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A mother, Carrie Cort, 51, from Sussex, and her nine-year-old son have been named the UK’s most environmentally friendly family after winning an award for their environmental achievements.
Now every aspect of her life is environmentally friendly, from her son Adam’s birthday parties to her clothing, and she recycles everything from empty pens to milk bottle tops. “Changing our family lifestyle to green has saved us around £ 11, 000 every year, which has given us more financial stability,” Carrie says. “Living green has made us healthier and I feel younger now. It is fun seeing what you can make with unwanted or broken things. Growing your own food is great exercise, good for wildlife, and the food is much more nutritious and tastier.”
“My concern for the way we humans are treating the planet was really roused in 2008 when Adam was born. When he arrived, I suddenly had this huge, greater awareness of the kind of planet we’re bringing our children into though I learnt something about it in university.” She began going to talks, reading books, watching documentaries and attending green meetings in order to educate herself in the details of green living.
Carrie set up the local campaign group Sussex Green Living six years after her son’s birth. Later, she gave up her high-powered job, as she ran a video company with her brother, to do her job full-time. Today, she organizes talks and workshops. She runs a repair café, where people can bring everything to be fixed. Her recycling program helps people reuse wastes. Toothpaste tubes, for example, which Carrie sends to the Philippines, are turned into purses by an organization. “My goal is to inspire more people to lead greener, more environmentally friendly lives, to enable us to live in greater harmony with nature, now and for future organizations. I achieve this using various Sussex Green Living communication programs and working with other organizations who have the same goals and values.”
1.How did Carrie feel about her environmentally friendly lifestyle?
A. unwanted. B. unhealthy. C. expensive. D. economical.
2.Which of the following is true about Carrie?
A. She made good preparations for living green.
B. She recycled what people ignored for fun.
C. She does daily exercise by growing food.
D. She majored in planet protection in university.
3.When did Carrie begin to form her environmentally friendly lifestyle?
A. After winning an award.
B. After giving birth to her son.
C. After being stuck in poverty.
D. After attending green meetings
4.What does Carrie rely on to make her achievements?
A. Her repair café and workshops.
B. Her own programs and others’ work.
C. Her well-paid job and her brother’s support.
D. Her independence of realizing her green dream.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our 36 to see differences: skin, hair and eye color, height, language. But also in our nature, way down in the DNA that 37 us human, we are almost the 38 .
I believe there is more that unites us than 39 us.
My mother came to the US from India. She is 40 enough that she got her service 41 in a diner in 1960s Dallas. My father is a white boy from Indiana whose 42 came from Germany in the mid-1800s.
It seems 43 to admit now, but I never 44 that my parents were different colors. One day, I watched my parents walk 45 the street of our church together. They were 46 in the service that day, and as they walked, I saw their hands 47 together in unison(一致地). I noticed for the first time how dark my mother was, and how white my father was. I knew them as my parents 48 I realized their skin color. I'm sorry to say that now when I see a mixed-race 49 walking down the street, I see the "mixed race" first and the "couple" second.
When my parents married in 1966, there were 50 places in this country that had laws 51 mixed marriage. 52 , my white grandfather, 53 father had been a typical racist, was not against their marriage.
Some of us are men, some are women. Some are young, some old. Some of us are short and others 54 . Some right-handed, some left-handed. We have lots of differences; we are all 55 . But deep down inside us, down in our DNA, we are 99.9 percent the same. And I believe we need to remember that.
1.A. feature B. character C. nature D. quality
2.A. gets B. lets C. has D. makes
3.A. same B. different C. familiar D. similar
4.A. differs B. divides C. departs D. splits
5.A. yellow B. white C. dark D. brown
6.A. turned out B. turned down C. turned over D. turned back
7.A. ancestors B. parents C. family D. origin
8.A. silly B. wise C. stupid D. foolish
9.A. noticed B. looked C. watched D. observed
10.A. in B. up C. out D. down
11.A. entering B. running C. attending D. participating
12.A. rocking B. shaking C. swinging D. waving
13.A. unless B. after C. before D. until
14.A. marriage B. couple C. double D. twins
15.A. always B. also C. almost D. still
16.A. allowing B. preventing C. encouraging D. banning
17.A. Therefore B. However C. But D. Otherwise
18.A. which B. whose C. that D. what
19.A. long B. high C. tall D. kind
20.A. similar B. familiar C. unique D. same
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My mother and her family kept information about my father and his family a secret from me for over half a century. In 2010 I began to ______ my father through Ancestry.com. However, I learned he had ______ cancer on August 6, 1999 in a hospital in Dallas, Texas.
When I got my father's death ______， the medical examiner told me because my father had no ______ around the city, they buried him in a body bag in a(n) ______ grave in an old cemetery.
I knew my father ______ in WW2 so I decided to work on getting his remains ______ to my state to be buried in our national cemetery. From 2011 to 2017 I kept working on ______ my debt from a divorce and increasing my ______ score so someday I could get a personal loan.
That certificate of ______ service proved my father served 43 months in WW2 in the USA Army Air Force fighting the Nazi's. I still did not have the money ______. In July of 2018 a bank approved a $10，000 personal loan so I had a funeral director ______ a permit to exhume my father. After 4 months of ______ I asked Senator Brown for help again in November. Six days after he contacted Texas officials a permit was ______.
On July 9, 2019 an airplane will ______ at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport ______ I will be finally ______ with my father and touch his metal casket and the missing piece of my heart will be ______.
On January 10, 2019 the Ohio Patriot Guard Riders will escort my father's hearse through my ______ to be buried with honors in our states National cemetery and one day in January Senator Brown will have an American Flag ______ over our Nation's Capital to honor my father.
