Something big is happening to the human race, something that could be called the Great Transformation.
The Transformation consists of all the changes that are occurring in human life due to advancing technology. For thousands of years such progress occurred slowly. Now everything is changing so fast that you may find yourself wondering where all this progress is really leading.
Nobody knows what all these changes will really mean in the long run. But this mysterious Transformation is the biggest story of all times. It is the story of the human race itself.
Some people worry about what will happen when the deposits(蕴藏)of petroleum are gone, but already researchers are finding all kinds of new ways to get energy. Someday, solar power collected by satellites circling the earth or fission(裂变) power produced by mankind may give us all the energy we need for an expanding civilization(文明).Space exploraton promises to open up much new land for human settlement, as well as leading to the harvest of mineral resources.
Like it or not, our advancing technology has made us masters of the earth. We not only control all the other animals, but also reshape the world’s plant life and even its soil and rocks, its waters and surrounding air.
Technology gives us the power to build a great new civilizaion, if we can just agee on what we want it to be, bu today, there is little global agreement on goals and how we should achieve them.
So it remanins to be seen what will happen as a result of our technology. Pessimists (悲观主义者) worry that we will use the technology eventually to blow ourselves up. But they have been saying that for decades, and so far we have escaped. Whether we will continue to do so remains unknown, but we can continue to hope.
68.The Great Transformation is caused by ________.
A. changes in human life B.the development of science and technology
C. space exploration D. unknown reasons
69.Today it is impossible for people to build a remarkable new civilization because __________. A.nobody is optimistic about the future
B.human beings aare unabale to do so
C.people diagree with each other in many ways
D.people are worried too much
70.Advancing technology could possibly make us_______.
A.hesitate B.decisive C.powerless D.mysterious
高二英语阅读理解简单题
Something big is happening to the human race, something that could be called the Great Transformation.
The Transformation consists of all the changes that are occurring in human life due to advancing technology. For thousands of years such progress occurred slowly. Now everything is changing so fast that you may find yourself wondering where all this progress is really leading.
Nobody knows what all these changes will really mean in the long run. But this mysterious Transformation is the biggest story of all times. It is the story of the human race itself.
Some people worry about what will happen when the deposits(蕴藏)of petroleum are gone, but already researchers are finding all kinds of new ways to get energy. Someday, solar power collected by satellites circling the earth or fission(裂变) power produced by mankind may give us all the energy we need for an expanding civilization(文明).Space exploraton promises to open up much new land for human settlement, as well as leading to the harvest of mineral resources.
Like it or not, our advancing technology has made us masters of the earth. We not only control all the other animals, but also reshape the world’s plant life and even its soil and rocks, its waters and surrounding air.
Technology gives us the power to build a great new civilizaion, if we can just agee on what we want it to be, bu today, there is little global agreement on goals and how we should achieve them.
So it remanins to be seen what will happen as a result of our technology. Pessimists (悲观主义者) worry that we will use the technology eventually to blow ourselves up. But they have been saying that for decades, and so far we have escaped. Whether we will continue to do so remains unknown, but we can continue to hope.
68.The Great Transformation is caused by ________.
A. changes in human life B.the development of science and technology
C. space exploration D. unknown reasons
69.Today it is impossible for people to build a remarkable new civilization because __________. A.nobody is optimistic about the future
B.human beings aare unabale to do so
C.people diagree with each other in many ways
D.people are worried too much
70.Advancing technology could possibly make us_______.
A.hesitate B.decisive C.powerless D.mysterious
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
The American expression "shoo-in" means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue (争论) about which side will win. Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win. The stronger team is a shoo-in. there is no way that it can lose.
The expression "shoo-in" comes from horse racing. It comes from the word "shoo". That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It's another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. All but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race. The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such races. They began to call the winner of such a race a "shoo-in".
These days, people use shoo-into describe any athlete or competitor that seems certain to win, even without cheating. American runner Edwin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the nineteen-eighty-four Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lose. And they were
right. He won the gold medal.
1.One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because ________.
A. the other riders had agreed to fail in the race
B. be used to be the best in riding
C. the public had belief in him
D. he could not control his horse easily
2.Which of the following statements is Not true?
A. "Shoo-in" came from the word "shoo".
B. The public did not know they were being cheated.
C. Some runners bet a lot of money on the chosen horse.
D. US runner Moses was worthy of a shoo-in.
3.The main idea of the passage is that "shoo-in" ________.
