My heart was beating fast when I start to make the speech. I had prepared very good but it was the first time for me to speak to so many student in the public. So I was very nervous when I began to speak. Luckily, the whole room was so quietly that I could easily make myself hear. After a while I became confident than before. Everyone listened carefully. I could see from our eyes that I was doing a good job. As soon as I finished speak, the students applauded. How an unforgettable experience!
高二英语短文改错中等难度题
My heart was beating fast when I start to make the speech. I had prepared very good but it was the first time for me to speak to so many student in the public. So I was very nervous when I began to speak. Luckily, the whole room was so quietly that I could easily make myself hear. After a while I became confident than before. Everyone listened carefully. I could see from our eyes that I was doing a good job. As soon as I finished speak, the students applauded. How an unforgettable experience!
高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
My heart was pounding faster while the drums were beating. It was my third year in the running. “And our winner…Miss Red Cliff 2008 is Number 183!”
I stood there, frozen. My mom brought me back to reality: “That’s you, Mariah!” As I walked to the speaker, the former Miss Red Cliff took the crown(花冠) from her head, and placed it on mine. My family surrounded me, taking pictures and congratulating me. Then my family and I danced around the arena(竞技场) with our heads held high. People came up to shake my hand and gave me flowers, kisses and hugs. Finally, with determination I had reached my goal—to travel on the pow-wow(a meeting of native Americans) trail in honor of my community.
Before I became Miss Red Cliff, I had to get to know someone well before I became sociable, but later I wasn’t like that anymore. That year I traveled to many pow-wows in Michigan, Canada and many other places. People told me that I was a respectful and responsible young lady. I felt very confident that I was doing a good job.
Being Miss Red Cliff was one of the best times in my teenage years. I hope one day I will watch my daughters or granddaughters dance behind the flag holders as they hold the Miss Red Cliff title.
1.Why did Mariah stand still when she heard the result?
A. She couldn’t believe the fact that she had won the Miss Red Cliff title.
B. She didn’t remember her number.
C. She didn’t like the former Miss Red Cliff.
D. She thought someone had made a mistake.
2.Each year, Miss Red Cliff is elected so as to .
A. represent her community to attend the pow-wows
B. dance around the arena with her families and friends
C. receive flowers, kisses and hugs from people
D. sing an honor song with the crown on the head
3.What can we learn about Mariah from the passage?
A. She loved to travel around.
B. She felt proud to be Miss Red Cliff 2008.
C. She was a sociable and responsible young lady.
D. She had tried to win this competition for years.
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Mariah couldn’t believe it when she failed in the competition.
B. Mariah hoped to see more people in her family become Miss Red Cliffs.
C. Mariah’s success was all due to her families’ caring and encouragement.
D. It was a rewarding and unforgettable experience to become Miss Red Cliff.
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My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.
“Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked
That I was being sent “in back” once again.
The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”
“How long will it take?”
“Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.
“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”
“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.
After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”
“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.
“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”
I put my phone away.
My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.
I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”
After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.
“Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”
“Will they respond?” I asked.
“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”
“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”
He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”
After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.
Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.
1. The author was held at the airport because ______.
A. she had been held in Montreal
B.she had spoken at a book event
C. she and her husband returned from Jamaica
D. her name was similar to a terrorist’s
2. She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.
A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet
B. she had been held for only one hour and a half
C. there were other families in the waiting room
D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone
3. We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.
A. change her name B. do nothing
C. write to the agency D.avoid traveling abroad
4.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.
A. tolerance B. diversity
C. discrimination D.hatred
【下头5】The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.
A.ironic (具有讽刺意味的) B. impatient
C. worried D. bitter
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its blood stream. If the danger continues, it will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as possible.
Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical changes, all of which make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run．Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger ― or hit somebody － and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn’t always wise to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it’s smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep the feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside．It can actual1y be bad for your health.
Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don’t just go away. It’s as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you’d smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are that you’d see little fruit flies hovering all over them. They’d be rotten.
You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don’t exist, but they’ll still be around. And at last you’ll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.
