My parents are from South Africa, and I’m a v...

My parents are from South Africa, and I’m a vegetarian, which no one in my small hometown in Washington understood. I always felt ______ from everybody else at school. As hard as I tried to keep myself ______, I started getting bullied(霸凌). I ______ who I was, wore really plain clothes, and tied up my bright red hair and ______ I wouldn’t attract as much attention. Eventually, I ______ to an arts high school, which was much more ______. There, I felt brave enough to show off the unique sides of my ______ and made friends who loved me for who I was.

More recently, I’ve ______ with confidence in my skin. When I moved to L. A. , I started getting bad cystic acne(痤疮). I didn’t want to go outside, and if I had to, I would ______ makeup. I’ve learned that you can’t ______ control your skin, but you can control how you treat yourself. When I tell myself I’m beautiful, or take a(n) ______ few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling ______.

A lot of Riverdale fans made the ______ that I was as mean as Cheryl when the show was first ______, so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true ______. And so many of them ask for advice about how to ______ bullying. Playing a ______ girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is ______ something, and it has nothing to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her ______ erupts, it has to do with how she’s feeling about herself rather than the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that ______ her wealth and upbringing, a privileged daughter of a businessman.

My motto: If you take care of yourself, you’ll always feel confident and happy.

1.A.absent B.free C.distinct D.immune

2.A.active B.unique C.unnoticed D.ambitious

3.A.hid B.displayed C.remembered D.forgot

4.A.yet B.thus C.moreover D.meanwhile

5.A.submitted B.transported C.slipped D.transferred

6.A.persuasive B.inclusive C.expensive D.negative

7.A.hair B.origin C.personality D.identity

8.A.gone B.met C.started D.struggled

9.A.abuse B.absorb C.attach D.apply

10.A.constantly B.strictly C.hardly D.loosely

11.A.spare B.extra C.precious D.unhappy

12.A.nervous B.depressed C.content D.ridiculous

13.A.presentation B.explanation C.definition D.assumption

14.A.aired B.scheduled C.designed D.adapted

15.A.strengths B.charms C.values D.characters

16.A.handle B.relieve C.clarify D.monitor

17.A.popular B.mean C.foreign D.sensitive

18.A.seeing through B.falling through C.putting through D.going through

19.A.violence B.excitement C.curiosity D.anxiety

20.A.multiplies B.shares C.reflects D.decreases

高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

Questions are based on the following speech.

1.

A. Educators from South Africa. B. Teenagers fond of cooking.

C. Students eager to make friends. D. Photographers around the world.

2.

A. Brainstorming ideas in one’s group first. B. Avoiding using cooking oil.

C. Sending a sample dish before May. D. Creating one’s own dish.

3.

A. To announce a cook competition. B. To start a cook festival on campus.

C. To advertise a local cook course. D. To organise a cook show in South Africa.

高三英语短文中等难度题查看答案及解析

In South Africa, English is the language ________ black parents wish their children to be educated.

A．for which　     B．that

C．in which　     D．when

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Tourism has already 　　　　　　　　　 in South Africa, a country thousands of miles away From West Africa of Ebola, which killed about 4,000 people．

A．increased    B．directed

C．declined    D．boomed

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

From a young age, it was my dream to go to Africa and work with animals. Everybody laughed at me, but my mother, Vanne, told me never to give up, and that I could always find a way.

So, when I was 23, after saving up my earnings from working as a waitress, I went to wild, untamed (野性的) Africa and began my work. In 1960 I went to the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. At that time, we knew nothing of the behavior or social structure of chimps (黑猩猩), and I was to go there and see what I could find out. Usually, when you wake up, you leave your dreams behind you, but I found myself waking up to my dream.

As the British government wouldn’t let me go without older women’s company, my amazing mother came with me and stayed for four months. We shared a second-hand army tent, and we used the stream for fresh water and washing. We could swim in the lake, although there were crocodiles.

It was beautiful there, although both my mother and I nearly died of malaria (疟疾). I was scared I wouldn’t be able to do what I had set out to, because, at first, the chimps ran away from me in fear. I spent my days watching, listening, tracking and in the evenings writing up my notes.

For my mother, who stayed back at the camp, it must have been terrifying, and very lonely. There were snakes and spiders, as well as an old leopard who would come by. But she had an amazing way with people, and would hand out medicines to the fishermen, who saw her as a witch doctor.

