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Once there was a little bird that lived in the old times. When a sage(智者)was thrown into a ____by his enemy, the little bird saw what happened and decided to put it out to ____the sage. The little bird____bringing a few drops of water in his____mouth from the nearby river. The larger birds in the tree ____and laughed at the little bird, saying, “Why are you carrying the ____?”

The little bird said, “To put out the fire around the sage.” The larger birds continued ____, “How could you put out such a huge fire with so little water? It is ____.”

Do you know what the little bird _____? “I don’t know whether I will manage to put out the fire or not but I know what I have ___to stop the fire.” Hearing the answer, all the larger birds were____.

We often think that our effort is the factor(因素) responsible for our ____. This is a wrong way of ____. If we believe we can succeed, we shall succeed. Our ____is just a sacrifice(牺牲) that we are willing to make .____, the little bird knew that with a few drops of water the fire would not be put out but it was his ___to do whatever he could to achieve this goal.

It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that is ___.You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your _____or may not be in your time, but that doesn’t ____ you stop doing the right thing. You may never know___results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

1.A.room　　　　 B.fire　　　　 C.river　　　　　　　　 D.plane

2.A.remind　 B.stop　　　　　　　　 C.help　　　　　　　　 D.surprise

3.A.started　 B.allowed　　　　 C.suggested　　　　　 D.imagined

4.A.long　　　　　　 B.tiny　　　　 C.strong　　　　　　　　 D.beautiful

5.A.refused　　　　 B.understood　　　　　　 C.heard　　　　　　　　 D.watched

6.A.cup　　　　　　 B.present　　　　 C.water　　　　　　　　 D.fruit

7.A.warning　　 B.laughing　　　　 C.teaching　　　　　 D.complaining

8.A.unnecessary　 B.dangerous　　　　 C.useless　　　　　　　　 D.possible

9.A.accepted　　 B.achieved　　　　 C.performed　　　　　 D.replied

10.A.done　　 B.finished　　　　 C.collected　　　　　 D.proved

11.A.afraid　　 B.silent　　　　　　　　 C.angry　　　　　　　　 D.nervous

12.A.success　　 B.growth　　　　 C.study　　　　　　　　 D.career

13.A.planning　　 B.working　　　　 C.explaining　　　　　　 D.thinking

14.A.progress　　 B.fortune　　　　 C.effort　　　　　　 D.change

15.A.Similarly　　 B.Strangely　　　　 C.Suddenly　　　　　　 D.Generally

16.A.turn　　　　　 B.responsibility　　　 C.promise　　　　 D.fault

17.A.actual　　　　 B.easy　　　　　　　　 C.exact　　　　　　　　　 D.important

18.A.secret　　 B.order　　　　　　 C.power　　　　　　　　　 D.memory

19.A.mean　　 B.protect　　　　 C.report　　　　　　　　　 D.mention

20.A.when　　 B.how　　　　　　　 C.that　　　　　　　　　 D.what

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Once upon a time, there was an old man who lived alone in a small shack (棚屋). Every day at _________, when the birds were singing from branches in the treetops, as the sun set and the sky grew _________, the old man would sit outside his shack and tell _________ to the dandelion that grew in his garden. So _________ were the tales that no one could remember if they really happened.

One day, a group of _________ walked past the shack. They heard the old man talking and telling a story. They found it to be _________. The children remained standing there _________ until the old man finished telling another old tale. One of the girls _________, “Granddad! Who are you telling your stories to?” “I tell them to this dandelion growing down here, _________ next to me,” the old man replied. The children looked and for the first time ______________ the small dandelion growing in the old man’s garden. How ______________, they thought -telling stories to a dandelion. Why?

“He knows how to listen,” answered the old man, responding to the children’s ______________ look.

So, day after day, the children ______________ and listened to Granddad’s stories until one morning, when the dandelions were noticed to have ______________.Its small yellow petals disappeared and in their place were fuzzy (毛茸茸的) white hairs. A sudden ______________ dispersed the fuzzy white hairs off the dandelion and scattered its seeds in ______________ direction. Children looked at the white hairs ______________ in the air.

