Having slept on mid-priced mattresses（床垫）for the past 20 years, my wife and I decided to buy a higher quality mattress. Like many other customers, we visited several local mattress stores and were not pleased with either the construction quality or the sales. So, we decided to check on-line to see what was available. And in all the research, Saatva kept coming up over and over again as one of the highest rate mattress factories in terms of comfort, customer service and producing quality. After an afternoon of interest research, we decided to order the 14.5 inch Luxury（奢侈）Firm king-sized mattress.
As someone who has led an active athletic life-style, I have had 5 knee surgeries（手术）, serious neck injuries, and most recently I was recovering from shoulder surgery. Following the recovery from the shoulder surgery, I was unable to return to our old tired bed because it was so uncomfortable. I was so excited the day our Saatva mattress arrived. My wife and I couldn’t wait to get the sheets on it and try it out.
The next few night’s sleep has proved that. No longer do I move and um al night with all my various damaged and surgically repaired joints screaming at me. Sleeping on our new Saatva mattress is like sleeping on a cloud. You close your eyes and it feels like you are floating. The moment you stretch（伸出）out, all the pressure points on all the old aching joints and injuries just disappear. My wife and I both sleep so well on this mattress that t made me realize how badly I had actually been sleeping on our old tired mattress.
The quality of this mattress and the entire buying experience couldn’t have ben any better. The Saatva mattress has really changed my life. I have run out of superlatives so I will wrap it up by saying “Thanks Saatva!”
1.Why didn’t the author buy mattress in the local stores?
A. He didn’t love the old style.
B. He couldn’t afford to purchase it.
C. He’d like to buy one on-line.
D. He was dissatisfied with the quality and sales.
2.What does Saatva refer to in the text?
A. A mattress material. B. A mattress seller.
C. A mattress factory. D. A mattress model.
3.What's Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The good feeling of their sleeping on the new mattress.
B. The design style of the newly-bought mattress.
C. The curing result of the new mattress in surgeries.
D. The disgusting sense to their old tired mattress.
4.What does the underlined word “superlatives” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. maximum strength B. all savings
C. whole wisdom D. high praise
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Having slept on mid-priced mattresses（床垫）for the past 20 years, my wife and I decided to buy a higher quality mattress. Like many other customers, we visited several local mattress stores and were not pleased with either the construction quality or the sales. So, we decided to check on-line to see what was available. And in all the research, Saatva kept coming up over and over again as one of the highest rate mattress factories in terms of comfort, customer service and producing quality. After an afternoon of interest research, we decided to order the 14.5 inch Luxury（奢侈）Firm king-sized mattress.
As someone who has led an active athletic life-style, I have had 5 knee surgeries（手术）, serious neck injuries, and most recently I was recovering from shoulder surgery. Following the recovery from the shoulder surgery, I was unable to return to our old tired bed because it was so uncomfortable. I was so excited the day our Saatva mattress arrived. My wife and I couldn’t wait to get the sheets on it and try it out.
The next few night’s sleep has proved that. No longer do I move and um al night with all my various damaged and surgically repaired joints screaming at me. Sleeping on our new Saatva mattress is like sleeping on a cloud. You close your eyes and it feels like you are floating. The moment you stretch（伸出）out, all the pressure points on all the old aching joints and injuries just disappear. My wife and I both sleep so well on this mattress that t made me realize how badly I had actually been sleeping on our old tired mattress.
The quality of this mattress and the entire buying experience couldn’t have ben any better. The Saatva mattress has really changed my life. I have run out of superlatives so I will wrap it up by saying “Thanks Saatva!”
1.Why didn’t the author buy mattress in the local stores?
A. He didn’t love the old style.
B. He couldn’t afford to purchase it.
C. He’d like to buy one on-line.
D. He was dissatisfied with the quality and sales.
2.What does Saatva refer to in the text?
A. A mattress material. B. A mattress seller.
C. A mattress factory. D. A mattress model.
3.What's Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The good feeling of their sleeping on the new mattress.
B. The design style of the newly-bought mattress.
C. The curing result of the new mattress in surgeries.
D. The disgusting sense to their old tired mattress.
4.What does the underlined word “superlatives” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. maximum strength B. all savings
C. whole wisdom D. high praise
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
－Hasn’t Zhao Wei finished filming the movie So Young?
－Yes. She ______ on it for more than half a year.
A. is working B. has been working
C. worked D. will have worked
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
____ late in the morning, Bob turned off the alarm.
A．To sleep B．Sleeping C．Sleep D．Having slept
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn’t ____ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.
A．make up for B．look up to
C．put up with D．fit in with
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
________ late in the morning，Bob turned off the alarm.
A．To sleep B．Sleeping
C．Sleep D．Having slept
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
_______ late the next morning, Bob turned off the alarm.
A．To sleep B．Sleeping C．Sleep D．Having slept
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
TALENT ON PARADE
It is time for the Smithdale Student Activity Club’s yearly talent show. In the past, the club has had performers sing, dance, and play the violin, guitar, or piano. This year the show will be called “Talent on Parade”, and we are looking for performers with great new ideas. In addition, we have planned two important changes for this year’s show.
