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It is China _______ is believed to be able to lead the world out of the financial crisis.
A. which B. that C. / D. where
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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-- Would you be able to come to the party?
I ________.
A.believe it B.don’t expect C.don’t hope so D.am afraid not
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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Late US artist Andy Warhol is believed to have once said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”
But in this age of social media, selfies (自拍), and the Internet, it’s hard to say what “fame” actually is.
In the movie Vox Lux (《光之声》), which was first shown this month at the Venice Film Festival, US director Brady Corbet tries to answer that question.
“Fame is a commodification of everything, where violence becomes something you sell, news becomes something you sell, even private life does,” the movie’s star Natalie Portman told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In the movie, the Israeli-US actress plays the lead role of Celeste, a pop singer who’s 14 years into a hugely successful career. By that point, however, the character has become bitter (忿忿不平的) and her fame is beginning to fade – compared to her younger self, a sweet and carefree girl who suddenly finds herself in the spotlight.
This is a classic (经典的) tale of a rise to fame, but in today’s world of social media, it’s easy for just about anyone with a smartphone to become famous. But as more and more people search for the spotlight, this may add pressure on many of us to keep up with the “perfect” lives we see on the Internet.
“It appears that most people ... are living lives full of nothing but happiness, love, and rewarding events and experiences,” psychologist (心理学家) Kurt Smith wrote on HuffPost.
That isn’t to say that everyone uses their popularity to make others feel bad about themselves. Take UK beauty blogger Em Ford for example. In 2015, the online star, known for her makeup tutorials (教程), posted a video in which she slowly removed her flawless makeup, showing her bad skin underneath (在下面). “I wanted to create a film that showed how social media can set unrealistic expectations for both women and men,” Ford wrote in the video’s description.
So, it seems that the definition of fame changes all the time. But if Vox Lux teaches us one lesson, it’s that if we’re lucky enough to obtain the “commodity” of fame, we should spend it wisely.
1.What is fame in Natalie Portman’s eyes?
A.It is something one should try to avoid.
B.It is becoming famous in a short time.
C.It changes everything in our life into a commodity.
D.It is the popularity created by social media, selfies and the Internet.
2.What is the movie Vox Lux mainly about, according to the article?
A.It’s about how fame puts pressure on all of us.
B.It’s about how we should deal with fame well.
C.It’s about the life of a troubled pop star.
D.It’s about why most people take to fame.
3.The author uses Em Ford’s example mainly to ______.
A.stress the importance of showing the truth to the public
B.prove that some people use their fame to guide others
C.explain how social media sets unrealistic expectations on people
D.show that the definition of fame changes all the time
4.What is the author’s attitude toward fame?
A.Worried. B.Objective.
C.Unclear. D.Approving.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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China has once again proved its 1. (able) to change the world with the“new four great inventions”：high-speed railways，electronic payments，shared bicycles and online shopping.
It is China’s high-tech innovation(创新) they’re related to 2. has improved the quality of people’s lives，according to a survey 3. (make) by the Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Mobile payment is popular now, even pancake sellers are using it. “4. mobile payment, I would have to carry a wallet full of cash and credit cards with me while shopping, just like before.” said a university student, adding that “How I wish people all over the world 5. (share) the convenience brought about by science and technology.” A businessman from Russia once sighed, “If only I 6. (come) to China earlier. Maybe I would have seized an opportunity to be introduced into this fantastic field. ” But still some experts suggest great attention 7. (pay) to the safety of this payment.
If China had not invested a large amount of capital in encouraging innovation，China 8. (enter) a new innovative era，said Bernhard, WHO representative in China.
9. is increasingly clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western ideas.This is especially true in mobile，where China is leading in many ways such as…social messaging app WeChat，she said.This is partly because China skipped over the PC era and went directly to mobile.China has the 10. (1arge) mobile use in the world.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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It is of great importance for students to be able to get a feel for the rhythm and sounds of a poem---more so than for most pieces of prose (散文). This isn’t always easy in a second language, and so listening to their teacher read the poem, or to a professional recording, perhaps by the poet or by an actor, is, I feel, necessary.
As with any listening activity, students w
ill need some kind of preparation and task so that they can be actively engaged. They might be asked to check predictions that arose from a warm-up discussion, to compare their suggested rhyming couplets with the poet’s, or to identify stressed words and syllables.You might also want to get your students to listen to recorded or live discussion
s about poems. This can, for example, take the form of a couple of teachers or a group of students giving their views on a poem, or even an interview with the poet.I’m a big fan of jigsaw listening because of the natural information gap. If your school has the facilities, you might like to:
divide your students into two, or even three
groupsgive each group a different cassette or CD and tasks to work on
then they come back together
to share what they have learned.Remember that your own enthusiasm is a key factor in any activity relating to literature in the classroom.
Finally, don’t forget to encourage art for art’s sake. Listening for pleasure, to poetry (or to anything else, for that matter), is to be fostered at every opportunity, because of the obvious benefits which include motivation, vocabulary acquisition and learner independence. Many good song lyrics (歌词) could be termed poetry and treate
d accordingly in the classroom, copyright rules permitting.1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. An English student will have difficulty understanding Li Bai’s poems.
B. an English student will have some difficulty understanding Walt Whitman.
C. A Chinese student will have some difficulty understanding Du Fu’s works.
D. An American student will have some difficulty understanding William Shakespeare.
2.What kind of preparations should the students do in the listening activity？
a. They’d better predict what the poem is about.
b. They’d better have a warm-up discussion.
c. They will share their own works with their classmates
d. They should know the stressed words.
e. They should make clear the stressed syllables.
f. They should first go to an actor.
A. abcf B. abde C. cdef D. bcdf
3.Who do you think is this passage written for?
A. The students. B. The poets.
C. The teachers. D. The readers.
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. How to use poems to develop the students’ skills.
B. Listening to poem is more difficult than reading prose.
C. The schools should encourage the students to study poems.
D. Preparations should be done before teaching.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Whether ways will be found to help China _______ the current world financial crisis is just _______ worries the public.
A. prevent; that B. survive; what C. forbid; that D. quit; what
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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Maybe it is time for the rest of society to________the fact________I may not be able to walk, there are many other great things I can do.
A. adjust to; that B. get used to; that while
C. adapt to; while D. go about; that while
高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
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Maybe it is time for the rest of society to________the fact________I may not be able to walk, there are many other great things I can do.
A. adjust to; that B. get used to; that while
C. adapt to; while D. go about; that while
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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The task is very difficult. I wonder whether we will be able to finish it in the ________ of any other helpers.
A. appearance B. escape C. spare D. absence
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The task is very difficult. I wonder whether we will be able to finish it in the ________ of any other helpers.
A. appearance B. escape C. spare D. absence
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
ill need some kind of preparation and task so that they can be actively engaged. They might be asked to check predictions that arose from a warm-up discussion, to compare their suggested rhyming couplets with the poet’s, or to identify stressed words and syllables.
s about poems. This can, for example, take the form of a couple of teachers or a group of students giving their views on a poem, or even an interview with the poet.
groups
to share what they have learned.