Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was struck by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops, huge and round, yellow through the dust and smoke of the city. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking what a pity it was that most city livers---myself included---usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon.
Today our lives are connected with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We eat and breathe things our bodies were not designed to process. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters, air-conditioners, cars and computers. White noise and pollution is in the air. Radio waves and strange lights are constantly disturbing our minds and bodies.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I saw the moon and remembered these things. And I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains and perhaps write. I may grow old there. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
1.What was the author’s pity in this passage?
A. Most people living in the city failed to see the beautiful moon.
B. There was too much pollution in the city.
C. There were too many modern inventions.
D. There was too much traffic on the road.
2.What attracted the author most according to the passage?
A. The mountainous jungle of India. B. The fullest moon.
C. The high mountains in India. D. All kinds of modern inventions.
3.The author longs for ________.
A. Camping outside at night B. Returning to the nature
C. Writing books D. Watching the moon
4.The main idea of this passage probably is “________”.
A. Disadvantage of Living in Cities
B. The Pleasure of Being out at Night
C. Touched by the Moon
D. Pollution Caused by Modern Technology
高二英语阅读理解简单题
Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”
1.The best title for the passage would be _________.
A. Break away from Modern life
B. Touched by the Moon
C. A Bottomless well of Silence
D. The Pleasures of Modern Life
2.The writer felt sorry for himself because __________.
A. there was too much pollution.
B. there were too many accidents on the road.
C. he failed to see the fullest moon.
D. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions
3.Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.
A. show that the writer likes city life very much.
B. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature.
C. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life.
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them.
4.The author wrote the passage to __________.
A. show the love for the moonlight.
B. want to communicate longing for modern life.
C. advise modern people to learn to live.
D. express the feeling of returning to nature.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s roof-tops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city dwellers, myself included, usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, papers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of which was spent indoors, I thought that before long I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains, and perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
1.The best title for the passage would be __________.
A. Touched by the moon.
B. The pleasures of modern life
C. A bottomless well of silence
D. Break away from modern life
2.The writer felt sorry for himself because _________.
A. there was too much pollution
B. he failed to see the fullest moon
C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions
D. there were too many accidents on the road
3.What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?
A. No modern equipment
B. Complete silence.
C. The nice moonlight.
D. The high mountains
4.Modern things (Paragragh 4) are mentioned mainly to ___________
A. show that the writer likes city life very much
B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life
C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them
5.The author wrote the passage to ___________.
A. express the feeling of returning to nature
B. show the love for the moonlight
C. advise modern people to learn to live
D. want to communicate longing for modern life
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Driving to a friend's house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people? Myself included? Usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
1.The best title for the passage would be______.
A. Touched by the moon B. The pleasures of modern life
C. A bottomless well of silence D. Break away from modern life
2. What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?
A. No modern equipment B. Complete silence.
C. The nice moonlight D. The high mountains
3.Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to______.
A. show that the writer likes city life very much
B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life
C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them
4.The author wrote the passage to_______.
A. express the feeling of returning to nature
B. show the love for the moonlight
C. advise modern people to learn to live
D. want to communicate longing for modern life
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”
1. The best title for the passage would be _________.
A. Touched by the Moon
B. Break away from Modern life
C. A Bottomless well of Silence
D. The Pleasures of Modern Life
2.The writer felt sorry for himself because __________.
A. there was too much pollution.
B. he failed to see the fullest moon.
C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions
D. there were too many accidents on the road.
3.Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.
A. show that the writer likes city life very much.
B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life.
C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature.
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them.
4.The author wrote the passage to __________.
A. show the love for the moonlight.
B. want to communicate longing for modern life.
C. advise modern people to learn to live.
D. express the feeling of returning to nature.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was struck by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops, huge and round, yellow through the dust and smoke of the city. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking what a pity it was that most city livers---myself included---usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon.
