The year was 1999. I was 18, living with frie...

The year was 1999. I was 18, living with friends in a town about an hour north of Milwaukee. Desperate for adventure, we often talked about haunted (闹鬼的) locations, and even wandered around the woods near Rienzi Cemetery. So when a friend shared a story about an abandoned house just down the road from Rienzi, how could I possibly resist? The group of us jumped in the car and headed off into the wild unknown, completely unaware of the misfortune that would soon befall us.

The house was isolated, overgrown and barely visible from the road. Most of its windows were broken. It seemed completely neglected except the locked door and a NO ENTRY sign outside. How would anyone notice, or possibly even care, if we went in and looked around?

We stole inside, hoping for anything to prove the legend. Nothing valuable was found until an old letter, addressed to a Mr. J. Witherell, caught my eye. Its paper was stiff and yellowed. Excited by the physical evidence, I slipped the letter into my back pocket. I was about to exit the house when I noticed firetrucks and police cars lining up out on the road. While most of us were exploring the house, one of us managed to knock a fire detector off the ceiling, which triggered an automated alarm at the fire department. I quickly alerted the others, but there would be no escape.

After a moment of panic, we decided to go outside and face the music. To avoid a theft charge, I left the letter where it was before stepping outside.

The result? Not only did we all get fined for entering, we were required to pay for property damage totaling $1,500 each — too much for us to afford.

For so many years, I have been wondering: Why is the deserted house so heavily protected with detectors and other security measures? Why is the property regularly maintained? What's the story behind that mysterious letter?

1.What did the shabby appearance of the house seem to remind the kids?

A.They would have no trouble entering it.

B.Their entry would bring them a surprise.

C.Their entry would disturb the neighbours.

D.Their behavior would be noticed by its owner.

2.Why did the author attempt to take the letter away?

A.It might reveal who had been maintaining the house.

B.It might help uncover the mystery of the abandoned house.

C.It must have been written to disclose a tragedy.

D.It was an evidence of the house being heavily protected.

3.What led the police cars and firetrucks to arrive so quickly?

A.The police officers were checking there.

B.The house owner reported to the police.

C.The police cars were passing by accident.

D.Some boy started the fire alarm system.

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.The empty house has been under strict protection.

B.The author wonders why they got fined.

C.No maintenance to the house is conducted regularly.

D.There is much mystery about the abandoned house.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The world always makes way for the dreamer

When I was nine years old, I lived in a small town. I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children’s magazine. I thought to myself I could do this, so I begged my mother to let me send for the kit (卡片盒). Two weeks later when the kit arrived, I took the cards and ran out of the house. Three hours later, I returned home with no ______ and a pocket full of money. A ______ was born.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to ______ Zig Ziegler. I remember listening to Mr. Ziegler who raised everyone’s ______ up to the ceiling. I left there feeling like I could do anything. I wanted to be a speaker just like Mr. Ziegler. Then a ______ was born. Recently, I began pursuing my dream of ______ others.

After working for many years in the company, I decided to ______ my secure position after attending a sales meeting. The vice-president of our company made a speech that ____ my life. He asked us, “______ an angel could realize your three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a moment to ______ the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need an angel?”　 I would ______ forget the encouragement it gave me at that moment. I ____ that I didn’t need an angel’s help to become a great speaker.

Having made that decision, I was immediately ______. My husband was laid off from his job just one week after I ______ my job. We had recently bought a new house and needed both　 ____ to pay the monthly mortgage (按揭贷款).　 I even planned to turn back to my ____ company, knowing they wanted me to stay but I was ______ that if I went back, I would never leave. I decided I still wanted to ______ forward rather than end up with a mouth full of “if onlys” later on. A motivational speaker was born.

When I firmly ______ my dream, the miracles really began to happen. In a short period my husband found a better job. And I was able to get a lot of _______ engagements. I discovered the unbelievable power of dreams.

1.A.cover B.tool C.card D.magazine

2.A.salesperson B.advertiser C.designer D.collector

3.A.help B.see C.hug D.encourage

4.A.height B.senses C.Voice D.spirits

5.A.concept B.memory C.dream D.chance

6.A.controlling B.entertaining C.challenging D.motivating

7.A.leave B.gain C.pursue D.question

8.A.prevented B.ruined C.changed D.studied

9.A.If B.Although C.Unless D.Before

10.A.give up B.look into C.carry out D.write down

11.A.never B.seldom C.always D.sometimes

12.A.argued B.realized C.expected D.imagined

13.A.improved B.criticized C.tested D.accepted

14.A.knew B.quit C.offered D.created

15.A.ideas B.confidence C.energy D.incomes

16.A.ideal B.former C.official D.secure

17.A.optimistic B.certain C.sensitive D.generous

18.A.touch B.sit C.manage D.move

19.A.stuck to B.adjusted to C.returned to D.objected to

20.A.selling B.operating C.speaking D.publishing

高三英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

Going out for a trip with friends        popular in the last few years.

