It was a cold winter. The wind blew all night and the snow was blinding. When morning came, my three children and I got up and made our way to the windows. As we looked out the window, we saw that the henhouse was gone. Our three hens had been blown away.
I looked at the emptiness outside. Then I saw all three chickens sat around the edge of a white bucket. How was this violent wind not blowing them into the field beyond? I quickly pulled on long snow pants and heavy winter coat, wrapped a scarf and stuck my feet into very large boots .
I shouted at the wind as it blew. I was alone, save for my children. They stared out the window into the vast white sea of snow, their eyes peeled for any sign of movement. Outside I heard the sound of my boots as I walked against the wind.
The snow circling around me, I steadily made my way to the soft cluck-cluck-cluck sound my hens always made. When I reached them, I saw that their little feet were holding on to the edge of the bucket, heads bent forward and away from the wind. I gently lifted each hen and put it carefully into the warm inside. Then I began the freezing walk back to the small shed directly behind our house. One by one I laid my chickens on the cold floor, and they began to cluck softly.
As I shut the shed doors, my eyes went directly to the window where my children were watching. They jumped up and down cheering, and so did I! I wasn’t some dragon slayer (屠龙者) from a fairy tale. I was simply a mom, but the look on my children’s faces told me that they thought I was a hero mom.
1.Seeing all three chickens sitting around the bucket ,the author felt ______.
A. incredible B. worried
C. shy D. confident
2.How does the author reach the hens ?
A. By searching for the white bucket. B. By wearing protective clothes.
C. By following the sound of the hens. D. By shouting at the henhouse.
3.From the story, we know that _________.
A. the author’s children liked dragon slayers
B. the children watched their mother all the way
C. the author struggled to be a hero
D. the author enjoyed herself in the snow
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A. Weather in extreme. B. Hens in trouble.
C. Kindness in need. D. Hero in the snow.
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It was a cold winter. The wind blew all night and the snow was blinding. When morning came, my three children and I got up and made our way to the windows. As we looked out the window, we saw that the henhouse was gone. Our three hens had been blown away.
I looked at the emptiness outside. Then I saw all three chickens sat around the edge of a white bucket. How was this violent wind not blowing them into the field beyond? I quickly pulled on long snow pants and heavy winter coat, wrapped a scarf and stuck my feet into very large boots .
I shouted at the wind as it blew. I was alone, save for my children. They stared out the window into the vast white sea of snow, their eyes peeled for any sign of movement. Outside I heard the sound of my boots as I walked against the wind.
The snow circling around me, I steadily made my way to the soft cluck-cluck-cluck sound my hens always made. When I reached them, I saw that their little feet were holding on to the edge of the bucket, heads bent forward and away from the wind. I gently lifted each hen and put it carefully into the warm inside. Then I began the freezing walk back to the small shed directly behind our house. One by one I laid my chickens on the cold floor, and they began to cluck softly.
As I shut the shed doors, my eyes went directly to the window where my children were watching. They jumped up and down cheering, and so did I! I wasn’t some dragon slayer (屠龙者) from a fairy tale. I was simply a mom, but the look on my children’s faces told me that they thought I was a hero mom.
1.Seeing all three chickens sitting around the bucket ,the author felt ______.
A. incredible B. worried
C. shy D. confident
2.How does the author reach the hens ?
A. By searching for the white bucket. B. By wearing protective clothes.
C. By following the sound of the hens. D. By shouting at the henhouse.
3.From the story, we know that _________.
A. the author’s children liked dragon slayers
B. the children watched their mother all the way
C. the author struggled to be a hero
D. the author enjoyed herself in the snow
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A. Weather in extreme. B. Hens in trouble.
C. Kindness in need. D. Hero in the snow.
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It was________cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across________night sky. (2013·山东，22)
A．/；a B．a；the
C．the；a D．the；/
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
(2013·山东，22)It was________cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across________night sky.
A．/；a B．a；the C．the；a D．the；/
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It was ______ cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across ____ night sky.
A．不填；a B．a; the C．the; a D．the; 不填
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(2013·高考山东卷)It was ________ cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across ________ night sky.
A．不填；a B．a；the
C．the；a D．the；不填
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It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just 36 any November day. His 37 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it 38 . One morning, I walked slowly 39 and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, 40 those good people would not see me. I was 41 . My first thought was, how would I ever 42 them? I didn’t have the 43 to brush my hair, 44 clear someone’s walk.
Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I 45 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence（能力） and 46 . So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 47 myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?
