HEMLOCK, MI --When classes resume at Hemlock'...

HEMLOCK, MI --When classes resume at Hemlock's K.C. Ling Elementary School next week, the students will have a brand new playground complete with gaga ball pit(坑), Boogie Board, slides and more.

About 50 volunteers worked together to build the new playground Sunday, Aug. 19. The "community build" was the culmination of nearly a year of fundraising, said Sarah Baird, a parent and chairwoman of the playground committee.

"It felt amazing yesterday to see everybody come together," Baird said Monday. "It will be all set and ready for them for their first day of school."

The school year begins Aug. 27. A ribbon-cutting(剪彩) ceremony and open house are planned for Wednesday, Aug. 22.

K.C. Ling houses the district's first- through fourth-graders. Hemlock Elementary School, the district's other elementary school, offers preschool, young fives and kindergarten.

Baird said the former playground equipment at K.C. Ling Elementary was 30 years old, unsafe and beginning to rust(生锈). A few years ago, the Richland Township Fire Department gave the parent-teacher organization $2,500 to build a new playground. The equipment they originally wanted would have cost $100,000.

"We formed a committee and we started doing some fundraising," Baird said. "I did some things and we really tried to do something with the playground."

In the end, with the support of the community, Hemlock Semiconductor, Saginaw Community Foundation, Morley Family Foundation, Dow Corning Foundation and other donors, the group raised $70,000.

"It felt amazing yesterday to see everybody come together," Baird said of the community build. "(We had) huge support from the community and we're very thankful."

1.What does the underlined word " culmination " in paragraph 2 refer to？

A.Flag. B.Key.

C.Name. D.Result.

2.What difficulty did they meet when a new playground needs rebuilding?

A.There is not enough money to build the playground.

B.There is not enough space to build the playground.

C.There is no support for doing it.

D.There is no time to do it.

3.What do we know from the passage?

A.The day of the school's start is Monday.

B.The first grade goes to school in K.C.Ling.

C.K.C. Ling Elementary has a history of 30 years.

D.Most of the playground construction fund is provided by Richland Township Fire Department.

4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear？

A.Entertainment. B.Health.

C.Education. D.Science.

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You’d better leave out anything, when writing your resume for application, ________ is thought unnecessary or misleading.

A. that　　 B. what　　 C. which　　 D. where

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When did the man arrive at the class?

A. At 8:10. B. At 8:50. C. At 9:00.

2.How did the man come to the class?

A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By car.

3.What season is it now?

A. Spring. B. Autumn. C. Winter.

高三英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析

When Huang Lizhi took her first class in African sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in February, her professor asked her and her classmates what impresses them most when it comes to Africa.

Unexpectedly, Huang, 31, found that words like “poverty” and “safari” – negative words that were often associated with the continent in media reports – were the kind of terms her African classmates didn’t want to hear. Instead, they preferred to hear the question answered in this way: “Africa is the cradle of humankind” and “Africans are passionate and generous”.

Apparently, there are some misunderstandings between us. It’s true that with incidents like the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and the emergence (出现) of pirates off the coast of Somalia hitting the news, it’s easy for us to keep forgetting that Africa has one of the world’s oldest civilizations – Egypt, born by the world’s longest river, the Nile. The proof is in the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza, which are both popular among tourists. And the tombs of ancient Egypt have also become endless sources for the literature and film industries.

When it comes to the natural environment of Africa, our misunderstandings are only bigger. But the truth is that instead of being extremely hot all year and covered by desert, the continent has large areas of savannas (稀树草原) where lions, giraffes and zebras live, the snowcapped Kilimanjaro – the highest mountain in Africa – and even thick forest on the island of Madagascar.These misunderstandings are one of the reasons why the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held on Sept 3 and 4 – to understand each other better.

Indeed, only by visiting Africa herself did Huang see the convenient living conditions, the amazing natural beauty and the friendly people.In her eyes, her classmates were as hopeful about the future of their own countries as they were about Africa as a whole, and they were quick to demonstrate both their strong will and activity. “At that moment, I knew exactly what they wanted – they wanted their culture to be respected.”

