One year my children came home from school as...

One year my children came home from school asking where we were going on your summer vacation. It seemed that all the other kids were______ where they were spending the summer. I couldn’t ______to take them anywhere but I didn’t want to tell them that so I just said, “It’s a surprise!” They were_______ That bought me a little more　 ________.

I called several amusement ______to see if there was a half-price event during the summer but no such _____ . I tried everything, with no success, so I called some of the other moms to find that most were in the same______that I was. We decided to ______something fun for our kids to do. We had a meeting, all five of us, and_____ what is now called a “playcation”.

One mother was a　 _____ , so on Mondays the kids would all go to her house. They would play games using plants and ______. They also planted vegetables and_______them grow over the summer.

Another mother had Bible_______on Tuesdays. She asked some questions about Bible. The kid who answered　 ______got a penny, which they all turned in at the end to buy their goodie bags(礼品袋).

At our house on Wednesdays, I made an outdoor ______training with my spare tires. The kids also walked a balance beam and raced through large cardboard boxes taped together.

On　 _____they had arts and crafts across the street. Fridays were______by a wonderful single dad with a metal detector(金属探测器)who took everyone out treasure_____ .

The summer was a big ______ . Okay, it wasn’t Disney World,_______the kids didn’t miss anything. My son actually asked me, “Can we do this again next year?”

1.A. rejecting　　 B. discussing　　 C. learning　　 D. reporting

2.A. sacrifice　　 B. offer　　 C. select　　 D. afford

3.A. disappointed　　 B. satisfied　　 C. shocked　　 D. delighted

4.A. time　　 B. money　　 C. confidence　　 D. patience

5.A. schools　　 B. shops　　 C. parks　　 D. libraries

6.A. hope　　 B. luck　　 C. attitude　　 D. hobby

7.A. situation　　 B. gap　　 C. direction　　 D. process

8.A. come up with　　 B. face up to　　 C. look forward to　　 D. step away from

9.A. discovered　　 B. enjoyed　　 C. created　　 D. controlled

10.A. teacher　　 B. doctor　　 C. gardener　　 D. grocer

11.A. books　　 B. vegetables　　 C. sweets　　 D. toys

12.A. guessed　　 B. watched　　 C. affected　　 D. felt

13.A. debates　　 B. readings　　 C. explanations　　 D. contests

14.A. easily　　 B. patiently　　 C. correctly　　 D. hurriedly

15.A. computer　　 B. obstacle　　 C. painting　　 D. speech

16.A. Thursdays　　 B. Saturdays　　 C. Sundays　　 D. Mondays

17.A. hosted　　 B. forced　　 C. avoided　　 D. forbidden

18.A. hiding　　 B. making　　 C. hunting　　 D. donating

19.A. failure　　 B. challenge　　 C. business　　 D. success

20.A. and　　 B. so　　 C. or　　 D. but

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My six-year-old came home from school this week with two envelopes. One was for a donation to help people in the Philippines. The other was to help hungry families have a Thanksgiving meal.

“I’ll put a check in each of these. Then you can add your own money from your piggy bank, okay?” I said, thinking he’d be so excited to put his own stamp on things.

“That’s okay, mom. You put money in. I don’t want to waste mine,” he sweetly sang as he colored. “I want to fill my bank all the way up.”

Ack! I guess I know what our dinnertime discussion will be about tonight, I thought.

I had figured that through watching his parents donate items, helping us take toys from time to time to needy kids and putting money in the basket at church, he would just understand why it was important to help people in need — and even want to do it himself.

But of course he doesn’t really understand yet. “There’s a big disconnect between the people ‘over there’ and my piggy bank,” said parenting educator Vicki Hoefle.

“There’s nothing wrong with the child. There’s just no connection.”

As for having that conversation immediately, or forcing my son to put money into the envelopes: “Try not to do it now,” Hoefle said. Teaching a child about donating their own money or toys or time to people in need “should be a gentle introduction into what we hope will be a way of life for our kids.”

She suggested these things to help children understand the importance of giving:

* Just talk about it. Then explore the issue from a perspective he can understand.

* Use the course of a year to introduce kids to opportunities. That way, they won’t be shocked when you ask them to stuff their own money into an envelope （like this writer just did）.

* Pick a family charity for the year and have a conversation about how you all can help throughout the year.

* Think of this not as something you must teach, but as something to expose them to.

