I told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “Character cannot be developed in ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity (逆境). From time to time we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident．He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans．He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches (拐杖) or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”
The biographies (传记) of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won.
Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.
1.Which of the following is true according to the author of the passage?
A. Going to a gym is greatly beneficial to people’s health.
B. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.
C. Those who want to achieve success can’t expect to live an easy life.
D. People’s attitude to adversity is the only factor of their success.
2.By quoting what Douglas Bader said, the author intends to tell us “ .”
A. Failure is the mother of success．
B. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
C. If you risk nothing, you will have nothing.
D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
3.Following this passage, the author will further talk about .
A. how his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the adversity he faced
B. what steps to take to change your attitude towards the adversity you face
C. why it is important to keep optimistic in face of adversity
D. what great people have in common
4.Which of the following can best function as the title of the passage?
A. Face adversity with a smile
B. Different attitudes towards adversity
C. Nothing is impossible
D. Life is full of adversity
阅读快车系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年四川广元市高二下第一次段考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
American government suggests that children and teens should get 60 minutes of physical activity every day. But less than half of children and just 10% of teens meet these suggestions. What’s the deal?
It’s reported that about 44million US kids participate in organized sports(such as baseball, softball, soccer).But a new study says just one-quarter of kids get the government-recommended amount of exercise when they show up for team practices. The study, published online last month in a medical journal, says younger kids and boys do better than teens and girls.
The study looked at 200 kids aged 7 to 14 who played on soccer, baseball and softball teams. The kids wore sensors to measure their activity during practices.
During each practice, kids averaged 30 minutes of downtime(停工期). “It is not clear how much physical activity is provided by youth sports practices,” say the California-based authors of the study. “Much of the time may be inactive, such as receiving verbal instructions and waiting for turns.”
What’s a parent or coach—or kid—to do? The authors of the study suggest increasing the number of practices, extending the time of practices and changing it up(加快)during practices. For example, the coach could give each player a ball at the same time. Rather than focusing on one player’s skills, it’s best to get the whole team moving.
But, the study says, the bottom line is that team sports aren’t enough exercise. For a child to meet the US physical activity suggestions, the kid will have to do more than just join a team. Exercise is also necessary during breaks, during physical education class, after school and even on the way to school.
1.According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Only 10% of the teens can’t meet the suggestions about physical activity.
B. About 11 million US kids can get enough amount of exercise in team practices.
C. The new study was published on a famous magazine last month.
D. Teens do better than girls and younger kids in the new study.
2.The underlined word “extending” in Paragraph 5 means ..
A. giving support or confidence
B. becoming smaller or fewer
C. making something longer or larger
D. causing to move or go quickly
3.The passage is probably written for .
A. physical teachers and parents
B. doctors and nurses
C. class advisers and researchers
D. kids and headmasters
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Necessary for Kids to Exercise
B. Kids for Fun?
C. How to Keep Fit
D. Not Enough Exercise?
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东东莞南开实验学校高二下期初考试英语试卷（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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Balance Self-Care and Caring for Others
How do I balance Self-Care and Caring for Others? If you are asking this question , you are one of those people who tend to be selfless. 1._______ So, how do you strike a balance?
Avoid killing the goose . 2.____ In other words, you are going to kill the goose .If you work at a homeless shelter 50 hours a week for two weeks and then quit because you are overwhelmed(累垮)，it won’t do nearly as much good as if you work five hours a week all year around .Kind people usually fall into a trap—they try to do so much good but they don’t realize that more is not always better .
3.______ You don’t always have to sacrifice a lot to do something good .This doesn’t mean that personal sacrifice is bad , but giving a friend the money that you and your family need to spend on food or rent isn’t a great plan .Sometimes you just need to take care of yourself and your family. You can still support and encourage friends ,but you don’t have to make deep sacrifices to care for someone.
