People were perhaps more honest a long time ago when life was very different from _________ it is today.
A.which B. that C.what D.how
高二英语单项填空简单题
People were perhaps more honest a long time ago when life was very different from _________ it is today.
A.which B. that C.what D.how
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Not long ago, the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such as Star Wars. Today, 1a lot of things in science stories have been science facts. Robots are starting to _2_ in our everyday lives. These robots have different sizes, shapes and colors. But they all have the same _3_ of man-made “_4_”. Leading the robot revolution(革命) are industrial robots that work in factories. Industrial robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often _5_ and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming to American homes, though not as quickly asthey are entering _6_. These robots aren’t as friendly and _7_ as those you saw in Star Wars. But, their makers say, today’s home robots “walk” and sense objects in their own way. They even _8_ objects though they may sometimes drop. Well, nobody is _9_.
We may _10_ home robots today, but some day they may see and hear _11_ than humans do. We _12_
can only see certain wave lengths of light and hear certain _13_. That’s because the _14_ of our eyes and ears are _15_.
Robots, however, need not have the same limits _16_ we have. Robots may also be _17_ wit devices(装置) that _18_ information humans can’t. However, to understand _19_ their sensing devices pick up is a hard job.
Remember, man-made brains _20_ information, including all kinds of data, as zeroes and ones.
Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like---using only zeroes and ones.
1.A. however B. whenever C. on the other hand D. in other words
2.A. come B. appear C. enter D. raise
3.A. variety B. dozen C. score D. type
4.A. muscle B. body C. brain D. appearance
5.A. surprising B. boring C. pleasant D. exciting
6.A. homes B. factories C. schools D. offices
7.A. certain B. pleasing C. bright D. foolish
8.A. carry B. forget C. remember D. choose
9.A. wonderful B. excellent C. happy D. perfect
10.A. play jokes on B. make fun of C. laugh at D. have fun with
11.A. worse B. faster C. better D. sooner
12.A. fellows B. humans C. beings D. friends
13.A. noise B. voice C. sounds D. speeches
14.A. sight B. length C. distance D. ability
15.A. enough B. endless C. limited D. hopeful
16.A. as B. since C. for D. while
17.A. given B. equipped C. sent D. applied
18.A. pick out B. pick up C. send up D. send out
19.A. how B. where C. what D. which
20.A. deal B. handle C. seek D. provide
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Many centuries ago, birthdays were considered a time when the bad spirits were able to harm you. It was believed that you should have your friends and family around you so that their good wishes and present-giving would keep the bad spirits away. People also believed that, by lighting candles, they were sending a signal or wishes to the gods.
Later on, candles started to be used on birthday cakes. One story about the beginnings of the birthday cake is that it started with the Greeks, who made round cakes standing for the full moon for their moon goddess（女神）. They also placed candles on the cake to make it light, again like the moon.
However, the Germans are said to have first used cakes and candles. They used a sweet cake and they put a large candle in the centre of the cake to mean “the light of life”.
The “Happy Birthday” song is more than a hundred years old. The music was written in 1893 by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, who were schoolteachers in Louisville, Kentucky. The music was first used as a morning greeting to their students with the title, “Good Morning To All”. In 1935, the words legally belonged to the Hill sisters, and the copyright（版权）has been bought and sold for millions of dollars ever since. The present copyright is owned by Warner Communications. They bought it in 1989 for more than $22 million.
1. The text mainly talks about .
A. the ways of making cakes
B. the customs of lighting candles
C. the beginnings of birthdays
D. the history of the birthday song
2.People celebrated birthdays many centuries ago to .
A. have a great dinner
B. get birthday presents
C. light birthday candles
D. keep the bad spirits away
3.Why did the Greeks put candles on the cake?
A. To light up the dark room.
B. To make the cake beautiful.
C. To see where the cake was.
D. To make it look like the moon.
4.When was the music written?
A. In 1893. B. In 1913.
C. In 1935. D. In 1989.
5.Who is the present owner of the song “Happy Birthday”?
