I've always loved pigeons(鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start 16 them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt(破坏) our 17 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 18 carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could19a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 20 .
You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 21big prizes.
My wife had been changing her 22 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite 23 of all the prizes we’d won. Then there was the travelling, which she liked. You see some one has to take the pigeons a 24 way off and set them free. Some of the 25 were really nice. I never travelled. I used to like to wait at home and see them come in. They’ve got this wonderful sense of 26 , which can bring them back home so quickly. They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes 27 storms or against strong winds. And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the great 28 . Then I'd watch them 29 round and come down onto the landing shelf. I'd look at my watch and think, “My goodness, that’s a good 30 . ”And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 31 what time he’d arrived. Then my wife would32 up and say, “Has he arrived yet?” Then we would work out if we’d won 33 .
Then last year we had a 34 ! All of them got some sort of flu and 35. It was terrible. I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.
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高一英语完型填空简单题
I've always loved pigeons(鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start 16 them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt(破坏) our 17 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 18 carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could19a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 20 .
You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 21big prizes.
My wife had been changing her 22 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite 23 of all the prizes we’d won. Then there was the travelling, which she liked. You see some one has to take the pigeons a 24 way off and set them free. Some of the 25 were really nice. I never travelled. I used to like to wait at home and see them come in. They’ve got this wonderful sense of 26 , which can bring them back home so quickly. They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes 27 storms or against strong winds. And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the great 28 . Then I'd watch them 29 round and come down onto the landing shelf. I'd look at my watch and think, “My goodness, that’s a good 30 . ”And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 31 what time he’d arrived. Then my wife would32 up and say, “Has he arrived yet?” Then we would work out if we’d won 33 .
Then last year we had a 34 ! All of them got some sort of flu and 35. It was terrible. I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.
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高一英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ___36___ was more manageable, I ___37___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ___38___ that was years ago and times have changed. ___39___ I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to ___40___ my disability pension(残疾抚恤金). ___41___ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my ___42___. I decided that I would consider ___43___ to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was ___44___ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ___45___ to get started. And ___46___ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ___47___ use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my ___48___, he gave me a long, thoughtful ___49___. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me ___50___ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ___51___ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ___52___ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I ___53___. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ___54___ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His ___55___ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
1. A．sadness B．tiredness C．sickness D．loneliness
2. A．enjoyed B．kept C．shared D．set
3. A．Eventually B．Unfortunately C．Surprisingly D．Gladly
4. A．Then B．Sometime C．Meanwhile D．Now
5. A．make up for B．get rid of C．take advantage of D．add up to
6. A．As B．Though C．Before D．If
7. A．condition B．choices C．positions D．movement
8. A．living up B．getting on C．going back D．reaching out
9. A．interviewed B．found C．invited D．recognized
10. A．time B．energy C．knowledge D．money
11. A．once B．seldom C．often D．thus
12. A．hardly B．nearly C．formerly D．actually
13. A．family B．idea C．offer D．job
14. A．view B．look C．sight D．face
15. A．along B．towards C．through D．over
16. A．lovingly B．pitifully C．gratefully D．unhappily
17. A．turn B．role C．step D．pick
18. A．ought to cry B．should have cried C．could have cried D．had to cry
19. A．the ones B．few C．the rest D．more
20. A．devotion B．kindness C．trust D．courage
高一英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested________medicine.He always________medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended________ill.He lay on his bunk (铺位) and groaned (呻吟) as if he ________very sick.The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to________.He told the man to rest for a few days and________the other sailors do his work. Three days later________sailor pretended that he had________with his chest.________the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man ________.
The other sailors were very________because they had________work to do.The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not________.________the mate (大副) decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap,soot,glue and other unpleasant things.Then he got________from the captain to give his new medicine to the "sick" men.When they tasted the medicine,they really did feel ill.It was ________horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk,ran up on deck (甲板) and climbed the ________mast (桅杆) on the ship. The captain________that the men had tried________him.So he got them________very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.
