One day I was driving home with a woman. She rolled down the window, fifty feet away from the driveway and spit her gum （口香糖）out of the window. “Couldn’t you just wait five seconds and put your gum where it belongs?” I asked, annoyed.
She was not the only one who was gum-lazy. Consider the following. Every time I brush chewed gum under my desk, I shake with fright. At Folsom Middle School, whenever I had to walk by the gum wall next to the girls’ locker room, I felt totally disgusted. When I was young, I walked outside during my dance show in my ballet shoes, always stepping right on a big and juicy piece of bubble gum. I was extremely upset.
The worst part of all these incidents is that a trash can is located near. But some people are too lazy to walk towards it.
If you can’t be a responsible gum chewer, don’t chew at all. That’s all I’m going to say.
Take Singapore as a good example. The chewing gum ban in Singapore was placed. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore, whether for the purpose of trade or personal chewing. However, the ban has been partly lifted with some types of gum, such as medical gum, allowable. This comes with the warning that it is sold only by a druggist, who has to take down the names of buyers. Obviously, the Singapore government gets angry at gum stuck in keyholes of mailboxes and on elevator buttons.
Not only is it annoying, but chewing gum can actually do harm to the health. Most gum contains aspartame （阿斯巴甜）, a chemical sweetener（增甜剂）that the US government is now deciding whether or not it is a deadly chemical. If it is, it may cause cancer. Other studies suggest that aspartame may cause neurological（神经系统的）disorders. Therefore, aspartame is not allowed to use in the US.
So just say no to chewing gum.
1.What did the author think of the woman’s behavior?
A. It was strange. B. It was unacceptable.
C. It was dangerous. D. It was violent.
2.According to Paragraph 2, the author _________.
A. stepped on a piece of gum while dancing
B. cleaned gum under her desk sometimes
C. was troubled by chewed gum
D. often found chewed gum in her locker
3.What do we know about aspartame?
A. It is proved to be a harmless chemical.
B. It is the cause of many kinds of cancer..
C. It is being refused by the US government.
D. It is the main ingredient of chewing gum.
4.What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To advise people against chewing gum.
B. To criticize people who are lazy.
C. To persuade people to buy medical gum.
D. To make comments on the ban in Singapore.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
One day I was driving home with a woman. She rolled down the window, fifty feet away from the driveway and spit her gum （口香糖）out of the window. “Couldn’t you just wait five seconds and put your gum where it belongs?” I asked, annoyed.
She was not the only one who was gum-lazy. Consider the following. Every time I brush chewed gum under my desk, I shake with fright. At Folsom Middle School, whenever I had to walk by the gum wall next to the girls’ locker room, I felt totally disgusted. When I was young, I walked outside during my dance show in my ballet shoes, always stepping right on a big and juicy piece of bubble gum. I was extremely upset.
The worst part of all these incidents is that a trash can is located near. But some people are too lazy to walk towards it.
If you can’t be a responsible gum chewer, don’t chew at all. That’s all I’m going to say.
Take Singapore as a good example. The chewing gum ban in Singapore was placed. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore, whether for the purpose of trade or personal chewing. However, the ban has been partly lifted with some types of gum, such as medical gum, allowable. This comes with the warning that it is sold only by a druggist, who has to take down the names of buyers. Obviously, the Singapore government gets angry at gum stuck in keyholes of mailboxes and on elevator buttons.
Not only is it annoying, but chewing gum can actually do harm to the health. Most gum contains aspartame （阿斯巴甜）, a chemical sweetener（增甜剂）that the US government is now deciding whether or not it is a deadly chemical. If it is, it may cause cancer. Other studies suggest that aspartame may cause neurological（神经系统的）disorders. Therefore, aspartame is not allowed to use in the US.
So just say no to chewing gum.
1.What did the author think of the woman’s behavior?
A. It was strange. B. It was unacceptable.
C. It was dangerous. D. It was violent.
2.According to Paragraph 2, the author _________.
