It was 3 am when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the crackling of flames(火焰的噼啪声) somewhere below there was not a 1 in the two-storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.
With his father away on night 2 at a factory, Glenn was 3 about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, and his brother Todd. He ran 4 through the smoke-filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd 5 they sat up. Then they helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden.
The nine-year-old raced 6 into the house and upstairs to his mother's room. He found it 7 to wake her up. Mrs. Kreamer was unconscious（昏迷不醒的）, and there was 8 to help Glenn carry her to the garden. "But the boy remained 9 and," as a fireman said later, "acted with all the self-control of a trained adult."
On the bedroom telephone, luckily still 10 , Glenn called his father and, 11 Mr. Kreamer to call the fire brigade, got on with the task of 12 his mother.
First he 13 a bucket（桶） with water from the bathroom and 14 water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth 15 his head he went back to the garden.
He could 16 the fire engine coming, but 17 would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house 18 flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?
Grasping a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and running upstairs to his mother's room. Tying one end of the string（绳子） 19 her hand he ran back, laying out the string 20 he went through the hall and back out into the garden. Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.
1. A. person B. sound C. thing D. light
2. A. duty B. business C. strike D. manager
3. A. sorry B. worried C. excited D. happy
4. A. outside B. inside C. downstairs D. from
5. A. because B. until C. before D. while
6. A. away B. there C. home D. back
7. A necessary B. important C. easy D. impossible
8. A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody D. everybody
9. A. worried B. calm C. clever D. dangerous
10. A. sleeping B. burning C. working D. ringing
11. A. doing B. making C. letting D. leaving
12. A. carrying B. pulling C. saving D. asking
13. A. found B. filled C. made D. borrowed
14. A. put B. did C. threw D. placed
15. A. in B. from C. above D. around
16. A. watch B. hear C. see D. listen
17. A. when B. why C. how D. what
18. A. there B. here C. where D. which
19. A. in B. up C. behind D. to
20. A. as B. so C. though D. after
1. B。根据下文的"火焰的噼啪声"可以判断此处应填表"声音"的词。2. A。on night duty意思是"值夜班"。3. B 4. C 5. B。根据句意判断此处应是Glenn Kreamer又推又拉他们，"直到"他们坐起来。6. D 7. D。 从后面"昏迷不醒的"看，叫醒她是"不可能的"。8. A 9. B。从消防队员说的话判断，他非常"镇静"。 10. C。根据luckily和后面的called his father看，此时电话还能用。此处容易误选ringing。11. D 12. C。继续"救"他的母亲。13. B 14. C。用threw表示"洒在......上"，生动形象。15. D 16. B。根据下文Glenn又做的事情看，他只能是"听到"救火车的到来。17. C 18. C 19. D 20. A
科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年山东梁山二中高一12月份质量检测英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
United States President George W. Bush is expected to issue a directive in the next few weeks. It will give the US Air Force a green light for the development of space weapons, US media reported last week.
This would potentially start a new global arms race, some experts have warned.
To keep that from happening, last Wednesday the White House explained that it was not considering putting weapons in space. It said it was making a shift in US space policy to allow for protection of satellites.
But some defense analysts and arms control advocates argue that the policy will pave the way for the US to put both defensive and offensive weapons in space.
“No one should be fooled,” said Theresa Hitchens, an American weapons expert.
The US is now restricted by a 1996 directive signed by President Bill Clinton. Plans for space weapons were vetoed by the Clinton cabinet. The directive emphasized the peaceful use of space , in agreement with almost unanimous global opinion.
The US military has placed importance on space and has sent up numberous satellites for troop communications and to provide intelligence and data to guide bombs to their targets.
The US Air Force wants to develop space- based weapons that could strike targets anywhere in the world within 90 minutes of receiving the order to open fire.
These new weapons under development cover a wide range. They include hunter- killer satellites and orbiting weapons. And they use lasers, radio waves, or even dense metal tubes, known as “ Rods from God”, dropped from space to do the damage.
There are many barriers to the setting up of this kind of program, experts say.
First is the coast. It is estimated that the budget may be US $220 billion to US $ 1 trillion .
