Forests are always losers at the Olympics, an...

Forests are always losers at the Olympics, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

For the winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea, virgin forest was destroyed on Mount Gariwang to accommodate ski runs. For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a ski run is set to wipe out part of the Songshan National Nature Reserve. And let’s not forget the 240 acres of Atlantic Forest that were leveled for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro to make way for a golf course.

For the upcoming Tokyo games, environmental and human rights advocates have been raising alarms about the use of tropical (热带的) wood to build the New National stadium. Activists have fought against such environmental destruction. The damage is often permanent, threatens endangered plants and animals and in some cases, causes conflicts with native people. But frequently the country’s organizing committee, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have found ways to make it reasonable — despite a paragraph in the Olympic Charter (宪章) that states that the IOC’s role is to “encourage and support a responsible concern for environmental issues”.

“As it stands now, the IOC has little authority over a city’s local organizing committee, which finally plans the event, ” Chappelet, professor of public management at the University of Lausanne, told Earther. “Even if the IOC is dissatisfied with the way host cities have prepared for the games, they have no built-in systems to watch them so that they strictly follow the Olympic Charter.” The only thing they can do if they’re not happy is to withdraw (= take back) the right to organize the game. “But the IOC could include more enforcement (执行) systems into the contract they make with the host city,” he added. That contract must be signed and obeyed by everyone and those who break it must be fined.

Boykoff, the author of several books on the Olympics, suggested a similar solution. “The IOC could insist that host cities take their ecological (生态的) promises into account first, but instead they look the other way, time and time again,” he said.

1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Popularity of the Olympics.　　 B. Different needs of the Olympics.

C. Importance of protecting forests.　　 D. Problems caused by the Olympics.

2.The IOC is expected to ______ according to the Olympic Charter.

A. lead the fight against destruction

B. withdraw the rights of host cities

C. ban the destruction of the environment

D. promote a responsible concern for the environment

3.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.

A. the IOC　　 B. built-in systems

C. host cities　　 D. the games

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. IOC Stresses Its Active Role　　 B. Prized Forests Lost Big

C. Perfect Solutions are found　　 D. Conflicts Arise at the Olympics

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The main cause why some children are aggressive and are “always angry with the world ”is that they have no idea how to realize that the term “problem solving” does not necessary mean solving a math problem or an assignment. When you hear experts tell you to teach your children problem_solving skill, what they mean is to teach your kids all about emotional managing and learning to cross the stormy waters of childhood ,and eventually , life .

Parents should teach their children as early as possible how to handle certain situations . Young children easily lose their temper .When things do not go their way , it makes them angry and frustrated and they can get violent . Especially since young child have limited self control , bursting into anger is a very easy thing for them to do .

Anything can set up a child’s tantrum. For example , you and your child went to the mall . He told you that he wanted to buy a new toy , but you refused because he had already had one on his birthday. He insisted because this one was the new version . But you still refused , so he began to get angry and started screaming .

There are a few things that you can do to teach your child some problem _solving skills. First, you need to find out what the problem is . Perhaps your child is having problems identifying the cause of his frustrations . As a parent, it will not be that hard for you to know what is going on in your child’life. After he calms down, ask him quietly why he got so mad and then together , help him think why he was so angry . When your child figures out what is really making him upset , help him think of ways to solve the problem and help him look at all his reactions and evaluate the potential consequences.

1.who  would probably show interest in the passage ?

A, Experts      B, Teachers    C, Parents    D,Children

2.In paragraph 2 , the writer stresses that it is necessary for______________.

A, parents to guide their children  through troubling cases.

B, parents to solve some problems for their children

C, children to depend on their parents sometimes

D, children to manage bad situations as their parents do

3.In paragraph 3 the underlined word “tantrum” can be best replaced by “_________”

A, anger    B, habit    C, stress   D, aim

4.Which would be the best title for the passage ?

A, Taking  more care of your children.

B, Teaching  your children problem_solving skills.

C, What  are  problem_solving skills.

D, Why do your children become so  angry ?

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At the age of 22, Dave was a loser, _____ in a small apartment near Sydney and _____ what to do about his future.

A．living; wondering                       B．lived; wondering

C．lived; wondered                        D．living; wondered

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

In America, since everyone is staying at home from work and school, the streets are always flooded with walkers, Joggers and bike-riders _______fresh air.

A.seeking B.sought C.seek D.to be sought

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When we are young we are taught that it’s wrong to lie and we should always tell the truth. Unfortunately, most children lie even if they’re told not to. Research carried out at the Institute of Child Study at Toronto Univercity has shown that this might not be such a bad thing. Apparently (显然地), children who tell lies when they’re two years old have a good chance of becoming successful adults (成年人).

According to the research, at the age of two, 20 per cent of children lie. At the age of three, 50 per cent lie, and at four almost 90 per cent lie. By the age of 12 almost every child tells lies.

Lying needs much brain work, and the better the lie is, the more work the brain has to do. By training the brain early, researchers believe children will be able to think more clearly when they are adults.

Recent research, carried out by the Science Museum in London, has shown some interesting facts about the way we lie as adults. According to the research, the average British man tells three lies every day; that’s over 1,000 lies a year. However, the average woman apparently only lies twice a day.

Most people think women are better liars (说谎者) than men although in fact they tell fewer lies. Popular women’s lies include ‘Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine’, ‘I don’t know where it is, I haven’t touched it’, and ‘It wasn’t that expensive’.

