When Cathleen Gardiner’s twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her that they were a pair in a million. One had Down syndrome(低能综合症), while the other did not. Here, Cathleen tells their touching story.
Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. Though he had a disability(残疾), we have never viewed him as a burden. He has always been a blessing. The doctors explained that though they were twins, they came from two different eggs. Lisa could walk at 11 months old, while Sean didn’t take his first steps till he w as three. By two, Lisa was talking a lot, but Sean wasn’t able to speak until he was nearly four.
For the first five years of his life, Sean needed a great deal of care. Looking after him was my full-time job, though I also worked as a technical adviser in a computing company. We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities. We sent them to the same primary school even after doctors advised us that Sean should go to a school for the disabled.
We had to explain to Lisa that he wouldn’t learn as quickly as she would. She told us that she’d help him with his school work. Having a non-disabled twin has really helped Sean develop. The love they share has given him a great deal of support. Now Sean and Lisa are both about to finish high school. I don’t think he would have done nearly as well today without Lisa’s help.
1.At least how many children does Mrs. Gardiner have?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. One.
2.Mrs. Gardiner and her husband regarded Sean as _______.
A. a boy making others touched
B. a normal child without disabilities
C. a special gift
D. a burden of their family
3.The third paragraph mainly tells us that _______.
A. the couple treated the twins equally
B. Cathleen did all she could to look after Sean
C. the couple didn’t follow the doctor’s advice
D. the couple encouraged Sean to grow up
4.This passage tells us that _________.
A. love can do wonders
B. nobody is foolish or clever
C. being stupid doesn’t matter
D. all men are born equal
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年河北大名一中高二下期第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler(学龄前儿童)：
Develop social skills
As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and coworkers and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children. Imaginative play helps develop empathy(同情) for others. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.
Build selfconfidence
Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers(摩天大楼) or a superhero defending the planet is empowering to a child. It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.
Boost intellectual growth
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king's castle in a mound(堆) of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically(象征性地). This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
Practice language skills
Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and promote communication skills.
Work out fears
Playing pretend can help children work out their fears and worries. When children roleplay about the big, bad monster under the bed, they gain a sense of control over him and he doesn't seem quite so big or so bad. Imaginative play also helps kids vent(发泄) confusing feelings they might have, such as anger toward a parent or compete with a new sibling(兄弟姐妹)．
Enjoy reading books
To encourage your youngster's imagination, read to him every day. Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create new ones of their own.
For generations children have enjoyed reading the story of Peter Pan because Peter takes them on fascinating adventures. Reader's Digest Young Families offers a beautiful typical Disney edition of Peter Pan, which is an iParenting Media Award winner. Click here to find out how you can get this classic story along with 2 free books-Bambi and Pinocchio.
1.What's NOT the advantage of children having a good imagination?
A．Helping them form a good habit of reading stories.
B．Expressing their feelings like anger.
C．Having a strong faith in their own abilities and potential.
D．Understanding the other people's feelings and problems.
2.What does the underlined word “Boost” mean?
A．Push. B．Limit. C．Improve. D．Praise.
3. From the last paragraph we can learn that ________．
A．the story of Peter Pan has been popular with kids
B．Disney edition of Peter Pan can be got online for free
C．Reader's Digest Young Families wins an iParenting Media Award
D．Bambi and Pinocchio are offered for free because of bad sales
4.What's the purpose of writing the article?
A．To persuade parents to buy the Disney edition of Peter Pan
B．To introduce some wonderful Disney stories to readers.
C．To provide ways of helping make kids more imaginative.
D．To tell readers the benefits of encouraging children's imagination.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆市高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
请根据首字母提示及所给汉语意思，在空格处填入正确的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡上（请填写完整的单词）。
1.This is the agreement s_______ (签署) by the two countries.
2.The post office lies o_______(在……对面) our school.
3.I shook hands and e_______ (交流) ideas with the manager.
4.The exhibition hall is decorated with many t________ (传统的) Chinese paintings.
5.The room m________ (测量) 10 meters across is large enough for a single man to live in.