1.Which of the following best explains “cradle ” underlined in paragraph 2?

A. A small bed for babies.

B. A basket to hold something.

C. A place for people to relax themselves.

D. A place where something important began.

2.What can we infer about Africa according to the passage ?

A. It is very hot all the year round. B. It’s not a safe continent to live in

C. It’s different from what we imagine. D. It is bound to have a bright future

3.Which of the following would Huang agree with ?

A. To see is to believe B. Think twice before you do

C. A miss is as good as a mile D. Don’t judge a person by his appearance

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Valuing a Culture. B. Understanding Africa.

C. Paying a Visit to Africa. D. Discovering a Continent.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A good way to look at failure straight in the face is by writing a failure resume(简历)or CV. Like social media，there，we usually only see our friends’“highlight part”. When we look at others’resumes，we get scared and think how ours doesn’t measure up. But even the most accomplished people have plenty of failure behind them—we just don’t see it.

Stefan felt this deeply as a scientist，so she wrote a different CV which of course boasted (夸耀)about her good grades，PhD，and published papers. But the way she deals with her failure CV is a model of what we could a11 do.

“My CV does not reflect my great academic efforts—it does not mention the exams I failed，my unsuccessful PhD or scholarship applications，or the papers never accepted for publication. During the interviews，I talk about the one project that worked，not about the many that failed，”writes Stefan in a column for Nature.com.

Stefan suggests keeping a draft on which you log，casually but regularly，every unsuccessful application，refused grant proposal and rejected paper.

And that’s the point：not to consider what we got wrong，but to use that information to both look at failure and realize it’s really okay，and also to use our failures for another purpose：as learning tools.

The point is to be real—with ourselves and about how the world works. Being real means taking an honest，critical，but also kind look at what we didn’t get right，and then doing our best to change what we can. Instead of focusing on how that failure makes you feel，take the time to step back and analyze the practical，operational reasons that you failed.

So，prctice being okay with failure，and turning your failures into lessons learned. And yes，sometimes we have to learn those lessons more than once，letting go of what you can’t change. And keep moving forward to success.

1.What does the underlined word“it”in the first paragraph refer to?

A.Plenty of failure. B.A failure resume.

C.Highlight part. D.Social media.

2.What did Stefan intend to tell us in paragraph 3?

A.A11 her failures in her career.

B.Benefits she got from her failures.

C.The content of her own resume.

D.The difference between her resume and others’.

3.What does Stefan advise us to do in our careers?

A.Regard failures as part of our life.

B.Keep a record of our failures.

C.Value our achievements.

D.Long for failures.

4.Which of the following best describes the author’s opinion?

A.No pains，no gains.

B.A11 roads lead to Rome.

C.Where there is a will，there is a way.

D.Failure is the mother of success.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

When I became a junior, I decided to take Latin at school. I was so __ about taking that class, and I was fully expecting to be able to __ every word I’d ever come across once I learned Latin.

But Latin class was so　 __. Each day, the teacher Mr. Keady would ask us to open our __ and recite aloud the various Latin forms of words. This became the __ every day. That was until my hand　 __ one afternoon when we were asked yet again to open our books.

When Mr. Keady asked what was wrong, I __why I thought that his class was dull, how I had expected more, and that his method of teaching was __. When I finished speaking, I __ Mr. Keady to angrily send me to the head teacher.

But instead, he sat at his desk quietly, looking defeated and tired. After several moments of __, Mr. Keady spoke. He quietly and firmly said that he would __ carefully about what I’d said. And that was it.

In the following weeks, Latin class didn’t become the exciting learning environment I __ it would, but Mr. Keady did try harder. He brought in some new worksheets and __ to involve us students more in his classes.

Maybe some people would __what I did, but even so many years later, I feel bad about it.

