Westley said to me in a whisper: "God damn! I...

Westley said to me in a whisper: "God damn! I'm tired of sitting here. Let's get up and be saved." So he got up and was saved.

Then I was left alone on the mourners' bench. My aunt came and knelt at my knees and cried, while prayers and songs circled, all around me in the little church. The whole room prayed for me alone. And I kept waiting quietly for Jesus, waiting, waiting-but he didn't come. I want to see him, but nothing happened to me. Nothing!

"Langston, why don't you come? Why don't you come and be saved? Oh. Lamb of God! Why don't you come?"

Now it was really getting late. I began to be ashamed of myself, holding everything up so long. I began to wonder what God thought about Westley, who certainly hadn't seen Jesus either, but who was now sitting proudly on the platform, swinging his legs and grinning down at me, surrounded by deacons(教堂执事) and old women on their knees praying. God had not struck Westley dead for lying in the temple. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I'd better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved. So I got up.

Suddenly the whole room broke into a sea of shouting, as they saw me rise. Waves of rejoicing swept he place. Women leaped in the air. My aunt threw her arms around me. The minister(牧师) took me by the hand and led me to the platform.

When things quieted down, in a hushed silence, interrupted by a few joyous "Amens," all the new young lambs were blessed in the name of God. Then happy singing filled the room.

That night, for the last time in my life but one-for I was a big boy twelve years old-I cried. I cried in bed alone, and couldn't stop. I buried my head under the quilts, but my aunt heard me. She woke up and old my uncle I was crying because the Holy Ghost had come into my life, but I was really crying because I couldn't bear to tell her that I deceived everybody in the church, that I hadn't seen Jesus, and that now I didn't believe there was a Jesus any more, since he didn't come to help me.

1.I attended a special ceremony ________.

A.to be saved by Jesus and blessed B.to become a member of the church

C.to celebrate the appearance of Jesus D.to be given judgment for my sin

2.________, I got up at last.

A.Afraid of being struck dead by God

B.Eager to join Westley sitting on the platform

C.Ashamed of delaying the coming of God

D.Guilty of causing trouble to all the others

3.What can be inferred about the new young lambs in the service?

A.There were all saved by the God.

B.They all committed a sin.

C.They all saw Jesus except Westley and me.

D.They all deserved God's blessing.

4.I cried that night because I was ________.

A.forced to accept a merciless God

B.conscience-stricken at cheating before God

C.more a saved lamb than a liar

D.deprived of my belief in the existence of Jesus

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In order not to let the others hear what he said，he________the news to me.

A．shouted　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．told

C．whispered 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 D．said

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

--------You seem to show interest in cooking.

-------------_________? On the contrary, I’m tired of it.

A. Really       B. Pardon    C. OK    D. What

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Dear Cassy,

Thanks for reminding me by e-mail that you want to baby-sit our children. In spite of the fact that you are only 15 years old, my wife and I would be willing to consider your application if you can meet a few modest requirements:

1. Submit three letters from teachers who will prove that you have never failed to follow directions perfectly in class and never failed to hand in the homework on time.

2. Submit a note from two doctors which says that you are in perfect health, have never been sick, and never will be sick.

3. Submit a document (文件) from your physical education teacher or team coach that proves that you can do each of the following: Run two miles in less than nine minutes, climb an oily rope to a height of twenty feet in thirty seconds while balancing a glass of water on your nose, and walk in bare feet over hot coals and broken glass without complaint or injury.

4. Submit letters from at least two mental health experts saying that you have never had a bad thought towards any living being or not living object.

5. Play and defeat five expert chess players with your eyes covered after going without sleep for 48 hours.

6. Wait patiently for two years while we make sure that all your documents are true.

Your loving and trusting friends,

The Smiths

1.From the letter we can know that ______.

A. Cassy wrote to the Smiths twice               B. Cassy loves children very much

C. Cassy will be in perfect health          D. Cassy does very well in her studies

2. Which of the following can most probably replace the underlined word “submit”?

A. write            B. report            C. hand in       D. recommend (推荐)

3.What can we infer from this text?

A. Their children are hard to baby-sit.        B. Their children are well educated.

C. Cassy is good at doing many things.       D. Cassy won't get the job as a baby-sitter.

4. Which of the following words can best describe the Smiths?

A. Humorous.     B. Patient.              C. Honest.        D. Kind-hearted.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

My violin is like a soul mate that whispers words of wisdom to me. Together, we’ve gone through both tears and happiness.

About 12 years ago, I made acquaintance with it following an order from my mom. Many hours of boredom were spent practicing it. And to make things worse, the disappointment in my teacher’s eyes as I played the wrong notes was like an invisible（隐形的）hammer, striking on my heart. One day, I finally decided: I hate it!

