Years ago, a cigarette commercial asked if you were smoking more, but enjoying it less. That describes the way many of us live today. We are doing more, but enjoying it less. And when that doesn’t work, we compound the problem. In our frantic search for satisfaction, we try stuffing still more into our days, never realizing that we are taking the wrong approach.
The truth is simple; so simple it is hard to believe. Satisfaction lies with less, not with more. Yet, we pursue the myth that this thing, or that activity, will somehow provide the satisfaction we so desperately seek.
Arthur Lindman, in his devastating book, “The Harried Leisure Class,” described the futility of pursuing more. His research focused on what people did with their leisure time. He found that as income rose, people bought more things to occupy their leisure time. But, ironically, the more things they bought, the less they valued any one of them. Carried to an extreme, he predicted massive boredom in the midst of tremendous variety. That was more than twenty years ago, and his prediction seems more accurate every year.
Lindman, of course, is not the first to discover this. The writer of Ecclesiastes expressed the same thought thousands of years ago. It is better, he wrote, to have less, but enjoy it more.
If you would like to enjoy life more, I challenge you to experiment with me. How could you simplify your life? What could you drop? What could you do without? What could you stop pursuing? What few things could you concentrate on?
The more I learn, the more I realize that fullness of life does not depend on things. The more I give up, the more I seem to gain. But words will never convince you. You must try it for yourself.
1.Arthur Lindman predicted twenty years ago that ______.
A. more things brought more value B. the more people had, the less they valued them
C. people didn’t like to pursue more D. massive boredom came from less variety
2.What does the article suggest to make our life happier?
A. To enjoy more things. B. To buy more things.
C. To sell things we do not need. D. To get rid of useless things.
3.The passage is probably written to ___________.
A. introduce Arthur Lindman and his book B. tell the readers what is satisfaction
C. introduce how to simplify people’s life D. persuade people to simplify their life
高二英语阅读理解简单题
Years ago, a cigarette commercial asked if you were smoking more, but enjoying it less. That describes the way many of us live today. We are doing more, but enjoying it less. And when that doesn’t work, we compound the problem. In our frantic search for satisfaction, we try stuffing still more into our days, never realizing that we are taking the wrong approach.
The truth is simple; so simple it is hard to believe. Satisfaction lies with less, not with more. Yet, we pursue the myth that this thing, or that activity, will somehow provide the satisfaction we so desperately seek.
Arthur Lindman, in his devastating book, “The Harried Leisure Class,” described the futility of pursuing more. His research focused on what people did with their leisure time. He found that as income rose, people bought more things to occupy their leisure time. But, ironically, the more things they bought, the less they valued any one of them. Carried to an extreme, he predicted massive boredom in the midst of tremendous variety. That was more than twenty years ago, and his prediction seems more accurate every year.
Lindman, of course, is not the first to discover this. The writer of Ecclesiastes expressed the same thought thousands of years ago. It is better, he wrote, to have less, but enjoy it more.
If you would like to enjoy life more, I challenge you to experiment with me. How could you simplify your life? What could you drop? What could you do without? What could you stop pursuing? What few things could you concentrate on?
The more I learn, the more I realize that fullness of life does not depend on things. The more I give up, the more I seem to gain. But words will never convince you. You must try it for yourself.
1.Arthur Lindman predicted twenty years ago that ______.
A. more things brought more value B. the more people had, the less they valued them
C. people didn’t like to pursue more D. massive boredom came from less variety
2.What does the article suggest to make our life happier?
A. To enjoy more things. B. To buy more things.
C. To sell things we do not need. D. To get rid of useless things.
3.The passage is probably written to ___________.
A. introduce Arthur Lindman and his book B. tell the readers what is satisfaction
C. introduce how to simplify people’s life D. persuade people to simplify their life
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
If you smoke a cigarette every day, you will _____ become addicted to smoking.
