When I was about 10, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, "You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody you know without opening your mouth to speak, because even a dog can wag its tail when it passes you on the street. "That sentence sounds simple but it made me become who I am.
At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the cafe and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no matter how humble(低微的)they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.
I've become vice-president, but that hasn't changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.
The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.
1.What is the best title for this passage?
A. The power of being talkative
B. My mother's influence on me
C. The power of saying hello
D. My way to become vice-president
2. It is implied in the first paragraph that .
A. the writer didn't like Mr. Lee
B. the writer didn't say hello to Mr. Lee on that occasion
C. the writer didn't get along well with his mother
D. the writer's mother stopped to say hello to everyone she met
3. What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A. The writer didn't say hello to everyone in the company.
B. The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company.
C. The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him.
D. The president of the company actually didn't like the writer at all.
4.For the writer, saying hello to others .
A. is a way to get what he wants
B. has become a habit and a way of life
C. is a way to show respect for his mother
D. is important in making him remembered
5.According to Paragraph 3, in the writer’s opinion, speaking to others can .
A. make our world much better
B. make people much happier every day
C. help people understand each other better
D. help people work much better
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
When I was about 10, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, "You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody you know without opening your mouth to speak, because even a dog can wag its tail when it passes you on the street. "That sentence sounds simple but it made me become who I am.
At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the cafe and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no matter how humble(低微的)they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.
I've become vice-president, but that hasn't changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.
The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.
1.What is the best title for this passage?
A. The power of being talkative
B. My mother's influence on me
C. The power of saying hello
D. My way to become vice-president
2. It is implied in the first paragraph that .
A. the writer didn't like Mr. Lee
B. the writer didn't say hello to Mr. Lee on that occasion
C. the writer didn't get along well with his mother
D. the writer's mother stopped to say hello to everyone she met
3. What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A. The writer didn't say hello to everyone in the company.
B. The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company.
C. The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him.
D. The president of the company actually didn't like the writer at all.
4.For the writer, saying hello to others .
A. is a way to get what he wants
B. has become a habit and a way of life
C. is a way to show respect for his mother
D. is important in making him remembered
5.According to Paragraph 3, in the writer’s opinion, speaking to others can .
A. make our world much better
B. make people much happier every day
C. help people understand each other better
D. help people work much better
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One day I was walking home along the street with my iPad on,when suddenly my headphones(耳机)were knocked off my head and a man threw his arm around my neck,saying“Just be quiet.” I was being attacked,and this man's arm was gripping(紧夹)onto me!I started screaming and tried to pull him off me, but failed. He was forcing me to walk towards the back of an auto repair shop and he just kept saying“Be quiet.”
My mind froze with fear. Then I heard my great-grandmother’s voice in my head. She was saying“Come on now. I know you are stronger than that!” She was the rock in our family until she died four years ago.
I have never had any self-defense(自卫)training, but I went for it--I let out a loud scream as I kicked my leg back into his shin(胫骨)!He let go of me(放开我) and I ran off. When I looked back to see if he was running after me,I saw he was running in the opposite direction. Then I ran like crazy to a nearby store.
I asked the girl at the counter for the phone and called my mom. She picked me up five minutes later and I explained what happened through sobs(抽泣).“I am calling the police!” She exclaimed. When we got home,two officers were waiting for us and I told them what had happened.
After my experience,I was afraid to do anything. Things slowly got better,but I still don’t like anyone going near my neck.
The fear isn’t totally gone-after all; the guy is still out there somewhere. But I had a new understanding of my own strength. I never expected to be able to fight off an attacker. I am stronger than I realized.
1.How did the author get rid of the man?
A. She used all her strength to pull him off her.
B. Her loud scream scared the attacker and people came to help.
C. Her great-grandmother’s words gave her the strength to defend herself.
D. Her great-grandmother came and helped.
2.After the author escaped from the man,_________.
A. she screamed to get more attention
B. she looked back to remember his appearance
C. she called the police
D. she called her mother
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The attack made the author more confident in a way.
B. The author suddenly remembered some self-defense movements.
C. The author was so frightened that she did nothing to fight back.
D. The accident left no influence on the author now.
4.What might be the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To warn teenagers of possible dangers on the way to school.
B. To show how brave she was while she was being attacked at that time.
C. To share her experience and tell us that we are perhaps not as weak as we thought we were.
D. To show the importance of self-defense training.
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I happened to be walking along the city street when I set my sight on a bakery, where a man with a tall hat is making 1.cake, so I stopped 2. (watch) how it was made. After watching it for several times for the next few3. (day), I decided to make one myself. With everything I needed 4. (prepare), I began to carry out the whole process 5. the help of the instruction book without 6. (interrupt). After three times of failure, I finally made it and couldn’t be more 7. (excite).
From this experience, 8.I have learnt is that as long as you try, God will always be on your side; on the contrary, if you just do things halfway, only 9. (leave) the rest unfinished, the regrets will 10. (definite) come after you.
