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Standing on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer saw a car moving slowly at 18 MPH. He _________36_  to himself, “This driver is just as _________37  as a speeder!” So __38 _ he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over. 39  the car, he noticed that 40  were five old ladies — two in the front seat and __41__three in the back, their eyes wide and faces white as ghosts. The driver, obviously 42_ , said to him, “Officer, I don’t understand. I was _________43__ exactly the speed limit! _44__ seems to be the problem?” “Ma’am,” the officer replied, “You weren’t _________45__, but you should know that driving _________46__  than the speed limit can also be a(n) __47  to other drivers.” “Slower than the speed limit? No, sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly…Eighteen miles per hour!” The old woman said a bit __48_ . The police officer, trying to _49_  a laugh, explained to her that “18” was the route number, _ 50_  the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the old woman smiled and thanked the officer for _________51_  out her error. “But before I let you _________52_ , Ma’am, I have to ask if everyone in this car is all right? These women seem very _________53_  and they didn’t make a single sound the whole time.”The police officer asked. “Oh, they will be all right _________54  a minute, officer. We just _________55__  Route 128.”

1.A. turned             B. thought         C. came            D. agreed

2.A. dangerous          B. well            C. silly           D. soon

3.A. tightly            B. immediately     C. privately       D. deadly

4.A. Suspecting         B. Blaming         C. Starting        D. Approaching

5.A. those              B. they            C. there           D. these

6.A. other              B. more            C. else            D. another

7.A. confused           B. worried         C. delighted       D. excited

8.A. increasing         B. reaching        C. lowering        D. doing

9.A. How                B. What            C. When            D. Where

10.A. running           B. breaking        C. speeding        D. concentrating

11.A. slower            B. safer           C. faster          D. higher

12.A. guide             B. demand          C. aid             D. danger

13.A. nervously         B. proudly         C. roughly         D. constantly

14.A. control           B. give            C. make            D. show

15.A. or                B. but             C. not             D. and

16.A. pointing          B. speaking        C. taking          D. squeezing

17.A. drive             B. go              C. laugh           D. run

18.A. united            B. exhausted       C. worried         D. tolerated

19.A. in                B. after           C. for             D. with

20.A. sped up           B. left out        C. broke down      D. got off

高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

We all remember seeing hitchhikers, standing by the side of the road, thumb, sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.

But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?

Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picked me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.

The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers.org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out (actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people-wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people-will stop.

In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.

1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because________.

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means________.

4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to________.

5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author________.

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We all remember seeing hitchhikers, standing by the side of the road, thumb, sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.

But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?

Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picks me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.

The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers. org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out (actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people—wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people—will stop.

In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.

1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because________.

A. they were not heading towards Manchester

B. they thought most hitchhikers were dangerous

C. hitchhiking had been banned and they didn’t want to break the law

D. he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous

2.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A. Movies have discouraged people from hitchhiking

B. Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK.

C. 25% of UK people don’t have access to cars.

D. Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.

3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means________.

A. murderous hitchhikers        B. friendly and talkative hitchhikers

C. typical hitchhikers           D. strange hitchhikers like the author

4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to________.

A. visit websites and find people to share cars with

B. stand by roads with their thumbs sticking out

C. stick out signs with their destinations written on

D. wait for some kind people to pick them up

5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author________.

A. frequently hitchhikes in Britain

B. plans to hitchhike across Europe

C. thinks public transport is safer for travel

D. is going to contact the tank commander

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

____ on both sides of the street ____ excited fans who wanted to see the famous film star.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

_______________, standing just on the other side of the automatic doors.

A.I make my way across the ICU B.I stormed out

C.Teddy zoomed down the stairs D.She did my makeup

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The little boy with big brown eyes was waiting for us on the other side of the world. Ever since our adoption agency had _________ us, I’d been hurriedly _________ all the necessary paperwork. I made it a personal goal to never _________ the process. On one late afternoon in June. I rushed toward the closest FedEx office. I had some _________ to send overnight, and I wanted them to go out that day.