A. stepped on a piece of gum while dancing
B. cleaned gum under her desk sometimes
C. was troubled by chewed gum
D. often found chewed gum in her locker
3.What do we know about aspartame?
A. It is proved to be a harmless chemical.
B. It is the cause of many kinds of cancer..
C. It is being refused by the US government.
D. It is the main ingredient of chewing gum.
4.What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To advise people against chewing gum.
B. To criticize people who are lazy.
C. To persuade people to buy medical gum.
D. To make comments on the ban in Singapore.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Every day on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular ______ my attention. It must have suffered some ______. Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to ______ its own course of life. The trunk took a 90-degree turn ______ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
This tree became a ______ for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be ______. It was a reminder to me that ______ I may not have had the best start in life, I could change _____ in the parts of my life at any time.
I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect _____ of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同) tree. But that week I was ______. After that busy week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would ______ myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I ______ by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my ______, I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had ______ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too ______.
A picture of a tree is not of great ______. But my lesson rang through clearly ______ I found out one of my colleagues had been ______ with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many ______.
What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would ______ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?
1.A. escaped B. fixed C. caught D. paid
2.A. sadness B. damage C. experience D. failure
3.A. change B. design C. continue D. imagine
4.A. having B. learning C. happening D. trying
5.A. symbol B. habit C. friend D. protection
6.A. interested B. satisfied C. encouraged D. educated
7.A. even if B. as if C. in case D. if only
8.A. purpose B. plan C. habit D. direction
9.A. look B. view C. picture D. knowledge
10.A. busy B. free C. worried D. bored
11.A. call B. help C. tell D. see
12.A. walked B. drove C. rode D. ran
13.A. surprise B. pleasure C. regret D. happiness
14.A. taken off B. cut off C. put off D. called off
15.A. cold B. far C. long D. late
16.A. value B. achievement C. fun D. disappointment
17.A. when B. before C. because D. unless
18.A. linked B. combined C. provided D. diagnosed
19.A. lives B. tomorrows C. lessons D. opportunities
20.A. never B. almost C. ever D. surely
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One day I was walking home along the street with my iPad on，when suddenly my headphones(耳机）were knocked off my head and a man threw his arm around my neck，saying“Just be quiet．” I was being attacked，and this man's arm was gripping（紧夹）onto me！I started screaming and tried to pull him off me, but failed. He was forcing me to walk towards the back of an auto repair shop and he just kept saying“Be quiet.”
My mind froze with fear. Then I heard my great-grandmother’s voice in my head. She was saying“Come on now. I know you are stronger than that！” She was the rock in our family until she died four years ago.
I have never had any self-defense(自卫）training, but I went for it--I let out a loud scream as I kicked my leg back into his shin(胫骨）！He let go of me(放开我) and I ran off. When I looked back to see if he was running after me，I saw he was running in the opposite direction. Then I ran like crazy to a nearby store.
I asked the girl at the counter for the phone and called my mom. She picked me up five minutes later and I explained what happened through sobs(抽泣)．“I am calling the police!” She exclaimed. When we got home，two officers were waiting for us and I told them what had happened.
After my experience，I was afraid to do anything. Things slowly got better，but I still don’t like anyone going near my neck.
The fear isn’t totally gone-after all; the guy is still out there somewhere. But I had a new understanding of my own strength. I never expected to be able to fight off an attacker. I am stronger than I realized.
1.How did the author get rid of the man？
A. She used all her strength to pull him off her.
B. Her loud scream scared the attacker and people came to help.
C. Her great-grandmother’s words gave her the strength to defend herself.
D. Her great-grandmother came and helped.
2.After the author escaped from the man，_________.
A. she screamed to get more attention
B. she looked back to remember his appearance
C. she called the police
D. she called her mother
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A. The attack made the author more confident in a way.
