What is Christmas all about? Has it ever crossed your mind? Are we teaching our children the true meaning of Christmas? Do they know that a single gift of kindness can touch an endless number of hearts forever?
We met a little girl seven years ago during one of my daughter’s occasional hospital stays. Her name was Beth and she was my daughter’s roommate for a week. My daughter had an incurable kidney disease. Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up, however sick her treatment made her. She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children with cancer.
My daughter’s hospital treatment was completed in a week and we were waiting for her final discharge orders when Beth appeared. She said “I want you to have this. I know you need a new kidney, so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile. My friend, John, gave it to me to watch over me. When you get your new kidney and smile, you can give this angel to someone that needs her, too”. My daughter thanked her and the girls exchanged hugs and big smiles. Later that year, Beth passed away.
We kept that angel for six more years. My daughter had gone beyond what medical journals had studied and expected from her disease. Finally, a kidney became available and she received a transplant.
Now she felt it was time to give it to someone who needed to be watched over until he or she could smile again. She gave it to an elderly man trying to recover from a heart problem.
How many families and hearts this angel has touched, no one knows for sure. But all that it took was a single gift of kindness. So in this Christmas season, create a tradition with your children or maybe someone you love. Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart. After all, isn’t that Christmas is all about?
1.Why did Beth give an angel pin to the author’s daughter? (No more than 8 words )(2 marks)
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2.How does a single gift of kindness affect people? (No more than 6 words ) (2 marks)
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3.What did the girl impress the author with? (No more than 8 words )(3 marks)
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4.How do you understand “the true meaning of Christmas” in the passage? (No more than 8 words ) (3 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
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What is Christmas all about? Has it ever crossed your mind? Are we teaching our children the true meaning of Christmas? Do they know that a single gift of kindness can touch an endless number of hearts forever?
We met a little girl seven years ago during one of my daughter’s occasional hospital stays. Her name was Beth and she was my daughter’s roommate for a week. My daughter had an incurable kidney disease. Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up, however sick her treatment made her. She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children with cancer.
My daughter’s hospital treatment was completed in a week and we were waiting for her final discharge orders when Beth appeared. She said “I want you to have this. I know you need a new kidney, so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile. My friend, John, gave it to me to watch over me. When you get your new kidney and smile, you can give this angel to someone that needs her, too”. My daughter thanked her and the girls exchanged hugs and big smiles. Later that year, Beth passed away.
We kept that angel for six more years. My daughter had gone beyond what medical journals had studied and expected from her disease. Finally, a kidney became available and she received a transplant.
Now she felt it was time to give it to someone who needed to be watched over until he or she could smile again. She gave it to an elderly man trying to recover from a heart problem.
How many families and hearts this angel has touched, no one knows for sure. But all that it took was a single gift of kindness. So in this Christmas season, create a tradition with your children or maybe someone you love. Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart. After all, isn’t that Christmas is all about?
1.Why did Beth give an angel pin to the author’s daughter? (No more than 8 words )(2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
2.How does a single gift of kindness affect people? (No more than 6 words ) (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
3.What did the girl impress the author with? (No more than 8 words )(3 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
4.How do you understand “the true meaning of Christmas” in the passage? (No more than 8 words ) (3 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
--- What do you think of your E-dictionary ?
-- Helpful. It has _____ many problems about English idioms.
A. turned up B. broken up
C. taken up D. cleared up
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
--- Life is all about choices. It’s your choice _______ you live a life.
--- I quite agree. It’ you that choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
A.where B.why C.that D.how
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
History has some very special qualities about it. It is a ________ of what has happened in the past, and the really interesting thing is that much of history has been ________ time and again. It allows us to learn from the past, both the ________ made and the successes achieved.
One of the ________ of history is that it allows us to know how famous people ________ when they were faced with challenges in their life. ________ these challenges happened at a certain time in the past or in a ________ country or culture, all of them can always teach us something ________.
Take for example the ________ of Thomas Edison and how many times he ________ while on the road to finally inventing the light bulb (电灯泡). He could be held out as an example of a person who ________ stopped trying. I am sure he was ________ by those difficulties but he did not let them stop him. He had a ________ and he just kept trying until he reached success.
Or, think about the story of Abraham Lincoln who ________ to become President of the United States even though he suffered ________ losses. Most of us only know about his success. ________, his life was not an easy one. His story makes us keep moving forward no matter what ________ we have in life.
These true history stories will make you stop to reconsider ________ or food for thought about going after your dreams even though you may not think you have the courage or the ________ for now to get what you have always wanted. They could help you make decisions and ________ when you have no idea what to do. They could inspire you to be all that you can be.
1.A. note B. belief C. chance D. record
2.A. reported B. expected C. repeated D. corrected
3.A. mistakes B. jokes C. agreements D. challenges
4.A. events B. periods C. problems D. advantages
5.A. studied B. reacted C. competed D. explored
6.A. Although B. Because C. Unless D. Whether
7.A. developed B. poor C. different D. popular
8.A. clear B. simple C. special D. useful
9.A. name B. story C. position D. character
10.A. failed B. watched C. escaped D. traveled
11.A. also B. often C. still D. never
12.A. shocked B. beaten C. discouraged D. controlled
13.A. job B. dream C. duty D. power
14.A. happened B. prepared C. pretended D. managed
15.A. hearing B. weight C. personal D. slight
16.A. In fact B. As usual C. In all D. After all
17.A. directions B. improvements C. permissions D. difficulties
18.A. passing by B. giving up C. setting off D. calming down
19.A. ability B. habit C. goal D. choice
20.A. introductions B. conversations C. judgments D. Impressions
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
History has some very special qualities about it. It is a ______ of what has happened in the past, and the really interesting thing is that much of history has been ______ time and again. It allows us to learn from the past, both the ______ made and the successes achieved.
