For years, I thought a present and a gift as ...

For years, I thought a present and a gift as the same thing.

I grew up in a household where presents marked special _______ There was always a box

for each of us under the tree at Christmas. ____ Dad always gave Mom something each Valentines Day and anniversary. He would carefully plan his shopping trips to find just the _____thing. His joy in the hunt was proof of the _____ of giving and of his love for her. I saw these presents as the ______ of a husband's devotion.

So when I married a man who did not give presents on a regular basis, it was a(an)____.

I wrestled with my _____ . Gary did not___ avoid gift-giving. Gary would return from sea __ with a brown paper bag inside of which was something that reminded him of me.

I tried to change him______.I prepared gifts for Christmas and for his birthdays _______ .

He appreciated the caring, but refused to do the same thing for me.

I dropped hints, they fell on_______ ears.

I began to tell him what I wanted, giving______ instructions. When Gary left for the market one Saturday, I asked him to find me diamond earrings as a birthday present. Yet he came home with a road scraper （刮路机）.

______when the snowstorm Mt later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow （犁）out both our driveway and our neighbor's, thinking how______ earrings would have been was then that I realized he had been giving me gifts ail along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern were the _______that he gave daily.

We ___to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we often forget how to _______the love they already give us as only they can give it.

I finally began to understand the_______ between a present and a gift. A present is a thing. But a gift is a small act of kindness, the willingness to_______to another's needs, the sacrifice of time and effort.

1.A.locations B.situations C.occasions D.conditions

2.A.Additionally B.Originally C.Fortunately D.Consequently

3.A.cheap B.astonishing C.splendid D.right

4.A.pleasure B.ambition C.intention D.addiction

5.A.example B.emphasis C.reminder D.expression

6.A.improvement B.adjustment C.despair D.disaster :

7.A.expectations B.dilemma C.conscience 、 D.anxiety

8.A.actively B.willingly C.intentionally D.wholly

9.A.supplied B.armed C.decorated D.filled

10.A.by tradition B.by force C.by example D.by accident

11.A.on purpose B.in order C.at random D.on time

12.A.sharp B.big C.deaf D.sensitive

13.A.some B.specific C.brief D.unusual

14.A.And B.So C.Though D.But

15.A.precious B.practical C.useless D.ugly

16.A.promises B.gifts C.blessings D.instructions

17.A.struggle B.fail C.attempt D.decide

18.A.express B.appreciate C.return D.share

19.A.distance B.similarity C.difference D.conflict

20.A.subscribe B.take C.connect D.bend

高三英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

For years, I thought a present and a gift as the same thing.

I grew up in a household where presents marked special ________ There was always a box for each of us under the tree at Christmas. _________, Dad always gave Mom something each Valentine’s Day and anniversary. He would carefully plan his shopping trips to find just the _______ thing. His joy in the hunt was proof of the _______of giving and of his love for her. I saw these presents as the _______ of a husband's devotion.

So when I married a man who did not give presents on a regular basis, it was an _______

I wrestled with my expectation. Gary did hot _______ avoid gift-giving. Gary would return from sea armed with a brown paper bag inside of which was something that _______ him of me. But mostly, he ignored holidays, _______ to shop for a thing to present to me as a sign of love.

I tried to change him ________. I prepared gifts for Christmas and for his birthdays ________. He appreciated the caring, but refused to do the same thing for me. I dropped hints, they ________ deaf ears.

I began to tell him what I wanted, giving ________ instructions. When Gary left for the market one Saturday, I asked him to find me diamond earrings as a birthday present. Yet he came home with a road scraper （刮路机）.

________when the snowstorm stopped later that year and he was at sea, I used the road scraper to plow （犁）out both our driveway and our neighbor's, thinking how ________ earrings would have been and it was then that I realized he had been giving me gifts all along. The gestures, large and small, born of his caring and concern were the ________that he gave daily.

We ________ to teach others how to love us. In that struggle, we often forget how to ________ the love they already give us as only they can give it.

I finally began to understand the ________ between a present and a gift. A present is a thing. But a gift is a small act of kindness, the willingness to ________ another's needs, the sacrifice of time and effort.

