The son of a piano producer, Elwyn Brooks White was born in Mount Vernon in a wealthy family.And he was raised with the mix of sophistication(富有经验)and common sense that would mark his writing.
After graduation, White spent a year as a newspaper reporter in New York City, then decided to drive across the country with a friend.The trip gave White a lifetime of anecdotes.“When they ran out of money," White's friend, James Thurber, noted, "they played for their supper and their gasoline on an interesting musical instrument that White had made out of some pieces of wire and an old shoe."
When White returned to New York City in the mid-1920s, he spent a few years bouncing between advertising jobs and unemployment before trying his hand again at writing.Not very seriously, he sent some essays to a new magazine called The New Yorker.Since its founding in 1925, the magazine had struggled to find its niche, and White's work helped put The New Yorker on the map.His essays were funny and sophisticated; they spoke equally to socialites(社会名流)and cab drivers, professors and repairmen.Through his essays, which he wrote for nearly 50 years, White helped give The New Yorker its voice and identity.
In 1945, already a leading literary figure, White switched to his second occupation writing children's books.He moved from New York to a farm in Maine, where he raised chickens and geese. Seeking a way to amuse his nieces and nephews, White started to write stories for them.“Children were always after me to tell them a story and I found I couldn't do it," he said.“ So I had to get it down on paper.”
By the time he died from Alzheimer's disease in 1985, White's essays had appeared in more literary collections in colleges than those of any other writer.Many said his essays matched his personality: sophisticated without being simple, critical without being mean.
1.What do we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. White took the trip to realize his lifelong dream.
B. The trip had a lasting effect on White's personality.
C. The travelling companion found White's music talent.
D. White had many experiences to talk about after the trip.
2.The underlined part "its niche" means something that .
A. suits its sponsors' tastes
B. protects its social identity
C. helps to build its own style
D. voices its authors' concern
3.What do we know about White's works?
A. They originally came from the stories told by his nieces.
B. They were intended for people of different social status.
C. They helped The New Yorker find its position on the map.
D. They were chosen by college textbooks when they came out.
高二英语阅读理解简单题
The son of a piano producer, Elwyn Brooks White was born in Mount Vernon in a wealthy family.And he was raised with the mix of sophistication(富有经验)and common sense that would mark his writing.
After graduation, White spent a year as a newspaper reporter in New York City, then decided to drive across the country with a friend.The trip gave White a lifetime of anecdotes.“When they ran out of money," White's friend, James Thurber, noted, "they played for their supper and their gasoline on an interesting musical instrument that White had made out of some pieces of wire and an old shoe."
When White returned to New York City in the mid-1920s, he spent a few years bouncing between advertising jobs and unemployment before trying his hand again at writing.Not very seriously, he sent some essays to a new magazine called The New Yorker.Since its founding in 1925, the magazine had struggled to find its niche, and White's work helped put The New Yorker on the map.His essays were funny and sophisticated; they spoke equally to socialites(社会名流)and cab drivers, professors and repairmen.Through his essays, which he wrote for nearly 50 years, White helped give The New Yorker its voice and identity.
In 1945, already a leading literary figure, White switched to his second occupation writing children's books.He moved from New York to a farm in Maine, where he raised chickens and geese. Seeking a way to amuse his nieces and nephews, White started to write stories for them.“Children were always after me to tell them a story and I found I couldn't do it," he said.“ So I had to get it down on paper.”
By the time he died from Alzheimer's disease in 1985, White's essays had appeared in more literary collections in colleges than those of any other writer.Many said his essays matched his personality: sophisticated without being simple, critical without being mean.
1.What do we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. White took the trip to realize his lifelong dream.
B. The trip had a lasting effect on White's personality.
C. The travelling companion found White's music talent.
D. White had many experiences to talk about after the trip.
2.The underlined part "its niche" means something that .
A. suits its sponsors' tastes
B. protects its social identity
C. helps to build its own style
D. voices its authors' concern
3.What do we know about White's works?
