Around twenty years ago I was living in Seatt...

Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find _______work although I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree.

To my ______, I had to drive a school bus to ______my family. At the same time, I had some ______with different companies but they all_______to say I did not get the job. I went to ht bus barn(车库), feeling_______.

Later that afternoon, _______doing my rounds through the town I had an inner wave rise from deep ______ me and I thought “Why has my________become so hard?”

Immediately after this internal(内心的)scream, I ______ the bus over to drop off a little girl. As she_______she handed me an earring saying I should keep it______somebody looked for it. The_______was stamped with words “BE HAPPY” Then I struck me. I had been putting all of my_______into what was wrong with my life rather than what was______ !

One night there was a phone call for me from the_______at a large hospital. She asked me whether I________do a one-day training for 200 hospital workers. I said _______and got the job.

My day with the hospital workers________very well. I got a great_______and many more days of work. To this day I know that it was because I changed my attitude to life.

1.A. satisfying　　 B. probable　　 C. particular　　 D. considerate

2.A. joy　　 B. luck　　 C. surprise　　 D. shame

3.A. meet　　 B. support　　 C. supply　　 D. provide

4.A. meetings　　 B. conferences　　 C. interviews　　 D. reports

5.A. came　　 B. expected　　 C. hoped　　 D. called

6.A. excited　　 B. disappointed　　 C. worried　　 D. frightened

7.A. while　　 B. though　　 C. unless　　 D. until

8.A. beyond　　 B. inside　　 C. upon　　 D. beside

9.A. study　　 B. bus　　 C. life　　 D. position

10.A. carried　　 B. pulled　　 C. brought　　 D. held

11.A. took off　　 B. put off　　 C. gave off　　 D. got off

12.A. as long as　　 B. now that　　 C. as soon as　　 D. in case

13.A. earring　　 B. watch　　 C. necklace　　 D. bag

14.A. money　　 B. ideas　　 C. strength　　 D. energies

15.A. real　　 B. right　　 C. happy　　 D. sad

16.A. nurse　　 B. worker　　 C. patient　　 D. manager

17.A. should　　 B. could　　 C. must　　 D. ought

18.A. no　　 B. hello　　 C. yes　　 D. nothing

19.A. went　　 B. looked　　 C. fit　　 D. appeared

20.A. comfort　　 B. shock　　 C. welcome　　 D. excuse

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Around twenty years ago I was living in York. _____ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree,I could not find _____ work.

I was _____ a school bus to make ends meet and _____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had　 _____　 five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not　 _____　 the job. “Why has my life become so　 _____？”I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to　 _____　 a little girl, she handed me an earring　 _____　 I should keep it　 ______　 somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it　 ______　 me—I had been giving all of my　 ______　 to what was going wrong with my ______　 rather than what was right！I decided then and there to make a　 ______　 of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to　 ______　 more things to the list.That night there was a phone call for　 ______　 from a lady who was a director at a large　 ______.She asked me if I would　 ______　 a one­day lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My　 ______　 there went very well, and before long I got a well­paid job.To this day I know it was because I changed my way of　 ______　 that I completely changed my life.

1.A.As B.Though C.If D.When

2.A.successful B.extra C.satisfying D.convenient

3.A.driving B.repairing C.taking D.designing

4.A.working B.travelling C.discussing D.living

5.A.prepared for B.attended C.asked for D.held

6.A.lose B.like C.find D.get

7.A.hard B.busy C.serious D.short

8.A.wave at B.drop off C.call on D.look for

9.A.ordering B.promising C.saying D.showing

10.A.in case B.or else C.as if D.now that

11.A.hurt B.hit C.caught D.moved

12.A.feelings B.attention C.strength D.interests

13.A.opinions B.education C.experiences D.life

14.A.list B.book C.check D.copy

15.A.connect B.turn C.keep D.add

16.A.her B.a passenger C.me D.my friend

17.A.hospital B.factory C.restaurant D.hotel

18.A.listen to B.review C.give D.talk about

19.A.plan B.choice C.day D.tour

20.A.operation B.speaking C.employment D.thinking

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times．I could not find 1work and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree．

To my 2I was driving a school bus to 3my family．I had been through five 4with a company and one day they 5to say I did not get the job．I went to the bus barn, feeling 6．

Later that afternoon, 7doing my rounds through a quiet suburban neighborhood I had an inner wave 8from deep inside me and I thought “Why has my 9become so hard?” “Give me a sign, I asked, a physical sign, not some inner 10type of thing．”

Immediately after this internal（内心的） scream I 11the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she 12she handed me an earring saying I should keep it 13somebody looked for it．The 14was stamped metal, painted black and said “BE HAPPY”．Then it struck me．I had been putting all of my 15into what was wrong with my life 16than what was right!

