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高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Wanda Butts dropped the phone and screamed when she heard the news that her son was dead.

Josh had drowned (溺亡) while sailing on a lake with friends. The 16-year-old didn’t know how to swim, and he wasn’t wearing a life jacket.

Josh was not alone in the black community. According to USA Swimming, 70% of African-American children cannot swim. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention African-American children between the ages of 5 and 14 are three times more likely to drown than white children in the same age range.

In 2007, Butts started the Josh Project, non- profit that provides low-cost swimming lessons for children in Toledo, Ohio. The swimming lessons take place at a local high school over four Saturdays for a total cost of $10.

To date, the Josh Project has helped more than 1,000 children learn how to swim.

“The public pools near our home were closed, and other places were not affordable,” said Lisa Haynes, whose 14-year-old son, Joshua, is one of 60-plus students in the Josh Project this summer.

“I am less worried if Joshua is near water because he has the basics of how to swim,” Haynes said. “And we’re thankful for that.”

Butts is doing much more however, than just providing swimming lessons.

“She ups the awareness,” said Shaun Anderson, swimming coach who was so inspired by her story that he created a Josh Project swimming program at Norfolk State University. “Once these communities learn how to swim, they will pass it down, which results in future generations( that know how to swim.”

Butts said she has two wishes for the future: One is to change the drowning numbers of African-American children, and the other is to have a swimming center where the children can swim daily instead of just once a week.

1.What led to Josh’s drowning?

A.He was poor in boating skills. B.He gave his life jacket to a friend.

C.He was never taught swimming skills. D.He was careless when swimming in the lake.

2.Why did the author list the numbers in Paragraph 3?

A.To show children under 14 are more likely to drown.

B.To argue children should learn swimming at a very young age.

C.To show many African-American children lack swimming skills.

D.To introduce the difference between African-American and white children.

3.What can we lean about the Josh Project?

A.It has its own swimming pools. B.It provides lessons only in summer.

C.It serves children aged from 5 to 14. D.Its swimming lessons take place once a week.

4.What did Lisa Haynes think of the swimming lessons the Josh Project provides?

A.Expensive. B.Helpful. C.Interesting. D.Difficult.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

_____the girl could rush out of the house, the roof fell upon her.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Annalisee Brasil, a 14-year-old girl, is one of the brightest kids of her generation. When Annalisee was 3, her mother Angi noticed that she was stringing together word cards into correct sentences. After the girl turned 6, her mother took her for an IQ text. Her IQ is above 145, placing the girl in the top 0.1% of the population. Annalisee should be the star pupil at school. She is witty and pretty, and it’s easy to imagine she would get along well at school. But Annalisee’s parents couldn’t find a school willing to take their daughter. So her mother homeschooled Annalisee.

But Angi felt something was missing in her daughter’s life. Annalisee didn’t have a rich social network of other kids. She had trouble getting along with others. She described herself as a “perfectionist” and said other students sometimes were jealous of her.

What’s needed is a new model for gifted education. That’s the idea behind the Davidson Academy of Nevada. At the academy, all the kids are skipping ahead quickly. However, the academy’s most important gift to its students is social, not academic. One of the main functions of the school is to provide a good social setting for the highly gifted.

Last year the school enrolled Annalisee, which has been good for her. She has made friends at the academy. She has also developed an interest in calculus(微积分) and biochemistry(生物化学). Socially, Annalisee is finally learning to get along with others. “It’s been interesting having to deal with that and getting used to the judgments of other kinds,” she said. “We get into arguments a lot, because we’re all really smart people with opinions, and it doesn’t always turn out that great. Sometimes I take things a little too personally.”

What is the passage mainly about?

Annalisee Brasil——the star pupil at school.

A smart girl who entered a proper school and benefited from gifted education.

A smart girl who had trouble getting along with others.

A girl who was too smart to find a suitable school.

1.The word “perfectionist” in paragraph two probably means a person who _________.

A．is smarter than others

B．is always favored by teachers

C．can do everything well and has strong demands

D．is accepted by others as a good leader

2.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．At the age of 3, Annalisee took an IQ test, in which she scored above 145.

B．Finding no school willing to take Annalisee, her father had to homschool her.

C．The Davidson Academy of Nevada emphasizes social gift more than academic gift.

D．After being enrolled by the academy, Annalisee enjoyed her school life without ant argument with her classmates.

3.What can you infer from the passage?

