Years after throwing a bottle-up note into a lake for a class project and just one year after his death, a man’s childhood message was found and returned to his mother.
Eleven years ago, a then 10-year-old boy, Joshua Baker, wrote the message, folded and put it in an empty container, his mother, Maggie Holbrook said. He died last February in a motor vehicle accident in California. He had recently returned after a serving in the Middle East as a US marine. “I think he was just letting us know he was OK and keep doing what we are doing.” Holbrook said.
The message surfaced in White Lake in late April, just days after the 11th anniversary of its being thrown into the lake. It was found by one of Baker’s closest friends, Steve Lieder, she said. Lieder and two friends were chatting near the lake when Lieder looked down and saw the bottle. He broke it open and found the note inside.
“My name is Joshua Baker. I am 10. If you find this, put it on the news. The date is 4/16/98.” They immediately took it to Holbrook, who said she is now having the note preserved and will display it in her home.
She can remember when her son wrote the message for the school project. She said she always wondered why he didn’t put it in the nearby Wolf River, which has a much stronger current.
“I still remember the day he wrote it, ” Holbrook said. “I couldn’t understand why he threw I in the lake. No one would never see it again. Now I know.”
1.What was Joshua Baker when he died in motor vehicle accident in California?
A. An official B. A soldier C. A worker D. A teacher
2. Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?
A. The man threw the bottle into the lake without any purpose.
B. The man didn’t put the bottle into the nearby river because it had a strong current.
C. Not until recently did his mother understand why he put the bottle into the lake.
D. The man made the bottle-up note so as to let his parents know he was OK.
3.The best title for this passage would be___.
A. A man’s Bottle Message Found After His Death
B. A Ridiculous and Unbelievable Bottle Message
C. A Strange Bottle-up Note Appearing In a Lake
D. An Important Childhood Message 11 Years After His Death
高二英语阅读理解简单题
Years after throwing a bottle-up note into a lake for a class project and just one year after his death, a man’s childhood message was found and returned to his mother.
Eleven years ago, a then 10-year-old boy, Joshua Baker, wrote the message, folded and put it in an empty container, his mother, Maggie Holbrook said. He died last February in a motor vehicle accident in California. He had recently returned after a serving in the Middle East as a US marine. “I think he was just letting us know he was OK and keep doing what we are doing.” Holbrook said.
The message surfaced in White Lake in late April, just days after the 11th anniversary of its being thrown into the lake. It was found by one of Baker’s closest friends, Steve Lieder, she said. Lieder and two friends were chatting near the lake when Lieder looked down and saw the bottle. He broke it open and found the note inside.
“My name is Joshua Baker. I am 10. If you find this, put it on the news. The date is 4/16/98.” They immediately took it to Holbrook, who said she is now having the note preserved and will display it in her home.
She can remember when her son wrote the message for the school project. She said she always wondered why he didn’t put it in the nearby Wolf River, which has a much stronger current.
“I still remember the day he wrote it, ” Holbrook said. “I couldn’t understand why he threw I in the lake. No one would never see it again. Now I know.”
1.What was Joshua Baker when he died in motor vehicle accident in California?
A. An official B. A soldier C. A worker D. A teacher
2. Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?
A. The man threw the bottle into the lake without any purpose.
B. The man didn’t put the bottle into the nearby river because it had a strong current.
C. Not until recently did his mother understand why he put the bottle into the lake.
D. The man made the bottle-up note so as to let his parents know he was OK.
3.The best title for this passage would be___.
A. A man’s Bottle Message Found After His Death
B. A Ridiculous and Unbelievable Bottle Message
C. A Strange Bottle-up Note Appearing In a Lake
D. An Important Childhood Message 11 Years After His Death
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
GU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.
But all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae(藻类) outbreak in Taihu Lake, China’s third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents(居民),water from the city’s taps became dark and smelly.
“I can’t believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,”said Ｇu.
The lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor(磷)in the water.
“High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,”said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. “However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.”
Taihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, whichsprang up in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded(外资的) companies joined in. The industries prospered(繁荣)，Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.
But that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump(垃圾堆)，with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage(污水)into it.
Although, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis（危机）rang a bell for the government and local people.“It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,”said Gu.
“A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.” said China Daily.
1.The following can not help the blue green algae grow______
A．high water temperature B．rich chemicals in the water
C．a lack of rain D．plentiful water and sunshine
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A．The one-week disaster has made the local people realize the importance of building a beautiful city.
B．It is human activity rather than the algae that is to blame for the water pollution.
