As the number of old people moving to Florida...

As the number of old people moving to Florida increases, more changes are made to 　　　　 them.

A. subscribe to　　 B. object to

C. cater to　　 D. contribute to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Nowadays, an increasing number of people turn to drinking alcohol to escape the _____ caused by heavy work.

A. barrier　　　　　 B. temper　　　　　　 C. shadow　　　　　　 D. stress

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Nowadays, an increasing number of people have ___________ to the information they need through the Internet.

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What makes us worried is that the number of people ______to drug is ________.

A．addicted ; increased                     B．addicting; increased

C．addicted ; increasing                     D．addicting; increasing

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As digital technology increasingly controls the lives of young people, scientists have begun to wonder: Is the Internet good or bad for kids?

“It’s impossible to answer that question because the Internet is so many things,” says psychologist Patricia Greenfield. “It’s networked computer games and news about politics and instant messaging and e-mails to your grandmother. It can be both an educational resource and a hiding place for kidnappers.”

Adults have many reasons to worry about kids’ Internet use. In chat rooms, for instance, it is easy to lie and kids can get trapped in dangerous situations. In searching for and visiting websites, kids can come across words and pictures that they may not be prepared for. To help prevent that situation, in 2000, the US Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act, which requires schools to block offensive and obscene（淫秽的）websites.

Researches have pointed out how confusing the Internet can be for children, even when they think they know how it works. To find out how much kids know about the technology, Zheng Yan, an educational professor in New York, interviews over 300 students in grades four to eight. Most of the youngest students think the Internet is simply an icon (图标) on the screen. It often isn’t until 10 that kids realize that the Internet is a network of millions of computers. It takes another 2 or 3 years for them to understand that a stranger can see what they’ve posted.

Understanding the technology helps kids understand how dangerous the web can be. It’s not simply enough to block harmful websites or to limit the number of hours kids spend online. Learning about the Internet can also give young people the power to use it in beneficial ways.

1.By saying “the Internet is so many things”, Patricia Greenfield means that ______.

A. computer technology is hard for people to master

B. computers have more disadvantages than expected

C. computers have more advantages than expected

D. computers bring advantages as well as disadvantages

2.According to the Children’s Internet Protection Act passed in 2000, ______.

A. children are not allowed to go online at schools

B. schools must watch students’ behavior all the time

C. children must be prevented from having access to unhealthy websites

D. it is against the law to search for unhealthy information online

3.In the mind of very young children, the Internet is ______.

A. harmful　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. simple

C. a complicated network　　　　 D. a news source

4.What might be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to protect children against the danger of the Internet.

B. How to use the Internet for beneficial purposes.

C. What the public think of the Children’s Internet Protection Act

D. How the Children’s Internet Protection Act was passed.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Every ten years there is a national census （人口普查）to count the number of people. The Census Office asks every household to answer questions on a census form.

The census counts...

● the number of people in each area

● the numbers of men and women and whether they are single, married, widowed or divorced

● how many children there are, how many teenagers, people in their twenties, thirties, forties... retired people and so on

The census counts people by...

● the kind of housing they live in

● the country in which they were born

● the kind of job they do and how they travel to work

Some uses of the census:

Housing: to work out present and future needs we must know how people are housed now, and the sizes and ages of their families.

Hospitals, schools and other local services: the size of annual grants made by the Government to these services depends largely on the numbers and needs of people in the area. Many of the figures come from the census.

Planning: the census shows how many people have moved from one area to another and how the local workforce is changing. This information is used when factories, offices, shops, public transport and places for leisure are being planned.

In strict confidence

The census is taken in order to provide figures about the nation as a whole; it does not give information about any named person, family or household.

Names and addresses are needed to take the census accurately, but they are not fed into the computer.  After the census, the forms are locked away and will not be released to anyone outside the Census Office for 100 years.

The answers you give on your census form will be treated in strict confidence. NO one outside the Census Office will see your completed form.  Everyone working on the census is sworn to secrecy and can be charged if he or she improperly reveals information.

1.The writer is mainly ________ in this passage.

A．persuading people to support census

B．giving information about the importance and practice of census

C．showing the government’s determination in conducting census

D．warning people not to provide inaccurate information

2.The census is not interested in ________.

A．how many houses you have               B．how old you are

C．what your job is                         D．how much money you have

3.The census shows the changes that have taken place regarding ________.

A．the size of hospitals in the area

B．the types of public transport in the area

C．the number of people who work in the area

D．the use of power in the area

4.The following statements are true except _________.

A．the information is not fed into a computer

B．the census gives information about the whole country

C．the people who don’t work on the census will not see the completed forms

D．it is illegal for people to disclose the confidential information on census

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For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs, coupled with the aging of the baby-boom generation, a longer life span means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995.The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions and in law and business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we’re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology（老年学）.

