You want to help the environment. You want to...

You want to help the environment. You want to teach your children to protect the earth. You can do both easily by making family activities environmentally-friendly. Planning activities around the natural world can be fun, and educational for all members of the family.

Make recycling a part of everyday chores (家务活儿）.

Even the youngest children can help with recycling chores. For instance, a preschooler can help an adult or older child sort recyclables. You can use the opportunity to teach the difference between glass, plastic, paper, and other materials.1.

2.

Many age-appropriate choices exist for environmentally-related school clubs. For example, an explorers club that learns about a new rainforest or desert each week works for preschool or kindergarten. Primary and middle school classes may enjoy a gardening or recycled craft(手工工艺) projects club.

Plan green vacation activities.

Include your green activities in your weekend vacations.3.The family can volunteer together, and then enjoy a picnic afterward. You can also take your children to a natural science museum nearby. While there, discuss environment and conservation with them.

Plant a garden together.

Work together and grow organic(有机的)produce.4.The website. Kids Gardening, provides getting started guidance and suggestions for parents to help their children get into gardening and other associated activities.

Craft with recyclables.

Teach children arts and crafts using recyclables. Children can turn toilet paper rolls, paper plates, glass bottles and many other recyclables into useful household things like pencil holders or desk organizers.5.

A. Help start a green club at your children's school

B. Arrange your beach trip on the beach clean-up day.

C. It’s also a good opportunity to teach colors and counting.

D. Use these five activities as starting points for a greener family life.

E. You’ll protect the earth, beautify your garden and cut your grocery bill.

F. Use bits of nature, like small stone or dry leaves for decorative projects.

G. Clubs promote friendships based on common interests and encourage fun learning.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.

If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: ” I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior.

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

These pseudo(虚假的)-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not turn to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of true regret, children still need help to become aware of the difficulties of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling(糟蹋) other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking away the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.

1.If a mother adds “but” to an apology,________.

2.According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means”_______”

3.We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry______.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _________.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.  If you say to your children "I'm sorry I got angry with you, but …" what follows that "but" can make the apology ineffective: "I had a bad day" or "your noise was giving me a headache " leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say "I'm sorry you're upset"; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying "I'm useless as a parent" does not commit a person to any specific improvement.

These pseudo(假的)-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of contrition（悔悟）, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old boy might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old boy might need reminding that spoiling other children's expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent's clothes without permission is not.

1. If a mother adds "but" to an apology, _______.

A. she doesn't feel that she should have apologized

B. she does not realize that the child has been hurt

C. the child may find the apology easier to accept

D. the child may feel that he owes her an apology

2. According to the author, saying "I'm sorry you're upset" most probably means "_______".

A. You have good reason to get upset

B. I'm aware you're upset, but I'm not to blame

C. I apologize for hurting your feelings

D. I'm at fault for making you upset

3. It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______.

A. it gets one into the habit of making empty promises

B. it may make the other person feel guilty

C. it is vague and ineffective

D. it is hurtful and insulting

4. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry _______.

A. the complexities involved should be ignored

B. their ages should be taken into thinking

C. parents need to set them a good example

D. parents should be patient and tolerant

5. It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _______.

A. a social issue calling for immediate attention   B. not necessary among family members

C. a sign of social progress                    D. not as simple as it seems

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

December 15, 2014

Dear Alfred，

I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.

Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150+ at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADHD(注意力缺陷多动障碍). Anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.

However, when something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.

While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t . So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.

Since then, I have taken courses like Data Science and Advanced Mathematics. Currently, I’m learning your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self-written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.

Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public , I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job—Data Analyst—this month and have been going full steam ahead. I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.

Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good. I feel whole.

This is why you’re saving my life.

Yours,

Tanis

1.why did’t Tanis go to college after high school?

A. She had learned enough about computer science

B. She had more difficulty keeping foucesed

C. She preferred taking online courses

D. She was too slow to learn

2.As for the working environment,Tains prefers____.

A. working by herself

B. dealing with the public

C. competing against others

D. staying with ADHD students

3.Tanis wrote this letter in order to_____.

