A couple of days ago, as the test results came out, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPad, and she's only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $10 for each A.”
I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell-phone, and the DVD player?
I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes — no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!
I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns? What about the orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? I'd be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.
“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that's about it.”
Don't you just hate that? We're all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation. And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher asked if anyone got rewards for good grades, everyone in my class raised their hands and said they got ice cream cones ,” said one third-grader.
1.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades
B. New changes in Paying Kids for Good Grades
C. Good Grades Mean Good Rewards
D. Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades
2.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. Taking care of my children would influence my work.
B. I would spend less money on my children's good grades.
C. More rewards would be needed as my children grow up.
D. Reducing my children's homework load would cost me a lot.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. if you buy children pizza as a reward, they will work harder
B. if you pay kids for good grades, they will take it for granted
C. children will not ask for rewards when they enter high school
D. good grades won't help kids make great progress in the future
4.The author takes her neighbor as an example to show _______.
A. pizza is the best way to motivate children
B. it is necessary to reward children for their good grades
C. getting rewards for good grades is common nowadays
D. rewards are not the only way to encourage children
高二英语阅读理解简单题
A couple of days ago, as the test results came out, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPad, and she's only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $10 for each A.”
I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell-phone, and the DVD player?
I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes — no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!
I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns? What about the orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? I'd be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.
“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that's about it.”
Don't you just hate that? We're all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation. And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher asked if anyone got rewards for good grades, everyone in my class raised their hands and said they got ice cream cones ,” said one third-grader.
1.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades
B. New changes in Paying Kids for Good Grades
C. Good Grades Mean Good Rewards
D. Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades
2.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. Taking care of my children would influence my work.
B. I would spend less money on my children's good grades.
C. More rewards would be needed as my children grow up.
D. Reducing my children's homework load would cost me a lot.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. if you buy children pizza as a reward, they will work harder
B. if you pay kids for good grades, they will take it for granted
C. children will not ask for rewards when they enter high school
D. good grades won't help kids make great progress in the future
4.The author takes her neighbor as an example to show _______.
A. pizza is the best way to motivate children
B. it is necessary to reward children for their good grades
C. getting rewards for good grades is common nowadays
D. rewards are not the only way to encourage children
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Eleven years ago, it seemed as if the world came to an end. My husband of 19 years, the father of my two sons, was diagnosed with terminal cancer (癌症晚期). Over the______of seven months, Bill went from______me easily at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.
It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't actually______that. But it was certainly the time when I felt most______. During those seven months, I came to______that whatever else I did in my life, nothing would_______more than taking care of my husband. I discovered that the minor complaint of an annoying coworker, or a flat tire pales (失色) in______with the beauty of sincere laughter, or the______of a bakery. There were moments of______, laughter, and tenderness in every day. I found I could train myself to see beauty______bother.
In the days after Bill's diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver also meant being fully ______as much as possible. During his last weekend, we had dinner together. Later, a relative visited. I______that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of______I’d usually keep to______. Just then, Bill voiced______what I’d been thinking, in that truthful way he had, and I found myself______out loud. I thought I could look after this man forever, but he ______in four days.
Eleven years later, I haven’t made much achievements.______every day, I try to be the person I became during those seven months. I try to be a little less judgmental, a little more generous, a little more______for the small moments in life.
I am a better person for having been Bill's caregiver. It was his last, best______to me.
