Growing up on a tobacco farm, Emma Avery was used to hard times. When she was seven, her family’s farmhouse burned to the ground. Her father made a temporary (临时的) shelter, where eight people had to sleep in two beds. As soon as Emma and her four brothers and two sisters were big enough, they were out in the fields.
Emma would find her comfort in school, even as a C student, thanks to one teacher. When she moved on to middle school, Emma was alarmingly far behind her classmates. She kept her head down, trying not to be noticed, struggling to catch up, and feeling like an outsider.
Then one day, when Emma was 16, a teacher named Mr. Potts changed everything. Looking his students in the eye, Mr. Potts said, "Being a C student does not mean you do not have a valuable contribution to make. Some of you have to work in the fields in the evening and do not have time to study. But if you do your best, you have a gift to give."
The teacher’s words made Emma believe she could do well, and she worked harder. In the end she won a scholarship to St. Paul’s College, graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1967, and got a job in the public-school system. Then, at George Washington University, she received a master’s in education in 1970, and afterwards in the same year she married Ron Smothers.
Over the next six years, Emma taught in public schools in Miami. In 1976, after saving $10,000, she opened her first restaurant in Los Angeles. Eventually Emma stopped teaching, and her business expanded (扩展) to six restaurants.
In gratitude (感激) for what she has been able to achieve, Emma donates a lot. She has no idea how much money she’s given away. She says, "Those I want to help are the C students who just need help, direction and confidence."
1.The first paragraph serves to show that Emma ______.
A.was poor and had no time to study B.was born on a tobacco farm C.was sad to lose her house D.was kind enough to help support the family
2.From the text we learn that Emma ______.
A.won a scholarship to George Washington University B.was unsuccessful as a businesswoman C.was thankful to Mr. Potts D.disliked teaching, and gave up the job
3.From the second paragraph we can infer that Emma was ______.
A.unintelligent B.unconfident C.hard-working D.Considerate
4.The text mainly wants to tell us ______.
A.confidence is the first step to success B.memory of the past is the teacher of the future C.something attempted, something done D.nothing is impossible to a willing heart
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Growing up on a tobacco farm, Emma Avery was used to hard times. When she was seven, her family’s farmhouse burned to the ground. Her father made a temporary (临时的) shelter, where eight people had to sleep in two beds. As soon as Emma and her four brothers and two sisters were big enough, they were out in the fields.
Emma would find her comfort in school, even as a C student, thanks to one teacher. When she moved on to middle school, Emma was alarmingly far behind her classmates. She kept her head down, trying not to be noticed, struggling to catch up, and feeling like an outsider.
Then one day, when Emma was 16, a teacher named Mr. Potts changed everything. Looking his students in the eye, Mr. Potts said, "Being a C student does not mean you do not have a valuable contribution to make. Some of you have to work in the fields in the evening and do not have time to study. But if you do your best, you have a gift to give."
The teacher’s words made Emma believe she could do well, and she worked harder. In the end she won a scholarship to St. Paul’s College, graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1967, and got a job in the public-school system. Then, at George Washington University, she received a master’s in education in 1970, and afterwards in the same year she married Ron Smothers.
Over the next six years, Emma taught in public schools in Miami. In 1976, after saving $10,000, she opened her first restaurant in Los Angeles. Eventually Emma stopped teaching, and her business expanded (扩展) to six restaurants.
In gratitude (感激) for what she has been able to achieve, Emma donates a lot. She has no idea how much money she’s given away. She says, "Those I want to help are the C students who just need help, direction and confidence."
1.The first paragraph serves to show that Emma ______.
A.was poor and had no time to study B.was born on a tobacco farm C.was sad to lose her house D.was kind enough to help support the family
2.From the text we learn that Emma ______.
A.won a scholarship to George Washington University B.was unsuccessful as a businesswoman C.was thankful to Mr. Potts D.disliked teaching, and gave up the job
3.From the second paragraph we can infer that Emma was ______.
A.unintelligent B.unconfident C.hard-working D.Considerate
4.The text mainly wants to tell us ______.
A.confidence is the first step to success B.memory of the past is the teacher of the future C.something attempted, something done D.nothing is impossible to a willing heart
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I am a student and part-time waitress in Chicago. Growing up, I was used to words such as “Don’t talk to strangers”. As a result, I don’t talk to unknown people at work except taking orders.
One night, a little old man, probably in his eighties, came in. I took his order and went on my way. But I noticed that he came in week after week. Slowly, I began having short conversations with my new guest, whose name was Mr Rodgers, but he insisted that I call him Don. I learned that he and his wife had gone to dinner and a movie every Saturday. Since she had died, he carried on the tradition alone. I began looking forward to him coming in and telling me his movie reviews.
