If there was a subject at school that made me anxious, it was science. Maybe that’s because in my tenth grade, I couldn't understand my physics teacher's instructions, causing me to accidentally set fire to the classroom. So, when my husband and I decided to home-school our daughters, we made a deal: he would teach science, while I would handle everything else. But that’s not how things have been going these past few weeks, since my husband has been too busy to teach the girls.
Recently, while out on my morning hike before starting lessons, I noticed that the sky was a beautiful blue, and the air was filled with the sweet smell of flowers. That s why I decided that the day’s lessons would be taught outside, although I remembered that my daughters hadn't had any science classes from my husband for a while.
I returned to the house to get the girls ready. We headed up into the forest, settling ourselves by a pond that rarely has any visitors. My daughter Saoirse started to pick up pond weeds and catch frogs, while my other daughter Ula looked at me, waiting to be instructed. I handed her a drawing board and colored pencils. "We wait, "I told her, " and see if something comes along. In the meantime, just draw what's around you.”
We worked for more than an hour, hardly speaking. A bird flew across the water, and then settled in a front of a fallen tree. I quickly told Ula, worried that she’d not seen the creature. But she had, and she started drawing it. An hour later, she’d not finished her picture and I stared down at it. She drew the bird on her paper with amazing accuracy. But there was one other interesting fact about this drawing: she also drew me, sitting beside her.
I realized, as I stared at this child's drawing of us watching a bird, how I'd lived for 40 years, gathered 10 years of higher education, and never understood the foundation of science before this moment. The foundation of science is a sense of wonder; it isn't about accurately reciting words from a textbook. It is first and foremost about stepping outside our busy lives and amazing at the world around us.
1.How did the author feel about science when in school?
A.She was nervous about it. B.She was fond of it.
C.She was confused about it. D.She was eager for it.
2.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph4 refers to“ ”
A.the fallen tree B.the forest
C.the bird D.the picture
3.Which of the following best describes Ula?
A.She's very outgoing. B.She's good at observing.
C.She's very hard-working. D.She shares interests with her sister.
4.What is the foundation of science in the author's opinion?
A.Attention to accuracy.
B.Curiosity about the outside world.
C.Determination to find out the truth.
D.Ability to understand teachers' instructions.
高三英语阅读理解简单题
If there was a subject at school that made me anxious, it was science. Maybe that’s because in my tenth grade, I couldn't understand my physics teacher's instructions, causing me to accidentally set fire to the classroom. So, when my husband and I decided to home-school our daughters, we made a deal: he would teach science, while I would handle everything else. But that’s not how things have been going these past few weeks, since my husband has been too busy to teach the girls.
Recently, while out on my morning hike before starting lessons, I noticed that the sky was a beautiful blue, and the air was filled with the sweet smell of flowers. That s why I decided that the day’s lessons would be taught outside, although I remembered that my daughters hadn't had any science classes from my husband for a while.
I returned to the house to get the girls ready. We headed up into the forest, settling ourselves by a pond that rarely has any visitors. My daughter Saoirse started to pick up pond weeds and catch frogs, while my other daughter Ula looked at me, waiting to be instructed. I handed her a drawing board and colored pencils. "We wait, "I told her, " and see if something comes along. In the meantime, just draw what's around you.”
We worked for more than an hour, hardly speaking. A bird flew across the water, and then settled in a front of a fallen tree. I quickly told Ula, worried that she’d not seen the creature. But she had, and she started drawing it. An hour later, she’d not finished her picture and I stared down at it. She drew the bird on her paper with amazing accuracy. But there was one other interesting fact about this drawing: she also drew me, sitting beside her.
I realized, as I stared at this child's drawing of us watching a bird, how I'd lived for 40 years, gathered 10 years of higher education, and never understood the foundation of science before this moment. The foundation of science is a sense of wonder; it isn't about accurately reciting words from a textbook. It is first and foremost about stepping outside our busy lives and amazing at the world around us.
1.How did the author feel about science when in school?
A.She was nervous about it. B.She was fond of it.
C.She was confused about it. D.She was eager for it.
2.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph4 refers to“ ”
A.the fallen tree B.the forest
C.the bird D.the picture
3.Which of the following best describes Ula?
A.She's very outgoing. B.She's good at observing.
C.She's very hard-working. D.She shares interests with her sister.
4.What is the foundation of science in the author's opinion?
A.Attention to accuracy.
B.Curiosity about the outside world.
C.Determination to find out the truth.
D.Ability to understand teachers' instructions.
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
I made a speech at Eton School last year. When the _______ was over, the headmaster asked me if I would visit a(n) _______ student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in _______ me, and the headmaster knew it would _______ much to him. I _______. During the nine-mile drive to his home, I _______ some things about Matthew who had a muscle disease. When he was born, the _______ told his parents he would not live to 5. He was 13 and from what I was told, a _______ fighter. He wanted to meet me _______ I was a gold- medal power lifter, and I knew about ________ difficulties and going for my dreams.
I spent over an hour ________ with Matthew. Never once did he complain (抱怨) or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and ________ and going for his dreams. ________, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t ________ that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different; he just talked about his ________ for the future, and how one day he wanted to ________ weights with me.
When we finished talking, I went into my suitcase and ________ out the first gold medal I won for power lifting and put it around his ________. I told him he was more of a ________. He looked at it for a moment and then returned it to me and said, “Rick, you are a champion. You ________ that medal. Someday, when I get to the Olympics and win my gold medal, I will show it to you.”
