Two summers ago I was about to tum fifty and wanted to do something I’d never done before. My daughter Bailey thought skydiving (跳伞) would be perfect for me. I can promise you that of all the things I was thinking of doing, jumping out of an airplane never came close to making the list. As I age, I seem to have developed a growing fear of heights.
After several requests from my daughter, I finally said yes and she looked almost shocked. I told a friend what we were doing, then we set off. We had a 3-hour drive to the jump site. We drove through some beautiful countryside, but then we passed a small cemetery (基地) Then we passed another cemetery and another one. I asked if so many people died jumping out of airplanes in this area that they needed to keep building more cemeteries to bury all the bodies!
As we squeezed into the little plane, I tightly held the right hand of my partner Ronnie. The short ride to altitude was cruel for me. As Bailey stepped to the door, she looked back at me and said “Dad, I’m sure you can do it!” I said yes as she rolled out, I immediately looked behind me and said “RONNIEI AM NOT FEELING GOOD” He said, “It’s going to be great. Besides, it’s too late now anyway”, any we jumped out.
The next five minutes were some of the most exciting of my life. It was so beautiful and peaceful—except for the parts where I was screaming. I prayed to God for the parachute(降落伞)to open, but mostly I told Him how thankful I was for my life and being with me through good and bad.
1.What’s the author’s main purpose of mentioning cemeteries in Paragraph 2?
A. To tell how determined he was.
B. To show how rough the trip was.
C. To express how scared he was then.
D. To prove how lonely the jump site was.
2.What did Bailey do for her father before skydived?
A. She played a joke with him.
B. She gave him encouragement.
C. She comforted him constantly.
D. She offered him useful guidance.
3.How did the author behave after jumping out of the airplane?
A. He enjoyed himself.
B. He stayed quite calm.
C. He breathed out in relief.
D. He kept fearing for safety.
4.What can be inferred about the author from the text?
A. He skydived for the first time at the age of 48.
B. He jumped at his daughter’s recommendation.
C. The older he gets, the less fearful of heights he is.
D. Never had he considered attempting to do skydiving.
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Two summers ago I was about to tum fifty and wanted to do something I’d never done before. My daughter Bailey thought skydiving (跳伞) would be perfect for me. I can promise you that of all the things I was thinking of doing, jumping out of an airplane never came close to making the list. As I age, I seem to have developed a growing fear of heights.
After several requests from my daughter, I finally said yes and she looked almost shocked. I told a friend what we were doing, then we set off. We had a 3-hour drive to the jump site. We drove through some beautiful countryside, but then we passed a small cemetery (基地) Then we passed another cemetery and another one. I asked if so many people died jumping out of airplanes in this area that they needed to keep building more cemeteries to bury all the bodies!
As we squeezed into the little plane, I tightly held the right hand of my partner Ronnie. The short ride to altitude was cruel for me. As Bailey stepped to the door, she looked back at me and said “Dad, I’m sure you can do it!” I said yes as she rolled out, I immediately looked behind me and said “RONNIEI AM NOT FEELING GOOD” He said, “It’s going to be great. Besides, it’s too late now anyway”, any we jumped out.
The next five minutes were some of the most exciting of my life. It was so beautiful and peaceful—except for the parts where I was screaming. I prayed to God for the parachute(降落伞)to open, but mostly I told Him how thankful I was for my life and being with me through good and bad.
1.What’s the author’s main purpose of mentioning cemeteries in Paragraph 2?
A. To tell how determined he was.
B. To show how rough the trip was.
C. To express how scared he was then.
D. To prove how lonely the jump site was.
2.What did Bailey do for her father before skydived?
A. She played a joke with him.
B. She gave him encouragement.
C. She comforted him constantly.
D. She offered him useful guidance.
3.How did the author behave after jumping out of the airplane?
A. He enjoyed himself.
B. He stayed quite calm.
C. He breathed out in relief.
D. He kept fearing for safety.
4.What can be inferred about the author from the text?
