“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “w...

“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”

The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 37. Each of you will have to 38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

I shook my head.  “How about some 41_ ?” I shook my head again .

Finally , I thought he realized I was 42 , and I got my first big tip as a 43: “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from 44  in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and 47 all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 49 .

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and 51  choosing my strongest area.52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get 54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could 55 her.

1.                A．good           B．mad           C．careless  D．curious

2.                A．university       B．family          C．professions    D．life

3.                A．interview       B．find out         C．admire   D．learn from

4.                A．expressed      B．ordered        C．expected D．meant

5.                A．hardly          B．nearly          C．naturally  D．eagerly

6.                A．drink          B．newspapers     C．preparations   D．paper

7.                A．satisfied        B．comfortable     C．terrified  D．sorry

8.                A．student         B．journalist        C．teacher   D．writer

9.                A．research        B．books          C．imagination    D．memory

10.               A．called          B．recognized      C．remembered   D．visited

11.               A．answer         B．promise        C．stop  D．persuade

12.               A．how           B．whether        C．why  D．when

13.               A．It             B．Virginia DeView  C．My parents D．My oral report

14.               A．breaking in      B．getting down    C．falling off  D．going on

15.               A．making up      B．listening to      C．covering   D．writing

16.               A．of course       B．finally          C．doubtfully D．in all

17.               A．When          B．As long as       C．Once D．On condition

18.               A．for            B．with           C．of    D．to

19.               A．hurt           B．excited         C．disappointed   D．asked

20.               A．respect        B．support        C．thank D．favor

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“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be        36  . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 37 . Each of you will have to 38  someone in your field, and give an oral (口头的) report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I 39  print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him  40  able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some 41 ?” I shook my head again.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 45 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't 46  me. They just reminded me how 47  the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my 48 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 49 .

For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, 50  stories from murders to airplane 51  and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories 52  me and I realized that had it not been 53  Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get 54  all the time : “How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was this teacher…” I always start out. I just wish I could 55  her.

1.A．cautious   B．mad     C．optimistic       D．enthusiastic

2.A．universities B．families   C．professions        D．lives

3.A．interview B．describe   C．admire          D．face

4.A．considered       B．rejected   C．expected      D．picked

5.A．hardly           B．nearly            C．naturally             D．eagerly

6.A．preparationsB．newspapers C．drink             D．paper

7.A．reliable    B．grateful         C．tense               D．amazed

8.A．student        B．journalist C．candidate             D．writer

9.A．look     B．turn            C．break                D．run

10.A．called         B．remembered C．recognized            D．evaluated

11.A．answer      B．urge           C．stop          D．persuade

12.A．funny         B．competitiveC．ordinary           D．mysterious

13.A．blood         B．body             C．life          D．opinion

14.A．coming in       B．coming out C．going up          D．going on

15.A．creating B．recalling  C．covering            D．writing

16.A．flights     B．crashes          C．budgets       D．schedules

17.A．hit     B．caught   C．impressed            D．seized

18.A．for     B．with            C．of                  D．to

19.A．hurt            B．realized          C．adjusted      D．asked

20.A．respect  B．support         C．thank               D．envy

高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Environmentalists said our planet was bound to die. Now one man says they are wrong. “Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape,” thundered a magazine article last year. “Species are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.”

But there’s growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: Things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world’s environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting better.

The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.

Now the attacks are increasingly coming from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups — with profits of hundreds of millions of pounds a year — are using scare tactics (战术) to gain donations. Lomborg’s book doesn’t deny global warming — probably the biggest environmental threat — but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.

The Worldwatch Institute claims that deforestation has been accelerating over the last 30 years. Buy Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20% of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest area’s depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30% of total land area, since 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by about 15%.

Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50% of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08% of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.

Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things weren’t as bad as predicted, and that’s because our behaviour changed.”

1.What is Lomborg’s main argument in The Skeptical Environmentalist?

A. Our planet is in bad shape.

B. The world’s environment is improving.

C. Conservation efforts have been successful.

D. The total amount of forests in the world is not declining.

2.What is Lomborg’s main accusation of environmentalists?