One night there was a phone call for me from the 17at a large hospital．She asked me whether I 18do a report for 200 hospital workers．I said 19and got the job．

My day with the hospital workers 20very well．I got a great welcome and many more days of work．To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude to gratitude．

1.A．satisfying                 B．probable              C．particular             D．considerate

2.A．joy                          B．luck                    C．shame                 D．surprise

3.A．meet                       B．supply                 C．provide               D．support

4.A．meetings                  B．interviews            C．conferences         D．reports

5.A．came                       B．hoped                  C．called                  D．expected

6.A．excited                    B．worried               C．disappointed        D．frightened

7.A．though                    B．while                   C．unless                 D．until

8.A．rise                         B．shout                  C．raise                   D．cry

9.A．work                    B．situation              C．life                      D．position

10.A．sound                    B．voice                   C．noise                   D．thought

11.A．pulled                    B．carried                C．brought               D．held

12.A．took off                 B．put off                C．gave off              D．got off

13.A．as long as              B．now that              C．in case                D．as soon as

14.A．earring                   B．watch                 C．necklace              D．bag

15.A．money                   B．ideas                   C．energies              D．strength

16.A．rather                    B．other                   C．more                   D．less

17.A．nurse                     B．work                   C．patient                 D．manager

18.A．should                   B．would                 C．must                   D．ought

19.A．no                         B．hello                    C．yes                     D．nothing

20.A．went                     B．looked                 C．seemed               D．appeared

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Around twenty years ago I was going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying job. To my shame, I had to drive a school bus to make ends meet and lived in a friend’s house.

One afternoon, while driving through a quiet suburban (郊外的) neighborhood I was so sad that I kept asking myself “Why has my life become so hard?” “What’s wrong with the world?” Then I pulled over the bus to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me a pretty earring, saying she found it on the floor of the bus and I should keep it in case the owner came to look for it.

In the evening, the owner did come to look for her earring. When I handed it to her, she got very excited and continued saying “Thanks, you’re a real gentleman.” I told her that she should thank the little girl who had found it. She said, “Yes, and you are a good driver, too. What a lovely world it is!” Then she left with satisfaction. I was touched by her last words. I had thought something was wrong with the world just because of my poor condition. In fact, nothing was wrong with the world. I should change my attitude towards life. I should be positive about life.

At first it was hard, and then it got easier. Every day I could find things to make me happy. Then one night there was a phone call for me at my friend’s house from a lady who was a manager in a large hospital. She said she had read my application form and asked me if I would like to work in the hospital. I said yes and got the job. Looking back at the experience I know the most important is to have a positive attitude towards life.

1.We know from the second paragraph that ________.

A．the author cried while driving that afternoon

B．a girl picked up an earring before getting off

C．there was only one passenger on the bus

D．the girl gave the author an earning as a gift

2.The author decided to have a change in life because ________.

A．what the earring owner said moved him

B．he didn’t want to be a driver any more

C．his friends helped him become positive

D．he was offered a better job in a hospital

3.When the author got a call from the manager of the hospital, he felt ________.

A．annoyed          B．delighted          C．shocked          D．disappointed

4.Who was the owner of the earring lost on the bus according go the passage?

A．One of the author’s friends.              B．A real gentleman

C．A manager in a hospital                   D．Not mentioned

5.What does the author want to show in this passage?

A．Lost things should be returned to the owner.

B．Life is usually hard for the young at the beginning.

C．One should hold a positive attitude towards life.

D．It is not easy to find a good job nowadays.

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Not many years ago，a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five， he gave ￡ 12，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

As a result of his kindness， many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk，Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humor.  He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection （注射） in my neck each evening.” he told the newspaperman，thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain，asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

1.Johnson became a rich man through _________.

2.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening， he really meant that ______.

3.Which words do you think can best describe Johnson according to the passage?

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Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. At any time of the day and night, he was always ready to go to help a sick person. Everyone in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything wrong.

The years went past, and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory.When people noticed this, they didn’t go to him any more.

“He may give us the wrong medicine,” they said, and they were afraid.

