Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.
Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all that her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!
Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”
“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”
【小题1】 _______ always does some housework in the morning.
A.Harry’s father | B.Harry’s mother | C.Harry | D.Nobody |
A.he’s too young | B.he has poor health |
C.he’s busy with his studies | D.they hope he spends all time on studies |
A.Harry had to stay at home | B.Harry couldn’t find the bus stop |
C.Harry fell behind in his class | D.Harry wouldn’t go to school |
A.Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him |
B.Harry didn’t believe himself |
C.Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother |
D. Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】B
解析试题分析:文章讲述了一个类似郑人买履的故事。Harry的父母望子成龙,只让他学习,其余事情一概大包大揽。但是当他父亲因事外出,而母亲劳累病倒的时候,Harry 甚至连车站都找不到,母亲给他鞋样让他照着去买鞋子,但是当他试好之后,却因为没带鞋样而打算放弃买鞋。
【小题1】A细节理解题。从文章第二段The woman had to get up earlier and did all that her husband did before可知Harry的父亲在家常做家务活,所以A选项正确。
【小题2】D细节理解题。根据文章第一段hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him.可知D选项正确。
【小题3】B细节理解题。由文章第二段Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus可知没有父母的帮助他连车站都找不到,所以B选项正确。
【小题4】B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段Harry所做的和所说的he remembered something and took them off.和“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”可以推断B选项正确。
考点:考查故事类短文阅读。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized(强调)the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an proper topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic. “ So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was stopped again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, ‘You don’t say.’ actually means ‘really’! It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know how foolish I had been. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
【小题1】At first, on hearing “You don’t say”, I thought the foreigner meant_______.
A.He was not interested in the topic |
B.He was only interested in the Great Wall |
C.I had talked too much |
D.I had to stop talking |
A.interesting | B.important | C.terrible | D.unlucky |
A.The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall. |
B.The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it. |
C.The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide. |
D.The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth (值得) visiting. |
A.I thought the Englishman had made me a fool |
B.The Englishman became a real fool |
C.I felt very foolish |
D.I became more careful in everything |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
When I was in the seventh grade, I was a candy striper (义工) at a local hospital in my town. I volunteered(自愿做) about 30 to 40 hours a week during the summer.
Most of the time I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any visitors, and nobody seemed to care about his condition. I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, even though he responded with only an occasional squeeze (紧握) of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma (昏迷).
I left for a week for a vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was gone. I didn’t have the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might tell me he had died. So with many questions unanswered, I continued to volunteer there through my eighth-grade year.
Several years later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I realized who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was alive! I got up the nerve to ask him if he was Mr. Gillespie, and if he had been in a coma about five years ago. With an uncertain look on his face, he replied yes. I explained how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking to him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever received.
He began to tell me how, as he lay there comatose (昏睡的), he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the whole time. He thought it was an angel(天使), who was there with him. Mr. Gillespie firmly believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive. Then he told me about his life. We exchanged a hug, said our good-byes and went our separate ways.
Although I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death. As importantly, he has made a great difference in my life. I will never forget him and what he did for me: He made me an angel.
【小题1】 When the author volunteered at a local hospital, she .
A.mainly helped the nurses with their paper work |
B.made up her mind to become a nurse herself one day |
C.spent most of her time taking care of a man in a coma |
D.became friends with Mr. Gillespie’s visitors |
A.she knew for sure that he had recovered |
B.she forgot all about him when she returned to the hospital |
C.she had been concerned that he might stay in coma forever |
D.she feared that he might have died |
A.The author continued her volunteer work in the hospital until seventh-grade. |
B.The author met Mr. Gillespie at a gas station several years later. |
C.Mr. Gillespie recognized the author’s voice the moment he met her. |
D.No one in the hospital believed that Mr. Gillespie would recover from his coma. |
A.Those with faith in themselves will succeed. |
B.If you spread happiness you will be happy yourself. |
C.Respect people and they will try hard to improve. |
D.Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. |
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Jean-Michael Lourdis was a promising young pianist. But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as if his hands were iron. He worried so much about his playing that he became oversensitive (过度敏感的) to the comments of his playing. Unfortunately, in those days, a critic(批评家) was not considered a critic, unless he found something wrong. This attitude of the critics would often leave the young man ready to give up his dream and return home.
He was invited to play in Helsinki. The rich, the famous, the leaders of State were all there. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything went wrong. That night as he played, he felt as if it were the worst concert of his young life. The next day, in the newspapers, some of the comments were so unkind. The young musician was painful.
That day, as he sat in his hotel room in total despair(绝望), there came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor.The famous Finnish composer(作曲家) Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he thought of that and began to quote some of the newspaper critics. “ Hands of iron. No imagination. Little skill. No joy. Don't you hear what they say?” he asked.
Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, “Remember, son, there is no city in the world where they have erected a statue(雕像) for a critic.”
【小题1】According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis _______.
