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（2015 • 浙江卷）Most people work because it’s unavoidable. , there are some people who actually enjoy work.
A. As a result B. In addition
C. By contrast D. In conclusion
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Most people follow others blindly just under the effect of peer (同辈) pressure or because they feel it safe to follow a large number of people. In some rare cases it might be right to follow the crowd, but in most cases this can be a big mistake. Actually there are reasons why we shouldn’t follow the crowd blindly.
According to a study, people often follow the crowd when they aren’t sure about the direction they should take. This means a large number of people could be following others without understanding what’s right and what’s wrong! This makes more people follow and as a result most people move in a certain direction even if it isn’t right.
A man who wants to be successful always hopes for others’ guidance and he usually follows the same path of most people, but the question this man never asks himself is: Are all of those people successful? Of course not! If you want to follow a crowd, then follow a successful one. However, in real life you’ll only find one successful person among hundreds of people, and that’s why following the crowd makes no sense at all.
Most people act emotionally without thinking wisely. If you always follow others because they’re greater than you in number, then sooner or later you’ll discover that you’re taking emotional decisions you might regret later.
However, should we never follow the crowd? No. I’m not trying to say you should never follow the crowd, but instead I’m just asking you to think wisely before you take a decision. If you find others are right, there is no problem in following them, but if you have doubts about the direction they’re moving in, don’t follow them blindly.
1.According to the text, most people like to follow others partly because______.
A. they don't know what to do
B. they believe they take the right direction
C. they are affected by their peers
D. they want to make good impressions on people
2.What do many people who want to succeed do before making a decision?
A. Do what most people do.
B. Follow a successful man.
C. Think twice about it.
D. Sum up the mistakes they have made.
3.What opinion does the author hold?
A. It is wrong to follow other people.
B. It takes time to think wisely.
C. You shouldn’t be sorry for what you have done.
D. You should use your brain before following others.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Effects of following others.
B. Reasons for not following others blindly.
C. Advantages of making wise decisions.
D. Ways of finding successful people to follow.
5.Which of the following best shows the structure of the text?
(①=Para 1, ②=Para 2, ③=Para 3, ④=Para 4, ⑤=Para 5)
A.
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D. 
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn, and it is not easy to answer because there are many factors to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when learning a second language.
A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, for example, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different, so first language can affect learning a second language. The greater the differences between the second language and our first, the harder it will be for most people to learn.
Many people answer that Chinese is the hardest language to learn, possibly influenced by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system, and the pronunciation of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learners. However, for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
Different cultures and individuals will find different languages more difficult. In the case of Hungarian for British learners, it is not a question of the writing system, which uses a similar alphabet, but the grammatical complexity, though native speakers may find it easier, struggling with languages that the British find relatively hard.
No language is easy to learn well, though languages which are related to our first language are easier. Learning a completely different writing system is a huge challenge, but that does not necessarily make a language more difficult than another. In the end, it is impossible to say that one language that is the most difficult language in the world.
1.Who might find Portuguese an easier language to learn?
A. The Chinese. B. Russians.
C. Spanish people. D. The Japanese.
2.Why do Japanese speakers find the Chinese less difficult to learn?
A. They use Chinese characters.
B. Japan is the neighbor of China.
C. Chinese is their second language.
D. Many Japanese are learning Chinese.
3.Which is the most difficult of Hungarian for British learners?
A. Writing. B. Pronunciation.
C. Grammar. D. Alphabet.
4.What might be the author’s opinion?
A. Chinese is the hardest language.
B. Native language is always easy to learn.
C. No languages are difficult to learn well.
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People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn, and it is not easy to answer because there are too many factors to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn only makes more sense when learning a second language.
A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, for example, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different, so first language can affect learning a second language. The greater the differences between the second language and our first, the harder it will be for most people to learn. Many people answer that Chinese is the hardest language to learn, possibly influenced by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system, and the pronunciation of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learners. However, for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
Some people seem to learn languages easily, while others find it very difficult. Teachers and the circumstances in which the language is learned also play an important role, as well as each learner's motivation for learning. If people learn a language because they need to use it professionally, they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life.
Obviously , British diplomats and other embassy staff have found that the second hardest language is Japanese, which will probably come as no surprise to many, but the language that they have found to be the most problematic is Hungarian, which uses a similar alphabet to English but has 35 cases (forms of a nouns according to whether it is subject, object, genitive, etc). This does not mean that Hungarian is the hardest language to learn for everyone, but it causes British diplomatic personnel, who are generally used to learning languages, the most difficulty. However, Tabassaran, a Caucasian language has 48 cases, so it might cause more difficulty if British diplomats had to learn it.
Different cultures and individuals from those cultures will find different languages more difficult. Therefore, it is impossible to say that there is one language that is the most difficult language in the world.
1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. The question of how hard a language is to learn is only applicable to first language acquisition
B. The question of how hard a language is to learn is only applicable to second language acquisition
C. The question of how hard a language is to learn is applicable to both first and second language acquisition.
D. There are too many languages in the world so it’s difficult to say which one is the most difficult to learn.
2.Which language will a native Portuguese speaker probably find easier to learn?
