It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94.
1.The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.
A. treat him for his illness
B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.
C. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.
D. help him to have a rest in some day.
2.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.
A. needed some kind of sleep.
B. needed no sleep at all.
C. was too old to need any sleep.
D. often slept in a chair.
3.Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.
A. an unusual one B. a common one
C. very healthy D. very funny
4. The main idea of this passage is that ____________.
A. large numbers of people do not need sleep
B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all
D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94.
1.The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.
A. treat him for his illness
B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.
C. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.
D. help him to have a rest in some day.
2.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.
A. needed some kind of sleep.
B. needed no sleep at all.
C. was too old to need any sleep.
D. often slept in a chair.
3.Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.
A. an unusual one B. a common one
C. very healthy D. very funny
4. The main idea of this passage is that ____________.
A. large numbers of people do not need sleep
B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all
D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The seriously ill man thinks it doesn’t matter he will die, but what matters much is how he lives.
A. how B. that C. why D. what
高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
A toy animal might not matter much to the average person, but for a child, it could mean the world. When 10-year-old Leon Ashworth’s mom couldn’t afford 1.(buy) him a toy panda he badly wanted, he wrote a 2.(pity)note on the toy’s box begging 3.(shopper) not to buy it until his mom could. What happened next 4.(be)so heartwarming, it would melt you.
The boy, Leon Ashworth , 5. lives in Liverpool, England with his mom, first saw his beloved ‘Panda’ at an Asda supermarket, the British equivalent of Wal-Mart. Though he was willing to wait with 6.(patient) until his mom 7.(pay) on June 15th to take the lovely panda home, the store’s staff decided to do something extremely thoughtful after they noticed Leon’s scribbled letter. They decided to buy it for him.
In search 8. the young author, whom they didn’t know at the time, they posted the note on Facebook and eventually attracted the attention of Debbie Ashworth, who 9. (immediate) recognized her son’s handwriting. The Asda crew invited the mom and her son back to the store, and had a wonderful surprise waiting for them. “This is 10.best day of my life.” Leon remarked to his mom.
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Nearly everyone agrees that money doesn’t buy as much as it used to, no matter when you want to spend it. This is certainly true of the paper money that passes so quickly through one’s hands. But what about coins that seem to do very little except stay in purses and pockets? Unlike notes, metal money becomes more valuable the longer it is held, especially if it is put away where it won’t get scratched or worn. Why is this? One reason is that coins, being more durable, fall more readily into a category for collectors. Naturally, the rarer gold pieces must become more valuable as the price of this metal goes up.
But, curiously, one of the rarest coins in the world is not made of gold, but of the relatively cheaper silver. In 1840, the United States mint (造币厂) struck 19570 silver dollars. That is what its records show. Today only six of this original number remain and these are unlikely ever to reach the auction (拍卖) market. So what happened to some 19564 large silver coins, not the easiest sort of things to lose? One of the more romantic theories is that they were part of the payment to Napoleon for the American land then known as Louisiana. But they never reached France. Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship transporting them was sunk, either by a storm or by pirates. The probable answer to the mystery is that they were melted down — since the silver value was greater than the actual value of the coin. What really happened to the rest will probably always remain a mystery. What is known is that whoever can come up with one will find himself instantly rich.
1.We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. money buys as much as it did before
B. money does not buy as much as it did before
C. paper money buys more than metal money
D. metal money buys more than paper money
2.Which of the following is true of a coin?
A. The longer it is held, the less valuable it becomes.
B. The more it wears out, the more valuable it becomes.
C. The less it gets scratched, the less it values.
D. The longer it lasts, the more it values.
3.According to this passage, one of the rarest coins in the world is made of _______.
A. silver B. gold
C. copper D. paper
4.Coins become more valuable because _______.
A. they stay in purses and pockets
B. the price of metal goes up
C. they fall more readily into a category for collectors due to their duration
D. Both B and C
5.What really happened to some 19564 large silver coins?
A. They were melted down.
B. They were sunk in the Gulf of Mexico.
C. It is still a mystery.
D. They were stolen by pirates.
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It doesn’t matter ________ you pay by cash or credit card in this store.(2012·山东，25)
A．how B．whether
C．what D．why
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It doesn't matter ________ you pay by cash or credit card in this store.(2012·山东 )
A．how B．whether C．what D．why
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It doesn’t matter _____you pay by cash or credit card in this store.
A．whether B．how C．what D．why
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No matter how long it took, or how much birthday money he would have to save, the 6-year-old South Carolina boy named Bell would spend his special day in "The Happiest Place On Earth."
And, as local TV station reports, he was pretty close to realizing that dream, planning for a visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom just in time for his seventh birthday this month.
Then he heard the story of the hurricane: how it transformed the Bahamas into the unhappiest place on Earth—and how it continues to churn up(搅动)the East Coast, leaving tears in its wake.
How could Bell dream of Disney World when so many others were living a nightmare?
So the boy gathered his savings—and went to the grocery store. Instead of a romp(嬉闹)in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Bell bought much-needed food and water for thousands of people forced to leave their homes in advance of the storm.
“The people that are traveling to go to places, I wanted them to have some food to eat, so they can enjoy the ride to the place that they're going to stay at,” Bell told a reporter. Indeed, Bell made it hard for anyone to miss his offer. He pulled a couple of homemade signs to Highway 125 in Allendale with the words "Free hot dogs and water" on them. And he stood at the side of that highway, calling out to motorists, many of them tired and traumatized after leaving their homes behind. In all, he served more than 100 evacuees(被撤离者).
"I am very proud," his grandmother Aretha Grant told CNN. "We knew Bell was very special, but we didn't know he was special in this way, to be such a giver like this."
Indeed, at his little stand in Allendale, Bell is giving people something much more precious than hot dogs. He's offering hope—and along the way, the little boy with the big heart is making his own magic kingdom.
1.What can we learn about Bell at the beginning of the story?
A.He quit his birthday plan. B.He visited the Bahamas.
C.He played happily at Disneyland. D.He experienced the hurricane.
2.How did Bell help the victims of hurricane?
A.By donating money. B.By offering food.
C.By providing shelters. D.By making campaigns.
3.What does the underlined word “traumatized” probably mean?
A.In great relief. B.In great sorrow.
C.With great appreciation. D.With great caution.
4.What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph?
A.Bell's act makes a big difference.
B.Hot dogs are more precious than hope.
C.People should have a lifelong ambition.
D.Children are full of imagination and creativity.
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It matters little____ a teacher looks like but____ matters much is how a teacher
teaches his／her students．
A．how；what B．how；it C．what；what D．what；it
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
______ is not how much you do but what you do that matters.
A. What B. It C. That D. There
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