It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a
chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
1.From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.
A. changed a lot in the past B. had only a couple of tables
C. started its business 70 years ago. D. had only women shoppers.
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?
A. miserable life
B. wonderful experience
C. long career
D. time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)
3. The writer implies all of the following except that _________.
A. the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life
B. the writer had more problems than the old lady
C. the old lady was very lonely and sad
D. the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life
4. Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?
A. She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.
B. She considered the young man pitiable.
C. She was to be pitied for her old age.
D. People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.
5.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A. To tell us the life of old people
B. To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.
C. To show the difference between the old and the young.
D. To make the reader have a pity on the old people.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a
chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
1.From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.
A. changed a lot in the past B. had only a couple of tables
C. started its business 70 years ago. D. had only women shoppers.
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?
A. miserable life
B. wonderful experience
C. long career
D. time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)
3. The writer implies all of the following except that _________.
A. the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life
B. the writer had more problems than the old lady
C. the old lady was very lonely and sad
D. the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life
4. Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?
A. She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.
B. She considered the young man pitiable.
C. She was to be pitied for her old age.
D. People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.
5.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A. To tell us the life of old people
B. To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.
C. To show the difference between the old and the young.
D. To make the reader have a pity on the old people.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Like most July days, it was hot.I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream.It was a very21store with little round tables and chairs.
As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a22near the door.Her back was so 23twisted (扭曲) by some misfortune that her face nearly24the tabletop.1 sat down25 her a couple of tables away.
"Poor woman," I thought."What does she26life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime (盛年)?"
As I thought, another27lady entered the shop and sat down with her.Soon the two of them were28childhood days.They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years.In minutes, the two of them were shaking with29.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the30on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself.I was wearing a dirty shirt.She was31dressed in white, her face carefully made up and her hands32with gold rings.I was33 .She was laughing.I was putting the34of my life together.She had millions of35memories to recall.36I was worried about getting old.She was old, but it wasn't37her.As I left the shop, I thought of my38question about God letting people live past their prime.Why, that woman was more 39to life than I was.Age has not40her spirit.
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高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was an extremely hot spring day. The ______ felt more like July than May. A thunderstorm had passed over earlier but now the clouds were clearing and the sun had ______. Steam was coming off the ______ sidewalk as I parked my car next to the parking meter (a coin-operated timer) and ______ a coin into it. I headed into the local charity store to buy my son a shirt. The air conditioning inside was a welcome ______ from the heat outside.
After I made my purchase I walked back out into the ______. I got in my car but had to wait to ______ because of all the cars lined up at the red stop light. I looked out of my car window and saw ______ on the sidewalk. A single butterfly was ______ moving its wings up and down but not getting off the ground. What’s worse, it was ______ in front of a truck’s tyre. Without thinking I got out of my car, held my hand ______ so the truck driver wouldn't move forward, and ______ down to look at the butterfly. One of its legs was ______ in what looked like spilt milk. I reached down and gently ______ the butterfly in my hands. I lifted its leg up and suddenly it was ______. I opened my hands and up it flew towards the shining sun. My own eyes shone brighter and my own heart felt ______ as I watched it.
Now a lot of people might wonder why I would ______ into traffic like that to rescue a single butterfly. All I can say is that my heart was ______ me at that moment. And when I was done I felt more like my true self than I had all day.
The truth is that the more love you ______ in your life, the more love you will take with you. Fill your days with______ and love then. And your heart will feel as light as a butterfly.
1.A.temperature B.atmosphere C.condition D.climate
2.A.fallen B.disappeared C.returned D.risen
3.A.muddy B.wet C.crowded D.smooth
4.A.withdrew B.dropped C.struck D.threw
5.A.message B.sign C.discovery D.relief
6.A.heat B.rain C.store D.thunderstorm
7.A.live through B.hold up C.pull out D.check out
8.A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything
9.A.gracefully B.casually C.calmly D.wildly
10.A.right B.simply C.rarely D.properly
11.A.out B.back C.down D.up
12.A.settle B.fell C.lay D.bent
13.A.lost B.absorbed C.stuck D.occupied
14.A.caught B.trapped C.cupped D.pulled
15.A.free B.missing C.alive D.broken
16.A.emptier B.lighter C.heavier D.stranger
17.A.pass by B.come about C.step out D.look out
18.A.guiding B.accompanying C.forcing D.requesting
19.A.obtain B.share C.receive D.demand
20.A.determination B.wisdom C.honesty D.goodness
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It was the last day of July and the long hot summer was drawing to a close As for me.1 was out of spirits,and,if the truth must be told, out of money as well,During the past year I had not managed my finances as carefully as usual;and 1 was now limited to spending the autumn economically between my mother’s cottage at Hampstead and my own in town.