A. He skydived for the first time at the age of 48.
B. He jumped at his daughter’s recommendation.
C. The older he gets, the less fearful of heights he is.
D. Never had he considered attempting to do skydiving.
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Two summers ago I was about to turn fifty and wanted to do something I’d never done before. My daughter Bailey thought skydiving (跳伞) would be perfect for me. I can promise you that of all the things I was thinking of doing, jumping out of an airplane never came close to making the list. As I age, I seem to have developed a growing fear of heights.
After several requests from my daughter, I finally said yes and she looked almost shocked. I told a friend what we were doing, then we set off. We had a 3-hour drive to the jump site. We drove through some beautiful countryside, but then we passed a small cemetery(墓地). Then we passed another cemetery and another one. I asked if so many people died jumping out of airplanes in this area that they needed to keep building more cemeteries to bury all the bodies!
As we squeezed into the little plane, I tightly held the right hand of my partner Ronnie. The short ride to altitude was cruel for me. As Bailey stepped to the door, she looked back at me and said “Dad, I’m sure you can do it!” I said yes as she rolled out. I immediately looked behind me and said “RONNIE I AM NOT FEELING GOOD!” He said, “It’s going to be great. Besides, it’s too late now anyway”, and we jumped out.
The next five minutes were some of the most amazing of my life. It was so beautiful and peaceful—except for the parts where I was screaming. I prayed to God for the parachute (降落伞) to open, but mostly I told Him how thankful I was for my life and being with me through good and bad.
1.What can be inferred about the author from the text?
A. He skydived for the first time at the age of 48.
B. He jumped at his daughter’s recommendation.
C. The older he gets, the less fearful of heights he is.
D. Never had he considered attempting to do skydiving.
2.What’s the author’s main purpose of mentioning cemeteries in Paragraph 2?
A. To tell how determined he was. B. To show how rough the trip was.
C. To express how scared he was then. D. To prove how lonely the jump site was.
3.What did Bailey do for her father before she skydived?
A. She played a joke with him. B. She gave him encouragement.
C. She comforted him constantly. D. She offered him useful guidance.
4.How did the author behave after jumping out of the airplane?
A. He enjoyed himself. B. He stayed quite calm.
C. He breathed out in relief. D. He kept fearing for safety.
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About 6 years ago, I was on a plane next to a woman. I was tired and wanted to take a nap. But before I could go into “ignore pattern”, she tapped me on the shoulder to introduce herself.
“Hi: my name is Helga!”
We got to talking and eventually it came up that I had started an organization in high school called R.A.K.E.(Random Acts of Kindness, Etc.). As I described what we did, Helga got very serious and told me that she admired me for that. She told me a story about the last time she had flown. She was on the way to Arizona because she had gotten sudden news that her dad’s health was on the decline. Later her father’s physician called to inform her that her dad had rather suddenly passed away. For the 3-hour plane ride, she sat in silence around strangers.
When she arrived at the airport in Arizona, she walked to the nearest wall, sat down, and cried. And here is the part I’ll never forget about Helga’s story. For 2 hours she sat and wept while thousands walked to and fro in the airport. Helga looked al me and said, “Houston, not a single person stopped and asked if I was okay that day.” It was that day that I realized how much we need each other. It was that day I realized that kindness isn’t normal.
Kindness isn’t normal. That has stuck with me all these years especially now. I work in schools nationwide speaking about sympathy, kindness, empathy (同理心) and love. I’m reminded all the time that, for many of us, kindness is not usually our default setting. We spend so much time worrying about our problems, our lives, our insecurities, getting to our flight so we walk by or ignore people in need of help.
So, I’ve made it my mission to do my part in sharing stories with students, teachers, and parents about our need for character and sympathy. I’m always be on the lookout for the little opportunities that surround me every day to do something nice.
1.What impressed the author most about Helga’s story?
A. Helga’s anxiety over her father’s sudden illness.
B. Helga had no one to talk to on her flight lo Arizona.
C. Helga was ignored by people around her when she cried.
D. Helga couldn’t get over her sadness over her Father’s death.
2.Which can best explain the underlined part “default setting” in paragraph 5?
A. Usual way of doing things. B. Unexpected way to do things.
C. Ignorance to people around. D. Biggest surprise to others.
3.What can we know about the author?
