Mr. Reese was born in a big city. His father had several companies and got a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his business and never asked him how he got along with his studies. So the boy spent most time in the restaurants or cinemas. Of course he was weak at his lessons and learned nothing at school. He made many friends but none of them was good and when they knew he came from a rich family, they began to teach him to gamble(賭博). Of course he lost much money.
　　Now Mr. Reese was twenty and finished middle school. He could not do anything. But his father didn't mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him leave his house. The young man couldn't gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money. But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his wife from doing so. They began to fight in the room. The young man brought out a knife and killed his father. His mother helped him to run away, but soon after that he was caught and sentenced(判刑)to death.
　　It was a cold and wet day. Suddenly it began to rain hard when Mr. Reese was being sent to the execution ground(刑場). Soon both he and the soldiers were wet through. He said angrily,“Bad luck! I shall be shot in such bad weather!”
　　“Don't complain(抱怨), brothers” said one of the soldiers. “You're luckier than us all. We'll have to go back to the city after that!”
小題1:Old Reese never wanted to know about his son's studies because _________.
A．he was sure his son was good at his lessons
B．he spent all his energies on his business
C．he knew nothing about the education
D．his wife looked after their children
小題2:The bad young men taught Young Reese to gamble in order _________.
A．to play with him
B．to spend spare time
C．that the could get much money from him
D．that they could find jobs in his father's companies
小題3:Old Reese became angry because _________.
A．him son had learned nothing at school
B．his son was weak at all his lessons
C．his son couldn't do anything in the companies
D．his son had lost one of his companies
小題4:Mr. Reese complained _________.
A．he was sentenced to death
B．he would be shot
C．he went to the execution ground on foot
D．he would be shot in bad weather
練習冊系列答案
相關習題

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

The young wonman entered the pool where an injured dolphin(海豚) was swimming. Despite her fear,she felt strong wearing her new leg.
In her second grade. Maja  1  her cousin.Jasmina.After Jasmina’s death.Maja swore she would honor the little girl by  2  with a dolphin,an animal that both girls  3  .”Jasmina never got the chance to do it.”says Maja.now32,”so I  4  that someday I’d do it for her.”
In high school,Maja was  5 about sports. she even planned to become an athlete.  6  ,in 1993. during the eivil war in her home country, a bomb  7  her left leg.
After two years’  8 in the U.S.,Maja received her first artifierd (人造的)leg. But  9 it didn’t fit well, walking for Maja was painfei  10  she managed to graduart from a loca high school. Then after receiving a  11 from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and   12  started her own campany.
To relax. Maja  13  ofter watch the dolphins play at an auarium (水族館)near her home.A young dolphin. Winter, who had lost its tail, eaught her  14    One day,Maja happened to see trainers  15  Winter with a high-teeh tail.When they were done.Winter swam freely in the water.Maja was   16 . She managed to find the inventors of Winter’s tail.Within ten days,she  had a new leg which freed her the   17   that had troubled her for almost 16years.
Now, Maja was ready to keep her   18   .She went to the aquarium. Lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached   19    , then swum away. After a few minutes. The dollop hint let Maja    20   its back Finally .they began to swim around together.
小題1:
A．lostB．visitedC．rescuedD．left
小題2: 
A．talkingB．livingC．swimmingD．surfing
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)doredB．a(chǎn)doptedC．possessedD．premised
小題4: 
A．pretendedB．deeidedC．perfectedD．a(chǎn)greed
小題5: 
A．positiveB．a(chǎn)theisticC．particularD．curious
小題6:
A．UndoubtedlyB．SurprisinglyC．StrangelyD．Unfurunaterly
小題7:
A．took awayB．took everC．cut downD．cut out
小題8:
A．studyB．potationC．treatment D．experiment
小題9:
A．untilB．becauseC．a(chǎn)lthoughD．it
小題10:
A．OtherwiseB．ThereforeC．BesidesD．However
小題11:
A．scholarshipsB．degreeC．prizeD．notice
小題12:
A．graduallyB．a(chǎn)ctuallyC．eventuallyD．niter
小題13:
A．mightB．shouldC．couldD．would
小題14:
A．eyeB．legC．noseD．hand
小題15:
A．celebratingB．gruelingC．markingD．firm
小題16: 
A．inspiredB．passedC．shockedD．a(chǎn)mused
小題17:
A．worryB．sadnessC．painD．fear
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)ppointmentB．promiseC．recordD．halt
小題19:.
A．blindlyB．a(chǎn)ngrilyC．gratefullyD．cautiously
小題20:
A．strikeB．coverC．touchD．wipe

