Experts and teachers all think that failure i...

Experts and teachers all think that failure is not __________ a bad thing to some extent.

A. greatly        　　　　　　 B. necessarily

C. definitely        　　　 D. fully

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

You should not _________think that everything your teacher says is correct.

A.awkwardly B.ashamedly C.automatically D.mentally

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Not all English is the same

To many learners of English, it’s easy to think that all native speakers have no trouble communicating with one another.

1.

Well, it turns out that being a native English speaker from one country doesn’t mean that you’re able to perfectly understand a native English speaker from another country, and vice versa (反之亦然)

Take the UK and the US for example.

As a Briton, I grew up hearing American accents alongside British ones – on TV shows, movies and in songs.2. and how they would eat “cookies” instead of “biscuits”.　 And it took me a while to figure out that the “trunk” (n. 后备箱) of a car is what us Britons call its “boot”.

The confusion didn’t stop at just vocabulary –3. For example, when talking about shopping malls, Americans pronounce it “mawl” instead of “mal”. And for some reason that’s hard for Britons to understand, Americans remove the “H” sound from “herb”, pronouncing it “erb”.

These small differences may not change much in a day-to-day conversation between a Briton and an American.4. Recently, for example, an American friend told me that she liked my pants. “You can see them?” I asked, shocked. Pants means “underpants” to most British people, which explains my horror.

5. In the US, for example, a “bum” is a homeless person, while the same word in the UK is used to describe one’s backside（n.臀部）.

And, more amusingly, “trump” was only ever really used as a verb in the UK – meaning “to pass gas” – until the US’ current president came into the spotlight.

But as long as you can speak one version of English, it’s easy enough to understand any other – and any confusion just makes your day more interesting.

A. English is changing as it spreads around the world.

B. After all, English is English, isn’t it?

C. I soon noticed how Americans would put “gas” in their cars instead of “petrol” .

D. However, confusion can still happen every now and then.

E. There are different words that mean the difficult thing.

F. Some words can even be offensive (adj.无礼的) without you realizing it.

G. I discovered that many words are even pronounced differently.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is ______ his tremendous enthusiasm and devotion that the old teacher is respected by all his students.

A. on account of　　 B. with regard to

C. in terms of　　 D. in reference to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

.--- I think a design which　　　　　 all the ages and social groups is not easy to make.

---I can’t agree more with you.

A. appeals to　 B. admits to

C. objects to　　 D. sticks to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

--- I think a design which　　　　　 all the ages and social groups is not easy to make.

---I can’t agree more with you.

A. appeals to　 B. admits to　　

C. objects to　　 D. sticks to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—— I think a design which ________ all the ages and social groups is not easy to make.

—— I can’t agree with you more.

A．admits to          B．appeals to         C．objects to         D．sticks to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

While success is surely sweeter than failure, it seems failure is a far better teacher, and organizations that fail miserably often flourish (繁荣) more in the long run, according to a new study by Vinit Desai, assistant professor of management at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Researchers have found that people missing their goals perform much better in the long run. That is because they gain more knowledge from their failures than their successes and the lessons are more likely to stay longer in their minds.

“We found that the knowledge gained from success was often fleeting while knowledge from failure stuck around for years,” said professor Desai, who led the study. “But companies often ignore failure. Managers may fire people or turn over the whole workforce while they should treat the failure as a learning opportunity.”

Prof Desai compared the flights of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Challenger. During the Atlantis flight last year, a piece of insulation (绝缘体) broke off and damaged the left solid rocket booster (助推火箭) but didn’t influence the program. There was little investigation. The Challenger was launched next and another piece of insulation broke off. This time the shuttle and its seven–person crew were destroyed. The disaster led to a major investigation resulting in 29 changes to prevent future disasters.

The difference in response in the two cases came down to this: Atlantis was considered a success and the Challenger a failure.

“Despite crowded skies, airlines are extremely reliable,” he said. “The number of failures is extremely small. And past researches have shown that older airlines, those with more experience in failure, have a lower number of accidents.”

Prof Desai doesn’t recommend finding out failure in order to learn. Instead, he advises organizations to analyze small failures to collect useful information rather than wait for major failures.

1.Why did experts pay little attention to the problem of Atlantis?

A. Because it worked perfectly.

B. Because the right booster was still OK.

C. Because nothing serious happened then.

D. Because fewer people died in the flight.

2. Fewer accidents happen to older airlines in that ________.

A. their planes couldn’t fly high in the sky

B. they gained much from experience in failure

C. their planes were often checked by the experts

D. they were unpopular among passengers

3.The passage is written mainly to ________.

A. show failure is a better teacher than success

B. explain why Challenger failed

C. introduce something about Prof Desai

D. tell managers how to achieve success

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit instead of insects. Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one spot for years. Sometimes several hundred of them occupy a single tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise.

Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her breast wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the ground and squeaks for help. Then the older ones try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of dead baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.

1.The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in ________.

A. their size　　 B. their appearance

C. the kind of food they eat　　 D. the way they rest

2.At daybreak every day flying foxes begin to ________.

A. fly out toward the sun　　 B. come back to their home

C. look for a new resting place　　 D. go out and look for food

3.How do flying foxes care for their young?

A. They only care for their own babies.

B. They share the feeding of their young.

C. They help when a baby bat is in danger.

D. They often leave home and forget their young.

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Think to yourself that every day is your last and the hour to which you do not look forward may come as a（n） ________ surprise.

A.welcomed B.welcoming C.welcome D.unwelcome

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析