The technical difficulties of developing reliable space weapons are also a problem.
And, the program will draw strong criticism from around the world. Experts worry about starting a space arms race.
【小题1】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
| A．US Military Plans |
| B．The Global Arms Race |
| C．A Comparison between Two Presidents |
| D．President George W. Bush and the World Peace |
| A．President George W. Bush supports space weapon development. |
| B．The space weapon program will threaten world peace |
| C．Clinton government was poorer than Bush government. |
| D．The US space weapon project is very expensive. |
| A．George W. Bush’s directive to be issued will be against global opinions |
| B．The White House is right in explaining that US new space policy aims to protect satellites |
| C．US government has little difficulty in developing new space weapons |
| D．President George W. Bush and Bill Clinton share a lot in common |
| A．optimistic | B．critical | C．excited | D．indifferent |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年山东省高三12月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold – his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors , it is nice to watch an underdog.
1.From the passage we can learn that the young man .
A．made his turn to start back pitifully
B．was skillful in freestyle in the game
C．swam faster than the average swimmer
D．was not capable enough to win the medal
2.The crowd changed their attitudes because .
A．they felt sorry for the young man
B．they were moved by the young man’s courage
C．they wanted to show their sympathy
D．they meant to please the young man
3.According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means .
A．it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself
B．it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills
C．it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors
D．it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The event started with three men, two of whom were disqualified later.
B．The crowd started to laugh at the athlete’s arms waving in an attempt at freestyle.
C．The athlete, as well as the author, is an expert swimmer.
D．The swimming event is a show of courage rather than a fierce competition.
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Compete for Gold! B．Try again!
C．Break a Record! D．Go for it!
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖北省荆门市20092010学年度高二上学期期末考试试卷（英语） 题型：阅读理解
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her free time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip (退稿条) from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and ruined hopes can surface.
A revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?”
“No”, she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自发地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
1. What do we learn form the first paragraph?
A. Now too many entertainments take up too much time.
B. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.
C. Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her free time.
D. Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
2. What did the author say about her own writing experience?
A. She was constantly under pressure of writing more.
B. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
C. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
D. Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.
3. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A. She had won a prize in the previous contest.
B. She wanted to share her stories with readers.
C. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
D. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
4. What’s the author’s advice for parents?
A. Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.
B. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.
C. Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.
D. A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届度广东省高一11月月考英语题 题型：阅读理解
I was packed and ready to leave for my two days’ trip. My mind had been filled with work and with so many small things to deal with. As I got into the car to leave, my thoughts turned to my children. I’d been preparing for the trip for the last few days, and now I’d be away for a few days.
How to keep in touch with your kids during busy time is often a father’s problem. Men tend to focus on one thing extremely well for long periods, but this can lead to trouble. Shifting(移开) from work to your family life isn't always the easiest thing to do. And if you don’t show your kids that you’re thinking about them, they may think that you are not.
As I started down the road, I suddenly stopped the car and turned around. I drove back to my house, found a couple of cards, and wrote a short message to each of my children. I put each in a “secret” place where I knew they’d find it.
When I called the next night, it was clear that they’d received the cards. “Daddy, I got your card,” they both said excitedly. “When did you do that?”
My heart was warmed when I heard this. It was such a small thing. But it had a big impact(影响) on my kids. It was their “proof” that I was thinking about them. And it was encouragement for me to continue to do the small things that have a big impact.
1. From the passage we can infer that the author thinks a father should ______.
A. care for his kids, no matter how busy he is
B. have a big impact on his kids
C. spend some time playing with his kids
D. stay at home as long as possible
2.Before leaving for the trip the author considered ________.
A. preparing some food for the trip
B. buying some nice gifts for his children
C. doing something to show his concern for his kids
D. telling his children to be careful at home
3.The author’s kids were excited when they answered the phone because _______.
A. their father had thought highly of them
B. they had found the cards from their father
C. they had done something good at home
D. their father told them he would be back soon
4.What does the underlined word “that” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
A. Packing luggage.
B. Reaching the hotel.
C. Writing short messages.
D. Going back home.
5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. All for the children
B. Play with your children
C. A father and his kids
D. Show love to your kids
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