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The information below is taken from a dictionary page.

jaguar: n. a type of large, yellow-colored cat with black markings found in the southwestern region of the U. S. and in Central and South America.

jargon: 1. n. speech that doesn’t make sense.

2. n. an unknown language that seems strange or impossible to understand.

3. n. a language made up of two or more other languages: His jargon was a mixture of French and English.

4. n. the special vocabulary of a field or profession: Her report on computers was filled with jargon.

jaunt: 1. n. a trip taken for fun.

2. v. to go on a brief pleasant trip: We jaunted to the country last Saturday.

javelin: 1. n.. a spear(矛) most commonly used as weapon or in hunting.

2. n. a light metal or wooden spear that is thrown in track-and-field sport events.

3. n. the event in which a javelin is thrown.

4. v. to strike, as with a javelin.

jazz: 1. n. a type of music that originated in New Orleans and is characterized by rhythmic beats.

2. n. popular dance music influenced by jazz.

3. n. empty talk.

4. ad. of or like jazz: a jazz band, jazz records.

Jennet: n. a small Spanish horse.

jest: 1.n. thing said or done to cause amusement; joke.

2. (idiom) in jest: as a joke ; in fun; not seriously.

3.v.make jokes

1.Which meaning of the word javelin is used in the sentence below?

At the competition, Jack drew his arm back and threw the javelin 50 yards.

A. Definition (定义) 1                B. Definition 2

C. Definition 3              D. Definition 4

2.Which meaning of the word jargon is used in the sentence below?

Doctors often speak in medical jargon.

A. Definition 1             B. Definition 2

C. Definition 3              D. Definition 4

3.What does the word jazz mean in the following sentence?

Don’t give me that jazz, for I am a practical person.

A. rhythmic beats              B. a type of music

C. a kind of dance              D. meaningless talk

4.Which word is needed to fill in the following sentence?

His reply was taken half seriously, half in_________.

A. javelin        B. jest        C. jaunt        D. jargon

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Below is information from a university website under the title of Examination.

Ensure you are prepared for your exams by understanding the processes, dates and support information related to examinations. Please read the information under Examination Policies and Processes below, especially the Rules to be observed by candidates for examinations.

Examination period

Semester 1, 2015 Monday 15 June — Saturday 27 June (inclusive)

Semester 2, 2015 Monday 9 November — Saturday 21 November (inclusive)

Important notice: special consideration

All students are reminded that submitting an unreal medical certificate（证明）or PPC with a special consideration application amounts to misconduct（行为不端）and carries severe fines and punishment.

Final personal exam timetables will be available from 4:00p.m. Thursday the 8th of October.

Rules to be observed by candidates for examinations (updated April 2012)

You need to follow all instructions given by examination teachers.

1. You may take in pens, pencils, drawing instruments and small items of food such as sweets. These items may be left on the desk during the examination. You may also bring in small valuables such as wallets, purses, mobile phones and laptops which must be powered off, not just silent. These items must be placed on the floor below the desk. Don’t leave money or valuables in bags. The University can accept no responsibility for the loss of students’ personal property.

2. Anything taken into an examination room must be made available for inspection(检查) by the examiner or other University staff.

3. The use of approved calculators may be permitted in examinations. The make and model of all calculators used by students in formally inspected examinations will be recorded. You are not permitted to share calculators, or pass them between each other in an examination. Mobile phones which have a calculator facility are not allowed. Use of a non-approved calculator may be regarded as misconduct.

4. No candidate may be admitted to an examination room after 30 minutes from the start of writing. No candidate who has entered an examination room and seen the examination paper may leave until 30 minutes has passed from the time writing started. No candidate may leave during the last ten minutes of any examination.

5. Smoking is not permitted in examination rooms.

Students with disabilities, medical conditions or injuries

If appropriate, special arrangements can be made to meet particular requirements.

Serious illness, injury or misadventure — Special Consideration regarding assessments

Please read about Special Consideration.

