There was a young girl who was raised in circumstances where three meals day was a luxury.
Her family was so poor that she couldn’t afford footwear or books. She would wear overly long dresses to school so her class mates wouldn't notice her bare feet.
Her father had old fashioned ideas about how sons vs. daughters should be raised. However, a sympathetic colleague of his at work would sneak his daughter paper that was used only on one side. The girl would then sew them into a notebook and use those at school. Since she couldn’t afford textbooks either, she would borrow them from her classmates in return for helping them with their homework, and would copy by hand every word and every diagram from each textbook into her homemade single sided notebooks. She could have complained her fate and quit school. Instead, she chose to look at it as extra practice.
Invariably, she would graduate at the top of her class and eventually made it all the way to high school, fighting against her circumstances all the way, every single day.
It was the night before finals. She was putting the finishing touches on her biology lab work journal. It represented an entire year’s worth of her work. She was so absorbed in her school work she forgot to look at the clock. It was her father’s dinner time and she had not warmed his food yet. That was enough to drive him to such anger that he grabbed her journal and stuck the entire thing in the wood stove. Through blurry eyes, she watched her entire year’s labor go up in flames. In order to make that journal which had to be submitted to the examiners for grading, she had specially gathered sheets of paper with pencil writing on one side, and erased every pencil mark using erasers so small they were abandoned by their previous owners as unusable. She then measured and hand cut each sheet so they were all the exact same size before starting work on the journal of 100 pages.
She could have broken down beyond hope at this point. Instead, when life handed her lemons, she decided she’s going to make the best lemonade ever tasted.
She served her father dinner, and after he went to bed, she set about recreating an entire year's worth of work overnight by the light of an oil lamp, because her father would be mad if she wasted electricity studying. This time, she was racing against the clock and this cost her when her work was graded. She still ended up topping her class anyway. She graduated high school with perfect scores and the highest honors in Math, Physics and Biology and with one point less than the perfect score in Chemistry. She made the best lemonade in her life!
1.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The girl’s father treated her very well.
B. The girl stole paper from her colleague.
C. The girl complained her life and quit school.
D. The girl ranked No. 1 when she graduated.
2.Why her father was so angry?
A. The girl didn’t cook for him.
B. The girl didn’t do well at school.
C. The girl made the lemonade.
D. The girl wasted electricity studying.
3.Which of the following words can best describe the girl?
A. poor and complaining
B. determined and hardworking
C. forgetful and careless
D. sympathetic and helpful
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A. A Brave Young Girl.
B. Be Yourself.
C. The Best Lemonade in life.
D. Study is very important
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
There was a young girl who was raised in circumstances where three meals day was a luxury.
Her family was so poor that she couldn’t afford footwear or books. She would wear overly long dresses to school so her class mates wouldn't notice her bare feet.
Her father had old fashioned ideas about how sons vs. daughters should be raised. However, a sympathetic colleague of his at work would sneak his daughter paper that was used only on one side. The girl would then sew them into a notebook and use those at school. Since she couldn’t afford textbooks either, she would borrow them from her classmates in return for helping them with their homework, and would copy by hand every word and every diagram from each textbook into her homemade single sided notebooks. She could have complained her fate and quit school. Instead, she chose to look at it as extra practice.
Invariably, she would graduate at the top of her class and eventually made it all the way to high school, fighting against her circumstances all the way, every single day.
It was the night before finals. She was putting the finishing touches on her biology lab work journal. It represented an entire year’s worth of her work. She was so absorbed in her school work she forgot to look at the clock. It was her father’s dinner time and she had not warmed his food yet. That was enough to drive him to such anger that he grabbed her journal and stuck the entire thing in the wood stove. Through blurry eyes, she watched her entire year’s labor go up in flames. In order to make that journal which had to be submitted to the examiners for grading, she had specially gathered sheets of paper with pencil writing on one side, and erased every pencil mark using erasers so small they were abandoned by their previous owners as unusable. She then measured and hand cut each sheet so they were all the exact same size before starting work on the journal of 100 pages.
She could have broken down beyond hope at this point. Instead, when life handed her lemons, she decided she’s going to make the best lemonade ever tasted.
