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It’s 10:00 on a beautiful Sunday morning in California. To my left is some of the most beautiful coastline. I’m walking along a road ordinarily packed with cars on days like this, but today, thanks in part to my $135 entry fee, it is closed to traffic.
There’s only one problem: I should be running, not walking. Over the past year, I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on running gear(设备) and race entry fees. I’ve jogged than 1,600 miles training for this event.
Dozens of runners pass me on either side, each of them experiencing varying degrees of sadness similar to my own. Most of them, like me, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles to get here, spending $500, $1,000 or more to participate in this event.
Actually I’m by no means a competitive athlete. My best finish ever was fourth place, in a 5-kftometer race with only 74 participants, many of whom were walking the entire course.
Last year, over 500,000 runners completed a marathon in the U.S. alone. Nearly all of these runners had absolutely no chance of victory. The PR-personal record-is everyone’s definition of a “good race,” whether he finishes in first or 301st.
I should buy a new watch that not only tracks my location by GPS, but also by counting steps. This can more accurate and much more expensive. Finally, I have reached the finish line. I know that the official race photographers will be taking photos as I cross the line, so I raise my arms in “victory” I finish, in a time of 3:37:55, good for 354th place.
A few days after the race, the race organizers email me a link to a site where I can preview my official photos 一 and download them, for a fee, of course.
I wish I could say the feeling was unique; it’s probably not Indeed probably a feeling most runners get in most marathons. Running a lot of marathons 9 in fact, may not even be good for your health.
In America, marathoning is a rich person’s sport.
1.Which of the following is free of charge for the marathoners according the passage?
A. Race entry.
B. Coastal scenery.
C. Running gear.
D. Official photos.
2.What was the author sure of before entering for the marathon?
A. His winning the victory.
B. His improvement of speed.
C. His falling behind many others.
D. His setting up a new record.
3.How did other runners feel while running on the coastline road according to the author?
A. Happy B. Unhappy.
C. Unique. D. Excited.
4.What would the author agree with?
A. Marathons are not worth it.
B. Marathon can improve our PR.
C. Marathons are based on attitudes.
D. Marathons are good for our health.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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On Sunday morning in Rio, when Chinese women’s volleyball team took on Serbia for the Olympic title, 70 percent of Chinese families watched live broadcast on TV, easily beating the audience rating for Lunar New Year Gala. As team captain Hui Ruoqi hit a powerful spike to seal it 19-25， 25-17， 25-22， 25-23 on Sunday morning in Rio, applause and cheers almost blew off the roof of Maracanazinho. China’s news program Xinwen Lianbo spent seven of 30 minutes reliving the story. This is their third Olympic gold medal the Chinese women’s volleyball team has won since the 1980s.
In Rio, the Chinese women’s volleyball team was assigned to the so-called group of death and faced several strong competitors. But the team never gave up. When the team lost its Rio Olympic opener to the Netherlands on Aug 6, Lang Ping urged her players to support one another through the ups and downs. When China lost to Serbia and the United States, finishing fourth to get a narrow escape from Group B and had to face host Brazil in the quarters, Lang Ping helped her players grow from each defeat on the pressure-packed Olympic stage.
Lang Ping, nicknamed “Iron Hammer”, is a national heroine as well as a legend in world sports. She made histories in coaching many clubs and national teams to top level. She resigned due to health reasons in 1998. However, when the Chinese women’s volleyball faced difficulties after the Beijing Olympics, the 52-year-old lady came back in 2013 and took the coaching position. She dug out a group of young talents including Rio 2016 MVP Zhu Ting to help seasoned players Hui Ruoqi and Xu Yunli. But more importantly, she passed on the spirit to them.
Among all the Chinese sports teams, the women’s volleyball remain the most special one, whose victories fueled Chinese confidence in the 1980s and still represent the best things that sports can offer to the Chinese: perseverance, courage and unity.
1.What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. The game against Serbia attracted more Chinese audience than Lunar New Year Gala.
B. China’s Xinwen Lianbo reported the team’s victory for 30 minutes.
C. The roof of Maracanazinho was blown off by the excited audience.
D. The Chinese women’s volleyball team was beaten by Serbia.
2.It can be inferred from the text that ________.
A. the team beat the Netherlands on Aug 6
B. Lang resigned from a club due to health problems in 2013
C. Lang brought the Chinese women’s volleyball back to the Olympic glory
D. after the Rio Olympic opener, the team experienced non-stop victories
3.Who does the underline word “she” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Zhu Ting. B. Hui Ruoqi. C. Xu Yunli. D. Lang Ping.
