By popular consensus, great painters can mix ...

By popular consensus, great painters can mix the colours together within a short period of time to get the __________colour.

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The books by Mo Yan are so popular that they are in great _______.

A. quantity                           B. progress                           C. production                      D. demand

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Once there was a painter who had just completed his course under the guide of a great painter. This young artist decided to _______ his skills. He spent three days and _______the beautiful scenery.

Suddenly an idea _______ in his mind and he decided to display it on a busy _______. And below his painting, a board _______, “Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. _______ I'm new to this profession, I might have committed (犯) some _______ Please put a cross _______ you see it.”

While he came back in the evening to _______ his painting, he saw the whole canvass (帆布) was filled with crosses.

Disheartened and broken ________, he ran to his master and told him about what happened and showed his creation which was filled with ________ everywhere.

This young artist cried, “I'm ________ and if this is what I have learnt to paint, I'm not worth becoming a painter. People have ________ me completely.”

Master smiled and suggested, “ I will ________ that you are a great artist. “ The young man couldn’t believe it and said, “I have lost ________ in me.”

“Do as I say. It will ________,” Master interrupted him. “Just paint a(n)________ similar painting once again for me and give it to me,” Master ________

Two days later he presented a replica (复制品) of his earlier painting to his master. Master took that happily. “ Come with me, “ Master said.

They reached the same street early in the morning and displayed the same painting exactly at the same place. Now Master took out another ________ with the words “Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes. I have put a box with colors and brushes below. Please do me a favor. If you see a mistake, kindly pick up the brush and correct it.” They then walked home.

They both visited the place several days later. Young painter was ________ to see that actually there was not a single correction done so far.

1.A.assess B.show C.practice D.improve

2.A.shot B.painted C.discovered D.protected

3.A.floated B.hanged C.occupied D.flashed

4.A.shop B.school C.room D.street

5.A.read B.warned C.declared D.reported

6.A.If B.Since C.When D.Until

7.A.comments B.changes C.mistakes D.questions

8.A.whichever B.whenever C.whatever D.wherever

9.A.sell B.collect C.watch D.enjoy

10.A.regularly B.clearly C.completely D.simply

11.A.crosses B.facts C.words D.noises

12.A.nervous B.unusual C.useless D.careless

13.A.liked B.ignored C.protested D.rejected

14.A.prove B.expect C.suggest D.inform

15.A.interest B.faith C.pleasure D.trouble

16.A.finish B.continue C.work D.explain

17.A.hopefully B.exactly C.hardly D.namely

18.A.joked B.argued C.instructed D.agreed

19.A.board B.picture C.photo D.view

20.A.worried B.moved C.inspired D.surprised

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1.The lake has been ________(污染) by the waste from the factory.

2.It can greatly _______ (吸引) the students’ attention.

3.The plants here died for ________ (缺乏) of water.

4.Once an Arab was travelling in the _______ (沙漠) on his camel.

5.Please ________ (通知) us of any change of address as soon as possible.

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Mary Cassatt is one of the first great women American painters. At first her father did not want her to become an artist. But she followed her dreams and became an artist. She was born on May 22, 1844, and lived in Europe for several years as a child.

Her family returned to the United States and, at age 16, Mary attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Four years later she decided she couldn't learn anything fresh and practical in Philadelphia, so she returned to Europe. There she studied the skills of the masters in Rome, Seville, Antwerp, and Paris.

Mary received the chance of a lifetime at the age of 33 when the famous Frenchpainter, Edgar Degas, asked her to join a group of painters that included now-famous artists like Manet and Renoir. Their style of painting is called Impressionism. They used primary colors and short brush strokes in their work. They recognized Mary’s spirit and powerful talent and invited her to exhibit in the Impressionist art shows.

Mary painted what she saw: gardens and paintings of persons, especially of mothers and children involved in everyday living. One of her paintings, "Young Mother and Two Children," was given to the White House in 1954 where it hangs today.

Mary never married and, in 1877, her parents and sister moved to Europe to join her. Mary devoted much of her time to them for the next 18 years to their care. Mary painted until 1914 when her failing eyesight made it impossible to continue. She spent the later years of her life in Paris. She died in 1926 at the age of 82. Unfortunately, all her life, she refused to accept students.

1.Which year was the most vital to her career and life?

A．1877             B．1864             C．1860             D．1914

2.Mary left Pennsylvania for Europe at age 20 mainly because_____.

A. she didn’t learn anything in Pennsylvania

B she wanted to give up painting

C. her desire for the learning wasn’t satisfied well

D. her father didn’t want her to learn painting again

3. Mary Cassatt stopping painting because of_____.

A．her poor eyesight                       B．her old age

C．lack of interest                         D．her family

4. Which of the statements about Mary Cassatt is supported by the passage?

A. Her painting featured scenes of everyday living

B. Her father had a decisive(决定性的) effect on her painting

C. She used various colors and long lines in her works

D. She studied the paintings of the masters in U.S.A.

5. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A．the paintings of Edgar Degas belong to realism

B．during the last ten year of life, she painted nothing.

