Surveillance (监视) is a fact of life. Your bos...

Surveillance (监视) is a fact of life. Your boss is monitoring your performance at work. Supermarkets are collecting data on your grocery shopping. 1.

In a few months, European Union law-makers are due to approve proposals that will make driver assistance systems mandatory (强制的) in cars within three years. All new models of car will come with black boxes (event data recorders), intelligent speed assistance, lane-keeping assistance and more besides.

A large number of technologies will soon be monitoring a driver’s every move. Are we prepared for devices that watch how we drive and try to help us do it better?

2. In a report published in April 2018, it found that the suite of changes could save at least 7,300 lives by 2030, and reduce the number of serious injuries from car crashes by 38,900. “We can have the same kind of impact as when safety belts were first introduced,” says Oliver Carsten, who studies transport safety at the University of Leeds, UK.

3. The black box is the most controversial (有争议的) tech because of fears that the tech encourages surveillance. It would be easy to worry about being watched in your car. But the EU rules say the system is only checked in the event of an accident to help with insurance claims and police investigation. The point is to provide for a fair allocation (分配) of responsibility when a crash occurs. Some people choose to have a black box because it can reduce their individual insurance premium (保险费). 4. What’s more, the data collected in human-driven cars will help train automated driving systems to the point that they could be ready for large-scale deployment in the future.

5. Drivers should think of it as an extra layer of protection, rather than the vehicle trying to take over driving from you.

A.Now there is a new field: the automobile.

B.There is concern about these technologies, however.

C.The tech is reducing costs because it’s reducing the number of crashes.

D.Safety isn't much discussed, principally because cars are already very safe.

E.While the EU is taking the boldest steps, these technologies aren't far behind in other parts of the world.

F.As a result, what may at first glance seem like a surveillance technology is actually a benefit for society.

G.The European Commission says that introducing these advanced driver assistance systems will make driving safer.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

For children with cancer(癌),the facts of life include the facts of death.

There is always the fear that they might not live to grow up．Yet they realize that fighting cancer is the only way of beating it. So they fight．And sometimes, they win.It may take years．It certainly takes support from  parents and doctors.

Unfortunately, many parents can't deal with their child's illness．And doctors, no matter how caring, have other patients to care for. At times like these, the Children's Cancer Foundation can help. We are a group of Hong Kong doctors, nurses, psychologists, parents of children with cancer and concerned persons (有关人士).All of us are volunteers (offer one's help  without payment).We're with the children every day, listening to, and encouraging them.

We also advise parents, educate the public and send doctors overseas to study new cancer treatments. Our funding (providing money) has brought better equipment to the wards (large rooms of a hospital), and paid for special flats  where the children can recover.

We want to do even more．But to do it, we need your help. It will be money well spent．One who looks at our past achievements should prove that．

To the children, your contribution （贡献）will also be a show of support.A sign that you're behind them is just the sort of news that a six-year-old chlid with cancer needs to hear.

1.This passage is likely_________.

A. a story                     B. an advertisement

C. a report                    D. diary

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. the people who work for the children with cancer are not paid.

B. the Children's Cancer Foundation gets money from the children with cancer

C. every child can get help from the Children's Cancer Foundation.

D. only psychologists and parents of children with cancer are willing to help the children with cancer

3. The Children's Cancer Foundation _________.

A. has set up many hospitals.

B. is made up of many  volunteers  including doctors, nurses, psychologists and so on.

C. hasn’t done anything for the the children with cancer.

D.can’t help the children with cancer in many ways.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Fear is a fact of life everyone faces from time to time. In most cases fear is a healthy reaction to a dangerous situation. But sometimes fear can be so extreme that it interferes with normal living. That is what happened to me driving cross-country last summer.

I’d agreed to help my brother, Mac, move from the East Coast to California. He would drive a rental truck loaded with his belongings and I would follow him in his car, then fly back. We figured it would be a simple trip, with four or five motel (motorists’ hotel) stops along the way.