As the children ______________ adults, they left their homes and built new homes here or there. Granddads stories, just like the dandelion’s ______________ from which dozens of new dandelions ______________, were scattered along with the children who grew up.

1.A.dawn B.night C.noon D.dusk

2.A.bright B.blue C.white D.dark

3.A.lies B.tales C.messages D.news

4.A.old B.interesting C.mysterious D.good

5.A.people B.children C.scholars D.students

6.A.dull B.scary C.fascinating D.instructive

7.A.telling B.sharing C.debating D.listening

8.A.called out B.gave in C.called back D.asked for

9.A.right B.fully C.seldom D.even

10.A.heard B.noticed C.felt D.praised

11.A.amusing B.strange C.boring D.pleasant

12.A.confused B.determined C.thrilled D.worried

13.A.left B.played C.returned D.arrived

14.A.grown B.changed C.improved D.died

15.A.storm B.rain C.snow D.wind

16.A.another B.one C.every D.no

17.A.fighting B.dropping C.diving D.flying

18.A.took care of B.looked up to C.grew up into D.got along with

19.A.seeds B.petals C.hairs D.leaves

20.A.planted B.withered C.blossomed D.faded

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A long time ago, there lived a poor man whose real name has been forgotten. He was little and old and his face was wrinkled, and that was why his friends called him Mr. Vinegar. His wife was also little and old, and they lived in a little old cottage at the back of a little old field.

"John," said Mrs. Vinegar, "you must go to town and buy a cow. I will milk her and churn（搅拌） butter and we shall never want for anything."

"That is a good plan," said Mr. Vinegar, so he started off to town while his wife waited by the roadside.

Mr. Vinegar walked up and down the street of the town looking for a cow. After a time, a farmer came that way, leading one that was very pretty and fat.

"Oh, if I only had that cow," said Mr. Vinegar, "I would be the happiest man in the world!"

"She's a very good cow," said the farmer.

"Well," said Mr. Vinegar, "I'll give you these 50 gold pieces for her."

The farmer smiled and held out his hand for the money, "You may have her," he said, "I always like to oblige（施恩惠） , my friends!"

Mr. Vinegar took hold of the cow's halter and led her up and down the street. "I am the luckiest man in the world," he said, "for only see how all the people are looking at me and my cow!"

But at one end of the street, he met a man playing bagpipes（风笛） . He stopped and listened -- Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dee.

"Oh, that is the sweetest music I ever heard," he said, "and just see how all the children crowd around the man and give him pennies! If I only had those bagpipes, I would be the happiest man in the world!!"

"I'll sell them to you," said the piper.

"Will you? Well then, since I have no money, I will give you this cow for them."

"You may have them," answered the piper, "I always like to oblige a friend."

Mr. Vinegar took the bagpipes and the piper led the cow away.

"Now we will have some music," said Mr. Vinegar, but try as hard as he might, he could not play a tune. He could get nothing out of the bagpipes but "squeak, squeak". The children instead of giving him pennies laughed at him.

The day was chilly and in trying to play the pipes, his fingers grew very cold. He wished he had kept the cow.

He just started for home when he met a man who had warm gloves on his hands. "Oh, if I only had those pretty gloves," he said, "I would be the happiest man in the world."

"How much will you give for them?" asked the man.

"Oh, I have no money, but I will give you these bagpipes," answered Mr. Vinegar.

"Well," said the man, "you may have them for I always like to oblige a friend."

Mr. Vinegar gave him the bagpipes and drew the gloves on over his half frozen fingers. "How lucky I am," he said as he trudged（跋涉） homeward. His hands were soon quite warm, but the road was rough and the walking hard. He was very tired when he came to the foot of the steep hill. "How shall I ever get to the top?" he said. Just then he met a man who was walking the other way. He had a stick in his hand which he used as a cane to help him along.