By chance, things changed when I was seven. I was at home lying on the sofa, wondering how those famous violinists dealt with this terrible dilemma. I searched online for the E-minor Concerto, a well-known violin work by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, and listened to it.

A beautiful and mysterious sound came from the violin as the bow moved across it. It was like the music slid over the flowers, rose up, and started to fill the air. The violin’s voice woke up the sun, made the trees green, and freshened the air. As the music changed, the sky turned back to gray. A gloomy shade covered the grass as all the sunshine disappeared. I could hear children crying and men shouting. It was like an invisible claw had grabbed my heart tightly, making it unable to beat.

That glorious day set off my passion and interest in violin - I grabbed mine and never let it go. Before the memories faded, I stared at my instrument. Without hesitating, I picked it up, rosined（用松香擦）the bow, and began to play. Peace filled my heart.

My violin has been by my side for 12 years. When I feel happy, an energetic tune makes it even better; when I’m deep in sorrow, a peaceful tune washes it away, when I’m walking on air, feeling especially pleased with my achievements, solemn（庄严的）tunes calm me down. Gradually, it has become a part of my life.

My violin, shall I compare you to a summer’s day?

1.What further contributed to the author's dislike of violin-playing?

A. Orders from mum.

B. Boredom of practice.

C. Loss of passion for violin.

D. Disappointment in the teacher’s eyes.

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. The scenery outside the room was quite attractive.

B. The weather actually changed because of the tune.

C. The sudden change made the author's heart unable to beat.

D. The author’s feeling was continuously influenced by the music.

3.Why did the author pick up the violin again?

A. The invisible hammer and claw are gone.

B. The beautiful imagination changed his attitude.

C. A famous tune aroused his interest and passion.

D. He was crazy about Felix Mendelssohn’s works.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Deep love for music.

B. Musical soul mate—violin.

C. An inspiring story of violin.

D. My dislike and like of violin.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Standing on the top of a church tower not far from our home in Rome, Father said to me, “Look down, Elsa. Be brave.” I gathered all my ________ and looked down. I saw the crossing of twisting, turning streets ________ to the square in the center of the village. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get where you want to go by one road, try ________.”

Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged Mother to do something about the ________ lunches that were served at school. But she ________ because she could not believe the lunches were so bad. When I turned to Father for help, he would not ________. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a(n) ________.

At school the next day, I secretly ________ my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I talked the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked ________. She swallowed one spoonful, “The cook must have gone mad!” Having known what I had done, Mother stated firmly that she would ________ the matter of lunches at school the next day!

In the years that followed I often remembered what Father told me. And on the way to my first small success I found the road ________. As a fashion-design lover, I was busy getting ready to ________ my winter fashions. Then just 13 days before the presentation the sewing girls were called out on ________. I felt so depressed that I was ________ that we would have to cancel the presentation ________ show the clothes unfinished. Then it ________ on me. Why not show the clothes unfinished?

We worked hurriedly and the showing took place as ________. Some coats had no sleeves; others had only one. Many of our clothes were only ________ made of heavy cotton cloth. But on these we pinned sketches and pieces of material. In this way we were able to show what colors and textures (结构) the clothes would have when they were finished. It was our ________ showing that caught the attention of the public, and ________ for the clothes poured in.

Father’s wise words had guided me again. There is always more than one way to the square.

1.A. strength        B. breath        C. courage        D. concentration

2.A. linking            B. appealing    C. taking        D. leading

3.A. each            B. another        C. none            D. the other

4.A. awful            B. special        C. fascinating    D. delicious

5.A. regretted        B. agreed        C. complained    D. refused

6.A. respond            B. admit        C. oppose        D. handle

7.A. conclusion        B. plan            C. rest            D. image

8.A. drank            B. spat            C. poured        D. flowed

9.A. terribly        B. naturally    C. perfectly    D. shortly

10.A. get through    B. take up        C. look into    D. make up

11.A. occupied        B. smoothed        C. blocked        D. widened

12.A. show            B. provide        C. follow        D. lead

13.A. business        B. trip            C. chance        D. strike

14.A. curious        B. skeptical    C. determined    D. sure

15.A. apart from        B. or else        C. rather than    D. or rather

16.A. realized        B. lighted        C. dawned        D. cleared

17.A. usual            B. supposed        C. scheduled    D. unexpected

18.A. patterns        B. dresses        C. rags            D. scarves

19.A. meaningful        B. prepared        C. ordinary        D. unusual

20.A. criticisms        B. orders        C. designs        D. budgets

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

---Mike is said to have fallen in love with Jane. ---______ he reminded me so much of her.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I’m sitting in my kitchen in London, trying to figure out a text message from my brother. He lives in our home country of Germany. We speak German to each other, a language that's rich in strange words, but I've never heard this one before: fremdschämen.