A. is              B. was          C. has been        D. had been

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I feel that I was blessed by an Angel not long ago. I was out in town with my husband. We live in a ______ town. Because of the cold，my ______ shrunk，causing my anniversary ring to　 ______. I didn’t notice this until we got home. I became ______ ill ached all over. I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack.

Although it is a material item, it is yet very ______. He went out and retraced our _____ to where we came back．I called the stores we were in and no one ______ it in. I thought it was ______ for sure．

Well，at around midnight last night，our dogs went mad. We have a sunroom ______ to our home．The door to that is usually ______. But that night, we left it unlocked．My all-terrain motor scooter(小型摩托车)was ______ out there．In its basket was a ring box…holding my ring! Along with the ring was a diamond circle．

There was also a ______ that told the story of this stranger ______ the ring and recognizing the work, as it is a piece made particularly. The person then went to the jeweler and　 ____about finding the ring. The jeweler is a friend of mine so she gave her my ______ and the town is so small，we are ______ to find．The stranger who found the ring ______ the ribbon(丝线)in the store in order to keep the ring around the finger when it is ______ out. And then also left a gift card for us to take our family out to the movies as a Christmas gift. The note was ______ 　“Santa’s Elf(小精灵)”. My friend is keeping her lips ______ about whom it was．

1.A. modern B. small C. big D. developed

2.A. ring B. hand C. brain D. finger

3.A. fall off B. 1eave behind C. break down D. go away

4.A. firmly B. formally C. identically D. physically

5.A. valuable B. challenging C. memorable D. beneficial

6.A. footprints B. steps C. streets D. directions

7.A. took B. pressed C. turned D. counted

8.A. gone B. stolen C. changed D. transformed

9.A. adapted B. attached C. exposed D. held

10.A. open B. abandoned C. closed D. locked

11.A. made B. parked C. repaired D. destroyed

12.A. slogan B. advertisement C. note D. announcement

13.A. handling B. exploring C. finding D. chasing

14.A. explained B. complained C. wondered D. argued

15.A. phone number B. photo C. mailbox D. name

16.A. difficult B. easy C. incredible D. complex

17.A. purchased B. tore C. sold D. borrowed

18.A. warm B. rainy C. foggy D. cold

19.A. called B. written C. signed D. noticed

20.A. tight B. painted C. secret D. clear

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Nodira, 18, lives in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. She was born with a rare disease and is now paralyzed(瘫痪) from the waist down. Her life is confined to a wheelchair but her dreams know no such boundaries. Her hopes for the future include attending university, riding in her father’s car and being able to walk like other children.

Nodira, which means ‘unique’ in Uzbek, is one of five children in a poor family. Every morning, after reciting her prayers, Nodira feeds the hens and goats from her wheelchair. The rest of her day is spent knitting for other people and helping her mother with the household chores.

Nodira has never been to school because it is too far from her home and inaccessible for her wheelchair. A local teacher used to come and tutor her at home and, as a result, she was able to finish third grade. After that, her parents moved to another town and the tutor could not visit as much.

Despite the many difficulties in Nodira’s life she is lucky to be living with her family. The stigma(羞辱) attached to the children living with disabilities, combined with the lack of wheelchair access in schools and the economic difficulties faced by many Uzbek families, have led many parents to place children with disabilities in special institutions.

These days, Nodira does homework exercises at home and reads as much as she can. Still, it is unlikely that she will be able to finish her primary education, much less attend university. While missing out on an education is a great disappointment to Nodira, her greatest wish, for a true friend, can still come true. “What I want more than anything is a friend who also has a disability,” she says. “Somebody will not feel sorry for me or make fun of me, and will understand what my life is like.”

1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means “_____”.

A. her dreams will help her desert her wheel chair

B. her dreams are never limited by her disability

C. she often dreams of moving freely without a wheel chair

D. she never dreams of recovering from her disability

2.Nodira does all the following every day EXCEPT _____.

A. give food to some animals

B. to make clothes from woolen or cotton thread

C. drive cars designed for the disabled

D. help with the housework

3.The underlined word “tutor” in the 3rd paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.

A. educate         B. visit        C. treat             D. comfort

4.What Nodira wants most is ______.