"My friend," said Mr. Vinegar, "if only I had that stick of yours to help me up this hill, I would be the happiest man in the world!"

"How much will you give me for it?" asked the man.

"Well, I have no money, but I will give you this pair of warm gloves," said Mr. Vinegar.

"Well," said the man, "you may have it for I always like to oblige a friend."

Mr. Vinegar's hands were now quite warm, so he gave the gloves to the man and took the stout（结实的） stick to help him along. "How lucky I am!'' he said as he toiled upward.

At the top of the hill he stopped to rest. But as he was thinking of all his good luck that day, he heard someone calling his name. He looked up and saw only a green parrot sitting in a tree.

"Mr. Vinegar, Mr. Vinegar," it cried.

"What now?" said Mr. Vinegar.

"You're a dunce（傻瓜） , you're a dunce!'' answered the bird, "you went to seek your fortune and you found it, then you gave it for a cow, and the cow for some bagpipes, and the bagpipes for some gloves, and the gloves for a stick which you might of cut by the roadside. He He He, you're a dunce! You're a dunce!''

This made Mr. Vinegar very angry. He threw the stick at the bird with all his might. But the bird only answered, "You're a dunce! You're a dunce!" And the stick lodged in the tree where he could not get it again.

Mr. Vinegar went on slowly for he had many things to think about. His wife was standing by the roadside and as soon as she saw him, she cried out, "Where's the cow? Where's the cow?" "Well, I just don't know where the cow is," said Mr. Vinegar. And then he told her the whole story.

1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word in the passage?

2.How many exchanges happen in the passage?

3.Why does the parrot think Mr.Vinegar foolish?

4.What’s Mrs.Vinegar’s feeling after she knew the fact?

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

There was once, in a little market-town not far from Upsala (瑞典一城市), a peasant who lived there with his family, digging the earth during the week and singing in the choir on Sundays. This peasant had a little daughter to whom he taught the musical alphabet before she knew how to read. Daae was a great musician, perhaps without knowing it. Not a violinist in Scandinavia played as he did. His reputation was widespread and he was always invited to set the couples dancing at weddings and other festivals. His wife died when Christine was entering upon her sixth year. Then the father, who cared only for his daughter and his music, sold his land and went to Upsala in search of fame and fortune. He found nothing but poverty.

He returned to the country, wandering from fair to fair, playing his Scandinavian music pieces, while his child, who never left his side, listened to him in delight or sang to his playing. One day, at Ljimby Fair, Professor Valerius heard them and took them to Gothenburg. He insisted that the father was the first violinist in the world and that the daughter had the making of a great artist. Her education and instruction were provided for. She made rapid progress and charmed everybody with her prettiness, her grace of manner and her real eagerness to please.

When Valerius and his wife went to settle in France, they took Daae and Christine with them. "Mamma" Valerius treated Christine as her daughter. As for Daae, he became ill with homesickness. He never went out of doors in Paris, but lived in a sort of dream which he kept up with his violin. For hours at a time, he remained locked up in his bedroom with his daughter, playing and singing, very, very softly.

Daae seemed not to recover his strength until the summer, when the whole family went to stay at Perros-Guirec, in a far-away corner of Brittany, where the sea was of the same color as in his own country. Often he would play his saddest tunes on the beach and pretend that the sea stopped its roaring to listen to them. And then he persuaded Mamma Valerius to allow him to leave for a while. At the time of the "pardons," the village festivals and dances, he went off with his violin, as in the old days, and was allowed to take his daughter with him for a week. They gave the smallest villages music to last them for a year and slept at night in a barn, refusing a bed at the inn, lying close together on the straw, as when they were so poor in Sweden. At the same time, they were very neatly dressed, refused the halfpence offered to them; and the people around could not understand the behaviour of this country violinist, who walked heavily on the roads with that pretty child who sang like an angel from Heaven. They followed them from village to village.

1. When he was in the countryside, Daae did NOT __________.

2.The 3rd sentence “He insisted …” in the 2nd paragraph showed Professor Valerius’ ______.