A. They originally came from the stories told by his nieces.
B. They were intended for people of different social status.
C. They helped The New Yorker find its position on the map.
D. They were chosen by college textbooks when they came out.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Edward Sims was born in 1892. He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert and Dora Sims. Herbert was a blacksmith(铁匠), and had a thriving trade making horseshoes. He was determined that his first-born son would follow him into the blacksmith. For this reason, Edward had to leave school at the age of 12,and worked with his father.
However, Edward was not cut out to be a blacksmith. Although he has an athletic body, he didn't have strong arms like his father, and he felt dizzy in the heat of the smithy. When he tried to find alternative employment, he found it difficult because he had never learnt to read or write.
One day, he went for an interview at a solictior’s office. The job was a runner, taking documents from the office to other offices in the city. The solicitor was pleased to see that Edward was physically fit, but when he discovered that the young man couldn't read or write, he decided against employing him. "How can you deliver documents to other offices," he asked, "if you can't read the addresses on them?"
Bitterly disappointed, Edward left the building and went to wait for a tram to take him back to the suburb where his father’s smithy was. Next to the bus stop, a man was selling newspapers from a stand .
"Excuse me, son?" he said. "Would you look after my stand for a moment?"
For the next 20 minutes, Edward sold newspapers, lots of them. When the man came back, he was so delighted with his new assistant's honesty, that he offered him a job. Edward took it immediately.
In the next few months, the two men progressed from working on newspaper stands to selling newspapers, tobacco,confectionery(糖果点心)and other goods in a shop. Then they opened a second shop, and a third. Eventually, they had a chain of 25 shops in three cities.
Edward became very rich, so he employed a tutor to teach him to read and write. The tutor was amazed at what Edward had achieved. "Imagine what you could do if you’d been able to read and write when you were younger!" he said.
“Yes!” said Edward. “I could have run myself to exhaustion delivering documents for a solicitor!”
1.What would be the best title for the text?
A.Success of illiterate newsboy
B.Local blacksmith becomes famous
C.The thriving trade of the blacksmith
D.Reading and writing-the road to success
2.What can you infer from the underlined expression “not cut out to be” in the second paragraph?
A.Edward Sims did not like being a blacksmith.
B.Edward Sims did not like working with his father.
C.Edward Sims was not strong enough and it made him feel ill.
D.Edward Sims was good at it but wanted to do another job.
3.When Edward applied for the job as a runner for a solicitor, ________.
A.the solicitor turned him down because he wasn’t intelligent enough
B.the solicitor offered him the job because he was so fit
C.the solicitor gave him the job but told him he had to learn to read
D.the solicitor didn’t offer him the job because he couldn’t read
4.Which of the following is NOT ture about Edward Sims?
A.He was such a good salesman that he went on to own 25 newsagent shops with another man.
B.The newspaperman liked him so much he gave him a job.
C.He ran himself into exhaustion delivering papers.
D.He learnt to read and write.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Giacomo Puccini was born in 1858 and was a son of a musical director. __ 51He is remembered as a master of opera.
52Many early forerunners of Impressionistic Music including Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Schoenberg and Stravinsky, inspired him greatly.
Turandot, an opera based on an Italian drama by the same name, is by far considered to be one of Puccini’s most popular and most performed works.
It’s a pity that Puccini had no chance to watch his own great opera himself. 53
In this opera you can hear a traditional Chinese folk song, which is titled Molihua(茉莉花)or Jasmine Flower. _____54____ Among them the version sung in Jiangsu, a province in south China, is the most popular one. By admiring the jasmine flower, the song celebrates the sweetness and beauty of romantic love. 55 In 1804 the song was published in a book by a British diplomat(外交官), making it the first Chinese folk song that gained popularity outside China.