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous, talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall , good looking young man with big , happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
小題1: Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _________.
A．richB．youngC．lonelyD．a(chǎn) bad student
小題2: Jean thought “David” was special because he _________.
A．made her quite happy on QQB．was from San Francisco
C．was tall and good-lookingD．was rich
小題3: What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily
B．People don’t use their real names on QQ so often
C．Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ
D．Don’t spend much time on QQ

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always 36.    the extra piece on the windowsill(窗臺).
She 37.   an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his 38.   . This went on day after day. The woman felt very 39.   . In order to punish him, she decided to add 40.   to the bread she 41. for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she 42.   and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the sill. 43.   , the man  came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally 44. of the anger in the heart of the woman.
That evening, there was a 45. on the door. As she opened it, she was 46.  to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to 47. his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.
Looking at his mother he said 48.  , “ Mom, it is truly  49. I’m here.  My business  50.  so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was 51.  enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, ‘ this is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your  52. is greater than mine!’ ”
  As the mother  53.  those words, her face turned pale. She 54. the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have 55. his life!
小題1:..
A．cutB．tasteC．placeD．sell
 小題2:.
A．doubtedB．noticedC．hopedD．worried
小題3:.
A．a(chǎn)ppreciationB．concernC．regretD．sympathy
小題4:.
A．strangeB．sadC．satisfiedD．a(chǎn)ngry
小題5:.
A．sugarB．saltC．poisonD．milk
小題6:.
A．caredB．a(chǎn)ppliedC．preparedD．begged
小題7:..
A．a(chǎn)greedB．hesitatedC．a(chǎn)cceptedD．understood
小題8:.
A．As usualB．On the wayC．As a resultD．On the other hand
小題9:.. A. uncertain       B. unaware        C. unashamed    D. unafraid
小題10:.
A．messageB．keyC．knifeD．knock
小題11:.
A．curiousB．surprisedC．nervousD．disappointed
小題12:.
A．a(chǎn)ssessB．spendC．seekD．bring
小題13:..
A．cheerfullyB．carefullyC．proudlyD．weakly
小題14:.
A．normalB．a(chǎn)mazingC．terribleD．necessary
小題15:.
A．failedB．succeededC．grewD．continued
小題16:..
A．uniqueB．smartC．kindD．mean
小題17:.
A．strengthB．jobC．helpD．need
小題18:.
A．saidB．wroteC．readD．heard
小題19:.
A．threwB．rememberedC．keptD．discovered
小題20:.
A．lostB．savedC．startedD．built