C．Only when the environment is safe and friendly can man live a better and healthier life.
D．Environment should be taken into consideration first if a city plans to develop its economic.
3.According to the passage ,Taihu Lake________
A．is the third largest lake in China.
B．is surrounded by many foreign-funded factories and companies.
C．used to be a waste dump.
D．suffered from industrial waste，untreated sewage and algae.
4.The underlined phrase “sprang up” in the sixth paragraph means______
A．develop quickly B．produce goods quickly
C．come to life D．grow up
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
GU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.
But all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae(藻类) outbreak in Taihu Lake, China’s third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents(居民), water from the city’s taps became dark and smelly.
“I can’t believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,”said Ｇu.
The lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor(磷)in the water.
“High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,”said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. “However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.”
Taihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, whichsprang up in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded(外资的) companies joined in. The industries prospered(繁荣)，Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.
But that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump(垃圾堆)，with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage(污水)into it.
Although, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis（危机）rang a bell for the government and local people.“It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,”said Gu.
“A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.” said China Daily.
1.The following can help the blue green algae grow______
| A．high water temperature |
| B．rich chemicals in the water |
| C．a lack of rain |
| D．plentiful water and sunshine |
2.What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The one-week disaster has made the local people realize the importance of building a beautiful city. |
| B．It is human activity rather than the algae that is to blame for the water pollution. |
| C．Only when the environment is safe and friendly can man live a better and healthier life. |
| D．Environment should be taken into consideration first if a city plans to develop its economic. |
3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
| A．Who is to blame, man or algae? |
| B．Water turned off |
| C．Water pollution troubled Wuxi |
| D．Algae threatened Taihu Lake |
4.According to the passage ,Taihu Lake________
| A．is the third largest lake in China. |
| B．is surrounded by many foreign-funded factories and companies. |
| C．used to be a waste dump. |
| D．suffered from industrial waste，untreated sewage and algae. |
5.The underlined phrase “sprang up” in the sixth paragraph means______
| A．develop quickly | B．produce goods quickly |
| C．come to life | D．grow up |
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Prateek Sharma was born into a family of farmers. After 10 years of being a chief manager of Kotak Mahindra Bank, he did a good job and earned a good pay. But Prateek couldn’t continue the corporation life with ease, as his heart was always in farming. So he worked as a banker on weekdays and on weekends travelled 100 km to get to his 5-acre in Dhaba Khurd.
By the end of 2015, Prateek had set up a house on his farm to grow offseason vegetables. Prateek thought he’d quit his job once he was able to earn enough from farming, but this wasn’t an easy decision to make. This was because costs to grow these vegetables were very high, along with the fact that farmers weren’t a part of the value chain and thus couldn’t decide the price of their own vegetables.
Fortunately, Prateek met Vinay Yadav, another educated farmer. They then decided to start their own value chain and sell their vegetables and grains, while skipping the middlemen. The variety of vegetables they grew wasn’t enough, so they decided to form a group of farmers.
Once the plan was ready, the group was registered by the name of Farmer Producer Organization (FPO). However, the trial failed in the first year as most of the farmers were grain growers and had limited knowledge of growing vegetables. However, the largest reason was the switch to organic from chemical.
Luckily, once the soil was used to organic methods, the next round of crops were successful and the FPO had a good amount of produce. So at the end of 2017, Prateek finally quit his job and devoted all his time to farming. Now he’s successful and recently his team has started two farmer resource centers at Dhaba Khurd and Nathrula Canj.
1.Why did Prateek have trouble continuing his life as a banker?
A.He felt it so boring to be a banker.
B.He almost never satisfied his boss.
C.He found farming easier to do well.
D.He was enthusiastic about farming.
2.Why was it difficult for Prateek to decide on quitting his job?
A.The prices of organic products were low.
B.The income from farming wasn’t much.
C.He had no money to put into farming.
D.He found farming produce hard to sell.
3.What did Prateek and Vinay Yadav set about doing after they met?
A.Building their own marketing system.
B.Raising the prices of their products.
C.Switching from chemical to organic.
D.Adding the kinds of vegetables grown.
4.What mainly resulted in the failure of FPO’s first year trial?
A.Their no experience in growing vegetables.
B.Their poor management on the employees.
C.The soil’s not adapting to organic farming.
D.The wrong ways of doing organic farming.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Prateek Sharma was born into a family of farmers. After 10 years of being a chief manager of Kotak Mahindra Bank, he did a good job and earned a good pay. But Prateek couldn’t continue the corporation life with ease, as his heart was always in farming. So he worked as a banker on weekdays and on weekends travelled 100 km to get to his 5-acre in Dhaba Khurd.
