Several years ago, my brother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis(多发性硬化). The disease made him hardly_______or stand-he either used a walking stick or was in his bed. At that time, he was_______and didn’t want to do anything for himself. He was basically_______and letting go. As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves,_______he wasn’t helping himself.
I then_______to change the situation. I walked to his room and told him how frustrated(泄气)we were about helping him and seeing him making no_______to look after himself.
“Is this how you want me to_______?Giving up at very hard obstacle that comes your way?”
“You don’t understand this_______, and it’s not curable.”
I told him it’s really not_______to live with this type of disease, but he should be,________that he has his body intact(完整的). Thank God that he still has a________who loves him and gets up every day in order to help him. Although it was________, I wanted to show him that we could make it through this together.
He must have thought________about my words because several weeks later, he________me and parents. We talked for hours that we can make it through this. At last, he said to me:
“I took my family for granted and I’m________. You are a fighter, and I’m________that you are my sister. I’m sorry that I set the wrong example for you. Please________me.”
When he said this, I didn’t want to forgive him because I was so________with him for so long, but________I forgave him.
Nowadays he’s actually trying to help himself and for the________time, he actually looks hopeful for the good things to come.
1.A.walk B.sit C.speak D.sleep
2.A.nervous B.strange C.upset D.tired
3.A.giving out B.giving over C.giving away D.giving up
4.A.if B.but C.although D.or
5.A.advised B.agreed C.forgot D.decided
6.A.efforts B.preparations C.mistakes D.contributions
7.A.pick up B.take up C.grow up D.put up
8.A.feeling B.trouble C.question D.disease
9.A.difficult B.easy C.interesting D.boring
10.A.grateful B.hopeful C.confident D.comfortable
11.A.neighbour B.family C.group D.doctor
12.A.hard B.simple C.unusual D.useless
13.A.carefully B.quickly C.quietly D.differently
14.A.met B.found C.visited D.greeted
15.A.confused B.satisfied C.happy D.sorry
16.A.afraid B.sure C.surprised D.proud
17.A.believe B.forgive C.remember D.help
18.A.familiar B.patient C.angry D.pleased
19.A.immediately B.eventually C.recently D.secretly
20.A.best B.last C.first D.only
高二英语完形填空中等难度题
完形填空
It happened to me several years ago when I was with my parents and sister on _________ on a farm close to Medellin. We were in a car, and it was 2:00 in the morning. We came across a car _________
As is known to all, it is _________ in some places in Colombia to stop and help strangers because it can be risky (危险的);you can be _________ . Actually, I have heard of so many _________ in which people have been robbed just because they stopped and tried to help people who _________ to need help from the passers-by.
_________ , we didn't know whether to stop or not ; but in the end , _________ , we decided to do it. They had really had a car accident and some of them were _________ . We took them to the hospital. They were really _________ , and we also felt very good about helping them.
I remember the next day when we 51 my grandfathers and uncles about that, they said we shouldn’t have _________ because it was too dangerous. They thought we were _________ because we were able to tell the _________ and still take a vacation on the farm. They _________ us never to do that again.
I think it was risky, but it was worth taking the _________ . Otherwise, we would always have _________ if it was real. Also, if we hadn’t helped them, who knows what would have _________to them.
I believe that one of the reasons why we made up our mind _________ to stop was the fact that we were four people in the car. Maybe if I had been by myself_________I wouldn’t have stopped.
1.A. duty B. time C. show D. vacation
2.A. robbery B. accident C. trade D. race
3.A. convenient B. dangerous C. kind D. difficult
4.A. robbed B. praised C. appreciated D. punished
5.A. passers-by B. cars C. cases D. problems
6.A. refused B. offered C. pretended D. decided
7.A. However B. So C. Otherwise D. Yet
8.A. unluckily B. unwillingly C. unexpectedly D.luckily
9.A.caught B.wounded C. killed D. injured
10.A.thankful B. risky C. peaceful D. frightened
11.A.told B. spoke C. informed D. reminded
12.A.survived B. stopped C. driven D. run
13.A.brave B. kind C. lucky D. stubborn
14.A message B. report C. joke D. story
15.A. advised B. suggested C. persuaded D. forced
16.A. advice B. trouble C. risk D. trip
17.A. wandered B. wondered C. remembered D.regretted
18.A. happened B. faced C. meant D. given
19.A. brains B. decisions C. intentions D. minds
20.A. in the future B. at that time C. at times D. time and again
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When Bill Geske was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, his life was turned upside down.
