What would Barbie look like if she were average?
According to US artist Nickolay Lamm, she would be a brunette with a rounded face and a much thicker waist．
Frustrated with the unrealistic beauty standards of Barbie and her friends, Lamm took data from Disease Control and Prevention about an average 19-year-old American woman, who is about 163 cm tall, with a 84-cm waist． With those measurements, Lamm created a doll．
The doll-s tagline （口号）is “Average is beautiful．”
“I think a realistic-size doll is important because when I look at current dolls on the market, they all look like supermodels," the artist told APF． “I just had the impression that the wall of supermodels suggests that something is wrong with you if you don-t look like one． So I created an alternative to suggest that it’s OK to look like a normal person．"
The Lammily dolls, which are 27 cm tall, have been on sale since last month．
Lammily also has other features． Unlike Barbie and her friends, whose pointed legs would force her to walk on all fours if she were real, Lammily has articulated（枢接的） joints – able to walk, run, and play． The doll can even be put in a yoga position．
What’s more, the Lammily dolls include a sticker package that can help to add real-life marks to the dolls, including freckles, acne, moles, and tattoos．
“You can also add minor cuts and bruises, like ones you'd get from falling down while snowboarding," Lamm told NBC．
“I feel that, right now． dolls are very perfect looking, when, in real life, few of us have perfect skin," Lamm told The Huffington Post． “Things like pimples are a natural part of who we are． So, why not give dolls a real treatment?"
As The Huffington． Post said, "Getting kids used to the idea that these things are completely normal and not 6flaws'（缺陷） to be ashamed of can only be a good thing．"
1.Why did Nickolay Lamm make the Lammily doll? （No more than 14 words） （2 marks）
2.How is the Lammily doll different from Barbie dolls? （No more than 13 words） （3 marks）
3.What does Lamm mean when he says, "why not give dolls a real treatment?" in the second-to-last paragraph? （No more than 1 words） （3 marks）
4.What is the author-s attitude toward Lammily dolls? （No more than 6 words） （2 marks）
高三英语阅读理解困难题
What would Barbie look like if she were average?
According to US artist Nickolay Lamm, she would be a brunette with a rounded face and a much thicker waist．
Frustrated with the unrealistic beauty standards of Barbie and her friends, Lamm took data from Disease Control and Prevention about an average 19-year-old American woman, who is about 163 cm tall, with a 84-cm waist． With those measurements, Lamm created a doll．
The doll-s tagline （口号）is “Average is beautiful．”
“I think a realistic-size doll is important because when I look at current dolls on the market, they all look like supermodels," the artist told APF． “I just had the impression that the wall of supermodels suggests that something is wrong with you if you don-t look like one． So I created an alternative to suggest that it’s OK to look like a normal person．"
The Lammily dolls, which are 27 cm tall, have been on sale since last month．
Lammily also has other features． Unlike Barbie and her friends, whose pointed legs would force her to walk on all fours if she were real, Lammily has articulated（枢接的） joints – able to walk, run, and play． The doll can even be put in a yoga position．
What’s more, the Lammily dolls include a sticker package that can help to add real-life marks to the dolls, including freckles, acne, moles, and tattoos．
“You can also add minor cuts and bruises, like ones you'd get from falling down while snowboarding," Lamm told NBC．
“I feel that, right now． dolls are very perfect looking, when, in real life, few of us have perfect skin," Lamm told The Huffington Post． “Things like pimples are a natural part of who we are． So, why not give dolls a real treatment?"
As The Huffington． Post said, "Getting kids used to the idea that these things are completely normal and not 6flaws'（缺陷） to be ashamed of can only be a good thing．"
1.Why did Nickolay Lamm make the Lammily doll? （No more than 14 words） （2 marks）
2.How is the Lammily doll different from Barbie dolls? （No more than 13 words） （3 marks）
3.What does Lamm mean when he says, "why not give dolls a real treatment?" in the second-to-last paragraph? （No more than 1 words） （3 marks）
4.What is the author-s attitude toward Lammily dolls? （No more than 6 words） （2 marks）
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
—Is Anne coming tomorrow?
—_____.If she were to come, she would have called me.
A. Go ahead B. Certainly C. That’s right D. I don’t think so
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
If life were a book and you were the author, how would you like the story to go? That is the question that ______ my life forever.
