For a while, my neighborhood was taken over by an army of joggers(慢跑的人). They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army. I’m not alone in my opinion.
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet are a real pounding(沉重的脚步) running down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts” Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week—it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.
1.From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood _________.
A.Jogging became very popular
B.People jogged only during the daytime
C.Alex organized an army of joggers
D.Jogging provided a chance to get together
2.The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.
A.heart attacks B.back problems
C.hundreds of people D.physical weaknesses
3.From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that_____
A.Jogging can help people keep fit
B.Many physical problems result from jogging
C.Not everyone enjoys jogging
D.Jogging makes people feel greater
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For a while, my neighborhood was taken over by an army of joggers. They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. "Come on!" My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. "You'll feel great."
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army, I'm not alone in my opinion.
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet will be a real pounding ruining down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn't kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn't my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, "I love being out there with just my thoughts." Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn't just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn't fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don't jog any more, and I don't think I ever will. I'm walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I'm getting exercise, and I'm enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I've found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.
67. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer's neighborhood ____.
A. jogging became very popular B. people jogged only during the daytime
C. Alex organized an army of joggers D. jogging provided a chance to get together
68. What was the writer's attitude towards jogging in the beginning?
A. He felt it was worth a try. B. He was very fond of it.
C. He was strongly against it. D. He thought it must be painful.
69. Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?
A. He disliked doing exercise outside. B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
C. He was afraid of having a heart attack. D. He was worried about being left alone.
70. From the writer's experience, we can conclude that ____.
A. not everyone enjoys jogging
B. he is the only person who hates jogging
C. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
D. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport
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For a while, my neighborhood was taken over by an army of joggers(慢跑的人). They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army. I’m not alone in my opinion.
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet are a real pounding(沉重的脚步) running down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts” Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week—it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.
1.From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood _________.
A.Jogging became very popular
B.People jogged only during the daytime
C.Alex organized an army of joggers
D.Jogging provided a chance to get together
2.The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.
A.heart attacks B.back problems
C.hundreds of people D.physical weaknesses
3.From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that_____
A.Jogging can help people keep fit
B.Many physical problems result from jogging
C.Not everyone enjoys jogging
D.Jogging makes people feel greater
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For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers(慢跑者). They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army. I’m not alone in my opinion.
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet a real pounding(追击)ruining down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts”Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.
1.From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______.
A. jogging became very popular B. people jogged only during the daytime
C. Alex organized an army of joggers
D. jogging provided a chance to get together
2.The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.
A. heart attacks B. Back problems C. famous joggers D. physical weaknesses
3.What was the writer’s attitude towards jogging in the beginning?
A. He felt it was worth a try. B. He was very fond of it.
C. He was strongly against it. D. He thought it must be painful.
4.Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?
A. He disliked doing exercise outside.
B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
C. He was afraid of having a heart attack.
D. He was worried about being left alone.
5.From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that______.
A. not everyone enjoys jogging
B. he is the only person who hates jogging
C. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
D. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport.
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One recent night, while I was leafing through its pages of an old journal, my eyes met a quote by the British writer Graham Greene that I had marked, “A prejudice had something in common with an ideal.”In other words, ideals—general descriptions of people's expectations of themselves and others—can often lead us to unreasonable ideas.It got me thinking about how we often allow ourselves to generalize about groups of people.We like to stereotype people by the color of their skin, the year of their birth or any other related factors.
I grew up in a multi-racial corner of America.The different groups were often subject to narrow stereotypes:Jewish people were“greedy”, Mexicans were“poorly educated”, and Asians were“good at math”.These labels were taught to us from a young age.They wormed their way into our belief systems, harming how we came to see others.It made me sad growing up to see people repeat these stereotypes as if they were true.The rush-to judgment of people breeds a culture of discrimination.
You can also see these over-generalized descriptions being made against today's Chinese people.Whether it be a lack of interest or worry among mile millennial being described as “monkish”, or“dad-fashion”which has given the“greasy middle-aged men”tag.stereotypes always seem to gain a foothold in the consciousness of our society.But these generalizations do real harm as these myths may become part of the wider population.
It's about time that we, as a society, walked away from generalizations and stereotypes.I leave you with the words of Martin Luther King Jr.from his famous“I Have a Dream”speech:“T look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”By reserving judgment and really getting to know the individual you might just find your irrational ideas have no foundation.
1.According to the passage, how do people tend to judge others?
A.By describing people's personalities.
B.By truly getting to know those around.
C.By observing their noticeable features.
D.By following Martin Luther King's speech.
2.Examples of“millennial”and dad-fashion”are mentioned in Paragraph 3 to reveal .
A.generalizations have unfavorable position in society
B.generalizations have a negative influence on our society
C.generalizations are found peculiar to the middle-age Chinese
D.generalizations make today's Chinese people lack interest or worry
3.The passage is mainly concerned with .
A.the common prejudice
B.people's expectation of themselves
C.the groundless worries
D.the famous speech of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The city ____ by an army of 600 men was difficult to take.
A.defending | B.to defend | C.having defended | D.defended |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My neighbor Peter Gate’s life was shadowed for years by the memory of his part in an outdoor adventure that resulted in the death of one of his classmates.He and his wife 21 after six years of marriage.Then the news about Peter changed.His wife Betty came back; he 22 a fine position in a company.
