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When Amanda Wanklin and Michael Biggs fell in love, they didn't realize the challenges they might face as a biracial couple. Amanda says, ''At first we only knew that we wanted together. '' They settled down in Birmingham, England, eager to start a family. On July 3, 2006, the black and white couple got their “one in a million'' miracle: Amanda gave birth to fraternal twin (异卵双胞胎) girls with completely different skin colors, and the greatly amazed parents gave their daughters intertwined names: one would be Millie Marcia Madge Biggs, the other Marcia Millie Madge Biggs.
From a young age the girls had similar features but very different color schemes. Marcia had light brown hair and fair skin like her English-born white mother, while Millie had black hair and brown skin like her black father, who is of Jamaican descent. ''We never worried about it; we just accepted it，'' Michael says.
''When they were first born, '' Amanda recalls, ''people would look at my one daughter and then look at my other daughter. Then I'd get asked the question: 'Are they twins? '''
''Yes. ''
''But one's white and one's black. ''
According to Amanda, people who commented on the girls weren't openly discriminatory (歧视的) or judgmental—just very curious, and then as time went on, people just saw the beauty in them.
The twins know what racism is. ''Racism is where somebody judges you by your color and not by your true self, '' Millie says.
Michael, the father, says he’s faced inequality at times throughout his life because of the color of his skin. '' But it's a different time now, '' he says. Neither he nor Amanda has ever witnessed racist behavior toward their twin girls.
''When people see us, they think that we're just best friends, '' Marcia says. ''When they learn that we're twins, they're kind of shocked because one's black and one's white. '' But when the twins are asked about their differences, they mention something else entirely. ''Millie likes things that are girlie. She likes pink and all of that, '' Marcia says. '' I don't like the color pink; I'm a tomboy. People should know about us by our true selves, not by our colors. After all, people are made how they are. ''
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.Amanda and Michael are of the same race.
B.Amanda and Michael were not happy about the birth of their twins.
C.The possibility of twins with different skin colors is small.
D.It was easy for Amanda and Michael to start a family of their own.
2.According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?
A.Sometimes Michael is unequally treated because of his race.
B.The twin girls see their skin colors as their major difference.
C.People are curious but friendly to the twin girls.
D.People who are racists judge a person by his appearance.
3.How does Marcia react to the people who ask questions about their differences?
A.She never answers them.
B.She is upset about their questions.
C.She answers with their different characters.
D.She tells them about colors.
4.What is the author’s attitude towards racism?
A.Opposed. B.Supportive.
C.Indifferent. D.Tolerant.
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Peter and Cheryl Pitzer met in 1999. After training together, they fell in love and finally married in 2011. The Pitzers have been using their professional aviation skills to help people around the world regain sight. They are both volunteers for Orbis, a non-profit organization that turns airplanes into teaching hospitals and brings eye care and ophthalmology (眼科学) training to places around the world. The organization’s Flying Eye Hospital that the Pitzers fly together is an ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft.
The Pitzers flew their first flight together with Orbis in November, a journey that took them from Dubai to Saudi Arabia and finally to Ghana, a country in West Africa. The couple stayed an extra week after landing the plane in order to be on the ground to help other Orbis volunteers treat people in need, and to train medical staff in the community. “There was a woman named Mary. When we met her on Monday she was almost completely blind and when we left she could see,” recalled Peter.
“They also did surgeries in the local hospitals with the local doctors and their equipment, and they provide continuing education afterwards,” Cheryl said of the team’s work in Ghana.“The idea is to leave the knowledge behind so that people will have access to proper eye care after the plane is gone.”
The couple say they are grateful to share an occupation that they love-one they can do together and that allows them to give back. “It's awesome to see so many people in poverty regain sight. Our work is worth it,” said Peter. “Cheryl and I have a great personal and working relationship. It's just an interesting and incredible way to give back.”
Cheryl noted the intense (紧张的) planning and coordination it takes to fly a major plane carrying a teaching hospital to remote locations. She said she and her husband have an advantage with that complex task because they “understand each other.”
1.What are Peter and Cheryl Pitzer by trade?
A.They are doctors. B.They are pilots.
C.They are physicians. D.They are teachers.
2.What do we know about Flying Eye Hospital?
A.It is a mobile teaching hospital.
B.It is a modern general hospital.
C.It is a private hospital in Dubai.
D.It is a famous hospital in Africa.
3.Flying Eye Hospital is intended for__________.
A.the wealthy B.the poor
C.the disabled D.the wounded
4.What does Peter think of his volunteer work?
A.It is tiring. B.It is boring.
C.It is rewarding. D.It is upsetting.
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Alex and Donna Voutsinas are like many couples; they met at work, fell in love and were preparing for the coming 1. (marry). Days before their wedding, the couple was looking at old family 2. (photo) when Donna came across a picture of herself as a child 3. vacation at Disney and showed it to her boyfriend.
