CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.
“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.
“Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.
Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.
“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.
1.From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.
A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago
B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way
C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live
D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit
2.According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.
B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.
C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.
D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.
3.The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.
A. controlled by rich people B. grasped by good storytellers
C. taken good care of D. protected by kind people
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.
“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.
“Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.
Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.
“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.
1. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.
A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago
B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way
C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live
D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit
2. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.
B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.
C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.
D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.
3. The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.
A. controlled by rich people B. grasped by good storytellers
C. taken good care of D. protected by kind people
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.
“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.
“Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.
Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.
“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.
1.From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.
A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago
B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way
C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live
D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit
2.According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.
B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.
C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.
D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.
3.The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.
A. controlled by rich people B. grasped by good storytellers
C. taken good care of D. protected by kind people
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
There were many famous poets from different periods of time in Chinese history, and thousands of their poems are still read and appreciated today.
To arouse people’s interest in those classic Chinese poems and promote cultural heritage, China Central Television (CCTV) produced a TV show—Chinese Poetry Competition. The finale (终场) of the hit show’s second season was shown on Feb.7 this year.
Wu Yishu,16,who studies at the High School Affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, came out on top. In an earlier episode (一集), Wu wowed the audience when performing in a section entitled “Feihualing”. The game’s theme was “yue”, meaning “moon” or “month” in Chinese. She recited the lines from the Classic of Poetry, the earliest collection of poems in China: “In July, the crickets (蟋蟀) are in the field. In August, they are in the yard. In September, they are at the door. In October, they enter and crawl under our beds.”
“I really admire her knowledge of poems,” said Huang Zijin, 16, a Senior 2 student from Ningbo High School in Zhejiang province, “The first time I saw her wearing traditional Han clothing on TV, I was very impressed by her classical looks. She fulfills all my fantasies for classic Chinese women’s talents. What’s more, she always appears so calm throughout the show, which is very unusual for her age.”
As the old saying goes, “One who is filled with knowledge always behaves with elegance.” “Learning poems isn’t about winning or losing. The power of poetry lies in shaping one’s view of life and developing one’s inner world,” said Li Bo, an expert guest at the Chinese Poetry Competition’s second season.
When it comes to teaching people about poetry, Li Dingguang, the show’s academic advisor, suggested that teachers should explain more about the beauty of the poetry from both the aesthetic (审美的) and emotional sides, and guide the students to lose themselves in the poems’ rhythmic (有节奏的) and rhyming lines.
“Although the amount of ancient Chinese poetry in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools has increased, many students still learn them for exams,” Li Dingguang told China.org.cn. “Therefore, it’s important to help students truly appreciate the artistry and fun of poetry. ”
1.What’s one of the purposes of the TV show Chinese Poetry Competition?
A. To entertain people by enjoying Chinese poems.
B. To see who can recite the most classic Chinese poems.
C. To fulfill people’s fantasies for Chinese women’s talents.
D. To make more people interested in classic Chinese poetry.
2.From Paragraphs 3 and 4, what can we infer about Wu Yishu?
A. She is a talented and elegant Chinese teenager.
B. She has learned a large amount of poetry from textbooks.
C. She is always calm in the show like other competitors of her age.
D. She amazed the audience with the lines from the Classic of Poetry in the finale.
3.According to Li Bo, why do people learn poetry?
A. To get good marks in examinations.
B. To help build up their inner world.
C. To win the Chinese Poetry Competition.
D. To appreciate the beauty of rhythm and rhyme.
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From the end of next year, all shops, market stalls and takeaways in Wales will be obliged to charge up to 15p each for plastic or paper bags. Wales is to become the first part of Britain to ban free carrier bags after deciding that efforts by supermarkets to cut waste have proved ineffective.
Jane Davidson, the Welsh Environment Minister, said that the revenue(收入) would go to a new independent body, which would spend the money on local environmental projects. She admitted that a small number of people might switch to shops in England, where there are no plans to charge for carrier bags. She said that tough action was necessary. Ms Davidson, a Labor member of the Welsh Assembly’s ruling Labor-Plaid Cymrucoalition, hopes the ban will embarrass her counterparts(对应的人) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland into similar action.
Wales is planning to use a little-known clause(条款) in last year’s Climate Change Act, which enables the government to outlaw free bags. Ms. Davidson said: “We want to encourage people to think about what they do. All the other ministers are still signed up to the voluntary agenda. You will see a different message from me.”
