Sam, a dog, was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr. And Mrs. Green moved to Southern California. They did not give the dog up. They found him a very nice home before they moved. They would have let Sam accompany them, but they were afraid the dog’s presence would make it difficult for them to rent(租) a house when they reached their destination.
The Green family lived in Colorado for less than a year. Before that, they had lived in the same neighborhood in California to which they returned. So Sam had been there before, but only for a short time when he was young.
Several months after the Greens left Colorado, after they were comfortably settled back in California, they heard a scratch(抓)at the door. They couldn’t imagine who might be there. They never thought that it might be Sam, because they were sure he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado. When they opened the door, the Greens saw a dirty, tired dog with very hurting feet. The animal looked a little bit like Sam, but no one could believe that Sam could have walked 840 miles on his own. The tired dog spent the night under the family car. The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old tricks. The Greens knew they had their own dog back.
【小題1】The story suggests that _______ .
A.dog owners have trouble renting |
B.many people treat their pets badly |
C.keeping a dog is easy |
D.dogs are too much trouble |
A.b, d, c, e, a | B.b, c, d, a, e | C.a(chǎn), c, b, e, d | D.c, e, d, a, b |
A.the cost of living |
B.the country of one’s birth |
C.the damage to oneself |
D.the place to which one is going |
A.because of his hurting feet |
B.from the color and the markings |
C.by the way he walked |
D.a(chǎn)fter he did some tricks |
【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】D
解析試題分析:本文講述的是一只狗在被主人留在原住地以后,跑了800英里路回到主人身邊的故事。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段的句子:They would have let Sam accompany them, but they were afraid the dog’s presence would make it difficult for them to rent a house when they reached their destination.可知狗的主人租房子很困難,答案為A.
【小題2】排序題:首先判斷b,a,c的順序,顯然b最先發(fā)生。接下來再判斷d和c,當(dāng)然是夫婦兩先離開那只狗,才回到了加州。故答案為B。
【小題3】猜詞題。根據(jù)第一段的句子:Mr. And Mrs. Green moved to Southern California. Destination可知格林夫婦要搬到加力福利亞,“destination”是“目的地”的意思。是一個人去的地方。選D。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一句話The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old tricks. The Greens knew they had their own dog back. 可知狗玩了幾個把戲后格林一家知道這是自己的狗。答案為D。
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
It’s easy to see how to help others, but what about those whose needs aren’t so obvious? This story may have happened a while back, but it was a lesson which has stayed with me and helped me ever since.
It was Thanksgiving and I was volunteering with my parents at a shelter for the poor. We stood behind the counter dishing out hot food to whoever came in. Most of our dinners looked like they had been having hard times, their clothes old, worn and dry. In short, they looked poor!
Then, a man came in, who looked anything but poor. He was well dressed, wearing an expensive suit. I wondered what he was doing there and my jaw dropped in amazement when he joined the line for food. The closer he came to my service station, the more I muttered. What was this man doing? I wanted to know. Surely he wasn’t going to take food.
Then my mother quietly took me to one side. She said, “ You have assumed that the needs of the people who come here must be purely physical: hunger, inadequate shelter and needs are emotional? What if he needs comfort, friends, or just to be among other human beings?” Her words hit me like a ton of bricks! About a week later the shelter received a large donation from an anonymous source. I can’t help but wonder if it came from that man. I felt like I should apologize to the man, but I didn’t.
Now, whenever I meet others, I remember my mother’s words and try to send kindness and blessings to them, regardless of how they look. Needs aren’t always visible. But kindness always makes a difference.
【小題1】The task of the author at the shelter was to_______.
A.decide whether dinners looked poor |
B.learn life experience there |
C.serve hot food to the poor |
D.help parents order dishes |
A.Surprised | B.Pitiful | C.Excited | D.Angry |
A.was asked to do so by his mother |
B.gave the man food much less than others |
C.realized something was wrong with the man |
D.knew later that the man might go there to donate |
A.We should show others kindness whatever their needs are |
B.Some needs can’t be known clearly at times |
C.Needs can always be met by kindness |
D.We should find out others’ needs |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
The 30-mile road that runs through the mountains of Willie Valley makes most drivers′ hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn’t expecting any trouble on the road last New Year’s Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbor Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Valley hundreds of times over the years.
