Inspired by the seniors in college and his ow...

Inspired by the seniors in college and　　　　 his own responsbilities，Dick is determined to work harder．

A. to recognize　　 　　　　　　 B. recognizing　　 　　　 C. recognized　 　　 D. being recognized

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

（2014山东省实验中学高三第二次模拟考试）8．By the time Mr．Jarvis ___________ college，he had been running his own company for a few years．

A．started　　 B．had started　　 C．has started     D．would start

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Now in his senior year in Bowdoin College, a small, elite liberal-arts（文科）college in Masine, Chen Yongfang has become such a devotee of the liberal-arts approach that he’s made it his mission to spread the word throughout China. He has coauthored a book called A True Liberal Arts Education, which essentially explains the little-known concept to Chinese students and their parents. Though there have been many books about how to get into Ivy League universities, “there was not a single book in China about the smaller liberal-arts colleges,” he says.

The book, which Chen wrote with friends Ye Lin and Wan Li, who also attend small U. S. colleges, touts（兜售）such benefits as intimate classes (the student-to-faculty ratio at Bowdoin is 9:1) and professors who focus on teaching rather than research. Chen, 23, explains that he was won over by Bowdoin’s commitment to nurturing skills for life, rather than simply for the workplace. “Liberal arts is abut fostering your identity,” he says. “They want to cultivate your mind.” He admits that liberal arts may be a hard sell in a country with an increasingly competitive job market. The book states bluntly that in the short term, a liberal-arts education won’t improve job prospects. “In China, employers are looking for someone who can come in and start working immediately when they graduate, not someone who still needs to be trained in practical skills,” Chen says.

The book, which received wide media coverage in China and now has a waiting list for its second print run, is certainly timely: it plays into a growing debate in China about what national universities should be teaching. The country needs a workforce with the skills and creativity to help move away from low-cost manufacturing and, in economic terms, move up the value chain. And some educators believe liberal-arts training is vital to help China deal with its increasingly complex new realities. Yet the well-known intellectual historian Xu Jilin believes that China’s rapid expansion of higher education has had a detrimental effect on curriculum as the country’s universities race to compete globally. “Education these days in like factory-farming chickens,” he says. “Universities all wan to get into international rakings—and most of these depend on research. They’re not interested in providing a unique education for our kids.”

1.According to Chen Yongfang, the benefits of attending liberal-arts colleges are the following EXCEPT________.

A．closer relationship with tutors

B．teachers more devoted to teaching

C．practical skills for getting a job in China

D．development in mind and life-long ability

2.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．the teaching quality in big research universities not as good as small colleges

B．it is more difficult for liberal-arts graduates to find a job because employers don’t believe that they can perform well

C．literal-arts education is of little help to China’s economic development

D．research universities received more Chinese applicants than smaller liberal-arts colleges

3.The word “detrimental” in Para.3 probably means “________.”

A．instant        B．rewarding      C．damaging       D．obvious

4.According to Xu Jilin,.

A．the expansion of higher education has improved the competitive strength of China’s universities

B．Chinese universities are providing the same courses as foreign universities

C．many universities are not paying enough attention to teaching

D．research should gain more attention in order to improve China’s universities’ rankings

5.This passage is most probably adapted from________.

A．an article introducing liberal arts

B．an article introducing the book A True Liberal Arts Education

C．an article criticizing China’s higher education

D．an advertisement for Bowdoin College

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A cat with his own Facebook page and Instagram account is taking the Internet by storm thanks to his expressive eyebrows. Curious-looking Sam has racked up 150,000 Instagram followers and 530,000 likes on Facebook since bursting onto the scene in 2012.

Owner Amanda Collado, 26, from New York, has been handling the large amount of requests from fans and media for the past three years. She said, “There have definitely been situations where I have had to ignore friends, family or work to take the time to do Sam's posts or answer emails on his behalf. Everyone gets a little annoyed when I'm on my phone and not paying attention to them. I never thought Sam would be so popular.”

Amanda's mum, Ivette Rodriguez, noticed the abandoned cat outside her home one evening.

Ivette said, “I saw a little niche (壁龛) next to the house and there was a cat in there. He willingly gave himself up to me—I guess he was so tired of being outside.”

Amanda created an Instagram account for Sam after a friend pointed out his expressive brows. She said, “I didn't notice his eyebrows initially.”

“He had about 800 followers at first—but in February someone posted his photo on Reddit and he blew up overnight—I woke up with 1600 followers. From there we made a Facebook and all other social media accounts.”

Amanda posts pictures to Sam's account every two days, but spends most of her day keeping up with all of his fans. But the effort she puts into her pet's social media has paid off—and she has bigger plans for Sam's future, including merchandise (商品).

