Many songs, poems, and books have been written on love’s strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or mad. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College London has found that love does affect people’s brains by making them feel great.
Zeki studied young men and women who had recently fallen in love. He found that, when they were looking at photos of their loved ones, there was heightened activity in four areas of their brains. These areas deal with emotions, and one of them, in particular, is known to respond to drugs that cause feelings of great joy and excitement.
Interestingly, the study also found a lack of activity in two other areas of the brain when the volunteers looked at their lovers’ photographs. One of these areas is linked to feelings of sadness, while the other is often active in people suffering from depression. It seems love really can be uplifting.
The state of being in love, according to some scientists, may actually be good for your health. Although scientists know that being in love can make a person feel great, the exact influence of love on a person’s health is harder to determine. However, scientists say that people do need love in order to live healthy lives.
According to Dr. Thomas Lewis, people need to be in relationships because that is how we are designed. He says the brain can only maintain(保持) the overall stability of a person’s immune(免疫) system, bodily rhythms, and heart if it receives input(输入) from outside the body in the form of emotional connections with others.
Professor Antonio Damasio has a similar view. He says that love enriches a person’s imagination and creativity, and makes a person’s body work better. He also believes that love can even improve the body’s ability to fight against disease. Damasio’s wise words of advice are “ Choose love and you will live longer.”
1.The main idea of this passage is __________.
A. love can really cause people active
B. love has effect on songs and books
C. love is linked with emotion
D. love is what we need
2.What does the underlined word “uplifting” mean? It means __________.
A. inspiring B. available C. cold D. mad
3.From the passage we know__________.
A. People write songs, poems and books to say love is the sweetest thing
B. nobody but Professor Semir Zeki has found love does affect people’s brains
C. being in love sometimes may make someone act as if he/ she were mad
D. love causes heightened activity in all areas of a person’s brains
4.Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Some scientists have the idea that love does good to people.
B. It is possible for scientists to decide how much influence love can give people.
C. People are born to be in need of getting on touch with each other.
D. A person’s health depends on partly on emotional connections with others.
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Many songs, poems, and books have been written on love’s strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or mad. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College London has found that love does affect people’s brains by making them feel great.
Zeki studied young men and women who had recently fallen in love. He found that, when they were looking at photos of their loved ones, there was heightened activity in four areas of their brains. These areas deal with emotions, and one of them, in particular, is known to respond to drugs that cause feelings of great joy and excitement.
Interestingly, the study also found a lack of activity in two other areas of the brain when the volunteers looked at their lovers’ photographs. One of these areas is linked to feelings of sadness, while the other is often active in people suffering from depression. It seems love really can be uplifting.
The state of being in love, according to some scientists, may actually be good for your health. Although scientists know that being in love can make a person feel great, the exact influence of love on a person’s health is harder to determine. However, scientists say that people do need love in order to live healthy lives.
According to Dr. Thomas Lewis, people need to be in relationships because that is how we are designed. He says the brain can only maintain(保持) the overall stability of a person’s immune(免疫) system, bodily rhythms, and heart if it receives input(输入) from outside the body in the form of emotional connections with others.
Professor Antonio Damasio has a similar view. He says that love enriches a person’s imagination and creativity, and makes a person’s body work better. He also believes that love can even improve the body’s ability to fight against disease. Damasio’s wise words of advice are “ Choose love and you will live longer.”
1.The main idea of this passage is __________.
A. love can really cause people active
B. love has effect on songs and books
C. love is linked with emotion
D. love is what we need
2.What does the underlined word “uplifting” mean? It means __________.
A. inspiring B. available C. cold D. mad
3.From the passage we know__________.
A. People write songs, poems and books to say love is the sweetest thing
B. nobody but Professor Semir Zeki has found love does affect people’s brains
C. being in love sometimes may make someone act as if he/ she were mad
D. love causes heightened activity in all areas of a person’s brains
4.Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Some scientists have the idea that love does good to people.
B. It is possible for scientists to decide how much influence love can give people.
C. People are born to be in need of getting on touch with each other.
D. A person’s health depends on partly on emotional connections with others.
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Many students like to recite________, which are short,beautiful and rhythmic.