A.During his music career, Puccini was also influenced by other musicians. |
B.At the end of the 18th century, it was first translated into English. |
C.Though Puccini received training in various areas of music, his true love was in opera. |
D.Puccini’s operas are strong in emotion and conflict. |
E. Turandot is performed regularly all over the world.
F. The opera was first performed in 1926, two years after Puccini’s death.
G. There are many different versions of Molihua or Jasmine Flower in different parts of China.
高二英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析
Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, they us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see CJ’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
1.A. inspiring B. frustrating C. encouraging D. exciting
2.A. expectation B. love C. education D. instruction
3.A. suggested B. hoped C. persuaded D. advised
4.A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Naturally D. Generally
5.A. due to B. as long as C. so far as D. in case
6.A. However B. Besides C. Thus D. Therefore
7.A. charged B. prepared C. engaged D. held
8.A. familiar B. similar C. friendly D. close
9.A. host B. teacher C. headmaster D. judge
10.A. effect B. way C. force D. struggle
11.A. where B. as C. when D. that
12.A. after B. during C. before D. once
13.A. anxious B. enough C. amazing D. pleased
14.A. displayed B. kept C. taken D. replaced
15.A. take up B. keep up C. get up D. pick up
16.A. surprise B. expectation C. anxiety D. amusement
17.A. got B. drew C. made D. defeated
18.A. special B. extraordinary C. curious D. mixing
19.A. on B. high C. great D. easy
20.A. difficult B. upset C. disappointed D. different
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
At the time my son was born in 1956, I shared a hospital room with a young woman who bore a boy on the same day. Partly because my parents 46 a shop selling flowers, the room was soon 47 with the lovely scent of roses.
As the seventh floral arrangement was48 , I was beginning to feel49, for no flowers had arrived for my roommate, Ann. She sat on the edge of her bed and leaned forward to admire the 50 bouquet. She was a pretty young woman, yet there was something about her large, brown eyes that made me think she had known too much51, too much sadness for one so young. I had the feeling she had always had to admire someone else’52.
“I’m enjoying every 53of this”, she said as though she had read my 54and was trying to reassure me. “Wasn’t I the lucky one to get you for a 55?”
I still felt uncomfortable, however.56 there were some magic button I could push to 57 the sadness in her eyes. Well, I thought, at least,I can see that she has some flowers. When my mother and father came to see me that day, I asked them to send58some.
The flowers arrived just 59 Ann and I were finishing supper.
“More flowers for you,” she said, 60.
“No, not this time,” I said, looking at the 61 “These are for you.”
Ann stared at the blossoms a long time, not saying anything. She ran her 62 across the pale blue bouquets and 63touched each of the sweet roses as though trying to engrave(刻画) them on her 64 .
“How can I ever thank you” she said softly.
I was almost embarrassed. It was such a little 65on my part.
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高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
The blacksmith Jones worked hard in his shop. The son of Mr. White, ___1.___ rich neighbor, came to see him everyday. “Young man, why not learn to make shoe tacks (钉)?” said Jones. “It may be useful to you 2. day.” After a little practice, the boy found he could make some of the finest tacks. Old Mr. White died and because of the war the son lost all his goods. He ____3.___(force) to leave home and live in another country. It happened __4.___ in this village many shoemakers spent a lot of money ___5.___ (buy) tacks for their shoes and sometimes they were not able to buy them _____6.____ there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes. Young Mr. White, who was finding ____7.___difficult to earn his ___8.___ (day) bread, told the shoemakers that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him ___9.___ (settle) in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. Soon Mr. Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village. “How funny,” he said, “Even making tacks can bring a fortune. My trade is ___10.___ (much) useful to me than all my former riches.”
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Penicillin was then produced ________ in order to meet the demands of the armies.
A.in large amounts B. in large plenty
C.in large quantities D. in large number
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding of black culture in America.
During the 1940’s and the 1950’s, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poems to describe conditions among the poor, racial (种族的) inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.
