As many as 150 people died in the explosion. ...

As many as 150 people died in the explosion. If only the owners ____ enough attention to the safety measures!

A. paid　　 B. should pay

C. would pay　　 D. had paid

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Like many languages spoken by people, Ayapaneco is dying. Only two people in the world still speak it, and they won't talk to each other.

Spoken in Mexico for centuries, Ayapaneco is one of 68 surviving languages in the mainly Spanish-speaking nation. The two speakers are Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velazquez. Though they live only 500 meters from each other in the village, the two men seldom talk to each other. Daniel, an American expert, who is working to make a dictionary of Ayapaneco, says the two men “don’t have a lot in common,” and that Segovia can be “active” while Velasquez tends to mind his own business and stay at home.

While Segovia still speaks to his wife and son in Ayapaneco, neither of them can manage more than a few words. Velasquez hardly speaks his native tongue any more. Daniel is working to preserve the language in dictionary form before its last surviving speakers pass away. According to Daniel, Ayapaneco and the other languages began dying out with the introduction of public Spanish education in the mid-20th century. For decades, local children weren’t allowed to speak anything else. Many people to cities, starting in the 1970s, also helped the dying out of native languages.

Ayapaneco is the name given to the language; Segovia and Velazquez call it “Nuumte Oote”, which means “true voice”. Neither man, however, speaks the same language. The dictionary will contain two versions(版本) of the language when it comes out later this year. Those behind the dictionary aren’t the only ones trying to save Ayapaneco. The National Language Institute plans to hold classes so that Segovia and Velasquez can pass on what they know to children.

It is thought that there are about 6,000 languages spoken on earth and that about half will disappear over the next 100 years. Let’s hope the “true voice” isn’t one of them.

1.Segovia and Velasquez seldom talk to each other in Ayapaneco because they___________________.

A．both dislike the language

B．don’t get along well with each other

C．are too busy to talk to each other

D．don’t share the same interests

2.Which are the main reasons why the language Ayapaneco started dying out?　

a. No teacher liked to teach it.　　　　　　 b. Local children had to speak Spanish.

c. many villagers went to live in cities.　 d. The surviving speakers didn’t like to use it.

A．a, b　　　　　　 B．a, c　　　　　　 C．b, d　　　　　　 D．b, c

3.How does the National Language Institute try to save Ayapaneco?

A．Write a dictionary of Ayapaneco.

B．Let Ayapaneco be taught at school.

C．Introduce a public Ayapaneco education.

D．Ask villagers to speak Ayapaneco.

4.From the text we learn that the author____________________.

A．agrees that it is natural that Ayapaneco should die out

B．thinks Daniel’s effort to preserve Ayapaneco won’t work

C．thinks highly of Ayapaneco and wants people to learn it

D．hopes that Ayapaneco will not die out in the future

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Like many languages spoken by people, Ayapaneco is dying. Only two people in the world still speak it, and they won't talk to each other.

Spoken in Mexico for centuries, Ayapaneco is one of 68 surviving languages in the mainly Spanish-speaking nation. The two speakers are Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velazquez. Though they live only 500 meters from each other in the village, the two men seldom talk to each other. Daniel, an American expert, who is working to make a dictionary of Ayapaneco, says the two men “don’t have a lot in common,” and that Segovia can be “active” while Velasquez tends to mind his own business and stay at home.

While Segovia still speaks to his wife and son in Ayapaneco, neither of them can manage more than a few words. Velasquez hardly speaks his native tongue any more. Daniel is working to preserve the language in dictionary form before its last surviving speakers pass away. According to Daniel, Ayapaneco and the other languages began dying out with the introduction of public Spanish education in the mid-20th century. For decades, local children weren’t allowed to speak anything else. Many people to cities, starting in the 1970s, also helped the dying out of native languages.

Ayapaneco is the name given to the language; Segovia and Velazquez call it “Nuumte Oote”, which means “true voice”. Neither man, however, speaks the same language. The dictionary will contain two versions(版本) of the language when it comes out later this year. Those behind the dictionary aren’t the only ones trying to save Ayapaneco. The National Language Institute plans to hold classes so that Segovia and Velasquez can pass on what they know to children.

It is thought that there are about 6,000 languages spoken on earth and that about half will disappear over the next 100 years. Let’s hope the “true voice” isn’t one of them.

1.Which are the main reasons why the language Ayapaneco started dying out?　

a. No teacher liked to teach it.　　　　　　

b. Local children had to speak Spanish.

c. many villagers went to live in cities.　

d. The surviving speakers didn’t like to use it.

A．a, b　　　　　　 B．a, c　　　　　　 C．b, d　　　　　　 D．b, c

2.How does the National Language Institute try to save Ayapaneco?

A．Write a dictionary of Ayapaneco.　　　　　

B．Let Ayapaneco be taught at school.

C．Introduce a public Ayapaneco education.　　

D．Ask villagers to speak Ayapaneco.

