On the eve of our daughters’ weddings, I gave both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice: never leave your husband unsupervised (无人监督的) with pruning shears (修枝剪).
If only I had taken my own advice. I recently let my guard down. Thirty-some years of marriage can do that to a woman. Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers (电动修剪器) and he will give new meaning to “armed and dangerous.”
One day earlier this year, my husband said that the crab apple tree was dead.
“Why do you think it is dead?” I asked.
“Look at it. There’s not a leaf on it.”
“There’s not a leaf on anything. It’s March,” I said.
“It looked sick last fall and with this bitter winter we had, I’m convinced it’s dead.”
The truth is he’s never liked the crab apple. Sure, it has beautiful blooms in the spring, but then it gets a disease, the leaves curl, and it drops those little apples that sit on the driveway.
Each passing week he pronounced the tree dead. Eventually I began to believe him. Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss, there was a twinkle in his eye. He armed himself a couple of weeks ago and began trimming. A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb. I watched and then decided to check the wood on some of the branches closer to the trunk. I broke one off and saw green.
The crab apple was not dead. It just hadn’t had time to leaf out. The tree was now falling to one side, but it was not dead. I would have told him so, but he had moved on to a maple. Once the man starts, he can’t stop. One trim leads to another.
“Please, stop!” I called.
He smiled and nodded, but he couldn’t hear because he had started the hedge (树篱) trimmers and was getting ready to fix a line of hedges.
Zip (飕飕声), zip, zip.
“What do you think?” he shouted.
“It’s supposed to be a privacy hedge; now all that will be private are our ankles.”
He started the trimmers again. “Stop!” I called, “Come back!”
“Why?” he shouted.
“You’re in the neighbor’s yard.”
1.By saying “if only I had taken my own advice.” the author means that _____.
A. she should have kept a closer watch on her husband
B. she feels regretful about her marriage after many years
C. she didn’t follow her own advice about pruning shears
D. she shouldn’t have given that marital advice to her daughters
2.We can learn from the article that the author’s husband ______.
A. has a great talent for gardening
B. had never used pruning shears before
C. mistook their crab apple tree for a maple tree
D. nearly ruined their neighbor’s garden
3.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Why husbands shouldn’t be left to trim trees alone.
B. Why the author’s husband insisted on trimming their crab apple tree.
C. How the author has survived her “thirty-some” years of marriage.
D. How the author’s husband killed their crab apple tree.
4.What is the tone of the article?
A. Anxious. B. Humorous.
C. Serious. D. Critical.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
On the eve of our daughters’ weddings, I gave both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice: never leave your husband unsupervised (无人监督的) with pruning shears (修枝剪).
If only I had taken my own advice. I recently let my guard down. Thirty-some years of marriage can do that to a woman. Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers (电动修剪器) and he will give new meaning to “armed and dangerous.”
One day earlier this year, my husband said that the crab apple tree was dead.
“Why do you think it is dead?” I asked.
“Look at it. There’s not a leaf on it.”
“There’s not a leaf on anything. It’s March,” I said.
“It looked sick last fall and with this bitter winter we had, I’m convinced it’s dead.”
The truth is he’s never liked the crabapple. Sure, it has beautiful blooms in the spring, but then it gets a disease, the leaves curl, and it drops those little apples that sit on the driveway.
Each passing week he pronounced the tree dead. Eventually I began to believe him. Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss, there was a twinkle in his eye. He armed himself a couple of weeks ago and began trimming. A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb. I watched and then decided to check the wood on some of the branches closer to the trunk. I broke one off and saw green.
The crabapple was not dead. It just hadn’t had time to leaf out. The tree was now falling to one side, but it was not dead. I would have told him so, but he had moved on to a maple. Once the man starts, he can’t stop. One trim leads to another.
“Please, stop!” I called.
He smiled and nodded, but he couldn’t hear because he had started the hedge (树篱) trimmers and was getting ready to fix a line of hedges.
