Tick, tock, tick, tock. I’m sitting here, wat...

Tick, tock, tick, tock. I’m sitting here, watching the movements of my existence pass slowly away. My house has been 36 for such a long time，and I’m lonely and forgotten. Sitting here, by myself, all that I can do is 37   and think about my past. I could tell you stories that only 38  would know. But walls can’t speak.

I came to this place many years ago，along with an old man…. 39  , he was with me for on1y three short years before he passed on….

For a time, I was left alone, while people came and 40  the house….  Then, one day a nice couple moved in with a young son. 41 , their son Danny liked to stay with me, and I was completely 42  with him. He always looked as if he loved the stories I told, most of which began with. ‘‘Back in my day…” and ‘‘When I was 43  .…” I sometimes had the kind of idea that he didn’t really understand what I was saying, but it felt good to be 44 .  When Danny went off to college，my heart broke. Soon afterward, 45  sold the house.…

New owners came and 46 . Then, One day it so happened that I was in when a new family was moving into the house. You can’t even imagine my 47  when, unexpectedly, Danny walked through the front door. He had a 48  and kids now. I was so overjoyed when I saw him that I put all my 49  into my daily activities. ... I spent the next twenty years watching his kids grow up, with a mixture of pride and 50  about what would happen next.

The kids finally became 51   and Danny sold the house. That was about five years ago…. Some of the local kids have started the rumor that the house is haunted（闹鬼的）--- and, in a way, it is. It is haunted by 52 of all the people who have lived in it. Every second has 53  me so much. I have been 54 them all day and they are almost up for me.... I hope that someday somebody will 55  me, and drop in on me again. Maybe then I’ll get a new home and an opportunity for a whole new set of memories.

1.A. crowded                   B. empty              C. painted           D. sold

2.A. look back             B. enjoy food       C. have a dream          D. chat with friends

3.A. friends               B. learners          C. neighbors        D. walls

4.A. Luckily               B. Happily          C. Sadly                   D. Surprisingly

5.A. looked at             B. settled in         C. bought in        D. sold out

6.A. At last               B. At one time              C. In the end       D. From the beginning

7.A. tired                  B. friendly          C. taken             D. fond

8.A. older                 B. healthier            C. better                D. younger

9.A. loved               B. told                  C. disliked             D. believed

10.A.Danny               B. I                       C. his parents         D. the old man

11.A. settled              B. went                 C. lived                 D. greeted

12.A. pity                B. pride                 C. surprise             D. sadness

13.A. friend               B. daughter            C. son                   D. wife

14.A. energy              B. time                  C. life                   D. ideas

15.A. happiness           B. dream               C. anxiety              D. disappointment

16.A. old                 B. impatient           C. adults                D. tired

17.A. families             B. furniture           C. houses               D. memories

18.A. impressed           B. surprised          C. encouraged        D. inspired

19.A. putting                   B. copying             C. recalling            D. taking

20.A. call                     B. remember          C. visit               D. attend

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Those who have suffered from insomnia know the sinking feeling of watching the clock tick．Now a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that lying in bed awake may actually contribute to the problem of sleeplessness．

The study of 79 adults（average age 72）with insomnia aimed to determine whether brief behavioral interventions for insomnia would help．Traditional behavioral therapy（疗法）requires at least half a dozen hour-long sessions with a therapist — a costly commitment many patients either can't make or don't have access to．Other options include sleep-aiding medications or supplements．In the current study，the 39 participants in the behavioral therapy group received a 45- to 60-minute instructing session，plus a 30-minute follow-up session and two 20-minute phone calls．

Doctors offered the following behavioral interventions for improving sleep: reduce time in bed; get up at the same time every day，regardless of sleep duration; don't go to bed unless sleepy; and don't stay in bed unless asleep．

The other 40 participants in the study were given printed educational materials about insomnia，which included the same instructions given to the intervention group，but without the individualized sessions with a therapist．Two weeks later，the latter group also got a 10-minute follow-up phone call．