1.A.on B.for C.at D.in
2.A.fetched B.took C.had D.got
3.A.be B.was C.to be D.being
4.A.will be B.were C.is D.should be
5.A.look for B.look in C.look back D.look after
6.A.got B.took C.sent D.made
7.A.other B.the other C.another D.other's
8.A.something wrong B.wrong something C.anything wrong D.wrong anything
9.A.Before long B.Once more C.Suddenly D.Certainly
10.A.to drink some water B.to eat something C.to have a rest D.to do more work
11.A.pleased B.sorry C.angry D.surprised
12.A.more B.much C.lots of D.little
13.A.out B.at home C.present D.appear
14.A.At first B.At the beginning C.At last D.At the end
15.A.agreement B.permission C.permit D.promise
16.A.very B.much C.so D.quite
17.A.highest B.high C.higher D.very high
18.A.heard B.heard of C.realized D.guessed
19.A.cheating B.cheat C.cheated D.to cheat
20.A.worked B.to work C.work D.works
高一英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I’ve just got to talk about this problem I’m having with my postman. It all began a year ago, after the birth of his first child. Not wanting to appear rude, I asked him about the baby. The next week, not wanting him to think I had asked out of mere politeness the week before, I asked all about the baby again. Now I can’t break the habit. I freeze whenever I see him coming. The words “How’s the baby?” come out on their own. It holds me up. It holds him up. So why can’t I stop it? The answer is that I want him to like me. Come to think of it, I want everyone to like me.
What about at work? Richard Lawton, a management trainer, warns: “Those managers who are actually liked by most of their staff (员工)are always those who are honest with staff, treating them as human beings and following common politeness like saying hello in the morning.” To explain the point, Richard told the story of the company chairman who especially wanted to be liked. One day, after making one of his employees fired, the employee replied: “If you were that sorry, I wouldn’t be leaving.” The lesson is that if you try too hard to be liked, people won’t like you.
The experts say it all starts in childhood. “If children feel they can only get love from their parents by being good,” says Zelda West-Meads, a marriage adviser, “they develop low self-confidence.” But is there anything wrong in being a giver? Anne Cousins believes there is. “Sometimes giving becomes unhealthy,” she says. “It comes when you do things for others but feel bad about it.”
I am now trying hard to say to people “I feel uncomfortable about saying this, but…” and tell myself “Refusal of a request does not mean Refusal of a person” and I find I can say almost anything to almost anyone.
1.Why does the author ask the postman about his baby?
A. He is interested in the baby.
B. He wants to be always polite to him.
C. He wants to leave a good impression to him.
D. It’s a way to start a chat with great politeness.
2.Managers are more likely to be popular if they ______.
A. help the staff with their problems
B. make sure the staff do not lose their jobs
C. encourage the staff to be polite to each other
D. do not make too much effort to be liked
3.What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?
A. To show how to let others like you more.
B. To encourage people to have more self-confidence.
C. To prove how to create a harmonious atmosphere.
D. To suggest ways of dealing with difficult people.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Many years ago, my dad decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He would talk to them and play with them and do arts and crafts with them.
There was a girl, Karen, who had been admitted with a rare disease that paralyzed (使麻痹) her from the neck down. She was very depressed (沮丧的). My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her, telling her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”
At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院) because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. Some time later, my dad was at the volunteer counter in the lobby (门厅) of the hospital when Karen came in. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read “Thank you for helping me walk”.
My dad would cry every time he told us this story. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture—loved every single child in that hospital.
1.The writer’s father decided to volunteer ________.
A.at the children bookstore B.in the shopping mall
C.at the local children hospital D.in the community
2.How did the writer’s father help the paralyzed little girl?
A.He showed her she could still do things.
B.He painted special pictures for her.
C.He helped her practice walking.
D.He visited her and made a toy for her.
3.Why did the little girl give the writer’s father a picture?
A.Because he liked pictures very much.
B.Because she wanted to thank him for his help.
C.Because he was badly ill.
D.Because her mother wanted her to do that.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.The girl was discharged after she had recovered from her disease.
B.The girl became a famous painter at the end.
C.The girl who paralyzed from the neck down could do nothing.
D.Love has a magic power and can make wonders.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I come to the United States ten year ago. I would always say that I was trying to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not allow me to start.
Now I realized that those were only excuses. What stopped me was that I was afraid to start studying again. I always believed I would learn by myself.
One day, however, my son told me that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didn’t understand them because I didn’t speak English. He was also sad because I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I told myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can make it.”