Learning to receive the love and 48 from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a 49 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”
Over and over, I heard 50 words from the people who supported me during those 51 days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your 52 may be the hardest work you will ever do.”
I am not the person I 53 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 54 . I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming from 55 one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.
1.A. on
B. in
C. like
D. for
2.A. body
B. soul
C. shoe
D. footprint
3. A. sweep up
B. drop off
C. fall down
D. pile up
4.A. upstairs
B. downstairs
C. indoors
D. outdoors
5.A. so
B. yet
C. and
D. for
6.A. delighted
B. disappointed
C. annoyed
D. ashamed
7.A. pay
B. award
C. reward
D. treat
8.A. courage
B. strength
C. spirit
D. power
9.A. stand alone
B. leave alone
C. sit alone
D. let alone
10.A. frequently
B. gradually
C. hardly
D. uncertainly
11.A. intelligence
B. independence
C. excellence
D. qualification
12. A. achieve
B. praise
C. respect
D. promote
13.A. supply
B. support
C. contribution
D. similar
14. A. burden
B. job
C. business
D. sorrow
15. A. sensitive
B. same
C. considerate
D. similar
16. A. blue
B. rainy
C. bright
D. snowy
17.A. despair
B. difficulty
C. pain
D. regret
18.A. still
B. once
C. even
D. never
19.A. worse
B. less
C. more
D. better
20. A. facing
B. noticing
C. managing
D. expressing
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It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”
“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.
After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week. ”
1.Which of the following is true?
A. The young man went past the railway station.
B. The young man was working in the railway station.
C. The young man had just got off a train.
D. The young man was waiting for his friend there.
2.What do you think of the car driver?
A. He was a nice and clever man. B. He was good at driving.
C. He was a dishonest person. D. He liked to work very hard.
3.The driver felt very ____ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.
A. sorry B. happy C. proud D. worried
4. From the passage we know that the young man__________.
A. didn’t want to stay in this city.
B. had been to the hotel several times.
C. knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.
D. must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well.
5.The driver took the passenger through many streets so as to_________.
A. make the young man happy
B. get more than twenty dollars.
C. let the young man think it was very far from the station to the hotel.
D. let the young man have a good look at the city.
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
The winter skies are grey and it’s cold outside. The nights come early and we spend a lot more time 16 and alone. Many people 17 winter: so cold, so dark, so boring. But I like winter because I have more time to read.
For many students reading means school; it means 18 . Reading is something your teacher assigns and it’s something you’re 19 . Reading is something you have to do, not something you want to do. But for me and many other people, reading is the most 20 thing we can imagine. Getting lost in a good book can 21 a cold winter evening disappear. Dull grey skies are no 22 for the fantastic adventures of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings《指环王》，or for romantic trouble-making of Jane Austen’s Emma《爱玛》, or for the youthful problems of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye《麦田守望者》.
All of those books are studied in North American high schools. They are interesting and well written books that 23 young people. 24 , even there, many high school students don’t enjoy reading the books because they are 25 their school work: “Oh, my God! Two hundred pages! I’ll never be able to read 26 much.” But sometimes a funny thing happens. They begin to read and they begin to follow the 27 . Suddenly, the world inside the book becomes more exciting and more wonderful than the world they 28 . At the moment the thought 29 reading is work disappears and reading becomes 30 .
Reading anything is 31 but reading good books is a terrific way to improve your English. Good writers write English very well and 32 you with good examples to follow. And good books will tell you more about English 33 : what people think, how they talk, how they interact with each other. But don’t let me 34 it by telling you that reading is good for you. Just think of it as a good way to 35 on a cold winter evening.
16. A. indoors B. indoor C. outdoors D. outside
17. A. like B. prefer C. hate D. love
18. A. job B. worry C. try D. work
19. A. tested B. tested on C. examined D. examined on
20. A. enjoyable B. reasonable C. comfortable D. considerable
21. A. want B. cause C. make D. force
22. A. contest B. challenge C. competition D. match
23. A. appeal to B. respond to C. react to D. reply to
24. A. Fortunately B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Accidentally
25. A. free from B. part of C. in place of D. far from
26. A. not B. very C. those D. that
27. A. story B. subject C. instruction D. theme
28. A. leave for B. care about C. flee from D. live in
29. A. what B. that C. this D. which
30. A. a comfort B. a failure C. a success D. a pleasure
31. A. bad B. mean C. great D. grand
32. A. provide B. offer C. give D. award
33 A. custom B. language C. culture D. art
34. A. break B. spoil C. make D. develop
35. A. keep warm B. stand still C. stay calm D. stay cool
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Soft winds blew throughout the Windy City today. We welcomed the winds, as it was another hot day in Chicago. The wind blew, bringing us some coolness and making the weather not that hot. But it was a beautiful summer day with a blue sky.
