Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts(账，账户); they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers’ windows. The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.
1.A bank run happens when _______.
A. too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time
B. a bank is closed for one or more days
C. there is enough money to pay all its depositors at one time
D. tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank
2.The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to ________.
A. explain why they could not pay out all accounts
B. pay out accounts as requested
C. make the depositors believe that the bank was stand
D. pay out money as slowly as possible
3. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaught’s bank were affected mainly by the _______.
A. ease with which they could get their money
B. confidence that Mrs. Vaught showed
C. confidence shown by other depositors of the bank
D. failure of several other banks to open
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts(账，账户); they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers’ windows. The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.
1.A bank run happens when _______.
A. too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time
B. a bank is closed for one or more days
C. there is enough money to pay all its depositors at one time
D. tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank
2.The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to ________.
A. explain why they could not pay out all accounts
B. pay out accounts as requested
C. make the depositors believe that the bank was stand
D. pay out money as slowly as possible
3. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaught’s bank were affected mainly by the _______.
A. ease with which they could get their money
B. confidence that Mrs. Vaught showed
C. confidence shown by other depositors of the bank
D. failure of several other banks to open
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.
The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human resources department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁琐手续) made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do--admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
1.What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
A. He didn’t know what to do with it.
B. He felt lucky to get it.
C. He thought of keeping it for himself.
D. He wanted to return it to the right person.
2.The underlined phrase beside myself(inParagraph1) probably means___________.
A. very fortunate B. very angry
C. really thankful D. at ease
3.How was the problem solved in the end?
A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.
B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.
C. The author gave the money back to the company.
D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.
4.From the passage we can infer that___________.
A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules
C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author
D. the company gave the wrong account to the bank
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.
The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human resources department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully, I had a sympathetic(同情的) call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company Daniel worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully(正当地) his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁琐手续) made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do--admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
1.The underlined phrase “beside myself”(in Paragraph1) probably means___________.
A. very fortunate B. very angry
C. really thankful D. at ease
2.What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
A. He didn’t know what to do with it.
B. He felt lucky to get it.
C. He thought of keeping it for himself.
D. He wanted to return it to the right person.
3.From the passage we can infer that___________.
A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules
C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author
D. the company gave the wrong account to the bank
4.How was the problem solved in the end?
A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.
B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.
C. The author gave the money back to the company.
D. The call operator offered to solve their problem
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I went on line to check if my pay was in my bank account（账户）. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, but a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I know I would have been beside myself (情绪失控) if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.
The bank couldn’t help as it “wasn’t a bank problem.” The human-resource department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape（繁琐手续）made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do — admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
1.What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
| A．He didn’t know what to do with it. | B．He felt lucky to get it. |
| C．He thought of keeping it for himself. | D．He wanted to return it to the right person. |
2. How was the problem solved in the end?
| A．The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves. |
| B．It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money. |
| C．The author gave the money back to the company. |
| D．The call operator offered to solve their problem. |
3.From the passage we can infer that _________.
| A．the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape |
| B．some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules |
| C．Daniel didn’t know the error until he contacted the author |
| D．it was easy for a company to have a mistake which had occurred fixed |
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
All the preparations for the work_______, we’re ready to start.
A. are completed B. have been completed
C. completed D. had been completed
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks each time we reach out for that particular brand（品牌）of product on the shelf.
Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged（包装）in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets（包装） are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain-killer （止痛药） was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package — blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears Soap, who for 25 year has used pretty little girls to promote（促销）their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius（天才） to sell it.”
1.. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?
A. The cost of its package B. The price of the product
C. The colour of its package D. The brand name of the product
2.. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours ________ .
A. attracted the customers strongly B. had weak effects on the customers
C. tricked the customers into shopping D. caused the customers to lose interest
3.. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?
A. The way to promote goods. B. The team to produce a good product
C. The discovery of a genius. D. The brand name used by successful producers.
4.. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
A. Choice of Good Products. B. Disadvantages of Products.
C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping. D. Brand Name and Shopping Tricks.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
What are the speakers excited about?
