My son Jack, a fourth grader, was having a hard time in getting interested in story books recently, so I offered to read the first few chapters to him. In the early pages of ‘Incident at Halk Hill’, a quiet little boy has a special meeting with a female badger (獾).Soon after, another badger is caught in a steel leg trap(陷阱), and the author describes in detail the pain and scare of an animal struggling to its death. We meet the cruel hunter and his ill treatment of a dog; we see the badger being skinned by the boy's father；and we experience the child's confusion when beaten by his father in anger. Pretty heavy going for ten-year-olds, I thought.
Last night , I returned from a weekend away to find that Jack had finished the whole book on his own. “It was really, really good and sad, and violent，” he reported. “There was a lot of killing.”
“Were there any happy parts?" I asked,
"The boy's life was saved by the badger, and that was good. But then that badger got caught in a trap again and at the end it's dying, too. ” Jack said, "It was so sad that I almost cried. ”
I told him that many books have made me cry, beginning with Heidi, when I was just his age, right on up to the novel I finished last week.
“Well，” he admitted then, “I actually did cry. Reading that book just reminded me of all the sadness in the world, and it made me feel sad ,too. ”
So, I think, now he has been through the sad tone of the passage , the discovery that words on a printed page can give rise to such strong emotion ，that a book can move you right out of your own comfortable little self and into someone else's pain. Thus we come to realize that if we are to remain fully engaged in life, open to its mysteries and feel sorry towards its suffering, we indeed need stories to grab（抓住） us by the neck and remind us of the sadness in the world that is not our own.
1.‘Incident at Halk Hill’ is a _______story.
A．sad B．happy C．funny D．boring
2.The underlined sentence “Pretty heavy going for ten-year-olds" means____
A．the book is too long for a ten year old child
B．the book is too difficult for a ten year old child
C．the book is too violent(暴力) for a ten year old child
D．the book is too pretty for a ten year old child
3.According to the passage , stories can be something to help you_____
A．enjoy your spare time B．develop your care for animals
C．realize the truth of life D．think about your own life
4.By writing the passage, the writer mainly wants to____.
A．tell a story that interested his son
B．show the importance of reading stories
C．share an experience between himself and his son
D．show how to make children interested in books
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
My son Jack, a fourth grader, was having a hard time in getting interested in story books recently, so I offered to read the first few chapters to him. In the early pages of ‘Incident at Halk Hill’, a quiet little boy has a special meeting with a female badger (獾).Soon after, another badger is caught in a steel leg trap(陷阱), and the author describes in detail the pain and scare of an animal struggling to its death. We meet the cruel hunter and his ill treatment of a dog; we see the badger being skinned by the boy's father；and we experience the child's confusion when beaten by his father in anger. Pretty heavy going for ten-year-olds, I thought.
Last night , I returned from a weekend away to find that Jack had finished the whole book on his own. “It was really, really good and sad, and violent，” he reported. “There was a lot of killing.”
“Were there any happy parts?" I asked,
"The boy's life was saved by the badger, and that was good. But then that badger got caught in a trap again and at the end it's dying, too. ” Jack said, "It was so sad that I almost cried. ”
I told him that many books have made me cry, beginning with Heidi, when I was just his age, right on up to the novel I finished last week.
“Well，” he admitted then, “I actually did cry. Reading that book just reminded me of all the sadness in the world, and it made me feel sad ,too. ”
So, I think, now he has been through the sad tone of the passage , the discovery that words on a printed page can give rise to such strong emotion ，that a book can move you right out of your own comfortable little self and into someone else's pain. Thus we come to realize that if we are to remain fully engaged in life, open to its mysteries and feel sorry towards its suffering, we indeed need stories to grab（抓住） us by the neck and remind us of the sadness in the world that is not our own.
1.‘Incident at Halk Hill’ is a _______story.
A．sad B．happy C．funny D．boring
2.The underlined sentence “Pretty heavy going for ten-year-olds" means____
A．the book is too long for a ten year old child
B．the book is too difficult for a ten year old child
C．the book is too violent(暴力) for a ten year old child
D．the book is too pretty for a ten year old child
3.According to the passage , stories can be something to help you_____
A．enjoy your spare time B．develop your care for animals
C．realize the truth of life D．think about your own life
4.By writing the passage, the writer mainly wants to____.
A．tell a story that interested his son
B．show the importance of reading stories
C．share an experience between himself and his son
D．show how to make children interested in books
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It was the first time in two years that I________ my youngest son face to face.
A. have seen B. had seen C. saw D. see
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was the first time in two years that I________ my youngest son face to face.
A. have seen B. had seen C. saw D. see
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was the fourth time that Tom _____ in the maths exam.