After being ______ to the emergency room with severe stomach pain, doctors found a tumor in his left kidney and ______ spots on his lungs. For treatment, Geske had the kidney removed and at the time the spots were ______. However, a few months later, he learned from doctors that the cancer had indeed ______.
The situation wasn’t good, and doctors estimated his ______ to be no more than two years. ______ the emotional and physical pains, his personal and family life suffered.
“We have a family business. We have two children who were thrown into the middle of this chaos ______, and they’ve had to grow up very fast and handle the business, which they knew ______ about.” he said.
But ______ all the chaos, there has been one constant: his wife Diane.
Whether it was accompanying him to every doctor’s ______ or cooking his favorite meal, Diane always made sure her husband knew he had her full ______.
“I really see what love is. My wife ______ so much suffering. I’m so ______ to have her fight with me and not against me.” Geske said.
The Geskes ______ that their road has been far from easy—they call it “cruel” in fact—and sometimes they ______ to the stresses of the illness.
But Diane has ______ to learn how to cope with the more difficult times. “If he’s in a mood or having a ______ day, I just leave him alone for a while’’ she said. She also said making time to focus on herself and a life outside of their relationship help keep their ______ strong.
While too many couples grow ______ when one of the partners suffers from a serious illness like cancer, the Geskes grow together. The people that are there for you on your ______ nights are the ones worth spending your brightest days with.
1.A.limited B.rushed C.followed D.invited
2.A.similar B.common C.unusual D.soft
3.A.recognized B.rejected C.distributed D.dismissed
4.A.spread B.arisen C.declined D.disappeared
5.A.interval B.survival C.tolerance D.reservation
6.A.Free from B.Apart from C.Other than D.Rather than
7.A.intentionally B.temporarily C.unexpectedly D.willingly
8.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
9.A.through B.beneath C.toward s D.beside
10.A.amusement B.adjustment C.arrangement D.appointment
11.A.support B.anxiety C.envy D.complaint
12.A.bears B.escapes C.sacrifices D.possesses
13.A.regretful B.lucky C.desperate D.determined
14.A.deny B.predict C.advocate D.admit
15.A.look up B.give in C.come over D.hold on
16.A.failed B.offered C.grown D.intended
17.A.successful B.normal C.special D.terrible
18.A.bond B.mind C.demand D.position
19.A.firm B.apart C.united D.together
20.A.coldest B.loneliest C.darkest D.longest
高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
When I was two years old, I was diagnosed with a sensorineural (感觉神经) hearing loss. My mother cried when she found out—she wanted her son to be happy and able to experience everything life had to offer. I went to a special playgroup twice a week where a nurse discovered I had taught myself to read. I then attended a school for the deaf from age three to six.
I remember looking around the room there. People talked and signed to each other. I had a best friend and I did very well in class. But I told my mother that I wanted to go to the regular school with hearing people, because I felt more like a hearing person than a hearing-impaired (听力受损) one. I didn’t even use sign language! I lip-read and listened with my hearing aids. After visiting a public school for a day, my mother agreed to let me go. Needless to say, I have functioned very well.
Many people don’t even know I am hearing-impaired until they see my hearing aids. My girlfriend often forgets that I have any problem, and I feel fortunate that she does not look down upon people like me. The only problem I have with this hearing loss is that some people discriminate against me. The fact is that I am just as normal as anyone else. The only differences are that others need to speak up, and I have some help from my hearing aids.
The next time you see hearing-impaired people, don’t feel sorry for them—that just gives them an excuse to victimize themselves and hurt their own potential. Instead, encourage them and tell them that a handicap(缺陷)only hurts a person if he or she lets it.
1.Which is TRUE about the author when he was 5?
A. He was diagnosed with hearing loss.
B. He stayed at home with his mother.
C. He attended a school for the deaf.
D. He went to a special playgroup.
2.Why did the author want to attend the regular school?
A. He had few friends at the school.
B. He even didn’t know sign language.
C. He found it hard to fit in with his classmates.
D. He didn’t believe his handicap was a big problem.
3.What was the author’s problem at the regular school?