The experience gets me to consider: can we lose our mother language? Most immigrants (移民)know what it’s like to be not as good at their mother language as before. The process seems obvious: the longer you are away, the more your language suffers. But it’s not quite so straightforward. It turns out that how long you've been away doesn't always matter. Socializing with other native speakers abroad can worsen your own native skills. And emotional factors like trauma(精神创伤) can be the biggest factor of all.

In children, the phenomenon of language attrition (语言磨蚀)is somewhat easier to explain since their brains are generally more flexible and adaptable. Until the age of about 12, a person’s language skills are relatively easy to change. Studies on international adopters have found that even nine-year-olds can almost completely forget their first language when they are removed from their country of birth.

But in adults, the first language is unlikely to disappear entirely except in extreme circumstances. For example, Monika Schmid analyzed the German of elderly German-Jewish wartime refugees(难民) in the UK and the US. The main factor that influenced their language skills wasn't how long they had been abroad or how old they were when they left. It was how much trauma they had experienced as victims. Those who left Germany in the early days of Nazi occupation, before the worst violence, tended to speak better German – despite having been abroad the longest. Those who left later, tended to speak German with difficulty or not at all.

“It seemed very clearly a result of this trauma”, says Schmid. “Even though German was the language of childhood, home and family, it was also the language of painful memories”. The most traumatized refugees had held them back. As one of them said: “I feel that Germany betrayed me. America is my country, and English is my language.”

1.What does the first paragraph serve as?

A.A comment B.A background

C.An explanation D.An introduction

2.What do paragraph 4 and 5 mainly talk about?

A.How two languages coexist

B.The way to deal with adult’s trauma

C.The reasons behind adult’s language attrition.

D.Whether trauma leads to adult’s language attrition.

3.Why does trauma cause a person's mother language to disappear?

A.Because he can’t remember his mother language.

B.Because his ability to communicate is affected.

C.Because his country is far from him .

D.Because he chooses to escape from bad experiences.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Where does your native language come from?

B.Will you lose your native language?

C.How does trauma affect your first language?

D.How far are you from your mother tongue

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

1.I said hello to her, but she __________（忽视） me completely!

2.I'm always __________（不安的） when I don't get any mail.

3.You should keep __________（镇静的） even in face of danger.

4.The general __________（命令） his men to attack the city.

5.She seems to do these things on __________（故意）.

6.The family has __________(定居) in Canada.

7.Can you __________（辨认出） her from this picture?

8.They've made an urgent __________（请求）for international aid.

9.This film is __________（以……为根据）on a novel by D.H.Lawrence.

10.__________（实际上），each language has its own spelling, usage and expression.

高二英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析

I once had a friend who grew to be close to me. Once when we were sitting on the edge of a swimming pool, she 21  the palm (手掌) of her hand with some water and 22  it before me, saying, “You see the water 23  contained in my hand? It stands for love.”

This was how I saw it: 24  you keep your hand carefully open and allow it to 25  there, it will always be there. However, if you 26  to close your fingers round it and try to 27  it, it will spill through the first cracks（缝隙） it 28 .

Now I see this is the biggest 29  that people make when they meet 30  …they try to possess（拥有，占用） it, they demand, they 31  …and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will 32 from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot 33  its nature even in your lifetime. If there are people you love, allow them to be 34  beings.

Give, but don’t expect. Advise, but don’t 35  . Ask, but never demand.

It might sound 36  , but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to 37 . It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel 38  expectations from those who you love.

If you love something, set it free; if it 39 , it’s yours; if it doesn’t, it 40  was.

1.A. washed         B. painted          C. filled       D. wetted

2. A. poured        B. held             C. spilled          D threw

3. A. constantly        B. carefully        C. hurriedly        D. nervously

4.A. Though         B. Before       C. Once         D. If

5.A. leave              B. remain       C. stand        D. fall

6. A. attempt       B. fail             C. refuse       D. agree

7.A. watch          B. protect          C. possess          D. drink

8.A. loses              B. digs             C. breaks       D. finds

9.A. choice         B. decision         C. joke             D. mistake

10.A. love              B. hope         C. trouble          D. failure

11.A. give              B. expect       C. suggest          D. allow

12.A. escape        B. suffer       C. learn        D. hear

13.A. test              B. observe          C. keep         D. change

14.A valuable       B. free             C. secret           D. private

15. A. order            B. imagine          C. remind       D. invite

16. A. possible         B. important    C. simple       D. complex

17.A. express       B. describe         C. think        D. practice

18. A. other            B. no           C. many         D. some

19.A. comes back        B. stands up        C. drops in     D. leaves off

20.A. seldom        B. often        C. never        D. always

高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析