Every Wednesday,I go to Cantata Adult Life Services,a local retirement community in Brookfield,Illinois,US,with my classmates to do community service.
Our visits last about an hour,and we bring 25—30 students every time.We play board games and cards with the elderly while we’re there.
You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about“life back then”,but nothing compares to talking to the people who were actually there.Just hearing their stories has touched me in a way I never thought possible.
Whether it was talking to 98-year-old“Hurricane Hilda”about her glory days as a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor,I was completely mesmerized by every single memory the elderly wanted to share with me.Even those who don’t have amazing memories make the experience fulfilling(充实的).I remember visiting Mrs Robinson.She couldn’t recall much about her past,but she told me she’d never forget how kind I was just to listen to her.It made me realize that it’s the little things that make life worth living.
If there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata,it’s that presence——just being there—means more than anything to many of them.And despite how busy our lives are,there’s always time to make someone’s day.
1.Why does the author go to Cantata Adult Life Services regularly?
A.To play board games.
B.To visit the elderly.
C.To watch movies.
D.To share stories.
2.The underlined word“mesmerized”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to“_______”.
A.confused B.annoyed
C.encouraged D.attracted
3.What may be the most important to the elderly according to the author?
A.Staying with them.
B.The special old days.
C.Showing patience.
D.Amazing experiences.
科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年四川营山县回龙中学高一12月检测英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Finally, I entered the university.Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during the school year. Then, summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a community college. This class at the community college saved me $650. It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.
During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out. The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel. About two weeks later my Mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.
This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic. Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar. It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.
1.Where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?
A. In the tennis camps B. In a restaurant
C. In a company D. In the admissions office
2.The writer took a class at a community college mainly because_____.
A. summer time was tiring
B. life there was relatively easy
C. she wanted to save money
D. it was required by the university
3.The writer’s concern about the trip to Israel was that _____.
A. her mother would not give her approval
B. she would fail to get credits in Israel
C. $1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time
D. a summer job would be lost
4.The passage is mainly about how the writer _____.
A. was shaped by working part-time through college
B. managed to make full use of her vacation
C. was forced to support herself by her mother
D. made money on the college campus
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年北京东城高一上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
When Lily worked as a nurse in the hospital, she experienced a joy in helping people ________ trouble.
A. on B. in C. at D. of
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年陕西城固第一中学高二上学期期末英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Doctors are known to be terrible pilots. They don't listen because they already know it all. I was lucky: became a pilot in 1970, almost ten years before I graduated from medical school. I didn't realize then, but becoming a pilot makes me a better surgeon. I loved flying. As I flew bigger, faster planes, and in worse weather, I learned about crew resource management (机组资源管理), or CRM, a new idea to make flying safer. It means that crew members should listen and speak up for a good result, regardless of positions.
I first read about CRM in 1980. Not long after that, an attending doctor and I were flying in bad weather. The controller had us turn too late to get our landing ready. The attending doctor was flying; I was safety pilot .He was so busy because of the bad turn, he had forgotten to put the landing gear (起落架) down. He was a better pilot - and my boss - so it felt unusual to speak up. But I had to: Our lives were in danger. I put aside my uneasiness and said, "We need to put the landing gear down now!" That was my first real lesson in the power of CRM, and I've used it in the operating room ever since.
CRM requires that the pilot/surgeon encourage others to speak up. It further requires that when opinions are from the opposite, the doctor doesn't overreact, which might prevent fellow doctors from voicing opinions again. So when I'm in the operating room, I ask for ideas and help from others. Sometimes they're not willing to speak up. But I hope that if I continue to encourage them , someday someone will keep me from “landing gear up”.
1.What does the author say about doctors in general?
A. They like flying by themselves.
B. They are unwilling to take advice.
C. They pretend to be good pilots.
D. They are quick learners of CRM.
2.The author deepened his understanding of the power of CRM when_______.
A. he saved the plane by speaking up
B. he was in charge of a flying task
C. his boss landed the plane too late
D. his boss operated on a patient
3.In the last paragraph”landing gear up” probably means ______.