A. He couldn’t catch up with others.
B. Some people looked down upon him.
C. His girlfriend discriminated against him.
D. He performed poorly with hearing aids.
4.What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A. The disabled should regard themselves as normal.
B. If a person is handicapped, he will hurt himself.
C. A normal person shouldn’t hurt the handicapped.
D. A disabled person should be well treated.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Father was diagnosed with brain cancer during the second half of my senior year. It is a time when all the big events in a girl’s life are happening. However, though in poor condition, father managed to be present at every occasion. His doctor said that by focusing on all my future events, it helped my dad live longer. I guess so because nine days after my high school graduation, my father died.
For the next week after his funeral, I didn’t leave my room or even to shower. Finally, my mom stormed in and said, “Megan, get up. I have something for you to read.” My father’s doctor had sent my mother a letter. It contained the typical “I am sorry for your loss” sentences. But this letter was far from typical. I could physically see the pain this loss had caused him. In his letter, he wrote about how my father inspired him to change his life and the way he worked. He expressed his desire to become a person like my father, who cared more for the people around him and put everyone else first.
After I finished reading it, I decided to live my life. I went outside and got a job as a summer camp advisor. I worked from dawn to dark every day that summer. I gave everything I had to the kids and slowly they helped to heal(治愈) me without even realizing what they were doing.
My summer mirrored parts of the life my father led in his last few days. I had spent the summer months giving myself to children. It was not the senior summer I had always imagined. It wasn’t all about me. I had learned the final lesson my father was teaching me, that in order to lead a rich and happy life, you must learn how to give yourself to others. By helping them you really are helping yourself.
1.The doctor sent the author’s mother a letter mainly to ________.
A.encourage the author’s mother to live a happy life
B.appreciate the author’s father’s influence on him
C.mourn the author’s father’s death
D.show typical concern for the family
2.What do we know about the author’s senior summer?
A.She got a job as her father had expected.
B.She gained quite a lot while helping the kids.
C.She worked hard every day to forget her father.
D.She spent it the way she had always wanted.
3.Which word can best describe the author’s father?
A.Fearless. B.Generous C.Cautious. D.Selfless.
4.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A.Dad's Final Lesson B.My Senior Summer
C.My Father's Death D.An Important Letter
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Several weeks ago I got a call from a good friend whose husband had just been diagnosed with cancer. “Do we tell the kids?” she asked. “_______.” I answered “The boys deserve to know the_______,however heartbreaking it is,” I continued. Adults always insist that children be honest, _______ how many of us are honest with our kids, particularly about the_______ stuff: death, disease, corruption, our own failings?
I believe in telling children the truth. I believe this is vital for their understanding of the world, their confidence, and the _______ of their morals and values. This doesn’t mean kids need to be unnecessarily frightened or told more than they can_______.
Many people think they’re protecting children when they spare them the truth. I _______. I believe children _______ an enviable ability to cope with and _______ what even adults find annoying; they can accept the unacceptable in a way that __________ me. Kids also have an unusual sense when something is __________. They know a fake smile when they see one, they realize when we’re uneasy, and they can __________ when we’re lying.
One night I was in the car with our two oldest daughters. It was dark and cozy — the __________ time for a heart-to-heart conversation. One of our girls said, “Mom, have you ever smoked cigarettes?” I stalled (故意拖延) a little, but the girls __________. They had me and they knew it . __________ I told them the truth. What happened next was an honest and direct__________ about the lure and danger of cigarettes, well worth any discomfort. I believe my honesty was much more__________ than warnings or platitudes (老生常谈).
Time marches on, and so do__________. While I’ve made mistakes as a parent, I do have clear and__________ relationships with each of our children. I believe my being truthful with our children has__________, because I’m pretty sure that now they are honest with me.
1.A.Quickly B.Especially C.Finally D.Absolutely
2.A.truth B.answer C.way D.cause
3.A.and B.but C.or D.for
4.A.new B.dangerous C.tough D.original
5.A.arrangement B.development C.commitment D.assessment
6.A.prevent B.enjoy C.handle D.skip
7.A.survive B.hesitate C.admit D.disagree
8.A.possess B.seek C.balance D.skip
9.A.make notes of B.make use of C.make sense of D.make mention of
10.A.scares B.astonishes C.discourages D.embarrasses
11.A.over B.important C.wrong D.impossible
12.A.tell B.pretend C.monitor D.interrupt
13.A.local B.perfect C.long D.last
14.A.quarreled B.laughed C.insisted D.sighed
15.A.Again B.Instead C.Otherwise D.Therefore
16.A.concern B.discussion C.defense D.complaint
17.A.effective B.careful C.emotional D.gentle
18.A.parents B.dreams C.grades D.children
19.A.special B.proper C.open D.personal
20.A.fell off B.went off C.set off D.paid off
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing. Fishing was his hobby, but I 36 went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I 37 the hook into the sea from there. Frankly speaking, I am a (n)38 person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught 39. It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I 40 the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.