3.From the text we learn that the author____________________.

A．agrees that it is natural that Ayapaneco should die out

B．thinks Daniel’s effort to preserve Ayapaneco won’t work

C．thinks highly of Ayapaneco and wants people to learn it

D．hopes that Ayapaneco will not die out in the future

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you are traveling　　　　　　 the customs are really foreign to your own, please do as the Romans do.

A. in which    B. what

C. when        D. where

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares(费用) for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before. One person doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.

Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places. There’re new nightclubs and other amusements. International tourism is clearly a big business.

1.In the old days _________ could travel to other countries.

A.            boys and girls, men or women, young or old

B.            either kings or queens

C.            both the poor and the rich

D.            nobody but those who had money

2.More people travel today than in the past because______________.

A.            people have become interested in traveling

B.            traveling today is easier than in the past

C.            people now have spare money for travel

D.            great changes have taken place in the world

3. What makes travel more attractive than before?

A.            Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.

B.            More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.

C.            Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.

D.            New hotels and restaurants have been built.

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

A.            Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s minds.

B.            People have some trouble in making journey.

C.            With the development of tourism, great changes have taken place in many parts in the world.

D.            Tourism causes only some changes in clothing.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to your countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before .One person　 doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.

Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places.　 There’re　 new　 nightclubs　 and　 other　 amusements. International tourism is clearly a big business.

1.In the old days _______ could travel to other countries.

A.boys and girls, men or women, young or old

B.either kings or queens

C.both the poor and the rich

D.nobody but those who had money

2.More people travel today than in the past because________.

A.people have become interested in traveling.

B.traveling today is easier than in the past.

C.people now have spare money for travel.

D.great changes have taken place in the world.

3.What makes travel more attractive than before?

A.Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.

B.More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.

C.Modern telegraph(电报) lines make travel less expensive.

D.New hotels and restaurants have been built.

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

A.Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s mind.

B.People have some trouble in making journey.

C.With the development of tourism, great changes have taken place in many parts in the world.

D.Tourism causes only some changes in clothing.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the early days of the internet, many people worried that as people in the rich world embraced new computing and communications technologies, people in the poor world would be left stranded on the wrong side of a "digital divide." Yet the debate over the digital divide is founded on a myth that plugging poor countries into the internet will help them to become rich rapidly.

This is highly unlikely, because the digital divide is not a problem in itself, but a symptom of deeper, more important divides: of income, development and literacy（识字）. Fewer people in poor countries than in rich ones own computers and have access to the internet simply because they are too poor, are illiterate, or have other more immediate concerns, such as food, health care and security. So even if it were possible to wave a magic wand（棒） and cause a computer to appear in every household on earth, it would not achieve very much: a computer is not useful if you have no food or electricity and cannot read. Yet such Wand-waving - through the construction of specific local infrastructure（基础设施） projects such as rural tele-centers--is just the sort of thing for which the UN's new fund is intended.

This sort of thing is the wrong way to go about addressing the inequality in access to digital technologies: it is treating the symptoms, rather than the underlying（下面） causes. The benefits of building rural computing centers, for example, are unclear. Rather than trying to close the divide for the sake of it, the more sensible goal is to determine how best to use technology to promote bottom-up development. And the answer to that question turns out to be remarkably clear: by promoting the spread not of PCs and the Internet, but of mobile phones.

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Plugging poor countries into the Internet will help them to become rich rapidly.

B. Poor countries should be given more basic devices other than advanced ones.

C. Rich countries should help poor ones become rich.

D. People in poor countries cannot afford devices such as computer.

2. What did the author mean by referring "digital divide." (Line 3, Para. 1)?

A. Digital technology will make the gap between rich world and poor world wider.

B. Digital technology will divide people into rich and poor world.

C. People can be divided digitally.

D. To divide people in digital world is wrong.

3. We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that_______.

A. people in poor countries cannot use computer because of illiteracy.

B. poor people cannot use computers.

C. there would be no magic to cause a computer to appear in every household on earth.

D. people in poor countries need more basic living conditions than computers.

4. Considering the following sentences, which one would the author most agree?

A. Digital technology is useless.

B. Digital divide will help poor countries become rich.

C. Poor people need more immediate concerns, such as food, health care and security.

D. Mobile phones should be promoted firstly.

5. The following passage will probably be:

A. How to promote using of mobile phones.

B. How to use technology to promote bottom-up development.

C. The benefits of building rural computing centers.

D. How to meet the need of food, health and security in poor countries.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

— I heard that as many as two thousand people were killed in the earthquake.

— Yes. I think __________ news came as _________ shock to us.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

If the man is only interested in your looks, ________just shows how shallow he is.

A .as           B. which           C. what           D. that

高二英语选择题简单题查看答案及解析

Although the country as _____ whole is fairly wealthy, many people in the countryside live in ______ poverty.

A. a, /　　 B. a , a

C. /, a　　 D. /, /

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析