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One Minute Means a Lot in One’s Life

During his college years, Rogers spent a summer in an Idaho logging camp (伐木场). When the boss had to leave for a few days, he put Rogers_________.

“ _______if the men refuse to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, an immigrant worker who complained all day, giving the other men a _______time.

“ Fire them,” the boss said. Then, as if  _______Rogers' mind, he added, “ I suppose you think you are going to fire Tony if you ______the chance. I'd feel ______about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most________worker I've ever had. I know he is a troublemaker and that he_______everybody and everything. But he comes first and leaves last. There has not been an _______for eight years on the hill where he works.”

Rogers______the logging camp the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him. “Tony, do you know I'm in charge here today？” Tony grunted(嘟囔) yes. “ I was going to sack you the first time we tangled(纠缠), ________I want you to know I'm not,” he told Tony, _______what the boss had said.

When Rogers finished, Tony_______the spadeful(铲子) of sand he had held and tears_________down his face.

That day Tony worked harder than ever before.

Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the _______of one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have_______such great success.

Tony replied, “ Had it not been for the one________you talked to me back in Idaho，I would have killed somebody one day. One minute________my whole life.”

Effective managers know the _______of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well. But what a ________a minute of yes can make in any relationship!

1.A. in trouble　　 B. in charge　　 C. in vain　　 D. in ruins

2.A. What　　 B. How　　 C. Why　　 D. Who

3.A. easy　　 B. surprising　　 C. happy　　 D. hard

4.A. recognizing　　 B. having　　 C. bearing　　 D. reading

5.A. resist　　 B. seize　　 C. reject　　 D. throw

6.A. proud　　 B. sorry　　 C. pleasant　　 D. well

7.A. wise　　 B. elegant　　 C. reliable　　 D. troublesome

8.A. respects　　 B. protects　　 C. fears　　 D. hates

9.A. accident　　 B. extension　　 C. opportunity　　 D. argument

10.A. handed over　　 B. took over　　 C. got over　　 D. went over

11.A. and　　 B. or　　 C. so　　 D. but

12.A. lying　　 B. adding　　 C. smiling　　 D. replying

13.A. dug　　 B. dropped　　 C. carried　　 D. lifted

14.A. rolled　　 B. folded　　 C. cast　　 D. loaded

15.A. boss　　 B. worker　　 C. engine-driver　　 D. immigrant

16.A. promoted　　 B. enjoyed　　 C. quitted　　 D. declined

17.A. word　　 B. thing　　 C. minute　　 D. lesson

18.A. destroyed　　 B. changed　　 C. replaced　　 D. lost

19.A. importance　　 B. method　　 C. result　　 D. regulation

20.A. choice　　 B. decision　　 C. difference　　 D. conclusion

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One minute means a lot in one's life.

During his college years，Rogers ________ a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场).When the boss had to leave for a few days，he put Rogers in charge.

“　 ________ if the men refuse to follow my orders？” Rogers asked. He thought of　 Tony，an immigrant worker who ________all day，giving the other men a ________　 time.

“Fire them，” the boss said.Then，as if 　 ________ Rogers' mind，he added，“I suppose you　 think you are going to　 fire Tony if you get the________ .I'd feel________　 about that.I have been logging for 40 years.Tony is the most　 ________　 worker I've ever had.I know he is a troublemaker and that he　 ________　 everybody and everything.But he comes in first and leaves last.There has not been an ________for eight years on the hill where he works.”

Rogers took over the next day.He went to Tony and spoke to him.“Tony，do you know I'm in charge here today？”Tony grunted(嘟囔).“I was going to fire you the first time we tangled(纠缠)，________ I want you to know I'm not，”he told Tony，________what the boss had said.

When Rogers finished，Tony ________ the spadeful(铲子)of sand he had held and tears streamed ________ his face.

That day Tony worked harder than ever before.

Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the________ for railroad construction for one of the largest logging companies in the West.Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such ________　 .

Tony replied，“If it not be for the one ________ you talk to me back in Idaho，I kill somebody someday.One minute ________my whole life.”

Effective managers know the ________ of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well.But what a 　 ________ a minute of yes can make in any relationship!

