科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:
Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners(马拉松运动员) can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine(脊椎). She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph(亲笔签名),says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
What made Jean take part in sports?
A.She was brave.
B.She was competitive.
C.She was strong.
D.She was disabled.
What kind of education did she receive?
A.High school.
B.Junior middle school.
C.High education.
D.Primary school.
What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?
A.Work hard. B.Hope for the best.
C.Dream a lot. D.Have great wishes and work hard.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届浙江省余姚三中高三第二次月考英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Poet Dean Young has dealt with impermanence( 无常)a lot in his career, but it's a particularly strong theme in Young's latest collection, Fall Higher.The new collection was published in April, just days after the poet received a life-saving heart transplant (移植) after about a decade of living with a weakening heart condition.
Young, whose work is often frank and rich with twisted humor, tells NPR's Renee Montaigne that as he recovers from operation, he's also slowly returning to his everyday writing habits.
"I'm getting back to it," Young says."Not with the sort of concentration and sort of flame that I look forward to in the future, but I am blackening some pages."
And on those blackened pages you'll find poems like " How Grasp Green," which carries themes of springtime and rebirth.It's one of the first poems Young has written since his transplant.
It's easy to spot clues (线索) to Young's awful health situation in the lines of his poetry. Fall Higher's "Vintage" opens with, "Because I will die soon, I fall asleep, during the lecture on the ongoing emergency." And the poem "-The Rhythms Pronounce Themselves Then Vanish—published in The /Vew Barker in February —opens with the CT scan that revealed Young's heart condition.
Young says "Rhythms" was written about the beginning of his illness.
"I had been having a lot of physical pain so that I could hardly walk a block.I got sent to a gastroenterologist and he did a series of tests, and then the tests came back to me and it was all heart related," he says." And the outlook wasn't good.
Hearts tend to come up a lot in poetry, and that's especially true of Young's work, which has clearly been influenced by the troubles of his own heart,
"A lot of times, it's not just a metaphor (比喻) ," Young says."For me, it's an actual concern because I've been living with this disease for over 10 years.My father died of heart problems when he was 49, so it's been a sort of shadowy concern for me my whole life.
But Young's poems also deal with more abstract matters of the heart.He wrote Fall Higher's, "Late Valentine" for his wife."We've been married since late November and most of it has been spent in the hospital," Young says of his marriage to poet Laurie Saurborn Young, who says " 'Late Valentine' is very sweet.
Today, Young says, his friends can't help but comment on how pink his cheeks have become—the result of a new heart and better circulation (循环).But Young wrote the poems of Fall Higher before the transplant, at a time when, at its weakest point, his old heart was pumping at 8 percent of what it should have been.
He was staring death in the face—but he was still able to look at his life and see art
in it.
Young's work also touches on themes of randomness and fate —two factors that contributed to him getting a second chance in the form of a new heart from a 22-year-old student.
"Everything in life is molecules (分子) bouncing against molecules," Young says, and having a successful transplant is no different." Somebody had to die; it had to be a fit; my blood and his blood had to not have an argument; the heart had to be transported; I had to get it."
There were, in short, an amazing number of variables (变量) that led to Young
being here today.
"I just feel enormous gratitude," he says of his donor (捐献者)."He gave me a heart so I'm still alive-"I'm sure I'm going to think about this person for the rest of my life."
【小题1】The poetry collection Fall Higher _______.
A.was published in February |
B.refers darkness as its main theme |
C.is Young's latest collection of poetry |
D.was written after Young's heart transplant |
A.was born with heart disease |
B.received a heart transplant in February |
C.married a female poet after he wrote "Late Valentine" |
D.wrote a poem for his wife in his collection |
A.The writer expected some bright future, but he was disappointed. |
B.The writer had less enthusiasm than before, but he still kept on writing. |
C.The writer devoted more time to poems, so he grasped a good chance. |
D.The writer wrote poems with less enthusiasm, so he quitted for a while. |
A."How Grasp Green" is the first poem in Fall Higher. |
B.Young began all his poems with his illness. |
C.Young's father died when Young was 49 years old. |
D.Young's health situation is mentioned in his poetry. |
A.Dean Young and his latest collection. |
B.Dean Young and his heart problems. |
C.The meaning of Fall Higher. |
D.An analysis of Dean Young's poems. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山西康杰中学高三第三次模拟英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Dear Parents,
As we start the second half of the spring term, I thought it important to update you on some key developments.
