As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Eng...

As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the ______ discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

A. extreme　　 B. complex　　 C. dull　　 D. remarkable

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger”(as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue. I was eager to start, but something made me stop.

“What is an environmental issue?” one kid asked. “What if we don’t care about the environment?” another complained. “It’s not like it affects me.”

These comments astounded me. I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.

In no time, I finished my essay. In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing, it will damage the environment.

There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby (I don’t). There are other ways to help the environment. Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.

I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing is going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children? Or your children’s children?

When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree-hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you care about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were.

1.Why do the students call their teacher “tree-hugger”?

A. She likes hugging trees.

B. She knows a lot about trees.

C. She grew up in the countryside.

D. She cares a lot about the environment.

2.At the beginning, the author stopped writing _____ .

A. to ask some questions

B. because of other kids’ comments

C. to listen to the teacher’s instructions

D. because he had no idea about the topic

3.The underlined word “astounded” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “_____” .

A. helped　　 B. changed　　 C. shocked　　 D. interested

4.Paragraph 5 is mainly about _____ .

A. what we can recycle

B. how we can save the earth

C. why we should protect the earth

D. what damage we are doing to the earth

5.We can infer from the passage that _____ .

A. the students don’t like the teacher

B. the teacher liked the author’s essay

C. the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger

D. the author should have written a better essay

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger”(as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue. I was eager to start, but something made me stop.

“What is an environmental issue?” one kid asked. “What if we don’t care about the environment?” another complained. “It’s not like it affects me.”

These comments astounded me. I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.

In no time, I finished my essay. In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing, it will damage the environment.

There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby (I don’t). There are other ways to help the environment. Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.

I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing is going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children? Or your children’s children?

When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree-hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you care about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were.

1.Why do the students call their teacher “tree-hugger”?

A. She likes hugging trees.

B. She knows a lot about trees.

C. She grew up in the countryside.

D. She cares a lot about the environment.

2.At the beginning, the author stopped writing _____ .

A. to ask some questions

B. because of other kids’ comments

C. to listen to the teacher’s instructions

D. because he had no idea about the topic

3.The underlined word “astounded” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “_____” .

A. helped　　 B. changed

C. shocked　　 D. interested

4.Paragraph 5 is mainly about _____ .

A. what we can recycle

B. how we can save the earth

C. why we should protect the earth

D. what damage we are doing to the earth

5.We can infer from the passage that _____ .

A. the students don’t like the teacher

B. the teacher liked the author’s essay

C. the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger

D. the author should have written a better essay

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Two years ago, Jo acted as a teacher in Papua New Guinea. There was no electricity, water or textbooks in the school. When she knew that the students 1. (die) to learn chemistry, she tried to show 2. (they) chemistry experiments every week. Sometimes, she doubled whether chemistry was relevant 3. these students, because most of them would go back to their villages. Actually, they had no 4. (person) ambition. The local people had a hard life. Their hut was so dark that it took time for one’s eyes 5. (adjust). The only possessions 6. could be seen were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars. They didn’t speak much of the local English dialect. When 7. (sit) around, she loved listening to them softly talking to each other in their language.8. (occupy) with teaching, she had no time for social 9. (activity). Instead, she often joined in their family party. She felt it was 10. privilege to spend a day with them.

高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The exact cause of the crime cannot be remembered as it happened a long time ago, but the punishment is still _______ and vivid: Dig up the fig tree（无花果）in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when sentenced to hard labor in the garden, I suspected this was my parents’ way of _______me to do their dirty work.

It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, cutting it branch by branch and limb by limb, _______all that remained of the once-proud specimen（标本，样本）was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.

“What did that_________ever do to you?” my father said, “You should have left some taproot (主根)of it, at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the_______to Mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly_______school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.

Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he_______me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger_______, making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side_______a common goal.

“Well,” my father said when we________, “we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any________that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can________toenails（指甲）in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did________as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and________when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.

In a perfectly________world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had________the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this________to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood________. My father took a fig from the________and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “________some of that.”

1.A. certain　　 B. strange　　 C. common　　 D. clear

2.A. inviting　　 B. letting　　 C. getting　　 D. helping

3.A. since　　 B. when　　 C. until　　 D. after

4.A. truck　　 B. tool　　 C. tree　　 D. taproot

5.A. rest　　 B. flight　　 C. walk　　 D. ride

6.A. thought over　　 B. talked about　　 C. broke into　　 D. gave up

7.A. forgave　　 B. tricked　　 C. entertained　　 D. joined

8.A. disappeared　　 B. concentrated　　 C. approached　　 D. exploded

9.A. through　　 B. against　　 C. toward　　 D. off

10.A. argued　　 B. continued　　 C. started　　 D. finished

11.A. relationship　　 B. value　　 C. advantage　　 D. chance

12.A. dig　　 B. plant　　 C. remove　　 D. observe

13.A. understand　　 B. determine　　 C. watch　　 D. feel

14.A. confused　　 B. happy　　 C. regretful　　 D. disappointed

15.A. fair　　 B. strange　　 C. usual　　 D. easy

16.A. frogotten　　 B. cut　　 C. helped　　 D. guarded

17.A. task　　 B. answer　　 C. question　　 D. action

18.A. suffering　　 B. misfortune　　 C. sorrow　　 D. rudeness

19.A. bowl　　 B. desk　　 C. kitchen　　 D. fridge

20.A. deserve　　 B. receive　　 C. protect　　 D. suspect

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Long long ago, there was a man who was good at shooting arrows．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer（射手） of the country．The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”

The man could not believe what the servant said，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，and I’m  nothing before him．You must be  with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”

1.The young archer wanted to kill the old man because_______.

