Pooja Dhingra is the owner of macaroon bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie (西饼店) in Mumbai. She should have been a ______. But while studying’ law at university in Mumbai, she decided to ______ her major and do something more creative.
Her father and elder brother are both restaurant owners. Remembering helping her mother in the ______ during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. She ______ her parents to let her attend a hospitality (招待) and management course in Switzerland. Three years later, she went to Paris to learn the ______ of French baking. There her friends took her to one of the best macaroon shops. After just one ______, Dhingra determined that when she returned to Mumbai she would ______ her own shop, the first of its kind in India.
After graduation, she started making macaroons in her parents’ kitchen,______ it was a complete failure. The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it ______ to make delicious cakes. It took her around six months of research and 60 failed ______ to finally get a favorite recipe. Yet being both young and female ______ she faced extra challenges. “The biggest problem was to get people to take you ______,” she says. “For example, if I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me.”
Dhingra eventually opened her first shop in 2010. To ______ sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaroon was, Dhingra gave away some ______ macaroons to customers, which made her cakes popular immediately. She continued ______ new recipes. “Once you know basic techniques, inventing recipes is very ______,” she said. “All you need is an open ______. I get a lot of my ideas and ______ from basic things around me.”
Dhingra is the author of a best-selling cookery book, The Big Book of Treats. She also started running classes on how to make macaroons and other cakes. In 2016, Dhingra ______ her business, opening a new location called Le 15 Cafe. Today, as a professional baker, Dhingra ______ up one of India’s finest patisseries.
1.A. artist B. lawyer C. chef D. cook
2.A. quit B. take C. enjoy D. follow
3.A. bedroom B. basement C. study D. kitchen
4.A. reminded B. warned C. persuaded D. allowed
5.A. techniques B. situations C. functions D. results
6.A. drink B. kick C. breath D. bite
7.A. visit B. open C. sell D. name
8.A. so B. or C. but D. for
9.A. difficult B. unusual C. reasonable D. available
10.A. preparations B. messages C. programs D. attempts
11.A. included B. meant C. admitted D. explained
12.A. seriously B. properly C. differently D. peacefully
13.A. ignore B. report C. promote D. examine
14.A. strange B. modem C. famous D. free
15.A. introducing B. creating C. demanding D. protecting
16.A. typical B. familiar C. simple D. regular
17.A. task B. reply C. mind D. secret
18.A. inspiration B. authority C. progress D. equipment
19.A. preserved B. inspected C. acquired D. expanded
20.A. covers B. heads C. picks D. brings
高二英语完形填空中等难度题
Pooja Dhingra is the owner of macaroon bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie (西饼店) in Mumbai. She should have been a ______. But while studying’ law at university in Mumbai, she decided to ______ her major and do something more creative.
Her father and elder brother are both restaurant owners. Remembering helping her mother in the ______ during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. She ______ her parents to let her attend a hospitality (招待) and management course in Switzerland. Three years later, she went to Paris to learn the ______ of French baking. There her friends took her to one of the best macaroon shops. After just one ______, Dhingra determined that when she returned to Mumbai she would ______ her own shop, the first of its kind in India.
After graduation, she started making macaroons in her parents’ kitchen,______ it was a complete failure. The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it ______ to make delicious cakes. It took her around six months of research and 60 failed ______ to finally get a favorite recipe. Yet being both young and female ______ she faced extra challenges. “The biggest problem was to get people to take you ______,” she says. “For example, if I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me.”
Dhingra eventually opened her first shop in 2010. To ______ sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaroon was, Dhingra gave away some ______ macaroons to customers, which made her cakes popular immediately. She continued ______ new recipes. “Once you know basic techniques, inventing recipes is very ______,” she said. “All you need is an open ______. I get a lot of my ideas and ______ from basic things around me.”
Dhingra is the author of a best-selling cookery book, The Big Book of Treats. She also started running classes on how to make macaroons and other cakes. In 2016, Dhingra ______ her business, opening a new location called Le 15 Cafe. Today, as a professional baker, Dhingra ______ up one of India’s finest patisseries.