Some people say you can lie as long as it’s a white lie. A white lie is a lie told to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. One of the most common lies for both men and women is ‘It’s just what I’ve always wanted’, said after opening a present from their partner.

1.What will happen to young children who lie?

A.They will possibly do wrong later.

B.They’re likely to succeed in the future.

C.They will keep lying when they grow up.

D.They may have a good chance of losing others’ trust.

2.What do the numbers in Para. 2 show about children?

A.Older children tell bigger lies than younger ones.

B.As they grow, they often lie about their age.

C.The older they are, the more likely they lie.

D.It’s quite natural for them to tell lies.

3.What did the research by the Science Museum find out?

A.Men lie more than women. B.Women are better liars than men.

C.Women’s lies are usually not serious. D.Men sometimes have to lie to women.

4.What’s the true feeling behind the underlined part in the last paragraph?

A.You know me so well. B.I don’t like the present.

C.You are good at picking presents. D.I haven’t received a present I really like.

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Unlike the fossil fuels of today, biofuels are renewable sources, which mean that they will not ____ easily.

A．come out         B．break out          C．turn out           D．run out

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It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, “Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life.” At my inquiry, he answered, “Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave.”

As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague’s words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn’t the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．

A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class — not about math, but about life — would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher．

Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication (奉献) and a deeper sense of satisfaction — I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．

1.Hearing his colleague’s description of graduation for the first time, the author ________．

A．quite agreed with his colleague             B．was very puzzled

C．thought it very funny                           D．was very sad

2.The underlined part blue hats and gowns refers to ________．

A．university colleagues                          B．graduates’ clothes

C．life memories                                     D．decorations in the hall

3.The author wrote this passage to ________．

A．express his devotion to being a teacher

B．compare two different graduation ceremonies

C．talk about the meaning of graduation

D．give advice on how to be a good teacher

4.The reason why he earns less than the computer science student is that ________．

A．he was only a young professor

B．he didn’t do well in his work

C．he taught his students more about life than math

D．salaries for different careers are different

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Local people saw the forests 　　　　 in the big fire but they couldn’t put out the fire at that moment.

A. destroy

B. to be destroyed

C. destroying

D. being destroyed

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

We all know that forests-especially rainforests-absorb carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen that all living things depend on. It’s no wonder that they have been named the lungs of the planet. Today, after the big fires in the Amazon, Alaska, Greenland, and even Siberia, it’s very clear that we need to grow a forest that is fireproof. That’s not an impossible dream. We can grow seaweed forests that are fireproof because they are underwater.

Seaweed can store carbon and help reduce the influence of global warming. Now, seaweed is being farmed in small ocean farms to be used for food, medicines, and beauty products. If seaweed can be grown on a large scale(大规模地), it could help to fight against global warming.

“Seaweed is finally having its moment in the spotlight,” said Halley Froehlich, a scientist at the University of California. She is the lead author of a new study published in Current Biology. The study shows that large-scale seaweed farming could be used to cancel out land-based carbon emissions and it mapped the areas of the oceans where seaweed could be grown.

Now, only 3.8 percent of the US waters off the coast of California are being used to grow seaweed but that is just 0.065 of the ocean that can be farmed. In fact, 48 square kilometers of the world’s oceans can be used for seaweed farming.

For seaweed farms to be part of the global solution, they will have to be much larger. To create underwater forests, seaweed would have to be grown, harvested and then sunk into the deep ocean so that the trapped carbon could be buried for years to come.

While it sounds like a good plan on paper, “The technology doesn’t yet exist” to keep seaweed in the deep ocean, said Froehlich. “Hopefully this paper encourages conversation among engineers and economists about what it would take for the actual tools to be put in place.”

1.What makes people put forward the idea of growing seaweed forests?

A.The burning of forests.

B.Seaweed’s economic and medical value.

C.Uncontrollable carbon dioxide emissions.

D.Their long-lasting dream of underwater exploration.

2.Why can seaweed be used to fight against global warming?

A.It doesn’t burn. B.It doesn’t pollute.

C.It can take in carbon. D.It can break down plastics.

3.What does the underlined part “having its moment in the spotlight”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Breaking silence. B.Taking a bad turn.

C.Drawing people’s attention. D.Making room for other products.

4.What does Frochlich say about the idea of growing seaweed forests in the last paragraph?

A.It has a long way to go. B.It has been put into practice.

C.It needs lots of money to carry out. D.It needs enough evidence to support.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

1.There are many wild animals in the forests and on the freezing, ice-covered lands in the north, and fish are a______ in the seas and rivers．

2.The government issued a statement c______ the bombing which killed hundreds of innocent citizens．

3.Please tell me how to d______ a poisonous snake from a harmless snake．

4.He made a lot of scientific discoveries that he shared with the world, p ______ in the field of astronomy．

5.There is a t______ in the plot when a very generous stranger gives Pip a lot of money．

6.The Louvre Museum has more than 6,000 other European paintings, ______ （从……到……） from the 13^th century to the 19^th century．

7.One reason for this is that most ______ （传统） film festivals show films from a variety of countries．

8.Our guests today are _______ （代表） from six of the major international film festivals．

9.The sad thing is that although Van Gogh ______ （奉献） his whole self to painting, he only sold one painting before he died．

10.______ （相反） to my expectation, present at the party were a group of young people who called themselves pioneers of modern art．

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