They have to spend a huge amount of time deal...

They have to spend a huge amount of time dealing with the __________ (连续不断的) messages. (根据中文意思，补全句子)

高二英语根据汉语意思填空简单题查看答案及解析

Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today's stars, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of the world’s attention. Paparazzi(狗仔队)camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids(小报)publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.

According to psychologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities—famous people—worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. ''Over time,'' Villarreal says, ''they feel separated and alone.''

The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.

Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep ''their story'' alive forever.

If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.

Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.

1.It can be learned from the passage that stars today ________.

A.are often misunderstood by the public B.can no longer have their privacy protected

C.spend too much on their public appearance D.care little about how they have come into fame

2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A.Great heroes of the past were generally admired.

B.Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids.

C.The problem faced by celebrities has a long history.

D.Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.

3.What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?

A.Availability of modern media. B.Huge population of fans.

C.Lack of favorable chances. D.Inadequate social recognition

4.What is the author's attitude toward modern celebrity?

A.Indifferent. B.Respectful.

C.Critical. D.Sympathetic.

高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

The amount of rubbish that piles on our shore lines is hugely worrying and a growing problem for the planet. It seems like no matter how remote you hike and how high you climb, there’s always a dropped plastic container there waiting for you.

Mariah Reading, an American artist, spends the majority of her time outdoors looking for inspiration for her art, based in nature and our natural surroundings. On noticing the amount of waste filling her natural areas, she decided she had to reflect it in her works.

For her latest project, Mariah is looking at both the problem of wasteful littering and the way that art itself can be wasteful in materials, taking the dropped items that fill her natural spaces and painting them to reflect the place in which they were left.

Applying paint to create her masterpieces, Mariah has collected trash (垃圾) from different mountains and parks. “I’ve been considering my relationship with art and the large amount of waste it can produce,” says Mariah. “I wanted to find ways I can confirm art and its important purpose by working with recycled materials found in landscape environments.”

“Since the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, I’ve especially appreciated and been inspired by the natural beauty the parks offer, and found how easily we can take these precious places for granted. I seek to gather as much trash as possible, sculpt it into a canvas (画布), and paint the scene where the trash originated onto the trash itself,” says Mariah.

As well as through this project, Mariah has explored nature in her art in various different ways and through exhibitions. Mariah’s work might not solve the litter problem, but it’s just another way that we can get people talking about the problem and the ways we can prevent it from growing any larger.

1.What gave Mariah the idea of the latest project?

A.The beauty of nearby scenery.

B.The rubbish-covered surroundings.

C.The potential security risks of beaches.

D.The high energy consumption of her artworks.

2.What’s the important purpose of Mariah’s art?

A.To keep people from wasting natural resources.

B.To remind people of the litter problem.

C.To encourage people to explore parks.

D.To make full use of rubbish.

3.What is special about Mariah’s new artworks?

A.They are made of oceanic rubbish.

B.They appear in the form of sculpture.

C.They reflect the trash places on trash itself.

D.They’re designed to inspire people’s love for painting.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.The Growing Problem of Rubbish

B.Mariah Reading: a Sociable Artist

C.An Artist Turns Waste into Amazing Works

D.Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service

高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Among all the counties in the word, there is one country which has the best secondary education system一Finland. 1. Here are some possible reasons.

Most teachers are well educated. They are professionals who have been selected from the top 10% of the nation's graduates. In order to teach, they need a master's degree in education. Teachers also have a lot of respect and status in Finland.

2. They often work closely with the university that's closest to their school, They also have fewer teaching hours than any other school system in the world, which gives them more time to reflect on their teaching methods.

Teachers have a great deal of freedom Even though there 's a national curriculum that says what children should learn. all teachers are free to decide how and when they teach it. 3.

Students spend fewer hours in school than pupils in other western counties. 4. This makes it easy for teachers to monitor students' progress. There are also specialized assistants in the classroom to help the teacher. If a child is falling behind, the teaching staff create a plan to meet that child's personal needs. If a child is going really well, staff will pay attention to this too. 5. Clearly, a lot of factors decide how well students do in class. But Finland seems to have created the perfect system!

A.However, why is it so good?

B.Teachers get professional training constantly.

C.The relaxing atmosphere at school is important.

D.There are not more than 20 students in each class

E.Nearly 30%6 of Finland's children receive the special help.

