A young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.
Rowan’s dad was a hard-working man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan’s mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two Master’s degrees.
While at school in Boston, he would often write to Rowan. Even when he left school and was driving back to Colorado, he would send postcards from each state he stopped in. Those postcards were sent in 2007. “I remember him saying he had sent 5 or 6, but Rowan had only got 3 or 4 in the mail. But I never thought anything of it,” Van Stone said.
Those postcards and pictures are priceless memories for Van Stone and her son, especially after Joseph passed away from a rare brain disease. Rowan never had a chance to say goodbye. But, on Saturday, just days before the two-year anniversary of Joseph’s death, a postcard arrived in the mail. It arrived on March 11, 2015. The message read: “Hello from Pennsylvania. I love you, and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy.”
Neither he nor his mother knows how it happened, and they may never know. But they have their own ideas. “I feel like that was the final goodbye that he didn’t get to say,” Van Stone said. Van Stone says Joseph’s last words to her before he died were: “Everything is a circle. We will see each other again. All that matters is love.”
1.What did Rowan’s dad do to make his son live well?
A.He got many Master’s Degrees. B.He became a soldier in Navy.
C.He kept writing to his son. D.He said goodbye to his son.
2.When Rowan only received 3 or 4 of postcards, Van Stone ________.
A.paid little attention to that B.let Joseph stop sending postcards
C.drove back to Colorado D.wrote to Rowan every year
3.How long did it take for the last postcard to reach Rowan?
A.2 years. B.5 years.
C.6 years. D.8 years.
4.Where did Rowan’s dad send the last postcard?
A.In Boston. B.In Colorado.
C.In Pennsylvania. D.In New York.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
A young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.
Rowan's dad was a hardworking man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan's mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two masters degrees.
While at school in Boston, he would often write to Rowan. Even when he left school and was driving back to Colorado, he would send postcards from each state he stopped in. Those postcards were sent in 2007. "I remember him saying he had sent 5 or 6, and I only got 3 or 4 in the mail. But I never thought anything of it," Van Stone said.
Those postcards and pictures are priceless memories for Van Stone and her son, especially after Joseph passed away from a rare brain disease. Rowan never had a chance to say goodbye. But, on Saturday, just days before the two-year anniversary of Joseph's death, a postcard arrived in the mail. It arrived March 11, 2015. The message read: "Hello from Pennsylvania. I love you, and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy."
Neither he nor his mother knows how it happened, and they may never know. But, they have their own ideas why. "I feel like that was the final goodbye that he didn't get to say," Van Stone said. Van Stone says Joseph's last words to her before he died were: "Everything is a circle. We will see each other again. All that matters is love."
1.What did Rowan’s dad do to give his son the best life?
A. He bought many for Julie.
B. He became a soldier in Navy.
C. He kept writing to his son.
D. He got many masters degrees.
2. How long did it take for the postcard to reach Rowan?
A. 2 years. B. 5 years. C. 6 years. D. 8 years.
3. Where did Rowan’s dad send the postcard?
A. In Boston. B. In Colorada
B. In Pennsylvania D. In New York
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.
Rowan’s dad was a hard-working man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan’s mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two Master’s degrees.
While at school in Boston, he would often write to Rowan. Even when he left school and was driving back to Colorado, he would send postcards from each state he stopped in. Those postcards were sent in 2007. “I remember him saying he had sent 5 or 6, but Rowan had only got 3 or 4 in the mail. But I never thought anything of it,” Van Stone said.
Those postcards and pictures are priceless memories for Van Stone and her son, especially after Joseph passed away from a rare brain disease. Rowan never had a chance to say goodbye. But, on Saturday, just days before the two-year anniversary of Joseph’s death, a postcard arrived in the mail. It arrived on March 11, 2015. The message read: “Hello from Pennsylvania. I love you, and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy.”
Neither he nor his mother knows how it happened, and they may never know. But they have their own ideas. “I feel like that was the final goodbye that he didn’t get to say,” Van Stone said. Van Stone says Joseph’s last words to her before he died were: “Everything is a circle. We will see each other again. All that matters is love.”