One day he told me what had changed his 23 : I used to think, ‘Nothing can undo what I have done.’ The thought of my guilt(罪恶感) would 24 me in the middle of a smile or a handshake.It put a wall between my wife and me.Then I had an 25 visit from the person I 26 most to see —the 27 of the college classmate who died.“Years ago”, she said, “I found it in my heart, through prayer(祈祷), to 28 you.Betty forgave you.So did your friends and employers.” She 29, and then said 30, “You are the one person who hasn’t forgiven Peter Gate.Who do you think you are to 31 the people of this town and God ?” “I 32 her eyes and found there a kind of permission to be the person I might have been _33__her son had lived.For the first time in my adult life I felt 34 to love and be loved.”
So, you see, it is only through forgiveness of our 35 that we gain the freedom to learn from experience.But forgiving our shortcomings doesn't mean 36 that they exist.37 , it means 38 them honestly, realistically.39 you forgive, you cannot love.And without 40, life has no meaning.Forgiveness is a good quality.
1.A.divided B.separated C.quarrelled D.left
2.A.lost B.kept C.earned D.discovered
3.A.marriage B.job C.family D.life
4.A.help B.stop C.protect D.attract
5.A.unexpected B.unwilling C.unfriendly D.unknown
6.A.hoped B.feared C.terrified D.wished
7.A.sister B.wife C.mother D.teacher
8.A.hate B.love C.forgive D.forget
9.A.stopped B.added C.continued D.paused
10.A.seriously B.sadly C.cheerfully D.nervously
11.A.get along with B.stand out against
C.keep in touch with D.live in harmony with
12.A.looked at B.looked for C.looked into D.looked after
13.A.if B.when C.unless D.after
14.A.worried B.worthy C.lonely D.curious
15.A.adventures B.friends C.mistakes D.classmates
16.A.ignoring B.admitting C.remembering D.finding
17.A.To begin with B.On the other hand
C.Above all D.On the contrary
18.A.facing B.recognizing C.returning D.forgetting
19.A.Although B.If C.Unless D.Because
20.A.forgiveness B.love C.freedom D.shortcomings
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In ___ year 751, the Chinese traveler Du Huan was taken ___________ prisoner by the Arabic army.
A.a, the B./, the C.the, a D.the,/
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That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didn’t care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it.
For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason.
However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again.
A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.
While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.
After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence.
1.What do we know about the author’s mother?
A. She didn’t like insects at all.
B. She liked insects more than his father.
C. She cared for insects very much.
D. She could only tolerate a few insects.
2.The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______.
A. cigarettes for himself B. some poison
C. more coffee for his wife D. some gasoline
3.The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______.
A. they were no longer useful
B. the crickets were afraid of fires
C. they became the home of crickets
D. the dead crickets came back to life
4.We learn from the last paragraph that ________.
A. the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets
B. the author’s parents learned to put up with insects
C. the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire
D. the author’s parents got divorced
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Christopher Garrett was an engineer with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division. While serving in Afghanistan, Christopher was shot and ______. He was hospitalized and then medically ______.
Christopher was ______ to be returning home to his wife, Brittany, and was looking forward to getting back to normal life. Soon, ______, it became clear that “normal” was going to have a new ______.
Christopher’s ______ made things difficult. Things that had once come ______ to him-like mowing the lawn (修剪草坪) — now seemed almost impossible. Even still, Christopher was ______ not to let his injuries get the best of him. Even though he only had an old-fashioned, non-motorized push mower, he ______ to go out and mow the yard, working through the ______ until the job was done.
It was ______ for Brittany to watch her husband go through this pain. When she saw Christopher threw himself down on the ground in tears one day, she ran to him, thinking he was ______ an emotional breakdown. When she got out to the yard, however, she saw the ______ of Christopher’s tears Sitting in the yard was a(n) ______ riding lawn mower. Attached was a note: “I hope this ______ time for the things that matter most in your life. Thank you for your ______ and for my freedom. A grateful American.”
Though the Garretts have no ______ who left the mower in their yard, it is clear a neighbor had seen Christopher ______ and wanted to help. That person may never know just how much the ______ meant to the Garretts, but for this couple it was life-changing.
Christopher still has a long ______ ahead of him in the recovery process, but thanks to this generous stranger, the journey is now a little easier.
1.A. caught B. wounded C. trapped D. killed
2.A. recovered B. refused C. retired D. removed
3.A. fortunate B. disappointed C. happy D. unwilling
4.A. though B. therefore C. meanwhile D. instead
5.A. story B. direction C. result D. meaning
6.A. disability B. strength C. fear D. appearance
7.A. steadily B. quickly C. naturally D. easily
8.A. forced B. determined C. astonished D. persuade
9.A. continued B. preferred C. promised D. intended
10.A. hunger B. sorrow C. pain D. anger
11.A. embarrassing B. unusual C. annoying D. difficult
12.A. suffering B. imagining C. overcoming D. performing
13.A. source B. outcome C. purpose D. power
14.A. special B. ordinary C. strange D. new
15.A. takes B. saves C. occupies D. leaves
16.A. honesty B. service C. kindness D. attention
17.A. doubt B. question C. idea D. way
18.A. searching B. complaining C. struggling D. crying
19.A. note B. gift C. reward D. solution
20.A. life B. experience C. wait D. road
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The stranger calling himself a friend of my father's________to be a cheat. I was almost taken in by his trick.
A.turned out B.looked out C.pointed out D.came out
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