My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile ...

My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter’s college. It was the first time in our life that we would __36__ for any length of time. We wondered how other people had __37__ it.

Later in bed, I __38__ the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to keep the __39__ from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to __40__ college.

The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn’t want to get to the city __41__. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little __42__. He finally said, “I never went to college and __43__ of your brothers did. I can’t say don’t do this or that, because everything is __44__ and I don’t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __45__. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be __46__ in the big town and I would be __47__ the life home.

Then my father __48__ the Bible that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must __49__ it. He just said, “This can help you __50__ you will let it.”

When I finished school I took the Bible __51__ to my father. But he said he wanted me to __52__ it.

Now, too often, I remember. It would have been so __53__ to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn’t. My father could give me only a Bible, but now I don’t really believe that I gave her half as __54__ as my father gave me. So the next morning I __55__ up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note “This can help you.” I said, “if you will let it.”

1. A. worry         B. separate         C. stay             D. travel

2. A. left              B. stood                C. enjoyed          D. tried

3. A. wasted            B. spent                C. remembered       D. killed

4. A. policemen     B. workers          C. cattle               D. birds

5. A. graduate from B. go away to           C. set out              D. set up

6. A. very late     B. far away         C. too soon         D. once again

7. A. speech            B. living               C. promise          D. progress

8. A. some          B. one              C. none             D. all

9.A. impossible     B. different            C. difficult            D. favorite

10. A. work out     B. die out              C. hold out         D. break out

11. A. happy            B. alone                C. free             D. lost

12. A. losing           B. spending         C. missing          D. living

13. A. brought about    B. brought out          C. brought up           D. brought down

14. A. refuse           B. mark             C. follow               D. take

15. A. if               B. unless               C. but              D. though

16. A. down         B. up               C. back             D. away

17. A. keep         B. return               C. post             D. sell

18. A. popular          B. strange          C. ready                D. nice

19. A. much         B. many             C. far              D. good

20. A. set              B. turned               C. gave             D. wrapped

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Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making this epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised ＄70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.

White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle(车座)and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.

The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had. The worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For 1,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.

1.When Phil White returned from his trip, he________.

A. broke the world record　　 B. destroyed several bikes

C. collected money for Oxfam　　 D. travelled about 1,300 hours

2.What does the word "epic" in Paragraph l most probably mean?

A. Very long and difficult.　　 B. Very slow but exciting.

C. Very smooth but tiring.　　 D. Very lonely and depressing.

3.During his journey around the world, Phil White _______.

A. fought heroically against robbers in Iran

B. experienced the extremes of heat and cold

C. had a team of people who travelled with him

D. managed to ride against the wind in Australia

4.Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?

A. determined.　　 B. independent.

C. modest.　　 D. imaginative.

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My friend and I had just set off from Vancouver to do a five-day canoe (独木舟) trip in Bowron Lake Provincial park.

We’d been_______ the trip for quite a while — reservations at the park need to be_______ months in advance. I’d taken some time off work and my friend managed to spare some time for the_______.

We were _______to Bowron Lake when our car broke down. _______, we were just outside a small town which had a little motel (汽车旅馆), where we met a kind_______.

He gave us the　 _______ of a mechanic (修理工) in town. We were going to call him, but as it was quite late, we _______ to leave repairing the car until the next morning and so booked into the motel.

It turned out our car _______ wasn’t a big deal to fix, but the mechanic needed to order a part that would take a few days to show up. At that point, we__________ our trip would have to be cancelled. If we were going to finish it in time, we had to leave immediately.

The __________　 stranger insisted that we finish our __________　 when we mentioned the change of plans. He offered to drive the two-hour round trip to drop us off at the lake, coordinate with (与……协调) the mechanic to __________ the car while we were gone, and then __________ my friend and me after we finished canoeing.

I remember as he dropped us off at the lake, he__________ us a bag of fresh, homemade cookies to take along. Everything he did to help us was__________.

It was a trip that never would have happened __________ he hadn’t done all he did, which __________us so much.

I’m very __________ for the stranger’s kindness; it’s people like him that make me want to go out of my way for others who are travelling and __________ help.