A.was a bad pianist |
B.cared too much about what the critics had said |
C.refused to play in Helsinki |
D.was praised highly by the critics |
A.found fault with musicians' performances |
B.said kind and encouraging words to musicians |
C.helped musicians become famous |
D.asked more people to go to concerts |
A.he was very strict with himself |
B.he didn’t trust himself |
C.some of the comments were so unkind |
D.he felt lonely in his hotel room |
A.he wanted to tell the young man the critics were right |
B.he wanted to tell the young man not to lose his temper at that time |
C.he wanted to tell the young man his performance was great |
D.he wanted to tell the young man to respect the critics’ opinion |
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Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease(疾病) called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
【小题1】The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.
A.a kind of rice | B.a kind of vitamin |
C.a kind of germ | D.a medical treatment |
A.help the Javanese with their illness |
B.find ways to grow better crops |
C.do some research about the island |
D.spend his holiday |
A.To eat them. |
B.To give the Javanese a surprise. |
C.To carry out his experiments. |
D.To make money by selling them. |
A.eat vitamin pills | B.eat more meat |
C.eat some chicken | D.eat more rice |
A.beri-beri was caused by chickens |
B.Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful |
C.the Javanese didn’t like vitamins |
D.the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ |
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I have a good memory of my grandfather,Jack. He was sitting in his armchair in the front room.
I sat next to him. We were reading aloud,our heads bent over the page in front of us,a finger marking the words;separated by seven decades,brought together by words. It's a common scene in British families;however,in our case,the usual order of things is reversed(颠倒).Granddad had been blind since I was tiny,so I was reading to him.When reading aloud,people usually read something that's of interest to the listener. So I didn't read children's books;I read the sorts of things Granddad liked to hear about. Much of the vocabulary in Granddad’s reading material was far beyond me. When I met unfamiliar words,I'd spell them out.
Granddad would help me. It must have been painful for him to hear news;but he never hurried me along or complained. Our reading wasn't really about getting knowledge. It was a way for us to spend time together.
My grandfather wasn't always blind. He had been a good carpenter(木匠).The first Christmas of my parents' marriage,he built my mother a bookcase,which now belongs to my son Jonah,providing a link between four generations.
I was a fortunate child;I spent a lot of time with my grandfather,and he opened the world to me in a particular way. Reading was our way of building a relationship that has had a lasting effect on me. In the school holidays,I sometimes accompanied him on trips to the seaside with the local association for the blind. This might seem strange,but I felt that my personal value was realized because I could finally do something for Granddad.
A decade later,I found a position in a nursing home,which reminded me of my early experiences;reading to senior citizens was a connection back to Granddad. More than simple conversation,reading aloud is a connection between two individuals and it can have a big emotional(情感的)effect on elderly people.
【小题1】What can we know from the first paragraph?
A.The author's grandfather was born blind. |
B.The author is seventy years younger than her grandfather. |
C.The author often sat opposite to her grandfather while reading. |
D.It's quite common in Britain that children read to their grandfathers. |
A.To expand her knowledge. |
B.To make her vocabulary bigger. |
C.To show off in front of her grandfather. |
D.To satisfy the needs of her grandfather. |
A.Proud. | B.Troubled. |
C.Curious. | D.Embarrassed. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
“Mom, I have cancer.” These four words catapulted my son and me on a journey that lasted two years. On that day I felt a wave of paralyzing fear.
Scott was the oldest of my four children. He was 33 years old and a successful assistant principal at SamRayburn Hifht School in Pasadena, Texas. He and his wife Carolyn were busy raising four active children. Scott was 6’2’’, weighed 200 pounds and had never been sick a day in his life.
A few month earlier a mole(痣)on his neck had changed color. “Dr.Warner called,” Scott said that spring morning. “It’s melanoma.(黑素瘤)” I tried to comfort him, naming all the people I knew who had survived skin cancer. Yet, I felt small tentacles of fear begin to wrap around my chest.
Our next stop was MDAnderson, the famous cancer hospital in Houston. Scott had surgery at the end of May and was scheduled for radiation treatments over the summer recess. “There is an 80 percent chance it won’t reoccur,” the doctors said. At the end of summer, all his tests came back negative and Scott was back at school in the fall. However, in December, Scott discovered a lump on his neck. It was examined and the result came back “malignant.(恶性的)” We now realized that Scott fell into the 20 percent category. I could feel the tentacles tightening around my chest. He entered the hospital for an aggressive treatment, a combination of interferon and interleukin.
After five months of treatment, he had radical surgery on his neck. The test results were encouraging, only three of the 33 lymph nodes(淋巴结) removed were malignant. We were very hopeful.
For the next six months, Scott’s follow-up visits went well. Then in October, X-ray revealed a spot on his lung. The spot was removed during surgery and the doctors tried to be optimistic. It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.
In January, he was diagnosed as having had a “disease explosion.” The cancer had spread to his lungs, spine and liver and he was given three to six months to live. There were times during this period when I felt like I was having a heart attack. The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult.
When you watch your child battle cancer, you experience a roller coaster of emotions. There are moments of hope and optimism but a bad test result or even an unusual pain can bring on dread and panic.
Scott was readmitted to the hospital for one last try with chemotherapy. He died, quite suddenly, just six weeks after his last diagnosis. I was completely destroyed. I had counted on those last few months.