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I was walking down the road one day when my cellphone rang. I heard a little girl on the other end 36 ,“Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” Because I just have a little 37 , I knew it was a wrong number. So I rudely 38 “you’ve dialed the wrong number!”and then 39 .
During the following days, I got the same call 40 .But I didn’t care much about it.
Then one day she continually called me, 41 I didn’t answer. In the end, I answered the phone and heard a torpid(有气无力的) voice, “ Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad , I m 42 so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take 43 of me. But, Dad ,please 44 me again, OK?” The kind of 45 was difficult to reject. I made a loud kiss on the phone and heard the 46 voice say, “Thank you … Dad , I am so … happy… ”
Shortly after this, I became 47 about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have 48 you. My daughter has suffered from bone cancer 49 she was born. And her father … died in a(n) 50 last week. I 51 not tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t 52 the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always 53 her. I really couldn’t bear it, so I gave her a random(任意的)phone number …”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t 54 to ask.
“She has 55 . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile,” she said, “and I am glad that she gets rid of the pain and stays with her father forever.”
I couldn’t keep my tears back.
1.A .shout B. cry C. scream D. call.
2. A .money B. time C. son D. daughter
3. A .replied B. returned C. announced D. questioned
4. A .hung on B. held on C. held up D. hung up
5.A .from then on B. now and then C. more or less D. for the moment
6.A .even if B. as if C. in case D. now that
7.A .of B. on C. in D. at
8.A .charge B. control C. notice D. care
9.A .hug B. kiss C. love D. see
10. A .demand B. command C. request D. action.
11.A .sweet B. deep C. loud D. weak
12.A .curious B. interested C. content D. amazed
13.A .confused B. bothered C. displeased D. sought
14. A .until B. when C. while D. since
15.A .matter B. event C. accident D. affair
16.A .must B. dare C. need D. should
17.A .tolerate B. undertake C. calm D. master
18.A .encouraged B. persuaded C. excited D. delighted
19.A .stop B. help C. wait D. keep
20.A .recovered B. missed C. lost D. gone
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I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang. A little girl’s voice on the other end , “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” Instinctively(本能地), I knew it was a(n) number, so I rudely , “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then .
During the following days, I got the same call . But I didn’t care much about it. Then one day she constantly called me, I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a torpid (有气无力的) voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so pain! Mom said you were too busy to take of me. But, dad, please me again, OK?” The innocent was difficult to reject. I made a loud kiss on the phone and heard the voice say, “Thank you ... Dad, I am so ... happy, so ... happy ...”
Shortly after this, I became about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have you. My daughter has suffered from bone cancer she was born. And her father died in an a short while ago. I not tell her this news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t with the painful chemotherapy (化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always her, so I gave her a random (任意的) number...”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.
“She has . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone ...”
Tears filled my eyes. Little help may make big effect.
1.A. shouted B. cried C. screamed D. called
2.A. unfit B. unfriendly C. wrong D. false
3.A. replied B. responded C. reflected D. reacted
4.A. hung on B. held on C. held up D. hung up
5.A. from then on B. now and then C. right away D. at once
6.A. even if B. as if C. so D. because
7.A. few B. little C. much D. many
8.A. charge B. control C. notice D. care
9.A. hug B. kiss C. touch D. pat
10.A. demand B. command C. request D. require
11.A. low B. deep C. soft D. weak
12.A. curious B. interested C. surprised D. amazed
13.A. confused B. bothered C. displeased D. upset
14.A. until B. when C. while D. since
15.A. incident B. event C. accident D. affair
16.A. must B. dare C. need D. should
17.A. put up B. come up C. bear D. stand
18.A. encouraged B. comforted C. persuaded D. beaten
19.A. room B. QQ C. phone D. house
20.A. gone by B. passed by C. passed D. gone
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I was telling about my exciting travels when he _________ with a story of his own.
A.broke down | B.broke out | C.broke in | D.broke up |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
You are walking down the street, minding your own business when you see a snowball. No big deal, right? Except the snowball is as tall as you are. And weighs about a ton. Did we mention that it is June?
That’s the experience thousand of Londoners had when they crossed paths with “ Snowball in Summer,” Goldsworthy makes sculpture (雕塑)from all sorts of things he finds outside – leaves, earth, and rocks, as well as ice and snow. He wanted to find out how busy people would react to an unexpected snowball melting in their midst.
During the winter of 2008, he rolled 13 giant snowballs near his home in Scotland. He filled each one with a surprise in the center – such as berries, feathers, little stones or sheep’s wool – which would appear as the snow melted. The finished snowballs were stored in a deep freeze until summer, then transported to London in refrigerated trucks. At midnight on June 21, 2008, while the city slept, Goldsworthy and his helpers rolled their snowballs into place.