The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner (横幅) in front of the school which said that they offered classes for adults. I came in to see if I could join, but the classes were closed already. That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the way back, I told them we would take a new route. I ended up getting lost. That’s the way I found Chaffey College. The following Monday, I went to ask for information. They told me that summer school was starting that week.
That’s how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great rewards. My daughter had to write a story for school. It was about the female they most admired and why . She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to College. I will never forget this.
1.According to the passage, the author probably is a .
A. teacher B. doctor C. father D. mother
2.What made the author make up her mind to study English?
A. What her son said.
B. What her daughter said.
C. Thinking about herself.
D. Thinking about her daughter.
3.How did they find Chaffey College?
A. On the way to the movies.
B. They took a new route and got lost.
C. Ask a stranger for information.
D. According to the banner.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The author came to the United States from another country.
B. The author had two children at least including one daughter.
C. What really changed the author’s life was she believed in herself.
D. The author wrote that she was the person her son most admired.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Her son,to whom she was so_____,went abroad ten years ago.
A.concerned B.cared C.devoted D.loved
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Humans have always been curious about what Earth was like thousands of years ago. To learn more about the plants and animals that lived during that time, scientists examine their fossils or other remains. In recent years, genetics, and in particular the the study of DNA, has become an important tool for these scientists. Some people even dream of bringing ancient creatures such as dinosaurs back to life. Although no animals have been brought back yet, scientists have managed to grow a number of ancient plants from seeds. By far theoldest of these plants is a 32,000-year-old plant that has been grown again by Russian scientists.
The plant is a flower called Silenestenophylla, which used to grow in Siberia in eastern Russia. The scientists discovered seeds and fruits of the plant buried deep below the ground. They believe the seeds and fruits were put there by an ancient animal which stored them to eat during the winter. The seeds that scientists found failed to grow because they were damaged. However, the scientists were able to take genetic material from the fruit to grow a new plant. Then, this plant produced new seeds which the scientists were able to use to grow more plants.
A modern relative of the original flower still grows in Siberia, but when the ancient flower was grown, it had some important differences from the modern flower. The petals on the ancient flower were much longer and also spaced further apart. Studying the ancient flower will allow the scientists to learn more about how plants have evolved.
Before this, the oldest seed to have been grown was from a 2,000-year-year-old tree in Israel. The Russian scientists believe the reason why the Siberian seeds were preserved for so long is that they were buried in permanently frozen earth, which protected the genetic information in the seeds. The scientists believe that the permanently frozen soil in Siberia contains many other ancient seeds, so they may be able to bring back even older plants. This will help them better understand the history of plants and how they have changed over time.
1.Recently, scientist have ________.
A.been able to bring a number of ancient animals back to life
B.begun using genetics to learn more about ancient plants and animals
C.started to create a dinosaur that could live on Earth today
D.tried to create new types of fossils to study how animals used to live
2.How were Russian scientists able to grow Silenestenophylla?
A.They used genetic material from an ancient fruit they discovered.
B.They used ancient seeds that they had found deep below the ground.
C.They planted the seeds deep in the ground to protect them during the cold winter.
D.They planted fruit in a new kind of container that they had specially designed.
3.What is one thing the Russian scientists learned by comparing the ancient plant with its modern relative?
A.The plant used to produce fewer flowers than it produces now.
B.The plant has evolved to have shorter petals on its flowers.
C.The ancient plant was a different color from its modern relative.
D.The modern plant is found across a wider area of Russia than the ancient one.
4.The Russian scientists believe that ________.
A.it is unlikely that they can grow plants from seeds that are over 2,000 years old
B.ancient seeds that were kept in Israel will be easier to grow than Russian seeds
C.they will be able to grow plants in areas where the earth is permanently frozen
D.the frozen soil in Siberia is able to keep the DNA of plants safe for a long time
5.Which of the following statements is true?
A.Russian scientists would like to use frozen earth to protect seeds.
B.Human DNA can be used to help scientists learn more about the genetic history of plants.
C.The fruit and seeds of Silenestenophylla may have been buried by an ancient animal.
D.The first plant that had flowers grew in Siberia over 32,000 years ago.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A couple of years ago, I bagged up all the things I no longer used. It is always my hope to re-purpose those things that take up ______ in our homes, the ones other people might make better ______ of. Nothing bothers me more than ______ putting away what we will never use or wear,______ the homeless go without.
