When I was younger, I thought that boys and g...

When I was younger, I thought that boys and grown men should not cry. The tears were signs of being weak and a sissy(胆小鬼), which a man is not supposed to be. This was even strengthened in my young mind when the song, Boys Don't Cry, came out in the early 1980s.

But just this June, I discovered that courage is not all about trying to keep all the pain inside in check. Courage is not all about trying to hide the tears. It is the opposite — the tears strengthen the heart's courage. And I saw this in my father. That day my father cried.

My 18-year-old sister eloped (私奔) and from it I saw how weak my father's heart was. My sister and I were used to seeing him as an iron-willed figure and authoritarian father.

For three days after my sister eloped, he would not talk. He would just sit quietly outside our house in the dark. On the fourth night, I sat beside him and asked him to tell me what he felt about everything.

It has been years since I have laid my hand on my father's shoulder as we have drifted apart (疏远) farther and farther while I was growing up. That night，though, I sensed my father trying to control his pain and I wanted him to be able to let it out. We have all cried over what happened except him. All of us except him.

The simple touch and my words, “Dad, it is not your fault.”, broke my father's dam. In the darkness, he began to cry. I felt his shoulders shaking as he whispered, "Where did I go wrong? All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up right. Why couldn't your sister wait?"

I understood then why he preferred to be in the dark. By being there, he hoped to spare his family of a father's pain. His tears, though we did not see them before that night, were there all the same. I saw his courage, that night when my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and understood his pain.

1. Why did the author think men shouldn’t cry when he was younger?

(No more than 12 words)　 (3 marks)

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2.According to the author and his sister, what kind of person was their father?

(No more than 6 words)　　 (2 marks)

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3.How did the author make his father let out his pain?

(No more than 9 words)　　 (3 marks)

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4. When did the author see his father’s courage?

(No more than 7 words)　　 (2 marks)

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When he was a small boy, he had loved butterflies. Now a grown man with his first son to be born in a few weeks, he found 　　　 once again fascinated with a cocoon（茧）．He had 　　　 it at the side of the park path. Somehow the twig(嫩枝）had been knocked from the tree and the cocoon had 　　 undamaged and still woven to the branch.

As he had seen his mother do，he gently protected it by 　　 it in his handkerchief and carried it home. The cocoon found a 　　 home in a jar with holes in the lid. The man 　　 it every day. One day, for the first time，the cocoon moved. He watched more closely and soon the cocoon was trembling with activity but nothing else 　　 . The cocoon remained tightly glued to the twig and there was no 　　 of wings.

Finally the shaking became so 　　 ，the man thought the butterfly would die from the　 　　 .He removed the lid on the jar，took a sharp pen knife from his desk drawer and　 　　　 made a tiny slit(切口)in the side of the cocoon. Almost immediately，one wing appeared and then outstretched the other. The butterfly was 　　 !

It seemed to 　　 its freedom and walked along the edge of the jar. But it didn’t fly. At first the man thought the 　 54　 needed time to dry but time passed and still the butterfly did not 　　 .

The man was worried and called up his neighbor who 　　 high school science. He told the neighbor 　　 he had found the cocoon，placed it in the mason jar, and the terrible trembling as the butterfly struggled to get out. When he 　　 how he had carefully made a small slit in the cocoon，the teacher stopped him, “Oh, that is the 　　 . You see，the struggle is what gives the butterfly the strength to fly.”

And so it is with us. Sometimes it’s the struggles in life that 　　 us the most.

1.A. them　　　　 B. us　　 C. itself　　　 D. himself

2.A. searched　 　　 B. raised　 C. found　 D. pulled

3.A. survived　 B. appeared　 C. existed　　 D. hidden

4.A. hanging　 B. covering C. hiding　 D. wrapping

5.A. awful　　 B. temporary　 C. forever　　 D. luxurious

6.A. realized　　　 B. noticed　 C. watched　　 D. recognized

7.A. happened B. arose　 C. helped　　 D. proved

8.A. scene　　 B. mark　　 C. signal　　 D. sign

9.A. nervous　　 B. strong　 C. constant　 D. weak

10.A. struggle　 B. beat　 C. quarrel　　 D. fight

11.A. confidently　 B. finally　 C. carefully　　 D. proudly

12.A. different 　　 B. free　 C. happy　　 D. alive

13.A. hate　　 B. share　　 C. desire　　　 D. enjoy

14.A. wings　 B. arms　　 C. feet　　 D. hands

15.A. bring up　 B. get down　 C. take off　　 D. come out

16.A. observed　 B. invented　　 C. searched　　 D. taught

17.A. how　　 B. why　 C. when　　　 D. where

18.A. reported　 B. described C. expressed　 D. imagined

19.A. excuse　 B. purpose 　 C. reason　 D. evidence

20.A. strike　　 B. strengthen　　 C. trouble　　 D. impress

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I was three months pregnant with twin boys when my husband and I learned that one of them had a fatal birth defect (缺陷). His skull and brain were not ______ properly. Babies with this ______ typically die within minutes, hours or days of being born.

This news was devastating (毁灭性的), and also ______. I wondered, was it something I ate, was it something I ______, was it something I did? But then, ______ it was, why was one of them healthy? So I was ______ with a lot of questions that would never have answers.

Six months later, the twins were born, and they were both born ______. Thomas lived for six days. Callum was healthy. We had decided to ______ Thomas's organs to science. While his death was inevitable, we thought maybe it could be ______.

