We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home.As years went on, these events took on a 1 meaning for me: A traditional birthday party for Dad, and thanking for all that he had been doing to me in my life.When we knew it might be his 2 birthday, the whole family decided to 3 together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home.
Dad was a good story-teller and here was the 4 he had.During a quiet moment, I announced it was now Dad’s 5 to listen to stories for a change.I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him.The room became 6 .Then one after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad 7 with tears in eyes.People 8 kinds of stories—stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures.
The stories 9 . Everyone seemed to have more than one story.Even the little grandchildren couldn’t 10 to tell Dad why they loved him.For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our 11 to celebrate him.A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had 12 Dad that night.Those are the stories people 13 tell at a funeral after a loved one is no longer 14 to hear the words.They tell stories, full of 15 .But we had given those memories to Dad in his 16 , and we had told them through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joys.He had them to 17 and roll over in his mind during his last days and months.
Words do 18 , and they are enough.We just need to say them or to speak them 19 to the ones we love.That’s the way to 20 love and our chance to celebrate a person in his or her life.
1. A.special B.valuable C.double D.complex
2. A.another B.last C.important D.gather
3. A.unite B.arrange C.move D.gather
4. A.career B.pride C.happiness D.audience
5. A.choice B.wish C.turn D.right
6. A.lively B.still C.cozy D.noisy
7. A.thought B.nodded C.listened D.accepted
8. A.understood B.invented C.recalled D.discussed
9. A.flowed B.passed C.unfolded D.differed
10. A.stop B.stand C.afford D.wait
11. A.responsibility B.situation C.chance D.desire
12. A.returned B.left C.given D.owed
13. A.sincerely B.gently C.normally D.regularly
14. A.available B.happy C.eager D.alive
15. A.tears B.feelings C.joy D.peace
16. A.mind B.life C.world D.work
17. A.hold B.share C.consider D.continue
18. A. suit B.fail C. survive D.matter
19. A.willingly B. publicly C. actually D.truly
20. A.get back B. call up C.give back D.keep up
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious (有意識的) effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before.
Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barbershop( 理發(fā)店) waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my office.
We always seem to find something funny and interesting in incidents(事件) caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks” of our memory can cause us great trouble.
If you want to have a good memory, _____.
A. you should ask someone else to help you to remember things
B. you should make a conscious effort to practice and exercise
C. you should never stop learning
D. you should try hard to remember things
In the passage, the writer seems to tell us _____.
A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous
B. always forgetting things is understandable
C. forgetting things at times is natural
D. the ways to protect yourself from memory “tricks”
The best title for this passage is“_____”.
A. How to Get a Good Memory
B. Tricks’ of Memory
C. The Danger of Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness
D. Get Rid of Absent-mindedness
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科目:高中英語 來源:湖北省華中師大一附中2010屆高三下學期五月適應性考試英語試題 題型:閱讀理解
When our son, Alex, was young, he hated to travel. We endured refusals to visit one more museum, even if it was the Louvre. We coped with a child who resisted even a taste of onion soup in Paris and who insisted he would like nothing more than ordering room service at the hotel and watching TV.
Over the years, we have come up with several hard-earned but realistic strategies to help kids cope on long-distance trips.
First, we recognize that some children have trouble adjusting to new environments, food, time zones and schedules. So, in advance of a trip to England, we gave our son a taste of the new culture by making shepherd’s pie for supper. He loved the mashed potatoes, chopped meat and brown gravy(肉汁). For Italy, we sampled homemade pesto(香蒜沙司) served over linguine(扁面條). For Amsterdam, I cooked up a pot of comforting pea soup and baked a delicious apple pancake called pannekoeken. Then, when we traveled to these places, he ate these foods and they seemed like a taste of home.
In addition to food, we always sample the culture beforehand by reading books and renting movies from the countries we will be visiting. For Italy, the book Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino and the films Johnny Stecchino, Cinema Paradiso, and Il Postino gave our son a glimpse of the Italian way of life. For Britain, we rented Mr. Bean and Billy Elliot, and enjoyed stories by J.R.R. Tolkien and E. Nesbit. For Amsterdam, he finished The Diary of Anne Frank.
Before we leave home, we also ask Alex to go through our tour books and pick out activities that appeal to him. He was excited about visiting the London Dungeon and the Imperial War Museum, and taking a ride in the London Eye. They turned out to be big hits. Because Alex’s preferences were given equal attention, he was more tolerant of his parents’ selections, such as visiting Charters Cathedral and the Van Gogh Museum.
We’ve also learned the hard way that dragging our son out of bed early in the morning ,thus making him grumpy all day. Now that he is a teenager, we let him sleep in while we sip coffee at a café, work out at the hotel gym, or take a long walk. This makes our time together much more enjoyable
59.According to the writer, parents are advised to _______.
A. cook children’s favorite food
B. postpone traveling until the kids are in college
C. allow their kids a ride in the London Eye
D. take children’s interest and preferences into account
60.Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino are mentioned as _______.
A. particular desires of children B. an approach to interest the future possible visit
C. highly appreciated films for tourists D. comfortable activities children could pick out
61.The underlined word “grumpy” in the last paragraph is similar in meaning to _______.
