About the year 1990, a small dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of theatres. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn’t get work and therefore wandered about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian in the world. Nearly all visitors to cinema must have seen some of Chaplin’s films. People everywhere had sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are almost silent. It isn’t what he says that makes people laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words or languages. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out, without words, of common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. It’s a kind of world language.
Chapin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.
1.Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back of the theatres?
A. He wanted to enjoy a play in the theatre.
B. He was hungry and wanted some food.
C. He liked to play a part in play and thus made a living.
D. He wished to become a man of business.
2.People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin’s films without translation because ____ .
A .English is widely known in the world
B. they can enjoy the film silently
C. they are mostly comedies
D. most of them are silent
3.Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because______.
A. he acted out the common situations best in his comedy
B. he could sing and dance well
C. he knew how to make people laugh
D. lots of people have seen his film
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
About the year 1990, a small dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of theatres. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn’t get work and therefore wandered about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian in the world. Nearly all visitors to cinema must have seen some of Chaplin’s films. People everywhere had sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are almost silent. It isn’t what he says that makes people laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words or languages. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out, without words, of common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. It’s a kind of world language.
Chapin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.
1.Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back of the theatres?
A. He wanted to enjoy a play in the theatre.
B. He was hungry and wanted some food.
C. He liked to play a part in play and thus made a living.
D. He wished to become a man of business.
2.People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin’s films without translation because ____ .
A .English is widely known in the world
B. they can enjoy the film silently
C. they are mostly comedies
D. most of them are silent
3.Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because______.
A. he acted out the common situations best in his comedy
B. he could sing and dance well
C. he knew how to make people laugh
D. lots of people have seen his film
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service.
Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night, the winds36 , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble37 the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team38 the alarm and the villagers39 in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited 40 on the beach, holding lamps to41 the way back.
An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the fog and the42 villagers ran to greet them. Falling43 on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more44 and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely45 the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
46 , the captain called for another volunteer team to47 the survivor. Sixteen-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don't go. Your father48 in a shipwreck (船只失事) 10 years ago and your elder brother, Paul, has been lost 49 for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."
Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go. 50 everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service51 , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and52 into the night. "
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century. 53 the rescue boat dashed through the fog with Hans standing up in the bow. 54 his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?" 55 able to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!"
1. A. stilled B. screamed C. stopped D. calmed
2. A. set about B. sent out C. came up with D. took over
3.A. sounded B. set C. took D. made
4. A. gathered B. followed C. fought D. struggled
5. A. nervously B. angrily C. fearfully D. happily
6. A. hope B. light C. expect D. try
7.A. promising B. hoping C. cheering D. standing
8.A. uncomfortable B. exhausted C. disturbed D. painful
9. A. villagers B. sailors C. captains D. passengers
10. A. pushed B. pulled C. overturned D. settled
11. A. Anxiously B. Strangely C. Unexpectedly D. Doubtfully
12. A. look after B. look for C. lookout D. look on
13.A. died B. pulled C. went D. interrupted
14. A. in the fire B. at sea C. on strike D. in the war
15. A. How about B. What for C. What if D. What with
16.A. comes B. goes C. flies D. climbs
17. A. appeared B. disappeared C. came D. went
18. A. Therefore B. Firstly C. when D. Finally
19.A. Making B. Keeping C. Showing D. Cupping
20.A. Hardly B. Only C. Seldom D. Always
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
In the toys section, I noticed a small boy of about five years old, 1.(press) a doll against his chest. He kept on touching the hair of the doll and looked very sad. I wondered who he wanted to give the doll 2.. So I walked towards him and asked him all about it.
"It is the doll3. my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."
I told him not to worry. However, he 4.(reply) sadly, "No, Santa Claus cannot bring it to 5.she is now. I'll have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there."
His eyes were filled with 6.(sad) while saying this.
"My sister7.(go) to be with God. Daddy said that Mommy will also join God very soon, so I think that she can bring the doll with 8.to give it to my sister."
My heart almost stopped beating 9. (whole). The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I asked her to wait 10.I come back from the store."
高二英语短文填空困难题查看答案及解析
In 1990 a report was published about 1the earth might be like 20 years from then on.The report was a result of a three-year study.
