For as long as they can remember, Jynne Martin and April Surgent had both dreamed of going to Antarctica. This winter, they each made it to the icy continent as guests of the National Science Foundation (NSF). But they didn't, as scientists. Martin is a poet and Surgent is an artist. They went to Antarctica as participants in the NSF's Artists and Writers Program, which makes it possible for artists, including filmmakers and musicians, to experience Antarctica and contribute their own points of view to our understanding of the continent.
“It's important for scientists and artists to work together,” says Surgent, who spent six weeks at Palmer Station, the smallest of the U.S. research bases. “You need a lot of different ways and points of view to explain the world.”
Martin followed four scientific teams on the ice and wrote articles and poems inspired by her experience. “Each day was the new ‘best day of my life’.” said Martin, who said she also loved spending time in the library at the McMurdo Station reading the journals of early explorers.
Today's scientists write articles for scientific journals. Unlike the early explorer's journals, scientific papers can now be very difficult for non-scientists to understand. Writers in Antarctica work to explain the research to the public. Peter Rejcek is editor, writer, and photographer for the Antarctic Sun, an online magazine devoted to news about the U.S. Antarctic Program. He goes to the South Pole every year, interviewing the scientists about their research.
Antarctica is full of stories and wonders that are scientific, historical, and personal. People such as Martin, Surgent, and Rejcek are making an effort to bring those stories to as many people as they can.
“Some people are going to be scientists, some people are going to be artists, some people are going to be journalists, but we can all work together,” says Surgent, "to celebrate this extraordinary place.”
1.What is the main purpose of the NSF's Artists and Writers Program?
A.To increase people's understanding of Antarctica.
B.To develop a relationship between scientists and artists.
C.To encourage artists and writers to learn science.
D.To make the scientists in Antarctica known to the public.
2.Which of the following best explains why scientists and artists work together?
A.The world is full of different people. B.The world should move in harmony.
C.The world is full of different opinions. D.The world should be seen in different ways.
3.Where is the library in which Martin spent time reading?
A.At the Antarctic Sun. B.At a research base in the USA.
C.At a research base in Antarctica. D.At the National Science Foundation.
4.It can be inferred from the text that articles by writers about Antarctica .
A.are hard for people to understand B.are easy for people to understand
C.have nothing to do with the research D.are mainly about early explorers
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题
For as long as they can remember, Jynne Martin and April Surgent had both dreamed of going to Antarctica. This winter, they each made it to the icy continent as guests of the National Science Foundation (NSF). But they didn't, as scientists. Martin is a poet and Surgent is an artist. They went to Antarctica as participants in the NSF's Artists and Writers Program, which makes it possible for artists, including filmmakers and musicians, to experience Antarctica and contribute their own points of view to our understanding of the continent.
“It's important for scientists and artists to work together,” says Surgent, who spent six weeks at Palmer Station, the smallest of the U.S. research bases. “You need a lot of different ways and points of view to explain the world.”
Martin followed four scientific teams on the ice and wrote articles and poems inspired by her experience. “Each day was the new ‘best day of my life’.” said Martin, who said she also loved spending time in the library at the McMurdo Station reading the journals of early explorers.
Today's scientists write articles for scientific journals. Unlike the early explorer's journals, scientific papers can now be very difficult for non-scientists to understand. Writers in Antarctica work to explain the research to the public. Peter Rejcek is editor, writer, and photographer for the Antarctic Sun, an online magazine devoted to news about the U.S. Antarctic Program. He goes to the South Pole every year, interviewing the scientists about their research.
Antarctica is full of stories and wonders that are scientific, historical, and personal. People such as Martin, Surgent, and Rejcek are making an effort to bring those stories to as many people as they can.
“Some people are going to be scientists, some people are going to be artists, some people are going to be journalists, but we can all work together,” says Surgent, "to celebrate this extraordinary place.”
1.What is the main purpose of the NSF's Artists and Writers Program?
A.To increase people's understanding of Antarctica.
B.To develop a relationship between scientists and artists.
C.To encourage artists and writers to learn science.
D.To make the scientists in Antarctica known to the public.
2.Which of the following best explains why scientists and artists work together?
A.The world is full of different people. B.The world should move in harmony.
C.The world is full of different opinions. D.The world should be seen in different ways.
3.Where is the library in which Martin spent time reading?
