Last week, I bought an alarm system for about...

Last week, I bought an alarm system for about $ 450. It consisted of a control unit with three small units. I put the control unit in the sitting-room and fastened the other units by the front door, back door and living-room windows. The instructions told us to choose three numbers, so we chose 4, 9 and 1, the last three numbers of our telephone number.

Now I must explain how the alarm works:

l There is a power siren(警报器) in the control unit. It makes a very loud noise.

2 Each of the small units sends out beams or rays in different directions. If anything moves, it breaks a beam. This sends a signal to the control unit. The siren makes a noise which you can hear 50 meters away.

3. When we go to bed, I press the three buttons numbered 4, 9 and 1. Then we have 30 seconds to get out of the room before the alarm starts to work.

That night I slept soundly because I was sure that no burglar(夜贼) could get into our house. However, at about 2:10 a. m., I woke up and heard the siren. “There must be a burglar in the house,” Mary said. “What shall we do?”“I’ll go and see who’s there,” I said. “Stay here. Don’t make a noise.”I went downstairs quietly. When I reached the living-room, I switched on my torch and looked round the room. Then I turned the light on. I switched the siren off and searched the rooms downstairs. There was nothing wrong except that the back door was unlocked. I locked it, reset the alarm and went back to bed. About an hour later, the alarm started again. I jumped out of bed, fell over a chair in the dark and bumped into the bedroom door. Mary woke up and started hitting me with a torch. “Hey! Wait a minute!” I whispered. “It’s only me. I’m going downstairs to see what’s wrong.”I went down into the living-room and listened for a moment. The only sound I could hear was the siren. I turned on the light and then switched the siren off. As I did so, I glanced across at the curtains in front of the windows. I saw a house lizard (a kind of small animal) disappear behind the curtains.“Oh!” I said to myself. “That’s our burglar. ”When the lizard moved, it started the siren. I guessed that the alarm had been made in Europe, where there are no house lizards. Well. I won’t finish this story but if you want an alarm system free of charge, let me know. I’ll send you ours. We bought a dog this morning. It knows the difference between a lizard and a burglar.

1.The writer bought an alarm system to ________.

2.The purpose of the three units was to________.

3.If the writer set the alarm and remained in the room for more than half a minute, _______.

4.The purpose of the writer in writing the passage is to ________.

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Last week, I bought an alarm system for about $ 450. It consisted of a control unit with three small units.　 I put the control unit in the sitting-room and fastened the other units by the front door, back door and living-room windows. The instructions told us to choose three numbers, so we chose 491, the last three numbers of our telephone number.

Now I will explain how the alarm works:

1. There is a power siren in the control unit. It makes a very loud noise.

2. Each of the small units sends out beams or rays in different directions. If anything moves, it breaks a beam. This sends signal to the control unit. The siren makes a noise which you can hear 50 meters away.

3. When we go to bed, I press the three buttons numbered 4, 9 and 1. Then we have 30 seconds to get out of the room before the alarm starts to work. That night I slept soundly because I was sure that no burglar could get into our house. However, at about 2:10 a. m. , I woke up and heard the siren.

"There must be a burglar in the house?" Mary said, "What shall we do?"

"I'll go and see who's there," I said, "Stay here. Don't make a noise. "

I went down stairs quietly. When I reached the living-room, I switched on my torch and looked round the room. Then I turned the light on. I switched the siren off and searched the rooms downstairs. There was nothing wrong except that the back door was unlocked. I locked it, re-set the alarm and went back to bed.

About an hour later, the alarm started again. I jumped out of bed, fell over a chair in the dark and bumped into the bedroom door. Mary woke up and started hitting me with a torch. "Hey! Wait a minute!" I whispered, "It's only me. I'm going downstairs to see what's wrong."

I went down into the living-room and listened for a moment. The only sound I could hear was the siren. I tamed on the light and switched the siren off. As I did so, I glanced across at the curtains in front of the windows. I saw a house lizard (a kind of small animals)(壁虎) disappear behind the curtains.

"Oh!" I said to myself. "That's our burglar.”

When the lizard moved, it started the siren. I guessed the alarm had been made in Europe, where there are no house lizards.

Well, I won't finish this story but if you want an alarm system free of charge, let me know. I'll send you ours. We bought a dog this morning. It knows the difference between a lizard and a burglar(强盗).