1.What did Rowan’s dad do to make his son live well?
A.He got many Master’s Degrees. B.He became a soldier in Navy.
C.He kept writing to his son. D.He said goodbye to his son.
2.When Rowan only received 3 or 4 of postcards, Van Stone ________.
A.paid little attention to that B.let Joseph stop sending postcards
C.drove back to Colorado D.wrote to Rowan every year
3.How long did it take for the last postcard to reach Rowan?
A.2 years. B.5 years.
C.6 years. D.8 years.
4.Where did Rowan’s dad send the last postcard?
A.In Boston. B.In Colorado.
C.In Pennsylvania. D.In New York.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was August in the US，and the school year had just started，when one parent received an unexpected phone call.
Stacie Dunn had been called to Woodford County High School because her teenage daughter had been caught going against the dress rules. But the offense left Dunn shocked.
She arrived to find her daughter in a set of pretty ordinary clothes：a cardigan，a tank top and jeans. The trouble，administrators indicated，lay with her daughter's exposed collarbone (锁骨)．Bare shoulders and naked collarbones are illegal under Woodford County High School's dress rules. Students who break these rules can receive detention (the punishment of being kept at school for a time after school)—or after multiple violations (违纪)，be prevented from going to school entirely.
Dunn was very shocked and angry.“Parents are being called away from their important jobs，and students are missing important class time because they are showing their collarbones，” she wrote on the social media site Facebook，attaching a picture of her daughter in the offending clothes.“Something needs to change！”
Dress rules vary by school districts and are often decided by teachers and school administrators. Yoga pants and skinny jeans are banned. Certain dress rules also require kneelength pants and skirts.
Some school administrators argue they are simply supporting having a professional standard of dress to prepare their students for their future careers. But others have told students that their clothes present a “distraction” to others.
Certain schools have chosen to reevaluate their dress rules，with input from parents and students. Even Woodford County High School—home of the “collarbone” ban—is reconsidering its policies this month. But，at_least_for_now，the_dress_rule_debate_is_far_from_over.
1.Why was Stacie Dunn called to Woodford County High School?
A. Her daughter went to school with bare shoulders.
B. Her daughter broke her collarbone.
C. Her daughter broke the dress rules of the school.
D. Her daughter received detention.
2.Under the dress rules，which of the following clothes are acceptable?
A. Skinny jeans B. Long skirts.
C. Yoga pants. D. Short pants.
3.How did Stacie Dunn respond to being called to school?
A. She wasn't in favor of what the school did.
B. She turned to Facebook for help.
C. She bought a standard dress for her daughter.
D. She accused the school of wasting her time.
4.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph indicates that ________．
A. the debate between parents and students will never be over
B. few schools will take measures to change their policy
C. the problem of “clothes distractions” will last
D. the argument on what to wear and how to dress will continue
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A 17-year-old boy, caught sending text messages in class, was recently sent to the vice principal's office at Millwood High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher, not his cellphone. The boy listened politely and nodded, and that's when Mr. Gallagher noticed the student's fingers moving on his lap. He was texting while being scolded for texting!
"It was a subconscious(下意识的) act," said Mr. Gallagher, who took the phone away. "Young people today are connected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they close their eyes at night. It's addictive(上瘾的). They can’t simply stop doing that."
Because so many people in their teens and early 20s are in this constant whir of socializing – accessible(易接近的) to each other every minute of the day via cellphone, instant messaging and social-networking Web sites -- there are a host of new questions that need to be addressed in schools, in the workplace and at home. Chief among them: How much work can "hyper-socializing" students or employees really accomplish if they are holding multiple conversations with friends via text-messaging, or are obsessively checking Facebook? Almost a quarter of today's teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day, according to a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a non-profit group that monitors media's impact on families.
Will these young people get rid of this habit once they enter the work force, or will employers come to see texting and "social-network checking" as accepted parts of the workday?