A. to go to university                                B. to walk on her own feet

C. to finish her primary education         D. to find a true friend

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Nodira, 18, lives in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan．She was born with a rare disease and is now paralyzed（瘫痪） from the waist down．Her life is confined to a wheelchair but her dreams know no such boundaries．Her hopes for the future include attending university, riding in her father’s car and being able to walk like other children．

Nodira, which means ‘unique’ in Uzbek, is one of five children in a poor family．Every morning, after reciting her prayers, Nodira feeds the hens and goats from her wheelchair．The rest of her day is spent knitting for other people and helping her mother with the household chores．

Nodira has never been to school because it is too far from her home and inaccessible for her wheelchair．A local teacher used to come and tutor her at home and, as a result, she was able to finish third grade．After that, her parents moved to another town and the tutor could not visit as much．

Despite the many difficulties in Nodira’s life she is lucky to be living with her family．The stigma（羞辱） attached to the children living with disabilities, combined with the lack of wheelchair access in schools and the economic difficulties faced by many Uzbek families, have led many parents to place children with disabilities in special institutions．

These days, Nodira does homework exercises at home and reads as much as she can．Still, it is unlikely that she will be able to finish her primary education, much less attend university．While missing out on an education is a great disappointment to Nodira, her greatest wish, for a true friend, can still come true．“What I want more than anything is a friend who also has a disability,” she says．“Somebody will not feel sorry for me or make fun of me, and will understand what my life is like．”

1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means “_____”．

A．her dreams will help her desert her wheel chair

B．her dreams are never limited by her disability

C．she often dreams of moving freely without a wheel chair

D．she never dreams of recovering from her disability

2.Nodira does all the following every day EXCEPT _____．

A．give food to some animals

B．to make clothes from woolen or cotton thread

C．drive cars designed for the disabled

D．help with the housework

3.The underlined word “tutor” in the 3rd paragraph can be replaced by “_____”．

A．educate         B．visit              C．treat                 D．comfort

4.What Nodira wants most is ______．

A．to go to university                             B．to walk on her own feet

C．to finish her primary education         D．to find a true friend

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

There was once, in a little market-town not far from Upsala (瑞典一城市), a peasant who lived there with his family, digging the earth during the week and singing in the choir on Sundays. This peasant had a little daughter to whom he taught the musical alphabet before she knew how to read. Daae was a great musician, perhaps without knowing it. Not a violinist in Scandinavia played as he did. His reputation was widespread and he was always invited to set the couples dancing at weddings and other festivals. His wife died when Christine was entering upon her sixth year. Then the father, who cared only for his daughter and his music, sold his land and went to Upsala in search of fame and fortune. He found nothing but poverty.

He returned to the country, wandering from fair to fair, playing his Scandinavian music pieces, while his child, who never left his side, listened to him in delight or sang to his playing. One day, at Ljimby Fair, Professor Valerius heard them and took them to Gothenburg. He insisted that the father was the first violinist in the world and that the daughter had the making of a great artist. Her education and instruction were provided for. She made rapid progress and charmed everybody with her prettiness, her grace of manner and her real eagerness to please.

When Valerius and his wife went to settle in France, they took Daae and Christine with them. "Mamma" Valerius treated Christine as her daughter. As for Daae, he became ill with homesickness. He never went out of doors in Paris, but lived in a sort of dream which he kept up with his violin. For hours at a time, he remained locked up in his bedroom with his daughter, playing and singing, very, very softly.

Daae seemed not to recover his strength until the summer, when the whole family went to stay at Perros-Guirec, in a far-away corner of Brittany, where the sea was of the same color as in his own country. Often he would play his saddest tunes on the beach and pretend that the sea stopped its roaring to listen to them. And then he persuaded Mamma Valerius to allow him to leave for a while. At the time of the "pardons," the village festivals and dances, he went off with his violin, as in the old days, and was allowed to take his daughter with him for a week. They gave the smallest villages music to last them for a year and slept at night in a barn, refusing a bed at the inn, lying close together on the straw, as when they were so poor in Sweden. At the same time, they were very neatly dressed, refused the halfpence offered to them; and the people around could not understand the behaviour of this country violinist, who walked heavily on the roads with that pretty child who sang like an angel from Heaven. They followed them from village to village.

1. When he was in the countryside, Daae did NOT __________.

2.The 3rd sentence “He insisted …” in the 2nd paragraph showed Professor Valerius’ ______.

3. While Daae was in Paris, he never went out of doors because he was ________.

4. What made people curious about the father and daughter was that _______.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Having lived in the town for many years，Mr. Smith no longer felt ________ among the local people.

A．out of control　　B．out of touch

C．out of place       D．out of use

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Having lived in the town for quite a few years, I no longer felt ______ among the local people.

A. out of order       B. out of place    C. out of control    D. out of question

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

I have been living in the town for nearly thirty years, but seldom _____as lonely as I do now.

A. have I felt          B. I had felt      C. I have felt      D. had I felt.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析