One of the ______ of history is that it allows us to know how famous people ______ when they were faced with challenges in their life.______ these challenges happened at a certain time in the past or in a ______ country or culture, all of them can always teach us something ______.
Take for example the ______ of Thomas Edison and how many times he ______ while on the road to finally inventing the light bulb. He could be held out as an example of a person who ______ stopped trying. I am sure he was ______ by those difficulties but he did not let them stop him. He had a ______ and he just kept trying until he reached success.
Or, think about the story of Abraham Lincoln who ______ to become President of the United States even though he suffered ______ losses. Most of us only know about his success.______, his life was not an easy one. His story makes us keep moving forward no matter what ______ we have in life.
These true history stories will make you stop to reconsider ______ or going after your dreams even though you may not think you have the courage or the ______ for now to get what you have always wanted. They could help you make decisions and ______ when you have no idea what to do. They could inspire you to be all that you can be.
1.A. note B. belief C. chance D. record
2.A. repeated B. expected C. reported D. corrected
3.A. agreements B. jokes C. mistakes D. challenges
4.A. events B. advantages C. problems D. periods
5.A. studied B. explored C. competed D. reacted
6.A. Unless B. Because C. Although D. Whether
7.A. different B. poor C. developed D. popular
8.A. clear B. useful C. special D. simple
9.A. name B. character C. position D. story
10.A. traveled B. watched C. escaped D. failed
11.A. never B. often C. still D. also
12.A. shocked B. discouraged C. beaten D. controlled
13.A. job B. duty C. dream D. power
14.A. happened B. prepared C. managed D. pretended
15.A. hearing B. weight C. slight D. personal
16.A. After all B. As usual C. In all D. In fact
17.A. difficulties B. improvements C. permissions D. directions
18.A. giving up B. passing by C. setting off D. calming down
19.A. habit B. ability C. goal D. choice
20.A. introductions B. conversations C. judgments D. impressions
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Have you ever changed your mind, or even given up a dream because you were afraid of what someone else might think of you? If you’re often worried about what friends, family, or even strangers in the street might think, then you’re using up a huge amount of energy worrying.1. But the steps below should help.
Step 1: Ask yourself what matters to you.
Maybe you can’t stand the gym, but your best friend works out every day. It’s natural for people around you to have different values from you.2.
Step 2:3.
The truth is that I’m not the centre of the world, and neither are you! Most of the people around you are far too busy going about their own lives to think much about you.
Step 3: Recognize that their opinion can’t hurt you.
There are a few cases where opinions will make a difference.4. But the people who really matter are going to love you for who you are.
Step 4: 5.
You can’t control people’s thoughts. You’ve got no idea what might go through their head, or why. You can’t please everyone all of the time, and there’s no need to try to.
A. Do whatever you want to do.
B. This is a hard habit to get rid of.
C. You should make everyone around you happy.
D. So just be clear and honest with yourself.
E. Remember that they’re not all watching you.
F. Accept that you can’t control what people think.
G. For instance, your boss’s opinion is usually important to you.
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—What does the boss think about…; it is impossible to finish the work in a day!
—Calm down. After all, he is the ________.
A. top banana B. cool cucumber
C. tough cookie D. bad apple
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_____ seems strange to all of us is _____ the girl is crazy about football.
A.It; that B.What; that C.It; why D.What; what
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
(题文)What does the man say about the summer palace?
A. it is well-preserved. B. it has been damaged. C. it was the target of wars.
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We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles of your neck, or because an unexpected twist has made your neck ache and stiff. Your whole body feels tight. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck. That is why we use phrase to describe some people who give you the same feeling. We have all met such people.
One is the man who always seems to be clapping his hands—often at the wrong time—during a performance in the theater. He keeps you from hearing the actors.
Even worse are those who can never arrive before the curtain goes up and play begins. They come hurrying down to your row of seats. You are comfortably settled down, with your hat and heavy coat in your lap. You must stand up to let them pass. You are proud of your self-control after they have settled into their seats…Well, what now…Good God, one of them is up again. He forgot to go to the men’s room, and once more you have to stand up, hanging on to your hat and coat to let him pass. Now, that is “a pain in the neck.”
Another, well-known to us all, is the person sitting behind you in the movies. His mouth is full of popcorn; he is chewing loudly, or talking between bites to friends next to him. None of them remain still. Up and down, back and forth, they go for another bag of popcorn, or something to drink.
Then, there is the main sitting next to you at a lunch counter smoking a smelly cigar. He wants you to enjoy it too, and blows smoke across your food into your mouth.
We must not forget the man who comes into a bus or subway car and sits down next to you, just as close as you will let him. You are reading the newspaper and he leans over and stretches his neck so that he can read the paper with you. He may even turn the paper to the next page before you are ready for it.
We also call such a person a “rubberneck”, always putting out his neck to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy invading your privacy. People have a strong dislike for rubbernecks. They hate being spied upon.
1.Where can you find this passage?
A. Medicine dictionaries. B. A travel guide.
C. Social science books. D. Students text books.
2.How do you feel when late comers walk back and forth in front of you in a cinema?
A. Disturbed. B. Ignored. C. Bored. D. Relaxed.
3.A “rubberneck” often ________.
A. says bad words behind people
B. quarrels face to face with neighbors
C. bargains the price with sales women
D. asks about other people’s business
4.Which of the follow is “a pain in the neck”?
A. Someone who helps you find your seat in a movie theatre.
B. Someone who smokes in a smoking section on a train.
C. Someone who throws trash out of his car window on the highway.
D. Someone who goes to the doctor for his severe pain on the neck.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析