Chicago is a great city for eating, and we have enjoyed tasting the different foods. Last night, we tried one of the city's most famous foods: deep-dish pizza. Chicago claims credit for the rich and cheesy thick-crust pizza, covered with a sweet tomato sauce. We topped it with olives and green peppers.
We were touring the city, mainly looking for delicious local foods. Today, we enjoyed a Polish specialty at lunch: Pierogis, an Eastern European dumpling-like dish, filled with foods like potatoes, cheese, mushrooms, cabbage and meat. Polish immigrants started settling in Chicago in the 1850s, and the city has one of the largest Polish communities in the U.S.
We took a break from exploring the city to talk with some of you! Ashley and Caty logged onto the Internet for an on-the-road version of TALK2US. We spoke to an English teacher in Tokyo, Japan, and a graduate student in India.
Meanwhile, Adam searched for some locations around the city to shoot some video. He chose a spectacular spot: Navy Pier, Chicago's most-visited attraction. The winds from Lake Michigan keep visitors cool, and the view of the Chicago skyline never fails to impress. In fact, the view made all of us head over heels!
Our time in Chicago has come to an end. Tomorrow, the true journey begins, as we pass through Illinois and into Missouri via Route 66. Springfield, the home of Abe Lincoln, and St. Louis, the "gateway to the West," wait for us.
1.Why did the author and her companions like the soft winds?
A. It brought warmth to them.
B. It made them feel comfortable.
C. It improved the quality of the air.
D. It left the sky blue and beautiful.
2. What did the author and her companions mainly do in Chicago?
A. They explored for foreign customs.
B. They visited Polish communities.
C. They studied the history of the city.
D. They enjoyed famous local foods.
3.The author and her companions stayed online ________.
A. communicating with strangers abroad
B. asking for information on foreign foods
C. sharing their travel plan with strangers
D. learning about different cultures in the world
4.The underlined part “head over heels” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by ________.
A. boredB. relaxedC. FascinatedD. Disappointed
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Soft winds blew throughout the Windy City today. We welcomed the winds, as it was another hot day in Chicago. The wind blew, bringing us some coolness and making the weather not that hot. But it was a beautiful summer day with a blue sky.
Chicago is a great city for eating, and we have enjoyed tasting the different foods. Last night, we tried one of the city's most famous foods: deep-dish pizza. Chicago claims credit for the rich and cheesy thick-crust pizza, covered with a sweet tomato sauce. We topped it with olives and green peppers.
We were touring the city, mainly looking for delicious local foods. Today, we enjoyed a Polish specialty at lunch: Pierogis, an Eastern European dumpling-like dish, filled with foods like potatoes, cheese, mushrooms, cabbage and meat. Polish immigrants started settling in Chicago in the 1850s, and the city has one of the largest Polish communities in the U.S.
We took a break from exploring the city to talk with some of you! Ashley and Caty logged onto the Internet for an on-the-road version of TALK2US. We spoke to an English teacher in Tokyo, Japan, and a graduate student in India.
Meanwhile, Adam searched for some locations around the city to shoot some video. He chose a spectacular spot: Navy Pier, Chicago's most-visited attraction. The winds from Lake Michigan keep visitors cool, and the view of the Chicago skyline never fails to impress. In fact, the view made all of us head over heels!
Our time in Chicago has come to an end. Tomorrow, the true journey begins, as we pass through Illinois and into Missouri via Route 66. Springfield, the home of Abe Lincoln, and St. Louis, the "gateway to the West," wait for us.
1.Why did the author and her companions like the soft winds?
A. It brought warmth to them.
B. It left the sky blue and beautiful.
C. It improved the quality of the air.
D. It made them feel comfortable.
2.What did the author and her companions mainly do in Chicago?
A. They enjoyed famous local foods.
B. They visited Polish communities.
C. They studied the history of the city.
D. They explored for foreign customs.
3.The author and her companions stayed online ________.
A. sharing their travel plan with strangers
B. asking for information on foreign foods
C. communicating with strangers abroad
D. learning about different cultures in the world
4.The underlined part “head over heels” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by ________.
A. bored B. relaxed C. fascinated D. disappointed
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