One rainy evening I went to fill up at the ga...

One rainy evening I went to fill up at the gas station. A pre-teen boy approached my car and asked me for money to help him and his mother stay in their hotel for an additional week. He stated that if they did not come up with $25 they would be evicted that same evening. Having worked in social services before and having doubt about this, I asked why his mother hadn’t applied for social services for assistance. The boy said that they needed to remain in their hotel for one more week until his grandmother, who lived out of town, could take them in. I gave the boy what I had — $5. He thanked me and continued to wander the parking lot asking for help. I got my gas and drove away.

Some weeks ago, a boy asked me for money and I told him I didn’t have any though I did. Yet, I thought about it for a while and went looking for the boy to give him a dollar. But it seemed that he had disappeared into thin air. “This time,” I thought, “I’ll do it differently.” I went to my bank and got an additional $20, then I returned to the gas station. The boy was still there. I observed him shyly approaching strangers who walked past him without notice. I pulled up and waved at the boy to come over. I handed him the $20 bill. He reached through my car window and gave me a huge hug. His hug told me all I needed to know — that finally this kid could get out of the rain, the cold and the darkening skies and go inside where it was warm.

1.The whole story is about _____.

A. dirty tricks by poor teenage boys

B. a car accident in a gas station

C.　 warm help in a cold rainy evening

D. loving gifts from a rich stranger

2. The underlined word “evicted” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by _____?

A. starved to death　　　　 B. driven out of the hotel

C. thrown into prison　　 D. separated from each other

3.From the story we know that the author _____.

A. once worked in social services

B. had came across the boy before

C. borrowed money to help others

D. gave the boy $20 in total

4.When the boy received the $20 bill, he was _____.

A. thankful　　 B. astonished　　 C. doubtful　　 D. ashamed

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The gasoline _______. Let’s fill the car up at the next gas station.

A．is running out                          B．has run out

C．is being run out                         D．has been run out

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The gasoline ________. Let’s fill the car up at the next gas station.

A．is running out      B．has run out        C．is being run out     D．has been run out

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The gasoline ________. Let’s fill the car up at the next gas station.

A．is running out                          B．has run out

C．is being run out                         D．has been run out

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We were on our way home from Houston one Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get coffee and something to snack on since it was a good hour and a half before we got home.

When we were done, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building. He was a homeless man with worn clothes and it looked like he had gone in and gotten himself some coffee or something warm to drink since it was cold this time of the year. He must have not had enough money to get something to eat.

Then a dog walked up to the front of the building. I could tell she was a “she”, because you could tell that she had baby dogs. She was terribly in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her baby dogs would not make it.

I and my wife sat there and looked at her. We noticed that people walked by and didn’t even pet her, like most people do when they walk by an animal in front of a store. We still did not do anything. But the homeless man, who I thought did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the store. And what he did brought tears to me and my wife. He had gone into the store and with what money he may have had, bought a can of dog food and fed that dog.

This story plays a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother’s Day weekend. And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents too.

It took a homeless man, to show me what I should have done. He make me a better man that day.

1. The homeless man only had something to drink because _______.

A. he didn’t have enough money for food                 B. he was thirsty only

C. the store only provided drinks                                 D. he felt cold that day

2. Seeing what the poor man did for the dog, the author and his wife ________.

A. were puzzled                                                             B. were greatly moved

C. regretted they hadn’t done anything                            D. were indifferent

3. If the homeless man hadn’t given the dog food to eat, she and her babies would ________.

A. not survive                                                                 B. have to attack people

C. not have to die                                                          D. lose their homes

4.Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A. A kind Homeless Man                                             B. A Lucky Mother Dog

C. Mother Day’s Weekend                                          D. Animals Are Parents Too

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Peter Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.

When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.

Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.

People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.

Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."

1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _______.

A. improving worker's houses

B. helping people to save money

C. preventing men from getting drunk

D. providing the children with a good education

2. From the passage we may infer that Owen was born _______.

A. into a rich family　　　　 B. into a noble family

C. into a poor family　　　　 D. into a middle class family

3.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _______.

A. he lost all his money

B. he did not buy enough land

C. people who visited it were not impressed

D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly

4. We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until

____.

A. 1771　　 B. 1816　　 C. 1825　 D. 1860

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be ____ him. I hated the place. I had never ____ been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was ______almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). ____ a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were ____ with sand, sand, sand !

