阅读表达,阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。When Steve Jobs wa...

阅读表达,阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms. At 20, he and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company－Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果园) in Oregon.

After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.

At 30, Jobs, however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival－Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability introducing new products such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.

Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.”

1.What did Steve Jobs’ mother do after he was born? (No more than 10 words)

2.Why did Jobs name their company－Apple? (No more than 15 words)

3.How did Jobs help Apple return to profitability? (No more than 10 words)

4.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “drop out” in Paragraph 1? ( No more than 2 words)

5.Do you agree with what Jobs said in the last Paragraph? Give reasons in your own words.( No more than 20 words)

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Ashley Power’s mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she couldn’t find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And one day she thought, “If I had my own website, I’d make it a really interesting site for teenagers.”

So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called GooseHead. Young people got excited when they searched on this website and step by step they introduced the site to others and made more friends. She had no idea how big a success it would be, but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees.

After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles, was asked to write a book called GooseHead Guide to Life. It's safe to say that this is a book for teens that they'll enjoy. The book is about how to design a website and start a business. It begins with a section called “All about Ashley,” where Ashley tells readers what it is like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen. “I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I was stressed. I mean, I was only sixteen — I didn’t even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, you’d be stressed, too!”

In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, “Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them. And don’t listen when people tell you that you can’t do it, because I heard ‘no’ a lot. Just keep going until you hear ‘yes’!”

1.What does the first paragraph mainly tell us? (within 10 words)

2.What does the underlined word “launched” mean in English? (within 2 words)

3.According to Paragraph 3, what did Ashley do after GooseHead closed down?(within 10 words)

4.How did Ashley feel as a young boss of a company? (within 5 words)

5.According to Ashley’s advice to success, what do you think is the most important?Why? (within 15 words)

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Cao Yuan proved he was special at age 14 when he was enrolled in the University of Science and Technology of　 China’s　 School　 of　 the　 Gifted Young, which is a special　 school　 to　 nurture

teenagers into world-class talents.

But Cao himself didn’t think he was special. He often stressed that he was just an ordinary kid who loved reading about science and doing experiments.

But there is other evidence that Cao is a bit different. On Dec 19，the now 22-year-old doctoral candidate in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)，US，was named one of the 10 people who mattered this year by the journal Nature. It was for discovering a“magic angle”in graphene（石墨烯）sheets that he has opened up a new field of superconductor physics（超导体物理学）.

Graphene, first discovered in 2004, is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. It’s the thinnest and strongest material in the world. Cao’s work shows that when two layers of graphene are cooled to 1.7 C above absolute zero（-273 C）and rotated（旋转） to a “magic angle”of 1.1 degrees，the upper layer of graphene exhibits nonconducting behaviors.

However, Cao found that these electrons(电子) could flow in the graphene sandwich freely — as if they were traveling through a superconductor —when small amounts of electrons were added to the structure.

The discovery is exciting. “One can imagine making a superconducting transistor out of graphene, which you can switch on and off ， from superconducting to insulating” ， Pablo Jarillo-Herrero，Cao’s professor at MIT，told Science Daily.

But why was Cao able to make the discovery? Both his high school physics teacher Huang Jiatang and Jarillo-Herrero attribute it to Cao’s capacity for independent learning and interest in doing experiments.

Huang said that he remembered that as a young kid Cao had a strong ability to study on his own, a love for hands-on experiments and was unafraid to challenge teachers and ask difficult questions.

Cao seems to be a highly inquisitive young man. Jarillo-Herrero told Nature that　 Cao’s hobbies include photographing the night sky using homemade cameras. “Every time I go in Cao's office, it’s a huge mess, with computers taken apart and pieces of telescope all over his desk,” he said.

But even with such convincing proof, Cao still sees himself as an ordinary college student. “After all, we are all humans, with flaws and emotions,” he said.

1.Why was Cao Yuan listed Person of the Year by the journal Nature? (within 20 words)

2.Is graphene a new metal? What is it? (within 15 words)

3.What are the factors that lead to Cao’s achievement? List two of them. (within 15 words)

4.What does the underlined word “inquisitive” mean? (within 2 words)

5.What’s the title of the article? (within 10 words)

高三英语阅读表达中等难度题查看答案及解析

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When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely lame and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would feel ashamed at the unwanted attention. If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on, nor did he say anything about it.