At her house, Hoefle said, “When you got something new, you gave something up.” Each birthday, her children would pick what toys they had outgrown and give them away. “There was a comfort in it. It just became a natural part of the kids’ lives.”

So I will fill those envelopes alone this time. But I’ll make sure he understands why they should be filled—gradually.

1.When the writer asked her son to give money to help the poor, he __________.

A. declined to donate

B. sang a sweet song

C. put all his money in a bank

D. seemed very surprised

2. Hoefle’s attitude towards children’s unwillingness to donate money can be best described as “___________”.

A. critical            B. tolerant

C. positive            D. worried

3.Which of the following is Hoefle’s approach to educating kids about charity?

A. Giving courses about charity.

B. Setting a rule for children to give.

C. Inviting a lot of poor people home.

D. Giving children enough real life chances.

4.What can we learn about the writer from the passage?

A. She often makes donations for people in need.

B. She taught her son a lesson over dinner that evening.

C. She is at a loss as for what she should do next.

D. She invited a parenting educator home for advice.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Kids, please help those in need.

B. Why are kids unwilling to donate?

C. Kindness is lost in the young generation.

D. How can we help kids learn generosity?

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My 12-year-old daughter, Lauren, came home from school yesterday. She ____ waved her grade book to me. She had been ____A-1 in most subjects such as mathematics, language arts and science—a great ___! Then she sadly pointed out that her perfect score was damaged by a B-1 in __ and a C-1 in Playsical Education.

I asked her what the scores ___. She said that the __ showed the achievement and the number showed the effort. That moment I ____ that the grades were misleading. I reached out my hands and gave her a big ____ and told her in my mind she had a perfect score. It didn’t  ___ that her grade in French was a“B”—“l”____ that she had tried her best. That is something to make any parent proud.

Everybody is____. Everybody has different potential. Not all of us will become scientists or sports____. But without 100％effort no ____ can be achieved. If I see a salesperson fail at sales, the ____thing I want to examine is the effort being put in. If there is a problem with  __, the salesperson has no future. But if I see a salesperson isn’t __ with l00％effort, he or she is worth my effort in helping. Maybe a bit of training or some __ from a more successful person will __.

I know that 100% effort, focus in the right direction, will always bring a ____ whether that is an“A”or a“C”. As long as you make 100% effort, you are ____ .

1.A. seriously　　 B. patiently　　 C. cautiously　　 D. proudly

2.A. handed　　 B. awarded　　 C. sent　　 D. promised

3.A. favor　　 B. relief　　 C. lesson　　 D. achievement

4.A. Politics　　 B. English　　 C. French　　 D. Science

5.A. needed　　 B. attracted　　 C. affected　　 D. meant

6.A. score　　 B. letter　　 C. figure　　 D. word

7.A. realized　　 B. checked　　 C. recognized　　 D. remembered

8.A. hug　　 B. shake　　 C. kiss　　 D. smile

9.A. bother　　 B. work　　 C. matter　　 D. suffer

10.A. said　　 B. showed　　 C. warned　　 D. included

11.A. energetic　　 B. independent　　 C. different　　 D. curious

12.A. trainers　　 B. salesmen　　 C. fans　　 D. stars

13.A. safety　　 B. principle　　 C. experience　　 D. potential

14.A. last　　 B. first　　 C. best　　 D. latest

15.A. ambition　　 B. confidence　　 C. effort　　 D. attitude

16.A. cheerful　　 B. careful　　 C. successful　　 D. hopeful

17.A. advice　　 B. money　　 C. expectation　　 D. propection

18.A. help　　 B. decide　　 C. appear　　 D. match

19.A. competition　　 B. result　　 C. task　　 D. choice

20.A. great　　 B. diligent　　 C. famous　　 D. Reliable

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Benjamin Giroux，a 10－year－old boy with autism (孤独症)，came home from his school more excited than ever. His fifth－grade teacher asked the students to write a poem about themselves，beginning every sentence with “I am. ”

Benjamin couldn’t wait to start writing，so he sat down and didn’t look up until he finished. A few hours later，he showed the poem to his parents. Their faces were covered with tears.

“I am odd (奇怪的)，I am new，”Benjamin wrote in the poem. “I wonder if you are too. I hear voices in the air，I see you don’t and that’s not fair. ” “I feel like a boy in outer space，I touch the stars and feel out of place，” he went on to write.