At the end of four weeks，the behavioral treatment group was significantly more likely to show improvements in sleep than the printed-materials group．By that time，55% of those who received behavioral treatment no longer met the criteria for insomnia，compared with 13% of the group that got educational brochures．

The good news comes at the same time as a report on the health effects of insomnia from the U．K．'s Mental Health Foundation．The report，Sleep Matters，suggests a link between insomnia and poor relationships，low energy levels and an inability to concentrate．Poor sleep has already been linked to depression，immune deficiency and heart disease．

1.What is the meaning of the underlined word “ insomnia”?

A．sleeplessness　　　 　　 B．depression

C．heart disease　　 　　　 D．immune deficiency

2.What is the disadvantage of traditional behavioral therapy?

A．It can’t help．

B．It costs a lot of money．

C．It requires sessions with a therapist．

D．It includes sleep-aiding medications．

3.How to improve sleep according to the doctor?

A．Lying in bed awake．

B．Get up early every day．

C．Don’t go to bed late at night．

D．Don’t stay in bed if you are not asleep．

4.We can learn from the text that insomnia may cause the following results except________．

A．depression　　　 　　　 B．concentration

C．immune deficiency 　 D．heart disease

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Flying out of an airport in the United States is not always easy. You will need to complete the ticketing process, baggage check, and security clearance procedures before boarding the plane.

If you are flying on an international flight, you'd better arrive two hours before your plane is scheduled to leave. You might need more time in a busy airport in a large city. If you are traveling on a domestic (国内的) flight, you may only need to arrive at the airport 90 minutes before your plane takes off.

Every airport in the States is now moving its ticketing procedure to electronic ticketing device. By using a ticketing machine, you have the chance to choose a seat you like on the plane. If you use it to check-in your bags, you will only have to talk to the ticketing agent when you turn in your luggage to be tagged (加标签). At the same time a real person will be nearby to help you if you need it.

After you have checked in, you will have to pass through airport security. Have your ID card or passport and boarding pass ready to show the security officer when entering the security checkpoint line. Airport security is getting tight in the States today. You're not allowed to travel with any prohibited things like knifes or fireworks.

After the security staff has checked your travel documents, you shall put all of your belongings through a scanning machine and then walk through a metal detector (探测器) or a full body scanner. You need to take off your coat, belt, and sometimes your shoes to go through one of these scanners. Be sure not to have any metal in your pockets. If you do not understand a question you are asked at a security checkpoint, ask the person to repeat their question until you are able to respond with an accurate answer.

高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析

32. -- I didn’t go to the movie last night because of the rain.

-- What a pity! If I had got the ticket, I________it.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Tick bites（蜱虫叮咬）are reported _______ in 12 provinces and claimed 31 lives since 2007.

A. to break out                       B. to have broken out

C. to be broken out                   D. to have been broken out

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Here’s the situation. You’re sitting at the table listening to the conversation when your cellphone rings. There is something very important that wants your attention. Maybe your phone buzzed for an email, text message, Facebook post or tweet. You don’t know unless you check your phone. You may be feeling a strong case of FOMO: Fear of Missing Out.

You may think that a quick check of your phone isn’t rude. Your companions probably disagree. A recent study of cellphone use found that most US adults think checking your phone is rude in social situations.

The study found that only 5 percent of Americans felt that checking your cellphone during a meeting is acceptable. Only 12 percent support checking your cellphone during a family dinner.

The study said, “Americans think that when people focus on their phones instead of their companions, it hurts the group in which they are taking part.”

People can be offended when they feel ignored. They also don’t like others who talk too loudly or share private information in public when using their phones.

About three-fourths of US adults view using cellphones in public as acceptable when using public transportation, waiting in line, and walking down the street. But most US adults disapprove of cellphone use at the dinner table, in movie theater, meetings, and places of worship.

