When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (團結). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
1.Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.
A. the strength of family unity
B. the difficulty of growing up
C. the advantage of chopsticks
D. the best way of giving a lesson
2.We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An family ______.
A. started a business in 1975
B. left Vietnam without much money
C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
3.What can we infer about the An daughters?
A. They did not finish their college education.
B. They could not bear to work in the family business.
C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. How to Run a Corporation
B. Strength Comes from Peace
C. How to Achieve a Big Dream
D. Family Unity Builds Success
科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆黑龍江大慶一中高三上第三段測英語卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空
閱讀下面短文，從文后所給各題的四個選項（A. B C D ）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障礙), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully __ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____ .
Mom had a two-week____in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike____cause months and likely years of “l(fā)abor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in____demand.
In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to____the storm in their homes,____others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more___side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most____ belongings in the car and____the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we____ power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ___ . But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had____ , and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky.
Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!”
My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes____ crying, but ___ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.
1.A. observe B. appreciate C. explore D. improve
2.A. work B. apologize C. recover D. change
3.A. vacation B. journey C. meeting D. schedule
4.A. must B. might C. should D. would
5.A. closely B. constantly C. warningly D. differently
6.A. adventure B. equipment C. supplies D. reports
7.A. basic B. high C. pure D. neat
8.A. get through B. put away C. test out D. suffer from
9.A. since B. when C. until D. while
10.A. dangerous B. abundant C. peaceful D. awesome
11.A. available B. concrete C. precious D. potential
12.A. set out B. headed for C. settled down D. watched out
13.A. provided B. reduced C. produced D. lost
14.A. garden B. house C. pool D. yard
15.A. clearer B. wilder C. lower D. higher
16.A. passed B. stood C. gone D. followed
17.A. leaving B. digging C. filling D. kicking
18.A. by B. before C. until D. after
19.A. in spite of B. instead of C. apart from D. in terms of
20.A. faith B. will C. strength D. laughter
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科目：高中英語 來源：2016-2017學年青海西寧市高一12月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Hetty Robinson learnt all about money when very young. As a child, she read the financial (金融的) pages of the newspaper to her rich father. Her father died when Hetty was 30, and she inherited $1 million. When she herself died in 1916, she left almost $100 million to her two children.
Hetty made her money on the New York stock (股票) exchange. She was a financial genius. She made money so easily that people called her the Witch of Wall Street. But although she was one of the richest women in the world, she counted every cent and spent as little as possible. She didn’t own a house, because she didn’t want to pay taxes. So she and her children lived in cheap hotels. She spent almost nothing on clothes, and always wore the same long black dress. She washed it herself, but to save soap she only washed the bottom of the dress, where it touched the ground. Other people had their own offices, but Hetty used a desk in the bank where she kept her money, because it didn’t cost anything. She sat in the bank and ate her sandwiches while she bought and sold stocks and shares. If the bank complained, she just moved all her money to another bank.
Hetty’s family paid the price for her meanness. When she was 33 she married a millionaire, Edward Green, and they had two children. But Green lost all his money, so she left him. When her son, Ned, injured his knee, Hetty didn’t want to pay for a doctor, so she took him to a free hospital for poor people. Unfortunately the doctor knew Hetty was rich and he asked for money. Hetty refused and took the boy away. His leg got worse and two years later doctors removed it.
But eventually Ned got his revenge (報應). At the age of 81, Hetty had an argument with a shop assistant about the price of a bottle of milk. She became so angry that she had a heart attack and died. So Hetty’s meanness finally killed her. Ned inherited half his mother’s fortune, and he spent it all on parties, holidays and expensive jewellery.
1.What fact can be learned about Hetty Robinson from the passage?
A. She was nice to her son.
C. She died from extreme anger.
B. She worked for a bank.
D. She came from a poor family.
2.Why was Hetty Robinson called the Witch of Wall Street?