Living and working in coastal Georgia for most of my life, I did not have a great deal of long-distance driving experience. Looking back on it today, I can see that I’d always felt a sudden, sharp pain of fear when driving over small bridges and along hilly highways. And as I was getting ready for the trip I had an unclear concern about the steep mountain roads that lay ahead. But I thought I would get used to them.

As we crossed some high bridges near the Blue Ridge Mountains on the first leg of our trip, a kind of breathlessness gripped me, a sinking, rolling feeling in the pit of my stomach. I tended to move slightly away from the edge of the roadway and the drop-off beyond. My knuckles (指关节) whitened from my tense grip on the steering wheel. At the end of each bridge, a great rush of relief would come over me, only to be replaced in short order by fear of the next obstacle.

When we stopped in Nashville the first night, I mentioned my feelings to Mac, who is the practical sort. “Oh, that’s nothing.” he said cheerfully. “Lots of people hale driving on mountain roads and high bridges. Just turn up the music on your radio and focus on that. Keep your mind occupied.”

1.Which is NOT the author’s attitude towards fear?

A. Fear can sometimes disturb your life.

B. It is natural to feel fear in everyday life.

C. In dangerous situations, fear may do good to your body.

D. Whenever you feel fear, you are likely to make a wrong decision.

2.How did the author and his brother go to California?

A. They rented a truck and drove it in turn.

B. The author and his brother drove different vehicles.

C. The author drove while his brother flew to California.

D. The author drove a rented car while his brother drove the truck.

3.To the author the trip is 　　　　 .

A. frightening　　 B. pleasant

C. exciting　　 D. exhausting

4.Mac asked his brother to turn on the radio and focus on that in order to let him 　　　　 .

A. keep using his brains

B. kill time during the long trip

C. think of other things instead of fear

D. enjoy the beautiful music along the way

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you complained 1.your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

An ass (驴),2.(belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with3.master. After warning him4.he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had 5.(heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be6.last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he7.(fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner 8. to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,9.will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful .”

We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not10.(like) to find happiness in another.

高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

---How is your mother doing? Is she ________?

--Oh, thank you. As a matter of fact, she _______.

A. looking up; has recovered   B. picking up; is already back on her feet

C. picking out; is well again   D. taking up; has already been back on her feet

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Who's in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it's other people-society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿)，their passions a quotation.”

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug－we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品)，we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom－the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot-control what other people think. People have their own agenda(日程安排), and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probable pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there's only one way－make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values－not values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic(真实的), effective, purposeful and happy life.

1.What Oscar Wilde says implies that________.

A. most people's thoughts are controlled by others.

B. we have thoughts similar to those of others.

C. most people have a variety of thoughts.

D. other people's thoughts are more important.

2. What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?

A. The price of taking the drug is freedom.

B. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

C. We may lose ourselves to please others.

D. We need to pay for what we want to get.

3. It can be concluded from the passage that________.

A. it's important to accept others' opinions.

B. it's better to do what we like.

C. we shouldn't care what others think.

D. we shouldn't change our won opinions.

4. The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by________.

A. making suggestions.                      B. analyzing causes and effects.

C. providing examples and facts.        D. discussing questions

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Who is in control of your life? Who is pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it’s other people --- society, colleagues, friends, or our family. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”

When people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their drug, we worsen our own existence to get our own constant drug of approval.

But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom --- the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. Moreover, people have their own business, and in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you.

The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way --- make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values --- not values imposed(强加) from the outside by others, but values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

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高二英语概要写作中等难度题查看答案及解析

Your car is a necessary part of your life. You use it every day. Of course, you want to hold on to it so you make sure it has the latest alarm and immobilizer（防雷控制系统）. But despite all these, cars like yours are still stolen every day. In fact, in this country, one car is stolen almost every minute! And if your car is stolen, you only have a 50:50 chance of seeing it again.