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a 2one.The world will be more 3because the population will continue to grow.The population could be 46,300 million, almost 2,500 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities, 5cities in developing countries.Such cities as Cairo and Jakarta probably would 6have 15 million by then.
Food production will 7, but not enough to feed all the people.Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, 8most of the increase would be in countries that 9produce enough food for their people. 10increase is expected in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.Poor farming ways are 11large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts.More farmland is 12as cities become larger and more houses are built. 13will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world’s forests could disappear as more and more trees 14.Energy will continue to be a serious problem.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 15.They only pictured the situation that 16today.By changing the situation, by 17the problems, the picture can be changed.There is 18time for nations of the world to 19a plan of action.But they warned that 20too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
1.A.that B.whether C.how D.what
2.A.pleased B.pleasant C.safe D.clean
3.A.dangerous B.brilliant C.crowded D.awful
4.A.no more than B.as many as C.as much as D.as large as
5.A.especially B.specially C.deliberately D.apparently
6.A.none B.each C.all D.neither
7.A.insist B.reduce C.increase D.continue
8.A.so B.but C.or D.however
9.A.already B.hardly C.partly D.never
10.A.Much B.More C.Heavy D.Little
11.A.destroying B.protecting C.disturbing D.interrupting
12.A.saved B.lost C.discovered D.used
13.A.Air pollution B.Water pollution C.Some diseases D.All farmland
14.A.is cut across B.is cut up C.are cut down D.are cut off
15.A.must be true B.will come true C.can’t be true D.may be wrong
16.A.happens B.develops C.exists D.appears
17.A.settling B.working out C.answering D.dealing
18.A.much B.still C.less D.fewer
19.A.work about B.work at C.work out D.work for
20.A.working B.suggesting C.spending D.waiting
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Shopping in the United States changes a lot.About ninety years ago most people shopped in small stores that were owned by one person or a family.Women went from the bakery to the butcher’s to the grocer and on to the fruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week.Then, about sixty years ago, supermarkets were born.In a supermarket, people could get all the different kinds of food they needed without going to different stores.
The next big change in shopping in the United States was the shopping mall.A shopping mall is a group of stores under one roof.Because malls allowed people to shop without worrying about the weather, they soon became very popular.The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition to shopping.If you walk through a mall, you will see older people sitting, chatting and drinking coffee.Malls are places for teenagers to hang out.Many teens will often just “go to the mall” and spend time with their friends.
The recent change in American shopping was the superstore.Large chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Toys “R” Us have been built all across the United States.Because they are so large, they can buy goods at a great discount and sell them much cheaper than smaller stores.Sometimes, when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have to close.They just cannot compete with their giant neighbors.
And now, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the States.People are too busy to go to the physical stores, so they go shopping over the Internet.Online shopping has lots of advantages.For instance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day.Searching or browsing online shops can be faster than browsing the physical stores.While, online shopping also has its disadvantages.People are at higher risk of being cheated on the part of the merchant than in a physical store.And privacy of personal information may be let out.
1.Which of the following shows the right order of shopping development in the United States?
①small stores ②superstores ③shopping malls ④shopping online ⑤supermarkets
A.①②③④⑤ B.①⑤③②④ C.②③④①⑤ D.①⑤②③④
2.Which is the place for people to spend time with others according to the passage?
A.Small stores. B.Supermarkets. C.Shopping malls D.Superstores.
3.Why can the superstores sell products at much lower prices?
A.Because they can buy goods at a reduction in price.
B.Because they are across the United States.
C.Because they sell all kinds of products people need.
D.Because they are built near small towns.
4.What’s the disadvantage of online shopping according to the passage?
A.Wasting time. B.Fixed prices.
C.No chance to do physical activities. D.Leaking personal information.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
About twenty years ago, Jan Carlzon had just been named the CEO of Scandinavian Airlines. His company was in trouble. They had just been _________ by a consumer poll(民意测验)as the _________ airline company in the world. Last in _________, last in dependability(可靠性), and last in profits as a percentage of sales. Yet, one year later, in the same poll, they were ranked number one in all three _________. What happened?