A. He started many clubs in high school. B. He used to be a school teacher.
C. He teaches kids how to behave well. D. He is a promoter of a good cause.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Comforting People in Need B. Making Kindness Normal
C. Ignoring Unnecessary Troubles D. Practising Kindness on the Plane
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A few years ago my husband, my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning, when it became clear that we were lost. The country _____ seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get. Finally we _____ a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for _____.
“Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?” I asked.
A very tired waitress looked up and said, “Lady, I haven’t got a clue.” Since she was not _____, I looked around at the customers. There, sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains. Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).
I immediately thought of my _____ in the car and what these characters might do to us.
“We know ______ you’re going,” one of them said cheerfully. “Not only that, but we’ll take you there.”
____ I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles, gesturing, “ _____us! ”
We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads.
After a few minutes, my son decided it was all _____for us. “They’re taking us to a ____ place, and that will be the end,” he said ______ . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How ______ you do this to me?”
I whispered to my husband, “I don’t want to scare Jack, but he’s right. I am a bit _____ . It’s dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the _____thing.”
“No kidding,” he replied. “We’re just going to have to trust that it’s going to be all right.”
About an hour later, after _____ through endless back roads deep in the woods, they ____ to us to go left.
We looked up, and there was the _____for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they _____good-bye and disappeared from view.
If I’ve learned anything on this _____ journey of mine, it’s that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there’s likely to be a company of _____.
1.A. music B. roads C. days D. school
2.A. found B. called C. missed D. left
3.A. time B. gas C. water D. directions
4.A. helpful B. careful C. beautiful D. hopeful
5.A. maps B. bags C. family D. gifts
6.A. how B. what C. why D. where
7.A. If B. Since C. Because D. Before
8.A. Invite B. Show C. Follow D. Give
9.A. over B. right C. alone D. around
10.A. cool B. lonely C. safe D. new
11.A. uneasily B. cheerfully C. curiously D. uncertainly
12.A. should B. can C. would D. must
13.A. annoyed B. excited C. frightened D. amazed
14.A. same B. bad C. funny D. wrong
15.A. winding B. looking C. walking D. climbing
16.A. greeted B. connected C. gestured D. hurried
17.A. label B. notice C. poster D. sign
18.A. kissed B. waved C. shook D. blew
19.A. tiring B. crazy C. interesting D. fancy
20.A. angels B. friends C. partners D. relatives
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A few years ago my husband，my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning，when it became clear that we were lost. The country seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.
Finally we a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.
A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue."
Since she was not , I looked around at the customers．There，sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains．Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).
I immediately thought of my in the car and what these characters might do to us.
"We know you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that，but we'll take you there."
I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles，gesturing,“ us!”
We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads. After a few minutes, my son decided it was all for us. "They're taking us to a place, and that will be the end," he said . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How you do this to me?"
I whispered to my husband，"I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit . It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the thing."
"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right."
About an hour later, after through endless back roads deep in the woods，they to us to go left. We looked up, and there was the for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they good-bye and disappeared from view. If I've learned anything on this
journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of .
1.A. music B. roads C. days D. school
2.A. found B. called C. missed D. left
3.A. time B. gas C. water D. directions
4.A. helpful B. careful C. beautiful D. hopeful
5.A. maps B. bags C. family D. gifts
6.A. how B. what C. why D. where
7.A. If B. Since C. Because D. Before
8.A. Invite B. Show C. Follow D. Give
9.A. over B. right C. alone D. around
10.A. cool B. lonely C. safe D. new
11.A. uneasily B. cheerfully C. curiously D. uncertainly
12.A. should B. can C. would D. must
13.A. annoyed B. excited C. frightened D. amazed
14.A. same B. bad C. funny D. wrong
15.A. winding B. looking C. walking D. climbing
16.A. greeted B. connected C. gestured D. hurried
17.A. label B. notice C. poster D. sign
18.A. kissed B. waved C. shook D. blew
19.A. tiring B. crazy C. interesting D. fancy
20.A. angels B. friends C. partners D. relatives
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Two summers ago, Spencer Seabrooke stepped off the edge of a cliff and out into the air. He was held up by a narrow band of fabric, three centimetres wide. The slackline (扁带) went over a deep channel on the top of Stawamus Chief Mountain in Squamish, Canada. The plan was to walk across without safety equipment. The ground was 290 metres below Seabrook’s feet. A fall meant death. The walking distance of 64 metres would mark a world record in free solo slacklining.
