I had just started my second year studying at...

I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the news I had never expected. A lump in my neck ______ out to be cancer. I would ______ six months of chemotherapy (化疗).

After the shock, I was struck by this thought: my ______ didn’t have any room for cancer. I had so much I wanted to ______ and so many goals I wanted to chase.

I was faced with the ______ job of telling my friends and family. Then, I had to decide whether to ______ in Cambridge and take five exams at the end of the year. My doctor _______ against it, and so did my parents and teachers.

My doctors and teachers convinced me that taking some time off to _____ and relax would be the best thing for me. I could not think of anything ______. I did not want to ______ a year of my life, receiving pity from those around me.

Together with ray parents, I tried to persuade the university to _______ me to stay at Cambridge and study only half the course. At the end of the year I would take two exams. It was really a ______ to persuade them to agree.

Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It made me feel ______, but to a much lesser degree than I had expected. I was _______ to read, eat and socialize exactly as I used to. I slept a lot and rested a lot, but I also worked hard at my studies. It gave me focus, and it also gave me purpose. Completing my ______ at the end of term felt like a great personal victory.

I took a ______ to continue studying while undergoing treatment, and it _______. I was successful in my exams, and more _______, I made a full recovery.

Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the ______ that are right for them. I am ______ that I made the decision that was right for me.

1.A. stuck　　 B. came　　 C. turned　　 D. worked

2.A. require　　 B. expect　　 C. sense　　 D. arrange

3.A. body　　 B. memories　　 C. family　　 D. dreams

4.A. face　　 B. achieve　　 C. show　　 D. understand

5.A. necessary　　 B. temporary　　 C. difficult　　 D. disappointing

6.A. join　　 B. treat　　 C. settle　　 D. continue

7.A. fought　　 B. advised　　 C. acted　　 D. decided

8.A. recover　　 B. exercise　　 C. study　　 D. play

9.A. better　　 B. worse　　 C. more　　 D. less

10.A. save　　 B. spend　　 C. take　　 D. miss

11.A. help　　 B. remind　　 C. allow　　 D. invite

12.A. struggle　　 B. failure　　 C. burden　　 D. trouble

13.A. tired　　 B. relaxed　　 C. confident　　 D. nervous

14.A. afraid　　 B. ready　　 C. able　　 D. eager

15.A. purpose　　 B. projects　　 C. treatment　　 D. exams

16.A. rest　　 B. risk　　 C. privilege　　 D. job

17.A. ended up　　 B. passed on　　 C. paid off　　 D. broke out

18.A. clearly　　 B. interestingly　　 C. specifically　　 D. importantly

19.A. choices　　 B. changes　　 C. efforts　　 D. chances

20.A. surprised　　 B. excited　　 C. determined　　 D. proud

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She started studying medicine at college, but ______ to Business Studies in her second year.

A．transformed       B．skipped           C．adjusted          D．switched

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

She started studying medicine at college, but_______to Business Studies in her second year.

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My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour 1  . When it became lighter, I decided to get my car, which was 2  at my office three streets away.

My friends argued that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant then. I assured them that I’d be very 3.

I walked out of the 4and started making my way to the car. At the traffic junction, a van stopped and the passenger got off with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he’d escort(护送) me to my 5  . I was very embarrassed and declined(辞谢), but he was very 6.

During our 7  , he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was 8  . When we got to the car park, I 9  him and we parted ways. I did not get his 10  and may not even recognise him now. Did he 11  stop for me? I’ll never know.

So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I 12  two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction 13  near my estate, which was a long walk in. I went out and passed them an umbrella. I told them they should take the umbrella and 14  it. They were very grateful and like me, probably wondered why a 15  was offering such kindness.

1.                A．hardly          B．slightly         C．heavily   D．slowly

2.                A．parked         B．locked          C．broken   D．repaired

3.                A．successful       B．careful         C．joyful D．stressful

4.                A．storm          B．garage          C．office    D．hotel

5.                A．destination      B．home          C．office    D．company

6.                A．cautious        B．diligent         C．persistent D．reluctant

7.                A．talk            B．trip            C．walk D．work

8.                A．rough          B．wet            C．messy    D．dirty

9.                A．thanked        B．left            C．waved    D．greeted

10.               A．umbrella       B．appearance     C．address   D．name

11.               A．obviously       B．accidently       C．really D．purposely

12.               A．watched        B．noticed         C．searched D．heard

13.               A．equipment      B．stage          C．object     D．site

14.               A．keep          B．carry          C．have  D．return

15.               A．passer-by       B．stranger        C．man  D．woman

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About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little ex-cited, but I worried I would never fit in with the other sixth graders.

Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was pretty sure she hated me. I would ask her a question, and I could tell she thought I was a total fool.

My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was horrified (惊骇的). I didn’t wear make-up (化妆品), and I didn’t wear those terrible bell-bottom pants. I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.

Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her “cool” friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends. Lucy, the girl who hated me, called me her best friend. After that, we still were good friends a whole year later.

I may have moved to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. It’s funny — I still remember her birthday. She was a great friend. And to think, she considered me her enemy at first. Though it was hard, and it felt like I was wasting my time, and losing my dignity (尊严), I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I’m not stupid, I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with it. And we became great friends.

About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” Immediately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy. That sentence just reminded me how great it was for me to change Lucy into my friend in that state of Iowa five years ago.

1.When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried _____.

A. she looked stupid when asking questions

B. she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class

C. she was not ready for change at all

D. she couldn’t get along well with her classmates

2.How did the author change Lucy’s attitude towards her?

A. By wearing make-up.

B. By keeping smiling at Lucy.

C. By wearing bell-bottom pants.

D. By sitting beside Lucy in class.

3.From Paragraph 5, we know the author thought _____.

A. it was right of her to suffer when making friends

B. it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy

C. it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did

D. it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Patience is important in making friends.

B. Friendship needs to be cared for.

C. Making friends means losing enemies.

D. Kindness can defeat any enemy.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Greg Evans started to study film at Ryerson University, but had a change of heart and switched to social work at George Brown College in second year．Yet the college recognized only one of Evans' general-interest credits（学分） from Ryerson , and also made him take English all over again although he had passed it at university．

“So I spent time and money taking a course I had already taken before”, complained Evans．"The system really needs to change．" Evans was part of a chorus of Ontario students on Monday cheering a new $ 73．7 million five-year plan to help students switch from college to university, and from university to college．

After years' of urging from students, the Ontario government set up a new Credit Transfer Innovation loud to help students move back and forth between the more hands-on courses of community college to the often broader academic focus of a university degree．" We hear horror stories about students who can't get recognition from one institution for a very similar course at another, and in one case I believe the same professor was teaching them both," noted Malloy after announcing the new fund．

Individual colleges and universities have decided on nearly 500 joint deals to honor each other's credits in certain courses．Each school is required to set targets for more credit-transfer agreements, and link these increases to provincial funding．

More than 4,000 college graduates transfer （转换） to university in Ontario every year twice as many as eight years ago, noted Justin Fox, president of the College Student Alliance．Yet Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits, in part to avoid copying each other's courses, noted Bonnie Patterson, president of the Council of Ontario Universities ,who welcomed the increased flexibility．

1.What happened when Greg Evans switched to social work at George Brown College?

A. He was considered to be unqualified for social work．

B. His previous credits were not all recognized．

C. He wasn't able to get enough credits．

D. His English didn't reach the required standard．

2.According to Paragraph 3, Malloy believes _____________

A. it is time that the system was changed

B. the same professor can't teach in different schools

C. students should focus on their chosen courses

D. the students' stories are horrible

3.Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits partly to _____________.

A. avoid accepting unqualified students

B. keep their similar courses

C. prevent courses becoming similar

D. attract famous professors

4.What attitude does Bonnie Patterson have towards the transferring system?

A. He is strongly against it

B．He is very doubtful about it

C. He thinks it is too flexible

D．He supports it for its flexibility

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A four-year study of 200 college students found that those who drink heavily and started drinking at an early age demonstrate poor decision-making skills, just like long-term, chronic(长期的) alcoholics. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia believe early onset binge drinking negatively affects psychological development.

The researches examined college students between the ages of 18 and 22. After three years, they tested them using the Iowa Gambling Test, which measures the tendency to make immediate (disadvantageous) or long-term (advantageous) choices.

Based on the students’ reported drinking habits, they were grouped into four categories: low binge drinkers, moderate binge drinkers, increasing binge drinkers and stable or high binge drinkers.

“Students in the stable or high alcohol use category, who had longer histories of binge drinking, made riskier and less advantageous choices, which reflect problems associated with planning for the future,” the researchers reported.

The study also found that only students who started binge drinking when they were younger showed impairment on the task.

“There is reason to think that heavy binge drinking during adolescence, when the brain is still rapidly developing, may have some negative legacy (遗传) on psychological development,” said Kenneth J. Sher of MU’s Midwest Alcoholism Research Center in a news release. “The interesting thing is that if we were to just look at binge drinkers and how impaired they are in the decision-making process as juniors, we’d really be obscuring(使模糊) the important issue, which is how long they’ve been binge drinkers and / or how early they started.”

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Four categories of heavy drinkers.

B．Heavy drinking affects college students.

C．Early onset binge drinkers are poor at decision-making.

D．People drinking at an early age will develop into binge drinkers.

2.Which category would make the most disadvantageous choice?

A．Low binge drinkers                      B．moderate binge drinkers

C．Increasing binge drinkers                 D．Stable binge drinkers

3.Early onset binge drinking negatively affects psychological development because _______.

