My father and I started our morning by moving quickly into the local store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while he shopped around to pick up a few things.
As I was standing there I became aware of an elderly woman, with untidy hair, wearing layers upon layers of old clothing, hunchbacked (弯背的) behind me in line. She had a few things for washing and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to ring up since that queue was shorter than the queues in the store.
At some point I became aware of her edging (慢慢挪动) closer behind me — closer than I was comfortable with! I instinctively ( 本能地) placed a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild stories about this homeless woman who might try to steal from me.
Then it was my turn to order. As the cashier rang up my total, I discovered I was 67 cents short. I called my father but he was hard of hearing. He asked me to repeat what I said but he still couldn’t make me out. At that point, a long, grey arm, with holes in its sleeves, reached over from behind me. She laid 67 cents out on the counter, saying, we all need some help sometimes.
I was stunned! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to give and was in great need herself. I had judged her wrongly and she had offered to reach out to help me!
What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about judging others！Thank you, God!
1.From the passage, we can learn that the elderly woman ______.
A.probably lived a poor life
B.tried to steal money from the writer
C.always followed close behind the writer
D.often went to the store to buy a few things
2.When seeing the elderly woman behind, the writer ______ .
A.thought of her grandmother B.wondered what she would do
C.called her father right away D.was on the watch for her
3.The elderly woman decided to help the writer ______.
A.the moment she saw the writer
B.when she noticed the writer watching her
C.after the writer failed to get help from her father
D.when the writer discovered she was 67 cents short
4.The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 5 probably means “______”.
A.happy B.surprised
C.angry D.disappointed
5.What lesson does the writer learn from the story?
A.We should look at things from two sides.
B.It’s wise to give help to those in need.
C.The world is full of love and surprises.
D.Never judge a person from his appearance.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
My father and I started our morning by moving quickly into the local store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while he shopped around to pick up a few things.
As I was standing there I became aware of an elderly woman, with untidy hair, wearing layers upon layers of old clothing, hunchbacked (弯背的) behind me in line. She had a few things for washing and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to ring up since that queue was shorter than the queues in the store.
At some point I became aware of her edging (慢慢挪动) closer behind me — closer than I was comfortable with! I instinctively ( 本能地) placed a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild stories about this homeless woman who might try to steal from me.
Then it was my turn to order. As the cashier rang up my total, I discovered I was 67 cents short. I called my father but he was hard of hearing. He asked me to repeat what I said but he still couldn’t make me out. At that point, a long, grey arm, with holes in its sleeves, reached over from behind me. She laid 67 cents out on the counter, saying, we all need some help sometimes.
I was stunned! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to give and was in great need herself. I had judged her wrongly and she had offered to reach out to help me!
What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about judging others！Thank you, God!
1.From the passage, we can learn that the elderly woman ______.
A.probably lived a poor life
B.tried to steal money from the writer
C.always followed close behind the writer
D.often went to the store to buy a few things
2.When seeing the elderly woman behind, the writer ______ .
A.thought of her grandmother B.wondered what she would do
C.called her father right away D.was on the watch for her
3.The elderly woman decided to help the writer ______.
A.the moment she saw the writer
B.when she noticed the writer watching her
C.after the writer failed to get help from her father
D.when the writer discovered she was 67 cents short
4.The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 5 probably means “______”.
A.happy B.surprised
C.angry D.disappointed
5.What lesson does the writer learn from the story?
A.We should look at things from two sides.
B.It’s wise to give help to those in need.
C.The world is full of love and surprises.
D.Never judge a person from his appearance.
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My father and I started our morning by moving quickly into the local store. I waited in the line a the Starbucks counter while he shopped around to pick up a few things.
As I was starting there I become aware of an elderly women, with untidy hair,wearing layers upon layers of old clothing, hunchbacked(弯背的) behind me in line. She had a few things for washing and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to ring up since that queue was shorter than the queues in the store.
At some point I became aware of her edging (慢慢挪动) closer behind me — closer than I was comfortable with! I instinctively (本能地) placed a hand over my purse and drew it close to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild stories about this homeless woman who might try to steal from me.
Then it was my turn to order. As the cashier rang Ypsilanti my total, I discovered I was 67 cents short. I called my father but he was hard of hearing. He asked me to repeat what I said but he still couldn’t make me out. At that point, a long, grey arm, with holes in its sleeves, reached over from behind me. She laid 67 cents out on the counter, saying, "Here, we all need some help sometimes. "
I was stunned! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to give and was i n great need herself. I had judged her wrongly and she had offered to reach out to help me!
