This fourth of July I moved into a new house ...

This fourth of July I moved into a new house with my wife, Nicole. Nicole and I met through a series of coincidences that would be unlikely without some unbelievable force causing them to happen.

The day Nicole and I met, we talked about the Yankees. In the restaurant where we sat, the first game between the Yanks and Tampa Bay was being shown on television. Nicole was happy I was a baseball fan, and she told me that was an important reason when she considered dating (约会) me. “My dad wouldn’t like me dating anyone who isn’t,” she said.

Nicole’s dad, Ira, used to be a coach for the Yankees. Many years ago, a colleague (同事) of his was leaving and packing up his office. The only thing left unpacked was a photo on the wall. It was a picture of Sparky Lyle, a famous baseball player. Sparky had signed the photo on the bottom.

“You’re not taking that?” Ira asked. “You want it?” his colleague offered. “Sure!” Ira said. He jumped at the chance to have a signed photo from a great player who had helped the team win two World Series.

Ira told me the story after the movers had gone. He then said to me, “Adam, when I first learned who was dating my daughter, that photo came into my mind,” he said. “But by now, I know for sure you’re meant to have it.” He then presented me with a box. I tore it open. Inside was the signed photo of Sparky Lyle which I had lost years ago.

“To Adam, Best Wishes, Sparky Lyle”. It was picked up by Nicole’s dad years before I’d even met her. The perfect gift — a sign only making me believe what I already knew ... I was meant for Nicole and her family all along.

1.What does the underlined word “coincidences” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. New things.

B. Important things.

C. Things that happened long ago.

D. Things that happened by chance.

2.A big reason why Nicole agreed to be Adam’s girlfriend was that _____.

A. he was able

B. he was a baseball fan

C. he got a new house

D. they had much in common

3.Ira got the photo of Sparky Lyle from _____.

A. Sparky Lyle　　 　　　　 B. Nicole

C. his colleague　 　　　　 D. Adam

4.We can infer from the text that _____.

A. Adam did not like the gift

B. Nicole found the lost picture

C. Adam and Nicole will love each other forever

D. the picture of Sparky Lyle was first owned by Adam

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I recently bought a house and moved in the first weekend of July.

Since I have been in my new neighborhood, I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of my neighbors who seem to be extremely nice people. For Christmas, I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbors that I know. I sat down and counted. There were nine neighbors but I decided to add one more person to my list for a total of ten. This lady that I decided to add lives down the street from me. I meet her every morning walking to work as I drive down the street. She always manages a sweet smile and a hearty wave. I had no idea what her name was and was not even sure which house she lived in.

My gift idea was to make small fruit baskets and leave them on each of my neighbors’ front porches or door-steps the night of Christmas Eve for them to find, either that night or the next morning. I signed the cards—“Happy Holidays from 5104 Northumberland Road.”

My neighbors really appreciated the baskets and would tell me as they saw me in the yard or they would call, and a couple even came by to thank me.

This morning on my way to work, I placed my mail in the mailbox and noticed a small note inside. It was addressed simply “Resident,5104 Northumberland Road.”

I opened the envelope and took out a Thank You card. I opened the card and read the message which really caught me by surprise.

The card said：“Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you left on the porch of Richard Kelly. It was very thoughtful. Richard Kelly passed away less than a month ago. He never stopped talking about how nice it was that someone remembered him in his time of illness. He really appreciated it.”

I was sincerely moved. I had no idea who Richard Kelly was or that he had been seriously ill. I had left that nice lady’s basket on Mr. Kelly’s porch by accident.

65. Which of the following statements can be supported by the passage?

A. What a pity it was that the lady didn’t receive her gift!

B. A mistake made by chance caused an excellent result.

C. Richard Kelly was so lucky to receive the gift.

D.A careless man made a careless mistake.

66.The reason why the writer wanted to send gifts was that         .

A. he intended to show his friendship to his new neighbors

B. he wanted to gain respect from his new neighbors

C. he intended to express his love to his neighbors

D. he planned to make friends with his new neighbors

67.Who knew the truth of the gift to Richard Kelly according to the passage?

A. The young lady.          B. Richard Kelly.

C. The writer.              D. The writer of the Thank You card.

68.It can be inferred from the passage that the writer was      .

A. moved and pitiful         B. moved and excited

C. interesting and funny      D. shocked and sorry

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of _______. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some_______to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it_______growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the_______plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to_______the weeds（杂草）around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something _______.The sunflower had not_______where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the_______.

That’s when I_______that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we________ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be________of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to________us. We will find a way to go under or around any "rocks" in order to reach our goals.

1.A.flower B.insects C.vegetables D.rocks

2.A.water B.fertilizer C.color D.shape

3.A.stop B.continue C.improve D.escape

4.A.weak B.strange C.lonely D.pretty

5.A.collect B.tend C.remove D.watch

6.A.unusual B.wonderful C.terrible D.valuable

7.A.passed B.started C.left D.died

8.A.air B.top C.sun D.house

9.A.hoped B.realized C.doubted D.regretted

10.A.fill in B.put in C.worry about D.believe in

11.A.forget B.hate C.aim D.wait

12.A.wish B.plan C.ability D.idea

13.A.faith B.energy C.virtue D.courage

14.A.aware B.afraid C.proud D.tired

15.A.forgive B.support C.upset D.affect

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—How does your wife like the decoration of your new house?

