I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my31 was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.
There was a 32 near our house. In winter it was the greatest33 place in the world. One 34 all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks 35 the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t36 any longer that afternoon. So I 37 my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey．I was not really38 ．
The hockey game had attracted 39 audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering40 . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water41 my body, and I sank like a rock. My feet42 the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another 43 , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my 44 around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again，“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and 45 . I crawled to the shore and lay down,46 ．The next thing I knew was people were 47 around me, covering me with coats.
When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me, 48 my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my49 ．” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”
For a long time I thought I would50 a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.
1.A. attention B. behavior C. explanation D. reason
2.A. river B. pond C. lake D. dam
3.A. skating B. fishing C. swimming D. skiing
4.A. afternoon B. morning C. evening D. night
5.A. after B. until C. as D. if
6. A. go B. run C. sit D. wait
7.A. found B. threw C. took D. hid
8.A. lonely B. single C. alone D. afraid
9.A. noisy B. happy C. small D. young
10. A. changed B. disappeared C. increased D. stopped
11.A. filled B. controlled C. covered D. loaded
12.A. hit B. dragged C. set D. tapped
13.A. day B. hour C. minute D. second
14.A. head B. hand C. arm D. leg
15.A. left B．succeeded C. tried D. survived
16.A. worried B. surprised C. excited D. exhausted
17.A. lying B. standing C. laughing D. crawling
18.A. raising B. shaking C. holding D. washing
19.A. place B. mind C. defense D. rescue
20.A. take up B. make up with C. bring up D. come up with
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I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my31 was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.
There was a 32 near our house. In winter it was the greatest33 place in the world. One 34 all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks 35 the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t36 any longer that afternoon. So I 37 my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey．I was not really38 ．
The hockey game had attracted 39 audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering40 . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water41 my body, and I sank like a rock. My feet42 the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another 43 , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my 44 around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again，“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and 45 . I crawled to the shore and lay down,46 ．The next thing I knew was people were 47 around me, covering me with coats.
When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me, 48 my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my49 ．” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”
For a long time I thought I would50 a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.
1.A. attention B. behavior C. explanation D. reason
2.A. river B. pond C. lake D. dam
3.A. skating B. fishing C. swimming D. skiing
4.A. afternoon B. morning C. evening D. night
5.A. after B. until C. as D. if
6. A. go B. run C. sit D. wait
7.A. found B. threw C. took D. hid
8.A. lonely B. single C. alone D. afraid
9.A. noisy B. happy C. small D. young
10. A. changed B. disappeared C. increased D. stopped
11.A. filled B. controlled C. covered D. loaded
12.A. hit B. dragged C. set D. tapped
13.A. day B. hour C. minute D. second
14.A. head B. hand C. arm D. leg
15.A. left B．succeeded C. tried D. survived
16.A. worried B. surprised C. excited D. exhausted
17.A. lying B. standing C. laughing D. crawling
18.A. raising B. shaking C. holding D. washing
19.A. place B. mind C. defense D. rescue
20.A. take up B. make up with C. bring up D. come up with
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One of the most important things that has happened to me occurred long before I was aware of it. As the story goes, I was three days old and Mom was singing “The Name Game” song to me: “Christine- Bo-Bean-Banana-Fanna-Fo-Feen.” By day four, I was given a new name — Christine-Bo-Bean, or just Bo-Bean to my mother. Now, I am Bo to her and close friends.
Why is this nickname so important to me? I once read a book with a passage about True Names which explains that when a person’s true name is spoken, she has a distinct aura (光环) around her. Although I have been Bo to my mother all my life, I recently discovered that my true name is not on my birth certificate; it’s the name that is as unique and memorable as I am.
People usually know me as Christine. They still see me as a quiet, bookish child. They don’t know who I am now. My most recent hopes, fears, goals, dreams and opinions escape their notice; it is easier to think of me as I was. In their minds, they have a box labeled “Christine” in which I fit neatly, and as Christine, I was content with the perfect packaging.
