Government statistics recently showed that in the UK, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their home. A smaller number of people are killed after contact with power lines outside the home. Electric shocks can cause a person’s heart or breathing to stop, can also cause burns and are potentially fatal. It is essential for people to learn basic first aid techniques to deal with such emergencies.
What to do?
If you are the first person to reach someone who has had an electric shock, don’t touch them!
If they are still holding the appliance that has given them shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. Under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!
If you can’t turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. You may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper.
The victim must remain lying down. If they are unconscious, victims should be placed on their side. But they should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary.
It is essential to maintain the victim’s body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation(恢复呼吸). Keep the victim’s head low until professional help arrives.
If the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.
1.What kind of passage is it?
A. An advertisement. B. A horror story.
C. A news report. D. First aid emergency advice.
2.The underlined sentence, “Under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!” implies that .
A. you should move the appliance that caused it
B. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricity
C. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your hands
D. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands
3.If you can’t turn off the power, you cannot separate the victim from the appliance or the power source by using _________.
A. a folded newspaper B. a blanket
C. a broom handle D. a chair
4.When a person has got an electric shock, you should .
A. separate the victim from the appliance and let them sit up
B. keep the victim warm and help them breathe again
C. move the victim onto their side if they have got neck injuries
D. keep the victim’s head high until professional help arrives
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Government statistics recently showed that in the UK, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their home. A smaller number of people are killed after contact with power lines outside the home. Electric shocks can cause a person’s heart or breathing to stop, can also cause burns and are potentially fatal. It is essential for people to learn basic first aid techniques to deal with such emergencies.
What to do?
If you are the first person to reach someone who has had an electric shock, don’t touch them!
If they are still holding the appliance that has given them shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. Under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!
If you can’t turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. You may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper.
The victim must remain lying down. If they are unconscious, victims should be placed on their side. But they should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary.
It is essential to maintain the victim’s body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation(恢复呼吸). Keep the victim’s head low until professional help arrives.
If the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.
1.What kind of passage is it?
A. An advertisement. B. A horror story.
C. A news report. D. First aid emergency advice.
2.The underlined sentence, “Under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!” implies that .
A. you should move the appliance that caused it
B. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricity
C. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your hands
D. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands
3.If you can’t turn off the power, you cannot separate the victim from the appliance or the power source by using _________.
A. a folded newspaper B. a blanket
C. a broom handle D. a chair
4.When a person has got an electric shock, you should .
A. separate the victim from the appliance and let them sit up
B. keep the victim warm and help them breathe again
C. move the victim onto their side if they have got neck injuries
D. keep the victim’s head high until professional help arrives
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows that one in every 12 kids is living in homes where no one has worked for at least a year. That may be due to unemployment or issues such as sickness or disability that mean they can’t work, and aren’t required to. This is known as being in a “long term workless” family.
The issues faced by children in workless families have very bad influence on their development and education, limiting their future employment prospects, and reducing their opportunities to succeed throughout their lives.
Not only does worklessness reduce family income, it can also damage families’ health and stability, and thus destroy children’s development. This is because many workless families are held back by disadvantages such as debt, drug and alcohol dependency, and by homelessness. Suffering from the family problems, many children face a greater and greater possibility of repeating the poor outcomes of their parents. Government research has shown that children in workless families are almost twice as likely not to reach the expected level at all stages of their education. For example, three-quarters of children from families where no one works failed to reach the expected level at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), compared to around half of children in lower-income working families.
So attention should be paid to children in out-of-work homes. Having working parents means a child is more likely to do better at school, to have better health, education and development, and also means they are less likely to fall into crime.
But for some families, worklessness, or not employment, is the norm. They just choose not to work. These families often face huge barriers to getting on with their lives but they take the opportunities offered by the society. Parents’ ability to work is frustrated by issues like low skills or poor mental or physical health, or drug and alcohol dependency, leaving children without the stability they need.
We all want to help workless families with complex problems so that their children can take advantage of the opportunities in Britain. We all want parents to have the chance to go out to earn a living and to enjoy the pleasure of work, so that their children can benefit from the good examples of working parents. In doing so, we should know the need to understand the complex issues that some families face and to develop a new approach to deal with poverty. Because the root causes are not financial. It is about helping families overcome the problems they face so that they can go as far as their talents and hard work will take them. We shouldn’t retreat from acting to deal with disadvantages, because we know the costs of inaction to individuals, communities and society.
1.According to the author, children in workless families may _______.
A.have better performance at school
B.take chances to go out to earn a living
C.be more able to deal with their problems
D.live the same lifestyles that their parents had
2.The underlined word “norm” in the fifth paragraph probably means _______.
