One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and ________and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he ________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to ________it. When he finished painting, he received his ______ and left.
The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and ________him with a nice check, much ________ than the payment for painting, the painter was ________.” You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.
“ But this is not for the paint ________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”
“ But it was such a(n)________ service. Certainly it’s not worth ________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”
“ My dear friend, you do not ________ . Now let me tell you what ________. When I asked you to paint the boat, I ________ to mention about the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and ________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a ________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was ________ because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my ________and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.
“ Then, I ________the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You ________ my children! I do not have enough money to pay your 'small' good deed.”
So, no matter who, when or how, just ______ repair all the “”leak” you find.
1.A. chains B. brushes C. beliefs D. pens
2.A. consulted B. reminded C. found D. confirmed
3.A. repair B. wipe C. hide D. measure
4.A. benefit B. baggage C. key D. money
5.A. admired B. treated C. presented D. comforted
6.A. higher B. less C. quicker D. wealthier
7.A. shocked B. excited C. moved D. surprised
8.A. award B. kindness C. job D. skill
9.A. cheap B. small C. valuable D. additional
10.A. lending B. selling C. borrowing D. paying
11.A. scream B. bow C. forgive D. understand
12.A. happened B. existed C. crashed D. circulated
13.A. decided B. hated C. forgot D. remembered
14.A. went through B. went on C. dreamed about D. turned to
15.A. hole B. sign C. rule D. danger
16.A. angry B. desperate C. embarrassed D. clumsy
17.A. sorrow B. situation C. patience D. relief
18.A. pulled B. spotted C. examined D. destroyed
19.A. saved B. taught C. instructed D. treasured
20.A. possible B. carefully C. actually D. finally
高三英语完形填空中等难度题
One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and ________and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he ________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to ________it. When he finished painting, he received his ______ and left.
The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and ________him with a nice check, much ________ than the payment for painting, the painter was ________.” You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.
“ But this is not for the paint ________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”
“ But it was such a(n)________ service. Certainly it’s not worth ________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”
“ My dear friend, you do not ________ . Now let me tell you what ________. When I asked you to paint the boat, I ________ to mention about the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and ________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a ________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was ________ because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my ________and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.
“ Then, I ________the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You ________ my children! I do not have enough money to pay your 'small' good deed.”
So, no matter who, when or how, just ______ repair all the “”leak” you find.
1.A. chains B. brushes C. beliefs D. pens
2.A. consulted B. reminded C. found D. confirmed
3.A. repair B. wipe C. hide D. measure
4.A. benefit B. baggage C. key D. money
5.A. admired B. treated C. presented D. comforted
6.A. higher B. less C. quicker D. wealthier
7.A. shocked B. excited C. moved D. surprised
8.A. award B. kindness C. job D. skill
9.A. cheap B. small C. valuable D. additional
10.A. lending B. selling C. borrowing D. paying
11.A. scream B. bow C. forgive D. understand
12.A. happened B. existed C. crashed D. circulated
13.A. decided B. hated C. forgot D. remembered
14.A. went through B. went on C. dreamed about D. turned to
15.A. hole B. sign C. rule D. danger
16.A. angry B. desperate C. embarrassed D. clumsy
17.A. sorrow B. situation C. patience D. relief
18.A. pulled B. spotted C. examined D. destroyed
19.A. saved B. taught C. instructed D. treasured
20.A. possible B. carefully C. actually D. finally
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your is really ugly.” The man got very and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just my wife. It said she was ugly.”
The owner stormed over, the bird, took it into the “black room,” shook it a bit, out a few feathers, and said, “Don’t ever, ever say anything to my customers again. You got that！！！”
With that he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.”