“At first，we felt sad and hurt that he feels lonely，misunderstood and odd at school，” Giroux said. “As the poem went on，we realized that he understands that he’s odd and that so is everyone else in their own way. This is what Ben wants everyone to know. ”

Benjamin was expected to read his poem aloud to the class the following day，but upon waking up that morning，he refused to go to school and stayed home. He didn’t think his poem was any good.

His dad posted (发帖) it on the internet in hopes of getting some encouraging comments from family and friends. Once the National Autism Organization saw the photo，they posted it to their page，where thousands of strangers shared how much the poem inspired them.

“We try to read him as many comments as we can to show the influence he’s had，” Giroux said. “It makes him happy too，which is always nice to see. ” The family has heard from hundreds of parents thanking Benjamin and his parents for showing how their own kids may be feeling at school.

1.As a child with autism，Benjamin ________.

A.feels bored with his lessons

B.wants to talk with his father

C.hopes to make friends with girls

D.feels excited about writing a poem

2.From Benjamin’s poem，his father finds the idea that ________.

A.Benjamin knows and accepts that he is odd

B.his son needs playtime and attention

C.children with autism are still very clever

D.society should care for children with autism

3.How did Benjamin feel the next day?

A.Pleased. B.Anxious.

C.Puzzled. D.Bored.

4.What can we learn from the sixth paragraph?

A.Other people with autism were moved after reading the poem.

B.The people who read the poem felt inspired.

C.The people who care about Benjamin felt proud about Benjamin.

D.Parents of other kids with autism found a proper way of treating their kids.

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It was another frustrating day. I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town.

I went to work feeling down. It’s the same thing over and over again, dealing with customers who complain about their food—how the piece of pie that they are served is too big or too small. Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. I was working since 5:00 pm. and we were quite busy. But these elderly women were watching me as I was working really hard to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.

When they were finished with their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, which grade I was in and what I planned to do in the future.

As they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a confident and gentle voice, “You are going places.” They left the restaurant and I was pretty much in awe. I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me a reason to believe in myself. They picked my spirits up from being down and out and gave me a reason to keep on working hard and to give it my all.

1.From the passage we learn that the author ____.

A. had a part-time job　　 B. worked in the restaurant all day

C. loved his job at first　　 D. did very well in his lessons

2.The underlined sentence “You are going places” in the fifth paragraph probably means ____.

A. you are on a trip　　 B. you should go to a better place

C. you’ll be successful　　 D. you are in the right place

3.The author felt sad because ____.

A. he didn’t want to work there

B. it was difficult to make the customers happy

C. he had to do the same thing again and again

D. the work was too hard for a teenager

4.The passage tells us that ____.

A. encouragement can be important for your success

B. everyone should treat elder people gently

C. people doing all kinds of jobs should be respected

D. students should make money to support themselves

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完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day, Nancy came home from school crying. Taking her in her arms, Mummy tried to 　 ________ her. After a while, she stopped crying and asked, “Mummy, am I________?” “No, you are not,” said Mummy, “but let us discuss this after you ________ , OK?”

Several minutes later, Nancy began to have supper with Mummy.

“Who ________ that you are bad?” asked Mummy.

“Phillips, my friend. He asked me for help with his maths but I 　 ________ because I wanted to read the new book Daddy gave me. He got________　 and said I was a bad girl,” said Nancy.

“You are 　 ________ ,” said Mummy. “Phillips has often helped you with your English. You should have helped him. Why don’t you phone him and say ________　 to him?”

“But he called me bad and ________ with me. I don’t want to go,” Nancy cried.

“Though you have done ________ bad, it does not make you a bad person. You are ________ a good person.”

Nancy showed a ________ look on her face. “How can that be, Mummy?” she asked.

“Our 　 ________ is always good. So never believe that you are bad,” Mummy replied with a smile.

________ flooded on Nancy’s face. “Am I________　 good, Mummy?” she asked.

“Yes, you are good, and always will be so. But that does not mean that you should not ________　 the wrong that you do. You will have to call and ________ to Phillips. Do you understand me?”

“Yes, Mummy,” said Nancy slowly. “Thank you for telling me this. I feel much better now,” said Nancy ________　 . “I am going to ________　 Phillips right away, and I am never going to 　 ________　 that I am always good.”