◇Students who feel too ill to attempt an examination at the scheduled time should consult a medical practitioner (职业医生) after reading the Special Consideration section.

◇Students who fall ill during an examination will be asked by invigilators(监考官) whether they wish to consult a doctor at the University Health Service. If this occurs the doctor will complete a Special Consideration form and forward it to the relevant examiner.

Misreading of the timetable is not accepted as a reason for failing to attend an exam.

1.We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. there will never be any exams on Saturdays or Sundays

B. exams are likely to be held in Semester 1 starting from November

C. misreading the timetable will not be an excuse for not attending an exam

D. final timetables will be available from 4:00p.m. Thursday the 5th of September, 2014

2.According to the passage, you will be fined if you _______.

A. share or pass your calculator in an examination

B. hand an unreal medical certificate to your school

C. use a calculator that is not permitted by your examiner

D. leave the examination room 30 minutes before the end of the exam

3.When you are in the exam room, you are supposed to _______.

A. offer your personal items to your examiner

B. ensure your mobile phones and laptops are quiet

C. pack your small valuables in your own bags

D. be prepared for any inspection by your examiner

4.Students who fall ill during an exam _______.

A. will be offered special arrangements to meet particular requirements

B. will be asked whether to see a doctor at the University Health Service

C. will be required to go to see the doctor and end the exam immediately

D. will be advised by invigilators to read the Special Consideration section

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Above is an entry taken from an English dictionary．

1.“Be careful not to scratch the furniture" most probably means “Be careful not

to　　　　　　 ”．

A．remove any marks　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．damage its surface

C．make any noises　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．change its position

2.The word "scratch" in "Some drawings had been scratched on the back of the door" has the same meaning as in“　　　　 ”．

A．We scratched some of the dirt away

B．The car's paintwork is badly scratched

C．The dog; kept scratching at the door to go out．

D．They scratched lines in the dirt to make marks

3.“She had scratched because of a knee injury" might imply that “She couldn't　　　　　 ．

A．take part in a race　　　　　　　　　　 B．cancel a prepared activity'

C．make a living af6ne　　　　　　　　　　 D．make enough money

4.When the French girl says "I learned German from scratch iii six months she means she　　　　　 ．

A．had previously well prepared

B．was unsatisfied with her German

C．knew no German before that

D．found few materials available

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Below is a web page from Google.

Olympic—Modern Olympic Games

The completer results archive of summer and winter Olympic games, with winners lists, statistics, national anthems and flags of all contries since 1896.

www. olympic. it/english/home-16k

Environment

Beijing steel plants to run at the lowest level of cost during 2008 Olympics [2007-03-11] Beijing able to treat 90 pct of waste water [2007-02-05] ·Air quality in Beijing has improved over the past six years [2007-02-01]·Green Olympics dream coming true …

en. Beijing2008.com/80/67/column211716780.shtml-52k

Beijing announces planned roule of Olympic torch relay

Beijing announced the 2008 Olympic Games torch relay route and set off the Olympic Games torch on Thursday. … Green Olympics is one of the three concepts of the Beijing Games. …

english.china.com/zh_cn/news/sports/110592227/14069663.html-26k

Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics —‘Green Olympics’

Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics —‘Green Olympics’, officially announced on Saturday, 24 September 2005. The symbol, created using a calligraphic art form, is composed of human and tree-like shapes, …

my.opera.com/green_head/blog/show.dml/92155-18k

Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004

On behalf of BOCOC, Wang Wei, executive vice president of BOCOC, gave a presentation about Green Olympics, introduced the environment protection work of BMC and BOCOC, and answered several questions such as protection of cultural relics …

en.beijing2008.com/84/91/article211929184.shtml-36k

Olympic Games Quizzes and Olmpic Games Trivia

Who was the founder of the Modern Olympics? In which cities were the modern Olympic Games due to be held/ scheduled during the ‘war years’, i.e., 1916, 1940, and 1944? … In which three years of the Modern Olympic Games were … More questions …

www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sports/ olympic_games.html-12k

OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

… aimed at young researchers engaged in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and values, and the impact of the …[ Full story] SPORT ACCORD[2005-01-23]…

www.olympic.org/

Ancient Olympic Heritage and Modern Olympic Games in Athens 2004

As put forward in the various official texts, the Olympic symbols of ancient Olympia, the Olympic flame and the Marathon race are bridges between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games, …

www.c2008.org/rendanews/knowledge_detail.asp?id=911-106k

1.When was the environmental symbol of Beijing Olympics made public?