1.The writer bought an alarm system to_________.

A. make sure that he got up early every day

B. warn him when there were lizards in his house

C. frighten burglars and tell him that somebody had got into the house

D. make Mary feel safe to live in the large room

2.The writer used numbers 4, 9 and 1 to________.

A. set the alarm system

B. make a telephone call

C. give numbers to each of the three units in the downstairs rooms

D. name his alarm system

3.The purpose of the three units was to_________.

A. sound their own siren when the control unit told them to

B. send a message to the control unit and start the siren

C. check that the control unit worked properly all the time

D. give them enough light

4.If the writer set the alarm and remained in the room for more than half a minute,__________.

A. nothing would happen

B. the control unit would not work

C. the siren would make a noise

D. the dog would bark

5.The purpose of the writer in writing the passage is to__________.

A. tell us that the alarm system doesn't work

B. make it clear that he wants to give away his alarm system

C. show us how the alarm system works

D. tell us an interesting experience

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Last week, I bought an alarm system(报警系统) for about $ 450. It consisted of a control unit with three other small units. I put the control unit in the sitting room and fastened the other units by the front door, back door and living-room windows. The instructions told us to choose three numbers, so we chose 491, the last three numbers of our telephone number.

Now I must explain how the alarm works:

1. There is a power siren(警报器) in the control unit. It makes a very loud noise.

2. Each of the small units sends out beams(光束) or rays in different directions. If anything moves, it breaks a beam. This sends a signal to the control unit. The siren makes a noise that you can hear 50 meters away.

3. When we go to bed, I press the three buttons numbered 4, 9 and 1. Then we have 30 seconds to get out of the room before the alarm starts to work.

That might I slept soundly because I was sure that no burglar(夜贼) could get into our house. However, at about 2:10a.m., I woke up and heard the siren(警报).

“There must be a burglar in the house,” Mary said. “What shall we do?”

“I’ll go and see who’s there,” I said. “Stay here. Don’t make a noise.”

I went downstairs quietly. When I reached the living room, I switched on my torch and looked round the room. Then I turned the light on. I switched the siren off and searched the rooms downstairs. There was nothing wrong except that the back door was unlocked. I locked it, re-set the alarm and went back to bed.

About an hour later, the alarm started again. I jumped out of bed, fell over a chair in the dark and bumped into the bedroom door. Mary woke up and started hitting me with a torch. “Hey! Wait a minute!” I whispered. “It’s only me. I’ m going downstairs to see what’s wrong.”

I went down into the living room and listened for a moment. The only sound I could hear was the siren. I turned on the light and then switched the siren off. As I did so, I glanced across at the curtains in front of the windows. I saw a house lizard (蜥蜴) disappear behind the curtains.

“Oh!” I said to myself. “That’s our burglar.”

When the lizard moved, it started the siren. I guessed that the alarm had been made in Europe, where there are no house lizards.

Well, I won’t finish this story but if you want an alarm system free of charge, let me know. I’ll send you ours. We bought a dog this morning. It knows the difference between a lizard and a burglar.

1.The writer bought an alarm system to 　　　　　 .

A. make sure that he got up early every day

B. warn him when there were lizards in his house

C. frighten burglars and tell him that somebody had got into the house

D. make Mary feel safe to live in the large room

2.The purpose of the three units was to 　　　　　　 .

A. send a message to the control unit and start the siren

B. sound their own sirens when the control unit told them to

C. check that the control unit worked properly all the time

D. give them enough light

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. A burglar broke into the writer’s house.

B. The writer’s wife was attacked by the burglar.

C. The alarm that the writer bought must be made in Europe.

D. It was a lizard that broke into the writer’s house.

4.The purpose of the writer in writing the passage is to 　　　　　　　 .

A. tell us that the alarm system doesn’t work

B. tell us an interesting experience

C. show us how the alarm system works

D. make it clear that he wants to give away his alarm system

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Can you lend me the magazine _____ last week?

A. you bought it           B. that you bought

C. that you bought it      D. which you bought it

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With alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills（泄露） on people, nature, and the environment．

Millions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dismiss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil．Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea．

Of all of today’s environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious．Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material．In the end, it breaks down naturally．There are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short term．

Nature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill we demand that governments act immediately with as much hi-tech knowledge as possible．In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Sicily Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tones of oil into the ocean．If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened．

Governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage．Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run!