She served her father dinner, and after he went to bed, she set about recreating an entire year's worth of work overnight by the light of an oil lamp, because her father would be mad if she wasted electricity studying. This time, she was racing against the clock and this cost her when her work was graded. She still ended up topping her class anyway. She graduated high school with perfect scores and the highest honors in Math, Physics and Biology and with one point less than the perfect score in Chemistry. She made the best lemonade in her life!
1.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The girl’s father treated her very well.
B. The girl stole paper from her colleague.
C. The girl complained her life and quit school.
D. The girl ranked No. 1 when she graduated.
2.Why her father was so angry?
A. The girl didn’t cook for him.
B. The girl didn’t do well at school.
C. The girl made the lemonade.
D. The girl wasted electricity studying.
3.Which of the following words can best describe the girl?
A. poor and complaining
B. determined and hardworking
C. forgetful and careless
D. sympathetic and helpful
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A. A Brave Young Girl.
B. Be Yourself.
C. The Best Lemonade in life.
D. Study is very important
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料,根据其内容进行续写,使之构成一个完整的短文。
Lill was a shy , young girl who grew up in a village. At the age of 16, her father forced her to drop out of school and find a job to help the family.
With poor education, skills and hope, the young girl would take the bus into the big cities of Windsor and Detroit, walk aimlessly about and then return home every day. She couldn't even bring herself to knock on a door.
As the days passed, Lill knew she had to have the courage to knock on a door. On one of her trips, Lill saw a sign at Carhartt Overall Company, saying, “Help Wanted, Secretary. Apply Within. ” She walked up to the office and was met by the office manager Margaret, who sat her down at a typewriter and said with a smile, “Let's see how good you really are."
She directed Lill to type a single letter and then left. Lill looked at the clock: 11: 40 am. She figured that she could run away in the crowd when the clock struck 12. But she knew she should at least stay and give it a try.
On her first try, she got through one line. It had five words and she made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock read 11: 45. “In fifteen minutes," she said to herself, “I'll escape from the company, and she will never see me again. ” On her second try, Lill got through a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. Again she pulled out the paper, threw it out and started over. This time she completed the whole letter, but still there were many errors in it. She looked at the clock: 11:55 — five minutes to freedom.
注意:1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 应使用5个以上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。
Just then, the door at one end of the office opened and Margaret walked in. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lill did stay at Carhartt Overall Company for 51 years, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
高三英语读后续写困难题查看答案及解析
语法填空
In my elementary years, there was a little girl in the class who worked very hard but somehow could never do satisfactorily in her lessons.
The teacher asked me to help her, and it was obvious 1. she expected a lot from me. But as a young boy, restless, thoughtless, I always tried 2. (avoid) her so as to get more time to enjoy myself.
One day before the final exam, she came up to me and said, “Could you please explain this to me? I want very much to do 3. (well) this time.” I started explaining, and finished in 4. hurry. 5. (pretend) not to notice her still confused eyes, I ran off quickly. Not 6. (surprise), she again did very badly in the exam. And two months 7., at the beginning of the new semester, word came of her death of blood cancer. No one ever knew about the little task I failed to fulfill, but I couldn't forgive 8..I simply couldn't forget her eyes, 9. seemed to be asking, “Why didn't you do a little more to help me, when it was so easy for you?”
It was the very starting point of my life, for I 10. (begin) to understand the word “responsibility” and to learn to always do my duties faithfully and devotedly.
高三英语语法填空困难题查看答案及解析
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage, caring them with love. Luckily, the birds grew strong little by little. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.
One day the girl left the door to the cage open accidentally. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. So as he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly, she felt the bird go weak, so she opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. It was her desperate love that had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his strong desire—needing to fly into the clear, blue sky. Unwillingly, she lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air. The lucky bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. What she wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest tune that she had ever heard.
Remember, the fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
1.After the girl found the two birds, she ____.
A. became frightened at once
B. began to treat them badly
C. greeted them happily
D. fed them and raised them
2. Why did the girl grasp the stronger bird wildly?
A. Because the girl disliked the bird any longer
B. Because the bird wanted to fly alone.
C. Because the girl loved the bird deeply.
D. Because the bird intended to find some food.
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Catch what you can catch on your way to success.
B. Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
C. East or west, home is best.
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love.One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds.She took them home and put them in a small cage,caring them with love.Luckily,the birds grew strong little by little.Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song.The girl felt great love for the birds.
One day the girl left the door to the cage open accidentally.The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage.The girl was so frightened that he would fly away so as he flew close,she grasped him wildly.Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him.Suddenly,she felt the bird go limp,so she opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird.It was her desperate love that had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage.She could feel his strong desire-needing to fly into the clear,blue sky.Unwillingly,she lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air.The lucky bird circled once,twice,three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird.Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.What she wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily.Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder.It sang the sweetest tune that she had ever heard.
Remember,the fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight;the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
1.After the girl found the two birds,she________.
A.became delighted at once
B.treated them for a long time
C.took them to their home
D.fed them and raised them
2.Why did the girl grasp the stronger bird wildly?
A.Because the girl disliked the bird any longer.
B.Because the bird wanted to fly alone.
C.Because the girl loved the bird deeply.
D.Because the bird intended to found some food.
3.The underlined word “tossed” in the passage means________.
A.throw someting with slightly force
B.give up something happily
C.hold something fast
D.cast something without patient
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Catch what you can catch on your way to success.
B.Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
C.The best things come when you least expect them to.
D.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Suddenly there appeared a young woman________in green.
A.who dressing B.was dressed C.dressed D.dreasing
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A.B.C.D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There is a wonderful fable about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.One day, feeling sad and 1, she was walking through a meadow (草地) when she noticed a small 2caught in a thorn (荆棘)bush.The more the butterfly 3to free itself, the deeper the thorns cut into its body.The young girl carefully released the butterfly4the thorns.5flying away , the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy .The young girl rubbed (搓) her eyes in 6.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will grant(准予,实现) you any word you 7like.”
The little girl thought 8and then replied, “I want to be happy!”
The fairy said, “Very well,” and leaned toward her and 9in her ear.Then the good fairy suddenly disappeared.
As the little girl 10, there was no one in the land as11as she.Everyone asked her the 12of her happiness.She would only smile and answer, “The reason for my happiness is 13I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the14all came together around her, being 15that the fabulous (传说的) secret of happiness would 16her.“Tell us, please,” they begged.“Tell us what the good fairy said.”
The lovely old woman 17smiled and said, “She told me that everyone,18old or young, rich or poor they seemed, had 19of me.”
Happiness is the most precious thing in the world, which can be obtained in different ways.And happiness is also the simplest thing if you just do what you should do.It’s 20that if you love and help others you’ll get it.
1.A.alone B.lonely C.hopeless D.helpful
2.A.bird B.ant C.worm D.butterfly
3.A.struggled B.stuck C.struck D.stretched
4.A.of B.from C.away D.off
5.A.In spite of B.In place of C.Instead of D.In short of
6.A.disbelieve B.disbelief C.belief D.believe
7.A.had B.will C.would D.should
8.A.for a moment B.in a moment C.at the moment D.over the moment
9.A.said B.told C.whispered D.talked
10.A.turned up B.brought up C.came up D.grew up
11.A.rich B.beautiful C.happy D.elegant
12.A.key B.secret C.resource D.way
13.A.that B.because C.why D.for
14.A.families B.friends C.neighbors D.guests
15.A.afraid B.frightened C.concerning D.glad
16.A.die off B.die out C.die away D.die with
17.A.simply B.justly C.rightly D.quitely
18.A.how B.however C.whenever D.when
19.A.need B.request C.require D.demand
20.A.sure B.certain C.possible D.impossible
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I was raised in a house where the TV was rarely switched on. With one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with _______, most of my childhood was spent on books I could _______. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as _______ as breathing and found books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, _______ and live in.
With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a _______. Every writer starts off knowing that he has _______ to say, but being unable to find the right _______ to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and _______ which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so _______ that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, ________ only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what________ he has.