1.A.locations B.situations C.occasions D.conditions

2.A.Additionally B.Originally C.Fortunately D.Consequently

3.A.cheap B.astonishing C.splendid D.right

4.A.pleasure B.ambition C.intention, D.addiction

5.A.example B.emphasis C.experiment D.expression

6.A.improvement B.adjustment C.excitement D.enjoyment

7.A.actively B.willingly C.patiently D.wholly

8.A.warned B.reminded C.convinced D.informed

9.A.refusing B.announcing C.demanding D.rushing

10.A.by tradition B.by force C.by example D.by accident

11.A.on purpose B.in order C.at random D.on time

12.A.absorbed in B.cared for C.fell on D.broke down

13.A.some B.specific C.brief D.unusual

14.A.And B.So C.Though D.But

15.A.precious B.practical C.useless D.ugly

16.A.promises B.gifts C.blessings D.instructions

17.A.struggle B.fail C.attempt D.decide

18.A.express B.appreciate C.return D.share

19.A.distance B.similarity C.difference D.conflict

20.A.fight against B.laugh at C.turn down D.bend to

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school-he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.

When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine (信条)and anything he did I,_______ , copied. We played games together, and stayed up late reading bedtime stories. I could_________ my dad taking me to school, running into him_________during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.

As I grew older, we were not as _________as we used to be. He wasn’t cool any more. He wore his socks too high, listened to_________ country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.

However, the_________ that occurred in school were even worse. The worst one happened in seventh grade. My dad came to our New Year party, ___________as Donald Duck, guitar in hand, singing silly songs. Just kill me! I wanted to run away.

This_________ continued into high school but we somehow began to find a balance. Things started to_________around the time of my 10th-grade physics project. The____________ was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio(比率). All the students and physics teachers____________. So did my dad-- the only administrator! Embarrassed as usual, I ____________ the scene. ____________, later when I learned from my friends that my dad____________all competitors and won everyone's admiration, I found that mixed in with my____________was a touch of pride.

I had needed someone else to show me what I______________in my dad. It wasn’t the fact that he'd won, it was more than that. I began to______________ that we have many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to______________him, he still influenced me.

I feel____________ to have such an unusual father. The______________ I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I’ve grown.

1.A.temporarily B.naturally C.originally D.passively

2.A.apply to B.count on C.see off D.pick out

3.A.gradually B.previously C.regularly D.eventually

4.A.close B.reliable C.generous D.confident

5.A.creative B.familiar C.horrible D.live

6.A.failure B.coincidences C.competitions D.disasters

7.A.dressed up B.broken down C.settled down D.signed up

8.A.debate B.party C.progress D.struggle

9.A.happen B.change C.grow D.appear

10.A.issue B.task C.lesson D.procedure

11.A.participated B.protested C.hesitated D.explored

12.A.fled B.investigated C.pictured D.made

13.A.Instead B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.However

14.A.convinced B.defeated C.ignored D.evaluated

15.A.confusion B.encouragement C.embarrassment D.fascination

16.A.recommended B.tolerated C.doubted D.appreciated

17.A.recognize B.demand C.argue D.estimate

18.A.approach B.limit C.resist D.believe

19.A.puzzled B.fortunate C.concerned D.awkward

20.A.strategy B.habit C.relationship D.potential

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The girl who is studying at the art college has a_______ for music and dance.

A．gift              B．present           C．power            D．strength

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Nothing stays the same for long. Things and people change, often for the ___________, it seems, but once in a ___________, very much for the better. I grew up on a small farm, living a life that I took for granted. I had a dog and mountains in whichever_______ I looked, and I awoke to the call of birds in the alfalfa (苜蓿) fields. My father worked in the city as a worker. He was quiet and _________. He was not _________educated, but he was smart, with an engineer’s way of looking at problems. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach my brother and me useful things, including respect. He also had a _______. I did not like him very much.

One day I came home from school and his car was already there. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. My father never missed work; in fact, when he came home, he went to work even more. I remember looking secretly around the corner at him as he _________ on his bed in the middle of the day. I was in _______ school. Multiple myeloma, I learned, is a type of blood cancer. It starts in the_______ that normally make antibodies for the body to use in its immune response against __________. When those cells become ill, they make abnormal antibodies like crazy, ____________ out the useful ones. As the cancer grows, the person who has it__________. The disease weakens the body’s energy, and the abnormal antibodies cause problems for other cells and__________. Over time, bones __________ look like Swiss cheese, and when they break, they may never__________.

For the last year of my father’s life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his chair to sit and think. He was __________ in that chair when I came home one day during the fifth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were__________. He asked me to sit down. What followed still moves me these ____________ later. He told me about his life, his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had__________, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than telling. He was asking to be forgiven. All it took was understanding that that was what he needed, and I__________ everything, immediately.