Those who call me Bo or Bo-Bean really know me. They remember who I was and realize I have changed. Bo is a tight squeeze in the old “Christine” boxes. The Bo I am is ever-changing, ever-growing and ever-learning.
When I was Christine, I was quiet, and easily scared. I feared groups, meeting new people and sharing my opinions. I was more comfortable with a book than my best friend. As Christine, I thought everyone was better than I was.
As Bo, I still love my books, but I want to discuss them. As Bo, my dream is to live where I can experience new things and meet new people. I dream about being alone on a stage lit by a single spotlight; I have that confidence now. I am equal to those I once saw as better than me.
A name shouldn’t make such a difference, but sometimes, when a person finds his or her True Name, they develop a new shine visible to friends, family and especially themselves.
I can’t always be Bo. Sometimes exposing myself is still scary and I feel too nervous; I want to hide in those old boxes. Mostly, however, I am ready for the world. So, just call me Bo.
1.When was the author given a nickname?
A.When she was three years old.
B.On the fourth day after she was born.
C.On the arrival of some close friends.
D.When mom first sang “ The Name Game”.
2.What do the people know about the author as Christine?
A.They think the author is active and crazy.
B.They care about the author’s most recent feelings.
C.They don’t realize the author has changed.
D.They don’t know the author has a new name.
3.What kind of person was the author in the past?
A.She showed no interest in reading.
B.She took pleasure in finding new things.
C.She loved reading and sharing books with friends.
D.She lacked confidence and preferred to be alone.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Bo — the True Name
B.A Unique Name
C.Remember the Past
D.The Meaning of Nickname
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Something big is happening to the human race, something that could be called the Great Transformation.
The Transformation consists of all the changes that are occurring in human life due to advancing technology. For thousands of years such progress occurred slowly. Now everything is changing so fast that you may find yourself wondering where all this progress is really leading.
Nobody knows what all these changes will really mean in the long run. But this mysterious Transformation is the biggest story of all times. It is the story of the human race itself.
Some people worry about what will happen when the deposits(蕴藏)of petroleum are gone, but already researchers are finding all kinds of new ways to get energy. Someday, solar power collected by satellites circling the earth or fission(裂变) power produced by mankind may give us all the energy we need for an expanding civilization(文明).Space exploraton promises to open up much new land for human settlement, as well as leading to the harvest of mineral resources.
Like it or not, our advancing technology has made us masters of the earth. We not only control all the other animals, but also reshape the world’s plant life and even its soil and rocks, its waters and surrounding air.
Technology gives us the power to build a great new civilizaion, if we can just agee on what we want it to be, bu today, there is little global agreement on goals and how we should achieve them.
So it remanins to be seen what will happen as a result of our technology. Pessimists (悲观主义者) worry that we will use the technology eventually to blow ourselves up. But they have been saying that for decades, and so far we have escaped. Whether we will continue to do so remains unknown, but we can continue to hope.
68.The Great Transformation is caused by ________.
A. changes in human life B.the development of science and technology
C. space exploration D. unknown reasons
69.Today it is impossible for people to build a remarkable new civilization because __________. A.nobody is optimistic about the future
B.human beings aare unabale to do so
C.people diagree with each other in many ways
D.people are worried too much
70.Advancing technology could possibly make us_______.
A.hesitate B.decisive C.powerless D.mysterious
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If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That’s what’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet(南极洲西部冰盖). A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy(地热能). While the CO2 we send out heats the atmosphere above the continent, earth is melting us ice from below.
If you were to drill (钻) deep at some place on the continents, you would find that the temperature increases about 25℃ for every kilometer deep into the hole on average. Scientists call this the geothermal gradient(地热梯度). Until recently, no one had drilled deeply enough through the West Antarctic ice to determine the geothermal gradient underground. For the new study, researchers drilled all the way through the ice and into the mud. They found that the geothermal gradient was about 200℃, which is several times the global average on continents. Few predicted this result, although it had been showed that the earth below the West Antarctic ice is unusually hot.