One day I went home from the training of snowboarding with what I thought was the flu, and less than 24 hours later, I was in a ______ on life support with less than two percent ______ of living. It wasn’t until days later that the doctors diagnosed (诊断) me with a ______ blood infection. Over the ______ of 2.5 months, I lost the hearing in my left ear and both my legs below the knee. When my parents ______ me out of the hospital, I ______ that I had been put together like a patchwork (拼缝物) doll and I had to live with ______ legs. I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken,______ streaming down.
But I knew in order to move forward, I had to let go of the Old Amy and ______ the New Amy. It was at this moment that I asked myself that significant ______. And that is when it ______ me that I didn’t have to be five-foot-five anymore,______ I could be as tall as I wanted. And ______ of all, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes. So there were ______ here.
Four months later, 1 was back upon a ______. And this February, I won two Board World Cup gold medals,______ me the highest ranked snowboarder in the world.
So, instead of looking at our ______ and our limitations as something ______ or bad, we can beg in looking at them as a wonderful ______ that can be used to help us go further than we ever know we could go.
1.A. saved B. risked C. ruined D. changed
2.A. hospital B. club C. field D. stadium
3.A. thought B. degree C. chance D. decision
4.A. mild B. severe C. potential D. slight
5.A. journey B. break C. course D. schedule
6.A. wheeled B. dragged C. pulled D. delivered
7.A. made sure B. felt like C. worked out D. put forward
8.A. muscled B. heavy C. shapely D. false
9.A. blood B. sweat C. tears D. water
10.A. hug B. recognize C. fix D. introduce
11.A. plan B. question C. information D. favor
12.A. dawned on B. knocked into C. depended on D. looked into
13.A. although B. so C. while D. but
14.A. first B. strangest C. best D. luckiest
15.A. struggles B. benefits C. rewards D. conflicts
16.A. stage B. snowboard C. track D. playground
17.A. allowing B. giving C. calling D. making
18.A. challenges B. achievements C. devotions D. hesitations
19.A. active B. amazing C. negative D. terminal
20.A. ability B. skill C. tool D. gift
高三英语七选五困难题查看答案及解析
It looks _______ it were going to rain.
| A．even if | B．as if | C．even though | D．like |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
What would you do if you had $5, but were limited to two hours to make as much money as possible? Buy a lottery ticket. While this is the most ______suggestion from people, it means a significant risk in return for a ______chance.
Tina Selling, who invented the ______for her students of Stanford University, has a ______story to tell.
Selling gave each of the fourteen teams a sealed envelope that contains five dollars of “seed funding”. They were ______to spend as much time planning, but once they had ______the envelop they then had two hours to make as much money as possible. The next week, each team were to ______their project in a three-minute presentation.
It ______that most of the 14 teams didn’t use the five dollars ______. They realized that focusing on the ______actually limited the problem way too tightly. They understood that five dollars is essentially ______and decided to reinterpret the problem more ______: what can be done if ______with absolutely nothing?
The average ______on the five dollar investment was 4,000 percent! So what did they ______do?
One team started a stand on campus to check bike tire ______for free and charged $1to refill tires. Another team made ______at busy restaurants and then sold each of them for up to twenty dollars to customers who didn’t want to ______inline. The team who made the greatest ______sold their presentation time to a company that wanted to employ them to advertise. They ______a good business for that company in the three minutes’ presentation and brought in $ 650,000.
1.A. fancy B. useful C. common D. interesting
2.A. slim B. big C. hopeful D. possible
3.A. form B. challenge C. plan D. method
4.A. funny B. shocking C. dull D. cool
5.A. advised B. forced C. permitted D. determined
6.A. opened B. lost C. got D. posted
7.A. study B. complete C. report D. limit
8.A. pointed out B. turned out C. proved D. suggested
9.A. at all B. after all C. accidently D. strangely
10.A. envelope B. result C. classroom D. money
11.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
12.A. accurately B. broadly C. patiently D. slowly
13.A. dealing B. working C. meeting D. beginning
14.A. number B. return C. expense D. score
15.A. actually B. roughly C. merely D. generally
16.A. air B. quality C. pressure D. size
17.A. snacks B. decisions C. appointments D. reservations
18.A. sit B. take C. serve D. wait
19.A. profit B. progress C. promise D. present
20.A. had B. created C. sold D. ran
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
What would you do if you had $5, but were limited to two hours to make as much money as possible? Buy a lottery ticket. While this is the most _______ suggestion from people, it means a significant risk in return for a _______ chance.