A. Earning money.
B. Not having to pay their bill.
C. Getting a new bank in their neighborhood.
高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析
Not all love is said out loud. It wasn’t until I went to high school that I ____ this. In my memories, it was Mom who held the family together. Dad was harsh and ____. Every evening, coming back home from work, he would ____ me for what I’d done wrong during the day.
When I broke my leg after I _____ a swing, it was Mom who ____ held me in her arms all the way to the hospital. In dead ____, Dad pulled a gurney (医院的轮床) right up to the door of the emergency room and when asked to move it away, he jumped and ____ , “I need this gurney. Don’t you think it’s urgent?” His voice did frighten me.
Recently, as I was ____ my family’s photo album with some friends, one of them asked, “What does your father look like?” At that moment, it ____ me that few pictures of my dad could be found. He was always the one ____ pictures for us. This ____ why nearly all of the photos in the album were of my Mom and me.
Familiar scenes ran through my head. At my birthday parties, he just ____ himself blowing up balloons, setting up tables and trying to make everything _____. It was Mom who carried the cake with candles on it for me to____. Dad was sitting in the comer, tired and ____.
Studying in high school now, I only go home about once a month. On my ____, Dad remains silent ____ , but Mom always tells me that it was Dad who drove to other towns to buy fresh seafood and vegetables, saying that it was _____ as long as I could enjoy the dishes he’d ____ .
Perhaps Dad just doesn’t know how to ____ love. Or, I don’t know how to recognize it.
1.A. refused B. realized C. remembered D. controlled
2.A. kind B. flexible C. cold D. stubborn
3.A. scold B. appreciate C. charge D. ask
4.A. fell off B. fixed upon C. moved into D. put on
5.A. excitedly B. gently C. unwillingly D. strangely
6.A. position B. responsibility C. silence D. atmosphere
7.A. doubted B. added C. whispered D. shouted
8.A. looking through B. looking up C. looking down upon D. looking into
9.A. resulted in B. contributed to C. occurred to D. headed for
10.A. collecting B. changing C. taking D. drawing
11.A. explained B. admitted C. confirmed D. predicted
12.A. lost B. enjoyed C. busied D. adapted
13.A. faulty B. tidy C. colorful D. perfect
14.A. come out B. put out C. blow out D. break out
15.A. sleepy B. ill C. unsatisfied D. hungry
16.A. visits B. ways C. studies D. journeys
17.A. or so B. for sure C. in doubt D. as usual
18.A. useful B. worthwhile C. understandable D. necessary
19.A. enjoyed B. bought C. prepared D. consumed
20.A. adopt B. express C. say D. represent
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Most of them are out attending an important meeting, so there are not ________ enough people here to do the job.
A. almost B. nearly C. hardly D. seldom
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Are you stressed out, scared or worried all the time? Do you avoid going to certain places, seeing friends or doing certain things because of your worries? Do your worries keep you awake at night? 1..
Anxiety is a normal and necessary part of life. Anxiety is your brain’s way of telling you about danger. It is anxiety that helps you jump out of the way if a car is speeding towards you. But if it gets out of hand, anxiety can get in the way of you getting on with life and can become a real problem. 2..
Anxiety is a normal part of life. Some people may feel uneasy if moving to a new place and some may get overly anxious in certain situation. There are lots of reasons for this. 3.. So if you are involved in a car crash, it’s quite likely that you will be more worried than other people around cars and driving.
4.. If your parents suffer from anxiety, then you are more likely to be anxious too. This is probably partly due to genetics, and partly because of how things are when you’re growing up.
Even though people don’t talk about it much, anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems. About 1 in 4 people will have an anxiety problem at some time in their life.
If you have an anxiety problem, it’s hard for other people to understand why something that doesn’t worry them, like being in a crowd of people, can be so scary for you. This can make you feel separated and lonely, which may become worse and worse.
5.These include talking therapies (疗法) and drugs.
A.If this is the case for you, treatment may be a helpful way for you to get your anxiety under control.
B.Being anxious also probably runs in families.
C.The good news is that there are lots of excellent treatments available for anxiety.
D.Almost everybody has a certain degree of anxiety in certain situations.
E.One main reason is after a stressful thing which has happened in your life.
F.Those suffering from anxiety need others' understanding badly.
G.If you’ve answered yes, you may be suffering from anxiety.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析