72. By taking a cat as an example, the author wants to show us that ________.
A. animals can’t control their feelings
B. people can’t control their feelings
C. people’s physical reactions are like those of animals in a way
D. our bodies go through many physical changes in certain situations
73. It’s mentioned in the passage that human beings get into trouble because ________.
A. we are not as alert as animals
B. we sometimes can’t control our feelings
C. we always do something wrong to other people
D. we don’t pay attention to our physical changes
74. The author wants to tell us in the last two paragraphs that ________.
A. we won’t be able to completely get away from our feelings .
B. we should treat emotions like bananas in a cupboard
C. feelings will gradually disappear when we hold them in
D. it’s good for our health to keep pleasant feelings
75. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Frightened Cats and Human Beings
B. Feelings and Bananas
C. Deal with Feelings Wisely
D. Express Feelings Freely
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My heart beat with that feeling，pumping it like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys．As the piece neared the end，I _____ up to take my final bow．For a second，the room was _____．Yet，even in that one second，I had enough time to _____ whether I had done perfectly．Then，_____，the applause came．
"Thank you…so much．"I said，_____ to the person standing on my other side．Olga，my piano teacher for six years，smiled back at me．"You've been an _____ student all these years．"She said，"I hope that whatever you do，you never stop _____．"
I leaned forward，_____ I would keep playing because I loved piano，and hugged her．
It _____ to be that the promises weren't as meaningful as I'd hoped．
Right after the _____，I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day．_____，it began slipping away from me．The reason I had stopped taking _____ was because of my busy schedule with homework．Not long after，I stopped practicing altogether．It was _____ not to have to stress about piano anymore．
But something was _____ inside of me．I was empty inside．
One day I met Michelle，who had also taken piano lessons from Olga．
"Are you _____ taking lessons from Olga？"she asked．
"Um，no!Actually I just quit a while ago，"I replied．
"That's a _____，"she responded，"You used to be so _____．I remember your performance a year ago； it was breathtaking．"
Two days _____ talking to Michelle，I subconsciously sat down on the bench and started playing．I wasn't even trying to make the notes sound musically correct…I was simply doing what I should have been this entire time：playing，_____ to be playing．
As the music spread，a（n）_____ feeling rose inside me．
1.A.stood B.sat C.showed D.looked
2.A.light B.nervous C.colorful D.quiet
3.A.expect B.remind C.know D.doubt
4.A.immediately B.suddenly C.hopefully D.successfully
5.A.running B.waving C.turning D.pointing
6.A.easy-going B.imaginative C.amazing D.honest
7.A.practicing B.training C.competing D.gaining
8.A.admitting B.telling C.promising D.speaking
9.A.carried on B.turned out C.brought up D.showed off
10.A.play B.final C.presentation D.performance
11.A.Soon B.Besides C.Thus D.Instead
12.A.lessons B.parts C.lectures D.pieces
13.A.disappointing B.puzzling C.inspiring D.pleasing
14.A.beating B.rising C.changing D.shining
15.A.even B.still C.much D.yet
16.A.shame B.relief C.pleasure D.deal
17.A.poor B.good C.nice D.old
18.A.after B.before C.when D.until
19.A.still B.always C.also D.just
20.A.unknown B.familiar C.awful D.empty
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I began my career as a jazz singer， I was told to start by covering the standards． But I didn't follow the path most new jazz artists take and produced original albums instead． I believe when you have something to say， you can't really keep it down．
Two of those original albums， Liquid Spirit and Take Me To The Alley， earned me a loyal fan base and two Grammys for best jazz album in 2014 and 2017 respectively．
My idol is Nat King Cole， whose music has an important place in our household． I could smell the greens on the stove and the cornbread in the oven when I hear Nat's music． I wanted to have his music come through my body and sing it as an expression of appreciation for him． My mother had always been a fan of his music． This is something I did one day： Imagine her coming home from some protest movement or march and putting on， "Smile though your heart is aching， smile even though it's breaking．" Imagine her putting on， "Pick yourself up， dust yourself off， start all over again．" I see the optimism and the strength in his music．
Writing from a personal experience can bring about my feelings and power of feelings that can be instantly connected to the instrument and my voice． When I sing Mother's Song， Insanity， even Holding On， I am expressing things I have a connection to．
The song Holding On is a soul song． It connects to Nat King Cole with its optimism， the optimism about the power and the strength of love． I like the fact that I can have 17 to 25-year-olds all over the world jumping and dancing to this song． They're still getting the message．
1.How did the writer start his career as a musician？ ______
A. By copying his idol． B. By singing for awards．
C. By covering the standards． D. By creating original music．
2.What's paragraph three mainly about？ ______
A. The writer's childhood experience．
B. Nat King Cole's contribution to jazz．
C. The writer's mother in the protest movement．
D. Nat King Cole's influence on the writer and his family．
3.What does the writer express in his songs？ ______
A. His personal emotions．
B. His strong love for jazz．
C. His attitude toward social injustice．
D. His memories of the good old days．
4.What conclusion can be drawn from the text？ ______
A. The dream of the writer's mother has come true．
B. The writer's music is influencing young people．
C. Nat King Cole's jazz music highly valued by all．
D. Optimism is the soul of the writer's original songs
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The world always makes way for the dreamer.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler ____ everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I ____ there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to ____ people feel like that.” My father asked me ____ I meant. “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied.A(An) ____ was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. _____a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company____ as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my ____. Many people were ____ that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked ____ I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my ____ to start my own company and leave my secure position after ____ a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a____ that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a/an ____ to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a ____?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that ____ I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was ____.
