.Let’s _______ our personal feelings for now,...

.Let’s _______ our personal feelings for now, and get to our business.

A. set up        B. set off      C. set about     D. set aside

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Let’s say a person gets up at 7:00 in the morning and goes to bed at 11:00 at night. He comes home from work about 6:30, and by the time he has finished with dinner it is after 8:00. He steps outside in the summer to relax — but it’s already getting dark! Not much time to enjoy the summer day.

Now suppose you set the clock ahead one hour. This person still does everything at the same time — but this time, when he steps out at 8:00 there’s still plenty of light to enjoy. An hour of daylight has been “saved” for him!

Daylight saving time doesn’t, of course, add any hours to a day. This is impossible. All it does is to increase the number of useful hours of daylight during the seasons when the sun rises early.

Daylight saving is most popular in cities. It allows the closing of offices, shops, and factories at the end of the working day while the sun is still high. Farmers, who do their work by sun time, usually do not observe daylight saving time. They cannot work in the field before the morning dew(露水) has dried or after it appears in the evening.

Did you know who first thought of daylight saving time? It was Benjamin Franklin! When he was living in France in the 18th century, he suggested the idea to the people in Paris. But it was not adopted then.

Daylight saving laws were first passed during World WarⅠ, when materials for making electricity was hard to find, and when it was necessary to save on artificial light. With daylight saving, the bedtime of many people comes soon after it gets dark, while without it, if people stay up until the same hour they may have to use artificial light.

Germany was the first country to adopt daylight saving time in 1915. Then England used it in 1916, and the United States adopted it in 1918.

1.What does the underlined word “artificial” mean?

A. natural B. man-made

C. bright　 D. sun

2.What’s the purpose of adopting daylight saving time?

A. To have more artificial light.

B. To have one more hour to work.

C. To make better use of daylight in certain seasons.

D. To have one more hour to rest.

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Once the idea of daylight saving time is proposed, it was adopted.

B. The idea of daylight saving time went through a long process of being adopted.

C. It was a French scientist that put forward the idea of daylight saving time.

D. The idea of daylight saving time didn’t make any difference at all.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Winter is a good season for daylight saving time.

B. Daylight saving time is especially good for wars.

C. Daylight saving time is good for anyone in any places.

D. Not all seasons are good for daylight saving time.

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It is of great importance for students to be able to get a feel for the rhythm and sounds of a poem---more so than for most pieces of prose (散文). This isn’t always easy in a second language, and so listening to their teacher read the poem, or to a professional recording, perhaps by the poet or by an actor, is, I feel, necessary.

As with any listening activity, students will need some kind of preparation and task so that they can be actively engaged. They might be asked to check predictions that arose from a warm-up discussion, to compare their suggested rhyming couplets with the poet’s, or to identify stressed words and syllables.

You might also want to get your students to listen to recorded or live discussions about poems. This can, for example, take the form of a couple of teachers or a group of students giving their views on a poem, or even an interview with the poet.

I’m a big fan of jigsaw listening because of the natural information gap. If your school has the facilities, you might like to:

divide your students into two, or even three groups

give each group a different cassette or CD and tasks to work on

then they come back together to share what they have learned.

Remember that your own enthusiasm is a key factor in any activity relating to literature in the classroom.

Finally, don’t forget to encourage art for art’s sake. Listening for pleasure, to poetry (or to anything else, for that matter), is to be fostered at every opportunity, because of the obvious benefits which include motivation, vocabulary acquisition and learner independence. Many good song lyrics (歌词) could be termed poetry and treated accordingly in the classroom, copyright rules permitting.

1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. An English student will have difficulty understanding Li Bai’s poems.

B. an English student will have some difficulty understanding Walt Whitman.

C. A Chinese student will have some difficulty understanding Du Fu’s works.

D. An American student will have some difficulty understanding William Shakespeare.

2.What kind of preparations should the students do in the listening activity？

a. They’d better predict what the poem is about.

b. They’d better have a warm-up discussion.

c. They will share their own works with their classmates

d. They should know the stressed words.

e. They should make clear the stressed syllables.

f. They should first go to an actor.

A. abcf　　　　　 B. abde　　　　　 C. cdef　　　　　 D. bcdf

3.Who do you think is this passage written for?

A. The students.　 　 　 B. The poets.

C. The teachers.　 　 　 D. The readers.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. How to use poems to develop the students’ skills.

