Hi, everybody. Over the past couple months, most of the political headlines you’ve read have probably been about the government shutdown and the launch of the Affordable Care Act(平价医疗法案). And I know that many of you have rightly never been more frustrated with Washington.
But if you look beyond those headlines, there are some good things happening in our economy. And that’s been my top priority(优先考虑)since the day I walked into the Oval Office.
After decades in which the middle class was working harder and harder just to keep up, and a punishing recession(衰退)that made it worse, we made the tough choices required not just to recover from crisis, but to rebuild on a new foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth.
Five years later, we have fought our way back. Our businesses have created 7.8 million new jobs in the past 44 months. Another 200,000 Americans went back to work last month.
The American auto industry has come back with more than 350,000 new jobs –-- jobs putting out and selling the high-tech, fuel-efficient cars the world wants to buy. And they’re leading the charge in a business that has added jobs for the first time since the 1990s –-- a big reason why our businesses sell more goods and services “Made in America” than ever before.
We decided to stop our addiction to foreign oil. And today, we produce more renewable energy than ever, more natural gas than anybody, and for the first time in nearly 20 years, America now produces more oil than we buy from other countries.
We decided to fix a broken health care system. And even though the task has been rough, so far, about 500,000 Americans gain health coverage starting January 1st. And by the way, health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years.
And one more thing: since I took office, we’ve cut our deficits (赤字) by more than half. And that makes it easier to invest in the things that create jobs –-- education, research, and so on.
Imagine how much farther along we could be if both parties were working together. Think about what we could do if the few didn’t hold the economy hostage (人质) every few months, or waste time on dozens of votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act rather than try to help us fix it.
In the weeks ahead, I’ll keep talking about my plan to build a better bargain for the middle class. Good jobs. A good education. A chance to buy a home, save, and retire. And yes, the financial security of affordable health care. And I’ll look for any willing partners who want to help.
Because of your hard work and tough sacrifices over the past five years, we’re pointed in the right direction. But we’ve got more work to do to keep moving that way. And as long as I’m President, I’ll keep doing everything I can to create jobs, grow the economy, and make sure that everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead. Thanks, and have a great weekend.
1.Which of the following is not the reason for people’s frustration with the government?
A. The government shutdown
B. Unemployment rate
C. The addiction to foreign oil
D. Cancelling the Affordable Care Act
2.Why does the president mention more goods and services “Made in America”?
A. To show that American goods and services are very popular.
B. To indicate that American people should be dependent on themselves.
C. To show that the employment rate has been increased.
D. To show that American auto industry enjoys high technology.
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “repeal”?
A. put an end to B. try hard to fix C. make stronger D. get accustomed to
4.According to the speech, which of the following can be implied?
A. American people have every reason to feel frustrated with the government.
B. Health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years.
C. The president feels sorry that the economy is not moving in the right direction.
D. Some government officials don’t agree with the president on the medical care system.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Hi, everybody. Over the past couple months, most of the political headlines you’ve read have probably been about the government shutdown and the launch of the Affordable Care Act(平价医疗法案). And I know that many of you have rightly never been more frustrated with Washington.
But if you look beyond those headlines, there are some good things happening in our economy. And that’s been my top priority(优先考虑)since the day I walked into the Oval Office.
After decades in which the middle class was working harder and harder just to keep up, and a punishing recession(衰退)that made it worse, we made the tough choices required not just to recover from crisis, but to rebuild on a new foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth.
Five years later, we have fought our way back. Our businesses have created 7.8 million new jobs in the past 44 months. Another 200,000 Americans went back to work last month.
The American auto industry has come back with more than 350,000 new jobs –-- jobs putting out and selling the high-tech, fuel-efficient cars the world wants to buy. And they’re leading the charge in a business that has added jobs for the first time since the 1990s –-- a big reason why our businesses sell more goods and services “Made in America” than ever before.
We decided to stop our addiction to foreign oil. And today, we produce more renewable energy than ever, more natural gas than anybody, and for the first time in nearly 20 years, America now produces more oil than we buy from other countries.
We decided to fix a broken health care system. And even though the task has been rough, so far, about 500,000 Americans gain health coverage starting January 1st. And by the way, health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years.
And one more thing: since I took office, we’ve cut our deficits (赤字) by more than half. And that makes it easier to invest in the things that create jobs –-- education, research, and so on.
