Much of life today _____ the manners of every...

Much of life today _____ the manners of everyday getting along: queuing, answering the phone, keeping promises, remembering birthdays.

A. is               B. are                 C. was              D. were

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In today's busy world, it's easy to get off the course of our life. Having a Life Map to _________helps us keep moving quickly and ________ towards our goals. It helps us quickly correct things when we are ________ a mess, and helps us find the right _________ to deal with unexpected problems.

But if we don't have the map, all the planning in the world won't _________. We’ll end up driving________ around, being distracted by many different paths. Even if you know _______ you want to go, you haven't tried and have no true method of getting there.

If you were going to drive to somewhere _________, firstly you would map it out. More likely, you often look at the _________ for directions to make sure that you were on the right track. You would be able to tell quickly if you needed to _________ adjustments, correct a mistake, or consider a(n) ________ of plans. Don't let your temporary, current desires take precedence(优先) over what you really want, because an important part of success is _________ what is and what isn't a distraction.

For example, as you are _________ for your party, you see a seller with some fresh flowers and you decide to stop and __________ some for your friends. In this __________, a stop along the way adds to your goal. _________, if you decide to stop and see a movie and arrive quite ________ at the party, then you have detracted from your goal.

It is exactly true for the Life Map. Each “opportunity” must be ________ according to how this will _______ your final goal---will this contribute to it ________ will this detract from it? Therefore, both the driving map and the Life Map serve the same high purpose: to keep you on the right track.

1.A. focus on B. refer to C. think about D. adapt to

2.A. suddenly B. possibly C. properly D. formally

3.A. in B. to C. at D. for

4.A. solution B. chance C. result D. excuse

5.A. need B. lose C. exist D. matter

6.A. excitedly B. unsteadily C. happily D. aimlessly

7.A. where B. when C. whether D. why

8.A. unusual B. unfamiliar C. unimportant D. unattractive

9.A. road B. sky C. car D. map

10.A. make B. collect C. show D. choose

11.A. explanation B. future C. change D. arrangement

12.A. dropping B. avoiding C. catching D. deciding

13.A. preparing B. heading C. calling D. fighting

14.A. put out B. work on C. pick up D. see to

15.A. time B. system C. area D. case

16.A. Thus B. However C. Anywhere D. Still

17.A. early B. timely C. fast D. late

18.A. expected B. lost C. valued D. evaluated

19.A. affect B. combine C. reach D. set

20.A. but B. or C. and D. so

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

______ is a best-known secret in success that get ready in much of our life and you may make the most of the opportunity．

A． What　     B． As　　     C． It　     D． That　

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

These stories are about the everyday life of ordinary people who 　　　　 the great dangers in China over the past few years.

A. have experienced　　　　 B. are experiencing　　

C. have been experiencing　　　 D. experienced

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

These stories are about the everyday life of ordinary people who 　　　　 the great dangers in China over the past few years.

A. have experienced　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. are experiencing　

C. have been experiencing　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. experienced

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Your life is composed of all the little things we experience everyday, and knowing how to find joy in some of those little things is one of the easiest ways to let happiness slowly fill your cup. In order for that to happen, you need to do two very simple things, put yourself in such situations that you can experience happiness there, and then find a way to savour the experience and let it sink into you.

To put yourself in the position of experiencing happiness every day, Lahan Catalino, Ph.D, at the University of California, San Francisco, recommends an approach called “prioritizing positivity”—organizing your day-to-day life on purpose so that it contains situations which naturally give rise to positive emotions. It involves both carving out time in your daily routine to do things that you really love and heavily weighing the positive emotional consequences of major life decisions, like taking a new job, and you will regularly find yourself.

Then how can we find away to savour the happy experience and let it sink into you? Here is what psychologist Rick Hanson, the author of Buddha’s Brain explains.

Let a good fact become a good experience.

Often we go through life and some good thing happens—a little thing like we checked off an item on our To Dc list, we survived another day at work, the flowers are blooming, and so forth. Hey, this is an opportunity to feel good. Don’t leave the money lying on the table: recognize that this is an opportunity to let yourself truly feel good.

Really enjoy this positive experience.

Practice what any school teacher knows: if you want to help people learn something, make it as intense as possible—in this case, as felt in the body as possible—for as long as possible.

When sinking into this experience, sense your intention that this experience is sinking into you.

Sometimes people do this through visualization, like by sensing a golden light coming into themselves or a soothing balm inside themselves. You might imagine a jewel going into the treasure chest in your heart—or just know that this experience is sinking into you, becoming a resource you can take with you no matter where you go.

It might seem a little cliche to say“stop and smell the roses”, but it’s moments like those that can be stored in your happiness bank and withdrawn later. Living a happy life can be as simple as accepting the happiness that’s already around you. If you want more, it’s OK to go out and achieve it, but don’t forget where happiness really comes from.

高三英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the Netherlands，cycling isn't seen as eccrfriendly exercise; it's part of everyday life, as it's people's top choice to school and work. There are more bicycles than residents in the Netherlands. In cities like Amsterdam and The Hague, up to 70 percent of all journeys are made by bike.

So how did cycling become such a popular means of transportation in the European country?

In the 1970s, the Dutch government began to improve its cycling infrastructure（基础设施）due to both a social movement demanding safer cycling condition for children and the oil crisis in the Middle East, when oil producing countries stopped their exports to Western Europe.

To make cycling safer and more appealing, the Dutch have built the widest cycling net- work in the world. The country has over 40，000 kilometers of bicycle lanes and paths，which are clearly marked. They have smooth surfaces，separate signs and lights for those on two wheels. The lanes are wide enough to allow side-by-side cycling and passing.