The next morning I was busy notifying people and making funeral arrangements. I remember having this nagging feeling that something was physically wrong with me. It took a moment to realize that the crushing sensation in my chest was gone. The thing every parent fears the most had happened. My son was gone. Of course, the fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.
After you lose a child, it is so difficult to go on. The most minimal tasks, combing your hair or taking a shower, becoming monumental. For months I just sat and stared into space. That spring, the trees began to bloom; flowers began to pop up in my garden. Friendswood was coming back to life but I was dead inside.
During those last weeks, Scott and I often spoke about life and death. Fragments of those conversations kept playing over and over in my mind.
“Don’t let this ruin your life, Mom.”
“Make sure Dad re models his workshop.”
“Please, take care of my family.”
I remember wishing I could have just one more conversation with him. I knew what I would say, but what would Scott say? “I know how much you love me, Mom. So just sit on the couch and cry.” No, I knew him better than that. Scott loved life and knew how precious it is. I could almost hear his voice saying, “Get up Mom, Get on with your life. It’s too valuable to waste.”
That was the day I began to move forward. I signed up for a cake decorating class. Soon I was making cakes for holidays and birthdays. My daughter-in-law told me about a writing class in Houston. I hadn’t written in years, but since I was retired I decided it be time to start again. The local college advertised a Life Story Writing class that I joined. There I met women who had also lost their children. The Poet Laureate of Texas was scheduled to speak at our local Barnes and Noble. I attended and joined our local poetry society. I never dreamed that writing essays and poems about Scott could be so therapeutic. Several of those poems have ever been published. In addition, each group brought more and more people into my life..
I don’t believe you ever recover from the loss of a child. Scott is in my heart and mind every day. However, I do believe you can survive.
Scott fought so bravery to live and he never gave up. He taught me that life is a gift that should be cherished, not wasted. It has taken years to become the person I am today. The journey has been a difficult, painful process but certainly worth the effort and I know that my son would be proud.
【小题1】How old was Scott probably when he died?
A.33 | B.35 | C.37 | D.40 |
A.It implies that Scott’s mother was likely to have a heart attack. |
B.It implies that there was something wrong with Scott’s mother’s chest. |
C.It implies that Scott’s mother was very upset and panic because of Scott’s severe illness. |
D.It implies that the cancer had spread to her chest just like her son. |
A.It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought. |
B.She felt a wave of fear. |
C.She felt a feeling of fear begin to wrap around her chest. |
D.The fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow. |
A.considerable | B.humorous | C.determined | D.sensitive |
A.it takes a long time to make a person recover from the shock of losing a child |
B.Scott is proud of his mother |
C.life is full of happiness and sorrow. |
D.We’d better make our life count instead of counting your days. |
A.Life is valuable | B.Grieving and Recovery |
C.Love and sorrow | D.Alive or dead |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. Half the students sneered(冷笑), the 36 nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be silly, only 37 can become writers, ” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this term. ” I was so 38 that I burst into tears.
That night I wrote a short 39 poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper. To my 40 , they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and 41 writer. I showed my teacher and fellow students. They 42 . “Just plain dumb luck. ” the teacher said. I tasted 43 and I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was 44 with me.
During the next two years I sold dozens of 45 , letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I 46 from high school, with a C minus average, I had scrapbooks(剪贴簿) filled with my published works. I 47 mentioned my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again. They were dream killers and 48 people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their 49 .
I had four children at the time, and the oldest was only four. I wrote what I felt. It 50 nine months, just like a pregnant woman. I mailed it without a self addressed stamped 51 and without making a copy of the manu script.
A month later I received a(n) 52 , and a request to start working on another book. The worst year I earned two dollars. In my best year I earned 36, 000 dollars. 53 years I earned between five thousand and ten thousand. No, it isn’t enough to live 54 , but it’s still more than I’d make working part time. People ask what college I 55 , what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None. ” I just write. I’m not a genius.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined aeroplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter(高度表) failed and she didn’t know how high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into the sea.
Just before dawn, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed flames coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.
In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.
In the years that followed, Amelia Earhart made several flights across the United States, and on each occasion she set a new record for flying time. Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation (航空) and that air travel was useful.
【小题1】Which of the following statements is NOT the difficulty which Amelia Earhart met in her flight from north America to England?
A.She lost her direction. |
B.The altimeter went out of order. |
C.Her engine went wrong. |
D.She was caught in a storm. |
A.She did nothing but pray for herself. |
B.She changed her direction and landed in Ireland. |
C.She continued flying. |
D.She lost hope of reaching land. |
A.She was the first woman who succeeded in flying across the Atlantic Ocean alone. |
B.She made plans to fly around the world. |
C.She was warmly welcomed in England, Europe and the United States. |
D.She showed great courage in overcoming the difficulties during the flight. |
A.Amelia Earhart—First Across the Atlantic |
B.Amelia Earhart—Pioneer in Women’s Aviation |
C.A New Record for Flying Time |
D.A Dangerous Flight from North America to England |
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