Last week the media revealed that Tesco had published misleading figures giving the impression that it had met a voluntary target to halve the use of plastic bags in three years. Seven supermarket chains reported last month that the total number of free bags they had issued had fallen by 48 percent to 450 million a month in the three years to last May. The figures masked that Marks & Spencer, the only chain to charge for bags, had made much faster progress than its rivals. It cut bag use by 83 percent after introducing a 5p charge last year. Ms. Davidson said that banning free bags would encourage a wider shift to a less wasteful society. She was considering a charge of between 5p and 15p, but indicated that she favored the upper end of the range.
1.Which city is the first part of Britain to ban free carrier bags? _______
A. Wales B. England
C. Scotland D. Northern Ireland
2.A certain amount of purchase will take place in England because_____________.
A. the carrier bags are cheaper there B. the goods there are free
C. the goods there are cheaper D. the carrier bags are free there
3.The government cited a little-known clause in last year’s Climate Change Act for the purpose of _________.
A. arousing public’s sense of reducing waste B. reducing the customers’ resistance
C. promoting charging bags with legal means D. enabling supermarket to cut waste
4.According to Ms. Davidson, she preferred a free bag’s charge to be ________.
A. 5p B. 15p
C. between 5p and 15p D. above 15p
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Shark nets in place across Australia, specifically in New South Wales(NSW) and Queensland,to protect beachgoers should be dropped as they have caused more harm than good, a study has found.
The measures was carried out by some governments, including nets and traditional drum lines , and provided beachgoers with a false sense of safety. The study found the effectiveness if nets was difficult ti evaluate, while the significant damage they cause to other marine(海生的)wildlife was clear. Researches desire for non-deadly shark control measures such as eco barriers, sonar(声呐)technology , and various shark-spotting techniques.
Researchers said while the risk coming across a shark was rare, any shark-related deaths and injuries caught huge public and media attention.
One of the arguments in support of using shark nets is that just one shark-related death has been reported in Queensland since the 1960s. Similarly, since the 1930s, NSW has had only one shark-related death. But there have been at least 13 people killed by sharks at beaches without nets in the NSW north coast over the past two years.
The Human Society International’ head of campaigns, Nicola Beynon, said the government needed to move away from outdated methods.Deadly shark nets and drum lines are more than 50 years behind scientific and animal welfare standards for dealing with marine wildlife,” said Beynon.
The NSW Greens’ marine spokesman, Justin Field,said, People are 100 times more likely to drown at the beach than to be killed by a shark in Australia. Therefore, millions of dollars going into the shark net program should be directed to observation towers for our lifeguards and improving the beach devices.”
1.Which of the following do researchers focus on?
A. Beachgoers’ safety. B. The shark-related death rate.
C. Friendly shark control ways. D. Advanced shark-spotting techniques
2.What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. Shark-related deaths. B. Measures to protect sharks.
C. Reasons of using shark nets. D. Dangers for beachgoers
3.What do Nicola Beynon and Justin Field have in common?
A. Science os developing too fast B. Observation towers need rebuilding
C. Many people are drown every year. D. No shark nets are to be used.
4.What can be the best title for the next?
A. Are shark nets necessary? B. A new study on sea animals
C. Shark net programs D. Effective ways if avoiding sharks
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
The following "green" hotels from across the world offer guests an eco-friendly and world-class holiday experience.
Hi Hotel, Nice, France
Offering a private beach and rooftop pool, the Hi Hotel Eco Spa Beach has received Green Globe certification for using recycled paper, organic(有机的)paint, eco-friendly cleaning products and organic food.
Garonga Safari Camp, Phalaborwa, South Africa
A high-class 12-bed camp in South Africa, the hotel supports the local community. Locals are offered employment opportunities, with potential for career development, while food and goods are sourced locally where possible. Additionally, guests are invited to offset their carbon footprint by helping with the planting and growing of Spesbok Trees in the Eastern Cape.
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa, Maldives
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa combines environment and modern design to offer guests the luxurious experience. Various parts of the hotel are built over the water in the Indian Ocean in order to reduce interference(干扰)with the natural environment.
The Park Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Located within a 10-minute car ride from the centre of Hyderabad. The Park Hyderaba's exterior(外部)makes full use of natural light, reducing the need for electricity. Green transportation, bikes and electric cars, is encouraged.