4.What make the Chinese women’s volleyball team so special?
A. The coach and strong competitors. B. Some young talents and seasoned players.
C. Each defeat and pressure. D. The teams’ success and spirits.
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at 8:15 was so _______ that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ , he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______ . Looking out of his bedroom window, he _______ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, and its engine was _______ .
Seeing that, he immediately _______ buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was _______ nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one should have survived this ________ , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson, still ________ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window in visible ________ . Languell tried stopping the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the ________ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.
________ , Languell tried to open the back door, but he failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and ________ the back door. This time, it ________ and the back door was opened and Languell crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's ________. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell pulled him out of a rear window, and then ________ him to safety before the car was entirely surrounded by flames.
Then Languell called a (n) ________ as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the doctors arrived and Languell felt ________.
1.A.strange B.loud C.pleasant D.weak
2.A.listen B.view C.investigate D.question
3.A.behind B.above C.inside D.outside
4.A.spied B.inspected C.overlooked D.caught
5.A.in danger B.at work C.in ruins D.on fire
6.A.got hold of B.controlled C.took charge of D.prepared
7.A.wound B.damage C.engine D.smoke
8.A.set B.classified C.split D.cut
9.A.hanging B.falling C.sent D.planted
10.A.crisis B.crash C.disorder D.event
11.A.calm B.anxious C.conscious D.confident
12.A.pain B.surprise C.comfort D.anger
13.A.water B.driver C.passengers D.flames
14.A.Instantly B.Constantly C.Eventually D.Consistently
15.A.kicked B.hit C.pulled D.tapped
16.A.responded B.made C.worked D.managed
17.A.trousers B.seat belt C.back pack D.coat
18.A.pushed B.shouldered C.dragged D.fetched
19.A.ambulance B.taxi C.policeman D.firefighter
20.A.satisfied B.touched C.recognized D.relieved
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
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China launched its fifth Beidou orbiter into space on Sunday morning, moving it one step closer to its goal of building a navigation(导航) and positioning satellite network.
The Beidou, or Compass, system is being built to rival the US-developed GPS, the European Union's Galileo and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System. It can allow travelers, drivers and military officials to know their locations.
The fifth orbiter was launched on top of a Long March 3A carrier rocket at 5:30 am on Sunday from Xichang of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
It is the third Compass satellite launched this year, following launches on Jan 17 and June 2.
The short interval of less than two months since the last launch demonstrated that "the country is stepping into a busy period of launching the Compass satellites", an unnamed official in charge of the project said last month.
The first two orbiters were launched in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
Sun Jiadong, the Beidou program's chief designer, said on June 21 in a TV interview that China would launch 13 to 15 Beidou navigation satellites into orbit by 2012 to form a network that provides regional service covering the neighboring areas.
And in about 10 years, the network would be expanded to include more than 30 satellites covering the globe, he said.
The system is a crucial part of the country's space infrastructure for providing navigation and positioning services in transportation, meteorology, petroleum prospecting, forest fire monitoring, disaster forecasting, telecommunications and public security.
In addition, a global positioning system is crucial to any country's national security and defense, said Ran Chengqi, an official in charge of the program, referring to the fact that the US initially built its GPS system for military purposes.
It is unimaginable for China to go without such a system, he said.
Earlier reports cited（引用） Song Xiaojun, a Beijing-based military expert, as saying that 90 percent of the world's current weapons systems need a global positioning system.
1.This news report was probably released________.
A．in January, 2010 B．in June, 2010 C．in July, 2010 D．in August, 2010
2.The Compass System is expected to finally cover________in the future.
A．China B．China and its neigh boring areas
C．Asia, Europe and Oceania D．the earth
3.At the very beginning, the GPS system was built to help________.
A．military officers to judge their locations B．travelers to know their locations
C．drivers to reach their destinations easily D．hunters to find wild animals smoothly
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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Luckily, the man ________escape death when a fire broke out in his home on Sunday morning.
A．hardly B．gently C．slightly D．narrowly
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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On a Sunday morning I was running and noticed a person in front of me. I could _______ he was running a litle slower than me and decided to try to _______ him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road before _______.
So I started running faster and every block I was _______ on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes, I was only about 100 yards _______ him. So I _______ the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the _______ part of a marathon.
Finally I caught up with him and _______ him by. On the inside I felt so good. I“beat” him, _______ he didn't even know we were ________ .
