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高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Lizzie was______ to see her friend off at the airport.

A a little more than sad   B more than a little sad

C sad more than a little   D a little more than sad

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Lizzie was______ to see her friend off at the airport.

A. a little more sad than       B. more than a little sad

C. sad more than a little       D. a little more than sad

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Sally was ____________ to see her friend off at the airport.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

This season, the bushfires in Australia have burned more than 12.35 million acres of land. At least 25 people have been killed and 2000 homes destroyed. According to the BBC, this is the most casualties(伤亡) from wildfires in the country since 2009. The University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals have died in South Wales alone.

Zeke Hausfather, an energy systems analyst and climate researcher at Berkeley Earth, said warmer temperatures and extreme weather have made Australia more susceptible to fires and increased the length of the fire season. “The drier conditions combined with record high temperatures in 2019 created main conditions for the disastrous fires. Australia’s fires were worsened by the combination of those two. 2019 was the perfect storm for being the warmest year on record for Australia and the driest year on record for Australia,” Hausfather added on Friday.

Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, said warmer ocean temperatures are also contributed to more variable weather around the world. Trenberth believes that global warming contributed to energy imbalances and hot spots in the oceans, which can create a wave in the atmosphere that locks weather patterns in places, causing longer rain events in Indonesia, for example, and at the same time contributing to drought in Australia. He said that once an area experiences drought conditions for two months or more, it increases the risk of fires catching and spreading. Those changing weather patterns due to global warming make drought events longer.

Climate experts stress that climate change is not the only factor in the severity of wildfires. How land is managed can also impact the amount of fuel available for fires. Practices like controlled burns and other factors can impact the risk to people and property, such as warning systems and the type of development in a given area. Changing those policies has great potential to limit future damage from wildfires along with changes to how fire management resources are dispatched(派遣).

1.What do the numbers in paragraph 1 show?

A.The causes of Australian fires.

B.The results of Australian fires.

C.The damaged areas of Australian fires.

D.The property destruction of Australian fires.

2.Which of the following best explains “more susceptible to” underlined in the second paragraph?

A.Quick to adapt to. B.Sure to cause.

C.Sensitive to. D.Easy to be protected from.

3.What can we infer from Trenberth's research?

A.Global warming is the root cause of the bushfires.

B.Longer dry weather contributes to global warming.

C.Warmer ocean temperatures promote fires spreading.

D.The imbalanced energy leads to the temperature rising.

4.What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?

A.To stress the effects of Australia fires.

B.To show the methods for controlling burns.

C.To predict the seriousness of Australia fires.

D.To provide some advice about reducing damage.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely an urban society. Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业), and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(large cities with their suburbs ) of more than a million people each – a large proportion than in Germany or English, let alone France. The statistics(统计) of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

A．About 25 million．　　　　 B．More than 25 million．

C．Less than 25 million．　 D. Less than 225 million．

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A．United States　 B．Germany　 C．France　 D．England

3.What’s the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?

A. Of a large city with its suburbs．

B．Of small and large towns．

C．Of urban areas．

D．Of rural areas．

4.　 According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A．Most small towns become gradually crowded．

B．Small towns are still similar to each other．

C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different．

D .Small towns are turning into large cities．

5.Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

A.Because they are the same．

B．Because the rush takes place too quickly．

C．Because the process is gradual．

D．Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France．The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues．rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

A．About 25 million.

B．More than 25 million.

C．Less than 25 million.

D．Less than 225 million

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A．United States.

B．Germany.

C．France.

D．England.

3.What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A．Of a large city with its suburbs.

B．Of small and large towns.

C．Of urban areas.

D．Of rural areas.

4.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A．Most small towns become gradually crowded.

B．Small towns are still similar to each other.

C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different.

D．Small towns are turning into large cities.

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France．The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues．rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

A．About 25 million．　　　 B．More than 25 million．

C．Less than 25 million． D. Less than 225 million

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A．United States．　　 B．Germany.

C．France．　　 　　　　 D．England．

3.What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A.Of a large city with its suburbs．

B．Of small and large towns．

C．Of urban areas．

D．Of rural areas．

4.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A Most small towns become gradually crowded

B．Small towns are still similar to each other．

C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different．

D .Small towns are turning into large cities

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society . Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France)．The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues,rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

3.What’s the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?

4.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in                           the United States?

A Most small towns become gradually crowded

B．Small towns are still similar to each other．

C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different．

D .Small towns are turning into large cities

5.Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

For more than three decades, Deirdre Taylor only knew the firefighter who saved her life through the black-and-white photos on the front page of the New York Daily News, on Dec. 30, 1983.

