The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.
He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “ WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.
As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.
Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.
The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “ 248 ” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.
Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write.
Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.
“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.
He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.
1.What caused the boy to take part in the writing competition?
A.A new computer. B.The prize money.
C.His own interest. D.His mom’s advice.
2.How did the boy finish his earlier writing?
A.His mom helped him. B.He copied others’ ideas.
C.His friends assisted him. D.He used his imagination.
3.Why did the boy delay his writing?
A.Because he was terribly lazy. B.Because he didn’t know what to write.
C.Because he wasn’t confident. D.Because he read too many stories.
4.Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry?
A.100. B.250.
C.500. D.1000.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.
He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “ WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.
As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.
Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.
The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “ 248 ” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.
Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write.
Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.
“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.
He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.
1.What caused the boy to take part in the writing competition?
A.A new computer. B.The prize money.
C.His own interest. D.His mom’s advice.
2.How did the boy finish his earlier writing?
A.His mom helped him. B.He copied others’ ideas.
C.His friends assisted him. D.He used his imagination.
3.Why did the boy delay his writing?
A.Because he was terribly lazy. B.Because he didn’t know what to write.
C.Because he wasn’t confident. D.Because he read too many stories.
4.Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry?
A.100. B.250.
C.500. D.1000.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
_____ in thought, he sat at the edge of the bed, with his eyes _____ on the letter in his hand.
| A．Lost; fixing | B．Losing; fixed | C．Lost; fixed | D．Losing; fixing |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help me.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote something on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? May I know what you wrote?” The man said, “I only wrote the truth, I said what you said but in a different way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was a blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. It reminded you to be thankful for what you have. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
1.We can learn from the text that the man helped the blind boy by __________.
| A．sitting together with him | B．rewriting the sign |
| C．teaching him some principles | D．raising money for him |
2. Why did the man come back that afternoon?
| A．To bring some food to the boy. | B．To explain to the boy why he had left. |
| C．To make sure the boy was still there. | D．To check if there were some changes. |
3.It can be inferred that the boy was ________ after he found out what the man had written.
| A．moved | B．amazed | C．excited | D．worried |
4.What is the main idea of the text?
| A．We should help those who are in trouble. |
| B．We should respect people with disabilities. |
| C．We should value what we have in life. |
| D．We should use a wise way when helping others. |
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The boy lay on his back, with his teeth______, his right hand_______, and his glaring eyes ________ _straight upward.
| A．set, rising, looked | B．set, raised, looking |
| C．setting, raised, looked | D．to set, raising, looking |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Mr. Smith, ________ with the ________ result of the experiment, sat on the chair, smiling.
| A．satisfied; exciting | B．satisfying; excited |
| C．satisfied; excited | D．satisfying; exciting |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The old woman sat in her favourite chair and with her eyes on the window.
A.fixed B.fixing
C.to be fixed D.to be fixing
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is ________. But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his ________to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each ________in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and ________as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they ________well?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices ________them what they are.”
“ ________choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose thethings.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's ________. He reached down and began to ________with the snow. He ________the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The sidemade me snowman!” the boy replied with
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and ________an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n) ________.”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and ________him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right ________
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
1.A. different B. similar C. freezing D. special
2.A. challenge B. responsibility C. trouble D. position
3.A. private B. associated C. unique D. isolated
4.A. inspected B. watched C. glanced D. glared
5.A. beautiful B. effective C. comfortable D. significant
6.A. cheer up B. take care C. get along D. break up
7.A. remain B. appear C. become D. make
8.A. Though B. However C. So D. While
9.A. exact B. Wrong C. fortunate D. coincident
10.A. interest B. concern C. worry D. faith
11.A. communicate B. mix C. work D. relate
12.A. separated B. divided C. distinguished D. parted
13.A. couldn' t B. shouldn' t C. wouldn' t D. needn' t
14.A. that B. what C. how D. when
15.A. disappointment B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. humour
16.A. power B. effort C. organization D. attempt
17.A. gathered B. sorted C. threw D. formed
18.A.agreement B. debate C. war D. negotiation
19.A. trembled B. swung C. pulled D. held
20.A. steps B. turns C. choices D. points
高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is 36. But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his 37to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each 38in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and 39as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ 40and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they 41?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices 42them what they are.”
“ 43choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the44things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's 45. He reached down and began to 46with the snow. He 47the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but48 answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side49made me snowman!” the boy replied with50
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n)51 to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and 52an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n) 53.”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and 54him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right 55
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
1. A．similar B．different C．freezing D．special
2. A．challenge B．trouble C．responsibility D．position
3. A．private B．associated C．unique D．isolated
4. A．inspected B．watched C．glanced D．glared
5. A．beautiful B．effective C．comfortable D．significant
6. A．get along B．take care C．cheer up D．break up
7. A．remain B．appear C．become D．make
8. A．Though B．However C．So D．While
9. A．exact B．coincident C．fortunate D．wrong
10. A．interest B．concern C．worry D．faith
11. A．communicate B．work C．mix D．relate
12. A．separated B．divided C．distinguished D．parted
13. A．couldn' t B．shouldn' t C．wouldn' t D．needn' t
14. A．that B．what C．how D．when
15. A．disappointment B．frustration C．enthusiasm D．humour
16. A．power B．effort C．organization D．attempt
17. A．gathered B．sorted C．threw D．formed
18. A．war B．debate C．agreement D．negotiation
19. A．trembled B．swung C．pulled D．held
20. A．steps B．turns C．choices D．points
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The little boy sat _____ to his father, and listened ____ with great interest
A. close; close B. closely; close
C. close; closely D. closely; closely
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The little boy sat _____ to his father, and listened ____ with great interest
A. close; close B. closely; close
C. close; closely D. closely; closely
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析