After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was 41 time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock 42 throwing it into the sea. I was not in the 43 to continue fishing any more.
When I was 44 the fishing tools, I noticed a little girl looking at the starfish on the rock. We 45 looks with each other. The little girl spoke to me in a 46voice. “Sir, would you mind if I 47 the starfish back into the sea?”“Not at all,” I replied. “"But you know, there are too many starfish in the sea, and they eat many shellfish. 48, they look so ugly. I don't like them.”
“I understand,” said the little girl. “But if the starfish cannot get back to the sea, it will be 49 by the sun and die. My dead grandfather once told me that there are no living creatures that have no right to exist in the world. God 50 every creature because it was needed by nature. Poisonous snakes, spiders, and starfish were born into this world with a certain 51 for their existence.”
“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling 52. The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she 53 at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”
Many people like "cute" creatures such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, while they tend to dislike “ugly” creatures such as snakes, spiders, and starfish. However, the “cuteness” and “ugliness” of things are decided 54 only on one’s personal opinions. There are no living creatures that have no55 in the world-- this is what I learned from the little girl.
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高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Several years ago, I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but that book was ______ repeatedly. Everybody was asking, “How’s the book coming?” I was so ______.
My friend got together one day and I blurted out(脱口而出), “I don’t know my purpose in life.” The outburst was met with ______ and stares. Finally, Pam said, “I don’t know, either.” She was in a job she ______. Teresa said, “Me either.” I was sure that Bette would have a(n) ______. She was suffering from cancer and, surely she had figured things out since she was facing a likely terminal outcome. ______, she shook her head.
Two years passed and, during that time, I sold my ______, Teresa went back to school, Pam switched ______, and Bette kept on living as best as she could.
Actually, for those two years, Bette lived a ______ life than any of us. She built a butterfly garden in her neighborhood. She spent time with her family, went hiking, ______ and lived.
My book was finally ______and Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the ______ as she was seriously ill. I left on tour for several weeks, and when I______, she was close to ______.
The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had ______. He asked me to write her obituary(讣告). I thought about how she’d filled every moment with as much joy as she could find. That obituary wasn’t a list of ______. It was the story of a woman who lived ______ what life threw at her, she lived.
That was when I ______ what I’d learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That’s all any of us are here to do. In the end, the only thing that ______ is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with ______
1.A. read B. printed C. rejected D. written
2.A. excited B. confident C. envious D. embarrassed
3.A. darkness B. smoke C. danger D. silence
4.A. hated B. lost C. found D. created
5.A. present B. answer C. dream D. excuse
6.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. otherwise
7.A. house B. car C. paper D. book
8.A. jobs B. methods C. topics D. channels.
9.A. fuller B. poorer C. sadder D. simpler
10.A. complained B. shouted C. laughed D. learned
11.A. revised B. published C. reviewed D. translated
12.A. hospital B. school C. garden D. company
13.A. hollowed B. returned C. escaped D. recovered
14.A. success B. death C. trouble D. wealth
15.A. given up B. shown off C. turned down D. passed away
16.A. requirements B. suggestions C. achievements D. agreements
17.A. Other than B. Rather than C. Regardless of D. In case of
18.A. guessed B. decided C. expected D. realized
19.A. works B. matters C. exists D. changes
20.A. life B. trust C. luck D. nature
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
The last time we had a family reunion was ________ my brother’s wedding ceremony four years ago.
A.over B.at C.on D.in
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Seventy years ago I was quite a small little girl, the baby of the family, with an older brother and sister. My father was very ill at the time, and my mother took in sewing(缝纫) of any kind so we could live. She would sew far into the night with an old sewing machine. She never complained even when the food would be very scarce. She would sew until the early hours of morning.
