The past week was possibly the most eventful ...

The past week was possibly the most eventful in the history of customer technology markets, or to be precise, the 7-inch (17.8-cm) tablet (平板电脑)market. Never before have three of the biggest players in the industry scheduled what could be truly historic product launches (上市）so close together.

Despite its name, the 7.9-inch iPad Mini is one of the largest among the mini-tablets. It's got all the aesthetics of its earlier 9.7-inch iPad and is unbelievably thin-just 7.2 mm, 23 percent thinner than the iPad.

Apple's iPad Mini

Release date: Nov 2,2012 (Wi-Fi version)

Operating system: iOS 6

Size: 19.9 x 13.5 x 0.7 cm

Prices: $329 (16GB Wi-Fi), $429 (32GB Wi-Fi), $519 (64GB Wi-Fi), or $459 (16GB Data)

$559 (32GB Data), $659 (64GB Data)

Google may have been forced to cancel its Android event in New York City on Oct 29 due to the threat of hurricane Sandy, but that isn't stopping it from making same big announcements. For starters, Google has confirmed (证实）that the Nexus 10 will be running Android 4.2 out of the box, so get excited. It will also come equipped with a 10-inch display running at an impressive 2560x1600 resolution. On the inside, it'll have a A15 dual-core (双核）processor running alongside 2GB of RAM (内存)，so expect the Nexus 10 to be a speedy little tablet. Google's Nexus 10 Release date: Nov 13，2012 Operating system: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Size: 26.4 x 17.8x0.9 cm Prices: $399 (16GB), $449 (32GB)

Microsoft's Surface is a bold product with some great touches. It doesn't feature a camera and focuses on Office software, which suggests Microsoft is focusing this product on an executive toy. There's no 3G connection (only Wi-Fi) so owners won't have to worry about an extra contract.

The real delight, however, is Metro, the impressive navigation interface (导航界面).It is beautifully designed with brightly colored squares for navigation. Pre-orders for Surface in the US sold out over the weekend, so it would seem customers are excited.

Microsoft's Surface

Release date: Oct 26,2012

Operating system: Windows 8 RT

Size: 27.5 x 17.2 x 0.9 cm

Prices: $499 (32GB M-Fi)

1.What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

A.The three biggest companies made a new product together.

B.A technology has been introduced to tablet industry.

C.The three companies launched their new products nearly at the same time.

D.The tablet market, in October was out of control.

2.What is the 7.9-inch iPad Mini's major contribution to the customers?

A. Wi-Fi version         B. Operating system

C. Prices        D. Size

3.How many technologies will be introduced to the Nexus 10 according to Google?

A. 6   B. 5     C. 4   D. 3

4.Which tablet with 32GB Wi-Fi is the most expensive?

A. Microsoft's Surface.      B. Apple's iPad Mini.

C. Google's Nexus 10.        D. A15 dual-core processor.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the past , people used _____that the moon was too far away ________.But now it is possible for man ____there by spaceship.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I love _____ history because it gives us _____ knowledge of past event.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One of the most famous basketball players in the New Castle ' s history was paralyzed(瘫痪的) in a wheelchair one day and was walking the next. Citizens of New Castle simply refer　　 to it as　 " The Miracle" .

　　　 Joel Haler woke up in his dorm room at Hope College last October totally paralyzed from　 the waist down. Four hospitals later, the only way he could walk was through Robotic Walking　 Treatment.

　　　 "This past Tuesday ,I was doing the Robotic walk and lasted ten minutes, " Joel said. After that, he gave up. Joel w-anted to accept the　 inevitable (不可避免的事)　 and　 cancelled his next Robotic Walking Treatment appointment.

　　　 Then , the night before his cancelled appointment, he woke up to a terrible pain. An hour　 and a half later ,the serious pain left him with an unusual feeling in his legs.

　　　 " As it continued to move up my legs ,it became more and more painful and it took an hour　 and a half to reach my hips(臀部) , " Joel recalled.

　　　 "I stood up and walked into my parents'　 room. ' Mom and dad, look! ' ," he said proudly.