A.a huge barrier B.a turning point
C.a typical standard D.an unusual event
3.In the last paragraph the author mainly talked about _______.
A.raising of social welfare
B.solutions to the problems
C.development of the society
D.reforming of the government
4.The main purpose of the passage is to _______.
A.introduce a study on children in workless families
B.appeal to the readers to help children in workless families
C.present a new approach to deal with poverty of workless families
D.compare children’s performances in workless families and low-income ones
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One of the most striking findings of a recent questionnaire in the UK is that of the people interviewed, one in two believes that it is becoming more difficult to meet someone to start a family with.
Why are many people finding it increasingly difficult to start and keep close relationships? Does modern life really make it harder to fall in love? Or are we making it harder for ourselves?
It is certainly the case today that nowadays couples benefit in different ways from relationships. Women no longer rely upon partners for economic security or status. A man doesn’t expect his wife to be in sole (唯一的) charge of running his household and raising his children.
But perhaps the knowledge that we can live perfectly well without a partnership means that it takes much more to persuade people to abandon their independence.
In theory, finding a partner should be much simpler these days. Only a few generations ago,your choice of soul mate was limited by geography, social convention and family tradition. Although it was never clear, many marriages were essentially arranged. Now those barriers have been broken down. You can approach a builder or a brain surgeon in any bar in any city on any given evening. When the world is your oyster(牡蛎), you surely have a better chance of finding a pearl.
But it seems that the traditions have been replaced by an even tighter restriction:the limitation of choice. The expectations of partners are made greater to an unmanageable degree:good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and so on. There is no room for error in the first impression.
We think that a relationship can be perfect. If it isn’t,it is intended to be thrown away. We work to protect ourselves against future heartache and don’t put in the hard emotional labor needed to build a strong relationship. Twelve-hour work at the office makes relaxed after-hours dating(约会) difficult. The cost of housing and child-raising creates pressure to have a stable(稳定的) income and career before a life partnership.
1. Nowadays, in a family, _________.
A. men begin to depend on women
B. couples share the burdens
C. men are responsible for housework
D. couples can’t get along together
2. People don’t want to give up their independence because______.
A. they can’t bear arranged marriages
B. they want to have more choices
C. they don’t want to follow traditions
D. they think they can live happily alone
3. People don’t bother to date because_______.
A. it requires luck to build a strong relationship
B. it takes them too much energy to work
C. it needs faith to have a life partnership
D. it causes mental problems to find a life partner
4. Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the passage?
A. The expectations of partners and financial pressure may prevent a relationship.
B. People should spend more money on marriage today.
C. Independence is much more important than love.
D. Even a perfect marriage can be given up for the sake of independence.
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It has been announced recently by the Chinese government that couples in China will be ___________to have two children if one of the parents is an only child.
A. attended B. permitted
C. appealed D. persuaded
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Recent studies show that many young people in the United States never finish high school.Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty percent of public school students do not complete their education.But many other experts and policymakers believe that for the past twenty years,the dropout rate has been around thirty percent.For Latino and black students,the numbers are even higher.Researchers say almost half of them leave schoo1.At the same time,almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without letting their parents know.
Finding a good job without a high school education is _________.A recent study found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty—four did not have a job.The lack of high school education can also lead to other problems.An estimated two—thirds of prisoners in the United States dropped out of high schoo1.
The main reason why many students drop out of school is that they are failing.Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers.Some students feel that educators place low expectations on them.
There have been efforts to increase graduation rates through education reforms during the past twenty years.Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs.These include alternative (其他的) high schools to meet special needs.In addition,experts suggest “early warning systems’’ to help identify young school children at the risk of dropping out of high schoo1.They say schools should also keep regular contact with parents,especially if their children are missing school often.
1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
________
2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Many students feel tired of their classes or don’t feel connected with their school and teachers.
3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words.)
4.What do you think is the most important reason for the high dropout rate in the high school?(Please answer within 30 words.)
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
________
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A recent survey shows that the alarming rate of child suicide(自杀) in Hong Kong, raising levels of stress and anxiety among young people, increasing conflicts between children and teachers, and children’s complaints that their parents do not understand their problems—all point to a drop in “emotional quotient” (EQ) (情商), the ability to handle relationships.
EQ is defined as the ability to deal with oneself and others effectively. High EQ, psychologists say, is easy to spot. Some of the greatest humanitarian (人道主义的) leaders have high EQ, along with successful managers and inspirational and respected teachers. The problem is not how to spot high EQ but to improve on low EQ, so society as a whole can benefit.