1.A.wealthier B.worse C.healthier D.familiar

2.A.while B.hour C.day D.week

3.A.time B.village C.valley D.direction

4.A.warm B.noisy C.distant D.considerate

5.A.lowly B.less C.more D.highly

6.A.smile B.weakness C.temper D.friend

7.A.launched B.lay C.laid D.landed

8.A.elementary B.middle C.high D.university

9.A.carriers B.chests C.currents D.cells

10.A.invitations B.investigation C.infections D.inference

11.A.compromising B.crowding C.circulating D.clarifying

12.A.substitutes B.sneezes C.sacrifices D.shrinks

13.A.talents B.tensions C.tissues D.tunnels

14.A.fortunately B.eventually C.ambiguously D.considerately

15.A.heal B.hurt C.hesitate D.handle

16.A.predictably B.psychologically C.primitively D.potentially

17.A.alone B.abnormal C.absent D.absurd

18.A.distances B.decades C.disciplines D.dilemmas

19.A.bounced B.boarded C.burst D.bound

20.A.forget B.finance C.function D.forgave

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

I have received many Christmas gifts over the years. The best gift I ever received was presented to me by a stranger. I never even knew his name and I only had contact with him for less than 60 seconds. His Christmas present to me changed the way I think about people and about Christmas.

I hate Black Friday sales. It’s often a gathering of people who are there for many different reasons. Some are looking for a deal on that one item for their loved one, or perhaps themselves. Their purposes completely have nothing to do with the festive time of year, and can just be summed up with one word, “Cheap!”

It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a child’s bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle(口哨). I told my wife that if we got a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.

As the number of bikes began to gradually decrease, I saw my “polite” opportunity to reach my hands around the corner of one of the boxes. I lifted it and suddenly felt some mild resistance(阻力). I looked up to see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not the word to describe his appearance. He was wearing lots of straps of metal spiked leather(带有柳钉的皮带) around both arms and even his neck. Still, tattoos(纹身) were an obvious love of his.

I started to return the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping cart. He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas.” All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a stranger that broke all prejudice(偏见) I may have had of certain types of people. The softness of a human heart can be seen in a simple act. I will never forget it.

1.What may be the best title of the passage?

A. The Best Christmas Gift.

B. A Child’s Bike.

C. Black Friday Sales.

D. A Handsome Stranger.

2.Why do many people go to Black Friday sales?

A. Because they can make money.

B. Because they hope to find a bargain.

C. Because it’s a way to celebrate Christmas.

D. Because it’s a place to get things free of charge.

3.What does the underlined word “purchase” mean in Paragraph 3?

A. devote

B. solve

C. buy

D. save

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. All roads lead to Rome.

B. It’s never too old to study.

C. You cannot clap with one hand.

D. Men cannot be judged by their appearances

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I have received many Christmas gifts over the years, The best gift I ever received was presented to me by a stranger. I never even knew his name and I only had contact with him for less than 60 seconds. His Christmas present to me changed the way I had thought about people and Christmas.

It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a child’s bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle. After a while, the whistle blew. It was like throwing a bucket of fish into a tank of sharks. I told my wife that if we obtained a bike, fine, but i we did not, I was OK with that too,

As the shelf of bikes began to gradually decrease in size, I saw my polite opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of the boxes. I lifted it off the box and suddenly felt some mild resistance. I looked up to see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Threat was not the word to describe his presence. He was decorated with numerous belts of metal pointed leather around both arms and even his neck. Tattoos(文身) were an obvious passion of his.

I started to return anxiously the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping cart. He look d at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas. ”My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home. All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a stranger that broke all previous views I may have had of stereotypes and prejudices. I will never forget the tenderness of a human heart in a simple act.

1.Why does the author view the gift as the best?

A. Because it was given by a stranger.

B. Because it was donated by a charity.

C. Because it improved his level of living.

D. Because it changed his opinion on people.

2.What can we know about the bike at that time?

A. It sold well that night.

B. It was attractive to women.

C. It was equipped with a whistle.

D. It was sold at a lower price on that morning.

3.What can we infer about the stranger with tattoos?

A. He was awful in appearance but kind in heart.

B. He was handsome and good-mannered.

C. He was big but cautious in behavior.

D. He was lovely and energetic.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. A True Gentleman I Met

B. The Best Gift I Ever Received

C. A Choice That Changed My View

D. A Stranger Who Gave Me a Gift

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The club, _　　 _ 25 years ago, is holding a party for past and present members.

A. founded　　　　　　　　　 B. founding　　 C. being founded　　　　 D. to be founded

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

.The Maori ________ in New Zealand for about 1,000 years, but their present lifestyle and culture differ little from _________ of their ancestors.

A. have lived; that                       B. had been living; ones

C. have been living; those                 D. have been living; the one

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

The club, _    _ 25 years ago, is holding a party for past and present members.

A．founded          B．founding          C．being founded      D．to be founded

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析