Imagine how much farther along we could be if both parties were working together. Think about what we could do if the few didn’t hold the economy hostage (人质) every few months, or waste time on dozens of votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act rather than try to help us fix it.
In the weeks ahead, I’ll keep talking about my plan to build a better bargain for the middle class. Good jobs. A good education. A chance to buy a home, save, and retire. And yes, the financial security of affordable health care. And I’ll look for any willing partners who want to help.
Because of your hard work and tough sacrifices over the past five years, we’re pointed in the right direction. But we’ve got more work to do to keep moving that way. And as long as I’m President, I’ll keep doing everything I can to create jobs, grow the economy, and make sure that everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead. Thanks, and have a great weekend.
1.Which of the following is not the reason for people’s frustration with the government?
A. The government shutdown
B. Unemployment rate
C. The addiction to foreign oil
D. Cancelling the Affordable Care Act
2.Why does the president mention more goods and services “Made in America”?
A. To show that American goods and services are very popular.
B. To indicate that American people should be dependent on themselves.
C. To show that the employment rate has been increased.
D. To show that American auto industry enjoys high technology.
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “repeal”?
A. put an end to B. try hard to fix C. make stronger D. get accustomed to
4.According to the speech, which of the following can be implied?
A. American people have every reason to feel frustrated with the government.
B. Health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years.
C. The president feels sorry that the economy is not moving in the right direction.
D. Some government officials don’t agree with the president on the medical care system.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The past 10 months has been the most influential months of my life.
As a junior, I left my comfortable home in Illinois and _______ going to the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. There I attended a local poorly-equipped school and _______ for an adventure. I experienced so many _______when I arrived, fighting each day to _______ in a new social environment — overcoming racial differences, handling social _______ and being challenged by the polluted environment. However, I _______ that I could create change as well later on.
During the summer vacation I _______ to be a counselor (顾问) at an Easter Seals camp for people with _______ needs who require assistance because of disabilities — improving their ability to do things alone — instead of choosing a _______ teen summer job. It was the most tiring work I’d ever experienced but the most __________ I knew that I’d helped improve over 850 campers’ __________.
As the new school year began, our department had a renovation (翻新). I offered to help clean up all the __________ books. Instead of recycling hundreds of those books, I __________ the department that the books could serve a higher __________. This simple act resulted in an all-out book drive ____________ the schools in Arizona. We currently have boxes of books waiting to be shipped. These books will make a __________ to the entire community’s educational system, enabling teachers and students to get __________ to invaluable resources.
The 10-month experience in Arizona __________ me greatly. It made me become a person with patience, appreciation, determination, and __________ enthusiasm. I trust that it is through enthusiasm, ideas and action that all changes can __________.
1.A.required B.risked C.escaped D.considered
2.A.settled on B.settled back C.settled up D.settled in
3.A.pleasures B.wonders C.blows D.burdens
4.A.survive B.succeed C.recover D.return
5.A.cases B.communications C.conflicts D.responsibilities
6.A.discovered B.expected C.admitted D.remembered
7.A.promised B.decided C.afforded D.learned
8.A.basic B.normal C.special D.natural
9.A.unique B.practical C.popular D.common
10.A.interesting B.rewarding C.demanding D.appealing
11.A.patience B.independence C.intelligence D.confidence
12.A.unturned B.valuable C.useful D.unwanted
13.A.reminded B.comforted C.informed D.convinced
14.A.plan B.target C.purpose D.standard
15.A.benefiting B.satisfying C.representing D.observing
16.A.difference B.point C.request D.reservation
17.A.connection B.permission C.access D.reference
18.A.transformed B.defeated C.tricked D.impressed
19.A.after all B.above all C.at large D.at least
20.A.help B.spread C.matter D.occur
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Over the past month, Chinese cinema _______the great success of Disney’s live-action version film Cinderella.
A. witnessed B. has witnessed
C. would witness D. had witnessed
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The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the new world are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenth-century New England. According to the standard history of American philosophy, nowhere else in colonial American was “so much important attached to intellectual pursuits.” According to many books and articles, New England’s leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding, dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.
To take this approach to the New Englanders normally mean to start with the Puritans’ theological(神学的)innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church --- important subjects that we may not neglect. But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life, we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture, adjusting to New would circumstances. The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.
The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England. Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston. These men wrote and published extensively, reaching both New World and Old World audiences, and giving New English an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.
We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less will educated. While few craftsmen or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed. Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality. A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs. Sexual confusion, economic frustrations, and religious hope --- all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words: “come out from among them, touch no unclean thing, and I will be your God and you shall be my people.” One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in Puritan churches.