1.A. calm　 　　　 B. protect　　 　 C. trick 　　　　　　 D. praise

2.A. shy　　 　　 　 B. foolish　　 　 C. bad 　　　　　　 D. strong

3.A. get up　　 　 B. grow up　 　　 C. wash up　　 　 D. turn up

4.A. said　 　　　　 B. saw　　 　　　 C. heard　　 　　　　 D. doubted

5.A. cried　　 　　 B. refused　　 C. admitted　　　 　 D. allowed

6.A. excited　 　　 B. comfortable C. nervous 　　　　 D. angry

7.A. wrong　 　　 　 B. brave　　　 　 C. wise　 　　　　 　 D. careful

8.A. goodbye　 　　 B. sorry　　　 　 C. thank you　　　　 D. hello

9.A. competed 　　 B. lived　　 　　 C. worked 　　　　　 D. argued

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

11.A. always　 　　 B. sometimes　 C. ever　 　　　　 D. never

12.A. worried　 　 B. puzzled　　 　 C. confident　　 　 D. satisfied

13.A. chance　　 　　 B. choice　　 C. condition　　 　 D. nature

14.A. Fear　　 　　 B. Patience　　 　 C. Shock　 　　　　 D. Joy

15.A. really　 　　 B. hardly　　 　　 C. already　　　 D. gradually

16.A. account for B. pay for 　 　 C. look forward to D. rely on

17.A. devote　　 　　 B. apologize　 C. introduce　　 D. turn

18.A. coldly　　 　　 B. sadly 　　　　 C. gratefully　 　　 D. pitifully

19.A. consult　 　　 B. change　　 　　 C. teach　 　　　　 D. call

20.A. agree　 　　 B. explain　　 　 C. forget　 　　　　 D. confirm

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）

I just came home from visiting my 90-year-old grandpa after his heart surgery. We talked and laughed and before I left he __36__me, told me that he loved me and told me not to be_37_ if he died because he had loved his life.

When my mom was in hospital due to breast cancer, I went to _38_ her. She wasn’t in her _39_. When I headed for the Nurses Station to _40_ her, I saw her coming down the hall. “ Mom, why are you out of bed? Where have you been?” She _41_ and said she’d been to the nursery floor to visit the babies.

My lifelong friend almost lost her 50-year-old husband to cancer._42_, she did her full-time job at the hospital and two other jobs to _43_ losing their house. She continued to laugh, love and find_44_ every single day in life.

And on and on---------

Maybe that’s part of why I have a positive _45_. I’m really lucky to know so many _46_ people. I’ve known so many people in my life who have _47_ the difficulties and the horrors of life with grace, humor and _48_.

When you say life isn’t worth _49_, when you say you want to die, when _50_ you know has used you, abused you, _51_ you, hated you, it’s you, your _52_ that have created a life for yourself that you don’t feel is worth living and a life no one else wants to live with you. I don’t feel_53_ for you. I don’t care about you. You’re a coward(懦夫). _54_, you should try to change things, move _55_ and learn something from the things you have experienced. Then maybe someone will really care about you.

1.A. drew             B. pulled              C. hugged                     D. showed

2.A. frightened        B. sad                C. nervous                    D. astonished

3.A. support           B. visit              C. encourage                  D. invite

4.A. bed              B. office             C. house                     D. chair

5.A. hold             B. remind              C. scold                       D. find

6.A. sighed            B. smiled            C. nodded                     D. cried

7.A. Fortunately        B.Gradually             C. Unbelievably                D. Actually

8.A. avoid             B. stop              C. risk                        D. forget

9.A. work             B. advice              C. surprise                    D. joy

10.A. attitude           B. reply               C. demand                  D. belief

11.A. romantic          B. humorous           C. optimistic                  D. careful

12.A. lived for             B. shown off           C. looked for             D. gone through

13.A. strength         B. courage             C. feelings                   D. spirits

14.A. living             B. fighting              C. losing                     D. noticing

15.A. someone         B. nobody             C. everyone                  D. everything

16.A. left              B. envied               C. educated                 D. appreciated

17.A. selfishness       B. bravery              C. behavior                   D. honesty

18.A. proud            B. sorry                C. excited                    D. happy

19.A. Otherwise     B. Besides                 C. However                  D. Instead

20.A. downward       B. backward               C. leftward                   D. forward

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During the school year many parents take on the role of driver as they drive their children from one lesson to another .Understandably so. Many of us want our children to have a little taste of everything, from organized sports to music, dance and more. But we can overdo it, leaving our children feeling a little burnt out, and according to parent educator Diane Loisie ,it’s their school work which suffers the most. “After school, if they’re busy in a number of sporting events, besides they need to do their homework, then the time they’ll feel sleepy is in the classroom. Your child needs free time. So if you’re filling up that after school time, then it’s during the day that they’re going to be taking a break.”