3. While Daae was in Paris, he never went out of doors because he was ________.

4. What made people curious about the father and daughter was that _______.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill.He had to spend all day in bed, unable to ____.Because other children weren't allowed to come near him, he ____ greatly, and spent his days feeling sad and ____.

There wasn't much he could do ____ look out of the window.Time passed, and his feeling of ____ just grew.Until one day he saw a strange ____ in the window.It was a penguin ____ a sausage sandwich.The penguin squeezed in ____ the open window, said “good afternoon” to the boy, ____ around, and left.

Of course, the boy was very ____.He was still trying to ____ what had happened, and as more crazy­looking characters appeared out the window, he burst out ____ and found it hard to stop.

The little boy didn't tell anyone about this because who would have ____ him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting ____ back in his heart, and in his body.Before long, his ____ had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he got to talk to his ____， and tell them all the ____ things he had seen.While he was talking to his best friend he saw something ____ out of his friend's school bag.The boy asked his friend what it was, and he was so ____ that finally his friend had to show him what was in the bag：

There, inside, were all the fancy­dress suits and disguises(假扮的东西) that his friends had been using to try to ____ the little boy up!

And from that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.A.move　 B．speak　 C．walk　 D．leave

2.A.shouted　 B．suffered　 C．sighed　 D． prayed

3.A.red　 B．yellow　 C．green　 D．blue

4.A.until　 B．than　 C．except　 D．because

5.A.despair　 B．fear　 C．anxiety　 D．curiosity

6.A.voice　 B．sign　 C．shape　 D．frame

7.A.taking　 B．getting　 C．eating　 D．spitting

8.A.by　 B．over　 C．along　 D．through

9.A.turned　 B．looked　 C．got　 D．hung

10.A.surprised　     B．disappointed

C．frightened　     D．crazy

11.A.pick out　 B．check out　 C．work out　 D．help out

12.A.talking　 B．laughing　 C．crying　 D．jumping

13.A.believed　     B．invited

C．remembered　     D．welcomed

14.A.sorrow　 B．joy　 C．memory　 D．honor

15.A.score　 B．recovery　 C．effort　 D．health

16.A.friends　 B．relatives　 C．teachers　 D．parents

17.A.fierce　     B．strange

C．useful　     D．interesting

18.A.running　 B．bringing　 C．sticking　 D．standing

19.A.special　 B．violent　 C．insistent　 D．emotional

20.A.force　 B．pull　 C．lift　 D．cheer

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Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill.He had to spend all day in bed, unable to ____.Because other children weren't allowed to come near him, he ____ greatly, and spent his days feeling sad and ____.

There wasn't much he could do ____ look out of the window.Time passed, and his feeling of ___ just grew.Until one day he saw a strange ____ in the window.It was a penguin ____ a sausage sandwich.The penguin squeezed in ____ the open window, said “good afternoon” to the boy, ____ around, and left.

Of course, the boy was very ____.He was still trying to ____ what had happened, and as more crazy­looking characters appeared out the window, he burst out ____ and found it hard to stop.

The little boy didn't tell anyone about this because who would have ____ him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting ____ back in his heart, and in his body.Before long, his ____ had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he got to talk to his ____， and tell them all the ____ things he had seen.While he was talking to his best friend he saw something ___ out of his friend's school bag.The boy asked his friend what it was, and he was so ____ that finally his friend had to show him what was in the bag：

There, inside, were all the fancy­dress suits and disguises(假扮的东西) that his friends had been using to try to ____ the little boy up!