A. bad-tempered B. tolerant C. energetic D. nervous
62.Which of the following might serve as a possible title for this passage?
A. Kids and Parents. B. Joys of Traveling.
C. Whether You Go or Not. D. How to motivate Kids to travel
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學年四川省成都市鐵路中學高二5月月考英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Whatever field we are involved in,we always have to look for ways to expand our knowledge.An increase in knowledge in a particular subject can lead to a better understanding,grasp,judgment,intelligence and ability in that area.So how do we go about gaining knowledge?
I think people are the biggest source of knowledge for anybody.Right from childhood,we have learned things by watching others.Whatever field you want to gain knowledge in,there must be many who have experience in that field.So make use of this valuable source of information by learning from the experience,success,mistakes and skills of others. Study carefully and associate with people who are experts in the field you want to gain knowledge in.
The next best source of knowledge should be books.There are millions and millions of books in every language and on almost any topic imaginable.Whatever problem you are facing must have been faced by somebody else before,and its solution is likely to have been preserved in the form of a book.If you are serious about gaining knowledge about a topic,then read any book,magazine,article etc.You can lay your hands on the books related to that topic.Read as much as you can.
It is said that experience is a great teacher,so learn from your past experience and the experience of others.Learn from your and others’ past and present achievements as well as mistakes.
Experimenting with new things and observing new things can help you learn very quickly. Keep in mind,though,that while experimenting,you may encounter a few failures , too.Do not become discouraged as failures are a part of the learning curve,especially while attempting something new.Try to earn from failures instead of becoming disheartened.
【小題1】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this text?
A.Books are the biggest source of knowledge. |
B.An expert can teach people everything useful. |
C.Mistakes are the best source of knowledge. |
D.People from an early age have learned things from others. |
A.prepare well for the coming problems |
B.experiment or observe as much as possible |
C.read as many books related to that topic as possible |
D.make friends with as many experts in that field as possible |
A.experimenting with new things is the quickest way to learn |
B.people can learn from their own experience and others’ |
C.people can learn from both achievements and mistakes |
D.failures teach people something |
A.the importance of learning |
B.means of gaining knowledge |
C.ways to become successful |
D.the advantages of reading |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013-2014學年河南省鄭州市高三上學期第三次調考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:短文改錯
It is known to all that nothing is much precious than time. A famous saying goes, “Time is money”, which shows that time is invaluable. When time is gone, it will never return back. But it is pity that some people didn’t make full use of their time. They spend a lot of time sleep, chatting or playing computer game. They don’t realize that wasting time is actual equal to killing themselves. We always regret not having made great achievements. However, to be successful, they should first form the habit of being on time. Don’t put down what can be done today until tomorrow. Being lazy will eventually lead to failure.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學年江西省高三上學期第一次月考英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
The use of the word imitation(模仿) reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of crime(犯罪) or violence.First there was always a risk of children acting out scenes which could be dangerous.For example,I remember a woman who was head of a middle school telling me that she had happened to look out of her window when the children were on the playground and had seen them putting a small boy on a chair with a rope round his neck and the rope over the branch of a tree;fortunately she was in time to get there before the child was hanged.I remember a film in particular in which the hero who was imprisoned had escaped by electrocuting(通電觸死) his guard,the technique of doing this being shown in detail.This was the kind of scene which we could cut for these reasons.
In films for young people and adults we always tried to keep off the screen the details of criminal techniques,such as how to open a locked door with a piece of hard plastic or how to open a safe;if we were consulted(請教) before production,I used to advise that the details should not be shown.When I gave talks in prisons about film checking I had full support for this,since fathers who were in prison for criminal offences did not want their children to get on crime.
Every time I gave a talk in a prison someone used to mention the French film Rififi.made by Jules Dassin in 1954.This remarkable film showed in great detail a robbery of a jeweller’s shop,the robbery lasting about half an hour and being backed by only natural sound...one of the most brilliant film sequences(連續(xù)鏡頭) of all time.I remember our discussion at the time.We thought that the robbery was finished only with the use of advanced and obviously expensive equipment and that only the most experienced and skilled criminals could possibly imitate it;we believed therefore that it was relatively safe.When talking in prisons some years later I learned that there had been several robberies in which the techniques had been copied,so perhaps we were wrong.
1.The writer thinks that______.
A.the details of the criminal technique should be kept |
B.the details of the crime should not be shown on the screen |
C.children should not imitate what they see on the screen |
D.it is dangerous to imitate what they see on the screen |
2.What is the writer’s attitude(態(tài)度) towards the film in which the hero had escaped by electrocuting the guard?
A.The writer likes it very much. |
B.The writer is strongly against it. |
C.The writer thinks the film has some value. |
D.The writer does not show his/her attitude. |
3.All the following statements about“Rififi”are true EXCEPT______.
A.that the robbery shown needs experience and skills |
B.that some very good tools were used in the robbery |
C.that the film showed the technique in detail |
D.that the technique of the robbery was not imitated |
4.It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A.it is hard for children to tell the differences between real life and the imaginary |
B.only people in prison support film checking |
C.only children imitate what they have seen on the screen |
D.the writer used to advise the details of crime should be shown |
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