My father had been dead for some years,and my sister and 1 were the sole survivors of a family of five children. My father was a drawing-master before me He had been highly successful in his profession and my mother and sister were left economically independent after his death.
The view of London below me had sunk into the black shadow of the cloudy night, when I stood before the gate of my mother’s cottage I had hardly rung the bell.When the house door was opened violently.My worthy Italian friend,Professor Pesca,appeared in the servant’s place,and rushed out joyously to receive me.
I had first become acquainted(熟悉)with my Italian friend at certain great houses,where he taught Italian and I taught drawing What I then knew of the history of his life was that he had left Italy for political reasons and that he had been respectably established for many years in London as a teacher of languages It once happened that I saved him from certain death by drowning while we
were swimming in the sea at Brighton Afterwards he overwhelmed(淹没)me with the wildest expressions of affection and exclaimed passionately, that he would hold his life at my disposal from then on, and declared that he should never be happy again until he had had the opportunity of proving his gratitude.Little did I think that the occasion to serve me was soon to come.
Pesca dragged me in by both hands into the parlor, where my mother sat by the open window, laughing and fanning herself.Pesca was one of her especial favorites,and his wildest strange acts were always pardonable in her eyes.
“Now, my good dears.”began Pesca.“listen to me The time has come I recite my good news.I speak at last…'Hear, hear!”said my mother, humoring the joke“I go back into my life,and I address myself to the noblest of men,who found me dead at the bottom of the sea,and who pulled me up to the top. What did I say when l got into my own life and my own clothes again? I said that my life belonged to my dear friend,Walter, for the rest of my days Now,”cried the enthusiastic little mall at the top of his voice.“happiness bursts out of me at every pore of my skin.For I have found a job for you”
1.The first two paragraphs of the passage serve as an introduction to——
A. the financial situation the writer then faced
B. the season that the story was set in
C. the family members of the writer
D. the successful profession of the writer’s father
2.The underlined word‘‘sole’’in the second paragraph probably means‘‘ ”
A.main B. only C. lucky D. possible
3.It can be learned from the passage that Pesca
A. used to be a politician
B. was a successful drawing-master
C. was quite close to the mother
D. wanted to give the writer some money in return
4.According to the last paragraph,Pesca was more than happy because
A. he went back into his life
B . he met his dear friend again
C. his friend ever saved his life
D. he had done something good for his friend
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
It was a hot July day. The five boys and I wanted to find some new tricks to play. “Hey!” Ned said, “We haven’t climbed the cliff for a long while.” “Let’s go!” said someone else. And off they went. I hesitated. I longed to be brave and active, like them, but I’d been a sickly child most of my eight years and my mother often told me not to adventure.
“Come on!” called Jerry, my best friend. “Just because you’ve been sick is no reason to be timid.” “I’m coming!” I yelled, and ran along after them.
Through the park and into the woods, we finally approached the cliff, which was only about 60 feet high, but to me it just seemed impossible because it was almost vertical (垂直的).
One by one, the other boys began to climb upward. Then trembling and sweating, I began to climb, my heart beating widely in my skinny chest. At some point, I looked back and was horrified. The ground at the base of the cliff seemed very far below; one slip and I would fall. Soon, the boys were u to the top. Then they left, leaving me clinging (紧握) to the rock alone.
I looked down and was overcome by dizziness: I could never climb back down. It was much too far to go and I would fall and die. But the way up to the top was even worse — higher, steeper and more dangerous; I would never make it.
Time passed and it was getting dark. I began to sob.
After what seemed one hundred years, I heard my father’s comforting voice: “Come on down, boy.”
“No, I can’t,” I howl. “It’s too far, it is too hard, I can’t do it.”
“Listen to me,” my father said. “Don’t think about how far it is and all you have to think about is taking one little step.” I inched backward. Eventually I took the last step down onto rocks at the bottom.
Now whenever I’m faced with a frightening situation, I’ll remind myself not to look at the rocks far below, but at the first small and relatively easy step, feeling a sense of accomplishment with each move, until I have done what I wanted to do.
1.Why did the writer hesitate to climb the cliff at first?(no more than 10 words)
2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean? (no more than 2 words)
3.How does the writer like the cliff?(no more than 10 words)
4.What is the embarrassing situation the writer have to face in Paragraph 5? (no more than 15 words)
5.What’s your attitude towards “fear” in life? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)
高三英语阅读表达中等难度题查看答案及解析
____, the weather turned out to be very hot that day.
A. Just like the weather report said B. It so happened as you told me
C. It was said in the newspaper D. As we reported on the radio
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
HOW would you like to step into the world of other people’s dreams? That’s just what Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) does. His work is to steal secrets from people when they are asleep and dreaming. He has an even rarer ability: He can plant an idea in someone’s sleeping mind, and watch it grow and take root in reality. This ability is called inception.