“Right now we're trying to share him in a free way. Eventually we'll sell Sam merchandise, because I know many people do like having cute little mugs, Sam mugs, or posters, T-shirts.”

1.Why does Amanda sometimes ignore her friends?

A. She is absorbed in her work.

B. She is popular with her fans.

C. She gets along badly with her friends.

D. She is busy with Sam's business.

2.How did Amanda get the cat called Sam?

A. She bought it from her friend.

B. One of her friends gave it to her.

C. Her mother found it and adopted it.

D. The text didn't mention it.

3.What does Amanda plan to do about Sam?

A. She plans to post Sam's photo on Reddit on the Internet.

B. She plans to post pictures to Sam’s account every day.

C. She plans to buy more cats.

D. She plans to sell Sam products.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles,  1            was rich and had no children of his own died and   2        (leave) Dave a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency(地产公司).

He found a nice office, 3           (buy) some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming  4      the door of his office.

“It’s my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up          5      telephone and pretended to be very busy  6       （answer）an important call from someone in New York    7        wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man knocked at the door  8          this was going on, came in and waited    9           (polite) for the agent to finish his conversation. Then he said to him, “I’m from the telephone company, and I    10           (send) here to connect your telephone.”

高三英语填空题简单题查看答案及解析

Monty Roberts owns a horse ranch（牧马场） in San Ysidro. He told us his story. As a senior, he was asked to write a 36about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper37his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great38and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the39  of all the buildings.

He put his heart into the40and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that 41, ‘See me after class.’

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I42  an F?’

The teacher said, ‘This is an 43dream for a young boy like you. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no 44you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, ‘If you will 45this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”

The boy went home and46it. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to 47your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very48decision for you.’

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the49paper, making no changes at all. He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my50.’

Monty now owned a 200-acre ranch. He had 51his plan for a 4,000-square-foot house.

Two summers ago that same school teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch for a week. When leaving, he said52  , ‘Look, Monty. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream53. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. 54, you had enough perseverance not to give up on yours.’”

Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. 55your heart, no matter what.

1.                A．paper          B．composition     C．passage   D．notice

2.                A．reaching        B．achieving        C．continuing     D．describing

3.                A．excitement      B．detail           C．demand D．spirit

4.                A．relation         B．advantage       C．location   D．meaning

5.                A．project         B．work           C．house    D．painting

6.                A．informed       B．read           C．wrote    D．reflected

7.                A．recognize       B．own            C．receive   D．admit

8.                A．unbearable      B．unbelievable     C．unrealistic     D．unusual

9.                A．need           B．way            C．doubt    D．time

10.               A．see            B．retell          C．discuss    D．rewrite

11.               A．thought about   B．cared about     C．set about D．talked about

12.               A．keep up        B．show up        C．sweep up D．make up

13.               A．unique         B．wrong          C．wise D．important

14.               A．same          B．final           C．correct    D．suitable

15.               A．promise        B．grade          C．dream    D．word

16.               A．put forward     B．carried out      C．taken up   D．sped up

17.               A．constantly       B．strongly        C．guiltily    D．delightedly

18.               A．catcher        B．seeker         C．dreamer   D．stealer

19.               A．Gradually       B．Personally       C．Strictly    D．Fortunately

20.               A．Follow         B．Guide          C．Arrange   D．Concentrate

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Carl is studying　　　　　　 food science at college and hopes to open up　　　　　 meat processing factory of his own one day.

A. / ; a　　　　　             B. / ；the　　　　         C. the; a　　　　　         D. the; the

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The driver can adjust the heating in winter and the air conditioning in summer to suit his own _______.

A. preference     B. convenience     C. pleasure    D. favour

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

When I was a senior in college, I came home for Christmas vacation and anticipated a fun-filled fortnight with my two brothers. We were so excited to be together and we volunteered to watch the store so that my mother and father could take their first day off in years. The day before my parents went to Boston, my father took me quietly aside to the little den behind the store. He took out a cigar box, opened it and showed me a little pile of newspaper articles.

“What are they?” I asked.

Father replied seriously, “These are articles I’ve written and some letters to the editor that have been published.”

As I began to read, I saw at the bottom of each neatly clipped article the name Walter Chapman. “Why didn’t you tell me you’d done that?” I asked.

“Because I didn’t want your mother to know. She has always told me that since I didn’t have much education, I shouldn’t try to write. I wanted to run for some political office also, but she told me I shouldn’t try. I guess she was afraid she’d be embarrassed if I lost. I figured I could write without her knowing it, and so I did. When each item would be printed, I’d cut it out and hide it in this box. I knew someday I’d show the box to someone, and it’s you.”

