Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams (阻塞)and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气).So the city began a scheme (计划)to improve the situation.
Under the Velib scheme ( “ Velib” comes from velo liberte, or “ bicycle freedom” ) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you do not return it after 30 minutes , you have to pay. it's only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are heavy(25 kg) , and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!
Paris is not the first city to have a scheme like this. But not everybody thinks it is a great idea. One Parisian said, "These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they wont use a bicycle - they'll still use their cars."
A city spokesman said, “The bicycle scheme will not settle all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There are not any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too."
1.What can we learn about the Velib scheme?
A.It owns more stations than the subway.
B.It aims to make traveling easier.
C.Its bikes are light and colorful.
D.Its bikes have no baskets.
2.If you use a Velib for one hour, how much should you pay?
A.€30. B.€30.
C.€ 29. D.€1.
3.Why do some people disagree with the Velib scheme?
A.The cost is rather high. ,
B.It is hard to find a Velib station.
C.It is not suitable for a long journey.
D.The distance between two Velib stations is long.
4.What's the city spokesman's attitude towards the bicycle scheme?
A.Doubtful. B.Positive.
C.Uncaring. D.Worried.
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
You may probably meet most of the powerful graduation speakers here who are well-known people in their fields. I think the schools couldn't have picked better speakers than them, because they set good examples, deeply inspiring us in our daily life.
1) Steve Jobs, Stanford University:
"The best way I know is to avoid the trap(困境)of thinking that you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions affect your own voice..."
2) Oprah Winfrey, Stanford University:
"I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school... And the secret I've learned to get ahead is being open to the lessons from the great universe of all. Don't react against a bad situation. And the solution(解决办法)will come from the challenge. So don't give up easily, acting with responsibility...”
3) Bono, University of Pennsylvania:
"For four years you've been buying, trading, and selling everything you've got in this marketplace of ideas. Your pockets are full, even if your parents’ are empty , and now you've got to figure out what to spend it on... “ The world is waiting for you to shape it...”
4) Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin:
"Now it's time for you to move on to what's next and get what you want. But you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, or sometimes you'll miss the right opportunity. Recognize that there will be failures and obstacles (障碍).But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others."
1.Who wants to express “listen to your own heart"?
A.Steve Jobs. B.Bono.
C.Michael Dell. D.Oprah Winfrey.
2.What does Michael Dell ask people to do?
A.Do their own work practically. B.Wait for their own dreams.
C.Create their own journey. D.Correct their own mistakes.
3.What can we be likely to get from these powerful graduation speeches?
A.Some well-known people. B.Some life lessons.
C.Some social skills. D.Some effective solutions.
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题,写一篇短文参赛,内容包括:
1.人物简介;2.尊敬和爱戴的原因。
注意:词数100左右;
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高二英语提纲类作文中等难度题查看答案及解析
You’re growing up. That means you’re probably experiencing lots of changes, all at once. Your body is changing. It might even seem as if your entire self is changing. It can be confusing and even scary. 1.. And it’s good!
Growing up means that you can do more, learn more, and start to make your mark on the world. In order for that to happen, your body produces chemicals called hormones that help both body and mind grow. Hormone levels change constantly, rising and falling.
2.. But it’s partly to blame for intense emotions, surprising reactions, and mood swings.
Because of the way your brain develops, it is somewhat ruled by emotion now and through your teen years. As a result, growing up can seem like an emotional roller coaster!
3.
Take care of yourself. If you eat right, sleep enough, and get good exercise, your brain will be much more able to deal with the stress.
4.. When you feel your moods swinging or you’re upset, or confused, some quiet time will allow you to gather your thoughts and get calmer.
Practice relaxing your body and take a deep breath when you wake up and when you go to bed. 5.. Plus, when stuff happens during the day, you’ll be able to calm yourself quickly with a deep breath or two before you react. Your body is changing.
A.Work out regularly to keep physically fit.
B.Take a time-out.
C.But the truth is,it happens to every teen.
D.It will help you fall asleep------and start the morning right.