What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about judging others! Thank you, God!
1.From the passage, we can learn that the elderly women _________.
A. probably lived a poor life
B. tried to steal money from the writer
C. always followed close behind the writer
D. often went to the store to buy a few things.
2.The elderly woman decided to help the writer_____________.
A. the moment she saw the writer
B. when she noticed the writer watching her
C. after the writer failed to get help from her father
D. when the writer discovered she was 67 cents short
3.The underline word "stunned " in paragraph 5 probably means "_________ ".
A. happy B. surprised
C. angry D. disappointed
4.What lesson does the writer learn from the story?
A. We should look at things from two sides.
B. It’s wise to give help to those in need.
C. The world is full of love and surprises.
D. Never judge a person from his appearance.
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It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.’’ I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more ，and caught up in the business of our new life ，I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn 一 blue, yellow and my favorite pink ，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed (开花）each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses ，so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.
On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow ，bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn’t bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.
1.According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.
A． it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was
B． the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise
C． it was not the first time that the author’s father had made a surprise
D． the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A． The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.
B． The author’s father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.
C． The author often thought about her father after he died.
D． The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.
3.The author’s father should be best described as ______.
A． a part-time worker who loved flowers
B． a kind-hearted man who lived with faith
C． a full-time gardener with skillful hands
D． an ordinary man with doubts in his life
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A． Crocuses — My Source of Faith B．Crocuses— Father’s Surprise
C． A Pink Crocus — My Memory D．Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite
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After mom died, I began visiting my father every morning before I went to work. He was weak and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note, reading, ‘Drink your juice.” Such a gesture, I knew, was as far as my father had ever been able to do in expressing his love. In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned mom, “Why doesn’t father love me?” Mom frowned, “Who said he doesn’t love you?” “Well , he never tells me,” I complained. “He never tells me either.” She said, smiling. “But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That’s how your father tells us he loves us.”
I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. He owned and operated a small scrap metal (废旧金属) business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. He fed scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father’s body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. “Why don’t you hire someone to do that for you?” mom asked him one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. “Why don’t you hire a cook?” my father asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, “I love you, father.” From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
1.The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because .
A. that was the author’s favorite
B. he was sure the author would be thirsty
C. the author was always complaining
D. that was a gesture of love
2.The author’s fathe didn’t hire a helper because .
A. his job was too dangero
B. his job required high skills
C. he wanted to save money
D. he was not good at working with others
3.We can infer from the passage that .
A. the author’s father lacked a sense of humor
B. the author quite understood his father as time went on
C. the author’s father didn’t love him very much
D. the author’s father was too strict with him
4.What’s the passage about?
A. The proper attitude towards life.
B. The importance of education.
C. Silent fatherly love.
D. Ways to live happily.
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Well, if Father’s job means that we have to move away from our house and the sliding banister and my three best friends for life, then I think Father should ___________ about his job, don’t you?
A. have big things in mind B. let the matters drop
C. stretch out D. think twice
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短文改错。
Nearly five years before, and with the help by our father, my sister and I planted
Some cherry tomatoes(圣女果)in our back garden. Since then for all these year we
had been allowing tomatoes to self-seed where they please. As result, the plants are
growing somewhere. The fruits are small in size,but juicy and taste. There are so much
that we often share them with our neighbors. Although we allow tomato plants to grow
in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or insect attack
problems. We are growing wonderfully tomatoes at no cost!
高一英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
One bitterly cold day, a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.
When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, my best friend suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.
The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood, so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!
After I returned home and told my mother what had happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale.
“You should have been killed,” he said.
So why am I still alive? It was my boots that saved my life.
Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.
Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt, my mother was well serious with me. After all, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.
Through this experience, I learned that it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective(观点). Taking the time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock of my life”.
1.The underlined word “disregard ” in the second paragraph means “________”.
| A．pay no attention to | B．take notice of | C．consider | D．follow |
2.In spite of Bruce’s warning, the author still cut the tree because ________.
| A．he was sure there would be nothing to happen |
| B．he wasn’t sure whether Bruce was right and was anxious to go home |
| C．he didn’t hear his friend’s warning at all because of the blowing wind |
| D．he was angry with his friend and didn’t want to listen to him |
3.The author wrote the passage mainly to _______.
| A．give an account of one of his terrible experiences |
| B．make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective (观点) through his experience |
| C．tell us not to cut trees down any more |
| D．remind us to be careful while working |
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．But for his boots, the writer would have died. |
| B．The writer regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning. |
| C．The writer knew nothing about electricity. |
| D．When the tree was cut down, the writer realized his friend was right |
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Our family once got into a difficult situation. My father’s ______ came to a stop after a serious crisis (危机). All that my father was ______ with was some experience. At the same time, he had to be _______for a family of four.