A.following flying requirements.
B.overreacting to different opinions.
C.listening to what fellow doctors say
D.making a mistake that may cost lives
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.CRM:A New Way to Make Flying Safe
B.Flying Makes Me a Better Doctor
C.The Making of a Good Pilot
D.A Pilot-Turned Doctor
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年湖北宜昌葛洲坝中学高一上学期期中英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
My first impression of Miss Vicki was a highly authoritative(权威的) person towering over me. She spoke in a loud voice and the earth shook whenever she marched. That was in the first year of high school. She was a knowledgeable literature teacher then. However, during my first year in school, she struck terror into my heart. And everyone else’s of course. Just the mention of her name made the most annoying classes silent.
However, the two years of junior high passed by rather quickly. Soon I went to senior high class. I had worked hard and got the subject combination that I wished for. Together with a group of old friends, I soon settled down in class comfortably.
To everyone’s surprise, she was fortunate enough to be my teacher that year. I was shocked when I heard the news. This time round, however, I decided not to hide in terror whenever she was near. I decided to face the fact. Instead of trying too hard to lick her boots , I tried my best to be my natural myself in front of her.
Still, I could not shake off the ice-cold impression that she put in my heart. True, her jokes sometimes sent me into fits of laughter, yet at other times these jokes simply fell flat the moment she told them . My lovely class, however, was always ready to laugh at the right time of her amusing stories. After all, we would not want to run the risk of making her angry.
Unluckily, life was not to remain boring. One day we received news that Miss Vicki was to leave Singapore for the Philippines where she would take part in a voluntary teaching program for the poor. We did not know what to say actually. All of us cried at the airport.
1. During the first year in school, the author thought Miss Vicki was __________.
A. proud but patient
B. beautiful but strict
C. scholarly but serious
D. humorous but single-minded
2. What does the underlined phrase “lick her boots” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Win her favor B. Upset her
C. Shock her D. Follow her closely
3.What can we learn from paragraph 4?
A. Miss Vicki was a good joke teller.
B. Miss Vicki’s jokes were always boring.
C. Students liked Miss Vicki’s class very much.
D. Students pretended to laugh to please Vicki.
4.What can we infer about Miss Vicki from the last paragraph?
A. She was dismissed from the school.
B. She was not accepted by the students.
C. She was unwilling to leave her students.
D. She had a strong sense of social responsibility.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年广东广州五校高二上学期期末联考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:短文改错
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏子符号(∧)并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
TuYouyou, together with two other scientists, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, according to China Daily. Everyone in China deserves to take pride in, for one of the long-held goals we have been dreaming of has been become a reality.
TuYouyou, born on December 30, 1930, is the famous Chinese medical scientist. She has devoted her whole life to study Chinese traditional medicine. His discovery of artemisinin(青蒿素)as well as its benefit in treating malaria(疟疾) is regarded as a breakthrough in tropical medicines. It has great improved health for those in developed countries such as those in South Asia and Africa. Because of her outstanding work, in 2011 TuYouyou received the Lasker Award, what is called “America’s Nobels.”
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年江西上饶广丰县一中高二上学期期末英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完形填空
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,并标在答题卷的相应位置。
I had an experience recently with someone saying that he had made a________ fifteen years ago. He told me that he had been the ________ of a certain store in the neighborhood where I once ________ , and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons(纸板盒).
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had ________ into the store with my mother as usual to do the shopping. On that ________ day, there must have been a sale on eggs ________ there was an attractive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were ________ one on top of another, about three or four feet ________. I stopped in front of a display and watched those cartons ________ . Just then a woman came up with a full basket in her hand and ________ the cartons. For some reason, I ________ it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the ________ and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he ________ , I was on my knees checking some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were ________ , but to him it looked as though it was I who did that. He wanted me to ________ those eggs. I tried to ________ , but he did not believe me. After so many years, I had almost forgotten all about it; ________ , the manager hadn’t.