4.______ This is something that every new parent eventually has to figure out : having that first date away from the child can be a guilty experience ,but it is better for the child to be sent to his or her grandparents ’once in a while so that the parents can relax themselves and have a good time. Then the parents will come back better equipped to care for the child
Taking care of yourself , 5._____ ,is taking care of them .It makes you strong ,and then you can pass that strength on to them.
A. Learn to care for others.
B. Make reasonable sacrifices
C. Let me praise the sweet side of your personality
D. Know the importance of self-care .
E. If you are encouraging or supporting someone
F. But you don’t know when to stop caring for others and start caring for yourself
G. If you aggressively(过分地)give and never care for yourself ,you are going to burn out
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年河北永年县一中高二下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
I was 17 when I walked into Carley’s bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at___________ on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like ___________ . I needed to start ___________ for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped ___________ my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and ___________ making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most ___________ .
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything ___________ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___________ . I’ve always remembered the ___________ I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a ___________ in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born ___________ his fingers connected. His family couldn’t afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___________ , hiding his hand in his pocket.
I ___________ my boss to let me do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___________ for free.
I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___________ hand and said, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___________ .
In the past, while I was ___________ , I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the ___________ . Fox pays my salary, ___________ I feel as if I work for the ___________ , helping them make sense of the world.
1.A．maps B．articles C．reports D．titles
2.A．a book B．some tea C．a job D．any help
3.A．planning B．saving C．preparing D．studying
4.A．pay for B．fit for C．run for D．enter for
5.A．so B．yet C．even D．still
6.A．boring B．satisfying C．surprising D．disappointing
7.A．in need B．in all C．in order D．in store
8.A．worried B．satisfied C．interested D．puzzled
9.A．surprise B．failure C．regret D．pride
10.A．doctor B．TV reporter C．bookseller D．store owner
11.A．with B．in C．by D．for
12.A．horror B．honor C．shame D．danger
13.A．advised B．persuaded C．forced D．permitted
14.A．action B．program C．treatment D．operation
15.A．repaired B．connected C．injured D．improved
16.A．humor B．interest C．pleasure D．excitement
17.A．at the TV station B．in the Students Union
C．at the US Forest Service D．at Carley’s bookstore
18.A．opposite B．same C．different D．right
19.A．so B．and C．but D．because
20.A．viewers B．readers C．customers D．passengers
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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。
Last month, I, together with my parents, were invited to my uncle in the USA. My uncle, who moved America when I was five, has been living there for nearly ten years. He meets us at the airport. I was excited while I set foot on the land of America. In the following days, we visited some places of interests and took photos in the front of the Statue of Liberty. We both enjoyed visiting the Museum of Natural History because it great enriched our knowledge. For me, this is one of the most rewarding trips I have never made in my life.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届湖北沙市高三下期第二次半月考英语试卷（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。
One Saturday morning in September I 1. (go) to a local music festival. I left it early 2. I had an appointment later that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with 3. (I) until the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man 4. (sit) at the front. He pretended that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be 5. (mental) disabled.
Behind him 6. (be) other people to whom he was trying to talk, but after some 7. (minute) he walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed. I didn’t want 8. (laugh) at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him on his own either. After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next 9. the man and introduced myself. We had 10. amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.
I’m glad I made the choice. It made both of us feel good.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届湖北龙泉中学、襄阳五中、宜昌一中高三9月联考英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
书面表达
假设你是李华，上个月去英国参加了一次夏令营活动，活动期间一直住在Mr. Smith家中。他们给你提供了很多帮助，请写一封感谢信表达对他们的感谢。
内容要点：1. 感谢Smith夫妇；
2. 你的感受；
3. 邀请Smith夫妇来华旅游。
注意: 1. 词数：100字左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith,
How are you doing?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届北京市朝阳区高三第一次综合练习（一模）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
From: jovangagic56@memail. com
To: kmallory@LN.org
Subject: Hi!