A.novels B.poems C.books D.passages
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Alice Walker makes her living by writing, and her poems, short stories, and novels have won many awards and fellowships for her. She was born in Eatonton, Georgia. She went to public schools there, and then to Spelman college in Atlanta before coming to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence college, from which she graduated in 1966. For a time she lived in Jackson, Mississippi, with her lawyer husband and a small daughter. About Langston Hughes, American Poet, here first book for children, she says, “After my first meeting with Langston Hughes I vowed I would write a book about him for children someday. Why? Because I, at 22, knew next to nothing of his work , and he didn’t scold me; he just gave me a stack of his books. And he was kind to me; I will always be grateful that in his absolute warmth and generosity he fulfilled my deepest dream ( and need) of what a poet should be.?”
“To me he is not dead at all. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think of him or speak of him. Once, just before he died, when he was sick with the flu, I took him a sack full of oranges. The joy I felt in giving that simple gift is undiminished by time. He said he liked oranges, too.”
1.What is the main topic of the passage?
A.Alice Walker’s reflection on Langston Hughes. |
B.The influence of Alice Walker on the writing of Langston Hughes. |
C.Langston Hughes’ book about Alice Walker. |
D.A comparison of the childhoods of Alice Walker and Langston Hughes. |
2.In the passage, Alice Walker is described as _____.
A.a research fellow at Spelman College |
B.a professor at Sarah Lawrence College |
C.a prize-winning writer of prose and poetry |
D.an author of plays for children |
3.Before attending college, Alice Walker went to school in _____.
A.Atlanta, Georgia | B.Eatonton, Georgia |
C.Jackson, Mississippi | D.Lawrence, Massachusetts |
4.The word “vowed” the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A.shouted | B.believed | C.refused | D.promised |
5.It can be inferred from the passage that Alice Walker was 22 years old when _____.
A.she moved to Jackson, Mississippi |
B.she moved to New York |
C.she first met Langston Hughes |
D.Langston Hughes died |
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never found the time? Far too many.
This is life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal(排演)and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments.
We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for real life to come along were in fact real life.
In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English: “Have a nice day”. They speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day .
How often do we say to ourselves “I’ll take up horse-riding( or golf, or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position,” only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position.
When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be completely abnormal(反常的) mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area? I wanted to know.
Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure. He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains.
1. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ___________.
A. we always try to find some time to write a book
B. we always make plans but seldom fulfill them
C. we always enjoy many of life's best moments
D. we always do what we really want to do
2. The underlined phrase "turn his back on" most probably means________.
A. leave for B. return to C. give up D. rely on
3. The man left his first job partly because he was _________ .
A. in an abnormal mental state B. under too much pressure
C. not well paid D. not respected
4. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Provide Homes For Our Family B. Take Up Horse-riding
C. Value This Very Day D. Stay Alive
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_____ into many languages , the book is popular with young people.
A.Having been translated B. Having translated C.To be translated D.Been translated
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Have you ever tried to write a poem? It’s easier than you might think. Poems are a lot like song lyrics. A good poem reveals an honest feeling about something. Follow these steps to write a poem.
First, pay attention to the world around you — little things, big things, people, animals, buildings, events, etc. 1. You can do just about anything in a poem. That’s why poetry writing is so wild and free: there are no rules.
2. What would you like your poem to be about? Your poem will be more powerful if you choose a topic you feel strongly about.
Now freely write for five minutes about your topic. Then go back and read it. 3. Circle these to use in your poem.
Write your poem. Remember, a poem doesn’t have to rhyme (押韵). It doesn’t have to use sentences. 4. And it should sound nice to you.
Have a friend read your poem aloud to you. Do you like the way it sounds? 5.
I believe that poetry is the most exquisite (优美的) form of writing. And anyone can write a poem if they want to.
A. Then, choose your topic.
B. Explore different types of poems.
C. Do any words or phrases stand out?
D. What do you see, hear, taste, smell, and feel?
E. But it should show your feelings about the topic.
F. If not, go back and rewrite the parts you don’t like.
G. Choose a paragraph from a favourite book and turn it into a poem.
高二英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析
Have you ever tried to write a poem? It’s easier than you might think. Poems are a lot like song lyrics(歌词). A good poem conveys an honest feeling about something. Follow these steps to write a poem.
First, pay attention to the world around you-----little things, big things, people, animals, buildings, events, etc.1.You can do just about anything in a poem. That’s why poetry writing is so wild and free: there are no rules.
2.What would you like your poem to be about? Your poem will be more powerful if you choose a topic you feel strongly about.
Now free-write for 5 minutes about your topic. Then go back and read it.3.Circle these to use in your poem.
