Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank （存钱罐）onto the living room floor and immediately started counting． Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack．
"That aroused my curiosity," Jackie told CBS News． "Nobody messes with the piggy bank．" After observing Sunshine at work a few minutes longer, Jackie decided to find out why the little girl broke into her savings．
"What are you doing with that money?" Jackie asked her granddaughter．
"I'm taking it to school," Sunshine replied． The little girl finally stated the real reason why she needed the money． "I'm going to take it for milk money． My friend Layla doesn't get milk—her mom doesn't have milk money and I do．"
Jackie's heart melted at Sunshine's words． Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms．
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the﹩30 the kindergartner had saved． There are 20 kids in Sunshine's class and about half don't get milk． It costs ﹩0.45 a carton（纸盒）．The total adds up to about ﹩180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day．
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter's plan． To her surprise, dozens of people offered to donate toward the cause． Within a week, Jackie raised more than ﹩1，000． Now every student in Sunshine's class can get free milk for the rest of the year．
Jackie said Sunshine doesn't see her kind act as a big deal． She was just trying to look out for her friends． "She doesn't understand the effect she's brought about," Jackie said． "But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to．"
1.Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?
A. She wanted to play with the coins．
B. She needed to train her counting skills．
C. She intended to pay for her friend's milk．
D. She hoped to show off her savings in class．
2.How did Jackie feel upon hearing Sunshine's words？
A. Touched． B. Curious．
C. Proud． D. Relieved．
3.In Jackie's eyes， what did Sunshine learn from the experience？
A. Many hands make light work．
B. Two heads are better than one．
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed．
D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart．
4.What is the best title for this passage？
A. Jackie's Piggy Bank． B. Small Coins, Big Deeds．
C. A Moved Grandmother． D. Piggy Bank and Carton Milk．
高二英语阅读理解简单题
Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank （存钱罐）onto the living room floor and immediately started counting． Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack．
"That aroused my curiosity," Jackie told CBS News． "Nobody messes with the piggy bank．" After observing Sunshine at work a few minutes longer, Jackie decided to find out why the little girl broke into her savings．
"What are you doing with that money?" Jackie asked her granddaughter．
"I'm taking it to school," Sunshine replied． The little girl finally stated the real reason why she needed the money． "I'm going to take it for milk money． My friend Layla doesn't get milk—her mom doesn't have milk money and I do．"
Jackie's heart melted at Sunshine's words． Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms．
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the﹩30 the kindergartner had saved． There are 20 kids in Sunshine's class and about half don't get milk． It costs ﹩0.45 a carton（纸盒）．The total adds up to about ﹩180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day．
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter's plan． To her surprise, dozens of people offered to donate toward the cause． Within a week, Jackie raised more than ﹩1，000． Now every student in Sunshine's class can get free milk for the rest of the year．
Jackie said Sunshine doesn't see her kind act as a big deal． She was just trying to look out for her friends． "She doesn't understand the effect she's brought about," Jackie said． "But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to．"
1.Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?
A. She wanted to play with the coins．
B. She needed to train her counting skills．
C. She intended to pay for her friend's milk．
D. She hoped to show off her savings in class．
2.How did Jackie feel upon hearing Sunshine's words？
A. Touched． B. Curious．
C. Proud． D. Relieved．
3.In Jackie's eyes， what did Sunshine learn from the experience？
A. Many hands make light work．
B. Two heads are better than one．
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed．
D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart．
4.What is the best title for this passage？
A. Jackie's Piggy Bank． B. Small Coins, Big Deeds．
C. A Moved Grandmother． D. Piggy Bank and Carton Milk．
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A couple of weeks ago, my 12-year-old daughter, Ella threatened(威胁) to take my phone and break it. “At night you’ll always have your phone out and break you’ll just type,” Ella says. “I’m ready to go to bed, and try to get you to read stories for me and you’re just standing there reading your texts and texting other people,” she adds. I came to realize that I was ignoring her as a father.