By the end of 2015, Prateek had set up a house on his farm to grow offseason vegetables. Prateek thought he’d quit his job once he was able to earn enough from farming, but this wasn’t an easy decision to make. This was because costs to grow these vegetables were very high, along with the fact that farmers weren’t a part of the value chain and thus couldn’t decide the price of their own vegetables.
Fortunately, Prateek met Vinay Yadav, another educated farmer. They then decided to start their own value chain and sell their vegetables and grains, while skipping the middlemen. The variety of vegetables they grew wasn’t enough, so they decided to form a group of farmers.
Once the plan was ready, the group was registered by the name of Farmer Producer Organization (FPO). However, the trial failed in the first year as most of the farmers were grain growers and had limited knowledge of growing vegetables. However, the largest reason was the switch to organic from chemical.
Luckily, once the soil was used to organic methods, the next round of crops were successful and the FPO had a good amount of produce. So at the end of 2017, Prateek finally quit his job and devoted all his time to farming. Now he’s successful and recently his team has started two farmer resource centers at Dhaba Khurd and Nathrula Canj.
1.Why did Prateek have trouble continuing his life as a banker?
A. He felt it so boring to be a banker.
B. He almost never satisfied his boss.
C. He found farming easier to do well.
D. He was enthusiastic about farming.
2.Why was it difficult for Prateek to decide on quitting his job?
A. The prices of organic products were low.
B. The income from farming wasn’t much.
C. He had no money to put into farming.
D. He found farming produce hard to sell.
3.What did Prateek and Vinay Yadav set about doing after they met?
A. Building their own marketing system.
B. Raising the prices of their products.
C. Switching from chemical to organic.
D. Adding the kinds of vegetables grown.
4.What mainly resulted in the failure of FPO’s first year trial?
A. Their no experience in growing vegetables.
B. Their poor management on the employees.
C. The soil’s not adapting to organic farming.
D. The wrong ways of doing organic farming.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a ____ in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the ____ water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not ____ that an alligator （鳄鱼）was swimming toward the ____. His mother in the house was ____ of the window and saw the alligator ___ it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as ____ as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy became ____ and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too ____. Just as he reached her, the alligator ____ him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much ____ than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her ____, raced from his truck, took aim and ____ the alligator.
___, after weeks in the hospital, the little boy ____. His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were ___ scratches where his mother’s fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who ____ the boy, asked if he would show him his ____. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious ____, he said to the reporter, “Bot look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go. They are my mother’s ____ for me.”
1.A. skate B. surprise C. swim D. show
2.A. hot B. cool C. polluted D. boiled
3.A. forgetting B. remembering C. realizing D. ignoring
4.A. roadside B. entrance C. exit D. shore
5.A. looking out B. giving out C. picking out D. getting out
6.A. if B. as C. but D. so
7.A. politely B. angrily C. loudly D. gently
8.A. interested B. tired C. moved D. alarmed
9.A. late B. funny C. kind D. nice
10.A. reached B. saved C. helped D. loosed
11.A. younger B. heavier C. stronger D. cleverer
12.A. smile B. reading C. cheers D. screams
13.A. shot B. raised C. missed D. visited
14.A. Generally B. Luckily C. Honestly D. Actually
15.A. died B. survived C. appeared D. disappeared
16.A. nice B. tall C. expensive D. deep
17.A. told B. doubted C. interviewed D. warned
18.A. power B. scars C. ability D. spots
19.A. pride B. failure C. success D. progress
20.A. experience B. story C. wish D. love
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I moved to this area seven years ago. For years I have had noisy neighbors. Ever since I moved into this flat, I’ve had to put up with noise during the night. I decided I’d had enough and I’ve been looking for a new flat since the beginning of the year. I haven’t found anything till now. Every week I go to the estate agent’s（当地房地产代理人的）office, but it’s the same story. “I might have something by the end of the week” he says, or, “Wait till next week. I think I might have a few flats by then.” I’ve seen a few flats during my search, but I don’t like any of them. One flat I saw has been empty for two years. “It’s got a busy road on one side and a railway on the other!” I said loudly, “I want peace and quiet.” Last week I visited the agent again. “I won’t leave till you show me something,” I said. “I’ve got just the flat for you.” I went to see it and I was frightened. “But it’s next to a cemetery!” I cried. “But you won’t have noisy neighbors,” my agent said. “It’s exactly right for peace and quiet!”
