At school, I was in the top set for maths. My teachers recommended that I study economics and statistics as my A-level subjects, but I had my mind set on a life fulfilled by the arts.
In fact, I was a victim of a gender stereotype made stronger since birth, that men do science and maths and women do arts or languages. Computer science, technology and physics just did not figure in my teenage world view. Nobody popular in my school chose to study those subjects.
Reality struck hard when I began attending job interviews and interviewers would say: “It’s great that you speak foreign languages, but what else do you do?” Nobody asked my friends who had studied science or technology those questions.
A survey recently showed that three of the best-paid jobs for women are in the technology sector. It’s a sector that really can change the world. We must show girls that technology has an effect on every industry out there, from fashion to architecture to journalism. Anybody can learn to code and these days it’s as important as reading and writing. I’ve realized that at university I’d achieved the wrong kind of literacy. Not being able to code limit your impact on the world far more than an ignorance of great literature.
Now I have a five-year-old daughter. I don’t want her to blindly follow gender roles the way I did. I want her to know the fact that a science or technical degree will not limit her creativity but expand it and broaden her horizons far more than my arts background could. I’m exposing her to Minecraft and apps, which help improve analytical thinking and problem solving skills. I’m hoping that my daughter will discover and accept her potentials in science and want to change the world.
1.What does the underlined phrase “gender stereotype” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Personal learning style. B.Sex characteristic.
C.Conventional sex concept. D.Profession difference.
2.According to the author, which may be the benefit of learning science?
A.Increasing job possibility. B.Winning popularity.
C.Improving language competence. D.Enriching imagination.
3.How did the author feel for her major choice?
A.Satisfied. B.Active. C.Discouraged. D.Regretful.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A.Art or Science, Either is OK B.Good Subjects, Good Future
C.Girls, Choose More Wisely D.Catch Chances, Change the World
高三英语阅读理解困难题
At school, I was in the top set for maths. My teachers recommended that I study economics and statistics as my A-level subjects, but I had my mind set on a life fulfilled by the arts.
In fact, I was a victim of a gender stereotype made stronger since birth, that men do science and maths and women do arts or languages. Computer science, technology and physics just did not figure in my teenage world view. Nobody popular in my school chose to study those subjects.
Reality struck hard when I began attending job interviews and interviewers would say: “It’s great that you speak foreign languages, but what else do you do?” Nobody asked my friends who had studied science or technology those questions.
A survey recently showed that three of the best-paid jobs for women are in the technology sector. It’s a sector that really can change the world. We must show girls that technology has an effect on every industry out there, from fashion to architecture to journalism. Anybody can learn to code and these days it’s as important as reading and writing. I’ve realized that at university I’d achieved the wrong kind of literacy. Not being able to code limit your impact on the world far more than an ignorance of great literature.
Now I have a five-year-old daughter. I don’t want her to blindly follow gender roles the way I did. I want her to know the fact that a science or technical degree will not limit her creativity but expand it and broaden her horizons far more than my arts background could. I’m exposing her to Minecraft and apps, which help improve analytical thinking and problem solving skills. I’m hoping that my daughter will discover and accept her potentials in science and want to change the world.
1.What does the underlined phrase “gender stereotype” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Personal learning style. B. Sex characteristic.
C. Conventional sex concept. D. Profession difference.
2.According to the author, which may be the benefit of learning science?
A. Increasing job possibility. B. Winning popularity.
C. Improving language competence. D. Enriching imagination.
3.How did the author feel for her major choice?
A. Satisfied. B. Active. C. Discouraged. D. Regretful.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. Art or Science, Either is OK B. Good Subjects, Good Future
C. Girls, Choose More Wisely D. Catch Chances, Change the World
高三英语长对话或独白困难题查看答案及解析
At school, I was in the top set for maths. My teachers recommended that I study economics and statistics as my A-level subjects, but I had my mind set on a life fulfilled by the arts.
In fact, I was a victim of a gender stereotype made stronger since birth, that men do science and maths and women do arts or languages. Computer science, technology and physics just did not figure in my teenage world view. Nobody popular in my school chose to study those subjects.
Reality struck hard when I began attending job interviews and interviewers would say: “It’s great that you speak foreign languages, but what else do you do?” Nobody asked my friends who had studied science or technology those questions.
A survey recently showed that three of the best-paid jobs for women are in the technology sector. It’s a sector that really can change the world. We must show girls that technology has an effect on every industry out there, from fashion to architecture to journalism. Anybody can learn to code and these days it’s as important as reading and writing. I’ve realized that at university I’d achieved the wrong kind of literacy. Not being able to code limit your impact on the world far more than an ignorance of great literature.
Now I have a five-year-old daughter. I don’t want her to blindly follow gender roles the way I did. I want her to know the fact that a science or technical degree will not limit her creativity but expand it and broaden her horizons far more than my arts background could. I’m exposing her to Minecraft and apps, which help improve analytical thinking and problem solving skills. I’m hoping that my daughter will discover and accept her potentials in science and want to change the world.
