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Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much, but I was ______.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: _______. I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the drive, the will and the grades, _______ I didn’t have the resources. Even _______ things like food, water and shelter weren’t readily available. Young people in poverty have little or no _______ to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging _______ someone helped. When I left primary school, I was in the same _______ as many other poor disadvantaged youth. _______, during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was _______ and I received a scholarship. Today, I am ______ record as being the first student to be enrolled in this school.
In 2006, my school ________ The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for _______ disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain ______ skills. After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT course. _______, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only care about ourselves but other people. With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website, aimed at networking 10,000 African ______ worldwide, all Sisters commit to sending information to their villages. This can be to _______ financial freedom, advance information _______ to health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only ______ to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights the huge challenge in _______ the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will _______ what they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.
1.A.energetic B.happy C.confident D.hopeful
2.A.status B.college C.entertainment D.education
3.A.so B.and C.but D.since
4.A.cheap B.basic C.important D.simple
5.A.access B.means C.chance D.dream
6.A.so B.when C.as D.unless
7.A.occasion B.situation C.dilemma D.position
8.A.Generally B.Importantly C.Luckily D.Casually
9.A.put up B.taken up C.made up D.set up
10.A.on B.in C.at D.for
11.A.approved B.took C.joined D.launched
12.A.psychologically B.physically C.educationally D.financially
13.A.social B.average C.typical D.professional
14.A.In short B.In all C.In addition D.In brief
15.A.students B.girls C.kids D.teenagers
16.A.promote B.introduce C.employ D.present
17.A.attached B.compared C.related D.devoted
18.A.alternative B.acceptable C.appropriate D.available
19.A.narrowing B.shortening C.declining D.changing
20.A.encourage B.spread C.add D.apply
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Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much, but I was ________.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: ________. I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the drive, the will and the grades, ________ I didn’t have the resources. Even ________ things like food, water and shelter weren’t readily available. Young people in poverty have little or no ________ to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging ________ someone helped. When I left primary school, I was in the same ________ as many other poor disadvantaged youth. ________, during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was ________ and I received a scholarship. Today, I am ________ record as being the first student to be enrolled in this school.
In 2006, my school __________ The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for ________ disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain ________ skills. After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT course. ________, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only care about ourselves but other people. With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website, aimed at networking 10,000 African ________ worldwide, all Sisters commit to sending information to their villages. This can be to ________ financial freedom, advance information ________ to health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only ________ to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights the huge challenge in ________ the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will ________ what they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.
1.A. energetic B. independent C. confident D. happy
2.A. status B. education C. entertainment D. college
3.A. so B. and C. but D. since
4.A. basic B. cheap C. important D. simple
5.A. means B. access C. chance D. dream
6.A. so B. when C. unless D. as
7.A. occasion B. situation C. dilemma D. position
8.A. Generally B. Importantly C. Casually D. Luckily
9.A. put up B. taken up C. made up D. set up
10.A. on B. in C. at D. for
11.A. approved B. took C. joined D. launched
12.A. psychologically B. physically C. financially D. educationally
13.A. social B. average C. typical D. attractive
14.A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Instead
15.A. students B. teenagers C. kids D. girls
16.A. promote B. introduce C. employ D. present
17.A. attached B. compared C. devoted D. related
18.A. alternative B. acceptable C. available D. appropriate
19.A. narrowing B. shortening C. declining D. changing
20.A. encourage B. spread C. add D. apply
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
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Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much, but I was ______.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: _______. I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the drive, the will and the grades, _______ I didn’t have the resources. Even _______ things like food, water and shelter weren’t readily available. Young people in poverty have little or no _______ to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging _______ someone helped. When I left primary school, I was in the same _______ as many other poor disadvantaged youth. _______, during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was _______ and I received a scholarship. Today, I am ______ record as being the first student to be enrolled in this school.
In 2006, my school ________ The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for _______ disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain ______ skills. After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT course. _______, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only care about ourselves but other people. With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website, aimed at networking 10,000 African ______ worldwide, all Sisters commit to sending information to their villages. This can be to _______ financial freedom, advance information _______ to health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only ______ to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights the huge challenge in _______ the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will _______ what they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.