A.At the Antarctic Sun. B.At a research base in the USA.
C.At a research base in Antarctica. D.At the National Science Foundation.
4.It can be inferred from the text that articles by writers about Antarctica .
A.are hard for people to understand B.are easy for people to understand
C.have nothing to do with the research D.are mainly about early explorers
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
Grandma had the coin for as long as I can remember. Every time I went over to her house, she told me the story of the coin:
It was the day after the ship had ______ in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Poland on that ship. They came to______ for a new life in the United States, ______ from the poverty and war in their native land.
They were walking to their new ______ from their factory jobs when they saw a small glint (闪光) on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to ______ it more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother ______ it up and said,“This coin is a good omen, a ______ of good fortune to come.” They took the coin to their little apartment and ______ it to make it shine. The next day my grandmother got a(n) ______ job at a jewelry store.
As the years passed, my grandparents______good times and bad. My father and uncles were born, my grandfather was ______from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There, my grandparents finally found the good ______ my grandmother had ______.
When my grandfather died three years ago, my grandmother ______ in to live with my family. This is when she ______the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could ______ tell the story in my sleep, ______ still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of ______ on the coin. Last week she died. According to her ______, I got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that ______ the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.
1.A. sailed B. joined C. landed D. pulled
2.A. prepare B. ask C. apply D. search
3.A. absent B. fre C. tired D. independent
4.A. restaurant B. store C. apartment D. cottage
5.A. examine B. observe C. test D. touch
6.A. picked B. dug C. lifted D. fixed
7.A. moment B. message C. gift D. sign
8.A. packed B. cleaned C. repaired D. rebuilt
9.A. worse B. greater C. better D. easier
10.A. got over B. took up C. passed by D. went through
11.A. laid off B. laid down C. shut off D. broken down
12.A. wealth B. chance C. fortune D. situation
13.A. described B. planned C. experienced D. predicted
14.A. settled B. moved C. entered D. dropped
15.A. promised B. presente C. sent D. gave
16.A. hardly B. practically C. particularly D. usually
17.A. and B. so C. but D. however
18.A. keeping B. passing C. carrying D. holding
19.A. order B. dream C. explanation D. will
20.A. proved B. offered C. meant D. contributed
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Good books can be defined by the standard - classic, popular, encouraging, instructing, etc. Many categories can be classified for the good books.
1., for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
Men often discover their affinity(密切关系) to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third.2.But there is more wisdom in this. “Love me, love my bock.”
A good book is often the finest urn(宝器) of a life containing the best that life could think out;3.Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.
Books possess an essence of immortality.4.Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effects of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
Books invite us into the best society;5.We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
Books are what we always need to read or listen to. A good book is especially an intellect to which one never stops listening.
A.There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.”
B.Temples and statues decay(腐烂),but books survive.
C.We can tell what one is by the books he reads and the company he keeps.
D.the world of a man’ life is, for the most part, the world of his thoughts.
E.They are by far the most lasting products of human effort.
F.they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived.
G.They do not turn their back upon us in times of poverty or trouble.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Susannah was a shy but clever girl. She had worn 1for as long as she could remember. And again, for as long as she could remember, some of her classmates had always made fun of her. The worst thing was that Lewis2her “Four Eyes”. She acted like she didn’t3but in fact Susannah couldn’t stand it.
One day, the class went on a school outing to visit some famous 4. The children were walking towards the caves when Lewis5. While falling, he got6of Susannah, who walked next to him, and both 7down the hole.
They landed in a dark cave. Susannah and Lewis shouted for8, but no one came. The next morning they still hadn’t been found and Lewis continued shouting for help, but no 9and he started feeling 10.
It must have been noontime, because Susannah 11that the ray of light just landed on the floor in front of her.12, she took a piece of wood that had fallen into the cave, and, using her glasses as a magnifying glass, she focused the ray of light onto the 13. Now they had a torch. Lewis watched with surprise and 14 and off they went to explore the cave.
It took them some time, and they had to burn quite a few torches, but finally they found a way out. On top of hugs and cries of 15, Lewis gave Susannah his heartfelt thanks.