Ella isn’t the only kid who feels this way about her parent’s relationship with devices. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a psychologist at Harvard, wrote The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age. For her book, Steiner-Adair interviewed more than 1,000 kids from the ages of 4 to 18. She talked to hundreds of teachers and parents.
One of the many things that knocked my socks off, ” she says, “was the consistency(一致性) with which children — whether they were 4 or 8 or 18 or 24— talked about feeling exhausted and frustrated or mad trying to get their parents’ attention, competing with computer screens or iPhone screens or any kind of technology.”
A couple of years ago, my daughter got a laptop for school. And because she was becoming more independent, we got her a phone. We set up rules for when she could use the device and when she’d need to put it away. We created a charging(充电) station, outside her bedroom, where she had to plug in these devices every night. Basically — except for homework— she has to put it all away when she comes home.
Steiner-Adair says most adults don’t set up similar limits in their own lives. “We’ve lost the boundaries that protect work and family life,’’ she says. “So it is very hard to manage yourself and be present in the moments your children need you.’’
After my daughter’s little intervention(介入),I made myself a promise to create my own charging station. To plug my phone in— somewhere faraway — when I am done working for the day. I’ve been trying to leave it there untouched for most of the weekend
1.Why did Ella threaten to break her father’s phone?
A. Her father spent a lot of money on his phone.
B. Her father did not do any housework or read to her.
C. Her father made a lot of noise by talking on the phone.
D. Her father gave his attention to his phone instead of her.
2. By saying “knocked my socks off ’’ , Steiner-Adair means “___’’.
A. made fun of her
B. surprised her a lot
C. took her socks off
D. made her exhausted
3.What does the author mainly talk about in paragraph 4?
A. How he protected his daughter from devices.
B. Why his daughter was dissatisfied with him.
C. How to create a charging station at home.
D. Why children need a laptop or a phone.
4. We can infer from the text the author___.
A. will not use his phone form now on
B. plans to create more charging stations at home
C. is a man who learns from his mistakes
D. doesn’t think a laptop is helpful to his daughter
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Two 5-year-old girls, best friends, held hands in Tolson’s office at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one saying she didn’t feel well. Tolson, the school nurse, asked, “How long has your stomach been hurting?” “It just started,” she said.
The other one said her head hurt last night, too. Tolson knew she had a history of fevers, so she checked her temperature and asked her what she ate, whether she went to the bathroom, and whether her head still hurt. It could be that these two little girls that went to Tolson’s office were fine. Or maybe they had mental problems. And that is what school nurses have to judge every day.
School nurses generally get very little training when it comes to mental health. Mazyck said she herself was astounded when she was a school nurse. She saw upset, anxiety, sadness and students who didn’t even know what to do to calm themselves down. She never expected these. So Mazyck went back to school for a graduate degree in counseling (咨询) and now she focuses on getting nurses more training in mental health.
Sharon Stephan, who co-directs the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland, tells nurses there are two simple questions to ask themselves to see if a child needs help:
Is the student acting or behaving differently than he/she was before?
Is the student somehow far outside the norm (标准) of what you would expect?
The only time everyone pays attention is when there’s a tragedy(悲剧), like a school shooting. However, we actually can catch the students who might harm others and recognize the students who might want to kill themselves.
Mental health is ranked one of the top problems all school nurses deal with, and school nurses need to be better at it.
1.Why does the author mention the two little girls?
A. To show school nurses do a difficult job.
B. To show the importance of school nurses.
C. To show school nurses need much patience.
D. To show the importance of students’ health.
2.What does the underlined word “astounded” in the third paragraph mean?
A. Tired. B. Troubled.
C. Shocked. D. Embarrassed.
3.Why did Mazyck go back to school?
A. To give nurses more training in mental health.
B. To find school students with mental problems.
C. To learn what mental problems students may have.
D. To improve her skills of dealing with mental health.
4.What can we learn from the last but one paragraph?