I thought I knew _________ the FedEx office was. I drove there as the minutes slipped away, only to find that the office was no longer _________ where I remembered it. Tears came to my eyes. This was _________ we all had a smartphone in our pockets. I had no way of _________ the correct location. _________ , I started driving toward home. I felt like a failure, as though I’d just __________ my new son to more days in an orphanage waiting for us.

Suddenly, I was __________ at a stoplight by an oversized box truck My anger turned to __________ when I saw the sign. It was a FedEx truck I __________ closely behind the truck. What were the __________ the truck would lead me straight to the FedEx office I was seeking?

It __________ the chances were good. Less than five minutes later, I saw a FedEx sign, and the truck made a turn into the parking lot. I had __________ in my eyes again.

Our documents went out that night. The truck driver __________ knew he was an angel for me that day. Three months later, we flew halfway around the world to __________ our son for the first time. We have been with him every day since.

Miracles are always around us __________ we are open to them. Sometimes, it’s a smile at the right time or a kind word. And every now and then, it’s even a big __________ that cuts us off in traffic.

1.A.debated B.challenged C.matched D.scanned

2.A.hiding B.completing C.evaluating D.underlining

3.A.delay B.start C.repeat D.simplify

4.A.gifts B.letters C.documents D.postcards

5.A.how B.what C.which D.where

6.A.locked B.located C.ranked D.repaired

7.A.before B.after C.since D.when

8.A.finding B.choosing C.describing D.showing

9.A.Bored B.Delighted C.Disappointed D.Surprised

10.A.compared B.sentenced C.appointed D.accompanied

11.A.kept up B.put down C.taken in D.cut off

12.A.guilt B.panic C.shock D.terror

13.A.ran B.arose C.walked D.followed

14.A.chances B.wonders C.doubts D.promises

15.A.turned off B.turned out C.broke off D.broke out

16.A.dust B.dirt C.tears D.sands

17.A.just B.never C.exactly D.immediately

18.A.free B.meet C.beat D.spoil

19.A.if B.although C.unless D.until

20.A.tree B.lie C.smile D.truck

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You are standing under the most famous neon lights in the centre of London, waiting to cross the road．Suddenly the traffic stops．You hear the distant sounds of cheering, clapping and shouting．Then, like a multi-colored train, 2, 000 people with wheels on their feet zoom past you．You have just witnessed the London Skate, a twice weekly roller-skate（溜旱冰） event that attracts people in their hundreds and thou-

sands London．Skate is a completely free tour of the streets of London -the only condition is that you go along on roller-skates．It lasts between two and three hours and by the end of it you have skated between 10 and 12 miles．The skate snakes round the streets of London along several different routes．Many of the routes pass by tourist attractions such as Buckingham Palace and Big Ben．Marshals （交通协调员） go ahe-  of the group, stopping the traffic so that people can skate as safely as possible．Everyone is welcome to take part and people from the age of 4 to 63 years old join the fun．"I love it very much, it is amazing．It feels just like a carnival （狂欢节），" said Celeste Beverage regular skater．

Roller-skating is really taking off across Europe and America．It is a very good way to keep fit and can be practised anywhere there is a smooth surface．Many big cities in Western Europe and in the US now ha- ve a regular group skating event．The biggest skates take place in Paris and Munich and tens of thousands of fans show up on warm evenings．"Roller-skating is taking over the world," said Julian Grenoble, a 25-   year-old ski shop employee from London．Grenoble went to the Paris-Roller （Paris skate） regularly until he moved to Britain．

"It's so exciting to skate in Paris．Everyone skates so fast and puts in their best efforts!" he said．The Paris Roller is well known because of the huge attendance, the presence of marshals and the police protection．Paris is a great city for roller-skating because of its long wide streets and smooth surfaces．Roller-skating is also becoming more popular in China among young people and children．Skating fans' favorite places to practise in China are big squares．