The weather was fine. But the higher they drove, the more slippery the road became. Rounding a sharp U-turn, Andersen saw a heavy truck off the road and immediately hit his brakes. In a minute, the car was going at 25 miles per hour down the mountain before falling down from a ten-foot dam into the extremely cold Logan River.
The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the car was filled with water. “It was frightening that we were going fast into deep water,” remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken manager.
Having lost all sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldn’t find her. “I thought, if I don’t get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That’s when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they rushed down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car?”
Andersen says respectfully, “It was like the sight of angels.”
【小題1】 What might be the main cause of the car accident?
A.The bad weather. | B.The high dam. |
C.The sudden brake. | D.The heavy truck. |
A.he was familiar with the road |
B.he was good at driving |
C.his hands didn’t have sweat |
D.the weather was fine |
A.Andersen lost consciousness in the water. |
B.Strangers helped Andersen out of the car. |
C.Andersen liked Mia most among the children. |
D.Strangers teamed together to save three children. |
A.tired | B.excited | C.doubtful | D.thankful |
A.Stay calm when in trouble |
B.Drive rounding a U-turn |
C.Miracle rescue from a river |
D.Mystery of the Bear Mountains |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Poet Dean Young has dealt with impermanence (無常) a lot in his career, but it’s a particularly strong theme in Young’s latest collection, Fall Higher. The new collection was published in April, just days after the poet received a life-saving heart transplant (移植) after about a decade of living with a weakening heart condition.
Young, whose work is often frank and rich with twisted humor, tells NPR’s Renee Montagne that as he recovers from operation, he’s also slowly returning to his everyday writing habits.
“I’m getting back to it,” Young says, “not with the sort of concentration and sort of flame that I look forward to in the future, but I am blackening some pages.”
And on those blackened pages you’ll find poems like “How Grasp Green”, which carries themes of springtime and rebirth. It’s one of the first poems Young has written since his transplant.
It’s easy to spot clues (線索) to Young’s awful health situation in the lines of his poetry.
Fall Higher’s “Vintage” opens with “Because I will die soon, I fall asleep, during the lecture on the ongoing emergency.” And the poem “The Rhythms Pronounce Themselves Then Vanish”—published in The New Yorker in February—opens with the CT scan that revealed Young’s heart condition.
Hearts tend to come up a lot in poetry, and that’s especially true if Young’s work, which has clearly been influenced by the troubles of his own heart.
“A lot of times, it’s not just a metaphor (暗喻),” Young says. “For me, it’s an actual concern because I’ve been living with this disease for over 10 years. My father died of heart problems when he was 49, so it’s been a sort of shadowy concern for me my whole life.
But Young’s poems also deal with more abstract matters of the heart. He wrote Fall Higher’s, “Late Valentine” for his wife. “We’ve been married since late November and most of it has been spent in the hospital,” Young says of his marriage to poet Laurie Saurborn Young, who says “‘Late Valentine’ is very sweet.”
His work also touches on themes of randomness and fate—two factors that contributed to him getting a second chance in the form of transplanting a new heart from a 22-year-old student. “I just feel enormous gratitude,” he says of his donor (捐獻者). “He gave me a heart so I’m still alive … I’m sure I’m going to think about this person for the rest of my life.”
【小題1】The poetry collection Fall Higher .
A.was published in February |
B.is Young’s latest collection of poetry |
C.makes darkness as its main theme |
D.was written after Young’s heart transplant |
A.was born with heart disease |
B.received a heart transplant in February |
C.married a female poet after he wrote “l(fā)ate Valentine” |
D.wrote a poem for his wife in his collection |
A. The writer had less enthusiasm than before, but he still kept on writing. |
B. The writer expected some bright future, but he was disappointed. |
C. The writer devoted more time to poems, so he grasped a good chance. |
D. The writer wrote poems with less enthusiasm, so he quitted fora while. |
A. “How Grasp Green” is the first poem in FaU Higher |
B. Young began all his poems with his illness. |
C. Young’s fether died when Young was 49 years old. |
D. Young’s health situation is mentioned in his poetry. |
A.The meaning of Fdl Higher. |
B.Dean Young and his heart problems. |
C.Dean Young and his latest collection. |
D.An analysis of Dean Young’s poems. |
A.grateful | B. pessimistic | C. guilty | D.considerate |
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Inventor,physicist,surveyor,astronomer,biologist,artist... Robert Hooke was all these and more. Some say he was the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century. Once he worked with renowned(有名聲的) men of science like Christian Huygens,Antony van Leeuwenhoek,Robert Boyle,Isaac Newton and the great architect,Christopher Wren.