　　　 " He said something and I was like, ' Joell Joel !　 You ' re walking !　 You ' re walking ! '　 We　 jumped out of bed , cried and hugged, "　 Joel ' s mom　 Karen remembered.

　　　 "I burst into tears. It ' s hard seeing your son not be able to walk .but he was standing there , walking , "　 Joel ' s　 father　 Eric　 said , tearfully.

　　　 It was Thursday , January 23 , when he　 could finally　 walk. That　 date　 made　 perfect　 sense　 to Joel. He had dreamt of a calendar that only said "J 23 " . He didn't know what to make of it until "a little boy at church ,four years old, came up to me and said, ' you will walk on a Thurs-day ' , "　 Joel recalled.　

　　　 So the 20-year-old college student, who could only walk with the aid of a robot on Tuesday ,was walking on his own.

1. According to the passage , " The Miracle"　 is that ________

A. Joel Haler became the most famous basketball player

B. Robotic Walking Treatment could cure paralysis

C. Joel Haler could walk again after three months '　 paralysis

D. a paralyzed boy could play basketball well

2. Which part of Joel Haler' s body didn't work?

A. His whole body.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. His legs and feet.

C. His arms and hands.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. His arms and legs.

3.Before Joel Haler ' s walking again , his attitude　 to　 the illness was ______.

A. positive　　　　　　　 B. indifferent　　　　　　　 C. optimistic　　　　　　　　 D. hopeless

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It’s the worst event in human being’s nautical（航海的）history , six times more deadly than the Titanic . When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes（鱼雷）fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II , more than 10,000 people – mostly women , children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany – were packed aboard .

An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down . Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down . Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard . Most people froze immediately . “ I’ll never forget the screams , ” says Christa Ntitzmann , 87 , one of the 1,200 survivors . She recalls watching the ship , brightly lit , slipping into its dark grave-and into seeming nothingness , rarely mentioned for more than half a century .

Now Germany’s Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead , including more than 4,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk , published last month . The book ,which will be out in English next year , doesn’t dwell on the sinking : its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later : “ Nobody wanted to hear about it , not here in the West ( of Germany ) and not at all in the East . ”

The reason was obvious . As Grass put in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche : “ Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant , we didn’t have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings . ” The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable – and necessary .

By unreservedly owning up to their country’s monstrous crimes in the Second World War , Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad , marginalize the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors .

Today’s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long , troubled history . For that , a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay . But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they’ve now earned the right to discuss the full historical record . Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims , but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy .

1.Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst event in nautical history ?

A. It was attacked by Russian torpedoes .

B. Most of its passengers were frozen to death .

C. Its victims were mostly women and children .

D. It caused the largest number of casualties .

2. How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy ?

A. By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack .

B. By describing the ship’s sinking in great detail .

C. By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche .

D. By illustrating the survival of a young pregnant woman .

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ marginalize ”

A. highlight　　 B. weaken

C. strengthen　　 D. fasten

4.It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that

A. they will be misunderstood if they talk about the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy

B. the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation’s past misdeeds

C. Germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in World War II

D. it is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countries

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读理解。

It’s the worst event in human being’s nautical（航海的）history , six times more deadly than the Titanic . When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes（鱼雷）fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II , more than 10,000 people – mostly women , children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany – were packed aboard .

An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down . Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down . Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard . Most people froze immediately . “ I’ll never forget the screams , ” says Christa Ntitzmann , 87 , one of the 1,200 survivors . She recalls watching the ship , brightly lit , slipping into its dark grave-and into seeming nothingness , rarely mentioned for more than half a century .

Now Germany’s Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead , including more than 4,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk , published last month . The book ,which will be out in English next year , doesn’t dwell on the sinking : its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later : “ Nobody wanted to hear about it , not here in the West ( of Germany ) and not at all in the East . ”

The reason was obvious . As Grass put in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche : “ Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant , we didn’t have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings . ” The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable – and necessary .

By unreservedly owning up to their country’s monstrous crimes in the Second World War , Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad , marginalize the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors .

Today’s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long , troubled history . For that , a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay . But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they’ve now earned the right to discuss the full historical record . Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims , but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy .

1.Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst event in nautical history ?

A. It was attacked by Russian torpedoes .

B. Most of its passengers were frozen to death .

C. Its victims were mostly women and children .

D. It caused the largest number of casualties .

2.How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy ?

A. By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack .

B. By describing the ship’s sinking in great detail .

C. By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche .

D. By illustrating the survival of a young pregnant woman .

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ marginalize ”

A. highlight　　 　　　　　　 B. weaken

C. strengthen　 　　　　　 D. fasten

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The first successful space walk in 2013 is an important historical________in Chinese history.

A.event 　 B.matter　　 C.affair　 　 D.incident

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The past week was by no means an ordinary week, 1..

This Monday, the topic was brought up again by my parents during dinner. 2.. Seeing my hesitant look, Mom patted me on my shoulder and said that I still had enough time to think about it, her smile encouraging me to do more research.

Later that evening, I turned to the Internet for help. 3.. As a science student, law could be a good choice. Business and computer science were also attracting me. No sooner had I noted down the majors one after another than I crossed them all off immediately, because what I wanted was a profession that could make a difference in people’s lives.

4.. The moment “Role Models of Our Time” appeared on the screen, it caught my eye. The news story focused on superheroes-police officers, healthcare workers, deliverymen street cleaners-who guarded us selflessly to ensure our life ran normally. Suddenly, I realized my life's purpose-relieving pain and saving lives. And to pursue this call, I decided to specialize in medical science, just like my role models fighting against Covid-19 in Wuhan.

I jumped excitedly with joy at this idea. 5., saying that they would be so proud to see me in white. Now, determined to become a healthcare worker, whenever I start my schoolwork, I know I am studying for a noble cause.

A.Faced with so many choices, I seemed to be lost

B.Mom and Dad were also happy that I had found the compass for my future life

C.because of Chinese Ambassdor Liu Xiaoming’s exclusive interview on BBC’s Hardtalk

D.for I finally decided on my major

E.It occurred to me that although first discovered in Wuhan, Covid-19 was not originated from Wuhan

F.I had asked myself the same question many times, but still couldn’t make up my mind

G.The inspiration came unexpectedly with the CCTV News yesterday

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Music often __________ us of events in the past.

A. remembers         B. reminds              C. reflects           D. impresses

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

People live in the present. They plan for the future. History, ______, is the study of the past. Given all the ______ and pressures that come from living in the present and ______ what is yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why insist - as most ______ systems do - on history? And why encourage many students to study even more history than they are _____ to?

Any subject of study needs to be______: supporters must explain why it is worth ______. Like most widely accepted _____, history attracts people who simply ______ the information and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more ______ about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required.

____ do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve ______ purposes, history’s functions can seem more ______ to determine than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually _____, but the products of historical study are often less ______ and immediate than those of other subjects.

History helps us understand people, societies and how they ______. For example, how can we ______ past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately, major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. ______, history must serve, however imperfectly, as our ______, helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot ______ history.

1.A.otherwise B.besides C.however D.therefore

2.A.causes B.demands C.choices D.orders

3.A.avoiding B.fearing C.celebrating D.expecting

4.A.financial B.social C.educational D.political

5.A.required B.invited C.forced D.permitted

6.A.introduced B.explored C.justified D.dropped

7.A.protection B.attention C.expectation D.mention

8.A.subjects B.concepts C.topics D.concerns

9.A.provide B.receive C.share D.like

10.A.doubtful B.worried C.thoughtful D.certain

11.A.Supporters B.Historians C.Audiences D.Teachers

12.A.public B.multiple C.different D.useful

13.A.difficult B.sensible C.secure D.beneficial

14.A.optional B.attractive C.accessible D.vital

15.A.valuable B.interesting C.obvious D.instructive

16.A.feel B.behave C.fight D.live

17.A.prevent B.remember C.evaluate D.declare

18.A.Consequently B.Alternatively C.Fortunately D.Admittedly

19.A.library B.laboratory C.clinic D.museum

20.A.make up for B.give in to C.get close to D.stay away from

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析