1.A. artist B. lawyer C. chef D. cook
2.A. quit B. take C. enjoy D. follow
3.A. bedroom B. basement C. study D. kitchen
4.A. reminded B. warned C. persuaded D. allowed
5.A. techniques B. situations C. functions D. results
6.A. drink B. kick C. breath D. bite
7.A. visit B. open C. sell D. name
8.A. so B. or C. but D. for
9.A. difficult B. unusual C. reasonable D. available
10.A. preparations B. messages C. programs D. attempts
11.A. included B. meant C. admitted D. explained
12.A. seriously B. properly C. differently D. peacefully
13.A. ignore B. report C. promote D. examine
14.A. strange B. modem C. famous D. free
15.A. introducing B. creating C. demanding D. protecting
16.A. typical B. familiar C. simple D. regular
17.A. task B. reply C. mind D. secret
18.A. inspiration B. authority C. progress D. equipment
19.A. preserved B. inspected C. acquired D. expanded
20.A. covers B. heads C. picks D. brings
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
What does the woman do?
A.She is the owner of a bakery.
B.She is a student.
C.She is a lawyer.
高二英语短对话中等难度题查看答案及解析
Walmart, which is one of the largest American supermarket chains, _______ some of its store open 24 hours on Mondays through Saturdays.
A．keep B．keeps C．have kept D．had kept
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.What kind of place is the speaker mainly describing?
A.A famous restaurant chain.
B.A local cafe in South Africa.
C.An unknown restaurant.
2.What might you see when you go to the dining room?
A.Forest. B.Fish. C.Real wild animals.
3.How would the speaker like the visitors to feel?
A.Concerned about the environment.
B.Happy with the delicious food.
C.Willing to help the poor.
4.What are the main dishes served with?
A.Traditional drinks. B.Beautiful flowers. C.Cultural stories.
高二英语短文中等难度题查看答案及解析
The French submarine is called Le Triomphant, meaning“the winner”．The name of the British submarine is Vanguard，meaning“the leading position in an army”．It’s clear from the submarines’names that they were made for victory．
However，it was an accident，rather than a victory，that led these two submarines to recently make news headlines across the world．
On February 16，Britain and France admitted that two of their nuclear—armed submarines，HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant，collided while deep in the Atlantic in early February．Both submarines were on secret patrols(巡逻)and carrying nuclear arms when they collided．
Le Triomphant had no idea that it had run into HMS Vanguard until several days later．The French navy at first believed that Le Triomphant had hit an“object，probably a container(集装箱)”．
Investigations have begun to work out how such a collision could have happened．Both submarines are equipped with state-of～the—art(最先进的)technology that is supposed to find other submarines．Yet，neither submarine saw the other until it was too late．
One idea being considered was that their anti-sonar(抗声纳)equipment，which hides submarines，was just too effective in hiding one from the other．
Submarines use sonar to sense what is in the sea near them．Sonar is a submarine’s ear．Many sea animals use sonar as well．Dolphins produce high-pitched(声调高的)clicks．when these clicks hit an object，some of the sound will echo(发出回声)back to the“sender”．By listening to the echo and working out the time it took before the echo came back，the dolphin can work out how far away the object is．
There are two kinds of sonar：active sonar，which sends out signals，and passive sonar，which listens for signals with extremely sensitive microphones．
The two submarines were designed to be very quiet and as hidden as possible．because a submarine’s job description(工作职责)is not to be found．Many modern submarines do not use active sonar，only passive sonar．This makes it very difficult for a submarine to“hear”if another submarine is near．
Britain’s Ministry of Defense(国防部) has said the collision did not lead to any radioactive leaks(放射物泄漏)．The chance of a full nuclear explosion was almost impossible．However，experts say that if the walls of the submarines had broken，or a fire had been started，there could have been a major disaster．
A senior British Navy source told The Sun newspaper that the possible consequences of such a collision were“unthinkable”．
“It’s very unlikely there would have been a nuclear explosion．But a radioactive leak was a possibilitv．That would have been a national disaster．”he said．
1.What has made HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant well known recently?
A、l heir names carried very positive meanings．．
B、They collided in the Atlantic this February．
C、They are both equipped with advanced technology．
D、They are both nuclear—armed submarines．
2.What’s the probable reason for the accident?
A、The two submarines were moving at a high speed．
B、Their anti—sonar equipment was too effective．
C、They were not equipped with active sonar．．
D、The submarines were designed to be too quiet．
3.Which of the following is the right order in which the dolphin senses the object’s position?
a、The sound hitting the object．
b、Producing high—pitched sound．
c、The sound echoing back．
d、Working out the time to come back．
e、Receiving the sound．
A、b一a—c—d—e B、d—a—e—c—b C、b—c—d—a—e D、b—a—c—e—d
4.Which of the following is NOT true about the passage?
