Delvin Washington was having a difficult speech therapy (治疗). Over half a year ago, Washington was preparing for the biggest day of his young life ---graduating from high school. But on a cloudy day in May, he had a serious car accident. He survived, but his life changed forever. He recently began all-day physical rehabilitation (康复治疗). He is relearning almost everything, from the names of his best friends to simple physical tasks.
His friends and family have given him a lot of support. While Washington lay in a coma in hospital, friends and family filled his room during visits. They celebrated his 18th birthday in July while he was still unconscious.Two days after Thanksgiving, eight friends from high school visited Washington at his home. The friends looked through photos on Facebook, showing them all to Washington. As he sat in his wheelchair, friends asked him to recognize the people in the photos, helping him recover his brain.
Washington’s popularity doesn’t come from nowhere. He was determined to become a police officer after college and behaved like a respectable police officer at school.His high school principal (校长), Eric Markinson, said Washington was always a gentleman. “He was incredibly gracious (和善的) and incredibly helpful,”he said.
His accident has damaged Washington’s brain. It has caused his left side, from his face to his feet, to all but shut down. His personality has also changed. The serious police-officer behavior is gone. He laughs a lot and smiles when he sees children, his mom said.
Now Washington is working hard on all-day rehabilitation. So far, he has made tremendous (巨大的) improvement, said his therapist Lindsay Sims.“I try to live as independently as possible,”Washington said slowly but firmly.
1.What happened to Delvin Washington last May?
A. He started to make improvements in his speech therapy.
B. He was seriously injured in a car accident.
C. He graduated from high school with good grades.
D. He suffered a heart attack and went into a coma.
2.What can we know about Washington’s friends?
A. They helped Washington make up for the lesson s he had missed.
B. They worked together to collect money for Washington on campus.
C. They helped Washington realize his dream of becoming a police officer.
D. They regularly visited Washington and helped him with his rehabilitation.
3.Which word can best describe Delvin Washington?
A. strong—willed B. energetic
C. pessimistic D. depressed
4.What is the article mainly about?
A. Washington’s friendship with his friends.
B. Washington making great efforts to achieve his dream.
C. What makes Washington so popular at school.
D. How Washington is recovering his brain.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Delvin Washington was having a difficult speech therapy (治疗). Over half a year ago, Washington was preparing for the biggest day of his young life ---graduating from high school. But on a cloudy day in May, he had a serious car accident. He survived, but his life changed forever. He recently began all-day physical rehabilitation (康复治疗). He is relearning almost everything, from the names of his best friends to simple physical tasks.
His friends and family have given him a lot of support. While Washington lay in a coma in hospital, friends and family filled his room during visits. They celebrated his 18th birthday in July while he was still unconscious.Two days after Thanksgiving, eight friends from high school visited Washington at his home. The friends looked through photos on Facebook, showing them all to Washington. As he sat in his wheelchair, friends asked him to recognize the people in the photos, helping him recover his brain.
Washington’s popularity doesn’t come from nowhere. He was determined to become a police officer after college and behaved like a respectable police officer at school.His high school principal (校长), Eric Markinson, said Washington was always a gentleman. “He was incredibly gracious (和善的) and incredibly helpful,”he said.
His accident has damaged Washington’s brain. It has caused his left side, from his face to his feet, to all but shut down. His personality has also changed. The serious police-officer behavior is gone. He laughs a lot and smiles when he sees children, his mom said.
Now Washington is working hard on all-day rehabilitation. So far, he has made tremendous (巨大的) improvement, said his therapist Lindsay Sims.“I try to live as independently as possible,”Washington said slowly but firmly.
1.What happened to Delvin Washington last May?
A. He started to make improvements in his speech therapy.
B. He was seriously injured in a car accident.
C. He graduated from high school with good grades.
D. He suffered a heart attack and went into a coma.
2.What can we know about Washington’s friends?
A. They helped Washington make up for the lesson s he had missed.
B. They worked together to collect money for Washington on campus.
C. They helped Washington realize his dream of becoming a police officer.
D. They regularly visited Washington and helped him with his rehabilitation.
3.Which word can best describe Delvin Washington?
A. strong—willed B. energetic
C. pessimistic D. depressed
4.What is the article mainly about?