A. is used to admire a person who seems to be sure to win a race
B. is a word used to describe a dishonest person
C. is used for any athlete or competitor that seems too clever to be cheated
D. is used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game
4.This passage can best be titled_______.
A. Be Sure to Win B. Shoo-in, a Sure Winner
C. Winner in a Competition D. The Birth of Shoo-in
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That’s what’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet(南极洲西部冰盖). A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy(地热能). While the CO2 we send out heats the atmosphere above the continent, earth is melting us ice from below.
If you were to drill (钻) deep at some place on the continents, you would find that the temperature increases about 25℃ for every kilometer deep into the hole on average. Scientists call this the geothermal gradient(地热梯度). Until recently, no one had drilled deeply enough through the West Antarctic ice to determine the geothermal gradient underground. For the new study, researchers drilled all the way through the ice and into the mud. They found that the geothermal gradient was about 200℃, which is several times the global average on continents. Few predicted this result, although it had been showed that the earth below the West Antarctic ice is unusually hot.
Even with the new discovery, though, we still don’t know exactly where the heat is coming from. One interesting possibility is volcanoes, which are under the ice. As recently as 2013, scientists were still discovering volcanoes under the ice in the area, and there may be many more.
Some people say that these volcanoes, rather than manmade climate change, are responsible for melting the area’s ice. While it’s true that heat coming from within the earth, including heat related to volcanoes, makes the melting faster, it is just one contributor to the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet---not the main cause. Today’s study could help us understand how the whole system, including global warming, is melting the ice.
1.What’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet?
A. The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter.
B. It is heated from below rather than from above.
C. The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy.
D. It is melting from both sides.
2.What can be learned from the second Paragraph?
A. It was the first time that researchers had tried to measure geothermal gradients.
B. The geothermal gradient showed where the heat came from.
C. The result was beyond the researchers’ expectations.
D. Researchers never knew the earth under the West Antarctic ice was hot.
3.The author would probably agree that ___.
A. the new discovery is unhelpful without a certain conclusion
B. no volcano has been found to support the researchers’ idea
C. volcanoes are the most important reason for the melting of the ice
D. global warming is surely one reason for the melting of the ice
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The West Antarctic ice sheet is in danger.
B. Researchers are trying to stop global warming.
C. The West Antarctic ice sheet’s melting will bring terrible consequences.
D. It has been known how to stop the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I read a post about taking someone to the movies, I remembered something that happened a couple of years ago.
I used to drink Coca-Cola and they had a contest where there was a ___________ inside the bottle cap. You went to a website and entered the code and maybe you _________ something. I won some ___________ Cokes. But then, I won the Grand Prize!I was surprised and ___________.
The Grand Prize was free movies for a year. What that ___________ to be was that the company sent me 52 admission tickets for a local movie theatre — they _________ one movie a week was what free movies for a year _______. All of the tickets had expiration dates(失效期)later than a year from the day I _________ them. I used quite a few taking friends to see _________.
But the best thing I did with them was that I ____________ twenty-two tickets that I had left by that time, to the local Women’s Transition House. It is a place where women and their ____________ could go when they’re ______________ domestic violence or just a bad situation in general and get help to make a ______________ start.
My work team had decided we would be a charity through which we ______________ donations for that particular Christmas. I knew that the Women’s Transition House ______________ some childcare for the women ______________ they could go for job interviews and things like that.
I put those tickets in a(n) ______________ and wrote a note on the outside, asking the Women's Transition House staff to give the movie tickets to women there ____________ the holidays to have something ____________ to do, with or without their children. It made me ____________ happy to do this.
1.A.website B.sign C.code D.note
2.A.bought B.won C.downloaded D.sought
3.A.expensive B.cheap C.delicious D.free
4.A.skeptical B.delighted C.numb D.jealous
5.A.turned over B.turned up C.turned out D.turned down
6.A.figured B.tolerated C.foresaw D.identified
7.A.occurred B.mattered C.meant D.underlined
8.A.refused B.received C.presented D.lost
9.A.plays B.movies C.performances D.matches
10.A.sold B.abandoned C.distributed D.donated
11.A.children B.partner C.family D.parents
12.A.handling B.opposing C.fleeing D.defeating
13.A.steady B.fresh C.complete D.perfect
14.A.purchased B.managed C.controlled D.collected
15.A.provided B.accepted C.supported D.postponed
16.A.but B.so C.otherwise D.or
17.A.mailbox B.timetable C.pocket D.envelope
18.A.to B.before C.over D.with
19.A.controversial B.compulsory C.entertaining D.systematic
20.A.really B.nearly C.generally D.simply
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my31 was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.