A. Patty and Mildred Hill.
B. Warner Communications.
C. A Greek cake company.
D. A German schoolteacher.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A long time ago, before there was any money (coins or paper money), people got the things that they needed by trading or exchanging. Salt was one of the first items used to exchange for other items. Later, some of the common things that were used for exchanging were tea leaves, shells, feathers, animal teeth, tobacco, and blankets. Around 3000 BC, barley, a type of grain, was used for exchanging.
The world’s first metal money was developed by the Sumerians who melted silver into small bars all weighing the same. This was around 1000 BC. About three hundred years later, people started using coins as official money.
Around 640 BC, people in the ancient kingdom of Lydia ( which was in Turkey) created special coins of exact with and purity (纯度). They were made of gold and silver and were stamped with a lion’s head.
Later, other empires such as Greece, Persia, and Rome adopted the concept of coins and started developing their own in many different shapes and different metals.
Around the year 1000, the Chinese started using paper money. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The Europeans discovered this thanks to Marco Polo who went to China in 1295. the Chinese had different values for the paper notes which were made by the Chinese government.
Around 1661, Sweden became the first European country to make paper money. Until 1850, the Spanish dollar was the coin most widely used throughout the world.
1.What is the best title for this passage?
| A． The history of money |
| B． How people traded in the past |
| C． The invention of paper money |
| D． The use of coins around the world |
2.We learn that before coins and paper money were used, _____.
| A． barley had always been used for exchanging |
| B． only a few people knew how to trade with others |
| C． salt was the most widely used item for exchanging |
| D． many kinds of things were used for exchanging |
3.According to the passage, when did people start using coins as official money?
A. Around 1300 BC. B. Around 1000 BC.
C. Around 700 BC. D. Around 640 BC.
4.The underlined word “adopted” in Paragraph 4 probably means “____”.
| A． replaced | B． changed |
| C． accepted | D． invented |
5.Which of the following countries first started to use paper money?
| A．Spain | B．China | C．Sweden | D．Lydia |
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
A long time ago, in an Italian city, the people there built a tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighboring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were equally well known. The people of the second city, envious (妒忌的) and filled with pride, planned to destroy the neighboring tower so it wouldn’t take attention away from their own. One night, they came to the tower and began to quietly undermine its foundations(地基).
The next morning, the tower was leaning(倾斜) slightly ,but nobody noticed. The same happened for the following few days, until a little girl who was passing by pointed up at the tower and said: “ I think the tower is going to fall down.” And everyone around looked closely, and could see that she was right .Nervousness spread through the city. And they tried many methods to try to straighten the tower, but nothing seemed to work. That was, until one day when the same little girl was walking up again, and she put her arm on the side of the tower to rest. She felt the tower shaking slightly. When she took her hand off it, the movement stopped. And when she put it back on again, the same thing happened. The girl spent a while doing this, until she was completely certain of what she had discovered: “ The tower is ticklish ( 怕痒的) ！” She ran to get some plants, and she planted them right next to the tower. Now if the tower leant over any further it would be tickled by the leaves of those plants. Being a ticklish tower, it would then return to where it had been. In this way, the girl managed to make sure that the tower didn’t fall down, but still kept it leaning a little.
The fact that it was leaning made it even more famous, and this taught a fine lesson to the envious people of the neighboring city.
1.Why did the people of the second city plan to destroy the neighboring tower?
| A．Because the tower blocked the way of their tourists. |
| B．Because the tower had the same building style as theirs. |
| C．Because they hoped that the tower could lean slightly. |
| D．Because they hoped that visitors just liked their own tower. |
2.The underlined word“undermine”（in Paragraph1）probably mean “_________”．
| A．test | B．raise | C．damage | D．strengthen |
3.When local people heard the news that their tower was going to fall down, they were _________.
| A．very anxious |
| B．very happy |
| C．very ashamed of themselves |
| D．angry at the people in the neighboring city |
4.What lesson can we learn from the practice of the envious people in the neighboring city?