Three years later. I ______ whether these donations made a ______. So I ______ at the Schepens Eye Research Institute the next day. A receptionist ______ me to Dr. James Zieske, a professor of Hansard Medical School. He ______ my hand and said, “Do you have any questions for me?” I was so ______ at meeting him. I said. “How many corneas (眼角膜) do you request in a year?” He said, “'About ten a year. We would request more, but they are hard to get, and infant eyes are like ______ to us.” My heart was just in my throat. I could ______ choke out the words. He added, “We are likely still studying your son's eye cells, and they are probably in this lab right now.”

When the tour ______, I felt something in me starting to ______. I felt that my son had ______ his place in the world, and that place was Harvard. I'm now an Ivy League mum.

1.A.combined B.formed C.distributed D.adapted

2.A.diagnosis B.judgment C.position D.symbol

3.A.shocking B.encouraging C.confusing D.terrifying

4.A.bought B.collected C.drank D.ignored

5.A.even if B.as if C.in case D.regardless of

6.A.meeting B.associating C.wrestling D.competing

7.A.deaf B.alive C.blind D.equal

8.A.deliver B.apply C.attach D.donate

9.A.ambitious B.inspiring C.rewarding D.productive

10.A.wondered B.imagined C.assumed D.explained

11.A.deal B.difference C.mistake D.fortune

12.A.showed up B.pulled up C.set out D.brought out

13.A.recommended B.related C.introduced D.announced

14.A.grabbed B.shook C.rubbed D.touched

15.A.sensitive B.heartbroken C.privileged D.emotional

16.A.gold B.sunshine C.silver D.light

17.A.slightly B.rarely C.hardly D.definitely

18.A.repeated B.concluded C.expanded D.processed

19.A.disappear B.hurt C.change D.arise

20.A.found B.set C.confirmed D.proved

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As a boy I was always small for my age. I was also five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other. As a result I often felt left out when their friends came over to play. I was either too small or too young for whatever they were doing and they didn't want their younger brother listening in on their conversations either. More often than not I found myself outside playing alone and feeling forgotten.

I remember one spring afternoon feeling especially lonely as I sat in the yard behind our house. We lived miles from town and I rarely saw my own friends outside of school. I heard my brothers laughing from inside the house and felt a single tear coming down my cheek. At that moment I saw a large brown dog walking over to me. He looked happy and his tail was wagging as well. Even though he didn't know me he greeted me like a long lost friend, licking my chin and sitting beside me on the spring grass. It must have been at least an hour that I petted and talked to this four-legged angel. He let me pour out all my troubles and share my deepest thoughts before he kissed my cheek goodbye and ambled off either to Heaven or his home. I went back inside feeling happy, knowing that no matter what life may hold I was loved. Now over 40 years later I still remember that angel with a smile.

I believe that God sent him in that moment of sadness to remind me just how much he loved me. There is nothing more important than knowing we are loved. When we are loved, we will learn to love others. Learning to love helps us to understand ourselves and other people better.

1.How did the writer feel when his brothers’ friends came?

A. Proud.　　 B. Lonely.　 C. Worried.　　 D. Happy.

2.The writer shared his troubles and thoughts with the dog because ______.

it was his friend

B. it could understand him

C. it was friendly to him　

D. it looked like an angel

3.From Paragraph 2, we can learn that ______.

A. the boy met a long lost friend

B. the boy had no friends at school

C. the dog helped the boy realize that he was loved

D. the dog spent the afternoon with the boy and his brothers

4.The author wrote the story to______.

A. encourage people to talk about their troubles

B. tell people they should treat animals friendly

C. share his unforgettable experience with us

D. show knowing you are loved is the most important

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Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that dogs, cats and birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry or unhappy. Apes(猿) can understand some things more quickly than human, one or two of them have learnt a few words. But they can not join words to make sentences. They can not think like us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five, —but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn it ? Scientists do not really know. What happens inside our body when we speak? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

1.The best title for this passage is          .

2.Men are different from animals in the way that           .

3.An ape can not           .

4.Scientists now know            .

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

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Most Americans believe that someone isn’t grown-up until the age of 26 and they should complete their education, have a full-time job, have a family to support and be financially independent. They also believe that becoming a real grown-up is a process which begins at about the age of 20 and takes about five years, according to the report from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center.

The findings are based on a representative sample of 1,398 people over the age of 18 who were surveyed in person. The survey found that people expect the transitions to grown-up status to be completed at the following ages: age 20.9 self-supporting; age 21.1 no longer living with parents; age 21.2 having a full-time job; age 22.3 education completed; age 24.5 being able to support a family financially; age 25.7 getting married;  and age 26.2 having a child.

“There is a large degree of agreement across social groups on the relative importance of the seven transitions,” said Tom Smith, director of the survey. The only obvious pattern of differences is on views about supporting a family, having children and getting married. Older adults consider these more important than younger adults do. This probably shows in large part a change in values across generations away from traditional family values. The most valued step toward reaching adulthood, the survey found, is completing education, followed by full-time employment, supporting a family, financial independence, living independently, and marriage.

1.According to the first paragraph, someone is a grown-up when he _______.

2.A young man of 24 may be busy ________.

3.The underlined word “status” in the second paragraph probably means “________”.

4.From the passage, we learn that _________.

5.The best title for the passage should be “________”

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6.  Of the two brothers, Bill is ____ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, _____ that most adults like very much.

A. a; one             B. a ; the one      C. the; one          D. the ; the one

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

1.   Of the two brothers, Bill is ____ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, _____ that most adults like very much.

A. a; one      B. a ; the one       C. the; one         D. the ; the one

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Of the two brothers, Bill is ______ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, ______ that most adults like very much.

A. the; one                           B. a; the one                        C. a; one                               D. the; the one

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Of the two brothers, Bill is ______ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, ______ that most adults like very much.

A. a; one                     B. a ; the one                       C. the; one            D. the ; the one

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