1.A.routine B.event C.course D.basis
2.A.beating B.hitting C.striking D.winning
3.A.believe B.decide C.think D.mean
4.A.alive B.awake C.ashamed D.embarrassed
5.A.hope B.understand C.admit D.accept
6.A.differ B.matter C.strengthen D.help
7.A.conflict B.conversation C.comparison D.touch
8.A.reputation B.feeling C.sense D.smell
9.A.joy B.fear C.panic D.sadness
10.A.other than B.rather than C.more than D.less than
11.A.comfortable B.present C.absent D.flexible
12.A.noticed B.watched C.felt D.informed
13.A.concept B.suggestion C.thought D.view
14.A.ourselves B.himself C.herself D.myself
15.A.completely B.exactly C.partly D.accurately
16.A.crying B.shouting C.screaming D.laughing
17.A.passed away B.died away C.went away D.got away
18.A.And B.But C.Or D.While
19.A.thoughtful B.powerful C.careful D.grateful
20.A.moment B.experience C.gift D.subject
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
One day my two sons and I got into my old car to drive to the local post office. I backed out of my drive slowly like I normally do and then pulled to a stop at the side road that leads to the main highway. When it was clear I pulled out and stepped on the gas. As I stepped on the clutch(离合器)and tried to shift into second, though, I immediately knew that something was wrong. The normally solid gear shift(档位杆)now felt like a spoon in a bowl of soup. I tried quickly to get <u>it</u> to lock into any of the gears but did not succeed. Thankfully, the steering wheel(方向盘)was still working fine and I allowed the car to go to the end of the side road where I was able to pull safely into a wide spot and turn the engine off.
It was only later in the day that I finally realized how blessed I had been. I could have been on the main road when that stick shift failed. I could have been in the middle of a curve with no place to turn off the road. I could have had a car too close behind me that wouldn’t have been able to stop in time. A hundred things could have made this incident dangerous or deadly. Yet, the gear shift broken at just the right moment to keep me and my boys safe.
Far too often we only see the bad things in life. We get angry when things don’t go out way, and we fail to see the thousands of times that they do. Yes, my car broken down. Still, my sons and I are safe. We are loved. And we have been given more time here in this world to share our own love and light.
1.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. The clutch. B. The gear shift.
C. The spoon. D. The car.
2.How did the writer stop the car at last?
A. By turning the engine off quickly.
B. By turning to a local garage for help.
C. By removing the steering wheel away.
D. By letting it slow down to stop naturally.
3.The driver’s thoughts in Paragraph 2 imply that ______.
A. they were lucky enough to be safe
B. the car needed to be repaired well
C. the driver was good at driving a broken car
D. it was important to find a suitable place to park
4.By writing the story, the writer expected us to ______.
A. be careful in our driving
B. ignore the bad things in our life
C. share our love with others in time
D. find a bless even from a bad situation
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A couple of weeks ago,my dad,who is seventy-six,had an operation on his left knee. He came through the operation just fine and although they told him he would be in hospital for five days,he only stayed there for three days. He had a local anesthetic(局部麻醉)and was able to see and hear everything that went on in the operating room.
Later in his room,he was laughing as he told the story of hearing the hammer and saw as they took out the bone. With a smile on his face,he advised that the doctors should sharpen the saw,since he could smell the bone burning as they removed it.
The other day,one of the rubber tips on his walker wore out. Not wanting to damage the carpet or the kitchen floor,he went to his shop to find a new rubber tip. I was talking with my mom and after some time we got concerned,so I went out to see if he was OK. I walked into the shop to find him sitting on his work bench laughing. I asked what he was doing. He explained that since the rubber tip would not fit his walker,he was changing legs. It seems Mom’s walker,which she used five years ago,was broken on the top,but the legs were better than the ones on his walker.
Together my dad and I worked and worked,laughing all the time. The more trouble we had,the harder we laughed. I have been fortunate enough to have many such minutes with my dad.
1.When advising the doctors to sharpen the saw,the author’s father really intended to________.
A.be humorous
B.express his anger
C.make a complaint
D.make fun of the doctors
2.The author’s father went to his shop to________.
A.change legs
B.change his walker
C.find his wife’s walker
D.replace the rubber tip
3.Which of the following can best describe the author’s father?
A.Stupid. B.Smart.
C.Optimistic. D.Stubborn.
4.The author writes the text probably to ________.
A.warn us
B.encourage us
C.make us laugh
D.call on us to care for the disabled
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Good news came that Nancy decided to donate blood to Dan Hens, and the results of the medical tests came in: She was a__________.
A.suit B.fit C.match D.mate
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I can remember the day my father came home from the war. As he walked up the front path of our home, he saw Mum and me and he dropped the suitcase.
I was only five years old so Dad made a fuss of me, then began making an even bigger fuss of my mother. This left me free to examine all the stuff lying around the broken suitcase, and I was quick to notice a newspaper advertisement displaying a new piano. When Dad saw me holding up the newspaper cutting, he smiled.