Meanwhile, any settlers had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New World for religion. “Our main end was to catch fish.”
1.The author notes that in the seventeenth-century New England______.
A.Puritan tradition dominated political life.
B.intellectual interests were encouraged.
C.Politics benefited much from intellectual endeavors.
D.intellectual pursuits enjoyed a liberal environment.
2.Which of the following meaning is closest to that of the underlined word in para.2?
A.a virtue B.an intelligent mind
C.a taste for fine arts D.a nice character
3.It is suggested in paragraph 2 that New Englanders __________.
A.experienced a comparatively peaceful early history.
B.brought with them the culture of the Old World
C.paid little attention to southern intellectual life
D.were obsessed with religious innovations
4.The early ministers and political leaders in Massachusetts Bay______.
A.were famous in the New World for their writings
B.gained increasing importance in religious affairs
C.abandoned high positions before coming to the New World
D.created a new intellectual atmosphere in New England
5.The story of John shows that less well-educated New Englanders were often_________.
A.influenced by superstitions
B.troubled with religious beliefs
C.puzzled by church sermons
D.frustrated with family earnings
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
The air quality in the city, ________ is shown in the report, has improved over the past two months.
A. it B. that
C. which D. as
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Over the past few months, PSY’s funny video for “Gangnam Style” has become a YouTube sensation, resulting in over 112,000,000 views since July 15. It’s also been Tweeted more than 780,000 times and received over 260, 000 likes on Facebook, reports Mashable.com.
With the rapper(说唱歌手) making an appearance at Thursday’s MTV Video Music Awards, here’s what you need to know about the break-out artist.
His real name is Park Jae-Sang. The 35-year-old Korean pop rapper is known for his comedic music videos and performances. The video for “Gangnam Style” is no exception. When his first album PSY—From the Psycho World! was released in 2001, he was nicknamed “PSY” because of his unusual dress, special lyrics(歌词) and funny dance movies.
Gangnam is a wealthy neighborhood in Seoul(首尔). Gangnam may only be 15 square miles, but the district in Seoul, South Korea, is home to the headquarters of some of the country’s most influential companies, including Samsung, Hyundai and LG. The region also makes up 7% of South Korea’s GDP. 41% of students at Seoul University, a very famous college, come from Gangnam. The lyrics of PSY’s song describe the personality of a girl and a guy.
He studied in the U.S. Born in South Korea on December 31, 1977, PSY attended Banpo Elementary School, Banpo Middle School and Eva High Sch ool. But when it came time to achieve a college degree, the rapper attended both Boston University and Berklee College of Music in the U.S.
“Gangnam Style” is giving K-pop international fame. “Gangnam Style” is currently No.1 on the iTunes music video chart. The video has surpassed Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”; Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me”; and Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake”. This is the first time a Korean artist has ranked this high on iTunes.
1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A.The success of “Gangnam Style”.
B.The origin of “Gangnam Style”.
C.The result of the Music Award.
D.The childhood of PSY.
2.According to the text, PSY________.
A.is already in his forties now
B.made his first album in 2003
C.danced only in his “Gangnam Style”
D.has developed his special comedic style
3.Which of the following about Gangnam is TRUE?
A.It is the capital of South Korea.
B.It is rich and better developed.
C.Seoul University lies in it.
D.It covers about 90 square miles.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.“Gangnarn Style” isn’t popular in English-speaking countries.
B.PSY will be given another big prize for music in the future.
C.iTunes is the No.1 music company on the internet.
D.“Gangnam Style” has won the most worldwide popularity.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
that it has been No.1 hit on the pop charts over the past month·
A.Simon’s newly released album is very well—received
B.SO well received Simon’s newly released album is
C.Well.received is Simon’s newly released album
D.So well received is Simon’s newly released album
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
that it has been No.1 hit on the pop charts over the past month·
A.Simon’s newly released album is very well—received |
B.SO well received Simon’s newly released album is |
C.Well.received is Simon’s newly released album |
D.So well received is Simon’s newly released album |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
________that it has been No.1 hit on the pop charts over the past month·
A.Simon’s newly released album is very well—received
B.SO well received Simon’s newly released album is
C.Well.received is Simon’s newly released album
D.So well received is Simon’s newly released album
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The old couple _________ some money every month in case of an emergency.
A. put down B. put up
C. put forward D. put aside
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