In my fifth month there, I finally saw one of the chimps, which I called David Greybeard, stripping (剥光) straw to “fish” for termites (白蚁). It proved that man wasn’t the only toolmaker, and that everything had to be redefined.

1.What does the author mean by saying “I found myself waking up to my dream” in the second paragraph?

A. She lacked sleep due to busy work.

B. She found her dream was hard to realize.

C. She had more new dreams about her work.

D. She tried to realize her dream every day.

2.The author was afraid at the Reserve in the beginning because _____.

A. there were crocodiles in the lake  B. she could not get close to the chimps

C. it was hard to get clean water D. the chimps attacked her sometimes

3.The author’s mother was thought of by the local people as _____.

A. helpful and warm-hearted      B. funny and selfish

C. romantic and talkative     D. honest and hardworking

4. Which of the following is the author’s important discovery?

A. She found a new kind of termite.

B. Chimps can communicate with each other.

C. Some other animals can also make tools.

D. Chimps can find medicines to cure themselves.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I’m from the South Bronx．At 7, my neighborhood was the beginning and end of my universe．It was a small town to me．Everyone knew each other, so if you got into trouble in school, chances are that your mom knew about it before you got home．I felt watched over and safe．

But just before I turned 8, things began to change．I watched two buildings on my block burn down．I remember seeing my neighbor Pito go up and down the fire escape to get people out．Where were the firemen? Where was the truck? Somebody must have called them．

That same summer, after serving two tours in Vietnam, my brother was killed in the South Bronx．He was shot above the left eye and died instantly．

People who could moved out of the neighborhood , and all I wanted to do was get out, too．I used education to get away from there and got good at avoiding the topic of where I was from．To be from the South Bronx meant that you were not a good person．It felt like a stain （污点）．

After college, I didn’t want to come back to the South Bronx, but in order to afford graduate school, I had to．I was almost 30 and could only afford to live at my parents’ home．It felt like a defeat, and I hated it．

At the same time, the city was planning a huge waste facility here, and no one seemed to care -- including many of us who lived here．They were like, “Well, it’s a poor community; what’s the difference?”

After that, I realized it’s just as important to fight for something as it is to fight against something．So we dreamed up a new park on the site of an illegal waste dump – and after many community clean-ups, along with $3 million from the city, we have one．And it’s a glory．It was the seed from which many new plants for our community have grown．

Today, the South Bronx is no longer a stain; it’s a symbol of honor for me．I believe that where I’m from helps me to really see the world．Today, when I say I’m from the South Bronx, I stand up straight．This is home, and it always will be．

1.From Paragraph 2 and 3 we can learn that ______．

A．the author felt watched over and safe

B．the author’s brother was a bad man

C．the author’s neighbor Pito was braver than a fireman

D．the author felt his hometown was not a safe place to live in

2.The author went back to the South Bronx after college because ______．

A．he couldn’t afford to live without his parents’ help

B．he loved his hometown and wanted to work there

C．he was defeated in studies at college

D．he almost reached the age of 30

3.The underlined sentences （Paragraph 2） imply that ______．

A．the author wondered where the firemen and the truck were

B．the author wanted someone to call the firemen

C．the firemen didn’t come to help although called

D．the firemen didn’t find a place to park the truck

4.What does the author want to convey in the passage?

A．You can make a difference to your hometown if you act．

B．The South Bronx is a beautiful place to live in．

C．Great changes have taken place in the South Bronx recently．

D．Everyone should love his hometown all his life．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

My older brother and I are busy 　 1.　 (arrange) a trip to Africa. We will leave London on 15 July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco. We are going to travel on camels 2.　 the Sahara Desert. After the trip by camel, we’re going to travel down the River Nile. We’ll start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water 　 3.　 (actual) gets quite rough. So, we’ll go white-water rafting, 　 4.　 is quite dangerous, but very exciting! After white-water rafting, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya.

5.　 we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack 　 6. advance to carry my 　 7.　 (supply) of food and water. It is so dangerous that our guides will have guns 　 8. (scare) the animals away if they come too near. I really want to see 　 9.　 elephant close up. After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania, 10. we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks and we will surely have a happy time.　

高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析

（2010·云南模拟）Most of the professors _____ to our school were from South Africa．

A．invited                B．to be invited           C．being invited   D．had been invited

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Most of the professors _____ to our school were from South Africa．

A．invited               B．to be invited   C．being invited          D．had been invited

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Most of the professors _____ to our school were from South Africa．

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析