James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well te...

James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well tells the story of a farmer who grew award­winning corn.Each year he won a blue ribbon.One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.“How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year？” The reporter asked.“Why，” said the farmer, “didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and carries it from field to field.If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross­pollination(异花受粉) will slowly reduce the quality of my corn.If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life.His corn cannot improve unless his neighbors' corn also improves.The lesson for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

【写作内容】

1．突出：人与人之间本应和睦相处、互帮互助、共同进步；

2．以约30个词概括短文的要点；

3．以约120词发表你的看法，谈谈你的认识。

【写作要求】

1．作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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高二英语书面表达中等难度题查看答案及解析

-How about his design?

-Well, to tell the truth, it is______ but satisfactory.

A. something                   B. anything                       C. everything                   D. nothing

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

— How is your son getting along with his work in England?

—Well. He’s 　　　　 　 himself very easily to the new environments

A.got　 B.belonged　　　　 C.adapted　　　 D.turned

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

— How is your son getting along with his work in England?

—Well. He’s 　　　　 　 himself very easily to the new environments

A.got　 B.belonged 　　　　 C.adapted　 　　 D.turned

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

— How is your son getting along with his work in England?

—Well. He's ___ very easily to the new environments.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Why do you go to the library? For books, yes—but you like books because they tell stories. You hope to get lost in a story or be transported into someone else’s life. At one type of library you can do just that—even though there's not a single book.

At a Human Library, instead of books, you can "borrow" people. People with unique life stories volunteer to be the "books." For a certain amount of time, you can ask them questions and listen to their stories, which are as fascinating as any you can find in a book. (If you attend, make sure to review the habits that make you a good listener.) Many of the stories have to do with some kind of depressing topic. You can speak with a refugee, a soldier suffering from PTSD (创伤后遗症), a homeless person and a woman living with HIV. The Human Library encourages people to take time to truly get to know and learn from someone they might otherwise make a snap judgement about. According to its website, the Human Library is "a place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered."

The Human Library Organization came to be in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000. Romni Abergel and his colleagues hosted a four-day event during a major Northern European festival. After the success of this event, Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, hoping to raise awareness among youth about depression, which has been growing ever since.

Though there a few permanent human libraries, most aren’t place at all, but events. Though many do take place at physical libraries, you don't need a library card—anyone can come and be part of the experience. There have been human library events all over the globe, in universities and in pubs, from Chicago to Tunis to Edinburgh to San Antonio. Check out the organization's Facebook page to see when the Human Library might be arriving near you.

1.What shall we do before going to the Human Library?

A. Go over some listening habits.　　 B. Get a library card.

C. Make an appointment.　　 D. Bring a book.

2.What does the underlined word “snap" in paragraph 2 mean?

A. True.　　 B. Quick.

C. Obvious.　　 D. Wrong.

3.Why did Ronmi Abergel found the Human Library Organization?

A. He expected to answer different questions.

B. He wanted young people to pay attention to depression.

C. He successfully held an event in Northern Europe.

D. He had set up the Human Libraries all over the world.

4.What is the best title of the text?

A. A Library in Denmark　　 B. Human Library Organization

C. Human Library Is Near You　　 D. "Borrow" People Instead of Books

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

阅读理解。

Do you know how to tell a story? The following are some tips:

Who Will Listen?

Will you tell your story to people of your own age? Will they be friendsor young people you haven’t met before? Perhaps you will tell it to younger children, or will it be an audience of adults? Will it be just a few people, a small group, or a large audience?

Why Are You Telling It?

There are many reasons for telling a story. Knowing why you are telling it may be the most helpful reason in choosing a story for a particular audience.

Many storytellers choose tales just to entertain(娱乐). They tell jokes or silly stories. Others want to teach something, such as how to be kinder to animals, the environment, or other people. One storyteller likes to encourage his listeners to try new things. Some babysitters tell stories to help children not to be afraid of thunder, lightning or frightening shadows in their rooms. Others want to make people think or to help people remember. Some like to frighten their audience with ghost (鬼) stories.

Where Will You Speak?

How you tell your story and what story helpers you use will depend on where you will be speaking. Will you be talking at an evening party, in your classroom, in a library storytelling program, at a family dinner, at a museum, or at a storytelling festival?

1.The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. the audience to whom you tell stories

B. the situation where you can tell a story

C. the reasons for telling a story

D. important tips for telling a story

2.The author shows his ideas by ______.

A. description　　　　 　　　　　　 B. listing questions

C. making comparisons　 　　　 　 D. reciting

3.The purpose of knowing why you are telling a story is to ____________.

A. decide what helpers you need

B. do something good to animals, the environment or other people

C. choose stories suitable (合适的) for certain audience

D. satisfy different listeners

4.What decides how you tell your story according to the passage?

A. The place where you will tell your story.

B. The type of the story you will tell.

C. The purpose of telling your story.

D. What kind of people you will tell your story to.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The story I am going to tell you happened about three years ago when I started to learn how to drive. At first, I was very frightened, and I thought I could never learn how to drive a car. Driving a car frightened me because in my home country women never drive, but in the United States every woman has to know how to drive. My husband paid an instructor to teach me how to drive. After that, my husband practiced with me for a long time. My husband always told me that I had to learn. It was important to me and my family.

