During lunch all my friends were talking about their families’ plans for winter break, and I was a little jealous since my parents couldn’t take a vacation during Christmas week.
I came home from school that day to find a newsletter from the Jewish CommunityCenter, which contained an ad for an “alternative vacation” community-service trip to New Orleans during Christmas week. I wondered whether cleaning neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag were really the way I wanted to spend Christmas vacation. I sent in an application anyway, went for an interview, and was actually very excited when I was accepted into the program.
We arrived in New Orleans on December 23. First, we had dinner at a pizza place that had been destroyed by the hurricane. The owners told us about what they had gone through to rebuild their homes.
On Christmas Eve, we spent the day removing garbage as part of a beautification project in the Lower Ninth Ward, which was most heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
On Christmas Day, we worked at a center for homeless people. The people really appreciated our work, and we felt like we had made Christmas a little more special for them. My favorite project was helping at an animal rescue center. We walked the animals, cleaned their places, and fed them. Six thousand dogs and cats, separated from their owners, were rescued by that shelter after the hurricane.
When I returned to New York and told my friends about my trip, I realized how ridiculous I had been to be jealous of their Christmas plans. I looked around at my house, my dog, my family and everything I owned and felt really spoiled. All the things I saw in New Orleans, all the amazing people I met and the small ways l was able to contribute to the rebuilding of the city made that week the most memorable vacation I can imagine.
1.What was the author’s first reaction to the community-service trip?
A. He felt upset. B. He was excited.
C. He felt hopeful. D. He was doubtful.
2.Which did the author like most?
A. Removing garbage. B. Helping the homeless.
C. Working with animals. D. Dining with survivors.
3.What can be the best title for the text?
A. The Most Memorable Day B. My Special Christmas Vacation
C. Post-Disaster Reconstruction D. A Big Contribution to Society
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
During lunch all my friends were talking about their families’ plans for winter break, and I was a little jealous since my parents couldn’t take a vacation during Christmas week.
I came home from school that day to find a newsletter from the Jewish CommunityCenter, which contained an ad for an “alternative vacation” community-service trip to New Orleans during Christmas week. I wondered whether cleaning neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag were really the way I wanted to spend Christmas vacation. I sent in an application anyway, went for an interview, and was actually very excited when I was accepted into the program.
We arrived in New Orleans on December 23. First, we had dinner at a pizza place that had been destroyed by the hurricane. The owners told us about what they had gone through to rebuild their homes.
On Christmas Eve, we spent the day removing garbage as part of a beautification project in the Lower Ninth Ward, which was most heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
On Christmas Day, we worked at a center for homeless people. The people really appreciated our work, and we felt like we had made Christmas a little more special for them. My favorite project was helping at an animal rescue center. We walked the animals, cleaned their places, and fed them. Six thousand dogs and cats, separated from their owners, were rescued by that shelter after the hurricane.
When I returned to New York and told my friends about my trip, I realized how ridiculous I had been to be jealous of their Christmas plans. I looked around at my house, my dog, my family and everything I owned and felt really spoiled. All the things I saw in New Orleans, all the amazing people I met and the small ways l was able to contribute to the rebuilding of the city made that week the most memorable vacation I can imagine.
1.What was the author’s first reaction to the community-service trip?
A. He felt upset. B. He was excited.
C. He felt hopeful. D. He was doubtful.
2.Which did the author like most?
A. Removing garbage. B. Helping the homeless.
C. Working with animals. D. Dining with survivors.
3.What can be the best title for the text?
A. The Most Memorable Day B. My Special Christmas Vacation
C. Post-Disaster Reconstruction D. A Big Contribution to Society
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A couple were having a wedding. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely and all had a wonderful time. The bride was in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a , “Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can them and make our lives happier.” The husband agreed. So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided they would go over their .
“I’ll start,” said the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing.” the husband replied,“ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three to her husband.
“Now, it’s your turn and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” she said happily.
the husband stated，“I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me.”
The wife by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the things before us?
1.A. house B. factory C. ceremony D. church
2.A. attractive B. nervous C. serious D. strict
3.A. preparation B. order C. shame D. suggestion
4.A. annoying B. exciting C. interesting D. puzzling
5.A. adopt B. keep C. make D. fix
6.A. celebration B. table C.lists D. document
7.A. Keep on B. Put on C. Call on D. Get on
8.A. attacks B. items C. annoyances D. pages
9.A. Nervously B. Calmly C. Angrily D. Anxiously
10.A. outgoing B. careful C. perfect D. beautiful
11.A. shocked B. moved C. disappointed D. threatened
12.A. bad B.wonderful C. wrong D. horrible
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My parents were talking about their school days as if they ______ back at school.
A. are B. were C. have been D. had been
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I'm not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them-to be honest. We'd have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, they're thrown in my face like TV commercials—unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you'd find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he's an unbearable, food-obsessed bore. He'd pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man—and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won't find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he's a CEO without a company to run. So he plays “Mafia Wars” on Facebook. He's doing well-level 731.Thanks to Facebook, I know he's playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you've run four companies—and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life, I don't see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They're nice, smart people. But facing Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I'm left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人) on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he's at a party and the wine isn't up to his standards?
1.Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?
A. Fred. B. Andy. C. Liz. D. Chris.
2.According to the text, Facebook tends to ________.
A. present another side of people
B. offer some food for free
C. show endless advertisements
D. get you to attend more parties
3.The text is developed mainly by ________.
A. giving examples B. following the time order
C. listing figures D. raising questions
4.The author focuses on the question of “________”.