Professor Claire McDermott agrees that there’s a lot to be gained from sometimes putting those scheduled lessons and activities away. “Relaxing time is important for children. It’s time just to do the things they want to do. A child can go up to their room, or they can play around. It doesn’t look like productive time; parents certainly wouldn’t be saying ‘Wow, are they ever learning things now?’ But this relaxing time gives both the body and the brain just a wonderful chance to relax after a day. It helps a child prepare for sleep, but it also helps to understand the learning that’s gone on that day.”

It’s hard to prevent signing our kids up for some activities and lessons. After all, many of us want our children to have a head start in life and the chance to join in great activities in the arts or sports is a part of that. However, Loisie feels that in the long run most children feel better with just a few key activities because it gives them an opportunity to master them. “When we get our children in too many activities because we want our children to experience everything, then what we’re doing is setting them up not to be good at one thing or gaining a skill.” So choose your children’s activities wisely. It may be one of the best things you’ve ever done for your kids… and for the family drivers!

1.What is the biggest disadvantage for children to attend too many lessons after school?

2.What should we think of children’s playing around aimlessly?

3.Why should parents limit the activities our children attend?

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china.

When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans．Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now.

Still, her answer surprised me: “Green tea.”

As long as I can remember she didn’t even drink Indian tea.

I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story．My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses.

At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian．It was a strange country.

How things change! And how soon!

Now every town of any size seems to have a “China Market”．And everyone is talking about China.

The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done．A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment (投资) and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”.

But it’s a two-way street．I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Bangalore to train in software．Meanwhile, all the Indian IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.

No wonder that trade , which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to hit about US$15 billion for last year and US$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both governments.

No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian (中印)century as the two countries started on January 1 the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.

But what is still a wonder to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.

1.Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea?

A．She was tired of Indian tea．               B．She had a son working in China.

C．She believed it had a curing effect.        D．She was fond of Chinese products.

2.What does the author mean by “it’s a two-way street” in Paragraph 10?

A．The exchanges between India and China benefit both.

B．Tea trade works wonders in both India and China.

C．Chinese products are popular in both China and India.

D．China and India have different traffic rules.

3.What do we know about the Indian IT industry?

A．It will move its head office to Shenzhen.

B．It is seeking further development in China.

C．It has attracted an investment of US$15 billion.

D．It caught up with the US IT industry in 2008.

4.In the text the author expresses _____.

A．his concern for his mother’s health

B．his support for drinking Chinese green tea

C．his wonder at the growth of India’s IT industry

D．his surprise at China’s recent development

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I came to my new school three years ago, I was surprised at how lonely I felt. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner 36 . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly 37.

Not really knowing how 38  the bus ride should be, I 39  when I saw the landmarks 40 on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the 41 , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was 42  on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no43  when the next bus would come, 44  when a bus did come by, I 45  got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the 46  bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he 47 to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but 48  did not help much.

He finally 49  me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was 50  that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the 51  bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there 52 . He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party 53  I was over an hour late.

I am forever thankful for the 54  that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a 55 on my heart.

1.                A．meal           B．party           C．meeting  D．time

2.                A．accepted       B．refused         C．got  D．received

3.                A．far            B．difficult         C．long D．bad

4.                A．drove on       B．walked away     C．hurried by D．got off

5.                A．show          B．showing         C．shown    D．to show

6.                A．street signs      B．tall buildings     C．traffic lights    D．back yards

7.                A．queuing        B．sitting          C．standing  D．waiting

8.                A．meaning        B．idea           C．problem  D．way

9.                A．so             B．yet            C．but  D．still

10.               A．suddenly       B．luckily          C．finally D．quickly

11.               A．right           B．wrong          C．best  D．fastest

12.               A．supplied        B．refused         C．offered   D．wanted

13.               A．it             B．he            C．she   D．they

14.               A．kept           B．dropped        C．drove D．turned

15.               A．eager          B．worried        C．sorry D．disappointed

16.               A．same          B．next           C．kind  D．silly

17.               A．helpless        B．lonely          C．unaccompanied D．alone

18.               A．after           B．although        C．until  D．when

19.               A．respect        B．concern        C．help  D．love

20.               A．mark          B．sign            C．symbol    D．line

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