My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sen...

My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 36it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the 37 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 38 with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to 39 if there was any sign of it on our end.

The 40 always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 41. We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids, 42and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much 43for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.

By Christmas Eve we finally had to 44the fact that the package was 45lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 46 and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the 47package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 48the door, a man was standing there. “I 49 this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I 50that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “51I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 52stranger for taking so much trouble to 53this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 54thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.

The real gift that holiday season was the new 55to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!

1.                A．booked         B．decorated       C． listed    D．mailed

2.                A．appointment     B．deadline        C．holiday   D．party

3.                A．year           B．morning        C．week D．month

4.                A．pick out        B．take out        C．figure out D．find out

5.                A．complaint       B．conversation     C． discussion    D．quarrel

6.                A．chatting        B．arguing         C． kidding  D．scolding

7.                A．gifts           B．secrets         C．husband  D．clothing

8.                A．food           B．time           C．achievement   D．money

9.                A．consider        B．ignore          C． accept   D．study

10.               A．entirely        B．simply          C．mostly D．suddenly

11.               A．restaurant      B．office          C．house D．class

12.               A．terrible        B．outstanding     C．big   D．missing

13.               A．opened        B．locked         C．left   D．watched

14.               A．understand     B．forget          C．know D．believe

15.               A．expected       B．dreamed       C．realized   D．remembered

16.               A．because        B．but            C．or    D．so

17.               A．generous       B．honest         C．polite D．kind

18.               A．show          B．present        C．return D．offer

19.               A．silently         B．carefully        C．gently D．actually

20.               A．connection      B．guide          C．recognition D．closeness

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My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 　　　　　 it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the　　　　　 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 　　　　　 with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to　　　　　 if there was any sign of it on our end.

The 　　　　　 always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 　　　　　 . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids and 　　　　　 . Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much　　　　　 for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.

By Christmas Eve we finally had to 　　　　　 the fact that the package was　　　　　 lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 　　　　　 and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the　　　　　 package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 　　　　　 the door, a man was standing there.

“I 　　　　　 this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I 　　　　　 that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “　　　　　 I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 　　　　　 stranger for taking so much trouble to　　　　　 this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 　　　　　 thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.

The real gift that holiday season was the new 　　　　　 to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!

1.A．booked　　　　 B．decorated　　　 C． listed　　　 D．mailed

2.A．appointment B．deadline　　　 C．holiday　　　 D．party

3.A．year　　　　　　 B．morning　　　 C．week　　　　　　 D．month

4.A．pick out　　　 B．take out　　　 C．figure out　　　 D．find out

5.A．complaint　　　 B．conversation C．discussion　　　 D．quarrel

6.A．chatting　　　 B．arguing　　　 C．kidding　　　 D．scolding

7.A．gifts　　　　 B．secrets　　　 C．husbands　　　 D．clothing

8.A．food　　　　　　 B．time　　　　　　 C．achievement D．money

9.A．consider　　　 B．ignore　　　 C．accept　　　 D．study

10.A．hardly　　　 B．simply　　　 C．mostly　　　 D．suddenly

11.A．restaurant　　 B．office　　　 C．house　　　 D．class

12.A．terrible　　　 B．outstanding C．big　　　　　　 D．missing

13.A．opened　　　 B．locked　　　 C．left　　　　　　 D．watched

14.A．understand B．forget　　　 C．know　　　　　 D．believe

15.A．expected　　　 B．dreamed　　　 C．realized　　　 D．remembered

16.A．because　　　 B．but　　　　　　 C．or　　　　　　 D．so

17.A．generous　　　 B．honest　　　 C．polite　　　　 D．kind

18.A．show　　　　 B．present　　　 C．return　　　 D．offer

19.A．silently　　　 B．carefully　　　 C．gently　　　 D．actually

20.A．combination B．guide　　　　 C．recognition D．closeness

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

My 20-year-old daughter, Allison, living in Philadelphia, sent me a text the other day："I need socks and shampoo.”She was actually asking me to______those items for her, but I ______she was playing a cell phone game. I decide not to be a helicopter(直升机)______,because experience as a mother and professor has taught me how______that can result.

__, I prefer a more hands-off approach. From the time Allison turned 18, I no longer had any____ to know her work and life schedule.

But that's not what I ___ at Drexel University where I teach. Most of my students talk to their __ three times a day or more. One student's mother called because she didn't ____ from him for a few days. He was in the library so he______"hello". She doubted that he was drinking, and insisted on asking him to______a picture of himself. Holding a newspaper with that day's ____，he took a picture and sent it to his mother in order to ___ that he wasn't telling a lie.

I've always treated my students as independent beings. I tell them on the first day that I will not follow up with them on missing____or assignments. I am getting them to become independent thinkers, and take responsibility for their ____.

But their parents don't______them like me. I know a mother. She supervises(监督)her son too much. She hopes he will walk by the______，so that she can know what he is doing. Another mother checks her son's credit card daily. However, I never do that. My daughters only come to me with____things that need my decision, and I think that's because I give them space.

Many parents try to find if their kids are______from them. But we have to learn to respect boundaries(界限)，even when technology is so ____. So I am going to do my best not to be a helicopter parent.

