Geese live to be around 25 years old, are ver...

Geese live to be around 25 years old, are very loyal, and never forget their first home. Even so, it came as a total shock to me when, in 2019, an aging adult wild goose made his way back to my family home. Geese love houses with large, green grassland to eat on; the flat area also makes it easy for them to watch out for predators (捕食者). So, at first, I assumed it was just another goose.

And yet, something about the lone male seemed oddly familiar to me. After two weeks of the goose coming back repeatedly, it became clear to me that this wasn’t a random goose. He did all of the same things Peeper used to, like trying to come in through the front door and sleeping in our enclosed pool area. In addition to following Peeper’s old ways, this goose also responded to the name Peeper. Much to my amazement, my old best friend had returned, 20 years later.

Why did Peeper return? It’s hard to say. Perhaps his mate died, leaving him lonely. If s also possible that he is approaching his twilight (薄脣) years and knows it, making him long for his early home. This behavior is typical of geese. Whatever the reason, Peeper continues to live with me. It’s a good thing that I stayed in my childhood home.

He doesn’t come home every single night the way he did as a baby. Some nights he may seek out the comfort of his own kind at the lake nearby. Geese in the wild typically sleep on water. But he’s here a lot, making his presence known and giving me joy. Many years later, the goose still remembers the true meaning of family. So do his people.

1.What was the author’s feeling at first?

A.Joyful. B.Natural.

C.Shocked. D.Strange.

2.Which best suggests that the goose was Peeper?

A.The goose kept coming back.

B.The goose reacted to the name.

C.The goose fed on the grassland.

D.The goose slept at the front door.

3.What can we infer from paragraph 3?

A.Peepers mate had made him return.

B.Peeper was too old to live in the wild.

C.The writer knew why Peeper returned.

D.The writer felt lucky to have Peeper back.

4.What does the author think of Peeper’s frequent presence?

A.He takes it as a sign of family bond.

B.He considers it as typical of geese.

C.He thinks Peeper is seeking comfort.

D.He supposes it to be a past habit.

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My 83-year-old mother came to live with me a year ago last November. She was very ill and I had to put my life on hold to care for her.

Each morning, I got her up and dressed her and made her breakfast and sat with her. I rushed for a bowl when she felt sick, and lit fires to keep her warm. I cooked and persuaded her to take a few bites.

It’s a hard job caring for a sick or dying parent, whoever you are. But it was especially hard for me, I feel, because I am a doctor myself. I couldn’t help looking at her in two different ways. The medical professional saw a body and scrutinized it with the coldness that medicine requires. But the daughter saw the woman who had given birth to me, wiped my nose, sent me off to college and had been a constant presence in my life for over half a century.

Also, my mother didn’t appreciate how hard it was for me to care for her. I remember an exchange between her and the nurse who came to see her once a week:

“You could get some more help with care.”

“Oh, I don’t think I need that,” Mom said.

Mom didn’t understand that the help would have taken some of the burden off me. None of the treatments her doctors gave her worked, and finally her life became about comfort. She refused painkillers (止痛药) for a long time, but finally the pain convinced her. And when she accepted the painkillers she accepted the fact that she would die.

Illness and needs took us across personal boundaries I’d never before considered. And yet, while living and being and dying with Mom I witnessed something precious dawning. We became closer. We shared so many stories from our past that it was as if our memories had become one.

In the past our relationship had been difficult. We had often argued. But when the end came, both of us simply accepted that we looked at the world in different ways. We were daughter and mother and we loved each other. That was all that mattered.

1.Why was taking care of her mom especially hard for the author?

A.She was too busy living her own life.

B.She and her mom had a difficult relationship.

C.She was too old to attend to her mom carefully.

D.She viewed her mom both as a patient and a loved one.

2.The underlined word “scrutinized” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_______”.

A.held B.checked

C.ignored D.left

3.How did the author probably feel about the conversation between her mom and the nurse?

A.Helpful. B.Thankful.

C.Surprised. D.Depressed.

4.What did the author learn from the experience of looking after her sick mother?

A.Love is more important than differences.

B.Being alive was the most important thing.

C.We should learn to understand other people.

D.It was better for family members to live independently of each other.

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New Year's Traditions Around the World

There are many traditions around the world to celebrate the New Year. Here's a look at a few of them.

Drive off bad luck

Many cultures have traditions meant to scare off bad luck. This often involves using fire or loud noises in the form of fireworks! In Scotland, for example, people hold bonfire celebrations. Men from villages walk through the streets swinging giant burning fireballs over their heads. 1..

Food for good luck

2.. In the southern part of the United States , people often eat black-eyed peas and pork for good luck in the New Year. In Spain, as the clock strikes midnight, people eat 12 grapes, which represent the 12 months of the year. It guarantees that the year will be filled with good luck.