People might use their cellphones in social situations because they see others doing it: 86 percent of people surveyed said that someone else used a phone at the most recent social event they attended. People may use their phones at social events to share something from the event. That might be a photo, information, or to free from the group.

1.The writer starts the passage by ________.

A. listing the uses of cellphones

B. imagining a scene in life

C. discussing the bad influence of cellphones

D. talking about a chat on cellphones

2.If you use your cellphones in social situates, others will feel that they aren’t ________.

A. interested in taking　　 B. friendly enough

C. valued by you at all　　 D. sharing useful information

3.Where do most Americans accept the cellphones use?

A. Seeing a movie in the cinema.

B. Attending a meeting.

C. Having a dinner with families.

D. Riding in the public vehicles.

4.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A. Is it Rude to Use Cellphones Among Friends?

B. Putting Aside Your Cellphones for Your Friends

C. Keeping in Touch with Your Friends with Cellphones

D. Avoid Borrowing a Cellphone from Your Friends

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands. Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn't forget that Charles Darwin (1809-1882) arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired (启发) his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin's footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands. The islands are certainly a paradise (天堂) for wildlife, as there are no natural killers on the islands and the number of boats and visitors is under government control. Though you cannot walk freely as Darwin did about 200 years ago, each day is as impressive as it could be. The most well-known animal of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise(巨型海龟), which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Sanra Cruz, the second largest island in the archipelago(群岛). Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been seen in their youth by Darwin himself. Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures: diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air. Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.

1. What do we know about Darwin's visit to the islands?

A. He studied different creatures on the islands

B. He completed his famous book on the islands

C. He was touched by the geography of the islands

D. He was attracted by well-known animals of the islands

2.　 Which of the following plays a role in making the islands "a paradise for wildlife"?

A. Animals on the islands feed on grass.

B. Local government forbids killing wildlife.

C. People cannot visit the islands as they wish.

D. Tourists are not allowed to touch the animals.

3.　 Your stay on the islands will be most impressive mainly because of_________.

A. The beautiful sea views

B. Darwin's inspiring trip

C. a closer view of animals

D. various daring activities

4.　 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Unique Attraction for Wildlife Lovers

B. Calapagos as a Paradise for Adventures

C. Charles Darwin as a Symbol of Galapagos

D. A Successful Example of Wildlife Protection

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands. Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn’t forget that Charles Darwin (1809-1882) arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired (启发) his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin’s footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands.

The islands are certainly a paradise (天堂) for wildlife, as there are no natural killers on the islands and the number of boats and visitors is under government control. Though you cannot walk freely as Darwin did about 200 years ago, each day is as impressive as it could be.

The most well-known animal of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise(巨型海龟), which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Sanra Cruz, the second largest island in the archipelago(群岛). Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been seen in their youth by Darwin himself.

Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures: diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.

Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.

1.What do we know about Darwin’s visit to the islands?

A. He studied different creatures on the islands

B. He completed his famous book on the islands

C. He was touched by the geography of the islands

D. He was attracted by well-known animals of the islands

2.Which of the following plays a role in making the islands “a paradise for wildlife”?

A. Animals on the islands feed on grass.

B. Local government forbids killing wildlife.

C. People cannot visit the islands as they wish.

D. Tourists are not allowed to touch the animals.

3.Your stay on the islands will be most impressive mainly because of________.

A. The beautiful sea views                  B. Darwin’s inspiring trip

C. a closer view of animals                  D. various daring activities

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Unique Attraction for Wildlife Lovers

B. Calapagos as a Paradise for Adventures

C. Charles Darwin as a Symbol of Galapagos

D. A Successful Example of Wildlife Protection

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

April 2018, Manchester

My dearest daughter,

As I looked across at you sitting on the sofa watching The X Factor, I noticed that you are no longer a child, and that having just celebrated your 14th birthday, you are now a young woman starting a journey into becoming an adult woman. As I looked at you, I remembered myself at 14, and the vastly different places we are beginning this journey from.

