I had been swimming competitively for about five years and was ready to quit because I felt I was horrible at it. I kept _______ “Honorable Mentions”(安慰奖). Any _______knows that you don’t want to have a bookshelf full of “Honorable Mentions”, which you get just because you _______.
One summer day, the day _______ a big swim meet, I decided to tell my grandma that I was quitting the swim team, but she said, “Baby, _______ these words: ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ You go to that swim meet tomorrow.”
The next day we arrived at the swim meet late, _______ my group of swimmers in the 15/ 16 age group. My _______ insisted that I be allowed to swim with the _______group. I knew that she was _______ me in the race so that our long drive would not be ________. As I got on the board, I quickly noticed that these girls were here to do one thing—to________ me! All of a sudden my grandma’s words ________ in my head, “Ouitters never win and winners never quit, quitters never win and winners never quit.”
SPLASH!
I was swimming ________ than I’d swum before. As I drew my right arm back, I noticed I was tied with one person. I assumed we were battling for the eighth place and I refused to finish dead last, so I added more kick on the ________ 200 yards. I hit the wall and ________ to the left and to the right for the swimmers who had beaten me, but no one was there. They must have gotten out of the ________ already. I raised my head to see my coach________ hysterically(歇斯底里). My eyes ________her pointing finger and I couldn’t believe what I saw. The other swimmers had just reached the halfway point of the ________! That day, at age 15, I broke the national 17/18-year-old 400-freestyle record. I had hung up my honorable mentions. That day, I ________ them with a huge gold medal.
1.A.receiving B.quitting C.refusing D.wishing
2.A.reader B.swimmer C.athlete D.learner
3.A.come around B.get out C.show up D.give off
4.A.after B.before C.during D.in
5.A.write B.have C.learn D.remember
6.A.missing B.winning C.losing D.having
7.A.grandma B.fan C.coach D.friend
8.A.older B.younger C.quicker D.stronger
9.A.calling B.including C.teaching D.forgetting
10.A.wasted B.considered C.dropped D.seen
11.A.hate B.love C.beat D.praise
12.A.heard B.sang C.shouted D.rang
13.A.harder B.faster C.longer D.later
14.A.first B.last C.most D.over
15.A.swam B.came C.jumped D.looked
16.A.breath B.water C.time. D.race
17.A.encouraging B.smiling C.running D.screaming
18.A.saw B.held C.followed D.grasped
19.A.pool B.road C.field D.board
20.A.helped B.joined C.admired D.replaced
高三英语完形填空中等难度题
I had been swimming competitively for about five years and was ready to quit because I felt I was horrible at it. I kept _______ “Honorable Mentions”(安慰奖). Any _______knows that you don’t want to have a bookshelf full of “Honorable Mentions”, which you get just because you _______.
One summer day, the day _______ a big swim meet, I decided to tell my grandma that I was quitting the swim team, but she said, “Baby, _______ these words: ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ You go to that swim meet tomorrow.”
The next day we arrived at the swim meet late, _______ my group of swimmers in the 15/ 16 age group. My _______ insisted that I be allowed to swim with the _______group. I knew that she was _______ me in the race so that our long drive would not be ________. As I got on the board, I quickly noticed that these girls were here to do one thing—to________ me! All of a sudden my grandma’s words ________ in my head, “Ouitters never win and winners never quit, quitters never win and winners never quit.”
SPLASH!
I was swimming ________ than I’d swum before. As I drew my right arm back, I noticed I was tied with one person. I assumed we were battling for the eighth place and I refused to finish dead last, so I added more kick on the ________ 200 yards. I hit the wall and ________ to the left and to the right for the swimmers who had beaten me, but no one was there. They must have gotten out of the ________ already. I raised my head to see my coach________ hysterically(歇斯底里). My eyes ________her pointing finger and I couldn’t believe what I saw. The other swimmers had just reached the halfway point of the ________! That day, at age 15, I broke the national 17/18-year-old 400-freestyle record. I had hung up my honorable mentions. That day, I ________ them with a huge gold medal.