A．On January 23, 2005.                    B．On September 24, 2005.

C．On February 5, 2007.                    D．On March 11, 2007.

2.Which of the following websites is designed for young researchers interested in the Olympics?

A．Environment　

B．Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004

C．Olympic Games Quizzes and Olmpic Games Trivia

D．OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

3.Which website provides a complete list of the winners in the Olympic Games?

A．Olympic—Modern Olympic Games

B．Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004

C．Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics —‘Green Olympics’

D．Ancient Olympic Hertiage and Modern Olympic Games in Athens 2004

4.What do we learn from the above web page?

A．Beijing has made efforts to improve its air quality.

B．The Olympic torch relay route has not been planned.

C．The Olympic flag will be on display in Athens.

D．A quiz on the Olympics will be held in Beijing.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Consult the page adapted from an English dictionary and do Questions 65～68.

1.What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “Green shoots have begun to appear in different markets”?

A. Signs of recovery.                                B. High prices.

C. Environmental protection.                     D. Change in policy.

2.Fill in the blank in the sentence “I can’t believe this is Joshua—he’s ______ since we last met!”

A. shot out            B. shot through       C. shot up            D. shot down

3.When you are talking about unimportant things, we say you are ______.

A. shooting yourself in the foot               B. shooting the breeze

C. shooting your mouth off                      D. shooting questions at somebody

4.Choose a word to complete the sentence “The ______, which killed a policeman and wounded a passer-by, was reported to have lasted only 13 seconds.”

A. shooter             B. shoot                C. shot                  D. shooting

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Consult the page adapted from an English dictionary and do Questions

1.

What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “Green shoots have begun to appear in different markets”?

A. Signs of recovery.                    B. High prices.

C. Environmental protection.             D. Change in policy.

2.

Fill in the blank in the sentence “I can’t believe this is Joshua—he’s ______ since we last met!”

A. shot out       B. shot through       C. shot up       D. shot down

3.

When you are talking about unimportant things, we say you are ______.

A. shooting yourself in the foot             B. shooting the breeze

C. shooting your mouth off               D. shooting questions at somebody

4.

Choose a word to complete the sentence “The ______, which killed a policeman and wounded a passer-by, was reported to have lasted only 13 seconds.”

A. shooter         B. shoot          C. shot           D. shooting

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Consult the page adapted from an English dictionary and do Questions 53-56.

Important words to learn: E Essential I Improver A Advanced

shoot [ʃu:t]

▲verb (shot, shot) WEAPON→1 E to fire a bullet or an arrow, or to hit, injure or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet or arrow at them: If he’s not armed, don’t shoot. ⊙ The kids were shooting arrows at a target. ⊙She was shot three times in the head.⊙ He has a license to shoot pheasants on the farmer’s land. ⊙ A policeman was shot dead in the city centre last night. ⊙ The troops were told to shoot to kill. SPORT→2 A to try to score points for yourself or your team, in sports involving a ball, by kicking, hitting or throwing the ball towards the goal: He shot from the middle of the field and still managed to score. MOVE QUICKLY→3 A to move in a particular direction very quickly and directly: She shot past me several meters before the finishing line. ⊙ He shot out of the office a minute ago ─ I think he was late for a meeting. ⊙ They were just shooting off to town so we didn’t stop to speak.

shooter ['ʃu:tə] noun[C]He’s thought to be the best shooter in the league.

▲idioms have shot your bolt UK INFORMAL to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability or strength to do and to be unable to do more: He started off the game well but seemed to have shot his bolt by half-time.