1.A.wasted　　　　　 B.spent 　 　　 C.trained　　 D.traveled

2.A.What　　　 　　　　 B.How 　 　 　　 C.Why　 　　 　　 D.Who

3.A.troubled　　　　　 B.helped 　　 　 C.smiled　　 D.spoke

4.A.easy　　　 　　　　 B.surprising　　 C.happy 　 　　 D.hard

5.A.recognizing　 　 B.having 　　　 C.bearing　　 D.reading

6.A.chance　　　　 　 B.order　　 　　 C.support　　 D.evidence

7.A.proud　　 　　　　 B.bad　　 　　　　 C.ugly　　 　 　 D.well

8.A.quarrelsome　　　 B.elegant　 　　 C.reliable 　 D.silent

9.A.respects　　　　　 B.protects 　　 C.hurts　　 D.hates

10.A.accident　 　　 　 B.chance 　　　 C.opportunityD.argument

11.A.and　　 　　　　 B.or　 　　　　 C.besides　　 D.but

12.A.lying　　 　　　 　 B.adding　 　　 C.smiling　　 D.replying

13.A.threw　　 　　　 B.dropped　 　　 C.carried　　 D.lifted

14.A.through 　　 B.on　　 　　　　 C.down　　 　　 D.in

15.A.boss　　　 　　　 B.worker　 　　　 C.engine－driver　　 D.immigrant

16.A.railroad　 　　 　 B.companies　 　 C.life　　 　 D.success

17.A.word　　 　　　 　 B.thing　　 　　 C.minute　　　 D.lesson

18.A.save　　　 　　 B.change　 　　 C.color　　 D.lose

19.A.importance　　 B.method 　　　 C.result　　　 D.influence

20.A.choice　　 　　 B.decision　　 C.difference D.conclusion

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Now in his senior year in Bowdoin College, a small, elite liberal-arts（文科）college in Masine, Chen Yongfang has become such a devotee of the liberal-arts approach that he’s made it his mission to spread the word throughout China. He has coauthored a book called A True Liberal Arts Education, which essentially explains the little-known concept to Chinese students and their parents. Though there have been many books about how to get into Ivy League universities, “there was not a single book in China about the smaller liberal-arts colleges,” he says.

The book, which Chen wrote with friends Ye Lin and Wan Li, who also attend small U. S. colleges, touts（兜售）such benefits as intimate classes (the student-to-faculty ratio at Bowdoin is 9:1) and professors who focus on teaching rather than research. Chen, 23, explains that he was won over by Bowdoin’s commitment to nurturing skills for life, rather than simply for the workplace. “Liberal arts is abut fostering your identity,” he says. “They want to cultivate your mind.” He admits that liberal arts may be a hard sell in a country with an increasingly competitive job market. The book states bluntly that in the short term, a liberal-arts education won’t improve job prospects. “In China, employers are looking for someone who can come in and start working immediately when they graduate, not someone who still needs to be trained in practical skills,” Chen says.

The book, which received wide media coverage in China and now has a waiting list for its second print run, is certainly timely: it plays into a growing debate in China about what national universities should be teaching. The country needs a workforce with the skills and creativity to help move away from low-cost manufacturing and, in economic terms, move up the value chain. And some educators believe liberal-arts training is vital to help China deal with its increasingly complex new realities. Yet the well-known intellectual historian Xu Jilin believes that China’s rapid expansion of higher education has had a detrimental effect on curriculum as the country’s universities race to compete globally. “Education these days in like factory-farming chickens,” he says. “Universities all wan to get into international rakings—and most of these depend on research. They’re not interested in providing a unique education for our kids.”

1.According to Chen Yongfang, the benefits of attending liberal-arts colleges are the following EXCEPT________.

A．closer relationship with tutors

B．teachers more devoted to teaching

C．practical skills for getting a job in China

D．development in mind and life-long ability

2.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．the teaching quality in big research universities not as good as small colleges

B．it is more difficult for liberal-arts graduates to find a job because employers don’t believe that they can perform well

C．literal-arts education is of little help to China’s economic development

D．research universities received more Chinese applicants than smaller liberal-arts colleges

3.The word “detrimental” in Para.3 probably means “________.”

A．instant        B．rewarding      C．damaging       D．obvious

4.According to Xu Jilin,.

