Ms Petoskey，my seventh grade teacher at Queen of Apostles was，and still is，the greatest teacher．She was creative with her teaching styles；every new day she brought a new way of learning literature，by using a game，a rap song，and other things．
I must say，the kids in my class sometimes didn’t listen to the teachers carefully，but Ms Petoskey was able to attract their attention．Her literature classroom had bean bags and fan chairs to sit in while we read，and our desks were always set up in special positions-all around the room。It looked messy when you walked in the room，but we liked it! She let us choose who we sat nest to，but once we talked too much，she would move us．She allowed us to make her classroom our home．
She was passionate（热情的）about her job．She let us choose the books we wanted to read next，which made me more interested in books．It wasn’t what we had to read，but what we wanted to read．Whenever we would present ideas about literature or poems，her eyes would light up and she would become excited．
She always made sure everyone was having fun in her class and brought cakes to the classroom every Friday for our silent reading time．She was patient when we got out of hand．She was always cheerful，which made me enjoy coming to school．Ms Petoskey is the teacher I still visit and chat with（even after five years） ．She is the teacher I can thank for making me enjoy reading!
（ ）1．The writer used all of the following words to describe M8 Petoskey EXCEPT“_____”
A．creative B．humorous C．patient D．passionate
（ ）2．What does the underlined word“messy”in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Exciting． B．Untidy． C．Interesting． D．Relaxing．
（ ）3．We can learn from the passage that Ms Petoskey______．
A．often has classes outside the classroom
B．usually begins her class either with a game or a rap song
C．often encourages students to read books as loudly as possible
D．allows students to read the books that they really want to read
（ ）4．What can we easily infer（推断）from the passage?
A．The writer liked Ms Petoskey’s classes very much．
B．Ms Petoskey likes her students talking loudly in her class．
C．Literature Was the writer’s favorite subject in every grade．
D．The other teachers don’t like Ms Petoskey’s teaching methods．
（ ）5．The best title for this passage is“______”．
A．A literature lover B．My interest in literature
C．My wonderful school life D．An unforgettable teacher
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
It is common for older people to forget things. Now an American study has found that memory starts to fail when we are young adults. People younger than thirty years of age usually do not know that they are starting to forget information. But scientists from the University of Michigan say the loss of memory has usually already started.
Researchers say people do not observe this slow reduction in mental ability until the loss affects their everyday activities.
Denise Park led the new study. She directs the Centre for Aging and Cognition at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Her team studied more than 350 men and women between the ages of twenty and ninety years. The study identified people in their middle twenties with memory problems.
She says young adults do not know they are forgetting things because their brains have more information than they need.
But she says that people in their twenties and thirties are losing memory at the same rate as people in their sixties and seventies.
Ms. Park says people between the ages of sixty and seventy may note the decrease in their mental abilities. They begin to observe that they are having more trouble remembering and learning new information.
The study found that older adults are more likely to remember false information as being true. For example, they remembered false medical claims as being true. Younger people remembered hearing the information. But they were more likely to remember that it was false.
Ms. Park is now using modern imaging equipment to study what happens in the brains of people of different ages. She is studying what parts of the brain older adults use for different activities compared to younger adults. Ms. Park says mental performance is a direct result of brain activity and brain structure. She says keeping the brain active is important. She hopes future studies will identify ways to improve the operation of our aging minds.
The passage is meant to _____________.
A. emphasize the importance of exercising the brain
B. analyze the difference between different age groups on the loss of memory
C. reveal the decrease in mental ability of young adults as well as older adults
D. introduce effective ways to improve memory
According to the passage, young adults differ from older adults in that ________.
A. they lose their memory at a slower rate
B. they rarely realize they have memory problems
C. their brains can store much more information
D. all of the above
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Not until the loss of memory affects their daily activities, do people notice the decrease in their mental abilities.
B. People begin to lose memory in their twenties.
C. Older people tend to remember false information as being true.
D. Younger people find it easier to remember the information that is proven false.
It can be inferred from what Denis Park says that ______.
A. mental performance can be improved
B. mental ability is determined entirely by brain structure
C. people of different ages use different parts of the brain for memorizing
D. different parts of the brain are responsible for different mental activities
Which of the following is a suitable title for the passage?
