I’m Evan Ducker. I’m just like every other 15...

I’m Evan Ducker. I’m just like every other 15-year-old boy, except I was born with a red birthmark(胎记).

Some birthmarks are signs of serious medical conditions. I’m very fortunate—mine isn’t. I pretty much live a regular life, except for people asking me about it all the time, which can get annoying(恼人的) sometimes.

When I was about 4 years old, I asked my mom why there weren’t any characters with birthmarks in the books she would read to me. When we went to the library, we realized there weren’t any available for little kids. Worse than that, the books available to older kids and adults described characters with birthmarks as unattractive. So I decided to write my own.

I based the story on all the real things that happened in my life. But instead of people, the characters in the book are real animals from the Galapagos Islands, including red-footed booby birds (鲣鸟). I picked a booby bird as the main character because the birds have red feet due to a vascular (血管的) condition, similar to a human birthmark!

It was really tough to get my book published. It took a long time because a lot of publishers refused to publish it. They would say there wasn’t a big enough market for a book about birthmarks.

But my mom never gave up trying to help make my dream come true. And in 2005, she finally took her own money and self-published “Buddy Booby’s Birthmark”. After it was published, I got letters from readers all over the world. They all shared their stories and thanked me for sharing mine. Teachers wrote to tell me that my book changed the way classmates treated each other and that my book was helping kids to accept and appreciate their differences.

Then, as more teachers started reading my book, I created a free global reading event, the “International Buddy Booby’s Birthmark Read—Along for Tolerance and Awareness.”

1.The author’s birthmark seems to ________.

A. be easy to remove

B. annoy him all the time

C. cause serious health problems

D. bring him some trouble

2.What the author found in the library made him ________.

A. regretful　　 B. disappointed　 C. stressed　　 D. bored

3.What did the publishers think of the author’s book?

A. It wouldn’t sell well.

B. It was rather uninteresting.

C. It was poorly written.

D. It wasn’t fit for kids to read.

4.The author’s book “Buddy Booby’s Birthmark” ________.

A. was a best-seller in 2005

B. was the first book about birthmarks

C. made a difference to its readers

D. helped kids fall in love with reading

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Haze Mabry has just turned 80 years old, and on his birthday, just like every other day, he reported to Pike County Elementary in Georgia where he works as a cleaner, prepared to clean.

But to his _______, that day was different from any other day. Just as he was settling in for a day of work, he was _______by more than 750 people, including students, teachers and staff,_______the hallways.

The students had made handmade _______and banners(横幅), and they all sang happy birthday and shouted his name as he _______by.

“They’re like my children ,” Mabry said in a(n) _______with The Washington Post .”I’m like the old lady in the shoe.”

Mabry makes a point of interacting(互动)with the _______when he can .”I know the little faces, but I don’t know every _______,”Mabry said .”Some of them make you know them.”

The unexpected celebration at school _______Mabry how valued(珍视) he is by students and teachers alike .”He’s the most __________person in this whole building ,”said teacher Lori Gilreath, who __________his surprise .”He won’t brag(吹嘘) on himself, but it doesn’t　 __________what he’s doing or where he is, he will __________ stop what he’s doing to take care of a child if that child is having a __________ day.”

Haze spent the whole following weekend __________ the pile of handwritten cards he __________!

Maybe we can’t all organize something as __________ as this birthday celebration, but it’s a __________:take any chance you get to make someone’s day __________, and let them know how they are valued! It can make much __________.

1.A.joy B.regret C.surprise D.sadness

2.A.greeted B.served C.praised D.treated

3.A.visiting B.decorating C.crossing D.lining

4.A.cakes B.cards C.pictures D.toys

5.A.walked B.ran C.stood D.hurried

6.A.discussion B.interview C.report D.speech

7.A.teachers B.friends C.students D.workmates

8.A.word B.class C.action D.name

9.A.offered B.promised C.showed D.left

10.A.important B.loved C.famous D.talented

11.A.planned B.got C.expressed D.hid

12.A.mean B.work C.include D.matter

13.A.already B.still C.always D.only

14.A.busy B.bad C.warm D.long

15.A.reading through B.sending for C.handing out D.returning to

16.A.borrowed B.lost C.packed D.received

17.A.noisy B.usual C.big D.formal

18.A.sign B.question C.part D.task

19.A.simple B.special C.funny D.terrible

20.A.trouble B.progress C.money D.difference

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I’m a seventeen-year-old, counting down the days till graduation, just like every other senior in the world. I’ve ____ a lot in my short seventeen years of life, but I have also made mistakes. I’m not ____. I’m on the path of self-discovery, which as I’ve come to realize is not ____.