Today our lives are connected with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We eat and breathe things our bodies were not designed to process. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters, air-conditioners, cars and computers. White noise and pollution is in the air. Radio waves and strange lights are constantly disturbing our minds and bodies.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I saw the moon and remembered these things. And I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains and perhaps write. I may grow old there. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
1.What was the author’s pity in this passage?
A. Most people living in the city failed to see the beautiful moon.
B. There was too much pollution in the city.
C. There were too many modern inventions.
D. There was too much traffic on the road.
2.What attracted the author most according to the passage?
A. The mountainous jungle of India. B. The fullest moon.
C. The high mountains in India. D. All kinds of modern inventions.
3.The author longs for ________.
A. Camping outside at night B. Returning to the nature
C. Writing books D. Watching the moon
4.The main idea of this passage probably is “________”.
A. Disadvantage of Living in Cities
B. The Pleasure of Being out at Night
C. Touched by the Moon
D. Pollution Caused by Modern Technology
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Recently I was invited to a friend’s house for supper. Ben, the ________, had also invited his girlfriend Marina, and another colleague called Alistair. We were all a little surprised by the ________. It’s not that Ben is ________, or a bad cook, but he never spends more than he has to. Money has been hard earned and so should be spent ________. So why was he inviting us round for a ________?
Ben greeted us at the door with a grin(露齿笑), and as we ________, a laid table was waiting for us. He was still smiling in a strange way. “Nothing but the best for my friends!” said Ben. We sat down and looked ________ at each other—what was he up to?
Ben returned with four bowls of soup. It was a mixture of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes. The next ________ was just another mixture of things. There was some bread too, but it was a little stale(不新鲜的).
“Did you follow a set of ________ that tells you how to cook this,” asked Marina, “or did you just make it up yourself?” Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked depended on what I could ________.” Marina was surprised. “________ you can find anything in British supermarkets these days.” “But there is less choice ________ supermarkets,” he replied.
We all ________ at him in amazement. “What do you mean by outside supermarkets?” asked Alistair.
Seeing that we had all ________ the food, Ben decided that it was time to tell the ________. He had read recently that a lot of ________ was thrown away by supermarkets every day, because they only want to sell ________ food. So Ben found those vegetables and bread inside his local supermarket bins.
We were all ________ . Ben said he can afford not to eat ________ food so he would not do this regularly. However, he also said, “There are many poor people who ________ the food, and the amount of food thrown away is enough to feed millions of people.”
1.A. cook B. boss C. waiter D. host
2.A. invitation B. introduction C. education D. position
3.A. naughty B. unsociable C. lonely D. unhappy
4.A. quickly B. foolishly C. wisely D. honestly
5.A. trip B. game C. meal D. lesson
6.A. entered B. left C. moved D. started
7.A. excitedly B. happily C. nervously D. calmly
8.A. chance B. course C. secret D. present
9.A. rewards B. instructions C. regulations D. promises
10.A. borrow B. buy C. produce D. find
11.A. Though B. Unless C. But D. And
12.A. along B. through C. inside D. outside
13.A. aimed B. laughed C. nodded D. stared
14.A. finished B. enjoyed C. served D. prepared
15.A. difference B. truth C. decision D. story
16.A. money B. water C. food D. time
17.A. fresh B. cheap C. basic D. special
18.A. inspired B. scared C. worried D. shocked
19.A. expensive B. delicious C. free D. simple
20.A. need B. sell C. ignore D. order
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Emma and Ryan, a married couple, were driving to a friend’s house when Emma turned to Ryan and asked, “Would you like to stop for lunch?”
Ryan replied, “No, I’m not hungry yet,” and continued driving. Meanwhile, Emma sat quietly fuming (十分恼火) in the passenger seat. Ryan could not understand why Emma was unhappy. He had thought she was asking if he was hungry, but in reality, Emma was telling him that she was hungry and wanted to stop for lunch.
Misunderstandings like this often occur between men and women, even among people from the same culture. Deborah Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in the United States, has studied conversational rules.