E.Here are a few things you can do to make the ride smoother.
F.This changing is needed for your body’s development.
G.Usually,these feelings settle down when you realize what is going on.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Volunteering Is Fun
One afternoon I was sitting at home feeling so bored. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, I wanted to meet people and have new experiences so I decided to start volunteering. I searched on my computer and found a website where I could volunteer on a farm in France.
My time working on a farm was a new experience for me. It was basically a free holiday as food and accommodation were provided. However, it was not my typical holiday as I had to look after fifteen horses and sleep at the top of a tower in a castle! I was an awful farmer but it did not matter because I made some great friends. However, you do not need to go abroad to volunteer. I have had plenty of adventures at home as volunteering can become a hobby. For example, I love singing so I had a good laugh waving my arms in an attempt to conduct my local choir. I did slowly improve and it felt great to conduct the choir in a concert. At university, I organized a concert for charity with my friends. It was really fun finding bands and raising money for a cause we believe in.
It is true that you feel good volunteering but there are also other advantages. I once volunteered as a server at a charity sports event where the organizers gave me cupcakes to thank me for my services. I also volunteered in a charity shop so I found loads of nice cheap clothes to update my wardrobe(衣柜).
While this is all fun, my favorite aspect of volunteering is creating and sharing stories. My terrible attempts at farming have given me hilarious stories to tell! Talking to volunteers from different countries and backgrounds has also helped me learn more about the world. I feel thankful to have had so much fun with many nice people thanks to volunteering.
1.Why did the author want to be volunteer?
A.He wanted to taste new life and make friends.
B.He felt ashamed of himself.
C.He wanted to be a farmer.
D.He wanted to go abroad.
2.The underlined word“hilarious”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to“_____”.
A.sad B.critical C.awful D.funny
3.What volunteering work did the author do?
A.Taking care of sheep. B.Helping in an Italian farm.
C.Helping in a charity shop. D.Conducting a choir in a sports event.
4.How does the author feel according to the last paragraph?
A.Curious. B.Anxious. C.Grateful. D.Cautious
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
Plastic-Eating Worms
Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms’ chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms’ stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.
Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms’ ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. "Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, "she explains, "The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. "
Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?
Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team’s findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic."
1.What can we learn about the worms in the study?
A.They take plastics as their everyday food.
B.They are newly evolved creatures.
C.They can consume plastics.
D.They wind up in landfills.
2.According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to .
A.identify other means of the breakdown
B.find out the source of the enzyme
C.confirm the research findings
D.increase the breakdown speed
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might .
A.help to raise worms
B.help make plastic bags
C.be used to clean the oceans
D.be produced in factories in future
4.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To explain a study method on worms.
B.To introduce the diet of a special worm.
C.To present a way to break down plastics.
D.To propose new means to keep eco-balance.
高二英语阅读选择困难题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事
A merchant sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the wise man that the young man was looking for.
However, instead of finding the holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity: merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a band playing sweet music, and there was a table with different kinds of delicious food on it. The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for him.
The wise man listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the secret of happiness. He offered his suggestion that the young man take a walk around his castle and come hack in two hours' time.
"However, I want to ask you a favor," he added, handing the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. "While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill(溢出).
The young man began to walk around the castle, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.
"So," asked the wise man, "did you see the beautiful curtains hanging from the windows of my dining room? Did you see the garden that the master of gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful furniture in my library?"
Embarrassed, the young man admitted that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil the wise man had given him.
"So, go hack and see the wonders of my world," said the wise man. "You can’t trust a man if you don't know his house.
注意:1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and walked around the castle again.
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Paragraph 2:
"But where are the two drops of oil I gave you?" asked the wise man.
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高二英语读后续写中等难度题查看答案及解析
假定你是李华,有一位美国朋友John托你在北京找工作。当你看到《中国日报》(China Daily)上刊登了一则招聘启示的时候,你认为很合适。请你用英文写一封短信,用E-mail发给John,告知此事。广告原文如下:
Foreign Teachers Wanted!
The Education Department of the Ladder Information Company Limited is running an English course for children and adults.