There was a 32 near our house. In winter it was the greatest33 place in the world. One 34 all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks 35 the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t36 any longer that afternoon. So I 37 my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey.I was not really38 .
The hockey game had attracted 39 audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering40 . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water41 my body, and I sank like a rock. My feet42 the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another 43 , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my 44 around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again,“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and 45 . I crawled to the shore and lay down,46 .The next thing I knew was people were 47 around me, covering me with coats.
When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me, 48 my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my49 .” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”
For a long time I thought I would50 a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.
1.A. attention B. behavior C. explanation D. reason
2.A. river B. pond C. lake D. dam
3.A. skating B. fishing C. swimming D. skiing
4.A. afternoon B. morning C. evening D. night
5.A. after B. until C. as D. if
6. A. go B. run C. sit D. wait
7.A. found B. threw C. took D. hid
8.A. lonely B. single C. alone D. afraid
9.A. noisy B. happy C. small D. young
10. A. changed B. disappeared C. increased D. stopped
11.A. filled B. controlled C. covered D. loaded
12.A. hit B. dragged C. set D. tapped
13.A. day B. hour C. minute D. second
14.A. head B. hand C. arm D. leg
15.A. left B.succeeded C. tried D. survived
16.A. worried B. surprised C. excited D. exhausted
17.A. lying B. standing C. laughing D. crawling
18.A. raising B. shaking C. holding D. washing
19.A. place B. mind C. defense D. rescue
20.A. take up B. make up with C. bring up D. come up with
高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the1– five dollars was far beyond Reuben Earle’s money. Five dollars would2almost a week’s food for his family.
But hearing the sound of hammering (捶打的声音) from a side street, Reuben had a(n)3. He ran towards the sound and discovered he could 4the hessian sacks (麻袋) which were thrown away and sell them for five cents a piece.
Every day5 , Reuben walked down the town, collecting6 . On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more7than Reuben, for he had more time for his “work”. Then one day the time had8.
Reuben ran down Water Street to the 9 . “Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.” The man took the sacks,10 into his pocket and placed four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben said a thank you and11home. On arriving home, Reuben uncovered the tin can12he kept the money. He poured the coins out and began to count. He had 13 .
Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he told the owner 14 . The man went to the window and15Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off, carefully wrapped (包裹) it in brown paper and16it to Reuben.
Racing home, Reuben shouted, “Here, Mom! Here!” He placed a small17 in her hands. She unwrapped it carefully. A jewel box 18. Dora lifted the lid (盖子), tears beginning to fill her eyes. Dora had19received such a gift; she had no jewelry 20 her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled and gathered her son into her arms.
1. A.price B.cost C.worth D.value
2. A.buy B.offer C.enjoy D.expect
3. A.question B.try C.idea D.schedule
4. A.sell B.collect C.fetch D.bury
5. A.before dinner B.in class C.at church D.after school
6. A.the money B.the sacks C.the paper D.the tin cans
7. A.pleased B.surprised C.worried D.tired
8. A.passed B.ended C.come D.wasted
9. A.hotel B.school C.bank D.store
10. A.hid B.reached C.stole D.put
11. A.stayed B.walked C.got D.ran
12. A.when B.which C.while D.where
13. A.none B.enough C.little D.much
14. A.calmly B.honestly C.proudly D.angrily
15. A.took out B.gave out C.set out D.left out
16. A.lent B.threw C.handed D.took
17. A.box B.ring C.book D.letter
18. A.opened B.dropped C.appeared D.broke
19. A.often B.never C.just D.ever
20. A.including B.with C.as well as D.except for
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
What is a big dream? 1. or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers(障碍) to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.
The Self
Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it can’t happen. This inside voice is the ego (自我). It is there for protecting and should be listened to. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong. 2.
That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.
3.
Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.
The World
If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. 4. In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.
The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. 5.
A. How Big Dreams Die
B. Family and Friends
C. They simply fail until they succeed.
D. Does a big dream show one’s future?
E. Most people are influenced by the inside voice.
F. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.
G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Do you know what a big dream is? 1. Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.
The Self
Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to. 2. Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.
3.
Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friend destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.
The World
If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. 4. In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.
The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. 5.