Dear Mr. Mallory,
I am writing to tell you my deep disappointment for my experience at Lingua Nova English summer school in the first two weeks of July. I had been thoroughly looking forward to learning English and learning about culture in the UK, but I am afraid that my time at your summer school failed to live up to my expectations.
Your brochure states that the student accommodation is situated "in the heart of Edinburgh". This is misleading as my accommodation was, in fact, situated a good fifty minutes bus ride from the city center in what I can only describe as a less than picturesque part of the suburbs.
In addition, the activity programme did not reflect the fact that we were located in one of Europe's most interesting and historical cities: one evening activity consisted of a walk to a nearby park, another was a trip to a narrow street which was not usually used by cars. Finally, on our one trip into the city center our "guide" readily admitted that she was not from Edinburgh, and had in fact never visited the city before. I had been eagerly expecting a guided tour of Scotland's treasures. In fact, I was left in the city center with no map and told to "check things out" while your employee went shopping in Princes Street.
This was a long awaited trip and cost me over two years' hard work and saving. Although I do have positive memories of my trip (my English teachers were knowledgeable and inspiring), the accommodation and activity programme were wholly unsatisfactory.
I would like to get my money back for the accommodation and would really appreciate a reply within the next two weeks.
Yours sincerely,
Jovan Gagic
1.Jovan wrote the email to __________.
A. provide information B. share experiences
C. express dissatisfaction D. raise expectations
2.According to Jovan, the guide __________.
A. organized cultural activities
B. failed to perform duties
C. had a good knowledge of the city
D. received punishment for bad behavior
3.What effect does Jovan want his email to have on Mr. Mallory?
A. To make him feel sorry.
B. To cause him worry.
C. To bring him disappointment.
D. To get him into trouble.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年贵州遵义航天高级中学高二3月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Students from Florida International University in Miami walked on water Thursday for a class assignment. To do it, they wore aquatic(水上的) shoes they designed and created.
Alex Quinines was the first to make it to the other side of a 175-foot lake on campus in record time — just over a minute. Quinones, who wore oversized boat-like shoes, also won last year and will receive $500. Students had to wear the aquatic shoes and make it across the lake in order to earn an “A” on the assignment for Architecture, Professor Jaime Canaves’ Materials and Methods Construction Class. “It’s traditional in a school of architecture to do boats out of cardboard for a boat race. I thought our students were a little bit more special than that,” Canaves said. “We decided to do the walk on water event to take it to the next level.”
A total of 79 students competed in the race this year in 41 teams. Only 10 teams failed to cross the lake. Others who fell got back up and made it to the end. The race is open to all students and anyone in the community. The youngest person to ever participate was a 9-year-old girl who competed in place of her mother, while the oldest was a 67-year-old female.
A large crowd on campus joined Canaves as he cheered on the races. He shouted encouraging words, but also laughed as some unsteadily made their way to the end.
“A part of this is for them to have more understanding and designing and make it work better,” he said. It is also a lesson in life for the student.
“Anything, including walking on water, is possible, if you do the research, test it and go through the design process seriously.”
1.For what purpose did the students take part in the race?
A. To go across the lake to school.
B. To pass Professor Jaime Canaves’ class.
C. To test their balance on the water.
D. To win the prize money of $500.
2.Which of the following statements is TURE according to the passage?
A. Most students finished the class assignment successfully.
B. The students who fell into the water were criticized seriously by Professor Jaime Canaves.
C. The students wore shoes distributed by Professor Jaime Canaves to walk across the lake.
D. The students took part in the race to challenge their physical abilities.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Alex Quinines is a top student in the university.
B. It’s a custom for the people in the community to get involved in student activities.
C. The student who made it in to the end in the race would succeed in their professional career.
D. Professor Canaves attaches importance to hands-on learning experience.
4.The purpose of the passage is to .
A. show approval of the unique teaching style
B. inspire teachers to be more creative
C. report an interesting assignment
D. encourage more people to take part in the race
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