1.A. energetic B. happy C. confident D. hopeful
2.A. status B. college C. entertainment D. education
3.A. so B. and C. but D. since
4.A. cheap B. basic C. important D. simple
5.A. access B. means C. chance D. dream
6.A. so B. when C. as D. unless
7.A. occasion B. situation C. dilemma D. position
8.A. Generally B. Importantly C. Luckily D. Casually
9.A. put up B. taken up C. made up D. set up
10.A. on B. in C. at D. for
11.A. approved B. took C. joined D. launched
12.A. psychologically B. physically C. educationally D. financially
13.A. social B. average C. typical D. professional
14.A. In short B. In all C. In addition D. In brief
15.A. students B. girls C. kids D. teenagers
16.A. promote B. introduce C. employ D. present
17.A. attached B. compared C. related D. devoted
18.A. alternative B. acceptable C. appropriate D. available
19.A. narrowing B. shortening C. declining D. changing
20.A. encourage B. spread C. add D. apply
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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There is much more to growing up in a bilingual(双语的) family than learning two languages, and the cultural influences from both cultures are just as important.
In July we had a curious incident that shows the slight differences between cultures. My son has already changed a few of his baby teeth and since we lived in Italy we decided to go with the Italian version(版本) of the Tooth Fairy, which is not a fairy(仙女) but a little mouse. So last year when he lost his first tooth we had a visit from the little mouse who took the tooth away and left a rather good amount of coins --- when he lost the second tooth a few days later, however, the amount was significantly less! That in itself caused quite a few questions, but the real questions started when in July during a visit to the UK another tooth left my son’s mouth in Tooth Fairy land! The grandparents made a real problem out of it --- it was their first grandson’s tooth they got to say Goodbye to, so it was Tooth Fairy and rather generous, too!
The Qs & As
Son: Mum, how is the little mouse going to smell my tooth all this way? (as the story goes the little mouse smells a milk tooth and comes to collect it)
Me: No dear, it won’t! We are in England now so the Tooth Fairy will come.
Son: Oh, is she stronger than the little mouse? (I knew where this was going)
Me: She is very strong, and she is magic.
Son: What does the Tooth Fairy bring? (straight to the point)
Me: I am not sure. We’ll find out maybe a nice message.
Son: So is the little mouse coming too?
Me: No, it won’t make it all the way from Italy.
Son: But why don’t they have little mice in England?
Me: Because here the Tooth Fairy collects all baby teeth and she’s too fast, so the little mouse would always get there late.
Son: Oh!?
1.Italian kids are supposed to believe ________ will come and collect the milk teeth.
A. a little mouse
B. Tooth Fairy
C. their parents
D. the grandparents
2.The author thought Tooth Fairy would be rather generous because ________.
A. Italian parents often give much money for their kids’ lost baby teeth[
B. she knew Tooth Fairy was more generous than the little mouse
C. she knew the grandparents would give her son a big gift
D. English people are usually more generous than Italians
3.Hearing “Oh, is she stronger than the little mouse?”, the author knew her son was actually worried about ________.
A. the tooth fairy’s health
B. the little mouse’s coming
C. the amount of coins he could get
D. the story his grandparents know
4.By telling this story, the author intends to say it’s important to _________ in a bilingual family.
A. make kids know the folk stories
B. help kids choose one of the cultures
C. teach kids two languages
D. keep the balance of both cultures
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously ,did not give her good service ,pretended not to
Understand her ,or even acted as if they did not hear her .
My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she . I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs.Tan..”
And my mother was standing beside me ,whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me cheek already two week lone.”
And then , in perfect English I said : “I’m getting rather concerned .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.”
Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately , I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”
The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs.Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.
When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
1.Why was the author’s mother poorly served? A.She was unable to speak good English.
B.She was often misunderstood.
C.She was not clearly heard.
D.She was not very polite.
2.From Paragorph 2, we know that the author was ________.
A.good a pretending
B.rude to the stockbroker
C.ready to help her mother
D.unwilling to phone for her mother
3.After the author made the phone call, ________.
A.they forgave the stockbroker
B.they failed to get the check
C.they went to New York immediately
D.they spoke to their boss at once
4.What does the author think of her mother’s English now?
A.It confuses her.
B.It embarrasses her.
C.It helps her understand the world.
D.It helps her tolerate rude people.
5.We can inter from the passage that Chinese English ________. A.is clear and natural to non-native speakers
B.is vivid and direct to non-native speakers
C.has a verv bad reputation in America
D.may bring inconvenience in America
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As a young girl growing up in rural Alabama, I never understood why my mom spent so much time baking. And she always made my brother and me36 her. A whole day every other week was devoted to making bread. It always made our small arms tired.
Despite our best efforts, the flour dust always went everywhere. I37 to be outside with my playmates, and never38 my mom’s desire for quality family time with her children, at least when it came to spending it in the39 . Years have gone by, and I have become a mother myself. I prefer to leave most of the cooking to my husband and he loves it. He’s quite40 at doing it, too.
