We all love to take photographs. It's a simple way to snap a special moment, an amazing view, or just to show off your artistic skills. And it's great to look back through your photo albums and share memories with your friends. In fact, they show a snapshot（快照）in time. This hasn't really changed since the invention of photography in the 1830s. But one thing that has changed is the equipment we use.
For many years, we have used traditional cameras to take our pictures with. Our images were taken onto camera film which was then processed into negatives from which photos were printed— a lengthy process. And we've had a range of cameras to choose from— from the simple compact camera to more advanced single lens reflex, or SLR cameras.
But the biggest change has come with the development of digital devices. This has made taking photo quicker and easier. It's enabled us to take a snap and review our pictures instantly. We've been able to deal with them in post-production, using software on our computer. And of course, we've been able to share them like never before— particularly on social media.
Of course, now we have the smartphone— a phone that is, well, smart because it can take photos and sometimes very good quality ones, and we can share them easily. So does that mean the traditional camera will eventually become outdated? Figures from Japan show how the market is shrinking: shipments of compact digital cameras from companies like Olympus, Canon and Nikon were down 39 percent year on year.
But Phil Hall, editor of Tech Radar magazine, told the BBC that while people are swapping their compact cameras for smartphones, "manufacturers are looking at the more higher-end cameras, high-end compacts, DSLRs, which are the ones you can attach lenses to, mirrorless cameras. In this sense, there's nothing to worry about."
1.What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph I refer to?
A.Private memories. B.Photo albums
C.Artistic skills. D.Photographs
2.What is the biggest challenge for traditional cameras?
A.Instant access to taking photographs. B.Sharing moments on social media.
C.The development of digital technology. D.Post-production of software on computer.
3.What is Phil Hall's attitude towards the future of traditional cameras?
A.Optimistic. B.Negative. C.Worried. D.Uncertain.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.What a dilemma for cameras! B.What can smartphones do for us?
C.Are smartphones killing cameras? D.Camera producers survive the hard times
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题
We all love to take photographs. it is a simple way to capture (捕捉) a special moment or1.amazing view. Traditional cameras 2. (use)to take pictures in the past decades. But the biggest change has come 3. the development of digital technology. Now we have the smartphone4.has made taking photos 605. (quick)and easier. It's enabled us to take a photo and review it instantly, to handle it using software and to share it like never before-6. (particular)on social media.
Does that mean the traditional camera will eventually become out-of-date? 7.(figure)from Japan show shipments (运送) of digital cameras from companies like Canon and Nikon have dropped 39% year on year. But Phil Hall, editor of TechRadar, thinks there's nothing8. (worry)about because producers are looking at higher-end cameras.
Certainly, the9. (grow)of smartphones opens our eyes to the creative possibilities they provide. But whatever camera viewfinder (取景器) we end up 10. (look)through, it is important to remember the basics of photography and get your subject to say “cheese!”
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. You don’t have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.
◆Wake-up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward(前俯) until you feel sore(酸痛的) in your back. It will use up 10 calories.
◆Start with soup
Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.
◆An apple or more a day
Apples are full of fiber(纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight.
◆Talk it up
Every time you use the cell phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories.Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
1..The text is to encourage you to ______.
A. go on a diet B. give up your favorite foods
C. join a gym D. follow some habits of thin people
2.Which of the following ways is a good choice to become thin?
A. Sit up quickly in the morning. B. Have soup before the main food.
C. Eat rice instead of apples. D. Sit down when using a cell phone.
3.How many skills are there in the text for people to lose weight?
A. Two B. Three
C. Four D. Five
4.The text is most likely to be read ______.
A. in a magazine B. in a dictionary
C. in a story-book D. on a map
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We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good, we try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
1.As a photographer, the author used to ______
A. leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves
B. devote much more to his career than his family
C. miss a great many important historical moments
D. express his love for his family in a special way
2.Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?
A. To cure his own disease.
B. To leave the wilderness alone.
C. To seek a better position.
D. To spend more time with his wife.
3.What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?
A. He takes his work more seriously
B. He has become a stranger to his children.
C. He treasured every bit of time with his family
D. He focuses more on medical care.
4.The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.
A. they regard that as a way to enjoy life
B. snowflakes are what they feed on
C. the snowflakes taste very good
D. there is beautiful light in the snowflakes
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When my friend went to Europe last summer, instead of snapping photographs of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or Stonehenge, she brought back 32 rolls of ... Cathedral(大教堂的) ceilings. Ceilings. For the 10 years I’ve known her I had never suspected that she was this passionate about stained glass.
Still one of the best things about such pictures — despite their obvious narrow appeal — is that they can’t help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them.
So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son’s first camping trip. I opened the envelope, naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire, the sun setting over the forest, and possibly even a deer or two.
Instead, I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes. Not even his tennis shoes, mind you, but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin. Mystery shoes. And that’s not all.
As I went through the stack, I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag, a penny he found in the gravel next to the car, a leaf, an orange sock, a close-up of his father’s ear, a burned hot dog, his thumb, a piece of gum, and many other similar things.
There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack. I couldn’t help thinking that if he’d wanted pictures of assorted junk, it would’ve been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard.
AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend, the mother of three teenagers, who said simply, “There’s nothing wrong with these.”
But of course, this is just the type of answer you’d expect from someone who photographs ceiling.
Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel, restaurant, and gift shop. She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations.
I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better.
Then again, to a 5-year-old boy, finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel. And why would he waste good film on something like, say, some endangered water buffaloes, when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes? Or his shiny new green sleeping bag?
Face it: Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can’t compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow.
So I did what any good mother would do: I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album — right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas.
1.Who might have taken a picture of the back seat of the family car in his or her trip mentioned in this passage?