"In past generations, students got in trouble for passing notes in class. Now students are adept at texting with their phones still in their pockets," said 40-year-old Mr. Gallagher, "and they're able to communicate with someone one floor down and three rows over. Students are just fundamentally different today. They will take suspensions(休学) rather than give up their phones."
1.When the boy was scolded for texting, _________________.
A. he was polite and regretful
B. he was trying sending another message
C. his fingers shouldn’t be put on his lap
D. he listened carefully and nodded
2.From what the boy did we know___________.
A. Using the cellphone is addictive for the boy
B. The boy will stop using the cellphone
C. The boy will leave school
D. The boy wasn’t willing to accept being scolded
3.What can we learn about the students in their teens and early 20s?
A. All of them are addicted to using cellphones.
B. They will get rid of the habit once they go to work.
C. They are greatly different from the past generations.
D. Most of them check Facebook more than 10 times a day.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Facebook is a kind of book students need to read at school.
B. The employers will accept texting at workday.
C. The students will give up their phones one day.
D. It’s convenient for students to communicate with others with cellphones.
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Recently, we were given the opportunity to review a book written by a young author. When we received it, I noted how beautifully done it was. While often the case---we see beautifully written and illustrated books all the time---but how often do they come from a 10-year-old? Sewing a Friendship, written by a creative and talented young girl named Natalie Tinti, is such a book.
Developing friendships is an area that Natalie Tinti has researched in her own life. In her book, Sewing a Friendship, she tells what great things can happen if kids take a step toward friendship.
Tinti’s characters in Sewing a Friendship have colorful and creative personalities. Jonsy Jipsy loves singing and belly dance. Sokron Blossom lives in a neat and tidy world and loves to read fashion magazines. Meeka likes brain games and Nina is happy with her life and the music it brings her.
All but one of the characters seems happy with their lives. One of the girls, Kiki Shaver, was sad to live in a small home with her aunt and uncle. She had no friend and didn’t know how to make them. When four girls invites her into the circle of their friendship, it’s no wonder that Kiki is hesitant and uneasy.
The story continues as the four girls invite and accept a “ not so likeable” girl into their circle to win a fashion show. The girls feel a strong bond of friendship after the show. Kiki then understands that taking a step towards friendship is better than being alone. All the girls learn that by having the courage to include others, you can “ sew a friendship”.
Today, it seems that almost every news headline begins with a child’s suicide---or murder---because of being bullied(欺侮)，not having friends or family to discuss issues with and feelings of low self –respect. What’s causing these senseless terrible events? If more kids would invite the outcasts（被驱逐者） into their circle of friends, lives would be saved as well as pointed in another direction.
Natalie Tinti finds her voice in Sewing a Friendship ---and shows a talent that’s rare for such a young girl. Recommended reading for all young adult fans.
1. The first paragraph serves as a(n) ______.
A. background B. explanation
C. summary D. introduction
2.The author seems to agree that ______.
A. bullying is the main cause of children’s suicides
B. we should not expect too much from friendship
C. friendship has the power to prevent sad events
D. one should not forget his old circle of friends
3.Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story?
A. Disappointing. B. Unexpected
C. Uncertain. D. Satisfying
4. The general tone(基调) of the passage is one of ______.
A. praise B. delight
C. complaint D. concern
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Football is so popular in China. Almost everyone is interested in the sport — young and old, boys and girls, and now even robots.
Last week at Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, kids from several schools played football with their robots.
Robot football was very different from human football. Only two robots played in each match. The field was as big as a ping-pong table. One half was black and the other was white. Each robot tried to catch the “football” and score a goal. The robot with more goals won.
Gao Linge, a boy from Guangming Middle School, helped make one of the robots for the match.
“My school bought the main board (主板),” said Gao, 14. “Then I decided what my robot looked like and made a computer programme for it.”
Gao’s robot was eight centimeters tall and had two arms. It had four sensors (传感器) to “see” and “kick” the football.