B. The author suddenly remembered some self-defense movements.
C. The author was so frightened that she did nothing to fight back.
D. The accident left no influence on the author now.
4.What might be the author’s purpose of writing this passage？
A. To warn teenagers of possible dangers on the way to school.
B. To show how brave she was while she was being attacked at that time.
C. To share her experience and tell us that we are perhaps not as weak as we thought we were.
D. To show the importance of self-defense training.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
One morning Mrs Smith was driving home after she had done shopping. When she drove near a rubbish dump, she noticed a microwave oven(微波炉) not far from the side of the road.“John is a good electrician!”she said to herself.“Perhaps he can repair this. I'll take it home and let him try.”She picked up the oven and put it in the boot of her car. Then she drove on happily. A few kilometers later, she heard the siren (警报器)of a police car behind her. She looked in the driving mirror and saw a policeman waving to her to tell her to pull over and stop.
Mrs Smith was very puzzled. She slowed down at the side of the road. A traffic policeman got out of the police car and walked up to her.
“Can I see your driving license and insurance certificate(保险证)，please? ”he asked her. He copied down details of her name, address and the number of the car.“What's wrong, officer?” Mrs Smith asked. The policeman did not reply. He looked in the car and then at the back. “Open the boot, please.”he said to Mrs Smith.
Mrs Smith was still puzzled. She opened the boot and pointed to the microwave oven. "I found this old microwave oven a few minutes ago," she said. "I'm just taking it home to see if my husband can repair it." The policeman stared at her for a moment to see if she was telling the truth. "That's not a microwave oven." he said at last. "That's our radar set(雷达装置). It was the start of a speed trap. Do you mind if we have it back?" Mrs Smith's face turned red. "Oh", she said," I'm very sorry. I wouldn't have touched it if I'd known what it was."
1.Why did Mrs Smith pick up the police's radar set and want to take it home?
A．She had no microwave oven and wanted one.
B．She took it for a waste microwave oven.
C．She saw nobody was looking.
D．She just wanted to steal it.
2.The underlined word "boot" in the third paragraph means_____ .
A．the outer covering for the foot
B．the outer covering for the car
C．the place for luggage at the back of a car
D．the place for metal equipment for protection
3.Choose the right order of the events(事件) given in the passage.
a. The policeman wrote down Mrs Smith's name, address and the car number.
b. Mrs Smith picked up a radar set and put it in the boot of her car.
c. The policeman took back the radar set.
d. Mrs Smith went shopping.
e. A policeman signed Mrs Smith to stop her car.
f. The policeman found the radar set in the boot of Mrs Smith's car.
A．b,d,e,f,c,a B．d,b,e,f,c,a C．b,d,e,a,f,c D．d,b,e,a,f,c
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
What happened to the woman?
A. She was late for school.
B. She got lost while driving.
C. She couldn’t find a parking spot.
高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析
Edie was nine years old, and she was tinier than other children of her age. One day, she ran home crying loudly, because she was 36 by the three new girls of her school. They picked her as the object of their 37and threatened to beat her up. Edie’s mother held her 38 and comforted (安慰)her. She 39the next day that the girls had been troublemakers at several other schools and they were being given one more 40 at a new beginning.
Edie’s _41said ,“Be kind to your enemies, Edie.”She _42 said, “When the girls 43to threatened you next time ,tell them you want to be their friend.”“Are you 44 enough to do that?”Edie’s mother asked. The 45 girl answered, “Yes, Mom, I’ll try.”
Every day, the girls pushed Edie and called her names and 46 to get in a poke(戳) or two. Each time, Edie looked up at them and said, “ I’d really like to be your 47 . ”But it seemed that this wasn’t working.
Then one day the following week, Edie ran home as 48 as she could , shouting ,“Mom, guess what happened today ! Just like I 49 did, I said I’d really like to be their friend, and one of the 50 said ,‘Okay, Edie, we 51 and we’ll be your friends’”A short time later, Edie sat at a table with them and52 their tutor (私人教师).
Towards the end of the school year,53 Edie’s parents went to school for a parent-teacher conference, the teacher told54 ,“Because of Edie’s kindness, those girls have completed 55 and are model students in the class.”