Spice Island Beach Resort, St. George's,Grenada
Owned and run by Sir Royston Hopkin and his family, Spice Island Beach Resort is a luxurious destination for guests hoping to bathe in the natural beauty of the Isle of Spice. It uses solar heating and all forms of energy conservation. Smoking of any kind is forbidden in the areas or the hotel.
1.What's special about Hi Hotel?
A.It puts a ban on cars.
B.It provides green food.
C.It encourages guests to plant trees.
D.It offers employment opportunities to the locals.
2.How does Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa protect the environment?
A.It is partly built over the sea. B.It has simply-decorated rooms.
C.It makes full use of natural light. D.It uses eco-friendly cleaning products.
3.Which hotel bans smoking?
A.Hi Hotel. B.The Park Hyderabad.
C.Garonga Safari Camp. D.Spice Island Beach Resort.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Schools across the country are turning green. So-called green schools are built from recycled and environmentally friendly materials. They are designed to use less energy than traditional school buildings. In the next few years, Southern California alone plans to open 150 green schools. Studies have shown that there are good reasons to go green, including good air quality that cuts down on asthma(哮喘)attacks and airborne germs that can cause illnesses. Students learn better in classrooms that have natural light and ideal temperatures. Green schools have lower energy bills. Go On, Get Green
Here’s how to save energy and help the environment.
Light Savers
Turn off the lights in a room when it is not in use. This bright idea can produce big savings on energy costs. Some schools use sensors that automatically shut off the lights when there is no motion in a room.
Heat Smart
Your school’s thermostat(温度调节器)should be set to 78℃in warm weather and 68℃in cooler weather. The temperature can be even farther from the comfort zone at night and on weekends, when no one is using the school building.
Reuse, Recycle
Reuse paper, cans, bottles and batteries. Use both sides of notebook paper. Carry a lunch box rather than a paper bag. Recycle whatever you can reuse.
Don’t Drip(滴水)
Leaky taps can waste large amounts of water. A small, steady flow can add up to hundreds of gallons a year. Report drips if you see them.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Green Schools. | B.Reusing and Recycling. | C.Light Savers. | D.No Dripping. |
2.Some schools are called green schools because ______.
A.they are built from new materials | B.they are painted green | C.there are more trees in these schools | D.they are built from recycled materials |
3.All of the following are advantages of a green school EXCEPT __________.
A.the air quality of the school is great | B.the temperature is comfortable | C.the school has lower energy bills than a traditional school | D.it is more beautiful than a traditional school |
4.In a green school, students will ________.
A.use both sides of their notebook paper | B.not use lights at all | C.use paper bags to carry food | D.get sick more easily |
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
The other day I came across an Instagram post from my friend and colleague Danielle. It was a photo of a review of Danielle s recent photography exhibit. The review was positive, but also critical. That’s why Danielle posted it. She was proud of her work, no matter what her critics thought.
I was shocked by the post- -- it was one of the most honest things I've ever seen on social media! Usually when I scroll (滚读) through Facebook or Instagram, everything I see is perfect. Perfect vacations, perfect babies, perfect birthday cakes…
I' m guilty of it too. I only post photos of happy stuff. If someone saw my Instagram, they’d probably think, “Wow, this girl doesn’t have a care in the world.... and also she must really, really love ice cream.”
Danielle s post didn’t show a perfect world. And yet that didn’t make me think less of her. Quite the opposite, I respected her even more as an artist. That got me thinking. Maybe social media could be more meaningful if we showed off our mistakes or our struggles. And not a world where everything’s perfect, ice cream never melts and the lighting s always just right.
I’m going to try it out. Start with this blog post, which I’ll share on social media. I’ve included a photo here. It’s about a story I worked on for Guideposts magazine. See all those cross- outs and rewrites? That’s just the first of five pages of edit after edit from Guideposts editor- in-chief Edward Grinnan.
I remember the horrible day it happened like it was yesterday. I admit that I wept some tears over it. I considered giving up writing for a career. Eventually, though, I faced the music. I talked to Edward and asked him to explain the edits in detail so I could do better next time. The whole situation was rough. But, looking back now, it was a great learning experience.
1.Why was the author surprised at Danielle' s post?