1.What does the underlined phrase “gender stereotype” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Personal learning style. B.Sex characteristic.
C.Conventional sex concept. D.Profession difference.
2.According to the author, which may be the benefit of learning science?
A.Increasing job possibility. B.Winning popularity.
C.Improving language competence. D.Enriching imagination.
3.How did the author feel for her major choice?
A.Satisfied. B.Active. C.Discouraged. D.Regretful.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A.Art or Science, Either is OK B.Good Subjects, Good Future
C.Girls, Choose More Wisely D.Catch Chances, Change the World
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
In April 1952, I was 11 years old and in the sixth grade at an elementary school. My teacher was Miss Pemberton. It was spelling bee time in our city - students were issued with brochures of words to study in _____ for the class spelldowns (比赛). They would lead to a schoolwide contest and ________ qualification for the citywide spelling bee, where school ________ competed for the ________ of being the spelling champion of Houston.
The day ________ the class spelling bee, my youngest brother was playing with matches and ________ set a fire in our apartment. My mother made sleeping arrangements for all of us and ________ the school in the morning to inform Miss Pemberton of the accident, ________ that the class spelling bee was that day.
When I arrived at school, Miss Pemberton ________ me aside. She asked if I wanted her to ________ the spelling bee to another day because of my ________ about the fire. I told her no. That day, I won the spelling bee for my class.
The next week was the school spelling bee, with class champions ________. I won again! The ________ spelling bee was one month away.
Every Sunday afternoon, Miss Pemberton would pick me up, and we would go to her house, where she would help me ________ by calling out spelling words. After a couple of ________, Miss Pemberton would ________ me to Rettig's icecream parlor, where I could ________ a hot chocolate sundae (圣代冰激凌) which I'd never had. We practiced every ________ until the citywide spelling bee.
I did not win the citywide spelling bee, but I still felt ________ to have participated. I also felt grateful that I had such a ________ teacher in elementary school.
1.A.need B.exchange C.preparation D.return
2.A.actual B.final C.hopeful D.lucky
3.A.students B.participants C.winners D.teams
4.A.prize B.benefit C.fame D.honor
5.A.before B.after C.during D.for
6.A.stupidly B.successfully C.shortly D.accidentally
7.A.visited B.called C.emailed D.wrote
8.A.believing B.hoping C.knowing D.telling
9.A.pulled B.drove C.left D.helped
10.A.call off B.take off C.put off D.send off
11.A.upset B.curiosity C.doubt D.anger
12.A.waiting B.competing C.winning D.applying
13.A.schoolwide B.citywide C.nationwide D.worldwide
14.A.review B.remember C.learn D.practice
15.A.minutes B.hours C.days D.weeks
16.A.rush B.drag C.take D.send
17.A.order B.use C.make D.enjoy
18.A.weekend B.afternoon C.moment D.night
19.A.proud B.welcome C.disappointed D.surprised
20.A.successful B.patient C.professional D.caring
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
In every school there is a "top" crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. For example, the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Very soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater.
There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that bright red is not suitable on some people at all.
The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at 70 miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are causing danger to people's lives. They are like sheep being led to the slaughterhouse (屠宰场).
Perhaps you have come across situations like these more than once in your life. In fact, at one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, "The crowd does it." Well, let the crowd do it, but don't do it yourself. Learn to say, "No." Make your own judge (判断). If you know the crowd is planning something with which you disagree, have the courage to leave them politely. You'll have the satisfaction of standing on your own feet.
1. The writer disapproves of wearing red sweaters if _____.
A. the crowd is wearing them
B. you don't look good in red
C. you can't afford them
D. your parents disapprove
2. The writer urges the readers to ____.
A. obey their parents
B. take the advice of their elders
C. be independent
D. follow the crowd
3. People who blindly follow the "top" crowd ____.
A. will make themselves happy
B. will lose friends
C. sometimes do things against their better judgment
D. finally become pace-setters in their own right
4. The main idea of this passage is that ____.
A. in every school there is a "top" crowd that sets the pace
B. it is a mistake to follow the "top" crowd blindly
C. at one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong
D. people who follow the "top" crowd are endangering their lives
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. On Being Yourself. B. The "Top" Crowd.
C. Follow the Leader. D. Rules for Teens.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When 1 stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom.
I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during“club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher.
A tough woman with salt-and pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazy bones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-torn homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, during my next twenty-five years, I became a, journalist by profession.
Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire.
Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn't have become & reporter. She was the one who sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Hobbies and clubs did not interest the author.
B.The author turned a deaf ear to joining clubs.
C.Hobbies and clubs were inaccessible to immigrants like the author.
D.The author had no idea what hobbies and clubs were all about.
2.Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently?
A.Stepping on the American soil for the first time.
B.Being exposed to Greek literary works.
C.Her mother's miserable death.