A. She turned out to be the richest woman in New York.
B. She liked wearing the same long black dress every day.
C. She was fond of reading financial pages of the newspaper.
D. She made a large amount of money easily through stocks and shares.
3.Which of the following best describes Hetty Robinson?
A. Gifted but not generous.B. Wealthy and selfless.
C. Easy-going but selfish.D. Curious and lucky.
4.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. A Mean Genius
B. A Financial Success
C. A Lifelong Bad Luck
D. A Good Way to Earn Money
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科目：高中英語 來源：2016-2017學年廣東湛江市高一上第二次大考英語卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空
閱讀下面短文，從短文后面各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
Good ideas often start with really silly questions. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles (華夫餅干) for his son, he what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron. Later, he tried it and the looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather , Bowerman persevered and went on to form his own company, making NIKE shoes.
Sometimes good ideas grow out of . When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he needed to have some paperwork across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was . He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be a possible overnight mail delivery service? He design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business gave him only a C for his efforts. , Smith was not through. He the ideas in that class project and turned them into one of the first and most overnight mail services in the world—FedEx.
We know today, of course, that each of these ideas an incredibly successful product or service which has the way many of us live. The questions are usually open-ended and are often silly. aren’t afraid to ask such questions, but adults are. Think how different the world might be people never asked “silly” question!
1.A. worried B. wondered C. talked D. learned
2.A. result B. iron C. rubber D. cookie
3.A. waffles B. cloth C. shoe D. car
4.A. annoyed B. excited C. delighted D. discouraged
5.A. athletic B. casual C. travel D. business
6.A. happiness B. frustration C. sadness D. cau tion
7.A. finished B. taken C. delivered D. passed
8.A. slow B. possible C. fast D. impossible
9.A. decided to B. promised to C. refused to D. forgot to
10.A. partner B. boss C. professor D. friend
11.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Still
12.A. improved B. changed C. repeated D. recalled
13.A. hardly B. basically C. absolutely D. eventually
14.A. beautiful B. successful C. grateful D. wonderful
15.A. led to B. wanted to C. aimed to D. failed to
16.A. stopped B. kept C. changed D. enjoyed
17.A. first B. last C. worst D. best
18.A. Students B. Children C. Teachers D. Businessmen
19.A. frequently B. rarely C. constantly D. never
20.A. or B. if C. though D. unless
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年內蒙古高二下第二次月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：短文改錯
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下短文。短文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧), 并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。
修改： 在錯的詞下劃一橫線, 并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1、每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2、只允許修改10處, 多者(從第11處起) 不計分。
One day, when I am walking in my neighborhood after supper, I saw wallet on the ground. I picked it up or opened it. I found there were several $100 bills in it but I didn’t know whom it belonged for as there was no information about the owners. Just as I was wondering how to deal with it, I saw a man look for something. I went to him and asked how he was trying to find. He said he had been lost his wallet. Then I asked him how many it was in it. I returned it to him after making sure the wallet was him. He couldn’t thank me enough.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年吉林省吉林市校高一5月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：單句改錯
單句改錯: 每句只改一處錯誤。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(﹨)劃掉。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧), 并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線, 并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
1. Once you promise, you must keep your words.
2.He set a limit with the expenses of the trip.
3.It is rude of you to speak to Mom like that. I won’t have you speak to her like that again.
4.How fun it is to have an ice-cream on a hot summer day!
5.I’d just about given myself up for lost while I was spotted by a ship.
6.My parents used all what they had to give me a better education.
7.Rather than to take the plane all the way, they flew to Vancouver and then took the train.
8.Nothing could be good if he won the customers back.
9.George is the only one of those people who have trouble making up his mind.
10.All kinds of festivals and celebrations have held everywhere since ancient times.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年吉林省吉林市校高一5月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
When my brother Joey was 6 months old, my mother brought him home from the hospital and told me to watch him while she fixed supper. We started playing a game I called “dogs”, rolling on the floor like pups (小狗). Then I looked up and saw my mother watching us. She was crying.