If I saw him now, I’d tell him how I __ what I’d done that day in class, and that I was disrespectful. And at the same time, I’d also tell him that he taught me a wonderful __ that day. Following my __ words, he showed me that being __ doesn’t mean you have to give away your dignity.

Indeed, Mr Keady’s __ proved that no matter how hurt you feel, no one - no one - can __ your dignity.

1.A.curious B.worried C.excited D.careful

2.A.connect B.describe C.notice D.understand

3.A.complicated B.boring C.difficult D.easy

4.A.eyes B.mouths C.schoolbags D.books

5.A.routine B.business C.game D.project

6.A.spread out B.reached out C.set up D.shot up

7.A.admitted B.explained C.doubted D.wondered

8.A.funny B.regular C.old-fashioned D.unfamiliar

9.A.expected B.reminded C.allowed D.advised

10.A.practice B.silence C.debate D.criticism

11.A.consult B.talk C.think D.learn

12.A.suggested B.promised C.decided D.hoped

13.A.tried B.happened C.managed D.failed

14.A.blame B.applaud C.recall D.ignore

15.A.regretted B.appreciated C.believed D.feared

16.A.experience B.theory C.lesson D.principle

17.A.unkind B.impatient C.curious D.proud

18.A.stopped B.wounded C.celebrated D.judged

19.A.answer B.solution C.decision D.response

20.A.take over B.take to C.take away D.take up

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I still remember ______ to the hospital, supported by my class teacher when I was ill at school.

A. to be taken         B. being taken　　　　　　      C. to take　　　　　　　　　　     D. taking

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Joe is not good at sports, but when it ______ mathematics, he is the best in the class.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

John is not good at music, but when ______ es to English, he is the best in the class.

A. he           B. this        C. it        D. that

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

It was only a dollar. Dylan_______ it on the floor as he sat at the back of his English class.

When the school day _______ ,Dylan wandered back to the classroom. The wrinkled old bill was_______ there. He could easily have pocketed it without thinking twice. _______, he picked it up and brought it to his English teacher, Mattison. She was a little_______that he'd turned the dollar in, knowing a lot of people would have just kept it. She_______ that Dylan tape it to the whiteboard at the front of the classroom.

A day or two later, David_______the dollar on the whiteboard. After class, he asked Mattison_______ it was there. She was still _______ the original owner to claim it, so she replied, "I don't know." Then David taped a second dollar to the________,which got it rolling. The________of the two dollar bills, side by side, triggered(触发)________in Mattison's students. More students taped up single dollar bills.

The________ snowballed. The students, among themselves, ________Mattison had some unspoken goal. Ben taped a $20 bill to the whiteboard, Megan another $20.The amount________ to grow over several weeks, ________ it reached$175.76.

She asked the teens whether they minded if she ________　 the dollars in their names. Their answer was to tape ________ money to the whiteboard over the next few days to________the amount to over$300. Mattison, choking back tears as she ________ the moment, said she carefully peeled the cash off the board and made the donation.

1.A.dropped B.noticed C.mentioned D.remembered

2.A.ended B.started C.came D.went

3.A.also B.even C.still D.only

4.A.Finally B.Suddenly C.Therefore D.Instead

5.A.surprised B.excited C.relieved D.curious

6.A.discussed B.reported C. explained  D.suggested

7.A.took B.spent C. spotted  D.changed

8.A.when B.why C.how D.what

9.A.speaking to B.returning to C.waiting for D.looking for

10.A.board B.floor C.classroom D.desk

11.A.thought B.sight C.idea D.request

12.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

13.A.problem B.business C.effort D.reputation

14.A.persuaded B.advised C.managed D.decided

15.A.continued B.stopped C.added D.began

16.A.until B.unless C.if D.after

17.A.raised B.donated C.charged D.collected

18.A.easy B.old C.enough D.exact

19.A.meet B.control C.prepare D.push

20.A.made use of B.paid attention to C.thought much of D.looked back upon

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析