Tina Selling, who invented the_______ for her students of Stanford University, has a _______ story to tell.
Selling gave each of the fourteen teams a sealed envelope that contains five dollars of “seed funding”. They were, _______ to spend as much time planning, but once they had _______ the envelope they then had two hours to make as much money as possible. The next week, each team were to _______ their project in a three-minute presentation.
It _______ that most of the 14 teams didn’t use the five dollars _______. They realized that focusing on the ________ actually limited the way of solving the problem too tightly. They understood that five dollars is essentially ________ and decided to reinterpret the problem more ________: what can be done if ________ with absolutely nothing?
The average ________ on the five dollar investment was 4,000 times! So what did they ________ do?
One team started a stand on campus to check the bike tire ________for free and charged $1 to refill tires. Another team made ________ at busy restaurants and then sold each of them for up to twenty dollars to customers who didn’t want to ________ line. The team who made the greatest ________ sold their presentation time to a company that wanted to employ them to advertise. They ________ a good business for that company in the three-minute presentation and brought in $ 650,000.
1.A.fancy B.useful C.common D.interesting
2.A.slim B.big C.hopeful D.possible
3.A.form B.challenge C.plan D.method
4.A.funny B.shocking C.dull D.cool
5.A.advised B.forced C.permitted D.determined
6.A.opened B.lost C.got D.posted
7.A.study B.complete C.report D.limit
8.A.pointed out B.turned out C.brought about D.came about
9.A.at all B.after all C.accidentally D.strangely
10.A.envelope B.result C.classroom D.money
11.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
12.A.accurately B.broadly C.patiently D.slowly
13.A.dealing B.working C.meeting D.beginning
14.A.number B.return C.expense D.score
15.A.actually B.roughly C.merely D.generally
16.A.air B.quality C.pressure D.size
17.A.snacks B.decisions C.appointments D.reservations
18.A.sit B.take C.serve D.wait
19.A.profit B.progress C.promise D.present
20.A.had B.created C.sold D.ran
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
—What would you wish to do if you were a college student again?
—That's very hard to say, but I wish I when I was a college student.
| A．has not studied biology | B．did study biology |
| C．had studied biology | D．studied biology |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Linda British was an outstanding teacher who felt that if she had the time, she would like to create great art and poetry. When she was 28, however, she began to get severe 36. Her doctors discovered that she had an enormous brain tumor (瘤). They told her that her 37 of surviving an operation were about 2 percent. Therefore, 38 operate immediately, they chose to wait for six months.
The night before the operation after six months, she 39 to give herself away. She made a 40, in which she would donate all of her body parts to those who needed them in 41of her death.
42, Linda died after the operation. Afterwards, her eyes went to an eye 43 in Bethesda, Maryland, and from there to a recipient in South Carolina. A young man, aged 28, went from darkness to 44. That young man was so 45 that he wrote to the eye bank thanking them for existing.
46, he said he wanted to thank the parents of the donator. They must 47 be magnificent people to have a child who would 48 her eyes. He was given the 49 of the British family on Staten Island. He arrived unannounced and rang the doorbell. After hearing his introduction, Mrs. British 50 and hugged him. She said, “Young man, if you’ve got 51 to go, my husband and I would love you to spend your weekend with us.”
He stayed, and 52 he was looking around Linda’s room, he saw that she’d read Hegel. He’d read Hegel in Braille as well.
The next morning Mrs. British was looking at him and said, “You know, I’m sure I’ve seen you somewhere before.” All of a sudden she 53. She ran upstairs and pulled out the last picture Linda had drawn. It was a portrait of her ideal man.
The picture was almost the same as this young man who had received Linda’s eyes.
Then her mother read the 54 poem Linda had written on her deathbed. It 55:
Two hearts passing in the night
Falling in love
Never able to gain each other’s sight.
