A new word duang is taking the Internet by storm in China - but no one knows quite what it means. The character “duang” is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blogging site Weibo, where it drew 312,000 discussions among 15,000 users. On China's biggest online search engine Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. It's been noticed in the West too, with Foreign Policy seeing it as a “break the Internet” viral meme - like a certain Kim Kardashian image, or a certain multicoloured dress.
But what does it mean? “Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like it's back to school for me,” said Weibo user Weileiweito. Another user asked: “Have you duanged today? My mind is full of duang duang duang.” “To duang or not to duang, that is the question,” wrote user BaiKut automan.
“Duang” seems to be an example of onomatopoeia, a word that phonetically imitates a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo advertisement where he said famously defended his smooth, black hair using the rhythmical-sounding “duang”. The word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to flood Chan's Weibo page with comments, making the word in reference to his infamous shampoo appearance.
The word appears to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect translation, but you could use it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it. A cat might be “duang cute”, for example. Or you might be “very duang confused” by this blog. For readers of Chinese characters, the Jackie Chan theme is also apparent from the strange way in which the word is written: a combination of Chan's names written in Chinese.
1.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Millions share new Chinese character
B. There are many great storms in China
C. The Internet has made out new words
D. Many try to find ways to stop wildfire
2.What is discussed in the second paragraph?
A. The doubt of the word.
B. The structure of the word
C. The meaning of the word
D. The root of the word
3.When Jackie Chan first said duang, he really wanted to _____.
A. create an important word
B. see his Weibo Page flooded
C. praise a kind of shampoo
D. play a Hong Kong action film
4.When duang is used as an adjective, it can be used to _____.
A. emphasize the word after it
B. make other people confused
C. combine the users’ names
D. open China’s micro-blogging
高二英语阅读理解简单题
A new word duang is taking the Internet by storm in China - but no one knows quite what it means. The character “duang” is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blogging site Weibo, where it drew 312,000 discussions among 15,000 users. On China's biggest online search engine Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. It's been noticed in the West too, with Foreign Policy seeing it as a “break the Internet” viral meme - like a certain Kim Kardashian image, or a certain multicoloured dress.
But what does it mean? “Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like it's back to school for me,” said Weibo user Weileiweito. Another user asked: “Have you duanged today? My mind is full of duang duang duang.” “To duang or not to duang, that is the question,” wrote user BaiKut automan.
“Duang” seems to be an example of onomatopoeia, a word that phonetically imitates a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo advertisement where he said famously defended his smooth, black hair using the rhythmical-sounding “duang”. The word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to flood Chan's Weibo page with comments, making the word in reference to his infamous shampoo appearance.
The word appears to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect translation, but you could use it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it. A cat might be “duang cute”, for example. Or you might be “very duang confused” by this blog. For readers of Chinese characters, the Jackie Chan theme is also apparent from the strange way in which the word is written: a combination of Chan's names written in Chinese.
1.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Millions share new Chinese character
B. There are many great storms in China
C. The Internet has made out new words
D. Many try to find ways to stop wildfire
2.What is discussed in the second paragraph?
A. The doubt of the word.
B. The structure of the word
C. The meaning of the word
D. The root of the word
3.When Jackie Chan first said duang, he really wanted to _____.
A. create an important word
B. see his Weibo Page flooded
C. praise a kind of shampoo
D. play a Hong Kong action film
4.When duang is used as an adjective, it can be used to _____.
A. emphasize the word after it
B. make other people confused
C. combine the users’ names
D. open China’s micro-blogging
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Designer Susan McLeary is taking the jewelry world by storm with her jewelry made from living plants. She uses real succulents（多肉植物）collected from her ____ to create wonderful headpiece, necklaces, rings bracelets, and other pieces of bio-jewelry that literally ____ on you.
Each piece from McLeary’s ____ can be worn for two to four weeks before the
plants begin to ____ in their metal base. When this happens, wearers can ____ remove the succulents from their metal base and re-pot them to keep in their homes. The jewelry bases can still be ____ as usual. If the pieces are worn for special ____ like weddings, the potted plants become all the more ____.
