Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.
Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.” Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents.
In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen, it is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone. It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own.
Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year. He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He says he wished he had traveled alone earlier. “The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person,” said the 30-year-old man.
Richardson describes traveling alone like “a shot in the arm”, which “makes you a more confident person that is ready to deal with anything”. He said, “The feeling of having overcome something on my own is a major part of what drives me each day when I’m dealing with a difficult task. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try.”
The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said, “Only by going alone in silence can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”
1. Which of the following will Kristina Wegscheider agree with?
A. Traveling alone is a necessary experience for everyone.
B. It is more meaningful to travel in foreign countries.
C. It is comfortable to travel around without a friend.
D. Traveling abroad helps people to find new things.
2.Traveling alone is challenging because ________.
A. you have to make things on your own
B. it is hard for you to prove yourself to others
C. you can only depend on yourself whatever happens
D. it will finally build your character
3.What can we infer about Chris Richardson?
A. He started traveling alone at an early age.
B. He was once shot in the arm.
C. He used to work as a salesman.
D. His website inspires others a lot.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Travel Abroad B. Travel Alone
C. Travel Light D. Travel Wide and Far
科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆云南玉溪市高三第四次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空
完形填空,閱讀下面短文，從短文后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，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little ________ .It was Mother's Day—and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had ________ how colorful their backyard was ________ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she________ those lilacs (丁香) in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the ________ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest ________and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she________ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the________ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her ________ .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and ________ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (門廊), where a(n) ________patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two ________ ,bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her ________ . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair ________ with a smile, and held the lilacs________ .
“Mom,”the kids asked, “________did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so________ while I have all of you. And anyone would be ________by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he ________some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids ________purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
1.A. moved B. worried C. angry D. depressed
2.A. learned B. imagined C. mentioned D. realized
3.A. now that B. so that C. as if D. even if
4.A. missed B. grew C. watered D. showed
5.A. cars B. kids C. clothes D. lilacs
6.A. bush B. hill C. yard D. door
7.A. bought B. picked C. set D. raised
8.A. break B. holiday C. trip D. dinner
9.A. friends B. memory C. flowers D. honor
10.A. responded B. pointed C. drove D. hurried
11.A. loving B. elderly C. serious D. sensitive
12.A. hesitated B. waited C. sat D. chatted
13.A. family B. mother C. path D. home
14.A. nodded B. waved C. left D. continued
15.A. sadly B. politely C. quickly D. tightly
16.A. why B. when C. how D. where
17.A. quiet B. confused C. alone D. patient
18.A. calmed B. persuaded C. disappointed D. cheered
19.A. arranged B. dried C. planted D. hid
20.A. find B. gather C. receive D. buy
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年廣西柳州鐵路第一中學(xué)高二上段考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空
閱讀下面短文,從短文后所給的四個選項(A,B,C 和D中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Still in shock I wandered about the house trying to decide what to put into the suitcases._____ that evening I had received a call from my hometown in Missouri telling me that my brother and his wife had been killed in a car _____. “ Come as soon as you can,” ______ my mother.
While Larry, my husband, made plane ______ for the following morning, I aimlessly____ things and put them down. I couldn’t focus. Occasionally, someone phoned and said, “ _____ there’s anything I can do, let me know.” “Tha
nk you very much, ” I’d_____. But I didn’t know what to ask for.
When the _____ rang, I _____ slowly and opened the door, seeing Emerson, our neighbor, standing on the porch(門廊). “ I’ve come to ______ your shoes,” he said. Confused, I asked him to repeat. “I just want to _____you. I remember when my father died, it _____me hours to get the children’s shoes cleaned and shined for the funeral. So that’s what I’ve come to do for you. Give me all your shoes-not just your good shoes ,but all your shoes.”
While Emerson_____ newspaper on the kitchen floor, I gathered Larry’s shoes, my heels and the children’s ______ shoes. While we cleared the supper dishes, he continued to work, saying nothing.
One by one , the jobs fell into ____. I went into the laundry room to put a load of wash into the dryer, returning to the kitchen to find that Emerson had left. In a line against one wall stood all our shoes, spotless. I could put the shoes _____ into the suitcase.
Now, whenever I _____an acquaintance who has lost a loved one, I no longer call with the vague(含糊的) offer, “ If there’s anything I can do…” Now I try to think of one_____ task that suits that person’s need –such washing the family car, house-sitting _____the funeral…And if the person says to me, “ How did you know I needed that done?” I reply, “It’s because a man ____cleaned my shoes. ”
1.A. LateB. LaterC. EarlierD. Former
2.A. accidentB. chanceC. showD. holiday
3.A. bentB. beggedC. beganD. bargained
4.A. observationB. reservationsC. preparationsD. services
5.A. picked upB. picked atC. picked outD. picked off
6.A. SinceB. IfC. UnlessD. Until
7.A. askB. tellC. replyD. talk
8.A. doorB. doorbellC. radioD. telephone
9.A. raisedB. roseC. jumpedD. ran
10.A. throwB. collectC. cleanD. polish
11.A. helpB. leaveC. saveD. call
12.A. spentB. leaveC. costD. took
13.A. spreadB. tookC. splitD. spit
14.A. freshB. dirtyC. newD. big
15.A. siteB. locationC. spotD. place
16.A. fortunatelyB. sadlyC. shortlyD. directly
17.A. rely onB. dream ofC. hear ofD. think back
18.A. specialB. toughC. sparklingD. specific
19.A. 
afterB. duringC. beforeD. through
20.A. onceB. agoC. alwaysD. often
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Honey(蜂蜜)from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals unexpected helper一a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax (蜂蠟) in the beehives (蜂)finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?
