Folk-rocker Richie Havens, who died on April 22 at the age of 72, will be remembered for many things, among which his performance at Woodstock in 1969 made him into music history.
He wasn’t supposed to open the festival—he was scheduled to play fifth that day. Plans changed when the opening band, Sweetwater, got caught in traffic, Michael Lang, producer of the festival, said he chose Havens “because of his calm but powerful manner”. His performance went overtime because the next act was stuck in traffic, too. This led Richie Havens to create on the spot what became one of the most significant moments of the Woodstock Festival: his performance of “Freedom”.
The oldest of nine children, Havens was raised in the poor Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he dreamed of growing up to be a surgeon, but set off on a musical path as a teenager. Forming a music group in high school, he then landed in New York’s Greenwich Village folk clubs at 17. He soon stood out from the other young singers.
He recorded two albums on small labels (公司) before signing with Bob Dylan’s manager, Albert Grossman. He then joined a larger label and went on to tour for more than 40 years, making close to 30 albums.
Besides a good songwriter, Richie Havens was also an outstanding song interpreter. In many occasions he’d tell of spending three days learning Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”: “I wasn’t born to sing so I practiced the song over and over again in a stairwell.” One night, a man stopped him and said it was the best version he’d ever heard. Havens always ended the story by saying: “that’s how I first met Bob Dylan.”
1.What can we know about the Woodstock Festival in 1969?
A. Michael Lang was to blame for the traffic.
B. The first four bands all got stuck in the traffic.
C. Richie Havens was the only one invited to play.
D. It offered a chance to Richie Havens to success.
2.What plays an important role in Havens’ success?
A. Good luck. B. Timely help. C. Hard work. D. Great talent.
3.The underlined “a man” in the last paragraph actually refers to ________.
A. Bob Dylan B. Alert Grossman C. Michael Lang D. Richie Havens
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. Richie released 30 albums in total in his life
B. Richie grew up in a wonderful environment
C. Richie played Freedom without preparation
D. Richie dreamed to be a singer since childhood
高二英语短文简单题
Folk-rocker Richie Havens, who died on April 22 at the age of 72, will be remembered for many things, among which his performance at Woodstock in 1969 made him into music history.
He wasn’t supposed to open the festival—he was scheduled to play fifth that day. Plans changed when the opening band, Sweetwater, got caught in traffic, Michael Lang, producer of the festival, said he chose Havens “because of his calm but powerful manner”. His performance went overtime because the next act was stuck in traffic, too. This led Richie Havens to create on the spot what became one of the most significant moments of the Woodstock Festival: his performance of “Freedom”.
The oldest of nine children, Havens was raised in the poor Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he dreamed of growing up to be a surgeon, but set off on a musical path as a teenager. Forming a music group in high school, he then landed in New York’s Greenwich Village folk clubs at 17. He soon stood out from the other young singers.
He recorded two albums on small labels (公司) before signing with Bob Dylan’s manager, Albert Grossman. He then joined a larger label and went on to tour for more than 40 years, making close to 30 albums.
Besides a good songwriter, Richie Havens was also an outstanding song interpreter. In many occasions he’d tell of spending three days learning Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”: “I wasn’t born to sing so I practiced the song over and over again in a stairwell.” One night, a man stopped him and said it was the best version he’d ever heard. Havens always ended the story by saying: “that’s how I first met Bob Dylan.”
1.What can we know about the Woodstock Festival in 1969?
A. Michael Lang was to blame for the traffic.
B. The first four bands all got stuck in the traffic.
C. Richie Havens was the only one invited to play.
D. It offered a chance to Richie Havens to success.
2.What plays an important role in Havens’ success?
A. Good luck. B. Timely help. C. Hard work. D. Great talent.
3.The underlined “a man” in the last paragraph actually refers to ________.