Ying Xuehai, a 12-year-old student from Gao’s school, also made a robot. His robot played against Gao’s. The match decided who would go to the final game. Ying lost the game. So he gave many of his robot’s parts to Gao.
Even so, Gao’s robot didn’t win the final. It played well in the first five minutes. Then it slowed down. By the end of the match, it could hardly move. What was wrong? Gao and Ying found the problem — their robot ran out of batteries (电池)!
“We’ll solve the problem and beat the other school next time!” said the two boys.
1. How many robots are needed in one match?
A. Only one. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
2. The third paragraph mainly talks about ________.
A. a wonderful robot football game. B. how to let robots score more goals
C. the rules of the robot football games. D. the way for robots to win the match
3. Why did Gao Linge lose the final?
A. Because his robot had no power. B. Because he broke the rules of the match.
C. Because he used Ying Xuehai’s parts. D. Because his robot went wrong.
4. From the passage we know that if you want to take part in the match, ________.
A. you must go to Hangzhou. B. you must know something about computers
C. you must know how to play football on the playground
D. you must get along with Gao Linge and Ying Xuehai
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. Hw asked his father, “Why does my apple turn brown?” His father answered,”“When the skin is removed, air reaches the flesh of the apple causes oxidarion. This changes the apple’s molecular structure and results in a brownish color.”The boy asked,“Dad，what are you
talking about?”
I know how that boy feels. Sometimes I want answers to some of those confusing questions that we all meet with, such as how to get through difficult times or what to do in a tough situation. I just want to get it right.
The problem is that I don’t always have the answer I need. Nobody else seems to have them, either. So I go on making mistakes and think that I’ll never get it right.
Often I didn’t know what to do. I often made poor choices, but I gradually improved. Then I realized that I don’t HAVE TO always get it right. I don’t have to always know what to do all the time. All I really need to do is try my best, learn from my mistakes and go on.
Dr. Leo Buscaglia once said, “ No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. That would be pretty hard to do when you’re waiting for all the answers first.”
So you got it wrong. You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again. You may not get out of this world alive, but you can get plenty of life out of this world if you are not too worried about always getting it right.
1.In the beginning, the author tells the story of a boy and his father to ____.
A. show that the father is very knowledgeable
B. say something interesting about apples
C. show that children nowadays ask more questions
D. introduce the topic of the passage
2.How did the boy feel when he heard his father’s explanation?
A. He admired his father very much.
B. He knew what his father meant.
C. He felt it was difficult to understand.
D. He thought that he had learned a lot from his father.
3.What do Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s words mean?
A. We can search the answers when enjoying life itself.
B. We must make right choices as often as possible.
C. People have many desires when they enter the world.
D. It is hard to lead a happy and satisfying life.
4.What can be concluded from the passage?
A. We should try to learn and understand the answers to questions.
B. We should learn from our mistakes and try again.
C. It is very important to try to avoid(避免) mistakes.
D. It is our duty to make the world a better place.
5.What is the style of the passage?
A. novel B. news C. poem D. essay
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. He asked his father, “Why does my apple turn brown?” his father answered, “When the skin is removed, air reaches the flesh of the apple and causes oxidation. This changes the apple’s molecular structure and results in a brownish color.” The boy asked, “ Daddy, what are you talking about?”
I know how that boy feels. Sometimes I want answers to some of those confusing questions that we all meet with, such as how to get through difficult times or what to do in a tough situation. I just want to get it right.
The problem is that I don’t always have the answer I need. Nobody else seems to have them, either. So I go on making mistakes and think that I’ll never get it right.
Often I didn’t know what to do. I often made poor choices, but I gradually improved. Then I realized that I don’t HAVE TO always get it right. I don’t have to always know what to do all the time. All I really need to do is try my best, learn from my mistakes and go on.
Dr. Leo Buscaglia once said, “ No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. That would be pretty hard to do when you’re waiting for all the answers first.”
So you got it wrong. You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again. You may not get out of this world alive, but you can get plenty of life out of this world if you are not too worried about always getting it right.
