His mother had thought it would be good for his character to ________ from home and earn some money on his own.
run away
take away
keep away
get away
科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年上海市七校高一5月阶段检测英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
My teenage son Karl became withdraw after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “thank you for your time”, and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was I. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
【小题1】By saying “Karl became withdrawn”, the author means that the boy changed entirely and _____.
A.preferred to stay alone at home | B.often escaped school |
C.refused to talk to others | D.began to dislike his mother |
A.the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother |
B.the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking |
C.the speaker didn’t want the mother to recognize his voice |
D.the speaker was unable to interrupt the mother |
A.Children in single-parent families often have mental problems. |
B.Mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life. |
C.Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers. |
D.School education doesn’t work without full support from parents. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011—2012学年四川省球溪高级中学高一上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said, never slept, Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised . Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping , In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94.
【小题1】The main idea of this passage is that _______.
A.a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep |
B.large numbers of people do not need sleep |
C.everyone needs some sleep to stay alive |
D.people can live longer by trying not to sleep |
A.cure him of his sleeplessness |
B.find that his sleeplessness was not really true |
C.find a way to free people from the need of sleeping |
D.find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep |
A.was too old to need any sleep | B.often slept in a chair |
C.needed no sleep at all | D.needed some kind of sleep |
A.that he hadn’t got a bed |
B.that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit |
C.his mother’s injury before he was born |
D.his magnificent physical condition |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年四川省南山中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason ? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.
【小题1】The main idea of this passage is that _______.
A.a person was found who actually didn't need any sleep |
B.large numbers of people do not need sleep |
C.everyone needs some sleep to stay alive |
D.people can live longer by trying not to sleep |
A.cure him of his sleeplessness |
B.find a way to free people from the need of sleeping |
C.find that his sleeplessness was not really true |
D.find out why some old people didn't need any asleep |
A.was too old to need any sleep |
B.needed no sleep at all |
C.often slept in a chair |
D.needed some kind of sleep |
A.that he hadn't got a bed |
B.that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit |
C.his mother's injury before he was born |
D.his magnificent physical condition |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届河北省高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, who enjoyed early success with his poems, was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, India. Some of Kipling’s earliest and fondest memories are of his and sister Alice’s trips to the fruit market with their woman servant, or walking with his parents alongside the sea at night.
The beautiful days were to end when in 1871 Rudyard and Alice were sent to school in Southsea, England, to live with Captain Holloway and his wife. She ruled the boarding house with punishment and Kipling was often beaten by her and her son. “Then the old Captain died, and I was sorry, for he was the only person in that house as far as I can remember who ever threw me a kind word.” So he wrote in his later books. Kipling soon learned to read and found comfort in literature and poetry.
Freedom from the Holloway household was gained when he spent one month a year in London with his mother’s kind sister Aunt Georgie and her husband, pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne Jones and their children. Those months of December were a really paradise to Kipling.
In 1877 Kipling’s mother returned to England and collected him so that he could attend the United Services College in Devon. Now he was able to settle into the life of a student and in his second year started writing his own Schoolboy Lyric poems printed by his parents. In 1878 his father took him to the Paris Exhibition where he was allowed to wander freely and gained much appreciation for French culture which he wrote about in “Souvenirs of France”.
1. Kipling first left his parents in __________.
A. 1865 B. 1871 C. 1877 D. 1878
2. Kipling fell in love with literature and poetry __________.
A. before the old Holloway died
B. when he was a little boy with his parents
C. when he attended the United Services College
D. when he was in school, living with the Holloways
3. From the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 we learn that __________.
A. he felt free and happy with his aunt’s family
B. he felt terrible when he stayed with the old Captain
C. the death of the old captain influenced him a lot
D. the days at his aunt’s helped him become a successful poet
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届河南省高一下期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
Joe wanted a bike. He asked his parents for the money and they had said he must 1 it.
But how? He thought about this 2 he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask kids to work for
3 . Maybe he could clear away snow for the neighbors. 4 this was summer. He’d have to
5 a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 6 he had no tools to do the work with.
Then Joe saw one of his 7 , Dick, delivering 8 . I could do
that, he 9 . Maybe I could get the bike right 10 . I could pay
for it
11 each week. He ran to catch up
12 Dick.Joe asked 13 questions about having a paper route. He learned that 14 was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned
15 the job took about three 16 each night. Dick gave him the
17 of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had 18 his plan, his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great idea.” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait Mom,” Joe said. “I’ll19 . After all, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled 20.
1. A.buy B.earn C.take D.do
2. A.if B.whether C.since D.as
3. A.them B.you C.him D.us
4. A.But B.And C.So D.Or
5. A.walk B.wait C.sit D.stand
6. A.because B.so C.although D.but
7. A.classmate B.classmates C.parents D.parent
8. A.newspapers B.news C.cards D.message
9. A.talked B.agreed C.thought D.told
10. A.along B.away C.on D.out
11. A.little B.few C.a little D.a few
12. A.with B.on C.along D.to
13. A.many a B.much C.plenty D.a great many
14. A.this B.it C.that D.which
15. A.that B.what C.why D.when
16. A.days B.minutes C.hours D.hour
17. A.address B.telephone C.phone number D.manager
18. A.explained B.talked C.thought D.changed
19. A.call B.tell C.say D.be
20. A.sadly B.angry C.proud D.proudly
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