On one occasion my husband was41 dinner, and I was at the kitchen table going through the day’s mail when our little son, Cody, asked if he could help42 . My husband said yes, and I sat there amused, watching them.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“Helping dad cook.” he replied with a big43 on his face. I thought back to those44 when my mom asked me to help her bake bread, and I was45 , but obeyed. Perhaps she was trying to create something more than just fresh bread—maybe a few lasting46 .
As I watched Cody do it with all his attention, I realized that he had47 a lasting moment for me, a moment filled with a deep sense of family. I wanted to hold the moment and make it longer, and appreciate the memories my mom had given me years ago in her kitchen.
1.A.copy B. help C.notice D.admire
2.A.improved B.encouraged C.longed D.blamed
3.A.wondered B. appreciat C.judged D.challenged
4.A.kitchen B. restaurant C. bedroom D. school
5.A.unhappy B.weak C.astonished D.skilled
6.A.preparing B.choosing C.making D.having
7.A.play B.work C.cook D.make
8.A. get uptear B. surprise C. smile D. mark
9.A. dreams B.time C. mysteries D.accidents
10.A. excited B.regretful C. confident D.unwilling
11.A. memories B.choices C.opportunities D.goals
12.A. continued B.created C.failed D.served
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When Josephine Cooper was growing up，she learned the importance of charity from her parents．Although they made a modest living for their family of 10，they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate．
Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank，where she devoted herself to helping others．She organized and ran a distribution center from a church，helping it become the organization’s largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego．She was one of 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited to Washington D．C．to receive the award．
“She was the main person who helped us make that program grow,” said Mike Doody，former director of the Food Bank．“She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard．She was determined and stubborn，but in a good way．She had a good heart．” People knew her as “Grandma” because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families．“She reminded people of their Grandma．” Doody said．
As a widow with a young child in 1979，Mrs．Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries．“She dedicated her life to giving back,” said her daughter，Monica Cooper．It wasn’t unusual for a local church to call Mrs Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family．“She would give people food out of her cupboard．Sometimes we would cook a meal for a family living out of their car,” Cooper said．
Although Mrs Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work，she said being able to help others was her reward．She died of liver disease and kidney failure，aged 93．
1.The underlined word “charity” in Paragraph 1 refers to ．
A．offering help B．donating money
C．providing services D．showing sympathy
2.Which of the following is true of Mrs Cooper?
A．She died at an early age．
B．She refused the national award．
C．She was kind and devoted．
D．She was not easy to get along with．
3.Mrs Cooper’s story suggests that ．
A．everyone needs a Grandma nearby
B．children are what their parents are
C．a sound mind is in a sound body
D．a mother’s love never changes
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I learned a long time ago that hair has meanings—plenty of meanings. Growing up in the 1960s, my friends and I struggled without parents’ control over the length and style of our hair.
At the time, hair represented our need to break free from adults in our lives. Long hair represented our freed inner selves.
My clients are often surprised when I asked them questions about their hairstyle—why they choose it, how else they’ve worn their hair, how they feel about it, and so on. However, while it may seem to be a simple topic, even today our hairstyles still have many psychological and emotional meanings. Understanding some of those meanings can lead to understanding of many different aspects of a person’s mind. How we view our hair, for example, can show something about how we view ourselves.
Our hair can show physical and emotional wellbeing, desirability, and even social and financial status. When it becomes dull or fragile, it can communicate emotional and physical diseases. But hair can also show unrecognized and often unspoken daydreams about oneself and one’s world. One woman—a successful professional—wore her long hair in a thick bun(发髻).
But one day she showed me that tangled(缠结的) hair was kept in the bun. She said that she never brushed out the tangles because the hair showed her secret image of herself as a helpless, disturbed woman, like Ophelia in the play Hamlet.
Another woman came to therapy in a huge shirt and huge pants that she believed they could hide the weight she had put on since the birth of her child. She talked about how much she hated her body and how helpless she felt about doing anything about it. But her hair was always beautifully coloured and decorated. When I pointed out that she seemed to have a different relationship with her hair from she did with her body, she said that her hair had been thinning and that she was trying to make it look as good as she could. I pointed out that what she was doing with her hair and her body was kind of contradictory, and wondered if she had any thoughts about that.
She was surprised. But as we talked about her contradictory attitudes towards different parts of her physical self, we began to open up all sorts of other thoughts and ideas about her inner self.
And interestingly, as we continued opening those internal doors, changes started to happen. She started eating differently and exercising regularly. One day some months later, she appeared in my office in skinny jeans and a tight sweater, and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail. “I decided to see what would happen if I stopped trying to hide myself, ” she said with a big smile.
