I was at the chemist collecting my daughter's...

I was at the chemist collecting my daughter's medication and she asked me to go into the shop next door to get some energy drinks for her.She was about to travel on a train and she tires easily.The shop did not have what she wanted so I went to the garage near my home.As I came out of the garage I could see Margaret across the busy road. I thought to myself she-d just got off the bus and was on her way to her daughter's house which is next door to me.I thought I’d give her a lift to her daughter's house.

Then from across the busy road I could see the elderly lady I thought was Margaret going in a different direction down a different side street.I was surprised because I was really sure it was Margaret.In fact,I was so sure that I took the trouble of waiting to drive across the busy road to go to Margaret.

By the time I caught up with the elderly lady she was at the bottom of a dead end and looked confused as she didn't recognize where she was.It was indeed Margaret.Though I have spoken to her before and given her a lift,she needed reminded of who I was.Margaret got in my car.

We arrived at her daughter's house,it seemed in darkness and I didn’t think Julie was in.I told Margaret to go and check.I had to take Lauren to the train station.If Julie wasn’t at home I’d bring Margaret back to her own house.I went to my house and Lauren got in the car,then I saw Julie with Margaret.

Margaret thought I was kind to her today.Truth is though that her thankful words will stay with me for a long time.I'm so happy too that the first shop I went to didn't have what Lauren wanted otherwise I' d never have got this beautiful compliment or more importantly, to help Margaret.

1.What was the author doing when she saw Margaret?

A. Collecting medication.　　 B. Buying energy drinks.

C. Driving on the street.　　 D. Going to the garage.

2.What do you know about Margaret?

A. She tried to avoid meeting the author on her way.

B. She got lost on the way to her daughter's home.

C. She took a new way to her daughter's home.

D. She recognized the author at first sight.

3.Which can replace the underlined word “compliment” in the last paragraph?

A. excitement.　　 B. apology.

C. praise.　　 D. reward.

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I was on vacation with my husband,my brother,his wife and daughter.We were not____with the area and got on a bus,thinking it would be a nice way to see the downtown's old town area.Well,____talking with the bus driver,we didn't find that we were.on the neighborhood route（线路）which____school children and delivers people to various ____places.That was a route of over about two hours.That was a surprise and a concern because we____our vehicle in a____parking area and it was going to end.

We shared this with the bus driver only to let her know we were not from the area and____for getting on her bus by mistake.Then she surprised us____further saying,“I get off shift（换班）after a few more blocks,and if you don't____taking my company car,I'd be happy to take you____to your vehicle before the time end.”The bus driver received permission from her____,so we gratefully said yes to her____.

She went out of her way to take us back to our vehicle____her shift was over and it wasn't on her route to home either.We were____and grateful for her kindness.____,because she shared some of her____about the school-age children she sometimes had on the bus route,I offered her a few____on how to quiet the children with a skill that would make the ride safer for them____for her.She was so____.It was a wonderful____of kindness!

1.A. similar　　 B. familiar　　 C. known　　 D. learnt

2.A. until　　 B. before　　 C. after　　 D. when

3.A. picks out　　 B. puts up　　 C. picks up　　 D. puts off

4.A. downtown　　 B. district　　 C. attraction　　 D. neighborhood

5.A. had stopped　　 B. had parked　　 C. had ridden　　 D. had driven

6.A. timed　　 B. timing　　 C. timely　　 D. timeless

7.A. thanked　　 B. praised　　 C. apologized　　 D. admitted

8.A. on　　 B. in　　 C. with　　 D. by

9.A. mind　　 B. like　　 C. appreciate　　 D. enjoy

10.A. up　　 B. back　　 C. down　　 D. over

11.A. teacher　　 B. children　　 C. passenger　　 D. manager

12.A. instruction　　 B. offer　　 C. invitation　　 D. requirement

13.A. after　　 B. because　　 C. though　　 D. whether

14.A. satisfied　　 B. astonished　　 C. exhausted　　 D. touched

15.A. In fact　　 B. In other words　　 C. In return　　 D. As a result

16.A. concerns　　 B. attitudes　　 C. behaviors　　 D. discipline

17.A. tips　　 B. advice　　 C. ways　　 D. approaches

18.A. disappointed　　 B. amused　　 C. grateful　　 D. excited

19.A. as good as　　 B. as fine as　　 C. as nice as　　 D. as well as

20.A. expression　　 B. exchange　　 C. explanation　　 D. expansion

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The old lady insisted that her daughter ____ still alive and that she ____ at once.

A．was; was operated

B．was; be operated

C．should be; should be operated

D．be; should be operated

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The old lady insisted that her daughter ____ still alive and that she ____ at once.

