Nobody likes doing the dishes, but it turns out that doing this daily task might pay off in an unexpected way. According to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics, washing dishes by hand instead of using a dishwasher might prevent the development of allergies.
Researchers in Sweden surveyed the parents of 1,029 children ages 7 and 8. They discovered that children whose families hand-washed the dishes instead of using a machine were less likely to have allergies.
Earlier research has shown that dishes washed by machine are cleaner than those washed by hand. So why would kids who eat off slightly dirtier plates be better off when we talk about preventing allergies? One explanation is based on a theory known as the “hygiene hypothesis (卫生假说),” which says the reason why kids develop allergies is that their surroundings are actually too clean.
Your immune (免疫) system keeps you healthy by fighting germs (病菌) like bacteria and viruses. But when you have allergies, it overreacts and tries to fight ordinary things like pollen (花粉) or certain foods.
Being exposed to germs, particularly early in life, is good training for the immune system, says the lead author of the study, Dr. Bill Hesselmar of Queen Silvia Hospital in Sweden. “You excite the immune system in various ways and it becomes tolerant.”
This study shows that while using the dishwasher might be easier, the old-fashioned method of cleaning up could be better for your health.
1.What’s the advantage of washing dishes by hand?
A. Hand-washed dishes are much cleaner.
B. It encourages people to do housework.
C. It helps prevent allergies.
D. Dishes are easier to wash.
2.What can we know about the theory of the “hygiene hypothesis”?
A. There is no harm done if kids live in a slightly dirty place.
B. There is no need to keep the surroundings clean.
C. It’s better for kids to use clean plates to keep healthy.
D. It’s wise to use a dishwasher to prevent allergies.
3.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Pollen. B. The immune system.
C. The germ. D. A certain food.
4.What’s the result when our immune system becomes tolerant?
A. It’ll overreact to the foods we eat.
B. It’ll lead to the development of allergies.
C. It’ll make germs in our body more active.
D. It’ll prevent allergies and keep us healthy.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Nobody likes doing the dishes, but it turns out that doing this daily task might pay off in an unexpected way. According to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics, washing dishes by hand instead of using a dishwasher might prevent the development of allergies.
Researchers in Sweden surveyed the parents of 1,029 children ages 7 and 8. They discovered that children whose families hand-washed the dishes instead of using a machine were less likely to have allergies.
Earlier research has shown that dishes washed by machine are cleaner than those washed by hand. So why would kids who eat off slightly dirtier plates be better off when we talk about preventing allergies? One explanation is based on a theory known as the “hygiene hypothesis (卫生假说),” which says the reason why kids develop allergies is that their surroundings are actually too clean.
Your immune (免疫) system keeps you healthy by fighting germs (病菌) like bacteria and viruses. But when you have allergies, it overreacts and tries to fight ordinary things like pollen (花粉) or certain foods.
Being exposed to germs, particularly early in life, is good training for the immune system, says the lead author of the study, Dr. Bill Hesselmar of Queen Silvia Hospital in Sweden. “You excite the immune system in various ways and it becomes tolerant.”
This study shows that while using the dishwasher might be easier, the old-fashioned method of cleaning up could be better for your health.
1.What’s the advantage of washing dishes by hand?
A. Hand-washed dishes are much cleaner.
B. It encourages people to do housework.
C. It helps prevent allergies.
D. Dishes are easier to wash.
2.What can we know about the theory of the “hygiene hypothesis”?
A. There is no harm done if kids live in a slightly dirty place.
B. There is no need to keep the surroundings clean.
C. It’s better for kids to use clean plates to keep healthy.
D. It’s wise to use a dishwasher to prevent allergies.
3.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Pollen. B. The immune system.
C. The germ. D. A certain food.
4.What’s the result when our immune system becomes tolerant?
A. It’ll overreact to the foods we eat.
B. It’ll lead to the development of allergies.
C. It’ll make germs in our body more active.
D. It’ll prevent allergies and keep us healthy.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
How long do you think _______ the computer company turns out a new product?
A．it will be that B．will it be until C．will it be since D．it will be before
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Nobody should ever be turned away from a church.I've always said that and have believed it,but I had to put it in practice the other night.It was my birthday,and we had a party at church,upstairs in the hall.My son Tim's roommate Garth sang in a great band,the Rooks,and they played for us.They performed wonderfully.
Suddenly I noticed a man I’d never really seen before.He was big,never took off his coat or hat and stood in the middle of the room,looking a bit nervous.A homeless guy had just wandered into my birthday party,I thought.And I kept thinking about the guy who hadn't been invited,I meant to head over to him and politely asked him to leave. Wait a minute,I thought.Should anybody be turned away from God's house?Of course other uncertain thoughts crossed my mind: What if he was here to make trouble?What was under that coat?What if he was a terrorist?But some higher born qualities held sway."Hi,"I said,walking over to him."I'm Rick.This is a birthday party for me. Would you like something to eat?"He nodded his head.I got him a plate of food and told him he was welcome to stay. He nodded.He stayed there in the center of the room,smiling and swaying to the music.After a long time I looked for him again,and he was gone.