Two Shows Instead Of One
First, “Talent on Parade” will be held on two nights. Performers in the Wednesday night show will include students in Grades K-5. Performers in the Friday night show will include students in Grades 6-12.
Smithdale High School Hall Wednesday, May 11, 6:30 P.M. Friday, May 13, 7:30 P.M.
No Tryouts (预选)
The second change is that this year’s performers will be chosen in a new way. No tryouts will be held. The first twenty acts to sign up for each show will be accepted. Others will be put on a waiting list in case someone has an act that is not allowed. You’ll be told by telephone or e-mail if your act is included.
If you do not wish to perform but would enjoy helping backstage with lights or sound, print “stagehand” in large letters at the top of the permission slip (同意书).
Rules For Acts
1. Each student chosen to perform must turn in a permission slip signed by a parent or guardian(监护人).
2. All performers must be at the school one hour before the show time.
3. Performers must provide their own transportation to and from the school.
4. Each act is limited to three minutes.
5. No act may have more than five people in it.
6. Performers must provide their own music (tapes, CDs, or instruments) and costumes.
7. Singers may sing with or without musical accompaniment, but they may not sing along with a recorded voice on a CD or tape.
1.The twenty-first act to sign up will be allowed to be performed only if____.
A. a performer is unable to attend B. a performance is shortened
C. the performance is original D. the performer is approved
2.Each person performing in the talent show is required to turn in a____ .
A. telephone number B. musical recording
C. costume drawing D. permission slip
3.When should a second grader show up at school on the show night?
A. Before 6:30 P.M. B. Before 5:30 P.M.
C. After 6:30 P.M. D. After 5:30 P.M.
4.Where is this passage most likely to be found?
A. In a city evening paper. B. On an entertainment website.
C. On a school news board. D. On the wall of a music store.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized: “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?”
“I can’t read my own handwriting,”the young woman explained. “It’s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes.”
That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper, they reasoned, but they wouldn’t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.
Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?
Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a method has a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Writing things down engages a student’s brain in listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的)learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and to process and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.
Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?
I’m not sure how to measure the effectiveness of either method. For now, I allow students to take notes however they see fit—handwritten or photographed—because I figure that some notes, no matter the method of note-taking, are better than none.
1.The woman apologized in the class because she____.
A. took a picture of the board
B. missed the teachers’ directions
C. had the bad handwriting
D. disturbed other students’ learning
2.Students refuse to take notes by hand because_____.
A. they are unable to take notes
B. they are more likely to lose notes
C. they are interested in using their phones
D. they have a good memory of teachers’ instructions
3.According to the passage, taking notes by hand_______.
A. requires students to think independently
B. is unsuitable for students to learn new ideas
C. helps students actively participate in learning
D. proves to be an old and useless learning method
4.What’s the author’s opinion towards taking notes by phones?
A. Supportive. B. Neutral.
C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
In a class this past December,after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination,one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone.When I looked in her direction,she apologized:"Sorry.Was it wrong to take a picture?"
“I can't read my own handwriting,”the young woman explained."It's best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes."
That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes.For those in the photo-taking camp,motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting.Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material.They might lose paper,but they wouldn't lose their phones.Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board.Others told me that during class they liked to listen to the discussion attentively.
Yet the use of cameras as note takers,though it may be convenient,does raise significant questions for the classroom.Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?
Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding.Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method,but that a method has a long history doesn't mean it's out of date.Writing things down engages a student's brain in listening,visual,and kinesthetic learning—a view supported by a longstanding research.The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory,and to process and combine it,establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.
Taking a picture does indeed record the information,but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs.So can the two be equally effective?
I'm not sure how to measure the effectiveness of either method.For now,I allow students to take notes however they see fit—handwritten or photographed—because I figure that some notes,no matter the method of note-taking, are better than none.
1.The woman apologized in the class because she______.
A. took a picture of the board B. missed the teachers' directions
C. had the bad handwriting D. disturbed other students' learning
2.Students refuse to take notes by hand because______.
A. they are unable to take notes
B. they are more likely to lose notes
C. they are interested in using their phones
D. they have a good memory of teachers' instructions
3.According to the passage,taking notes by hand______.
A. requires students to think independently
B. is unsuitable for students to learn new ideas
C. helps students actively participate in learning
D. proves to be an old and useless learning method
4.What's the author's opinion towards taking notes by phones?
A. Supportive. B. Neutral.
C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Having worked for as long as ten hours, the young man lay on the ground, _____.
| A．tiredly and hungrily | B．tired and hunger |
| C．tired and hungry | D．tiring and hungry |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析