If you never give up one day your dream will become a reality.
1.A. hire out B. allow for C. search for D. dive in
2.A. suffered from B. died of C. evolved into D. died from
3.A. adjustment B. diploma C. penalty D. certificate
4.A. soldiers B. seniors C. relatives D. enemies
5.A. unprotected B. unmarked C. theoretical D. mobile
6.A. joined B. played C. served D. enrolled
7.A. brought down B. brought in C. brought out D. brought back
8.A. lowering B. increasing C. wiping D. swapping
9.A. housing B. employment C. marriage D. credit
10.A. sustainable B. military C. authentic D. historic
11.A. moreover B. while C. though D. therefore
12.A. apply to B. apply for C. try out D. try on
13.A. clarifying B. waiting C. requesting D. wrestling
14.A. suspended B. rejected C. granted D. substituted
15.A. land B. stop C. leave D. touch
16.A. which B. whose C. where D. when
17.A. confronted B. reunited C. involved D. occupied
18.A. reserved B. restricted C. restored D. rewarded
19.A. school B. church C. country D. hometown
20.A. flowed B. flown C. covered D. controlled
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By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I ________ supper and were waiting for her at the table.
A．have cooked B．were cooking C．had cooked D．would cook
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I ________ supper and were waiting for her at the table.
A．have cooked
B．were cooking
C．had cooked
D．would cook
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I ________ supper and were waiting for her at the table.
A．have cooked B．were cooking C．had cooked D．would cook
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I ________ supper and were waiting for her at the table.
A．have cooked B．were cooking C．had cooked D．would cook
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I was feeling a little blue because my mother had been laid off from her job and she had lots of bills to pay. It left me wondering what was going to happen to us now.
I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. That’s 36 I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower so that I could 37where it was coming from. 38the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her. She was singing songs about love, keeping on trying, and not underestimating (低估) the power within yourself. The way she was singing 39me a bit. I stood there watching her play for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must 40to perform alone in the middle of a crowded place.
She must have felt my 41because she would 42look in my direction. Then I walked over and put some 43 in her carriage and she said, “Thank you”. Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been 44a rough time lately, but you’ve made me 45again.”
“I’m happy that I could help,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
“Well, my mum told me she had got 46from her job, and that made me sad. I’m not so sure what to do …”
“You see, here’s the problem,” she explained. “While you were 47, your head was down. Don’t look 48, because 49comes in different ways and if your head were down, you might lose it.”
She also explained to me that she saw a lot of 50 people in the world and she tried to bring more 51 by sharing motivational (鼓舞人心的) music. She told me that when she wasn’t making music she studied 52. So, that was how she knew some of the things she was telling me.
I 53a little wider because I knew that she was doing a good thing. So, after we 54, my heart was 55and lightened by a musical soul!
1. A．where B．why C．which D．when
2. A．turn out B．take in C．find out D．get in
3. A．Across B．Through C．Between D．Above
4. A．comforted B．annoyed C．scared D．reminded
5. A．take time B．take turns C．take action D．take courage
6. A．absence B．performance C．presence D．regret
7. A．angrily B．occasionally C．generally D．faithfully
8. A．cards B．food C．books D．money
9. A．going through B．getting up C．taking over D．running towards
10. A．curious B．eager C．sad D．hopeful
11. A．hired B．promoted C．paid D．fired
12. A．running B．driving C．walking D．riding
13. A．proud B．defeated C．absorbed D．puzzled
14. A．opportunity B．trouble C．difficulty D．dream
15. A．positive B．active C．energetic D．negative
16. A．records B．poverty C．positivity D．indifference
17. A．politics B．psychology C．biology D．art
18. A．smiled B．changed C．influenced D．sighed
19. A．responded B．parted C．agreed D．understood
20. A．hit B．sunk C．tied D．touched
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When their children lived far away from them, these old people felt ________ from the world.
A.carried away B.broken down
C.cut off D.brought up
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One single mother’s creative manner of making her son not feel hurt from a school event celebrating close father-child relationship,has pulled social media’s heart strings hard
Yevette Vazquez,from Fort Worth,Texas,was dropping off her 12-yea-old son Elijah at school when she saw that there were more parked cars than usual for a school run.“I ask him why there were so many cars,” Vazquez wrote in a Facebook post that has been shared more than 6,000 times.He said,“Donuts (炸面圈饼）with Dad”.It was an event being held by the school to honor close father child relationship.But Vazquez,who is a single parent,did not want her son to be left out from the event Instead,she and Elijah drove home so that she could change her appearance.“I know seeing other dads with their kids isn’t easy for mine but it’s life,at least I can do whatever it takes to put a smile on that face,” wrote Vazquez in the post.
The post has received more than 18,000 reactions.One user called Ceci Solis wrote,“Tears are coming down my face.”She added,“It’s hard not having a dad to do that.It’s just amazing.” Another named Mozar E Lucy DePaula said, “You are an amazing mom.I was a single mom» so I know what it takes us to do anything to see a smile on our kids faces.You are the best and keep up.God bless you and your son.” Several called for her to be crowned “Mother of the Year”.
1.According to the text,Elijah is .
A. old enough to live alone B. unwilling to make donuts
C. a boy without father at his side D. well taken care of by his parents
2.What did Vazquez do to avoid hurting her son?
A. She parked her car secretly. B. She dressed up like a father.
C. She learned to make donuts herself. D. She drove her son to school every day.
3.What is the text mainly about?
A. A son is the most lovely.
B. Life with dad is going on as usual.
C. A mum celebrates close father-child relationship with a dad.
D. A single mum changes her appearance for “Donuts with Dad”.
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