Even with the new discovery, though, we still don’t know exactly where the heat is coming from. One interesting possibility is volcanoes, which are under the ice. As recently as 2013, scientists were still discovering volcanoes under the ice in the area, and there may be many more.
Some people say that these volcanoes, rather than manmade climate change, are responsible for melting the area’s ice. While it’s true that heat coming from within the earth, including heat related to volcanoes, makes the melting faster, it is just one contributor to the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet---not the main cause. Today’s study could help us understand how the whole system, including global warming, is melting the ice.
1.What’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet?
A. The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter.
B. It is heated from below rather than from above.
C. The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy.
D. It is melting from both sides.
2.What can be learned from the second Paragraph?
A. It was the first time that researchers had tried to measure geothermal gradients.
B. The geothermal gradient showed where the heat came from.
C. The result was beyond the researchers’ expectations.
D. Researchers never knew the earth under the West Antarctic ice was hot.
3.The author would probably agree that ___.
A. the new discovery is unhelpful without a certain conclusion
B. no volcano has been found to support the researchers’ idea
C. volcanoes are the most important reason for the melting of the ice
D. global warming is surely one reason for the melting of the ice
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The West Antarctic ice sheet is in danger.
B. Researchers are trying to stop global warming.
C. The West Antarctic ice sheet’s melting will bring terrible consequences.
D. It has been known how to stop the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
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There are over 100 night clubs in the city, but you don’t often see________that is empty.
| A．one | B．the one | C．it | D．that |
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Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me，“Everything happens for the best. If you _______，one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous _______．”As it _______, mother was right.
In 1932，I ended my college life. _______ that，I had decided to try for a job in radio，and then could work my way up to sports _______．I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every _______,and was turned down every time. In one station，a _______ lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring a person who lacked _______．“Go to _______ town and find a little station that'll give you a chance，” she said. I then ________ to Dixon. While there was no radio- announcing jobs in Dixon，my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to ________ its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football，I ________．The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't ________．
My disappointment must have ________．“Everything happens for the best，” Mom ________me. Dad ________ me one car for me to job hunt. I________ WOC Radio in Davenport. The program ________，a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur，told me they had already
________ a contract with another announcer.
I often ________ what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didn't persist.
1.A. go on B. give up C. look up D. stay up
2.A. disappointments B. successes C. lives D. results
3.A. carried out B. looked out C. turned out D. figured out
4.A. Since B. Before C. After D. During
5.A. announcer B. athlete C. hostess D. performer
6.A. firm B. station C. store D. school
7.A. beautiful B. cruel C. strict D. kind
8.A. money B. knowledge C. appearance D. experience
9.A. bad B. small C. big D. good
10.A. walked B. saw C. turned D. added
11.A. run B. buy C. sell D. show
12.A. refused B. applied C. managed D. yelled
13.A. fired B. satisfied C. fitted D. employed
14.A. disappeared B. fallen C. shown D. responded
15.A. reminded B. asked C. advised D. recited
16.A. lent B. offered C. sold D. promised
17.A. visited B. passed C. tried D. poured
18.A. actor B. singer C. photographer D. director
19.A. designed B. knew C. signed D. resigned
20.A. doubted B. wondered C. intended D. expected
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When I read a post about taking someone to the movies, I remembered something that happened a couple of years ago.
I used to drink Coca-Cola and they had a contest where there was a ___________ inside the bottle cap. You went to a website and entered the code and maybe you _________ something. I won some ___________ Cokes. But then, I won the Grand Prize！I was surprised and ___________.
The Grand Prize was free movies for a year. What that ___________ to be was that the company sent me 52 admission tickets for a local movie theatre — they _________ one movie a week was what free movies for a year _______. All of the tickets had expiration dates（失效期）later than a year from the day I _________ them. I used quite a few taking friends to see _________.