1.A.enjoying B.imagining C.planning D.completing

2.A.changed B.offered C.cancelled D.booked

3.A.work B.adventure C.party D.task

4.A.driving B.walking C.biking D.running

5.A.Finally B.Surprisingly C.Certainly D.Luckily

6.A.seller B.friend C.stranger D.guide

7.A.address B.number C.introduction D.story

8.A.decided B.started C.learned D.struggled

9.A.accident B.parking C.Improvement D.problem

10.A.figured B.promised C.remembered D.heard

11.A.hard-working B.proud C.kind-hearted D.energetic

12.A.meeting B.trip C.business D.competition

13.A.fix up B.pull over C.get out D.put away

14.A.pay for B.search for C.cheer up D.pick up

15.A.awarded B.sent C.handed D.showed

16.A.unavoidable B.unbelievable C.unrecognizable D.unacceptable

17.A.though B.since C.before D.if

18.A.helped B.served C.greeted D.trusted

19.A.regretful B.prepared C.grateful D.thirsty

20.A.fond of B.in need of C.used to D.in favor of

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

Mark went home after leaving Bill at his house. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school, where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year came. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide(自杀). But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

1.What happened to Bill on his way home from school?

A．Bill almost killed himself.

B．Bill was caught on something and almost fell down.

C．Bill was sleepy from the sleeping pills.

D．Bill noticed Mark following him home.

2.After Bill got home, ________.

A．he missed his friend Mark very much

B．he decided to break up with his girlfriend

C．he intended to kill himself immediately

D．he thought of the friendliness of Mark

3.Mark saved Bill from committing suicide by________ .

A．helping Bill pick up the fallen books on the ground

B．saying something comfortable and friendly to Bill

C．persuading Bill not to leave a mess for other people

D．being friendly to Bill in trouble

4.Bill cleared his locker in order to ________.

A．store away some of his mother’s sleeping pills

B．prepare for the next school year of high school

C．leave the world without troubling others

D．help his mother do some housework the last time

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If your home were on fire, what would you try to save? Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. On getting the call to evacuate(疏散), we had to consider what we couldn’t live without, ________ whatever we could save and leaving immediately.

We ________ suitcases with necessary clothes. We took the ________ financial records ---- who wants to _______ himself with the government over _______ documents? Now, what else? We seized the valuable family ________ from the walls, which couldn’t be replaced.

Then we took a hard look at all that ________. A lamp that ________ my great grandmother. A ________ my wife learned to play as a kid. A large tent we spent months ________ money for camping. Bedroom furniture we wanted to pass down to our ________ some day. The gifts that decorated our house from our treasured friends. These things ________ our love as a family and friends. It was ________ to move everything from our home. ________ at all that we might lose, I found it difficult to say goodbye. But ________, I felt warm.

We were ________ with memories as we ________ at these items. Each had stories to tell just like the photos. They told about where we’d been, where we ________ were and where we were going. They were ________ of those people we had loved and who loved us. Now I didn’t think my “things” meant that much to me. Indeed, the spirit of them was all that truly ________.

1.A. covering B. removing C. collecting D. spotting

2.A. carried B. piled C. supplied D. packed

3.A. cars B. computers C. books D. food

4.A. enjoy B. entertain C. bother D. force

5.A. extra B. regular C. useless D. missing

6.A. pictures B. televisions C. decorations D. chargers

7.A. abandoned B. remained C. burned D. kept

8.A. belonged to B. adapted to C. related to D. appealed to

9.A. doll B. ball C. sport D. piano

10.A. borrowing B. saving C. paying D. lending

11.A. children B. friends C. colleagues D. relatives

12.A. inspired B. measured C. represented D. expressed

13.A. unbelievable B. impractical C. inconvenient D. unnecessary

14.A. Looking up B. Looking around C. Looking forward D. Looking out

15.A. roughly B. casually C. strangely D. curiously

16.A. flooded B. impressed C. surrounded D. satisfied

17.A. wondered B. glanced C. glared D. stared

18.A. normally B. frequently C. suddenly D. presently

19.A. signals B. signs C. symbols D. lessons

20.A. mattered B. proved C. lasted D. changed

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I arrived late one night, on a business trip, and had dinner in a restaurant. As I was finishing my meal, an old couple came in to dine. They were holding hands and had 　　 　　　 smiles on their faces. Shortly after I ended a 20-year　 　　　　　　 , I still had pain in my heart and I was 　 　　 　 at the love they show for one another. As a result, when I paid my bill I gave the waiter another $50 to pay the couple’s bill and then left without 　 　　 them.