I've always loved the parable（寓言）of Luke about the man who gives a big dinner and when no one comes,he sends his servants into the city streets to welcome the poor,homeless,disabled and blind.I don't know who invited this guy but I was glad he was there.I hope he had a good time.
1.What do we know about the homeless man?
A. He left the party alone on account of shame.
B. The author was first doubtful and had meant to make him leave.
C. The author would have refused him if they hadn't been in the church.
D. He was invited to the party by the author's friends.
2.What does the underlined part “held sway” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Came about slowly.
B. Became very angry.
C. Ruled or controlled.
D. Calmed down suddenly.
3.What do the author and the man Luke have in common?
A. They are willing to help those in need.
B. They are likely to be rich and popular.
C. They like to hold all kinds of parties.
D. They happened to encounter the same homeless man.
4.Which would be the best title for this passage?
A. My unforgettable birthday party.
B. An unexpected birthday guest.
C. How to show love to others.
D. What I have learnt from Luke.
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Do you have any idea when the project will be carried out?
—No, but I have heard that it was not until last month _______ it was approved.
A. that B. when C. since D. before
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
——Do you have any idea when the project will be carried out?
—No, but I have heard that it was not until last month _______ it was approved.
A. that B. when C. since D. before
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It turns out that being voted “Most likely to succeed” in high school might actually be a good predictor of one’s financial and educational success in the future.
According to a University of Illinois professor who studies the sociology of education, high school sophomores who were rated by their teachers as having good social skills and work habits, and who participated in extracurricular activities in high school, made more money and completed higher levels of education 10 years later than their classmates who had similar standardized test scores but were less socially adroit(熟练的)and participated in fewer extracurricular activities.
Christy Lleras, a professor of human and community development, says that “soft skills” such as sociability, punctuality, conscientiousness(负责任) and an ability to get along well with others, along with participation in extracurricular activities, are better predictors of earnings and higher educational achievement later in life than having good grades and high standardized test scores.
“That’s not tosay that academic achiecement in high school doesn’t matter—it does,”Lleras said. “But if we only look at standardized test scores, we’re only considering part of the equation for success as an adult in a global marketplace. Academic achievement is part of the story, but it’s not the whole story. You’ve got to have the social skills and work habits to back those achievements up.”
With the generational shift from a manufacturing-hased economy to a service-and-information-based one, employers value workers who can not only boast about their GPAs and SAT scores, but are also able to get along well with the public and co-workers, Lleras.
“I think we’ve known this intuitively for a long time that employers are looking for something beyond cognitive (认知的)skills” Lleras said. “Leadership now is not an individual thing , it’s how well you get along in a team and get people organized.”
1. Which of the following is NOT considered as a “soft skill”?
A.Being able to make others at ease in a group.
B Being able to get to an appointment on time.
CAlways ticking to one’s own opinion.
D Being willing to take responsibility.
2.. Now employers would prfe to hire someone who ________？
A earned high scores in standardized test in high school
B can work independently
C has high cognitive skills
D can cooperat well with other teammates
3..Christy Lleras would agree that a high school student should____.
A spend more time in extracurricular activities
B omit classes to take part in extracurricular activities
C pay more attention to standardized test scores
D keep a good balance between learning and relaxation
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Emmoni Lopez used to take dance lessons while her older brothers wrestled – but it turned out that she liked wrestling better.
Her mom wasn’t surprised when Lopez told her she liked wrestling more than dance, and three years after Lopez took up the sport, she enjoys watching her daughter wrestle. Still, when a coach first asked Lopez to join his program, her mom hesitated– she never thought her daughter would want to be a wrestler.
Lopez is among a growing number of girls who are taking up wrestling. Officials with youth organizations in Chicago and the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation (IKWF) said they’ve seen the number of girls participating in the sport take off in recent years.
In Lopez’s program, about half of the students participating in the organization’s free youth wrestling camp this summer are girls, coach Frankie Zepeda said.
Many of the girls Zepeda sees become interested in wrestling through their brothers, he said.
“They probably just learn to … fight back,” he said.
One of those was Yamilet Aguirre. She took up wrestling because she was bored just watching her brother wrestle, she said.
“I can have fun doing it,” she said. “And I can prove girls are just as strong as boys are.”
Though girls have competed on high school wrestling teams in Illinois for years, coaches and female wrestlers said there weren’t many participating a decade ago.
“It’s really picked up over the last few years,” said Jim Considine, president of the IKWF.
Between the 2015-16 and 2017-18 seasons, the number of girls registered with IKWF grew from 363 to 503, and more of the organization’s events are featuring a girls-only division. Girls and boys wrestle together during the season through IKWF, but there’s a girls-only championship at the end of the year.