After many years, I still ____ remember the last time I had to ____. At that moment, starting a new ____ wasn’t really that big of a deal. I spent the next four and a half years in Mountain Home. I made four ____ friends anyone could ever ask for. When I had to ____ them, I was depressed.

I soon ____ that starting a new high school was different from being the “____ girl” in elementary or even middle school. It wasn’t as easy to gain the “approval(认可)” of my ____ now as it had been back then. Back in elementary or middle school, ____ I was a freshman, I had my friends and people I knew. I could very easily ____ well over ninety percent of my class. ____, at this new school, I ____ no one.

I’ve been told over and over by my mom that I’ll ____ have to enter the “real” world and that the ____ I have over all of these things will soon disappear. What adults ____ to realize is that every day in a teenager’s life is a battle. We’re no longer children, but not quite adults. We struggle to ____ who we are.

Although I still have about a year and a half left, I honestly believe that being a teenager has been the hardest ____ in my life, something I’m sure I’ll carry with me for the rest of my existence.

1.A. achieved B. dreamed C. missed D. forgot

2.A. honest B. clever C. beautiful D. perfect

3.A. lonely B. necessary C. easy D. long

4.A. gradually B. clearly C. slightly D. hardly

5.A. perform B. study C. apologize D. move

6.A. home B. school C. project D. company

7.A. amazing B. cruel C. lazy D. brave

8.A. blame B. cheat C. leave D. train

9.A. realized B. predicted C. guessed D. expected

10.A. proud B. curious C. poor D. new

11.A. relatives B. parents C. neighbors D. classmates

12.A. although B. unless C. if D. because

13.A. teach B. help C. name D. disturb

14.A. Otherwise B. However C. Therefore D. Besides

15.A. knew B. understood C. loved D. visited

16.A. successfully B. surprisingly C. fortunately D. eventually

17.A. embarrassment B. worry C. anger D. hope

18.A. fail B. stop C. come D. regret

19.A. report B. write C. find out D. learn from

20.A. choice B. practice C. experience D. decision

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Nicholas Rilling is a bright-eyed, active 5-year-old boy, normal in every way. What is ____ is that he’s that way today after three days’ ____ that happened because of his being underwater without ____ for some 8 minutes.

It was Oct， 17. The Maryland family were enjoying a vacation at a beach resort (旅游胜地) in Puerto Rico. The shallow (浅的) water suggested no ____ . But after a while when Kent Rilling ____ , he couldn’t find his son Nick!

The sunlight dancing on the water made it difficult for Kent to see where his son was. After an anxious and hurried ____ up and down, he suddenly found his son ____ face-up on the bottom, his eyes open, his body ____ .

“He just looked gray and his ____ black,” Kent said. “We picked him up, ran him up to the ____ and just started CPR (心肺复苏) at once.”

For three days in hospital, Nick ____ unconscious (无意识的), his breathing assisted by a breathing machine. The whole time, from the beginning when her husband brought Nick to the beach to give first aid (急救) as a crowd of other ____ gathered around, Cynthia Rilling kept taking pictures and videos of what was going on.

“ ____ as I was, I knew in my heart he was going to ____ . There was no way God was going to take our son from us. And I just said, ‘I am going to take pictures so he can see the ____ he went through when he grows older.’”

The family kept praying at his bedside, talking to him, hoping for a ____ . Finally, on the fourth day, when his parents asked him what ____ he liked, “Sponge Bob Square Pants,” he answered.

After five days, Nick was well enough to be discharged from hospital, showing no ill ____ from his ____ experience. The doctors and nurses organized a “____ party” for him, and Nick was happy to watch his Sponge Bob Square Pants on TV.

1.A. unusual　　 B. frightening　　 C. common　　 D. obvious

2.A. illness　　 B. unconsciousness　　 C. coach　　 D. treatment

3.A. help　　 B. food　　 C. care　　 D. oxygen

4.A. danger　　 B. interest　　 C. difficulty　　 D. fish

5.A. turned up　　 B. looked up　　 C. stayed up　　 D. got up

6.A. search　　 B. hike　　 C. invitation　　 D. rescue

7.A. swimming　　 B. sinking　　 C. floating　　 D. flowing

8.A. rare　　 B. fancy　　 C. brief　　 D. still

9.A. legs　　 B. eyes　　 C. lips　　 D. hands

10.A. boat　　 B. beach　　 C. carpet　　 D. hospital

11.A. remained　　 B. became　　 C. turned　　 D. went

12.A. doctors　　 B. couples　　 C. friends　　 D. vacationers

13.A. Angry　　 B. Excited　　 C. Sad　　 D. Hopeful

14.A. pretend　　 B. recover　　 C. form　　 D. appreciate

15.A. fun　　 B. luck　　 C. operation　　 D. experience

16.A. speech　　 B. response　　 C. laugh　　 D. look

17.A. book　　 B. friend　　 C. toy　　 D. cartoon

18.A. effects　　 B. evidence　　 C. importance　　 D. injuries

19.A. disappointing　　 B. interesting　　 C. near-death　　 D. favorite

20.A. reunion　　 B. birthday　　 C. rebirth　　 D. dinner

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There was once an 11-year-old boy who went fishing every time he went to an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