Now I am in college, and have come to realize how ________ it is to read fiction. As a law student, my reading is in fact________ to subject matter. The volume (量) of what I have to read for ________ every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it ________ to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called ________. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life ________ my own. It ________ me to travel across high seas and through deserts, all from the ________ of my own armchair, to experience, though second-hand, ________ experiences that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
1.A. beds B. tables C. shelves D. sofas
2.A. keep track of B. get hold of C. take care of D. make fun of
3.A. natural B. fierce C. difficult D. comfortable
4.A. give in B. participate in C. look in D. move in
5.A. teacher B. professor C. lawyer D. writer
6.A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
7.A. ways B. accesses C. keys D. attitudes
8.A. creating B. watching C. inventing D. discovering
9.A. strongly B. gently C. highly D. mildly
10.A. unless B. while C. because D. if
11.A. success B. dream C. progress D. voice
12.A. instant B. impossible C. tiresome D. important
13.A. used B. limited C. increased D. devoted
14.A. class B. recreation C. pleasure D. word
15.A. attractive B. possible C. clear D. clean
16.A. house B. college C. life D. world
17.A. within B. beside C. near D. beyond
18.A. allows B. arranges C. require D. forces
19.A. place B. laziness C. comfort D. satisfaction
20.A. peace-loving B. time-consuming C. heart-breaking D. fun-creating
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
Once there was a young girl named Eliza.She was the daughter of a king and she was very lazy.She_______had her servants do everything for her.
“I am very thirsty,and my_______is on the table.Please get it for me.”She called._______a servant picked the glass up from the_______next to Eliza and held it up to her_______until Eliza was no longer_______.The next day.Eliza was walking to dinner when her hat_______.She called for a servant and a young man ran over,picked up the hat,_______it off,and placed it back on Eliza’s head.
She continually_______her servants to do simple tasks for her.Her father noticed her________and decided to punish her. He set her in a________with only a loom(织布机)and some thread.No________were allowed in the room
“You will________in this room,not eating or drinking until you have woven a blanket for me.You have to do all of the work by________.”The king left Eliza all alone in her room.
Eliza called for her servants,________none appeared.Then she________her father telling her about Athena,the goddess of wisdom.She called for Athena over and over until finally,she fell________.
While she was sleeping,she had a________.Hermes spoke to her in her dream.He said “Athena has heard your pleas(请求)for________.She is very angry with you.She will come to you and inform you of your________”.Eliza awoke very frightened.
1.A. seldom B. always C. never D. sometimes
2.A. hat B. thread C. blanket D. glass
3.A. Immediately B. Suddenly C. Fortunately D. Eventually
4.A. floor B. shop C. table D. kitchen
5.A. bed B. room C. lips D. shoulders
6.A. angry B. hungry C. happy D. thirsty
7.A. fell off B. went away C. jumped off D. stood up
8.A. took B. dusted C. kicked D. paid
9.A. begged B. required C. advised D. persuaded
10.A. happiness B. wisdom C. laziness D. honesty
11.A. school B. factory C. room D. church
12.A. servants B. classmates C. relatives D. sisters
13.A. rest B. study C. play D. stay
14.A. himself B. myself C. herself D. yourself
15.A. but B. so C. also D. even
16.A. forgot B. remembered C. regretted D. suggested
17.A. ill B. hungry C. asleep D. worried
18.A. time B. power C. chance D. dream
19.A. help B. playing C. accompany D. living
20.A. praise B. punishment C. pleas D. freedom
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable(好客的) and friendly—but only once they had been introduced to new people.
However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.
I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was berated(斥责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat-it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.
Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone else's privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.
1.What do we know about the occupants of the carriage when the author was travelling in Italy?
A.They all laughed at the author for his mistake.
B.They would not bear a mistake like the author's in public.
C.They were all on the side of the gentleman.
D.They all showed their understanding of the author's mistake.
2.The author probably believes the Italian people are________.
A.cold B.rude
C.hospitable D.helpful
3.According to the last paragraph, English passengers sat in near silence because________.
A.they were all strangers to each other
B.they were too tired to speak
C.privacy was a valued tradition in England
D.everybody had their own share of privacy
4.The purpose of the author is to tell us ________.
A.his travelling experience
B.cultural differences to show hospitality and politeness
C.the culture shock he experienced in Italy and the US
D.how to adapt ourselves to a new culture
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析