Things were very bad that particular winter. Then a letter came from where her sewing machine was bought, saying that they would have to pick up her machine the next day unless payments were brought up to date. I remember when she read the letter I became frightened; I could picture us starving to death and all sorts of things that could come to a child‘s mind. My mother did not appear to be worried, however, and seemed to be quite calm about the matter. I, on the other hand, cried myself to sleep, wondering what would become of our family. Mother said God would not disappoint her, that he never had. I couldn‘t see how God was going to help us keep this old sewing machine.
The day when the men came for our machine arrived. There was a knock at the kitchen door. I was frightened as a child would be, for I was sure it was those men who would take away our sewing machine. Instead, a nicely dressed man stood at our door with a darling baby in his arms.
He asked my mother if she was Mrs. Hill. When she said she was, he said, "I‘m in trouble this morning and you have been recommended by the druggist and grocer down the street as an honest and wonderful woman. My wife was rushed to the hospital this morning, and since we have no relatives here, and I must open my dentist office, I have nowhere to leave my baby. Could you possibly take care of her for a few days?" He continued, "I will pay you in advance." With this he took out ten dollars and gave it to my mother.
Mother said, "Yes, yes, I will be glad to do so," and took the baby from his arms. When the man left, my mother turned to me with tears streaming down a face that looked as though a light was shining on it. She said, "I knew God would never let them take away my machine."
1.The turning point in the story may refer to ______.
A. a letter to the family
B. the man’s coming for help
C. the man’s wife being rushed to the hospital
D. the nicely dressed man’s trouble
2.Why did the man turn to the writer’s mother for help?
A. The people around him recommended the mother to him.
B. He was familiar with the mother.
C. The mother had sewn for him.
D. The mother was hired by the man.
3.According to the text all the following are true to the man EXCEPT _____.
A. his wife stayed in hospital
B. he was confused when in trouble
C. he had few men to turn to for help
D. he was a dentist
4.What does mother mean by saying “I knew God would never let them take away my machine?”
A. God can solve all the problem.
B. The sewing machine is my only support.
C. Never give up when in trouble.
D. Everybody should believe in God.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Several years ago, my brother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis(多发性硬化). The disease made him hardly_______or stand-he either used a walking stick or was in his bed. At that time, he was_______and didn’t want to do anything for himself. He was basically_______and letting go. As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves,_______he wasn’t helping himself.
I then_______to change the situation. I walked to his room and told him how frustrated(泄气)we were about helping him and seeing him making no_______to look after himself.
“Is this how you want me to_______?Giving up at very hard obstacle that comes your way?”
“You don’t understand this_______, and it’s not curable.”
I told him it’s really not_______to live with this type of disease, but he should be,________that he has his body intact(完整的). Thank God that he still has a________who loves him and gets up every day in order to help him. Although it was________, I wanted to show him that we could make it through this together.
He must have thought________about my words because several weeks later, he________me and parents. We talked for hours that we can make it through this. At last, he said to me:
“I took my family for granted and I’m________. You are a fighter, and I’m________that you are my sister. I’m sorry that I set the wrong example for you. Please________me.”
When he said this, I didn’t want to forgive him because I was so________with him for so long, but________I forgave him.
Nowadays he’s actually trying to help himself and for the________time, he actually looks hopeful for the good things to come.
1.A.walk B.sit C.speak D.sleep
2.A.nervous B.strange C.upset D.tired
3.A.giving out B.giving over C.giving away D.giving up
4.A.if B.but C.although D.or
5.A.advised B.agreed C.forgot D.decided
6.A.efforts B.preparations C.mistakes D.contributions
7.A.pick up B.take up C.grow up D.put up
8.A.feeling B.trouble C.question D.disease
9.A.difficult B.easy C.interesting D.boring
10.A.grateful B.hopeful C.confident D.comfortable
11.A.neighbour B.family C.group D.doctor
12.A.hard B.simple C.unusual D.useless
13.A.carefully B.quickly C.quietly D.differently
14.A.met B.found C.visited D.greeted
15.A.confused B.satisfied C.happy D.sorry
16.A.afraid B.sure C.surprised D.proud
17.A.believe B.forgive C.remember D.help
18.A.familiar B.patient C.angry D.pleased
19.A.immediately B.eventually C.recently D.secretly
20.A.best B.last C.first D.only
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析