A. The Mysterious Brain B. The Ability to Forget
C. Memory Reduction D. Mental Performance
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s __36__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __37__ that I decided to write an article about her.
I __38__ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __39__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __40__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __41__, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that __42__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __43__ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days __44__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript __45__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __46__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t __47__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While __48__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in __49__:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __50__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __51__ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to __52__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __53__ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this __54__, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t __55__ to doubt yourself.
A. joy B. voice C. speech D. smile
A. proud B. active C. satisfied D. moved
A. visited B. emailed C. phoned D. interviewed
A. agreed B. refused C. hesitated D. paused
A. admitted B. discovered C. explained D. knew
A. seriously B. patiently C. nervously D. quietly
A. blaming B. fooling C. inviting D. urging
A. hardship B. failure C. comment D. pressure
A. with B. by C. on D. in
A. disappeared B. returned C. spread D. improved
A. compare B. struggle C. survive D. compete
A. ignore B. deliver C. face D. receive
A. decorating B. repairing C. cleaning D. leaving
A. disbelief B. anxiety C. horror D. panic
A. subjective B. relevant C. private D. reliable
A. broadcast B. create C. publish D. assess
A. recover B. prepare C. escape D. concentrate
A. constant B. endless C. typical D. enjoyable
A. experience B. success C. benefit D. accident
A. attempt B. afford C. expect D. pretend
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年黑龙江省高三8月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said, ‘You have to let me in.’?”
Impressed—she was a National Merit(全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil—Yaledid, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for The Yale Daily News “and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.
On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.
“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Ms. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it. ”
Ms. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism, her mother said.
1.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 we can infer that .
A. Yale University was her last choice
B. Yale must keep its promise to Marie
C. Marie Colvin was confident of herself
D. Marie Colvin was good at persuading
2.Marie Colvin’s story suggests some of the best qualities of being a journalist are .
A. patience and confidence
B. honesty and curiosity
C. flexibility and creativity
D. determination and courage
3.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin’s life?
a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.
b. She was admitted to Yale University.
c. She studied in Brazil as an exchange student.
d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.
e. She began to take an interest in journalism.
A. d→e→c→a→b B. c→b→e→d→a
C. e→d→c→b→a D. b→c→d→e→a
4.What can be the best title of the text?
A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area
B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case
C. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria
D. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Ms Petoskey, my seventh grade teacher at Queen of Apostles was, and still is, the greatest teacher. She was creative with her teaching styles; every new day she brought a new way of leaning literature, by using a game rap song, and other things.
I must say, the kids in my class sometimes didn’t listen to the teachers carefully, but Ms Petoskey was able to attract their attention. Her literature classroom had bean bags and fun chairs to sit in while we read, and our desks were always set up in special positions—all around the room. It looked messy when you walked in the room, but we liked it! She let us choose who we sat next to, but once we talked too much, she would move us. She allowed us to make her classroom our home.
She was passionate (热情的) about her job. She let us choose the books we wanted to read next, which made me more interested in books. It wasn’t what we had to read, but what we wanted to read. Whenever we would present ideas about literature or poems, her eyes would light up and she would become excited.
She always made sure everyone was having fun in her class and brought cakes to the classroom every Friday for our silent reading time. She was patient when we got out of hand. She was always cheerful, which made me enjoy coming to school. Ms Petoskey is the teacher I still visit and chat with (even after five years). She is the teacher I can thank for making me enjoy reading !
64. The writer used all of the following words to describe Ms Petoskey EXCEPT “__________”.
A. creative B. passionate C. patient D. humorous
65. What does the underlined word “messy” in Paragraph 2 mean ?
A. Exciting. B. Untidy. C. Interesting. D. Relaxing.
66. We can learn from the passage that Ms Petoskey ___________________ .
A. often has classes outside the classroom
B. usually begins her class either with a game or a rap song
C. allows students to read the books that they really want to read
D. often encourages students to read books as loudly as possible
67. The best title for this passage is “___________”.
A. A literature lover B. My interest in literature
C. My wonderful school life D. An unforgettable teacher
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