When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting.One or his students who often practised handwritihg with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time.His teacher said to him,“Try to use the best paper.Maybe you’ll write better.”
The student did as he was told.It really worked.He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious.He asked his teacher about the reason.The calligrapher answered,“When you used old newspaper to practise handwriting ,you would think you were writing a draft.It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply.In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it.Now you use the best paper and you ’ll treasure it.Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul ; you’ll do the handwritihg much more attentively than practising.Of course you’ve made rapid progress.”
Indeed , we spend our ordihary days just as they are worthless “ old newspaper ”.We don’t care if we scrawl and waste it ,thinking that it will come endlessly---the “ old newspaper ” is inexhaustible.In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used .In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draft.That’s because what we call“draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.
Every day of our life is something new.Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.
46.The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought .
A.the student would practise more carefully on the best paper
B.it was comfortable to write on the best paper
C.the student had enough money to buy the best paper
D.the student could write more on the best paper
47.The student didn’t make much progress at first because .
A.he regarded his writihg on old newspaper just as a draft
B.he was too poor to buy better paper to write on
C.he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice
D.he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner
48.We learn from the passage that .
A.the student finally gave up
B.the student made rapid progress by practising more carefully
C.the caligrapher was strict with his students
D.old newspaper is not useful
49.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.What teachers say is always true.
B.Success calls for attentiveness.
C.Handwriting is easy to practise.
D.New things are always better than old ones
50.The writer want to tell us that .
A.there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B.life is like old newspaper
C.we should learn from the student in the story
D.life will not give us a chance to draw a draft
高三英语阅读理解简单题
When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting.One or his students who often practised handwritihg with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time.His teacher said to him,“Try to use the best paper.Maybe you’ll write better.”
The student did as he was told.It really worked.He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious.He asked his teacher about the reason.The calligrapher answered,“When you used old newspaper to practise handwriting ,you would think you were writing a draft.It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply.In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it.Now you use the best paper and you ’ll treasure it.Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul ; you’ll do the handwritihg much more attentively than practising.Of course you’ve made rapid progress.”
Indeed , we spend our ordihary days just as they are worthless “ old newspaper ”.We don’t care if we scrawl and waste it ,thinking that it will come endlessly---the “ old newspaper ” is inexhaustible.In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used .In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draft.That’s because what we call“draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.
Every day of our life is something new.Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.
46.The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought .
A.the student would practise more carefully on the best paper
B.it was comfortable to write on the best paper
C.the student had enough money to buy the best paper
D.the student could write more on the best paper
47.The student didn’t make much progress at first because .
A.he regarded his writihg on old newspaper just as a draft
B.he was too poor to buy better paper to write on
C.he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice
D.he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner
48.We learn from the passage that .
A.the student finally gave up
B.the student made rapid progress by practising more carefully
C.the caligrapher was strict with his students
D.old newspaper is not useful
49.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.What teachers say is always true.
B.Success calls for attentiveness.
C.Handwriting is easy to practise.
D.New things are always better than old ones
50.The writer want to tell us that .
A.there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B.life is like old newspaper
C.we should learn from the student in the story
D.life will not give us a chance to draw a draft
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It shames me to say it, but I told a lie when ______ by my head teacher why I was late for school.
A. questioning B. having questioned
C. questioned D. to be questioned
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107. When he was very young, my chemistry teacher took _____ in reading detective stories.
A.happiness | B.delight | C.joy | D.Like |
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My son was born 12 weeks premature(早产的).When he was born, the doctors told me that he had only 12 % chance of .And if he did survive,there was a 99%chance that he would have serious health problems. They said he would be in the hospital for a lifetime. But they would never ,even if there was only a little hope.
I didn't think he would live until the day I had to go back home without my .A nurse took me to my son's room when I was the hospital.“He hasn't been able to open his eyes yet",the told me. I spoke to him with tears. To my great ,he opened his eyes! I was so .!My baby heard my voice and was trying to me!
My son began to prove the doctors were .When he was 6 weeks old,he finally left the hospital.
But he had a lot of trouble learning how to breathe on his own. I remember he once stopped and turned grey after eating. I turned to the doctors and they made him again. he also had difficulty with .The doctors had to leave a tube placed in his stomach he could get enough food.
When my little baby was 3 months old,he was so 35 at that time---he was only 5 pounds in weight. The doctors got the out last year because he could eat without it and now he is a 5-year-old healthy boy.
I will never forget how his life is and how many people fought to save him. I am forever for what the doctors did. I really believe that it was that saved my baby's life. So never hope!