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

完型填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上涂黑。
My mother knew that she could not send me to college and pay for it．If I wanted to go to college, it was up to roe to find out how to get there．I found that I 36   for some grants （助學金）.There was enough to 37  school and books, but not enough for room and board．I accepted a job as part of a work-study program．I washed dishes in the school cafeteria．My grades went   38   ．It was the hardest work I had   39   done．
Just when I thought I was going to 40  of my college career, a friend told me that his grandmother needed help on the weekends． 41   that was required of me was cooking meals． Now I would have time to study．I went to meet his grandmother and accepted the job．My first   42 was his grandmother' s great love of music．One day, she told me I didn't have enough   43  in my life and decided to teach me the art．Grandma was 44  with my ability and encouraged me to continue．Weekends became more than just books and cooking; they were   45  the wonderful sounds of the piano and two singers．
When Christmas break came, Grandma got a chest cold 46  I was unwilling to leave her．I hadn't been home since Labor Day, and my family was 47  to see me．I said my good-bye, 48  for her temporary care and returned home． 49   I was loading my car to go back to school, the phone rang and my friend told me Grandma died．I hung up the phone feeling like my world had ended．I had 50  my friend, and that was   51  worse than knowing I would have to return to dishwashing．
Four weeks later, I asked to begin the work-study program again．The financial aid advisor looked at me   52  I had lost my mind．I   53 my position, then he smiled and slid me an envelope which was from Grandma．She had known how sick she was．In the envelope was enough money to pay for the rest of my school year and a request that I take piano lessons in her   54  ． Now, years later, when I walk by a piano, I   55  and think of Grandma．She is playing the piano in heaven, I am sure．
小題1:
A．fitB．matchedC．suitedD．qualified
小題2:
A．coverB．offerC．containD．include
小題3:
A．back to frontB．ins and outsC．up and downD．left to right
小題4:
A．evenB．everC．neverD．still
小題5:
A．cut outB．drop outC．leave outD．turn out
小題6:
A．EverythingB．SomethingC．AllD．Anything
小題7:
A．ideaB．jobC．findingD．discovery
小題8:
A．moneyB．funC．energyD．a(chǎn)mbition
小題9:
A．persuadedB．stuckC．impressedD．beaten
小題10:
A．filled withB．covered withC．dotted withD．equipped with
小題11:
A．thereforeB．thenC．orD．a(chǎn)nd
小題12:
A．nervousB．surprisedC．a(chǎn)nxiousD．shocked
小題13:
A．settledB．recommendedC．organizedD．a(chǎn)rranged
小題14:
A．BeforeB．AsC．AfterD．Since
小題15:
A．lostB．missedC．forgottenD．known
小題16:
A．farB．fairlyC．veryD．more
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)s long asB．a(chǎn)s ifC．even ifD．now that
小題18:
A．explainedB．expressedC．realizedD．a(chǎn)nnounced
小題19:
A．wayB．needC．memoryD．response
小題20:
A．smileB．cryC．leaveD．escape

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Surtsey was born in 1963.Scientists saw the birth of this island. It began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain's（船長）feet. He noticed a strange smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano（火山）was breaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom（底部）of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November.
Scientists flew there to watch. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky. Surtsey grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1967.It was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers long. And life was already coming to Surtsey. Plants grew. Birds came. Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.
小題1:Surtsey is ______.
A．a(chǎn)n island not far from IcelandB．a(chǎn) new volcano
C．a(chǎn) fishing boatD．a(chǎn) place in Iceland
小題2:When did scientist fly there to watch?
A．Before the volcano broke out.B．As soon as the volcano broke out.
C．About four days after the volcano broke out.
D．After the volcano stopped rushing up.
小題3:Put the following sentences in correct order.
a. The captain found the boat was moving.      b. A new island appeared in the sea.
c. Fire, smoke and rocks were seen rushing up.  d. A fishing boat was near Iceland.
e. The island grew quickly.
A．d-a-c-b-e 　　B．a(chǎn)-b-c-d-e　　C．a(chǎn)-b-e-c-d　 　D．b-e-d-a-c
小題4:When was Surtsey born?
A．1964B．1963C．1962D．1965