The movie Inception (《盗梦空间》) was on show in Chinese cinemas not long ago. It is imaginative, of course. The movie leads one to wonder just how much we know about dreams. For years, scientists and researchers have been trying to solve sleep’s greatest mystery.
Is it possible to enter someone’s dreaming mind? In the movie, DiCaprio uses a drug and a dream machine to put a scenario (某一特定情节) into someone’s sleeping mind. He then goes to sleep himself, connected to the machine, and enters the other person’s dream.
In real life, there is a machine that can read someone’s mind. A brain scanner takes pictures of brain activity, and then the software recreates images of what the person was looking at.
Researchers say it may be possible one day to record someone’s dream – without the danger (or the fun) of actually sharing that dream.
What’s a dream, anyway? A dream is a group of images and sounds our brain creates when we’re sleeping. In the 1950s, researchers discovered a sleeping condition that happened around every 90 to 120 minutes during sleep: rapid eye movement, or REM. During this period you’re fast asleep, yet your eyes move around quickly under your eyelids (眼皮) and your brain is nearly as active as during the day. That’s when most dreams happen.
What do dreams mean? Dreams are not always filled with meaning. Sometimes dreams are just your mind playing with thoughts and images from your life, or things you may have read or seen on TV. But at other times, dreams show things that you want to achieve in real life, or things that cause you trouble or stress.
1.The movie Inception is mentioned at the beginning of the article to ______.
A. encourage readers to watch the movie
B. tell readers about people with special dreaming abilities
C. inform readers about the science of dreams
D. warn reader about the threat of dream stealers
2.According to the article, how does a brain scanner work?
A. It records dreams.
B. It uses a special drug that causes no pain.
C. It finds out what dreams mean.
D. It takes pictures of brain activity and recreates images.
3. According to the article, which of the following statements about REM sleep is TRUE?
A. Most dreams occur in REM sleep.
B. Over the last ten years scientists have solved the mystery of REM sleep.
C. People always remember what they have dreamed in a REM sleep.
D. People can have REM sleep all night.
4. The article claims that ______.
A. dreams tell us a lot about a person’s character
B. dreams are connected to real life
C. dreams are useful and help keep our brains active
D. dreams are usually about meaningful things
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I stepped outside into a beautiful summer day. The sun made everything look bright and cheerful. It would have been an excellent day for a picnic—if I still had a __ someone to picnic with.
Nobody would have suspected the thunderstorm going on inside my heart. Lightning illuminated (照亮)hidden emotions briefly, followed by a series of __ hopes. Small drops of tears poured down, washing off what remained of my romantic dreams. .
I sat at the bus stop with a book, reading the __ paragraph for the fifth time and trying to look unconcerned about my internal (内心的)weather patterns. Sunglasses __ my puffy (肿胀的)eyes and returned the reflection of a nearby flower. I will never love __ Love is just an illusion (幻觉)leading __
I was so __ in my thoughts, so I didn't notice the man taking a __ beside me. "Excuse me, Miss, but I couldn't __ noticing that you're reading O. Henry. He's my favorite author."
His deep __ surprised me. His __ smile warmed up my damp heart and __ some of the storm clouds. "He's my favorite as well." I tried to __ his smile.
We spent the next fifteen minutes talking about __ and its influence in today's culture. The bus came and went. We __ not to notice.
“__ ,my name is Mark." As his __ hand shook mine, an electric current coursed through me. "
Do you care to __ me for lunch?" he added, ignoring my blushing (绯红的)cheeks. "Let's start all over again, shall we? I'm __ about what 1 did yesterday. I will never make you angry again."
A __ appeared, leading the way to a heart of gold. I followed it.
1.A. special B. clever C. happy D. rich
2.A. lasting B. ruined C. fresh D. high
3.A. difficult B. funny C. same D. next
4.A. hurt B. masked C. blinded D. cupped
5.A. first B. less C. alone D. again
6.A. nowhere B. forward C. outside D. downstairs
7.A. interested B. puzzled C. absorbed D. surprised
8.A. chance B. picture C. drink D. seat
9.A. imagine B. appreciate C. help D. start
10.A. love B. voice C. thought D. understanding
11.A. mysterious B. forced C. proud D. friendly
12.A. blew away B. brought back C. gathered up D. figured out
13.A. ignore B. return C. describe D. stop
14.A. literature B. friendship C. weather D. history
15.A. happened B. agreed C. pretended D. expected .
16.A. In return B. To begin with C. On the other hand D. By the way
17.A. bare B. warm C. strange D. skinny
18.A. take B. thank C. join D. pay
19.A. worried B. curious 、 C. excited D. sorry
20.A. rainbow B. rainstorm ‘ C. thunderstorm D. sandstorm
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I stepped outside into a beautiful summer day. The sun made everything look bright and cheerful. It would have been an excellent day for a picnic—if I still had a __ someone to picnic with.