A．was; was operated                      B．was; be operated

C．should be; should be operated             D．be; should be operated

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My boss’s daughter was studying in the Philippines. He asked me if my husband and I could take care of her. He thought his daughter would be able to improve her English communication skills in this way.

After days of thinking, we agreed. He then brought her here and left after 3 days. I thought that my boss’s daughter was well-mannered, but that was wrong.

After a month of staying in the Philippines, she started to show her true colors. When my husband asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she answered him in a rude way. From then on, we experienced fights at home. There was a time when we didn’t talk to her for a week as a punishment of not being good to us. What I hated most was that she didn’t care about other people’s feelings. She ate ahead of us when we were still working and didn’t leave anything for us. So we had to separate her food from ours to avoid such a problem.

The worst thing about her was that she shouted at us. I was wondering if she did this to her parents. We told this to her parents, but unfortunately I didn’t think that solved the problem. This situation lasted for almost 8 months. Our patience was tested during that time.

We tried to teach her everything we could to make her a better person, but I guess 8 months may not to be enough. We even tried to understand her and adjust for her, but it didn’t work. I just hope that she learned something from us and from other Filipinos.

1.This passage is mainly about the writer’s experience of________ .

A. trying to please her boss

B. changing a girl’s bad behavior

C. improving her communication skills

D. dealing with a teenage girl staying in her house

2.Why did the boss want his daughter to stay with the writer ?

A. Because he was too busy to take care of his daughter

B. Because he wanted his daughter to take a holiday there

C. Because he wanted his daughter to improve her English in this way

D. Because he wanted the writer to teach his daughter good manners .

3.What do the examples in paragraph 3 tell us ?

A. The daughter wasn’t behaving well.

B. The writer and her husband were careless.

C. The writer and her husband hated children.

D. The daughter tried her best to make others happy.

4.The underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to________  .

A. being patient with her

B. her parents punishing her

C. asking her parents about her

D. telling her parents about her behavior

5.After reading the passage , we learn that________  .

A. the writer had known the daughter was hard to deal with

B. the daughter learnt to behave well in the end

C. the writer didn’t enjoy the daughter’s stay

D. the daughter hated dealing with others

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Marie Curie was a Polish-born physicist and chemist and one of the most famous scientists of her time. Together with her husband Pierre, she won the Nobel Prize in 1903, and another one in 1911.

Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867, the daughter of a teacher. In 1891, she went to Paris to study physics and maths at the Sorbonne where she met Pierre Curie, professor of the School of Physics. They married in 1895.

The Curies worked together studying radioactivity(放射性), building on the work of the German physicist Roentgen and the French physicist Becquerel. In July 1898, the Curies announced the discovery of polonium(钋). At the end of the year, they announced the discovery of another, radium(镭). The Curies, along with Becquerel, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

Pierre’s life was cut short in 1906 when he was knocked down and killed by a carriage. Marie took over his teaching post, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, and devoted (献身于) herself to continuing the work that they had begun together. She received a second Nobel Prize, for Chemistry, in 1911.

The Curies’ research was important in developing X-rays in surgery. During World WarⅠ, Marie helped fixed X-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She helped train doctors for the International Red Cross.

Although she achieved much success, men scientists in France were still against Marie, and she never received any financial help from her work. By the late 1920s her health was beginning to become worse. She died on 4 July 1934 from her dangerous research. The Curies’ eldest daughter Irene was a scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

1.All the following people contributed to Marie’s first Nobel Prize EXCEPT _____.

A．Irene             B．Pierre            C．Becquerel         D．Roentgen

2.We can know from the text that Marie’s work______.

A．won her respect from men scientists

B．brought her some financial help

C．had a bad effect on her health

D．had no influence on her children

3.Which is the right order of the following events?

①Marie became a teacher at the Sorbonne.

②Marie helped train doctors.

③The Curies discovered polonium.

④The Curies won the Nobel Prize for Physics.

⑤The Curies discovered radium.

A．①④⑤③②       B．③⑤④①②        C．⑤④①③②        D．②③⑤①④

4.Which of the following about Marie is NOT true?

A．She married at the age of 28.

B．Her parent was a teacher.

C．She was the first woman teacher at the Sorbonne.

D．She helped the International Red Cross fix X-ray equipment.

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At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.

Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a £ 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer. He set up Peter Blackburn Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.

"I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative," he says, "I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go".

Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.

"Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves," he says "I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college."

Friends believe that Blackburn will make £ 1 million within 5 years. He is not quite so sure, however. "There's a lot to be done yet," he says.