A. Bob Dylan B. Alert Grossman C. Michael Lang D. Richie Havens
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. Richie released 30 albums in total in his life
B. Richie grew up in a wonderful environment
C. Richie played Freedom without preparation
D. Richie dreamed to be a singer since childhood
高二英语短文简单题查看答案及解析
___ against cancer for many years, Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, who died at the age of fifty-six, made technology fun.
A．Fighting B．To fight C．Fought D．Having fought
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President Barack Obama rode a bicycle at the White House Science Fair on April 22. But it wasn’t an ordinary bike. As he pedaled, the President stayed in place, while the energy from his pedaling powered a water filtration (过滤) system. He was testing an invention created by a team of 14 students from Northeast High School, in Oakland Park, Florida.
Payton Karr, 16, and Kiona Elliot, 18, attended the fair as representatives of the project.“We were hoping President Obama would ride the bike, but we didn’t actually expect him to,” Payton told TFK. “ It really meant a lot.” Kiona agreed. “It was pretty awesome to see the invention, which was invented by a group of 14 high school students and one teacher, along with the help of community members, got the interest of the leader of our nation,” she said.
The project was an idea that came about after one of the Northeast students, Kalie Hoke, visited Haiti after the terrible 2010 earthquake and saw how difficult it was to find clean water. The students invented a portable(便携的), bicycle-powered emergency water filtration system, which can provide 20-30 people with drinking water in a 15-hour period. The teens hope their invention will one day be used by relief organizations like the Red Cross. “ They can take it to places after natural disasters so that water can be clean for the people there,” said Payton.
Payton and Kiona were among the 100 students from more than 40 states invited to the third annual White House Science Fair, in Washington, D.C., which is also attended by leaders in science and education. President Obama started the event in 2010 to stimulate students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths).“Well, if you’re a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, you ought to be recognized for that achievement,” Obama said when he first announced the fair.
President Obama praised the projects during a speech to attendees after the fair. “The science fair projects of today could become the products and businesses of tomorrow,” he said. “If you’re inventing things in the third grade, what are you going to do by the time you get to college?”
1.What is special about the bicycle President Obama rode?
A. It can move very fast.
B. It is extremely beautiful.
C. It is used to make water clean.
D. It is made of eco-friendly materials.
2.The representatives of the bicycle-powered water filtration system_________.
A. were both community members
B. graduated from a famous university
C. finished the project with the help of their parents
D. were surprised that their invention interested Obama
3.The bicycle-powered water filtration system was designed ________________.
A. at the request of the Red Cross
B. for city families to get pure water
C. during the terrible 2010 earthquake in Haiti
D. to provide people in disaster areas with clean water
4.The underlined word “stimulate” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by _________.
A. help B. inspire C. change D. entertain
5.We can know from the last sentence in the passage that President Obama _____.
A. wanted the youth to have big dreams
B. encouraged the youth to go to college
C. worried the young inventors would do nothing in college
D. believed the young inventors would have a promising future
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Michael Herr, who has died aged 76, was the author of Dispatches (1977), the best book about the Vietnam War. It took Herr eight years to write Dispatches, in part because he went home from Saigon with a bad case of stress disorder. He had gone to Vietnam as a journalist for Esquire magazine. An American general asked him whether he was there to write about military fashion and humor. No. He wrote little for Esquire, but took advantage of the US government’s decision to allow journalists extraordinary access to go to war with the soldiers. He shared their discomforts and their fears, witnessed their death and recorded their language.
His own language, a stream of consciousness pulsing with energy, but masterfully controlled, captured the fear and the horror, but also the excitement, of the war in the jungle and paddy fields. He recorded with a connoisseur’s expertise (行家专长) such details as the many ways in which soldiers would wish each other good luck, and the degrees of madness that were considered acceptable.