A. The author’s friend.
B. The author’s son.
C. The author.
D. The author’s friend’s daughter.
2.The author changed her mind on her son’s picture taking because______ .
A. her friend persuaded her to do so
B. her son’s pictures finally struck her
C. she realized the truth by herself inspired by the surrounding examples
D. it suddenly occurred to her that she herself had also taken unique pictures before
3.What can we infer from this passage?
A. Different people perceive the world from different angles, which may vary according to their age, gender, life experiences and so on.
B. The author’s friend is a better mum in terms of educating children.
C. The author will educate her son to take pictures of nature instead of some boring things.
D. The author will take vacation pictures of different kind from her past ones.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
This is not a diet. It is a simple way to lose weight. You do not have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.
Wake-up.
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands with legs straight out, lean forward until you feel sore in your back. It will use up 10 calories.
1..
Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you will feel fuller and you’ll eat less when the main food comes.
2..
Apples are full of fiber and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight.
3..
Every time you use the cell phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more a day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
A. How to lose weight
B. Eat an apple or more a day
C. Talk it up
D. Start with soup
高二英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析
With no better way to express feelings of love and , it’s easy to see why everyone turns to the flower shop on Mothers’ Day.
A．appreciation B．inspiration C．satisfaction D．ambition
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
1．1.2.take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada．
2．Why they suddenly disappeared still 3.a mystery．
3．At this moment, they see a penniless young man 4.on the pavement outside their house．
4．Just 5.you sit here is a great honour!6.7.the bill, sir, please forget it．
5．He could not have Yong Hui 8.away with telling people lies．
6．For forty years Jane Goodall has been 9.about making the rest of the world understand and 10.the life of these animals．
7．He made people laugh at a time when they felt 11., so they could feel more 12.with their lives．
8．Tony 13.Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek!
9．With all these attractions, no wonder 14.is increasing 15.there is a Disneyland．
第四节 书法展示
请抄写下面的文章，注意本题是按照书法的好坏评分的，格式与原文一致。
Dear Peter,
I remember you told me you were interested in teaching in China．Our school now is looking for a native-speaker to teach some courses to senior high students．If you come, you can choose three of the following four courses: Speaking, Writing, Britain Today and American Today, and teach 12 hours a week．The students who are going to take these courses have at least three years of English learning experiences．Besides teaching, you will also work as an advisor to our students’ English club or our school’s English newspaper．
Please let me know if you are interested and if you have any other questions．I’d be more than happy to help．
Best,
Li Hua
高二英语句子填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
We all love our children and we all know how competitive the world is these days. What’s it going to be like when our children leave school? Will they have the skills they need to stay ahead of the competition?
All children need two basic skills to succeed. They must be able to read and they must be able to write. And with so much information available to them these days, they must be able to read quickly and accurately. That’s why your children need to be able to speed-read.
It’s ironic (讽刺的) that at this time of space-age technology, we’ve gone back to one of the earliest forms of mass communication—the written word. The Internet has introduced a revival (重新流行) of writing, and if you can’t keep up, you’ll be left behind. You certainly don’t want your children to be left behind.
You can help to make sure that your children are excellent writers—you can help them to learn how to use their language. Better still, you can learn with them!
You and your children can spend time together in a worthwhile pursuit (事业)—learning how to write. Forget the theme parks, the computer games, the expensive movies and interesting sports. If you want your children to have treasured memories of time spent with you, learn together.
For less than you would pay for tickets to a theme park, you can invest in your children’s future—help them learn to write well with my six-part writing course.
Don’t stand by while your child is left further and further behind.
1.From the last two paragraphs, we can know the main purpose of the passage is_______
A. To encourage students to be better prepared for the future.
B. To list the qualities children must have for their future success.
C. To persuade parents to choose a writing course for their kids.
D. To explain the difficult situation children have to face at present.
2.In the author’s opinion, ______.
A. speed-reading is the first step in a child’s formal education
B. children today waste too much time on games, movies and sports
C. children’s success depends much on good skills in reading and writing
D. writing helps people communicate more effectively in modern society
3.What does the author think of writing as a form of communication now?
A. Important. B. Funny.
C. Informal. D. Old-fashioned.
4.What’s the advantage of children’s learning together with their parents?
A. They will learn more quickly and accurately.
B. They will not be affected by games and sports.
C. It will encourage them to work for a higher pursuit.
D. They will have good memories of time spent with parents.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
句子填空（每空1分；共15分）（每空一词）
1. 96 97 take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.
2. Why they suddenly disappeared still 98 a mystery.
3. At this moment, they see a penniless young man 99 on the pavement outside their house.
4. Just 100 you sit here is a great honour!101 102 the bill, sir, please forget it.
5. He could not have Yong Hui 103 away with telling people lies.
6. For forty years Jane Goodall has been 104 about making the rest of the world understand and 105 the life of these animals.
7. He made people laugh at a time when they felt 106 , so they could feel more 107 with their lives.
8. Tony 108 Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek!
9. With all these attractions, no wonder 109 is increasing 110 there is a Disneyland.
高二英语其他题简单题查看答案及解析
I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?”? He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied ,“There is nothing wrong with it？” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others. ”
I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out of my chosen camera from cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers… and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new options still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
1.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should________.
A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it.
B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others.
C. get more information about different companies.
D. trust him and stop asking questions.
2.What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it ”(paragraph 2)
A. He should get a 50% discount.
B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.
C. The quality of the camera was not good.
D. The camera would soon fall in value.
3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he________.
A. knew very little about it.
B. didn’t trust the shop assistant
C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best.
D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion__________.
A. people waste too much money on cameras
B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product
D. famous companies care more about profit than quality
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