A. what is Facebook? B. what happened to golf?
C. who is my real friend? D. who can help me?
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I'm not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them—to be honest. We'd have lunch，talk on the phone or exchange e-mails，and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact：many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden，they're thrown in my face like TV commercials—unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him，you'd find him warm，and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he's an unbearable，food-obsessed bore. He'd pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man—and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won't find a smarter CEO anywhere，but now he's a CEO without a company to run. So he plays “Mafia Wars” on Facebook. He's doing well-level 731.Thanks to Facebook，I know he's playing about 18 hours a day. Andy，you've run four companies—and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find，so I get to read his thoughts twice，once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life，I don't see these sides of people. Face to face，my friends show me their best. They're nice，smart people. But facing Facebook，my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I'm left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人) on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he's at a party and the wine isn't up to his standards?
1.According to the text，Facebook tends to ________．
A．present another side of people
B．offer some food for free
C．show endless advertisements
D．get you to attend more parties
2.The text is developed mainly by ________．
A．giving examples B．following the time order
C．listing figures D．raising questions
3.The author focuses on the question of “________”．
A．what is Facebook? B．what happened to golf?
C．who is my real friend? D．who can help me?
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
1.The teacher’s talk made us so _______ (鼓舞) that we were all eager to have a try.
2.His family was poor. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even w__________ off.
3.It rained; t_____________ the football match was put off until further notice.
4.Shaking the fist is a g ______ commonly used to express anger.
5.More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket because it offers a great v________ of goods.
6.It’s necessary for us young people to _______ (尊敬) the old.
7.It’s no use _________ (后悔)your past mistakes all the time.
8.As a man with a strong will, he finally ________ (克服)his disability.
9.As winter is a________ (接近), the weather is getting colder.
10.The t______ of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo is “Better City, Better Life
高二英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.A friend. B.A notice. C.Their manager.
高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析
All the neighbors admire this family _____ the parents are treating their child like a friend.
A. why B. where
C. which D. that
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
A friend and I were talking about our trip in the airport, when behind us we heard two small children screaming at the top of their voices, “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!” we turned to see that the “Daddy” they were to see was their soldier father who was obviously returning from a in the desert.
They to him and jumped into his arms. They hugged him and kissed him. He hugged them and kissed them. They could not tell him everything they wanted to tell him enough. He kneeled down to their level and hugs and kisses the little girl and her younger brother crawling（爬） on his back and shoulders.
The soldier’s young wife and mother of the two children patiently, allowing the children to enjoy this with their daddy. When turn came, they hugged and kissed each other. At one point I thought about applauding（鼓掌） as a way of thanking the family for their sacrifice（牺牲；贡献） and his safe return, but it seemed . This was a private moment by everyone in that part of the . We were all frozen and immersed （沉浸在）in the joy of the moment. We simply allowed this soldier, his wife, and their two children the freedom to their joy without limit.
Oh, it should be noted that their mom and dad reconnected, the little boy was crawling up his dad’s back and the little girl stood next to them jumping up and down her next moment with her dad. I felt with the opportunity to see the unlimited joy of a little boy, a little girl, a loving wife, and a travel weary soldier. Blessed, but also ashamed of the of that kind of joy in my own life.
1.A. Doubtfully B. Disagreeably C. Naturally D. Unexpectedly
2.A. excited B. surprised C. polite D. brave
3.A. search B. tour C. holiday D. trade
4.A. danced B. walked C. ran D. marched
5.A. early B. slowly C. clearly D. quickly
6.A. in all B. at all C. in sight D. in between
7.A. took turns B. took action C. went on D. insisted on
8.A. stood up B. stood out C. stood around D. stood by
9.A. achievement B. honor C. reunion D. party
10.A. his B. their C. my D. her
11.A. celebrating B. missing C. memorizing D. supporting
12.A. useless B. improper C. unpleasant D. unnecessary
13.A. created B. shared C. showed D. seized
14.A. airport B. street C. house D. world
15.A. in private B. in time C. in person D. in advance
16.A. use B. deliver C. publish D. express
17.A. why B. how C. as D. if
18.A. in expectation of B. in honor of C. in place of D. in memory of
19.A. lucky B. puzzled C. blessed D. amused
20.A. performance B. presence C. existence D. absence
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
MY Chinese friend is going to the US and he is nervous about what to talk about. “Talk about the weather,” is my advice.
“How are you?” is often followed by comments about the weather. “Nice day today.” “Cold/hot enough for you?” “Will it ever stop raining?” “Some winter we’re having.” “Can’t remember a winter/summer so cold/hot.” “Whew, it’s hot out there.”
These introductory statements are often followed by a long conversation entirely about weather conditions. Past, present and – with global warming – speculation (推测) about the future.
Our fascination with weather might seem silly, but the real purpose behind those endless discussions is small talk. Weather’s a safe topic of conversation. As a group, we Americans seem to enjoy chatting with those around us. Whenever we stand in line at the grocery store, we tend to engage in this sort of conversation with other people standing in line with us. If I were seated next to another American on any form of public transport, I’d expect both of us to make some harmless comment about the weather as a way of acknowledging (承认) each other’s presence (存在). At parties, the weather is a common topic, especially with those you are meeting for the first time.
In contrast we are taught to avoid certain topics like religion and politics. Weather is neutral (中性的); you don’t have to have an opinion about it, just make a statement of a fact. What is truly interesting is the fact that we can go on and on about it.
My Chinese friend has a hard time understanding why we put so much effort into this topic – and why I warn him about bringing up much more “interesting” subjects like salaries or how much something costs.
Sometimes it is tricky (复杂的) to wend (行走) one’s way through winding cultural roads, especially those that are never taught in books.
1.What does the writer suggest her Chinese friend should talk about with people in the US? (No more than two words)
2.Why do Americans enjoy talking to people around them about the weather, in writer’s opinion? (No more than ten words)
3.List four topics that people should avoid talking about in the US. ( No more than 5 words)
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析