1. In the beginning, the author tells the story of a boy and his father to ____.
A．show that the father is very knowledgeable
B．say something interesting about apples
C．introduce the subject of the passage
D．show that children nowadays ask more questions
2. How did the boy feel when he heard his father’s explanation?
A．He admired his father very much.
B．He knew what his father meant.
C．He thought that he had learned a lot from his father.
D．He felt it was difficult to understand.
3. What do Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s words mean?
A．We must make right choices as often as possible.
B．We can search the answers when enjoying life itself.
C．People have many desires when they enter the world.
D．It is hard to lead a happy and satisfying life.
4. What can be concluded from the passage?
A．We should learn from our mistakes and try again.
B．We should try to learn and understand the answers to questions.
C．It is very important to try to avoid mistakes.
D．It is our duty to make the world a better place.
5. What is the style of the passage?
A. novel B. news C. essay D poem
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I recently received an e-mail from a wise speaker. In his e-mail, he pointed out some obstacles that lie ahead on the way to success. 1.
Laziness. Even with a right goal and the courage to pursue it, your efforts will be in vain unless you're willing to take actions. 2. Post your visions and plans in your bedroom, bathroom and office. Share them with others. In that case, everyone could be your supervisor. Make yourself responsible and become the master of your destiny.
Doubt. 3. Life and work can be hard and even cruel. Remember, the race is not for the smartest but for those who don't give up. Rather than allowing doubt to stand in your path, you owe it to yourself to remain confident in your plan. 4.
Dishonesty. As you begin to be successful, you'll tend to lie, exaggerate（夸大）, and cheat in order to move your agenda forward. However, taking the easy way of dishonesty will make you become the person you hate. 5. True success comes when you are a person of your word, when you have a pure conscience（良心），and when you have not cheated others on your way to the top.
A. Only the brave can overcome this first obstacle.
B. His thoughts were so deep and insightful that I edited them.
C. Write down your goals and the action steps you'll take to pursue those goals.
D. In the end, it causes far more problems than taking the risk of telling the truth.
E. Adjust it as needed along the way, but always know that success will ultimately be yours.
F. Once you've made a decision, doubt is a worm that eats away at your ability to succeed.
G. If you can't experience gratitude, you might as well have stayed exactly where you started.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Nearly a quarter century after a German boy threw a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he's received an answer.
A 13yearold Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something lying in the sand.
“I saw that bottle and it looked interesting, ” Korotkikh told The Associated Press on Tuesday.“It looked like a German beer bottle and there was a message inside.”
It said, “My name is Frank, and I'm five years old.My dad and I are travelling on a ship to Denmark.If you find this letter, please write back to me, and I will write back to you.” The letter, dated 1987, included an address in the town of Coesfeld.
The boy in the letter, Frank Uesbeck, is now 29.His parents still live at the letter's address.
The Russian boy and the German man met each other earlier this month through an Internet video link.The Russian boy said he did not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea.He believed it had been hidden under the sand where he found it for a long time.
Uesbeck was especially happy that he was able to have a positive effect on a life of a young person far away from Germany.“It's really a wonderful story, ” he said.“And who knows? Perhaps one day we will actually be able to arrange a meeting in person.”
1.What is this passage mainly about?
A．Message in a bottle. B．A beautiful beer bottle.
C．Travelling on a ship. D．Meeting an old friend.
2.When the German boy threw the bottle into the sea, ________．
A．he was going back home
B．he was already 29 years old
C．he was walking with his parents on a beach
D．he was travelling to Denmark by ship with his dad
3.According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Korotkikh's parents still live in the town of Coesfeld.
B．The German boy did not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea.
C．Frank Uesbeck and Daniil Korotkikh have met each other in person.
D．Daniil Korotkikh and Frank Uesbeck have got in touch with each other.
4.Why was Uesbeck very happy when he got the information of the 24 years' message bottle?
A．Because he could have a new friend.
B．Because the two boys could surf the Internet together.
C．Because he finally got what he had lost.
D．Because he could have a positive influence on a life of a young person.
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