1.We can infer from the passage that London Skate Event ________．

A．is probably supported by the city government

B．attracts a great many tourists from all over the world

C．usually causes a lot of traffic problems

D．draws people of all ages into the sport

2.The underlined phrase "taking off " in the passage means________ ．

A．rising from the ground

B．becoming popular

C．setting out

D．getting exciting

3.Paris is regarded as one of the most suitable places for roller-skating because ________．

A．a large number of roller players attend it

B．the police protect the roller skaters

C．the streets are safe, wide and smooth

D．the event usually takes place on warm evenings

4.This article mainly talks about________ ．

A．places and streets for roller-skating

B．roller-skating in big cities

C．London Skate Event

D．roller skaters in different countries

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Due to the policy of free highway fees on major holidays, too many passenger cars are trapped on the highways, causing heavy traffic jams, some even _______ for several hours.

A. held up        B. broken up       C. taken up      D. given up

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Passage 1

The Information Highway is the road that links computer users to a large number of on-line services: the Web, e-mail, and software, to mention just a few. Not long ago, the information Highway was a new road, with not many users. Now, everyone seems to want to take a drive, with over 30 million families connected worldwide. Not surprisingly, this well-traveled highway is starting to look like a well-traveled highway. Traffic jams can cause many serious problems, forcing the system to close down for repair. Naturally, accidents will happen on such a crowded road, and usually victims are some files, gone forever. Then, of course, there’s Mr. Cool, with his new broad-band connection, who speeds down the highway faster than most of us can go. But don’t trick yourself; he pays for that speeding.

Passage 2

Want to know more about global warming and how you can help prevent it? Doctor Herman Friedman, who is considered a leading expert on the subject, will speak at Grayson Hall next Friday. Friedman studied environmental science at three well-known universities around the world before becoming a professor in the subject. He has also traveled around the world observing environmental concerns. The gradual bleaching (变白) of the Grate Barrier Reef, which came into the public eye in 2002, is his latest interest. Signed copies of his colorful book, which was published just last month, will be on sale after his talk.

1.The Information Highway _________.　　

A. appeals to a large number of users　

B. is crowded with car drivers

C. offers just a few on-line services

D. is free from traffic accidents

2. How does Mr. Cool manage to travel the Information Highway so fast?

A. By storing fewer files.

B. By repairing the system.

C. By buying a better computer.　

D. By using a broad-band connection.

3. What can be learned from Passage 2?

A. There will be a book show at Grayson Hall.

B. Friedman is now studying the Great Barrier Reef.

C. There will be a talk on global warming this week.

D. Friedman is a leading expert on computer science.

4. Passage 2 is most probably　　　 .　

A. a poster about a lecture　

B. an ad for a new book

C. a note to a doctor in a university　

D. an introduction to a professor

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

We all remember seeing hitchhikers（搭便车的人）, standing by the side of the road, thumb sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.

But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?

Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picked me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red,

spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.

The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers. org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out(actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people-wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people-will stop.

In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.

1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because_____________ .

A. they were not heading towards Manchester

B. they thought most hitchhikers were dangerous

C. hitchhiking had been forbidden and they didn’t want to break the law

D. he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. That some people refuse hitchhikers may reflect the safety fear.

B. Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK.

C. 40% of UK people don’t have access to cars.

D. Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.

3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means .

A. murderous hitchhikers

B．friendly and talkative hitchhikers

C. typical hitchhikers

D．strange hitchhikers like the author

4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to .

A. visit websites and find people to share cars with

B. stand by roads with their thumbs sticking out

C. stick out signs with their destinations written on

D. wait for some kind people to pick them up

5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author ________ .

A. frequently hitchhikes in Britain

B. plans to hitchhike across Europe

C. thinks public transport is safer for travel

D. is going to contact the tank commander

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