C．her works were controversial though highly recognized

D．her students showed great respect for her

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Great speakers are not born but made. You too can become a good orator by taking up the public speaking courses. Those who are incapable of speaking in front of the public can’ t come up in their life. The art of public speaking must be practiced by everybody who wants to reach great heights in their career. A lot of public speaking courses are available on the Internet. Choosing the best course that is right for you may be difficult but not impossible.

The basic motive of public speaking courses should be to train you to become a public speaker and improve your skills of delivering a public speech. The course should first educate you with the principles of public speaking and tell you how to overcome stress and anxiety. By overcoming fear, you will be able to deliver your presentation clearly to your audience.

A speaker can have a great influence on the audience with his body language and your public speaking course should tell you the gestures on stage that can attract the audience. Non-verbal communication also has a major role to play in delivering a speech effectively to a group. Though body language is important, the content and the natural use of words are what the audience are closely caring about. Public speaking courses should give tips in using the　 right words at the right time.

Even though you have prepared well, the real success of public speaking lies in the way your speech is delivered. Public speaking courses will train you to present the contents in a lively manner impressing the audience. Your presentation should be professional and stylish. You can add humor or interactive sessions (互动环节) to your presentation to gain the audience attraction.

1.If you want to become a good speaker you should______.

A. be born an excellent one

B. practise speaking in public

C. attend all kinds of courses

D. make a search on the Internet

2.From the public speaking courses you can learn______.

A. the skills of listening to a public speech

B. the rules of attending a public speech

C. the importance of your presentation

D. how to keep calm while giving a speech

3.You can draw the audience’s attention to your speech by______.

A. using non-verbal communication

B. getting rid of your fear and nervousness

C. following the public course

D. speaking in a loud voice

4.What can be used to replace the underlined word “delivering” in Para 2?

A. make.　　 B. have.　　　　 C. making.　　 D. having.

5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. What to look for in the public speaking courses.

B. Some golden rules of giving a good speech.

C. It is easy to find the speaking courses online.

D. Some useful tips of delivering a public speech.

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We find that bright children are rarely held back by mix-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!

Besides, it is rather unusual to grade pupils just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. And advanced pupil can do advanced work. It doesn’t matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to obtain this goal.

1.By “held back” (the underlined part of the first sentence) the author means “______”.

A．drawn to their studies                    B．prevented from advancing

C．made to remain in the same class           D．forced to study in the lower class

2.The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the pupil’s ______.

A．total personality                        B．intellectual ability

C．personal qualities                       D．communicative skills

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the third paragraph?

A．Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.

B．Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.

C．Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.

D．Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be good organizers.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet, say that when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to make special provisions to supply the missing vitamins.

　An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beri-beri”, which used to make large numbers of Eastern people who lived mainly on rice suffer. In the early years of last century, a Dutch scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri. At first he thought it was transmitted（传播）by a germ（病菌）. He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on polished rice which had had the outer coverings removed from the grain. It was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest.

　Eijkman thought his germ theory was proved when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard, which were fed on remains from the patients’ plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to separate the germ, which he thought was causing the disease, but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official, who ordered that the rice without coverings, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients, and the chickens should be fed on cheap, rough rice with the outer coverings still on the grain.

　Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unmilled rice（糙米）somehow prevented or cured beri-beri — even that a lack of some ingredient（成分）in the coverings may be the cause of the disease. Indeed this was the case. The element needed to prevent beri-beri was shortly afterwards separated from rice coverings and is now known as vitamin B. The milled rice, though more expensive, was in fact causing the disease the hospital was trying to cure. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins.

1.According to the passage, a good mixed diet ________.

2.What do we know about the disease beri-beri?

3.What can be the best title of the passage?

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We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(按能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have had effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade.

Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual(智力) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to these aspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze(分析) an devaluate(评价) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual(个人) tasks, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.

1.By “held back” in the first paragraph, the writer means “________”.

A. made to remain in the same class            B. forced to study in the lower class

C. drawn away form their studies         D. prevented from advancing

2.The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ________.

A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class

B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity

C. offer advice on the proper use of the library

D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching

3.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Pair work.       B. Group work.    C. Mixed-ability teaching    D. Individual tasks.

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We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(按能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have had effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade.

Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual(智力) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to these aspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze(分析) an devaluate(评价) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual(个人) tasks, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.

1.By “held back” in the first paragraph, the writer means “________”.

A. made to remain in the same class            B. forced to study in the lower class

C. drawn away form their studies        D. prevented from advancing

2.The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ________.

A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class

B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity

C. offer advice on the proper use of the library

D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching

3.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Pair work.       B. Group work.    C. Mixed-ability teaching    D. Individual tasks.

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