How many licks （舔）does it take to get to the ...

How many licks （舔）does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop （棒棒糖）？

The first time I heard this in the Tootsie Pop advertisement, I was five years old. I immediately started _______ and counting. After about two hundred licks or so. I stopped. The _______ of the chewy center had proven to be too great, and I _______ my way through the hard shell （外壳）to the very center. Besides, I _______ knew it took three licks to get to the center― that’s how many licks it took the owl （猫头鹰）in the advertisement to get to the center, so that, to me, it was the _______ answer.

In high school I held to the Tootsie Pop _______ . To me, the answer was still always three licks.

In my freshman year. I joined the Model United Nations _______ in my school. The Chair position had _______ the center of the Tootsie Pop and my _______ had become various other students. The first so-called was Eric who had luckily _______ the prestigious （有威望的）Chair position. So, I decided, _______ Eric reached the center in only one lick, that's how many licks it should take me. I went to the tryouts with a view to obtaining the position but _______.

At the end of my sophomore （崗二）year, a new owl named Iris had _______ achieved the chair position after trying twice. I began working hard again. But then again, I did not make a _______ of it.

Now, slightly frustrated after _______ two setbacks, I found a new owl. Evan. It had taken him three licks to get to the "center： Three was all I could _______ . It was widely known that senior year was the _______ year to become Chair. I thought about _______ the program. but on second thoughts. I decided to continue.

Eleven years later, I visited the official Tootsie Pop website to find the real answer to the question that had _______ me my entire high school life. I finally understood. However many licks it takes to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop depends on however many licks I _______ to take—not how many the other owls take.

1.A.dreaming B.admiring C.licking D.chewing

2.A.appeal B.appearance C.power D.discovery

3.A.fought B.followed C.made D.bit

4.A.seldom B.never C.already D.nearly

5.A.brief B.right C.random D.temporary

6.A.advertisement B.plan C.philosophy D.custom

7.A.program B.conference C.title D.activity

8.A.become B.changed C.determined D.explored

9.A.shell B.hope C.owl D.companion

10.A.noticed B.shifted C.improved D.landed

11.A.unless B.if C.before D.until

12.A.failed B.quit C.survived D.struggled

13.A.yet B.even C.still D.also

14.A.promise B.success C.point D.joke

15.A.interacting with B.frightening away C.going through D.working out

16.A.afford B.buy C.admit D.expect

17.A.middle B.gap C.last D.initial

18.A.winning B.criticizing C.quitting D.arranging

19.A.motivated B.troubled C.attracted D.instructed

20.A.learn B.offer C.refuse D.choose

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Wall Street is the banking center of New York City. But how did the street get its unusual name? To find out, we must go back to the early years of exploration in North America.

New York City was first called New Amsterdam by the explorer Henry Hudson. He was working for a Dutch trading company when he entered what is now the lower Hudson River area in the year 1609. There he found an island that was a perfect trading harbor. The Manhattan Indians lived there.

Dutch traders built a town on the end of Manhattan Island. It became a rich trading center. But the British questioned the right of the Dutch to control the area. The two nations went to war in 1652.

The governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, worried that British settlers in New England would attack his town. He ordered that a protective wall be built at the north edge of Manhattan. The wall was more than 2,290 feet long. It extended from the Hudson River to the East River.

The British never attacked New Amsterdam. So the wall was never tested in war. But the path beside it became known as Wall Street. Later, Wall Street became a street of banks and business.

Dealing in stocks and shares in the stock markets began in the 17th Century. An informal market developed around the coffee houses in the City of London gradually. In 1773 “New Jonathan’s” Coffee House became the informal Stock Exchange, and it was formally established till 1802. at that time London was the largest share market, and the growth of the Industrial Revolution helped the establishment of local share markets in other parts of the country --- more than 330 of them when there were most. These markets first began moves towards combination in 1890, when the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges was formed. By 1967 all the “Country” Exchanges had got together themselves into six regional exchanges, and in 1973 all seven exchanges in the British Isles came together to form The Stock Exchanges of Great Britain and Ireland, and its member firms spread from Aberdeen to the Channel Islands and from Lancaster to Limerick.

1.    Manhattan was named after _____­­­­_____.

A. a Dutch explorer

B. a British colonist

C. an Indian tribe

D. the Dutch governor

2.    The British and the Dutch went to war in 1652 because __________.

A. they both liked the rich island

B. they both wanted to have Wall Street

C. they both wanted to control the rich area

D. they had questions in some aspects unsolved

3.    The wall _________.

A. was used in the war

B. was never used in the war

C. was destroyed later

D. was so weak that the British never tested it

4.    In 1773 “New Jonathan’s” Coffee House became _________.

A. the place the merchants had their ventures

B. an informal stock exchanges

C. a formal stock exchanges

D. the biggest market in Britain

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

How long does it take the two speakers to get to Beijing?

A.Five hours. B.Three hours. C.Two hours.

高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

He still does not get the point. How many times do I have to repeat myself to get it_______ ?

A. through　　　　　 B. opposite

C. across　　　　　　 D. past

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

How long does it take the man to drive home after 5 p. m. ?

A. 35 minutes.　　 B. 20 minutes.　　 C. 15 minutes.

高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.How long will it take to get to the museum?

A. More than 50 minutes.　　 B. About 40 minutes.　　 C. At most 30 minutes.

2.When does the museum close?

A. At about 4:30 pm.　　 B. At about 5:30 pm.　　 C. At about 6:00 pm.

高二英语长对话困难题查看答案及解析

What does the man think of the story?

A.It is too hard to understand. B.The beginning is confusing.

C.The writer tells the story well.

高二英语短对话中等难度题查看答案及解析

----Do you know if Linda is willing to take charge of the program?

----_______, does it?

A. It takes no time        B. It counts for nothing

C. It doesn’t make sense    D. It doesn’t hurt to ask

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It's easy to take your hearing for granted until it's too late.

With the wide 16_ (popular) of digital entertainment products, it is not uncommon to see people wearing headphones and listening to music 17 running in the park or using public transport. And the volume is often 18loud that people around them can hear the music as well.

However, doctors warn that such behavior can potentially damage 19__ hearing. "Innoisy places, people tend 20_(turn) the volume up to get the same clarity of sound. Unfortunately, that can damage the hearing21people being aware of it," said Feng Yongfeng, chief ENT physician at Beijing Tian'an Hospital.

After Spring Festival, the hospital witnessed 22slight increase in the number of teenagers coming in with hearing problems, 23Feng attributed to them wearing headphones at home for long periods during the holiday. Feng said both in-ear and overhead headphones can harm the ears and 24(advise) against using them for long periods. He said if you do use headphones it is worth 25(invest) in the highest quality you can afford.

高二英语单词拼写极难题查看答案及解析

---How do you find the film How to Train Your Dragon?

— . I can’t think too highly of it.

A. It’s amazing B. By accident

C. It’s awful                 D. It makes no sense

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析