A.deliberately B.automatically
C.particularly D.technically
高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
Until a few years ago, I was a calm person. If you were going to offend me or verbally ______ me, I almost never lost it ______; of course I felt hurt, but I didn’t show it.
Then, one day, I met my husband and I fell ______ in love with him, a proud ______ who loudly discusses things even with himself when he’s not happy. Things, however, got worse for me when we started ______ on things. He seemed really angry and loud, while I seemed detached and polite. Truth is that I was ______ too, but I was used to not showing it on the outside. Fight after fight, he always acted as if nothing had happened a few minutes after each quarrel, while my moments of ______ discontent started to ______ more and more in time until they became hours, sometimes even days.
I felt this had to change and the conversation went ______ like this:
Me: “Either you change your ______ when we fight or I will start avoiding any discussion, otherwise this will ______ our relationship.”
Him: “Did you ______ the Mpemba Effect? If you put two ______ containers filled with the same amount of the same water into the ______ except that one has boiling water in it while the other one has water at ambient (周围的) ______, the boiling water will ______ faster than the ambient water. Baby, you have got to boil first, to cool down faster. That’s why the Italians live longer than Canadians.”
The connection he suggested is to be ______, but I have learned a fact I didn’t know, one that has ______ me to understand that if I’m angry about something or someone, for that anger to disappear, it has to be towards the ______ or otherwise it is like hiding the dust under the ______: your house might look clean, but it is not.
1.A. cheat B. attack C. defend D. impress
2.A. in return B. in time C. in place D. in public
3.A. steadily B. reasonably C. hopelessly D. blindly
4.A. Italian B. American C. Canadian D. Chinese
5.A. operating B. disagreeing C. living D. working
6.A. struggling B. controlling C. boiling D. accumulating
7.A. inner B. abrupt C. extra D. distinct
8.A. disappear B. expand C. recover D. withdraw
9.A. up and down B. by and by C. sooner or later D. more or less
10.A. vision B. viewpoint C. attention D. attitude
11.A. affect B. compensate C. mend D. strike
12.A. hear about B. learn from C. worry about D. hear from
13.A. mobile B. similar C. exact D. relevant
14.A. basin B. oven C. freezer D. pond
15.A. heat B. level C. environment D. temperature
16.A. explode B. burst C. resist D. freeze
17.A. suspected B. indicated C. proven D. created
18.A. warned B. inspired C. recommended D. forbade
19.A. outside B. inside C. public D. rich
20.A. dustpan B. carpet C. roof D. broom
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Until a few years ago, I was a calm person. If you were going to ______ me I almost never lost it ______; of course I felt hurt, but I didn't show it.
Then, one day, I met my husband and I fell ______ in love with him, a proud Italian who loudly discusses things ______ with himself when he's not happy. Things got worse for me when we started ______ on things. He seemed really angry and loud, while I seemed detached and polite. Truth is that I was ______ too. Fight after fight, he always acted as if nothing had happened a few minutes after each quarrel, while my moments of ______ discontent started to ______ more and more in time until they became hours, sometimes even days.
I felt this had to change and the conversation went ______ like this:
Me: “Either you change your ______ when we fight or I will start avoiding any discussion, and this will ______ our relationship.”
Him: “Did you ______ the Mpemba Effect? If you put two ______ containers filled with the same amount of water into the fridge except that one has boiling water in it while the other one has water at ambient(周围的)______, the boiling water will ______ faster than the ambient water. Baby, you got to boil first, to cool down faster. That's why the Italians live ______ than Canadians.”
The connection he suggested is to be ______. but I have learned a fact I didn't know, one that has ______ me to understand that if I'm angry about something or someone, for that anger to disappear, it has to be towards the ______ or otherwise it is like hiding the dust under the ______: your house might look clean, but it is not.