“And…? ” I asked. “People keep smiling at me in the street. My husband hugged me this morning for the first time in ages. And I feel good! ”
Besides, selfrespect in both men and women can be damaged by thinning hair；they may feel alone even though they are really not. Given our cultural focus on physical appearance, youth, and health, hair loss can be unpleasant for both men and women. The market is filled with hairenhancing treatments, but there are those who have decided to be against the system and change to the “bald is beautiful” position. But it is much harder for women to take the “bald is beautiful” approach to hair loss. We tend to try to hide it in one way or another.
But no matter what approach you use, it is important to remember that the thickness of your hair has nothing to do with your value in the world. Remember that you have nothing to be ashamed of if you have thinning hair. Thinning hair may not be something you can change, but it doesn’t have to control how you represent the person who lives underneath it.
1.In the 1960s, long hair represented___________.
A. fashion B. honesty C. peace D. freedom
2.Why does the author ask clients questions about their hairstyle?
A. Because this topic can reduce clients’ pain.
B. Because the hairstyle can reflect one’s inner self.
C. Because it’s a simple topic to start a conversation.
D. Because this is a topic most people are interested in.
3.The author mentioned stories of two women in order to___________.
A. prove her idea
B. introduce the topic
C. make comparisons
D. stress the importance of good hair
4.What can we know about the woman wearing her long hair in a thick bun?
A. She had long but thinning hair.
B. She was helpless and disturbed.
C. She was too busy to brush her hair.
D. She loved the play Hamlet very much.
5.What does the author advise us to do in the last two paragraphs?
A. Not to be affected by thinning hair.
B. To take the “bald is beautiful” position.
C. To find suitable treatments for thinning hair.
D. Not to pay too much attention to our physical appearance.
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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I was born in London, bill I grew up in Taunton, which is a small town with not much to do，so I had to invent a lot of garner. This is probably 1._____ I was good at making things. As a child. I always enjoyed2.______ (design) objects.
At the age of 16,1 decided to leave school to work for a design company. 3.________ (main) doing routine work in the office. During this time I learnt a lot 4._______my manager. She was quite inspiring and taught me how5._____(solve) problems by looking at things in a different way.
In 2006. I6._____(feel) I needed a new challenge so I decided to take a film-making course. My 7.______ (apply) was successful and I spent a(n) 8.______ (enjoy) month learning film-making. It was at this time that I realized the most suitable job for9.______ was designing advertisements and commercial films. I made up my mind to develop different 10._______ (skill) so that I would be able to work in this field in the future.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Growing up, I always hid my thumbs（拇指）in my fists because of their unusual shape. _______ they do look more like a big toe（脚趾）_______ a thumb. And from an early age, my thumbs_______ another name “toe thumbs” .
In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store. One day, I was_______ a sweet little old lady and as I _______ her change back to her, she suddenly took my hands and said in a thick Polish _______ , “You are Polish! Look at those_______ Polish thumbs! They match mine!” She raised her hands and_______ her thumbs to me that_______ weathered and wrinkled, looked exactly like mine! She_______ my hands again and said, “Be_______ of those thumbs!”
I’ll never forget that 30-second_______ with a stranger that forever_______ my view of a part of me I once was_______ by and now accept. As I was eating dinner with my Samuel tonight, he looked down at my hand_______ on the table next to his and said, “Mommy! Our thumbs _______ !” I smiled and answered, “Yes, they do, buddy! Those are strong Polish _______ you have! Take pride in them! Maybe someday you’ll have a little boy or girl who will have the same thumbs!” I _______ my son never hides his thumbs like I did. I hope he’ll be proud of their “unusualness” and the _______ behind them. He carries on a(n) _______ part of me and that for me will always be beautiful!
1.A. Fortunately B. Admittedly C. Normally D. Basically
2.A. other than B. due to C. instead of D. along with
3.A. earned B. cloned C. found D. deserved
4.A. checking out B. waiting for C. talking with D. watching over
5.A. paid B. charged C. donated D. counted
6.A. tune B. voice C. language D. accent
7.A. beautiful B. strange C. long D. clumsy
8.A. passed B. showed C. recommended D. offered
9.A. till B. unless C. although D. once
10.A. raised B. inspected C. examined D. held
11.A. proud B. skeptical C. afraid D. sure
12.A. appointment B. bargain C. conversation D. deal
13.A. supported B. changed C. proved D. hurt
14.A. amazed B. frightened C. delighted D. embarrassed
15.A. scratching B. resting C. knocking D. drawing
16.A. differ B. suit C. fight D. match
17.A. fists B. thumbs C. toes D. hands
18.A. guarantee B. figure C. pray D. insist
19.A. scene B. lesson C. history D. moment
20.A. unique B. elegant C. authentic D. sensitive
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