People walking to work or school must have thought the sky was falling when they stumbled across snowballs the size of baby elephants. Some of them had never even seen snow in real life, and they couldn’t help touching them in great surprise. As the snow started to melt, things got even more interesting. The perfectly round snowballs took on different shapes as the stuff inside began to poke through. Two days later, most of Goldsworthy’s snowballs were gone, and their fillings scattered. But Londoners were left with a really good story about that odd summer day when the snowball came.
1.What is really special about the snowballs is that ______________________.
A. they lie in the street
B. they are in the shape of baby elephants.
C. they have berries, feathers, little stones and feathers in them.
D. they appear in June.
2. What was the purpose of Goldsworthy in making the snowballs?
A. To find out people’s reactions to them
B. To call up people’s memory of the cold winter.
C. To show off his skills in sculpture.
D. To let people experience the cold winter.
3. Why did Goldsworthy and his helpers roll their snowballs into place at mid-night?
A. They didn’t want to disturb other people.
B. It was quite at that time.
C. They wanted to avoid the traffic jam.
D, They wanted to give people a surprise.
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There was once a young man walking down the streets of Rome, from one end of the city to the other, on his way to visit a relative. While walking, he happened to a beautifully impressive church and heard sounds coming from the building. They sounded like a lot of pounding(冲击).
Deciding to satisfy his , he approached the building, opened the heavy door and looked inside the church. Well , all he could was an old man in front of a big piece of marble , the marble with a chisel(凿子) and hammer.
“Well , it must be something very ,” the young man probably thought to himself, “ he doesn’t even notice me.” He then left the church and continued with his .
Several days later, he returned on the same . It seemed that the old man was still going at it, so he decided to ask him what he was doing.
He again went to the door, opened it and looked inside. To his , there was a big statue of an angel with wings spreading out wide open, light on it through the stained glass windows, and it the front of the church.
He could not help it but the next moment he was right next to the old man, his jaw hanging wide open. He with absolute amazement and a puzzled look on his face. He just could not understand how the old man knew that there was an angel in that piece of and he could not help but him, “Sir , how did you know that there was an in that piece of marble?”
The old man and replied, “Son, there is an angel in every one of us. All we need to do is to take a hammer and a chisel and chip away at all those little piece that do not look like an angel.”
1.A. enter B. build C. pass D. visit
2.A. loud B. noisy C. pleasant D. rough
3.A. relative B. curiosity C. owner D. wife
4.A. hear B. see C. feel D. smell
5.A. wiping B. cutting C. taking D. turning
6.A. mysterious B. optimistic C. important D. strange
7.A. because B. although C. unless D. if
8.A. thought B. work C. journey D. pray
9.A. route B. square C. business D. time
10.A. usually B. secretly C. really D. absolutely
11.A. disappointment B. amazement C. relief D. joy
12.A. sitting B. kneeling C. lying D. standing
13.A. shining B. bathing C. throwing D. looking
14.A. decorate B. exposed C. shaded D. beautified
15.A. for B. at C. with D. in
16.A. shared B. wondered C. frowned D. noticed
17.A. stone B. clay C. marble D. wood
18.A. challenge B. ask C. praise D. question
19.A. admire B. inventor C. eagle D. angel
20.A. sat down B. turned around C. looked up D. came out
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When walking down the street, I came across David, whom I _____ for years.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen
C. hadn’t seen D. wouldn’t see
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
One day a man was walking in the street when he met a penguin (企鹅).It was a handsome and very brave bird. It seemed to take an immediate liking to the man, because it walked up to him and then followed him wherever he went.This was funny for a while but in the end became rather embarrassing(尴尬的).
“Go away, you silly bird, ’’the man said to the penguin, but the bird ignored him. It simply would not leave him alone.Wherever he went, the bird went too. At last, in desperation (绝望) the man walked into a police station.“Excuse me, officer.” he said. “I need some advice. I met this penguin in the street and I don’t know what to do with it.”
A bored policeman looked up from what he was writing and said, “Just take it to the zoo, sir.’’
“Oh,all right.’’said the man.
The next day the man was walking along the street, still accompanied (陪伴) by the penguin, when he met the policeman he’d spoken to the day before.The policeman was not pleased to see them.“I thought I advised you to take that animal to the zoo, ” he said.
“Well, yes, officer, you did.And I did take him to the zoo, ” the man explained. “And we had a great time. But we can’t go to the zoo every day.I thought today I'd take him to the movies.’’
1.Which of the following expressions can be used to describe the penguin?
A.Ugly looking. B.Beautiful in heart.
C.Silly in look. D.Friendly to human.
2.The man went into the police station to__________.
A.sell the bird to the police
B.get something to feed the bird
C.ask for advice about what to do with the penguin
D.ask the police to kill the bird
3.Which statement is true?
A.The penguin received a nice treat at the police station.
B.The policeman took the bird to the zoo.
C.The policeman who received the man was not patient with him.
D.The policeman felt sorry for not giving any help.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析