F.Children usually can finish their homework within half an hour.

G.Teachers also arrange their own lessons and choose the textbooks for the class

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

As we all know, the Internet will let people have ____________to huge amounts of information from their own homes.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms More than 2000 years ago, ancient Chinese people created this overall framework to mark the annual passage of time based on observations of the sun's motion. In the international meteorological field (国际气象界) the 24 solar terms are honored as “the fifth great invention of China”.

The 24 solar terms begins with Start of Spring followed by Rain Water, Insects Awaken...and ends up with Minor Cold and Major Cold. Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice are two days of the year with the longest and shortest amount of daylight respectively, while Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox are days with the most balanced amount of daytime and nighttime. Through these four parts, a year is divided into four part: Spring Summer, Autumn and Winter.

In ancient times this system not only guided agricultural production, instructing farmers to expect the changes in temperature, spring planting and autumn harvest but also directed Chinese folk customs. For example, Winter Solstice was the first one set among 24 terms and later developed into a festival to worship Heaven and ancestors. Every year at Winter Solstice, emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties would go to the temple of Heaven to hold a ceremony to worship Heaven, for good weather for their crop, and peace and prosperity for the country.

Nowadays, the 24 solar terms could not only be applied to farming but also guide Chinese everyday life. They remind people to adapt to the changes in the seasons through suitable food and cultural rituals (文化仪式). Seasonal customs are sill the rage such as eating spring pancakes at Start of Spring, sweeping ancestors' tombs at Qing Ming, gaining weight to keep warm at Start of Autumn and eating nutritious food to store energy at Start of Winter. They have actually became important rituals in Chinese life.

The 24 solar terms is a common cognitive system among Chinese. It reflects the emotional bond, the wisdom and creativity of Chinese, who respect and live in harmony with nature.

1.How were the 24 solar terms created in ancient China?

A.They were the results of leaning from each other.

B.They were set based on the movements of the sun.

C.They were created according to the change of the weather.

D.They were gradually developed from the practical experience.

2.What is a common feature of Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox?

A.They both have the same amount of day and night.

B.They were set only for guiding agricultural activities.

C.They both play the role in dividing a day into day and night

D.They are the days on which the length of a day is longer than night.

3.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Cheer B.Honor. C.Appreciation. D.Fashion.

4.What’s the text mainly about?

A.The reasons for the recognition of the 24 solar terms.

B.The invention of the 24 solar terms in ancient China.

C.The origin and influence of the 24 solar terms in China

D.The ways to handle the relationship between human and nature.

高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you ever had someone tell you, “If you eat before bed, you're going to get fat” 1. But is eating late at night, specifically after 8 p.m., really going to make you gain weight?

One theory is that your metabolism(新陈代谢)slows down when you're asleep. With a slower metabolism, fewer calories are being burned. Thus the calories you eat right before bed would not be bumped off as much as they would be while you're awake. Although the science seems pretty sound, recent studies have shown that metabolism changes very little while you are asleep. The heart is still beating, lungs are still working, and the brain is still very active. 2. So while we are asleep, we are still burning calories.

3. Carbohydrates(碳水化合物)are one of your body's main sources of energy. When they go unused, they are stored primarily as fat. However, the time of day that carbohydrates are consumed does not play a role as to how much of it is stored as fat.

Actually, weight gain is based on the amount of calories being consumed overall and the amount of calories used overall. 4. It has little to do with the time when you eat. So how come individuals have higher BMIs when they snack' at night? Although there is a relation between the two, it is simply a result of eating too many calories!

Snacks that individuals tend to eat during the night are usually high in sugar and calories, such as ice cream, candy, potato chips, and soft drinks. The time these snacks are consumed does not matter.5..

A.All of these actions take energy.

B.That is to say, you will not get fat if you eat before bed.

C.Anyone eating anytime after the morning will become fat.

D.Food consumed late at night will more likely be stored away.

E.Without ever questioning it, people quickly assume this to be true.

F.Simply speaking, if you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight.

G.There's another theory about eating specifically carbohydrates before bed.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Bright Side did some research on many places throughout the world where you can buy a house for 1 dollar or for free!

Roubaix, France

If you like France, Roubaix located in the north of France is just for you. The local authorities want it to be populated and attractive. You can buy a small house in the industrial district for just $1. The buyer is supposed to live in this house for 3 years.