One of the qualities that most people like in others is their ________ to say sorry. It is extremely ________ sometimes to say a simple thing like “ sorry, I was wrong about that.” That’s why I have ________ opinions of this manager now.
1.A. mistake B. decision C.promise D. difference.
2.A. driver B. designer C. repairman D. manager
3.A. hid B. started C.lived D. worked.
4.A. walked B. jumped C. looked D. climbed.
5.A. happy B. special C. sunny D. windy
6.A. if B. because C. unless D. though
7.A. examined B. protected C. placed D. introduced
8.A. long B. wide C. deep D. high
9.A. closely B. quickly C. kindly D. proudly
10.A. picked up B. knocked over C. threw away D. held up
11.A. agreed B. hoped C. decided D. forgot.
12.A. laugh B. joke C. song D. noise
13.A. followed B. appeared C. practiced D. continued
14.A. broken B. warm C. expensive D. fresh
15.A. look for B. cook C. pay for D. sell
16.A. relax B. explain C. fight back D. speed up
17.A. in other words B. besides C. as a result D. however
18.A. courage B. chance C. ability D. time
19.A. boring B. hard C. strange D. unfair
20.A. poor B. strong C. high D. honest
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年广东惠阳高级中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型: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。
You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place ____you socialize and learn to get along with people. But this is ___easy. What can you do ____you just don't like one of your classmates?
If you discover that you have problems ____your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the ____to recognize and respect the ____in others. We cannot change the way that other people act, ____it is important to learn to live happily with them.
Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better ____with each other. Getting to know someone may help you ____ why they do things ____from you. It is important to remember that just because something is different does not mean that it is bad. ____ teaches us to keep an even temper and open mind.
One thing to ____is the old saying, "Treat others how you want ____". You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is ____to treat them with equal kindness. If you tolerate____, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to ____who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you will be ____of the differences in others and not try to make them change.
It is important to _____tolerance because it will make everyone's lives easier. Learn to ____people for their different abilities and interests. The world is a very ____place, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.
1.A. which B. when C. that D. where
2.A. not always B. no C. very D. really
3.A. unless B. if C. because D. since
4.A. getting away from B. making apologies toC. getting along with D. fleeing from
5.A. chance B. ability C. patience D. benefit
6.A. consequence B. thoughts C. imagination D.differences
7.A. but B. and C. so D. although
8.A. relationshipsB. habits C. moods D. feelings
9.A. recognize B. wonder C. organize D. understand
10.A. differently B. easily C. fortunately D. attentively
11.A. Tolerance B. Experience C. Patience D. Kindness
12.A. keep in touch B. keep to yourselves C. keep up with D.keep in mind
13.A. to be treated B. being treated C. to treat D.to be treating
14.A. attractive B. fantastic C. desperate D. important
15.A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
16.A. promise B. remind C. change D. decide
17.A. convenient B. considerable C. negative D. respectful
18.A. ignore B. practice C. prevent D. cancel
19.A. accept B. remember C. thank D. receive
20.A. individual B. same C. different D. Apparent
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年河北唐山第一中学高一上期中英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Wanted,Someone for a Kiss
We’re looking for producers to join us on the sound of London Kiss 100 FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programs. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.
Father Christmas
We’re looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.
Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sundays, 10:30 -16:00.
Excellent pay.
Please contact the Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Parade, Eastbourne.
Accountants Assistant
When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.
Wealden District Council
Software Trainer
If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in program writing. You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as well as present them.Pay upwards of £15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历)to Mrs. R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
1.Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?
A. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.
B. Mrs. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre.
D. Wealden District Council.
2.We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who__________.
A. is aged between 24 and 40
B. may do some training work
C. should deal with general duties
D. can work for about a month
3.Which position is open to recent school graduates?
A. Producer, London Kiss. B. Father Christmas.
C. Accountants Assistant. D. Software Trainer.
4.What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?
A. One with GCSE grade C level.
B. One with some office experience.
C. One having good computer knowledge.
D. One trained in producing music programmes.
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