A. There are too many kids in need of help.
B. Something tragic often happens at school.
C. Students’ mental health is always ignored.
D. It’s hard to find students with mental problems.
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
When did the woman take a piano test?
A. One week ago. B. One mouth ago. C. Two months ago.
高二英语短对话困难题查看答案及解析
We met a little girl seven years ago during one of my daughter’s occasional hospital stays. Her name was Beth and she was my daughter’s roommate for a week. My Daughter had an incurable kidney(肾) disease. Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up, however sick her treatment made her. She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children with cancer.
My daughter’s hospital treatment was completed in a week and we were waiting for her final discharge orders when Beth appeared. She said “I want you to have this. I know you need a new kidney, so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile. My friend, John, gave it to me to watch over me. When you get your new kidney and smile, you can give this angel to someone that needs her, too”. My daughter thanked her and the girls exchanged hugs and big smiles. Later that year, Beth passed away.
We kept that angel for six more years. Finally, a kidney became available and she received a transplant.
Now she felt it was time to give it to someone who needed to be watched over until he or she could smile again. She gave it to an elderly man trying to recover from a heart problem.
How many families and hearts this angel has touched, no one knows for sure. But all that it took was a single gift of kindness. So in this Christmas season, create a tradition with your children or maybe someone you love. Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart.
1.For what reason was the author impressed with Beth?(No more than 15 words)
2.Why did Beth give an angel pin to the author’s daughter?(No more than 10 words)
3.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?(No more than 5 words)
4.What tradition should be created as it is suggested in the passage? (No more than 15 words)
5.In your opinion what can be a gift from your heart? And why? (No more than 20 words)
高二英语阅读表达中等难度题查看答案及解析
A long time ago, I knew a girl whose name is Gloria. She is a student. Most people in school liked Gloria．So when she got sick，some boys_____to visit her． But none of them wanted to _____any money for a gift to bring．
Then Willie said，“We can _____some flowers from a _____． ”
Gloria will not know ______they come from，and the dead man will not _____them．
Everybody was afraid，_____Willie．So he went alone and ____some beautiful flowers．Then they went to Gloria’s_____，and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them，but______did not mind．
After their visit，Willie_____the other boys，“It is a good thing that I was not afraid． Gloria ____ the flowers． ”
The other boys laughed． Gloria would not have liked the _____if she had known they had come from a grave．
That night, Willie was reading a book _____his mother came into his room．“Willie，did you and other boys buy some flowers today ______Gloria？”she asked．“There’s a man _____asking for you，”she added． “He says that you didn’t ______the flowers． ”
“What does he look ____？”Willie asked．
“That’s hard to say，”Willie’s mother answered． “He is all _____with mud(泥土)． ”
Willie，all of a sudden，was ____．
1.A. thought B. planned C. asked D. took
2.A. keep B. cost C. take D. spend
3.A. steal B. pick up C. buy D. plant
4.A. shop B. store C. street D. grave
5.A. how B. when C. where D. why
6.A. miss B. lose C. hate D. love
7.A. except B. besides C. including D. beside
8.A. saw B. thought C. looked for D. found
9.A. room B. hospital C. school D. library
10.A. Gloria B. some C. Willie D. nobody
11.A. told B. asked C. said to D. explained
12.A. refused B. liked C. hated D. missed
13.A. boys B. flowers C. secret D. news
14.A. when B. as C. while D. suddenly
15.A. to B. for C. on D. with
16.A. inside B. outside C. still D. also
17.A. ask for B. water C. like D. pay for
18.A. as B. about C. like D. for
19.A. painted B. dressed C. wrapped D. covered
20.A. afraid B. red C. sad D. glad
高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
Two weeks ago, we reported about developments with 1. (electricity) planes and flying cars. That technology could bring change to commercial and personal travel. Last week, two 2.(company), Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to reality. Sooner 3.you think, flying cars may appear in the skies. Imagine never 4.(have) to worry about traffic, stoplights, or road construction. A flying car could get somewhere much faster than one traveling by road.