1.A. cheat B. offend C. impress D. defend
2.A. in return B. in place C. in public D. in time
3.A. hopelessly B. steadily C. hurriedly D. blindly
4.A. always B. ever C. even D. seldom
5.A. working B. disagreeing C. operating D. trying
6.A. boiling B. struggling C. controlling D. preparing
7.A. possible B. abrupt C. extra D. inner
8.A. spread B. withdraw C. recover D. expand
9.A. more or less B. sooner or later C. by and by D. up and down
10.A. vision B. viewpoint C. attitude D. attention
11.A. compensate B. sacrifice C. mend D. clarify
12.A. hear about B. worry about C. learn from D. hear from
13.A. mobile B. relevant C. solid D. similar
14.A. level B. temperature C. heat D. environment
15.A. burst B. deposit C. explode D. freeze
16.A. longer B. shorter C. wealthier D. simpler
17.A. practiced B. proven C. inspected D. created
18.A. informed B. reminded C. inspired D. required
19.A. outside B. inside C. public D. personal
20.A. dustpan B. broom C. roof D. carpet
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago,we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each dav.we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It 1s the same in history.Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country.but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war.Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write.For example,we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago,because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them.But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in Central Africa,because they had not learned to write.
Sometimes,of coures,even if the people cannot write,they may know something of the past.They have heard about it from older people,and often songs, dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung,acted and told for many generations,for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past.This we may call”remembered history”.Some of it had been written down. If is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history,is,because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing.But where there are no written records,such spoken stories are often very helpful.
1.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A.“Remembered history”,compared with written history.is 1ess reliable.
B. Written records of the past play a most important role in our learning the human history.
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to remember the events that happened in the past.
D.Where there are no written records of the past.there is no history.
2.Why do we know little about what happened in Central Africa 200 years ago?
A.There was nothing worth being written down at that time.
B.People there had not known how to write in those days.
C.The written records were perhaps destroyed in a fire.
D.People there ignored the importance of keeping a record.
3.”Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when________.
A.it is written down B.it proves to be true
C.no written account is available D.people are interested in it
4.It can be inferred from the passage that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if our ancestors had________.
A.kept a written record of every past event
B.not burnt their written records in wars
C.told exact stories of the most important happenings
D.made more songs and dances
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Four years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of "just walk out shopping".
Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the world's most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our "just walk out shopping" experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout.
Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our “ just walk out technology ” automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When you have done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we'll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt.
We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of food stuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. You' ll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds we're excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.
Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact, so busy customers can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smart phone, and the free Amazon Go app.
Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.
1.From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go ________.
A. is a checkout-free store B. sells all kinds of goods
C. is open to the public D. uses unknown technologies
2.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A. When Amazon Go charges. B. What Amazon Go sells.
C. Where Amazon Go lies. D. How Amazon Go works.
3.The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. encourage people to shop online B. advise people to work for Amazon
C. inform people of a new concept store D. tell people of the shopping experience
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Four years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of “just walk out shopping”.
Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the world’s most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our “just walk out shopping” experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout.
Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our “just walk out technology” automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart(虚拟购物车). When you’ve done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we’ll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt(收据).
We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. You’ll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds we’re excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.
Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact(紧凑的), so busy customers can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smartphone, and the free Amazon Go app.
Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.
1.How can customers take away the products in Amazon Go?
A. Ordering in advance. B. Paying by their credit card.
C. Using the Amazon Go app. D. Opening their own account.
2.In which field are the technologies similar to the one used in Amazon Go?
A. Smartphones. B. Automatic door.
C. Electric bikes. D. Self-driving cars.
3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 4?
A. When Amazon Go opens. B. Where Amazon Go lies.
C. What Amazon Go sells. D. How Amazon Go works.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To encourage people to shop online. B. To tell people of a new concept store.
C. To advise people to work for Amazon. D. To share a happy shopping experience.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Four years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of “just walk out shopping”.
Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the world’s most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our “just walk out shopping” experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout.
Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our “just walk out technology” automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When you’re done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we’ll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt.