1.A. group B. team C. couple D. crowd
2.A. wife B. sister C. mother D. daughter
3.A. curious B. nervous C. guilty D. angry
4.A. greeted B. puzzled C. offended D. scared
5.A. hugged B. seized C. trained D. rescued
6.A. sent B. handed C. pulled D. dug
7.A. touch B. amuse C. cheat D. embarrass
8.A. warning B. comment C. suggestion D. request
9.A. eyes B. feathers C. fur D. skin
10.A. lasted B. arrived C. appeared D. passed
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
There was a state 1. (call) Zhou in the Chinese history. One day, the king of Zhou asked his officials for advice on 2. (deal) with the prisoners of war. An official said, “If you love someone, you 3. (suppose) to love even the crows on the roof of his house. The prisoners of war are enemies fighting against us. In my opinion, we’d better 4. (kill) them all.”
But the king didn’t agree with him. “I think we should treat the prisoner of war 5. (different) by differing them into those who are guilty and those who are not. They guilty ones will be sentenced 6. death in order to avoid future disasters.”
Then another one said, “Your majesty, I think all the prisoners should be set free and sent back home to work in the fields and support themselves by their own labor. 7., you should keep strictly the rules for reward and 8. (punish). The people are sure to believe in you 9. you govern our country be morals and laws.”
The king thought the official’s proposal was quite reasonable so be accepted and followed it. As 10. result, the domestic situation soon settled down and gradually the country became stronger.
高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a 1man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very 2indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and 4 : “Goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!”
Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal 5 word out of him. As no one knew how he made his living — he lived quite6 , always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often had no ___7__for him and sometimes even made fun of him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that William had received a role in a very important 8in the nation’s capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great9. And to everyone’s surprise, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good10, and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day on, William gave up11at all hours. Now he sang only during his stage appearances. People wouldn’t have thought him 12if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large13, with a hand-carved message on it.
The message said, “Practice every second, for you never know when your 14 will come.” Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the 15 had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.
1. A. tall B. sensitive C. handsome D. strange
2. A. common B. concerned C. wealthy D. confident
3. A. appear B. practice C. communicate D. debate
4. A. whisper B. respond C. repeat D. tease
5. A. advised B. printed C. written D. spoken
6. A. simply B. naturally C. calmly D. fortunately
7. A. mercy B. respect C. trust D. money
8. A. concert B. documentary C. opera D. film
9. A. experience B. benefit C. discovery D. success
10. A. movements B. manners C. efforts D. signs
11. A. pretendingB. recording C. singing D. wandering
12. A. mad B. skillful C. artificial D. desperate
13. A. knife B. stone C. medal D. diamond
14. A. solution B. inspiration C. performance D. chance
15. A. neighbor B. visitor C. director D. Teacher
高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
What happened to the man?
A.He was asked to go back home.
B.He caught a bad cold days ago.
C.He gave the bug to his workmates in the office.
高三英语短对话中等难度题查看答案及解析
"Hey, Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?"
"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him．"All the food was slow．" "Where did you eat?" "It was a place called 'at home'．" I explained．"Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it．"
Some parents never owned their own houses, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card．
My parents have never driven me to soccer practice．This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer．I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed．We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11．I was 13 when I tasted my first pizza; it was called "pizza pie"．When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered（粘贴）itself against my chin and burned that, too．It's still the best pizza I ever had．
I delivered newspapers, six days a week ．The paper cost 7 cents, of which I got to keep 2 cents．I had to get up at 4:00 a．m．every morning．On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers．My favourite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change．
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren．
Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
1.By saying "All the food was slow", the writer implies that ____．
A．when he was growing up, he never ate fast food
B．he didn't like fast food when he was growing up
C．his grandma made food slowly
D．he had to wait for a long time for the fast food
2.When the writer didn't like the food his grandma cooked when he was growing up, _______．
A．his grandma would make something he liked
B．his grandma would buy him fast food
C．he would sit there waiting for his favourite pizza pie
D．he had to eat it or go without
3.The writer's purpose of writing this passage is to _____.