She was only 4 then, a blond, wide-eyed toddler pictured in the paper in the arms of the firefighter, Eugene Pugliese, who had just carried her out of her burning apartment building. Taylor, now a registered nurse in Alexandria, Virginia, kept the Daily News article for years. She wished as she got older that she could find Pugliese and thank him-a desire that intensified after she became an emergency room nurse, as she learned how rare it was to hear back from patients she encountered on the worst days of their lives.

But she hadn’t lived in New York since the fire, and didn’t know where to start. She periodically searched his name on Google, finding nothing. Finally, in March, Taylor thought she may have one last chance to find him. With her family’s support, she decided to move from Virginia to New York for eight weeks to work in an overwhelmed Manhattan emergency room- trying to help save the lives of coronavirus patients, while searching for the man who saved hers.

“When I was packing my bags, I packed the Daily News article with me, ____①____ “ Taylor, 40, said, “and I told myself that one of the things I’m going to accomplish while I’m here is track him down, or track a family member down, and just say thank you. “

Pugliese, 75, had never had someone track him down to say thank you before, he said. For decades, the Daily News front-page article hung in his office. How could he forget Deirdre? “I've had her picture on my wall for 24 years,” he said.

He remembers the day clearly. It began when a man came running up yelling that there was a fire. Pugliese rushed to the burning building, where thick smoke was pouring out of a sixth-floor apartment. He went into and found it engulfed in flames. Taylor’s mother was crying, “My baby! My baby!” Pugliese remembered. He quickly helped her out of the room before returning on his hands and knees, crawling through the burning studio and blinding smoke for about six feet, when he felt the child. She was unconscious. He carried her to the living room, where he gave her mouth-to-mouth breath to bring her back. He rushed down the six flights of stairs to get her to an ambulance, when to Pugliese’s relief, she woke up and started to cry. “ _____②____ I was just in the right place at the right time,” Pugliese said. Pugliese later received a medal for Taylor’s rescue, in a ceremony that is among his most prized memories.

Taylor’s first two weeks in New York were overwhelming, as she and her colleagues dealt with patient after patient struggling to breathe. During her time off, she tried on one occasion to go to the firehouse where Pugliese worked, only to find a sign on the door discouraging visitors due to covid-19. But finally, last week, Taylor caught a break. A group of firefighters came to the ER to deliver the medical staff pizzas for dinner, to show their appreciation. Taylor explained to them that she was trying to find a likely retired fireman from Ladder No. 20, and did they have any suggestions on how to start?

One of the firemen gave her a phone number to connect her with the fire chief.

“Oh, Gene?” the chief told her. “He stops by the firehouse all the time.”

“ _____③____ “ Taylor said, “I couldn’t believe it. I really didn’t think he was still going to be around. I really thought I was going to hit a dead end.” He said, “Yeah, I have his phone number in my cellphone.”

The chief phoned Pugliese right away. Less than an hour later, Taylor’s phone rang. “It’s Gene Pugliese,” he said. “I’m the firefighter who rescued you that day.” Finally, Taylor told him what she had been meaning to say. Taylor said she could only describe the moment as surreal. Pugliese asked if her hair was still blond. It was. He told her the story of the fire, and she told him the story of her life afterward. They learned they had plenty in common. Both were die-hard Yankees fans. Both spent time in the military.

After the call, Pugliese said, “ ____④____ I cried for the rest of the day.”

1.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 implies ___________.

A.it is impossible to receive the feedback from the one you helped.

B.it is not urgent to find Pugliese because of Taylor’s busy work.

C.it is precious to receive the feedback from the one you helped.

D.it is Taylor’s responsibility to save the lives of coronavirus patients.

2.Why did Pugliese hang the Daily News picture on his wall for 24 years?

A.He was a responsible firefighter.

B.He has a long-lasting memory.

C.The rescue took him much effort.

D.The rescue was the highlight of his career.

3.In which blank can we put the sentence “My heart literally skipped a beat” ?

A.① B.② C.③ D.④

4.How did Pugliese feel after their talk on the phone?

A.He felt sad but relieved. B.He felt delighted and moved.

C.He felt shocked and grateful. D.He felt excited but awkward.

5.What is likely to happen after the call?

A.Pugliese and Taylor may meet in person.

B.Taylor may award Pugliese a medal for his rescue.

C.Pugliese and Taylor may work together to fight the virus.

D.Pugliese and Taylor may lose touch again due to the virus.

6.What can be the best title for the passage?

A.A Brave Hero B.A Dedicated Nurse

C.A Debt of Gratitude D.An Incredible Coincidence

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析