Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village i...

Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order　 　 　　 to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith(金匠) by　　 , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade．Despite their seemingly　　　 condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,　　 they knew well that their father would never be able to　 　　 　 either of them to study at the Academy．

After many long discussions at night in their　　 bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact(协议)．They would toss（掷）a coin．The 　 　　 would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, 　　 his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and　　 to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, 　　 his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation．By the time he graduated, he was beginning to　　　 considerable fees for himself．

When the young artist　　　 home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your 　　　 . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will　　 you．"

Albert rose and wiped the 　　　 　 from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too　　 for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 　　 　 ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas　　　 a pen or a brush．"

More than 450 years have　 　 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one　　　 creation that can catch the world's hearts．

1.A．merely B．fully 　 C．completely　 D．entirely

2.A．heart B．method C．profession D．words

3.A．demanding B．promising C．hopeless D．careless

4.A．so B．and C．however D．but

5.A．study B．send C．give　 D．offer

6.A．separated B．crowded C．new　 D．unusual

7.A．winner B．loser C．old　 D．younger

8.A．support B．advertise C．expect　 D．require

9.A．flew away B．went off C．set aside D．left behind

10.A．deserved B．desired C．financed D．envied

11.A．spend B．save C．draw　 D．earn

12.A．arrived B．regained C．returned D．got

13.A．turn B．time C．top　　 D．fate

14.A．take charge of　　 B．make up forC．make use of　 D．take care of

15.A．smiles B．sweats　　 C．tears　　 D．hints

16.A．late B．nervous C．tiring　 D．tense

17.A．eyes B．hands C．pictures D．mines

18.A．in B．of C．upon　 D．with

19.A．passed B．kept　　 C．remembered D．changed

20.A．strange B．touching C．wonderful D．mysterious

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Before the 17th century, most of the native English speakers lived in England. After the 17th century, British people began to move to other 1. (country). Gradually, English was spoken there. At present 2. (many) people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. 3. (luck), native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.

English 4. (change) and developed when cultures met and communicated with each other over the past centuries. The English 5. (speak) in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different 6. the modern English we speak today. It was the new settlers that enriched the English language and 7. (especial) its vocabulary. The English language was settled by the 19th century 8. two big changes in English spelling happened. English now is also spoken as a foreign 9.second language in South Asia. China may have the 10. (large) number of English learners.

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About five to seven million people who lived in England spoke English at the end of the 16th century.　 Later in the next century, people from England overcame other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.

Look at this example:

British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?

American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.

So why has English changed over time? All languages change and develop when cultures meet. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers improved the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.

Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.

English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.

1.When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?

A. In 16th century.

B. In 17th century.

C. In 18th century.

D. In 19th century.

2.Shakespeare could use a wider vocabulary than ever before because English_______.

A. developed when new settlers came to Britain

B. was based on Germany during the 5th century

C. became the language for government and education

D. was spoken wide all over the world

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. British settlers moved to America in the 18th.

B. It’s easy for Chinese people speak fluent English.

C. English once became the official language in India.

D. English was influenced by Danish invaders in AD 450 .

4.What showed the differences of American English spelling?

A. Samuel Johnson’s dictionary　　　 B. Shakespeare’s books

C. French ruler’s language　　　　　　 D. Noah Webster’s dictionary

5.For what purpose does the author write the passage?

A. To settle English in many countries.

B. To understand English-speaking people.

C. To describe the development of English.

D. To tell people changes of American English.

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The Wilsons live in ______ A-shaped house near the coast.It is ______ 17th century cottage.

A. the;  /              B. an;  the           C. /;  the               D. an;  a

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The story is about an old villager and his sons living in West China, _________ travelling beyond the mountain in their life.

A. none of them　　 　　 B. none of whom

C. neither of them　　　 D. neither of whom

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

The flag,　　　　 nine red and white stripes,　　　　 a national flag dating back to the 13th century.

A. consisting of; based on　　 B. consisted of; is based on

C. consisting of; is based on　　 D. consisted of; based on

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To find how the name Canada came about we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of disclosing and controlling more land, of expanding(扩展)trade beyond(超出)  their borders and of spreading their faith(信仰) across the world .In 1535, Francois I ,King of France, ordered a navigator (航海家) named Jacques Cartier to explore(探险) the New World and search for a passage to India.

Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expect but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands. If it was, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upstream along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead or reaching Asia he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term “ Canada” entered the country’s history. Apparently the word “Canada” came from an Indian work “Kanata”, which means community or village. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge “ village” Canada is!

1.In the early sixteenth century , the King of France ordered Cartier to ______

A． find the new world

B． build an entirely new country

C． go and visit the American Indians

D． get more information about America and find a way to Asia

2.Having reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence Cartier thought _____

A． he had already got to India

B． it was a water way to the New World

C． it was a water passage to the East

D． he had sailed into the Atlantic

3.In the early sixteenth century , Quebec was only ____.