1.A.receiving B.quitting C.refusing D.wishing
2.A.reader B.swimmer C.athlete D.learner
3.A.come around B.get out C.show up D.give off
4.A.after B.before C.during D.in
5.A.write B.have C.learn D.remember
6.A.missing B.winning C.losing D.having
7.A.grandma B.fan C.coach D.friend
8.A.older B.younger C.quicker D.stronger
9.A.calling B.including C.teaching D.forgetting
10.A.wasted B.considered C.dropped D.seen
11.A.hate B.love C.beat D.praise
12.A.heard B.sang C.shouted D.rang
13.A.harder B.faster C.longer D.later
14.A.first B.last C.most D.over
15.A.swam B.came C.jumped D.looked
16.A.breath B.water C.time. D.race
17.A.encouraging B.smiling C.running D.screaming
18.A.saw B.held C.followed D.grasped
19.A.pool B.road C.field D.board
20.A.helped B.joined C.admired D.replaced
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—Have you been teaching here since graduation?
—No, I _____ on a farm for five years．
| A．had worked | B．have worked | C．was working | D．worked |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
She had been in ________ doctors described as in a confused state of mind for five years.
A．how B．what
C．which D．that
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
She didn’t come back to her hometown for five years and ______, she had got married and had a couple of kids.
A．to be honest B．above all C．on the other hand D．in the meantime
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
After I had been in China studying Chinese for about a year, I had exhausted my old textbook. I wanted more interesting material. One day I cam« upon a bookstore, and, 1. (realize) how cheap books in China were, 2. (have) the idea that I should start learning from Chinese children’s books. 3. was perfect and so obvious—why hadn’t I done this 4. (early)?
Then reality came as a shock. There was a very good reason 5. everyone wasn’t doing it already: Chinese children’s books 6. (design) for native Chinese kids, so they 7. (general) don’t make good material for foreign language learners.
Most Chinese children’s books are too hard 8. Chinese learners. It’ll be discouraging to read many books, especially those 9. (choose) at random, and all the “pinyin” is likely to be less helpful than you think. So, I do wish, one day, there are some really good books 10. (suit) for foreign learners out there in China’s bookstores.
高三英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
语法填空。
A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything, talked about everything and kept no secrets 1. each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer 2. she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
He'd never thought about it ever since. One day 3. woman got very sick and the doctor, said she wouldn't recover. To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 4. (bring) it to his wife's bedside. She agreed it was time that he should know 5. was in the box.
6. (open) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $ 25,000.He asked her about the contents. “When we were to be married，” she said, “my grandma told me the secret of a happy 7. (marry) was never to argue, and I should just keep quiet and make a mat 8. I got angry with you.”
The man was so 9. (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! “Honey，” he said, “that explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from？”
“Oh，” she said, “that's the money I made from selling 10.．”
高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
语法填空。
A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything, talked about everything and kept no secrets 1. each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer 2. she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
He'd never thought about it ever since. One day 3. woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn't recover. To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 4. (bring) it to his wife's bedside. She agreed it was time that he should know 5. was in the box.
6.(open) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $25,000. He asked her about the contents, "When we were to be married," she said, "my grandma told me the secret of happy 7. (marry) was never to argue, and I should just keep quiet and make a mat 8. I got angry with you."
The man was so 9.(move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! "Honey", he said, "that explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh", she said, "that's the money I made from selling 10.."
高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I had the pleasure and honor of serving as Newport Beach ocean lifeguard（救生员）for five years. One day, I was working at Tower 15, Two_______ to my right was another guard named Mike, who was working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “I have noticed a couple of kids. I am going to give them a _______.Keep an eye on us."
I said. "Sure.” And he _______.
Anytime you got out of your tower, you were _______to let somebody else know, so as to avoid accidents. And _______enough, as soon as he hung up the phone ,a rip current（离岸流）snapped up under these two kids, and they were getting sucked down into the water. Mike saw it and he ran at full _______to the ocean.
I called for backup and said, "Two children _______ in water. Call for backup. 17 was _______.I'm going."
By then, the mother of The two kids had _______what was happening. She screamed. I started rushing toward the ocean, but __________ I was even halfway there, Mike had __________ the kids -a boy and a girl. Mike told me later that he got to the boy first, and when he turned to the girl, he had to __________ into the water and catch her by the hair to __________ her out.