A. explain why she was interested in the computer

B. share the ideas she had for her profession

C. show how grateful she was to the center

D. describe the courses she had taken so far

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my _______ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals (习惯). These little_______of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.

We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. _______of what we see is the beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the_______that some people throw out of their windows as they are_______on the rural roads. One of the few drawbacks(缺点) to living out the boondocks（偏远地区）is that _______services, such as litter collection, are less available than those closer to the city.

A helping ritual that I practice _______ with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so_______ doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated(兴致勃勃)_______, “There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car!” And if we have________, we will often pull over and pick it up. It seems strange, but we actually ________ it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically________. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we ________. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you doing this, and it seemed like a good idea.”

Picking up litter is only one of an endless supply of possible helping rituals. You might like________a door open for people, visiting lonely old people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow from someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful. It’s fun, personally rewarding, and________a good example. Everyone wins.

1.A. favorite　　 B. useful　　 C. unusual　　 D. strange

2.A. methods　　 B. idea　　 C. acts　　 D. knowledge

3.A. More　　 B. Most　　 C. Some　　 D. Any

4.A. litter　　 B. box　　 C. cigarette　　 D. bottle

5.A. driving　　 B. rolling　　 C. walking　　 D. running

6.A. private　　 B. public　　 C. water　　 D. electricity

7.A. strangely　　 B. easily　　 C. regularly　　 D. greatly

8.A. considerate to　　 B. popular with　　 C. familiar with　　 D. used to

9.A. sounds　　 B. voices　　 C. noises　　 D. tones

10.A. time　　 B. oil　　 C. money　　 D. book

11.A. develop　　 B. ignore　　 C. need　　 D. enjoy

12.A. somewhere　　 B. nowhere　　 C. anywhere　　 D. everywhere

13.A. stand　　 B. lie　　 C. live　　 D. stay

14.A. turning　　 B. knocking　　 C. kicking　　 D. holding

15.A. follows　　 B. sets　　 C. makes　　 D. creates

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Do you find it difficult to teach your children the alphabet (字母表)？ Here are some creative games for you to solve this problem.

1.______

This is an easy and fun way to teach your child the alphabet. Whenever you drive anywhere, play the ABC game. Have your child find the letter A on road signs __2.___Once you finish the alphabet you can play again.

Play the Alphabet Hide Away Game

Fill a bag with different objects that start with different letter sounds. For example, you could fill it with a toy car, a book, a pencil, and so on. Show your child all the items in the bag. _______3.______. Have him find the items only by touching them. Ask him if he can find something that stars with the letter B. Then see if he can find the “book” in your bag just by touching.　 ____4._____

Another Alphabet Games

This game is fun for children and can be fun for adults, too. ___5.____. Start with the letter A. “A is for apple”, “B is for banana”, “C is for cat”, and continue on with all the letters. If your child is older, you can play the game with a theme. For example, tell him to play the alphabet game with fruit or animals. By this way he is learning to sort animals or fruit and also practicing his alphabet.

A. Make an Alphabet Book

B. Then put all the items back in the bag.

C. Have your child paint the letters on the board

D. Play the A B C Game Whenever You Drive Somewhere

E. Start with the letter A and then look for the letters B, C, etc.

F. If your child is young, you can just play a simple game.

G. This game is not only good for learning letters and sounds, but also helps him to use his senses.

高二英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you are in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go. In the 1986 movie“Nothing in Common”, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.

Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Finally I decided to direct by suggestion, and sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is sad, right?” I said.Gleason nodded.“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with name on them—the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”Gleason nodded.“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”I stood up and turned up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it.”

After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile. “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.

1.According to the writer, to succeed in a project you are in charge of , you     should______.

A. make everyone work for you           B. get everyone willing to help

C. let people know you have the idea        D. keep talking to them

2. “The Great One” in Paragraph 2 refers to______.