1.A. surviving B. recovering C. succeeding D. escaping
2.A. get back B. give up C. give in D. get up
3.A. brother B. husband C. baby D. parent
4.A. visiting B. calling C. approaching D. leaving
5.A. doctor B. nurse C. cleaner D. reporter
6.A. surprise B. disappointment C. knowledge D. sadness
7.A. curious B. interested C. excited D. satisfied
8.A. hurt B. see C. influence D. touch
9.A. right B. wise C. serious D. wrong
10.A. hardly B. never C. still D. seldom
11.A. jumping B. walking C. moving D. breathing
12.A. alive B. active C. dead D. powerful
13.A. eating B. sleeping C. standing D. sitting
14.A. if B. as C. so D. after
15.A. strong B. thin C. tall D. clever
16.A. bag B. tube C. food D. metal
17.A. wonderful B. short C. strong D. valuable
18.A.regretful B. hateful C. thankful D. fearful
19.A. hope B. encouragement C. money D. bravery
20.A. forget B. find C. get D. lose
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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU)in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic(阁楼)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, whoauthenticatedthe story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
1.Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A. The girl’s mother. B. The author’s father.
C. The girl. D. The author.
2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?
A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.
B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.
C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.
D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.
3.The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. named B. treated
C. proved D. described
4.According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?
A. To sell the O. Henry story.
B. To meet the author himself.
C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.
D. To give money to the girl.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU)in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic(阁楼)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
1.Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A. The girl’s mother. B. The author’s father.
C. The girl. D. The author.
2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?
A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.
B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.
C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.
D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.
3.The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.
A. named B. treated C. proved D. described
4.According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?
A. To sell the O. Henry story. B. To meet the author himself.
C. To talk with the O. Henry expert. D. To give money to the girl.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was in the third grade, my teacher told us to write a report on our dream. I poured my whole heart into my report, 1.(drive) by a dream to be an airline pilot.2.my paper came back with an “F” on it. The teacher said that it was a “fairy tale”, 3. made me crushed and disappointed.
Too many people said,” Girls can’t become pilots; never have, never will.” 4.(final), I gave up.
In my senior year of high school, my English teacher, Ms Dorothy, one day gave the class 5.same task. I 6.(think) about the report I had written before. Pilot? No way. Waitress? That felt safe, so I wrote it down.
Two days later, the teacher handed back the task, saying sincerely, “If you don’t go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want!” I felt very 7.(delight) as well as a little scared. I stayed after the class and went up to my teacher. I told her my dream8. becoming a pilot. “Then do it” she said.
So I did. It took me 10 years of hard work9.(achieve) my ambition. Now I’m one of the Boeing 73710.(captain) for the United Airelines. I prove to all that it is not a fairy tale.
高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
完形填空。
When I was a young boy, my parents often told me that it was time that teaches a man everything.I didn't understand and wondered why time had such a big ____ on a person.I thought I could grow up quickly to ____ it out as an adult.But now, before I come to knock at the door of ____, I feel anxious to express my own opinion on this ____.I know that I'm just a high school student with very ____ experiences.There are still many things ____ me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence,“To make this world a happy place to live in, you'd better change yourself and your heart,____ the whole world.”I was ____.It made me think about life itself.There are so many things around us that ____ our will.We can't force life to ____ our wishes.The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we accept it or not.What we can do is just to make ourselves ____ with the world.I think we learn to accept ____ life gives us,whether it's the spring sunlight ____ the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply ____ by the pop song Grandmother, I always try to ____ every pleasant thing in my life.____ now I see I can't catch all of them.It is more likely that they slip by and leave you feeling regretful that I'm not just living for myself and that there are others around me I ____ think of.They all pay attention to my growing up,____ it's just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, positive or ____.It doesn't matter, I think.There is one ____ that should be obeyed—to make this world a better place to live in.
1.A.pressure B.impression C.influence D.direction
2.A.put B.find C.leave D.give
3.A.childhood B.neighborhood C.brotherhood D.adulthood
4.A.saying B.idea C.fact D.practice
5.A.respected B.valued C.limited D.admired
6.A.waiting for B.applying for C.dealing with D.sticking with
7.A.except for B.as for C.instead of D.in spite of
8.A.scared B.impressed C.annoyed D.amused
9.A.go with B.go by C.go ahead D.go against
10.A.realize B.accept C.consider D.follow
11.A.fight with B.turn down C.fit in D.laugh at
12.A.what B.which C.that D.how
13.A.and B.or C.so D.yet
14.A.worried B.confused C.concerned D.moved
15.A.create B.uncover C.grasp D.achieve
16.A.But B.So C.Thus D.And
17.A.can B.should C.will D.need
18.A.in case B.so that C.even if D.only when
19.A.relevant B.false C.negative D.unreal
20.A.point B.word C.thing D.rule
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When my sister Mertie told me she had put out tomato plants last summer, I was quite impressed.