The next day my business meeting 　 　　 two hours before the flight back to Houston. So I had enough time left to enter the restaurant to dine　 　　 . After I had been 　　 , the waiter, from the night before, came up to my table 　　 . She can’t wait to tell me what happened after I　 　　 last night: when the old couple were　　 　　 　 that another guest had paid for them, they asked whom it was. The waiter said that she had never　 　　 me before, and told them what I told her, “I just wanted to repay　 　　 for the true love that they were showing.” Feeling surprised , they 　　 , and paid the bills for another two young couples saying “Love begets (产生) love”. I 　 　　 with delight and said “ That’s nice”. Then I read the menu and 　　 　　 my meal.

When my dinner was 　　 　　 and I intended to pay, my waiter was 　　 to be found. I had to walk over to the Hostess Stand and 　 　　 that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the 　　 . She said that my　 　　 had paid for me just to repay the joy that I brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the two young couples.

1.A. bitter    B. lovely    C. standard    D. stressful

2.A. job    B. date    C. marriage    D. journey

3.A. amazed    B. angry    C. confused    D. sad

4.A. comparing    B. encountering    C. recognizing    D. greeting

5.A. lasted    B. started    C. ended    D. held

6.A. again    B. either    C. instead    D. altogether

7.A. seated    B. served    C. dressed    D. focused

8.A. anxiously    B. crazily    C. hopefully    D. quickly

9.A. arrived    B. left    C. slept    D. escaped

10.A. comforted    B. reminded    C. warned    D. told

11.A. charged    B. appreciated    C. seen    D. helped

12.A. you    B. me    C. her    D. them

13.A. looked around    B. turned up    C. went over    D. dressed up

14.A. believed    B. admitted    C. smiled    D. shook

15.A. booked    B. ordered    C. paid    D. finished

16.A. full    B. over    C. cold    D. available

17.A. somewhere    B. anywhere    C. nowhere    D. everywhere

18.A. protested    B. explained    C. declared    D. remarked

19.A. hotel    B. office    C. airport    D. station

20.A. waiter    B. boss    C. hostess    D. friend

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My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of _______. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some_______to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it_______growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the_______plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to_______the weeds（杂草）around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something _______.The sunflower had not_______where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the_______.

That’s when I_______that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we________ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be________of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to________us. We will find a way to go under or around any "rocks" in order to reach our goals.

1.A.flower B.insects C.vegetables D.rocks

2.A.water B.fertilizer C.color D.shape

3.A.stop B.continue C.improve D.escape

4.A.weak B.strange C.lonely D.pretty

5.A.collect B.tend C.remove D.watch

6.A.unusual B.wonderful C.terrible D.valuable

7.A.passed B.started C.left D.died

8.A.air B.top C.sun D.house

9.A.hoped B.realized C.doubted D.regretted

10.A.fill in B.put in C.worry about D.believe in

11.A.forget B.hate C.aim D.wait

12.A.wish B.plan C.ability D.idea

13.A.faith B.energy C.virtue D.courage

14.A.aware B.afraid C.proud D.tired

15.A.forgive B.support C.upset D.affect

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

One day I got a duck from a friend who lived two miles south of my house. I brought the duck home in a bag. It was obvious that the duck missed his family very much upon his arrival. Left to himself, he would at once turn his head homeward. I tried to shut him together with other ducks for several days, but with no use at all. There seemed to be but one thought in the mind of him, and that was home.