When I reached the mother, Mike was __________ in waist-deep water. The kids were so__________that they couldn't walk, so Mike got one kid under each of his__________ and brought them onto the beach.
I __________the mother and said, "Hey, it's going to be OK. They're __________now." I saw that the __________ started to disappear from her.
What a frightening experience! What a __________ Mike is l
1.A. blocks B. oceans C. viewers D. phones
2.A. signal B. warming C. notice D. hand
3.A. held up B. showed up C. hung up D. made up
4.A. commanded B. supposed C. arranged D. clarified
5.A. sure B. brave C. swift D. determined
6.A. energy B. risk C. wall D. speed
7.A. drowned B. broke C. dropped D. jumped
8.A. ready B. injured C. lost D. cut
9.A. experienced B. realized C. shared D. confirmed
10.A. after B. until C. before D. although
11.A. reached B. saved C. abandoned D. directed
12.A. sink B. stare C. dive D. dip
13.A. push B. pull C. shake D. carry
14.A. also B. indeed C. just D. still
15.A. exhausted B. thrilled C. shocked D. excited
16.A. legs B. eyes C. shoulders D. arms
17.A. turned to B. appealed to C. cheered for D. glanced at
18.A. dead B. lucky C. safe D. rewarding
19.A. delight B. relief C. terror D. appreciation
20.A. judge B. hero C. coach D. model
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I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and ________ got into a game. I went to all the ________ and showed up even when it was so ________ that your ‘breath froze’ and when the other players had decided to stay home. I felt I had ________ enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to ________ the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on ________ my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise ________ , so think about yourself in a ________ way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, ________ my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my ________ .
Once in a match, we ________ our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my________ place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going ________ . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little ________ . But my mom’s words ________ out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my ________ work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the ________ to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had
gone home had________ me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s ________ has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I ________ myself.
1.A. once B. seldom C. usually D. even
2.A. meetings B. shows C. matches D. practices
3.A. cloudy B. wet C. cold D. windy
4.A. suffered B. explained C. planned D. escaped
5.A. write B. break C. read D. speak
6.A. noticing B. gathering C. hearing D. analyzing
7.A. talkers B. dreamers C. attackers D. losers
8.A. positive B. familiar C. brief D. convenient
9.A. testing B. improving C. questioning D. affecting
10.A. aim B. taste C. habit D. attitude
11.A. lost B. controlled C. practiced D. continued
12.A. usual B. safe C. secret D. private
13.A. off B. in C. by D. up
14.A. annoyed B. awkward C. scared D. bitter
15.A. put B. rang C. gave D. stood
16.A. exact B. extra C. creative D. casual
17.A. chance B. message C. order D. note
18.A. spared B. requested C. prepared D. sent
19.A. actions B. reasons C. words D. promises
20.A. judge B. express C. comfort D. doubt
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and 36 got into a game. I went to all the 37 and showed up even when it was so 38 that your ‘breath froze’ and when the other players had decided to stay home. I felt I had 39 enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to 40 the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on 41 my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise 42 , so think about yourself in a 43 way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, 44 my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my 45 .
Once in a match, we 46 our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my47 place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going 48 . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little 49 . But my mom’s words 50 out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my 51 work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the 52 to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had gone home had53 me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s 54 has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I 55 myself.
1.A. once B. seldom C. usually D. evenB
2.A. meetings B. shows C. matches D. practices
3.A. cloudy B. wet C. cold D. windy
4.A. suffered B. explained C. planned D. escaped
5.A. write B. break C. read D. speak
6.A. noticing B. gathering C. hearing D. analyzing
7.A. talkers B. dreamers C. attackers D. losers
8.A. positive B. familiar C. brief D. convenient
9.A. testing B. improving C. questioning D. affecting
10.A. aim B. taste C. habit D. attitude
11.A. lost B. controlled C. practiced D. continued
12.A. usual B. safe C. secret D. private
13.A. off B. in C. by D. up
14.A. annoyed B. awkward C. scared D. bitter
15.A. put B. rang C. gave D. stood
16.A. exact B. extra C. creative D. casual
17.A. chance B. message C. order D. note
18.A. spared B. requested C. prepared D. sent
19.A. actions B. reasons C. words D. promises
20.A. judge B. express C. comfort D. doubt
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析