But Alex was more interested in the man 4. (walk) in the background behind Donnas smiling family and the character Mr. Smee from Disneys Peter Pan. Alex recognized the man in the background because it was his father, 5. was pushing a stroller (婴儿车) during their own family trip to Disney.
Decades before they met as adults, the couple 6. (cross) paths at Disney as kids.
“Just 7. (be) in the same picture with my wife when we were 8. (basic) babies, it’s unbelievable,” Alex Voutsinas said. The chance meeting is more unbelievable because the two families lived countries apart. 9.
the photo was taken, Donnas family was living in Florida and Alexs family called Montreal home. I was glad he asked me to marry him before the picture, Donna said, because I know that its because he loves me and 10. because he thought it was meant to be, it was fate.高三英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Alex and Donna Voutsinas are like many couples; they met at work, fell in love and were preparing for the coming 1. (marry). Days before their wedding, the couple was looking at old family 2. (photo) when Donna came across a picture of herself as a child 3. vacation at Disney and showed it to her boyfriend.
But Alex was more interested in the man 4. (walk) in the background behind Donna’s smiling family and the character Mr. Smee from Disney’s Peter Pan. Alex recognized the man in the background because it was his father, 5. was pushing a stroller (婴儿车) during their own family trip to Disney.
Decades before they met as adults, the couple 6. (cross) paths at Disney as kids.
“Just 7. (be) in the same picture with my wife when we were 8. (basic) babies, it’s unbelievable,” Alex Voutsinas said. The chance meeting is more unbelievable because the two families lived countries apart. 9. the photo was taken, Donna’s family was living in Florida and Alex’s family called Montreal home. I was glad he asked me to marry him before the picture, Donna said, because I know that it’s because he loves me and 10. because he thought it was meant to be, it was fate.
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Vandna loved sports and did well in her lessons at her high school in California. When a headache disturbed the 15-year-old’s walk to class, she ________ it.
“It was ________.” she thought, “Just a headache---harmless”
But when walking to her next class, she was ________ and collapsed to the floor. ________ she could hear other talking, she couldn’t speak. She was ________ to the hospital in an ambulance. Tests indicated Vandna had a stroke affecting the right side of her brain, thus affecting the ________ side of her body.
What was worse, the stroke caused her brain to began to swell, and she needed operation to ________ the pressure the swelling was putting ________ her brain. The doctors ________ part of her skull（头骨）to make room for the swelling. ________ the swelling went down（消退）, her skull was placed back again.
While the doctors predicted that she would never live a normal life, Vandna ________ improved. She was in a rehab center（康复中心）for about 3 months and began to realize how ________ her daily life might be. She had to wear a brace（支架）on her left leg to support her ________. Her left arm ________ lightly, and she often became tired. Though ________ on a campus wasn’t easy, she finished high school and ________ a degree in speech therapy at University of Redlands.
After the stroke, Vandna became ________ with the American Heart Association. She shared her ________ at public events and urged others to stay ________. She said if you ________ a tough time, remember tough times don’t last, but tough people do.
1.A. stopped B. dismissed C. cured D. treated
2.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
3.A. weak B. worried C. nervous D. surprised
4.A. Despite B. Because C. Since D. Though
5.A. remained B. stayed C. kept D. rushed
6.A. left B. right C. middle D. over
7.A. add B. reduce C. increase D. apply
8.A. on B. up C. off D. out
9.A. moved B. broke C. removed D. repaired
10.A. Before B. Until C. Once D. While
11.A. suddenly B. quickly C. immediately D. gradually
12.A. happy B. different C. exciting D. lucky
13.A. hand B. ankle C. neck D. head
14.A. shook B. tired C. waved D. held
15.A. getting away B. getting off C. getting around D. getting out
16.A. lost B. made C. gave D. earned
17.A. involved B. interested C. concerned D. experienced
18.A. event B. accident C. story D. news
19.A. negative B. positive C. indifferent D. supportive
20.A. put through B. looked through C. broke through D. went through
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People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World war II started, the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Taylor’s fame(名声)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
1.The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she .
A. was small in size B. was too young
C. did not play well enough D. did not show much interest
2.What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both ________.
A. popular all their lives B. famous actresses
C. suecessful when very young D. rich and kind-hearted
3.Taylor became Best Actress at the age of ________.
A. 12 B. 28 C. 31 D. 34
4.In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to .
A. doing business and helping others
B. turning herself into a legend
C. collecting money for the poor
D. going about research and education work
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People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Taylor’s fame(名声)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
1. The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ____.
A. was small in size B. was too young
C. did not play well enough D. did not show much interest
2. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _____.
A. popular all their lives B. famous actresses
C. suecessful when very young D. rich and kind-hearted
3.Taylor became Best Actress at the age of ________.