On the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure (鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly the boy felt something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened．He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said．

“Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats could be seen in the moon-

light. He looked again at his father.

Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed．He threw the huge bass into the black water.

The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish. That

was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ... again and again ... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

1.．How did the father feel when he saw his son skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water?

A．Delighted．    B．Nervous.       C．Embarrassed．     D．Shocked．

2.What happened when it became clear that the big fish was a bass?

A．The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish.

B．The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly.

C．The father made a decision that the fish must be set free.

D．They worried other fishermen might know what they had done.

3.The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because ________________.

A．they might catch a big fish there     B．he remembered the moral lesson from his father

C．he wanted to remember his father       D．their children enjoyed fishing there

4.What does the author want to show in the story?

A．It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.

B．An ethical decision is not difficult to make.

C．It is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.

D．Fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions.

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There was once an 11-year-old boy who went fishing every time he went to an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

On the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure(鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly the boy felt something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats could be seen in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.

Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the black water.

The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ... again and again ... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

1.How did the father feel when he saw his son skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water?

A. Proud.　　 B. Nervous.

C. Curious.　　 D. Shocked.

2.From the text we know that ______.

A. the father didn’t love his son

B. the father always disagreed with his son

C. the father disliked the huge fish

D. the father was firm and stubborn

3.The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because ______.

A. they might catch a big fish there

B. he remembered the moral lesson from his father

C. he wanted to remember his father

D. their children enjoyed fishing there

4.What does the author want to show in the story?

A. It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.

B. An ethical decision is not difficult to make.

C. It is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.

D. Fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions.

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Sally Smith is an unbelievable woman who looks like a fit 40-year-old, although she just turned 70. She follows a special raw diet and only drinks rainwater.

She looks so young that people mistake her for her daughter when she’s out with her husband of 54 years, but I think he isn’t complaining.

Mrs. Smith says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet, consisting of organic vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts grown in her own garden; she calls it the “fountain of youth”. The woman doesn’t touch anything that has been cooked.

And another strange thing she does is to collect rainwater, to keep her garden blossoming, but also to drink. But the resident of Miami-Dade County, Florida, didn’t always have such a healthy lifestyle. In fact, she consumed meat regularly, as her husband used to own a meat factory way back in the 1960s. It was then that she decided to change her eating habit forever. And what a great decision that was! I mean, just look at her!

When she started off, Mrs. Smith was just looking for a few health benefits and never expected that she would look like a 40-year-old at the age of 70. Over the 27 years, she has been eating raw food, and she has written two booklets called Journey to Health and also produced a DVD containing all her healthy secrets.

Her husband, Mr. Smith, wishes he had followed her example, because now he looks much, much older and also suffers from diabetes (糖尿病) and high blood pressure. He takes prescription medicine every day, but Sally doesn’t even take an aspirin.

1.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Her raw diet. B.Her beauty.

C.Specially cooked food. D.The organic food.

2.What kind of person does the author think Mrs. Smith is?

A.Modest. B.Honest.

C.Strong-willed. D.Open-minded. .

3.What did the woman do with her healthy secrets?

A.She sold them to the local people.

B.She abandoned them at the age of 70.

C.She publicized them in various ways.

D.She improved them with her husband s help.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards Mrs. Smith’s lifestyle?

A.Sympathetic. B.Doubtful.

C.Negative. D.Supportive.

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----Mike, what did your monitor say just now?

----Every boy and every girl as well as teachers who ________ to visit the museum ________ asked to be at the school gate before 6:30.

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

--- Mike, what did our monitor say just now?

--- Every boy and every girl as well as the teachers who _____ to visit the museum _____ asked to be at the school gate before 6:30 in the morning.

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---Mary, what did our monitor say just now?

---Every boy and every girl, as well as teachers who ______ to visit the museum, _____ asked to be at the school gate before 8:30 in the morning.

A. is; is　　　　 B. is; are　　　　 C. are; is　　　 D. are;are

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