Before World War II,all bank tellers(出纳)were men. But as men went to war during the early 1940s, banks trained women to take their place. I was among 20 women selected by Bank of America to work as a teller at a small branch in Los Angeles.
November 23,1942 was a day I'll never forget when I was 22 years old and just two months on the job. When a well-dressed man in a suit, tie and hat came to my window. I greeted him with a friendly “Good afternoon.” But he shouted,“This is it!”
'The man placed a brown bag on the counter and said; "Fill it up.”Because of 'the way he was dressed, it didn't dawn on me that this was a hold-up(持枪抢劫). I was sure it must be a test of the new tellers' ability to follow bank rules. Eager to pass such a test, I coolly opened the bag, and then calmly filled it with marked bills.
“None of these!” the man shouted, insisting that I fill the bag with cash from another teller’s drawer. Well, that was a big no-no from training: You never touch another teller's cash! I firmly told him it was against bank rules. You can imagine the disbelief on the robber' s face. Other tellers later told me they couldn't believe I refused the robber's demands.
When the man told me to stand in front of the other staff along the wall, threatening to shoot me if anyone moved, I finally realized this was real. After the robber fled the bank, the manager got his gun and went after the robber but he failed to catch him. The robber was caught after another bank hold-up, and I was told I was the first female teller to be held up in California, which was a fact that attracted many reporters.
1.Why was it easy for the author to become a bank teller?
A. Females were thought responsible.
B. There was a lack of male workers.
C. She worked far better than men
D. Women could be trained easily.
2.Why did the author feel calm at the beginning of the incident?
A. She was well trained.
B. She took it for a test.
C. She knew the man had no gun with him.
D. She had experienced the same thing before.
3.How did the robber feel when he heard the author's words in Paragraph 4?
A. Worried. B. Disappointed.
C. Skeptical. D. Ashamed.
4.What can be inferred about the author after the incident?
A. She was the subject of many news stories.
B. She caught the robber in another hold-up.
C. She was to blame for losing money.
D. She succeed in changing her job.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Before World War II,all bank tellers(出纳)were men. But as men went to war during the early 1940s, banks trained women to take their place. I was among 20 women selected by Bank of America to work as a teller at a small branch in Los Angeles.
November 23,1942 was a day I'll never forget when I was 22 years old and just two months on the job. When a well-dressed man in a suit, tie and hat came to my window. I greeted him with a friendly “Good afternoon.” But he shouted,“This is it!”
'The man placed a brown bag on the counter and said; "Fill it up.”Because of 'the way he was dressed, it didn't dawn on me that this was a hold-up(持枪抢劫). I was sure it must be a test of the new tellers' ability to follow bank rules. Eager to pass such a test, I coolly opened the bag, and then calmly filled it with marked bills.
“None of these!” the man shouted, insisting that I fill the bag with cash from another teller’s drawer. Well, that was a big no-no from training: You never touch another teller's cash! I firmly told him it was against bank rules. You can imagine the disbelief on the robber' s face. Other tellers later told me they couldn't believe I refused the robber's demands.
When the man told me to stand in front of the other staff along the wall, threatening to shoot me if anyone moved, I finally realized this was real. After the robber fled the bank, the manager got his gun and went after the robber but he failed to catch him. The robber was caught after another bank hold-up, and I was told I was the first female teller to be held up in California, which was a fact that attracted many reporters.
1.Why was it easy for the author to become a bank teller?
A. Females were thought responsible.
B. There was a lack of male workers.
C. She worked far better than men
D. Women could be trained easily.
2.Why did the author feel calm at the beginning of the incident?
A. She was well trained.
B. She took it for a test.
C. She knew the man had no gun with him.
D. She had experienced the same thing before.
3.How did the robber feel when he heard the author's words in Paragraph 4?
A. Worried. B. Disappointed.
C. Skeptical. D. Ashamed.
4.What can be inferred about the author after the incident?
A. She was the subject of many news stories.
B. She caught the robber in another hold-up.
C. She was to blame for losing money.
D. She succeed in changing her job.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
1.The head office of the bank is in Beijing, but it has ________________(分部) all over the world.
2.It’s reported that some government leaders___________________ (滥用) their authority to get illegal profits for themselves.
3.It’ s not _____________(合适的) for our students to litter everywhere.
4.It was _____________ (典型的) of him to arrive so early.
5.After a long journey, they __________(终于) arrived at their destination.