| A．All that ends well is well. |
| B．Every dog has his day. |
| C．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. |
| D．A friend is never known till a man has need. |
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
The First Americans
There was a time long ago when a land bridge connected Asia and North America. The first settlers in North America crossed this land bridge from what is now Siberia to Alaska. The people who made this initial(最初的) crossing were probably following the animals they used for food. Eventually, the oceans rose and the land bridge between the continents disappeared. The settlers, who I shall call the “First Americans”， could not return to their homeland. _1.__
For the next few thousand years, the First Americans migrated（迁徙） south and east throughout North and South America. They made the journey all the way from Alaska to the southern tip of South America, a distance of more than 10, 000 miles. __2.__In the far north, above the Arctic Circle, the First Americans became hunters of the ocean. __3.__ In the brief summer，they gathered berries and other plants. In the winter, they stayed in lodges much of the time preparing for the next summer. It was a hard life，but they learned to survive in these harsh conditions.
Farther south, in what is now Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, the First Americans became cliff dwellers(悬崖居民). They began by living in caves that already existed in the cliffs.__ 4.__ The dwellings(住处) they constructed in many ways resembled today's apartment buildings.__ 5.__ They built a system of dams and canals so they could store and use water almost any time of the year. They were so successful that they could raise fruits and vegetables that were not found naturally in the desert. In Mexico and South America, the First Americans founded civilizations that were among the greatest in the world. They built huge pyramids, lived in fabulous cities, and made great advances in science and mathematics long before the Europeans arrived.
A. They also discovered foods like corn and potatoes.
B. Along the way，they established（建立） many different civilizations.
C. The First Americans of the Southwest learned to irrigate（灌溉） the desert.
D. They would have to survive in the New World they had discovered.
E. They built boats of animal skins and hunted or fished for their food.
F. People living near each other tended to share similar environments and customs.
G. They discovered how to add to the caves by building structures of wood and stone.
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A long time ago, I knew a girl whose name is Gloria. She is a student. Most people in school liked Gloria．So when she got sick，some boys_____to visit her． But none of them wanted to _____any money for a gift to bring．
Then Willie said，“We can _____some flowers from a _____． ”
Gloria will not know ______they come from，and the dead man will not _____them．
Everybody was afraid，_____Willie．So he went alone and ____some beautiful flowers．Then they went to Gloria’s_____，and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them，but______did not mind．
After their visit，Willie_____the other boys，“It is a good thing that I was not afraid． Gloria ____ the flowers． ”
The other boys laughed． Gloria would not have liked the _____if she had known they had come from a grave．
That night, Willie was reading a book _____his mother came into his room．“Willie，did you and other boys buy some flowers today ______Gloria？”she asked．“There’s a man _____asking for you，”she added． “He says that you didn’t ______the flowers． ”
“What does he look ____？”Willie asked．
“That’s hard to say，”Willie’s mother answered． “He is all _____with mud(泥土)． ”
Willie，all of a sudden，was ____．
1.A. thought B. planned C. asked D. took
2.A. keep B. cost C. take D. spend
3.A. steal B. pick up C. buy D. plant
4.A. shop B. store C. street D. grave
5.A. how B. when C. where D. why
6.A. miss B. lose C. hate D. love
7.A. except B. besides C. including D. beside
8.A. saw B. thought C. looked for D. found
9.A. room B. hospital C. school D. library
10.A. Gloria B. some C. Willie D. nobody
11.A. told B. asked C. said to D. explained
12.A. refused B. liked C. hated D. missed
13.A. boys B. flowers C. secret D. news
14.A. when B. as C. while D. suddenly
15.A. to B. for C. on D. with
16.A. inside B. outside C. still D. also
17.A. ask for B. water C. like D. pay for
18.A. as B. about C. like D. for
19.A. painted B. dressed C. wrapped D. covered
20.A. afraid B. red C. sad D. glad
高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
For many people，volunteering is a way of life. Holidays are the time of the year that more people are in a giving mood. Homeless shelters，children’s hospitals，and nursing homes are excellent places to give of one’s time.
Volunteering in Homeless Shelters
There is a homeless directory online that anyone can easily access to find the closest homeless shelter to their home. According to the homeless shelter directory，currently there are 3,233 shelters in the US，so it is not difficult to find a shelter. Helping to serve food，picking up donations of food，preparing meals，and cleaning up are things that one can do to help at a homeless shelter.