A. failed B. had failed
C. have failed D. has failed
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
As the father of a student, I have experienced first hand what a great teacher is. My son was in the 4th grade last year, and he had a teacher called Miss Green. I believe that when he is an adult he will surely look back on her as the best teacher he has ever had.
My son has attention deficit disorder(注意力缺损症) that makes it a little more difficult for him to learn. She was able to change her teaching methods for him so that he could keep up with the rest of the class. As a result, he got straight As on many subjects. She regarded her class as a family and they even had their own class song. She would often have them sing it to encourage them and develop a team spirit for them. When she saw that they were no longer listening carefully to what she was teaching, she would have them close their textbooks, stand up all around the room and throw around a small football. This helped them clear their minds and then focus on the lesson again. Besides, she was quick to reply to any phone calls or emails from us and got rid of our worries about children quickly.
When my son went to the 5th grade this year, we happened to pass her classroom. When she saw my son, her face lit up(露出喜色) and she came out and hugged him. She generally loves all of the children in her classroom and that love really shows. I can only pray(祈祷) that my son will continue to get teachers just like her for the rest of his school years.
1.With the teacher’s help, the writer’s son ______.
A．became the best student in his class
B．was interested in singing songs
C．quickly finished his 4th grade lessons
D．improved his grades greatly
2.Which of the following is NOT true about Miss Green?
A．She regarded the students as members of a family.
B．She had special ways to help students study.
C．She was good at teaching football and music.
D．She usually made a quick reply to parents’ emails.
3.The underlined phrases “focus on” in Paragraph 2 means ______.
A．look forward to B．pay attention to
C．get away from D．take care of
4.We can learn from the text that ______.
A．Miss Green was the best teacher at the school
B．all the students in the school liked Miss Green
C．Miss Green didn’t teach the writer’s son in the 5th grade
D．the writer’s son had many teachers like Miss Green
5.In the text, the writer mainly tells us ______.
A．what his son studied at school
B．his son once had a good teacher
C．how to be a good and popular teacher
D．a teacher who liked playing with students
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
As the father of a student, I have experienced first hand what a great teacher is. My son was in the 4th grade last year, and he had a teacher called Miss Green. I believe that when he is an adult he will surely look back on her as the best teacher he has ever had.
My son has attention deficit disorder(注意力缺损症) that makes it a little more difficult for him to learn. She was able to change her teaching methods for him so that he could keep up with the rest of the class. As a result, he got straight As on many subjects. She regarded her class as a family and they even had their own class song. She would often have them sing it to encourage them and develop a team spirit for them. When she saw that they were no longer listening carefully to what she was teaching, she would have them close their textbooks, stand up all around the room and throw around a small football. This helped them clear their minds and then focus on the lesson again. Besides, she was quick to reply to any phone calls or emails from us and got rid of our worries about children quickly.
When my son went to the 5th grade this year, we happened to pass her classroom. When she saw my son, she smiled, and she came out and hugged him. She generally loves all of the children in her classroom and that love really shows. I can only pray that my son will continue to get teachers just like her for the rest of his school years.
1.With the teacher’s help, the writer’s son ______.
A. became the best student in his class
B. was interested in singing songs
C. quickly finished his 4th grade lessons
D. improved his grades greatly
2.Which of the following is NOT true about Miss Green?
A. She regarded the students as members of a family.
B. She had special ways to help students study.
C. She was good at teaching football and music.
D. She usually made a quick reply to parents’ emails.
3.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. Miss Green didn’t teach the writer’s son in the 5th grade
B. Miss Green was the best teacher at the school
C. all the students in the school liked Miss Green
D. the writer’s son had many teachers like Miss Green
4.In the passage, the writer mainly tells us ______.
A. what his son studied at school
B. his son once had a good teacher
C. how to be a good and popular teacher
D. a teacher who liked playing with students
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town in Ohio where my twenty seven third graders eagerly anticipated the great day of gift giving.
Each day the children made some new wonder – strings of popcorn, hand-made decorations, and German bells made from wallpaper samples, which we hung from the ceiling. Through it all she stayed indifferent(漠不关心的), watching from afar, seemingly miles away. I wondered what would happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now so suddenly unsociable. I hoped the festivities would light her up. But nothing did.
The day of gift giving finally came. We oohed and aahed over our handwork as the presents were exchanged. Through it all, she sat quietly watching. I had made a special package for her, red and green with white lace. I wanted very much to see her smile. She opened it so slowly and carefully. I waited but she turned away.
After school the children left in little groups, but she hesitated, watching them go out of the door. I sat down to catch my breath, hardly know what was happening when she came to me reaching out her hands, holding a small white box, unwrapped and slightly soiled, as though it had been held many times by unwashed, childish hands. “For me?” I asked with a weak smile. She said not a word, but nodded her head. I took the box and carefully opened it. There inside, lay a golden chain. In a flash I knew – she had made it for her mother, a mother she would never see again, a mother who would never hold her or brush her hair or share a funny story, a mother who would never again hear her childish joys or sorrows, a mother who had taken her own life just three weeks before.