But the best thing I did with them was that I ____________ twenty-two tickets that I had left by that time, to the local Women’s Transition House. It is a place where women and their ____________ could go when they’re ______________ domestic violence or just a bad situation in general and get help to make a ______________ start.
My work team had decided we would be a charity through which we ______________ donations for that particular Christmas. I knew that the Women’s Transition House ______________ some childcare for the women ______________ they could go for job interviews and things like that.
I put those tickets in a(n) ______________ and wrote a note on the outside, asking the Women's Transition House staff to give the movie tickets to women there ____________ the holidays to have something ____________ to do, with or without their children. It made me ____________ happy to do this.
1.A.website B.sign C.code D.note
2.A.bought B.won C.downloaded D.sought
3.A.expensive B.cheap C.delicious D.free
4.A.skeptical B.delighted C.numb D.jealous
5.A.turned over B.turned up C.turned out D.turned down
6.A.figured B.tolerated C.foresaw D.identified
7.A.occurred B.mattered C.meant D.underlined
8.A.refused B.received C.presented D.lost
9.A.plays B.movies C.performances D.matches
10.A.sold B.abandoned C.distributed D.donated
11.A.children B.partner C.family D.parents
12.A.handling B.opposing C.fleeing D.defeating
13.A.steady B.fresh C.complete D.perfect
14.A.purchased B.managed C.controlled D.collected
15.A.provided B.accepted C.supported D.postponed
16.A.but B.so C.otherwise D.or
17.A.mailbox B.timetable C.pocket D.envelope
18.A.to B.before C.over D.with
19.A.controversial B.compulsory C.entertaining D.systematic
20.A.really B.nearly C.generally D.simply
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I'd like to share a little story with you about something that happened when I was four, remember it clearly. Our loving family dog was nearing the end of his life. My father picked him up and put him in a little bed we had made for him. Our dog, my companion. whom we had cared for, bit my father when he attempted to help him. How could he? Why? I couldn't understand it. I didn't like him anymore.
I hadn't thought about that story for a long time but something that happened last week brought it back to me. I went to speak with a friend. When I knocked on the door, I met in an instant an angry look and a few harsh(尖刻的) words. When the door was skimmed(砰地关上) in my face, I stood there shocked, and in a rush, I was reminded of my dog which bit my father 20 years ago or so.
What brought that story back was that same feeling of betrayal.
Both stories taught me something the next day. You see, when I got up in the morning and was told my dog had died, it became clear to me that he must have been in great pain. For him to have bitten a family member, he could not have been himself. Much the same for the other story when I learned that my friend's wife had just left him.
We are all beings of our environments, our opinions and feelings. And all of those things can cause you to say and do things that can't be understood by those who are not in the same situation with you.
If you meet someone either behaving out of character or acting in a way that doesn't seem to fit the situation, be patient when you think it is least possible for him to do so and try to get to know why he had such behaviour.
1.What's the influence of the incident that happened when he was four?
A.It hurt his father's feeling deeply. B.It has puzzled the author ever since.
C.It left a deep impression on the author. D.It made the author dislike dogs.
2.What made the author think about the story of about 20 years ago?
A.The photo of the dog, B.His friend's attitude.
C.His father's wound. D.His friend’s suffering.
3.Why did the authors friend say harsh words to the author?
A.Because he was bad-tempered.
B.Because they once quarreled and lie couldn't forgive the author.
C.Because he was bothered by an unexpected visit.
D.Because he was suffering the pain of losing his wife.
4.What conclusion did the author get from the two stories?
A.Misunderstanding should be removed in time.
B.Sometimes one will be hurt without any reason.
C.Many people think more of themselves and less of others.
D.Many factors will affect one's behavior.
5.What's the author's advice to us?
A.Learn to understand others. B.Look before you leap.