A. Washington’s friendship with his friends.
B. Washington making great efforts to achieve his dream.
C. What makes Washington so popular at school.
D. How Washington is recovering his brain.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
His speech in English was difficult__________.
A in following B for being followed C to follow D to be followed by
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Gene therapy (基因治疗) is a revolutionary new technique for treating people with health problems. Up until very recently, the most commonly available methods for treating patients were either through drugs or operations. Gene therapy provides a third option for treatment by transforming or replacing cells with new genetic materials and instructions. Scientists can be very precise in the kinds of changes they make in patients.
Gene therapy works by using a delivery system, such as a virus, to enter a patient's body. Once inside the body, the virus combines with a host cell and delivers the new DNA. The proteins then begin to repair the affected cells. New techniques have focused on removing cells from the patients and transforming them outside the body before reintroducing them to the patients.
The two types of gene therapy are called somatic and germline. Somatic therapy refers to changing or replacing a body cell. In this case, the treatment is restricted to the patient only. This will not affect the patient's future children because the patient's germ (生殖) cells are unaffected. In germline therapy, the patient germ cells are treated, which may affect the patient's future generation.This is highly controversial (有争议的) because it is not clear exactly how this might affect them and further generations. For this reason, many countries have passed laws that prohibit this kind of treatment.
Despite the promise of gene therapy, there are still many barriers that need to be overcome before it comes into widespread use. One of the issues is that the use of viruses to deliver DNA may actually cause unexpected problems in patients if the virus grows and attacks the body. Another problem is the nature of many diseases is very complex and spread throughout multiple genes. The use of gene therapy to change a single gene in the body would probably not be sufficient as a cure. Finally, the costs of gene therapy are high. Some gene therapy procedures may cost over$1 million to undertake and require specialized doctors and equipment.
1.What does the underlined word ''them'' in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Techniques. B.Cells. C.Patients. D.Proteins.
2.What can we learn about gene therapy?
A.Gene therapy has been put into practice widely.
B.The cells of patients are developed in healthy people.
C.Viruses entering the body can mix with host cells and form new DNA.
D.Both somatic and germline therapy have side effects on later generations.
3.What's the last paragraph mainly about?
A.The disadvantages of gene therapy.
B.The promising future of gene therapy.
C.The high costs of treatment procedures.
D.The issues related to viruses and complex genes.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Why Gene Therapy Procedures Are Extremely Expensive
B.Gene Therapy: A Dangerous New After-operation Treatment
C.Gene Therapy: A Contemporary Progressive Treating Method
D.Scientists Are Accurate in Performing the Categories of Surgery
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Therapy (治疗) Appointment
“You want out again, Marmalade? You were just out. What, not the back door, you want out the front?” I was very surprised that our beautiful cat wanted out again.
Several days later, I realized that almost every day she had been asking to be let out at 1: 00 p.m. and always wanted the front door instead of the back door she normally used to go to the yard. I hadn’t been paying much attention, but I realized this had been going on for a while, and I had no idea why. Therefore, the next time it happened, I watched out the front room window to see what Marmalade was doing every day.
Marm went down the front stairs and out to the city sidewalk then just sat there. About three minutes later, she flopped (跳) down and rolled over so her belly (肚子) was showing.
This is unusual. She never does that unless she wants to be petted — but there is no one there. Wait-on the sidewalk just crossing a block down from our house was a group of about fifteen young adults from the nearby group home for young adults with Down syndrome (唐氏综合症). They were out for a walk.
As they approached, I could hear, “There’s the kitty, there’s the kitty,” coming from their mouths. When they were close enough to touch Marm, she lay quietly while each person took a turn petting her. This took quite a while, and obviously these teens were very comfortable petting her. When everyone had given Marm a petting, she turned over, stood up and gave herself a shake, then walked back up the sidewalk to the front door to be let in.
It had been a breathtaking experience to see. The next day, at the same time, I watched it happen again.
After a few more days of this, I wondered how long this had been lasting, so I went out and asked the adults. What I was told was both interesting and humbling. Our wonderful cat had been doing this every weekday for months, and these young adults thought it was the highlight of the walk to be able to have a chance to pet her.
How had she come to understand that these young people would enjoy petting her and could trust them? How could she comfort people when they felt sad, and how would she lick away the tears until she had made them feel better?
1.Marm’s owner was puzzled because Marm always _____.