A． an Indian village

B． a little town in southern Canada

C． a village at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence

D． the place which we call Canada now

4.Pick out the right statements from the following _____

A． Quebec was a village and Stadacona was another

B． Cartier mistook Quebec for Stadacona

C． Stadacona was a village in Quebec

D． Stadacona was what the Indians called Quebec then

5.“Canada” was first used to refer to _____

A． a small town in Stadacona

B． the place called Quebec

C． a long water passage

D． a huge village including Quebec and Stadacona

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

To find how the name Canada came about we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of disclosing and controlling more land, of expanding trade beyond　 their borders and of spreading their faith　 across the world .In 1535, Francois I ,King of France, ordered a navigator　 named Jacques Cartier to explore　 the New World and search for a passage to India.

Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expect but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands. If it was, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upstream along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead of reaching Asia he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term “Canada” entered the country’s history. Apparently the word “Canada” came from an Indian word “Kanata”, which means community or village. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge “village” Canada is!

1.In the early sixteenth century, the King of France ordered Cartier to ______

A. find the new world.

B.go and visit the American Indians

C. build an entirely new country

D. get more information about America and find a way to Asia

2.Having reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence Cartier thought _____

A. he had already got to India

B.he had sailed into the Atlantic

C. it was a water passage to the East

D.　 it was a water way to the New World

3.In the early sixteenth century, Quebec was only ____.

A. an Indian village

B. a little town in southern Canada

C. the place which we call Canada now

D.a village at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Their use was limited by laws, the first of which ______ the 14th century.

A. dates back to　 B. dated fro

C. dates back　 　　 D. dating back to

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Coffee has a history dating back to at least the 9th century and has been a catalyst for social interaction across cultures and eras. Originally discovered in Ethiopia, coffee beans were brought into the Middle East by Arab traders, spreading to Egypt, Yemen, Persia, Turkey, and North Africa by the 15th century. Muslim merchants eventually brought the beans to the thriving port city of Venice, where they sold them to wealthy Italian buyers. Soon, the Dutch began importing and growing coffee in places like Java and Ceylon (largely through slave labor), and the British East India Trading Company was popularizing the beverage in England. Coffee spread across Europe and even reached America.

Where there has been coffee, there has been the coffeehouse. From the 15th century Middle Eastern establishments where men gathered to listen to music, play chess, and hear recitations from works of literature, to Paris' Cafe le Procope where luminaries of the French Enlightenment such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot came to enjoy a hot cup of joe, coffeehouses have traditionally served as centers of social interaction, places where people can come to relax, chat, and exchange ideas.

The modern coffee shop is modeled on the espresso and pastry-centered Italian coffeehouses that arose with the establishment of Italian-American immigrant communities in major US cities such as New York City's Little Italy and Greenwich Village, Boston's North End, and San Francisco's North Beach. New York coffee shops were often frequented by the Beats in the 1950's. It wasn't long before Seattle and other parts of the Pacific Northwest were developing coffee shops as part of a thriving counterculture scene. The Seattle-based Starbucks took this model and brought it into mainstream culture.

Although coffeehouses today continue to serve their traditional purpose as lively social hubs in many communities, they have noticeably adapted to the times. Rediscovering their purpose as centers of information exchange and communication, many coffee shops now provide their customers with internet access and newspapers. It has become extremely common to see someone sitting at a Starbucks listening to music or surfing the web on his or her laptop. Coffee stores today also maintain a fairly identifiable, yet unique aesthetic: wooden furniture and plush couches, paintings and murals drawn on walls, and soft-lighting combine to give coffee shops the cozy feeling of a home away from home.

Today, big business retail coffee shops are expanding quickly all over the world. Starbucks alone has stores in over 40 countries and plans to add more. Despite its popularity, Starbucks has been criticized and labeled by many as a blood-sucking corporate machine, driving smaller coffee shops out of business through unfair practices. This has even spawned an anti-corporate coffee counterculture, with those subscribing to this culture boycotting big business coffee chains. Increasingly popular coffee stores such as The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf are also giving Starbucks some stiff competition. In any case, it seems pretty clear that coffee has weaved itself into the fabric of our consumer-oriented culture.

1. Which of the following is the correct order of coffee spreading in history?

①Egypt    ②America    ③the Middle East    ④Netherlands    ⑤Venice

A. ①③④②⑤         B. ③①⑤④②                C. ①⑤④③②              D. ③②⑤④①

2.We can infer from the passage ________.

A. Starbucks has beaten all the competitors

B. there are no changes in the development of coffee culture

C. the taste of coffee has changed a lot

D. Starbucks has some effect on the development of coffee culture

3.The famous coffeehouse “Starbucks” originally come from _______.

A. Seattle                     B. Ethiopia                          C. Java                                 D. France

4. Nowadays, if you come to a coffeehouse, you can _______.

A. play chess with other customers

B. enjoy delicious dishes from South America

C. surf the internet

D. watch a TV play

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