1. A. frightened B. encouraged C. cheated D. saved
2. A. shame B. surprise C. anger D. fear
3.A. suddenly B. unwillingly C. curiously D. softly
4.A. expressed B. admitted C. learned D. believed
5.A. time B. chance C. lesson D. trouble
6. A. sister B. father C. mother D. teacher
7.A. again B. also C. once D. just
8. A. start B. agree C. refuse D. forget
9.A. kind B. brave C. strong D. clever
10.A. weak B. foolish C. selfish D. tiny
11.A. chose B. promised C. volunteered D. tried
12. A. friend B. classmate C. enemy D. neighbor
13. A. fast B. carefully C. late D. safely
14. A. never B. seldom C. always D. often
15. A. boys B. students C. players D. girls
16. A. grow older B. give up C. set off D. become worse
17. A. became B. helped C. invited D. found
18.A. if B. when C. because D. before
19. A. her B. him C. us D. them
20.A. stayed up B. broken down C. turned around D. fallen behind
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Everyday on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular_______my attention. It must have suffered some _______ Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to _______ its own course of life. The trunk took a 90-degree turn _______ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
This tree became a_______for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be _______. It was a reminder to me that _______I may not have had the best start in life, I could change_______in the parts of my life at any time.
I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect _______of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同) tree. But that week I was________. After that busy week, I still didn't take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would________myself, "Tomorrow, I'll stop tomorrow to take one. " Then one day, as I ________ by "my" tree, I glanced over, and much to my________,I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had________my plan until "tomorrow" and tomorrow proved to be too ________ .
A picture of a tree is not of great ________. But my lesson rang through clearly ________ I found out one of my colleagues had been________with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many ________.
What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would ________ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things now that you have been putting off until tomorrow?
1.A.paid B.caught C.fixed D.escaped
2.A.damage B.sadness C.experience D.influence
3.A.change B.design C.continue D.imagine
4.A.applying B.learning C.happening D.attempting
5.A.symbol B.sign C.signal D.shelter
6.A.interested B.satisfied C.encouraged D.educated
7.A.as if B.even if C.in case D.if only
8.A.purpose B.plan C.habit D.direction
9.A.look B.view C.picture D.knowledge
10.A.busy B.free C.worried D.bored
11.A.call B.help C.tell D.see
12.A.walked B.drove C.rode D.ran
13.A.happiness B.pleasure C.regret D.astonishment
14.A.taken off B.cut off C.put off D.called off
15.A.cold B.far C.long D.late
16.A.value B.achievement C.fun D.disappointment
17.A.before B.when C.because D.unless
18.A.linked B.combined C.provided D.diagnosed
19.A.lives B.tomorrows C.lessons D.opportunities
20.A.ever B.almost C.never D.surely
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Everyday on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular_______my attention. It musthave suffered some _______. Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to _______ its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn _______ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
This tree became a _______ for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be_______ . It was a reminder to me that _______ I may not have had the best start in life, I could change _______ in the parts of my life at any time.
I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect _______ of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree. But that week I was _______. After that busy week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would _______ myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I _______by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my _______ found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had _______ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too _______.
A picture of a tree is not of great _______. But my lesson rang through clearly _______ I found out one of my colleagues had been_______with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many _______.
What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would _______ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?
1.A. paid B. caught C. fixed D. escaped
2.A. damage B. influence C. experience D. defeat
3.A. follow B. design C. change D. imagine
4.A. applying B. attempting C. happening D. learning
5.A. shelter B. signal C. sign D. symbol
6.A. interested B. satisfied C. encouraged D. educated
7.A. even though B. as if C. in case D. if only
8.A. purpose B. plan C. habit D. direction
9.A. glance B. view C. picture D. knowledge
10.A. busy B. free C. worried D. bored
11.A. tell B. help C. call D. see
12.A. wandered B. drove C. rode D. ran
13.A. surprise B. pleasure C. regret D. happiness
14.A. taken off B. cut off C. put off D. called off
15.A. cold B. far C. sunny D. late
16.A. value B. achievement C. fun D. disappointment
17.A. when B. before C. because D. unless
18.A. linked B. combined C. provided D. diagnosed
19.A. lives B. tomorrows C. lessons D. opportunities
20.A. surely B. almost C. ever D. never
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
One night recently, I was driving down a highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car came from the _21_ direction at about the same speed. As we _22_ each other, I looked into the driver’s eyes for a second. I 23 whether he might be thinking, as I was, how24we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall 25 , not to cross over into my lane (车道) and bring my 26 to a sudden end. He relied on me in just the same way without doubt.
