My aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.
Aunt Edith doesn’t accept defeat easily .She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBekey, of Houston, Texas.He had saved the life of someone with the same illness .The article said Dr. DeBekey’s fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn’t possibly pay them .But could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?
So Aunt Edith wrote to him .She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little - girl dreamt of traveling and seeing the world .There wasn’t a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living .She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.
A few days later, my doorbell rang .Aunt Edith didn’t want to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud. “Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply .If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed Michael DeBekey.”
That was seven years ago. Since then, Aunt Edith has been around the world .Her three children are happily married. For her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people I know – all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor his profession, and how to open his own heart.
56.Aunt Edith wrote a letter to Dr. Debakey to .
A.ask for his advice B.beg him to operate on her
C.ask him to introduce another doctor D.ask for his sympathy
57.The underlined phrase “open heart” in the last paragraph means .
A.open – minded B.kind – hearted C.patient D.skillful
58.What can we conclude from the passage?
A.Dr. DeBakey is willing to operate on anyone free of charge.
B.Dr. DeBakey is expert in getting along with his patients.
C.My aunt Edith is very poor and mean.
D.My aunt Edith is optimistic and strong – minded.
高二英语阅读理解简单题
My aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.
Aunt Edith doesn’t accept defeat easily .She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBekey, of Houston, Texas.He had saved the life of someone with the same illness .The article said Dr. DeBekey’s fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn’t possibly pay them .But could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?
So Aunt Edith wrote to him .She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little - girl dreamt of traveling and seeing the world .There wasn’t a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living .She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.
A few days later, my doorbell rang .Aunt Edith didn’t want to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud. “Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply .If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed Michael DeBekey.”
That was seven years ago. Since then, Aunt Edith has been around the world .Her three children are happily married. For her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people I know – all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor his profession, and how to open his own heart.
56.Aunt Edith wrote a letter to Dr. Debakey to .
A.ask for his advice B.beg him to operate on her
C.ask him to introduce another doctor D.ask for his sympathy
57.The underlined phrase “open heart” in the last paragraph means .
A.open – minded B.kind – hearted C.patient D.skillful
58.What can we conclude from the passage?
A.Dr. DeBakey is willing to operate on anyone free of charge.
B.Dr. DeBakey is expert in getting along with his patients.
C.My aunt Edith is very poor and mean.
D.My aunt Edith is optimistic and strong – minded.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
I was about to go to bed _____ one of my old classmates made a call to me.
A.that | B.as | C.while | D.when |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
________I met him,he was working as a secretary in a big company.
A.Since the first time | B.The first time |
C.For the first time | D.The first time which |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs.Stanley was one of my customers. She'd watch me coming down her street, and by the time I'd biked up to her doorstep, there'd be a cold drink waiting. I'd sit and drink while she talked.
Mrs.Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, "Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning." she'd say. The first time she said that, soda(汽水) went up my nose.
I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she'd work it out of her system. So that's what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).
I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn't see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser(募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she'd had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.
I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I'm doing. When I don't say "fine", she sticks around to hear my problems. She's lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you're doing because they care, and not because they're getting paid to do so. Sometimes it's good to just smile, nod your head and listen.
1.Why did soda go up the author's nose one time?
A. He was talking fast. B. He was shocked.
C. He was in a hurry. D. He was absent-minded.
2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley according to Paragraph 3?
A. He enjoyed the drink. B. He wanted to be helpful.
C. He took the chance to rest. D. He tried to please his dad.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase "work it out of her system"?
A. recover from her sadness B. move out of the neighborhood
C. turn to her old friends D. speak out about her past
4.What does the author think people in a community should do?
A. Open up to others. B. Depend on each other.
C. Pay for other’s help D. Care about one another.
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
---Where did you buy the T-shirt?
---It was in the shopping mall _____ my mother works.
A. that B. where C. which D. from which
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas 16 for her father.
She 17 that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was 18 satisfied with perfume(香水). 19, shopping at this time of the year was not a most 20 job. People 21 on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost 22 you over in their hurry in order to 23 something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on 24. "They are 25 silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to 26 her to buy one. But Edith knew from past 27 that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, 28 where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the 29 were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father 30 smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was 31 to please him.
When she got home, with her small but 32 present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already 33 table. Her mother was in great 34. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so 35 that she could not say a single word.
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高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
I always come across random acts of kindness in my life. Many years ago, I was _______Costa Rica when I found myself in an _______situation: my credit cards and bank cards went out of _________ abroad, and I only had $5 to my ________.
I had no way to get money. I didn’t know anybody in this country. I only knew basic Spanish, and besides the cash the only ________I had was a return ticket to my country in almost two ________. Back then, there was no such thing as mobile phones, and________email was very limited. To find help, I decided to go to the countryside . With the only coins I had, I _________the bus terminal(终点站)and found a village, which ________almost the exact amount. About 4 hours later, I arrived at Santa Rosa Abajo at midnight.
I knocked door to door,________in my very poor Spanish that I was a foreigner travelling in Costa Rica with no money but I ________to stay here for over ten days. I begged them for a __________-such as cooking , cleaning and looking after their kids, anything like that. Everybody _________, “oh my, but so poor are we that we have no _______ food or space. Maybe you can try the next ________.” And they’d point me to another house.
________, I arrived at a Chinese restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was very _________. She gave me food and called the Red Cross to come to ________me. With the help of the Red Cross , I spent my_________days in Costa Rica.