A. It's small in size.
B. It's hidden in trees.
C. It's covered with wax.
D. It's hard to recognize.
2.What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A bee. B. A bird.
C. A honey seeker. D. A beekeeper.
3.The honey guide is special in the way .
A. it gets its food
B. it goes to church
C. it sings in the forest
D. it reaches into bees' nests
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Wild Bees
B. Wax and Honey
C. Beekeeping in Africa
D. Honey-Lover's Helper
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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
Tips for summer reading
Summer holds many of my strongest and most powerful reading memories. I remember sitting under a tree in the backyard as a child, reading Anne of Green Gables as the shadows crossed the grass. I remember sitting in the back seat of the car on a long family road trip, sharing joke books with my brother and sister and laughing until we cried. 1. I want all kids to enjoy the fun of summer reading, because summer reading has secret power. 2.__ here are some ways to motivate kids for summer reading.
Make children the curators（管理人）of their reading lives.
Have students set summer reading goals for themselves. 3. Students can act as “chief curators” of the blog in turn so that over the course of the summer each of them takes on the responsibility of replying to posts and highlighting a popular title.
4.
Taking “curiosity walks” is a fantastic way to bring informational text into a child’s reading list. These walks also provide opportunities for authentic writing. Have children take an inspiration notebook on a class walk outside and write down anything they see that they would like to learn more about.
Make reading more like summer camp.
Let’s combine reading with hands-on activities and make reading more like summer camp. We can take field trips to the library and search the shelves for books on a topic chosen out of a hat. 5. then they can bring that creation in to share on the first days of school.
A. It will set the stage for academic success.
B. Bring the outdoors back into summer reading.
C. Select some books and share them with your students.
D. Set up a summer blog so you can all share recommendations.
E. These memories became important stepping stones in my life.
F. It is important to build and shape a strong reading life during school months.
G. We can ask our students to create something in response to one of the books they’ve read.
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Experts have found that the disease will lead to a greater increase in the number of sufferers unless ________ seriously when the symptom first appears.
A. treated B. to be treated
C. being treated D. be treated
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Winner of the Noble Prize for Literature and one of the America’s leading novelists, Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, in 1885. The author graduated from Yale University, and worked as reporter, editor, and free-lane writer before devoting his full time to writing. His literary reputation was made with the publication of Main Street in 1920. Later successes include Babbitt (1922), Arrow smith (1924), Elmer Gantry (1927) and Dog worth (1929). Both Babbitt and Arrow smith are available in Signet edition. Mr. Lewis died in Rome, Italy in 1951.
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1.Which of the following statements is true about the author of Main Street?
A. He was awarded the Nobel Prize when he was 35.
B. He did several different jobs before becoming a full time writer.
C. His later works were more successful than his early ones.
D. He wrote a novel every other year in his literary life.
2.What can we know about the novel Main Street from the above passage?
A. It has been one of the most widely accepted historical novels.
B. It is somewhat the real life presentation of its author Sinclair Lewis.
C. It presents a realistic look of the life scene of America at that time.
D. It has a great impact in the process of the twenty-first century literature.
3. How much more should a Chinese reader pay if he orders five copies of the same Signet books than a Canadian reader?
A. $7.5. B. $5. C. $2.5. D. $10.
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完形填空
瀏覽全文，掌握其大意；然后從各題所給的A, B, C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卷上將相應(yīng)選項涂黑。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to ________ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the ________ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too ________ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of ________.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there ________ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She ________ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had ________ her. I was ________ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it ________, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt ________ . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen ________, but it’s really there. Love is ________ .”
I listened carefully but I ________ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly ________ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked ________ . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father ________ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t ________ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” ________ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and ________ . But from this experience, I understand that love is just ________ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1.A. keep fit B. earn money C. rise early D. collect money
2.A. romantic B. magic C. fantastic D. attractive
3.A. simple B. easy C. relaxing D. luxurious（奢侈的）
4.A. question B. the question C. reach D. control
5.A. feeling B. quarrel C. love D. smile
6.A. raised B. shook C. nodded D. bowed
7.A. wounded B. injured C. hurt D. harmed
8.A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassmentC. with deep depression D. at extreme sorrow
9.A. appears B. comes about C. happens D. occurs
10.A. warm and soft B. hot and hard C. thin and cool D. strong and durable
11.A. somewhere and sometime B. more or lessC. anywhere or anytime D. here and there
12.A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby
13.A. could believe B. couldn’t understandC. wouldn’t recognize D. might know
14.A. got sick B. got stuck C. threw up D. became disabled
15.A. quite healthy B. fairly red C. very pale D. much surprised
16.A. jump high B. go hurriedly C. run fast D. walk slowly
17.A. think about B. talk with C. worry about D. laugh at
18.A. Reading B. Seeing C. Saying D. Writing
19.A. fresh roses B. sweet kisses C. gold ring D. beautiful jewelry
20.A. the cotton B. a needle C. the cloth D. a thread
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―Well, my daughters take great interest in most of the food on the menu.
―Thanks. _________?
―Salad, fried fish, chips and orange juice, please.
A. Shall I take your order B. At your service
C. What to follow D. Can I help you
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