A. Does a big dream show one’s future ?
B. They simply fail until they succeed.
C. How Big Dreams Die
D. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.
E. Family and Friends
F. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong
G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Most times, what people accept as hope is a feeling or thought that something desired may happen. The word hope is a guarantee(保证)of happiness without a doubt. Hope in ancient Greek is “elpis” meaning “to expect or look forward with pleasure”. Orison Swett Marden says “there is no medicine as great and powerful expectation of something better tomorrow.”
Samuel Esson Jonah is one of the world’s most influential personalities of this century. When he was young, mining for Africans was hell on earth, because they were treated very badly and there were no key positions in the industry for them because it was believed that the black could not manage their affairs successfully. Even in the face of all these challenges and discriminations, Jonah hoped to head the industry someday. When he told his workmates and parents about his hope, he became a laughing stock. Not giving up on his hope, he worked hard toward it and at last he became president of Anglo Gold Ashanti.
Hope without doubt helps you to work hard until you finally achieve your aims or goals. Hope keeps one alive and also helps us persevere (坚持) to succeed. Someone may say “I’ve tried and failed several times”. As a matter of fact, failure is inevitable(无法避免的) sometimes but that doesn’t overrule your ability to succeed. The key is that you can’t give up your hope. Our history has seen many great achievers. Though they hoped they could make it, they also failed; however, they didn’t give up on their hope. They worked even harder and eventually succeeded.
Today when we can celebrate so many of them for their courage, remember “faith without work is dead”, so is your dream or hope. Samuel Similes says “Hope is the companion(伙伴) of power, the mother of success, for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles (奇迹).” So don’t let your hope down.
1.What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. How to remain hopeful.
B. What hope really means.
C. The importance of having hope.
D. The relationship between hope and pleasure.
2.The author uses the example of Samuel Esson Jonah mainly to _________.
A. prove that hope can lead to success
B. prove a lowly man can also succeed
C. show the times produce their heroes
D. show it’s hard for a black to succeed
3.According to Paragraph 3, to succeed one should _________.
A. acquire great ability
B. avoid quitting easily
C. try to understand history
D. stop being overconfident
4.Which would be the best title for the text?
A. Hope is just a choice
B. Keep your hope alive
C. Failure breeds success
D. How to achieve success
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Beyoncé Knowles can do something that many humans struggle with: sing and dance at the same time. But, it turns out this great ability is not unique to humans. The superb lyrebird, already known to be a gifted singer, can perform coordinated(协调的)songanddance routines(一套舞蹈动作)that put most humans to shame.
The superb lyrebird is one of only two lyrebird species living in Australia, the other named Albert’s lyrebird. Male lyrebirds have tails in the shape of an ancient musical instrument when spread out. Like most animals with beautiful body parts, the males use their tails to attract females. Each one sets up a small mound(小丘)on the forest floor, where he walks around proudly and sings. He also shows his tail by holding it over his head.
Lyrebirds are gifted mimics(模仿者), so their songs combine their own calls, the songs of other species, and sounds they have heard in the forest. That would be enough showing off for other animals, but male superb lyrebirds also dance.
Anastasia Dalziell of the Australian National University in Canberra filmed 12 lyrebirds in the wild. She found that males only danced during four song types, and that each song type was accompanied by a specific move. “Lyrebirds match different dance styles to different types of songs, ”she says. For example, when the male sang a series of rapid notes he also stepped to the side and held his tail wide. Another song type was accompanied by jumping and moving up and down, with the tail held narrow.
“Our results suggest that the coordination between song and dance—like movements we see in humans can occur in other animals,” says Dalziell. Female lyrebirds might prefer males that are better at coordinating song and dance, although there is no evidence of that yet.
1.Beyoncé Knowles is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to ___________.
A. put most humans to shame
B. introduce the topic of lyrebirds
C. show the author’s admiration for her
D. share the experience of the famous singer
2.According to the passage, male lyrebirds attract females by ___________.
A. performing on a mound and showing their tails
B. walking in the forest with the heads held up
C. having tails shaped like a musical instrument
D. singing and dancing with other male lyrebirds
3.What may Anastasia Dalziell agree with?
A. Both human beings and animals are born singers and dancers.
B. Female Albert’s lyrebirds are fond of copying and showing off.
C. Male superb lyrebirds are gifted at coordinating song and dance.
D. Male lyrebirds can sing four songs, each accompanied by a move.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析