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was ____ and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I ____ be in prison! My father answered my ______with just two lines — two lines that will always sing in my ____— two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines ____. I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ____; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their ____ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ____ to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and ____ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean ____.

What brought about this ____ change in me? The desert hadn’t changed, ____ I had. I had changed my ____. And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ____ 　of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and ____ the stars.

1.A. off　　 B. near　　 C. behind　　 D. beyond

2.A. already　　 B. before　　 C. then　　 D. still

3.A. inflexible　　 B. incomprehensible　　 C. uncontrollable　　 D. unbearable

4.A. Only　　 B. Many　　 C. Not　　 D. Such

5.A. filled　　 B. buried　　 C. covered　　 D. charged

6.A. catching up　　 B. keeping up　　 C. getting up　　 D. giving up

7.A. would rather　　 B. might well　　 C. ought to　　 D. had better

8.A. request　　 B. call　　 C. question　　 D. letter

9.A. comparison　　 B. imagination　　 C. memory　　 D. consideration

10.A. up and down　　 B. by and by　　 C. over and over　　 D. now and then

11.A. company　　 B. situation　　 C. occupation　　 D. relationship

12.A. reaction　　 B. movement　　 C. guidance　　 D. purpose

13.A. refused　　 B. failed　　 C. managed　　 D. happened

14.A. asked　　 B. waited　　 C. hunted　　 D. headed

15.A. surface　　 B. floor　　 C. rock　　 D. level

16.A. shocking　　 B. challenging　　 C. puzzling　　 D. astonishing

17.A. as　　 B. for　　 C. but　　 D. or

18.A. attitude　　 B. principle　　 C. identity　　 D. standard

19.A. vacation　　 B. operation　　 C. affair　　 D. adventure

20.A. sought　　 B. found　　 C. counted　　 D. reached

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One day, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day and I was feeling ______ . As I paid for the gas, the attendant said, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a ______ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don't look ______.” he replied and continued to tell me my skin appeared ______.

By the time I left, I was a little ______ . About a block away, I ______ to the side of the road to look at my face ______ the mirror. Was everything all right? Had I picked up ______ rare disease? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a slight ______ somewhere in my body.

The next time I went into that gas station, I ______ what had happened: The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside ___________ as though they were sick! That was the truth. ______ , I let that short conversation change my attitude for an entire day. His _____ observation affected the way I felt and acted.

This experience made me think a lot. It is the same with life, in which attitude ________ . The way we look at life determines how we feel and how we _______. If we expect something to turn out _______ , it probably will. But the _______ also works in reverse. If we expect good things to happen, they ________ do. An optimistic attitude, I believe, is not a luxury but a(an) ________. So after that, I chose to highlight the _______ throughout the rest of my life.

1.A.great B.excited C.sick D.uncomfortable

2.A.considerate B.thoughtful C.strange D.funny

3.A.happy B.comfortable C.satisfied D.well

4.A.grey B.yellow C.black D.red

5.A.angry B.uneasy C.painful D.unbelievable

6.A.pulled over B.pulled in C.pulled out D.pulled through

7.A.on B.at C.over D.in

8.A.certain B.some C.several D.anxiety

9.A.comfort B.relief C.pain D.anxiety

10.A.picked out B.put out C.turned out D.figured out

11.A.feel B.behave C.look D.see

12.A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Otherwise

13.A.kind B.helpful C.rude D.negative

14.A.matters B.affects C.decides D.speaks

15.A.work B.perform C.learn D.believe

16.A.smoothly B.badly C.well D.positively

17.A.principle B.saying C.meaning D.sentence

18.A.usually B.certainly C.definitely D.seldom

19.A.imagination B.tool C.necessity D.alternative

20.A.important B.useful C.positive D.special

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute.” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way.” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry.” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice（临终医院）. I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter（计价器）. For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. At dawn, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“Nothing,” I said.

“You have to make a living.” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark. “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

1. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to　　　　　 .

A. show she was familiar with the city

B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money

D. reach the destination on time

2.The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he　　　　　　 .

A. wanted to do her a favor

B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance

D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

3. What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.

B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered.

“Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

1.The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city　　 B. reach the destination on time

C. let the driver earn more money　　 D. see some places for the last time

2.The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A. wanted to do her a favor　　 B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance　　 D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

3.What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.

B. People should respect each other.

C. .People should learn to appreciate others’ concern

D. An act of kindness can bring people great joy

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析