The first edition ________ in 1955 and ________ a best seller ever since．
A．was published；had been B．was published；has been
C．has been published；has been； D．had been published；had
高二英语单项填空中等难度题
The first edition ________ in 1955 and ________ a best seller ever since．
A．was published；had been B．was published；has been
C．has been published；has been； D．had been published；had
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Kwame Alexander is a best-selling author of 24 books. His novel in verse (诗体) The Crossover won the Newbery Medal in 2015, and was followed by another verse novel in 2016, Booked. In the just-released The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life, Alexander aims to inspire readers to dream big and reach for their goals.
Time For Kids:
What can you tell us about The Playbook?
Kwame Alexander:
I wanted to write a book about how important it is to persevere (坚持) and accept the challenges that come, because they only make you stronger. And I wanted to do it in a really cool and fun way, using sports as a metaphor (隐喻), so students would be interested in reading a book that is telling them how to make their lives better.
TFK:
Where did you get the idea for the book?
Alexander:
In The Crossover, the father of the main characters, Josh and Jordan, gives them these rules for life, called Basketball Rules. Well, I was having breakfast with a friend of mine in New York City. He said, “Kwame, I love those Basketball Rules you have in The Crossover. You should think about writing a whole book on those.” That’s where it all began.
TFK:
Is it hard to mix sports and poetry (诗歌)?
Alexander:
I love sports, and I’ve been writing poetry since I was a kid. So those two things are as natural to me as breathing, laughing and walking.
TFK:
You’ve said teachers need to make learning poetry fun. Did you have a teacher like this as a kid?
Alexander:
My mom. She read poetry to my sisters and me when I was a kid, and she would make the words jump off the page!
TFK:
What advice would you give to young writers?
Alexander:
Read everything you can get your hands on. The best way to become a good writer is to read what other people have written.
1.What can we learn about The Playbook?
A.It is a historical novel.
B.It won the Newbery Medal.
C.It is actually about rules for life.
D.It is based on Alexander’s true life.
2.Who inspired Alexander to write The Playbook?
A.His mom who read poetry to him.
B.The teacher who taught him poetry.
C.His friend who read The Crossover.
D.The two characters in The Crossover.
3.When Alexander was a kid, how did he feel about poetry?
A.It was rather boring. B.It was quite difficult.
C.It was pretty mysterious. D.It was very interesting.
4.In Alexander’s mind, what’s important to become a good writer?
A.Always dream big.
B.Gladly accept challenges.
C.Read as much as possible.
D.Have a wide knowledge of poetry.
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______ sweet, this type of flower sells the best in the market.
A. Smelt B. Being smelt C. To smell D. Smelling
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The four Twilight books, the first of which ____ in 2005, have set records as the biggest selling novel in USA.
A. turned out B. come out
C. stood out D. made out
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He created a lot of vivid characters in his best-selling novels, thus winning the ______ of book-lovers all over the world.
A．affection B．sympathy C．bonus D．dignity
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I can honestly say it was the best of times and the worst of times．I was joyfully36 my first Child at the same time that my once-energetic mother was 37 her battle with a brain cancer．
For ten years，my courageous mother had fought，but none of the operations or other38 had been successful．Finally，she became totally39 unable to speak，walk，eat or dress on her own．As she grew closer and closer to death，my baby grew closer and closer to life．My biggest fear was that their lives would never40 she and my baby could never41 each other．
My fear seemed42 ．A few weeks before my43 date，mother went into a deep coma(昏迷)and doctors said she would never44 ．So we brought her to her own house．As often as I could，I45 her about the baby moving inside me．I hoped that somehow46 inside，she knew．
On February 3rd，at about the same time my labor(分娩)started at hospital，the nurse at her house told me the47 news：Morn opened her eyes，sitting up and smiling．I asked for the phone to be48 to Morn’S ear．
“Morn，you’II have a new grandchild!”
“Yes!Yes!I know!”
Four words。four _49__ and beautiful words!
For the next tWO miracle weeks after I brought Jacob home，she gave US joy，smiling，holding Jacob and speaking to the family in complete50 Then she quietly slipped back into a coma51 and was finally free52 the pain forever．
Memories of my son’s birth will always be53 for me，but it was at this time that I learned an important truth about living．54 both joy and sorrow are lasting only a short time，and often intertwined(相互纠缠)，love has the 55 to face both．And love can last forever．
1.A．hoping B．expecting C．waiting for D．taking care of
2.A．continuing B．starting C．completing D．losing
3.A．treatments B．methods C．measures D．injections
4.A．dull B．unmoved C．unconscious D．disabled
5.A．combine B．connect C．mix D．gather
6.A．replace B．bless C．know D．inspire
7.A．well-founded B．well—informed C．well—known D．well-planned
8.A．ready B．final C．due D．fixed
9.A．come over B．come up C．come back D．come around
10.A．discussed with B．talked to C．explained to D．described to
11.A．deep B．dangerous C．magic D．mysterious
12.A．strange B．fantastic C．impossible D．imaginary
13.A．built B．set C．felt D．put
14.A．accurate B．slow C．clear D．truthful
15.A．words B．idioms C．descriptions D．sentences
16.A．state B．setting C．reaction D．silence
17.A．off B．against C．from D．beyond
18.A．light-hearted B．bitter-sweet C．nice D．fresh
19.A．If B．As C．Since D．While
20.A．power B．strength C．force D．energy
高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.
Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as ‘Would you really marry a woman who works?’ And today it’d be ‘Would you marry one who doesn’t?’ ”
The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump ” .
Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
1.The book Gone with the Wind was _________.
A. first published on a newspaper B. awarded ten Academy Awards
C. written in “The Dump” D. adapted from a movie
2.The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. be very pleased with B. show great respect for
C. be much taller than D. show little interest in
3.Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?
A. Because she was rich enough. B. Because she was injured then.
C. Because her husband didn’t like it. D. Because she wanted to write books.
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.
B. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.
C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.
D. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.
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The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer(征服) himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢)and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.
1.What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?
A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.
B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.
C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.
D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.
2.If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A. the very backbone and nerve of character
B. the patience and power to control himself
C. strong feelings
D. self-confidence
3.The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.
A. explain that self-control is the key to success
B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success
C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it
D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends
4.The passage is mainly developed by _____.
A. analyzing(分析)causes B. making comparisons(比较)
C. examining differences D. listing quotations(引证)
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy, they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Self- control is important for a man
B．We should learn to be strong.
C．A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game.
D．The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves.
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．If you are mad, the gods will fail you.
B．If you lose your temper first, gods will fail you first.
C．If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.
D．If the gods want to fail you, they will make you mad first.
3.Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?
A．The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself.
B．You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.
C．You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.
D．Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret.
4.Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?
A．Being calm in arguing
B．Checking your temper or anger by speaking low.
C．Keeping your mouth shut
D．Trying to make the other angry first.
5.If a man lacks self-control,______________________________
A．He will always be controlled by all the people all the time.
B．He will began with foolish everything every day and lack the strength.
C．Moral strength and nerve of character will lack as well.
D．He will have power of gover himself.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Self- control is important for a man.
B. We should learn to be strong.
C. A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game.
D. The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves.
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. If you are mad, the gods will kill you.
B. If you lose your temper first, gods will kill you first.
C. If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.
D. If the gods want to kill you, they will make you mad first.
3.Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?
A. The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself.
B. You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.
C. You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.
D. Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret.
4.Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?
A. Being calm in arguing.
B. Checking your temper or anger by speaking low.
C. Keeping your mouth shut.
D. Trying to make the other angry first.
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