—She’s _____ being satisfied with it; she is angry.

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While I was twelve, my family moved to a new home on the top of mountain. It was a _______house, but life was a little tough there. We could only get _______from a nearby spring and the only _______of heat was a wood stove in the kitchen. My Dad had become _______with a back injury so it was up to me and my brother to chop wood for the stove and _______home five-gallon containers of drinking water every day. I _______both chores and avoided them whenever I could. For the first few years there, my brother did most of the _______.

When he left home for the army, _______it was up to me to _______these chores. At first I ________a lot, but after a while I found that I didn’t ________doing them at all. Maybe I became ________or maybe I was becoming a little less spoiled. All I ________was that it felt good to be able to help Mom and Dad. It made me feel alive, ________, and closer to my parents even while ________was (were) dropping from my face.

Though many years have passed, I still ________those boyhood chores. It isn’t the work that matters. It is the way you ________when you do the work that matters. In this life we are all going to have ________work of one kind or another. It can bring us misery or ________. When we do our work with all our ________it becomes a gift that we give to ourselves and others.

1.A. cheap　　 B. lovely　　 C. special　　 D. comfortable

2.A. electricity　　 B. gas　　 C. water　　 D. heat

3.A. source　　 B. resource　　 C. end　　 D. change

4.A. slow　　 B. worried　　 C. annoyed　　 D. disabled

5.A. find　　 B. carry　　 C. save　　 D. store

6.A. performed　　 B. shared　　 C. hated　　 D. challenged

7.A. tasks　　 B. opportunities　　 C. choices　　 D. responsibilities

8.A. therefore　　 B. besides　　 C. though　　 D. otherwise

9.A. give in to　　 B. put up　　 C. take over　　 D. come up with

10.A. shouted　　 B. wept　　 C. whispered　　 D. complained

11.A. forget　　 B. miss　　 C. imagine　　 D. mind

12.A. potential　　 B. mature　　 C. serious　　 D. generous

13.A. expected　　 B. attempted　　 C. knew　　 D. promised

14.A. happy　　 B. nervous　　 C. curious　　 D. cautious

15.A. concerns　　 B. fear　　 C. tears　　 D. sweat

16.A. recommend　　 B. refuse　　 C. recognize　　 D. remember

17.A. pretend　　 B. feel　　 C. behaved　　 D. choose

18.A. dangerous　　 B. great　　 C. hard　　 D. creative

19.A. joy　　 B. choice　　 C. comfort　　 D. decision

20.A. care　　 B. heart　　 C. patience　　 D. ease

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短文改错

Mrs Smith heard her new neighbor would come and moved into his new house, but she hadn’t seen him. One day when she came back, she saw a man wear a brown hat and dark glasses carrying a ladder on his shoulder. The man put the ladder against the window of the new house and went up to break in the window. Mrs Smith said to himself , “ Thief, it is a thief. ” She rang up the police immediate and soon two policemen appeared in the front of the house. When the man was told to hand in everything what he had stolen, he looked greatly surprising. It was then he understood the reason why the policemen came. He said in a smile on his face, “I can’t find my key. It’s my new house.”

高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析

--Dad, can we move into our new house now?

--No, it ______. The decoration has not been finished yet.

A. was painted　　　 B. is painting　　 C. is painted　　　　 D. is being painted

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mr. Smith will move into his new house next Sunday, ________ it will be completely finished.

A. by the time　　 B. on that time

C. on which　　 D. by which time

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It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.

He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the busyness of our new life , I eventually forgot about his surprise.

Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn — blue, yellow and my favorite pink，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?

My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance: Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.

Then a spring came with the usual blooms but the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs (植物球茎). But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.

On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.

How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn’t bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.

Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.

B. The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.

C. The author often thought about her father after he died.

D. The author’s father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.

2.According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.

A. it was not the first time that the author’s father had made a surprise

B. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

C. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was

D. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

3.The author’s father should be best described as ______.

A. a part-time worker who loved flowers

B. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

C. a full-time gardener with skillful hands

D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Crocuses — My Source of Faith

B. Crocuses— Father’s Surprise

C. A Pink Crocus — My Memory

D. Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.

He looked up, smiling. “I'm making you a surprise.” I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.

Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window, I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn — blue, yellow and my favorite pink, with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?

My father's crocuses bloomed (开花） each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.

Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.

On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad's birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.

How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn't bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.

Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.

1.According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ________.

A. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was

B. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

C. it was not the first time that the author's father had made a surprise

D. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.

B. The author's father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.

C. The author often thought about her father after he died.

D. The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.

3.The author's father should be best described as ______.

A. a part-time worker who loved flowers

B. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

C. a full-time gardener with skillful hands

D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Crocuses — My Source of Faith

B. Crocuses— Father's Surprise

C. A Pink Crocus — My Memory

D. Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析