1. A.glasses B.necklaces C.earrings D.watches
2. A.teased B.laughed C.warned D.called
3. A.care B.mind C.object D.offend
4. A.villages B.hills C.caves D.parks
5. A.wandered B.waved C.smiled D.slipped
6. A.hold B.touch C.support D.place
7. A.walked B.moved C.fell D.flew
8. A.praise B.water C.food D.help
9. A.feedback B.response C.reaction D.effect
10. A.scared B.shocked C.disturbed D.annoyed
11. A.doubted B.concluded C.admitted D.noticed
12. A.Slowly B.Quickly C.Unexpectedly D.Obviously
13. A.glass B.torch C.wood D.floor
14. A.sorrow B.trouble C.excitement D.curiosity
15. A.loss B.relief C.justice D.return
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
“You can do anything you want to do as long as you set your mind to it and stick with it.” I remember hearing those words from my ______ ever since I was a little girl. Through the years I’ve grown up ______ them and using them to ______ me. You see, there is no one I ______more than my mother.
When I was four years old, my mother and father got divorced (离婚), although he didn’t ______ with us after I was two. At the time, my brother was only eight. Being a single parent is a ______ enough job in itself but my mother also worked fulltime.
Most people who heard about this ______ probably thought that at least one of the children would ______ getting into some kind of ______ whether with the law or something else, but that never ______. My mother taught both of us about morals, goals and rules, along with many other things.
Although she ______all week, my mom always had ______ for us, whether it was to take us to our baseball and soccer games or if we just ______ someone to talk to. At one point I remember clearly that I had a speech problem, and that she made me ______every night over and over again until I got it ______.
All in all, I feel I can ______ with my mother about anything, with her acting more as a ______ than a parent. I realize not everyone has a mother like mine, which makes me ______her even more. After everything she has done for me, I want to make her ______ by being the first woman in my family to go to college and get a(n) ______.
1.A.father B.mother C.brother D.teacher
2.A.believing in B.looking into C.searching for D.thinking about
3.A.describe B.speak C.encourage D.protect
4.A.help B.understand C.miss D.admire
5.A.play B.speak C.live D.travel
6.A.bad B.sad C.rare D.hard
7.A.news B.situation C.opinion D.rule
8.A.end up B.worry about C.dream of D.start out
9.A.danger B.trouble C.conversation D.war
10.A.changed B.improved C.ended D.happened
11.A.complained B.studied C.worked D.exercised
12.A.advice B.surprise C.time D.prize
13.A.called B.needed C.found D.welcomed
14.A.practise B.look C.reply D.sing
15.A.simple B.right C.useful D.wrong
16.A.debate B.read C.talk D.learn
17.A.friend B.volunteer C.classmate D.workmate
18.A.pay B.reward C.expect D.appreciate
19.A.popular B.confident C.proud D.shocked
20.A.degree B.chance C.award D.advantage
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The Intelligent Plant. That is the title of a recent article in The New Yorker, and new research is showing that plants have surprising abilities to sense and react to the world.
But can a plant be intelligent? Some plant scientists insist they are since they can sense, learn, remember and even react in ways that would be familiar to humans.
Michael Pollan, author of “The Botany of Desire,” says for the longest time, people who have long talked to their plants or played music for them were being considered “mad.”
The new research, he says, is in a field called plant neurobiology(神经生物学), which is not a proper name, because even scientists in the field don’t argue that plants have neurons(神经) or brains.
“They have analogous structures as humans,” Pollan explains. “Plants have all the same senses as humans. They have ways of taking all the sensory data they gather in their everyday lives, integrate it and then behave in an appropriate way in response.” In addition to hearing, taste, for example, they can sense gravity, the presence of water, or even feel that an obstacle(障碍物) is in the way of its roots, before coming into contact with it. Plant roots will change direction, he says, to avoid obstacles.
So what about pain? Do plants feel? Pollan says they do respond to anesthetics (麻醉剂). “You can put a plant out with a human anesthetic. And not only that, plants produce their own compounds that are anesthetic to us.” But scientists are unwilling to go as far as to say they are responding to pain.
How plants sense and react is still somewhat unknown. They don’t have nerve cells like humans, but they do have a system for sending electrical signals and even produce neurotransmitters (神经递质) and other chemicals the human brain uses to send signals.
1.Why does the author mention the article The Intelligent Plant in the first paragraph?
A.To support his opinion. B.To introduce the topic.
C.To give an example. D.To make comparison.
2.People who usually talked to their plants would be thought .
