Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can c...

Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.

Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent strips, called chevrons（人字形标志）, painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

Now the American Automobile Association Foundations For Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

Excessive（过分） speed plays a major role in as much as one fifty of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards(危险) are the greatest-curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.

Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane（车道） appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction of highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

1.The passage mainly discusses________.

2.On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that________.

3.According to the foundation,____can cause serious traffic accident

4.The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former______.

5.The Americans automobile association foundation for traffic safety plans to____.

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Believe it or not, the ability to choose is the power to change. If you can choose to live your life differently, will you be the same person?

Well, choosing to do the following few “simple” things will help to change your life.

Review your life. Take time to go through your life and ask yourself, “If I do the same thing I do every day, will there be a change? If I want to change, where will my first step be?”

Make careful choices. Choose exactly what you wish to get to live your life; describe and think what you really want.

Keep up with chances. Find out about the possibilities and ways that can make you move toward your goals, write them down and see which one suits you most.

Get down to business. Start working on your goals. People may bring you down; you may have difficulties; you will fail and want to give up. But the most important thing is never to give up.

If you try these “simple” things, you will find that success is something for everyone, and you will finally become what you want to be. Remember, success is more than what you hold in your hands;　 it　　 is something from the heart.

1. Once you get down to business, the most important thing is to _____.

A. set goals　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. see possibilities

C. keep on trying　　　　　　　　　　　 D. ask for help

2.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ____.

A. change　　　　　 B. choice　　　　 C. life　　　 D. success

3.This passage mainly discussed the relationship between ______.

A. power and life

B. choice and change

C. power and success

D. choice and difficulty

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Believe it or not, the ability to choose is the power to change. If you can choose to live your life differently, will you be the same person?

Well, choosing to do the following few “simple” things will help to change your life.

Review your life. Take time to go through your life and ask yourself, “If I do the same thing I do every day, will there be a change? If I want to change, where will my first step be?”

Make careful choices. Choose exactly what you wish to get to live your life; describe and think what you really want.

Keep up with chances. Find out about the possibilities and ways that can make you move toward your goals, write them down and see which one suits you most.

Get down to business. Start working on your goals. People may bring you down; you may have difficulties; you will fail and want to give up. But the most important thing is never to give up.

If you try these “simple” things, you will find that success is something for everyone, and you will finally become what you want to be. Remember, success is more than what you hold in your hands; it is something from the heart.

1.How many pieces of advice does the writer give on changing one’s life?

A．Three            B．Four             C．Five              D．Six

2.Once you get down to business, the most important thing is to _____.

A．set goals                              B．see possibilities

C．keep on trying                          D．ask for help

3.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ____.

A．change           B．choice            C．life              D．success

4.This passage mainly discussed the relationship between ______.

A．power and life                         B．choice and change

C．power and success                      D．choice and difficulty

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Believe it or not, crying is a way you can imagine ______ pressure.

A. relieving                            B. to relieve                       C. relieved                 D. relieve

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Believe it or not, school uniforms are absolutely not only clothes for students. They stand for the culture or beauty appreciation standard of a country. Let’s take a look at school uniforms in different nations.

School Uniforms in England

Style of English school uniforms is rather classic, simple and elegant. Boys wear conventional western-style clothes, regular leather shoes and must wear neckties. Girls also wear western-style clothes, regular leather shoes and must wear bow-ties. This classic clothing style unconsciously affects English students’ temperament (气质) and also sense of beauty.

School Uniforms in Korea

Do you still remember the classic scenes in My Sassy Girl? If you’ve watched it, you will know how stylish Korean students’ uniforms are. Boys wear nice white shirts and western-style trousers. Girls wear white shirts, lovely skirts of latest design and bow knots.

School Uniforms in Malaysia

Students in Malaysia obey rather strict rules. Girls’ dresses must be long enough to cover the knees. Shirts must cover the elbows. Compared with Thai students, they are much more conservative.

School Uniforms in Japan

For students, school uniforms in Japan are not only symbols for schools, but also symbols for the current fashion trends, even affecting students when choosing a school. Japanese school uniforms for girls originate in sailor suits. So they are also called sailor suits or sailor uniforms. Cartoon elements are used on them. Japanese school uniforms for boys are classic dark-colored clothes with stand-up collars, similar to Chinese tunic suits.