Zip (飕飕声), zip, zip.
“What do you think?” he shouted.
“It’s supposed to be a privacy hedge; now all that will be private are our ankles.”
He started the trimmers again.
“Stop!” I called, “Come back!”
“Why?” he shouted.
“You’re in the neighbor’s yard.”
1.By saying “if only I had taken my own advice.” the author means that ___________.
A. she didn’t follow her own advice about pruning shears
B. she feels regretful about her marriage after many years
C. she should have kept a closer watch on her husband
D. she shouldn’t have given that marital advice to her daughters
2.We can learn from the article that the author’s husband ____________.
A. has a great talent for gardening
B. nearly ruined their neighbor’s garden
C. mistook their crab apple tree for a maple tree
D. had never used pruning shears before
3.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Why the author’s husband insisted on trimming their crab apple tree.
B. Why husbands shouldn’t be left to trim trees alone.
C. How the author has survived her “thirty-some” years of marriage.
D. How the author’s husband killed their crab apple tree.
4.What is the tone of the article?
A. Anxious. B. Critical.
C. Serious. D. Humorous.
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On the eve of our daughters’ weddings, I gave both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice: never leave your husband unsupervised (无人监督的) with pruning shears (修枝剪).
If only I had taken my own advice. I recently let my guard down. Thirty-some years of marriage can do that to a woman. Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers (电动修剪器) and he will give new meaning to “armed and dangerous.”
One day earlier this year, my husband said that the crab apple tree was dead.
“Why do you think it is dead?” I asked.
“Look at it. There’s not a leaf on it.”
“There’s not a leaf on anything. It’s March,” I said.
“It looked sick last fall and with this bitter winter we had, I’m convinced it’s dead.”
The truth is he’s never liked the crab apple. Sure, it has beautiful blooms in the spring, but then it gets a disease, the leaves curl, and it drops those little apples that sit on the driveway.
Each passing week he pronounced the tree dead. Eventually I began to believe him. Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss, there was a twinkle in his eye. He armed himself a couple of weeks ago and began trimming. A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb. I watched and then decided to check the wood on some of the branches closer to the trunk. I broke one off and saw green.
The crab apple was not dead. It just hadn’t had time to leaf out. The tree was now falling to one side, but it was not dead. I would have told him so, but he had moved on to a maple. Once the man starts, he can’t stop. One trim leads to another.
“Please, stop!” I called.
He smiled and nodded, but he couldn’t hear because he had started the hedge (树篱) trimmers and was getting ready to fix a line of hedges.
Zip (飕飕声), zip, zip.
“What do you think?” he shouted.
“It’s supposed to be a privacy hedge; now all that will be private are our ankles.”
He started the trimmers again. “Stop!” I called, “Come back!”
“Why?” he shouted.
“You’re in the neighbor’s yard.”
1.By saying “if only I had taken my own advice.” the author means that _____.
A. she should have kept a closer watch on her husband
B. she feels regretful about her marriage after many years
C. she didn’t follow her own advice about pruning shears
D. she shouldn’t have given that marital advice to her daughters
2.We can learn from the article that the author’s husband ______.
A. has a great talent for gardening
B. had never used pruning shears before
C. mistook their crab apple tree for a maple tree
D. nearly ruined their neighbor’s garden
3.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Why husbands shouldn’t be left to trim trees alone.
B. Why the author’s husband insisted on trimming their crab apple tree.
C. How the author has survived her “thirty-some” years of marriage.
D. How the author’s husband killed their crab apple tree.
4.What is the tone of the article?
A. Anxious. B. Humorous.
C. Serious. D. Critical.
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Our family sat in front of the television on the eve of the Spring Festival, happy___ the Spring Festival Evening Gala.
A. to watch B. watching C. watched D. to have watched
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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first,on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided, “I want to break up.”