A、Both of the submarines carried nuclear arms when they collided．
B、Many modern submarines do not use passive sonar so as to be as hidden as possible．
C、The collision may have caused a disaster if a fire had been started．
D、There would have been a nuclear explosion if the two submarines had collided harder．
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Reyes Clark， the owner of Yemaya a pop-up business， is part of a movement in El Salvador， composed of young chefs who are making traditional foods into contemporary cuisine．
"We used to go to McDonald's and Pizza Hut a lot when we were kids． We thought it was cool，" she says． "Anything from the U．S． was considered better than here． But attitudes about American fast food are changing． Salvadorans are becoming more curious about ancestral vegetables and herbs．"
Reyes Clark picks up a piece of paterna， a large seedy green pod （豆荚） that grows all over the country． "I'm going to make hummus （豆沙） out of the seeds，" she says． "The first time I made it for my friends， they thought I was crazy， but then when they tasted it， they were surprised by how good it was．"
Paterna， along with leafy green nutritional powerhouses - mora， chipilin and chaya - grow easily in the wild， but over the years they have been replaced with processed foods． You are not going to find paterna in the supermarket， Reyes Clark says．
"This is because most of El Salvador's food culture was wiped out，" says Luis May， a doctor who focuses on locally sourced food as medicine． He has a garden behind his office where he grows many local plants and teaches his visitors about their nutritional value． He says， "Nearly 500 years ago， the Spanish rulers abolished many local foods．"
Mirandal is a chefs at a newly opened restaurant Boca Boca， hidden in a tree-lined area of San Salvador， where they focus on what they call food nostalgia （乡愁）． "We take old plants from the farming areas and combine them in new ways． The taste is new and exciting for our generation， and brings back a flood of good memories for the older people，" Mirandal says．
Mirandal's 68-year-old grandmother， Elva Duran， is thrilled to see these foods making a comeback． " When I was young， we didn't have fast-food chains that have no health value，" she says． "I think it's incredible that this generation is taking steps to keep our roots alive．"
1.What is the best title of the text？ ______
A. Salvadorans are Struggling to Keep Their Roots Alive．
B. Attitudes Towards Fast Food Chains are Changing in El Salvador．
C. Young Chefs in El Salvador are Breathing New Life into Traditional Cuisine．
D. Local Food Culture in El Salvador is Passed Down From Generation to Generation．
2.What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph three refer to？ ______
A. Paterna． B. Pod．
C. Hummus． D. Seed．
3.What's the food in Boca Boca like according to Mirandal？ ______
A. It focuses on the nutritional value．
B. It is as convenient as fast food．
C. It sticks to the taste of old memories．
D. It combines tradition with new taste．
4.What's the old people's attitude towards the movement？ ______
A. Approving． B. Skeptical．
C. Objective． D. Neutral．
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the United States, becoming a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held, with Super Bowl I being the 1966 season championship game, when the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Super Bowl XLVI (46) was played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, on February 5, 2012, to determine the champion of the 2011 season; the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots.
The game was created as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues’ champion teams would play in an AFL--NFL World Championship Game until the merger was to officially begin in 1970. After the merger, each league was appointed as a “conference”, and the game was then played between the conference champions. Currently, the National Football Conference (NFC) leads the series with 25 wins to 21 wins for the American Football Conference (AFC).
The day on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered to be an existing American national holiday, is called “Super Bowl Sunday”, though it is not determined by the government. It is the second—largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most watched American television broadcast of the year.
Because of its high viewership, commercial airtime during the Super Bowl broadcast is the most expensive of the year. Due to the high cost of investing in advertising on the Super Bowl, companies regularly develop their most expensive advertisements for this broadcast. As a result, watching and discussing the broadcast’s commercials has become a significant aspect of the event. In addition, many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies because of the exposure’s attracting more fans.
1.What does the Super Bowl use to show each game?
A．The year when the game is held.
B．English letters.
C．Roman numerals
D．Arabic numerals
2. What does the underlined word “merger” in the second paragraph refer to?
A．Union. B．Appearance.
C．Division. D．Competition.
3.According to the third paragraph, we can know that_______.
A．the Super Bowl Sunday is an official national holiday
B．the Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest day for U.S. food consumption
C．the Super Bowl has owned the biggest TV audience among all games
D．Thanksgiving Day is the second--largest day for U.S. food consumption
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that________.
