科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. “From that moment on, the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mum,” I don't know how to use a computer,” she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says.” I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up again and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
Why did Mary feel regretful?
A. She didn’t achieve her ambition. B. She didn’t take care of her mother.
C. She didn’t complete her high school. D. She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.
We can know that before 1995 Mary .
A. had two books published B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer D. supported the JDRF by writing
Mary’s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her _______.
A. living with diabetes B. successful show business
C. service for an organization D. remembrance of her mother
When Mary received the life-changing news, she _______.
A. lost control of herself B. began a balanced diet
C. had to get a treatment D. behaved in an adult way
What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Mary feels pity for herself. B. Mary has recovered from her disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible. D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
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科目:高中英语 来源:陕西省西安市四校2010届高三下学期第二次模拟联考 题型:完型填空
第三节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Jessie's Glove
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. 21 the topics we discuss is the retention (保持)of quality employees -- a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale (薪水标准)in the service industry. During these discussions, I asked the participants, "What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?" Some time back a new 22 took the question and 23 said, "It was a $19 baseball glove."
Cynthia told the group that she 24 took a Circle K clerk job as an interim (过渡时期)position 25 she looked for something 26 .On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that 27 a single mother, money was very 28 , and her first check would 29 go for paying 30 . Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check..
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that 31 as an office. Cynthia 32 if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.
Patricia handed her a box. "I overheard you talking to your son 33 ," she said, "and I know that it is hard to 34 things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how 35 he is, even though you have to pay bills 36 you can buy gloves. You know we can't pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we 37 care, and I want you to know you are important to 38 ."
The thoughtfulness, sympathy and 39 of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer 40 than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.
21.A.Of 22.A.employee 23.A.loudly 24.A.originally 25..A.during 26.A.larger 27.A.to 28.A.small 29.A.have to 30.A.calls 31.A.worked 32.A.imagined 33.A.yesterday 34.A.introduce 35.A.important 36.A.after 37.A.can 38.A.him 39.A.love 40.A.has | B. Among B. student B. quickly B. generally B. while B. easier B. for B. low B. like to B. bills B. regarded B. wondered B .last week B. instruct B. helpful B. before B. do B. her B. expectation B. does | C. In C. manager C. slowly C. mostly C. after C. better C. like C. useful C. stick to C. meals C. looked C. realized C. today C. explain C. hopeful C. when C. have C. us C choice C. cares | D. about D. teacher D. angrily D. recently D. until D. safer D. as D. tight D. attend to `D. education `D. served D. doubted D. just now D. speak D. wonderful D. since D. need D. them D. wish D. Says | |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年湖北省孝感高级中学高二上学期期末考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Flowers only bloom(开花) when they are planted in the right soil. That is also true for me.
I first moved to Foxboro, Massachusetts, as a single mother with my baby daughter, Darcy. I was drawn to its New England beauty, friendly people and rich history. It happened that there were a lot of forsythia(连翘) bushes around the house in which I lived just like my childhood home. I joined St. Mark’s Episcopal Church where I taught the Sunday school. At church, I met my second husband, Dean. For more than 25 years, I bloomed in Foxboro, and I had another two children.
Then, when Darcy was a few years out of college, she moved to Alameda, California, to be near friends. I missed her badly. A year later my beloved husband Dean had deadly cancer. He only made it eight months. My heart was broken. Later I moved to Alameda with my children. It was a beautiful Victorian island, and I was grateful to spend more time with Darcy. I even attended a church and made a few friends there. Still, I couldn’t help but miss Foxboro. It had everything and everyone I loved.
One spring day, when I was walking by a school, something yellow caught my eyes. Forsythia bushes! They made me homesick and I kept back my tears. “I miss you, Foxboro,” I whispered. Then I went into a shop and looked at some ceramic(陶瓷的) pots lined up on a shelf. A large white one seemed to catch my attention. “That’ll be perfect in my living room,” I thought.
I turned it over to look at the price. Instead I found these words: “New England Pottery, Foxboro, Massachusetts.” A piece of artwork, from my second hometown, was right here. It was able to spread across the country and so were forsythia bushes. I took it as a sign that I can bloom, right where I am.