I found a(n)______ pair of socks in a bag. I had to ______ —garbage or donation (捐献). It wasn’t like they were ______. They were simply unpleasant lo look at.
I put the socks in the ______, but then I look them bark and put them in the donation pile. Later that afternoon, I put the things into my jeep and took them to the people ______ on the streets.
As I ______ clothing and food to the homeless, I ______ into the bag and pulled out the last ______ —the socks.
I held them in my hand as the crowd walked away, each with a ______ smile. Just as I was about to drop the socks back into the ______ bag, laughing at myself for even bringing them along for the ______, a teenage boy came up to me.
“Can I have those socks?” he asked.
“Of course,” I replied,______ him the thick, ugly socks.
“Thank you so much!” he smiled, “These socks ______ me of my grandmother, who used to make things like this for me!”
Seeing that he had no socks on his feet in such cold weather, my heart ______.
As he put on those socks, not only were his feet ______ that day, but so was his heart---and mine. To this day when I think about that young man and those silly socks, they continue to bring me ______.
1.A. energy B. space C. time D. attention
2.A. sense B. fun C. use D. advantage
3.A. generally B. carefully C. selfishly D. personally
4.A. while B. so C. once D. until
5.A. new B. ugly C. strange D. little
6.A. agree B. answer C. drove off D. slowed down
7.A. beautiful B. reliable C. useless D. valuable
8.A. garbage B. bag C. car D. suitcase
9.A. moving B. living C. working D. chatting
10.A. picked out B. packed up C. gave away D. pointed at
11.A. knocked B. ran C. fell D. reached
12.A. item B. baggage C. souvenir D. award
13.A. generous B. forced C. fake D. grateful
14.A. last B. heavy C. big D. empty
15.A. ride B. walk C. flight D. hike
16.A. promising B. handing C. showing D. rewarding
17.A. convince B. inform C. warn D. remind
18.A. broke B. stopped C. beat D. burnt
19.A. saved B. warmed C. covered D. defended
20.A. confidence B. wealth C. joy D. luck
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
People have used pigeons to carry messages to one another for hundreds of years. In fact, pigeons were a common way to send messages right up through Would War II.
In 1815, English troops were fighting Napoleon’s forces in France, and the English were believed to be losing. A financial panic swept over London. Government bonds（债券）were offered at low prices. Few people noticed that Nathan Rothschild, an English banker, was snapping up these bonds when everyone else was trying to sell them. A few days later, London learned the truth: the Duke of Wellington had defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. The value of the bonds soared（暴涨）, and Rothschild became wealthy…all because his pigeons had brought him news of the victory before anyone else knew of it.
Carrier pigeons were used by countries in both World War I and World War II. Not only were the birds often the fastest, most reliable way to send messages, they could also be used to reach soldiers far behind enemy lines, where radios and field telephone lines were useless. Since they could easily be released from airplanes or ships, every branch of the armed services used the birds.
Carrying messages could be a dangerous job. Some pigeons performed with such bravery that they became famous and were even awarded medals. The most famous pigeon of all may have been Cher Ami. Stationed in France during World War I, he carried twelve important messages for American forces. On his last mission, though wounded, he carried a message that saved the lives of 194 American soldiers. For his amazing service, he was awarded the French “Croix de Guerre.”
Today, modern communication methods can carry information from one place to another hundreds of times faster than a pigeon could do it. However, few people would argue with the fact that carrier pigeons — especially those that served in the military — have earned their place in history.
1.Nathan Rothschild made his fortune by ________.
A. relying on messages sent to him by carrier pigeons
B. predicting successfully the result of the battle
C. his experience and a good knowledge of bonds
D. his ability to tell right from wrong
2.What does “snapping up” mean in the second paragraph?
A. Giving away.
B. Destroying.
C. Throwing out.
D. Buying.
3.The author provides dates and numbers throughout this text in order to ________.
A. avoid mixing up the readers’ minds when reading for information
B. prove that carrier pigeons are more important in modern times than in the past
C. show the influence of carrier pigeons at important points in history
D. explain the causes and effects of world events
4.What is the author’s attitude towards carrier pigeons?
A. Doubtful. B. Negative.
C. Positive. D. Unconcerned.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析