In Emma and Ryan’s situation, Emma was making a request in the form of a question. Her style of talking is common for women. She needed Ryan to agree they were both hungry. So, Emma asked Ryan what he wanted. She was really telling Ryan what she wanted; however, Ryan did not understand this. If he had been hungry, he would have said something more direct, such as, “I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch.”
Tannen believes that most women grow up in a world where talk is used to express feelings. However, most men are raised differently and they tend to keep their feelings to themselves.
Tannen says, for men, talk is often used as a situation used outside the home to gain respect, to entertain and get attention, or to exchange information. This is why men communicate by making each other laugh, or talking about sport and work. These men do not always feel it is necessary to talk to feel close or to express their feelings. Women, on the other hand, are encouraged to speak about their feelings since this is a way to build relationships.
1.What can be inferred from Emma and Ryan’s story?
A. Emma didn’t like Ryan.
B. Ryan didn’t want to talk to Emma.
C. Ryan didn’t want to eat with Emma.
D. Emma wasn’t pleased with Ryan’s answer.
2.According to Deborah Tannen, what causes the misunderstanding?
A. Different cultures.
B. Different characteristics.
C. Different ways of communicating.
D. Different educational background.
3.Compared with women, men _______.
A. talk less about feelings
B. communicate more with others
C. are more likely to become angry
D. are better at building relationships
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A. Why women like to express feelings
B. How men and women communicate
C. Different ways of supporting a child
D. Misunderstandings in social communication
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When he was driving home one evening on a country road, he saw an old lady，stranded(抛锚的)on the side of the road. He stopped in front of her car and got out. Even with the smile on his face，she was worried. He looked poor and hungry. He knew how she felt. He said, “I am here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe. ”
She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car, changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”
She drove off. A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in. The waitress had a sweet smile, and was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的). The old lady wondered how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her change from a hundred—dollar bill. But she stepped right out the door.
When the waitress came back，she noticed something written on a napkin, “I am helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here’s what you do—Do not let the chain of love end with you .”
That night when she got home，she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. She and her husband needed money with the baby due(预期的)next month. She knew how worried her husband was，and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered，“Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe. ”
1.When Joe stopped to help the lady, she ________.
A. became excited B. was afraid to be hurt
C. refused his offer D. thanked him
2.At the restaurant, the lady ________.
A. received good service B. had an expensive meal
C. told the waitress Joe’s story D. met another poor guest
3.Why did the lady leave the restaurant without getting her change?
A. She forgot it. B. She wanted to help Joe.
C. She would get it later. D. She wanted to give the waitress some help.
4.We can learn from the text that ________.
A. Joe’s boss fired him B. Joe worked as a driver
C. Joe’s wife was the waitress D. Joe had an unhappy marriage
5.By telling the story, the writer tries to show that ________.
A. helping others is helping oneself
B. kindness can be spread
C. poverty is not a threat to a happy marriage
D. a happy family depends on a happy marriage
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
When I got home, I found the door open. It _________ to me that someone broke into my house.
A. struck B. hit C. occurred D. beat
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料，在空自处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was in Australia, I accompanied a friend on his driving test. I was 1. (amaze) to learn that in Australia, people hardly go to driving schools. Instead, many people practice on the road with a licensed driver sitting next 2. them. But this doesn’t mean that getting a driving license is a piece of cake. This was the third time that my friend 3. (apply) to take the driving test.
The first time, after confidently driving over an intersection (十字路口), the 4. (examine) asked him to pull over and said that he should have stopped 5. car and looked right first and then left to make sure there was no other car approaching.
The second time, a car rushing in front caught him by surprise and he hit the brakes too hard. The examiner got 6. (anger) and asked him to get out. In Australia, the test is not about driving skills, 7. about following every rules.
After finally passing the test, my friend drove very 8. (careful) because in the first year of having a driving license, running two red lights results in the license being suspended (暂停使用). But one day he 9. (pull) over by a policeman who warned him that he was driving too slow and blocking the traffic. Actually, he was driving at a speed of 40 km/h, 10. is a totally acceptable speed in China.
高二英语语法填空困难题查看答案及解析