My father was a very hard-working person and he did not lose ______ even when he was facing difficulties. ______ he was the only person that earned money in our family, he had ______in deciding what to do at first. He didn’t know _____ it was better to find a job or to start a new business, but he chose the ______ in the end. This was because he thought he had many____and had nothing to fear, as he had nothing to lose. He was a person _____ to follow his dreams and was not ______ of the challenges and troubles he faced. He kept approaching (接洽) different companies and ______ the business was successful.
He used to tell me when you stop _____ it is then that you fail. From him I learnt that if you believe in yourself and _____ moving towards your goals, then there is nothing you cannot ____ .
Today, our business is going well. This has had a(n) _____ effect on me. I feel that by following my father’s qualities I have become a ______ person. I see myself ready to ______him on the journey to success. It is from him that I have learnt that when we are facing a ______, or are not able to realize our dreams, we don’t always have to do anything ______ —we just need to try harder.
1.A. situation B. business C. job D. car
2.A. left B. forgotten C. offered D. given
3.A. famous B. concerned C. necessary D. responsible
4.A. interest B. face C. heart D. weight
5.A. Though B. While C. As D. If
6.A. chance B. difficulty C. danger D. surprise
7.A. when B. what C. whether D. how
8.A. first B. best C. former D. latter
9.A. possibilities B. plans C. abilities D. wonders
10.A. eager B. worried C. unable D. ready
11.A. tired B. proud C. afraid D. unfair
12.A. quickly B. entirely C. usually D. finally
13.A. talking B. considering C. trying D. thinking
14.A. put on B. come on C. hold on D. keep on
15.A. enjoy B. settle C. receive D. achieve
16.A. strange B. similar C. important D. immediate
17.A. quieter B. better C. busier D. richer
18.A. follow B. miss C. discover D. protect
19.A. matter B. problem C. duty D. doubt
20.A. normal B. special C. strict D. familiar
高一英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
He was _____ moved by the story and read _____ into the night.
A. deep; deep B. deeply; deeply C. deeply; deep D. deep; deeply
高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
UK 5 Days
Today:
A chilly (寒冷的) and frosty start for many this morning, followed by a day of sunshine and local showers. The showers will be slow moving and heavy at times, particularly in the east with a risk of thunder.
Tonight:
Showers will ease this evening and clear spells (一段时间) will develop, causing a widespread frost. However, rain will push into the northwest during the early hours, turning heavy at times.
Friday:
Rain, locally heavy, will continue southwestwards through the day with strong winds. Elsewhere, it will be bright with some sunshine.
UK outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Rain across central parts on Saturday will ease and move northwards. Largely dry elsewhere with some misty sunshine. A mixture of sunshine and showers on Sunday and Monday, turning warmer.
Updated at 04:04 on Thur. 31 Mar.
UK 6-30 days
UK outlook for Tuesday 5 Apr. to Wednesday 13 Apr.:
A generally unsettled picture is likely next week, with showers or longer spells of rain affecting the majority of the UK, but with some drier and sunnier interludes (间歇). Temperatures will probably be around normal for most, but central and southeastern areas may see some warmer air moving up from the continent at times. The week after next will probably continue to be changeable with showers or longer spells of rain crossing the UK, but with some brighter and drier interludes in between. Temperatures may become rather low across the north and northwest later next week.
Updated at 12:36 on Wed. 30 Mar.
UK outlook for Thursday 14 Apr. to Saturday 30 Apr.:
It is likely to be changeable with a mixture of sunny spells and showers. However, some longer drier spells are also likely, particularly in northwestern areas. Overall temperatures will remain around normal for the time of year but with some warmer spells developing at times.
Updated at 12:37 on Wed.30 Mar.
1.The weather of tonight is similar to Friday in that_________
A. it has strong winds. B. it has frosts.
C. it has heavy rain. D. it is mainly sunny.
2.From Saturday to Monday, it may be rainy in the _______.
A. east B. west
C. south D. north
3.What will the weather be like in Britain from April 5 to 13?
A. It will be quite dry. B. It will be rather cold.
C. It will be generally rainy. D. It will be hot in the north.
4.Which part of Britain may have little rain in the second half of April?
A. The southeastern areas. B. The northeastern areas.
C. The northwestern areas. D. The southwestern areas.
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