Clothing traditions

Many people like to wear new clothing to start the New Year. In Romania, there is a tradition that involves dressing up in a bear costume .3.,if this won't! In Brazil, some people wear colorful underwear on New Year's Eve. The most popular colors are red and yellow. 4.. Yellow is supposed to bring you money.

5.

Many use the start of New Year as a time to try something new or change something about themselves. The New Year is a perfect time to change yourself for the better. That is why many people have the tradition of making a New Year's resolution. It is usually about living healthier or having more success in life.

These are just a handful of traditions. Tell us about a New Year's tradition in your culture!

A.Learn something new

B.I don't know what will scare off evil spirits

C.Make a New Year's resolution

D.Red is supposed to bring you love

E.Food plays an important role in people's life

F.And these fireballs are supposed to clean the coming year

G.Many cultures have certain diets that are said to bring good luck

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Imagine you are 10 years old. You live in a big city and want to visit your best friend, a five-minute walk away, and then you can go to the park, another 10 minutes’ walk. The problem is that there’s a big dangerous road between you and your friend, and another between your friend’s home and the park. When you ask your parents if you can walk there, they say no. But they are too busy to take you there themselves. Perhaps you have a video conversation with your friend instead, or perhaps you play a video game on the sofa. You’ve lost out on time outside and, of course, play time with your friend. This is the reality for many kids today-but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Tim Gill, the author of No Fear: Growing up in a Risk Averse Society, says a child-friendly city is one that allows “everyday freedom”, so a child can spread their wings as they grow. “It’s not enough to just talk about playgrounds and nice, pretty public spaces. That just creates play places that children have to be taken to by adults,” says Gill.

Society’s mistake, argues Gill, is that our planning systems just focus on cars, house-building and the economy rather than the environment, health and quality of life. “You won’t find any urban planners who can disagree with that. It’s because our decision-makers fail to look beyond the next two or three years.”

Designing cities with children in mind-particularly outdoor spaces that encourage safe movement and social interaction-stands to be an issue of growing concern globally. By 2050 around 70% of people will live in cities, and the majority of them will be under 18. Today, over a billion children are growing up in cities.

1.What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?

A.Dangerous roads. B.Parents’ improper behaviors.

C.Addition to video games. D.Lack of outdoor activities for kids.

2.What may the urban planners agree according to Gill?

A.Children lack public spaces. B.People live a life of low quality.

C.Their city planning is inappropriate. D.They are limited by their imagination.

3.Why does the author mention the data in the last paragraph?

A.To stress the necessity of building more cities.

B.To show the urgency of considering kids in urban planning.

C.To illustrate the changes of urban population.

D.To promote children’s awareness of self-protection.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.The appeal for a child-friendly city. B.Challenges facing urban children.

C.Difficulties in city planning. D.Problems in modern cities.

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Eight-year-old Bethany and seven-year-old Eliza are having a great time jumping around in the orchard of their home in a village near Penrith. They can play any time they like because they don't go to school. Instead, they are educated at home by their parents, Paul and Veronika Robinson. But they don't have lessons, have never used a timetable and learn only what and when they want to learn.

"I want my kids to have freedom in their childhood, not spend it in an institution," says 37-year-old Veronika, "School is all about control and following the rules." Veronika and her 56-year-old husband Paul have never experienced the daily rush to get dressed and out of the door that is common in most households with school-aged children. "We get up at our leisure - usually around 8.30-ish," says Veronika. "We might visit a friend, or go to the library, and on Tuesdays we shop at the market. In summer, we spend most of our time outside and the girls entertain themselves a lot."

New research due to be published this spring reveals a very different picture of Britain's home educators. "Out of 297 families, 184 said that they never use a timetable," says Mike Fortune-Wood of Home Education UK. "Ninety per cent never or rarely use textbooks, and nearly all said that happiness, contentment and self-fulfillment were more important than academic achievement. Only 15% felt that planning what to learn was crucial."

So far, so good. But what, you might ask, are the children actually learning?

"It wasn't important to me that the girls could read by a certain age, but they both picked it up for themselves at around seven," says Robinson. "Weighing cooking ingredients uses maths, and making a shopping list teaches them to write. Observing five hens has taught the girls about survival of the fittest. "

But what about when the children grow up? Can they go to university? The home educators' answer is they can if they want to. There are a variety of routes into higher education, but probably the most common is to join a local college. This is what Gus Harris-Reid has done. "I was educated at home all my life. I'd never had a lesson or been inside a classroom until I started GCSEs," says the 18-year-old. "I'm now studying for 4 A-levels at Exeter College. I've had no problem with the work or with fitting in." When asked to reflect on his experience of home education, his considered response is, "Like a permanent holiday, really!" Not a bad start for someone who plans to take a mechanical engineering degree next year.