高二英语单词拼写困难题查看答案及解析
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 36 _____ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 37 _____, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 38 _____, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 39 _____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 40 _____ about her. She went to bed too 41 _____. The night before the first exam, Barbara 42 ____ that she have an early night and take a 43 ____ pill. She promised to wake 44 _____ up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 45 _____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 46 ____, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 47 _____, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. 48 _____ around her was writing pages and pages. 49 _____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write 50 _____. She kept looking at her 51 _____. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 52 _____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 53 ____. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 54 ____ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 55 _____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
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高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
These young men were a different kind of prisoner from those we had seen before. They were brave, hostile and aggressive they would not take orders, and shouted “Amandla!” at every opportunity. Their instinct was to confront rather than cooperate. The authorities① did not know how to handle them, and they turned the island upside down. During the Rivonia Trial, I remarked to a security policeman that if the government did not reform itself, the freedom fighters who would take our place② would some day make the authorities miss us. That day had indeed come on Robben Island.
In these young men we saw the angry revolutionary spirit of the times. I had had some warning. On a visit with Winnie a few months before, she had managed to tell me through our coded conversation that there was a rising class of discontented youths③ who were violent and Africanist in beliefs. She said they were changing the nature of the struggle and that I should be aware of them.
The new prisoners were shocked by what they considered the inhuman conditions of the island, and said that they could not understand how we could live in such a way. We told them that they should have seen the island in 1964. But they were almost as sceptical of us as they were of the authorities. They chose to ignore our calls for discipline and thought our advice weak and unassertive (不果断).
It was obvious that they regarded us, the Rivonia Trialists④, as moderates⑤. After so many years of being branded a radical revolutionary, to be seen as a moderate was a novel and not altogether pleasant feeling. I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their disrespect or I could listen to what they were saying. I chose the latter.
Then some of these men, such as Strini Moodley of the South African Students Organization and Saths Cooper of the Black People’s Convention, came into our section, _________.
Shortly after their arrival on the island, the commanding officer came and asked me as a favour to address the young men. He wanted me to tell them to behave themselves, to recognize the fact that they were in prison and to accept the discipline of prison life. I told him that I was not prepared to do that. Under the circumstances, they would have regarded me as a follower of the authorities.
(---adapted from “Long walk to freedom: The autobiography of Nelson Mandela”)
1.We may infer from the passage all of the following EXCEPT that ___________.
A. an angry massive revolution was probably on its way
B. these young men were willing to cooperate in face of difficulties
C. many were concerned about the influence these young men could make
D. the author’s activities were strictly monitored
2.One sentence is missing in the blank of the passage regarding the author’s following reactions.Which of the following reactions do you think he would have?
A. I tried to calm them down and talked them into behaving.
B. I reported to the officers about their dissatisfaction.
C. I asked them to tell us about their movement and beliefs.
D. I just turned a deaf ear to the young men.
3.Several phrases have been underlined and numbered in the passage; which two of them actually refer to the same people?
A. ①② B. ②③ C. ③④ D. ⑤①
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Experiments of this kind____ in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War.
A. have conducted B. have been conducted
C. had conducted D. had been conducted
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Experiments of this kind ___in both the U.S and Europe well before the Second World War.
A.had conducted B.have conducted
C.have been conducted D.had been conducted
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Experiments of this kind________in both the U.S.and Europe well before the Second World War.
A.have conducted B.have been conducted
C.had conducted D.had been conducted
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
书面表达
Right after the Second World War, Germany was in ruins. Almost all the houses, factories and schools were destroyed. Plenty of people were homeless as well as jobless. Worse still, the supply of water and electricity was often cut off in the city. Two American journalists interviewed a German family living in the basement. The husband was disabled from the war and the wife was just dismissed from a clothing company. Worse still, there were bills for them to pay—four children to care for and food to buy. Life was hard for them at that time.
After the interview, the journalists chatted with each other on the way back to the company.
“Do you think the Germans could rebuild their homeland?”
“Absolutely.”
“But I can’t see any hope for the country at all. How can you be so certain about that?”
“Have you noticed what they put on the table in the basement? There was a vase of flowers. A nation, suffering at such moment, hasn’t forgotten about flowers. It shows that hopes are not lost. They are still able to dream. A nation with hope can create miracles. They are sure to be able to rebuild their homeland.”
写作内容:
1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容;
2. 以约120个词就梦想改变命运的话题谈谈你的想法,内容包括:
(1) 你赞同文中的观点吗?
(2) 举例证明你赞同或不赞同的原因;
(3) 谈谈你对梦想的看法以及你如何为实现梦想而努力。
写作要求:
1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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高二英语书面表达中等难度题查看答案及解析
Brave New World describes a terrifying future _________ there is no war or
violence and all the people can live happily.
A.where | B.which | C.that | D.whom |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Brave New World describes a promising future _______ there is no war or violence and all the people can live happily.
A.where B.which C.that D.whom
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析