“You’re standing on nothing,” Seabrooke said at the time. “Everything inside your body is telling you this is wrong.” Several steps into the crossing, Seabrooke looked down. He lowered his body to steady himself and reached with his hands to hold the slackline. He suddenly turned over but hung on. He righted himself, let out a few screams, and stood again. He had walked the same slackline-with assistance-many times before. Finally, he crossed in four minutes and made it.
Slacklining became known in the early 1980s, around the rock climbing scene at Yosemite National Park in California. Scott Balcom, in 1985, was the first to walk on a 17-metre highline on Lost Arrow Spire, the valley bottom some 880 metres below. Charles “Chongo” Tucker, who has been living in Yosemite for a long time, was there in slacklining’s earliest days. Later, in 1994, he was one of the next people to walk the Lost Arrow Spire highline. “As scared as I was, it was as cool as anything I’ve ever done in my life,” said Tucker.
Seabrooke grew up in Peterborough, Canada, in love with the outdoors. He saw a documentary in 2012 that was about Andy Lewis, a slackliner and free solo pioneer who performed at the Super Bowl. Seabrooke was attracted and devoted himself to the sport. Three years later, he walked his record free solo highline on the Stawamus Chief.
The attention Seabrooke won led to work, everything from commercials to paid appearances at slackline festivals from Poland to China. “When you step out into the air, there’s something so clean about it,” said Seabrooke. “Height makes it real.”
1.What do we know about Seabrooke’s slacklining experience two years ago?
A.It was record-breaking.
B.It was done in Yosemite.
C.It involved materials for security.
D.It presented no challenge to him.
2.What did Seabrooke’s words in Paragraph 2 imply?
A.He was very confident.
B.He made a wrong decision.
C.Slacklining was a dangerous sport.
D.Slacklining was done without any support.
3.What was Tucker’s attitude to slacklining?
A.Negative. B.Ambiguous.
C.Frustrated. D.Favorable.
4.What encouraged Seabrooke to start slacklining?
A.The Super Bowl.
B.A slackline festival.
C.Its commercial promise.
D.A slackliner’s performance.
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Two years ago， Kiirsat Ceylan was in New York to give a talk about disability rights at the U． N． Blind since birth， the Turkish man was struggling to find his hotel， holding a cane in one hand and pulling his luggage with the other．
"Not surprisingly， suddenly I bumped into a pole, and he says, "It was a bit bloody．"
The problem with a cane is that， while it can tell you what's on the grounds it doesn't help with objects at the body or head level． It wasn't the first time Ceylan had run into something， injuring himself．
"" I have no problem with my scars， which make me more handsome I guess，" Ceylan says， laughing． "But I don't need hew ones．"
With WeWalk， a new smart cane， Ceylan hopes to help other blind people navigate their environments more easily.The cane uses an ultrasonic（超声波）sensor which detects objects at body or head level and gives a warning vibration． WeWalk users pair the cane with their smartphones and then use the cane's touchpad to access features like voice assistant or navigation*Before leaving home， they can plug their destination into Google Maps and get spoken directions as they walk In the future， Ceylan hopes to connect WeWalk with public transportation and ridesharing services．
Assistive technology is often expensive for blind people， says Eelke Folmer， a computer science professor at the University of Nevada! Reno． "But developers fail to realize their devices are out of reach for many blind people， To Folmer， the price point-﹩ 500-- sets the WeWalk cane apart from other technologies．
Ceylan sees WeWalk as part of an attempt to help blind people achieve greater freedom of movement， which he believes will give them greater access to education and jobs． The canes are already having an impact on users， Ceylan says． He recently received an email from a teacher in Ireland who had become blind as an adult． He'd been depressed and housebound． But since getting a WeWalk cane， your device forced me to go out． It became my anti- depressant． " he wrote．
1.Why is a story about Kursat Ceylan given at the beginning of the text？ ______
A.To stress the difficulty caused by blindness．
B.To show his reason for developing his cane．
C.To indicate the problems with present canes．
D.To show his positive and humorous character．
2.What can WeWalk do at present according to the text？ ______
A.Provide fast Internet access．
B.Start conversations with users．
C.Tell users what is around them．
D.Connect with ridesharing services．
3.What does Folmer think is the advantage of WeWalk over other assistive technologies？ ______
A.It is easily affordable， B.It is easily controllable．
C.It works better for users. D.It looks more attractive．
4.What is the text mainly about？ ______
A.The increasing demand for smart canes．
B.A blind man’s devotion to smart canes．
C.A smart cane's effects on blind people.