The good old doctor noticed that people didn’t come to him any more but didn’t understand why. So he asked, “Why does no one come to me now?”

No one wanted to tell him the real reason because they didn’t want to make the good old man unhappy, so they said, “You have helped all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now.”

The doctor was pleased when he heard that.

1.People always went to the doctor when they were____________.

A. wrong     B.not right     C.not well     D.not happy

2. “He began to lose his memory.”means __________.

A. He couldn’t know his sick persons any longer.

B. He forgot everything in the past.

C. He couldn’t find anything.

D. He couldn’t remember things well.

3.The sick people didn’t come to the doctor any more because____.

A. there was no sick man in the town

B. he might give them the wrong medicine

C. they were afraid of him

D. he was old and no longer a doctor

4. The old doctor was _________ when he heard that there was no one sick in the town.

A. sorry     B. angry       C. glad       D. surprised

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I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan community.I wasted a lot of time looking for the “typical” village, yet no such thing exists. Conditions vary too widely.But the villages I stayed in had much in common—poverty, dirt, ignorance. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled, suspicious. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three quarters of the world’s people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life.In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began the climb into the Mils. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a magnificent view. After several hours’ walk the village came into view.

1.After the writer had arrived in India,________.

A．he spent a year writing about the place he lived in

B．he spent quite some time looking for a suitable place to live in

C．he stayed in an Indian village working for the poor

D．he lived in a Himalayan community for many months.

2.While looking for a typical village, the writer found__________.

A．he was searching for the impossible

B．all the villages were exactly the same

C．he was doing something enjoyable

D．the villagers were curious about him

3.Before coming to India, the writer________.

A．had been a successful politician

B．had made a decision to work for India

C．had studied India culture for some months

D．had worked for newspapers and magazines

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

This is the house_____my grandma lived twenty years ago.

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

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Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.

Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft- ware, programming computers at age 13.

In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.

Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.

In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities (慈善机构), including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.

50. Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?

A. At public elementary school.                  B. At the private Lakeside School.

C. At Harvard University.                           D. At Microsoft Company.

51. Why did he drop out of Harvard?

A. To change school.                                 B. To spend all his energies to Microsoft.

C. To find a full-time job.                          D. To earn money.

52. How does Gates spend much of his time?

A. Meeting with people.                            B. Travelling around the world.

C. E-mailing some friends.

D. Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.

53. What does the underlined word "donated" in the last paragraph mean?

A. gave.                B. earned.              C. made.               D. received.

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Three years ago, I had a job in a retail store (零售店). I 21 to talk to everybody and know what was going on in their 22. I remember a girl who started 23 there a few months after me. We seldom talked but we always 24 each other and smiled.

She always smiled in a really happy way 25 one day when we got to work in the 26department. She smiled as if she was the 27 girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I could feel you’re very 28, but you’re always trying to 29it.”

Her mouth just dropped as if I had 30 her deepest secret, so we started talking. She told me 31she was feeling unhappy and why she was trying to 32 that nothing was wrong. Time went by and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had 33 her life in so many ways.

Today that girl is one of my best 34. I really don’t know what I would do 35 her. She has been there for me in every 36 way a friend could be.

What I’m trying to say is that you never know 37 you’re helping yourself. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a 38 friend.

So the next time you see a 39 and he needs someone who will 40 to him, wait and let him say what he wants to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.

1.                A．managed       B．intended        C．remembered  D．liked

2.                A．lives           B．jobs            C．studies   D．marriages

3.                A．shopping       B．talking          C．going     D．working

4.                A．assisted        B．looked at        C．realized  D．stared at

5.                A．though         B．since           C．until D．unless

6.                A．similar         B．nearby         C．same D．different

7.                A．quietest        B．happiest        C．busiest   D．luckiest

8.                A．sad            B．angry          C．happy    D．surprised

9.                A．keep           B．stop            C．hide D．show

10.               A．caught         B．discovered      C．controlled D．checked

11.               A．when          B．how           C．why  D．what

12.               A．pretend        B．become        C．make D．admit

13.               A．protected       B．recovered      C．supported D．changed

14.               A．customers      B．friends         C．neighbors  D．classmates

15.               A．without        B．for            C．upon D．with

16.               A．simple         B．possible        C．strange    D．perfect

17.               A．before         B．since          C．because   D．when

18.               A．truthful        B．useful          C．hopeful   D．careful

19.               A．stranger        B．worker         C．passenger D．visitor

20.               A．belong         B．refer          C．listen D．turn

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