We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. You’ll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds we’re excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.
Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact(紧凑的), so busy customers
can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smartphone, and the free Amazon Go app.
Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.
1.From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go .
A. is a checkout-free store B. sells all kinds of goods
C. is open to the public D. uses unknown technologies
2.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A. When Amazon Go charges. B. How Amazon Go works.
C. Where Amazon Go lies. D. What Amazon Go sells.
3.Customers pay for the products from Amazon Go by .
A. paying cash at the counter B. walking out of the store
C. using their Amazon accounts D. scanning smartphones when leaving
4.The main purpose of the passage is to .
A. encourage people to shop online B. advise people to work for Amazon
C. inform people of a new concept store D. tell people of the shopping experience
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Four years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of “just walk out shopping”.
Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the world’s most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our “just walk out shopping” experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout.
Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion(融合), and deep learning. Our “just walk out technology” automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When you’ve done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we’ll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt(收据).
We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack choices made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. You’ll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds we’re excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.
Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact(紧凑的), so busy customers can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smart phone, and the free Amazon Go app.
Amazon Go is now only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.
1.From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go _________.
A. sells all kinds of goods B. is a checkout-free store
C. is open to the public D. uses unknown technologies
2.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A. How Amazon Go works. B. When Amazon Go charges.
C. Where Amazon Go lies. D. What Amazon Go sells.
3.Customers pay for the products from Amazon Go by _________.
A. paying cash at the counter B. walking out of the store
C. scanning smart phones when leaving D. using their Amazon accounts
4.The mainly purpose of the passage is to____________.
A. Encourage people to shop online.
B. Advise people to work for Amazon.
C. Inform people of a new concept store.
D. Tell people of the shopping experience.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Several years ago, most young Britons wanted a career in law, to be a doctor, or , if they were creative enough, to take up singing. But today, things stand differently.
According to a survey by Tesco Mobile, a UK telecoms company, the “dream job” of young people aged between 16 and 25 in the UK is a video blogger, or “vlogger”. The survey, carried out among 1,002 people, found that as much as 40 percent of them put vlogger as their number one choice on a list of ideal careers. The single factor contributing to this change is undoubtedly the internet and social media. They have made it so much easier to reach a global audience, without having to enter a career in show business in the traditional way.
“In years that have gone by, the biggest stars were recommended and trained by the Hollywood studios; now, anyone with a computer camera can become an idol,” a Tesco Mobile spokesperson said in a news release. “From fashion to comedy, these self-made stars document their hobbies to an adoring fan-base. Vloggers are the big stars of today because they are normal people interacting with their fans about everyday life.”
However, what people see is only the bright side of being a vlogger and they ignore the fact that only those who are successful gain fame and fortune. For every success there are a hundred others who never get off the starting block. There are the dreams that come true and the dreams that are destined to remain dreams.This is why despite the popularity of vloggers, some young people chose to follow careers that don’t necessarily earn them fame, but allow them to make good use of the internet to share their hobbies.
Young Israeli David Leshaw, for example, runs a business called the Finishers Club. It’s an online platform for runners to keep a record of their races. He told the career website Zippia that his job allows him to express his passion, and is always a learning experience. And that’s enough for him.
1.Why do so many young Britons choose to be vloggers?
A. Because being vloggers is an ideal career.
B. Because vloggers can become idols easily.
C. Because being vloggers is popular nowadays.
D. Because vloggers are bound to be rich and famous
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Most vloggers can achieve their dreams
B. One should realize the dreams one by one.
C. Vloggers who are successful can gain fame and fortune
D. Not all the vloggers have accomplished the dreams
3.The example of Israeli David Leshaw in the last paragraph serves to .
A. call on young people not to be vloggers B. explain the popularity of vloggers
C. help readers take a correct attitude D. state the advantages of his career
4.What is the author’s attitude toward being vloggers?
A. Objective B. Critical
C. Positive D. Negative
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析