A．tell his children there was no fast food in the past
B．tell us that life has been changing
C．tell us how hard it is to deliver newspapers
D．made us understand the meaning of life
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(属于) a rich man． One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house． On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children． They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the grounD． The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off． They obeyed(服从) and the farmer went into the house． He asked to see the rich man． A servant took him to the room where the rich man was sitting．
"I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for," he saiD．
"But why have you brought a half-empty basket?" the rich man askeD．
"I met your children outside, and they stole(偷) some of the apples．"
1.Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because
A． he was poor
B． he liked the rich man
C． his farm belonged to the rich man
D． the rich man’s children liked apples
2.What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps?
A． They jumped and jumpe
B． They playeD．
C． They ran away．
D． They ate some of the apples．
3.The monkeys left the basket because
A． they had thrown apples on the ground
B． the farmer had politely asked them to get off
C． they were afraid of the hat
D． the farmer wa s angry wit h them
4.How did the rich man feel when he saw the basket? He felt 。
A． pleased
B． unhappy
C． excited
D． moved
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered．and they all admired his heart for it was 41 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 42 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 43 . It was full of scars, it had places 44 pieces had been removed and other pieces 45 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 46 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 47 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 48 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 49 represents a person 50 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 51 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 52 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 53 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 54 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 55 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 56 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 57 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 58 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 59 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 60 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
1.A．ugly B．perfect C．beautiful D．hurt
2.A．mine B．his C．theirs D．ours
3.A．coat B．appearance C．face D．heart
4.A．that B．which C．where D．whose
5.A．cut B．set C．put D．brought
6.A．smooth B．rough C．broken D．pretty
7.A.Comparing B．Compared C．Compare D．Compares
8.A．looks B．seems C．is D．fits
9.A．one B．heart C．piece D．scar
10.A．on whom B．in whom C．with whom D．to whom
11.A．take B．give C．lend D．pass
12.A．empty B．full C．original D．first
13.A．had B．gave C．shared D．owned
14.A．in B．away C．off D．up
15.A．lot B．sheet C．piece D．pile
16.A．making B．taking C．keeping D．bringing
17.A．keep B．cut C．come D．stay
18.A．carried away B．reached into C．took out D．brought up
19.A．offered B．took C．passed D．served
20.A．fit B．hit C．beat D．set
高三英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes(芒果)．One day he decided to get the sweetest mango---the one from the very top of the tree．Mangoes that are exposed to the sun are the sweetest．________1.________
When he began to climb down，however, vthe man slipped and fell.
fortunately, he was able to catch a branch as he was falling．but he remained helplessly suspended(悬吊)from the tree．He called to the nearby villagers for help．Although the villagers brought their ladders，their ladders were too short． ________2.________
After some time，a sage(圣贤)arrived，who was famous for solving
even the most difficult problems．________3.________The sage remained silent for a
moment，and then，to everyone’s surprise，he picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man．The mango lover began to shout，“Are you crazy? Do you want to kill me?”But the sage did not respond．Instead，he took another stone and threw it at the man．The man became furious and said，“If I could get down there，1 would beat you to death!”That’s what everybody wanted—for him to come down．
Then the sage picked up another stone and threw it even more forcefully
at the man．After that，the man hanging in the tree was determined to come down and take revenge．________4.________ Upon safely reaching the ground the man
shouted，“Where is the wise man? He didn’t wait around for me to beat him!”
“But wait a minute，”a villager said．‘‘Our kindness did not save you．
5.________” The mango lover thought for a moment and realized that he should
be thankful，not angry
A．They could do nothing to help him．
B．The sage is the only one who could help you．
C．People were curious to see what he would do．
D．Faced with this puzzle，the sage said nothing and left．
E．With no way out he continued to wait for help in the mango tree．
F．So the man climbed to the top and managed to pick a few red mangoes．
G．He used all his skill and strength and managed to climb down safely
高三英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What happened to the man?
A. He broke a machine.
B. He failed to ask the shop owner for help.
C. He couldn’t get the change back from the machine.
2.What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Call the police. B. Rock the machine. C. Call the number on the machine.
高三英语长对话困难题查看答案及解析