As the weeks went on I began to sit and really talk with Don. We talked about his wife, his days and his son. Eventually, we began to talk about my dreams and studies.
Since meeting Don, I have learned that strangers can become friends and that life can be much more enjoyable if I make friendly conversations. After all, I became more than just his waitress. I became his friend, too.
1.What did the author talk about with Don finally?
A.Dreams. B.Movies.
C.Friends. D.Orders.
2.Who accompanied Mr Rodgers to dinner and a movie?
A.A stranger. B.The waitress.
C.Don. D.His wife.
3.Why did the author think that she was more than a waitress?
A.Because her service was good.
B.Because she had gentle behavior.
C.Because she could make friends .
D.Because her conversations were friendly.
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An old farmer lived on a farm with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early to read his Bhagavat Geeta. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavat Geeta just like you but I don't understand it, What good does reading the Bhagavat Geeta do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water."
The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out (漏出) before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the same took place. He told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water with a basket.
The old man said, " You're just not trying hard enough," So the boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. he said, "See Grandpa, it's useless!"
"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket into a clean one inside and outside.
"You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of Krishna in our lives."
1.We can learn from Paragraph 1 that the grandson_________.
A.was fond of reading
B.liked his grandpa very much
C.got up early to carry water every day
D.helped his grandpa on the farm
2.According to the grandson,___________.
A.he enjoyed reading the Bhagavat Geeta
B.learning the Bhagavat Geeta was easy
C.he was not good at remembering anything
D.reading the Bhagavat Geeta was meaningless
3.We can learn that by getting water with a basket, the grandson__________.
A.washed the dirt off the basket
B.kept some water for the future
C.was punished for what he had said
D.became stronger and cleverer
4.The grandfather gave his grandson a lesson by_________.
A.telling him an interesting story
B.having a heated discussion with him
C.asking him to carry water with a basket
D.performing an experiment for him
5.What would the grandson like to do in the future?
A.To help his grandpa carry water
B.To hold water with a bucket
C.To read the Bhagavat Geeta.
D.To remember everything in his life.
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—Where did you meet your wife for the first time ?
—It was on the farm ______ she used to work.
A. where B. that C. when D. which
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John was part of my childhood growing up in the 1970s and a link to sunny, fun-filled days spent on the beach at Bangor in Northern Ireland where we went for our summer holidays. To many, he was a mystery. Every afternoon John would wander to the end of the pier (码头) where he fed the seagulls and delighted in the sound of their excited cries as they flew around his head.
Often I asked my family questions regarding John. Eventually I gave up as no one could tell me anything about him. As I grew up, my visits to the beach became less frequent, and my memories of John buried in a child’s imagination.
Last year memories came flooding back as I walked along the coastline, where I noticed a lady feeding the seagulls on the pier, and I decided to introduce myself. Then I came to know that the lady was John’s daughter, and after John left this world she carried out the ritual (惯例), which had held such importance for her father.
In some strange way I felt we shared a bond, each needing to remember. In return, Lucy told me of John’s life, his days in the British Navy (海军) during World War I and how he almost lost hope when his ship was attacked by a German U-boat in the North Sea and he found himself in a lifeboat with five others.
Close to death, he thought he heard the sound of wings. He put up his hands, only to catch a seagull that had landed on the side of the boat. The seagull saved the lives of the six men as it was used to catch fish, which kept them alive until they reached land. This period of John’s life was one he never talked about. But the ritual he first performed as a young man remained a part of him until he died.
Now I visit Lucy as often as I can, just to chat or very often walk along the beach to the pier end. We enjoy the comfortable silence, each lost in special memories.
1.Seeing John feeding the seagulls, the author might feel _____.
A. proud B. worried
C. curious D. guilty
2. Why did the author introduce herself to the lady?
A. She wanted to make more friends.
B. She was also fond of feeding seagulls.
C. She was told the lady was John’s daughter.
D. She was attracted by what the lady was doing.
3. We can infer from the text that John _____.
A. once served in both World Wars
B. was a man with a grateful heart
C. spent his childhood in Bangor
D. joined the navy in the 1970s
4.What does the author mainly tell us in the text?
A. She expressed her thanks to a seagull that saved her life.
B. She told us the story of how she made friends with a lady.
C. She shared with us her memories of a man who fed seagulls.
D. She talked about her childhood spent on the beach at Bangor.
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_______ on a farm caused her to become curious about nature.
A.Her not being brought up B.She was not brought up
C.She not being brought up D.Having not been brought up
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阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Growing up on a small farm,I lived a life that I took for granted. My father worked in the city as a plumber(水暖工). He was not highly educated,but he was smart,looking at problems in an engineer’s way. He was a man made of leather,brass and chewing tobacco who tried to teach my brother and me useful things,including respect. He also had a temper and was strict with us for he would scold us when we made some careless mistakes. Sometimes,my father seemed like a distant enemy to me and I didn’t like him very much.