A．Annalisee has realized her problem and is gradually changing her attitude towards others.

B．One of the main functions of the gifted education is to provide a good social setting for the highly gifted.

C．Without the academy, Annalisee couldn’t have learnt so much.

D． Like Annalisee, many other smart kids also have the similar trouble.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The warm-hearted neighbor ________take care of the little girl when her parents were on business, and they appreciated it very much.

A. should    B. could            C. would       D. might

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

1.The girl was a_________ by a kind family at the age of four when her parents died.

2.The ________(名声)of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection.

3.We can be f__________ about your starting date, for it hasn’t been fixed yet.

4.I need to e_________ this blouse for a bigger size. It is too tight for me.

5.The scientists’ inventions have made great _________(贡献) to our society.

6.For _______(方便), it is divided roughly into three zones.

7.You don’t sound very ______ (热情的) about his suggestion of going for a picnic this weekend.

8.The mayor has ________ (安排) for a car to pick you up at the airport.

9.He was accused of murdering the woman, and finally he was proved g______ and put to prison.

10.Shyness is supposed to be a _________(障碍) to communication.

高二英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析

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第二节背诵考查（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

She screamed ，__1___(push) him and ran to her room __2___ the rest of the day.

The women were impressed by the delicious c____3____. Just before they left , Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome __4___  Tony. What a sweet victory ___5_____(envy) by those women.

The company was pleased __6___ Tony’s report on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected __7___   human being from harm .He had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of ___8__ (fail).He had opened the curtains that night __9___ that the other women would see him and  Claire ,__10____(know)that there was no risk to Claire’s marriage .

高二英语其他题简单题查看答案及解析

What she is addicted _____ her feel better temporarily and reduces the pain of separation.

A．to making         B．makes            C．to makes          D．to make

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was a shock and a painful lesson for many people when the police announced the cause of a bus accident in Chongqing on Oct 28. Video footage (片段) from inside the bus suggested that after a passenger missed her stop and asked the driver to stop, but he refused. She began hitting him over the head with her cell phone. During the conflict, the driver lost control of the bus and it jumped into the Yangtze River, causing 15 deaths.

Zheng Chuankai, a lawyer in Beijing, said the accident showed that it was important that those who cause danger to public safety face severe punishment. Such attacks are inhuman but common. In fact, it is not rare to hear of passengers attacking bus drivers in China. This month, a local court in Shenyang, Liaoning province, sentenced three people to up to three years in prison for endangering public safety by distracting bus drivers, Xinhua reported. “Passengers who interfere (妨碍) with bus drivers are endangering public safety, which is equal to serious crimes like arson (纵火) and poisoning.” Liu Changsong，a Beijing lawyer, told the Global Times.

To prevent similar cases from happening, many Chinese cities have taken measures to keep bus drivers safe. Dozens of cities including Beijing, Xi’an, Wuhan, Changsha and Nanning have plans to add safety fences to buses to protect drivers from any interference by passengers.

The bus operator in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, has invited psychologists to teach drivers how to manage their emotions when facing an angry passenger. These measures are necessary, but they are not enough.

“Public security is closely connected with social morality (道德). People should obey the law, be more self-disciplined and sensible.”

Many countries have introduced measures to deal with the problem of violence against bus drivers. On every bus in the US state of New Jersey, a sign on the back of the driver’s seat warns passengers that anyone attacking a driver can be fined or put into prison.

In London, the local government has launched a program to train drivers to deal with angry passengers and avoid potential conflicts.

1.How did the police find out the cause of the accident?

A. From the witnesses to the accident.　　 B. From the recorded video in the bus.

C. From the survivals of the accident.　　 D. From the police’s reasoning.

2.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A. Interfering public safety is a serious crime.

B. Being a bus driver is a dangerous job.

C. Arson and poisoning are very common in the society.

D. It’s important to know how to protect a bus driver.

3.What’s the author’s attitude towards training drivers to avoid conflicts with passengers?

A. Supportive.　　 B. Doubtful.

C. Opposed.　　 D. Uncaring.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. A Terrible Traffic Accident.

B. A Bus Jumping into the Yangtze River.

C. Keeping Away from the Dangerous Bus.

D. Attack on Bus Driver Brings Safety Review.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

What she is addicted ________ her feel better temporarily and reduces the pain of separation.

A. to making　 　　 B. makes　 　　 C. to makes 　　 D. to make

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析