Your identity as a mixed-race young woman, with an English father and a Pakistani mother, has already influenced how you place yourself in this world. Until now, you are unaware of the personal struggles that I took at the age of 25 to marry. How it felt when my mother refused to come to my wedding. The sharp criticisms of the Asian community that such marriages do not work out and always end in divorce. The confidence I had to grow, as we chose to live in a multicultural community, as I refused to be shamed into living in the leafier white suburbs.

Then, at the age of 30, I became your mum with all the joys and struggles this brought, as I refused the Asian traditions for a new baby's arrival. From your birth, your life could not have been more different from mine. I was brought up on a council estate, within a tight-knit extended Muslim family, through which poverty, racism and neglect were woven. I was never given the freedoms or the opportunity to experience new things. Now, as I hear you play your piano, I am grateful that you have these opportunities.

So many doors were closed to me as a young person, and as I fought for small steps of freedom, I soon learned that it was better to do what I wanted without the knowledge of my parents, and so deceit and deception(欺骗) became woven into my life too. The pressures to obey, to be a "good Muslim" girl and to keep the family honour were choking. Behind closed doors at home, the neglect and abuse took place. It was hidden; I felt the shame, lived with the fear and suffered alongside my sister and two younger brothers. Oh, the power we thought our parents had over us! I was convinced that one day my father would indeed beat us so hard that leaving us for dead, he would, as his threats said, bury us in the large back garden and tell the school he had taken us back to Pakistan for good. My sister and I longed for a different blue sky to live under.

As a daughter of immigrant parents, I carried their hopes of a better education for their children my own veins(血管) pulsing with the hard-work ethic(道德) and need to be grateful for the opportunity of a free education. And it was education that provided me with the strength to find my own blue sky. I fought to leave home to go to university at the age of 18, and never returned to live with my parents again.

Now as you explore your mixed-race heritage, which I hope we have supported you to do with visits to Pakistan and ensuring you go to multi-cultural schools, I want you to take the very best of all that is Asian with you as you become a woman.

The struggles of identity and belonging will come but I hope that we have given you a strong foundation from which to explore these struggles. All the opportunities and freedoms that I only dreamed of as a young woman, I have offered you. I have chosen a different path of loving you as my daughter, with an unconditional love that many consider "western".

I want you to know that although your journey has been vastly different. I am excited as I watch you standing on the threshold of becoming a woman for all the adventures and possibilities the future holds for you.

May you fly your blue sky with grace, confidence and hope as you find your place in this beautiful and crazy world.

Loving you now and always.

Mommy

1.Mommy's mother refused to attend her wedding probably because _____.

A. she married against the wishes of her family

B. she refused traditional Asian wedding ceremony

C. she would leave the family to settle in the white suburbs

D. she would bring shame to the multicultural community

2.By "your life could not have been more different from mine." Mommy means ______.

A. her childhood was no different from her daughter's

B. her parents treated her the way she does her daughter

C. her daughter experienced the same traditions at birth with her

D. her daughter can enjoy the opportunities which she didn’t

3.What can be inferred from Mommy's Muslim family life?

A. She behaved like a good Muslim girl.　　 B. She fought against her Muslim identity.

C. She suffered much abuse in the family.　　 D. She was forced to drop out of school.

4.Mommy sends her daughter to multi-cultural schools to _____.

A. provide her daughter with more opportunities and freedoms

B. increase her daughter's exposure to different cultures

C. encourage her daughter to grow up to be a better woman

D. ensure her daughter more opportunities to visit Pakistan

5.Mommy writes the letter mainly to _____.

A. uncover the sufferings she had as a teenage girl

B. criticize the social prejudice in her community

C. emphasize the importance of family support

D. encourage her daughter to try to achieve her dream

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

-- Are you fond of watching TV?

--- Not a bit. I would sit alone in the dark _______ I would watch TV.

A．before           B．if                C．while             D．after

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析