But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
Gwendolyn Brooks once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her materials through looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment in Chicago, Illinois.
In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and a mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and poverty (贫穷).
Gwendolyn Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” attracted little attention when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult lives of many women are popular among female writers today.
1.Gwendolyn Brooks became world-famous because ________.
A.she was an expert on the language of poetry
B.she introduced black culture by writing poems
C.she fought for black rights by writing poems
D.her poems showed the lives of black women
2.Which of the following can we learn from the text?
A.Gwendolyn Brooks’ poems focused on black people in Africa.
B.Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was important to Brooks.
C.Gwendolyn Brooks used to suffer a lot from drugs.
D.Gwendolyn Brooks was very strict with herself.
3.How did Gwendolyn Brooks get ideas for most of her poems?
A.By observing life. B.By having talks. C.By reading widely. D.By traveling.
4.We can infer that the book “Annie Allen” mainly deals with________.
A.family life B.inequality C.adventure D.failure
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding of black culture in America.
During the 1940’s and the 1950’s, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poems to describe conditions among the poor, racial (种族的) inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.
But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
Gwendolyn Brooks once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her materials through looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment in Chicago, Illinois.
In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and a mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and poverty (贫穷).
Gwendolyn Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” attracted little attention when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult lives of many women are popular among female writers today.
1.Gwendolyn Brooks became world-famous because________.
A.she was an expert on the language of poetry
B.she introduced black culture by writing poems
C.she fought for black rights by writing poems
D.her poems showed the lives of black women
2.Which of the following can we learn from the text?
A.Gwendolyn Brooks’ poems focused on black people in Africa.
B.Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was important to Brooks.
C.Gwendolyn Brooks used to suffer a lot from drugs.
D.Gwendolyn Brooks was very strict with herself.
3.How did Gwendolyn Brooks get ideas for most of her poems?
A.By observing life. B.By having talks.
C.By reading widely. D.By traveling.
4.We can infer that the book “Annie Allen” mainly deals with________.
A.family life B.inequality C.adventure D.failure
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Edmund Percival Hillary was one of the greatest explorers of the twentieth century. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1919. He discovered an interest in mountain climbing while he was still in high school and began climbing New Zealand's Southern Alps.
Like his father, Hillary earned his living as a beekeeper. However, he continued to climb mountains. His goal was to climb Mt. Everest, which is the highest mountain in the world. By the early 1950s, several expeditions(探险队)had attempted to reach the summit of Everest, but all had failed. Then, in 1953, Hillary and a Nepalese climber named Tenzing Norgay became the first two people to reach the top of the world.
Hillary's spirit of exploration was not satisfied. He joined an expedition to Antarctica and reached the South Pole in 1958. He also made an expedition up the Ganges River to its source in the Himalayas. Sir Edmund Hillary was a brave adventurer. He went where no man or woman had gone before.
Although Hillary was best known as the young man who climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest in the 1950s, he continued his journeys to far-off places into his senior years. For instance, in his mid-sixties Hillary flew to the North Pole with Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. Moreover, Hillary authored many books. However, his most lasting gift, perhaps, was the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust(信托基金). It raised millions of dollars and contributed to schools, hospitals and many other public improvements in the Sherpa villages of Nepal. In January 2008, Sir Edmund Hillary died at the age of 88.
Despite being a great adventurer and known for the treasure he left Sir Edmund Hillary always modestly referred to himself as a simple beekeeper from New Zealand.
1.Hillary was interested in ________ when he was in high school.
A. mountain-climbing B. bee-keeping
C. money-raising D. story-writing
2.Hillary became well-known because ________.
A. he reached both the South Pole and the North Pole
B. he was the first to reach the top of Mt. Everest
C. he lived in places where no humans had gone
D. he made a lot of money as a beekeeper
3.We can learn from the passage that Hillary is ________.
A. outgoing and fearless
B. talented and honest
C. determined and caring
D. hardworking and careful
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