,600._________they went to Paderewski and explained their problem. They gave him the____________$1, 600, plus a check for the balance(余额)of $400. They promised to cash the____________at the soonest possible. Paderewski tore up the check,____________ the $1,600 and told the two boys to____________ the money they needed for the fees. The boys were ____________, and thanked him heartedly.
It was a small act of ____________. But it clearly marked out Paderewski a ____________human being.
Why should he help the two boys he did not even know? We all____________situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think, “If I help them, what will happen to me?” The truly____________people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don't do it expecting something ____________. They do it because they feel it's the ____________thing to do.
1.A.dreamed of B.came up with C.thought highly of D.relied on
2.A.consider B.appreciate C.host D.attend
3.A.education B.performance C.income D.goal
4.A.increased B.accepted C.requested D.paid
5.A.struck B.offered C.ignore D.selected
6.A.tour B.base C.success D.style
7.A.uncertainly B.unluckily C.undoubtedly D.unreliably
8.A.fare B.value C.concert D.collection
9.A.Excited B.Shocked C.Disappointed D.Bored
10.A.equal B.entire C.rest D.extra
11.A.check B.promise C.deal D.charge
12.A.took B.counted C.raise D.returned
13.A.spend B.keep C.borrow D.earn
14.A.interested B.frightened C.amazed D.upset
15.A.mercy B.devotion C.kindness D.concern
16.A.grateful B.sincere C.confident D.generous
17.A.meet with B.respond to C.think about D.deal with
18.A.strong B.great C.faithful D.wealthy
19.A.in peace B.in relief C.in danger D.in return
20.A.important B.wonderful C.fair D.right
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
An 18-year-old student at Stanford University was struggling to pay his fees.Not knowing where to turn for money,he came up with a bright______.He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to______money for their education.
They______out to the great pianist Ignacy J.Paderewski.His manager______a guaranteed fee of $2,000 for the piano recital（独奏会).A deal was______and the boys began to work to make the concert a______.
The big day arrived.But______,they had not managed to sell enough tickets.The total______was only $ 1,600. Disappointed,they went to Paderewski and explained their plight (困境).They gave him the entire $ 1,600,plus a______for the balance $400.They promised to honour the cheque at the______possible.Paderewski tore up the cheque,______the $ 1,600 and told the two boys to keep the money they needed for the fees.The boys were______,and thanked him heartedly.
It was a small act of______.But it clearly marked out Paderewski______a great human being.______should he help two people he did not even know?We all______situations like these in our lives.And______of us only think “If I help them,what will happen to me?”The truly______people think, “If I don’t help them,what will happen to them?” They don't do it______something in return.They do it________they feel it’s the right thing to do.
1.A. time B. task C. decision D. idea
2.A. receive B. borrow C. raise D. donate
3.A. turned B. reached C. pointed D. called
4.A. demanded B. covered C. considered D. increased
5.A. struck B. refused C. cancelled D. attracted
6.A. success B. career C. background D. performance
7.A. uncertainly B. unbelievably C. unfortunately D. undoubtedly
8.A. cost B. bill C. collection D. tip
9.A. benefit B. interest C. charge D. cheque
10.A. soonest B. latest C. longest D. farthest
11.A. took B. counted C. saved D. returned
12.A. puzzled B. surprised C. frightened D. interested
13.A. devotion B. kindness C. respect D. teamwork
14.A. like B. for C. as D. to
15.A. How B. Where C. When D. Why
16.A. come across B. deal with C. settle into D. think of
17.A. both B. few C. none D. most
18.A. able B. rich C. great D. famous
19.A. taking B. expecting C. offering D. preparing
20.A. because B. though C. before D. so
高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Haze Mabry has just turned 80 years old, and on his birthday, just like every other day, he reported to Pike County Elementary in Georgia where he works as a cleaner, prepared to clean.
But to his _______, that day was different from any other day. Just as he was settling in for a day of work, he was _______by more than 750 people, including students, teachers and staff,_______the hallways.
The students had made handmade _______and banners(横幅), and they all sang happy birthday and shouted his name as he _______by.
“They’re like my children ,” Mabry said in a(n) _______with The Washington Post .”I’m like the old lady in the shoe.”
Mabry makes a point of interacting(互动)with the _______when he can .”I know the little faces, but I don’t know every _______,”Mabry said .”Some of them make you know them.”
The unexpected celebration at school _______Mabry how valued(珍视) he is by students and teachers alike .”He’s the most __________person in this whole building ,”said teacher Lori Gilreath, who __________his surprise .”He won’t brag(吹嘘) on himself, but it doesn’t __________what he’s doing or where he is, he will __________ stop what he’s doing to take care of a child if that child is having a __________ day.”
Haze spent the whole following weekend __________ the pile of handwritten cards he __________!