【小题1】From the text we learn that the author ____.
A.gave birth to three children in Foxboro |
B.planted forsythia bushes around her house |
C.got to know her second husband at church |
D.worked as a middle school teacher in Foxboro |
A.have more time together with Darcy |
B.forget the sorrow at her husband’s death |
C.visit her children at Alameda College frequently |
D.enjoy the beautiful scenery on the Victorian island |
A.wanted to buy a ceramic pot to put them in |
B.thought of her life in Foxboro |
C.felt they would look great in her living room |
D.believed they were real art work |
A.Because she wanted to show she likes flowers. |
B.Because she can live in any place that is right like flowers. |
C.Because she moved across the country just like flowers. |
D.Because girls are like flowers that are blooming. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届江西赣州会昌中学高一下学期第二次月考英语卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
My family came to America in 1985.__1__of us spoke a word of English. Each morning,I disliked going to school for fear of not __2__what people were saying.
Very soon my mother noticed something was__3__me.The pain and care I saw in her moonshaped eyes made me burst into tears. I explained to her the __4__I had of going to school. “Learning English is not__5__,” my mother said. She cheerfully __6__the two of us work together to learn the language at home.The__7__and determination my mother had were admirable because English was as __8__ to her as it was to me.
That afternoon,I saw my mother in a different light as she __9__me by the school fence. Although she was the__10__of all the mothers there,her face with her welcoming smile and big,black eyes was the most __11__.The afternoon sun shone__12__on her long,black hair creating an atmosphere that __13__ her from others.
My mother and I immediately began reading together and __14__five new words a day. My mother,with her encouraging __15__,made the routine fun and interesting. The fact that she was sacrificing her__16__ time before going to work so that I could learn English made me see the __17__she possessed. Very soon I began to comprehend what everyone was saying.
It has been seven years since that reading __18__with my mother. She is now 43 and in her second year at college. My brother and I have a strong __19__ of who we are because of the strong values my mother established for herself and her children.My__20__and gratitude for her are endless. This is why my mother is truly the guiding light of my life.
1. A.All B.One C.Some D.None
2. A.hearing B.mastering C.understanding D.noticing
3. A.changing B.disappointing C.hurting D.troubling
4. A.fear B.emotion C.sense D.difficulty
5. A.dull B.necessary C.impossible D.easy
6. A.decided B.suggested C.promised D.allowed
7. A.hope B.consideration C.confidence D.progress
8. A.new B.easy C.familiar D.rough
9. A.sent for B.picked up C.waited for D.looked for
10. A.earliest B.latest C.tallest D.shortest
11. A.promising B.relaxing C.confusing D.exciting
12. A.directly B.brightly C.slightly D.clearly
13. A.separated B.distinguished(区别) C.saved D.prevented
14. A.discussing B.reviewing C.memorizing D.writing
15. A.virtue(美德) B.teaching C.attitude D.skill
16. A.working B.shopping C.learning D.resting
17. A.determination B.kindness C.trick D.consciousness
18. A.experience B.course C.practice D.comprehension
19. A.sense B.duty C.influence D.intention
20. A.care B.admiration C.feeling D.envy
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年辽宁省大连市高二第一次月考英语卷 题型:单词拼写
单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
1. After he _________ (毕业)from Beijing University,he went to Shanghai and began his scientific research.
2. __________(下决心) to go abroad, Timmy spent most of his time in taking the IELTS.
3. To the great _________(满意) of the boss, all his workers finished their work ahead of time.
4. With the world developing fast, people are faced with many problems, particularly the_________(老龄化) problem.
5. On _________(平均来说),boys are smarter in figures than girls.
6. Tina was lucky enough to pass her driving test on her second a________ while the others failed.
7. I don’t like to live in Harbin because it is f________ cold in winter.
8. Such information will be readily a_________ if we surf the Internet.
9. There is no doubt that r_________ the school rules is what we students must do for sure.
10. In the performance, men should wear suits in office. S_________, women should wear dresses.
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