So I decided to let him out, but I kept about fifty yards behind him. I followed, thinking he would soon lose his way and came back. But he seemed to have an exact map of the country in his mind. Soon he met a dog. He paused and looked at the animal for a moment, and then turned to the right along a road which led to a railroad station. He had now gone about half the distance, and was getting tired. A little pool of water by the roadside caught his eye. Into it he bathed, drank, and rested for a few moments, and then started homeward again. For a while, he realized that he had got into the wrong direction, and turned his face southward again. Finally we came in sight of the home path, which led up to the farmhouse.

It was now nearly night and I had no time to watch the experiment further. But as he neared the path he seemed suddenly to see some familiar things, and rushed at the top of his speed. I followed close behind. Into the house yard he rushed with uplifted wings as if he was eagerly telling his partners the story of his adventures.

1.What does the author think about the duck?

A. Interesting and careful.

B. Curious and enthusiastic.

C. Intelligent and determined.

D. Brave and experienced.

2.As soon as the duck arrived at a new place, he seemed________.

A. glad      B. nervous      C. tired        D. homesick

3.The underlined part “the experiment” in the last paragraph refers to “__________”.

A. if the duck had the ability to get on well with other ducks.

B. if the duck was born with a good sense of direction.

C. if the duck could discover the author.

D. if the duck could find his way home.

4.What’s the purpose of the writer’s writing the text?

A. To share us a duck’s interesting trip.

B. To present his opinions about a duck’s remarkable experience.

C. To express his curiosity about a duck’s interesting trip.

D. To examine why a duck would like to rush on it’s own.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

—What were you doing when Tony phoned you?

—I had just finished my work and ______ to take a shower.

A. had started             B. started       C. have started         D. was starting

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One day after school I was just finishing up some math homework. My dad came back from work and sat right beside me, ______ over my homework with me. We made corrections _____. After that we _______ and my dad said,” I will always _______ every moment spending time talking with you”.

I remember my Dad telling me his stories of when he was ______. My dad didn't have a father ____. He was always moving from place to place with my ______. My dad wasn't the easiest kid to_____. He would _______ with kids at school, which made my grandma worried. He’d act out to release the anger he had from not having his father present in his ________ and teenage years.

At high school, things got a little ________. He made a football team, he did well and didn’t get into as much _______ as before. He also made many friends. ______ those friends was my uncle. My Dad and Uncle were friends all throughout high school. It was through my uncle　 _______my Mom and Dad met _________. Later, they got married. After I was born, my dad felt that becoming a _______ was an honor and that he would not be ______ in my life.

I suddenly looked up to see my Dad ______ at me. I could see in my Dad’s eyes how he longed for a _______ like this. I continued to do my math homework and _______ my Dad say,” I love you, always”.

1.A. taking　　 B. looking　　 C. getting　　 D. handing

2.A. equally　　 B. instead　　 C. together　　 D. hardly

3.A. thought　　 B. planned　　 C. listened　　 D. talked

4.A. waste　　 B. organize　　 C. treasure　　 D. choose

5.A. young　　 B. old　　 C. tired　　 D. poor

6.A. growing up　　 B. turning up　　 C. settling down　　 D. breaking away

7.A. mom　　 B. uncle　　 C. grandpa　　 D. grandma

8.A. connect　　 B. handle　　 C. change　　 D. recognize

9.A. fight　　 B. dance　　 C. compete　　 D. study

10.A. struggling　　 B. travelling　　 C. childhood　　 D. adulthood

11.A. harder　　 B. easier　　 C. worse　　 D. larger

12.A. trouble　　 B. debt　　 C. sadness　　 D. anxiety

13.A. Between　　 B. Apart from　　 C. Among　　 D. As for

14.A. who　　 B. when　　 C. how　　 D. that

15.A. practically　　 B. officially　　 C. especially　　 D. entirely

16.A. father　　 B. mother　　 C. fighter　　 D. student

17.A. present　　 B. different　　 C. absent　　 D. strict

18.A. glaring　　 B. pointing　　 C. aiming　　 D. smiling

19.A. appearance　　 B. relationship　　 C. background　　 D. behavior

20.A. felt　　 B. found　　 C. heard　　 D. made

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析