I held out the chain. She took it in both her hands, reached forward, and put it on at the back of my neck. She stepped back then as if to see that all was well. I looked down at the golden chain, then back at the giver, “Maria, it is so beautiful. She would have loved it.” Neither of us could stop the tears. She threw herself into my arms and we were in tears together. And for that moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest gift of all: herself.
1.The underlined “anticipated” (Paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to _________.
A．prepared B．expected C．talked D．kept
2.We can learn from the story that_________.
A．the beautiful chain was put inside a beautiful box
B．Maria made a golden chain of popcorn for her mother
C．the teacher made a special package for Maria so as to see her smile
D．Maria oohed and aahed over the handwork as the presents were exchanged
3.Maria became quiet and unsociable because_________.
A．she was a shy girl
B．her teacher didn’t give her any gift
C．her mother passed away three weeks ago
D．she didn’t have any friends in the class
4.The underlined sentence (Paragraph 5) mostly means_________.
A．Maria found her biological mother
B．Maria asked her teacher to be her mother
C．the teacher promised to be Maria’s mother after receiving her greatest gift
D．Maria believed in her considerate teacher and opened her heart to the teacher
5.The BEST title for the passage is _________.
A．The kid’s gift B．A quiet girl
C．The greatest teacher D．The great day of gift giving
高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
A complaint was received by the president of a major car company:“This is the fourth time I have written to you, and I don’t blame you for not answering me because I must sound crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of having ice-cream for dessert after dinner each night. Every night after we’ve eaten, the family votes on which flavor(味道)of ice-cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. I recently purchased a new Pantsmobile from your company and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. You see, every time I buy vanilla(香草)ice-cream my car won’t start. If I get any other kind of ice-cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I’m serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: What is there about a Pantsmobile that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice-cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?”
The Pantsmobile company president understandably doubted about the letter, but he sent an engineer there anyway. The engineer had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two got into the car and drove to the grocery store. The man bought vanilla ice-cream that night and sure enough, after they came back to the car it wouldn’t start for several minutes. The engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, the man got chocolate. The car started right away. The second night, he got strawberry and again the car started right up. The third night he bought vanilla and the car failed to start.
There must be a reason why the man’s car wouldn’t start when he bought vanilla ice-cream. What was it? After doing more research into the case, the engineer eventually found out the cause. Vanilla ice-cream was the most popular flavor and was on display in a little case near the express check out, while the other flavors were in the back of the store and took more time to choose and check out. This mattered because the man’s car was experiencing vapor(蒸汽) lock, which is excess(过度的) heat boiling the fuel in the fuel line and the resulting air bubbles(气泡) blocking the flow of fuel until the car has enough time to cool. When the car was running, there was enough pressure to move the bubbles along, but not when the car was trying to start.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A. After Dinner Ice-cream Comes
B. After Dinner Family Votes
C. After Complaints Company Responds
D. After Shopping Complaints Go
2.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “express” in paragraph 3?
A. Rapid.
B. Reliable.
C. Various.
D. Extra.
3.What advice should the car company give to such car owners?
A. Walk to buy vanilla ice-cream every time.
B. Leave your car working when buying vanilla ice-cream.
C. Restart your car after it’s cool enough.
D. Think twice before buying vanilla ice-cream.
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. Even crazy-sounding problems are real.
B. Chocolate helps fix vapor lock.
C. Whoever loves doubt can be creative.
D. The customer is always right.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Once upon a time, there was a mother who lived alone with her son. They worked very hard all year round 1. they still couldn’t live a comfortable life. They really looked forward to making their life better, but didn’t know how.
One year, a merchant came to the village. He needed 2. (spend ) some weeks there. The merchant was so kind-hearted that he made a 3. (decide) to help the poor mother and her son. He gave 4. some money from time to time. Because they 5. (help) by the merchant, they lived a 6. (good) life than before.
But one day, the woman talked to her son, “The merchant will leave sooner or later. After he leaves, we’ll live 7. (poor) again. Since he lives alone and isn’t always at home, we can go and get all his money.” But the son 8. (immediate) refused to do so, saying, “Oh, no, Mom! We should never do that. He helps us a lot! We should be grateful to him instead of 9. (rob) him.” Having heard her son’s words, the woman gave up her terrible idea. When the merchant left, he took the son with him and taught him how to do business. And the son returned as10. successful merchant.
高一英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
----- My son was admitted to a key university last year.
----- Congratulations! His hard work finally ________,
A. paid for B. paid off C. paid back D. paid attention
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