B. Listening to poem is more difficult than reading prose.

C. The schools should encourage the students to study poems.

D. Preparations should be done before teaching.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When my father was getting ready for work, our house was ruled by knocks and words.

He used to come downstairs to breakfast.

The morning paper lay beside his plate. He always read the ''Deaths'' first, and then he knocked once on the table. One of my sisters brought his bread, already buttered for him. Usually he said nothing, but once I heard him say, ''I love you very much, Edith. I would love more if you buttered my bread on both sides. '' He read the paper all through breakfast.

Two knocks on the table meant ''I am ready for my tea. '' If a single knock followed that meant, ''More bread, please. ''

After breakfast he said, ''Boots. '' The paper was spread (展开) for him over the back of an arm-chair. Yesterday's paper was put on the chair for his feet, and his boots were brought to him, freshly cleaned. He read standing at the same time putting on his boots. With one boot finished he said, ''Bus. '' At that point one of the girls went outside to the garden gate and waited there. Her job was to stop a bus when it came. It came early sometimes and it had to wait for my father. ''Overcoat, hat. '' One of my sisters had already brushed his overcoat. Now she held it open for him. Another girl came with his hat, nicely brushed. ''Handkerchief, pipe (烟斗). '' They were brought and put, with his tobacco (烟草), into his pocket. He looked out of the window and said either ''Walking stick'' or ''Umbrella''. It was handed to him. Ready now, he was still reading the paper. He didn't put it down until he heard the shout ''Bus coming! '' Then he kissed my mother and went out. The girls breathed freely.

How lucky a man was to have a wife and five daughters at home!

1.When the father made the first knock, he meant _______.

A.his breakfast should begin

B.he had begun to read the morning newspaper

C.he was made to feel sad by the ''Deaths'' news

D.he would start to read the other parts of the paper

2.All the daughters were quite busy in the morning because _______.

A.their father never helped them

B.they were not clever or quick enough to do their jobs

C.each of them had to start and finish her job just on time

D.their father always gave different instructions at the same time

3.What was the father's favorite?

A.Giving instructions. B.Reading newspaper.

C.Being clean and tidy. D.Having bread buttered on both sides.

4.From the story we may see that _______.

A.the father was the ''centre'' of the family

B.The father was hated by all his daughters

C.the father was so lazy that he hardly did anything

D.Every girl in the family was afraid to do wrong because they didn't know clearly what to do

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Most animals on land are known to us, but many living things underwater are not. Now let’s get to know some of them.

Sea cucumber

Sea cucumber are strange animals living at the bottom of the sea. They wear brown or white green coats . When summer comes, they stay deep to sleep because they are afraid of heat. And when it is autumn, they move to shallow (浅的) water and get their food.

Pike

The pike is a kind of freshwater fish. They are good swimmers and like swimming near boats, waiting to be fed. They have sharp teeth to catch fishes. When they are young, they live in groups. However, when they grow up, they prefer to live alone.

Cuttlefish

A cuttlefish can swim quite fast, so it is also called rocket (火箭) fish. It has eight arms and two feelers on its head, just around its mouth. It ejects ink (喷墨) when it is in danger. Its meat is delicious, and it is often the first choice for many people.

Octopus

An octopus has long arms, with which to catch food and protect itself. When it is sleeping, one or two of its arms are still on duty, keeping moving. Once it feels something dangerous, it can wake up at once to take action.

1.Sea cucumbers stay deep to sleep in summer because they 　　　　　　 .

A. are afraid of high temperature　　 B. want to get strong and fat

C. are afraid of their enemy　　 D. want to live alone

2.According to the passage, 　　　　　 likes to swim near boats.

A. the sea cucumber　　 B. the cuttlefish

C. the pike　　 D. the octopus

3.The 　　　　  of an octopus can help protect it when in danger.

A. color　　 B. arms

C. sound　　 D. smells

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Hi, everybody!

Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore!

Now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store.

Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Flowers of Shanghai.

Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on.

Maybe you are Indian film fans and star-chasers. Then here is Encyclopedia(百科全书) of Indian Cinema. The book is complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after our Hollywood.

If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British cinema. This book contains a good many nice pictures.

In our bookstore, you can also find books about Mexican, Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films.

Well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!

1. The speaker of the passage is most probably ______.

A. the author of 25 New Takes

B. a tourist in the cinema bookstore

C. the manager of the cinema bookstore

D. a reader of Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

2.The purpose of the speaker is ______.