Maybe we can’t all organize something as __________ as this birthday celebration, but it’s a __________:take any chance you get to make someone’s day __________, and let them know how they are valued! It can make much __________.
1.A.joy B.regret C.surprise D.sadness
2.A.greeted B.served C.praised D.treated
3.A.visiting B.decorating C.crossing D.lining
4.A.cakes B.cards C.pictures D.toys
5.A.walked B.ran C.stood D.hurried
6.A.discussion B.interview C.report D.speech
7.A.teachers B.friends C.students D.workmates
8.A.word B.class C.action D.name
9.A.offered B.promised C.showed D.left
10.A.important B.loved C.famous D.talented
11.A.planned B.got C.expressed D.hid
12.A.mean B.work C.include D.matter
13.A.already B.still C.always D.only
14.A.busy B.bad C.warm D.long
15.A.reading through B.sending for C.handing out D.returning to
16.A.borrowed B.lost C.packed D.received
17.A.noisy B.usual C.big D.formal
18.A.sign B.question C.part D.task
19.A.simple B.special C.funny D.terrible
20.A.trouble B.progress C.money D.difference
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler’s checks, and is asleep at the moment. His blue duffel(粗呢) bag lies on the floor where he dropped it. Obviously, he postponed as much sleep as he could: when he walked in and we hugged, his electrical system suddenly switched off, and he headed directly for the bed, where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours.
It was his first trip overseas, so weeks before it, I pressed travel books on him, and a tape cassette of useful French phrases; drew up a list of people to visit; advised him on clothing and other things. At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase, he headed for the duffels, saying that suitcases were more for old people.
During the trip, he called home three times: from London, Paris, and a village named Ullapool. Near Ullapool, he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off. In the village, a man spoke to him in Gaelic, and, too polite to interrupt, my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes, trying to nod in the right places. The French he learned from the cassette didn’t hold water in Paris. The French he talked to shrugged and walked on.
When my son called, I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word. His voice came through clearly, though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication. When I interrupted him with a “Great!” or a “Really?”, I knocked a little hole in his communication. So I just sat and listened. I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure. It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me. In my book, he was the first man to land on the moon, and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.
The unused checks are certainly evidence of that. Youth travels light. No suitcase, not much luggage and a slim expense account, and yet he went to the scene, and came back safely. I sit here amazed. The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you’ve never seen is a night you would gladly turn into a week.
1.During the trip, the author’s son ______.
A. didn’t have enough sleep
B. ran out of money
C. forgot to call his mother
D. failed to take good pictures
2.According to the passage, which of the following could best describe the author’s son?
A. Polite and careless.
B. Considerate and independent.
C. Creative and stubborn.
D. Self-centered and adventurous.
3.What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. It is important to listen to your child’s story.
B. It’s easy to interrupt the chat with your child.
C. The author is proud of her son landing on the moon.
D. The son no longer needs much help from his mother.
4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers.
B. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
C. Communication between parents and children is extremely important.
D. It’s a win-win choice to give a child space to experience and explore.
高一英语听力第三部分中等难度题查看答案及解析
At just six years old, Joey Kilpatrick is Australia’s unofficial hide-and-seek(捉迷藏)champion after he hid in a bedroom cupboard for eight hours while playing his favorite game，causing a big rescue operation.
The determined little boy’s disappearing act led to a careful search, including nice police officers, five State Emergency Service volunteers, tracker dogs and almost all of the people of the town of Goombungee.
His mother, Chris, says she called the police when Joey disappeared one afternoon after telling his older brother, Lachlan, 14, that he was off to play hide-and-seek.
“I called the two boys for dinner,” Chris says. “After about 20 minutes I started to worry, I was shouting to Joey, ‘OK, we can’t find you, time to come out!’”
But there was no sign of her little boy. Within minutes of Chris calling the police, the policemen started one of the biggest ground searches in the town’s history.
“I was really frightened. I rang my husband, Kris, who works out of town, and he immediately hit the road, calling me every 10 minutes.” Chris recalls．“They searched the house from top to bottom; everyone was out looking for him. When a neighbor asked if I’d checked the water tank, that’s when reality hit. I was afraid.”
After hours of searching the town, confused police decided to search the house one more time.
“I just sat there waiting,” Chris says, “Then a strange feeling came over me, and I rushed into the bedroom and put my hand on a pile of blankets in the cupboard. As I pulled then out，there he was---asleep and completely not realizing what was going on! I’ve never held him in my arms so hard.”
Senior officer, Chris Brameld，from Goombungee police，says he is glad that Joey’s game had a happy ending: “When we realized he was safe, we agreed that it didn’t get much better than that!”
And young Joey promises that next time he won’t be so intent(专注于) on finding the best hiding place. “I want to say sorry to the policemen and to Mummy for scaring them,” he says, “I promise next time I’ll hide where they can find me and I won’t fall asleep!”