1.A.donate B.check C.prepare D.receive

2.A.thought B.managed C.decided D.remembered

3.A.customer B.mother C.trainer D.boss

4.A.normally B.badly C.simply D.amazingly

5.A.Instead B.Besides C.Otherwise D.Still

6.A.way B.courage C.power D.desire

7.A.do B.achieve C.see D.predict

8.A.professors B.friends C.parents D.classmates

9.A.learn B.hear C.escape D.judge

10.A.waved B.meant C.added D.whispered

11.A.gain B.gather C.draw D.take

12.A.date B.picture C.name D.plan

13.A.apologize B.comment C.prove D.preserve

14.A.themes B.nutrition C.mineral D.classes

15.A.secrets B.choices C.skills D.humour

16.A.treat B.protect C.change D.employ

17.A.school B.door C.camera D.road

18.A.impressive B.ordinary C.obvious D.important

19.A.hiding B.suffering C.developing D.benefiting

20.A.valuable B.powerful C.harmful D.limited

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Last year, my brother , who is a software developer, earned ______ my sister, a teacher in a senior middle school.

A twice as many as  B as many as twice  C twice as much as  D as much as twice

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.

So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.

I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.

As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.

I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.

In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I’d left behind was gone…but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper（后保险杠）of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.

By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.

1.2.Why did the author leave home?

A. To look after her sister.　　 B. To attend a music festival.

C. To watch a performance.　　 D. To visit her husband’s cousin.

3.4.How did the author feel when she left home?

A. Disappointed.　　 B. Worried.

C. Tired.　　 D. Unwilling.

5.6.What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?

A. Gathered.　　 B. Struggled.

C. Escaped.　　 D. Hid.

7.8.What might be the title for the passage?

A. Lost it All, Gained Even More.　　 B. Once Gone, Never Returned.

C. Caught in the Hurricane.　　 D. Trapped in a Dilemma.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival.She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her,not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will.However,I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.

So I boarded the plane in mid-August,and hated the long flight.I arrived,tired and hungry.I had left my husband of 2 years,alone,in our old New Orleans house.

I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago.The hurricane was predicted to hit our city,and many people had already evacuated,but my husband chose to stay behind.He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world,but he could call his cousin in Chicago.He gave his cousin a message for me,that he would be just fine,and not to worry.

As the day wore on,I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans,and I realized,thanks to CNN,that New Orleans was under water.

I performed,hoping that my husband would survive.And I performed perfectly.The audience stood and applauded.I left the stage and went straight to the TV.I saw the street sign near my home,of Humanity Street,but nothing below it,except water.

In the days that followed,I found out that my house,my car,my clothes,my furniture,everything that I'd left behind was gone...but not my husband.He survived by riding on the rear bumper（后保险杆）of a VW bus,holding on to the overhead luggage rack,in the pouring rain,down the highway from New Orleans,half-way to Baton Rouge.The rest of the journey was a long walk,but he survived.

By the first week of September,I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport,and hugged my husband.Since then,our relationship has grown deeper;we have completely rebuilt our house,bought a new car,bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational,spirit-filled community.

1.Why did the author leave home?

A. To look after her sister.　　 B. To attend a music festival.

C. To watch a performance.　　 D. To visit her husband's cousin.

2.How did the author feel when she left home?

A. Disappointed.　　 B. Worried.

C. Tired.　　 D. Unwilling.

3.What does the underlined word "evacuated" mean?

A. Gathered　　 B. Struggled

C. Escaped　　 D. Hid

4.What might be the title for the passage?

A. Lost it All,Gained Even More　　 B. Once Gone,Never Returned

C. Caught in the Hurricane　　 D. Trapped in a Dilemma

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Soon after the war，one family who lived in Pennsylvania ______ me and brought me up.

A. had adopted　　 B. adopted

C. would adopt　　 D. has adopted

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

---Cathy, when can I expect you to return to work?

---I’ll go back to my job once I’ve     who’s going to look after the kids during the day.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate（忍受） the nuisance（讨厌的人或事） of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.

One evening when the boys were particularly_21__，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired(退休) and was_22__when he could see or hear boys playing his_23_game，football. He would_24_ give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got_25_，for they could hardly believe_26_they were being paid to do something they__27_.

The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away__28__with their 25 Yuan. The third week when they came back，__29__，the old man said he hadn’t had much money__30__himself and sent them away with only 15 Yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet 31his paycheck from the government and gave them only 10 Yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was__32__much that they could do about it.

At the__33_of the fifth week，the boys came back and__34_at the old man’s door，waiting for their_35_.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared. He_36_that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan_37_he had promised，but said he would give them 38 yuan each week without fail.

This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for only five yuan！” they yelled.“__39__！”

They stormed away and  40   played on the street again.

1.  A. hot          B．noisy        C．troublesome      D．naughty

2.  A. happiest     B．excited      C．encouraged       D．bored

3.  A. interesting   B．amusing     C．acceptable       D．favorite

4.  A. more ever   B．therefore    C．willingly        D．forever

5.  A. shouted      B．cried        C．excited          D．smiled

6.  A. how          B．when         C．that             D．what

7.  A. expected    B．enjoyed      C．admired          D．respected

8.  A. happily      B．thankfully   C．gratefully       D．tearfully

9.  A. but              B．in addition  C．however          D．besides

10.  A. earned     B．saved        C．remained         D．left

11.  A. received        B．accepted     C．paid             D．given

12.  A. not             B．no           C．so               D．very

13.  A. final       B．end          C．start            D．beginning

14.  A. kicked      B．hit          C．beat             D．knocked

15.  A. rewards    B．awards       C．checks           D．wages

16.  A. expressed       B．apologized  C．stated           D．expected

17.  A. as              B．like         C．when             D．though

18.  A. 5           B．10           C．15               D．20

19.  A. No way      B．No possible  C．No problem       D．No play

20.  A. ever       B．never        C．still            D．keep

高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析

I often visit my parents, who live in the countryside   whenever ____.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析