Post-16 Collaboration(合作)
We have entered into an exciting new collaboration with Bassaleg Comprehension School, Duffryn High School, St Joseph’s High School, and Coleg Gwent—The Newport West Post-16 partnership. We will be working together to deliver nearly 40 different courses at other schools and likewise, students from other schools will study some subjects here. Information about the courses available to students can be found on the partnership website www. Newftartwest. corn. uk.
Uniform
I would take this opportunity to remind all parents that students are not permitted to wear non-school uniform cardigans (开襟羊毛衫) in Newport High School. It is the responsibility of parents to make sure your son or daughter wears the correct uniform to school. This includes completely black shoes. Over the next half term we will be working with students to develop a cardigan with the school logo which will provide an alternative to the current school jacket.
School Catering.
We are currently seeking a new company to provide school meals. Our new catering provider will be in place at the start of the summer term and will be working with students, parents and staff to provide improvements to our current provision. I look forward to keeping you updated on this development.
Some key dates for you to be aware of over the next half term are:
Tuesday 15March | Year 9&10 Revision Conference |
Wednesday 23 March | Year 12& 13 Parents Evening (4:00—7:00 p.m.) |
Thursday 31st March | Academic Review Day |
Friday 1st April | Teacher Training Day (school closed to students) |
Friday 15st April | End of Spring Term |
Tuesday 3rd May | Start of Summer Term |
A.Bassaleg Comprehensive School | B.Newport High School |
C.St Joesph’s High School | D.Duffryn High School |
A.It involves four schools altogether. |
B.Course information will be mailed to every student. |
C.Students can choose as many courses as they want. |
D.It allows students to learn at other schools. |
A.In May | B.In April | C.in March | D.In June |
A.Students will develop a logo for the school. |
B.All parents will be invited to school on 23rd March |
C.Students won’t go to school on 1st April. |
D.The letter was written at the start of the spring term. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011届黑龙江省牡丹江一中高二上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine(脊椎). She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph(亲笔签名), says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
【小题1】What made Jean take part in sports?
A.She was brave. | B.She was competitive. |
C.She was strong. | D.She was disabled. |
A.to train or give instruction and advice | B.to experiment |
C.to get hold of and stop | D.to repeat |
A.Work hard. | B.Hope for the best. |
C.Dream a lot. | D.Have great wishes and work hard. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届山东省济宁市高二12月质量检测英语试题 题型:阅读理解
The city of Rome has passed a new law to prevent cruelty to animals. All goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs.
This comes after a national law was passed to give prison sentences to people who desert cats or dogs.
“The civilization of a city can be measured by this,” said Monica Carina, the councilor behind the new law.
The newspaper reported that round bowls don’t give enough oxygen for fish and may make them go blind.
“Rome has tried to protect fish more than anywhere else in the world. It stands out for recognizing that fish are interesting animals that deserve over respect and pity every bit as much as dogs and cats and other animals,” said Karin Robertson, a director of the People for the Ethical treatment of Animals.
Lat year a law was passed in Italy that gives people who desert pets big fines and prison sentences. Since then local governments have added their own animal protection rules.
The northern city of Turin passed a law in April to give pet owners fines of up to $598 if they do not walk their dogs three times a day.
The new law in Rome also says that owners mustn’t leave their dogs in hot cars or cut their dogs’ tail to make them look lovelier. The law also gives legal recognition to the “cat ladies” who feed homeless cats. The cats live all over the city from ancient ruins to modern office car parks.
1.The new law passed in Rome will _________.
A. help improve fishing environment
B. guarantee better conditions for goldfish
C. stop people from catching goldfish
D. discourage keeping goldfish at home
2.People in Rome believe that the civilization of a city can be judged by _________.
A. exchanges with other cities
B. Protection of ancient ruins
C. awareness of animal protection
D. recognition of animal lovers
3.People may break the law in Turin if they _____________.
A. keep their dogs or cats in cars B. feed homeless animals in car parks
C. raise their cats near ancient ruins D. shut their dogs home all day long
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