Kitty Hawk is a start-up tech company supported by Google co-founder. Its first flying cars, 5.travel at a speed of up to 40 kilometers an hour, 6.(expect) to go on sale by the end of 2017. Uber expects to launch flying taxis in Texas and Dubai by 2020. 7.says its flying taxis could travel up to 241 kilometers an hour, with the travel time 8.(reduce) from 2 hours on the road to 15 minutes in the air between San Francisco and San Jose, California. Riders could use the Uber app 9.(book) a flying taxi to take them to their destinations. It is estimated that flying taxi travel will be much 10. (expensive) compared with road taxi travel.
高二英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Two weeks ago, Ray Johnstone, an elderly man living alone in South Australia, posted a classified advertisement in search of a friend. Specifically, he was on the hunt for a fishing partner, as he no longer had anyone to share his hobby with. “I’m a widowed retired man who is looking for a fishing mate,” he wrote on Gumtree, “My fishing mate is now deceased. He will never accompany me to go fishing. I am a land-based fisherman. I have all the gear for all types of fish that is required for land-based fishing.”
Like all of us, 22-year-old Mati Batsinilas was touched by the man’s advertisement, so he reached out to him and arranged an outing. Rather than simply spend the day with Johnstone somewhere local, however, he and his family offered to take him on an all-inclusive weekend fishing trip of Stradbroke Island in Queensland. And, as expected, they had a good time. “While on the island we covered four-wheel driving, site-seeing, fishing, swimming, chats with the locals and the best of all... just relaxing and chatting like mates,” Batsinilas wrote in a Facebook post. “Once you reach a level of maturity in life, age should only be a number. My respect for Johostone is obviously very high, but I treated him exactly the way I would have treated one of my 22-year-old mates.”
Fortunately, it sounds like Johnstone won't have to place more classified advertisements any time soon. In addition to finding a friend, the pensioner has become a star on the Internet, with many social media users voicing their interests in meeting the now-famous fisherman.
1.What was the aim of Ray Johnstone’s posting a classified advertisement?
A. He wanted to sell all his tools.
B. He wanted to show off his excellent fishing skills.
C. He wanted to find a friend to go fishing with.
D. He wanted to find a friend to sell all his caught fish.
2.What does the underlined word “deceased” in the first paragraph mean?
A. ill B. unfriendly
C. angry D. dead
3.What was Mati Batsinilas’ attitude towards Ray Johnstone?
A. He thought Johnstone was too old to go fishing with.
B. He treated Johnstone like a senior citizen and took him to travel.
C. He thought his father would make friends with Johnstone.
D. He treated the old man as a friend of the same age.
4.What will happen after Ray Johnstone posted the classified advertisement?
A. There will be no advertisements for friends-hunting on the internet.
B. More people will go online to read his latest information.
C. More people will come to make friends with Ray Johnstone.
D. Ray Johnstone will regret what he did on the Internet and move away.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I opened my door to two little girls.I had met Alyssa,six,two weeks before.Since then,she'd waved to me every time she passed my house.
"Hello.Grandma Bonnie!"Alyssa said."This is my little sister,Ariana.She's three."To her very nervous sister,"It's OK,honey.You'll like her."The three-year-old held a "bouquet"（花束）in one hand,and the other gripped（紧握）a tiny notebook and a huge broken crayon."Go on,"her big sister urged,"tell her."
Ariana looked at me seriously."I want to help raise money for my preschool,"she said,holding out her flowers. "So I'm selling these for one dollar a bunch."
I had a hard time hiding my smile.The bouquet consisted of seven oxalis（醡浆草）flowers.Oxalis is a weed almost impossible to get rid of.Obviously Ariana had pulled these flowers out from her own yard or a neighbor's.