A. Gleason     B. the director himself    C. Max    D. Max’s boss

3. After filming the scene, Gleason called the director over and smiled at him. That’s  because Gleason________.

A. thought the director gave him a good idea

B. formed the habit of thinking of ideas while talking

C. was not confident about his acting

D. appreciated the director’s directing skill

4.The most suitable title for the passage is “_______”.

A. Directing a Film                  B. The Key to Success

C. A Wonderful Experience            D. Working with Film

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you are in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go. In the 1986 movie, “Nothing in Common”, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.

Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Finally I decided to direct by suggestion, and sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is sad, right?” I said.

Gleason nodded.

“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with name on them—the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”

Gleason nodded.

“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”

He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”

I stood up and turned up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it.”

After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile. “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.

1.According to the writer, to succeed in a project you are in charge of , you should______.

A. make everyone work for you          B. get everyone willing to help

C. let people know you have the idea     D. keep talking to them

2.“The Great One” in Paragraph 2 refers to______.

A. Gleason     B. the director himself    C. Max    D. Max’s boss

3.After filming the scene, Gleason called the director over and smiled at him. That’s because Gleason________.

A. thought the director gave him a good idea

B. formed the habit of thinking of ideas while talking

C. was not confident about his acting

D. appreciated the director’s directing skill

4.The most suitable title for the passage is “_______”.

A. Directing a Film              B. The Key to Success

C. A Wonderful Experience        D. Working with Film

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you are in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go. In the 1986 movie, “Nothing in Common”, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.

Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Finally I decided to direct by suggestion, and sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is sad, right?” I said.

Gleason nodded.

“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with name on them—the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”

Gleason nodded.

“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”

He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”

I stood up and turned up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it.”

After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile. “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.

61.According to the writer, to succeed in a project you are in charge of , you should______.

A. make everyone work for you          B. get everyone willing to help

C. let people know you have the idea     D. keep talking to them

62. “The Great One” in Paragraph 2 refers to______.

A. Gleason     B. the director himself    C. Max   D. Max’s boss

63. After filming the scene, Gleason called the director over and smiled at him. That’s because Gleason________.

A. thought the director gave him a good idea

B. formed the habit of thinking of ideas while talking

C. was not confident about his acting

D. appreciated the director’s directing skill

64. The most suitable title for the passage is “_______”.

A. Directing a Film              B. The Key to Success

C. A Wonderful Experience        D. Working with Film

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Get a taste of the amazing world of engineering

Do you want to help shape the future of everything from entertainment and transport to sport and the environment? Then you might want to think about the fascinating world of engineering. Tomorrow's Engineers Week is running 4-8 February 2020, and is the perfect time to get an idea of what engineering is all about.

Engineers are the people who use scientific knowledge, ranging from long-established scientific laws to cutting-edge discoveries, to solve problems and improve life for all of us. Tomorrow's Engineers Week aims to get young people interested in this exciting career. It also wants to change the way we think about engineers.

One place to find out more about engineers is the website thisisengineering.org.uk, where you can meet 16 young engineers with amazing and different jobs. There's Halvard, who builds farm robots; and Olivia, who uses her chemical engineering skills to create soaps and shampoos kind to the skin and the environment. Alice digs train tunnels deep underground. Michelle builds rides. As a child, she loved these thrilling rides. At the age of 14, she attended a lecture on roller coaster design, and then she realized that engineering was a great way to turn her passion into her career.

If you want to meet some inspirational engineers, ask if your school has signed up to take part in the Big Assembly (大型集会) on 6 February. Don't worry if not, though, you can check it out yourself afterwards on the tomorrowsengineers.org.uk website.

1.The goal of Tomorrow's Engineers Week is to________.

A.introduce young engineers

B.announce the latest discoveries

C.show the future work of engineers

D.attract the youth' s interest in engineering

2.Which of the engineers fancies building roller coasters?

A.Halvard. B.Olivia.

C.Alice. D.Michelle.

3.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To explain what engineering is all about.

B.To advertise Tomorrow's Engineers Week.

C.To encourage schools to sign up for an assembly.

D.To introduce the website thisisengineering.org.uk.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析