— We have to stop talking here outside. Liste...

— We have to stop talking here outside. Listen, ________!

— Hurry up, or we’ll be late.

A．there the bell goes                      B．there does the bell go

C．there goes the bell                      D．goes the bell there

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A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and... I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction（互动）. With email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated（自动化）, the alienation index（疏远指数） goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.

I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise... they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.

More and more. I find myself hiding behind e­mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier ...or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.

So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.

1.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. The Advance of Communications Technology　　

B. The Consequences of modern Technology

C. The Story of Communications Revolution　　

D. The Automation of Modern Communications

2.The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that ________.

A. the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone call

B. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you

C. modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-­to­-face talk

D. people can now go to work without going to the office

3.The writer feels that the use of modern communications is ________.

A. satisfying　　 B. encouraging　 C. disappointing D. embarrassing

4.The passage implies that ________.

A. modern technology is bridging the people　

B. modern technology is separating the people

C. modern technology is developing too fast

D. modern technology is interrupting our communication

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A Call to Action

We are here today because we want to stop global warming. Like me, you are trying hard to ________ your own personal carbon footprint. And these small, _____ changes do have an impact, do help ________our carbon emissions.

But it is not________ for individuals to change. We need governments to change. We need industry to change. We need big changes if we want to prevent global warming ________ destroying our planet.

One third of our global carbon emissions---35 percent---comes from_____ electricity. As a result, we need government and industry to work together to lower these ________, more importantly, to develop new, cleaner technology to heat our homes,________ our factories, and to keep lights ________.

Another 20 percent, 20 percent of our emissions comes from transportation. _____, We need government and industry to work together to build more energy _______ cars and trucks. Good ________ public transportation will allow us to ________ our cars and the pollution they produce forever.

Another 20 percent of all emissions comes from industry---our factories and businesses. They ________ tons upon tons of carbon into the air every_____minute. It is time to say enough! We need these businesses to lower their own_____ carbon footprints.

So my ________to you today is: keep trying to reduce your personal carbon footprint. But also stand up, stand up and ________ that government and industry do their ________, because that is what will make a _______ .

1.A. increase B. decrease C. fall D. dominate

2.A. individual B. public C. collective D. united

3.A. promote B. undertake C. lower D. assist

4.A. fair B. tough C. rough D. enough

5.A. to B. with C. from D. on

6.A. generating B. creating C. completing D. differentiating

7.A. admissions B. permissions C. emissions D. transmissions

8.A. make B. power C. destroy D. maintain

9.A. out B. within C. beyond D. on

10.A. Therefore B. However C. Nonetheless D. Besides

11.A. primitive B. hazardous C. uneven D. efficient

12.A. commercial B. polluted C. quality D. fragile

13.A. get rid of B. count on C. do damage to D. get exposed to

14.A. assault B. release C. diminish D. spray

15.A. few B. single C. another D. each

16.A. flammable B. vocational C. personal D. recreational

17.A. data B. information C. news D. message

18.A. convert B. demand C. digest D. renew

19.A. part B. role C. standard D. characteristics

20.A. living B. point C. deal D. difference

高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

The water we drink and use was running short. We all have to learn what to stop wasting water.

One of the step that we should take is to find ways of reusing it. Today in the most large cities, fresh water is used only once and then it runs in waste system. But that is possible to pipe the used water to a purifying factory, there the used water can be treated with chemical materials by the workers so that it can reused. But even if every large city purified and reused it's water, we still would have enough water.

高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mr. Smith __________ to have a talk with you. He will be here in a minute.

A．comes            B．came             C．has come          D．is coming

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When we talk about positive thinking, we often use terms having to do with our hearts — open heart, pure heart or joyful heart. But new research from Duke University is making a closer connection, finding that a positive attitude may be helpful to people who have angina (心绞痛)，a common heart condition.

Symptoms of this condition include chest pain or pressure because the heart is not receiving sufficient oxygen. Patients who displayed optimistic thought patterns, including having positive expectations about recovery, were 40 percent less likely to be hospitalized or require surgery than those who were not optimistic, according to the study. The researchers collected data from 2,400 patients who had diagnoses of angina.

An interesting additional finding from the patients' questionnaires was that the most optimistic patients were also the least likely to have histories of heart attack, heart failure or heart disease.