Her big sister smiled,"Aren't they lovely,Grandma Bonnie?And they only cost a dollar for the whole bunch.It's all for Ariana's preschool."The girls' plan did amuse me."All right," I agreed,"one dollar coming up."
Alyssa put the bill in her sister's skirt pocket.Then Ariana handed me my purchase."Uh,"I suggested,"why don't you just keep the flowers and the money? Then you could sell the flowers to someone else."Both girls stared at me, horrified."Oh,no,"Ariana cried."We picked them just for you.See,they're beautiful!"
And so they were.A week later,the flowers were twice as many as when my little neighbor handed them to me.What a bargain!
I had called these tiny plants "weeds"—disgusting,worthless things with no right to exist.But in their innocent hearts,those two little girls saw them as a precious creation to treasure and share out of loving hearts to brighten the day of a lonely old "Grandma".
1.Those two little girls paid a visit to the author to .
A. say hello to their new neighbor
B. introduce the little sister to her
C. bring her some beautiful flowers
D. collect money for a special purpose
2.What did the author want to do after knowing the girls' wish?
A. Refuse the girls' request directly.
B. Pay one dollar for the whole bunch.
C. Put the bill into the little girl's pocket.
D. Donate money without accepting flowers.
3.How did the author feel when seeing those tiny plants a week later?
A. Grateful. B. Disgusted.
C. Fortunate. D. Desperate.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Sold a Bunch of Flowers B. Picked Flowers Just for You
C. Raised Money for Preschool D. Delighted an Old Grandma
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Seven loyal（忠实的）readers came to the Teens Office two weeks ago. They had a wonderful day learning how to make a newspaper. But what made them excited was that they had their say. “What most __ me was when I was saying something, I found all eyes were on me,” said Tang Shining, one of the students. Her friend, Li Chunbei __, and felt very glad that when she was talking, the editors（编辑） nodded and __ took notes.
Students are happy to see the editors listen to their __ . You may often __ about being neglected（忽视） by teachers and parents. ___ before complaining, please make sure that you have already spoken about your _ _.
Traditionally in China, teachers at school and parents were__ the ones to tell teenagers what they should and shouldn’t do. The young are __ to doing what they are told, rather than thinking by themselves. But then their ideas would be locked in their brain and not be __ .
A girl wrote to Teens about her family story. She ___ to be very sad because her father seldom talked and played with her. After years of consideration, she _ decided to write her father a letter, telling him about her sadness. To her __ , the father _ , saying that he didn’t realize his mistake. From then on, he really __ .
Sometimes, we need to let our ___ be heard, so others can understand our thoughts and feelings.Don’t be afraid of being __ for what you have done. You know it is your _39_ to speak your mind. Even if your suggestions are denied, at least you have tried your best. You will not be left with any __ .
1.A. directly B. really C. completely D. immediately
2.A. disappointed B. frightened C. impressed D. horrified （恐惧）
3.A. refused B. disagreed C. disliked D. agreed
4.A. even B. yet C. already D. still
5.A. speeches B. opinions C. songs D. articles
6.A. talk B. complain C. write D. speak
7.A. And B. So C. But D. Instead
8.A. pleasure B. love C. hatred 憎恨 D. worry
9.A. seldom B. never C. always D. sometimes
10.A. used B. reduced C. devoted D. told
11.A. remembered B. used C. touched D. heard
12.A. used B. pretended C. seemed D. had
13.A. sadly B. suddenly C. angrily D. finally
14.A. sorrow（悲伤B. disappointment C. surprise D. satisfaction
15.A. apologized B. smiled C. laughed D. sighed
16.A. exchanged B. changed C. left D. played
17.A. voices B. decisions C. suggestions D. secrets
18.A. praised B. blamed C. beaten D. fined
19.A. duty B. task C. right D. pleasure
20. A. regret B. sadness C. trouble D. difficulty
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