“Why?” he asked.
“I am ________”She answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ________. Finally he asked, “What can I do to ________
your mind?”
Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can ________ my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower ________ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your ________. Will you do it for me?”
He said, “I will give you my ________ tomorrow.”
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The ________are …”
“When you use the computer you always ________ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to ________ the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my ________ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ________ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ________ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ________ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ________ white hairs.”
“Thus, my dear, ________ I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”
That’s life, and ________. Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the ________of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
1.A. while B. and C. but D. so
2.A. lonely B. dead C. worn out D. awesome
3.A. sorrow B. thought C. shade D. anger
4.A. speak B. change C. blow D. keep
5.A. represent B. expand C. warm D. convince
6.A. grown B. planted C. living D. growing
7.A. injury B. hurt C. wound D. death
8.A. decision B. answer C. opinion D. choice
9.A. wrote B. informed C. printed D. went
10.A. answers B. messages C. reasons D. purposes
11.A. run out B. put up C. use up D. mess up
12.A. repair B. restore C. fix D. mend
13.A. legs B. life C. energy D. strength
14.A. big B. new C. modern D. strange
15.A. glance B. look C. glare D. stare
16.A. as if B. now that C. so that D. in case
17.A. annoying B. emerging C. rough D. refreshing
18.A. although B. even if C. unless D. if
19.A. friction B. love C. couple D. power
20.A. surface B. way C. course D. nature
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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, 1 on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.
“I am 2 .” she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep 3 . finally he asked, “What can I do to 4 your mind?”
Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can 5 my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower 6 on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your 7 . will you do it for me?”
He said, “I will give you my 8 tomorrow.”
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which 9 “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the 10 are …”
“When you use the computer you always 11 the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the 12 . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my 13 to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) 14 city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always 15 at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes 16 when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those 17 white hairs.”
“Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you 18 I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …”
That’s life, and 19 . flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the 20 of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
1.A.but B.and C.or D.so
2.A.lonely B.shamed C.tired D.worried
3.A.space B.thought C.shade D.impression
4.A.speak B.change C.blow D.keep
5.A.represent B.expand C.admit D.convince
6.A.growing B.falling C.living D.waiting
7.A.attention B.satisfaction C.interest D.death
8.A.agreement B.answer C.announcement D.judgment
9.A.writes B.informs C.prints D.goes
10.A.meanings B.messages C.reasons D.purposes
11.A.turn up B.put up C.use up D.mess up
12.A.structures B.programs C.balance D.position
13.A.legs B.patience C.energy D.dollars
14.A.ancient B.new C.modern D.underground
15.A.shout B.jump C.knock D.stare
16.A.as if B.now that C.so that D.in case
17.A.annoying B.enjoyable C.dusty D.amusing
18.A.less than B.rather than C.more than D.other than
19.A.determination B.love C.progress D.power
20.A.surface B.way C.principle D.nature
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The younger daughter of former New York Mayor Richard White has moved her wedding from New Year’s Eve to this Thursday so her mother, who has been fighting against cancer for 11 years, can take part in the ceremony, a family spokesman said on Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2013. Elizabeth Lally White, who turns 28 on Thursday, will marry Sam Peterson in Spiaggia, a restaurant on North Michigan Avenue. The reception also will be held at the restaurant, which had been previously scheduled to host the couple’s engagement party on Thursday.
Lally White’s mother, Maggie, 68, was reported to have caught breast cancer in 2002. She had an operation in her leg in April and she was hospitalized twice in the weeks following the procedure for treatment of flu-like symptoms that doctors said were not related to the cancer. Maggie, who has used a walker or a wheelchair during most public appearances in recent years, is well beyond the average survival time for someone with breast cancer.