A. They changed their behaviour toward the environment.

B. They only told people bad news about the environment.

C. They scared people into making donations.

D. They overturned our basic assumption about the world’s environment.

3.The underlined word “depleting” is closes in meaning to “_______”.

A. accelerating　　 B. limiting　　 C. expanding　　 D. reducing

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

A. Are all species dying out?　　 B. Isn’t conservation powerful?

C. Is Our Planet Bound to Die?　　 D. Aren’t environmentalists wrong?

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Environmentalists said our planet was bound to die. Now one man says they are wrong. “Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape,” thundered a magazine article last year. “Species are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.”

But there’s growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: Things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world’s environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting better.

The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.

Now the attacks are increasingly coming from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups — with profits of hundreds of millions of pounds a year — are using scare tactics (战术) to gain donations. Lomborg’s book doesn’t deny global warming — probably the biggest environmental threat — but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.

The Worldwatch Institute claims that deforestation(采伐森林) has been speeding over the last 30 years. Buy Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20% of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest area’s depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30% of total land area, since 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by about 15%.

Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50% of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08% of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.

Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things weren’t as bad as predicted, and that’s because our behavior changed.”

1.What is Lomborg’s main argument in The Skeptical Environmentalist?

A. Our planet is in bad shape.

B. The world’s environment is improving.

C. The total amount of forests is declining.

D. Conservation efforts have been successful.

2.What is Lomborg’s main accusation of environmentalists?

A. They changed their behavior toward the environment.

B. They only told people bad news about the environment.

C. They scared people into making donations.

D. They overturned our basic assumption about the world’s environment.

3.The underlined word “depleting” is close in meaning to “_______”.

A. speeding　　 B. limiting

C. expanding　　 D. reducing

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

A. Are all species dying out?　　 B. Isn’t conservation powerful?

C. Is Our Planet Bound to Die?　　 D. Aren’t environmentalists wrong?

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

— Tony, are you listening to me?

—Sorry, Sir. I ______ to figure out what you said just now.

A. was trying   B. have tried   C. tried    D. had tried

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

It is said that they __ $ 200, 000 for the house up to now.

A. will offer      B. are offering    C. offer       D. have offered

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

----   It’s raining heavily! Why must we go out right now?

---- The reason is that we are going to help the villages on the mountains.

---- ______.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Up to now, they _______enough money for students who can’t afford to go to school.

A．are raising         B．have been raising   C．have raised        D．had raised

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many scientists are now exploring the idea of going to live on Mars. Some other scientists from the MASA AMES Center(美国宇航局) have already started the creation of a “Mars town” and many others are in fact already experimenting with it. Of course, these experiments are done on Earth itself but this “Mars town” has an environment practically like that of Mars.

The astronauts working in these towns wear their space suit and also do everything they would really have to carry out if they ever go to Mars in the future.

But Mars would be like Earth, a temporary（临时的） place for humans. When the Sun starts swallowing up(吞掉) the planets, Mars will disappear only hours after Earth. So Mars only seems to be the ideal place to spread the human beings. It is also a good location to send humans if ever there is a disaster on Earth. By saying disaster, I mean asteroids(小行星) hitting and things like that.

If we humans do not want to disappear when Earth or Mars gets swallowed up, we will have to go and live beyond the solar system. But are there any planets outside our solar system prepared to support life? Astronomers’ answer is:

“If Earth can support life, why can’t other planets do the same too? Astronomers have already discovered a Jupiter(木星)- like planet orbiting a Sun-like star, so why not an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star?

To achieve this goal though, many other problems have to be taken into consideration. How do we transform(改造) a dusty planet like Mars into one more or less like our Earth? How should we go on? There is still a long way to go.

1. The “Mars town” mentioned in the passage is ___________

2. We can know from the passage that astronomers probably think ____________

3.Why would Mars only be a temporary(临时) place for humans?

4.The underlined word “orbiting” in the fifth paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”

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

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Though ____ to see the strangers, the housewife gave them a big smile and said hello.

A．surprising                             B．to be surprised

C．surprised                             D．having surprised

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析