This little girl has big baseball dreams. Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old girl who uses a 3-D printed hand, wants to break the world record for the number of ceremonial first pitches(投，掷) at every major League Baseball (MLB) stadium- and teams are lining up to let her in. Dawson has Poland Syndrome(波兰综合征) that caused her to be born without the three middle fingers of her right hand.
Hailey Dawson throws out the first pitch using a 3-D printed hand at a Baltimore Orioles Game in 2015. Dawson has a 3-D printed “flexy” hand, which allows her to write and even play t-ball with her dominant right hand(惯用的右手). Dawson has worn the ‘flexy” hand since she was four, which is controlled by fishing wire. She has about 6 different hands for different purposes.
Her condition hasn’t stopped the sporty girl from longing to hold the Guinness World Record for the most number of first pitches and it looks like the MLB will help her make that happen. She’s already thrown the first pitch at two Major League games. “ Maybe she can throw one out in every Major League ballpark,” Dawson’s mom told SportTechie.com, “ That’s what I’m going to work on this summer.”
When Bleacher Report posted a video about Dawson wanting to throw the first pitch at every ballpark, several Major League teams enthusiastically asked how to get her contact information so that she could come to their stadium.
More than half of the remaining baseball teams have already reached out to try to schedule Dawson at a game, including the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, the Minnesota Twins, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Florida Mariners, the San Diego Padres, the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants. Even non-Major League teams are asking Dawson to come to their stadium, like Florida Gators, a college team, and the Sacramento River Cats, a minor league team.
1.Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old girl, _______.
A. was born with disabilities B. is a famous baseball player
C. got her 3-D printed hand two years ago D. suffers greatly from her Poland Syndrome
2.What can we know about Dawson’s “ flexy” hand?
A. It has six different functions. B. It is flexible enough.
C. It limits her hand’s movement. D. It didn’t match Dawson well at first.
3.According to Paragraph 3, we know that _______.
A. Dawson’s mom is her baseball coach
B. Dawson is a loyal fan of Major League games
C. Cawson’s mom doesn’t support Dawson’s baseball dreams
D. Dawson’s disability doesn’t stop her desire for holding the Guinness World Record
4.What do some Major League teams want to do after watching Dawson’s video?
A. They want to accept her as their player.
B. They want to employ her as their coach.
C. They want to welcome her to their stadium.
D. They want to hold the Guinness World Record.
5.It can be inferred that Hailey Dawson’s baseball dreams _______.
A. shock all non-Major League teams
B. go against the standards of Major League teams
C. inspire neither Major nor non-Major League teams
D. get support from both Major and non-Major League teams
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
This little girl has big baseball dreams. Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old girl who uses a 3-D printed hand, wants to break the world record for the number of ceremonial first pitches(投，掷) at every major League Baseball (MLB) stadium- and teams are lining up to let her in. Dawson has Poland Syndrome(波兰综合征) that caused her to be born without the three middle fingers of her right hand.
Hailey Dawson throws out the first pitch using a 3-D printed hand at a Baltimore Orioles Game in 2015. Dawson has a 3-D printed “flexy” hand, which allows her to write and even play t-ball with her dominant right hand(惯用的右手). Dawson has worn the ‘flexy” hand since she was four, which is controlled by fishing wire. She has about 6 different hands for different purposes.
Her condition hasn’t stopped the sporty girl from longing to hold the Guinness World Record for the most number of first pitches and it looks like the MLB will help her make that happen. She’s already thrown the first pitch at two Major League games. “ Maybe she can throw one out in every Major League ballpark,” Dawson’s mom told SportTechie.com, “ That’s what I’m going to work on this summer.”
When Bleacher Report posted a video about Dawson wanting to throw the first pitch at every ballpark, several Major League teams enthusiastically asked how to get her contact information so that she could come to their stadium.
More than half of the remaining baseball teams have already reached out to try to schedule Dawson at a game, including the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, the Minnesota Twins, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Florida Mariners, the San Diego Padres, the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants. Even non-Major League teams are asking Dawson to come to their stadium, like Florida Gators, a college team, and the Sacramento River Cats, a minor league team.