McLeary, who has worked with leading floral designers（花艺设计师）across the US, has spent years ____ her two loves — plants and jewelry — and ____ her own style. Before she was a florist, she made jewelry for friends. ____ one of her friend got married, she was asked to design some wedding flowers ____ some jewelry. As she had her friend’s flowers in her hands, she knew she had got her idea. She still loves ____ for weddings, but she has found that she enjoy creating floral wears and floral ____ even more.
She makes each piece by hand, and ____ she can pay careful attention to composition and color. Each jewelry piece is made with ____ sourced plants from a family owned greenhouse and jewelry bases ____ by other small businesses.
There is no doubt that the floral jewelry adds more fun and more ____ sights to there occasions. Of course, the wearers can also ____ their time by taking care of the plants on their metal base. McLeary’s beautiful designs are ____ on her Easy store, which ranges from $ 20 to $ 300.
1.A. greenhouse B. backyard C. store D. farm
2.A. carry B. stick C. grow D. lie
3.A. plan B. collection C. hobby D. shelf
4.A. hide B. return C. disappear D. fade
5.A. secretly B. quietly C. clearly D. simply
6.A. cleaned B. worn C. sold D. invented
7.A. occasions B. cases C. chances D. choices
8.A. famous B. popular C. perfect D. meaningful
9.A. promoting B. conducting C. combining D. improving
10.A. changing B. developing C. introducing D. advertising
11.A. Though B. When C. Since D. Because
12.A. in Addition to B. in terms of C. in spite of D. in relation
13.A. searching B. practicing C. designing D. purchasing
14.A. gifts B. pattern C. clothes D. jewelry
15.A. therefore B. however C. instead D. rather
16.A. usually B. commonly C. locally D. normally
17.A. offered B. thrown C. brought D. ordered
18.A. excellent B. crazy C. serious D. attractive
19.A. waste B. kill C. cost D. consume
20.A. convenient B. fresh C. available D. free
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
______a terrible storm would take place in Hainan.
A．Word came which B．Word came that
C．Word that came D．Words came that
高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
Look，heavy clouds are gathering.A terrible storm is________.
A. under way B. in the way
C. by the way D. in a way
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
An eight-year-old Arthur Gonzaga from Minas Gerais, Brazil has taken the Internet by a storm, as first reported by TheHuffingtonPost, with his online YouTube series videos “Arthur Gourmand”. And while it would not be a far stretch of the imagination to assume an 8-year-old’s cooking show would be filled with dishes like pizza and burgers, Arthur’s show actually features recipes like fruit salad a la créme de passion fruit and filet mignon (菲力牛排).
The idea to record Arthur’s cooking adventures on YouTube was rooted in the young chef’s leukemia diagnosis (白血病诊断) in August 2013.Treatment and recovery for the cancer left the young boy in the hospital for the second half of the year and Aruthur was even forced to spend Christmas Eve in the emergency room of So Paulo’s A.C. Camargo Cancer Center. That’s when his family—father Renato Gonzaga and stepmother Priscila Inserra—decided that Arthur should create something positive that would distract him from his health.
The videos, which are filmed in the kitchen of a friend of the family, are in Portuguese. They show Arthur walking the viewers through a step-by-step process of the entire recipe—from preparation to cooking. Occasionally, viewers can see Arthur’s father serving as his son’s sous chef, passing ingredients and following his lead.
Fluent in Portuguese or not, viewers can immediately notice Arthur’s optimistic and friendly personality. It is perhaps these qualities that have given the young rising Internet star almost 5,000 likes on his Facebook Fan Page. There are currently three videos on YouTube and according to his most recent Facebook post, the young boy will be taking suggestions for his next video.