The power of the book, perhaps, comes from Herr’s insistence on describing the war, or more precisely his own responses to it, rather than protesting against it. It also comes from the ceaseless accompaniment of two elements, drugs and music — more particularly rock music, and especially the music of Jimi Hendrix. Herr himself spent drug-fuelled weekends in a flat in Saigon, staring at an ancient French map of Indochina. He met soldiers with a left pocket full of Dexedrine, the “upper” (兴奋剂) officially administered by the army to get them into battle, and a right pocket full of “downers” (镇定剂) to get them through it.
Dispatches did not come out until 1977, when the country was beginning to have its mind on other problems, but it did more, perhaps, than any other book to freeze an image of despair and a sense of waste about the war, rather as the trench poets of 1914 —1918 did in Britain.
Herr also made vital contributions to two of the most influential Vietnam films Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. His work, in the book and the two films, has been seen as part of the process whereby the US came to see itself and its history no longer merely through traditional literature, but in sounds and images.
1.Why did Michael Herr go to Vietnam during the war years?
A. To join the soldiers in military actions.
B. To report military actions and advances.
C. To give an authentic account of the war.
D. To write about military fashion and humor.
2.Which of the following about Dispatches is true?
A. It truly reflects Herr’s responses to the war.
B. Music and drugs give the author inspiration.
C. Its language is casually selected and organized.
D. It fully describes Herr’s protest against the war.
3.US soldiers brought drugs with them during the war most probably because .
A. they suffered stress disorder
B. they were addicted to drugs
C. they used them to cure the wounds
D. they exchanged them for music records
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Herr directed two influential Vietnam films.
B. Herr’s work played a positive role in traditional literature.
C. Herr stopped writing after the book Dispatches was published.
D. Herr’s work offered Americans more ways to know themselves.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
World-famous scientist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He was often called the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein. But his amazing career actually started as a young man who struggled to get around to doing his homework at Oxford University where he studied physics. He then went on to Cambridge to research cosmology, the study of the origin of universe.
When he was 21, Hawking's life hit a big hurdle. He was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. The disease causes the brain to stop sending messages to a person's muscles. At the time, doctors said he would only live for around 2 years, but he proved them very, very wrong.
And with the help of a special wheelchair and speech computer, Hawking spent much of his time researching the beginning of the universe and black holes. His most famous discovery was probably when he demonstrated that black holes emit some radiation, which has since become known as Hawking Radiation. He also spent a lot of time thinking about what existed before the big bang.
Hawking wrote books that explained his big ideas in ways that could be understood by the average person. In 1988 he published A Brief History of Time. It became really popular and sold more than 10 million copies. However, he wasn't just known for his books. He also had a lot of fun becoming a regular on TV screens around the world. He even had a big Hollywood film made about his life.
Throughout his life Stephen Hawking inspired people to look beyond our planet and expand our knowledge of the universe. His family says that he'll be greatly missed and the legacy of his amazing ideas will live on.
1.Why does the author mention Albert Einstein in Paragraph 1?
A. To tell us Hawking was a great physicist.
B. To compare the two famous people.
C. To show he was Hawking's teacher.
D. To identify a special period further.
2.How did Hawking prove the doctor's wrong?
A. He did many experiments.
B. He made some comparisons.
C. He tried to send signals to his muscles.
D. He lived for long like other common people.
3.What was Hawking famous for most?
A. Big bang.
B. Black holes.
C. Radiation from the black holes.
D. A big Hollywood film about the universe.
4.What does Hawking's family think of him?
A. He'll be forgotten soon.
B. His idea of the universe is valuable.
C. He won't be understood completely.
D. He won't be found by others any more.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
When Meghan died in a car accident at the age of sixteen, Colleen Keefe together with another friend wrote the following to remember her:
When I heard the news of you __________ us so soon, all I could do was hug my blanket to me. On my way down to __________ your mom and dad, I realized I needed to give you a __________ of me. I could not cut out my heart, even though it is __________ at this time. So I give to you, my friend, a piece of my blanket in the __________ of a heart. Attached to it is a(n) __________ of the three of us—you, me and Shauna.