However, I couldn’t get my license right away. I failed my driving test two times. After practicing for a long time, I decided to go for my third driving test. I had failed my first test because I was very nervous. Everybody encouraged me to continue practicing. Three weeks later, I decided to try it again, but I failed again. After that, I was very embarrassed（困窘的）, and I said I couldn’t get it, so I stopped practicing for a while.

Not knowing how to drive was bad because I couldn’t do anything. I had two kids, my husband works, and I have to take care of everything. Driving was so necessary that I decided to try it again. And finally, that time, I passed the test. Now I have my license. I know how to drive, and it has changed my life in some important ways. Now I’m driving to the college, learning English and hoping I will get a good job in the future.

1.Why did the author think that she could never learn how to drive a car?

2. The underlined word “instructor” in the first paragraph probably means __________.

3. How many persons in the author’s family are mentioned except the author herself?

4.The passage mainly shows us that the author failed for quite a few times but she never gave up and __________.

5.The best title of this passage should be “__________”.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If life were a book and you were the author, how would you like the story to go? That is the question that _________ my life forever.

One day I went home from the training of snowboarding with what I thought was the flu, and less than 24 hours later, I was in a __________　 on life support with less than twenty percent __________ of living. It wasn’t until days later that the doctors diagnosed me with a ___________ blood infection. Over the __________ of 2.5 months, I lost the hearing in my left ear and both my legs below the knees. When my parents ___________　 me out of the hospital, I __________　 that I had been put together like a patchwork （拼接物）doll and I had to live with ___________ legs. I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken, ________ streaming down.

But I knew in order to move forward, I had to let go of the Old Amy and ____________　 the New Amy. It was at this moment that I asked myself that significant　 ______________ . And that is when it __________ me that I didn’t have to be five-foot-five anymore, __________ I could be as tall as I wanted. And ________ of all, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes. So there were _________ here.

Four months later, I was back upon a __________. And this February, I won two Board World Cup gold medals, _________ me the highest ranked snowboarder in the world.

So, instead of looking at our ____________ and limitations as something ____________ or bad, we can begin looking at them as a wonderful ____________ that can be used to help us to further than we ever know we could go.

1.A. ruined B. changed C. saved D. risked

2.A. field B. stadium C. hospital D. club

3.A. chance B. decision C. thought D. degree

4.A. potential B. slight C. mild D. severe

5.A. course B. schedule C. journey D. break

6.A. pulled B. delivered C. wheeled D. dragged

7.A. worked out B. put forward C. made sure D. felt like

8.A. shapely B. false C. muscled D. heavy

9.A. tears B. water C. blood D. sweat

10.A. fix B. introduce C. hug D. recognize

11.A. information B. favor C. plan D. question

12.A. depended on B. looked into C. dawned on D. knocked into

13.A. while B. but C. although D. so

14.A. best B. luckiest C. first D. strangest

15.A. rewards B. conflicts C. struggles D. benefits

16.A. track B. playground C. stage D. snowboard

17.A. calling B. making C. allowing D. giving

18.A. devotions B. hesitations C. challenges D. achievements

19.A. negative B. terminal C. active D. amazing

20.A. tool B. gift C. ability D. skill

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? That’s the question that changed my life forever.

At the age of 19, I became a massage therapist(治疗师). For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis . Over the course of two months, I lost my spleen(脾) , my kidneys , and both of my legs below the knees.

One day, I went home. I crawled into bed and this is what my life looked like for the next few months: me passed out, escaping from reality, with my legs resting by my side. I was completely physically and emotionally broken. But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy. And that is when I began to realize that I didn’t have to be small any more. I could be as tall as I wanted or as short as I wanted depending on whom I was dating. And if I snowboard again, my feet aren’t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!

I started snowboarding. Then I went back to work. And then I co-founded a non-profit organization for physical disabilities so that they could get involved in action sports. And just this past February, I won two World Cup gold medals, making me the highest-ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.

Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no, because my legs haven’t disabled me. They’ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that’s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything. It’s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.

1.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph3?

A.The author no longer wanted to make friends with Amy.

B.The author realized she had to learn to accept a new “herself” gladly.

C.The author wanted a new friend in her new life eagerly.

D.The author felt hard to choose between the old Amy and the new Amy.

2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.The author didn’t like her job as a massage therapist.

B.The author is still very sensitive to her disabilities.

C.The author has learnt to see her disabilities as blessings.

D.The author hopes to return to her old life.

3.What message does the author want to convey with her speech?

A.Roman is not built in one day.

B.Failure is the mother of success

C.Imagination is more important than knowledge.

D.It is not what happens to you but how you respond that counts.

4.The tone of the passage is best described as ________.

A.proud but stubborn B.interesting but regretful

C.optimistic and inspiring D.pessimistic and doubtful

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析