Hooke’s early education began at home,under the guidance of his father. He entered Westminster School at the age of thirteen,and from there he went to Oxford,where he came in contact with some of the best scientists in England. Hooke impressed them with his skill at designing experiments and devising(發(fā)明) instruments. In 1662,at the age of twenty-eight,he was named Curator of Experiments of the newly formed Royal Society of London. Hooke accepted the job,even though he knew that it had no money to pay him!
Watching living things through the microscope was one of his favorite occupations. He devised a compound microscope for this purpose. One day while observing a cork (軟木) under a microscope,he saw honeycomb-like structures. They were cells—the smallest units of life.In fact,it was Hooke who coined the term “cell” as the boxlike cells of the cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery(修道院).
Perhaps because of his varied interests,Hooke often left experiments unfinished. Others took up where he left off and then claimed sole(獨占的)credit. This sometimes led to quarrels with colleagues. One work that he finished was his book MICROGRAPHIA,a volume that reveals the immense potential of the microscope. The book also includes,among other things,ideas on gravity and light which may have helped scientists like Newton while they were developing their own theories on these phenomena.
Hooke made valuable contributions to astronomy too. A crater(隕石坑) on the moon is named after him in appreciation of his services to this branch of science.
【小題1】From the first paragraph,we can know that Robert Hooke __________.
A.was famous because he worked with many scientists |
B.liked making friends with the famous people |
C.received a lot from other scientists |
D.made contributions to many different fields |
A.1647 | B.1634 | C.1662 | D.1640 |
A.learning by himself with his father’s help |
B.introducing himself to them |
C.designing experiments and instruments |
D.refusing any reward from Royal Society of London |
A.he couldn’t finish his work on time sometimes |
B.he had all kinds of interests in his daily life |
C.he was too proud to look up to them |
D.the other scientists took the fruits of his experiments |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
I first heard this story a few years ago from a girl. Probably the story is one of those mysterious bits of folklore that reappear every few years. However, I still like to think that it really did happen, somewhere, sometime.
They were going to Fort Lauderdale-- three boys and three girls -- and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of New York vanished behind them.
As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, dressed in a plain ill-fitting suit, never moving, his dusty face masking his age. He kept chewing the inside of his lip a lot, frozen into complete silence.
Deep into the night, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson's, and everybody got off except Vingo. He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him: perhaps he was a sea captain, a runaway from his wife, an old soldier going home. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.
¨We're going to Florida," she said brightly. “I hear it's really beautiful. "
"It is," he said quietly, as if remembering something he had tried to forget.
“Want some wine?" she said. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.
In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson's, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He seemed very shy, and ordered black coffee and smoked nervously as the young people chattered about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in jail in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home.
¨Are you married?"
“I don't know. "
“You don’t know?" she said.
“Well, when I was in jail I wrote to my wife," he said. ¨‘I told her that I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldn't stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, she could just forget me. I'd understand. Get a new guy, I said - she's a wonderful woman – and forget about me. I told her she didn't have to write me. And she didn't. Not for three and a half years. "
"And you're going home now, not knowing?"
" Yeah," he said shyly. ‘‘Last week, when I was sure the parole was coming through, I wrote her again. There's a big oak tree just as you come into town, I told her that if she didn't have a new guy and if she'd take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd get off and come home. If she didn't want me, forget it - no handkerchief, and I'd go on through. "
"Wow," the girl exclaimed. "Wow. "
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if fortifying himself against still another disappointment.
Then Brunswick was 10 miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying. All except Vingo. Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs —20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds. As the young people shouted, the old con slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.