2.What do you think would most probably happen next?

3.What lesson can you learn from the story?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Eleven years ago, it seemed as if the world came to an end. My husband of 19 years, the father of my two sons, was diagnosed with terminal cancer (癌症晚期). Over the______of seven months, Bill went from______me easily at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't actually______that. But it was certainly the time when I felt most______. During those seven months, I came to______that whatever else I did in my life, nothing would_______more than taking care of my husband. I discovered that the minor complaint of an annoying coworker, or a flat tire pales (失色) in______with the beauty of sincere laughter, or the______of a bakery. There were moments of______, laughter, and tenderness in every day. I found I could train myself to see beauty______bother.

In the days after Bill's diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver also meant being fully ______as much as possible. During his last weekend, we had dinner together. Later, a relative visited. I______that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of______I’d usually keep to______. Just then, Bill voiced______what I’d been thinking, in that truthful way he had, and I found myself______out loud. I thought I could look after this man forever, but he ______in four days.

Eleven years later, I haven’t made much achievements.______every day, I try to be the person I became during those seven months. I try to be a little less judgmental, a little more generous, a little more______for the small moments in life.

I am a better person for having been Bill's caregiver. It was his last, best______to me.

1.A.routine B.event C.course D.basis

2.A.beating B.hitting C.striking D.winning

3.A.believe B.decide C.think D.mean

4.A.alive B.awake C.ashamed D.embarrassed

5.A.hope B.understand C.admit D.accept

6.A.differ B.matter C.strengthen D.help

7.A.conflict B.conversation C.comparison D.touch

8.A.reputation B.feeling C.sense D.smell

9.A.joy B.fear C.panic D.sadness

10.A.other than B.rather than C.more than D.less than

11.A.comfortable B.present C.absent D.flexible

12.A.noticed B.watched C.felt D.informed

13.A.concept B.suggestion C.thought D.view

14.A.ourselves B.himself C.herself D.myself

15.A.completely B.exactly C.partly D.accurately

16.A.crying B.shouting C.screaming D.laughing

17.A.passed away B.died away C.went away D.got away

18.A.And B.But C.Or D.While

19.A.thoughtful B.powerful C.careful D.grateful

20.A.moment B.experience C.gift D.subject

高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree. 31  at life, I have a good reason to frown, for the world was intent on 32  me down.

And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath 33 me, all tired from play. He stood 34   in front of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!" In his hand was a   35 . What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I 36   a small smile and then looked away.

But instead of 37, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and 38  loudly with certainty, "It sure smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." The weed before me was dying or dead, not vibrant of 39 , orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I 40for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." Again, 41 placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then 42 I noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was 43 .

I heard my voice trembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not realizing the 44he'd had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a 45   woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he 46 my self-indulged plight(困境)? Perhaps he'd been 47  with true sight from his heart by God.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. For all of those times I myself had been blind. I decided to see beauty, and 48  every second that belongs to mine. 49 I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the 50  of a beautiful rose , I smiled as that young boy. Another flower in his hand was about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析

We’ve used the wind as an energy source for a long time. The Babylonians and Chinese were using wind power to pump water for irrigating crops 4,000 years ago, and sailing boats were around long before that. Wind power was used in the Middle Ages, in Europe, to grind(磨碎) corn, which is where the term “windmill” comes from.

We can use the energy in the wind by building a tall tower, with a large propellor（螺旋桨） on the top. The wind blows the propellor round, which turns a generator to produce electricity. We tend to build many of these towers together, to make a “wind farm” and produce more electricity. The more towers, the more wind, and the larger the propellors, the more electricity we can make. It’s only worth building wind farms in places that have strong, steady winds, although boats and caravans（大篷车）increasingly have small wind generators to help keep their batteries charged.

The best places for wind farms are in coastal areas, at the tops of rounded hills, open plains and gaps in mountains — places where the wind is strong and reliable. Some are offshore. To be worthwhile, you need an average wind speed of around 25 km/h. Most wind farms in the UK are in Cornwall or Wales. Isolated places such as farms may have their own wind generators. In California, several “wind farms” supply electricity to homes around Los Angeles.

The propellors are large, to obtain energy from the largest possible volume of air. The blades can be angled to cope with varying wind speeds. Some designs use vertical turbines (垂直涡轮机), which don’t need to be turned to face the wind. The towers are tall, to get the propellors as high as possible, up to where the wind is stronger. This means that the land beneath can still be used for farming.

1.The first paragraph aims to introduce to us _______.

A. the function of wind power                  B. the source of wind power

C. the nations using wind power                            D. the history of using wind power

2.The best places for building the wind farm are places where _______.

A. boats and caravans can often be seen       B. isolated farms don’t have enough electricity

C. there are less human activities                     D. the wind is strong and reliable

3.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A. wind farms will not take up too much farming land

B. wind farms need no fuel because wind is free

C. the blades can be angled to turn to face the wind wherever it comes from

D. the higher and larger the towers are, the stronger the wind is

4.What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Where to build a wind farm.                        B. ABC of the using of wind energy.

C. How to make best use of wind.                    D. Wind energy is the best energy.

5.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means______________________.

A. The blades can increase wind speeds

B. The blades can decrease the wind speeds

C. The speed of blades can be changed.

D. The blades can be adjusted to face different wind speeds

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Their use was ______ by laws, the first of which dates back to the fourteenth century.

A.limited B.limiting

C.to limit D.being limiting

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析