MeganI’m base in Bahrain, and I have a small ...

Megan

I’m base in Bahrain, and I have a small apartment there. The thing I like most about my job is the chance to meet people from different cultures. I spend a lot of my time handing out food and drinks and clearing up people’s rubbish. I certainly don’t feel very excited about going home at two in the morning.

Frank

I enjoy playing around with word puzzles. So I sent a couple in to a local newspaper and I suppose it is a strange way to spend your day surrounded by dictionaries and books, but it’s great because I’m just doing what I like.

Gemma

I love music and listen to it all the time, even when I go jogging. As for my job – you really can’t be shy in this kind of work, and you have to be very patient because sometimes we practice for hours before we get it right. When we’re on tour, we work for several weeks with no breaks and you can get really tired. For relaxation, whenever I get a holiday, I go straight to a sunny beach.

Raoul

Most people think I spend my day chopping (切) vegetables and washing dishes, but it’s not that simple. I have to be really careful with the food and keep everything very clean. The biggest problem is my boss – he shouts at me all the time – even, for example, if I forget to wash up one plate. Actually, I’m hoping to find a new job soon because I don’t get much time off.

1.What’ s the biggest attractions of Megan’s job?

A. The long holidays　　 B. Handing out food to people.

C. Getting to know different people　　 D. The pleasant working environment

2.Who love working with words?

A. Megan　　 B. Frank

C. Gemma　　 D. Raoul

3.What problem does Raoul face?

A. His strict boss.　　 B. He is careless.

C. His terrible cooking.　　 D. He fails to get enough sleep

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

____ their small cottage in the countryside, they also have a big apartment in the city.

A. Apart from B. Rather than

C. Because of D. Except for

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .

Years ago, I __36__  when I retired I would get a dog to __37__  my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.

One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.

Soon after this, I felt a lump(肿块). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(钙化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.

I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.

Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do

know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.

1.A. suggested       B. insisted       C. told        D. promised

2.A. take            B. bring         C. share       D. carry

3.A. well-behaved     B. well-built     C. well-dressed D. well-known

4.A. dirty            B. neat         C. lazy        D. sad

5.A. working         B. sleeping      C. eating      D. playing

6.A. joke            B. fun          C. game       D. face

7.A. company        B. kindness      C. care       D. comfort

8.A. happily         B. luckily        C. strangely   D. sadly

9.A. while           B. when         C. as         D. before

10.A. power           B. energy       C. devotion    D. weight

11.A. joy             B. surprise      C. pain        D. relief

12.A. enjoyed         B. had          C. lived       D. treated

13.A. cause           B. excuse       C. reason      D. idea

14.A. attached         B. devoted      C. fell        D. dropped

15.A. jumped          B. sat          C. stood      D. put

16.A. watch           B. witness      C. observe     D. notice

17.A. task             B. work        C. operation   D. job

18.A. fond            B. aware        C. ashamed   D. afraid

19.A. waste           B. spend        C. cost       D. make

20.A. in              B. around       C. out        D. outside

高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析

At the age of 22, Dave was a loser, _____ in a small apartment near Sydney and _____ what to do about his future.

A．living; wondering                       B．lived; wondering

C．lived; wondered                        D．living; wondered

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

There is that great idea that in an information and knowledge based economy, the most important thing for companies is attracting and holding outstanding talented guys．Obviously I will not say that is not important, but in my opinion a successful and groundbreaking company cannot be built just from the collection of high talented people, as a great sports team can't be constructed only by the collection of great players．

It is more important to build teams of people that achieve the goals according to the company's organizational vision．It is necessary to create organizations where everybody （with outstanding talent or not） can develop their best personal capabilities and that these capacities are addressed to achieve the corporate goals and mission．The company efforts must be addressed to design an organizational system that produces and uses talent from everyone in the company．

Trying to get the best from our people through corporate team building policies, establishing a concrete corporate culture and values, making our company a place where people want to work because it is a good place to stay and develop their capacities, is the best way to compete in the knowledge economy．That will keep us out of the obligation to constantly seek for the "best players" and entering in the retribution auctions（拍卖）．

We have to take into account that, nowadays, the real talented and creative people, like to work or engage themselves in projects where they can develop their capacities, they can be involved in the organizational goals and vision, and where they are treated with respect and dignity．Definitively, they want to be happy doing their jobs．And we have to build organizations where they can find that．

1.

．The underlined word that in Paragraph 1 refers to ________．

A．information and knowledge      B．the great idea

C．the collection of talented people D．attracting and holding talented people

2.

．In the author’s opinion, a good company should consist of ________．

A．only outstanding people        B．both talented and common people

C．only common people              D．more talented people than common people

3.

The most important thing a successful company should do is ________．

A．constantly seek for talented people

B．employ people with different abilities

C．make the company a place where employees are glad to devote themselves to work

D．make the company a place where employees can get the best pay and great respect

4.

According to Paragraph 3, the company can get the best from its employees in the following ways EXCEPT ________．

A．making corporate team building rules

B．forming corporate culture and values

C．encouraging them to develop their abilities

D．competing in the knowledge economy

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed．” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．

The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：

ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp．” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．

Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?

1.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．

B.Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．

C.A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．

D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．

2.Which of the following are probably facts?

a.The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．

b.A cigarette started the fire．

c.An old lamp started the fire．

d.The fire broke out at night．

e.There has never been a fire in Canfield．

A.b and c      B. a and d      C. c and e    D.a and c

3.The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _________.

A. hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B. hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C. this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D. Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

4.The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．

A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B. the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

D. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed．” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．

The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：

ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp．” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．

Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?

1.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．

B．A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．

C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．

D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．

2.Which of the following are probably facts?

a．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．

b．A cigarette started the fire．

c．An old lamp started the fire．

d．The fire broke out at night．

e．There has never been a fire in Canfield．

A．b and c        B．a and d        C．c and e        D．a and c

3.The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______．

A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

4.The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．

A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine，a 　 　 　 was lying on the grass，reading a book with 　 　 　 concentration. Near her，another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was 　 　 　 with his back against a tree and had a 　 　 　 on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was 　 　 in his task, like the first child.

　 　 　 the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of 　 　 　 while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, 　 　 　 them, and encouraging their efforts.

　 　 　 I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it 　 　 　 to me that a visitor here would 　 　 　 have thought he had entered a formal school. He would have been even more 　 if he had been told that the children he was 　 　 　 came from different kinds of academic levels.

That 　 　 　 has been staying with me ever since. I have been 　 　 　 about some problems. Why in many schools are our children 　 　 　 asked to acquire skills in a way 　 　 　 from a real-life context（情境）? Why does a 　 　 　 school child so often become a defeated school failure?

Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said, “　 　 　 of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we 　 　 　 our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.

1.A. gardener                B. child                C. teacher            D. visitor

2.A. poor                　　 B. little                C. complete            D. slight

3.A. sitting                B. standing            C. sleeping            D. listening

4.A. toy                    B. pencil                C. flower                D. notebook

5.A. laid                    B. set                C. defeated            D. lost

6.A. Over　　             B. Above                C. Inside                D. Outside

7.A. ways                B. ideas                C. opinions            D. views

8.A. referring to            B. smiling at            C. pointing to         D. staring at

9.A. Unless                 B. As                C. Until                D. Before

10.A. happened            B. went                C. occurred            D. got

11.A. already                B. never                C. rather                D. ever

12.A. satisfied            　　 B. disappointed        C. delighted            D. surprised

13.A. helping                B. teaching            C. encouraging        D. observing

14.A. scene                B. sign                C. look                D. screen

15.A. dreaming            B. regretting            C. wondering            D. joking

16.A. seldom                B. hardly             C. often                D. badly

17.A. taken                B. prevented            C. learned            D. separated

18.A. slow                B. lively                C. lucky                D. friendly

19.A. Much                B. Any                C. Little                D. None

20.A. turn                B. feed                C. draw                D. base

高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains. One day there was an earthquake near the _______. Many houses were _______. Everyone thought that there would soon be another earthquake.

They were _______ that the second earthquake would be worse than the first. “We _______ send Johnny to a safe place,” Johnny’s mother said to her husband, “Many of our friends are sending _______ children to relatives in other towns.”

“We’ll _______ him to my brother, Peter,” Johnny’s father said. “He lives a long way away. Johnny will be _______ with him.”

He telephoned Johnny’s uncle Peter and asked him _______ he would let Johnny _______ with him.

“He is a good boy,” he said. “He won’t give you any ________.”

“________, Johnny’s uncle Peter said. ________ I’m not ________ to children. I ________ a very quiet and peaceful ________.”

“You won’t know Johnny is in the house.” His father told him.

________ Johnny, ________ was five, went to live with his uncle.

Two days ________, his mother and father ________ a telegram from Peter.

It said, “I’m returning the child. Please send the ________.”

1.A. village　　 B. city　　 C. town　　 D. mountain

2.A. built　　 B. broke into　　 C. stayed up　　 D. destroyed

3.A. worried　　 B. fearless　　 C. happy　　 D. glad

4.A. must　　 B. may　　 C. can　　 D. need

5.A. our　　 B. your　　 C. their　　 D. my

6.A. bring　　 B. take　　 C. fetch　　 D. send

7.A. happy　　 B. safe　　 C. satisfied　　 D. angry

8.A. that　　 B. how　　 C. if　　 D. when

9.A. live　　 B. work　　 C. study　　 D. play

10.A. money　　 B. free time　　 C. happiness　　 D. trouble

11.A. That’s all right　　 B. All right　　 C. Right　　 D. Of course not

12.A. and　　 B. but　　 C. or　　 D. however

13.A. uses　　 B. using　　 C. use　　 D. used

14.A. had　　 B. live　　 C. led　　 D. bear

15.A. home　　 B. place　　 C. life　　 D. house

16.A. And　　 B. But　　 C. So　　 D. If

17.A. that　　 B. which　　 C. whom　　 D. who

18.A. later　　 B. ago　　 C. before　　 D. earlier

19.A. received　　 B. had got　　 C. accepted　　 D. sent

20.A. peaceful life　　 B. earthquake　　 C. telegram　　 D. money

高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil.

I'm looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can't be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.

"I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years." I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. "You still use a pencil. Can't you afford a pen?"

My mother replies a little sharply. "It works perfectly well; I've always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days. "

Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, "One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on."

This story, which happened before I was born, reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal.

1.Why has the author's mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?

2.What is the author's original opinion about the wooden stand?

3.The author feels embarrassed for____________.

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析