A．singers and musicians perform during the event’s ceremonies to get more attention
B．people seldom discuss the broadcast’s commercials
C．commercial companies make much money by broadcasting advertisements
D．commercial companies are not interested in the Super Bowl
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the peculiar roles of producer or “provider” and purchaser or “consumer” in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most parts of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various appealing factors of price, quality, and use, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Such condition, however, is not common in most of the health-care industry.
In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chosen to see a doctorand even then there may be no real choiceit is the doctor who usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return “next Wednesday”, whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. It is rare that a patient will challenge such professional decisions or raise in advance questions about price, especially when the disease is regarded as serious.
This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The doctor must claim the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of the decisions, but in general it is the doctor’s judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the doctor who is the real “consumer”. As a consequence, the medical staff represents the “power center” in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.
Although usually there are in this situation four related participantsthe doctor, the hospital, the patient and the payer (generally an insurance carrier or government)the physician makes the essential decisions for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the doctor; the payer generally meets most of the bills generated by the doctor /hospital, and for the most part of the patient plays a passive role. We estimate that about 7580 percent of healthcare choices are determined by doctors, not patients. For this reason, the economy aimed at patients or the general is relatively ineffective.
1.The author’s primary purpose in writing this passage is to_______.
A. urge hospitals to take back their decisionmaking authority
B. analyze some important economic factors in healthcare
C. inform potential patients of their healthcare rights
D. criticize doctors for placing too much control over patients
2.The followings are not the reasons why doctors can determine hospital policies except________.
A. most of a patient’s bills are paid by his health insurance carrier
B. some patients might reject taking their doctors’ advice
C. it is doctors who generate income for the hospital
D. a doctor undertakes eventually for a patient’s health
3.According to the author, what do doctors imply by telling a patient to “return next Wednesday”?
A. To instruct the patient to buy more medical services
B. To advise the patient to seek a second opinion.
C. To warn the patient that a hospital stay might be necessary.
D. To admit that the first visit is ineffective.
4.If the issue in the passage were solved, which of the following would take place?
A. The medical costs for patients would go down.
B. Some new medical treatments would be provided.
C. The economy in the US would be booming.
D. Quantities of US doctors would be laid off.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Because he is ______head of the government, he is supposed ______.
A./; to taking B./; to take the lead C.the; taking the D.the; taking
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Mya Le Thai is a scientist studying at the University of California, Irvine. She recently discovered a process that may result in batteries that last forever. Thai said she had been discouraged that the batteries for her wireless devices degrade. Over time, they fail to charge fully.
Thai did not like to have keep her wireless laptop connected to an electrical outlet. She decided to do something about that problem.
At first, she and her team thought about inventing a new battery. But as they experimented, Thai discovered something that might permit lithium-ion(锂离子) batteries to last forever. Lithium-ion batteries power most wireless devices. Over time, the batteries lose the ability to hold a charge. Most of these batteries have a life span of about 7,000 charging cycles before they die.
One of the reasons lithium-ion batteries degrade is their use of nanowires(纳米线) to carry electricity. Nanowires are extremely thin. A human hair is thousands of times thicker, for example. Nanowires are extremely efficient carriers of electricity, which makes them useful in batteries. But Thai said their thinness also makes them weak. "Nanowires break over time," she said. "That's why they lose capacity."
But, Thai had a theory: The nanowires might last longer if covered with a material. She and the team tested her theory. The team tried many coverings for the wires. PMMA was one of them. The nanowires were coated with PMMA and cycled through charges 200,000 times. The PMMA coated nanowires showed no evidence of damage. The results suggest that batteries could last forever, without losing charging ability.
Thai hopes to continue her research to understand why this material works so well and to see if any other material could create better results.
"It's kind of cool," she said. "I'm really glad people are showing interest in my work and not just in the work itself, but also in technology and energy."
1.What caused Thai to do research on the batteries?
A. Weak power of the batteries B. Her preference for batteries
C. Inconvenient use of batteries D. Her habit to use her computer
2.What’s the disadvantage of lithium-ion batteries?
A. They have a certain service life B. They need charging very often
C. They are not quite dependable D. They are easy to break down
3.Why did Thai try covering the nanowires with a certain material?
A. To make them thicker B. To carry more electricity
C. To make them safer to use D. To protect them from being damaged
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. All Batteries Would Be Replaced By Long-Last Ones
B. Lithium-ion Batteries Might Come to an End
C. Batteries That Last Forever Could Be Near
D. Batteries Would Work Without Recharging
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析