Now, I have to __________ that this blanket was given to me by my grandfather, who is in heaven with you. He will __________ the blanket. He might not recognize my picture, as he has been gone for over fourteen years. But don’t be __________--he’s really a teddy bear. Give him a big hug and a kiss __________ me, and tell him I said to take care of you. He will __________.
Now that we know you are being taken __________ of, we can move on with our lives. We found out that one who received your organ donation is doing __________. Even in your __________ you have helped others. We will be seeing your family soon, and staying in __________ with everyone.
Good-bye, my friend, we__________ you already. You will never be __________ from our thoughts. Give us courage when we are heading in the __________ direction and, of course, keep “dancing”.
Every time I __________ my blanket around me I will __________ your presence. Stay warm.
1.A. expecting B. leaving C. seeing D. separating
2.A. comfort B. help C. advise D. introduce
3.A. piece B. block C. part D. lot
4.A. moved B. read C. hardened D. broken
5.A. shape B. size C. number D. length
6.A. email B. description C. picture D. letter
7.A. order B. warn C. know D. explain
8.A. use B. recognize C. hide D. catch
9.A. afraid B. mistaken C. satisfied D. careless
10.A. to B. from C. for D. with
11.A. never B. anyway C. possibly D. hardly
12.A. care B. advantage C. possession D. charge
13.A. badly B. quickly C. faithfully D. well
14.A. life B. work C. death D. study
15.A. line B. touch C. agreement D. time
16.A. miss B. love C. find D. forget
17.A. far B. long C. beneficial D. alone
18.A. right B. same C. new D. wrong
19.A. hold B. wrap C. cover D. tie
20.A. drop B. stop C. feel D. mention
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
1.The girl was a_________ by a kind family at the age of four when her parents died.
2.The ________(名声)of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection.
3.We can be f__________ about your starting date, for it hasn’t been fixed yet.
4.I need to e_________ this blouse for a bigger size. It is too tight for me.
5.The scientists’ inventions have made great _________(贡献) to our society.
6.For _______(方便), it is divided roughly into three zones.
7.You don’t sound very ______ (热情的) about his suggestion of going for a picnic this weekend.
8.The mayor has ________ (安排) for a car to pick you up at the airport.
9.He was accused of murdering the woman, and finally he was proved g______ and put to prison.
10.Shyness is supposed to be a _________(障碍) to communication.
高二英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948．Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world．
The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure．
High blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes（中风）．If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can also cause blindness, irregularities of the heartbeat and heart failure．The risk of developing these complications is higher in the presence of other risk factors such as diabetes（糖尿病）．One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure and this increases with age, from 1 in 10 people in their 20s and 30s to 5 in 10 people in their 50s．High blood pressure is most common in some low-income countries in Africa, with over 40% of adults in many African countries thought to be affected．
However, high blood pressure is both preventable and treatable．In some developed countries, prevention and treatment of it has brought about a reduction in deaths from heart disease．The risk of developing high blood pressure can be reduced by: reducing salt intake; eating a balanced diet; avoiding harmful use of alcohol; taking regular physical activity; keeping a healthy body weight; and avoiding tobacco use．
The final and most important goal of World Health Day 2013 is to reduce heart attacks and strokes, which includes as follows:
1．to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of high blood pressure;
2．to provide information on how to prevent high blood pressure
3．to encourage adults to check their blood pressure and to follow the advice of health-care professionals．
1.High blood pressure can cause medical problems like_____．
A．heart diseases, strokes and blindness．
B．strokes, heart failure and diabetes．
C．heart attacks, blindness and diabetes．
D．heart troubles, strokes and cancers．
2.Who are most likely to be affected by high blood pressure?
A．Those who are in their 20s．
B．Those who are in their 30s．
C．Those who are in their 40s．
D．Those who are in their 50s．
3.Which of the following can NOT reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure?