In many cities the bike lanes are completely segregated（隔离的）from motorized traffic. And in many traffic situations cyclists are given priority（优先权）over drivers. Sometimes， where space is limited and both must share, you can see signs showing an image of a cyclist with a car behind accompanied by the words "Bike Street：Cars are guests".

As young people aren't allowed to drive alone until they are 18，cycling offers Dutch teen- agers an alternative form of freedom. The government also makes cycling training lessons a compulsory part of the Dutch school curriculum（课程）．

Bike parking facilities are ubiquitous in the country. Cyclists are accommodated in the way motorists are elsewhere. Take Groningen, a city in the northeastern part of the Netherlands，for example. The city's central train station has underground parking for 10，000 bikes.

1.We can conclude that in the Netherlands cycling is____．

A. regarded as eco-friendly exercise

B. thought of as part of people's life

C. looked on as a way to lose weight

D. considered as a way to entertain

2.What can we learn about the Netherlands from the first paragraph?

A. Most vehicles the Dutch use are buses.

B. The native people cycle the best in the world.

C. Everyone has one bike on average in the Netherlands.

D. The number of bikes is larger than the population there.

3.Which of the following made the government improve the cycling infrastructure?

A. A large number of bikes.

B. Hope for healthy life style.

C. People's preference to bikes.

D. Children's safety demand and lack of oil.

4.The underlined word "ubiquitous" in the last paragraph means“＿，，．

A. high quality B. unique C. very common D. special

5.What does the Dutch government do about teenagers cycling?

A. It makes cycling covered by school education.

B. It encourages teenagers to cycle alone.

C. It will watch over teenagers who ride bikes.

D. It suggests teenagers cycling before driving.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many scientists today are convinced that life exists elsewhere in the universe---life probably much like that on our own planet. They reason in the following way.

As far as astronomers can determine, the entire universe is built of the same matter. They have no reason to doubt that matter obeys the same laws in every part of the universe. Therefore, it is reasonable to guess that other stars, with their own planets, were born in the same way as our own solar system. What we know of life on earth suggests that life will arise wherever the proper conditions exist.

Life requires the right amount and kind of atmosphere. This eliminates(除去) all those planets in the universe that are not about the same size and weight as the earth. A smaller planet would lose its atmosphere; a larger one would hold too much of it.

Life also requires a steady supply of heat and light. This eliminates double stars, or stars that flare up suddenly. Only single stars that are steady sources of heat and light like our sun would qualify.

Finally, life could evolve(进化) only if the planet is just the right distance from its sun. With a weaker sun than our own, the planet would have to be closer to it. With a stronger sun, it would have to be farther away.

If we suppose that every star in the universe has a family of planets, then how many planets might support life? First, eliminate those stars that are not like our sun. Next eliminate most of their planets; they are either too far from or too close to their suns. Then eliminate all those planets which are not the same size and weight as the earth. Finally, remember that the proper conditions do not necessarily mean that life actually does exist on a planet. It may not have begun yet, or it may have already died out.

This process of elimination seems to leave very few planets on which earthlike life might be found. However, even if life could exist on only one planet in a million, there are so many billions of planets that this would still leave a vast number on which life could exist.

1.The existence of life depends on all of the following factors EXCEPT 　　　　　　 .

A.the right amount of atmosphere B.our own solar system

C.steady heat and light D.the right distance from the sun

2.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A.The planet must be as big and heavy as the earth.

B.Proper conditions are essential to the existence of life.

C.Double stars can provide steady light and heat.

D.The distance between a planet and its sun should be right.

3.What kind of planet might NOT support life?

A.Most of the planets of the stars. B.Stars similar to our sun.

C.Planets similar to the earth. D.Planets with proper conditions.

4.At the end of the passage the author suggests that 　　　　　　 .

A.it is impossible for life to exist on planets. B.earthlike life could only exist on a few planets.

C.life could exist on only one planet in a million. D.life could exist on a great number of planets.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

So far，I haven’t adapted to the fast ________of the life in Toronto.

A．step　                             B．style

C．pace　                             D．manner

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birthrates, that has led to the population explosion.

Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, where as if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary(当代的) societies, people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illnesses than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often “go on welfare” if they have a serious illness.

When older people become senile (衰老的) or too weak and ill to care for themselves, they create grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent (疗养的) hospitals have been built. These are often profit making organizations, although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply “dumping (倒垃圾的) grounds” for the dying in which “care” is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under skilled personnel.

1.The author believes that the population explosion results from _______.

A. an increase in birthrates                         B. the industrial development

C. a decrease in death rates                        D. human beings’ cultural advances

2.It can be inferred from the passage that in hunting and gathering cultures _______.

A. it was a moral responsibility for the families to keep alive the aged people who could    not work

B. the survival of infants was less important than that of their parents in times of starvation

C. old people were given the task of imparting the cultural wisdom of the tribe to new generations

D. death was celebrated as a time of rejoicing for an individual freed of the hardships of life

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements about the old people in the  United States is true?

A. Many of them live on social security money which is hardly enough.

B. Minority of them remain in a state of near poverty after their retirement.

C. When they reach a certain age, compulsory retirement is necessary and beneficial.

D. With the growing inflation, they must suffer more from unbearable burdens than ever.

4.The phrase “this need” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A. prolonging the dying old people’s lives

B. reducing the problems caused by the retired people

C. making profits through caring for the sick or weak people

D. taking care of the sick or weak people

5.Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude toward most of the nursing homes and convalescent hospitals?

A. Sympathetic.        B. Approving.         C. Optimistic.        D. Critical.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析