1.Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old girl, _______.
A. was born with disabilities B. is a famous baseball player
C. got her 3-D printed hand two years ago D. suffers greatly from her Poland Syndrome
2.What can we know about Dawson’s “ flexy” hand?
A. It has six different functions. B. It is flexible enough.
C. It limits her hand’s movement. D. It didn’t match Dawson well at first.
3.According to Paragraph 3, we know that _______.
A. Dawson’s mom is her baseball coach
B. Dawson is a loyal fan of Major League games
C. Cawson’s mom doesn’t support Dawson’s baseball dreams
D. Dawson’s disability doesn’t stop her desire for holding the Guinness World Record
4.What do some Major League teams want to do after watching Dawson’s video?
A. They want to accept her as their player.
B. They want to employ her as their coach.
C. They want to welcome her to their stadium.
D. They want to hold the Guinness World Record.
5.It can be inferred that Hailey Dawson’s baseball dreams _______.
A. shock all non-Major League teams
B. go against the standards of Major League teams
C. inspire neither Major nor non-Major League teams
D. get support from both Major and non-Major League teams
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there’s no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备）and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It was’t long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said, “If those old people next – door hadn’t mattered so much to me, I wouldn’t have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.”
1.Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?
A. Because she didn’t want others to hear her play
B. Because she didn’t mean to disturb others.
C. Because she didn’t have her own room
D. Because she didn’t like her neighbors.
2.Brenda started to give concerts .
A. after she practiced in her space bubble
B. when she became part of the unique space journey
C. after she became a real musical astronaut
D. when people came to see her in the space bubble
3.Brenda became famous because .
A. she was good at music and science
C. she invented a special way of practice
B. she became a real musical astronaut
D. she played well and had a talent
4.It can be inferred from the text that “ ”.
A. He laughs best who laughs last
C. Two heads are better than one
B. It’s never too old to learn
D. One good turn deserves another
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ''If those old people next–door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.''
1.Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?
A. Because she didn't want others to hear her play
B. Because she didn't mean to disturb others.
C. Because she didn't have her own room
D. Because she didn’t like her neighbors.
2.Brenda started to give concerts _______.
A. after she practiced in her space bubble
B. when she became part of the unique space journey
C. after she became a real musical astronaut
D. when people came to see her in the space bubble
3.Brenda became famous because _______.
A. she was good at music and science
B. she became a real musical astronaut
C. she invented a special way of practice
D. she played well and had a talent
4.It can be inferred from the text that: " _______".
A. He laughs best who laughs last B. It's never too old to learn
C. Two heads are better than one D. One good turn deserves another
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.
What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers many be also at fault. Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”.
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal(致命的) diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
1.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A. How teachers have influenced their students.
B. What has caused nurse shortage.
C. How nurses have been looked down upon.
D. Why women have chosen many different jobs.
2.The passage tells that high school teachers are at fault for .
A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US
B. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students
C. persuading the students not to be nurses
D. not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment
3.The author writes the passage in order to .
A. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem
B. call on women to choose different kinds of jobs
C. tell us women’s free choices of jobs today
D. describe the unequal treatment of women in the US
4.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed
B. women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countries
C. high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses
D. nursing used to be a popular job among women
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.
What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers many be also at fault. Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”.
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal(致命的) diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
1.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A.How teachers have influenced their students.
B.What has caused nurse shortage.
C.How nurses have been looked down upon.
D.Why women have chosen many different jobs.
2.The passage tells that high school teachers are at fault for .
A.not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US
B.introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students
C.persuading the students not to be nurses
D.not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment
3.The author writes the passage in order to .
A.warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem
B.call on women to choose different kinds of jobs
C.tell us women’s free choices of jobs today
D.describe the unequal treatment of women in the US
4.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A.of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed
B.women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countries
C.high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses
D.nursing used to be a popular job among women
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.
What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers many be also at fault. Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”.
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal (致命的) diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
1.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A. How nurses have been looked down upon.
B. Why women have chosen many different jobs.
C. What has caused nurse shortage.
D. How teachers have influenced their students.
2.The Passage tells that high school teachers are at fault for________.