Having made that decision, I was immediately ____. One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no ____. But I held onto my dream and the wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job.And I was able to book several _____engagements(预约) with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
1.A.rise B.blow C.put D.raise
2.A.slipped B.came C.arrived D.left
3.A.get B.make C.hope D.cheer
4.A.that B.what C.which D.if
5.A.dream B.idea C.thought D.speaker
6.A.Before B.After C.Because D.While
7.A.beginning B.working C.acting D.regarding
8.A.life B.love C.career D.income
9.A.surprised B.moved C.disappointed D.delighted
10.A.when B.if C.why D.how
11.A.plan B.promise C.decision D.mind
12.A.attending B.joining C.entering D.holding
13.A.newspaper B.book C.speech D.report
14.A.moment B.hour C.day D.week
15.A.help B.job C.god D.company
16.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
17.A.alive B.dead C.born D.missing
18.A.examined B.tested C.checked D.searched
19.A.help B.harm C.income D.money
20.A.selling B.writing C.listening D.speaking
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a sixteen-old girl, I was asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Red Test in My Life ,”To talk before the whole class !Just imagine how ___1._____(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, ___2.___. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer---something to pride myself in. But the hard part ___3.__(lie) in my oral presentation: to read from__4.___ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech ___5.___my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs __6._____(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found _7._____back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After__8._____seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding, I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the__9.___(great) difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,___ 10.___we will be able to achieve our goals.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was 11, my grandfather began to teach me how to drive. I was a fast learner. At 16, I was already a 1 driver. However, when I passed into adulthood, I began to get speeding tickets. For me, this did not reflect one’s 2 as a driver. So I 3 to drive as fast as I could.
Then in September of 2005, I received a letter 4 my presence to discuss my future ___5 rights. As I sat down, a man began to unfold my file. I was 6 to see my record was five pages long. The man gave me two 7 . I could turn in my 8 and not drive for three months or continue driving, but without tickets for one year. With two kids and a busy practice, I went with the second choice.
After the meeting, I had lunch with my friend, Nick. He noticed that my eating habits ________ ___9 my driving habits. Nick told me that my attention was 10 paid to the destination and not the process of getting there. The car gives fun, allowing me to get to my __11 much faster. However, after reaching it, I was never truly satisfied because I 12_ the messages and lessons of the journey.
After the two 13 , I began to transform myself. I now enjoy driving, often taking the most scenic route. I have also slowed my 14 down, enjoying each bite as I go. Learning 15 is really a big lesson for me.
1. A. lucky B. skilled C. careless D. poor
2. A. interest B. belief C. ability D. character
3. A. stopped B. wanted C. began D. continued
4. A. requesting B. hoping C. suggesting D. planning
5. A. driving B. swimming C. diving D. living
6. A. disappointed B. depressed C. surprised D. terrified
7. A. tickets B. choices C. letters D. pages
8. A. license B. money C. evidence D. file
9. A. affected B. matched C. suited D. caused
10. A. totally B. partly C. slowly D. slightly
11. A. destination B. process C. place D. journey
12. A. understood B. lacked C. gained D. ignored
13. A. surveys B. events C. debates D. arguments
14. A. working B. driving C. walking D. eating
15. A. honesty B. understanding C. patience D. carelessness
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how 1. (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other 2. (choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer--something to pride myself in. But the hard part 3. (lie) in my oral presentation; to read from 4. paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech 5. my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs 6. (tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 7. back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After8. seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building 9. , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 10. we will be able to achieve our goals.
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