Fortunately, according to what Inserra told TheHuffingtonPost, Arthur is responding well to his treatments and is on his path to recovery. “The secret of life is to let it take you, to have fun and to know how to turn lemons into lemonade (柠檬水),” wrote her family, fittingly, on their most recent Facebook post. Hats off to Arthur, who truly serves as a shining example of how to turn lemons into lemonade.
1.Arthur Gourmand is a name of .
A.the boy B.the boy’s illness
C.a newspaper D.the boy’s cooking show
2.Arthur performs his cooking show .
A.on the stage B.in his friend’s kitchen
C.in his own kitchen D.in the emergency room
3.The underlined phrase “sous chef” probably means .
A.a assistant of a chef B.a adviser of a chef
C.a companion of a chef D.a friend of a chef
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Arthur has finished all his videos.
B.Arthur doesn’t speak Portuguese fluently.
C.Arthur had to spend the New Year’s Eve in the hospital.
D.Arthur sets a good example to those with serious illness.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese, manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size.
Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U. S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping---big-box retailers(零售商)especially---in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive(广泛的) the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
1.Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in _________.
A. its big size B. its business-to-business service
C. its not charging small sellers D. its low price
2.We know from the passage that Alibaba___________.
A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites
B. Alibaba will continue to develop
C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site
D. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
C. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.
D. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Shopping online is TaoBao.
B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
C. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.
D. How the author purchases online in China.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
1.Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in ___________.
A. its big size
B. its business-to-business service
C. its not charging small sellers
D. its low price
2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?
A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites
B. Alibaba will continue to develop.
C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.
D. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
C. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.
D. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Shopping online is TaoBao.
B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
C. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.
D. How the author purchases online in China.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In China, traveling by train is a common way to visit new places and go back to one’s hometown during holidays. But in the US, traveling by train is almost an ancient tradition … although it wasn’t always that way.
The US railway system started to grow in 1826, with many railway 1. (company) starting up and competing with each other to build new railway routes. Trains became a symbol of progress, with New York City’s Grand Central Station becoming a major 2. (culture) landmark.
But eventually, railways 3. (replace) by highways as “car culture” took over the US. China would go on to adopt trains even more quickly and 4. (wide) than the US. China’s railway network connects the entire country, 5. (allow) people to travel with ease. This is especially obvious during Chunyun - when China’s train stations are crowded with thousands of people 6. are trying to get home.
I had never traveled by train until I 7. (move) to China. My first trip by train was 8. Beijing to Tianjin by high-speed train. It was 9. (amaze) how quickly I could get there - just half 10. hour.
高二英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析
阅读理解。
Alibaba started taking the lead in China by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商) with big buyers across the world.Its business-to-business site,Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything.Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to judge:size.Alibaba is just big,even by Chinese standards.Its market attracts 231 million active buyers,8 million sellers,11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman.It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life,take my experience.I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded,polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics,bathroom furnishings,and anything else my wife wanted.“You’re looking for what exactly?Why not try it?” my Chinese teacher asked me one day.With that,my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buying.Chinese retail(零售) buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit,and leading that group is Taobao,with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find.Tmall.com is Alibaba’s another big site,where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S.is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big-box retailers especially—in favour of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites.In smaller towns than Beijing,where big retailers have not yet traveled,shopping online is shopping,and shopping is Taobao.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is.Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping.I’m not even a big buyer,because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site.When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad,which helps me buy goods,I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
1.Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in .
A.its low price
B.its big size
C.its not charging small sellers
D.its business-to-business service
2.We know from the passage that Alibaba .
A.will continue to develop
B.charges all the sellers on its site a percentage of the sale
C.acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers
D.is of middle size among all the online sites
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail.
B.Tmall.com provides more profit than Taobao.
C.Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
D.The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Shopping online in China is Taobao.
B.How the author purchases online in China.
C.Shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
D.Alibaba influences people’s daily purchase in China.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The room is very large and only little room_______ by the new piano.
| A．are taken up | B．takes up | C．is taken up | D．is taking up |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析