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When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried particularly about the lack of jobs and cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism(种族主义).
Despite these concerns, I came to New Zealand in July 2009.I found the place and the people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job to supply my living expenses.
Determined to do this on my own, I spent a whole day going from door to door for a job. However, I received little or no response.
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask if there were any job opportunities. The people there were very surprised and advised me not to continue my job search in that manner. As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what others had said, approached me and asked me to wait outside. Fifteen minutes later, he returned, and asked me what my plans were and encouraged me to stay confident. Then he offered to take me to his friend’s company, Royal Oak, to search for a job. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.
It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it. And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
1.What wasn’t the author’s mother worried about?
A. There might be cultural differences.
B. People might look down on the author.
C. The author couldn’t speak the local language.
D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.
2.After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author .
A. decided to go back to his own country.
B. felt the local people were not very friendly.
C. wanted to get a job that needed practical skills.
D. had to find a job to cover his living expenses.
3.When the author went into a building to look for a job, .
A. a clerk gave him encouragement and advice.
B. he was confident that he would find a good one.
C. he found many college students like him already there.
D. a clerk recommended him to the company he worked for.
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When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was worried about a lack of jobs and cultural differences. Ignoring these 1I got there in July 2010. 2 I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job 3my living experience. Determined to do this 4, I spent several weeks going door-to-door for a job, but found 5 response(回应)
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask 6 there were any job opportunities(机会)，The people there advised me not to continue my job search in that 7 . As I was about to 8 , a man who had been listening approached me and asked me to wait outside 9 . Nearly ten minutes later, he 10,He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay 11 . Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to 12 a job.
I was a little surprised, but had a 13 feeling about him. Along the way ,I realized that I had 14 resumes(简历). Seeing this, the man 15at his business partner’s office to make me fifteen 16 copies. He also gave me some 17 on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resume and went home feeling very 18 . The following day, I received a 19 from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.
It seems that the world always 20 to you when you need it .And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
1. A．doubts B．concerns C．instructions D．reasons
2. A．Even if B．Every time C．Now that D．Soon after
3. A．of B．at C．for D．with
4. A．on my own B．on my way C．by any chance D．by the day
5. A．any B．much C．some D．little
6. A．why B．wherever C．whether D．whenever
7. A．direction B．attitude C．language D．manner
8. A．answer B．work C．leave D．refuse
9. A．for ever B．at any time C．as usual D．for a while
10. A．returned B．hesitated C．passed D．regretted
11. A．silent B．busy C．positive D．comfortable
12. A．pick out B．hunt for C．take on D．give up
13. A．dull B．good C．guilty D．general
14. A．made use of B．taken care of C．run out of D．become tired of
15. A．stopped B．knocked C．glanced D．appeared
16. A．right B．more C．former D．different
17. A．pressures B．agreements C．impression D．suggestions
18. A．lonely B．funny C．disappointed D．satisfied
19. A．call B．tip C．present D．report
20. A．turns off B．goes over C．gives back D．looks up
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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________ got on the train when it began to move.
A．No sooner had I B．I had no sooner
C．Hardly had I D．I hardly had
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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_____ got on the train when it began to move.
A．No sooner had I B．I had no sooner C．Hardly had I D．I hardly had
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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Ten years ago, my family moved to a new city, therefore I studied in the new primary school.. Sometimes, I felt very unhappy and lonely. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly .
Not really knowing how the bus ride should be, I when I saw the landmarks on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no when the next bus would come, when a bus did come by, I got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but did not help much.
He finally me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me the
re . He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party I was over an hour late.I am forever thankful for the that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a on my heart.