We should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil．Governments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power（太阳能）, electricity, hydrogen, and so on．Much of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coal．

If the world’s millions of cars were 10% more efficient（高效的）— and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient — we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year．If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too．

1.What is the passage mainly talking about?

2.How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?

3.What does the underlined word “risk” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

4.Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

With alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills（泄露） on people, nature, and the environment．

Millions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dismiss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil．Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea．

Of all of today’s environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious．Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material．In the end, it breaks down naturally．There are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short term．

Nature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill we demand that governments act immediately with as much hi-tech knowledge as possible．In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Sicily Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tones of oil into the ocean．If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened．

Governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage．Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run!

We should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil．Governments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power（太阳能）, electricity, hydrogen, and so on．Much of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coal．

If the world’s millions of cars were 10% more efficient（高效的）— and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient — we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year．If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too．

1.What is the passage mainly talking about?

A．Oil tanker accidents．           B．Oil spills pollution．

C．What oil pollution is．          D．How to reduce oil pollution．

2.How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?

A．By giving a description．        B．By making an argument．

C．By giving an example．           D．By drawing a diagram．

3.What does the underlined word “risk” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Transportation depending more on oil．

B．Poisonous oil breaking down naturally．

C．Millions of tons of oil spilling into the sea．

D．More environmental damage being caused．

4.Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?

A．We should develop new technologies to cut oil use

B．Tankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlines．

C．We should build safer oil tankers in the near future．

D．Countries should build more oil pipelines under the sea．

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Have you seen my dictionary?

---- Is it _______ you bought last week? Perhaps _______ is on your bed.

A. one; that        B. the one; it    C. the; there         D. one; here

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

在1~10 的空格处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式(不超过三个单词)。

Our family bought1.new computer last week. It is2.(real) cool! But we didn’t know what we should do 3.the old one. Then I saw an advertisement for Tech-help. Tech-help donates computers to people 4.need them.

So far, Tech-help has　 5.(donate) more than 2000computers to different families across the country. Last year they gave computers to poor families. It is very easy to donate computers to Tech-help. Yesterday, my father and 6.(me) took the old computer to a local shop. Two hours later, Tech-help7.(collect) it from the shop. They will clean the computer and make it better.

Right now, Tech-Help is 8.(give) computers to families in Xinjiang. There 9.(be) about 50 families on the waiting list. I’m 10.(excite) we could do something to help others!

高二英语短文填空简单题查看答案及解析

There is nothing to get________ about for it is common in our daily life.

A. to alarm         B. alarming     C. alarmed      D.being alarmed

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got _______ and took good care of them. _______, a few days later, both chickens died. She _______ into tears because of their death. I helped her _______ the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the _______ of her ideas. _______, I was wrong. Children are children _______. The failure hasn’t _______ my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.

One day last winter, I _______ under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows. My daughter and I could ________ the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t.

So I told her to scatter (撤) the grains in the windowsill. A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill ________ and pecked (啄) at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, “Mum, can we catch and ________ the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How ________ it is for them to live outside.”

“Oh, my dear, I do not think it’s a good ________. You know,” I explained to her, “the sparrow is a bird ________ loves freedom. No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will ________ quickly. They are ________ to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.”

From then on, we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and ________ them as pet birds. However, we don’t need to possess them. We ________ seeing these little birds flying and jumping ________ branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.

1.A. surprised B. excited C. disappointed D. amazed

2.A. Naturally B. Suddenly C. Unfortunately D. Finally

3.A. broke B. bored C. burst D. turned

4.A. bury B. put C. dig D. set

5.A. end B. beginning C. wish D. reality

6.A. Thus B. Then C. Therefore D. However.

7.A. at all B. in all C. after all D. for all

8.A. upset B. encouraged C. helped D. impressed

9.A. stared B. noticed C. sensed D. glared

10.A. look B. act C. catch D. feed

11.A. one after another B. one another C. every other D. each other

12.A. stay B. cage C. love D. watch

13.A. free B. happy C. cold D. warm

14.A. way B. idea C. plan D. advice

15.A. what B. where C. that D. when

16.A. please B. starve C. suffer D. die

17.A. safe B. proud C. grateful D. used

18.A. think B. dream C. treat D. appreciate

19.A. enjoy B. hate C. want D. consider

20.A. to B. at C. from D. among

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