【小題1】According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?
A.The young people are travelling from Florida to New York. |
B.Vingo was put in prison ten years ago, and now he was set free to go home. |
C.The young people around Vingo were quite curious about his silence. |
D.At last, Vingo went home together with the three boys and three girls. |
A.Vingo was nervous because he didn't know whether his wife would accept him. |
B.Vingo was very disappointed because his wife didn't answer his letter. |
C.Vingo was very shy because he knew someone was watching him. |
D.Vingo was excited because he could go home and meet his wife and children. |
A.humorous | B.loyal | C.generous | D.hard-working |
A.Young people are always curious about everything new around them. |
B.Home is always the first place a person wants to go. |
C.Don’t laugh at a person who has no home. |
D.It is impolite to ask questions about one's privacy that he or she doesn't want to tell. |
A.A story of a poor man | B.The power of love |
C.Help from strangers | D.Going home |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
A traveler lost his way and got off the highway to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eyes caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg.
He drove up into the arm, where he met the farmer. “ Excuse me, ” the traveler said. “ I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “ Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had ---and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.”
“ One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. There is no question about it ---- that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”
“ Why,” the traveler said, “ this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?”
The farmer laughed and said, “ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
【小題1】The farmer thought the pig _______.
A.very fat | B.very clever | C.very kind | D.very strange |
A.the pig lost a leg in the fire |
B.the farmer deeply thanked the pig |
C.the pig had a very good keeper |
D.the real leg had been eaten by the farmer |
A.report a piece of news |
B.tell us a moving story |
C.tell us a humorous story |
D.have a joke with us |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼)in the closet(衣櫥)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a(chǎn) skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(暈倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
【小題1】According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.
A.a(chǎn) family honor | B.a(chǎn) family secret |
C.a(chǎn) family story | D.a(chǎn) family treasure |
A.They were brought to Australia as prisoners. |
B.They were the earliest people living in Australia. |
C.They were involved in some crimes in Australia. |
D.They were not regarded as criminals in their days. |
A.knocked | B.frightened | C.injured | D.surprised |
A.She was curious about it. |
B.She planned to keep it for fun. |
C.She needed it for her school task. |
D.She intended to scare her parents. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard(果園),looking up at the branches above me.It is one of the last days of summer.Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler.Some kinds of apples are already ripe(成熟的).Others will be ready to pick soon.I think of my grandmother’s apple pie,and how I used to make it with her.She died last year,before the apple harvest,and I have not had her pie since.I really miss her.I hear bees busily humming about,visiting the late summer flowers.The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes.Above me,big white clouds race across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the w ind.School starts in another week,and time seems to have slowed down.
“Sophie!”calls my grandfather.“Is that you?”I stand up,take his hand,and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard.We talk about apples,and bees,and Grandma.He tells me that he misses her too.
He puts his rough,brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close.“You know,Sophie,”he says,“I spent the morning in the attic(閣樓),and you’ll never guess what I found.It’s the recipe(烹飪法) for Grandma’s apple pie.I used to help her make it sometimes.I can’t do it all alone,but you used to help her too.Maybe between the two of us,we ca n work it out.Want to try?”
“But it won’t be the same without Grandma,” I tell him.
“That’s true,”he says,“but nothing_is_the_same_without_Grandma.Still,I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie.What do you say?” I nod yes,and we walk towards home...towards an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen,making Grandma’s famous apple pie.
【小題1】We learn from the passage that Sophie .
A.likes to watch clouds in the attic |
B.comes to the orchard after school |
C.enjoys Grandma’s apple pie very much |
D.picks many apples in the orchard |
A.looking for Grandma’s recipe for apple pie |
B.helping Sophie’s grandmother make apple pie |
C.trying to make apple pie all alone for Sophie |
D.talking about apples,and bees,and Grandma with Sophie |
A.how much Sophie’s grandmother loved Sophie |
B.how much Sophie’s grandfather likes apple pies |
C.how much Sophie loves her grandfather’s orchard |
D.how much Sophie’s grandfather misses Grandma |
A.My grandfather’s orchard | B.My grandmother’s apple pie |
C.A morning in the attic | D.The last days of summer |
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