1.A. program B. performance C. procedure D. story
2.A. smart B. distinguished C. energetic D. special
3.A. interviewing B. approaching C. greeting D. meeting
4.A. reflect B. mean C. improve D. matter
5.A. agreed B. understood C. smiled D. hesitated
6.A. put aside B. found out C. turned to D. gave away
7.A. officials B. teachers C. doctors D. colleagues
8.A. real B. hard C. helpless D. serious
9.A. after B. before C. unless D. because
10.A. admitting B. avoiding C. overcoming D. recognizing
11.A. declaring B. chatting C. predicting D. arguing
12.A. seeking B. relaxing C. succeeding D. working
13.A. Bravely B. Finally C. Disappointedly D. Obviously
14.A. mention B. notice C. doubt D. realize
15.A. methods B. lives C. hopes D. questions
16.A. lose B. support C. bear D. lift
17.A. carried B. pulled C. dragged D. kicked
18.A. hand B. shoulder C. neck D. head
19.A. winner B. helper C. reader D. survivor
20.A. adopted B. earned C. designed D. used
高三英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
At thirteen, I was diagnosed(诊所) with kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said,“Mrs.Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots(点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; Ijust needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?
I didn’t expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day- with an“A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:“ See what you can do when you keep trying?”
1.The author didn’t finish the reading in class because.
A. He was new to the class
B. He was tried of literature
C. He had an attention disorder
D. He wanted to take the task home
2.What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?
A. He had good sight B. He made a great invention.
C. He gave up reading D. He learned a lot from school
3.What was Mrs.Smith ‘s attitude to the author at the end of the story?
A. Angry B. Impatient
C. Sympathetic D. Encouraging
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The disabled should be treated with respect.
B.A teacher can open up a new world to students.
C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.
D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
At thirteen,I was diagnosed with kind of attention disorder.It made school difficult for me.When people else in the class was focusing on tasks,I could not.
In my first literature class,Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it,all within 45 minutes.I raised my hard right away and said,“Mrs.Smith,you see,the doctor said I have attention problems.I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me through her glasses,“you are no different from your classmates,young man.”
I tried,but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang.I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom,the story suddenly all became clear to me.It was about a blind person,Louis Braille.He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education.But Louis didn’t give up.Instead,he invented a reading system of raised dots(点),which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class,being made to learn like the “sighted” students?My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance.I completed the task within 40 minutes.Indeed,I was no different from others;I just needed a quieter place.If Louis could find his way out of his problems,why should I ever give up?
I didn’t expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs.Smith,so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day-with an “A” on it.At the bottom of the paper were these words:“See what you can do when you keep trying?”
1.The author didn’t finish the reading in class because_______.
A. He was new to the class B. He was tried of literature
C. He had an attention disorder D. He wanted to take the task home
2.What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?
A. He had good sight. B. He made a great invention.
C. He gave up reading. D. He learned a lot from school.
3.What was Mrs.Smith’s attitude to the author at the end of the story?
A. Angry. B. Impatient.
C. Sympathetic. D. Encouraging.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The disabled should be treated with respect.
B. A teacher can open up a new world to students.
C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.
D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was the training _______ he had at school _______ made him good jumper.
A.what;what B.that;that C.what;that D.that;had
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was the training ______ he had at school ______ made him a good jumper.
A. what; what B. that; that C. what; that D. that; had
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last Sunday he made a promise ________ he was free he would take me to Qingdao.
A.if | B.that | C.that if | D.whether |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Whatever Rock was doing down there, it made enough noise for me to go to him. By the time I made it to the bottom of the stairs, he was running up, and he never came up the stairs, no matter what. I think that was his way of telling me, “We’ve got to go back up.”
When I got to the top of the stairs, I turned around and saw a light on, but I didn’t remember leaving one on. I walked downstairs again, and that’s when I saw fire, I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get our three kids, I grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof. I then broke the window and kicked out the screen. I got everybody out on the roof and threw a blanket out there so we wouldn’t slip off. It was cold, January cold. Then I started screaming for help. But help never came.
Now, I’m scared of heights and have physical issues, what with my rheumatoid arthritis(类风湿性关节炎), but I couldn’t let my family burn up. So I jumped off the roof. I didn’t run to the edge; I just jumped and got the wind knocked out of me when I landed.
I found our ladder, placed it against the house, and climbed back up to the roof. I wrapped my arms around my daughter and carried my nine-month-old son with my teeth, by his little sleeper. Then I climbed down the ladder. Once on the ground, I had my little girl hold her brother, and I went back up to the roof to get my other daughter. Then I went back up again and got my wife. I tried to get my dog, but he just disappeared in the black smoke. I never saw him alive again.
I’m no hero. I’m just an ordinary person who’d help anybody. This happened to be the time when I helped my own family. I live to protect my family. Just like Rock—he lived to protect us.
1.Why did Rock make enough noise?
A. Rock caused the fire and tried to escape. B. Rock was warming up itself to fight cold.
C. Rock was playing upstairs and downstairs. D. Rock tried to remind the author of the fire.
2.The author jumped off the roof ________.
A. to call for help B. to challenge himself
C. to find tools for rescue D. to escape being burned
3.What can we learn about the author?
A. Strict and devoted. B. Smart and sociable.
C. Responsible and brave. D. Powerful and considerate.
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A. Rock’s Heroic Life B. Escape from the Fire
C. A Lesson I Have Learnt D. My Adventure Experience
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
He wanted to know made her change her mind at the last minute.
A. what was it that B. that it was what
C. what it was that D. that what it was
高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
Jo worked at a bush school whose classrooms was made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. It took the students about two hours get to the school. The other day, Jo visited Tombe’s home in a remoting village. When they arrived at the village, Tombe’s mother was working in her garden. Tombe’s father led them to their house, a low bamboo hut with grass stick out of the roof, which she could only see one broom, a few tin plates and cup and a couple of jars. That they ate to were sweet potatoes, corn and greens. That night Jo and Jenny slept in a newly made platform. They left the village next morning after many goodbyes and handshakes.
高三英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析