This is one of the best trips I’ve ever had, because I realized that when you’re in a position to be able to _________, it actually makes you feel happy.
1.A. circling B. entering C. visiting D. considering
2.A. absurd B. impossible C. ordinary D. awkward
3.A. date B. use C. range D. control
4.A. name B. delight C. wonder D. advantage
5.A. necessity B. memory C. impression D. possession
6.A. months B. weeks C. days D. hours
7.A. again B. thus C. yet D. even
8.A. looked for B. stayed at C. headed to D. thought of
9.A. cost B. saved C. earned D. created
10.A. reminding B. explaining C. apologizing D. informing
11.A. needed B. agreed C. failed D. hesitated
12.A. conversation B. meal C. room D. job
13.A. accepted B. nodded C. replied D. withdrew
14.A. prepared B. wasted C. extra D. cheap
15.A. family B. chance C. time D. restaurant
16.A. Normally B. Naturally C. Finally D. Directly
17.A. generous B. sensible C. wealthy D. outstanding
18.A. comfort B. rescue C. interview D. encourage
19.A. frightening B. training C. exciting D. remaining
20.A. help B. receive C. succeed D. travel
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago. 16 , I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to 17 them.
My aunt and I were 18 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two 19 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her 20 nearby and the other one was 21 . So, I decided to sit down. While I was 22 my own thing there, I 23 that the family were not in front of the 24 anymore. I saw the girl 25 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in 26, crying.
I knew that she 27 her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or 28 big before and we all know that feeling. 29 I went up to her and asked what was 30 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I 31 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the 32 on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and 33 them what happened. People there promised to 34 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the35. Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.
1.A. Luckily B. Usually C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
2.A. help B. encourage C. join D. support
3.A. answering B. looking C. preparing D. calling
4.A. chairs B. children C. signs D. toys
5.A. friends B. book C. family D. bags
6.A. clean B. large C. empty D. beautiful
7.A. studying B. carrying C. buying D. doing
8.A. noticed B. believed C. doubted D. understood
9.A. shop B. gift C. girl D. lady
10.A. get up B. come up C. give up D. make up
11.A. return B. detail C. vain D. tears
12.A. hated B. raised C. lost D. lived
13.A. somewhere B. something C. everywhere D. everything
14.A. If B. As C. So D. Or
15.A. important B. wrong C. strange D. different
16.A. lent B. gave C. sent D. posted
17.A. smile B. hope C. puzzle D. worry
18.A. reminded B. warned C. asked D. told
19.A. look out for B. take care of C. wait for D. call up
20.A. courage B. money C. explanation D. card
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago. 36 , I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to 37 them.
My aunt and I were 38 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two 39 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her 40 nearby and the other one was 41 . So, I decided to sit down. While I was 42 my own thing there, I 43 that the family were not in front of the 44 anymore. I saw the girl 45 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in 46, crying.
I knew that she 47 her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or 48 big before and we all know that feeling. 49 I went up to her and asked what was 50 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I 51 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the 52 on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and 53 them what happened. People there promised to 54 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the 55. Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.
1.A. Luckily B. Usually C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
2.A. help B. encourage C. join D. support
3.A. answering B. looking C. preparing D. calling
4.A. chairs B. children C. signs D. toys
5.A. friends B. book C. family D. bags
6.A. clean B. large C. empty D. beautiful
7.A. studying B. carrying C. buying D. doing
8.A. noticed B. believed C. doubted D. understood
9.A. shop B. gift C. girl D. lady
10.A. get up B. come up C. give up D. make up
11.A. return B. detail C. vain D. tears
12.A. hated B. raised C. lost D. lived
13.A. somewhere B. something C. everywhere D. everything
14.A. If B. As C. So D. Or
15.A. important B. wrong C. strange D. different
16.A. lent B. gave C. sent D. posted
17.A. smile B. hope C. puzzle D. worry
18.A. reminded B. warned C. asked D. told
19.A. look out for B. take care of C. wait for D. call up
20.A. courage B. money C. explanation D. card
高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago. 36, I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to 37 them.
My aunt and I were 38 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two 39 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her 40 nearby and the other one was 41. So, I decided to sit down. While I was 42 my own thing there, I 43 that the family were not in front of the 44 anymore. I saw the girl 45 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in 46, crying.
I knew that she 47 her family and was all by herself. Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or 48 big before and we all know that feeling. 49 I went up to her and asked what was 50 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I 51 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the 52 on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and 53 them what happened. People there promised to 54 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the 55. Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.
1.A. Luckily B. Usually C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
2. A. help B. encourage C. join D. support
3.A. answering B. calling C. preparing D. looking
4.A. chairs B. children C. signs D. toys
5.A. friends B. book C. family D. bags
6. A. clean B. large C. empty D. beautiful
7.A. studying B. carrying C. buying D. doing
8. A. noticed B. believed C. doubted D. understood
9. A. shop B. girl C. gift D. lady
10.A. get up B. come up C. give up D. make up
11. A. return B. detail C. vain D. tears
12. A. hated B. lost C. raised D. lived
13. A. somewhere B. something C. everywhere D. everything
14.A. If B. As C. So D. Or
15. A. important B. wrong C. strange D. different
16.A. lent B. gave C. sent D. posted
17.A. smile B. hope C. puzzle D. worry
18.A. reminded B. warned C. asked D. told
19.A. look out for B. take care of C. wait for D. call up
20.A. courage B. money C. card D. explanation
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析