1. What is the topic of this article?

A. New ways of learning to read and write   B. Problems with UK schools

C. Home education in the UK             D. Wild, undisciplined children

2. Why do the Robinsons not send their children to school?

A. They think schools control children too much.    B. They do not like the courses taught in schools.

C. They want to teach their children farming skills.   D. They live in a remote area where there are no schools.

3. According to the article, in homes with school-going children, ______.

A. mornings are rushed and stressful.      B. the children hardly ever go outside.

C. the family wakes up around 8.30am.    D. the children must ask permission to go to the toilet.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Most home educators believe that happiness is more important than good grades.

B. Most home educators believe that planning is important.

C. Most home educators do not follow a timetable or use textbooks.

D. Most home educators are not worried about when their children learn to read and write.

5. What does the article say about home-educated children getting into university?

A. They learn so many useful skills at home that universities are happy to accept them.

B. They can get into university if they have 4 A-levels.

C. They can go to school later and get the qualifications they need in order to enter university.

D. Home education is so relaxed that they are likely to experience problems when faced with the pressures of a degree course.

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Children are very, very observant and have excellent memories.

Around Christmas last year, we were heading to Grandma’s house. The drive was an hour long, so we had plenty of time to chat. We were waiting to get onto the freeway when my daughter Hayley noticed a homeless man, no sign in hand. “Mom, is that man homeless?” I told her I believed he was.

We got onto the freeway and drove away. But the chatting had stopped. Hayley was quiet all the way there. We spent a few hours at Grandma’s then packed up to head home. As we drove back, Hayley rustled(沙沙作响地移动) around in her seat, trying to reach something on the floor of the car. I asked her to sit still, worried her seatbelt would slip from the booster seat. She mumbled(咕哝)something and sat back.

“Mom, will the homeless man still be outside tonight?” I told her I was not sure, maybe. It was a freezing night, and I started to think of the man now too, and how cold he must be.

All of a sudden, as we got onto the freeway exit, Haley shrieked (尖叫): “There he is! There he is!” and started rolling down her window. “Mom, I found these gloves and scarf back here. Can I give them to him? Can I?” she asked.

I pulled over to the edge of the road, and beckoned(招手示意) the man to come over. Haley smiled at him and handed him her gift. I looked in the front passenger seat, loaded with leftovers from Grandma’s house, and handed those out to him as well.

The man thanked us, he clutched (抓紧) my hand in his and I could feel the bitter cold of them. We wished him a safe night and continued on our journey to our warm home.

“Haley, that was very sweet of you!” I told her. “Well, they were your gloves and scarf, Mom, but his hands looked colder, and he has to keep looking for his house!”

We had talked about homelessness before , and I could hear myself telling her: “Someone who has lost their home.” She had taken my words literally and thought the man’s home was like a lost puppy.

On the ride home, and as I carried my sleeping angel into the house that night, my heart filled with gratitude.

1.The underlined word “observant” in Paragraph I means “________”.

A．fond of serving others                    B．quick at noticing things

C．good at memorizing                      D．easy to be pleased

2.The girl thought “a homeless person” was a person who ________.

A．had no home to go to

B．had lost his or her puppy

C．was in need of gloves and scarves

D．couldn’t find his or her home

3.The mother felt thankful because ________.

A．she felt lucky to have such a warm-hearted daughter

B．she was pleased that she had a great family

C．she felt happy to have given the leftovers to the man

D．they had arrived home safely despite the cold

4.The article is mainly structured around ________.

A．analysis           B．comparison        C．time order         D．cause and result

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Many old houses around our school ________ next year and a large area will be developed.

A. will pull down　　 B. will be pulled down

C. pull down 　　　 D.are pulled down

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He was just 12 years old when he died. But he brought courage and hope to people around the world.

Nkosi Johnson, who died last June, is remembered today as an AIDS fighter. This young boy challenged his government’s AIDS policies and millions of South Africans in the fight against the disease.

Johnson was the longest survivor born HIV positive（艾滋病病毒携带者）.He survived with this deadly disease for 12 years before it claimed his life.

At first, Johnson was expected to live for nine months when his foster mother, Gail Johnson took him in at the age of two. She now runs Nkosi’s Haven across town from her house in Melville. The Haven is home to 20 children living with HIV or AIDS, and 11 of their mothers.

Johnson attracted the world’s attention and stole the hearts of thousands of people across the world at the 13^th International AIDS Conference in Durban in July 2000. He stood in front of a large audience including South African President Thabo Mbeki. He told them that he wanted AZT, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, to be given to HIV-positive pregnant（怀孕的） women to prevent the disease being passed on to their unborn babies. He received a loud cheer at the end of his speech.

