At last the newly-married couple declared ___...

At last the newly-married couple declared _______.

A．to divorce         B．being divorced     C．that they would divorce   D．divorced

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I work as a waiter at a hotel. Last night, an elderly white, seemingly ________ couple entered the restaurant. My co-worker greeted and ________ them in a friendly way. We usually take charge of our own ________, but when we are ________, we help each other out.

I was ________ the customers at another table when the elderly husband ________ to me that they were ready to order. I usually find it ________ when people go out of their way to make their order, especially when we are super busy. But once I took the couple’s ________ I understood why.

The husband began ordering, stuttering (结巴) to a degree I’d never heard before. It was very clear that he had a ________ disorder. I could tell the wife had told her husband very extensively what she wanted, as a(n) ________ for him to practice ordering. It took him quite a while to order. Meanwhile, she was just sitting there, looking proud and ________ despite her husband’s endless stuttering.

Honestly, the whole thing just did something to me. It was beautiful and made me realize that a huge part of love is ________, patience and support. She could have made the order and made things a lot ________ for her husband and avoided the ________ from other tables, but she didn’t. ________, she supported him and was proud to see him ________ the order.

The whole thing also ________ me that life isn’t always ________ for everyone. These rich people seemed to have everything, but they also have ________ they have to face daily. But I’ve learnt that life isn’t about waiting for the storm to ________, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.

1.A.blind B.wealthy C.courageous D.nervous

2.A.searched B.surveyed C.seated D.accompanied

3.A.dishes B.meals C.bookings D.tables

4.A.busy B.tired C.considerate D.anxious

5.A.reacting to B.cheering up C.waiting on D.looking after

6.A.signaled B.shouted C.explained D.said

7.A.natural B.impolite C.heartbreaking D.impressive

8.A.menu B.order C.tip D.bill

9.A.stomach B.heart C.speech D.breath

10.A.excuse B.tradition C.target D.way

11.A.absent-minded B.satisfied C.attractive D.strict

12.A.thankfulness B.forgiveness C.pity D.acceptance

13.A.easier B.fairer C.tougher D.funnier

14.A.smiles B.stares C.greetings D.questions

15.A.However B.Otherwise C.Instead D.Thus

16.A.analyse B.take C.complete D.fail

17.A.reminds B.scares C.encourages D.bothers

18.A.normal B.painful C.hopeful D.smooth

19.A.danger B.problems C.criticism D.choices

20.A.pass B.strike C.direct D.change

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A newly-married Sweden couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by a series of natural disasters, such as the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.

Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately trapped in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe’s worst snowstorms. Traveling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of the most fierce cyclones（龙卷风）in the nation's history. From there, the couple were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cold floor of a shopping centre with 2500 others.

“Trees were being knocked over and big branches were scattered across the streets,” Mr Svanstrom told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper. “We escaped by the skin of our teeth. It was so close an encounter with death.

They then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped raging bush fires. The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude（震级）6.3 earthquake destroyed the city on February 22.

Mrs Svanstrom said, “When we got there the whole town was a war zone.”

“We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we traveled around before going to Japan.”

But days after the Svanstroms arrived. Tokyo was rocked by Japan’s largest earthquake since records began. “The trembling was horrible and we saw roofs fly off the buildings,” Mr Svanstrom said. “It was like the buildings were shaking back and forth.”

The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much calmer visit to their last destination -China. But Mr Svanstrom - who also survived the destructive tsunami that hit southeast Asia in 2004 -said the marriage was still going strong. He added, “I know marriages have to endure some trials （考验）,but I think we have been through most of them. We’ve certainly experienced more than our fair share of disasters, but the most important thing is that we're together and happy.”

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

A.The couple went to Perth because of the bush fire in Brisbane.

B.Christchurch, New Zealand was in ruins when the couple arrived.

C.The couple experienced the worst earthquake in Japan's hi story.

D.The couplet visit to China was comparatively uneventful.

2.Which of the following expressions can replace the underlined sentence?

A.We ran away in fear.

B.Our teeth were broken when we ran away.

C.We escaped with others' help.

D.We narrowly escaped death.