A．Less salt intake． B．Putting on weight．
C．Regular exercise． D．No smoking．
4.The text is mainly about______．
A．the theme for World Health Day 2013．
B．the causes of high blood pressure．
C．the treatment of heart attacks and strokes．
D．how to reduce the risk of high blood pressure．
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world.
The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes(中风). If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can also cause blindness, irregularities of the heartbeat and heart failure. The risk of developing these complications is higher in the presence of other risk factors such as diabetes(糖尿病). One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure and this increases with age, from 1 in 10 people in their 20s and 30s to 5 in 10 people in their 50s. High blood pressure is most common in some low-income countries in Africa, with over 40% of adults in many African countries thought to be affected.
However, high blood pressure is both preventable and treatable. In some developed countries, prevention and treatment of it has brought about a reduction in deaths from heart disease. The risk of developing high blood pressure can be reduced by: reducing salt intake; eating a balanced diet; avoiding harmful use of alcohol; taking regular physical activity; keeping a healthy body weight; and avoiding tobacco use.
The final and most important goal of World Health Day 2013 is to reduce heart attacks and strokes, which includes as follows:
1.to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of high blood pressure;
2.to provide information on how to prevent high blood pressure
3.to encourage adults to check their blood pressure and to follow the advice of health-care professionals.
1.High blood pressure can cause medical problems like_____.
A．heart diseases, strokes and blindness B．strokes, heart failure and diabetes
C．heart attacks, blindness and diabetes D．heart troubles,strokes and cancers
2.Who are most likely to be affected by high blood pressure?
A．Those who are in their 20s B．Those who are in their 30s
C．Those who are in their 40s D．Those who are in their 50s
3.Which of the following can NOT reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure?
A．Less salt intake B．Putting on weight C．Regular exercise D．No smoking
4.The text is mainly about______.
A．the theme for World Health Day 2013 B．the causes of high blood pressure
C．the treatment of heart attacks and strokes D．how to reduce the risk of high blood pressure
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读理解。
Children who read for pleasure at the age of 10 have far higher vocabulary scores by the age of 42.
Researchers at the Institute of Education(IOE)have found that the most crazy childhood readers score far higher on vocabulary tests 30 years later.The new study suggests that children who read for pleasure carry the intellectual(智力的)benefits with them far into adulthood.
“The long-term influence of reading for pleasure on vocabulary that we have identified may be because the frequent childhood readers continued to read throughout their twenties and thirties,”says lead author Professor Alice Sullivan at the IOE.Researchers followed 9,400 British people from the age of 10 up to 42.Their vocabulary was tested using a simple quiz which asked participants to match up words to the most similar meaning.
Those who had regularly read for pleasure at 10 scored 67 percent at the age of 42,while infrequent childhood readers scored only 51 percent.
The IOE study also found that what people chose to read as adults mattered as much as how often they read.The greatest improvements between ages 16 and 42 were made by readers of ‘elegant’ fictions such as Booker Prize winning novels.And they found that readers of quality newspapers,including online versions,made more progress in vocabulary throughout their lives than those who read tabloids.
In addition,generally speaking,the adult readers who especially read broadsheets(宽幅印刷品)scored 76 percent on the assessment compared to 57 percent amongst those who didn’t.
1.Why did frequent childhood readers have higher vocabulary scores?
A.Because they are born intelligent.
B.Because they formed the consistent reading habit.
C.Because they were crazy about pleasure.
D.Because they had a comfortable childhood.
2.What may not affect the adult readers’ vocabulary scores?
A.The contents of reading.
B.The design of the page.
C.Versions online or not.
D.The frequency of reading.
3.What does the underlined word“tabloids”mean in the text?
A.Newspapers of low quality.
B.Newspapers of high quality.
C.Elegant fictions.
D.Large vocabulary.
4.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Intelligence has a great influence on vocabulary.
B.Reading materials matter much for children.
C.Broadsheet newspapers are best for boosting vocabulary.
D.Children who read for pleasure have larger vocabulary when they grow up.
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