“Yes, that’s right,” he said. “I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.”
A few moments later, a horse pulled a cart with a piano on top. Soon we all stared at it in our small lounger room. Mum had never been close to a piano before, except at the kindergarten I attended, and she used to say how wonderful it would be if the teachers could teach her to play.
After tea that night, Mum began to teach herself to play. She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.”
From that day on, she would plink between doing the cooking and housework. Three months went by and Mum was now a skilled pianist, holding parties with all the neighbors gathering around to sing.
Although we were poor, Mum felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention she was receiving.
At the height of Mum’s happiness, I began to notice that Dad was looking increasingly worried. It turned out that since returning from the war, he’d been unable to find a job. Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away. Mum sobbed in the kitchen. Suddenly, it all became clear to me: no job, no money, no piano.
Dad finally got a job. Mum was happy again as if he’d just win the lottery(彩票). Dad had to study to qualify as an account. Every night after dinner he’d place a stack of books on the kitchen table and study late into the night. Mum didn’t say much but I could tell she was proud of Dad.
Two years later, Dad bought Mum another piano. This time he paid cash for it.
1.How did the author’s Dad buy the piano for his mum?
A.He paid part of the bill regularly.
B.He earned it by winning a bet.
C.He paid cash for it.
D.He bought it as a big bargain.
2.By saying “Enough is enough”, the author’s dad meant_______.
A.practice makes perfect
B.it was time to stop practicing
C.he couldn’t bear being troubled
D.his wife played the piano well enough
3.What made the author’s mum proud of his dad?
A.His dad’s willingness to help cook.
B.His dad’s winning the lottery luckily.
C.His dad’s loyalty to his motherland.
D.His dad’s determination to rebuild his life.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Many years ago there lived a young couple in a small town. The husband was out of job for a long time and the wife 36 make a living by sewing for others. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a jar under a 37table, in 38was a little rice39 from their neighbor for the coming New Year. 40 New Year’s Eve, the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was 41in bed, worrying about the life. Suddenly he heard something. In the darkness he saw a man breaking into the room.
“It 42 be a thief.” He thought, “but it 43 matter, there is nothing that can be 44.” So he 45 to be asleep and kept watching over the thief.
The thief began to 46 the room. At last he found the rice in the jar.
“But 47 can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He 48 his coat and spread it on the ground between the bed and the table. After that he turned round to take the jar.
Now the husband realized what the thief 49. He picked up the coat quickly and 50 himself with it while the thief was turning around.
The thief 51the jar, poured the rice out on the place where he had just spread his coat and squatted (蹲) down to feel it. But to his surprise, his coat had 52.
“Hey”, he couldn’t help 53 out. The 54 woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”
“ Nonsense(胡说)!” replied her husband. “Go back to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”
“No, that’s 55,” the thief shouted loudly. “If there isn’t a thief, then, where’s my coat?”
1. A.was able to B.wanted to C.had to D.would
2. A.good B.old C.nice D.broken
3. A.it B.which C.where D.that
4. A.borrowed B.asked C.lent D.taken
5. A.During B.At C.In D.On
6. A.working B.sewing C.lying D.thinking
7. A.will B.must C.can D.may
8. A.isn’t B.wasn’t C.doesn’t D.didn’t
9. A.lost B.carried C.destroyed D.stolen
10. A.pretended B.tried C.decided D.started
11. A.look into B.search C.discover D.examine
12. A.what B.when C.why D.how
13. A.used B.took off C.put on D.brought
14. A.had done B.did C.would do D.could do
15. A.hung B.covered C.studied D.dressed
16. A.shook B.laid C.lifted D.touched
17. A.lost B.missed C.left D.disappeared
18. A.to cry B.crying C.to jump D.jumping
19. A.sound B.voice C.noise D.saying
20. A.right B.all right C.nothing D.impossible
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A few days ago my family and I were out for an evening walk. As we headed home, dark _____ started rolling in and we knew we probably wouldn’t make it back without getting wet. _____ enough, the rain started falling just as we______ our neighborhood. We all ____ down the street and into the house but when we got there I noticed that one of my sons was _______ I went back out in the rain and found him _____ in an irregular pattern in front of the house. His face was one of ______as he seemed to be going in circles. This is my child that usually hates getting _____.