Lawyers can specialize in “elder law”, which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,” one professor says.

Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria.” So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”

1.With the aging of America, lawyers can benefit ________.

A. from the adoption of the “elder law”

B. from presenting their professional services to the elderly

C. by enriching their professional knowledge

D. by winning the trust of the elderly to promote their own interests.

2.Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?

A. Retirees who are business-minded.

B. The volunteer workers in retirement homes.

C. college graduates with an MBA or law degree.

D. Professionals with a good knowledge of gerontology.

3.Why can businessmen gain profit in the emerging elder market?

A. Retirees are more generous in spending money.

B. They can employ more gerontologists.

C. The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power.

D. There are more elderly people working than before.

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For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span(寿命) means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change brings many problems for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions,  and in law and business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we’re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology (老年学).

Lawyers can specialize in “elder law” which covers everything from trusts(信托) and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees(退休者) in human history. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,” one professor says.

Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria.” So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”

1..“…Old is suddenly in” (Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means “_____”.

A. America has suddenly become a nation of old people

B. more elderly professors are found on American campuses

C. gerontology has suddenly become popular

D. American colleges have realized the need of getting older students

2.Why can businessmen make money in the emerging elder market?

A. The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power

B. They can employ more gerontologists

C. Retirees are more generous in spending money

D. There are more elderly people working than before

3.Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?

A. Retirees who are business-minded

B. The volunteer workers in retirement homes

C. Professionals with a good knowledge of gerontology

D. College graduates with an MBA or law degree

4..It can be seen from the passage that the expansion of America’s elderly population ______.

A. will provide good job opportunities in many areas

B. will cause a heavy burden on society

C. may lead to nursing home abuse and age discrimination

D. will create new fields of study in universities

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It took ______ people as well as ______ time to build the pyramid.

A．a large number of; a great many            B．a great many; a large amount of

C．a great many of; large amounts of           D．a large amount of; a great deal of

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

①An increasing number of young people tend to rent clothes recently. Clothing rental is a hot new industry and retailers are entering this in hopes of attracting newly conscientious shoppers. This past summer alone, Urban Outfitters, Macy’s , Bloomingdale’s, American Eagle, and Banana Republic have all announced rental services—a sure sign of changing times.

②But is renting fashion actually more environmentally-friendly than buying it, and if so, how much more? Journalist and author Elizabeth Cline explored into this question and she concluded that its not as sustainable as it seems.

③Take shipping, for example, which has to go two ways if an item is rented—receiving and returning. Cline writes that consumer transportation has the second largest carbon footprint（碳足迹）of our collective fashion habit after manufacturing.

④She writes, “An item ordered online and then returned can emit（排放）20 kilograms of carbon each way, and up to 50 kilograms for rush shipping. By comparison, the carbon impact of a pair of jeans purchased in physical stores and washed and worn at home is 33.4 kilograms, according to a 2015 study by Levi's.”

⑤Then there’s the burden of washing, which has to happen for every item when returned, regardless of whether or not it was worn. For most rental services, this usually means dry-cleaning, a high-impact and polluting process. 70 percent of US dry cleaners used perchloroethylene, a carcinogenic（致癌的）air pollutant, which can produce harmful waste and air pollution .

⑥Le Tote is the only service that uses ‘wet cleaning’ for 80 percent of its items and strives to avoid dry cleaning unless absolutely necessary.

⑦Lastly, Cline fears that rental services will increase our appetite for fast fashion, simply because it’s so easily accessible. There’s something called ‘share-washing’ that makes people engage in more wasteful behaviors precisely because a product or service is shared and thus is perceived as more eco-friendly.

⑧Renting clothes is still preferable to buying them cheap and pitching them in the trash after a few wears, but we shouldn’t let the availability of these services make us complacent（自鸣得意的）. There’s an even better step --and that’s wearing what is already in the closet.

1.Why does the author mention Urban Outfitters, Macy’s?

A.to prove clothing renting is becoming popular.

B.to tell us they have joined rental services

C.to introduce the topic of the passage

D.to show us they are companies of big brands

2.How does the author develop paragraph 4?

A.By analyzing data B.by using example

C.by providing description D.by making comparison

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A.it's a better way to buy clothes cheap and pitch them in the trash than renting clothes

B.Share-washing is perceived as eco-friendly and won't lead to wasteful behaviors.

C.Renting fashion is not as environmentally-friendly as we expect.

D.Consumer transportation has the largest footprint of our collective fashion habit

4.What’s the structure of the passage?

A.①②—③④—⑤⑥—⑦—⑧ B.①②—③④—⑤—⑥⑦—⑧

C.①—②—③④—⑤—⑥—⑦⑧ D.①—②—③④—⑤⑥—⑦⑧

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