And from that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.A.move　 B．speak　 C．walk　 D．leave

2.A.shouted　 B．suffered　 C．sighed　 D．prayed

3.A.red　 B．yellow　 C．green　 D．blue

4.A.until　 B．than　 C．except　 D．because

5.A.despair　 B．fear　 C．anxiety　 D．curiosity

6.A.voice　 B．sign　 C．shape　 D．frame

7.A.taking　 B．getting　 C．eating　 D．spitting

8.A.by　 B．over　 C．along　 D．through

9.A.turned　 B．looked　 C．got　 D．hung

10.A.surprised　     B．disappointed C．frightened　     D．crazy

11.A.pick out　 B．check out　 C．work out　 D．help out

12.A.talking　 B．laughing　 C．crying　 D．jumping

13.A.believed　     B．invited C．remembered　     D．welcomed

14.A.sorrow　 B．joy　 C．memory　 D．honor

15.A.score　 B．recovery　 C．effort　 D．health

16.A.friends　 B．relatives　 C．teachers　 D．parents

17.A.fierce　     B．strange C．useful　     D．interesting

18.A.running　 B．bringing　 C．sticking　 D．standing

19.A.special　 B．violent　 C．insistent　 D．emotional

20.A.force　 B．pull　 C．lift　 D．cheer

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

After the war, a new school building was put up ________ there had once been a theatre.

A. that        B. where       C. which        D. in which

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything：animals, spiders, insects．．．

One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly．He took it home．A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any progress．It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther．Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon．

The butterfly then appeared easily．

But it had a swollen body and small, fragile wings．The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would be smaller in time．Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling （慢慢爬行）around with a swollen body and fragile wings．

It never was able to fly．

What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the limited cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid （液体）from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon．

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life．If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles and difficulties, it would disable us．We would not be as strong as what we could have been．And we could never fly．

【小题】The butterfly could never fly because ________．

A．it was too fat and strong．

B．it loved crawling around．

C．it got out of the cocoon easily．

D．it didn’t get through the cocoon ．

【小题】The text is most likely to be found in a book about__________．

A．popular science                  B．humorous stories．

C．successful people                D．philosophy events ．

【小题】What is the implied meaning of the passage?

A．Life without any obstacles and difficulties is perfect．

B．Obstacles and difficulties contribute to success．

C．Never help a butterfly to get out of the cocoon．

D．A butterfly can never fly without going through the cocoon．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything：animals, spiders, insects．

One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly．He took it home．A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any progress．It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther．Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon．

The butterfly then appeared easily．

But it had a swollen body and small, fragile wings．The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would be smaller in time．Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling （慢慢爬行）around with a swollen body and fragile wings．

It never was able to fly．

What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the limited cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon．

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life．If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles and difficulties, it would disable us．We would not be as strong as what we could have been．And we could never fly．

1.The butterfly could never fly because _______________．

A．it was too fat and strong．

B．it loved crawling around．

C．it got out of the cocoon easily．

D．it didn’t get through the cocoon．

2.The text is most likely to be found in a book about_______________．

A．popular science                                          B．humorous stories．

C．successful people                                       D．philosophy events

3.What is the implied meaning of the passage?

A．Life without any obstacles and difficulties is perfect．

B．Obstacles and difficulties contribute to success．

C．Never help a butterfly to get out of the cocoon．

D．A butterfly can never fly without going through the cocoon

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once upon a time, there was a gang of evil goblins（小妖精) who lived in a forest. They spent a lot of their time__1. (make) fun of a poor old man who could now hardly move, see, or hear. They showed no respect for __2.　 age.

The situation became so extreme that Great Wizard （男巫） decided to teach the goblins _3.__ lesson. He cast a spell , and from that moment, every insult（侮辱）___4._was directed at the old man made the old man better, _5. _ had the opposite effect on the goblin who was doing the insulting. Of course, the goblins knew nothing about 　 6._ was happening. The more they called the man an “old fool”, the__7. (young) of mind he became, while the goblin who _8._(shout )at him aged rapidly, and became a little more foolish.

As time went on, those evil goblins were becoming terribly old , ugly, stupid, and clumsy __9.__ even realizing it. Finally, the Great Wizard allowed the goblins to see themselves, and__10._　　 (surprise)they saw that they had turned into the disgusting creatures we now know as trolls（巨魔）.

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