A.Intelligent. B.Crazy. C.Patient. D.Comforting.
3.What does the underlined word “analogous” in paragraph 5 mean?
A.Simple. B.False. C.Flexible. D.Similar.
4.What can we learn about plants according to the last two paragraphs?
A.Plants can feel and react to pain. B.Plants send two kinds of signals.
C.Plants are able to sense and react. D.Plants have their own brains.
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
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1.To a student who has learned Spanish, the class he will be in is decided by _______.
A.which country he is from B.his grades in a Level Test
C.when he enrolls for the course D.his reasons for learning Spanish
2.What do we know about the Spanish courses?
A.They are about business Spanish. B.They center on learners' listening.
C.They are run with cultural activities. D.They are taught with traditional methods.
3.Why are learners advised to enroll before the 20" of April?
A.They can save some money. B.They can go to free dance classes.
C.They can start their classes earlier. D.They can choose their favorite teachers.
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
Not many foreigners can say that they have lived in China for as long as I have. Perhaps some can hack(应对) it for about two or three years and then they want to either go back home or move on to another country. As for me, I cannot get 36 of this place. I love it here so much and I honestly believe that I am very comfortable here. It feels just like 37. And, here 38 the story.
It was August 2001 and I had just said 39 to my family and friends as I 40 to Los Angeles International Airport to catch my 41 to Incheon, South Korea which would then 42 me to Beijing. When I arrived in LA I was very excited and a little 43 because I didn't know what to 44 when I arrived in China. It 45 like receiving a wrapped gift and you had no idea what was in it 46 you opened it. As I 47 the Korean Airlines 48 desk I gave the attendant(空乘人员) my ticket. He looked at me and said, "I'm sorry, sir. This flight was yesterday." I was in 49 and lost for words. The attendant told me I had to wait several hours until they could 50 whether I could get onto another flight.
I was so afraid at this time that I called my mother and frantically(狂乱地) told her," I missed my flight! I don't think I can go to 51! I'm better off going back to Washington, DC!" That's when she 52 I call my leader in China and ask whether I could still go there. Looking 53 all of the papers I found a phone number and called the Beijing office. 54, my leader was there and assured me I could still join the group. Also, KAL had a seat for me on the next flight. So, after 24 hours and a 55 in Korea, I arrived in Beijing. I don't know what my feeling was, but I wasn't tired because I had finally arrived and I just wanted to look around the city. As I traveled to the hotel in the car I saw all the wonderful buildings, friendly people and interesting sites. I was so happy to be here.
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高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
Every day,it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us.Look at your own bags and clothes,and at the bags and clothes of your classmates.How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?
Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them.This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol called a logo(标识语) is sometimes used Logos appear on many different products. They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company.
It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short sometimes. The advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: “Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it.
All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.”
You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question:Why am I buying this particular product?
1.A good logo is ______ .
A.easy to remember B.a useful product C.difficult to understand D.easy to buy
2.People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is ______ .
A.English B.long C.funny D.new
3.The best title of this passage might be ______ .
A.Advertisements for Bags and Clothes B.Advertisements on TV and Radio
C.Advertisements for Soft Drinks D.Advertisements around Us
高二英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析
Cold weather can be hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people. Sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the warm shelter (住所) as they are. Some owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to living outdoors. This can put their pets in danger of serious illness. There are things you can do to keep your animal warm and safe.
Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the weather is bad. If you have to take them out, stay outside with them. When you’re cold enough to go inside, they probably are too. If you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.
If left alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. Watch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good quality. Keep an eye on your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl has frozen and their pet can’t get anything to drink. Animals that don’t have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them.
1.What do we learn about pets from Paragraph 1?
A.They are often forgotten by their owners. B.They are used to living outdoors.
C.They build their own shelters. D.They like to stay in warm places.
2.Why are pet owners asked to stay with their pets when they are out in cold weather?
A.To know when to bring them inside. B.To keep them from eating bad food.
C.To help them find shelters. D.To keep them company.
3.If pets are left on their own outdoors in cold weather, they may .
A.be short of clean water B.dig deep holes for fun
C.dirty the snow nearby D.get lost in the wild
4.What is the purpose of this text?
A.To solve a problem. B.To give practical advice.
C.To tell an interesting story. D.To present a research result.
高二英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析