1. A．heartaches B．headaches C．stomachaches D．backaches
2. A．risks B．happenings C．chances D．moments
3. A．more than B．other than C．better than D．rather than
4. A．decided B．suggested C．prepared D．liked
5. A．will B．letter C．notice D．poem
6. A．spite B．case C．charge D．view
7. A．Actually B．Unbelievably C．Surprisingly D．Unfortunately
8. A．hospital B．center C．school D．bank
9. A．silence B．daytime C．sight D．delight
10. A．excited B．joyful C．grateful D．proud
11. A．However B．Therefore C．Furthermore D．Yet
12. A．partly B．hardly C．seldom D．indeed
13. A．give up B．give away C．give off D．give out
14. A．news B．address C．gift D．hometown
15. A．ran out B．stood out C．reached out D．turned out
16. A．somewhere B．anywhere C．everywhere D．nowhere
17. A．as B．after C．until D．since
18. A．shouted B．laughed C．waked D．remembered
19. A．last B．first C．past D．recent
20. A．wrote B．spoke C．said D．talked
高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
If you were given a chance to choose your favorite life metaphor(比喻), what would it be? Do you agree with Forrest Gump’s mother that life is “a box of chocolates” because “you never know what you’re going to get”? Or do you prefer the phrase from the 1930’s song that “life is just a bowl of cherries(樱桃)”? Though simply stated, each conveys a very different view. A “box” implies mystery, because we don’t know what is in a closed box. Meanwhile, a “bowl” of cherries is completely in view.
For many centuries, the metaphor of life that probably burst into most people’s mind was the one suggested by Shakespeare: “All of life is a stage…” On that stage, we take seven roles. More recently, psychologist Erik Erikson took up the idea of life as a stage. Erikson regarded development as a “powerful unfolding” in which we are driven from one stage to the next as our bodies, minds, and social roles develop.
Stage metaphors fit with many of our common-sense ideas about change, but the problem with the stage metaphor is that it isn’t particularly accurate. None of the studies that try to clarify the universality of adult life stages actually studied people as they developed over time. All of them were based on performances of their samples(样本) at one point in time. People’s actual lives don’t fit into these stage metaphors. They don’t automatically transform when people reach a certain age. Instead, people’s real lives are messy, unpredictable, and full of surprises.
Today, I’d like to focus on an even longer study, an 80-year study which is the subject of a recent book by Howard Friedman and Leslie Martin. Their final chapter summarizes the “many changes of healthy and unhealthy pathways” that their participants took over the course of their lives. As I too discovered in my research, the pathway provides a perfect metaphor of human development. We don’t all go down the same road marked with the same signposts based on age. People travel through diverse routes as they track the years of adulthood. Friedman and Martin use health and long life as their measure; I’ve used sense of achievement. In both cases, we are in perfect agreement in evaluating development not according to age but “the key features of life”.
The paths that Friedman and Martin describe seize the changes that characterize people as they age. Some examples are “The High Road” (reliable, full of plans); “Not Easy Street” (exposed to high stress throughout life), “Catastrophe Lane” (a downwardly twisty life); “Happy Trails to You” (cheerful, sociable), “The Road to Resilience” (able to handle stress with a strong will). Though I haven’t yet been able to follow my participants for 80 years, I too saw some of these pathways among my samples: “The Minding Way” , “The Downward Slope” , “The Straight and Narrow Path” , and “The Successful Trail”.
The pathway metaphor gives you hope for changing the direction of your life if you are unhappy with it so far. You can’t stop the clock from ticking the minutes between one birthday and the next, but you can adjust the road that you’re on by changing yourself, your situation, or both.
1.The author introduces the topic of the passage in the first paragraph by ______.
A. making comparisons B. giving examples
C. describing scenes D. providing explanations
2.According to the passage, the “stage metaphor” ______.
A. leads to misunderstandings
B. is used in memory of Shakespeare
C. doesn’t exactly reflect one’s real life
D. hasn’t enough stages to clarify life changes
3.The author is convinced of the life metaphor Friedman and Martin suggest because she ______.
A. spent less time on her research B. has found their book a bestseller
C. considers their measure more scientific D. got a similar finding to theirs
4.When a person is facing difficulties bravely, which metaphor can best describe him?
A. “Not Easy Street” B. “Happy Trails to You”
C. “Catastrophe Lane” D. “The Road to Resilience”
5.What does the passage focus on?
A. The pathway as a perfect life metaphor.
B. Various views on life metaphors.
C. The stage as a common life metaphor.
D. Different kinds of life metaphors.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If it were not for the fact that she________ sing, I would invite her to the party.
A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C. can’t D. might not
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析