He watched me as I read over a few of the articles and when I looked up, his big blue eyes were moist. “I guess I tried for something too big this last time,” he added.

“Did you write something else?”

“Yes, I sent some suggestions in to our church magazine on how the national nominating committee could be selected more fairly. It’s been three months since I sent it in. I guess I tried for something too big.”

This was such a new side to my fun-loving father that I didn’t quite know what to say, so I tried, “Maybe it’ll still come.”

“Maybe, but don’t hold your breath.” father gave me a little smile and a wink and then closed the cigar box.

The next morning our parents left on the bus to the railway station where they took a train to Boston. When I ran the store with my two brothers, I thought about the box. I’d never known my father liked to write. I didn’t tell my brothers. It was a secret between father and me.

Early that evening I looked out the store window and saw my mother get off the bus—alone.

“Where’s Dad?” We asked together.

“Your father’s dead,” she said without a tear.

She told us they had been walking through the Park Street Subway Station in the midst of crowds of people when father had fallen to the floor. A nurse bent over him, looked up at mother and said simply, “He’s dead.” Mother had stood by father stunned, not knowing what to do as people tripped over him in their rush through the subway.

Mother told us the shocking tale without shedding a tear. Not showing emotion had always been a matter of discipline and pride for her. We didn’t cry either and we took turns waiting on the customers.

One steady patron asked, “Where’s the old man tonight?”

“He’s dead,” I replied.

“Oh, too bad,” and he left.

I’d never thought of father as an old man. He’d always been healthy and happy and he’d cared for frail mother without complaining and now he was gone. No more whistling, no more singing hymns while stocking shelves. “The old man” was gone.

On the morning of the funeral, I sat at the table in the store opening sympathy cards and pasting them in a scrapbook when I noticed the church magazine in the pile. Normally I would never have opened it, but maybe that sacred article might be there—and it was.

I took the magazine to the little den, shut the door, and burst into tears. I had been brave, but seeing Dad’s bold recommendations in print was more than I could bear. I read and cried and then I read again. In the magazine I also found a two-page letter to my father from Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., thanking him for the campaign suggestions. I took out the box and put them in it.

I didn’t tell anyone about the box.

1.Who was Walter Chapman in the passage?

A.A writer of detective stories B.The author’s father

C.An edition of a newspaper D.A customer in the store

2.Which one shows the order in which the events happened?

a. My father showed me a little pile of newspaper articles.

b. Our parents took a train to Boston.

c. My father’s article to the church magazine was published.

d. I came home for Christmas vacation.

e. My father died in an accident.

f. My father sent some suggestions in to the magazine.

A.f-d-a-b-e-c B.d-a-f-b-e-c

C.d-f-c-a-b-e D.f-d-b-a-c-e

3.The underlined sentence “Not showing emotion had always been a matter of discipline and pride for her” does NOT show that ____________.

A.she is unwilling to share her feelings with others

B.she is too proud to express her feelings

C.she is used to being serious

D.she is an emotional person

4.Why did the author burst into tears at last?

A.Because he thought of father’s whistling and singing hymns.

B.Because his father’s article to the church magazine was published.

C.Because the box full of his father’s articles was yet unknown to people.

D.Because he was moved by the funeral and the sympathy cards.

5.What’s the father’s attitude towards his writing?

A.He was ashamed of his writing so he hid the box.

B.He was proud of his talent in writing.

C.He was interested in writing and found it great fun.

D.He took writing as a means to make a living.

6.Which is the best title for this passage?

A.The Death of My Father B.Father and I

C.The Mystery of a Hidden Box D.A Sad Christmas Vacation

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl 26  Melanie.

Melanie’s dad, James Porter, who is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb, wants Melanie to 27  nearby Northwestern University, where she’s 28  been accepted. But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, where she’s been wait-listed.

When she gets an unexpected 29  from Georgetown University, she decides to 30 a road trip with a few 31 female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step 32 adulthood. But 33 the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t 34  with the prospect(期望) of his little princess 35  the world without him. He wants to protect her, so he joins the girls and hopes he can convince Melanie to go to Northwestern. 36  Melanie’s father only has the best of 37 , his presence 38 an endless series of comic encounters（遭遇）.

After following their faulty device 39  into the backwoods (偏远地区), James and Melanie 40  Melanie’s little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare compartment (隔间). What should be a simple tyre change 41  the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel…. All these disasters add spice(额外的趣味) to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter 42  get the chance to really 43  each other.

All parents, 44  they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up. 45  what Melanie and James have done, we all can find the delicate (脆弱的) balance between staying connected and letting go.

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析