Since she was a garden-beginner, Mertie researched exactly how far apart to space her tomato plants; what kind of fertilizer to use; how to keep away the bugs, etc. Once they were planted, she took care of them daily, anxiously awaiting the juicy tomatoes to appear. But, day after day, her plants were tomato-less while all of her neighbors who had also put out tomato plants were already enjoying the fruit of their labor.
Frustrated, Mertie gave in and went to the market to search fresh tomatoes. While paying, Mertie told the farmer her troubles. The farmer paused to think for a moment and then asked, “Well, what kind of tomatoes did you plant?”
“I think they were called Big Boy,” Mertie remembered.
“Well there’s your problem,” the farmer explained. “Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes have a 95-day growing period whereas regular tomato plants produce fruit in as few as 70 days…you just have to wait a little longer for the Big Boys.”
With that new knowledge, Mertie went home with excitement, knowing they would be worth the wait.
Thinking about my sister’s gardening experience, I had to smile. She just didn’t know that Big Boy tomatoes took longer--neither did I--but once she discovered that information, she was no longer discouraged and upset about the lack of tomatoes on her plants. Instead, she was encouraged and excited to see them a few weeks later.
It makes me wonder how many of us have “Big Boy” dreams in our hearts, yet we just don’t realize that they are of the “Big Boy” variety so we are discouraged and worn out with the waiting process. Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and figure we must have done something wrong to stop them from coming to pass. Frustrated, we see other people’s dreams coming true, and we wonder why ours haven’t yet been achieved.
1.What is not mentioned in the passage when growing tomato plants?
A. Using suitable fertilizer. B. Keeping them well apart.
C. Watering them regularly. D. Controlling pests on them.
2.Why did Mertie’s tomato plants fail to produce at the expected time?
A. Because they were destroyed by her neighbors.
B. Because she grew the wrong kind of tomatoes.
C. Because she didn’t manage the garden well.
D. Because they required more time to produce.
3.What does the author compare tomatoes to in the text?
A. Goals. B. Experiences.
C. Time. D. Imagination.
4.What does the text intend to show us?
A. It’s better late than never.
B. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
C. Success sometimes needs a little patience.
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When my sister Mertie told me she had put out tomato plants last summer, I was quite impressed.
Since she was a garden-beginner, Mertie researched exactly how far apart to space her tomato plants; what kind of fertilizer to use; how to keep away the bugs(害虫), etc. Once they were planted, she took care of them daily, anxiously awaiting the juicy tomatoes to appear. But, day after day, her plants were tomato-less while all of her neighbors who had also put out tomato plants were already enjoying the fruit of their labor.
Frustrated(upset), Mertie gave in and went to the market to search fresh tomatoes. While paying, Mertie told the farmer her troubles. The farmer paused to think for a moment and then asked, “Well, what kind of tomatoes did you plant?”
“I think they were called Big Boy,” Mertie remembered.
“Well there’s your problem,” the farmer explained. “Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes have a 95-day growing period whereas regular tomato plants produce fruit in as few as 70 days…you just have to wait a little longer for the Big Boys.”
With that new knowledge, Mertie went home with excitement, knowing they would be worth the wait.
Thinking about my sister’s gardening experience, I had to smile. She just didn’t know that Big Boy tomatoes took longer--neither did I--but once she discovered that information, she was no longer discouraged and upset about the lack of tomatoes on her plants. Instead, she was encouraged and excited to see them a few weeks later.
It makes me wonder how many of us have “Big Boy” dreams in our hearts, yet we just don’t realize that they are of the “Big Boy” variety so we are discouraged and worn out with the waiting process. Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and figure we must have done something wrong to stop them from coming to pass. Frustrated, we see other people’s dreams coming true, and we wonder why ours haven’t yet been achieved.
1.To better grow tomato plants,what did Mertie do?
A. Using little fertilizer. B. Keeping them well close.
C. Watering them daily. D. Controlling pests on them.
2.Why did Mertie’s tomato plants fail to produce at the expected time?
A. Because they were destroyed by her neighbors.
B. Because she grew the wrong kind of tomatoes.
C. Because she didn’t manage the garden well.
D. Because they required more time to produce.
3.What does the author compare tomatoes to in the text?
A. Goals. B. Experiences.
C. Time. D. Imagination.
4.What does the text intend to show us?
A. It’s better late than never.
B. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
C. Success sometimes needs a little patience.
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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