1.A. club B. conference C. party D. meeting
2.A. rejected B. accepted C. went D. got
3.A. long B. soon C. much D. far
4.A. got out B. got on C. got off D. got in
5.A. to showing B. showing C. shown
D. to show6.A. destination B. street signs C. building D. the corner
7.A. lying B. seating C. seated D. standing
8.A. know B. question C. idea D. way
9.A. so B.
even C. and D. still10.A. fast B. quickly C. happily D. ready
11.A. correct B. nice C. wrong D. fastest
12.A. offered B. refused C. supplied D. wanted
13.A. their B. him C. its D. it
14.A. kept B. dropped C. drove D. turned
15.A. sorry B. happy C. unhappy D. disappointed
16.A. foolish B. nice C. kindly D. same
17.A. helpful B. lonely C. unaccompanied D. alone
18.A. before B. although C. so D. as
19.A. kind B. concern C .attitude D. love
20.A. thought B. sign C. mark D. words
高二英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析
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When my grandfather died, my 83-year-old grandmother, once so full of life, slowly began to fade. No longer able to manage a home of her own, she moved in with my mother, where she was visited often by other members of her large, loving family. Although she still had her good days, it was often hard to arouse her interest.
But one chilly December afternoon three years ago, my daughter Meagan, then eight, and I were visiting her, when she noticed that Meagan was carrying her favorite doll.“I, too, had a special doll when I was a little girl,” she told a wide-eyed Meagan. “I got it one Christmas when I was about your age. I lived in an old farmhouse in Maine, with Mom, Dad and my four sisters, and the very first gift I opened that Christmas was the most beautiful doll you’d ever want to see.”
“She had an exquisite(优美的，高雅的), hand-painted face, and her long brown hair was pulled back with a big pink bow. Her eyes were blue, and they opened and closed. I remember she had a body of kidskin, and her arms and legs bent at the joints.”
GG’s voice dropped low, taking on an almost respectful tone. “My doll was dressed in a pretty pink gown, decorated with fine lace. … Getting such a fine doll was like a miracle for a little farm girl like me — my parents must have had to sacrifice so much to afford it But how happy I was that morning!”
GG’s eyes filled and her voice shook with emotion as she recalled that Christmas of long ago. “I played with my doll all morning long. And then it happened. My mother called us to the dining room for Christmas dinner and I laid my new doll down gently on the hall table. But as I went to join the family at the table, I heard a loud crash.”
“I hardly had to turn around — I knew it was my precious doll. And it was. Her lace skirt had hung down from the table just enough for my baby sister to reach up and pull on it. When I ran in, there lay my beautiful doll on the floor, her face smashed into a dozen pieces. She was gone forever.”
A few years later, GG’s baby sister was also gone, she told Meagan, a victim of pneumonia(肺炎). Now the tears in her eyes spilled over — tears, I knew, not only for a lost doll and a lost sister, but for a lost time.
Subdued(沉默的) for the rest of the visit, Meagan was no sooner in the car going home than she exclaimed, “Mom, I have a great idea! Let’s get GG a new doll for Christmas. Then she won’t cry when she thinks about it.”
My heart filled with pride as I listened to my sympathetic little daughter. But where would we find a doll to match GG’s fond memories?
Where there’s a will, as they say, there’s a way. When I told my best friends, Liz and Chris, about my problem, Liz put me in touch with a local doll-make. From a doll supply house I ordered a long brown hair and a kidskin body to copy the outfit GG had so lovingly described. Liz volunteered to put the doll together, and Chris helped me make the doll’s outfit. Meagan wrote the story of the lost doll by giving examples.
Finally our creation was finished. To our eyes it was perfect. But there was no way it could be exactly like the doll GG had loved so much and lost. Would she think it looked anything like it?
On Christmas Eve, Meagan and I carried our happily packed gift to GG, where she sat surrounded by children, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins. “It’s for you,” Meagan said, “but first you have to read the story that goes with it.”
GG no sooner got through the first page than her voice cracked and she was unable to go on, but Meagan took over where she left off. Then it was time to open her present.
I’ll never forget the look on GG’s face as she lifted the doll and held it to her chest. Once again her tears fell, but this time they were tears of joy. Holding the doll in her frail arms, she repeated over and over again, “She’s exactly like my old doll, exactly like her.”
And perhaps she wasn't saying that just to be kind. Perhaps however impossible it seemed, we had managed to produce a close copy of the doll she remembered. But as I watched my eight-year-old daughter and her great-grandmother examining the doll together, I thought of a likelier explanation. What GG really recognized, perhaps, was the love that inspired the gift. And love, wherever it comes from, always looks the same.
1.GG moved in with her daughter because ______.