A．adolescent students were not suitable for drinking

B．drinking too much will slow the growth of the brain

C．the brain has not fully developed during adolescence

D．drinking will make the students make dangerous choices

4.What Kenneth J. Sher says suggests that _______.

A．he is quite clear about what the important issue is

B．if binger drinkers started late, there would be no bad effect

C．the important issue is how impaired the students are in decision-making

D．only early binge drinkers will have their decision-making ability affected

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．

The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges．But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make—it would distract me from playing,” he says．“I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played． It’s almost as if they weren’t there． I just wanted to make music．”

Hawley is a winner． But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning． He did it by concentrating on playing well．

“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin．“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle．The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well．”

A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr．Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions．“They are interested in winning, but they’re most interested in self-development, testing their limits．”

One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each． “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says．“They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’．”

A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．

“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a prolonged depression． You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them．” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise． He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．

1.Hawley won the contest because _______．

A．he put all his mind to his performance

B．he cared much about the judges’ feelings

C．he tried his best to avoid making mistakes

D．he paid close attention to the people around

2.High performers is that they tend to give priority to _______．

A．glory          B. wealth        C. pleasure    D. work

3.According to the passage, successful people concentrate on _______．

A．challenging their own limits         B．learning from others

C．defeating their opponents  D．avoiding setbacks

4. It can be learned from the passage that top performers are not _______．

A．interested in winning              B．free of losses

C．accustomed to failures             D．concerned about setbacks

5.The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble _______．

A．helps people deal with their disappointment

B．makes people forget their setbacks

C．makes people regret about their past

D．helps people realize their goals

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．

　The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges. But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make — it would distract me from playing,” he says. “I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played. It’s almost as if they weren’t there. I just wanted to make music.”

Hawley is a winner. But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning. He did it by concentrating on playing well．

　“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin. “The important thing in life is not the triumph (胜利) but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”

　A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr. Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions. “They are interested in winning, but they are most interested in self - development, testing their limits.”

　One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each. “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says. “They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’.”

　A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．

　“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a long depression. You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them.” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise. He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．

1.Hawley won the contest because ________．

A. he put all his mind to his performance

B. he cared much about the judges’ feelings

C. he tried his best to avoid making mistakes

D. he paid close attention to the people around

2.According to the passage, successful people concentrate on ________．

A. challenging their own limits                              B. learning from others

C. defeating their opponents                                    D. avoiding setbacks

3.The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble ________．

A. helps people deal with their disappointment

B. makes people forget their setbacks

C. makes people regret about their past

D. helps people analyze what went wrong

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

My friends and I have just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it got 　　 , I decided to brave the drizzle(毛毛雨) and get my car, which was parked at my office three streets away.

My friends 　　 that I shouldn’t go, as I was seven months pregnant. I told them that I’d be very 　　 . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stay with another friend who 　　 help with her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my 　　　　　 to the car. At the traffic lights, a van 　　 and the passenger came out with an umbrella. 　　 I knew what was happening, he walked right 　　 me and told me he’d go with me to my 　　 . I was very embarrassed and said politely that he didn’t need to, but he was very 　　 .

During our walk, he kept telling me to walk 　　 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park, I thanked him and he left. I did not get his name and may not even 　　 him now, after all these years. Did he 　　 stop for me? I’ll never know.

So how did I move 　　 after the event? I was at home when I noticed two Indian builders walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the 　　 site near my house, which was a long 　　 . I went out and passed them an umbrella. They were shocked by my gesture and could not 　　 at once. I told them they 　　 take it and keep it. They were very grateful and 　　 me, probably wondered why a stranger would be offering such 　　 .

1.A.heavier　 B.stronger C.lighterD.smaller

2.A.wished　 B.promisedC.deniedD.argued

3.A.careful　　 B. anxiousC. busyD. late

4.A.received　 B. wantedC. neededD. provided

5.A.callB. way    C. markD. excuse

6.A.passed　　 B. stoppedC. leftD. started

7.A.Until　　 B. WhenC. AfterD. Before

8.A.roundB. pastC. besideD. near

9.A.hotelB. destinationC. streetD. car

10.A.gentle　　 B. toughC. stubbornD. persistent

11.A.slower　　 B. fasterC. directlyD. cheerfully

12.A.accept　　 B. rememberC. knowD. recognize

13.A.purposely B. sociallyC. willinglyD. morally

14.A.forward　 B. onwardsC. backD. past

15.A.developing B. exhibition　 　　 C. campingD. construction

16.A.drive　　　 B. walkC. areaD. length

17.A.respond　　 B. greetC. understandD. interrupt

18.A.had to　　 B. shouldC. mustD. might

19.A.beyond　　 B. exceptC. likeD. with

20.A.treatment　 B. adviceC. warmthD. kindness

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析