It was difficult to coordinate(协调) our steps—his pausing, my impatience—and because of that, we didn’t say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”

Our usual walk was to or from the subway, which was how he got to work. He went to work sick, and despite bad weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not. A matter of pride.

When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, NY, on a child’s sleigh to the subway entrance. Once there, he would grasp the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice-free. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.

When I think of it now, I wondered at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself to such indignity and stress. And at how he did it—without bitterness or complaint.

He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.

Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don’t know precisely what a “good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.

My father has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my unwillingness to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I think of him when I complain about incident, when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.

At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance, and say, “You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”

1.What wouldn’t the author like others to see?(No more than 10 words)

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2.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “let on” in the first paragraph? (No more than 5 words)

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3.According to the third paragraph, what conclusion can you get about the father’s attitude toward his work? (No more than 8 words)

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4.Find an example in the passage that shows the father was a man with a “good heart”. (No more than10 words)

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5.What does the author learn from his father? (No more than 15 words)

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When I was growing up，I was embarrassed to be seen with my father．He was severely lame and very short，and when we would walk together，his hand on my arm for balance，people would stare．I would feel ashamed at the unwanted attention．If he ever noticed or was bothered，he never let on，nor did he say anything about it．

It was difficult to coordinate(协调) our steps—his pausing，my impatience—and because of that，we didn’t say much as we went along．But as we started out，he always said，“You set the pace，I will try to adjust to you．”

Our usual walk was to or from the subway，which was how he got to work．He went to work sick，and despite bad weather．He almost never missed a day，and would make it to the office even if others could not．A matter of pride．

When snow or ice was on the ground，it was impossible for him to walk，even with help．At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn，NY，on a child’s sleigh to the subway entrance．Once there，he would grasp the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice-free．In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building，and he would not have to go outside until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home．

When I think of it now，I wondered at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself to such indignity and stress．And at how he did it—without bitterness or complaint．

He never talked about himself as an object of pity，nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able．What he looked for in others was a “good heart”，and if he found one，the owner was good enough for him．

Now that I am older，I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people，even though I still don’t know precisely what a “good heart” is．But I know the times I don’t have one myself．

My father has been gone many years now，but I think of him often．I wonder if he sensed my unwillingness to be seen with him during our walks．If he did，I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was，how unworthy I was，how I regretted it．I think of him when I complain about incident，when I am envious of another’s good fortune，when I don’t have a “good heart”．

At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance，and say，“You set the pace，I will try to adjust to you．”

1.What wouldn’t the author like others to see?(No more than 10 words)

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “let on” in the first paragraph? (No more than 5 words)

3.According to the third paragraph，what conclusion can you get about the father’s attitude toward his work? (No more than 8 words)

4.Find an example in the passage that shows the father was a man with a “good heart”．(No more than10 words)

5.What does the author learn from his father? (No more than 15 words)

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Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion. Like many young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliant athlete, she was well-conditioned for spending long periods of time in the water. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against herself and the obstacles presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.

For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.

Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to give for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reading Cuba. That is how she defined success. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.

When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.

1.What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (No more than 5 words)

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2.What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean? (1 word)

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3.What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (No more than 10 words.)

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4.Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (No more than 10 words)

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5.Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (No more than 20 words)

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I remember doing the household chores to help my mother when I was nine. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器)bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up. Twenty years later, in 1978, with this lifelong dislike of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless one.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn't realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (样机).By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business. But soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner.

I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention.

1.What drove the author to make a bagless vacuum cleaner? (No more than 10 words)

2.What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us? (No more than 10 words)

3.Why did the companies refuse to license the author's technology? (No more than 10 words)

4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? (No more than 10 words)

5.What lesson may you learn from the author's experience? (No more than 25 words)

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I was in a local store recently when I saw something that opened a window into my soul, which helped let in a little more light.

I had just picked up some shampoo and was headed to the pet supplies to get some dog　 food for my furry friends. I decided to take a shortcut through one of the toy aisles. Blocking my way, however, was a young father and his four-year-old daughter. The little girl was pleading (恳求 ) with her dad to buy her a new doll. The dad was being gentle but firm, telling her they couldn’t afford it right now. Finally, the daughter burst into tears and said angrily, “I hate you!”