After I passed him. I ________ that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had ________ my turn, had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turm around and go ________.
Isn't that what happens in life when we ________ on competing with co-workers,neighbors, friends, trying to outdo them or trying to prove we are more successful or more ________ ? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss our own ________.
The ________ with unhealthy competition is that it is a never ending circle. There will always be somebody ________ you, someone with a better job, more money in the bank, more education, better behaved children, etc.
Take what life has given you, and you will be . ________ by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no ________ in destiny. Run your own race and wish others well.
1.A.tell B.predict C.imagine D.wonder
2.A.fool B.greet C.stop D.catch
3.A.setting out B.going away C.turning off D.coming up
4.A.gaining B.calling C.holding D.turning
5.A.before B.around C.opposite D.behind
6.A.found out B.slowed down C.set about D.picked up
7.A.final B.long C.easy D.special
8.A.walked B.passed C.pushed D.hurried
9.A.since B.but C.so D.if
10.A.racing B.running C.playing D.joking
11.A.wished B.doubted C.admitted D.realized
12.A.changed B.left C.missed D.chosen
13.A.away B.back C.alone D.on
14.A.live B.depend C.focus D.put
15.A.responsible B.optimistic C.sensitive D.important
16.A.path B.chance C.root D.heart
17.A.relation B.problem C.disagreement D.influence
18.A.more than B.regardless of C.ahead of D.rather than
19.A.protected B.impressed C.blessed D.moved
20.A.difference B.competition C.point D.result
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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完形填空。
It was a beautiful morning in the summer. My oldest grandson, Seth, now twelve, stood on the small dock (码头) and _______ for me to bait his hook (在鱼钩上放诱饵) with a lively worm. I _______ the worm securely to the hook.“Here you go, Seth，” I told him. “You're all set.” He cast his _______into the water. I baited my own hook
and cast my lineinto the water. We sat on the dock, enjoyed the brief relief from the heat and ________ watched any signs of a bite.
Seth reeled (往卷轴上绕起) his line in. “What are you _______？” I asked.
“There's no fish.”
“Sure there are！” I said.“They aren't hungry right now，________ they're there.”
He_______ me, pulled his bobber (浮子) and bait in and cast his line in another________. I sat and watched Seth cast. He'd wait a few minutes, reel it in and _______ again.
“Seth！”
He looked at me. “Seth! Patience! Fishing is a game of ________： You cast your bait into the water and wait.”
“Poppa, there is no _________ here.”
“Seth, fishing is a game, a very _______ one. Sometimes you win, but mostly you ________. The fish are clever. It's a waiting _______. The fish usually win. They're smart. You need to be_______.”
We went home that day emptyhanded, but I hoped he _______ a lesson from this experience.
________ is easy in life. We go through pains, struggles and dreams, but _______ we are patient, our goals will bite the hook and we can reel them in.
I'm still waiting for mine. I _______ it's out there, under the waters, searching for the hook.One day it will happen.
In the meantime, I________fishing.
1.A.looked B．worked C．cared D．waited
2.A.applied B．transformed C．fastened D．linked
3.A.line B．bucket C．stone D．bag
4.A.suddenly B．carefully C．proudly D．helplessly
5.A.discovering B．doing C．suggesting D．asking
6.A.but B．so C．or D．and
7.A.left B．followed C．ignored D．accepted
8.A.order B．time C．direction D．form
9.A.cast B．gain C．appear D．win
10.A.humour B．courage C．preparation D．patience
11.A.boat B．fish C．worm D．chance
12.A.easy B．slow C．different D．useful
13.A.succeed B．rise C．dream D．lose
14.A.game B．list C．period D．room
15.A.happier B．stronger C．smarter D．taller
16.A.offered B．taught C．learned D．began
17.A.Anything B．Nothing C．Everything D．Something
18.A.unless B．before C．although D．if
19.A.predict B．guess C．know D．doubt
20.A.keep B．imagine C．stop D．avoid
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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One morning in early fall, I spotted a pair of wild geese on our pond. The beautiful sight caught me by________because we’d never seen geese there before. Thinking they would soon leave, I__________the chance to get close to them. I wondered where they came from and why they’d chosen our pond.
The next morning, the geese were still my________. I walked round to the mailbox, showing them I meant no harm.________, I couldn’t resist getting a ________ look. I hid behind some trees and ________ the handsome pair quietly through the branches. I was surprised to see they were staring at me, too!