Write your poem. Remember, a poem doesn’t have to rhyme. It doesn’t have to use sentences. 4. And it should sound nice to you.
Have a friend read your poem aloud to you. Do you like the way it sounds?5.
I believe that poetry is the most exquisite(优美的) form of writing. And anyone can write a poem if they want to.
A. Then, choose your topic.
B. Explore different types of poems.
C. Do any words or phrases stand out?
D. What do you see, hear, taste, smell, and feel?
E. But it should show your feelings about the topic.
F. If not, go back and rewrite the parts you don’t like.
G. Choose a paragraph from a favorite book and turn it into a poem
高二英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析
Many of us like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Fry’s new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people. It has over 1,000 recipes, from the famous Spanish gazpacho to Swedish smorgasbord. The book is well written and the photographs and drawings are clear. (They are like those in the excellent little Quick Dressmaking and Quick Gardening.) The book has a strong plastic cover. It is easy to find your way around it too. And busy people, notice this! Mrs. Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready.
Quick Cooking has 4 parts, one for each season. This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper—and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the recipes are easy to follow. You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make and unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewer than 40 recipes for eggs! Mrs. Fry does not plan complete meals for the “quick book”. The beginners will have to find out a lot of things for himself—or herself. But this ought not to be difficult with such a good book. I wanted to try many of the recipes as soon as I read them. For people with little spare time Helen Fry’s Quick Cooking is excellent value.
1. Helen Fry’s book is called Quick Cooking because ___.
A. you can cook all the dishes in it quickly
B. there is over 1,000 recipes in it
C. it is written for people who don’t have much time
D. it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly
2. Busy people should notice that _____.
A. all the recipes in the book are easy to follow
B. there are clear photographs and drawings in the book
C. the book has a strong cover
D. they are told how long each dish takes to cook
3. This passage is most probably ____.
A. a book review B. a notice
C. a letter to an editor D. an introduction on cooking
4. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. Helen Fry is good at writing books quickly
B. complete meals are planned only for beginners
C. there are quite a few “quick books” for busy people
D. beginners are advised to start making meals out of the cheapest materials
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
–Rose, I’ve just written a poem. Want to read it?
-- _______? Come on.
A. What for B. How come
C. Why not D. So what
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Have you ever been to a wedding and simply loved the bride’s bouquet(花束)?More than likely some part of it was the Hawaiian Wedding Plant. This foreign houseplant can be enjoyed by anyone, not just brides. With a little proper attention and careful planning on location, this foreign houseplant, which is from Madagascar, can be brought into the home where it can become an interesting focus.
Caring for the Hawaiian Wedding Plant is not much different from caring for any other houseplants that may already be in your home. The only difference between this type of houseplant and others is the amount of the basic requirements that this foreign houseplant needs to survive and perform beautifully. During the growing season, this plant requires its wet soil, but when winter rolls around, this plant needs its soil to be kept drier.
Hawaiian Wedding Plants should also be potted in well-drained(排水)soil and placed in a location that receives full sun. That the soil must be kept wet does not mean that it should sit in water, so the soil must drain easily or this plant will not survive. Water the plant daily and feed this plant every two to three weeks with a little fertilizer(化肥) for acid-loving plants. Prune in early spring, even as early as February. If these needs are met, this plant will stay beautiful.
The most special feature of this foreign houseplant is its long lasting blooms(开花)combined with its unbelievable sweet smell. The Hawaiian Wedding Plant blooms the heaviest in the spring months, but has been known to bloom in any warm months, so do not be surprised to find blooms most time of the year except maybe in the dead of winter.
1.Why does the author mention wedding and bouquet in the first paragraph?
A.To introduce a Hawaiian wedding. | B.To attract the readers’ interest in the passage. |
C.To show the beauty of the flower. | D.To teach the readers to choose proper bouquets. |
2.The Hawaiian Wedding Plant comes from________.
A.Hawaii | B.China | C.Madagascar | D.Alaska |
3.Which of the following are the growing conditions of Hawaiian Wedding Plant?
a. Wet soil. b. Lots of fertilizer. c. Proper sunshine. d. Some acid.
A.a.c | B.a. b | C.b. c | D.a. d |
4.What does the underlined phrase “in the dead of winter” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.At the end of the winter. | B.At the beginning of the winter. |
C.In deadly condition in winter. | D.In the coldest part of winter. |
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