It’s really unwise of some teenagers from low...

It’s really unwise of some teenagers from low-income families to spend a large sum of money on Apple products ______ they could buy other cheaper brands.

A. unless   B. when    C. so that  D. in case

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

For top students from low-income families，the challenge of applying to colleges is particularly difficult. 1 in 4 deal with all of that—the writing，the studying，the researching and applying—completely on their own. One approach to make this whole process easier? Pair students up with an adviser.

That’s the idea behind CollegePoint，an initiative to help gifted students go to schools that match their intellectual(智力的)ability. When a high school student takes a standardized test—the PSAT，SAT or ACT——and they score in the 90th percentile，and their families make less than$80，000 a year，they get an email from the program offering them a free adviser. The advisers listen，guide and answer students’questions.

Connor Rechtzigel，an adviser in Minnesota，sees the importance of his role，for research shows that low-income students are far more likely to undermatch because they don’t think they have what it takes to get in and because many don’t even know what schools are out there. He helped high school senior Justice Benjamin，the first in his family to apply to college，think about what his ideal learning experience was. Finally，Justice narrowed in on smaller schools where he could study environmental science and made his final choice：Skidmore College in New York. He felt empowered by the process.

Figuring out how to pay for college is a major part of what，CollegePoint advisers do. Nakhle，an adviser in North Carolina，is working with Hensley，an Ohio high school senior who can’t get extra financial help from her family. They spent a lot of time comparing and analyzing her financial-aid award letters，which made her decision much clearer. Finally，the Ohio State University offered an option where she would pay nothing. Staying in-state wasn’t her first choice，but it was the best option for her.

1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A.How CollegePoint works. B.The goal of CollegePoint.

C.Ways to apply for a free adviser. D.The challenge of choosing colleges.

2.What prevents low-income students from attending proper colleges?

A.Overestimating their abilities. B.Knowing little about colleges.

C.Lack of enough learning experience. D.Failure to get support from their families.

3.Why did Hensley finally choose the Ohio State University?

A.She didn’t want to stay far from home.

B.Her favorite major was provided there.

C.She would show her talents to the full.

D.The university met her financial needs.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.How to Be a Financial Adviser

B.Steps for Top Students to Select Ideal Colleges

C.Advisers Help Poor Students Apply to Suitable Colleges

D.CollegePoint—a Program Helping Students Score High

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

On her first day in New York City, teaching students from low-income families at an after-school program, Alyssa Kapasi noticed so many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the cafeteria. Many of these poor students don’t get enough food to eat at home, so a free school lunch or a free after-school meal might be the most food they would get all day.

Kapasi, who graduated from private school, was shocked. Therefore, she was determined to help. “I want other kids to understand that if they meet a problem, they don’t have to wait to be an adult to salve it,” says Kapasi. She and a group of friends are now putting their programming skills ta work to create an app called Food for Thought, which will allow parents, students and even kind-hearted strangers to donate to a lunch account for a student in need at a nearby school.

About 20 million American kids receive free lunches. Two million more quality for reduced-price meals, and those students’ families may pay for part of their food. When they don’t have the money on any day. the students might have to choose an “alternative meal” such as a free cheese sandwich.

One clever feature of the app which is being supported by donation from companies and social investors—is that it provides anonymity (匿名) to lunch recipients and donors. To receive financial help, a family will need only a recommendation from a school administrator, and no one else knows.

“I want to make the application a platform where all users feel no shame in using it,” says Kapasi. She hopes to test the app in a school district next month. And then, she will devote herself to charity.

1.Why did so many students have to eat school food according to paragraph 1?

A. The food was cheap.　　 B. They preferred to eat in the cafeteria.

C. The food was very delicious.　　 D. They lacked food at home.

2.What is the function of the app?

A. Selling food to the student.　　 B. Allowing people to help poor students.

C. Communicating well with students parents.　　 D. Helping students study well.

3.What is special about the app?

A. It is attractive and fun.　　 B. It is convenient to apply.

C. It manages users’ information secretly.　　 D. It can tell who is badly in need of food.

4.What can we learn about the app?

A. It has been abandoned half way.　　 B. It is being created by a student.

C. It is about to be put into practice.　　 D. It is being used in a school district.

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

In the near future, China will increase supply of smaller houses, ________ to help low-income families to buy houses of their own.

A. aims B. being aimed  C. aiming   D. having aimed

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Housing prices in Beijing and Shanghai are now largely________for low-income families,

A．out of control      B．out of touch        C．out of reach       D．out of order

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It's really unwise of you ______ him the news yesterday so that it has been disturbing him all the time．

A．having told        B．to tell             C．telling            D．to have told

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

My family is still recovering from the terrible times when my teenaged stepson became ill. His disease led to kidney failure and an ongoing need for _________.

As anyone with a sick child knows, the stress doesn’t _________. And there was so much stress. My husband and I were _________ and it was as if we forgot how to communicate ---we couldn’t have a simple conversation without _________. Our once-happy home had become tense and unhappy.

In a _________ event of communication, my stepson and I were discussing Valentine’s gifts. I _________ that his dad gave me a kazoo(卡祖笛)for our first Valentine’s Day. My reaction to this gift was _________ when I, a professional saxophone player, couldn’t get it to make a _________.The kazoo finally got packed away and_________.

But he was interested and asked to see it. After some trouble, I found it_________. “What’s so hard about getting a sound?” He asked, amazed, turning it around in his hands. “I don’t know. It just never_________.” I answered. My husband _________ the kazoo---“It’s easy! Look, you just do this ...” and he blew. Nothing happened. He tried again, but still there was no sound. _________, he tried again, only to produce a sound like a bee. My stepson burst into laughter. Our excitement at seeing his face_________ like that was obvious. Soon, we were all laughing to the point of tears.

It was as if the dark had _________and a ray of sunshine was let in. Eyes_________ and souls reconnected. My stepson took a turn on the kazoo. He did no better than us. More _________. The mood stayed_________ for the rest of the evening. Months later, my stepson _________a successful kidney transplant, which turned out to be a turning point. It showed us that we can still bond as a _________. Thanks to a simple kazoo, we remembered that we are one.

1.A.confidence B.treatment C.appearance D.recovery

2.A.pass down B.set out C.go away D.move around

3.A.relaxed B.surprised C.relieved D.exhausted

4.A.quarrelling B.mentioning C.changing D.developing

5.A.useful B.rare C.fair D.frequent

6.A.reminded B.recalled C.discovered D.predicted

7.A.forgiveness B.curiosity C.excitement D.embarrassment

8.A.song B.sign C.sound D.noise

9.A.repaired B.forgotten C.sold D.lent

10.A.eventually B.gradually C.generally D.naturally

11.A.agreed B.refused C.worked D.disturbed

12.A.caught B.returned C.selected D.dropped

13.A.Frustrated B.Disappointed C.Pleased D.Interested

14.A.take up B.light up C.hold up D.pick up

15.A.jumped B.fallen C.struggled D.disappeared

16.A.met B.shut C.changed D.opened

17.A.crying B.shouting C.calling D.laughing

18.A.thick B.deep C.pleasant D.shallow

19.A.damaged B.chose C.expected D.underwent

20.A.stranger B.hospital C.family D.relationship

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected-much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual(个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car. “Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize (批评) American schools”, he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe you schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

1.This year _____ teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.

2.The whole exchange programme is mainly to _____.

3.Fred and Mike agreed that _____.

4.What is particular in American schools is that _____.

5.After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought _____.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The government is now planning to locate a new school        low-income families are living.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

The houses for the low-income families_______ at present in our city will be completed next year。

A. to be built    B. built       C. being built    D. having been built

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析