“As the mayor himself has said, she had a pretty difficult summer.” said Jacquelyn Heard, who served Mayor White’s press secretary for years and followed him to the same international law firm that he joined after leaving office in May. “She was not able to get around the way that she normally would do. This year, she has had quite a few setbacks and they’ve been pretty well documented. Lally White decided to reschedule the wedding so that her mom can participate in the festivities (庆祝活动).” Heard said. Lally White is a doctoral candidate at De-Paul University and plans to work with autistic (孤独症) children, and Sam Peterson works in insurance, Heard said.
Richard and Maggie White married in 1972 and had three children in addition to Lally — Nora, Patrick and Kevin. But Kevin was born with a disease and died in 1981 at 33 months.
1.When was Elizabeth Lally White born?
A. In 1983. B. In 1987. C. In 1985. D. In 1984.
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Maggie, 68, is recovering now.
B. Maggie caught breast cancer in 2002.
C. The cancer caused some flu-like symptoms on Maggie.
D. Average breast cancer patients lived a life shorter than Maggie.
3.Why did Lally White reschedule her wedding?
A. She was afraid that her mother couldn’t participate her wedding on New Year’s Eve.
B. She was eager to work with autistic children after wedding.
C. Her family will move out of New York.
D. Her mother will accept operation because of her disease.
4.How many children did the former mayor and his wife give birth to?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The political life of former Mayor.
B. The brave wife of former Mayor.
C. The wedding of former Mayor’s daughter.
D. The family life of former Mayor.
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Closeness and independence are both important in our life. Though all humans need both of them, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.
These differences can give women and men differing views of the same situation, as they did in the case of couple I will call Tracy and Brian. When Brian’s old high school friend called him at work and announced he’d be in town on business the following month, Brian invited him to stay for the weekend. That evening he informed Tracy that they were going to have a houseguest, and that he and his friend would go out together the first night to chat like old times. Tracy was upset. She was going to be away on business the week before, and the Friday night when Brian would be out with his friend would be her first night home. But what upset her the most was that Brian had made these plans on his own and informed her of them, rather than discussing them with her before extending the invitation.
Tracy would never make plans, for a weekend or an evening, without first checking with Brian. She can’t understand why he doesn’t show her the same courtesy and consideration that she shows him. But when she protests, Brian says, “I can’t say to my friend, ‘I have to ask my wife for permission’!”
To Brian, checking with his wife means seeking permission, which implies that he is not independent, not free to act on his own. To Tracy, checking with her husband makes her feel good to know and show that she is involved with someone, that her life is bound up with someone else’s.
Tracy and Brian both felt upset by this incident because it cut to the core of their primary concerns. Tracy was hurt because she sensed a failure of closeness in their relationship: He didn’t care about her as much as she cared about him. And he was hurt because he felt she was trying to control him and limit his freedom.
1.What is the primary purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A.To educate the reader on how to maintain good family relationships.
B.To tell the reader how to make close connections with other people.
C.To suggest the best way of coping with family conflicts.
D.To explain the difference in communication styles between men and women.
2.Tracy was upset because ________.
A.she didn’t know Brian’s friend
B.she was too busy to meet Brian’s friend
C.Brian didn’t care about her and hurt her deeply
D.Brian didn’t consult her before inviting his friends home
3.What would Tracy most probably do if she plans to buy something expensive?
A.She would discuss with Brian.
B.She would simply decide on her own.
C.She would ask her friends for advice.
D.She would buy Brian something expensive first.
4.According to the passage, compared with men, women tend to ________.
A.be more emotional
B.be easier to get hurt
C.emphasize more on sharing
D.emphasize more on independence
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We saw several natives advancing towards our party, and one of them came up to us, ______ we gave some bells and glasses.
A. to which B to whom C. with whom D. with which
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Beyonce, a leading _____in the music industry, gave birth to a daughter on Saturday.
A. statue B. figure C. brand D. attraction
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It seemed that our nursery rhymes___ some magic because all the nights I sang them for my daughter, she would listen to them with keen pleasure.
A.must have had B.should have had
C.could have had D.need have had
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