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Donna Simpson weighs more than 600 pounds and aims to reach 1，000 pounds．The New Jersey woman is carrying a series of activities to become the world’s fattest living woman，admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food．
Donna，who wears XXXXXXXL dresses, eats pounds of junk food and tries to move as little as possible．The 42-year-old woman is a model on a website，where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating food or walking to the car．She appeared in TV interviews and
said she welcomed media coverage．
Simpson has submitted a claim to the Guinness World Records for the title of the world’s heaviest woman to give birth．Among the heaviest women ever recorded was one who reportedly weighed 1，800 pounds and another who reportedly weighed 1,200 pounds at the time of their
deaths．   
You might expect her husband to advise her to lose weight，but it is the other way round．To achieve her goal，Donna says she will need to eat up to 12，000 calories a day，compared to 2000 calories that a normal woman needs．
When she came across the website which made very fat women widely known，she came to know there were many women faced with the same problems．And after she admitted her real size，e-mails from people poured in．They sent her gifts through the post，expressing their care
for her．Donna was not feeling sorry for her goal，though she might risk her own life in the process．However, some have a different voice in Donna’s behavior．They hold that it is more important to do something useful than to become popular．After all，there are so many children faced with the shortage of food throughout the world．
小題1:. . One reason why Donna Simpson wants to be the heaviest woman is that         .
A．she is fond of challenging herself
B．she wants to advertise for food
C．she is crazy about public attention
D．she hopes to make fat women confident
小題2:. . We can learn from the passage that          ．
A．Simpson is much fatter than any other woman
B．Simpson’s videos can be watched on the Internet
C．Simpson has broken the Guinness World Record
D．Simpson’s husband is strongly against her plan
小題3:. . What can we infer from the passage?
A．Simpson will go on a diet to keep fit
B．There’s no way for one to reach 1000 pounds
C．Most people take pity on Simpson
D．Simpson will take measures to achieve her goal
小題4:. . The author’s attitude towards Donna Simpson would be            ． 
A．negativeB．uncertainC．encouragingD．a(chǎn)nnoying
小題5:. . What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Meet with the fattest person in the world
B．What’s the matter with Donna Simpson?
C．A US woman decided to be the world’s heaviest
D．The super-sized model planned to lose weight

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

When I looked at the grade on my math paper my jaw almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink. I had never received such a terrible grade before.
I was so ashamed that when I got home that afternoon I lied to my dad. I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled. His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt the unusual delay of my report.
A month later, Dad casually asked me again about the report at the dinner table. He looked right into my eyes and asked for an answer. Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math final. I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.
For a moment, he just looked at me. I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. That is no big deal – no one can be perfect all the time. But I am very disappointed in you. If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? It’s much easier to achieve a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust in you.”
Dad’s words touched my heart. I couldn’t forgive myself for having hurt his feelings. I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed to him and apologized, sincerely. I realized that my honesty is not only important to me personally, but to those around me that truly care about my well-being.
In one of Shakespeare’s plays a character says: “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” After the crisis between Dad and me, I began to understand those words.
小題1:.The first paragraph may suggest that the author ______.
A．was punished by her father for a bad grade
B．never expected teachers to give her bad grades
C．usually got a higher grade
D．was bad at math
小題2:. The author lied to her father because ______.
A．she thought her father would believe her story
B．she didn’t want to let her father down
C．her father wouldn’t get her grade report
D．her father got angry whenever she got a poor grade
小題3:. Why did her father stay silent after his daughter told him that she had lied?
A．He didn’t understand what his daughter had said.
B．He was angry that his daughter lied to him again.
C．He was unhappy with his daughter’s bad score.
D．He was hurt that his daughter had lied to him.
小題4:. The purpose of the article is to tell us that ______.
A．dishonesty may work sometimes, but there is a price to pay
B．sometimes a lie can make things easier
C．we should study hard to make our parents happy
D．we should accept the fact that we are not perfect

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

John Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny, When I was your age 1 was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.
“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”
“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”
In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.
“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”
When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything.
“When you told me to earn some money, 1 decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”
Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”
小題1: Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.
A．he liked listening to the radio
B．he had a big family to support
C．he spent a lot of time writing letters
D．he didn’t do the jobs well
小題2: Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.
A．threeB．sixC．nineD．eleven
小題3: Why was Johnny fined $ 250? _______.
A．Because he was lazy
B．Because he was out of work
C．Because he deceived(欺騙)
D．Because he didn’t pay for his new suit
小題4: What would probably happen at last? _______.
A．Johnny would get $ 2500 from the newspaper
B．The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny
C．Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper
D．Johnny would become a newspaper reporter
小題5:Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage? _______?
A．How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner
B．What’s Johnny’s secret
C．What did the policeman want Johnny to do
D．How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案