A. to satisfy the customers’ various tastes

B. to keep the authors in the cinema bookstore

C. to offer the tourists chances to meet the film stars

D. to turn the readers into film producers

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短文改错

Dear Ron，

I am very exciting to hear that you are coming to our school soon．Now let me to introduce our school to you．Our school is a very famously school with long history．We have many experienced teachers and excellent equipments． There are two teaching buildings； one is for seniors and the others is for juniors．There are two lab buildings or a library．Except Chinese，maths，English，physics and chemistry，we have some optional courses．The students can choose that they like to attend．We love our school．I am looking forward to meet you soon．

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

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For every woman who feels like she's had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Don't give up on your dreams.

She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.

The decision to start training again wasn't easy. "I struggled with that a lot," she told a newspaper. “At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, ‘Well, I'm not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. It's all supposed to be for my kid.’”

She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.

"I feel like I'm able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance," Armstrong said. "That you have a family or a child doesn't mean that you have to stop going after what you dream of individually.”

Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether it's on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you can't have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, don't expect a neat home—her husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support system and her "protector", says he's had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucas's playroom. For Armstrong, she's sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same age—there just wasn't time.

Now, she says, "That sounds like fun to me." As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, she's ready to do regular mom stuff.

1.After Kristin Armstrong retired, she ___.

A. lived an easy life

B. moved to a new house

C. still had a great interest in cycling

D. spent much time with her kid

2.It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to participate in the London Olympics because she_______ .

A. was too old to train racing

B. had to give her family much consideration

C. faced big physical challenges

D. could not get support from her family

3.In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as ____.

A. a housewife and a new mom

B. an athlete and a career woman

C. a parent and a sportswoman

D. a wife and a good mother

4.We can know from the passage that it ____ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.

A. was quite easy　　　　　 　　 B. made her feel tired

C. surprised herself　　　　　 D. was a hard job

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Li Hua,

I feel great honored to be trusted with your personal affairs. Here is some advices for you:

First of all, you should talk to your parents or let them know where your interest is. If they know what you really want to do in the future, they are possible to change their mind. Secondly, don't worry too many about them because too much anxiety may affect your studies. Besides, you can talk to your teachers and your best friends such that they can help you to persuade your parents.

Personally, what you want to major in and what profession you would like to enter in depend on your own interest because they were part of your life. I hope you can follow my own interest and realize your dream in end.

Yours,

Wang Lei

高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析

The brain is a remarkable part.It's responsible for thoughts and feelings.Now a new study finds that going through tough times as a kid also can have an impact.The adult brains of people who lived through lots of stress before the age of six—and then became depressed or anxious as teenagers—were different compared with adults who had an easier childhood.It seems that teens changed the shape of their brains by internalizing (使内在化) the stresses experienced years earlier.

Researchers already knew that the shape and size of a child's brain can change in response to lots of stress.They also knew that adults were more likely to be depressed if，as kids，they'd lived in poverty.Some studies showed that these depressed adults had unusual changes in their brain shape.But no one had tested if the early stress and later brain changes were linked.

Scientists in England studied almost 500 boys from birth until the ages of 18 to 21.Sarah Jensen is one of the new study's authors.Almost all of the boys her team studied experienced some hard times as kids.And，she concludes，“This is not necessarily harmful.”To some extent，that's just life.What can be dangerous，she says，is when children experience too many forms of difficulties.Her team's new data suggest that the tougher the childhood，the stronger the impact on the brain might be.

What's happening in the world around us relates to how we feel.Her team linked more childhood stress to more depression.Still，she notes，it's possible that if you find support for anxiety or depression，you might be able to prevent the changes seen here.“If you can change the environment，you can change the course of things，”Sarah says.So，she recommends，if teens develop anxiety or depression，it's good to ask for psychological doctors to give advice.

1.When people had a hard childhood，　　　　　 ．

A. they will have a brave attitude to life

B. their way of thinking may be strange

C. they will be good at dealing with stress

D. the shape of their brain may be changed

2.What is the breakthrough of the new research?

A. The size of the brain can change.

B. The brain can be influenced by stress.

C. Poverty can affect the brain's shape in future.

D. Changes in brain are connected with earlier hardship.

3.It's a problem when children 　　　　　 ．

A. had a lonely childhood

B. led a peaceful childhood

C. got different kinds of hardship

D. experienced limited hard times

4.For teenagers with anxiety，Sarah suggests 　　　　　　　　　　　　 .

A. they adapt to their life

B. they seek professional help

C. they talk to friends or relatives

D. they become confident and optimistic

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