D.Following the prettiest girl in his class.
3.It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that
A.Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students.
B.Miss Hurd's contribution was recognized across the nation.
C.Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd's teaching style.
D.The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally fired.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.How the author became a journalist.
B.The importance of inspiration in one's life.
C.The teacher who shaped the author's life.
D.Factors contributing to a successful career.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
1.The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.
A. creativity B. imagination C. responsibility D. curiosity
2.The passage implies that the stupidest child____________________________.
A. was in great need of math teacher’s help after class
B. knew much more about math than other classmates
C. had no much gift for math and was slow to learn it
D. disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons
3.According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to ______________.
A. learn about where he lived B. find out if he felt upset
C. say something to comfort him D. make friends with him
4. What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?
A. To find the stupidest kid’s mistakes.
B. To think up the most original ways to explain.
C. To use all kinds of stuff.
D. To follow him home after school.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Lucy has_____all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A.acquired B.finished C.concluded D.achieved
高三英语单项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
Mildred Webinga Freeman was an English teacher at the new middle school I attended in the ninth grade.She wasn't my____;she was the adviser to the safety patrol（巡逻）on which I____.I loved being around her and____her sense of humor and kind personality.She was____a good listener.
At the end of the year,she____that she was moving to Florida,and I was very sad.We exchanged____and became pen pals.I could tell her____,and she treated me____respect even though I was a teenager.
In Florida,Mrs.Freeman became a Realtor（房地产经纪人）,____she managed to find time to write letters.She wrote____stories and always took my concerns____.She had given me a(n)____invitation to visit,and I missed her so much.When I____to take her up on the____,she answered,"Get your shoes on and your bags____!You are welcome anytime!"
I spent three weeks with her in Miami.Her____of poetry,music,and creative writing____me to follow these endeavors（努力）.One day____hanging sheets on the clothesline,she____and said,"You know,the sky is fuel for the soul."I had never looked at the____before hearing those words.Later that year,I received a call that Mrs.Freeman had died.
1.A. mother B. friend C. classmate D. teacher
2.A. served B. advised C. expected D. led
3.A. shared B. enjoyed C. imagined D. found
4.A. such B. just C. still D. also
5.A. knew B. announced C. thought D. realized
6.A. addresses B. gifts C. views D. roles
7.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
8.A. in B. as C. with D. to
9.A. so B. but C. or D. for
10.A. amusing B. different C. emotional D. ordinary
11.A. immediately B. carefully C. seriously D. privately
12.A. urgent B. lucky C. ambiguous D. open
13.A. decided B. hesitated C. wrote D. hurried
14.A. offer B. promise C. excuse D. message
15.A. bought B. found C. filled D. packed
16.A. love B. dream C. sense D. feeling
17.A. persuaded B. encouraged C. forced D. allowed
18.A. before B. once C. while D. after
19.A. looked over B. looked out C. looked up D. looked down
20.A. clouds B. flowers C. people D. houses
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Mildred Webinga Freeman was an English teacher at the new middle school I attended in the ninth grade.She wasn't my________;she was the adviser to the safety patrol（巡逻）on which I________.I loved being around her and________her sense of humor and kind personality.She was________a good listener.
At the end of the year,she________that she was moving to Florida,and I was very sad.We exchanged________and became pen pals.I could tell her________,and she treated me_______respect even though I was a teenager.
In Florida,Mrs.Freeman became a Realtor（房地产经纪人）,_______she managed to find time to write letters.She wrote________stories and always took my concerns________.She had given me a(n)________invitation to visit,and I missed her so much.When I________to take her up on the________,she answered,"Get your shoes on and your bags________!You are welcome anytime!"
I spent three weeks with her in Miami.Her________of poetry,music,and creative writing________me to follow these endeavors（努力）.One day________hanging sheets on the clothesline,she________and said,"You know,the sky is fuel for the soul."I had never looked at the________before hearing those words.Later that year,I received a call that Mrs.Freeman had died.
1.A. mother B. friend C. classmate D. teacher
2.A. served B. advised C. expected D. led
3.A. shared B. enjoyed C. imagined D. found
4.A. such B. just C. still D. also
5.A. knew B. announced C. thought D. realized
6.A. addresses B. gifts C. views D. roles
7.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
8.A. in B. as C. with D. to
9.A. so B. but C. or D. for
10.A. amusing B. different C. emotional D. ordinary
11.A. immediately B. carefully C. seriously D. privately
12.A. urgent B. lucky C. ambiguous D. open
13.A. decided B. hesitated C. wrote D. hurried
14.A. offer B. promise C. excuse D. message
15.A. bought B. found C. filled D. packed
16.A. love B. dream C. sense D. feeling
17.A. persuaded B. encouraged C. forced D. allowed
18.A. before B. once C. while D. after
19.A. looked over B. looked out C. looked up D. looked down
20.A. clouds B. flowers C. people D. houses
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析