“He’s blind,” she said. “The doctor told me today.”
I looked at Joey. He was laughing. “He can’t be blind,” I said. “He smiles at my face.”
“He smiles at your voice,” she said. “He’ll never see your face.”
That was that. Joey was blind. Mama went back to cooking. I went back to playing a dog. From the age of 8, Joey boarded at a school for the deaf and the blind, learning to read Braille (盲文). When he was 16, the school said he’d learned enough and sent him home with a Braille typewriter. At 21, Joey moved out to live on his own, he said, “l(fā)ike a man,” in an apartment 30 miles (48 km) away. He learned to cook, clean, do his own laundry, and do almost anything else he needed.
Then he met the love of his life. She, too, was blind. When Joey called to tell me, he said: “Even a blind man can fall in love at first sight.”
They shared 10 good years before he lost her to cancer. Painfully soon after, he also lost our mother, who was his champion, and our stepfather, who was Joey’s best friend.
What is left when you lose the loves of your life? My brother clung with an iron fist (拳頭) to three gifts: Faith, hope and love.
His faith grew stronger. He always had hope. And his love for his family has never gotten weaker, despite death or disappointment. Loved ones leave, but love remains.
The years ahead may prove to be his hardest. His legs are growing weaker, threatening to take away the independence he’s fought so hard to keep.
My sister and I often wonder what will happen if Joey can’t live on his own. It’s not up to us. We’ll do what we can, but it’s his life. He won’t have it any other way.
You don’t find strength to do something until it’s time to do it. Joey has found it whenever he has needed it. I believe he will again.
1.When the author’s mother brought her little brother Joey back from the hospital, the author _____.
A. was sad because he couldn’t see things clearly
B. immediately introduced him to the family dog
C. worried that he might steal her mother’s love from her
D. had great fun playing a game with him
2.Which of the following order of events is CORRECT according to the article?
a. Joey started learning Braille at a school for the deaf and the blind.
b. Joey moved out to live independently and learned to cook and clean.
c. Joey was sent back home with his Braille typewriter.
d. Joey had a hard time when he lost three beloved family members.
e. Joey fell in love with a blind girl the first time they met.
A. a b e d c B. a c b e d C. a c e b d D. a e c b d
3.What is the key message the author wants to convey through the article?
A. People have to spend more time with their loved ones.
B. The disabled deserve our respect and support so that they can live an independent life.
C. Love, hope and determination can keep a man going despite hardship.
D. People should learn to get over the loss of their loved ones as love always remains.
4.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The belief in finding love again
B. The strength to deal with difficulties.
C. The love for his family
D. The hope to have stronger legs.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年湖南永州四中高一下期末綜合水平檢測英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.
One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face…I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”
I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (殘疾的) from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蠣) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.
In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.
1.Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?
A. Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.
B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.
C. Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore.
D. Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.
2.How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?
A. About 1 hour.B. About 2 hours.
C. About 3 hours.D. About 4 hours.
3.From the text we can know that __________.
A. the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man
B. the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family
C. John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live in
D. the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors
4.The author’s family were grateful to know the man because __________.
A. he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden
B. he paid them money for his staying
C. he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint
D. he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family
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科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆寧夏銀川市高三上期第三次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：短文改錯
短文改錯
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（╲）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞
注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
Last winter, my classmates and I went to London to attending a winter camp. To better understand the history and culture of a city, we scheduled a “museum trip”. In Saturday morning we got up early and studied the map carefully to work out the route. One of my classmates suggested go there by bus to enjoy the street view. It was a long ride, so that we got off the double-decker bus, we seemed to lose way. The streets looked busy and strangely, and we have had to ask a passer-by for help. She pointed out the right direction and wished us a good day. Thanks to the friendly woman, we finally got to our destination. It took us some effort, however we witnessed the real beauty of the city. The experience also abled us to practise our English. What a terrific experience!
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