I believe that is the way the world _27 . At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to cross over the double yellow line. Sometimes it requires us to _28 cooperatively, with friends or even 29 .
_30 technology makes our world smaller, the need increases for cooperation. In 2003, doctors in five nations were encouraged to find the causes of SARS, saving thousands of lives. The 31 of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring the 32 across the world. We must 33 that our future is not controlled by ourselves alone.
I’ve come to believe that one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. So, while 34 alone down a dark road, we must know the coming light may not be a danger, but a 35 moment of trust.
1.A. same B. opposite C. near D. far
2.A. passed B. caught C. blamed D. reminded
3. A. asked B. searched C. repeated D. wondered
4.A. friendly B. strange C. dependent D. confident
5.A. ill B. asleep C. away D. apart
6. A. car B. trip C. journey D. life
7.A. forms B. runs C. works D. appears
8.A. act B. walk C. stay D. travel
9.A. strangers B. relatives C. colleagues D. animals
10. A. But B. If C. As D. After
11.A. arrival B. organization C. development D. threat
12.A. efforts B. practice C. fighting D. forces
13.A. hope B. decide C. recognize D. face
14.A. sitting B. standing C. flying D. driving
15.A. closed B. shared C. broken D. concerned
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One afternoon，as I was driving back home, I stopped at a busy intersection as the traffic light turned red. I waited ____ for the light to turn green，so that I could ____ my journey.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, an old woman ____ and started asking for ___. That day, I had unknowingly ____ off the air conditioner in the car and my window was down. The old woman was standing very close to my car. As she begged for alms(施舍物), I closely ____ her weather-beaten face, which had lots of wrinkles on it. Her eyes ____ lots of sadness and her whole body was ____. I sensed that this elderly lady had ____ some incredibly hard times in her life and at this time there was no one to look after her, ____ forced her to beg on the streets.
Seeing her condition, I immediately felt from ____ my being a huge surge (汹涌)of ____ for her. It was coming deep from within my heart. I normally gave loose ____ to beggars, however, that day my inner self strongly ____ me that I give her something substantial(大量的)so that she ____ have a decent meal.
Without any ____ I took out a substantial amount from my wallet and ____ it in her hand. Her weather-beaten face lit up with a toothless smile and she ____ me and went on her way. In the ____ the traffic light had turned green, and it was time to move on.
As I drove back home I felt within myself a sense of joy and ____ surging through me because I was able to do something for at least one person on this planet.
1.A. carefully B. worriedly C. patiently D. narrowly
2.A. continue B. stop C. take D. start
3.A. escaped B. disappeared C. appeared D. fled
4.A. food B. note C. direction D. money
5.A. carried B. switched C. put D. broke
6.A. observed B. noticed C. stared D. found
7.A. presented B. suggested C. showed D. possessed
8.A. moving B. turning C. falling D. shaking
9.A. heard B. gone through C. met D. look through
10.A. that B. who C. what D. which[
11.A. in B. beyond C. within D. across
12.A. passion B. pity C. emotion D. sympathy
13.A. pound B. change C. dollar D. allowance
14.A. urged B. suggested C. ordered D. requested
15.A. will B. might C. could D. must
16.A. permission B. hesitation C. discussion D. decision
17.A. placed B. lied C. existed D. pushed
18.A. blessed B. called C. forced D. required
19.A. daytime B. meantime C. trap D. world
20.A. sadness B. sorrow C. happiness D. mixture
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析