I thought that the father would get mad at her for this outburst. I knew that I probably would do so when I was his age. Instead he just smiled down at her, put his hand on her head, and said, “That’s alright. You’ll love me later.” I stood there in amazement as he took her hand and they walked off. Then it dawned on me that I had been in this situation many times myself over the years but not as the father.

In my childhood, many times I grew angry with my parents when I felt my requests weren’t being answered. Through them all, though, my parents were still patient, loving, and kind to me. They knew that I didn’t understand why certain things had to happen the way they did. They knew that my anger was a part of my growing up spiritually in this world. They knew that I would love them later.

Now I have grown up and become a parent of two children. I have deeper understanding of parents’ behavior in different situations. They love their next generation, but more than that, they also know that they should love them in a proper way. Raising a healthy child means to help him grow both mentally and physically. That is why we need to trust our parents’ love and give them ours as well. It is never too late to love them. It is never too late to invite them into your soul. It is never too late to let their light guide your life.

1.How did the girl feel towards her father’s refusal? (no more than 10 words)

2.What reaction of the father made the author amazed? (no more than 10 words)

3.How do you understand the underlined part in Para.3? (no more than 15 words)

4.What’s the author’s understanding of parents’ love after growing up? (no more than 15 words)

5.Have your parents ever refused your request? What do you think about it now? (no more than 20 words)

高三英语阅读表达简单题查看答案及解析

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Why not carry on her good work？

I enjoyed English，biology，and chemistry at school，but which one should I choose to study at university？I did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the computer to do some research on great women of China.

By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi，a specialist in women's diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had been very busy in her chosen career，traveling abroad to study as well as writing books and articles. One of them caught my eye. It was a small book explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to follow for keeping babies clean，healthy and free from sicknees. Why did she write that？Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought needed this advice？I looked carefully at the text and realized that it was intended for women in the countryside. Perhaps if they had an emergency they could not reach a doctor.

Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training at that time. That was a generation when girls' education was always placed second to boys. Was she so much cleverer than anyone else? Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school. What made her succeed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients. There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day's work, went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.

By now I could not wait to find out more about her. I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had devoted her whole life to her patients and had chosen not to have a family of her own. Instead she made sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered. By this time I was very excited. Why not study at a medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and carry on her good work？It was still not too late for me to improve my studies，prepare for the university entrance examinations，and ……

1.When and where did the author read the article about Lin Qiaozhi？（no more than 5 words）

2.For what purpose did Lin Qiao zhi write a little book about how to look after babies？（no more than 20 words）

3.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean？（no more than 10 words）

4.What does the author think are the most important qualities that a successful doctor should have？（no more than 5 words）

5.Do you think the author will study at a medical college？Why or why not？（no more than 20 words）

高三英语阅读表达简单题查看答案及解析

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When knowing his son got a C grade in the maths exam, the father was proud and cheerful. This is the tear-jerking moment when a proud father is captured on camera celebrating his son's exam result.

After setting up the hidden camera, the boy calls his father to the kitchen, telling him in a whisper 'I've just got something from school; I need you to come and look at it.' His father, who can be heard shouting from elsewhere in the house, asks 'Has something happened?', to which the naughty teenager, Aria, replies 'Yes! It's really important'. As his nervous-looking father approaches, Aria says 'Come and have a chat with me. Just come in, and read that', he says while passing over a piece of paper displaying the result.

After seeing his son has achieved a C grade in the maths exam, the man asks 'Is that veracious?,' before bursting into tears of joy. The pair hug before the disbelieving dad asks again, 'Are you sure? They've not made a mistake? I can't believe it; I just can't believe it!'

A mere year before the video was filmed, the schoolboy received an F in the subject. He explained，'In England you need a C to basically do anything with your life. I've never been amazing academically and have struggled through school. Neither me or my dad or my teachers thought I was going to get my C, for me it was tough. When I told my Dad who means the world to me this was his reaction...Enjoy'.

Still feeling happy from the news, his delighted father tells him 'You're set for life! You're set for life!'. The teen is seen smiling into the camera at the end of the video, seemingly as thrilled with the result as his emotional father.

1.Why does Aria call his father to the kitchen? (no more than 15 words)

2.What does the underlined word “veracious” mean in the 3rd paragraph? (one word)

3.In Paragraph 3, why does Aria’s father ask those questions? (no more than 10 words)

4.What does a C grade mean to a person in England? (no more than 15 words)

5.How do you like Aria’s father? Why? (no more than 20 words)

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