Each year, car crime costs nearly £3 billion. Of course, if you’re insured, you won’t lose out, or will you? Firstly, you will have to pay extra insurance later on, and then you may not be offered the full amount by the agent. You will probably have to hire a car and you will also lose the value of the contents and accessories (配件) in the car.

Now comes the solution. An RAC Trackstar system, hidden in one of 47 possible secret locations in your car, is the key of our system. If your car is stolen, radio signals are sent at twenty-second intervals from the car to the RAC Trackstar National Control Center via a satellite network. Then a computer gives the vehicle’s exact location, speed and direction.

The RAC Trackstar National Control Center, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, will immediately inform the police in the area where the car is located. Because the police receive information every twenty seconds, they will always know the vehicle’s location. Once the thief has been arrested, your car will be returned to you.

RAC Trackstar is unique in being able to provide the National Control Center with details of the exact location of your car, its speed and direction. And speed is the key to successful recovery of a stolen vehicle. RAC Trackstar Control will immediately tell the police if you report your car stolen and under the 24-hour Guardian Option. It will also tell you if your car has been stolen. RAC Trackstar’s constant updates mean the police are kept informed of the car’s location. All these greatly improve your chances of seeing your car again.

1. If your car is stolen, you will have to ______.

A. hire a new car

B. pay more insurance

C. buy a RAC Trackstar system

D. inform the National Control Center

2.The Trackstar system can tell the police ______.

A. how the car is stolen　　 B. who the thief is

C. what brand the car is　　 D. where the car is

3.The underlined word “It” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

A. the local police station

B. the Guardian Option

C. the insurance company

D. the RAC Trackstar Control

4.According to the passage, people with RAC Trackstar ______.

A. automatically find directions

B. seldom get their vehicles damaged

C. have less chance of being in an accident

D. are more likely to get the stolen cars back

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

A great life doesn’t happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating (分配) your time, energy and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure. 1. Make the following secrets fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!

A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misunderstand what simplify means. 2. Instead, it’s a way to free up your energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it first.

A great life is the result of removing distractions(分心之事). Up to 75% of your mental energy can be used in things that are not important but distracting you. Look around at someone’s life you admire. What do they do that you would like to adopt in your own life? Ask them how they did it. 3.

A great life is the result of your adjustments. 4.It may mean thinking about again how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that agree with your particular definition of a great life.

5.There’s the old saying everyone’s familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. It’s what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.

A.A great life is the result of starting.

B.Start setting up your life to support success and ease.

C.A great life is the result of having intention.

D.So it requires that you should make some changes.

E.It’s not a way to remove work from your life.

F.It’s easy to spend your days on whatever gets your attention.

G.Then you will find ways to free up your mental energy for more important things.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

High school is an important period of your life, so you need to learn to spend your high school time wisely. Here are some ideas that can lend you a hand.

Studies come first. Make sure that you understand everything your teachers teach. 1. Take notes if you think your teacher is teaching something important. Also, have a plan for what you’re going to study. It is best if you could deal with every subject every day.

2. Don’t delay (推迟) today’s homework until tomorrow. If you happen to be sick, call or e-mail a friend to see if they can come and give you the homework. Being sick isn’t an excuse for not doing homework unless you’re very sick.

Develop good relationships. High school is also a time for you to enjoy with your friends. 3. Choose to get along with those who like you for who you are. What’s more, you should try to make friends with teachers.

Develop self-discipline (自律). Behave yourself at school. 4. While your teacher is teaching, keep quiet unless he or she is asking for answers. If your friends want to talk to you in class, ask them to wait until later.

Be active! Take an active part in after-class activities. 5. Join school clubs which will help you develop them.

A. Finish your homework on time.

B. Find hobbies that you’re good at.

C. Always be on time for every class.

D. Set down your homework carefully.

E. You’ll make more friends if you try this.

F. Ask for help if you don’t understand something.

G. Smile at people to make them see you are nice and happy.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析