Volunteering in Children’s Hospitals
Every child needs comfort and joy，especially during the holiday seasons. By visiting sick children in hospitals，an individual provides helping hands by supplementing the services usually done by the hospital staff. Personalizing the hospital experience adds to the comfort and happiness of the children and their families. Volunteers provide help，and positive interactions (相互交流) which enhance the patient’s quality of care. Help is needed almost everywhere in a hospital；from the lobby，parking lot，cafeteria，to admitting，helping with the gift cart，and even reading to children in the waiting rooms or their hospital rooms.
Volunteering in Nursing Homes
According to the National Center for Health Statistics，“Over 50% of those living in nursing homes do not have close relatives and 46% have no living children.” Life in a nursing home is lonely，confusing，and frightening for many residents. Volunteering at a nursing home is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone else’s life. Playing cards，sitting with and talking to a resident，taking a walk，or sharing a meal makes a huge difference，especially when they have no other sole on earth to visit them.
The three examples above are only a small fraction of institutions in which volunteers are needed. Giving of oneself，especially during the holidays blesses and cheers others.
1.According to the passage，what can a volunteer do in nursing homes?
A. Visiting the sick children.
B. Picking up the donated food.
C. Helping with the gift cart.
D. Playing cards with a lonely old man.
2.What can we learn about the volunteering?
A. You can only volunteer during the holidays.
B. You can help prepare meals in a nursing home.
C. It is easy to find a homeless shelter to volunteer.
D. Help is needed everywhere in a homeless shelter.
3.In a children’s hospital，which of the following is true?
A. Over 50% of those living there do not have relatives.
B. A personal visit brings happiness to a sick boy.
C. Children live a lonely and frightening life.
D. Children love listening to volunteers’ reading.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I often recall those good old days. At that time life was relatively simpler, and people were much more and gentler. Recently, to my surprise, I got the opportunity to experience that same warmth that I thought had from the fast-moving world.
I was out shopping the other day with my husband, two daughters and one . It was a burning hot day, and we were all visibly tired and hungry. We entered a restaurant, looking for some and comfort. To our disappointment, all the tables were and no one seemed in a hurry to . We waited, tired and . After quite some time, one table was vacated(空出), but that could only two of us. My daughter made me sit along with her father, while she and my other daughter alongside. My granddaughter sat on my as we looked all around us, waiting for another table to be soon.
At the next table, two young girls were sitting at a table for four and enjoying their meal. We decided to move to their table, they were finished with their lunch. Since the girls had just got their , I knew it would be a wait. As we were deciding on what to eat, one of the girls got up and their table to us. She said they would move to our table so that my family could sit together.
We were very appreciative of their kind . We thanked them and moved to their table. The girls quickly their plates and glasses and went to sit at our table.
That day, I to myself there still were some kind, civil and helpful youngsters in this non-caring world, and my faith in humanity(人道) was .
1.A. friendly B. generous C. careful D. sensitive
2.A. prevent B. removed C. lost D. disappeared
3.A. niece B. granddaughter C. nephew D. son
4.A. tea B. food C. fruit D. vegetable
5.A. fixed B. covered C. occupied D. set
6.A. start B. wait C. give up D. get up
7.A. impatient B. nervous C. awkward D. embarrassed
8.A. serve B. seat C. lay D. hold
9.A. sat B. followed C. stood D. watched
10.A. shoulder B. feet C. lap D. table
11.A. blank B. free C. available D. clean
12.A. unless B. once C. before D. until
13.A. order B. bill C. note D. menu
14.A. long B. short C. boring D. exciting
15.A. left B. pushed C. shared D. offered
16.A. treat B. expression C. movement D. gesture
17. A. personally B. properly C. publicly D. sincerely
18.A. picked up B. raised up C. put up D. given up
19.A. turned B. came C. thought D. pointed
20.A. lost B. rebuilt C. found D. shaken
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Sixty people were _______ from the burning ship, but a great many more were drowned when it sank.
A. protected B. prevented C. rescued D. escaped
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