1.Why did the boy hide in a bedroom cupboard?
A. He thought it was a good place to sleep
B. He wanted to start a big rescue operation
C. He didn’t think he could be easily found there
D. He is Australia’s unofficial hide-and-seek champion.
2.What did the boy’s mother do when she couldn’t find her son?
A. She checked the water tank.
B. She called the police and her husband.
C. She turned to her neighbor for help.
D. She searched the town from top to bottom.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The boy felt very cold when he was found.
B. The boy knew clearly what was going on.
C. The mother usually hugged her boy very hard.
D. The mother was very grateful to find her boy.
4.How did the boy feel after he found out what had happened?
A. Pitiful. B. Funny.
C. Frightened. D. Sorry.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Billy，a hardworking student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a parttime job that ____ him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still sound ____ .He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5∶15 to go to the ____ where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were ____ to the corner by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon(小推车) to ____ them.
In the winter it is still dark ____ he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is ____.Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his___ in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊) where it will be ____ from wind，rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips，____ him very excited.
Billy earns about $70 per month through hard ____，and he is saving some of the money to go to ____，where he has always been longing to go. Besides that，he ____ the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month，he has to collect the ____at night since many of them work during the day. That is when he is ___ so that he is full of excitement. Luckily，he gets ____ supported by his family. Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver(递送) the newspapers for him. Once，his father was too ____ to help.
Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn`t feel ____ about the number.
He dreams that he will get ____ customers as possible some day.____，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
1.A. wakes B．takes C．gets D．picks
2.A. asleep B．awake C．wake up D．sleepy
3.A. corner B．street C．room D．department
4.A. given B．addressed C．handed D．delivered
5.A. carry B．bring C．send D．load
6.A. which B．while C．that D．when
7.A. short B．black C．light D．long
8.A. road B．way C．route(投递路线)D．path
9.A. protected B．stopped C．kept D．prevented
10.A. making B．letting C．leading D．causing
11.A. attempt B．job C．work D．struggle
12.A. abroad B．school C．college D．hospital
13.A. costs B．spends C．pays D．uses
14.A. paper B．money C．newspapers D．records
15.A. depressed B．energetic C．satisfied D．moved
16.A.very B．great C．greatly D．a lot of
17.A. likely B．reluctant C．tried D．willing
18.A. satisfied B．pleasant C．contented D．happy
19.A. many more B．as much C．as many D．much more
20.A. If that B．If so C．Besides D．What’s more
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world. One day, your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than twelve months to live. How would you feel? What would you do? Here is what Stephen Hawking thought:
（There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD-I did not expect to survive that long. Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl, Jane Wilde. But in order to get married, I needed a job,and in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.
Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married Jane. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures. As his disease has disabled him, Hawking has to sit in his now-famous wheelchair and speak through a computer. He talked about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions: What is time, how did the universe begin,and what exactly are black holes?
Hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes. Since then, Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand. The book sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages.
1.According to the quote in paragraph 2, when was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?
A.Twelve months earlier. B.When he was getting married.
C.Two years earlier. D.When he met Jane Wilde.
2.Why did Stephen Hawking think: “There did not seem much point in working on my PhD?”
A.Because there was no point in being a PhD. B.Because he thought he would die soon.
C.Because there was no hope of being PhD. D.Because he had no place to work.
3.What made Hawking known to the world in 1970s?
A.His book A Brief History of Time. B.His discovery about the Big Bang and black hole.
C.His fighting against the disease. D.His lectures to university students.
4.What can we learn from Steven Hawking?
A.Where there is a will,there is a way. B.Every road leads to Rome.
C.Practice makes perfect. D.Better late than never.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
TEN-YEAR-OLD Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii, US. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked him whether his father ate people.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I kept asking myself who I am,” said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Last year Obama became the first black president in US history.
Obama was born in 1961, to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii. This unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol to help forget this question.
With help from his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (参议员) in US history. During his race to the highest post in the US, Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America, rather than a white America or a black America.
“Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.
1.When Obama was ten years old, he was in _______.
A. Hawaii B. Kenya C. Africa D. Indonesia
2.When Obama became president of the US, he was _______.
A. 37 B.48 C. 47 D. 38
3. Why did Obama lie to his classmates that his father was a Kenyan prince?
A. Because he was uncertain about his background then.
B. Because he dreamed of becoming a Kenyan prince.
C. Because he was afraid of being laughed at by his classmates.
D. Because he was told his father was a Kenyan prince.
4.Which of the following statements is right?
A. Obama is optimistic all his life.
B. Obama was brought up in Africa.
C. .According to Luther King, a man should be judged by the content of his
D. Obama didn’t work hard at Harvard, but he finally turned president of the US.
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