C.Help those in need. D.Tolerance is a kind of virtue.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Recently I have discovered it’s often easier for me to do something every day than to do it just some days. I post to my blog six days a week. I take notes every day. I write in my one-sentence journal every day. Many people have told me that they find it easier to exercise when they exercise every day. If I try to do something just four days a week, I spend a lot of time arguing with myself: Is today the day, or is it tomorrow, or the next day? Does the week start on Sunday or Monday?
If you do something every day, you tend to fall into a routine. Routine has a bad reputation for lacking excitement. It’s true that novelty and challenge bring happiness and that people who break their routines, try new things, and go to new places are happier, but I think that some routine activities also bring happiness. The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn’t be overlooked. By repeating, you can find happiness in activities like doing dishes or sweeping the floor as well as in your beloved morning coffee-and-news routines.
Two geniuses whom I know of also wrote about the power of doing something every day. Andy Warhol wrote, “Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more.” Gertrude Stein made a similar point, “Anything one does every day is important and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.”
So if there’s something that you wish you did more regularly, try doing it every day; if you do something every day, take great pleasure in it.
1.In the first paragraph, what does the author try to tell us?
A. It’s easier to do the same thing every day.
B. It’s important to do the same thing every day.
C. He has a good habit of following routines.
D. He enjoys the habit of following routines.
2.People usually tend to break their routines because they________.
A. hope to have a better reputation
B. would like to get rid of the old habit
C. want to have fun and excitement
D. are willing to face new challenges
3.Which of the following statements does Andy Warhol probably agree to?
A. Doing something that is exciting.
B. Doing something almost every day.
C. Doing something every day, not only once.
D. Doing something every day or only once.
4.Which can be the best title of the passage?
A. A Way To Form A Habit B. Do Anything Every Day
C. Repeat Regularly D. Power Of Everyday Repetition
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. I felt something________had happened. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the ______ at once. She explained that she’d______ my two boys, George, then five, and Mickey, then four, crying. At first, she had _____it, but when the crying continued for a long time, she ______something was wrong. So she came round and discovered my wife, Mary, lying on the ______ floor. She had been emptying the dishwasher _______a live wire fell and touched her.
Mary was taken to hospital. When I arrived, doctors were trying to rescue her, but there was no______. I explained to the boys that Mum had died; I felt it was important to be_____with them. For a year I was in a suffering ___ of mind. I went through the activities of a father but inside I felt _____.
Later, I felt I had to honor my love for Mary by not breaking _____. She married me because I was a______man and I knew I had to carry on and actively chose to swim rather than_______.
We moved to another city but two years later, I was diagnosed with cancer. The anxiety that had been gone came ______back—would my boys be left with no parents?_______, the disease was in its early stage and doctors could treat it in time.
____ everything happening to me, I realized merely thinking “why me” doesn’t_________. We have to learn to accept and adapt to the__________it has brought about. It is no use thinking about the past or being worried about the future. Instead, just focus on the______.
1.A. amazing B. awful C. strange D. exciting
2.A. house B. exit C. hospital D. entrance
3.A. seen B. sensed C. recognized D. heard
4.A. hesitated B. ignored C. imagined D. confused
5.A. wondered B. predicted C. realized D. expected
6.A. bathroom B. bedroom C. toilet D. kitchen
7.A. while B. when C. until D. as
8.A. sign B. doubt C. point D. breath
9.A. clear B. familiar C. strict D. pleased
10.A. situation B. state C. condition D. occasion
11.A. curiously B. lively C. coldly D. lonely
12.A. up B. away C. down D. off
13.A. rich B. considerate C. handsome D. strong
14.A. dive B. fall C. sink D. float
15.A. flooding B. returning C. looking D. calling
16.A. Gradually B. Personally C. Thankfully D. Eventually
17.A. For B. With C. As D. Through
18.A. matter B. affect C. count D. help
19.A. changes B. experiences C. disabilities D. decisions
20.A. honor B. present C. activity D. life
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