A. 12 B. 28 C. 31 D. 34
4.In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to ________.
A. doing business and helping others B. turning herself into a legend
C. collecting money for the poor D. going about research and education work
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I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13.My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since— the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my .
About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ,like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s me why visitors started respecting the place and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
I tried trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. I would an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so it that I decided something had to change.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew about organizing any big event. But in 2004,together with some climbers, I set a date for a .On that day, more than 300 people .Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to .I couldn’t believe the we made—the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone,2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by rather than complaining. We need to teach by .You can’t blame others you start with yourself.
1.A. distant B. huge C. narrow D. loose
2.A. immediately B. finally C. gradually D. recently
3.A.imagining B. painting C. describing D. climbing
4.A. garden B. home C. lab D. palace
5.A .material B. resources C. waste D. goods
6.A. beyond B. against C. over D. within
7.A. more B. most C. less D. least
8.A. throwing away B. picking up C. breaking down D. digging out
9.A. kill B. save C. wait D. spend
10.A. satisfied with B. delighted in C. tired of D. used to
11.A.something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
12.A. cleanup B. party C. picnic D. concert
13.A. dropped out B. showed up C. looked around D. called back
14.A. demand B. receive C. accomplish D. overcome
15.A .plan B. visit C. contact D. difference
16.A. crossed B. measured C. covered D. designed
17.A.talk B. complain C. argue D. quarrel
18.A. doing B. thinking C. questioning D. watching
19.A.method B. explanation C. example D. research
20.A. although B. if C. when D. unless
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I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a _________ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew _________ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--_________ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my _________.
About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of _________, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s _________ me why visitors started respecting the place less and treated such a _________ home-like place this way.
I tried _________ trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would _________an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ____________ it that I decided something had to ______________.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ______________about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ______________. On that day, more than 300 people ______________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was ______________how much we were able to accomplish. I couldn’t believe the ______________ we made --the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and ______________ 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people ______________ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ______________ rather than complaining. We need to teach by ______________. You can’t blame others unless you start with yourself.
1.A.distant B.hard C.loose D.huge
2.A.gradually B.finally C.immediately D.recently
3.A.climbing B.painting C.measuring D.approaching
4.A.home B.palace C.garden D.shelter
5.A.dust B.waste C.materials D.resources
6.A.against B.over C.beyond D.within
7.A.new B.safe C.happy D.beautiful
8.A.throwing away B.breaking down C.picking up D.digging out
9.A.wait B.save C.kill D.spend
10.A.delighted in B.tired of C.satisfied with D.used to
11.A.aim B.stress C.depend D.change
12.A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something
13.A.cleanup B.picnic C.party D.concert
14.A.looked around B.called back C.dropped out D.showed up
15.A.puzzling B.amazing C.amusing D.interesting
16.A.plan B.visit C.difference D.contact
17.A.covered B.crossed C.measured D.designed
18.A.argue B.complain C.quarrel D.talk
19.A.thinking B.questioning C.doing D.watching
20.A.method B.explanation C.research D.example
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I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a __ __ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew __ __ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life's passion (钟爱) ever since — __ __ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I've long made Yosemite my __ __.
About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of __ __， like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It's __ __ me why visitors started respecting the place __ __ and treated such a beautiful homelike place this way.
I tried __ __ trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. I would __ __ an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so __ __ it that I decided something had to change.
As a rockclimbing guide, I knew __ __ about organizing any big event. But in 2004，together with some climbers, I set a date for a __ __. On that day，more than 300 people __ __. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to __ __. I couldn't believe the __ __ we made—the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and __ __ 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people __ __ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by __ __ rather than complaining. We need to teach by __ __. You can't blame others __ __ you start with yourself.
1.A.distant B．huge C．narrow D．loose
2.A.immediately B．finally C．gradually D．recently
3.A.imagining B．painting C．describing D．climbing
4.A.garden B．home C．lab D．palace
5.A.material B．resources C．waste D．goods
6.A.beyond B．against C．over D．within
7.A.more B．most C．less D．least
8.A.throwing away B．picking up C．breaking down D．digging out
9.A.kill B．save C．wait D．spend
10.A.satisfied with B．delighted in C．tired of D．used to
11.A.something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
12.A.cleanup B．party C．picnic D．concert
13.A.dropped out B．showed up C．looked around D．called back
14.A.demand B．receive C．accomplish D．overcome
15.A.plan B．visit C．contact D．difference
16.A.crossed B．measured C．covered D．designed
17.A.talk B．complain C．argue D．quarrel
18.A.doing B．thinking C．questioning D．watching
19.A.method B．explanation C．example D．research
20.A.although B．if C．when D．unless
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the photo was taken, Donnas family was living in Florida and Alexs family called Montreal home. I was glad he asked me to marry him before the picture, Donna said, because I know that its because he loves me and