Carlzon had decided to _________ what he thought was the most _________ issue—serving the customer. He wanted to keep it simple: Identify every contact between the _________ and the employees, and treat that contact as “a moment of truth”.
He set out to let his people know the importance of that _________—the captain, the ticket agent, the baggage handler, the flight attendant. “Every moment, every contact,” he said, “ must be as pleasant, and as _________ as possible.” He figured that he had about ten million customers each year, and __________ each customer made contact with five of his people for __________ fifteen seconds each time. __________, in his mind, these fifty million contacts, fifteen seconds at a time, would __________ the fate of his company.
He set out to __________ his vision(愿景)with his twenty thousand employees. He knew the key was to empower(授权)the front line. Let them make the decision and take __________, because they were employees of Scandinavian Airlines during those fifteen seconds. He then had twenty thousand people who were inspired and __________ to go because they paid special attention to one important thing—making every moment __________.
From the story we can see that a leader’s job is to __________ the future and see the organization, not as it is, __________ as it should be. Only by fulfilling his __________ can his men achieve his goal.
1.A. informed B. calculated C. ranked D. settled
2.A. strongest B. fairest C. biggest D. worst
3.A. culture B. service C. politics D. fortune
4.A. shapes B. categories C. species D. industries
5.A. set aside B. take over C. focus on D. turn up
6.A. important B. complex C. terrible D. careful
7.A. leaders B. researchers C. managers D. customers
8.A. invention B. moment C. prize D. salary
9.A. incredible B. traditional C. memorable D. imaginative
10.A. on average B. in advance C. at present D. by accident
11.A. approximately B. occasionally C. compulsorily D. potentially
12.A. Otherwise B. Besides C. Therefore D. Instead
13.A. propose B. determine C. recognize D. appoint
14.A. share B. comment C. criticize D. appreciate
15.A. exercise B. delight C. action D. office
16.A. disappointed B. ready C. courageous D. impatient
17.A. grow B. operate C. flow D. count
18.A. knock into B. run into C. break into D. look into
19.A. but B. or C. and D. so
20.A. trip B. job C. trade D. law
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
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。
The average 11-year-old boy 1. (measure) about 1.4 meters, according to data 2. (release) last year, But a boy called Ren Keyu was that tall when he 3. (finish) kindergarten. At 2.06 meters tall, he towers over his classmates and requires 4. special chair just to be able to sit at his desk 5. (comfort). Teachers often mistake Ren 6. a much older student and ask him to return to 7. own classroom, when they see him for the first time. Some students make fun of him for his unusual 8. (high) and people often stare at him in the streets. 9. , he hopes that his stature will be an advantage, as he tries to get his name into the Guinness Book of Records. He wants to apply for the record of world’s 10. (tall) 6th-grader.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
About six years ago I was having lunch in New York City1.a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.I couldn't help2.(overhear) parts of their conversation.At one point the woman asked,"So,how have you been?"And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied."3.(frank),I've been feeling a little depressed lately."
This incident4.(impress) me most because it confirmed my growing5.(believe) that children are changing. As far as I can remember,my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed"6.we were in high school.
Undoubtedly,7.change in children has increased steadily in recent years.Children don't seem childlike any more.Children speak,dress and behave more like adults8.they used to.
9.this is good or bad is difficult to say,but it certainly is different.Childhood as it once was no longer10. (exist).
高二英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
As a boy I was always small for my age. I was also five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other. ____, I often felt left out when their friends came over to ____. I was too ____ for whatever they were doing and they didn't want their younger brother listening in on their conversations either. More often than not I found myself outside playing ____ and feeling forgotten.
I remember one spring afternoon feeling especially ____ as I sat in the yard behind our house. We lived miles from town and I ____ saw my own friends outside of school. I ____ my brothers laughing from ____ the house and felt a single tear coming down my cheek. At that moment I saw a large brown dog ____ me. He was wagging(摇摆)his tail ____.He greeted me like a long lost ____ , licking(舔)my hand and sitting beside me on the grass, ____ he didn’t know me. I petted and ____ this four-legged angle(天使).He let me pour out all my troubles and ____ my deepest thoughts before he kissed me goodbye. I went back inside feeling happy, ____ that no matter what life might hold I was loved. I ____ that the dog was sent in that moment of ____ to remind me just how much I was loved.
