高一英语阅读五篇

1 A There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her One day feeling very sad and lonely she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn 荆棘 bush The young girl carefully released the Butterfly Instead of flying away the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief For your wonderful kindness the good fairy said to the girl I will give you any wish you would like The little girl thought for a moment and then replied I want to be happy The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear Then the fairy disappeared As the little girl grew up there was no one in the land as happy as she Everyone asked her secret of happiness She would only smile and answer The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl When she was very old and on her deathbed the neighbors all gathered around her that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her Tell us please they begged Tell us what the good fairy said The lovely old woman simply smiled and said She told me that everyone no matter how secure they seemed no matter how old or young how rich or poor had need of me 56 the girl felt sad and lonely A There were many friends but B There was nobody to love her so C There was nothing to do D Seeing the butterfly was caught 57 Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn the orphan girl A helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn B felt sorrow but she didn t go up to help it C fell down on it too D failed to help it release from the thorn 58 The butterfly after was saved by the little girl A flied away B still died C changed into a fairy D was more beautiful than before 59 The only thing that the little girl wanted was A to be rich B to have her own parents C to have a lot of friends D happiness 60 The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying because A they loved this woman deeply and they didn t wanted her to die B the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died C they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness D they wanted to pray for her after her death B The most important holiday in spring especially for Christians 基督徒 is Easter This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year but it s always on a Sunday It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25 Many people celebrate Easter by buying new clothes Children celebrate by hunting for colored eggs that their parents have hidden around the house People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat On Easter many people go 2 to church to celebrate Jesus resurrection 复活 from the dead Most people color them Some people hide them Others just eat them But no matter what one does with Easter eggs they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world People from many different cultures celebrate Easter In both America and Belgium children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes In America children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny 复活节兔子 But in Belgium the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells In Bulgaria red Easter eggs are lucky in churches Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest The winner looks forward to good fortune that year Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist In parts of Austria for example children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colorful eggs 61 Easter comes A on the same date every year B on Sunday on March 22 C on Sunday on April 25 D on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 62 To celebrate Easter people A go shopping hide colored eggs and children hunt for them B give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another C buy new clothes hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house D both B and C 63 For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is A buying new clothes B going to church to celebrate Jesus resurrection C eating delicious food and paint color eggs D exchange beautiful gifts each other 64 People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg A In both American and Belgium children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes B In American children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny C In Belgium the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells D In America the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells 65 In some places of Austria children sing from door to door for A blesses B Easter eggs C candy and goodies D Easter bunny C Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer saying studies showed a clear link Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake through diet or a vitamin supplement Dr Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview Garland s research team reviewed 63 studies including several large long term ones on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004 There s nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer he said urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health Vitamin D is found in milk as well as in some fortified orange juice yogurt and cheeses usually at around 100 international units IU a serving People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day Garland said adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the 3 National Academy of Sciences The authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas which receive less vitamin D from sunshine African Americans who don t produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour could also benefit significantly from a higher intake the authors said 66 According to the passage people are advised to take more Vitamin D because A it is nutritious B it can t harm people s health C it can lower cancer risk D it is not taken enough every day 67 Which of the following can not help people get more Vitamin D A Have some sunshine B Have more meat C Have more fortified cheese D Have a vitamin supplement 68 Who can Garland probably be A A health researcher B A doctor C A scientist D A public health official 69 Which of the following food can lower people s chance of getting cancer A Milk B Fortified orange juice C Fortified yogurt D All of the above 70 People from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage A Asian people B African people C American people D European people 参考答案 56 60 BACDC 61 65 DDBBB 66 70 CBADB A When I met him I had a lot of anger inside of me I ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem but in my neighborhood there are shoot ups all the time I know kids who have been shot or beaten up I have friends who ended up in prison I could have ended up that way too but Mr Clark wouldn t let that happen Mr Clark worked long hours making sure I did my work My grades rose In fact the scores of our whole class rose One day he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem Before the show he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full We did not want to let him down Mr Clark was selected as Disney s 2000 Teacher of the Year He said he would draw three names out of a hat those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award But when the time came to draw names Mr Clark said You re all going On graduation day there were a lot of tears We didn t want his class to end In 2001 he moved to Atlanta but he always kept in touch He started giving lectures about education and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules The Essential 55 In 2003 Mr Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages 孤儿院 It was the most amazing experience of my life It s now m