科目:高中英语 来源:2010年江苏省海门中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
I try to be a good father. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed (拉着) him 2.4 miles in a dinghy (小游艇) while swimming and pedaled (蹬车) him 112 miles — all in the same day. And what has Rick done for his father? Not much — except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (使窒息) by the umbilical cord (脐带) during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
When Rick was 11 the Hoyts took him to hospital and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. “No way,’’ Dick was told. “There’s nothing going on in his brain.’’
“Tell him a joke,’’ Dick countered (反驳). They did. Rick laughed. It turns out that a lot was going on in his brain. Equipped with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor (光标) by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate.
And after a high school classmate was paralyzed (瘫痪) in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out (啄出), “Dad, I want to do that.’’
How was Dick, who had never run more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried.
That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,’’ he typed, “when we were running, it felt like I wasn’t disabled any more!’’
And that sentence changed Dick’s life. He became obsessed(迷恋) with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, “Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon (三项全能运动)?’’
Now they’ve done 212 triathlons, including four 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992 — only 35 minutes off the world record.
“No question about it,’’ Rick types. “My dad is the Father of the Century.’’
And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries (动脉) was 95% blocked. “If you hadn’t been in such great shape,’’ one doctor told him, “you probably would have died 15 years ago.’’ So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other’s life.
【小题1】What is the meaning of the underlined word ‘limbs’ in Paragraph 3?
A.fingers and toes | B.hands and feet | C.arms and legs | D.wrists and knees |
A.reached the finish line within 160 minutes | B.nearly broke the world record |
C.did better than 5082 athletes | D.completed the journey 35 minutes ahead of time |
A.Rick’s love for his father. | B.Rick’s joining in the charity run with his father. |
C.A computer enabling Rick to communicate. | D.Rick’s strong will and perseverance. |
A.Dick was considered as the Father of the Century by the public. |
B.Rick made his father so well-known that the doctors treated him well. |
C.Dick got into great shape by assisting his son in marathons and triathlons. |
D.Rick saved his father when he had a heart attack in a race two years ago. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届甘肃省兰州一中高三上学期期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s,” and “My Mom is smarter than yours.” They particularly like to boast about their families.
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best or the biggest or the most expensive.
Whatever the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to
school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice a week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his turn. But what could he say? “This time,” Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on in silence. Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had beaten Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is so clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”
【小题1】According to the passage, the meaning of the word “boast” is __________.
A.to sing a nice song |
B.to talk big |
C.to go on better |
D.to have a bath three times a day |
A.The number of times his father had a bath every week. |
B.The size of the bathroom in his home. |
C.His father’s car. |
D.His mother’s family. |
A.Ted. |
B.Harry and Ted. |
C.Harry and Gavin. |
D.Gavin. |
A.He spoke quickly. |
B.He should have spoken earlier. |
C.He was wrong. |
D.He couldn’t be understood. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年广东省珠海市高一上学期期末质检英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
阅读下面的短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中所给词的适当形式填空
Have you ever listened to young children talking on the playground? They are always boasting(自夸). They say things like, “My dad’s car is bigger ___【小题1】__ your dad’s,” and “My mom is smarter than yours.”
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, __【小题2】___were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best. ___【小题3】___ the others said, he could always go on better. One day ___【小题4】__ they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice ___【小题5】__ week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “That is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was __【小题6】___ turn. But this time Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on ___【小题7】___ silence. Both Ted __【小题8】__ Harry smiled. They were sure that for once they___【小题9】___ (beat) Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is ___【小题10】__ clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届广东省汕头市高二上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt?Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion (蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe;my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate. Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad’s face as he unwrapped those black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
1.The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was _________.
A.doing shopping B.having a debate
C.reading a message D.leaving for Wyoming
2.The author's inspiration for the gift came from _________.
A.a photo of a flower B.a story about a kid
C.a call from the mother D.a text about Christmas
3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _________.
A.the father B.the author C.William Blake D.Edgar Allan Poe
4.The author made the gift by ________.
A.searching for the poems online
B.drawing the background by hand
C.painting the letters in three colors
D.matching the words with pictures
5.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To show how to design images for gifts
B.To suggest making gifts from one’s heart
C.To explain how computers help create gifts
D.To describe the gifts the author has received
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届云南省芒市高一下学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
On Sunday while I was having my own Father’s Day celebration, I thought about my dad a lot. By the time I called to tell him that I loved him, he had already gone to bed. So I wrote the following to show what my dad means to me.
About 28 years ago, my dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for the auction(拍卖会). Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it there.
One day, I was riding with my dad to Shreveport for the auction when he found a hitchhiker(搭车者)with a backpack. As soon as dad saw him, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name and continued to talk to him about all sorts of things. I can’t recall why but he told dad a lot of terrible things that had occurred to him. I sat in the back seat and watched the scene with amazement. I could see that the hitchhiker changed his attitude as he could tell someone who was really listening to him.
We drove another forty-five minutes before we had to exit the interstate(州际公路). We pulled over and dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill and then a the-dollar bill.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I just witnessed. I was always told everyone to never pick up a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. I’m sure that it made that poor man’s day, probably a month to follow.
While reflecting upon that story, I learned a lot about my dad and life. I learned that if you come from a place of service or compassion, you can change people’s lives. Just one single kind act can change someone’s life. It never occurred to my dad about not stopping to help him.
This is the type of person my dad is. Thank you for setting such high standards for me to follow.
Dad, I love you. Happy Father’s Day!
1.The author and his dad met a hitchhiker(搭车者)_______.
A.when they were just warned not to pick up a stranger |
B.on their way to Shreveport to sell a car |
C.on their way to the west for a trip |
D.when their car was running out of gas |
2.What do we learn about the hitchhiker from the passage?
A.Something unpleasant occurred to him. |
B.He was going to the auction. |
C.At first he didn’t believe in the author. |
D.It was he who bought the author’s car. |
3.How did the author feel about his dad’s behavior at that time?
A.Angry |
B.Appreciated |
C.Surprised |
D.Ashamed |
4.What did the author learn from his father?
A.Just a single kind act can make a difference. |
B.Try learning to be a good listener. |
C.Set high standards for yourself in life. |
D.Offering a ride to a stranger is dangerous. |
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