It is a wonderful morning, as I write this: hot, but without being too hot.Outside my window, I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water.It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer's temporary nature a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday, time is running out.
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday.This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it.You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody.And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun.Somehow, packing a carefully itemized(详细列举的)list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面)of holidays, with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal.And this year's the Idler magazine published its hook, Awful Holidays.Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life.The leisure(休闲)industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book ' s editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
1.According to the first paragraph we can know that the writer .
A. has a strong desire to book a holiday
B. wishes that the weather would change
C. finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshine
D. realizes it's time to decide whether to go on a holiday
2.The reason why the writer dislikes going on holidays is that .
A. it usually costs too much money
B. he is tired of making preparations too much for holidays
C. it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advance
D. he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't
3.We can learn from the survey that .
A. most people pretend to enjoy their holiday
B. all people fail to relax while they are on holiday
C. a lot of people feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limited
D. many people have made the same decision as the writer and most of his friends
4.The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to .
A. damage the reputation of the magazine
B. prove the idea of living an easy, lazy life to be wrong
C. indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely shared
D. focus entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays
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It is a wonderful morning, as I write this: hot, but without being too hot. Outside my window, I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water. It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer's temporary nature a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday, time is running out.
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a carefully itemized (详细列举的 )list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面)of holidays, with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year's the Idler magazine published its book, Awful Holidays. Here you will find a list of the five most
ecologically-damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life. The leisure(休闲)industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book’s editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
1.According to the first paragraph we can know that the writer .
A. has a strong desire to book a holiday
B. wishes that the weather would change
C. finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshine
D. realizes it's time to decide whether to go on a holiday
2.The reason why the writer dislikes going on holidays is that .
A. it usually costs too much money
B. he is tired of making preparations too much for holidays
C. it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advance
D. he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't
3.We can learn from the survey that .
A. most people pretend to enjoy their holiday
B. all people fail to relax while they are on holiday
C. a lot of people feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limited
D. many people have made the same decision as the writer and most of his friends
4.The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to .
A. damage the reputation of the magazine
B. prove the idea of living an easy, lazy life to be wrong
C. indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely shared
D. focus entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays
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It is a wonderful morning, as I write this: hot, but without being too hot.Outside my window, I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water.It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer's temporary nature a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday, time is running out.
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday.This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it.You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody.And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun.Somehow, packing a carefully itemized(详细列举的)list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面)of holidays, with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal.And this year's the Idler magazine published its hook, Awful Holidays.Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life.The leisure(休闲)industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book ' s editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
1.According to the first paragraph we can know that the writer .
A. has a strong desire to book a holiday
B. wishes that the weather would change
C. finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshine
D. realizes it's time to decide whether to go on a holiday
2.The reason why the writer dislikes going on holidays is that .
A. it usually costs too much money
B. he is tired of making preparations too much for holidays
C. it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advance
D. he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't
3.We can learn from the survey that .
A. most people pretend to enjoy their holiday
B. all people fail to relax while they are on holiday
C. a lot of people feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limited
D. many people have made the same decision as the writer and most of his friends
4.The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to .
A. damage the reputation of the magazine
B. prove the idea of living an easy, lazy life to be wrong
C. indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely shared
D. focus entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays
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It is a wonderful morning,as I write this:hot,but without being too hot. Outside my window,I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water. It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer’s temporary nature —a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday,time is running out .
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holidy too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面)of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year's the Idler magazine published its book of awful holidays .Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically--damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life. The leisure(休闲)industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book's editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
1.According to the first paragraph We can know that the writer .
A. has a strong desire to book a holiday
B. wishes that the weather would change
C. finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshine
D. realizes it’s time to decide whether to go on a holiday
2.What can be inferred from the sentence underlined in the passage?
A. people may find the man unbelievable
B. People think traveling is not so easy an act as drinking tea
C. The writer often regrets not taking a holiday.
D. The writer doesn't like drinking tea or listening to music
3.The reason why the writer dislikes going on holidays is that .
A. it usually takes too much time
B. he is tired of making preparations too much for holidays
C. it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advance
D. he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't
4.We can learn from the survey that a lot of people .
A. pretend to enjoy their holiday
B. fail to relax while they are on holiday
C. feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limited
D. have made the some decision as the writer and most of his friends
5.The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to .
A. damage the reputation of the magazine
B. prove his idea to be more popular than expected
C. indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely shared
D. foucs entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays
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As I write, a gentle, much needed rain is falling this morning. It has been a dry_____ here in Vermont, __________dry that the Spring Peepers(雨蛙)were late in coming that many thought these frogs would fail to bless us with their song. But they came, and I can’t_______them for being late. They are a_______of spring, and of rebirth.
It is late June and the mountain snow has______the higher slopes of the mountains. My family______our garden during the last weekend of May, and frost came twice since then, ____not a killing frost. But others were not so lucky: they lost most of young plants this year. Twice this spring has been______enough in the day so that my family went swimming, but there was______on the ground the next morning.