1.The writer has had to bear the noise in this area for ________ years.
A．about seven B．six C．nine D．four
2.The writer decided to move away because ________.
A．he had been looking for a new flat
B．his neighbors were not friendly
C．he could no longer stand the noise
D．he wanted to sell his old flat
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The writer would like a quiet place to live in.
B．The agent didn’t want to help the writer at all.
C．The writer has seen several flats already.
D．It seemed rather difficult to rind a right flat.
4.The main idea of the passage is ________.
A．how the agent tried to help the writer find a flat
B．why the writer was satisfied with the agent’s service
C．how difficult it was to find a new flat
D．you can depend on the estate agents for a nice flat
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I moved to this area seven years ago. For years I have had noisy neighbours. Ever since I moved into this flat, I’ve had to put up with noise during the night. I decided I’d had enough and I’ve been looking for a new flat since the beginning of the year. I haven’t found anything till now. Every week I go to the estate agent’s（当地房地产代理人的）office, but it’s the same story. “I might have something by the end of the week” he says, or, “Wait till next week. I think I might have a few flats by then.” I’ve seen a few flats during my search, but I don’t like any of them. One flat I saw has been empty for two years. “It’s got a busy road on one side and a railway on the other!” I said loudly, “I want peace and quiet.” Last week I visited the agent again. “I won’t leave till you show me something,” I said. “I’ve got just the flat for you.” I went to see it and I was frightened. “But it’s next to a cemetery!” I cried. “But you won’t have noisy neighbours,” my agent said. “It’s exactly right for peace and quiet!”
1.The writer has had to bear the noise in this area for ________ years.
A．about seven B．six C．nine D．four
2.The writer decided to move away because ________.
A．he had been looking for a new flat B．his neighbours were not friendly
C．he could no longer stand the noise D．he wanted to sell his old flat
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The writer would like a quiet place to live in.
B．The agent didn’t want to help the writer at all.
C．The writer has seen several flats already.
D．It seemed rather difficult to rind a fight flat.
4.The main idea of the passage is ________.
A．how the agent tried to help the writer find a flat
B．why the writer was satisfied with the agent’s service
C．how difficult it was to find a new flat
D．you can depend on the estate agents for a nice flat
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If they broke the law, they ________ for up to two years.
A. are put into prison B. were put into prison
C. are put into the prison D. were put into the prison
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Whenever my dog, Barney, comes into the house after having been for a ride in the car, he runs to the pen(围栏) we have set up for him by the back door. It’s not something we intentionally trained him to do. The habit came simply because my husband tended to put him in his pen whenever they came in. After doing it a few times, Barney just figures that’s what you do when you come inside after a car ride.
It’s the same with your thinking. You get into the habit of thinking a certain way and then you’ll rarely question it after that.
This is especially true when you were growing up. You developed habits that just made things easier for you. You probably didn’t even think about them. That’s just the way it was and that’s what you did. Just like Barney thinks he has to go into his pen, you do things automatically as well.
For example, when you were a kid, you may have been told not to “talk back” and to just keep quiet about things that were bothering you. These are habits that might have worked to keep you safe and out of trouble when you were young.
Now that you're grown up, you may be finding that these previous strategies are actually causing you problems. In a relationship, not communicating isn't going to work as your partner can’t read your mind. What works when you're a child may not work when you become an adult.
When you decide you need to change your thoughts, your brain may at first feel that it's not a safe thing to do. Lots of practice and years of experience says it’s not. Also, you don’t know to question the thought. It’s a truth for you. The trick is to look at your results and see if your thoughts are the cause. Be willing to question your thinking and ask yourself if there are thoughts that are hindering (妨碍) you. As you are now in a different phase of your life, different strategies may be needed.
1.As with the dog Barney, people _______.
A．think in a habitual way
B．enjoy having a car ride
C．usually behave in a friendly way
D．have a good memory
2.According to the passage, as a kid, one tends to _________.
A．be afraid to make mistakes
B．have the experience of playing with a dog
C．learn much from adults like his/her parents
D．form a habit which can keep his/her out of trouble
3.In the writer’s opinion, adults should _______.
A．not“talk back”
B．avoid causing any problem
C．change the habit which will bring troubles
D．value their habits formed in their childhood
4.It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A．the author’s husband must be good at training dogs
B．childhood is the best time for developing good habits
C．one can change his/her life by changing his/her thoughts
D．you should change all your childhood habits when you grow up
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析