Johnson’s speech was broadcast live across the world. With views beyond his age and even a sense of humor, Johnson soon became an international sign of the fight against AIDS and HIV.

1.The underlined words “claimed his life” (Paragraph 3) means _______.

A．did harm to Johnson’s life          B．helped Johnson to survive

C．caused the death of Johnson              D．made Johnson weak

2.The main idea in paragraphs 5 and 6 is ________.

A       Johnson attracted the world’s attention

B．Johnson stood in front of South African President Thabo Mbeki

C．Johnson wanted AZT to treat AIDS pregnant women

D．Johnson helped prevent the disease being passed on to an unborn baby

3.The AIDS child gave the speech in order to _________.

A．steal the hearts of thousands of people

B．be an AIDS fighter

C．get more help from the world

D．fight against the government

4.From the passage we can infer that _______.

A．the government’s AIDS policies have to be improved

B．the government did nothing to help those with HIV positive

C．the boy’s speech changed the government’s policies

D．no one lived longer than the boy

5.The best title for this passage is ________.

A．The Sad Story of an AIDS Child. B．The Courage of an AIDS Child

C．AIDS, a Deadly Disease             D．A Hero in South Africa

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An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and 4-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands　 　 , his eyesight was not clear, and his　 　 unsteady（不稳定的）. The family were　 　 every night at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and　 　 sight made this rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, 　　 　 would often spill（洒落）onto the tablecloth. “We must do something about grandfather,” said the husband.

So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, grandfather ate　 　 in the corner while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. 　　 　 grandfather had already broken a dish or two, his food was served in a　 　 bowl. Sometimes, when the family　　 　　 grandfather, he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone. 　 　 , the only words the couple had for him were sharp　 　 when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The 4-year-old boy watched all this　　 　　 .

One evening before supper, the father　　 　　 his son playing with wood scraps（小块）on the floor. He asked the child sweetly: “What are you making?” Just as　　 　　 , the boy answered: “Oh, I am making a little　 　 for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” The 4-year-old boy smiled and went back to 　　 on it.

The words　 　 the parents so much that they were　 　 . Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. 　　 　　 no word was spoken, both knew what they had to do. That evening, the husband took grandfather’s hand and　　 　　 led him back to the family table.

1.A. wounded        　　 B. moved            　　 C. trembled            D. dragged

2.A. step            　　 B. feet                C. speech            　　 D. body

3.A. away            B. together            C. asleep            　　 D. apart

4.A. losing            B. failing            　　 C. disappearing        D. rising

5.A. food                B. pan                C. milk                D. dinner

6.A. alone            B. casually            C. steadily            D. bitterly

7.A. After            B. Since                C. While            　　 D. When

8.A. small            B. safe                C. big                D. wooden

9.A. glanced at        B. stared at            C. looked through        D. looked after

10.A. However        B. Otherwise            C. Still                D. Rather

11.A. comments        B. quarrels            C. warnings            D. remark

12.A. in silence        B. in advance            C. in danger            D. in charge

13.A. researched        B. noticed            C. searched            D. explored

14.A. firmly            B. suddenly            C. cruelly            　　 D. sweetly

15.A. bowl            B. cup                C. spoon            　　 D. pan

16.A. worship            B. work                C. whisper            D. weave

17.A. impressed        B. touched            C. confused            D. struck

18.A. speechless        B. homeless            C. fearless            D. hopeless

19.A. Once            B. Whether            C. Though            D. Unless

20.A. gently            B. happily            C. fluently            D. fortunately

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

What makes people successful? Take a look around and talk to your friends and seniors who are very successful, you will see all of them have adopted certain values which have proved important for their success.

It is evident that successful people take initiative(主动性). When they find something needs to be done, they never hesitate to do it. 1. They weigh immediately what has to be done and then do it with pleasure thus strengthening their reputation.

Successful people do things with great enthusiasm, especially when they believe in what they are doing. They are motivated by their own satisfaction and the joy they get from doing their work. 2.

They do not fear failure. Failures and disappointments in life are unavoidable. 3. Successful people pick themselves up after a fall and try again with more determination and commitment and learn from each failure. They associate with those they can learn from and enjoy the company of those appreciating their achievement.

Having good IQ often gets a person what he wants but it’s really the EQ that keeps him there and helps him enjoy a high reputation. 4.. By giving respect to others, they command respect for themselves.

5. It’s better to praise others and win favor with them. So instead of complaining about a situation, successful people always try to solve it.

A. Successful people never complain

B. Successful person don’t make excuses.

C. They work hard even when no one is watching.

D. They believe that responsibility is taken, not given.

E. It is failure that teaches us much more than success.

F. It is hard to be successful if you don’t trust the people around you.

G. Successful people are polite to everyone and treat others with respect.

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