6.It’s important that we should set r_______(切合实际的) goals.
7.We are now working closely together, p_______ (政治地) and economically.
8.There is not any room for a________ (争辩) on that point.
9.The South Korean television series The descendants of the Sun reached a wide a________(观众).
10.These are good c_______ (渠道) through which you can make your voice heard.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年云南昆明三中、滇池中学高一下期中英语卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项
Today is a perfect day that can leave you with good memories you may someday share with your friends. Here’s how:
1._____ You can see or do something a million times, but you can only see or do it for the first time once. As a result, first time experiences usually leave a deep mark in our minds for the rest of our lives. So try to experience something different and you’ll have more memories!
Work on something that’s great to you. 2.____ Life is short. Today is the day to take action.
Smile and notice what’s right. Everything that happens in life is neither good nor bad.
3._____ And no matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should. Either you succeed or you learn something.
Be true to yourself. The only shoes you can wear are your own. If you aren’t being yourself, you aren’t truly living. 4.____
Make a new friend. People are interesting creatures (生物), and no two people are exactly alike. 5._____ Find out what makes them different. They’ll likely open your eyes to wonderful ideas. And you never know, they just might change your life.
Be present. Be here now. Remember, right now is the only dear moment to you. Right now is life. Don’t miss it.
A. Learn a new skill.
B. Try something new.
C. It just depends on your opinion.
D. So meet someone new today.
E. And in fact, you’re only existing.
F. Pay close attention to what you’re doing.
G. Make yourself busy with something meaningful.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年宁夏育才中学孔德校区高一下6月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Peter: Good news. I contacted the Green Hotel Restaurant and they can fit us in. Their Christmas menu sounds great.
Joan: What is it?
Peter: French onion soup or fruit juice. Roast dinner sounds ordinary 1.________ my friend said it was really2. ________ (taste).
Joan: That’s OK.
Peter: Then 3._______ dessert, there’s traditional Christmas pudding or apple pie, plus coffee.
Joan: Did you book it?
Peter: Well, I said I 4. ________ (check) with the staff first. They will hold the booking until next Wednesday anyway. And if we go ahead, they’d like5. ________￡50 deposit (定金).
Joan: 50 is normal. That’s fine.
Peter: And they say with such large numbers we have to choose the menu 6.________ advance.
Joan: That won’t be a problem. I’ll put up a notice with details of the restaurant and the menu. When did you say they wanted confirmation?
Peter: 7.________ was the 4th of November.
Joan: 8.________ do you think I should put up the notice? We must allow everybody 9.________ (see) it.
Peter: On the cafe notice board.
Joan: Good idea. I will go and do that10._______ (immediate).
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年四川双流中学高一下期中考试英语试卷（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。
When I was a boy, we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for ____ potatoes.
I can still remember those days. The whole family ____. My mom, my elder brothers and I went to work ____ my dad turned the soil in the garden. It was my job to ____ the tiny seeds(种子) in rows, and my mom spread fertilizer (化肥) on them. My brothers then ____ them the newly turned soil.
Several months later, I would ____ the garden whenever I played outside, wondering what was going on ____ the ground. When harvest time came, I was ____ at the huge size of the potatoes my dad pulled out of the soil. They would be turned into ____ of roast potatoes, fired potatoes and my personal favorite: potatoes cooked in sauce. They would keep the entire family well-fed throughout the year. It was ____ a miracle (奇迹).
Looking back on those days makes me ____ how many other seeds I have planted in this ____ that have grown unseen in the hearts and ____ of others. How many times has my dad used something little things that I said or did to grow something ____. And how many times...
Every single day of our lives we step out into the ____ of this world. Every single day we plant ____ that can grow into something wonderful. We may never see the growth that comes from the kind words or loving ____ we share. I hope you always tend the garden around you ____. I hope you plant only goodness, ____ and compassion(同情) in the lives of people you meet. I hope every day you help miracles to ____.