1.Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.

a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan.   b. He collected newspapers.

c. He set up his own company.           d. He asked the bank for money.

e. He set up a babysitting circle.

2.When he was quite young, Blackburn _______ .

3.The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph "have a go," here means _______ .

4.In spite of（尽管） a college student, Blackburn _______ .

5.Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?

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It was the day of the poetry festival, and I was 1. (excite). At my old school, I had won the poetry ribbon every year. I do write good poetry. When Mrs. Baker called on me, I stood up. I didn’t even bother to look at my paper. I’d spent so much time2. (perfect) the rhymes, and counting the 3. (beat), that I knew the poem by heart. I had just started the third verse when I noticed Mrs. Baker was glaring at me. “Linda, you　　 4. (suppose) to be reading an original work, a poem you made up yourself, not reciting something you learned.” I opened my mouth to explain, but no words came out. “You will leave the room and will not return until you are ready 5. (apologize),” said Mrs. Baker. “Now. Go!” I turned and left the room. I’d been standing outside for about half an hour when Joseph, another school teacher, came over to ask me why. Now, as Joseph waited 6. me to answer, he looked so kind and sympathetic(同情) 7. I poured out the whole story, trying not to cry. “Linda, accepting defeat, when you should stand up for 8. (you), can become a very dangerous habit. You know you are the only Linda Brown in the whole world.”　　 9. eyes smiling into mine, I took a deep breath and 10. (knock) on the classroom door, ready to face Mrs. Baker – ready to recite my poem.

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My dad always collected coins. He would walk to his long-time bankers and______they put at least some new coins aside for him______coins were issued. He gave them to every______member. It gradually became a special family______to get coins from Dad.

When my dad died, I felt a sense of______. My father and I had been so close. I was lost without his______ and support. I wondered if I would ______feel my dad around me again, watching over me. It was right after Hurricane Katrina. At the end of a motivational meeting, I felt so ______as I looked at these devoted volunteers. To my surprise, when I glanced at the ______, I saw a coin from the state where my dad was_____ and raised.

Later, I went to the bank to ______ a check. The bank manager, who had known me, called me into her office, showing me the coins for all the states my dad had ______.

Ever since that time, I have always______coins at the most extraordinary times, when I needed support the most.______, nowadays when I need emotional support during a tough time, a coin will always ______in a strange place.

Now every time a coin appears in our house, one of my______ says, “Oh, it’s Grandpa! ”We all feel a sense of ______ every time a single coin turns up in a (n) ______ place. We have all accepted it as a ______ of love, guidance and support from Dad — and ______ coin makes us smile.

1.A. point out　　 B. make sure　　 C. look at　　 D. talk about

2.A. because　　 B. until　　 C. since　　 D. when

3.A. club　　 B. bank　　 C. family　　 D. team

4.A. rule　　 B. memory　　 C. discovery　　 D. tradition

5.A. relief　　 B. duty　　 C. guilt　　 D. emptiness

6.A. promise　　 B. belief　　 C. guidance　　 D. expectation

7.A. ever　　 B. just　　 C. already　　 D. even

8.A. nervous　　 B. grateful　　 C. disappointed　　 D. anxious

9.A. ceiling　　 B. wall　　 C. playground　　 D. floor

10.A. played　　 B. saved　　 C. born　　 D. chosen

11.A. write　　 B. post　　 C. cash　　 D. print

12.A. shared　　 B. ordered　　 C. received　　 D. collected

13.A. counted　　 B. found　　 C. dropped　　 D. collected

14.A. Unluckily　　 B. Gradually　　 C. Amazingly　　 D. Obviously

15.A. break out　　 B. end up　　 C. show up　　 D. fade away

16.A. kids　　 B. colleagues　　 C. students　　 D. friends

17.A. terror　　 B. comfort　　 C. pride　　 D. loss

18.A. unexpected　　 B. fixed　　 C. similar　　 D. distant

19.A. result　　 B. lesson　　 C. message　　 D. record

20.A. another　　 B. other　　 C. either　　 D. every

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I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare ( 兔子) and the tortoise ( 乌龟 ). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady ( 镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “ Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance ( 坚忍不拔的 ), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “ He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.” I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be.

1.The writer argued ( 辩论 )with his son because ______________.

A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C. he tried to teach his son a moral ( 品德 )lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A. won the race by his own hard working

B. took a risk ( 冒险 )by agreeing to run a race

C. was not given a fair chance in the race

D. in fact did win the race luckily

3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B. boys who Sonny has run races with before

C. boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D. boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again

4.The writer thinks that his generation ( 一代人 )______________.

A. are cleverer than Sonny’s generation

B. have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

C. are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D. have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation

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