Requirements:
1. Native English speaker
2. University degrees in education or related field preferred
3. Foreign expert certification(证明)
If you are interested, please call us:
Tel: 0086-10-68019433
E-mail: liecbjhotmail. com
Beijing Ladder Information Company Limited
注意:
1.词数80词左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文流畅。
Dear John,
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Li Hua
高二英语提纲类作文简单题查看答案及解析
Draper, the owner of a secondhand bookstore, was sorting through a pile of old books when an envelope fell from one. Inside was an undated_________and a faded photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was_________it, it meant the author had died.
Tears were welling up in Draper's eyes. These were a_________woman’s last words to her child. He had to_________Bethany. "Whoever it is will_________this," he thought. "You wouldn't _________a letter like that."
He supposed if the_________ended up in his shop then Bethany was likely from around Bishop Auckland. And he thought he_______recognized the little girl’s face. Even if she'd since left the area, there might be someone in the town who would recognize the_________.
He started with the local newspaper. The Northern Echo ran the story of the__________letter.
__________, Bethany Gash, now 21 and a (n)__________herself, was on Facebook about 10 miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the__________. As she read her mother's__________, which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be__________.
Bethany was only 4 when her mother__________. Five years later, her family moved to a new home and the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was unintentionally__________.
She remembers unpacking and looking for the letter, and then__________searching through everything in the hope that it was there. "That’s when I realized it was__________gone and I’d never see it again," she said.
Draper__________the letter in person. He also brought her a children’s book for her son. Bethany was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the stranger's kindness.
1.A.message B.email C.postcard D.letter
2.A.reading B.destroying C.forgetting D.copying
3.A.determined B.kind C.selfish D.dying
4.A.find B.introduce C.phone D.comfort
5.A.enjoy B.avoid C.want D.like
6.A.tear up B.throw away C.cut up D.pull out
7.A.book B.girl C.reporter D.news
8.A.hardly B.accidentally C.unfortunately D.actually
9.A.author B.picture C.teacher D.stranger
10.A.wet B.valuable C.lost D.broken
11.A.However B.Therefore C.Meanwhile D.Eventually
12.A.mother B.editor C.daughter D.assistant
13.A.ticket B.magazine C.homework D.article
14.A.vocabularies B.terms C.words D.languages
15.A.writing B.dreaming C.joking D.playing
16.A.came back B.died out C.passed away D.calmed down
17.A.burned B.donated C.dirtied D.robbed
18.A.madly B.suddenly C.secretly D.regularly
19.A.almost B.long C.still D.never
20.A.kept B.composed C.delivered D.published
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Continuous learning benefits us in many ways. First of all, it allows the increase in knowledge and ability in our career. For example, watching someone work can make us a better worker. 1. For example, we can learn about the general workforce and how the application process works to better prepare us for job searching. This can help if for some reason you lose your job and need to find other work.
What’s more, continuous learning can open our mind. Having an open mind and willingness to take on new ideas can do wonders. First of all it builds your attitude towards change. 2. Second, when you take continuous learning into account, you can begin to understand how others feel about a particular issue.
3. They are always looking for new experiences and do different things. Moreover, they not only have knowledge on various topics that aren’t always related to present roles but also know about the latest trends and technologies in the industry.
To develop continuous learning, you have to begin with setting a clear and specific goal. 4. Once your goal is set, build a system to help support your strategy. You want to be looking for different sources of information, but also to be picky about it, In other words, try to learn within your specific field but ensure the information is coming from a trustworthy source- At the same time, do use tools to help improve your learning system. 5. Seminars (研讨会) workshops, and live classes are the tools that modern learners need as they make learning effective.
A.Learning can improve other areas in our lives.
B.Besides, learning can prepare us for the unexpected.
C.If always learning, you are always improving.
D.Excellent continuous learners behave in a specific manner.
E.Being excited about change can affect others around you positively.
F.There’re various tools to help you present information and learning.
G.Knowing what you want to achieve can encourage you to keep learnings.
高二英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析