Strong typhoons struck this area very _______. Normally, they form and come here between July and August every year.
A.generally B.regularly C.usually D.suddenly
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The Touchstone
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for very little money.
The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea.
The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand, and it’s just as easy to throw it away.
The man bought the book because _____________.
A. he wanted to read it B. it was very interesting
C. there was a secret in the book D. he wanted to find the touchstone
We can learn from the passage that the touchstone is _________.
A. pure B. cold C. magic D. big
Why did the man throw the pebbles into the sea?
A. Because he didn’t want to get the same pebbles.
B. Because he didn’t want others to pick them up.
C. Because he didn’t like their ordinary looks.
D. Because he didn’t like the cold feelings.
What does the author want to tell us in the passage?
A. We should offer opportunities in our life.
B. We should seek for opportunities in the world.
C. We may seize opportunities when we are watchful.
D. We may discover opportunities when forming habits.
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Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __36__ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __37__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __38__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __39__.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __40__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __41__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _42_ her. I was _43__ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it __44_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __45__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen __46_, but it’s really there. Love is __47__.”
I listened carefully but I __48__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __50 _. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father __51__ on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.“Susan, don’t __52__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__53__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __54__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __55__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
31.A.keep fit B.rise early C.earn money D.collect fortune
32.A.magic B.romantic C.fantastic D.attractive
33.A.simple B.easy C.relaxing D.luxurious
34.A.the question B.question C.reach D.control
35.A.feeling B.love C.quarrel D.smile
36.A.raised B.shook C.nodded D.bowed
37.A.hurt B.injured C.wounded D.harmed
38.A.in great surprise B.in a great embarrassment
C.with deep depression D.at extreme sorrow
39.A.happens B.comes about C.appears D.occurs
40.A.warm and soft B.hot and hard C.thin and cool D.strong and durable
41.A.somewhere and sometime B.anywhere or anytime
C.more or less D.here and there
42.A.inside B.outside C.faraway D.nearby
43.A.could believe B.couldn’t understand C.wouldn’t recognize D.might know
44.A.got sick B.got stuck C.threw up D.became disabled
45.A.quite healthy B.very pale C.fairly red D.much surprised
46.A.jump high B.go hurriedly C.run fast D.walk slowly
47.A.think about B.talk with C.worry about D.laugh at
48.A.Reading B.Seeing C.Saying D.Writing
49.A.fresh roses B.gold ring C.sweet kisses D.beautiful jewelry
50.A.a thread B.a needle C.the cloth D.the cotton
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(2009湖南娄底重点高中联考) students are required to take part in the boat race.
A.Ten strong young Chinese
B.Ten Chinese strong young
C.Chinese ten young strong
D.Young strong ten Chinese
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Just not a long time ago did I finish my blog about the unforgettable snowy storm that I had on Monday night in November. I got another big 36 in Seattle again. But this time, it's not snow, but the wind and rain. I have 37 seen such a strong wind before even though I had 38 the typhoon every summer when I was still in my home country.
That 39 storm was so powerful that it 40 the whole big Seattle area out of 41 . 700,000 people had no electricity, and 42 13 people have died. Seattle is famous for its evergreen trees, but those trees made a big 43 this time. They broke down the power line above the ground, 44 the road and streets, and 45 the houses.
As the last storm was still 46 in my mind, I had another personal 47 about this new storm. 48 , this time, it was not good either. I was 49 to have my TOEFL test on the second day of the stormy night. Since the whole city had no electricity, my test had to be 50 off, and I had to prepare for another one later. It was my last test for the 51 , and I already made a plan for the time after the test, but now 52 is changed.
I guess sometimes, the way that the thing 53 is not always what you 54 . And what I can do now is to fit for it. 55 , we got a free hotel room from my husband's cousin and met my lovely nephew from San Francisco.
A. storm | B. chance | C. trouble | D. surprise |
A. once | B. ever | C. never | D. often |
A. studied | B. heard of | C. suffered | D. experienced |
A. snowy | B. windy | C. icy | D. foggy |
A. saw | B. found | C. spared | D. made |
A. control | B. sight | C. power | D. order |
A. so far | B. soon after | C. at last | D. at the same time |
A. mess | B. hole | C. scenery | D. success |
A. built | B. blocked | C. cleaned | D. mixed |
A. affected | B. saved | C. crashed | D. burnt |
A. new | B. fresh | C. old | D. fearful |
A. idea | B. experience | C. knowledge | D. way |
A. Luckily | B. Generally | C. Personally | D. Unfortunately |
A. expected | B. forced | C. supposed | D. thought |
A. called | B. taken | C. put | D. broken |
A. passport | B. citizenship | C. work | D. application |
A. everything | B. something | C. anything | D. nothing |
A. appears | B. exists | C. goes | D. comes |
A. say | B. want | C. see | D. describe |
A. Therefore | B. Besides | C. Luckily | D. Finally |
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Growing Up is not easy. Sometime/all that is need | 76. |
is someone to rely on. For many years, she was Mum | 77. |
My mother was a career woman and had her own | 78. |
problems to take care, but when I needed her, she | 79. |
was always there. Her strength came frond anywhere | 80. |
I don't quite know, somewhere very deep. She |
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was so strong that she would never break down, even while I | 81. |
went to her with all my little-boy problems and shout | 82. |
at her. Her strength made me stronger and gave to me | 83. |
courage to try things other thought were impossible. A | 84. |
helping hand is always stronger enough to lift you up. | 85. |
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