And by adding female wrestling programs, colleges are giving girls and young women another option.
“Female wrestling isn’t something unacceptable anymore,” Considine said. “Things have happened so quickly. Ten years ago, you’d never have dreamed of doing this.”
1.What has helped her take up wrestling, in Yamilet Aguirre’s case?
A. Her wish to be stronger than boys.
B. Her awareness to protect girls.
C. Her parents’ expectations.
D. The experience of watching wrestling competitions.
2.The underlined word “option” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. challenge B. chance
C. choice D. change
3.What can we learn about female wrestling in the US from the article?
A. Its popularity in college is declining.
B. It’s still unacceptable in many people’s eyes.
C. It has been accepted by colleges.
D. College girls like it less than dancing.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text ?
A. A Female Sport Event
B. Not Just for Boys
C. The Great Sports Personality
D. Make Way for Male Wrestlers
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
He _______ us that everything would go according to plan, but it turned out a failure.
A. suggested B. demanded C. ordered D. guaranteed
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it. I think that is the beginning of failure and that is why what we hate remains around us. If you don’t want to see things around you, don’t just hope it’ll change.
We have such an amazing power of creativity inside us to change the way things work around us. Only lazy people go about and say that is the way things have been working. I’ve come to discover that things around us depend on our actions and inactions. What I mean is that the circumstances that we like depend only on the things we do and the things we don’t do.
Do you want your country to change? Start by changing the small things around you. Before you think too far about any small thing to change, your habit should be the first thing to change. Change what you think about and talk about. Can you remember how difficult it was for you to break a habit that you desired to break some years back? If so, then you must accept that things aren’t just going to change by a magic thought. If it isn’t so easy to change yourself when you want to, it isn’t going to be so easy to change the people around you.
I think the best way I’ve changed people around me is that I changed myself. When you change, they’ll change. Just change yourself and see how many people will tell you later that you are the one who changes them. That’s one simple way young people can change their nations.
1. According to the text, why do we fail to change what we don’t like? _______
| A．Because we lack the power of creativity. |
| B．Because we never plan to change them. |
| C．Because they cannot be changed. |
| D．Because we don’t have the ability. |
2.The author can change people around him because he has realized that .
| A．things around us decide what we do |
| B．the further you think, the better |
| C．his actions can affect things around him |
| D．he has to change the nation first |
3.The third paragraph aims at .
| A．telling readers one of the author’s interesting experiences |
| B．giving an example to show how to change things around us |
| C．showing readers how to change a nation |
| D．asking us to remember to change our nation |
4.What can we learn from the text? ________
| A．Circumstance creates a person. |
| B．It is never too late to change your habits. |
| C．A long journey begins with the first step. |
| D．Changing ourselves means changing others. |
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
I don't want to upset you, but nobody can ever find out what day is going to be the last. And so it’s better to live each day of your life as if it is the last. I'm not telling you to quit your job and spend all your money on traveling. But you can live your life to its fullest by adding some simple things to each day. It doesn't matter what is going on, but it does matter how you feel about it. Here is my recipe for the best day on Earth!
A Handful of Happiness
Where can you find it? Take a look inside of yourself! Happiness doesn't come from the outside, it is within you. Each moment your life gives you a lot of opportunities to be happy. If you want to see them, you will. If you don’t, it's up to you.
A Handful of Love
Love is the harmony of your soul. A little love can make a big difference to the whole world. We are one. Everyone and everything deserve your love as well as you do.
A Handful of Dreams
Feel free to dream big dreams and make small steps towards them. You are the creator of your life. Every time you are doing something to achieve your goals you are growing.
A Handful of Creativity
Try to be creative in everything you do. Try to do your best every time you are doing something. Do not be afraid to use your imagination. It's such a pleasure to do something new. Feel the joy of creation!
A Handful of Magic
Do you believe in magic? Well, you should. Life is full of miracles. In fact, life itself is a big miracle. There are so many things that are beyond our understanding. "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle." — Albert Einstein
Celebrate every day of your life! Let the spirit of holiday fill each corner of your heart. Why not? You live your life to its fullest and move towards your dreams!
1. What does the author advise people to do?
| A．Spend all your money on traveling. |
| B．Find happiness inside yourself. |
| C．Love others more than yourself. |
| D．Do not use much imagination. |
2. It can be concluded that to realize your big dreams, you need ____________.
| A．to keep trying step by step | B．to grow up |
| C．to feel free | D．to create your life |
3.What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
| A．There are two ways to live a happy life. |
| B．Nothing is a miracle in your life. |
| C．Not everything is a miracle. |
| D．It’s up to you to choose the way to live. |
4. Which can be the best title of the passage?
| A．How to know your last day? |
| B．How to live a best day? |
| C．How to make your life miracle? |
| D．How to realize your dreams? |
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析