Planting a garden in Vermont amounts to an act of______. Will our sweat______, or will these efforts be in vain? My family was recently faced with a______decision: shall we leave this place and its people, or shall we stay and make a______? Well, we have decided this is ____we will make our stand._______the garden, this year we have planted ourselves. Will my family be______with what is needed to grow and flourish(兴旺)? We have no way of knowing this but we do have faith.
What is planted must be revisited often and the garden must be taken care of with love, which______to our lives as well. Hopes and dreams must be revisited often for fear that we lose sight of the things that ______. Commitments must be______as carefully as any garden plot. But as with gardening, there are no______. But there is faith, and today is a beautiful day.
1.A. summer B. spring C. fall D. winter
2.A. too B. rather C. so D. much
3.A. appreciate B. blame C. thank D. hate
4.A. scene B. reward C. message D. sign
5.A. covered B. decorated C. left D. awoken
6.A. weeded B. watered C. cleared D. planted
7.A. fortunately B. properly C. obviously D. naturally
8.A. fresh B. warm C. bitter D. cool
9.A. snow B. rain C. mist D. frost
10.A. love B. prayer C. faith D. choice
11.A. pay off B. flood out C. fall off D. run out
12.A. primary B. tough C. random D. casual
13.A. mistake B. profit C. commitment D. compromise
14.A. why B. what C. how D. where
15.A. Due to B. Rather than C. Along with D. Regardless of
16.A. blessed B. surrounded C. filled D. satisfied
17.A. applies B. occurs C. appeals D. happens
18.A. hurt B. change C. matter D. stay
19.A. made B. tended C. settled D. reviewed
20.A. harvests B. possibilities C. guarantees D. advantages
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As I write, a gentle, much needed rain is falling this morning. It has been a dry_______have in Vermont,_______dry that the Spring Peepers(雨蛙) were late in coming that many thought these frogs would fail to bless us with their song. But they came, and I can’ t blame them for being_______. They are a_______of spring, and of rebirth.
It is late June and the mountain snow has_______the higher slopes(斜坡) of the mountains. My family_______our garden during the last weekend of May, and frost came twice since then,_______not a killing frost. But others were not so lucky: they lost most of young plants this year. Twice this spring has been_________enough in the day that my family went swimming, but there was _______on the ground the next morning.
Planting a garden in Vermont amounts to an act of________. Will our sweat________, or will these efforts be in vain? My family was recently faced with a________decision: shall we leave this place and its people, or shall we stay and make a__________? Well, we have decided this is________we will make our stand________the garden, this year we have planted ourselves. Will my family be________with what is needed to grow and flourish(兴旺)? We have no way of knowing this but we do have faith.
What is planted must be revisited often and the garden must be taken care of with love, which ________to our lives as well. Hopes and dreams must be revisited often or fear that we lose sight of the things________. Commitments must be ________as carefully as any garden plot. But as with gardening, there are no________. But there is faith, and today is a beautiful day.
1.A. summer B. spring C. fall D. winter
2.A. too B. rather C. so D. much
3.A. late B. lazy C. swift D. noisy
4.A. scene B. reward C. message D. sign
5.A. covered B. decorated C. left D. awoken
6.A. weeded B. watered C. cleared D. planted
7.A. luckily B. properly C. obviously D. closely
8.A. fresh B. warm C. bitter D. cool
9.A. snow B. rain C. mist D. frost
10.A. love B. prayer C. faith D. choice
11.A. pay off B. flood out C. fall off D. run out
12.A. primary B. tough C. random D. casual
13.A. mistake B. profit C. commitment D. compromise
14.A. why B. what C. how D. where
15.A. due to B. rather than C. along with D. regardless of
16.A. blessed B. surrounded C. filled D. satisfied
17.A. occurs B. applies C. submits D. keeps
18.A. hurt B. change C. stay D. matter
19.A. made B. tended C. settled D. reviewed
20.A. harvests B. possibilities C. guarantees D. advantages
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--- Do you think it is hot today? ---_______ , but not as hot as yesterday.
A. No, not at all B. Yes, kind of C. Extremely D. Frequently
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.
I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.
Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.
Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.
Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.
My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.
Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.
1.The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.
A.he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so
B.he was still too young to understand other books
C.he believed all the real historical figures were his friends
D.he could imagine himself being the characters in the books
2.“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.
A.a library intended for teenagers B.a kind of books on traditions
C.a philosophy theory D.a kind of reading skill
3.The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.
A.he found watching TV was more interesting
B.he became too busy to read any books
C.he found books were of little use to his work
D.he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents
4.Now the writer starts to read books again ________.
A.to find back his youth in books B.for the pure pleasure of reading
C.so as to help kill his spare time D.for only business purposes
5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.The Years with Books B.Books and TV Programs
C.Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover D.Reading Makes One Excellent
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Thank you so much! But for your text message, I ___________ home without my ID card this morning.
A.would have left | B.would leave | C.had left | D.left |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
This dress is prettier, but it costs ______ that one.
A.twice more than | B.twice as much as |
C.as much twice as | D.twice so much as |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
As we all know, it is usually cold in this place in January, but it _____ be warm sometimes.
A.must B.can C.should D.would
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析