3.What is the real meaning of what Mr Svanstrom said after the honeymoon?

A.He dared not travel again in a period of time but would face any difficulty in his marriage.

B.He regarded the disasters as tests in their marriage and he felt they survived.

C.He thought they should share the suffering and would provide disaster relief to the affected areas.

D.He believed the horrible experience a sign that they should not be together.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.A Series of Natural Disasters

B.An Indifferent Journey

C.A Close Look at Disasters

D.The Unforgettable Honeymoon From Hell

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Long long ago, there was a man who was good at shooting arrows．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer（射手） of the country．The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”

The man could not believe what the servant said，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，and I’m  nothing before him．You must be  with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”

1.The young archer wanted to kill the old man because_______.

2.What do you think would most probably happen next?

3.What lesson can you learn from the story?

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________The couple’s quarrelling and fighting last Sunday ___each other .

________ I think so . Nancy was ________ in the arm and she blamed that her arm ________ the whole week .

A. wounded ; injured ; was hurting

B. hurt ; hurt ; was hurting

C. hurt ; wounded ; was hurting

D. injured ; hurt ; was wounding

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The couple _________ last week, which surprised their friends and relatives greatly because they appeared that happy all the time.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

For the last month, a married couple has been interacting with a robot — called an Avatar — （hat’s con trolled by their daughter hundreds of miles away. Made by ANA Holdings Inc, it looks like a vacuum cleaner with an iPad attached. But the screen displays the daughter’s face as they chat, and its wheels let her walk slowly about the house as though she’s really there.

“Virtual travel” is nothing new, of course. Storytellers, travel writers and artists have been stimulating the senses of armchair tourists for centuries. It’s only in recent decades that frequent, safe travel has become available to the non-wealthy.

Yet even as the world’s middle classes climb out of the armchair and into economy-class seats, there are signs of a post-travel society appearing. Concerns about the environment make people lose interest in carbon-intensive (碳排放量很高的) airlines. And the aging of societies is both slowing down the growth of physical travel and creating demand for alternative ways to experience the world. For the travel industry, virtual reality offers a tantalizing (诱人的) response to these trends.

Of course, far-out (前卫的) technologies encourage profits. ANA doesn’t plan to start selling Avatars until next year. By one estimate, the global market for this kind of technology will be worth only about S300 million by 2023. By contrast, ANA’s traditional travel business brought in more than $19 billion last year.

But although the business case for virtual vacations is still weak, the market for technologies that bridge physical distances between families and coworkers seems likely to only expand. ANA’s robots may not replace its airplanes any time soon, but they’ll almost certainly be a part of travel’s high-tech future.

1.What purpose does the first paragraph serve in the passage?

A.To show a picture of our future life.

B.To describe the daily life of a couple.

C.To attract readers’ attention to the topic.

D.To add background in formation of the topic.

2.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.Humans tend to live much longer than before.

B.People are becoming more worried about the environment.

C.Virtual travel might cater for people’s desire to see the world.

D.The profits of carbon-intensive airlines are possibly declining.

3.ANA is not planning to start selling Avatars soon probably because ________.

A.it is still skeptical about their potential

B.they still need to be further tested out

C.traditional travel business is taking off

D.their commercial profits may not be satisfying

4.The author believes the global market for virtual travel is ________.

A.promising B.ambiguous

C.depressing D.challenging

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The rainy weather lasted for a couple of days, completely__ our plan for picnic.

A.being ruined B.to ruin

C.ruined D.ruining

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

The couple _____ last year. They had lived together for twenty years, though.

A.broke out    B.broke away    C.broke up    D. broke down

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!

The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.

Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.

If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.

1.The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to__________.

A. take photos

B. cheer herself up

C. hop along the path

D. find a solution to the project

2.The underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1 probably means " __________".

A. uninteresting　　　　 B. unrelated

C. unsuccessful　　　　 D. unexpected

3.In the author's opinion, __________.

A.a bath can make people relaxed

B. adults should express their inner feelings freely

C. walking in a busy city centre harms people's health

D. depression is usually caused by hard work

4.The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.

A.　 suggestion　　　 B. explanation

C. introduction　　 D. reminder

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