As days passed, I started ________ to them on my trips to the mailbox. They craned their necks and raised their heads________, but seemed to realize I was their friend. By then, my curiosity about ________ they were staying so long on the pond changed to ________. As they were feeling in the grass the other day, I discovered the reason for their ________: the male had a broken left wing. He couldn’t________, and his faithful mate wouldn’t leave him behind.
I asked a biologist what to do. He explained that sometimes a ________ wing would heal by itself and suggested letting nature take its course.
On the first day of November, I was working in the neighborhood of the geese with my tractor. As I bent to fasten a chain from the tractor, I ________ some movement from the corner of my eye. Both geese were running towards the pond. Their wing were _________ like crazy, struggling for take-off. Gradually, they flew over the pond. They________ enough altitude to fly past a neighbor’s house, and then circled back towards me, flying no more than 50 feet over my head as if to say goodbye. Then they were out of __________.
The season’s first snowflake fell the very next day. The birds must have_______that winter was coming, and it was time to go. I became fond of them during their _________visit to our pond, and now I miss them. I’ll never forget their ________ to each other.
1.A. accident B. surprise C. nature D. fortune
2.A. increased B. created C. deserved D. valued
3.A. guests B. puzzles C. fellows D. friends
4.A. Instead B. Therefore C. Still D. Anyhow
5.A. closer B. quicker C. quieter D. broader
6.A. approached B. calmed C. observed D. protected
7.A. turning B. attending C. driving D. talking
8.A. firmly B. cautiously C. warmly D. proudly
9.A. why B. when C. how D. whether
10.A. sympathy B. rescue C. pleasure D. concern
11.A. companion B. visit C. settlement D. care
12.A. recover B. survive C. fly D. return
13.A. weak B. folded C. broken D. flightless
14.A. held B. caught C. directed D. made
15.A. spreading B. sweeping C. trembling D. beating
16.A. gained B. set C. discovered D. lost
17.A. reach B. sight C. control D. help
18.A. concluded B. indicated C. sensed D. confirmed
19.A. unexpected B. causal C. regular D. short
20.A. contribution B. promise C. treat D. devotion
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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One morning in early fall, I spotted a pair of wild geese on our pond. The beautiful sight caught me by ______. because we’d never seen geese there before. I wondered where they came from and why they’d ______ our pond.
“As the days passed, I couldn’t ______ getting a closer look and started talking to the geese. They craned their necks and raised their heads ______ but seemed to realize I was a ______ and not an enemy. I felt ______ we were bonding.
One day as they were ______ in the grass near the driveway, I discovered the reason for their ______ —the male had a broken left wing. He was ______ to fly, and his lifelong mate would not leave him ______. I marveled (惊叹) at the ______ between them.
I asked a wildlife biologist friend what I should ______. He explained that sometime a broken wing will heal by itself and suggested letting ______ take its course.
On the first day of November, I was ______ in the vicinity (邻近) of the geese with my tractor. I caught some ______ from the comer of my eye.
Both geese were running toward the pond, wings beating ______. The geese gained enough altitude to clear a neighbor’s house, then ______ back toward me, flying no more than 50 feet over my head as if to say goodbye. Then they were out of ______.
I grew ______ them during their stay at our pond, and I miss them. I’ll never forget their ______ to each other. We could all learn a lesson or two from this pair.
1.A. anger B. surprise C. terror D. sorrow
2.A. cleared B. destroyed C. chosen D. disturbed
3.A. resist B. imagine C. escape D. admit
4.A. naturally B. happily C. sadly D. cautiously
5.A. hunter B. helper C. friend D. guard
6.A. whether B. even if C. how D. as though
7.A. jumping B. feeding C. working D. growing
8.A. absence B. delay C. visit D. departure
9.A. unable B. curious C. eager D. afraid
10.A. mad B. calm C. around D. behind
11.A. bond B. quarrel C. conflict D. competition
12.A. do B. cure C. share D. check
13.A. chance B. nature C. fate D. knowledge
14.A. playing B. experimenting C. working D. fighting
15.A. atmosphere B. division C. response D. movement
16.A. wildly B. occasionally C. slowly D. aimlessly
17.A. floated B. circled C. slid D. skipped
18.A. order B. place C. sight D. control
19.A. angry with B. fond of C. tired of D. grateful to
20.A. sympathy B. objection C. adjustment D. devotion
高三英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
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______is going to go climbing please gathers at the school gate at 8 on Sunday morning.
A. Anyone B. The one C. Whoever D. Who
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析