A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US
B. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students
C. not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment
D. persuading the students not to be nurses
3.The author writes the Passage in order to________.
A. describe the unequal treatment of women in the US
B. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem
C. tell us women’s free choices of jobs today
D. call on women to choose different kinds of jobs
4.It can be inferred from the Passage that________.
A. high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses
B. women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countries
C. of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed
D. nursing used to be a popular job among women
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Hailey is an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her kindness is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring(令人惊叹的). The little girl has made it her task to help the _______ in her community by giving them a place to _______. While most other kids of her age are _______playing with toys, Hailey picks up _______ to build tiny shelters for people living on the streets.
Hailey's kind spirits _______ four years ago, when she and her mother bought a homeless man a sandwich. She _______ that she wanted to do more in terms of providing _______ for the homeless. So she came up with the idea of starting a _______ to grow and donate fresh vegetables.
"I was _______ that it would last a week," Hailey's mother told non-profit Together Rising. But it's been four years and she ________ delivers food to the homeless constantly. " With her mother's help, Hailey ________ a grant(拨款) from Together Rising ________ she was awarded $ 3,000 to help her get started. "We can't think of a better ________ than our Hailey. She's proof that no person or act of kindness is too ________ to change the world," said Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Together Rising.
The wooden homes that Hailey is building will ________ a front door, windows and solar panels.
________ , she does most of the work herself, under the guidance of her grandfather, who is a(n) ________. She is currently halfway through her first home, which she ________ to give to Edward, the homeless man who inspired her ________.Once she's done, Halley said she wants to ________building more sleeping shelters in Bremerton's Tent City.
1.A. careless B. fearless C. homeless D. hopeless
2.A. sleep B. stand C. study D. work
3.A. suffering from B. satisfied with C. aware of D. interested in
4.A. stones B. pencils C. toys D. tools
5.A. rose B. started C. happened D. failed
6.A. realized B. promised C. expected D. agreed
7.A. heat B. battery C. food D. blood
8.A. company B. garden C. hospital D. school
9.A. sad B. happy C. proud D. sure
10.A. still B. even C. also D. just
11.A. pushed aside B. responded to C. insisted on D. applied for
12.A. until B. but C. though D. because
13.A. record B. example C. result D. rule
14.A. small B. strong C. poor D. clever
15.A. follow B. contain C. feature D. cover
16.A. Fortunately B. Gradually C. Actually D. Eventually
17.A. architect B. official C. librarian D. magician
18.A. pretends B. refuses C. intends D. determines
19.A. ability B. project C. business D. growth
20.A. suggest B. prevent C. delay D. continue
高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
When I was a little girl, my grandparents lived in a house with a big front yard. They loved each other and planted lots of vegetables and flowers together in the yard.
But one summer Grandpa died, so it was hard for Grandma to care for the garden alone. When spring came, she planted just a few vegetables and flowers.
One day in the early summer, Grandma heard big noises in the yard. She looked out of the window and saw thousands of bees.
What could she do? Should she hire someone to get rid of the bees? But that would cost more than she could afford. She decided to wait.
Over the next few days, the bees were busy with their own business. That summer, Grandma's little garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the big crop of vegetables and the lovely flowers.
One day, Grandma's brother visited. When she told him about the bees, he said, "Farmers often hire beekeepers to come to their fields. The bees pollinate (授粉) the crops, which helps them to grow."
"So that's why my garden is doing so well!" She believed Grandpa had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma's little garden grow and grow...
1.What did the writer's grandparents plant in the yard?
___________________________________________________________________________
2.What caused the big noises in the yard one day?
___________________________________________________________________________
3.Why didn't Grandma get rid of the bees?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. How did the bees help Grandma?
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Why did Grandma believe her husband had sent the bees to take his place?
___________________________________________________________________________
高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
_____ the big snake, the little girl stood under the tree _____ out of life.（ ）
A．Seen; frightened B．Seeing; frightening
C．Seeing; frightened D．To see; frightening
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The little girl ________ a cry at the sight of a big snake.
A．let out B．gave out C．made out D．shouted out
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析