The researchers did not declare a causal relationship between positive thinking and better heart disease outcomes, however. There are multiple possible reasons for the results of the study, including the idea that patients who are healthier to begin with are more likely to expect to recover and regain good health.

But the study does represent a new way of looking at the situation. Now, in addition to a body of research that examines the relationship between depression and heart health, there is a new way of inquiry that asks whether positive thinking could be used as a strategy to improve outcomes.

Lead researcher Alexander Fanaroff, a fellow in the department of cardiology (心脏病学) at the Duke University Medical Center, told the Duke Chronicle that his next research question will find ways to improve attitudes among heart patients.

Perhaps his subjects could reflect on the word of the writer Anthony J. D'Angelo: "Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart."

1.How can people with angina get better according to the study?

A.By expecting more. B.By thinking positively.

C.By getting timely surgery. D.By taking more exercise.

2.What may be Alexander Fanaroff’s next research?

A.To explore how to improve patients’ attitudes.

B.To find out the ways to treat heart patients.

C.To learn the causes of heart diseases.

D.To test if positive attitudes help with health.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A.Optimistic people hardly get heart attack.

B.People's attitudes decide their overall health.

C.How positive thinking benefits heart health is unclear.

D.The reason why patients recover well is that they have no depression.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A.Keep positive to get rid of illness

B.Angina, a kind of serious condition

C.Depression, a key cause of heart attack

D.Positive thinking makes hearts healthier

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

As there’s no non-stop flight to Athens, we will have to fly to the city ________ Paris and Rome.

A．between          B．via               C．through           D．across

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don't always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don't get along well, which doesn't mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away, then we feel very sad. We miss them much, but we can call them and write to them. Maybe we would never see them again, and we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.

There's more good news for people, if they have friends. These people live longer than those people if those don't have friends. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares, if someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

1.The first paragraph tells us __________.

A. none needs friends

B. we always need friends around us

C. making friends is the need in people's life

D. we need to be alone

2.Which of the following is what the writer doesn't say in the passage?

A. People are happy when their friends leave them.

B. People may never see their friends after their friends move away.

C. People can know their friends in different ways.

D. People like their friends very much if they get to know them.

3.Which of the following is the most probable place people name after friendly people?

A. A house.　　 B. A room.

C. A library.　　 D. A village.

4.If people have friends, they would live longer, because __________.

A. they feel happier and healthier　　 B. they get a lot of help from their friends

C. they take better care of themselves　　 D. both A and C

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, to laugh, and to do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don't always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don't get along well. That doesn't mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. It could be that we would never see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.

Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places. When we have friends, we will be very happy. Being happy helps us stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about us, we take better care of ourselves.

1.If we have no friends we feel _____.

A．alone　　　　　　　　　 B．lonely　　　　　　 C．happy　　　　　　 D．well

2.We 　　　　　 need to be alone, with no others around us.

A．sometimes　　　　　 B．always　　　　　　 C．never　　　　　　　 D．no longer

3.Sometimes friends don't get along well, that means　　　　 ．

A．they don’t miss each other

B．they don’t call each other

C．they no longer like each other

D．they have differences at times

4.Some places, libraries, or schools are 　　　　　 men or women, because they were friendly or did good deed to people or the places．

A．friendly to　　　　　　 B．close to

C．named after　　　　　　 D．thinking of

5.The main idea of this passage is _____．

A．that people are all friends

B．that people need friends

C．how to get to know friends

D．how to name a place

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Sure, there are times when we need to be alone. We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along well. That doesn’t mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. Maybe we wound never see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named in this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.

There is more good news for people, if they have friends. These people live longer than those people who don’t have friends. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

1.According to the author, why sometimes friends don’t get along well? Because________

A．friends move away                      B．we don’t call them and write to them

C．we have made new friends                D．no two people are the same

2.Which of the following places people name after their friendly people is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A． A town                              B． A room

C． A school                             D． A library

3.Why do people who have friends live longer?

A．They feel happier and healthier.

B．They know more about friendship.

C．They take less care of themselves.

D．They care more about their friends.

4.This passage mainly tells us ______

A．that people are all friends                 B．that people need friends

C．how to get to know friends                D．how to name a place

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析