D.An assistive technology for the blind．
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Davey wanted to play baseball. But fifty years ago, in his small town, he couldn’t find enough players for two full teams or an empty lot big enough for a field. And when he played ball in his back yard, he just broke windows and got into trouble. So Davey began playing with a plastic golf ball and a broom handle for a bat.
When his dad, David Mullaney, a former semi-pro baseball pitcher(投手), realized his son was hurting his arm trying to throw curves with the little plastic ball, he decided to find a better solution. Mullaney got a bunch of hollow plastic spheres from a local factory, sat down at his kitchen table and began cutting different size holes in the balls with a razor knife. He thought maybe the holes would alter the ball’s flight and help his son throw curves and sliders without hurting his arm.
All the balls failed—except the one with the eight oblong(长椭圆形的) holes cut into one of the hemispheres. This ball curved naturally and sharply without a violent snap of the wrist. In fact, Davey was now striking out so many batters; he called his new ball a “wiffle ball”. A year later, Mullaney borrowed $20,000 from family and friends and started producing Wiffle Balls in his little suburban town of Shelton, Connecticut.
“I didn’t want investors.” He said, “I wanted to control my own company.” This was the beginning of one of the hottest fads(时尚) of the fifties and a perennial(长久的) best seller well known all around the world. Since then millions of boys and girls have enjoyed countless hours of safe, wholesome fun playing with a Wiffle ball and bat. Esquire Magazine has even called the Wiffle Ball “a national treasure”. By producing a high quality product at an affordable price, three generations of Mullany’s have enjoyed the satisfaction and benefits of running a successful and profitable family business.
Over the years, they’ve had plenty of offers to buy them out, but they’re still working out of a small factory in Shelton, making a new Wiffle Ball every couple of seconds. Creativity and persistence are two of the important sources for wealth. If he gave up his attempts at trying new things, Mullany would not have invented the wiffle ball, nor would he have made such a big fortune.
1.From the passage we can know that ________________________________________________________________________________.
A．Mullaney made the invention of Wiffle ball with the help of his son
B．fifty years ago people didn’t like playing baseball very much
C．Mullaney’s attempts to help Davey better enjoy ball-playing led to the invention of Wiffle ball
D．playing balls would hurt one’s arm before the Wiffle ball’s appearance
2.All the following are true EXCEPT________________________________________________________________________.
A．Davey was a good ballplayer after the Wiffle ball came into existence
B．David Mullaney wanted to run the family business on his own
C．Mullaney’s family made a big fortune through the production of Wiffle balls
D．Mullaney’s business was nearly bought out but they worked hard to keep it
3.The underlined word “spheres” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to________________________________________________________________________.
A．balls B．bottles C．bags D．boxes
4.The two important factors for Mullaney’s successful family business are________________________________________________________________________.
A．time and fortune B．persistence and creativity
C．quality and fame D．cooperation and efforts
5.The passage mainly tells us something about________________________________________________________________________.
A．Davey, a famous baseball player B．a popular ball game in the 1950’s
C．the birth of Wiffle ball D．the success of a family business
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
--- Where do you want to travel for summer, Paris or London?
--- _______ There’ re so many nice places at home, you know.
A. Why bother? B. So what? C. Why not? D. How come?
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
---Where do you want to travel for summer, Canada or America?
---________ There’re so many nice places at home, you know.
A. So what? B. Why not?
C. How come? D. Why bother?
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析