A. Chinese , because Portuguese use Chinese characters in their own language .
B. Japanese , because it is similar to their own language.
C. Spanish , because it also uses Roman alphabet .
D. Any one but Chinese, because its pronunciation is very difficult.
3.What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph3？
A. A particular situation or environment.
B. The degree of education that somebody has obtained
C. Teachers’ encouragement.
D. Professional training.
4.The author is most likely to agree____________
A. Not Hungarian’s writing system but its grammatical complexity causes problems for native British speakers.
B. Tabassaran is the hardest language to learn in the world for native European speakers.
C. Many British diplomats learn Tabassaran.
D. Learning a different writing system is easy.
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Most people are aware of what the adoption process is because it has become rather common in our society. Adoption is where a child is legally placed with guardians (监护人) or parents (or perhaps a single parent) other than the birth mother or father. Once an adoption is finalized, all parental rights are turned over to the adoptive parents and there is no legal difference between adoptive parents and natural birth parents. There are generally two types of adoption, which are closed adoption and open adoption.
When an adopted person has access to his or her adoption file and original records, it is referred to as an open adoption. The term is also used to describe any contact that may be between the adoptive family, the birth parents, and the adopted child. The level of openness can change greatly in such contact depending on each individual relationship. There can be indirect contact between the natural birth parents and the child through the form of letters and photographs, or there can be actual physical contact.
A semi-open adoption is where the birth parents may have contact with the adoptive parents before the birth of the child, either once or several times. After the birth there is no more contact. A semi-open adoption may remain as it is or it can become either open or closed.
A closed adoption is where only the medical and historical information about the biological parents is given to the adoptive family. Typically, the birth and adoptive parents do not know each other’s identities. The record of the birth parents is kept sealed (密封). A closed adoption is usually only effective in the adoption of babies. The adoption of an older child who already knows his or her birth parents cannot be kept closed.
1.How many adoption types are mentioned in the passage?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the closed adoption?
A. The birth parents may have indirect contact with the adoptive parents.
B. The biological parents may often go to see their birth child.
C. No information about the biological parents is given to the adoptive parents.
D. Generally speaking, the adoptive parents do not know the birth parents’ identities.
3.Suppose someone adopts a child and his biological parents often get contact with the child by telephone. We can call this adoption _____.
A. a closed adoption B. an open adoption
C. a semi-open adoption D. a semi-closed adoption
4.From the passage, we know adoption is _____.
A. where a child is brought up by the government
B. where a child is legally sent abroad by the birth parents
C. where a child is legally placed with adoptive parents
D. where a child is sent to live with the children whose parents have died
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn, and it is not easy to answer because there are many things to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant in learning a second language.
A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different, so first language can affect learning a second language. The greater the differences between a second language and our first language, the harder it will be for most people to learn a second language. Many people answer that Chinese is the hardest language to learn, possibly influenced by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system and the pronunciation of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learners. However, for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
Some people seem to learn languages easily, while others find it very difficult. Teachers and the circumstances (环境) in which the language is learned also play an important role, as well as each learner’s purpose for learning. If people learn a language because they need to use it in work, they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day-to-day life.
No language is easy to learn well, though languages which are related to our first language are easier. Learning a completely different writing system is a huge challenge, but that does not necessarily make a language more difficult than another. In the end, it is impossible to say that there is one language that is the most difficult language in the world.
1.Why do many people think Chinese is hard to learn?
A. Its writing system is strange.
B. Its pronunciation is challengeable.
C. Its characters are difficult to understand.
D. It has great differences from many other languages.
2.What can we learn from the text?
A. People will learn a language faster if they use it daily.
B. There are many languages that are the most difficult in the world.
C. All the languages can be easy to learn with good teachers and circumstances.
D. The writing system of a language is more difficult to master than its pronunciation.
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Most people find it hard to ________Beijing Opera to foreigners because of cultural differences.
A．get across B．get over C．come across D．come over
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Most people find it hard to ________Beijing Opera to foreigners because of cultural differences.
A．get across B．get over C．come across D．come over
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After the earthquake, many people in Nepal have to be _____ in the tents because most of their houses are badly damaged.
A. put away B. put out C. put up D. put off
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From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports. It depends on individual interest. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece worth $250！He was very happy about his purchase (buying) and thought the price was reasonable. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are extremely valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
That’s what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
1.The word “individual” in the first paragraph most probably means ________.
A．different B．strange C．secret D．one’s own
2.According to the passage, most people are ________ from Monday until Friday.
A．free to relax and enjoy themselves B．busy working or studying
C．free to take part in sports games D．busy watching TV and going to the cinema
3.Something that one enjoys doing in one’s spare time is a ________.
A．job B．pleasure C．hobby D．contribution
4.In the writer’s opinion, ________.
A．all hobbies are very expensive B．some hobbies don’t cost anything
C．hobbies are worthless D．hobbies are valuable to everybody
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