1.A. selling B. preserving C. planting D. roasting
2.A. approved B. helped C. observed D. changed
3.A. after B. until C. because D. though
4.A. select B. examine C. compare D. drop
5.A. filled B. connected C. mixed D. covered
6.A. search for B. glance around C. give up D. wish for
7.A. across B. on C. under D. through
8.A. annoyed B. amazed C. embarrassed D puzzled.
9.A. meal after meal B. row after row C. life after life D. day after day
10.A. shortly B. truly C. mainly D. properly
11.A. recognize B. remember C. indicate D. wonder
12.A. process B. house C. life D. period
13.A. stomachs B. minds C. eyes D. bodies
14.A. expensive B. strange C. beautiful D. funny
15.A. part B. field C. garden D. corner
16.A. seeds B. trees C. vegetables D. flowers
17.A. mottos B. friends C. donations D. acts
18.A. with care B. by chance C. in surprise D. on time
19.A. confidence B. wealth C. peace D. power
20.A. return B. recover C. prepare D. grow
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年辽宁东北育才校高二下第二段考英语试卷（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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
It doesn't matter to fail as long as you don't give up. To my opinion, it is hard to be successful. Challenges were a necessary part of your life as you grow up. And you won't necessary succeed in everything for the first time you try. That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the one who've had the most failures. J．K. Rowling, wrote Harry Potter, had her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was removed his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and miss thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's because I succeed.”
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年江苏盐城中学高一下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
My friend BJ Gallagher told me a great story recently, about her own experience with resentment (愤恨). She once worked as the training manager for a large newspaper, where she found the corporate culture extremely frustrating. The company was a hundred years old and their past success ha
d blinded them to the need for change. Finally, after butting heads with several senior executives (主管) many times, she left the company. But she found that she hadn’t left her resentment, frustration, and anger behind when she resigned.
“I finally decided to write about my experiences and my feelings at the newspaper. I wanted to be rid of that company and those people, once and for all. So I wrote and I wrote. It wasn’t just a story that poured out; it was a whole book! We called it A peacock in the Land of Penguins. I was the peacock and those newspaper executives were the penguins.”
“It took me several more years to finally get over my negative emotions. Through a lot of soul-searching and reflection, I finally was able to let go of my resentment. I came to see that there was nothing personal in the way they treated me, and they were good people doing what they thought best for the company. I was the one who had made it personal. I thought they were making my life miserable on purpose.”
“Finally, the time came when I decided to make amends (弥补) for the sharp, angry things I had said about the company. I invited my former boss to dinner and made my apology. It was a great healing process for me. I finally felt free of the resentment that had been eating me up.”
“What was the final outcome?” I asked her.
“Gratitude,” she replied. “Not only wasn’t I resentful any more, I was grateful to the company. If I hadn’t had those painful experiences, I would never have written a book. And the book became hugely successful – now published in 21 languages; it transformed my business.”
1.What made BJ Gallagher frustrated in the company?
A. Unfair treatment by the senior executives.
B. The culture and tradition of the company.
C. The strict rules in the company.
D. Her low position in the company.
2.Why did BJ Gallagher write about her experiences and feelings at the company?
A. To make peace with the executives.
B. To make suggestions to the company.
C. To do soul-searching and reflection.
D. To express her anger.
3.What does the underlined part “butting heads with” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. making friends with B. working with
C. arguing with D. spending time with
4.BJ Gallagher finally felt grateful to the company because _______.
A. she was forgiven by her former executives
B. she was accepted by the company again
C. her painful experiences there was valuable for her
D. she learned how to forgive others
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东汕头金山中学高二下期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.
Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or fail to take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara.
It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.
The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定式). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in – and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.
That's why slight differences in conversational style – tiny little things like microseconds of pause – can have a great effect on one's life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems – even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.
1.What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?
A. Betty was talkative.
B. Betty was an interrupter.
C. Betty did not take her turn.
D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.
2.According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns?
A. Americans. B. Israelis.
C. The British. D. The Finns.
3.We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing
B. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US
C. one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes
D. one should receive training to build up one's confidence
4.The underlined word "assertiveness" in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A. being willing to speak one's mind
B. being able to increase one's power
C. being ready to make one's own judgment
D. being quick to express one's ideas confidently
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