One day I came home from primary school and his car was already there. Once inside,I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. My father never missed work;in fact,when he came home,he went to the barn to work even more. I remember looking at him secretly around the corner as he lay on his bed in the middle of the day.
Later,my mother told me he got multiple myeloma (多发性骨髓瘤),a type of blood cancer. As the cancer grows,the person will shrink because the disease destroys the body’s energy and the abnormal antibodies cause problems for other cells and tissue. Bones eventually look like Swiss cheese,and when they break,they may never heal. But I didn’t realize that my father’s time was rather limited and just treated him the same way I used to.
For the last year of my father’s life,his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his chair to sit and think. He was predictably in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were,but the two of us were alone.
注意:1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4. 续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
He asked me to sit down and what he told me still moves me these decades later.
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Paragraph 2:
At that moment,I realized that he was doing more than telling.
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People have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe. In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes popular.
Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, causes the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate. Nicotine in large can kill a person by stopping a person’s breathing muscles. Smokers usually take in small amounts that the body can quickly break down.
Nicotine can make new smokers feel dizzy(头晕) or sick to their stomachs. The heart rate for young smokers increases 2 to 3 beats per minute. Nicotine also lowers skin temperature and reduces blood flow in the legs and feet. It plays an important role in increasing smokers’ risk of heart disease and stroke.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. Cigarette smoking was the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases.
1.Tobacco first appeared in ________.
A. Asia B. Africa C. Europe D. America
2.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To tell us the bad effects caused by smoking cigarettes.
B. To introduce the history of smoking.
C. To let us know what the cigarettes are made from.
D. To tell the readers that Columbus found the Indians smoking.
3.The following effects are caused by Nicotine EXCEPT that ________.
A. it can make new smokers feel dizzy or sick to their stomachs
B. it lowers skin temperature
C. it causes the heart to beat less fast
D. Nicotine will probably kill a person if a smoker takes in too much of it.
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Where did cigarettes come from?
B. The effect of smoking on your body.
C. How to smoke is healthy?
D. Who is the first smoker?
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
People have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe . In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes popular.
Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, causes the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate. Nicotine in large can kill a person by stopping a person’s breathing muscles. Smokers usually take in small amounts that the body can quickly break down.
Nicotine can make new smokers feel dizzy(头晕) or sick to their stomachs. The heart rate for young smokers increases 2 to 3 beats per minute. Nicotine also lowers skin temperature and reduces blood flow in the legs and feet. It plays an important role in increasing smokers’ risk of heart disease and stroke.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. Cigarette smoking was the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases.
1..
Tobacco first appeared in_________.
A. Asia B. Africa
C. Europe D. America
2..
What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To tell us the bad effects caused by smoking cigarettes
B. To introduce the history of smoking
C. To let us know what the cigarettes are made from
D. To tell the readers that Columbus found the Indians smoking
3..
._________doesn’t make one’s heart beat as usual.
A. Tar B. Nicotine
C. Lung disease D. Leave
4..
The following effects are caused by Nicotine EXCEPT that________.
A. It can make new smokers feel dizzy or sick to their stomachs
B. It lowers skin temperature
C. It causes the heart to beat less fast
D. Nicotine will probably kill a person if a smoker takes in too much of it.
5..
What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Where did cigarettes come from?
B. The effect of smoking on your body.
C. How to smoke is healthy?
D. Who is the first smoker?
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As a boy growing up in India, I had wanted to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s, with great interest.
My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe, where my father was to attend a meeting. We planned to travel to Belgium, Netherlands and West Germany.
I have lively memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going abroad. I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till then but now I finally got to experience them first hand, during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew. The flight was really smooth and very enjoyable, even for someone like me, who is otherwise scared of flying.
After spending almost two weeks in Europe, we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport, for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河), it was simply an unforgettable experience. I was in a sombre mood on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked the end of a wonderful vacation, but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again, with the quality of their service.
Being the first airline to take me overseas, Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even today, I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline. Flying, in general, for me, has always been a terrible and painful experience. Flying on Lufthansa, however, is something I always have and always will look forward to.
1.What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?
A. Growing up in India.
B. Once traveling to Canada with his father.
C. Once staying in Canada.
D. His father’s stories about his traveling experiences.
2.The underlined word “sombre” in the 4th paragraph probably means “________”.
A. happy B. excited
C. angry D. sad
3.Which of the following is TRUE about the author’s trip to Europe in 1998?
A. Both their going and return were by air.
B. They traveled in the spring that year.
C. The author traveled with one of his parents.
D. They stayed in Europe for nearly two months.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is ________.
A. an airline company B. a city in India
C. a city in Europe D. a travel agency
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