A．the expansion of higher education has improved the competitive strength of China’s universities

B．Chinese universities are providing the same courses as foreign universities

C．many universities are not paying enough attention to teaching

D．research should gain more attention in order to improve China’s universities’ rankings

5.This passage is most probably adapted from________.

A．an article introducing liberal arts

B．an article introducing the book A True Liberal Arts Education

C．an article criticizing China’s higher education

D．an advertisement for Bowdoin College

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There was only one ____ of transportation in this mountainous area five years ago.

A. mean               B. means            C. meaning          D. way

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Last year, my mother brought out an old college-ruled notebook: one of the journals in which she has kept a record of all the dinner parties she has hosted since 1976. I have a similar journal. But I am a writer, and she is a chemist. Mine features descriptions and feelings about the dinners I’ve hosted, while hers reads like laboratory notes — just the meal plan and who was invited.

“Salmon mousse (慕斯),” she announced, reading the first enrty. “My God, I must have made that a hundred times. Do you remember them?” I did not. But I did remember that salmon mousse.

Old friends came and went in her journal. New favorites joined the menu. My husband’s name first shows up in 1997, along with a meal of just hors d’oeuvres because he loved it. My sister-in-law’s name arrived in 2006, and with it, all shellfish disappeared from family menus — she would get sick after eating it. There is my mother’s partner, Ruth, who appeared in 1991, signaling almost five years of vegetarian (素食主义者) dishes before she gave in to my mother’s ham. And there is my father, who, despite being her ex-husband, appeared every year after their divorce.

While my mother has always written in her journal before a dinner party, I write in mine afterward. In my mother’s books, everything is clear. Hers passes from early motherhood through divorce and the deaths of friends without a break. I, on the other hand, have three entire years unaccounted for. I see her journals and am envious: By 45, I should not be winging it at dinner. I should practice with old favorites. I should have a salmon mousse.

And so I am putting this decision into practice at a dinner party for writer friends. The menu is already written in my book. To start, a favorite of mine has already been cured in the fridge: salmon gravlax. And for this I must apologize to my mother: It is as close as I can get. I love you; I do. But I have always hated that salmon mousse.

1.What can we know from Paragraph 3?

A. The writer's husband is a vegetarian.

B. The writer’s sister-in-law is allergic to shellfish.

C. Ruth didn't like the ham made by the writer’s mom.

D. The writer’s father never came back home since his divorce.

2.Which statement may come from the writer’s journal?

A. Salmon gravlax for writer friends.

B. Thanksgiving, friends coming.

C. I am glad lots of writer friends came last night.

D. Tom and Lily are coming as well as Mr. Green tonight.

3.How can we describe the writer’s mother?

A. Considerate and strong-minded.　　 B. Stubborn but organized.

C. Outgoing and generous.　　 D. Warm-hearted but disloyal.

4.Why does the author write this passage?

A. To show her love for her mother.　　 B. To put her decision into practice.

C. To compare two different journals.　　 D. To express her hate for salmon mousse.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

After graduation from college, Joe ____ for a year seeing the country before he went to work in his father’s business.

A. knocked about     B. knocked over       C. knocked down      D. knocked off

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

It is two years _____ he graduated from college and he is very happy with his work in the company．

A．before              B．until                B．since                D．once

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the past years a lot of people migrated from one country to another in Europe. They had to leave their countries with their traditions, their cultures and sometimes also their families. People migrate because they think that they will have a better life, they will find a job and they will make a lot of money for their families to survive. Sometimes it's true, and they find a job, they make a lot of money and then they go back to their families to help them. But sometimes they are not that lucky.

The problem that those people create is that a lot of people from Europe are unemployed and they don't have jobs because immigrants have taken so many jobs. But the question is also: Would European people want a job such as cleaning or hard labor? I think that most of them wouldn't. So we should stop criticizing for a moment and think. We would then maybe realize that it's not that bad to have immigrants at home.