A.desired to the front yard
B.went out from the front door
C.rolled over to show her belly
D.wanted out from the window
2.Marm flopped down and rolled over on the sidewalk to ________.
A.play with other cats
B.make the teens pet her
C.wait for passers-by to feed her
D.have a rest and enjoy the sunshine
3.What does the writer think of Marm?
A.Loving and caring.
B.Funny and helpful.
C.Mysterious and weird.
D.Vulnerable and puzzling.
4.What can we learn from Marm’s story?
A.No one can be neglected.
B.Cats can understand each other.
C.People need to give pets more petting.
D.Animals can believe and support human.
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
A graduation speech given by Chief Justice John Roberts became a talking point after The Washington Post published it.
Roberts 1.(address)his son’s ninth grade graduating class. He advised the young graduates 2.(take)life’s setbacks in their stride(从容地). But he did not wish 3.(they)good luck.
“Now, the speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good 4.(wish) to you. I will not do that, and I will tell you why,” Roberts said.
“From time to time, in the years to come, I hope you will be treated 5.(unfair), so that you will come to know the value of justice. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time, so that you don’t take friends 6.granted. I wish you bad luck again, from time to time, so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand your success is not completely deserved and 7.the failure of others is not completely deserved either.”
He continued, “I hope you 8.(ignore), so you know the importance of listening to others, 9.I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.”
In the end, each graduate received a pocket-size copy of the Constitution 10.(sign) by Roberts.
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If you ________ to his speech attentively, you should have known that his achievement was not all from good luck.
A. listened B. would listen
C. had listened D. would have listened
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A few years ago, I started therapy (治疗). I kept it a secret ________ it felt like it wasn’t the kind of thing I could tell anyone. I felt it was ________, and I was ashamed of it. ________ I felt I was the only one. It seemed that everyone but me was able to ________ things on their own. ________ of my friends or family needed help like that. But on an occasion, I ________ my secret to one of my good friends.
Guess what ________? As I started letting other people know that I was in therapy, some of them started telling me the ________ thing! It seemed that once I told them that I would understand their ________, it was safe to tell me. We didn’t have to keep this a(n) ________ from each other any more.
One friend close to me ________ that she went on antidepressants(抗抑郁) after her mother’s death. Another friend has been ________ for being blue ________ he was in college. My hairdresser had been on medication ________ obsessive compulsive disorder (强迫症). All of them said they felt comfortable to be able to ________ the information. I felt like I found support in my ________ and I wasn’t alone, just from ________ their stories.
It has made me realize that none of us are ________. Also, there’s no ________ in trying to hide them when you are having ________. It’s better to be open and honest.
1.A. because B. although C. if D. unless
2.A. surprising B. exciting C. worrying D. satisfying
3.A. Immediately B. Slowly C. However D. Worse
4.A. remove B. handle C. deal D. accept
5.A. Some B. All C. Most D. None
6.A. let out B. let down C. set out D. set off
7.A. appeared B. continued C. happened D. existed
8.A. different B. same C. difficult D. important
9.A. news B. delights C. topics D. problems
10.A. secret B. order C. rule D. puzzle
11.A. thought B. suggested C. explained D. warned
12.A. punished B. treated C. injured D. praised
13.A. before B. for C. when D. since
14.A. according to B. because of C. judging by D. instead of
15.A. share B. hide C. correct D. find
16.A. victory B. success C. struggle D. failure
17.A. reciting B. hearing C. copying D. reading
18.A. strong B. healthy C. wrong D. perfect
19.A. point B. doubt C. courage D. ability
20.A. performances B. riches C. difficulties D. dreams
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---He was satisfied with the result, wasn't he?
---No. It was so difficult that he __________have passed it.
A. shouldn't B. mustn't
C. couldn' t D. wouldn't
高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
. --- Have you heard that the pop star was charged with taking illegal drugs?
--- It’s difficult for a fun like me to accept that. _________.
A. He has to kill the fatted calf. B. He has feet of clay.
C. He must be the apple of his parents’ eye. D. He must be the salt of the earth.
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--- Have you heard that the pop star was charged with taking illegal drugs?
--- It’s difficult for a fun like me to accept that. _________.
A. He has to kill the fatted calf. B. He has feet of clay.
C. He must be the apple of his parents’ eye. D. He must be the salt of the earth.
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