Nobody would have suspected the thunderstorm going on inside my heart. Lightning illuminated (照亮)hidden emotions briefly, followed by a series of __ hopes. Small drops of tears poured down, washing off what remained of my romantic dreams. .
I sat at the bus stop with a book, reading the __ paragraph for the fifth time and trying to look unconcerned about my internal (内心的)weather patterns. Sunglasses __ my puffy (肿胀的)eyes and returned the reflection of a nearby flower. I will never love __ Love is just an illusion (幻觉)leading __
I was so __ in my thoughts, so I didn't notice the man taking a __ beside me. "Excuse me, Miss, but I couldn't __ noticing that you're reading O. Henry. He's my favorite author."
His deep __ surprised me. His __ smile warmed up my damp heart and __ some of the storm clouds. "He's my favorite as well." I tried to __ his smile.
We spent the next fifteen minutes talking about __ and its influence in today's culture. The bus came and went. We __ not to notice.
“__ ,my name is Mark." As his __ hand shook mine, an electric current coursed through me. "
Do you care to __ me for lunch?" he added, ignoring my blushing (绯红的)cheeks. "Let's start all over again, shall we? I'm __ about what 1 did yesterday. I will never make you angry again."
A __ appeared, leading the way to a heart of gold. I followed it.
1.A. special B. clever C. happy D. rich
2.A. lasting B. ruined C. fresh D. high
3.A. difficult B. funny C. same D. next
4.A. hurt B. masked C. blinded D. cupped
5.A. first B. less C. alone D. again
6.A. nowhere B. forward C. outside D. downstairs
7.A. interested B. puzzled C. absorbed D. surprised
8.A. chance B. picture C. drink D. seat
9.A. imagine B. appreciate C. help D. start
10.A. love B. voice C. thought D. understanding
11.A. mysterious B. forced C. proud D. friendly
12.A. blew away B. brought back C. gathered up D. figured out
13.A. ignore B. return C. describe D. stop
14.A. literature B. friendship C. weather D. history
15.A. happened B. agreed C. pretended D. expected .
16.A. In return B. To begin with C. On the other hand D. By the way
17.A. bare B. warm C. strange D. skinny
18.A. take B. thank C. join D. pay
19.A. worried B. curious 、 C. excited D. sorry
20.A. rainbow B. rainstorm ‘ C. thunderstorm D. sandstorm
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A Single Butterfly
It was a boiling Spring day. The temperatures felt more like July than May. A thunderstorm had passed over earlier but now the clouds were _______ and the sun had returned. Steam was coming off the _______ sidewalk as I parked my car next to the meter and tossed a quarter into it. I _______ into the local store to buy my son a shirt. The air conditioning in there was a welcome _______ from the heat outside.
After I made my _______ I walked back out into the heat. I got in my car but had to _______ to pull out because of all the cars _______ at the red stop light. I looked out of my car window and saw something on the pavement. A single butterfly was _______ fluttering its wings but not getting off the _______. It was right in front of a truck's ________ too.
Without thinking I got out of my car, held my hand up so the truck driver wouldn't ________ forward, and bent down to look at the butterfly. One of its ________ was stuck in what looked like spilt soda. I reached down and as gently as I could ________ the butterfly in my hands. I lifted its leg up and suddenly it was ________. I opened my hands and up it flew towards the ________ sun. My own eyes shined brighter and my own heart felt ________ as I watched it.
Now a lot of people might ________ why I would step out into traffic like that to ________ a single butterfly. All I can say is that my heart was ________ me at that moment. And when I was done I felt more like my true self than I had all day.
Fill your days with grace, goodness, and love. And your ________ will feel as light as a butterfly.
1.A.gathering B.floating C.disappearing D.darkening
2.A.wet B.narrow C.dirty D.straight
3.A.dragged B.slipped C.broke D.headed
4.A.greeting B.relief C.notice D.sign
5.A.choice B.purchase C.arrangement D.promise
6.A.attempt B.decide C.wait D.struggle
7.A.shown up B.settled down C.broken down D.lined up
8.A.quickly B.beautifully C.steadily D.excitedly
9.A.branch B.ground C.flower D.nest
10.A.mirror B.side C.tyre D.window
11.A.move B.look C.ran D.bend
12.A.parts B.eyes C.wings D.legs
13.A.snapped B.cupped C.raised D.covered
14.A.afraid B.awake C.free D.calm
15.A.shining B.burning C.distant D.rising
16.A.blanker B.emptier C.softer D.lighter
17.A.suspect B.wonder C.blame D.analyze
18.A.rescue B.observe C.catch D.follow
19.A.influencing B.opposing C.beating D.guiding
20.A.observation B.body C.heart D.attention
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