In the United States, declining EQ among young people is seen as one of the factors behind rising young people’s crime because youths fail to understand others’ feelings—one of the key components of EQ. While the situation in Hong Kong is not so bad, there are warning signs that the levels of anxiety among youth may become critical. Declining EQ among Hong Kong teenagers has been acknowledged by several studies including a key study by the education concern group, the Learning-Teacher Association, which found a high degree of anxiety among students over the future and also that young people lacked confidence in dealing with problems. Parents and teachers will also need to develop their own EQ skills in order to deal with them effectively.
Daniel Goleman cites a number of basic elements of high EQ: first, awareness of your feelings as you experience them which is very important to making good decisions in life; second, feeling or awareness of what others are feeling. “90% of emotional information is expressed non-verbally and people vary in their ability to pick it up,” Dr. Goleman says in his book.
Dr. Goleman argues that without high EQ even highly-educated, highly-intelligent people will not find success in life. Or those with low EQ, even though they may be brilliant, tend to lack feeling and impulse control. They fail easily, and they are easily intolerant and often aggressive in interpersonal relations. Some educational psychologists believe work on EQ may be important in Hong Kong with its high rate of suicide among school children. EQ test may be able to help predict those most at risk, and those least able to deal with their own emotions or unable to deal with others, including parents and teachers.
1.According to the passage, children in Hong Kong commit suicide at an alarming rate as a result of _______.
A.parents not understanding their children
B.the rising levels of stress and anxiety among young people
C.the inability of dealing with relationships
D.increasing conflict between children and teachers
2.We can infer from the passage that people with low emotional quotient _______.
A.are least likely to become good leaders
B.can deal with oneself and others effectively
C.are beneficial to society
D.are more likely to be respected
3.The word “its” in the last paragraph refers to ________.
A.the work on EQ
B.Hong Kong
C.EQ
D.China
4.Daniel Goleman believes that _______.
A.one can be just as successful without having a high EQ
B.only people with both high EQ and high IQ will be successful in life
C.people with low intelligence will not get a successful life
D.people not having high EQ may not be successful in life despite being extremely intelligent
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A recent survey shows that the question ________ New Year’s Eve should be included in the three-day New Year’s holiday caused heated discussion among the Internet users.
A. that B. how C. where D. whether
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,然后用英语简洁回答文后所给的五个问题。
Recent studies show that many young people in the United States never finish high school.Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty percent of public school students do not complete their education.But many other experts and policymakers believe that for the past twenty years,the dropout rate has been around thirty percent.For Latino and black students,the numbers are even higher.Researchers say almost half of them leave schoo1.At the same time,almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without letting their parents know.
Finding a good job without a high school education is _________.A recent study found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty—four did not have a job.The lack of high school education can also lead to other problems.An estimated two—thirds of prisoners in the United States dropped out of hilgh schoo1.
The main reason why many students drop out of school is that they are failing.Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers.Some students feel that educators place low expectations on them.
There have been efforts to increase graduation rates through education reforms during the past twenty years.Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs.These include alternative (其他的) high schools to meet special needs.In addition,experts suggest “early warning systems’’ to help identify young school children at the risk of dropping out of high schoo1.They say schools should also keep regular contact with parents,especially if their children are missing school often.
1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
________
2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Many students feel tired of their classes or don’t feel connected with their school and teachers.
3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words.)
4.What do you think is the most important reason for the high dropout rate in the high school?(Please answer within 30 words.)
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
_____ recent survey shows that the number of Non-English speaking families in US is on ____ increase this year .
A. The, the B. A, an C. A, the D. The, an
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The U.S. Department of Labor statistics (统计) show that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there have been more than enough teachers, engineers, physicists, aerospace experts, and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren't there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree.
On the other hand, there is a great need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, TV repairmen.
These people have more work than they can deal with, and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen.
The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating (灌输) their children with this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn't matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments (入学) go up and up, and more and more graduates are overeducated for the kinds of jobs available to them.
One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.
1.It's implied but not stated in the passage that ________ .
A. many other countries are facing the same problem
B. white-collar workers in the US used to make more money than blue-collar workers
C. fewer students will prefer to go to college in the future
D. the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on American higher education
2.Which of the following is NOT a reason why college enrollments go up every year?
A. Many people believe that the only way to success is a college education.
B. Many parents want their children to go to college.
C. High school teachers urge their students to go to college.
D. Every young man and woman wants to go to college.
3.By saying that“many people go to college who do not belong there”, the author means that ________ .
A. many people who are not fit for college education go to college
B. many people who do not have enough money go to college
C. many people who go to college drop out within the first year
D. many people who go to college have their hopes destroyed
4.We can infer from the passage that the author believes that _______ .
A. every young man and woman should go to college
B. college education is a bad thing
C. people with a college education should receive higher pay
D. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析