I shouted to him, “What are you doing?!!”
“I hate getting wet!” he _____ back.
“Then why are you running around in the _____ ? Hurry inside!”
“I’m trying to but I have to _____ the rain drops!”
He was getting more wet than any of the rest of us _____ he was trying to avoid the raindrops. As I went and put him _____ my arm and walked him inside, I realized that there is a good_______in this story.
How often do you_______life “avoiding the raindrops”? How often do you get so worried about the little _____that might happen, the failures that you miss out on the great _____ that you could be having? We can spend all of our time running around in circles trying not to fail or we can accept that failure is going to come and ______forward anyway. Any happy and successful person will tell you that the road to success is _____with failures.
But every time you fail, you learn. Every time you learn, you improve. The more you improve, the more ______ you will be.
1.A. buses B. clouds C. mosquitoes D. smoke
2.A. Sure B. Anxious C. Strange D. Funny
3.A. surrounded B. noticed C. crossed D. entered
4.A. paced B. escaped C. hurried D. advanced
5.A. missing B. outstanding C. disturbing D. charming
6.A. jumping B. trembling C. running D. sliding
7.A. happiness B. pleasure C. excitement D. suffering
8.A. cold B. wet C. hungry D. thirsty
9.A. screamed B. waved C. turned D. looked
10.A. distance B. darkness C. rain D. wind
11.A. collect B. experience C. fight D. avoid
12.A. because B. though C. unless D. if
13.A. with B. under C. by D. beside
14.A. ending B. plot C. lesson D. theme
15.A. care about B. rely on C. sort out D. go through
16.A. failures B. accidents C. emergencies D. disasters
17.A. pains B. dangers C. diseases D. adventures
18.A. float B. wander C. move D. flow
19.A. equipped B. paved C. buried D. covered
20.A. successful B. generous C. considerate D. intelligent
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
----I just can’t help worrying about the result of my driving license test.
---- . You can do nothing but wait.
A. Just relax B. Have fun
C. Watch out D. Take your time
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I walked into a bank in town a couple of days ago and waited in the queue. I was the second______and I couldn’t help overhearing the_______in front of me. The bank clerk must have been having a(an) _______ day and after asking how the_______was and so on, he began to complain about our government, _______them for not doing enough to_______the coast from storms and floods as this had been much on the news at the time.
He was in_____spirits and you could tell that he was really_______about a lot of things going on in the world.
My heart went out to him. I was _______ next and all I could do was_______. 1didn’t have any words. Afterwards, it _______to me something that had been running under my own thoughts.
So I left the bank, found a_______and on it I wrote: Sometimes the bad parts of the world seem so_______. There are so many sad things going on in the news. They make it hard to see _______going on around us. But that doesn’t_______life right now can’t be beautiful. All you have to do is open your eyes. It’s in the gaps(缝隙) that beauty is_______.
I_______the postcard back into the bank, wandered around and_______ it on a table, ______that the bank clerk would find it. Whether he did or not, I never found out, but it_______would do someone some good, which I’m certain of.
1.A.in sight B.in the way C.in line D.in time
2.A.story B.noise C.quarrel D.conversation
3.A.perfect B.bad C.nervous D.unfortunate
4.A.customer B.farmer C.thinker D.officer
5.A.praising B.blaming C.doubting D.punishing
6.A.prevent B.remove C.separate D.protect
7.A.low B.high C.good D.strange
8.A.excited B.trouble C.cautious D.curious
9.A.served B.paid C.refused D.invited
10.A.comfort B.smile C.scream D.criticize
11.A.seemed B.happened C.came D.looked
12.A.pen B.desk C.postcard D.book
13.A.disappointing B.encouraging C.delightful D.interesting
14.A.fight B.pollution C.luckiness D.beauty
15.A.tell B.feel C.mean D.teach
16.A.found B.built C.missed D.neglected
17.A.passed B.mailed C.took D.lost
18.A.wrote B.hid C.announced D.left
19.A.advising B.hoping C.watching D.guessing
20.A.surely B.suddenly C.hardly D.lately
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析