The only problem is that it's not right that immigrants want to impose( 强加于 )their religion on other countries by leading and building mosques ( 清真寺). Because if they had done that in other countries they would have caused trouble. Phenomena like these happened a few years ago in Great Britain: It was forbidden to switch on Christmas lights outside, because Christmas is a Catholic ( 天主教的 ) recurrence and it was offensive for the Islamic people who lived there. That is not right. The country that gives hospitality to immigrants has the task to allow them to enter society, to be free to believe in their religion and their culture, but every country does not have to forget its tradition and culture. This is one of the many facts which happened in the past years, and I think that many others are going to happen because this phenomenon is developing every day more and more.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about__________.

A. what a life Europeans lived

B. why some Europeans migrated

C. how Europeans migrated

D. what migration caused

2.What's the main problem between the immigrants and the native people according to the passage?

A. Native people and immigrants fight for the same job opportunities.

B. Native people always leave the worst jobs to the immigrants.

C. Different religions and cultures often result in some conflicts.

D. Native people refuse the immigrants to enter their country.

3.What does the author think of the European immigrants?

A. It takes them too much trouble to migrate.

B. They have made contributions to the host country.

C. They are offered hard jobs but paid less.

D. They should be accepted in the host country.

4.We may learn from the passage that__________.

A. some people reject foreigners' immigrating to their own country

B. the author thinks immigrating can help mix different cultures together

C. immigrants to Great Britain were all Islamic people

D. immigrants can only find hard and dirty jobs in other countries

5.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that__________.

A. people with different religions won' t be allowed to migrate to another country

B. immigrants are not free to believe in their own culture

C. no other European countries but Great Britain have conflicts

D. problems caused by different religions and cultures will exist long

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Kalle Lasn was in a supermarket parking lot one afternoon when he had an experience that changed his life．In order to shop at the store, he needed to put money into the shopping cart to use it．Annoyed that he had to "pay to shop," Lasn jammed the coin into the cart so that it wouldn't work．It was an act of rebellion—the first of many—for Lasn．

Born in Estonia, Kalle Lasn moved to Australia as a young man and then later to Japan, where he founded a marketing research firm in Tokyo．Eventually, Lasn moved to Canada and for several years produced documentaries （纪录片） for public television．In the late 1980s, Lasn made an advertisement that spoke out against the logging industry and the deforestation going on in the Pacific Northwest．When he tried to show his ad on TV, though, no station in this area would give him airtime．In response, Lasn and a colleague founded Adbusters Media Foundation, a company for the "Human right to communicate．

Adbusters produces magazine, newspaper, and TV ads with a social message．Many use humor and irony to make their points: In one, for example, a man chain smokes a brand of cigarettes called "Hope"．In another, a child is dressed in an outfit used in fast-food ads．Next to the child is a note from its mother telling the restaurant to leave her child alone．

Adbusters also has a magazine and a web site, the Culture Jammers Network, whose members include students, artists, and activists as well as educators and businesspeople interested in social change．Many of these "culture jammers" are working to raise awareness about different social issues by hosting events like "Buy Nothing Day" , " No Car Day" and "TV Turnoff Week" ．Lasn and his partners hope these events will encourage people to think about questions such as;

·What kinds of things are we being encouraged to buy by the media?

·Should cars be our primary means of transportation?

·How are television and radio being used now? How could we be using them?

Some culture jammers are using other methods to challenge how people think．Some pretend to be shoppers．They move items in stores from one shelf to another making it difficult for people to find things easily．Other culture jammers break into large company well sites and jam them so that they become unusable．The goal in both cases ia to prevent "Business as usual" and to gel people to ask themselves questions such as "Why am I shopping here?" or "Why should I buy this product?"

Lasn and members of the Culture Jammers Network want to make people aware of social issues, but they also believe it's important to think of solutions, too．"A lot of people tell you everything that's wrong but they never say much about how to fix these problems," says Lasn．"But there is plenty we can do．If you start despairing, you have lost everything．"

Though many TV stations still won't show Adbusters' " uncommercials" , some cable TV stations have started to．People all over the world have joined the Culture Jammers Network and are doing their part to promote social change．

1.What does the underlined word "rebellion" in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?

2.What's the main point of the ad for "Hope" cigarettes?

3.Some culture jammers break into websites in order to ________．

4.It can be inferred from the passage ________．

5.Which of the following best describes what Lasn has done?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

After losing one of his legs in the accident, we can imagine that he will have a lot of difficulties to overcome in the years ______.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析