• shoot yourself in the foot to do something without intending to which spoils a situation for yourself

• shoot your mouth off INFORMAL to talk too much in a loud and uncontrolled way: It’s just like Richard to go shooting his mouth off about other people’s affairs.

• shoot for the moon US to ask for the best or the most you could hope for: You might as well shoot for the moon and ask for a promotion as well as a raise.

• shoot questions at sb to ask someone a lot of questions very quickly, one after the other: He shot questions at me so quickly that I didn’t even have time to answer.

• shoot the breeze US INFORMAL to talk with someone or a group of people about things which are not important: We sat out on the porch, just shooting the breeze.

▲ phrasal verbs shoot sth down to destroy an aircraft or make an aircraft, bird, etc. fall to the ground by shooting at it: He was killed during the war when his plane was shot down.

shoot sb down to shoot and usually kill someone, showing no sympathy: I saw Tom shoot him down like a dog in the street.

shoot for/at sth US to try to do something: It’s worth taking chances when you’re shooting at a chance of fame and wealth.

shoot out If opposing groups or people armed with guns shoot it out, they shoot at each other until one of the groups or people is dead or defeated.

shoot through AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL to leave a place very quickly, especially in order to avoid having to do something

shoot up INCREASE→INFORMAL to grow in size, or increase in number or level, very quickly: David has really shot up since I saw him last. ⊙ Prices shot up by 25%.

▲ noun PLANT→1[C]the first part of a plant to appear above the ground as it develops from a seed, or any new growth on an already existing plant: Two weeks after we’d planted the seeds, little green shoots started to appear. ⊙ FIGURATIVE The first green shoots (=hopeful signs) of economic recovery have started to appear.

FILM→2[C USUALLY SINGULAR] when photographer take a series of photographs, usually of the same person or people in the same place: We did a fashion shoot on the beach, with the girls modeling swimwear. WEAPON→3[C]an occasion on which a group of people go to an area of the countryside to shoot animals

shooting ['ʃu:tiŋ] noun 1 A [U]when bullets are shot from guns or other weapons: We heard some shooting in the night. 2 A [C]when someone is injured or killed by a bullet shot from a gun: There have been a number of shootings in the capital this week. 3[U]the sport of shooting animals or birds: pleasant/grouse shooting ⊙ He goes shooting most weekends.

53. What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “You will be bound to see that the green shoots of your English level start to grow.”?

A. Great efforts.                                                     B. Signs of improving.

C. Learning ability.                                                 D. Change in method.

54. Fill in the blank in the sentence “When it is achieved, there will be other plans to _________.”

A. shoot at                          B. shoot up                C. shoot down          D. shoot through

55. If you are suffering from the consequence of the plan without full consideration, we say you are __________.

A. shooting the breeze                                         B. shooting your mouth off

C. shooting yourself in the foot                          D. shooting questions at somebody

56. Choose a word to complete the sentence “__________ is one of the oldest sport events, which is popular with people both at home and abroad.”

A. Shooter                           B. Shoot                      C. Shot                        D. Shooting

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Below is adapted from an English dictionary

1. I didn’t really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a ______.

A. figure of eight     B. figure head     C. figure of speech     D. a fine figure

2.—She was coming late again.

—______! That’s typical of her.

A. It figures her out   B. It figures    C. It cuts a poor figure  D. She is a figure of fun

3.What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” mean?

A. add the numbers   B. have sports      C. try not to get fat    D. watch games

4.No one can figure out the reasons for the Poland president plane crash in 2010. Here figure out means:_________

A. watch out     B. work out     C. understand well    D. break out

5.—Promise you don’t wear this kind of clothes? People will play a joke on you.

—I don’t care whether I am________. I just want to keep warm.

A. a figure of fun    B. a healthy figure    C. a figure head      D. a bad figure

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

The Internet is the biggest information resource, which ________ millions of pages of data.

A．is made up        B．makes up          C．is made of         D．consists of

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The dictionary, a few pages ________ are missing, is of no use.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析