Buffalo, USA

Buffalo offers whoever qualifies to buy a house for $1. All you need is to be a lawful citizen of the city and invest amount of money into its decoration. Doing this, the authorities are hoping to make the city beautiful again without spending money.

Liverpool, Great Britain

In Liverpool, most of houses were abandoned by the working class during the years of unemployment. The government is trying to sell the houses for just $1. If you want to buy such a house, it has to be your first deal on buying property (不动产).

Candela, Italy

If you still have any doubts about spending $1 on a house, you should know: the government will pay you some money, if you move to Candela. In order to be paid, you need to become a permanent citizen and have an income of $7500 per year. If moving alone, you will get $700, and if you are going with your family, the pay can be four times as much as only one person.

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1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.It is impossible to buy a house for $1.

B.The houses in some parts of the world are sold for $1 just for the same reason.

C.The authorities of Roubaix want more people to live there.

D.In Liverpool unemployed people have a lot of houses.

2.Why do the authorities of Buffalo provide a house for people with $1?

A.To improve the lives of poor people. B.To solve the problems of employment.

C.To make the city attractive at no cost. D.To attract people to the big cities.

3.What is required to buy a house for 1 dollar in Liverpool?

A.You must be making the first house purchase.

B.You should live in the house for 3 years.

C.You need to be an unemployed citizen.

D.You have to repair and decorate the house.

4.How much money can you get if moving to Candela with a whole family?

A.$1 B.$2800 C.$700 D.$7500

5.Where is this passage most likely to come from?

A.a novel. B.a magazine. C.a letter. D.the Internet.

高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Once eating alone was just that: sitting down in a restaurant on one’s own and eating a meal. Everyone did it sometimes, and when they did so, 1. . To eat alone might suggest that you didn’t have any friends. There was a kind of shame attached to it.

Nowadays, however, there is more and more solitary (独自的) eating for pleasure. 2. . “Foodies”—people with a passionate interest in cuisines—do it because all they need is the chance to eat good food. They don’t want company or conversation, but only the joy of eating some special dish. Other people eat alone because it’s simply practical for them to do so. For instance, it’s estimated that nearly a third of all the customers of fast-food restaurants eat alone. They are served with their food fast， eat it fast and then leave fast. 3.

But the appeal of eating alone is quite different. 4. . For the hour or so that it takes to have a meal, they can forget all the pressures of their lives. They don’t have to deal with their family or job. They can relax and let their mind wander. Maybe they’ll bring a book, a newspaper to enjoy a quiet time.

David Annand, editor of Conde Nast Traveler magazine, who delights in dining alone, speaks of his pleasure in the “rhythm of a meal in a restaurant—its ebb and flow (人来人往), the periodic arrival and departure of the waiter”. 5. .

A.It’s an experience of freedom

B.they might be a little embarrassed

C.People choose to eat alone for various reasons

D.none of them would feel bad about themselves

E.Sometimes staying alone is quite cosy when you don’t work

F.This restaurant rhythm allows him to sit back, observe and think

G.It saves time if they have a meeting or a child to pick up from school

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

How to Go Grocery Shopping

Grocery stores can be large. There are lots of people, plenty of aisles (通道), tons of tasty good things to spend money on and many different departments in a grocery store, so they can be difficult to deal with if you don’t know where you’re going. 1.

Make a list.

The best way to be prepared for your trip to the grocery store is to have a list of all the items you need to buy. 2. Also, you won’t leave the store having forgotten something you want. Be prepared well and you can get to the grocery store. 3.

Get fresh produce.

Please be sure you’re getting the maximum vitamins and nutrients from your food. 4. Remember that fresh produce won’t last as long as frozen, so only buy what you and your family will eat over the next week or so.

5.

Knowing well where the checkouts are can save much time. Place your items on the belt and wait for your turn to check out. If the cashier is bagging the groceries, hand over your reusable bags.

When you’re done, place your groceries into your car if you have one and go back home.

A.Be prepared for checking out.

B.Grocery shopping can easily be done.

C.Try to buy fresh fruits and vegetables in all colors.

D.That way, you can know exactly what you need to buy.

E.In fact, you don’t have to prepare everything in advance.

F.Don’t forget to take your reusable shopping bags with you.

G.The keys to grocery shopping include the following points.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析