1.What are the English school uniforms like?

A.Fashionable. B.Conservative.

C.Traditional. D.Cute.

2.In which way are Korean and Japanese school uniforms similar?

A.Both of them are fashionable. B.Both of them are eastern-style.

C.Both of them are affected by Chinese. D.Both of them are dark-colored.

3.Who might choose schools based on school uniforms?

A.English Students. B.Korean students.

C.Malaysian students. D.Japanese students.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Did you ever wonder how some of your favorite foods, products or toys came about? Believe it or not, they may have been an accident, or a failure of some other intention. Below, we found three mistakes we’re thankful for turned out to be what they are.

1. Most historians hold that the Chinese invented fireworks in the 9th century when they

discovered how to make gunpowder. Story has it that a Chinese cook accidentally mixed together what were then considered common kitchen items and noticed they burnt. When put tightly in a bamboo tube and lit, it blew up.

2. In May of 1886, a law led John Pemberton, a pharmacist（药剂师）, to rewrite the formula(配方) for "Pemberton’s French Wine Coca,” his popular headache treatment. Containing sugar instead of wine as a sweetener, the outcome became something for Coke, which was later mixed with carbonated water. His bookkeeper suggested the name Coca-Cola because he thought the two C’s would look good together, which is how what we call Coca-Cola, a world –wide drink came into being.

3. During World War II, scientists at the University of Birmingham invented the magnetron—an important heat-producing part of the microwave oven(微波炉). While working for Raytheon Corporation after the war, the American engineer Percy Spencer was testing the magnetron when a chocolate bar in his pocket melted. He went on to test other foods including popcorn kernels, and found it to be a much more efficient way to cook. In 1947 Raytheon came out with the first restaurant microwave oven, which was six feet tall and weighed 750 lbs.

1.The right time order of the three inventions, according to the passage, should be_________.

A. fireworks, the microwave and Coca-Cola

B. fireworks ,Coca-Cola and the microwave

C. Coca-Cola , fireworks and the microwave

D. the microwave, Coca-Cola and fireworks

2.Percy Spencer found the microwave efficient in cooking when he was _______.

A. looking for a way to melt his chocolate

B. trying to know how a magnetron could cook

C. working to know how the magnetron works

D. asked to invent a restaurant microwave oven

3.What can we learn from the above invention stories?

A. Experiments make great inventors of our time.

B. Nothing is impossible if one tries each day.

C. Inventors come out of hard work at any time.

D. A small incident may lead to a great invention.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. What great inventions they are!               B. Inventions from Three Countries.

C. Stories of Accidental Inventions.          D. The Human Inventions of time.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

--- Steven, where did you come across the famous novelist from England?

--- Believe it or not, it was in the supermarket ________ we went shopping last Sunday.

A. which   B. that       C. there             D. where

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Believe it or not, it’s actually impossible to make a 100% ______weather forecast.

A. thorough　 B. professional

C. essential　 D. accurate

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Believe it or not, a rain check is not a weather report. A rain check is a small piece of paper. When can you get a rain check? Well, if you are going to a ball game or some other open-air activity and it is called off because of rain or some other reason, you may receive a rain check. With it you may go there again without paying.

You may also receive a rain check at a shop. As you know, sometimes when you go to a shop to buy something which is on sale, it is sold out. You may ask the assistant to give you a rain check and with it you can go again next time to buy what you need at the sale price.

Here’s another way to use this word. If someone invites you to go somewhere, you would like to go very much but cannot, you may say “May I have a rain check?” This means, “I will come next time.” But you can never say “May I take a rain check?” when your teacher gives you some homework.

根据短文内容，判断一下句子的正（T）误（F）。

1.A rain check is a piece of paper with weather report on it.    (  )

2.When a ball game is called off because of rain, we can get a rain check.    (  )

3.We can buy something we need without paying with a rain check.    (  )

4.Sometimes a rain check means “I will come next time.”    (  )

5.Teachers will be glad to give their students a rain check when they ask them to do some homework.    (  )

高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

—It's thirty years since we last met.

—But I still remember the story, believe it or not,_____we got lost on a rainy night.

A. which　　 B. that

C. what　　 D. when

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析