A．she wanted to live with a large family
B．she was not able to live on her own due to her weakness
C．her husband passed away
D．she thought it was the children’s obligation to take care of her
2.Why did GG become very emotional on a December afternoon?
A．Because she saw her great granddaughter’s doll.
B．Because she recalled her long deceased parents.
C．Because she was surrounded by her offspring.
D．Because she felt lonely during the Christmas season.
3.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?
A．GG’s doll was important and was a symbol of many things.
B．GG showed great respect for his husband’s love.
C．GG missed the great old days she spent with her family
D．GG was grateful for her long life.
4.What happened to GG’s baby sister?
A．She envied her sister all her life.
B．She felt guilty for breaking GG’s doll and decided to go.
C．She left home at a young age.
D．She died of some disease at a young age.
5.Why did Meagan’s mum feel proud of her daughter?
A．Because she was clever. B．Because she was loving.
C．Because she was amiable. D．Because she was imaginative.
6.This passage implies that ______.
A．treating the elderly well is moral
B．it is impossible to copy the exact doll for the elderly
C．love, the permanent rhythm of life, will always remain in the elderly’s heart
D．physical comfort from children rather than psychological care is important
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When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. ______ the move, my father ______ us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not ______ that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we’re ______ to Arizona.” The words, so small, didn’t seem ______ enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the ______ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that ________ mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and ______ into our new home. ______ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I ______ explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring ______ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched(蹲) down for a closer look. “You’d better not ______ that.” I turned around to see an old woman. “Are you new to this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, ______, new to the entire state.
“My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the ______? It must be quite a ______ after living in Boston.” How could I explain how I ______ the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.
“It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness ______ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert — you can ______ how little you are in comparison with the world. ______, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was the feeling I’d had ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my ______ would change with just a few simple words. “Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch.”
1.A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before
2.A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted
3.A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing
4.A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying
5.A. good B. simple C. big D. proper
6.A. picture B. ground C. scene D. area
7.A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained
8.A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped
9.A. If B. After C. Once D. While
10.A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly
11.A. as well B. as usual C. fight away D. on time
12.A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch
13.A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least
14.A. desert B. city C. state D. country
15.A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger
16.A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached
17.A. why B. when C. how D. where
18.A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect
19.A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
20.A. idea B. life C. home D. family
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving and never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism（乐观）, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times.”
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers（移民局官员）, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles go away at last! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
1.How did the author get to know America?
A. From radio programs B. From books and pictures
C. From her mother D. From her relatives
2.Upon leaving for America the author felt __________.
A. excited B. confused
C. worried D. amazed
3.For the first two years in New York, the author __________.
A. often lost her way
B. did not think about her future
C. studied in three different schools
D. got on well with her stepfather
4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?
A. She worked as a translator.
B. She attended a lot of job interviews.
C. She paid telephone bills for her family.
D. She helped her family with her English.
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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then . I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost-having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times".
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up , and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
1.What can we learn about the author from paragraph 4?
A．She worked as a translator.
B．She attended a lot of job interviews.
C．She paid telephone bills for her family.
D．She helped her family with her English.
2.The author believes that _________________ .
A．her future will be free from troubles
B．it is difficult to learn to become patient
C．there are more good things than bad things
D．good things will happen if one keeps trying
3.What is the best title of the passage?
A, how I turn to be optimistic B. I am leaving for America
C. my life in America D. the importance of optimism
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends a
nd relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving and never to come back was hardly in my head then.The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism（乐观）, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times.”
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers（移民局官员）, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles go away at last! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
1.How did the author get to know America?
A. From radio programs B. From books and pictures
C. From her mother D. From her relatives
2.Upon leaving for America the author felt __________.
A. excited B. confused
C. worried D. amazed
3.For the first two years in New York, the author __________.
A. often lost her way
B. did not think about her future
C. studied in three different schools
D. got on well with her stepfather
4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?
A. She worked as a translator.
B. She attended a lot of job interviews.
C. She paid telephone bills for her family.
D. She helped her family with her English.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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nd relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving and never to come back was hardly in my head then.