In truth, nothing brings us greater ____ than knowing we are loved. Knowing we are loved gives us the ____ to love others as well. It also helps us to be the people the world meant for us to be. Remember how much the word loves you and share your ____ with the world.
1.A. For example B. As a result C. In fact D. At the beginning
2.A. discuss B. fight C. play D. work
3.A. young B. quick C. nervous D. noisy
4.A. excitedly B. alone C. secretly D. hard
5.A. relaxed B. anxious C. strange D. lonely
6.A. regularly B. even C. hardly D. always
7.A. heard B. found C. made D. imagined
8.A. behind B. over C. outside D. inside
9.A. walking to B. barking at C. passing by D. keeping off
10.A. quietly B. happily C. slightly D. naturally
11.A. child B. friend C. toy D. chance
12.A. because B. if only C. when D. even though
13.A. picked up B. thought of C. learned from D. talked to
14.A. form B. record C. share D. have
15.A. doubting B. wondering C. showing D. knowing
16.A. decide B. prove C. believe D. explain
17.A. sadness B. peace C. madness D. silence
18.A. changes B. honor C. ideas D. joy
19.A. pride B. freedom C. strength D. possibility
20.A. appreciation B. love C. faith D. growth
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities is set in the years before and during the French Revolution (1789 - 1799). During its course, French revolutionaries brought down the empire and established a republic of free and equal citizens.
In reading the work, one sees that Dickens distorted some details of the French Revolution. At the beginning, Dickens notes that, in 1775, France was busy spending money. This mention of France’s spending touches briefly on what is perhaps the major cause of the French Revolution. Before the revolution, the government often borrowed money because it spent more than it raised in taxes. The increased spending and borrowing made many people’s blood boil, yet Dickens focused instead on the nobility’s oppression and exploitation of the working class, including peasants, as the causes of the revolution.
The Marquis, one of the book’s characters, ill-treats and kills many people. Thus, he represents the nobles who mistreat the lower classes. One reviewer criticized this picture as an unfair representation of French society in the mid-1700s. The reviewer pointed out that the government would have punished nobles who mistreated or murdered. Nobles may have been guilty of other evils, however, such as not feeding the starving masses after bad weather ruined crops in 1789.
Dickens’ account of the storming of the Bastille fails to mention that the gang that stormed the prison was looking for bullets and bombs to use in defense against a possible attack by the king’s troops. Dickens does include some accurate details, however, such as the crowd’s finding only seven prisoners and freeing them and the pack’s executing (处决) the prison administrator and sticking his head on a post. The scene that the women knit (编织) as they watch the executions may seem to be an odd detail, but actually many women did knit stockings for the war effort as they watched the killing machine at work.
Dickens’ descriptions of the steady stream of sentenced people into prison and the carts taking them to their deaths give readers some idea of the frequency with which officials jailed and executed people during the Rule of Terror, which lasted about a year. During the Terror, the government jailed about 250 thousand people, tried (审判) and killed about 17 thousand, and executed about 12 thousand without a trial. Those executed included people who opposed the revolution, people who offended the revolutionaries, and even some revolutionaries. About 15 percent were members of the ministry or nobility.
1.What does the word “distorted” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Discussed. B.Revealed.
C.Provided. D.Twisted.
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.A wild crowd rushed into the Bastille to fight with the royal soldiers.
B.The nobles’ mistreating and killing people is the main cause of the revolution.
C.About thirty thousand people lost their lives in the course of the Rule of Terror.
D.Women were forced to work for the war supplies while watching people killed.
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Dickens was once among the revolutionaries storming the Bastille.
B.There was an extreme disorder and horror during the revolution.
C.Nobles of those days in France were loaded with heavy social responsibilities.
D.Classic literary works may serve as history textbooks to a great degree.
4.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A.The Collapse of the French Empire
B.Unknown Facts during the Rule of Terror
C.Dickens’ Description of the French Revolution
D.A Critical View on A Tale of Two Cities
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析