A.It showed a perfect exhibit
B.It showed a beautiful photo
C.It included a strange picture
D.It included an objective review
2.What was the influence of Danielle s post on the author?
A.She realized the world is not perfect.
B.She was no longer afraid of mi stakes.
C.She stopped posting ice cream photos.
D.She began changing her posting habit.
3.What is the author's newly- posted photo about?
A.Her artworks B.Her happy times
C.Her failures as a writer D.Her favorite magazines
4.Which can replace the underlined part faced the music in the last paragraph?
A.Listened to music B.Stuck to my opinions
C.Accepted the criticisms D.Played a piece of music.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
My family and I lived across the street from Southway Park since I was four years old. Then just last year the city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing(用推土机推平)the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complex. When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself,“Why don't they just leave it alone?”
Looking back, I think what sentenced the park to oblivion(被遗忘)was the drought(旱灾)we had about four years ago. Up until then, Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool. My friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the trees, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up. The park was almost like my own yard. Then the summer I was fifteen the drought came and things changed.
There had been almost no rain at all that year. The city stopped watering the park grass. Within a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert. Leaves fell off the park trees, and pretty soon the trees started dying, too. Next, the park swimming pool was closed. The city cut down on the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymore.
As the drought lasted into the fall, the park got worse every month. The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass. Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down on their luck. People said drugs were being sold or traded there now. The park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there anymore.
The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal, that is, everything but the park. It had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that way. Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going to“redevelop”certain wornout areas of the city. It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.
The chainlink fencing and the bulldozers did their work. Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildings. Each of them is three units high and stretches a block in each direction. The neighborhood has changed without the park. The streets I used to play in are jammed with cars now. Things will never be the same again. Sometimes_I_wonder,_though,_what_changes_another_drought_would_make_in_the_way_things_are_today.
1.How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers?
A.Scared. | B.Confused. |
C.upset. | D.Curious. |
2.Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?
A.It was being rebuilt. |
B.It was dangerous. |
C.It became crowded. |
D.It had turned into a desert. |
3.According to the writer, what eventually brought about the disappearance of the park?
A.The drought. |
B.The crime. |
C.The beggars and the rubbish. |
D.The decisions of the city. |
4.The last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came,________.
A.the situation would be much worse |
B.people would have to desert their homes |
C.the city would be fully prepared in advance |
D.the city would have to redevelop the neighborhood |
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Cedar, a third-generation beekeeper from the countryside of New South Wales, Australia, says that he was inspired to try and design a simply hive (蜂箱)after his brother was stung (蛰)during one of their honey-gathering tasks.
The young guy knew that there must be a clever way to gather honey without having to wear protective suits, open the hive, and disturb the little bees. After several years. Cedar and his father Stuart finally perfected their invention—the Flow Hive, which can save beekeepers hours of work simply by channeling all of its honey into a tap that can be turned on and off at will.
Four years after their initial success, the Flow Hive has had a big influence on honeybee populations around the world. The father and his son say that they have successfully shipped over 51,000 hives to 150 different countries. Since they introduced the hive in 2015, the number of beekeeper in the US alone has increased by over 10%.
Their success is particularly significant since honeybee populations have been steadily decreasing as a result of habitat loss. That's why now Stuart and Cedar Anderson are donating their hive earnings to international honeybee advocacy groups.
“We’re proud to have donated 100% of profits from the sale of our Flow Pollinator (传粉昆虫)House to nine local pollinator projects in Australia and the US that are at work protecting wild habitats all around the world," said the Anderson in a statement. "Pollinators need large areas of habitat to grow healthily—the more we can do to conserve native habitats, the more opportunities these tiny environmental champions will have to do their important work."
1.What can we learn about Cedar?
A.He is often hurt by honeybees.
B.He knows a lot about beekeeping.
C.He is from a big city in Australia.
D.He dislikes working with his brother
2.Which of the following best describes the Flow Hive?
A.It simplifies the honey-gathering process.
B.h can help bees produce more honey.
C.It can improve the quality of honey.
D.It is friendly to the environment.
3.Why do the Andersons make donations?
A.To build more Flow Hives.
B.To protect bees' habitats.
C.To protect the environment.
D.To help the poor in Australia.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.True Facts About Honeybees
B.The Growth of a Beekeeper
C."Honey on Tap'' Beehive
D.The Cost of Beekeeping
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析